NOVEMBER 9. 1977 VOL. 11. #8 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62705 -

LLCC RESISTS BHE REQUEST by JOHN C. SCATTERGOOD

Linco ln Land Communi ty Col l ege has been found t o be "not i n compliance" w i th a d i - r ec t i ve from the I l l i n o i s Board o f Higher E- ducation. The Board had t o l d the co l lege 1 as t month t o i d e n t i f y operating economies i n i t s educational program amounting t o 15% o f the operating budget. The col lege has thus far res is ted the request.

A l e t t e r t o the col lege from the BHE i s asking for the second time t h a t the col lege f a l l i n t o step w i t h the e a r l i e r board d i r - ection. LLCC President D r . Robert Poorman t o l d the L inco ln Land Board l a s t week t h a t the col lege w i l l respond t o the second BHE request, bu t no one knows y e t i f tha t re - sponse w i l l be what the h igh Board has said i t wants.

Since the j un i o r col leges receive s ta te funds based on c r e d i t hours generated and not by programs as the senior i n s t i t u t i o n s . do, D r . Poorman re i t e ra ted an e a r l i e r s ta te- ment t o the LLCC Trustees t h a t any c u t f o r the j un i o r col lege would essent ia l ly mean a cu t i n student enrollment.

Poorman t o l d the t rustees t h a t he found i t hard t o discuss possible program cuts w i t h the s ta te since the col lege was not funded by programs.

Students, say school o f f i c i a l s , who f i n d t h a t t h e i r courses have been cu t w i l l s imply transfer t o other courses meaning t h a t there can be no savings by cu t t i ng programs wi th-

out cu t t i ng student enrollment. The col lege has received some good news.

The Task Force o f the Bureau o f the Budget f o r construct ion review has given the co l - 1 ege permission t o proceed toward construc- t i o n of Phase I1 o f the permanent campus. The Task Force w i l l formal ly recommend t o the governor t h a t funds be released f o r the $8.3 m i l l i o n pro ject . There has been no i n - d i ca t ion when the Governor w i l l re1 ease the funds o r whether the col leges "noncompl iance" w i t h the BHE funding d i r ec t i ve w i l l i n f l u - ence the Governor's decision.

The col lege Board approved o f the Task Force repor t and praised the col lege admin- i s t r a t i o n for i t s handling o f the bu i ld ing project .

Ea r l i e r reviews of the bu i ld ing program by the col lege board resul ted i n some major cost over run veductions. The s ta te task force found o n l y a $140,000 d i f ference be- tween estimated cost and funds ava i lab le i n s ta te matching do l lars . A l l but $20,000 of

the funding differences has since been cu t o r sh i f ted t o other accounts. The remainder w i l l be paid for ou t of the LLCC budget.

Phase I 1 includes the 1 ibrary; general and special purpose classrooms; faculty,counsel- ing, and administrat ive 0ff ices;student ser- vices areas; parking lo ts ; gymnasium; and outdoor physical education spaces.

LLGC JOB PROBLEMS Linco ln Land Community College w i l l attempt

t o i d e n t i f y possible pos i t ions f o r the unem- ployed and underemployed t o t a l 1 i ng about $36.000 o f a possible $81,000 grant from the Emergency Employment Act, according to co l - lege President D r . Robert Poorman.

Poorman has t o l d the col lege board t h a t the LLCC admimi s t r a t i on had selected possi - b l e pos i t ions f o r less than h a l f o f the to- t a l do l la rs i n the grant. The unused por- t i o n o f the funding would apparently be re - turned t o the government. -Col.lege t rus tee Robert Stephens questioned. whether o r no t the remaining funds couldn' t be used t o pro- v ide f o r ext ra student employment.

Poorman said the col lege d id no t want t o ceeate temporary pos i t ions and then have t o dismiss people a f t e r the funding ran out. He t o l d the board t h a t increasing student em- ployment w i t h these funds might jeopardize other federal programs f o r student employ- ment w i t h a t the col lege. Poorman sa id the new funds may not be renewed and t ha t the re- gu lar federal programs requi re a constant matching of l oca l funds.

Trustee Stephens pointed ou t t h a t students Conti nued7to page three

SSU HAS COMPLIE Sangamon State University, apparently, has

made i t s r e p l y t o the Board o f Higher Educa- t i o n concerning a possible 15% reduct ion i n educational programs. However, despite e f - f o r t s made by t h i s paper on Thursday, Friday, and yesterday t o determine what t ha t r ep l y was, l i t t l e information has thus f a r been obtained.

SSU President Robert Spencer l a s t week asked Univers i ty Assembly Speaker Phi 1 Brad- l ey t o appoint a comnittee t o review a l e t - t e r .to the BHE repor t ing on the un ive rs i t v ' s educational program. A t t h a t time Spencer said the u n i v e r s i ~ y would no t f o l l ow the BHE request to ' 1 i s t the programs t h a t were i n the lower 15% o f the budget. Spencer said the repor t t o the high board would discuss the successes of the SSU programs ra ther than become an unemployment r os te r f o r f a - cu l t y .

SPECTRUM was t o l d by the secretary t o aca- demic vice-president John Keiser l a t e Thurs- day afternoon t ha t Keiser had a f u l l sche- dule and i t would be o f l i t t l e use t o wa i t i n h i s o f f i c e . Friday Keiser was ou t o f town.

Monday SPECTRUM was t o l d both Keiser and President Spencer were attending a s ta te co l - lege and un i ve r s i t y convention i n Denver and were unavailable.

Cal l s t o pres ident ia l assistants produced one "I don ' t know" about the 15% rep l y and no rep l y a t a l l from another assistant, de- sp f tp mpeated c a l l s t o pres ident ia l as- s i s t an t P h i l Kendall .

Curriculum comni t t e e cha i r ran John Walsh, whose commi t t e e was appointed by Bradley t o review the pres ident ia l response, sa id he had no t seen the l e t t e r . Walsh said h i s com- m i t tee was working on a de ta i led r ep l y to-be . - ready i n two o r three weeks.

Meanwhile, said Walsh, h i s comnittee t o l d Keiser t o go ahead w i th a pre l iminary re-: sponse "off the top of h i s (Keiser 's) head" t o meet the BHE deadlines.

Walsh sa id the response, made by e i t he r Continued t o page three

A GROUP OF EX-CONVICTS are t o be staging a p lay a p t l y e n t i t l e d "The Cage" i n the Sangamon State Univers i ty Cafeter ia November 11 a t 7:30 p.m., according t o informat ion w i n g t o t h i s news- paper. However, the un i ve r s i t y pub1 i c i n f o rma t im agency has not y e t been given any d e t a i l s on the event, whi le per*̂ s'w1tn7i i n the student services o f f i c e a lso had l i t t l e information. Someone goofed up somewhere on the informat ional end.

NO MORE "INJUN SUMMER"?

SPECTRUM OF OPINION critic EDITORIALS

SSU w i l l award oachelor's degrees i n De-

at cember and a f u l l a r ray o f parchments next June. Although there has been some t a l k o f choosing school colors, etc. YBlack and

large Bl ue" has been suggested] 1 ittl e del i k r a . t i o n o r discussion has been heard.

We would 1 i k e t o suggest t h a t the Charter graduation c lass sould have a major voice It seems t h a t many great American t r a d i - i n the discussion and choice. Perhaps, a l l t i ons are fa1 1 ing before the ecologists. in terested candidates could meet o r be p o l l - @tes t i s t h a t of leaf-burning, t h a t sure ed as t o t h e i r choices o r colors,cermonies, sign of autumn, along w i t h footba l l (which etc. might be too dangerous and does t u rn open

It would be unfa i r t o c lose the inpu t for green space i n t o as t ro tu r f ) and col lege (a- graduation t o those graduate, ~ u t w i t h gain takes up what otherwise could be v i r g i n suggestions and pa r t i c i pa t i on of the f i r s t p r a i r i e ) . Now t h a t f ragrant s ign o f the re - graduating class, SSU can have a thoroughly t u rn of d new season i s gone f o r e v e r ~ f a l l i n g innovat ive "closing" b e f i t t i n g a t r u l y i n - before the grim reaper o f "ecology". novative un ivers i ty . Don't get me wrong, tho. I l i k e the envi.r-

onment. I t ' s j u s t t ha t the environment has-. n L t been the unqual i f ied f r i end we seem t o t h i nk i t i s . No one could survive i n t h i s area without managing the environment someway- - - l i k e taking up precious green space t o bu i l d houses, cu t t i ng down trees f o r wood t o

Legions o f ar t isans past and present have burn, and otherwise using a p a r t of the en- dist inguished themselves as v ic t ims.of the vironment t o make it l i vab le . r a r e malaf fec t ion "Poetica Meglamania", .. It And some people and companies have gone was arrogance t h a t produced the' D i i ' C o h - much too f a r w i t h t h i s taking o f the env i r - edia and arrogance again t ha t moved Salvador onment f o r t h e i r p r o f i t . But . environment, D a l i t o i l l u s t r a t e it. Certainlymany things l i k e safety o r patr iot ism, seems t o be be- are t o be reso lu te l - condemned i n t h i s worlds coming a sacred cow, w i t h a l l reason, t r a d i - unfortunately key f igures o f t h i s century t ion, and custom g iv ing way t o i t s re len t - such as D a l i and Pound have harboured a less pace. ra ther morbid a f fec t ion f o r the a c t i v i t i e s I r e a l l y th ink t ha t a ban on leaf-burning of nazism and fascism. Da l i , f o r a l l h i s i s a sop t o those ardent and loud preserva- _ prodigious expansion o f surrealism, was o f - t i on is ts , who c r y t ha t we'should make no f i c i a l l y ostracized from " su r rea l i s t c i r c l es " change i n the environment. Instead of do- (e l l ipses?) by Andre Breton, the rec nized ing something about power plants, san i tary orchestrator o f i r r a t i o n a l i t y . - C e r t a q pro- d i s t r i c t s o r b i l l boards, they at tack leaf ducts o f symbol ism such as " T k Xa3W Y2iid burning. - and Finneganls Hake border on pedantry; a l - D r . Kerster 's explanation of the "pro- though t h e i r a r t i s t i c ingenui ty i s very great blems" o f burning leaves leaves us cold. A l - they were w r i t t e n f o r an extremely l i m i t e d though he admits t h a t there are l i t t l e nox- society. (Though E l i o t claims himself no t ious gasses emitted by a l e a f f i r e , he seems

t o put a great deal o f emphasis on the pos- t o be a sflbol i s t , the essence of such a r t s i b i 1 it. of the part ic les of smoke p ick ing l i e s i n "poet ic exclusion"]. The myst lc up "noxious gasses, such as t ha t mi t t e d Har t Crane anguished i n Romantic i s o l a t i o n from factories, and then the particles "till the moment of h i s suicide; f requent ly

be- come h i h l char ed w i t h the gas,

courage i n the twent ie th century has been causes go l~ut ion~ which

the equivalent o f fear. A r t i s t s now have WhichPproves my point. Without the fat- much learn frm the products of 'ysticism tori,, belching noxious gasses, there would surrealism, even symbolism and f o l ka r t . P i - be little pollution from leaf burning. The casso has returned o f t en t o c h i l d - a r t i n an- particles which ,make up the smoke other attempt t o re- in tegrate himsel f w i t h settle out of air quickly.

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the world. So why no t go a f t e r the fac to r ies emi t t ing The value of - American Black the noxious gasses, and leave the leaf burn-

Blues as expressed b y Leadbelly, Bukka m i t e ers alone? The ecolologists who at tack t h i s l i e s i n i t s cormon sympathy and appeal; the r e l a t i v e l y harmless pastime usual ly forget "d i rec t " form of Samuel Beckett 's theat re the great cost of hauling leaves off t o the i s rep leat w i t h f o l k l o re and cl iche. Today p r i va te l and f i l l s , which charges the c i t y the v isua l a r t world i s plagued with the about a d o l l a r and a h a l f per load. . c lo i s te red iso la t ion ism of Dal i ' s Freudian With co l lege budgets being cu t back, wel- fet ish, E x i s t e n t i a l i s t a r t of t h e e a r l y fare needs up, and taxpayers about t o rev01 t, twent ie th century has l e f t i t s bastard son do we need another high-cost i tem which i s "mirror" a r t , an emptg. arrangement of shapes of questionable good, especia'l ly when the t h a t merely echo the e i s t e n t i a l chaos of r ea l cr iminal i s not the burning leaf, bu t our times. Le t a r t i s t 2 replace these vac- the factories? uous monsters w i t h a rededicat ion t o the And are we going t o continue t o a l low the "natural" a r t i s t r - of men l i k e Rodin, Lerca, ecologists t o be as i r r a t i ona l , " confused" Rimbaud, Nerudn.. .such men openly recognize bu t a t the same time m i l i t a n t , and promoting humanity. Are there no such men 1 e f t ? preservation a t a1 1 costs, as those who are

D.S. Moore pol l u t ing . I s there no middle ground,no com- promise, no f a i r conclusions?

NOVEMBER 9, 1971

A HIGHLY SELECTIVE KIND OF SERVICE It was a k ind of shot i n the dark l a s t week when, i n response t o a general question a- bout loca l boards, I urged readers t o apply fo r membership on loca l Select ive Service System boards. This past week, however, I received the September issue o f Select ive Service News, the house organ o f the Selec- t i v e Service System. An e d i t o r i a l by Na- t i ona l D i rector Cur t i s Tarr, e n t i t l e d "Our Changing Board Membership", convinced me t h a t I ought t o w r i t e more about volunteer- i ng f o r loca l board membership. (If YOU can ' t volunteer, how about urging a parent, s i b l i n g , other re1 a t i ve o r f r iend-- anywhere i n the U.S.--to do SO!) Tarr wrote, i n par t :

" . . .Because o f these requirements[l owering board service from 25 t o 20 years and low- e r ing mandatory ret i rement age from 75 t o 65 years old], many o f our dedicated and extremely valuable loca l board and appeal board members must resign by the end of t h i s year. While no f igures have y e t been devel-oped concerning how many appeal board members w i l l be affected, our D i v i s i on of Manpower Admini s t r a t i on a t National Head- quarters has *estimated t ha t approximately 25 percent o f our hard-working loca l board members, o r about 4,800 men and women,will leave the System.. . They have been the backbone o f our System f o r many years.. . and the Select ive Service System w i l l f i n d i t d i f f i c u l t t o r e c r u i t in terested and motivated rep1 acements. It i s important t h a t we understand the i n t e n t o f Congress i n changing the prerequis i t s f o r board membership. By lowering the age l i m i t s , the l e g i s l a t i v e bodies hope t o ensure t h a t our boards contain more members c loser i n age t o the reg is t ran ts they serve, i n ord- e r t o provide deeper understanding of the young people today.. .Congress i s attempt-

i ng t o g ive more Americans an opportuni ty for volunteer service , people who wi 1 1 b r ing fresh viewpoints t o our boards.. . . As we re l uc tan t l y say goodby t o many o f our friends, I hope we w i l l a l l accept t h e i r departure as an opportuni ty t o loc - a te and encourage other qua l i f i ed men and women who r e f l e c t the. economic, soc ia l , and ethn ic backgrounds o f the youth o f the area t o consider service on our boards. We must work very hard i n these next few mon- ths t o f i n d qua l i f i ed loca l and appeal board members. I s o l i c i t your support."

I t seems c lear t h a t Tarr expects a l a rge por t ion o f loca l and appeal board members w i l l be replaced i n the next couple of months and t h a t he also believes the replacements should be d i f f e r e n t from t h e i r predecessors i n many respects. - Because loca l and appeal board members are appointed by the President only on the re - comnendation o f t h e i r governor, I c a l l ed Governor Og i l v ie ' s o f f i c e t o f i nd ou t j u s t how one might volunteer f o r such service. A f t e r several re fe r ra ls , I was f i n a l l y re - fer red t o someone who, the secretary said, was. "away f o r the r e s t o f the day." I then t r i e d the o f f i c e o f the State Di rector of the Select ive Service, Dean Sweet. F o l l owing a couple more re fe r ra ls , I reached a Major Paul Ward and had an informat ive conversa- t i o n w i t h him. !n order t o volunteer, he said, one ought i o w r i t e d i r e c t l y t o M r . Dean Sweet, State Di rector o f Select ive Ser- vice, 405 East Washington Street,Springfield, I l l i n o i s 62701. (Dean Sweet was Og i l v i e ' s nominee f o r the job.) You w i l l then be sent an appl icat ion form ( f u l l name, place of work, etc.) and the i n i t i a l screeninq will be car r ied out. Sweet then will make re - comnendations t o the Governor who, i n turn, w i l l recomnend appointments t o the President. While the Governor may recomnend .names other than those submitted by Sweet, Major Ward said he d i d not know o f any instance where t h a t had been done before. There are, o f course, ce r ta in r es t r i c t i ons . The appl icant must be between the ages of 18 and 65. There are other l im i t a t i ons as

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THIRD READING -Phi/ BradAe y

When he a u i t Cook i n o i s ' che i f executive, ~ i c h a r d O l g i l v i e said w i t h candor which would make Spiro blush, t h a t he intended t o manage t h i s s ta te as i t had never been managed before. His act ions have caused some t o comnent t h a t he has managed t h i s s ta te as i t should never be managed a- gain. A case i n po in t i s the freeze on commumity col lege bu i ld ing projects.

I n the s ta te o f I l l i n o i s , the l eg i s l a t u re two years ago authorized expenditure o f $96 m i l 1 i on f o r construction a t these i n s t i t u - t ions. Most o f t h i s money has been frozen by the governor f o r some time. It has been said t h a t the governor was simply taking ad- vantage o f the backlash a t youth t o do the p o l i t i c a l l y popular th ing by g iv ing the col leges a hard time. I submit t ha t h i s mo- t i ves may have been somewhat more involved.

A t L inco ln Land Comnunity College the plans f o r Phase I1 o f the permanent campus have been complete f o r some time. The- or - i g i n a l p lan was t o b i d the project , over $8 mi ' l l ion worth o f work l a s t March. The gov- ernor has delayed t ha t p ro jec t u n t i l t h i s month. Thus, the school has l o s t one com- p l e te bu i ld ing season, and w i l l face the inev i tab le space crunch as i t moves i n t o i t s bu i ld ings l a t e .

Act ion t o approve LtCC's p ro jec t came a f - t e r a review by the governor's special task- force. This group was t heo re t i ca l l y t o have ca re fu l l y scrut in ized the p ro jec t and cu t out wasteful expenditures o f the taxpay- e r ' s do1 la rs . The group was headed by a man named Jones, who was a partner i n the f i r m o f a rch i tec ts who work f o r LLCC. A f t e r reviewing h i s own f i rm ' s work i s i t any won- der t h a t the t o t a l reduct ion on the L inco ln Land p ro j ec t was on ly about one percent?

Now i t i s ce r t a i n commendable t ha t the re - view group d i d cu t the one percent, f o r one percent o f e i gh t m i l l i o n i s a p re t t y good chunk o f money. What i s regret tab le however i s t h a t dur ing the freeze and review process construct ion costs were r i s i n g one per cent e r month. Thus the t o t a l p ro jec t has i n - \ creased i v e o r s i x per cent i n cost, a n d

t ha t i s an even bigger chunk o f money than was saved. A strange way t o manage things, indeed .

Strange management, perhaps, bu t I submit t h a t the hand t h a t d i d the managing d i d so very de f t l y and purposeful ly. Consider t h a t if a l l those bu i ld ing pro jects a l l over the s ta te had been a1 1 owed t o proceed as planned t h i s might have been a good year fo r the con- s t ruc t io r l industry, but t ha t next year might not have been so good. Consider f u r t he r t h a t now next year looks t o be a very good year for construct ion because o f the gover- nor 's release o f funds. And, f i n a l l y , con- s ider t h a t next year a lso happens t o be an e lec t ion year.

No moral be drawn. Le t i t only be said t h a t a man w i t h vison need no t be l im i t ed t o playing p o l i t i c s w i t h race tracks. I f t h a t man i s a governor, the s ta te ' s whole system of higher education i s h i s for the freezing.

A l l t h a t remains i s f o r Dick Og i l v ie t o order some signs, and the campaign i s ready t o r o l l . ,I suggest t h a t he get some 1 i t t l e ye l low yard signs which say, "Ogilvie, a Man- ager fo r Governor. "

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AS the ground war In South Vlet N a m south Laos recently gained notor ie ty when has decllned In ~mportance, the s t ruggle the Unlted S ta tes , ~n an extraordinary fo r control of the ~ a o t l a n and Cambodian dlsplay of involvement he re , i n e f f e c t access routes t o South Vlet N a m has ~ n c r e a s e d , stage-managed the government reoccupation t o the d ~ s t r e s s of both small n a t ~ o n s . of the p la teau ' s only town, Paksong.

The l a t e s t p a r t of Laos t o be sac- In the end, the Paksong operations r l f l c e d t o the t e s t of w l l l s between bogged down--1lke prevlous attempts--despite Hanol and Washington 1s the Bolovens roung-the-clock mte rven t ion by U. S. plateau, a 5,000-foot hlghland whlch r l s e s warplanes and the numerical super io r i ty l l k e an ~ s l a n d above some of the most of the ~ h a l and Laotian 'troops, The main lmportant i n f i l t r a t i o n routes of Indoch~na. government column s t a l l e d f o r weeks a t To the west of the p la teau l ~ e s the American a bridge 11 kilometers west of Paksong, and Thai-dominated Mekong valley To the by now deserted and of l i t t l e m i l i t a r y e a s t of the p la teau l ~ e s the Ho Chl Mlnh value, Tra l l and the Mekong r l v e r val ley , dwn Then deus ex machina, the United which the North Vietnamese are expan&ng s t a t e s intervened to glve the L a o t ~ a n s one a major l n f r l t r a t l o n route l n t o Cambodia. more "victory" in a country which can only

The s ~ t u a t i o n In south Laos and on the lose whichever way the f l g h t ~ n g t i p s . Bolovens has been de te r lo ra t lng seriously Whlle U.S. gunshlps f i l l e d the a i r , ever sance the outbreak of the Cambodian U.S artillery men di rected support f l r e war, when North Viet Nam began relnforclng and C I A "case officers" commanded t h e i r and expanding the Ho Chl Mlnh T r a l l and i r t egu la r troops by radlo , U.S. k r Force moved t o protect it by se lz lng the p la teau helicopters, a l r l r f t e d three b a t t a l i o n s of --whlch long had served as a base f o r CIA Laotlans l n t o Paksong, and declared it a clandestine ra lds agalnst connunlst supply famous vlctory. The unl ts enter lng Paksong l l n e s . found only a few dozen North V~etnamese

Over the l a s t f lve months, American- troops, who WI thdrew t o surrounding h i l l s backed e f f o r t s , la rgely unnobced, t o t o jo in ,o the r comunls t units harrass ing retake the p la teau, and res to re Laotian the occupylng forces from drstances a s morale and the C I A bases, however, have close as a thousand yards. turned the Bolovens i n t o the most cos t ly Although U, S. hel lcopters and b a t t l e l n the Laotlan war s lnce the firepower can place government troops i n a disastrous government defeat a t N a m Bac surrounded perimeter almost anywhere i n i n ea r ly 1968- Laos, l t is d l f f ~ c u l t t o m a n t a n them,

The governmeht side s o f a r hag suffered and most m l i t a r y obLervers here expect the about 2,500 casua l t i e s , an enonnous ncrmber P*song once agaln w i l l f a l l under communist

control durlng the beginning dry season.

deastic Far more c ruc la l t o the f a t e of southern Laos than troops being helicoptered m

St- empty towns, however, i s Hanoi's evident resolve t o hold on t o the Bolowns, which overlooks Pakse , Laos ' second c i t y , the

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS from page 2 center for C I A operatlons i n t h e area , and ABOUT THE DRAFT. the c a p i t a l of an area which f e e l s l i t t l e

loyal ty t o Vientiane and i ts northern- wel l and a l l applicants who w r i t e t5 Dean Sweet are sent a copy of the law giving born premler , Prince Souvanna Phouna.

those res t r i c t i ons . However, there i s no Observers here agree t h a t ~ a n o i ' s l i m i t a t i o n on length of residency i n Illi- i n t e r e s t i n the p la teau, which became

PrlmarY only l a s t year, can only grow s t ronger nois, though one must be a resident of r:; so long as the basis the Nixon' county i n which the board i s located. l s t r a t l o n ' s Indochina s t r a tegy remains one there i s more than one board i n a county, of trying to impede Hanoi supply lines to though, the a ~ ~ l i c a n t does '0' ha'' '0 live south " le t N a m regardless of what t ' p r o t e a i w i n the p a r t o f the county served by the board--only i n the county.) I t i s not net- reactaons" they may e l i c i t from the communists essary t ha t one have had m i l i t a r y service, '" and

The sad f a t e of the war-torn Bolovens-- the may not be a Of which once was the peaceful preserve of SO^ the armed forces a t the time of ap~o in tnen t * of Indochina,s most mtou&ed hill tribes

Note, too t ha t women may serve as wel l as and a few French coffee plantations--is ( be t te r than?) men. F ina l l y , you should be aware t h a t local s t r l k l n g l y s ~ m 1 l a . r t o t h a t of the Pla in of

board and appeal board memberships are s t r i c - in a few years ago,

t l y voluntary. There i s no remuneration for ron t inued t o page four service. While the board may meet only once o r twice a month, the conscientious- board LLCC RESIS TS-from page one member spends a good deal more time than tha t keeping, up w i t h h i s "homework" and, I suspect, does much agonizing over the d i f f i - c u l t decisions he must make. There w i 11 probably be few who w i l l recognize the o f - ten onerouc, tasks before him .. Nevertheless, i t ' s a job tha t w i l l be done--if got by con- scientious c i t izens, then by ones who ap- proach the job v ind ic t i ve ly , haphaeardly, o r

nonchalantly. So ask yourself, ".If I [or someone I know] don't do it, who w i l l ? " The answer could be fr ightening.

For elaborat ion and c l a r I f I ca t I on o f t h i s o r any other aspect o f Select ive Service, get i n touch w i t h me o r Spr ing f ie ld Select ive Service Information Center where counseling i s ava i lab le from 7400 i n the evening on Tuesdays and Fridays a t 322 1/2 South 6 t h st., above Shadid's Book Store.

were used t o temporary jobs and would no t f i nd i t unusual t o be dismissed a f t e r on ly a short period o f time.

The posi t ions thus f a r selected would i n - clude student veterans emp.1oyed t o inform nonstudent veterans o f col lege oppor tun i t ies and also some c l ass i f i ed pos i t ions a t the col lege t h a t w i l l soon be needed. Other pos- s i b i l i t i e s w i l l be Invest igated according t o co l 1 ege spokesmen.

SSU COMPL YS-fmm page one Keiser o r Spencer, " i n .no way re f l ec ted a serious evaluat ion o f (SSU) programs, which he said would no t come u n t i l the committee had made i t s repor t .

Walsh said the on ly th ing he knew about the l e t t e r was what he hear dur ing a "gene- r a l " summary made by Keiser t o a f a c u l t y meeting on Friday.

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by Michael Morrow

Vientiane, Laos--Washington i s considering a bombing h a l t i n Laos p r io r t o President Nixon's Peking visit, speculate high-level diplomatic sources here, adding t h a t any form of un i l a t e r a l American bosnbing h a l t could have major impact on the Indochina war.

According t o d i p l m a t s residing i n Vientiane and i n contact with a l l pa r t i e s concerned, Washington i s reported t o have leaked information t h a t some form of bombing h a l t may take place p r io r , during and f o r an indef in i te period a f t e r President Nixon's as ye t unscheduled discussions w i t h Premier Chou En Lai .

The same sources f e e l a t o t a l bombing h a l t would l l ke ly mean a ceasef i re i n Laos and ser ious negotiat ions between Vientiane ' s Souvanna Phouma and h i s rebel half-brother, Pathet Lao leader Prince Souphanouvong .

According t o one high-level diplomat, " I t i s cer ta in t h a t i f t he Americans agree t o s top the bombing ( over a l l Laos) there w i l l be a ceasef i re and t a lk s between the. Laotian p a r t i e s w i l l s t a r t . "

However, sources speculate, a p a r t i a l bombing h a l t , excl.uding areas within the - Ho Chi Minh t r a i l system, i s a more l i ke ly pos s ib i l i t y . I t i s f e l t t h a t ne i ther the Pathet Lao nor the North 'Vietnamese would react noticeably t o a p a r t i a l bombing h a l t bu t t h a t the maneuver could be s ign i f i cah t i n the context of American-Chinese movement toward an "understanding" on the future of Laos.

The Pathet Lao representative i n Vientiane i s aware of both pos s ib i l i t i e s . Diplomats here , however, f e e l t h a t the Pathet Lao w i l l not budge from t h e i r demand fo r 8 M a 1 bomblng h a l t unless coaxed by Peking. Hanoi 8-g every s lgn of being staunchly behind the Pamet bi18 In t h e i r posi t ion, having themselves a vested in-rest i n a bombing h a l t over the Ho Chi ~ i f i h t r l i l sys tem.

Andrew Guzowskl , of f l c l a l American Embassy spokesman, refused t o speculate on the pos s ib l l l t y -o f a bombing h a l t , saylng, "any change i n pollcy would have t o come from Washington. " This reporter was refused conversatlons wlth the Ambassador, a l l embassy political o f f i ce r s , the a l r at tache and h i s s t a f f and the army attache and h i s s t a f f t o dlscuss t h i s and other aspects of Amerlcan pollcy In Laos. "They ju s t

won' t see you," s a i d Guzowski. . "They are busy ... they have no obligation t o see you."

Ambassador G. Mwurtr ie Godley , j u s t returned t o Laos a f t e r th ree months home leave with extensive consultat ions i n Washingten, when.queried on the pos s ib i l i t y of a t o t a l bombing h a l t recent ly , is reported t o have ruled o u t the pos s ib i l i t y of any cessation o r pause on the Ho Chi M i n ? t r a i l as long a s it is beingSbsed as a supply route fo r South Viet Nam.

"Killing is my bag. .. /I by Thom Marlowe

[Thom Marlme has spent three years i n Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia as correspondent f o r Overseas Weekly, f o r Metromedia Radi .6 , and fo r Dispatch News Service. He was re- cently Assistant Financial Edi tor of the - Hong Kong S t a r , and i s currently on assign- ment for Asla Magazine. The following con- versation was with a spec la l Forces Ser- geant, A eompany, attacked t o an ARVN (South Vietnamese Army) Ranger un i t , 1

salgon--"There are a t l e a s t s i x d i f fe ren t h l r i ng organizations fo r mercen- a r i e s i n Vietnam. One gmaup of mercenaries works through SOG (Specla1 Operations Group0 , another through MACV (Mili tary Assistance Command Vietnam) , others f o r CIA. Mercenaries are r e c r u t e d by C I A i n Cambodia.

"There are constant hass les between MACV and other mercenary un l t s . A t times, ou t i n the f i e l d , MACV ~ ~ . ~ p p e r a have hov- ered over us, giving our ,posi t ion away.

"My Special Forces un l t s have been working exclusively i n Cambodia and Laos., . along the t r l - b r d e r area. I got mad because they took away my ea r s , We a l l co l l ec t ears . The Special Forces uses a l o t of unconven- t l ona l weaponary, and is s tupid because i t allows i ts men t o leave s t u f f j u s t laying around. Wooden bu l l e t s , I s r a e l i s ten (auto- matic r i f l e s ) guns.

"I don' t agree with the war, but k i l - l ing i s my bag. I r ea l l y d ig being out i n the f i e l d , k i l l i n g , A l o t of men i n the un i t have over 100 individual k i l l s . We have one Viet- namese on the team who k i l l e d h i s mother, f a the r , and two s l s t e r s because ha suspected them of being VC- He i s a top f l i g h t f l e P d so ld ie r -- r ea l l y proud."

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Univers i ty Assembly b i l l one would l i m i t With Permission of Ins t ruc to r (WPI) admis- sions t o classes t o on ly one student a t a time, ra ther than the current p rac t i ce o f ad- m i t t i n g up t o f i ve students simul taneousl v t o a closed class.

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A t the same time the b i l l would l i m i t classes t o a previously establ ished quota approved by the curr iculum committee.

The b i l l says WPI forms w i l l no t be ac- cepted dur ing r e g i s t r a t i o n u n t i l the c lass had reached i t s quota o f students, though the enrollment l i m i t a t i o n s may be waived "by an approved p e t i t i o n from the i ns t ruc to r a t a time p r i o r t o r e g i s t r a t i o n day."

Univers i ty Assembly b i l l two would amend graduation requirements, making the facu l t y responsible for recommending t o the Presi- dent who sha l l receive a degree.

Another b i l l would grant a ten-day fee- less grace per iod a t the beginning and end of each quarter f o r a1 1 course drop and adds for studeots who d i d show u p . on the day of r eg i s t ra t i on . A $10 charge i s cur- r e n t l y lev ied f o r students seeking l a t e re - g i s t r a t i o n a t SSU.

Spending from the student a c t i v i t y funds would be blocked unless the expenditure had f i r s t been approved by the Council on Cam- us and Community A f f a i r s . The primary t h r u s t of the proposal , according t o i t s sponsor John Knol l , would be t o prevent any Person from f i r s t comi t t ing the Counci l 's funds wi thout p r i o r approval.

The Un ivers i t y Assembly met l a s t Thursday and approved Speaker Ph i l Brad1 ey ' s appoint- ments t o the Comnittee on Committees, amend- ded Dennis Camp's proposal f o r evaluation procedures f o r the second year facu l ty , and

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The exclusive SPECTRUM repo r t l a s t week on l i b r a r y book loses on Spr ing f ie ld co l lege campuses has s t i r r e d a reac t ion a t the L in - co ln Land Board o f Trustees. Trustees Ro- b e r t Stephens and P h i l Bradley have request- ed t h a t L inco ln Land l i b r a p i a n Deanne H i l l appear a t the next Board meeting t o discuss and repo r t on the s i tua t ion .

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