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Show Loclf to n EcJltor Appalled at Model U.N. Editor: The week before last, the Model U.N. once again took over part of our Union. While I once was a part of the Model U.N. and think it is an excellent opportunity to teach students about international relations, I am now appalled at the Model U.N. program. pro-gram. In recent years, we have seen such silly activities as mock assasinations and bomb threats. This year, we saw kids running around the Union shouting the thoughts of Mao or yelling, "Free Palestine, Down with Israel." Shouldn't the Model UiJ.ers be taught to discuss all world issues in an adult, dignified manner rather than staging inane demonstrations? The Model U.N. met the same day Walter Hickel spoke on campus. To summarize my view, a friend of mine after watching one of the disruptive Model United Nations demonstrations demon-strations said, "These kids would learn more if they left the Model United Nations and went to see Walter Hickel speak." SEC contradiction Editor: Mr. Stephen M. Snow's letter about the Marching Band made me chuckle. Why is it that when the Department of Athletics becomes involved in any issue from the SEC to the marching band, there is constant contradiction on figures. Mr. Snow quotes them as saying that the Marching Band cost $11,000 for two performances, and then says that the band played at four football foot-ball games last fall and that their budget was $4,500. Who is correct, and why won't the Department of Athletics pay their share? It seems unethical to enter a contract to pay one-third and then after the services have been rendered, to back out of the contract. Jill Roberts What I really meant... Editor: i causea tms mess, so i tninK I should end it. hirst ot all 1 would like to apologize to Calvin Petersen and to all others who were hurt by the letter I wrote. On the comments of my letter April 28 and April 30, I found that the people misunderstood me. So I'll write and tell why I wrote the letter and what it really means. The reason I wrote it is becuase in the lecture of Pete Grundfossen, he gave me the impression that he was right and everybody else was wrong. People have now accused me of not supporting "anti-pollution" programs and that is very very wrong. I am against pollution. pol-lution. I said so in the last letter, but not to the extreme. For the people to understand me, I'll give my opinion and explain it. There are really two types of pollution (1) needful pollution and (2) unneedful pollution. Unneedful pollution is the type that pollutes the air, land, etc. by business or people that can be stopped without causing greater health problems. Example is Kennecott pouring tons of waste into the air and it can stop this pollution without causing a bigger health problem. Needful pollution is the type that if we get rid of this pollution pollu-tion problem, a bigger problem is at hand than when we started. Example is DDT. If we get rid of that, it will cause a greater health problem, like malaria or other types of diseases. I hope I cleared this matter up so we don't have more re-buttles re-buttles in the paper over this issue. I'm not perfect, I do believe in legislation against unneeded pollution. Calvin Peterson Donne Levy I.K. keeps order Editor: Apparently the members of the Student Affairs Committee have not tried to sponsor a stomp lately. It is hard enough to make a profit (or break even for that matter) without a mandatory manda-tory $150 added on for security police. Intercollegiate Knights, of which I am president, held a stomp Friday night without security with no problems whatsoever. The security police were there anyway. One was walking in and out of the ballroom constantly throughout the night. I saw at least one other in the building. If there was any trouble, they would have handled it. That's their job. Hiring security police to stop gatecrashers is ridiculous, and for any other reason, we should not be asked to pay for it. Protection from fights, curfew violators, alcoholic beverages and drugs should be furnished by the police anyway. Our fraternity did as good of a job at stopping gatecrashers as the security police could have. People do not try to force their way into a stomp, they just try clever tricks to get in. If soneone tried to force his way in, a policeman trying to stop him would only be asking for trouble. I was informed by a student at the stomp that our red fraternity jackets made him nervous and that some people were not coming in because it made them nervous also. He said 12 "redcoats" looked militaristic. How much more militaristic is a police guard? We don't need deterents that deter people from coming to the stomp altogether. If the committee is trying to do away with stomps in the Union, as it seems, it may have succeeded. But if it truly is doing it for security reasons, as it claims, it has just made things worse. I suggest the committee reconsider before the mandatory security ruling takes effect. Dave Hosick Are we on file? Editor: I relize that Bruce Pingree usually gets his facts from his super-active imagination, but his column in Monday's Chronicle (May 3) raises one related question that I think students have a right to know. Does the Campus Security keep records on students stu-dents and their extra-curricular activities? If so, why does the University administration allow this to be done? I formally extend ex-tend to the Campus Security an invitation to respond to this question: Do you keep records on students and their activities? J. Walters |