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Show Iage The Daily Uni erte I Monday, November 21, 19hti Moodsm Dr. Phillip Hall COUGAR DENTAL CENTER Suite E. (Above Kinkos) Provo 837 N. 700 E. snow Statman discovers cost of shortcuts over the grass and through thethe snow gets worn a trail, in of themselves are solves our problem this letter w hat to do this week. Listen to this. "Dear Statman: Each winter as the snow falls, I see that a lot of lazy people start to cut the corners of campus walkways. They must think that it doesn't hurt to walk on the grass if there is snow on top of it, but come spring, the grass is dead and must be replaced. My statistical question is how many steps does one save by cutting corners and what does it cost the Grounds Department to replace grass? Thanks . . "Well, Statman, this data should not be very hard to gather. Let's go talk to Roy Peterman, the Grounds Department director. (Later) He sure was helpful, As we join the dabbling duo this wasnt he? Dm glad we went to see week, Statman and Robot are decidhim. I can't wait to tell everyone ing w hat to study w hen Mr. McFee-bly- , what he told us. Let's hurry back to the neighborhood mailman, the e and analyze this data." brings the mail. This sure is interesting. Last "Here you go, Statman. Got a couweek, I heard some people comple of letters here for you. plaining that tuition was too high Thanks Mr. See you and that it wasnt fair. In light of this like Well tomorrow. Robot, it looks data, it seems that the students responsible aw ay and all there part $7-1- man-hour- . By JILL SJOGREN Universe Staff Writer Students are not going home may choose from a variety of Thanksgiving day food and activities this year. The Wilkinson Center cafeteria will serve turkey dinnner Thanksgiving day from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. An open house, sponsored by ASBYU and Student Life, will also be held in the Memorial and Stepdown lounges in the Wilkinson Center. Students will be welcome to eat their dinner in either of the lounges while they watch the parades and football games on two big screen televisions. We hope to provide a comfortable atmosphere where those who cannot go home can relax by the fireplace, enjoy themselves, make new friends and feel a part of our BYU who 175 N' SAVE SMJR Olte c ot fr CUP Buy any regular foot long Sandwich at the regular price and get a sandwich of comparable value for only 99 Later) Well, Robot, after visitnumber of the worst areas, I think we can analyze the data. Statman, there seems to be three size- - of paths: small, medium, and large. The small paths save an average of four steps, based on a three-fopace, which saves an average of two seconds. The medium paths sa e an average of seven steps or 3. 5 seconds. The Targe one saved an of 10 steps and 5 seconds, "Statman, I nope the students and faculty of BYU will be more conscious of where they walk and where they throw' their garbage. family, said Jon Coleman, ASBYU president. An Abbott and Costello movie and Holiday Inn," with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby, will also be shown. In addition, snacks will be furnished all day long. The St. Francis Church, 200 N. 500 West, and the Community Congregational Church, m v: aomaoi ing a Activities abound on Thanksgiving weekend ittct 5 I North Provo Parkway Village Downtown Provo 196 N. University North Orem 271 N. State 377-137- 5 377-117- 7 225-488- 8 COUPON THANKSGIVING BAY N. University, will also be furnishing dinner Thanksgiving day. Ada Marie Miller, director of the Food and Shelter Coalition, said all the foodls being provided by church members and will be served free of charge, beginning at p.m. at each location. Were having turkey and pie and all the trimmings. said Miller. Anyone is welcome. Many of the BYU wards will also furnish some kind of Thanksgiving dinner, according to Dee F. Andersen, 13th Stake president. We try to provide something so everyone has a place to go." 1 STEEL BELTED RADIAL FREE MOUNTING! analyses with fewer statements of fact or self- between undergraduates who had disclosure than found in more inter- just met. More work will be needed to see if the conclusions apply to other esting conversations. The experiments are among the kinds of situations, Leary said. In one experiment, 42 students first in an area that could lead to help for chronically and excessively borsuggested 210 tiresome things other ing persons, the researchers wrote people do that bore them, which rein the November issue of the Journal searchers distilled into 43 themes for of Personality and Social Psychology. a second survey of 297 students. 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Researchers are finding out of brief conversations and Researchers tions and utterances like NEW YORK (AP) are studying an acute social disease w hose victims at one time or another afflict almost everyone around them: bores. The scientists are looking at why some people are boring, in what ways they are boring and just how boring they can get. Theyve even established a "boringness index. Among other things, their studies suggest that, to those who have to listen to them, people who complain about themselves and mutter trivialities are worse than people who overuse slang or try to be too nice. They also found that boring conversation tends to include more ques 0 Quality Care when you need it most. go." Let "1 want to tell them about the grass. OK, Statman? The Grounds Department has spent a lot of money to try to get students to quit making trails through the lawns, such as putting signs out that say Dont harass the grass. Students seemed to think they were a novelty and promptly pilfered all 100 signs to the tune of around $3,000. The big problem with walking on the snow is that the snow doesnt last. As soon as stat-cav- 373-770- that is left is a quagmire that people still insist on walking through. In the spring, it cost the Grounds Department an average of $g,333 in labor and $1,510 for sod." Well, Robot, thats all we can do here. To get the rest of the information we'll need to go out to the most hit areas and count how many steps people save by walking on the grass. for the rise in tuition. According to these figures, the Grounds Department has to spend an average of , 88(i per academic year to pay people for picking up litter. Last s were spent in year 12,483 such pursuits. Also, vandalism is quite a problem. Awhile ago there were some letters to the editor on pouring Mr. Bubble into the fountains. It costs $200 to clean the fountain on the east side of the Talmage building, $250 for the one on the south side of the ASB and $175 for the one on the north side. OCOGGOm 30 I I I I |