Circulation • 1.425.000 WHT CAN'T I THESE KIDS JUST SAT bJO? THE WAR ON DRUGS — PAGE 6 December 1989 • Voiume 3 HEALTHY LIVING — PAGE 17 L THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER RAs = DEAs The 1' of North Texas Student Association recenth passed a resolu lion allowing RAs to search dorm rooms for drugs — Pa#e 3 OPINIONS Ticket miser A student parking enforce? at the l' of California. Irvine, tells tales of fiemg the most liated man on campus — Pant* 8 SPECIAL REPORT In Search of... The first of several / Special Reports explores the role of students III the selection of college and turner s11 \ administrators — Pajfe \2 DOLLARS AND SENSE Sizing the competition Washington State l business stu dents are studying Japanese to under stand their competitors and to get an edge over other American students — Page 15 STUDENT BODY Graduating athletes Congress is considering legislation that would force universities to make graduation rates of student athletes public record — Page 17 Lab tests suggest 4 condom models fail to stop AIDS By Doug Fishback a University Daily Kansan U of Kansas Four major condom types faded to con tain the AIDS virus in recent l of California, bis Angeles lab testi The research showed that Trojan Nat uralube Trojan Ribbed and lafeStvIes Conture each failed one out of 10 tests, and six of 21 < 'ontracept Plus condoms failed to block the transmis sion of the virus, the Los Angeles Times reported William Buck, the tfvnecolojpst at tin l of Kansas health cent* r said the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted dis ease could lx-reduced but not eliminated See CONDOMS Page 23 Justice Department suspects schools of price-fixing, antitrust act violations By Mike E lliott ■ Amherst Student Amherst College More than at I colleges and umvcrsi tie-', includinpall the l\ v Issipue schools arc lieing invest igated hv t he federal gov eminent for allegedly conspiring to set tuition prices According to .Justice Department Spokeswoman Aim Brown, tin Department is conduct inf* a civil antitrust investigation to examine tint ion and financial aid practices at sev eral colleges throughout the count rv lot possible violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act The Act prohibit' tin con spiracv to set prices tot acommoditv in this case education Brow ri would not name the schools nor comment further on the exact nature of the investigation f iftv one schools havi acknowledged receiving mvestigative demands, ini lud mg Amherst. Harvard I'rinceton Stanford l' of Chicago. 1 of Southern ('aldbrma and Vale Amherst College Treasurer .lames Scott denied the accusations of price lix ing "If you ItMik at the data, tuitions are distributed over a hell shaped curve Thev are only looking at a sliver of the high end of the curve If you look at cars, you will see the prices van according to a liell-shaped curve To take the high end and then say 'price-fixing' is hogwash The investigation comes after nine Collusion? uw ',uW poi < »*s o* !N* ' .»* C0lf«g«f. Dt-OW v»- jmong f? ■ u'X**’ Dy toe Justice Dtftwnf’Htnr HARVARD MIDDLEBURV TUFTS WILLIAMS WESLEYAN 18.210 10,396 17.000 19.000 19,292 10,200 17418 18,996 17470 19,306 16 000 18 000 '6,500 19,000 19,500 16 500 '7 000 17 500 COST YfAR f 1 1988 89C0JI1 m '989 90 coTI* co«f*