Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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lU welcomes slow pace o ii by Tim Martin Between May 7-9, lU-Bloomington ' s student enrollment dropped from more than 30,000 to less than 6,000. Students flocked homeward in droves, dormitories closed, and groundskeepers re-seeded bare-trodden campus paths. Summer school had begun. To the 5,779 students who attended the first five-week session, summer school meant a reprieve from the usual rigors of academic life. Class periods were longer but less formal, as students carried a maximum of nine credit hours. The fewer number of classes taken over a shorter time period (in comparison with the regular semester) seemed to make students ' loads more organized. Undergraduate summer students who lived in residence halls stayed in GRC, while graduate students lived in Eigen- mann. The remaining residence halls were either closed for the summer or housed the many workshops, institutes 16 and summer programs held on campus. One such program was the Interna- tional Cheerleader Conference (ICC) which ran from Sunday, June 26 to Thursday, June 30. The conference ' s 90 participants, who lived in McNutt Quad, came from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. Par- ticipants learned cheers and drills and competed for daily awards. Another program which ran for the en- tire eight weeks of the second summer session was the Groups Special Service ' 77 program. Groups is a year-round program for fi- nancially and academically deprived stu- dents, who, otherwise, would not be able to attend college. The summer program involved approximately 300 high school students. A federal grant funded room and board, tuition, books and spending money for the program members. Students in Groups lived in Teter Quad and took regular college classes in the University Division curriculum. In addi- tion, they learned academic discipline and study habits to help them in future college years. Students selected in the program were s recommended by their high school prin- ' j cipal, counselor or local social worker asi; having college potential. Recommendec students were then isited by Universityl Division representatives who made tha final selection. , Besides the cheerleading conferenctj and Groups ' 77, the lU-Bloomington: campus hosted a variety of other worki, shops. These included the High School Journalism Institute, football and basket ' ball camps headed by lU coaches, musi(i, programs and student leadership confer ences. As the summer raced on, students dis covered they ' d have a new thorn in thei| sides come fall. On June 1 7, the lU Boom of Trustees approved the first tuition in ' crease since the 1 973-74 fiscal year. Th :, 13 percent hike meant an increase fror ;j $361 to $405 for Indiana residents carry, ,|| ing 15 hours in the fall of 1977. While the fee for a 1 5-hour course loa went up, the fee for a 12-hour cours load went down to $324. The $361 fee r past semesters reflected the hourly re y iy ti I lie ei

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Son of Sam The tree-lined streets of New York City boroughs no longer offered young couples privacy. Instead, the neighbor- hoods served as shooting galleries for a crazed gunman. The gunman, who called himself Son of Sam, struck eight times, killing six people and wounding seven others. The victims were all in their teens or early 20s, and many of the females had long, dark hair. Residents of Queens and the Bronx, the murderer ' s prime target areas, walked fearfully through neighborhood streets. Women cut or lightened their heads of long, dork hair in efforts to throw Son of Sam off their tracks. Finally, after one of the largest police investigations in history, a possible Son of Sam was arrested in August of 1977. Police charged David Berkowitz with the bloody crimes. Berkowitz, a postal clerk, provided in- vestigators with details of his vicious at- tacks. He claimed that his shooting sprees were directed by voices he heard from a neighbor ' s dog. Son of Sam ' s capture was a bitter- sweet victory for police. They were re- lieved that the madman ' s days of killing had ended. Yet, police were also sad- dened by the fact that Berkowitz was not mentally competent to stand trial. Marianne Gleissner B-1 Bomber Commanders in the United States Air Force received an unpleasant shock when one of the proposed mainstays of strategic air warfare, the B-1 Bomber, was shot out from under them by Presi- dent Carter. The decision to halt production of the planes was mode by Carter on June 30. Research into the bombers and the con- struction of four sample planes had al- ready taken place, at a cost of $4 billion. Carter ' s decision prevented the construc- tion of 240 more bombers, estimated to cost $101 .7 million each. The President stated that his decision would be reconsidered if, at the end of a few years, relations with the Soviets should deteriorate drastically. In the meantime, he announced plans for the construction of a fleet of inexpensive cruise missies. Becky Robinson Haldemann Mitchell In June, H.R. (Bob) Haldemann, former White House Chief of Staff, and John Mitchell were sentenced to 2 ' 2-8-year terms for their crimes of perjury, obstruc- tion of justice and conspiracy in the Watergate scandal. Mitchell now has the distinct honor of being the first U.S. At- torney General to serve a prison term. He was taken to a Montgomery, Ala., penitentiary while Haldemann was sen- tenced to the Lompoc Prison Camp in California. These minimum-security prisons are unfenced, have no armed guards and do not accommodate violent convicts. Al- though officials endlessly stated that the men were not receiving any special treatment, Mitchell hod both a golf course and a river for fishing avilable to him. Both Mitchell and Haldemann plan- ned to write books during their stays in prison. M Michelle Gottwald Nightclub fire In the worst nightclub disaster in the United States since 1942, 161 people died in a fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club on May 29. The fire started in a small, private di- ning room, the Zebra Room, and quickly spread throughout the rest of the South- gate, Ky., nightclub. Authorities attri- buted the cause of the blaze to a mal- function in the wall wiring of the Zebra Room. When first alerted of the fire by a bus- boy, many of the 700 guests in the Cabaret Room did not take the warning seriously. At first there was no rush for the exits; some people filed out while others remained at their tables waiting for singer John Davidson ' s warm-up act to finish. Flames and smoke spread quickly and as the lights went out, people began to panic and stampede for the exits. Once firemen arrived at the scene, overpower- ing flames and smoke prevented them from entering more than 20 feet i nside the building. Consequently, many of the victims died at their tables, and others perished while trying to escape. The tremendous loss of lives and ex- tensive damage easily could have been averted if the nightclub had installed a sprinkler system that would hove been capable of extinguishing, or at least con- taining, the fire, authorities said. Kothleen O ' Hore 15

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' ;; i (LEFT) There may not be fish in the fountain, but these youngsters don ' t seem to mind, as they patiently wait for the fish to bite on a summer afternoon, (BELOW) Taking a breal from summer training, Hoosier noseguard Randy Smith enjoys a relaxing float around Griffey Lake with pal Ace. (BOTTOM) Recliner in hand, this sunbather appears more interested in gazing at the lifeguard atop her perch. v. ' S , Jr fi ■ ' -: . •■- ' • . r«»Mw;;ai ' Summer ir 12-17 credit hours. Under the new ' Stem, resident undergraduates would 3y a $27 per credit hour rate — regard- ss of the number of hours taken. Fees for non-resident undergraduates ere raised from an $820 flat rate per jmester to $990 for 1 5 credit hours, but ere lowered to $792 for 12 credit hours. Resident graduate student fees were icreased 16.1 percent, while non- ;sident graduates incurred on 18.8 per- 2nt increase. lU President John Ryan said the new stem should raise needed revenue and ill not be a detriment to those students ho carry less than 1 5 hours and work to jpport themselves. In spite of this bad news, the summer ill supplied interest and excitement. On riday, June 10, Ail-American lU center ent Benson signed a six-year contract ith the Milwaukee Bucks. Benson was le first pick in this year ' s National Bos- Jtball Association (NBA) draft.