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Show Hassle stymies political stomp College of Health, was against the stomp, may have had something some-thing to do with it." Mr. Varley offered the use of the stadium parking lot for the stomp, but Students for Owens will probably use the plaza just west of the Union. The bubble will not be used. Miss Merrell is especially angry that the football team can use the grounds to practice their various talents, while a student political group gets the run-around. run-around. Maybe when the Astro-Turf Astro-Turf is installed in the stadium, the rest of the University grounds will be free for the students to use; Students for Owens hopes so. Everything you hear about bureaucracies is going on right on this campus," says Steve "Philo" Johnson, chairman of Students for Owens. The remark was made after the group hassled with the administration about a stomp for Democratic Congressional candidate Wayne Owens. The problems began when Lynn Merrell tried to obtain use of one of the practice fields for the stomp. A large plastic bubble to cover the Owens supporters was planned; grass was needed to stake the bubble down. The field was not being used that night except by the automatic sprinkling system, which goes on every night at 9:30. Ray Varley, administrative vice-president, saw nothing wrong with the idea, but had to check 6n administrative policy concerning political groups. The bugs were ironed out when the word came from Grounds and Physical Plant that a stomp would upset the computerized watering sch-.uule and the cost of changing the schedule would be the schedule would be prohibitive. The grass would also take too long to rejuvenate itself after a stomp. Miss Merrell then asked why a large pit was allowed to be dug in the Union lawn during Indian Awareness Week last May; apparently walking on grass does more damage than digging it up. 'The fact that the Union officials were in favor of the pit being dug, while O.N. Hunter, Dean of the |