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Show Too nice for students ; Editor: As most people know, learning isn't an ; eight to five job. Why then is it that the administration insists on making it one? Until recently, the student lounge in the Art and Architecture Center has been kept open around the clock and was used and enjoyed by the students. Apparently this didn't meet with the approval of the administration which seems to want a show room like the ridiculous O.C. Tanner Room in the library which costs many times more than need be and, because of restrictions, is not used a fraction as much as it should be. . It must have been with this show room attitude that the furniture for the lounge was chosen. The table tops are covered j wth Nagahyde which without the utmost 'I care are subject to cigarette burns and srs. The couches are of plush Nagahyde whse pillows appear to be there for ;: lounging. Little does the unaware lounger , ow that these pillows have hidden fas-i fas-i teners attaching them to the frame of the ; I c"ch- h is little wonder that a couple of .; i P lows were torn when some unsuspecting !!nger attempted to use a pillow as a tr , 0W-. When the administration happened trough the lounge and realized the lounge actually being used as one, they the uthat the dama8e was the fault of J nht people and decreed that the "ge wuld be locked at 8 p.m. every exw't f3S bee" in effect since APril 23 , P' for the one night when some students rebelled against having to pay for the admistration's poor choice of furniture and broke into the lounge. This move may have alienated the administration into a defensive position with a deaf ear. It may also give credence to their attitude that the students are to blame, relieving themselves of the fault of the poor furniture choice. If the students aren't the most highly valued part of the university and if the university isn't made for student use (as apparently the Art and Architecture Lounge was not) then what is the point of it all? This question is reflected in the growing number of alienated students whom the administration catagorizes as "radicals." D. Bethel Go see Ike and Tina Editor: There has been a lot of talk about more student use of the Special Events Center. Well, do those students realize that this Friday night, the student group, Artists and Speakers, is presenting the show "Ike and Tina Turner?" I sure hope that they do realize this and that out of principle they will support it. If students cannot use the building successfully on their own, then perhaps they have no claim to the building. This will be a trial case in point: Can students sponsor events held in the SEC and do it successfully? Another point is at stake, because of the control of the SEC. It is the type of performers who are being brought into the SEC. With some exceptions, most of them have not been geared to the University community, most to the high school crowd and the adult-family night audience. Examples: Doc Severinsen, Rouvaun, the First Edition. Ike and Tina are definitely college entertainers, whose entire show is geared to the humor and the intellect of the college crowd. There are numerous witnesses to this fact: Their show on campus in the Union Ballroom three years ago was fantastic. I hope that all the students will realize the principles, besides the great entertainment, that is at stake here and support the show this Friday night. S. Plough Freaked, got paranoid Editor: It's really too bad that your paper is a super hype. Two days ago I read an article on drugs by Mr. Koppl, while today I read a super hyped up story by Mr. Gillins. I've got to give Mr. Koppl some credit for at least trying to show the truth. Does the truth hurt? I guess for the Chronicle and the dorm students it really does. And to add, the dorm student who answered his letter should take a moment out from his LSD trips and think. This was one opinion of a person. This person should wake up and see that hundreds of people are in mental hospitals today because of a simple trip. Why cover up the truth, it is evident that there is drug usage in the dorms. I think people freaked out the way they did because they got paranoid. I'm glad some one told the truth for once, even if it did cause a mass freak out. If you don't publish this, then it is because your paper is a farce, meaning accepting all rejections and no acceptions of Mr. Koppl's article. Mr. Bill Johnson Truth about the band Editor: I would like to comment on the references refer-ences made to the University marching band in Friday's Chronicle. In your front page article it is stated that the Department Depart-ment of Athletics has refused to pay its third of the money to finance the band "because the band has played only about twice a year on a budget of $ 1 1 ,000." That statement shows how aware some people are of how much work the band directors and members put in each year and of what the band actually does. The marching band performed at four football gameslast fall and in most years performs at five or six. The band has never performed per-formed as few as two times in a season. The marching band budget this year was $4500. The band has performed and added to the spirit of football games for years with no cooperation or appreciation shown from the athletic department. I believe the students appreciate the contribution the band makes, however, and I want them to know the truth. Stephen M. Snow Department of Music |