Show Student Life Page 2 Dangers Of LSD Many states reahzingthedan-gerou- s effects of the drug have passed laws against its use Utah’s law went into effect May 9 of this year According to Reynolds since that time law officials have received a few "tips" on persons using the drug but other than a few cases in Salt Lake City there is not much official knowledge of the extent of the drug's use According to Reynolds there have been no drug cases reported in Ogden and Logan two college cities but Provo and Salt Lake have both had reported cases "MANY MAGAZINES and newspapers have tended to sensationalize LDS without pointing out its harmful side effects” Reynolds said "This has caused a lot of curiosity among unsuspecting young people ” According to Senate Bill No 8G passed during the last session of the Utah Legislature anyone found having LSD in his posses-tio- n is subject to a $1000 fine or a year in jail and anyone caught selling it to minorscanbe given three years in prison or 7 1967 Shown t Serial In Third ’Life By Gary Rawlings (Third in a Senes) VI HAT IS THE DANGER of There are many using LSD? dangers but the mam ones are prolonged psychoses paranoia possible brain damage and serside effects which at times ious has included suicides and attempted suicides - Utah State University - Monday August For the second offense the fine can go as high as $10000 or 10 years in jail The new state law according to Reynolds has many similar features of federal legislation TO REYNOLDS ACCORDING most of the users of LSD found are also marijuana users "We’re certain that it comes from the Bay area m California or from Denver” Reynolds said However it has been reported by Utah State University students that some have received it from Pocatello Idaho One research experiment was set up using a large elephant as the subject It was assumed that if 250 micrograms would be an average adult dose that 2000 would be proportionately the amount an elephant should receive The elephant upon receiving the dosage however died The expenments had considered only body size - not brain size THE DRUG HAS BEEN KNOWN to produe e insanity A secretary was given LSD in a therapeutic experiment and found that she couldn’t control her thoughts She believed she was m the Garden of Eden and she became preoccupied with ideas She had a strong of leligion urge to take off her clothes in She was later admitted public to a mental hospital One boy given the drug told his mother that he had to watch his thoughts or "I might think myself dead ” Another thought he -- who received a dose accidently had severe reactions with colored visual distortions hallucinations and anxiThese lasted several days ety to sc hool a W hen he returned week later his textbook pages wavered and affected his readSome days he would be ing normal and other days he would visual and see movements other small rhild illusions THERE IIA E ALSO BEEN deaths caused by the drug’s use One person tried to bejump off a bridge because he lieved that his mind and body were separate and that even though his body should die his mind would live on According to Reynolds 100 several doses of 250 micrograms each would weigh as much as a postHe said that it was age stamp hypothesized that if a pound of it was poured into the bay near New York City that it would put everyone in the surrounding area on a tup "It will absoib into anything ” he said One of the amazing things about LSD according to experts is the fact that LSD isn’t considerIt is a chemical ed a narcotic and can be made by almost anyone with a knowledge of chem- PETERSON has recently returned from an assignment to review the agricultural program in Afghanistan as well as carrying out his duties as Dean DEAN D F of the College of Engineering Meet Your Dean Dean Completes Foreign Assignment istry Reynolds says that every lead is being checked out in the State and that violators of the new bill will be dealt with accordingly "When we get a chance we’tl arrest” he said A By Pat Elwood Associate Editor d title is held by two-fol- USU’s Dean Dean F Peterson--th- at of Dean of the College of Engineering and Chairman of the Utah Center of Water Resources In addition to the Research above titles he is currently a' professor of civil engineering Dean Peterson just completed an assignment to review the agricultural program of Afghanistan Dean Peterson was luef of a seven man team named by the U S State Department Prioi to leaving the c ountry Dean Peterson along with American Ambassador Robert G Newman and Afghanistan Munster of Agnc ulture and Irrigation M A Rea personally presented the report of the team to His Majesty Mohammed Shah king of Afghanistan Dean Petersonalso went over the report in detail with Prime Minister M Mai wandwal The team consisted of Louis Reitz chief of wheat research U'SDA: William Carlson program planning office USDA: Arnold USDA economizer Aspelin Clyde Adams agricultural adc -- DONIGAN coordinator of the new instructional media program at USU and his assistant Jim Hess survey the equipment that makes the project possible BOB Instructional Media Instigated For Classroom Lecture Use By Bill Cooper Life Reporter "People are just not familiar with TV techniques which has made this an educational experience for both director and instructor” related BobDomgan Coordinator oflnstruc tional Programming in an interview concerning the newly initiated program for the Increased Utilization of Instructional Media The program which started June 19 includes over 70 audio and visual tapes from five of the Universities’ colleges and three other organizations Videotapng is done in one of the two studio locations on campus while all audio taping is done via a portable unit which can be trans on campus The two video taping facilities include the main TV studio at the TV and Radio Center and a smaller studio at the Library ported anywhere THE PROGRAM which has already been invitiated in a similar manner on other campuses was provided for by a grant made available for this purpose rt The grant procured by Dr H Himes Director of Summer Quarter has also made it possible to continue operation of the FM radio station this sumEU-ve- mer The purpose of the program to provide instructional media for classroom use will begin the second phase next fall A temporary repository for the storage of tapes will be contained in the TV and Radio Center Any professor or organization desiresof using any of the many tapes available will be able to check them out for classioom use THE MAIN PROBLEM in beginning this program according to Mr Domgan will be to make and professors depaitments aware of the facilities available to them "In the future there will be complete wiring of the campus to provide USU with more extensive use of this facility ’’said Domgan "In other universities these programs have been expanded to include tapings of entire courses for student ” viser Raymond Pagan Afghanistan desk officer USAID Washington and Dean Peterson as irrigation specialist academic During the 1965-Gyear Dean Peterson was on leave to serve as Technical Assistant for e Tec hnology of Science and for the Exec utiveOf-fic- e of the Pie'ident His job this capacity wasto coordinate and manage a Federal Water Resources Researc h Program and render advice in the water resources area to the Special As in sistant to the President for Science and Technology Dean Peterson was appointed Dean of Engineering at Utah State University in 1957 Prior to this appointment he was professor and head of Civil Engineering at Colorado State UmversityatFort Collins Before lus admmistra tive work there he wasanasso ciate professor and professorat He has Utah State University other teac hing experience at of Washington He rec etvedhisBSdegreefrom A degree Utah State University in MCE and DCE were later re c ceived from Rensselaer had the University hmc Institute Dean Peterson credits some published artic lestohisname These have appeared in such notable publications as “Amen-caRoad Builder” and "Utah Engineering and Sc lence ” 50 Doolittle Hear Raider Review Of War Exploits To Chase J Nielsen an alumnus of Utah State Univers and one of the four sunnvng members of the famed Doolittle Raiders of World War II will attend a book revew of “Four Came Back” The popular novel Col ty by Carroll V Ghnes details the famous flight over Japan in the Tie early stages of the warDr Ereview will be given by Professor of L Peterson dwin Social Science and Sponsored by President Mrs Daryl Chase the reviewwill be held tonight at 7 30 p m luthe Union Building Faculty Lotm?8 Student Life Staff Editor-in-Clu- ' Associate Editor Photographer Circulation Advisor Reporter Marsha Porter Pat Elwood Ri hard Michaelis Steven Baugh Marian Susan Rosenbaum Bill Professor L Graig Taylor Offices in room 315 Union Building Phone 0 Nelson Cooper Exte- nsions 534 and 535 Published weekly during Summer Quarter Utah Entered as second class 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