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Ten awardsgiven duringconvocation

by Dwight DivelyThe Spring Honors

Convocation was held lastTuesday, and a total of tenawards were presented inconjunction with the selection ofstudents for several honoraries.Dr. Jess Lucas started the

proceedings by naming thisyear's selections for Who's WhoAmong College and UniversityStudents. The nine juniorsselected were Steve Anderson,Dwight Dively, Bob Froetscher,Steve Long, Bob Pease, ToddRoyer, Chuck Sigman, DonUmpleby, and Paul Wallace.Seniors selected included J.

Carl Agee, Buddy Atherton, KenBurch, Jon Burkey, TomBurtzlaff, Bob Burwell, MarkDenzin, Dennis Grannan, DailyHill, Matt Hodson, and TonyMazzoni.Also named were Jeff

McCreary, Mike McPherron,Dale Newby, Rod Norder, RichPriem, John Rasp, Jan Slupesky,Doug Stearly, Greg Tarvin, andNick Willing.Dr.Lucas also presented the D.

J. Angus - Scientech FoundationAwards for greatestimprovement in Grade Point

New food service hiredto replace Macke FoodsNext year students at Rose

won't have Macke around to pickon any more.The Macke Company, which

held the food service contract atRose this year, will be replacedby A/R/A-Slater on May 28,according to Dean of StudentsJess Lucas. This represents aswitch from one of the smallestto the largest college foodservice company in the nation.Macke is leaving for financial

reasons. They have lost moneythis year. To be able to make anykind of profit next year theircharges to the school would haveto be prohibitively high.When Macke was first brought

in last year, it was thought theirsmall size would mean morepersonalized service. Howeverfood costs drove their costs wayup, as the company hadproblems with being able to buybased on their volume across thecountry.ARA will implement a

program called FOCUS, whichprovides a greatly expandedmenu selection at reduced cost.A typical menu may include sixentree selections plus a largeassortment of fast foods, a saladbar, and a deli bar for lunch."You've got to see it to believe

it," says Lucas. He and Pete andDonna Gustafson travelled toobserve the program inoperation at the University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro,where over 300 students a dayare fed by the prograrn.The secret to reducing cost

while expanding selection isreduced waste. FOCUS is a

computerized system developedby ARA to control foodproduction. It provides datanecessary for each step in thefood service operation: menuforecasting, cost accounting,purchasing, inventory, and thelike.

It will take about three monthsand a lot of work to get thesystem started, but thereafterthe food service managementwill see what menu offerings arepreferred and how manyportions of each item should beprepared. Company literatureclaims the system can forecastparticipation to within 1%accuracy, so that there is ineffect no wastage.

ARA has food servicecontracts at over 350 schoolsacross the country, includingButler, Anderson College, andthe University of Evansville inIndiana. The district managerfor the company is located inIndianapolis. This proximity isviewed as an advantage overMacke, which is based on theEast Coast.SAGA Foods, which held the

food service contract at Roseprior to this year, also bid on theaccount, but could not competecost-wise.

Lucas noted while in generalthe food service this year wasbetter than last year in manypeople's opinion, the cost ofretaining Macke wasunaffordable. He hoped that thenew aintract would meet theadministration's and students'expectations.

Average. The freshman who hasraised his GPA the most isCharles Clarkson. and thestudent who improved his themost between his freshman andsophomore years is RobertGann.Dr. Tom Mason next presented

the HSLS Division awards. TheWall Street Journal Award forperformance in the study ofeconomics went to junior Kevin .Green, who received acertificate and a paperweight.The Pawley Foreign Study

Fellowships were awarded toJohn Edmondsen. Norm Frey,Doug Gundlach, and Scott Linn,who will study in eitherGermany or the USSR thissummer.The Pawley Award for

Excellence in History andPolitical Science, whichprovided a trip to the SCONAConference this past February,went to junior Dwight Dively.Dr. Gerald Matsumoto

presented the mechanicalengineering awards. JamieSkinner was named as the ASMEStudent Outstanding SectionMember, and Jeff Hidebrand andTim Jackson were cited for their

participation in the ASME PaperContest. Both won in thecompetition at Rose, andJackson went on to win theMidwest regional competition.He will thus go to the nationalmeeting next year.The C. L. Mason Award for

physics excellence waspresented by Dr. MichaelMoloney. John Bolin received a$25 check and a group of physicsbooks.Dr. Frank Guthrie presented

two awards on behalf of theChemistry Department: theAmerican Institute of ChemistsAward, and the W. A. NoyesAward. Senior Dale Campau wonboth of these awards.Jan Slupesky was named as

the Outstanding SeniorElectrical Engineer. andreceived a plaque fromDepartment Chairman Dr. GlenRichardson.Don Umpleby presented Honor

Keys on behalf of the StudentGovernment Association. Thosehonored were J. Carl Agee, RobGraebe, Matt Hodson, TimJackson, Bruce Kistler, GaryMeier, Ron Miller, Rich Priem.Nick Willing. and Tom Wiltrout.

Omega Chi Epsilon, thechemical engineering honorary,selected twelve new members:Steve Brockman, Tom Burtzlaff,Tim Collins. Mike Jacobs,DougKuper. James Mann. Anil Patel,Dave Rice.Andy Roach. GregSchmit. Joe Glazier, and GregHemmer.The mechanical engineering

honorary. Pi Tau Sigma. tappedDarl Boysel. Meredith Gafford,Richard Kurzdorfer, GaryMyers. Dennis Pepper. and TomRoetker for membership.Blue Key selected ten new

pledges this spring, includingSteve Anderson, Kevin Barrer,Dwight Dively, Roe East, JerryFish, Ray Farmer. Dan Haas,James Huston, Steve Long. andBob Pease.Tau Beta Pi selected seniors

Gordon Burns. Tim Jackson.Bruce Montgomery. RodNorder. Rich Priem. DewayneSermershein. and Rich Wolfe.Juniors selected were Bob

Froetscher, Greg Gemmer,Peter Haines. Dan Hatten, GregHemmer. Bob Luoma. BenniSchoffman. Steve Stroder, EricViscito. John Vogel. and BruceWight.

Vol. 14, No. 23•

Rose Huiman Institute of Technology May 4,1979

Charges for overloads being consideredby John Sparks

An Ad Hoc Committee on'Tuition Charges for Overloadshas been formed under thechairmanship of Dr. DuaneBruley.The committee, consisting of

Drs. Bruce Danner, DennisLewis, Tom Mason, JamesEifert, and Dale Oexmann,Professor Lou Harmening,Duncan Murdoch, Steve Miller,and students Kevin Meersmanand John Brabender, isinvestigating the possibility ofcharging students for anyoverloads they may take.Their findings will be turned

over to President Hulbert who,in turn, will recommend actionto the Board of Directors. TheBoard will make the finaldecision.Numbers compiled by Miller,

computing center comptroller,indicate that presently 445students are overloading a totalof 1445 credit hours. DuringWinter Quarter this number waseven higher; with 276 studentsattempting a total of 1556overload credit hours.

The Residence Hall Association will sponsor a concert by the Special Consensus Bluegrass Bandthis Friday, May 4, at 8:00 P.M. The performance is tentatively scheduled for the lawn in front ofMoench Hall, weather permitting. Special Consensus, which has performed at Rose before, con-sists of banjo player Greg Cahill, bass player Mark Edelsten, Ed Walsh on the guitar, and MarkWeiss playing the mandolin. The group performs mostly bluegrass music and their own originalcompositions, and tours college campuses throughout the Midwest.

However, 576 hours weredropped last quarter, so only 980overload credit hours werecompleted.These numbers represent a

substantial cost to Rose-Hulman. And, in effect,everyone now pays for the one-fourth of the student body thatoverloads.With costs ever increasing,

some kind of a tuition raise mustbe made to cover the overloads.Two of the choices which havearisen are a tuition increase forevery student or directlycharging only the student whooverloads.The latter has attracted

support for many reasons. Firstof all, an overload charge cangenerate revenue for the schoolwithout coming at the expense ofeveryone.Secondly, students who

graduate early, with a doublemajor, or as a technicaltranslator effectively receivetheir degree with less expensethan the student who follows theguidelines. The unusual degree isworth more money and should

cost more.Also, the faculty is asked to do

a little extra when a studentoverloads. However, salaries donot reflect this. The charge canthen be used to compensate theinstructor in some way.Finally, an overload charge

may make students decideagainst overextendingthemselves academically byoverloading.The arguments against an

overload charge also areimpressive. Students who needto repeat a course but received aD or D+ may not take a classagain if they have to pay for it.Also, good students may not

pay money to overload electiveupper level classes. Hence.enrollment in these coursesmay suffer.The definition of an overload

has also been tough. The twonumbers suggested after whichan overload charge would belevied are eighteen and twentycredit hours. While chargingafter eighteen would generaterevenue, charging after twentyprobably wouldn't.

Proposal to integrate hallsby Peter Kehoe

Until the fall of 1973 whenSpeed Hall was completed, all ofthe classes at Rose were housedin the same dorms. Since then.freshmen and upperclassmenhave been separated. A proposalis now being considered thatwould revert back to theintegrated situation.A poll was conducted to

determine the reaction of thestudents to such a proposal. Forthe most part. the studentspolled were against the idea ofeliminating "all freshmen"halls. The greatest concernexpressed by those polled wasthat class unity would decline.Also cited by the students was

that the relations between thefreshmen and the upperclassmenwould also decline. Anotherproblem cited was thatfraternity rush would be moredifficult to conduct.

Another reason mentioned wasa loss of freshman spirit due tointeraction with "lazyupperclassmen" and lack ofinteraction with other freshmen.There were also several

advantages mentioned. The mostcommon reason was that it

would help the freshmen becomemore responsible. It was feltthat the mixing withupperclassmen would curb theunnecessary freshman pranks.They would become moremature and more responsible.The mixing of classes would

create a more natural ( real-world ) environment. It wouldend separation by age and allowinteraction between people ofmore varied backgrounds. Somefelt that it would be beneficial tothe social life in the dorms. Alsocited was the fact that freshmenwould be helped in theirstudying.

One problem was noted if theproposal was to be accepted.Many of the students felt thatfew upperclassmen would wantto live in the now-freshmendorms. Most of the studentsagreed that the presentupperclass dorms are muchnicer.

Unless the freshman hallswere made more attractive. theywould not be a popular choice ofthe upperclassmen: which wouldlead to little deviation from thepresent system.

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HSLS faculty present papersby Dwight Dively

The faculty of the HSLSDivision has been very activethis quarter by presenting a totalof eleven papers at variousconferences.Faculty papers are a valuable

means by which professors canlearn new material which willhelp in teaching courses at Rose.Besides the research needed toprepare the presentation. theconferences allow the faculty toreceive feedback fromcolleagues in their fields.

Dr. Patricia Carlson,Associate Professor ofAmerican Literature. attendedthree different meetings thisquarter. She presented a paperon "Rose-Hulman's IntegratedWriting Program - A Description

and a Projection" at theMidwest Writing Conference onApril 3 at ISU-Evansville.

Hannelore Lehr, AssociateProfessor of German andComparative Literature.attended St. Mary-of-the-Woods'Workshop on Translation inearly April and discussed "Hintsin Translation."

Dr. Peter Parshall, AssociateProfessor of ComparativeLiterature. attended theConference on Comedy in Artand Literature on March 15 atthe University of Alabama -Birmingham. There hepresented a paper on "CarnivalComedy in Moliere."Although he didn't travel far.

Dr. William Pickett. AssociateProfessor of History, delivered

his paper on "The American CityToday: Problems andProspects" to the MidwestConference of the AmericanSociety of Civil Engineers onMarch 30. The conference washeld at Rose.Dr. Samuel Vuchinich,

Assistant Professor of Sociology,delivered a paper entitled"Conflict in Family Groups:Conditions DeterminingFunctional Value" in Atlanta onApril 4. The paper was presentedto the annual meeting of theSouthern Sociological Society.This weekend, Dr. Stratten is

speaking to the NationalAssociation of EnvironmentalEducation in Blacksburg,Virginia. His subject is"Environmental Education in anEngineering Curriculum."

Bits & PiecesOrienteering Club sweeps meet

The orienteering team add-ed to their successful seasonwith a sweep at the meet lastweekend. The meet was aclass 'C' meet held in Dan-ville, Illinois. It was a scoreorienteering course where theorienteerers looked for pointswith different values assignedthem depending on distanceand difficulty.

In the end, all five topplaces on the Orange coursebelonged to Rose OCmembers. Mark Mason wasfirst with 35 points. He wasfollowed by Scott Linn with 34and Chuck Geswein with 33.Peter Kehoe and Sergeant

Brick Burks finished fourthand fifth respectively.This weekend, the club will

again be active. This time itwill be sending threemembers to West Point for aclass "A" meet. Attendingthe meet will be MikeSignmund, Scott Linn, andSergeant Burks.

On May 12, the club willhold a meet in Owen-PutnamState Park. The club wishesto invite everyone to try thispopular sport. A clinic will begiven to teach the basics. Formore information about themeet. contact Peter Kehoe,box 1041.

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Adventure ClubThe Rose Adventure Club

closed out this school year'sweekend trip schedule bygoing to Cleveland.Tennessee, to raft the whitewater of the Ocoee River.This year the Adventure

Club went skiing to BoyneMountain. Michigan. atThanksgiving; Jackson Hole.Wyoming. right after NewYear's: and again to BoyneMountain in February. EveryWednesday in January andFebruary the club went toPaoli Peaks for night skiing.Next year more events will

be planned if studentparticipation increases. Thisyear's president was HarryPreste and club advisor wasCapt. Roger Somerville.

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SAB hosts Erin IsaacTonight at 8:00 p.m. in the

Worx bar, the Rose SAB willbe presenting Erin Isaac.Erin. a 25-year-old blonde

from Batavia. Ill., isconsidered by many to be anexcellent singer andsongwriter. She has beenplaying the guitar for 14years. the last 5 of which havebeen on the professionalcircuit. Erin started out hercareer playing the ski resortcircuit in Aspen and Boulder.Colorado. She really likedbeautiful Colorado, but wantsto expand her tour a bit.Erin has been an opening

act for a lot of big names. Shehas performed with TomChapin, Steve Martin, andLeo Kotke the consumateguitarist. Her first album willbe released soon.

Decent Chick of the Week: Laura Patterson

New mail room policies announced

by Jim WeberRecent problems have

forced a change in mail roompolicies in regards topersonnel allowed in the roomand bulk mail handling. Thesechanges, as dictated by theSafety. Security, and TrafficCommission. are:The mailroom doors and

windows will be locked fromthe time the mail comes inuntil it is distributed.No package will be issued

without identification.Work study students will

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An Engineer batter prepares to take a cut in the fourth inning of play of the first game with Franklinlast Sunday. Rose took eleven innings before narrowly beating the Grizzlies two to one. The splitbrings the team record to 7-18 as they prepare for the C.A.C. tourney.

Rose diamondmensplit two gamesThe Engineer baseball team

had yet another .500 weekend asthis time they split a pair of onerun decisions with Franklin. Thefirst game was an eleven inning2-1 victory for Rose-Hulman andKent Cuttler, The nightcap was aseven to six decision with VinceFoushee taking the loss.In the first game Keith

Oehlman scattered just five hitsfor most of the game before KentCuttler came in and gave up justtwo hits and one run. Franklin'seleventh inning run came on alead-off triple and a lazy single.Rose came back in the second

half of the inning and picked upthe necessary margin of victory.Oehlman started the rally with asingle and John Brabender andBob Burwell followed with onebounce over the fence doubles.For the game Al Bell and MartySchramm each collected threehits.Hits did not seem to go with

runs for Rose on Sunday. In thefirst game the Engineers spreadout twelve hits but could manageonly two runs. In the secondgame Rose scored six runs on a

disappointing four hits. Errorsalso were a problem as the teamcommitted five on the day.The second game was even

more unusual than even theEngineers run to hit ratio mightindicate. In the first inning theGrizzlies committed one of threeerrors in the game. BarryHaskins reached first on an errorand Brabender picked up twoRBI's by following it up with ahomerun.

However in the fifth inningRose lost a golden opportunity toassure themselves the victory.After scoring one run, threeEngineer batters fanned with thebases loaded.Although Rose lost, the team

had several opportunities to takethe win but errors and strandedmen kept them from doing so.

Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. Rosewill play a home doubleheaderwith Marion College. The gameswill be the last home games ofthe season and the final gamesbefore the Spring SportsCarnival on May 10, 11 and 12 atCentre College.

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Relay team setsnew track markTony Lenox won the 400 meter

run and anchored the winning 400meter relay team as the Rose-Hulman track team ran fourthamong 15 teams in the LittleState Track Meet last Saturday.Rose was just 3 points behindTaylor and one point behind thirdplace Wabash.The 400m relay team of

Tappendorf • Hancock, Cassadyand Lennox set a school recordwith a time of 42.5 which was afull second ahead of the closestcompetitor.Jim Novacek had an

outstanding performance in thepole vault, placing first with aheight of 14 feet. Novacekpresently has the school recordat 14'6" and this has alsoqualified him for the NCAADivision III National TrackMeet.Rick Matovich placed fourth in

the shot put with a distance of47'1/2". In the javelin, Dan Haaswas fourth throwing a distanceof 174'8".

Keith Oehiman releases the pitch in the first game againstFranklin. Oehlman held the Franklin batters to just five hits andzero runs for most of the game before being relieved by KentCuttler.

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Our hard-working staff of "special correspondents" and "legalcounsels" which have served us so well this year desire the recogni-tion which is due them. "The Thorn" will pay $25 to the person iden-tifying the largest number of those listed below. All entries must besubmitted to Box 891 by 4 p.m. Monday, May 7. (Thorn staffers ineligi-ble; judge's decision final).Mehdi Bazargan Don G. OvanniCarl Bernard and Bob Woodstein Ignace Jan PaderewskiEric BlairBen BradleeBryan & DarrowDeimer & SmithLorna DooneJim EarlJohn GaltWatren GamalielT. S. GeiselHammurabiJoshua JosephsonMatt Koehl

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Ken Hilk had a good race in the3000 meter steeplechasefinishing fourth in 9:52.8. SteveStroder placed sixth in the 110meter high hurdles with a timeof 15.45.Dave Tappendorf ran third in

the 400 meters in a time of 50.6.In the 200 meter race. it wasRandy Hancock third in 22.5seconds.

Rex Phillips was sixth in the400 meter hurdles in 56.7seconds. Then. in the last race ofthe day, the 1600 meter relayteam of Phillips, Bruns,Tappendorf . and Lennox, wasthird with a time of 3:23.1seconds.

The track team will run in theDePauw Invitational Saturday.Then, the last meet of the year isthe conference meet May 11 and12. Coach Thompson said it willbe a "big dual meet" betweenRose and Principia because theyshould be the strongfavorites.

Rose golfersbeat Wabash416 to 422

by Paul WallaceAlthough last Saturday's

Anderson match was cancelled,the Rose-Hulman Golf teamcame through with consistencyto beat Wabash 416 to 422 in adual meet at Hulman Links onApril 21. The meet was plannedto be a four-way meet, butMarian and Evansville wereunable to participate.The top five Rose golfers and

their scores were Tom Chorba,81; Ron Knecht, 82; TonyThompson, 83; Steve Thompson,84; and Todd Hand, 86. Wabashwas able to capture first andsecond place with golfersscoring 77 and 80. Their nextthree team members had scoresof 87, 87, and 90. Thus it wasRose's consistency that wonthem the match.Knecht was a surprise as he

pulled out of a slump andfinished second with an excellent82. Apparently, last week'sincreased driving practicehelped bring his game back tonormal. Unfortunately, Handand Chris Lindhjem did notperform as well as expected.J. C. Agee, the sixth man on

the golf team, shot an 81 at lastSaturday's dual meet. His scoredid not count because only fiveplayers can be designated asteam members. Agee shotanother 81 in Monday's practice,and according to Coach GlennBaca he will be one of the fiveteam members who will play intomorrow's dual meet atTaylor.Hand had an eagle on the

treacherous second hole atHulman Links in Monday'spractice. He shot over andaround water to do this. Heshould be more of a factor intomorrow's match.

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OverloadsBecause of the ever-increasing costs of running an university, Rose

is now looking for ways to cut expenses and raise income. One way be-ing investigated is to charge for overloads taken by students, inamounts varying between $20 and $50 per credit hour. While this ideamay seem reasonable on the surface, there are great dangers lurkingin this scheme.

First, it is hard to believe that the costs incurred by overloads areall that substantial. How many additional faculty have been hired tohandle overloads? Very probably, none. Many of the overloads arehumanities courses, and no expansion of faculty in existing disciplinesin the HSLS division has occurred for several years. Certainly, thereare some costs in registration and computer time, but these are notvery high. The financial justification for new charges for overloadshas not been conclusively shown.Several risks will be taken if charges for overloads are made.

Students who receive a penalty grade in a course (e.g., a D or D+ )will be dissuaded from retaking the course because of cost. The in-evitable consequences are less-qualified graduates and probably ahigher dropout rate.A second difficulty will be lessened enrollment in advanced courses.

These subjects are often taken as overloads, and by charging forthem, many students will be denied an opportunity for the enrichmentthey provide.Another casualty will be the student who seeks a diversified

background. he may not be able to afford the extra humanities classor the course outside his major if it costs him a substantial sum. Theresult of this will be students with narrower perspectives, somethingwhich we are trying to avoid.These last two problems are exacerbated by the inequality of elec-

tives between fields. Some majors, notably the science disciplines,give students a wide choice of electives, and hence encouragespecialization and diversification. Other majors, especially chemicaland civil engineering, allow virtually no electives other than theminimum number of humanities courses. Students in these lastmajors will be significantly penalized by overload requirements.There are, however, two cases where it seems some sort of restric-

tion is justified. Students in double major programs probably shouldbe charged slightly more, as they are getting two degrees from Rose.This is a relatively rare occurrence.The second case is one which undoubtedly involves an abuse of the

overload system. It seems that about 40%0 of the overloads which aresigned up for are dropped during the quarter. One of the prime causesfor this is signing up for two humanities classes and then dropping theharder one at mid-term.Rather than punishing everyone because of this abuse, a much

simpler solution is available. If a student drops an overload onequarter, he won't be permitted to overload for one or two quartersafter that. Another possibility would be to charge for dropping anoverload. Also, faculty advisers should take a more active role incracking down on this problem. Any of these ideas would cut down onthe "non-serious" overloads without harming those who genuinelywant to broaden their knowledge, but are restricted by theircu ri ula.

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Rose-Hulman after darkby Stan E. Slavsky

In light of recent campus-widepower outages, Beauregard Samtoday announced theComprehensive RoseEmergency ElectricityPro•edure (CREEP )."We cahn't affoad to have my

boys be a-missin'any moahclassuhs," explained B.S Hub-ert, "specially seein' as howthey's already had classescancelled foah Frahday th' 13th."

'Fhe effect of power outages ismost pronounced in theclassrooms. since few of themhave windows. Most professorscancelled classes. although somesimply moved them into thehallways. Those doing so notedIlia., the cinderblock walls in

Crapo Hall were just as easy towrite on as the blackboards, andprovided more area to workwith. but were very difficult toerase.A few professors continued to

lecture in the darkenedclassrooms. despite the lack oflight. Commented one, "I figuremy students are pretty much inthe dark anyway, so it shouldn'thave made much difference."Dean of the Faculty Dane

Brewlee announced that in thefuture all faculty members willbe given phosphorescent chalk toenable them to continue lecturesin the event of another blackout.A suggestion to put tests onphosphorescent paper wasrejected. though. as it was feltthat most students do as well on

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and Donna Whatstheirname call-ed upon the faculty to makeallowances for the fact thatpower blackouts severely disruptstudent life. They urgedprofessors to allow students whowere doing laundry when thepower went off to come to classin soggy clothes.

A memo circulated yesterdayadvised all students that sincedarkness in the dorm will not beaccepted as an excuse for notdoing homework. they shouldbuy flashlights. Candles in thedorms violate fire insuranceprovisions and tend to set offsmoke alarms in theApartments.

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LETTERS:Co-education

The discussion of Rose's futureas a coed school in the April 20THORN was very well done.Both sides were presented fairlyand each had several strongpoints.

I don't wish to argue with anyof the pros or cons presented.only to point up one issue. whichfor me at least, is the decidingfactor in my decision to vote noon coeducation.

There may be advantageseither way, but when I cast myvote, it will be for tradition. IfRose were sinking for lack offemales, I'd agree: let themcome by all means. But I'm sureneither side thinks the existenceof the college is at stake. It is a

matter of principle. In a societythat is all too concerned withchange simply for the sake ofchange. I think that to ignoretradition is a mistake.At the risk of sounding like the

father in Fiddler on the Roof,crying out for TRADITIONrather than even consideringchange, I think that as long asRose has the alternative ofstaying all male, it should do so.The number of all male schoolsin the country is shrinking and Ithink it's a shame.As long as Rose can keep its

long-standing tradition for whichit is known. that's reason enoughfor me to vote no both as astudent and as an alumnus.

Pete Hylton

Honor KeysEditor, The THORN,While we will admit that our reporters aren't going to win any

Pulitzer Prizes, one can hardly believe that their contributions to theschools' well-being are less meaningful than those of a group ofrepresentatives who meet about ten times annually.

After all, what has Student Congress done all year? How manytimes do representatives report SGA actions to their constituents?Let's face it, the SGA officers do the overwhelming majority of thework.Our five THORN reporters are far from perfect, but it seems they

do much more to inform Rose students than do 40 SGA represen-tatives.

Senior CountdownA fortnight is two weeks (14 days). As of 5:00 p.m. April 20 there

were five weeks until graduation. That is 2.5 fortnights. At 1000 fort-nights per kilofortnight that means there were 0.0025 kilofortnightsuntil graduation, not 0.025 as printed in the THORN.Also, taking a century to be 100 years and using the true period of

the earth's revolution (365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.54 seconds) thetime until graduation was 958,231 microcenturies, not 958.904 asprinted.After all, this is a science and engineering school even if journalism

isn't an exact art!Pete Hylton

EDITOR'S REPLYThank you for the corrections. However, your latter calculation

failed to account for the slowing of the earth's revolution, and the

necessity for adding "leap seconds" periodically. Rather than com-puting this effect ourselves, we'll leave it for a physics gunner to com-pute before the next issue.

Dope, drink denouncedLast weekend's popular outdoor concert by "Roadmaster"

was marred by flagrant consumption of alcoholic beveragesand certain other "controlled substances."We don't mean to be prudish or puritanical. However. school

policies prohibit booze outside of the dorm, and prohibit certainother materials anywhere. All school functions must abide bythese rules.School officials are justifiably angry about the matter. We

would respectfully suggest that students curtail theirconspicuous consumption of leafy and liquid refreshment ifthey want to continue having outdoor concerts.

The Student Activities Board

Editor John Rasp

Assistant Editor Dwight Dively

Sports Editors Warren Pease,

Paul Wallace,

Copy Editor Peter Kehoe

Reporters Mike Dunkel,

John Sparks, Rick Warner,

Jim Weber

Photographer Greg Zimmerman

Business Manager . Chris Bodenhorn

Advertising Manager

Faculty Advisor

Legal Counsel John Marshall

Norm Frey

Kent Harris

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