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September Gbrtuhvr A ilruivtu mth gvutnmarg nf Eurnta Southwest Seourit Tightened One of the fall semester's recur- ring news events revolved around the Southwest living area, one of the country's most densely populated liv- ing quarters, containing numerous low-rise dormitories and live 22-story towers. Residents of the area were plagued by several incidents concern- ing objects being thrown from the towers. Steven Rodman was hit on the head by a roll of toilet paper tossed from a window of John F. Kennedy tower on Sept. 16. Rodman was mo- mentarily knocked unconscious and spent three days in the University In- firmary under precautionary mea- sures. Brian Turner, who had been ac- cused of hitting Rodman with the ob- ject was later acquitted on the charge. There were numerous incidents of a similar nature during the beginning of the semester. Another student was accused of throwing a weight out of his tower window while he was adjusting the screen on the window. He was spotted by a security man around the time a weight had crushed the roof of a car parked below his dormitory. The stu- dent was later found to be innocent. On Sept. 27, David McDonough was suspended from the university for allegedly throwing a cinderblock out of the ninth floor lounge of Washing- ton tower. in the early morning hours of Sept. ll. Witnesses said McDon- ough had been involved in a poker game on the morning of the incident and angered at having lost money in the game, threw the block out of the window. Stories of the Southwest incidents were carried in local newspapers as well as the Boston Globe. University officials said screens would be placed on tower windows to alleviate this hazard and issued strong warnings to the residents of the area, saying such misconduct would result in suspen- sion and criminal charges. Looking deceptively calm in this picture, Southwest was a dangerous place to live in early September. ,, , ,, -f '-: .I ,, Q.. School started, and along with it, the books came out. From any angle, some things-basically never change. Earthfooa's Offers Alternative Menus Tostados, gazpacho, cold cucum- ber soup and pero may not sound like the typical college lunch, yet Univer- sity of Massachusetts students began forking up such meals Sept. l3. They were eating at Earth Foods, a student-run, vegetarian restaurant in the Commonwealth Room of the UMass Student Union Building. Earth Foods, which has expanded in its second semester of existence. unlike two other Campus Center eat- ing places, the Hatchet-and-Pipe and the Campus Center Coffee Shop, is a non-profit organization staffed en- tirely by students and all meals there are homemade. A complete hot meal such as piz- za, onion soup, garden salad, and tea costs less than SZ. We have a responsibility to give students a decent meal they can al'- ford every day, said Bill Sprague of Earth Foods. Malcolm Quint, an original founder, said he fought for eight months to persuade university offi- cials to allow a vegetarian restaurant on campus. There were a lot of people want- ing and needing vegetarian food and we had the resources to have the rcs- taurant, Quint said. After receiving a SL700 grant from the Student Government Asso- ciation, Quint was awarded the Stu- dent Union space for Earth Foods which opened May, I976. We're always adding to our menus. And once a week. there will be an ethnic dinner, you know. Mexi- can, German, italian meals. said Joanne Fillatti. menu planner. No meat or fish and only small amounts ofdairy products are used in Earth Foods meals.