1970-11-13; Central Michigan Life

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uiinie 51, Number 31:
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Climb Mt. Pleasant
Mt Pleasant, Michigan 48858
Friday, November i3j 1970
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Bill
3H FIELDHOUSE WAS ALIVE and vv-a
last night as the seven-man rock group Chicago
set the audience on fire. Incorporating a
concert of jazz, blues and rock, Chicago' pre
seated a program unique unto itself from an
opening array of frisbees and balloons to a
combined finale of 4,000 dancing, psyched-out
on-lookers.    The third Men's Union  - Pro
gram   Board   sponsored   pop   concert   of the
semester presented itself in two parts, featuring
• such songs as --25or 6 to 4", "Make Me Smile,"
and '-I'm A Man."
hicago's presence felt
JThe presence of Chicago was
|ost definitely felt last night
the seven-man j rock group
|tally astonished a full house of
|000 at the Men's Union - Pro-
ram Board sponsored third pop
pncert of the semester at Finch
|ieldhouse.
Unlike previous concerts of the
semester, last night's proved to
be exceptionally orderly upon
audience entrance to the
capacity-filled house. But like
last month's Temptations show,
frisbees and balloons aided in
entertaining the crowd during
pre-show time.
In response to guitarist-vocal
ist Terry Kath's suggestion, the
group "took it easy and experimented" during the first of two
sets of music, which included
such numbers as "In the
Country" and '-Make MeSmiie."
"We're really going to smoke,"
Kath told.the audience in describing the second half of the concert.
\id-term wades abolished
Freshmen affected
ByMONETTAL. RICHEY
Ass't Editor-Academics
I Freshman mid-semester
rades have been abolished,, as
gassed by University Senate Mon-
iy afternoon. This policy will
> into effect immediately.
Ray   Kytle,    Jr.,   assistant
|rofessor of English, received
pate's permission to present
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fi8euJSrl!J\Ping»  Pr°wst,  told
. .nate that-utue better than
1500 freshmen had one or more
grades missing besides the
blanket "C" grade."
Senators in favor of keeping
the grades argued that they provide a type of motivation for
freshmen. The grades inform a
student where he stands in a class
and gives parents an idea as to
how well their son or daughter
is achieving academically.
However, senators in favor of
dropping the grades said it was
too mich like high school and
if there weren't grades, more
students would go and see their
professors.-This way there would
be a more personal communication^ between instructor and
student.
In other action, or lack of it,
President William Boyd said he
had no official report for Senate.
Dennis Thavenet, assistant
professor of history, asked Boyd
that when he did not have an
official report, to prepare some
, information, about issues such
as grants, aids and scholarships
and how faculty participate in
this area.
Thavenet also questioned the
reason for closing the cafeteria
in the upper level of the University Center, when it should
be kept open as a service to
the people.
Boyd replied that if Senate was
interested, he would prepare reports of this nature on issues
that would, pertain to the faculty
and bring the necessary administrators along to explain the
reasons for the policies.
A. schedule for implementation
of the new Constitution was ap
proved by Senate. Immediate notification to departments and Student Senate has been given to hold
new elections in December.
The present chairman and secretary of Senate will serve as
temporary chairman and Secretary at the new" Senate's first
meeting Jan. 18, 1971, until pro-
tem officers are elected. ,
And to this, Chicago was greeted .
with an array of match flames
which   momentarily illuminated
the spirit-filled gym.
But the peak moment of the"
evening was yet to come, as the
crowd literally, danced in the
aisles to the rhythm of T,l'm
A Man' for approximately 20
minutes; The group's encore
number was their version of
'•25 or 6 to 4."
Robert Gold wrote about them
in the Los Angeles FREE PRESS,
saying they were "the most inventive, hardest blowing jazz-
rock orchestra I have ever
heard. . ." He compared them
to jazz orchestra leader Gerald Wilson and to an older composer-musician named Bach.
As their press release explains, "There is no one star
in this band; all are equally good,
and the problem that corrodes
slow or fast so many groups,
ego, does not exist. If one man
is sick, the others will not go
on."
Featured on drums for the
group was Dan Seraphine. Robert Lamm played organ, electric piano and sang; Terry Kath
acted as guitarist and vocalist;
Walt Perry was featured on woodwinds; Lee Loughnane on trumpet
and flugel horn; Pete Cetera on
bass and also a vocalist and Jim
Pankow played the trombone. Pankow also writes many
of the group's compositions and
brass arrangements.
Counselors -students
rap on drug problem
Dennis Thavenet
Speech students
to see advisors
'.All Speech Department majors
and minors in all areas must meet
with their advisors, before the
Nov. 20 deadline for pre-regis-
tration for next semester's
classes. Persons unsure of their
concentration area can call the
Speech and Dramatic Arts Office at 774*3177.
At an informal seminar
meeting Tuesday night in Troat-
man Hall, students and counselors rapped on drug usage,
abuse and legalization of marijuana. Donald W. Kilbourn and
Stanford H„ Glazer, both of the
counseling department, led the
discussion by presenting facts
to students and then asking for
feedback.
"When you bring 14,000people
into a com>"nunity, some are sick,
some practical jokers and some
have to slip acid into the punch,"
said Kilbourn. "If this happens,
someone who has never experienced drugs is usually affected."
- Kilbourn went on to say that a
person ' who unknowingly takes
LSD is likely to be panic-stricken
at first. He experiences strange
sensations 20 toJJO minutes after
consumption of the drug, and
usually tries to get someone to
help him.' '
"If a person is ever asked to
help someone on a trip, the
most important thing to do is
to remain calm and never leave
under .any circumstances,"
stressed Kilbourn, '-People on a
trip should not be; shaken, and
no suggestions should be made
that would lead them to do something irrational."
A question was raised as to
the fines charged for the possession* of marijuana. Kilbourn
explained a person can be fined
from $100 to $300 plus court
costs for the first offense and
be put on probation. from two
to five, years. The fines depend
somewhat on the person's financial situation.
When the subject of the legalization of marijuana.arose, several students voiced opinions-as
to why they were in favor of this
idea. Some pf these reasonswere
that marijuana Was better than
alcohol and if it were legalized,
the content Qf marijuana would be
controlled.
Kilbourn said that no medical
profession  will approve marijuana's, use, there is no, such
thing  as   an intoxicant without
abuse   and society isn't really
ready for marijuana legalization.
, According to Kilbourn and Gla-
zar, people feel they must trip out
on drugs for numerous reasons.
These include peer ' and school
pressure,        experience     and
curiosity,   fun  and  recreation,
rebellion,     misery,   social inadequacy,, pain relief and fatigue
and to escape reality.
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