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Stanford U. mtudontm haven fatally traohad. Rump Roast ABKII I HI I Ml MOKABl I I I’ll )1 MU Ol I I'll MOON (ever struck Stanford l'. in June when resource lul psychology students turned a ilass project into a (iuinness record. Well, almost. I he group of vtudeim tn(d the limit* of mafLcim^ mllunuc In public iaing Moon at Nmm, an orga nurd protcu agamit untvrrtm poll lie- and an attempt t«» vet the record lor rruu mooning What the mooncft and gawkert alike didn't know wav that the "■protect" wav actually pan of a research pru|cct trvtmg throne* of influence u»ed by advcfficer* and taicapeuplr I hc undent* had to live t a I influence techniques to encourage people to do something thev wouldnt ordinarily do With a tempting lack of mooning record* in the liuinnc** Book to inspire them, the *tu dent* poitcd flier* jmi contacted local newtpaprr* and radio *ta lion* to mnimiir coverage and inictcu in the event And unwitting ituiicnt* at Stan ford took to the idea as a rebellion* move againvt what the* fell were irureavinglv unit rule* vet by the univemtv Moon organi/cr* had fo grin and bare it along with approximate ly 220 cheeky drawer dropper* and 00 witncwing jaw dropper* who vhowrd up at the crack of noon to lend their bun* to the came Photo by Teressj Ann Trusty, The Stanford Daily The Buzz • Ghvj Grant •ill attend Tufti U this tall Grant was initially accepted by Mar raid U and Columbia U , but both universities rescinded after admissions officials discovered that m 1990 she had pleaded no contest to manslaughter charges tor the death ot her mother • Remember the Harvard murder/suicide horn last spring (junior Sinedu Tadesse stabbed her roommate, tumor Trang Ho. «5 tunes and then hanged her self) > Been wondering what more has come out (especially since before the tnci dent the school newspaper had received a note and picture ot Tadesse reading. "Keep this picture there will soon be a very |uicy story involving the person in Bus picture "|? Keep wondering The Harvard Crimson turned over the note and photo to police, and the Middlesei County district attorney's office has nothing new to report on the case, says D A spokesperson John Towle • U S District Court Judge C Weston Houck ruled rn June that Shannon Faulk rter. the lint woman member ot the Citadel ! all male cadet program, will not live m the school's infirmary — apart from the male cadets — or receive a less strenu ous training program Citadel officials withdrew their reguest that Faulkner shave her head m the tall when she begun the cadet program • During promotions ot its college loo (ball coverage, ABC Sports a aumg music performed by the Michigan State U marching band Eighty five ot the band's 285 members recorded a tight song in June to be used m the spots Pre College Till SI days, II’s NO I a quest ion of if you arc going to college but u hert four vear uni versus or community col lege? But what it even that choice seas taken assay? Outrageous' Not to the ( alitor mam tor Community College fujui t\. who have proposed to eliminate all irnhmiti and sophomore classes ai state univemties and shift them to 10^ community colleger ( ommuRHV college tramfer* ate outperforming the people who »tan as freshmen at l 'ntvenirv of ( ah for nit and ( aliform* State l riivcruty schools. uw Robert Oliphant. executive director of ( l ( I "You re not only saving money , but you alvo improve the c|uali(y of the upper illusion programs t of ( ahforma. licrkrlcv senioi Mark Ixong doesn i see a problem with the proposal “I went to com munity college first, and I don t think the experience dtminichcr my education, he savs t nuld this signal the end of freshman life as we know it4 I think this idea nuks. vavs Octdra Hale, a freshman at ( Sl\ Northridge Being forced into a community college regardless of how wrll vse do in high school is unfair because it takes awas out choice If l m smart enough to get into a university. 1 should be able to go to that university," agrees l ccclia Waring, a t Si, Sacramento, sophomore l here arc a lot of myths sui founding this idea, savs Charles l iruiahl. associate sue chancellor of the ( SI system "Where they implemented it. it failed " f iornia put the concept to the test in the 60s bv creating four upper division only universities, but they weren’t equipped to adapt to Go Speed Racer, Go! £ 1 OMi KIDS SI ! Ill |OR HI RAH AND ^^^league dreams. Others dribble on th ground, hoping lor dunks in the f inal I MAJOR c play our. Nui Adim I fiend He found inspiration un a race track m Maine and pursued his dream In Uie stock tarv and New Hampshire < ollegc picked up part oi ihe lab hr tend, a junior at New Hampshire College, persuaded hn school tu give him an aihletic scholarship worth more lhan SIS.tHRf to race ^ hen I went looking (or a sponsor. I knew I could nr ask Pepsi or I’enn/oil, Isecausc rhev probably weren i going lo give lhai kind of mimes ro a raw rookie savs hr tend, who's 21 No 1 said to my parents What alsout the school' I lies thought I d (town over the cuckoo’s nest, but that onls made me scant to do it 110 percent more " •Armed with plenty of enthusi asm and a detailed proposal, hrtend took his dream straight to the president of the 1,100 stu dent college hriend sold the administration on his unique idea foi representing the college, and they gave him the green light and some cash Although (hr Maine lord Drains give Friend some financial support, New Hump shire ( ollrgc is his main sponsor From the cuckoo\ nest to the American ( anadun 18 rave tour circuit. 1 riend s proposal has taken off He's probably the only driver to show up at races with a Ford 1 hundcrbird bearing his s< hool s name and blue and yel low colors l knew it I could.make this thing fly. it would be good lor the school, Friend says And with the reception of the all too frequent speeding ticket F,r gets when hr’, feeling compel itivc on the highways of New l ngland. I riend vays he has tried not to let racing change his life a% a student "People don t look at me like a celebrity or anything," he sass And 1 don t r\|Kct them to 1 go to college and people see me every day I m )ust a regular person.* Rysn D’Agostino. Mtddbbury CoitegesPtwto courtesy Bill Weston the state s rapidlv growing fH>pulj non, says Alan Stonctiphcr, spokesperson for the Honda State l System Hoard of Regents YOU M Y KM A QOOO SMKATMN Vi's i NX c had to keep changing and adding on to the university system Stonciiphcr says. *So in 1981. the legislature authorized lower dm sions for those four universities l ruler the ness system, students could save some serious cash, hut at what expense' It they do this, there isn't ans incentive to do well in high school. Hale save "I studied hard, helped out in student government, volun tcered, and I don’t know it 1 would have done it it someone told me thr only place 1 could start was at a community college." Amy Zukeran, Florida ASM UJ Illustration by Korey Coleman, U. of Texas, Austin
