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Gifts for the campus that has everything When it tomes to alumni i)on.i tiuns, sometimes the l of Pennsylvania has to look .1 gift horse m the mouth Over the sears, the university has received its share of unusual gifts a Hunk dealership in New Jersey, a chalet m the south of France, a lied and breakfast in Louisiana and fret nights m .1 Washington, l),C . hotel \nd although the s< hool did keep one real tuft horse the breeding rights ■ la KmOv. \ V Soppcvatop/ 0*» I .tf* awevt' - / "N/ 'jjkjzu^AJuZ'i: (SPf RAMTO TM| they’re going to have .1 positive cash flow for the university, it and when we dis|x>se of them." he savs l or example, they don t w.mt any more gas stations \fter receiving one in upstate New York .is part of an estate, uni sersits officials realized a hat tcry of environmental prob Inns came with it They ditched it without ever using it “We weren’t out there pumping gas. Mason sa\s \nd there was the time the university was ottered a row house in Philadelphia, valued in 1^8? Belmont Stakes winner Met Iwicc university officials now ,iv old accepting vvli.it VvstK'Ulc Iteasurcr ( lirts Mason terms "cran gilts "We lent! ti> disimirage tr.i/v gilts that don’t look like at about It sountiol great at first, but Mason savs, “(It] was .i gift that wasn't realh a gift.” It turnctl out the mortgage on the house was $400,000. ■Joshua (roltlwcrt. The Daily Pennsyhuman, l . of Pennsylvania KICK tattoos spark debate For 18 years, Jackson Warren has worked in Iowa Stare L'.'s Linden Hall with a swastika and the initials “KKK" tattooed on his arm. But recent opposition to the symbols has sparked a tree speech controversy on campus. During the fall, someone stenciled “If you cat at Linden, you support the Ku Klux Klan" on campus sidewalks. After campus officials received complaints aliout the tattoos, the university moved Warren from his job as dishwasher and reassigned him to less visible duties at a university food storage facility. But in November the Iowa attorney general gave the opinion that Warren should not lx* fired for his tattoos or forced to remove them, and the school reinstated Warren to his original position. At the same time, ISU revised its employee dress code to force hxxl service employees to cover all tattum, regardless of content. Last fall, Warren told the Itra-a State Daily that he has always tried to conceal his tattoos because has no wish to offend anyone. (According to the attorney general, stu dents first noticed his tattoos while he was in the dining area during his break.) Warren also said he has not been affiliated with the Ku Klux klan in many years. Since last fall he has refused comment. ISU President Martin Jischke says although he opposes the message of Warren’s tattoos, he supports free speech. “I find the symbols on Mr. Warren’s arms and what they represent to lie absolutely repugnant,” he says “Neither I nor Iowa State University condones the actions or teach ings of the N'i/.i part) or the Ku Klux Klan.” But, he added, “If we do not protect the expression of ideas we finti most repugnant, then we cannot protect the speech of those who disagree with these ideas." Graduate student Michea) Boulden doesn't agree. He says it's more than a free speech issue. "I’m for free speech,” he says. “But we need to get to the larger issue because we all recognize that there are limitations to free speech. If society says, 'We believe the KKK is wrong and has no place in a university environment,’ then why can't we sav that the symbols are also wrong?" In response to the situation, ISU sponsored a free speech forum and Jischkc offered students the chance to move out of Linden Hall. As of December, no one had moved. • Mike McNamey, Ivwa Suae Daily, Iowa State U. Test center caught cheating l-orn grand will Inn a lot <»t NO 1 pencils, nr in the an nt these two alleged ertmm.ils, one ure.it score on .1 st.tn dardi/cd test. Inn Hyeng I’.irk anil Win (o Jang. who ran .1 coaching center tor standardized test takers, were arrested in November tor supplying impostor test-takers to more than sll \sian immigrant customers. I hex made SJOI.OOO In providing this "service’' in the last year, according to l S Postal Service Inspector Joseph Marino, who headed the investigation. 1 he two men, who ran lota I lest (enter in New i ork, were caught in a sting operation administered In 1 durational Testing Service I- IS administers such tests as theSAl, \(' I and the ( T V exam Mthough some examinations require a photo I I). from test takers, F I S s|>okesman Ka\ Nicosia s.ns the mt|H>stors entered the exams using phon\ passports. Nicosia says the company receives information on such scams m a number ot ways, including score differentials, handwriting analysis and phoned in leads. He declined to comment on what tipped oil F I S m this case Hut, he says, “We had a good idea they were running something ” So last Febniarv !• I S sent an investigator to I otal I est ( enter as a client. "He was offered to have impostors take the SA I and the l est of Fnglish as a Foreign l anguage tor Sr.(HK)," Nicosia says. X-*li Nicosia sa\s prices tor the tests ranged from $4,000 tor the I OKKI to $40,(XX) for the CPA exam. I nc other test-taking impostors were taken into custody after the sting, which took place at four high schools and the I otal 1 cst (Center office. Park and Jang were charged with conspiracy to commit mail train! No court date has lieen set, but they face up to five years m tail and SI0,1X10 in fines if convicted. Nicosia sa\s those who have used the service may also tacc charges. “K I S will receive all the records from Total Testing and eventually we will take some action," he says ■ Lesley Kennedy, 1'be Daily Imran, U. of Iowa Short Takes & Updates DOM ROOM MAS Umax. DEL Looking for something a lit tle more risquG than your standard year book portrait? Boudoir photographer Peggy Montgomery, ot Montgomery/Ford Photography near the U of Delaware, has expanded her variety of “fantasy sets" to include a dorm room setting, complete with pennants, posters, teddy bears, wine glass es and lingerie "We are hoping to spark the interest of college students." she says however, “many of the personnel have been calling Not so much for the dorm set, but our other fantasies ' DO-TOOURSELF THERAPY AKATA. CALV.: Budget cuts mean no thrifty idea is too crazy at Humboldt State U s Counseling and Psychological Services Facing a shrinking staff, they have offered students an alternative to one-on-one ther apy — a vacant office They call it a relax ation room, and although you won't find any professional help there, it does include audio tapes, books, pamphlets, a bed and a recliner Few students have visited the room, but "We re working on expanding the tape selection," says Wellness Center Coordinator Helene Barney SfiCEDOVT FMT MUMS. MtO.; A Colorado State U professor was honored to be the lirst vet erinarian to decapitate rats in space NASA selected Martin Fettman, a pathology pro fessor. to take 46 rats on a 14-day space voyage with seven astronauts in order to study the effects of weightlessness As part of his research. Fettman decapitated six of the rodents, saving most of their organs, including the testes, for post-flight dissec tion. “It's ail for a good cause,' he says IN: A Chinese multimillionaire who acci dentally backed a long shot at the races He won $4 74 million on the bet and used the money to set up a scholarship tor mainland Chinese students to study at Stanford U. ■fMTATft: Giego, the Ottawa U mascot ousted in 1971 Chief Charles E Dawes, a university trustee and leader of the Ottawa tribe, says he is proud to have Giego back. His tribe plans to provide a buckskin to be worn at football games MVffc The National Service Office The new address is: 1100 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington. D C 20525. Britts are compiled from the U. Network.