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THEfTl YOURSELF m pmnrf to ’Ask" Fwtfy WmM 641 Lsxington Am New tort Wbl piy 65 tor published questions Sony we uni enswer others Smd At FOR ORAL ROBERTS president Oral Roberts University I bear your instltietloa does not admit handicapped or overweight students In view ot the fact the Federal Government Is asking people to "hire the handicapped” how do yon Justify this policy for your Christian college? — LLD Sallna Kans 0 Prior to June 1 1977 some students who would have had difficulty moving about the campus were discouraged from attending However we are now planning the necessary changes so that all students who want to come to ORU can be considHandicapped yes: overweight no ered for admission without regard to physt- cal handicaps Students are required to pass a phys-e-d course every semester One course requirement is that students maintain their weight within an acceptable range Thus if over two semesters a student has not made meaningful progress toward a medically determined weight range that student may be required to leave the university N Y 10022 FOR THE “ASK" EDITOR What did Lis Taylor think of all those revelations In Who’s Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor: the new book about her and the report that she didn’t even keep her promise to build a hospital In Africa where she and Dick got married for the second time? — EM Hopewell Va 0 Whatever Liz’s reaction is it’s private The biography is unauthorized When Brenda Maddox planned a book on Liz and asked to meet her the answer was an unequivocal no So Brenda gathered ma- terial from people who ve long known the Her hospital plans never materialised actress Friends related endless stories of her kindnesses and generosity But since books of this kind need spice as well as sugar Brenda contacted those with whom Liz had been professionally involved As to the hospital in Botswana which Liz decided to build in honor of remarrying Dick part of the hitch could be that the couple parted not too long after they became "Mr and Mrs" FOR JUANITA M KREPS Secretary of Commerce What has happened to the fish harvest since the US extended Its Jurisdiction to 200 miles? — I J Rye NY 0 The news is good We expect foreign fishermen to catch FOR DICK CLARK host of American Bandstand and $20000 Pyramid Does running two TV shows place a strain on your marriage? Charlsse Kelly Carson Calif - If you'd ask my wife she'd probably say she sees too much of me Kari is also my secretary so on planes to New York where I host Pyramid we get a lot of work done — and catch up on personal stuff I do lead a busy life but I manage to spend lots of time with my family Kari I see all day at the office And my son Richard Jr is there too about 21 million metric tons of fish from US waters in 1977 s which is about of the annual harvests of four or five for will further reduce foreign catches to Plans 1978 years ago about 19 million metric tons These plans also are expected to restore stocks of fish that had become depleted US fishermen see these changes as presenting new opportunities for them FOR BETTE MIDLER Why do you wear such awful clothes? mington Del FOR EDDIE RABBITT country singer Since no one could Invent a name like Rabbit I aeeumc you were born with It Hae It ever caused you problems? — OHR Bristol Tenn 0 No way two-third- singer-comedien- — OM Wil- 0 Are you referring in particular to that pair of bloomers I wore up around my chest instead of where it was intended? To answer your question — because I like them Unlike that old joke about Chinese food my clothes stay with me forever I tend to recycle my favorite things from one show to another Always shortening lengthening taking in or out getting into fights over my name (It’s Everyone made fun of me I eventually figured out the only way to make them stop was to come up with better Jokes about their names I did When I got into show business I changed my name to Martin I didn't like that either It sent me from obscurity Into complete oblivion FOR THE REV DONALD E WILDMON FOR FRANKCINA GLASS author of Marvin & Tlge It must be terrific to sell your first book lot $100000 But is there anything about your success that’s not so terrific? — RB Greenville Miss Yes — the fact I keep getting referred to as a “modem 0 At school I was always Irish-Gaeli- executive director National Federation for Decency Tupelo Miss What Is the purpose of your organization? Wayne NJ 0We are an — DEG d organization promoting the ethic of decency in the media Currently our efforts are geared toward TV We oppose programs featuring gratuitous sex profanity and violence We support clean wholesome constructive programs Television programming will continue to get worse until people who care get involved Judeo-Christia- action-oriente- Cinderella” and that my story Is a classical one of rags to riches Just for the record I was not poor and we did not live in a slum My mom works at a poultry house and my dad is a bus driver I also find it strange and tiresome when people who Ignored me before are suddenly my friends n PRO Rodney F Page school board chairman Fairfax County Va A tide of court decisions in the last decade has extended the constitutional guarantees of the Bid of Rights and due process of students Freedom of the student press remains a vexatious and disputed area however Where students have established and published their own newspapers and are financially responsible the full protection of the First Amendment seems appropriate Many student newspapers especially in high schools are In fact published by the school system with students as working and learning Journalists In these cases should the decisions of the student reporters or editors override contrary policies of the school system? Clearly not PRO ADD COO Should America’s Student Press Be Subject To Censorship? CONaIssN Sumumui lawyer and author of The Rights of Voting People The First Amendment guarantees all Americans — including students — freedom of the press If there was any doubt the Supreme Court recently declared that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the school house gate" Freedom of the press Is not an abstract right It Insures that Information will flow freely among those who seek knowledge Therefore when school officials interfere with the free exchange of ideas they deny students the right to read as well as the right to publish Censorship of student newspapers not only violates the Constitution but also seriously impairs the process of education itself a 1978 FAMILY WEEKLY INC All rights r— rwd |