Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Campaigns conclude On November 7 ISU students went either to the Yellow Cab Company at 1000 Spruce Street (Precinct 5-C) or to Redman Hall at 12th and Mulberrty Streets (Precinct 4-A) to vote for the next president of the United States. Alan C. Rankin, President of ISU; Paul O'Dell, President of SGA; and Gary Coffman, Chairman of RHA all made statements urging students to vote. O'Dell publicly endorsed Matthew Welsh for Governor and Warren Henegar for Congress. As everyone knows the election results were quickly known. President Nixon was reelected by carrying 49 states including Indiana. Welsh went down to defeat to Otis R. Bowen and Warren Henegar lost to incumbent John Myers. ‘Jogathon’ success “Thonisms” seem to prevail at Indiana State with ‘“telethons,” ‘“skip- ropeathons” and now a “jogathon.” The faculty and staff of ISU participated ina 50-hour jogathon from November 28 through November 30. James L. Wittenauer, director of intramural activities and William M. Malloy, track coach, organized the event. They said the jogathon is acknowledgement of the ever- increasing popularity of jogging for physical exercise and total fitness. The ISU faculty and staff, they also pointed out, were jogging for mental and emotional health as well as physical fitness. ISU President Alan C. Rankin donned jogging attire and officially started the event by jogging the first minutes of what is possibly the world’s first jogathon. “We haven't heard of a jogathon ever being tried or accomplished by any other college-university faculty and staff men and women.” concurred Director Wittenauer and Coach Malloy. “Perhaps our 50-hour event might well establish a new world record.” Faculty members in the jogathon. Pe Senator Hartke campaigns in Terre Haute for fellow Democrats. Attorney faces controversy As SGA attempts to hire its own at- torney for student use because they feel that the university's attorney is not acting in the student’s interests, note might be taken of the purposes of Darrel E. Felling. Felling was retained on October 16 by ISU on a part time basis to serve as attorney for the new department — Student Legal Counsel- ing Service. Felling’s office is located in Room 100 of the Union Building South. The office is open at least 20 hours per week for students and student organizations. Felling is available to advise students as to a course of action open to them or to function as a referral ser- vice. After explaining his cir- cumstances, a student will be in- structed as to whether or not he has a legal problem. He will be advised as to rights, responsibilities and obligations. The attorney is restricted from representing students in a court of law. His duties entail counseling, advice and referral services only. Felling has been retained through June 30 when the program will be reexamined with the possibility of expanding the position of Student Legal Counselor to a full time position. Felling states that the problems he has dealt with consist mostly of univer- sity grie vances that students have. Other leading problems concern tenant-landiord problems and criminal charges. Meanwhile, SGA has not given up in its attempt to gain its own lawyer. After their first bill was rejected by the Board of Trustees, the Student Senate has passed a second bill again re- questing the right of the Student Government Association to retain its own lawyer. Darrel Felling Legal Counseling

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Indiana State University initiated action to make it easier for students in wheel chairs to get around campus after criticism by State Senator Herman Fanning and former ISU student Rick Eldred. Eldred had claimed that the un- iversity has continually foiled attempts to make the campus more suitable for handicapped students. Fanning charg- ed the administration with deliberate non-compliance with state building code regulations regarding facilities for handicapped students. In mid-November Thomas. Daw- son, physical plant director, and James Ringer, associate dean of student af- fairs, met with Miss Shirley Cusick, an ISU co-ed confined to a wheelchair. They formulated plans for the building of curb cuts on the ISU campus. Curb cuts are breaks in street curbs that allow wheelchair students to negotiate curbs unassisted. In response to Senator Fanning’s charges that the university had deliberately ignored building regulations, Robert J. Murray, ass istant to the vice-president for business af- fairs, called those charges “completely untrue.” Murray said all university buildings constructed since the passage of laws requiring considera- tion for the handicapped have con- formed to the guidelines established by these laws. He cited the example of the university-civic amphitheater, which he said contains special areas designed to allow people in wheelchairs to view events. He said the amphitheater has at least twelve such areas. Handicapped students aided Vice-President for Student Affairs John Truitt defended the administra- tion saying not one handicapped stu- dent had complained personally to him in the last five years. Shirley Cusick said she was never informed of difficulties prior to her enrollment and was actually en- couraged to enroll at ISU. we ta Four alumni honored Four graduates of Indiana State received the 1972 Distinguished Alum- ni Award during Homecoming 1972. The presentation was made by the ISU Alumni Association. The four award recipients were Wayne E. Fuson, Dr. Sara King Harvey, Marguerite Taylor and David Bartram. Wayne Fuson is sports editor of the Indianapolis News. In 1966 he was named National Sports Writer of the Year, an award granted Fuson by his fellow sports writers throughout the country. Dr. Sara King Harvey is a 1913 graduate of Indiana State Normal School. Dr. Harvey was a member of the English faculty of ISU for 35 years and has also taught for several years in public schools. Marguerite Taylor taught in the elementary and secondary grades in Terre Haute from 1925 until 1968. She was one of the first black teachers in- tegrated into the local school system and was the first to teach on the senior high school level. David Bartram is an investment banker in New York. He was a 1938 graduate of Indiana State who studied later at American University and New York University. Services conducted here A memorial service for Denver A. Smith and Leonard D. Brown, the two black students killed during a demonstration at Southern University, was conducted November 30 at the Wesley Foundation. Arrangements for the services were made by SGA Presi- dent Paul O’Dell. Attended by 17 persons, including O'Dell, University President Alan C. Rankin, and Vice President for Student Affairs John W. Truitt, the participants heard the Reverend Duane Sinn say: “TIME has called it a ‘Southern Tragedy.’ But the death of two students participating in a peaceful demonstra- tion in a nation dedicated to freedom of er if expression and liberty and equality for all men and women is more, far more than just a Southern Tragedy.” “That students across the nation are not incensed at the injustice of the situation is a tragedy. That parents who support institutions of higher learning through taxes and financial con- tributions and endowments are not enraged is appalling.” “That educators who devote their lives to influencing young minds to the highest good are not themselves out demonstrating and refusing to par- ticipate in a superstructure that ap- proves negotiation with tear-gas or shotguns is an enigma.” 23

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Record phone call The record breaking phone call between the men of Sandison Hall and the women of Burford Hall ended at 10 a.m., November 13, when the phone went dead. The call lasted for 622 hours, sur- passing the old world’s record of 550 hours which was set at Kansas State University in 1966. Fifth floor in San- dison and sixth floor in Burford were the floors involved in the “phonathon.” Robert Hannel, a second semester junior majoring in manufacturing design, commented that he talked about height, weight, measurements, hair color, classes, hobbies, weather and future plans during his 45 hour phone conversation from Friday to Sunday. Hannel commented that he might try the phonathon again next semester with another dorm. Throughout the call records were kept as to who talked and for how long. The phone call equalled the world’s record on November 10 at 10 a.m. Expanding draft? The SGA’s Draft Counseling Service has expanded its activities to include veterans’ problems and has changed its name to the Draft and Veterans Counseling Service. According to the center’s director, Dave Howard, the change is due to the expected elimination of Selective Ser- vice inductions after June 30, 1973. Howard noted that despite the suspen- sion of inductions, the Selective Ser- vice System will remain intact. All of the system’s other functions, such as classification and examination, will continue. In addition to advising those still eligible for draft, the center also deals with the problems experienced by veterans. A major problem noted by Howard is the veteran’s adjustment from military regulations to civilian law. Regulations, he stated, differ among the various military bases. Howard said that the application of these regulations is based more on personalities than on fairness and justice. Another problem with which the center deals is the veteran’s adjust- ment to civilian courts. ‘Military courts,’ Howard stated, ‘‘haven’t recognized all the constitutional rights that a civilian court has.” SOSNDHAPYONS oh SO BNAAPYONS os Burford and Sandison break the world’s record for a phone call. Remember the music of ‘72? TOP SINGLES: First Time Ever | Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan American Pie - Don McLean Without You - Nilsson Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr. | Gotcha - Joe Tex Lean On Me - Bill Withers . Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis Brand New Key - Melanie Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton TOP ALBUMS Harvest - Neil Young Tapestry - Carole King American Pie - Don McLean . Teaser The Firecat - Cat Stevens . Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones Killer - Alice Cooper First Take - Roberta Flack America - America . Music - Carole King . Madman Across The Water - Elton John 25