Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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NEWSEASONS simmer T HE newseason started strong with merry news and media blues. Many events were memorable; others forgetable; most cla- mored with controversy, trials and tribula- tions. Court cases and horse races, deaths, diseases and a Dunn Meadow Smoke-In dominated the warm weather headlines. Tired of stuffing towels under door cracks, the Bloomington and Washington, D.C. members of the Youth International Party (Yippies) and the Nameless Anar- chist Horde sponsored the first Bloomington Smoke-In on May 20. They distributed about one pound of marijuana to some of the 250 participants. lU and Bloomington police officers did not arrest any of the happy party-goers who spent a peaceful afternoon listening to bluegrass and rhythm bands. South of Dunn Meadow in the Indiana Memorial Union, however, all was not so well. An outbreak of Legionnaire ' s disease had been traced to the IMU, and a thorough investigation was conducted by the Federal Center for Disease Control. The baffling Legionnaire ' s virus, which in 1976 killed 29 persons at a Philadelphia American Legion Convention, was even- tually connected with water from the IMU cooling tower and the Jordan River. As a result of the investigation, numerous cases of the disease (including three fatalities) were linked to Bloomington. While Bloomington residents spent the summer gossiping about the disease, Californians spent their warm days griping about high taxes and escalating property assessments. Under the leadership of Howard Jarvis, a number of concerned citizens conducted a statewide campaign advocating Proposition 13, a bill which would lower California ' s excessive tax burdens. The campaign was a success, and on June 6, Californians passed the mea- sure with a two-thirds majority vote. De- spite the sunny optimism surrounding the bill ' s passage, however, government and school administrators estimated a $7 bil- lion loss in revenue per year. Across the nation on June 10, a young Marc Norrad, the pilot and an lU junior, stumbled unhurt from the nose-dived plane which he had unsuccessfully at- tempted to land on the Assembly Hall parking lot. According to Norrad, the plane skidded 330 feet on the gravel, crossed a small grassy area and eventually crashed into a tree at the beginning of 1800 Fee Lane. It was the first Flying Club accident in four years. The courts caused much controversy within media and minorities. On May 31, the U.S. Supreme Court held, 5 to 3, that law enforcement officials have the right to obtain a warrant and conduct unan- nounced searches of private property in order to secure evidence of a crime even though the owner or resident is unaware of her or his culpability. This decision was monumental because it was extended to newsrooms, an area usually protected by the First and Fourth Amendments. The case, Zurcher v. Standtord Daily, began in The baffling Legionnaire ' s virus was linl ed to water from the ll IU cooling tower. blacksmith ' s son from Kentucky, Steve Cauthen, and a three-year-old colt. Af- firmed, won the Triple Crown of Ameri- can Thoroughbred racing at the Belmont Stakes. Cauthen won 477 races in New York state in his first year as a jockey. In 1977 alone, he earned more than $6 mil- lion. Not bad for 18, Stevie. Back in Indiana, the lU ' s Flying Club plane crashed on June 13 when an emergency landing of the Cessna 150 re- sulted in $5000 damage to the plane. 1971 when nine police officers were in- jured in a student demonstration on the Standford campus. Following the assault, police obtained a warrant to search the Standford Daily offices for photographs they thought would help them identify the attackers. Legally, it was an expected decision. Precedent supports that a third party must surrender to a search warrant. Leon Friedman, Hofstra University law profes- sor, was uneasy about this court-

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[QllttiTf 5. RIGHTS UNDER J«apm N BEJENlfO OR iBRIDGfO . BY TSIlNITED mM KM STATE W «Cfll!NrflF m sanctioned police power over the press. You hate to rely on the police and judges ' sense of restraint, because they don ' t always show it. HE U.S. Sup- reme Court handed down another split decision on June 28. It ruled in the Allan Bakke case that quotas for affirmative action programs must not be founded on race alone. In its decision, the court stated that Bakke, 38, should not have been denied admittance to the Uni- versity of California Medical College at Davis because he was a white male. The Bakke case stirred up a flurry of verbal fights between various interest groups and was deemed the most important civil rights case since Brown v. Board of Edu- cation. Other monumental decisions were solved out of court. Approximately 100,000 women, men and children marched in Washington, D.C. on July 9 to voice sup- port for the extension of the Equal Rights Amendment. It was an inspiring day filled with speeches and smiles. Ms. magazine editor, Gloria Steinem, cheered, This is a revolution that cannot fail. We are the women our parents warned us about, and we ' re proud of it. The emotionally mov- ing march was a success, and later Con- gress passed the ERA extension. Another group, the postal workers, was dissatisfied with its conditions. They threatened to strike because of slow wage negotiations. The postal strike was called off, however, when U.S. Mediation Di- rector Wayne Horvitz negotiated a new three-year contract on July 21. Soon after, a wave of religious and med- ical debates developed concerning the birth of Louise Brown, the world ' s first test tube baby. The daughter of Leslie, 31, and Gilbert John Brown, 38, Louise was conceived in a test tube, implanted back into her mother ' s womb and born on July 26. Leslie Brown had been unable to con- ceive due to damaged Fallopian tubes. Al- though many attempts had been con- ducted previously, Louise was the first known fetus to live until birth. The healthy girl ' s physician. Dr. Patrick Step- toe, offered a new hope for the many childless couples who cheered the mod- ern medical marvel. For the many audiences who once applauded Totie Fields and Bob Crane, Viclu Buckoer From religious news to fairytales, once upon a June 28, a beautiful princess Caroline of Monoco, 21, wed Parisian playboy and commoner Phillippe Junot, 38. The King and Queen did not approve of their daughter ' s choice, but alas the princess insisted and two ceremonies were held. The first was a civil affair in a chamber where her parents were wed and the second, after the couple ' s night apart, was a Roman Catholic ceremony. We are the women our parents warned us about, and we ' re proud of it. - Gloria Steinem this summer brought tears. Crane, 49, best known for his television portrayal of the brilliant colonel on the zanny serial, Hogan ' s Heroes, died of extensive blows to his head by an unknown attacker in his Arizona hotel room on June 29. Totie Fields, 48, beloved comedienne of the talk show and nightclub circuits, died of a heart attack in Las ' Vegas on Au- gust 2. Prior to her death, though. Fields had staged two inspiring comebacks to the entertainment world — one following a leg amputation in 1976 and another after a mastectomy in 1977. On August 6, the Roman Catholic Church mourned the death of its leader. Pope Paul VI who died of complications following a heart attack. The 80-year-old spiritual leader of 683 million Roman Catholics had assumed the papal tiara in 1963 and had authorized more changes than any pope since the 16 century. After a period of contemplation, the conclave of Cardinals elected John Paul I. Another wealthy woman, shipping mil- lionairess Christina Onassis, 27, married Russian bureaucrat, Sergei Kauzov, 37, on August 1. Onassis temporarily moved into a two-room Moscow apartment with her new husband and mother-in-law. So much wedded bliss? Not really. Bri- tain ' s Princess Margaret, 47, upset the pretty, painted picture when she divorced Lord Snowdown, 48, after 18 years of marriage and two children on May 24. This was the first divorce granted to an immediate member of the royal family since Henry VII divorced Anne of Cleves in 1540. Back in our favorite fun-city, the sum- mer slip-slided away. Thousands of stu- dents arrived from faraway places. Many freshmen exalted in their new found free- dom. Some seniors shed tears. Parties boomed. Dull dorm rooms bloomed. Bookstores bulged. And as August ended, the autumn new season began. ED By Laura Manske