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Show est SLC revels at arts f Salt Lakers took to the streets in droves for five days last week, celebrating the arts, summer and fun at the third Utah Arts Festival. Bands harped, hoedowned and harmonicaed; dancers pirouetted, promenaded and polkaed; and everyone played and partied in the summer sun. At right, members of the Senior Citizen Harmonica Band get down to serious business crooning "You Are My Sunshine." Below, children peer curiously into some artistic tubing in the Children's Art Yard. C - ' - - f&K Wi fNWI ti sT nil rsdav. ji i t r. is?) Mil I MM RSI Greeks raise standards, higher G PA for pledges Incoming Jreshmen who join a fraternity or sorority next fall will have to meet tougher grade point average standards in order to become active members , according to Council adviser. Randy Jensen, Assistant Each house is planning to impose a minimum grade point average requirement (most nouses are higher) on all pledge members during their first quarter. Those who do not meet the requirement cannot become active members. A recent study conducted by the Greek Council shows the overall CPA for sororities to be lower than the Univesity average. A similar study on fraternities is yet to be completed Jensen said. "The Greek system is a scholastically inclined organization and should reflect an above average CPA," said Jensen. "Students who show no concern for their schoolwork weaken the system in the long run." Jensen said he feels the new standard will improve the Greeks' overall GPA standing and strengthen the system as a whole. "Students going through rush should be informed that their pesonal involvement in the system is important no matter what house they join." Jensen said. U (IH I VOL. til C1 NO. 5 saie SL man uses NASA foam . Inter-Fratern- al U financialAid office expects Basic Grants to double undernew requirements Aid office is expecting Basic Educational Opportunity Grants to double in a year's time. The increase is due to new regulations passed by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare relaxing the eligibility requirements and making more money available The University Financial to students. Joseph Califano, Secretary of HEW, said, "In addition o miudle-incom- e expanding the number of participants to reach more levels, these amendments allow more than 600,000 students to receive increased awards." Unlike other U.S. Office of Education financial aid programs, all eligible students will receive Basic Grant awards. To be eligible for a Basic Grant you must: (a) be determined to have financial need based on the Basic Grant eligibility formula and the cost of your eduction; (b) be an undergraduate student enrolled in an eligible program at an (c) meet citizenship eligible institution at least half-timused have and not (d) your full eligibility for requirements; e; Basic Grant awards. Aid at the Peggy Hewlet, Associate Director of Financial has been November since University said, "The impact continued on page four By Judy Barrett Chronicle Staff Writer A Salt Lake businessman has taken a new type of foam developed by National Aeronautics and Space Administration for its space program and created a bed which vibrates, rocks and rolls and stimulates all the tactile senses. J.R. Lutz, president of Space Inc. said the bed aides handicapped and hearing impaired people. The bed is an unusual experience for anyone trying it. Lying on the bed created incredible tingling sensations through the body. The bed gives a massage while bouncing musical tones off various parts of the body; one tone hits the ankle, the next the hip, the next the shoulder. "This approach activating the tactile kinesthetic senses to and in developing residual hearing is very worthwhile," said Bitter. He added that the positive potential of the bed comes from its ability to help develop the senses of rhythm and pitch. Dooley said hospital patients using this foam are more comfortable and do not develop bed sores. The Doxey-Hatc- h Medical Center of Salt Lake used a "space foam" pad on an unconcious patient for four months. It reported that even m. mt mmmmm after that extended length of time the woman had an "excellent skin condition." Lutz said he is excited about using his new invention as a biofeedback device. He has developed a way to translate a person's heartbeat into sound and can cause the foam in the bed to pulsate at that rate. Recent studies in biofeedback techniques have led him to hope this process can be used to enhance the learning processes and motivate an individual to be able to control his own hear rate. This could result in controlling hypertension without the use of drugs. c The unique qualities of the foa allow clear sounds to move visco-elasti- the bed, throughout to Lutz. according Lectures, speeches or anything of a recorded nature can be sent through the bed. This allows a person to relax and have unmuffled sound surround and vibrate across his entire body, Lutz said. He added the bed should be available to the general public sometime late this year or early in 1980. Charles Dooley, vice president of the company, explained that the foam in the bed provides uniform pressure to every part of they body. He said its unique structure also allows air and sound to flow freely and clearly through its mass. Beds, pillows and wheelchair pads made of this "space foam" are now being investigated for use in teaching the hearing impaired, protecting hospital patients from bedsores and making nonambulatory invalids more comfortable. It is being tested for its biofeedback capabilities, Dooley added. University professor Grant Bitter is researching the bed's potential as a device for speech learning the hearing impaired people. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529k Salt Lake City, Utah Non-Prof- it |