KU
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan
78th Year. No.40
A student newspaper serving KU LAWRENCE. KANSAS
WEATHER DRIZZLE
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Friday, November 10, 1967
WILL IT CUT MILITARY MUSTARD?
Each of six finalists for Military Ball Queen hopes she holds the secret weapon. Dee Dee Davis, Shawnee Mission senior (left); Dana Smith, Shawnee Mission sophomore; Connie Griffin, Denison, Iowa, junior; Laura Siviright, Larned freshman; Elleen Ireland, Kansas City, Mo., junior, and Lynne Scheufele, Prairie Village sophomore, used successful tactics with the men of Scabbard and Blade, honorary ROTC fraternity, who selected them from candidates representing all women's living groups.
ISP too late—UP is alone
Because the Independent Student Party (ISP) has missed a petition deadline, University Party (UP) candidates will run essentially unopposed in the Nov. 15 and 16 All Student Council elections.
With the announcement earlier this week that Vox Populi will not run any candidates in the election, UP will be the only recognized student party with a slate of candidates and will be opposed only by a few non-partisan ASC candidates and possibly some write-in candidates.
To be recognized as a political party, ISP would have had to produce a petition signed by 1,500 students—10 per cent of the student body, said Rusty Wells, Portland, Ore., junior and ASC vice-chairman.
Will campaign
Although UP will not have the competition of another party, Scott Brown, Wichita sophomore and UP president, said the party still will conduct an election campaign.
Brown said a campaign was necessary because non-partisan candidates and expected write-in candidates will offer competition.
He said the quality of the UP candidates will offer competition. He said the quality of the UP
All UP candidates will campaign for the party rather than for themselves, he said. "We want to prove to the students" that they are not getting a bad deal by having only one party in the election, he said.
candidates and UP's platform will be stressed in the campaign.
"Everyone will also campaign to get people out to vote. The number of ASC seats open are directly proportional to the number of votes cast." If the voters don't turn out, the numbers of
council seats will be lessened accordingly, he said.
Brown said he thinks a better quality job can be done if there are many people on the council because the job load could be devided. The division of duties would allow the council members to devote more time to a few specific problems assigned them and they could thus do a more efficient job of handling them, he said.
The more people we can put on the council, Brown said, the better the students will be represented.
Members—voters, proportional
Physicians claim LSD physically harmless
By Robert Entriken Jr.
Kansan Staff Reporter
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts mild cloudiness tonight with light drizzle and diminishing southerly winds. Diminishing cloudiness with little temperature change is expected Saturday.
A panel of physicians Thursday debunked the alleged physical dangers of LSD and called existing marijuana laws unrealistic.
The panel, answering questions from an audience who had just seen Timothy Leary's film "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" in Hoch Auditorium stressed the psychological dangers of LSD.
"LSD is not physically dangerous. It's one of the safest drugs known," said Dr. Kenneth Godfrey, psychiatrist in charge of LSD research at the Topeka Veterans' Hospital.
The Leary film took the viewers on a simulated LSD trip "into the sense organs, through the body, and down the ladder of genetic memory."
"However," he continued, "it's one of the strongest drugs known psychologically.
"One shouldn't take these chemicals for kicks," Godfrey said. "They kick too hard."
Psychological danger
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Godfrey was asked about a recent article which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post claiming that LSD causes chromosomes within the reproductive cells to break—resulting in deformed babies.
"Garbage," was the label Godfrey applied to the article, alleging that it gave no proof of findings and had no basis in fact.
Godfrey has been involved in LSD research for four years and said he has administered LSD under controlled conditions more than 700 times.
Another panelist, Dr. Sidney Schroeder, Watkins Hospital staff psychiatrist, said that while the full physical effects of LSD are not yet known, the psychological effects are tremendous—and occasionally disastrous.
Godfrey said the reaction from an LSD experience depends on the user's "set and setting"—his frame of mind and his surroundings at the time he begins his "trip."
Ellsworth food called unsanitary Wilson says meals are adequate
By Beth Gaeddert Kansan Staff Reporter
When you get a ladybug in your Jello—that's the time to complain about the food.
Four residents of Ellsworth Hall did just that in a letter to the editor which appeared in yesterday's Daily Kansan. Feeling that their sentiments reflected those of the majority of their fellow residents, they wrote the letter because "we just didn't want to sit back and do nothing."
The hall dietician, who had not seen the letter, declined to comment. She did say, however, that only a small minority of the 650 Ellsworth residents had expressed dissatisfaction to her.
Hall residents who are outspoken about their meals say that the way food is prepared is the main problem. In addition, several said they weren't satisfied with the quality or the quantity of food they get.
One of the co-authors of the letter, Don Sutherland, Charleston, Mo., sophomore, said the ladybug incident prompted him to visit the Ellsworth kitchen staff, who told him they would be more careful.
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said the residence halls serve nutritionally adequate meals under the supervision of trained dieticians, "but the meals won't necessarily fill you up."
Wilson said men and women are served the same amount of food.
Ellsworth residents are forming a food committee to submit suggestions to the dietician and staff. This method has proven satisfactory in Templin Hall for at least two years. One committee member there said, "We got little things accomplished like having peanut butter for breakfast, but they can't get the toasters we want because there isn't enough money."
Hall dieticians must work with the money allotted to them by the University. Last year these funds amounted to about 23 per cent of the residents' payments each semester, or about 80 cents per student per day.
With an increase in dorm payments this year, the student gets 90 cents worth of food each day, plus steak 10 times a year and three special dinners. Wilson said.
He said the food is purchased from wholesale dealers in Kansas and northwestern Missouri.
Unrealistic mariuana laws
Unrealistic marijuana laws Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of Watkins Hospital, joined Godfrey in labeling present marijuana laws "unrealistic."
Marijuana is not a narcotic and its toxicity is very low, Schwegler said.
He noted that alcohol is far more destructive than marijuana, noting that people die from alcohol. Acute alcoholism may cause cirrhosis of the liver which can be fatal.
Schroeder suggested that the illegality of marijuana may be a factor in its widespread use. However he condemned illicit use of marijuana and said that the proper method would be to change the current laws.
Red Cross gets 47 gallons in KU blood drive
A strong odor of antiseptic has filled the south lounge of the Kansas Union for the past three days as Red Cross workers collected 374 pints of blood from KU students, staff and faculty.
The blood was taken during the bi-annual campus blood drive which began Tuesday and continued through Thursday.
"The total amount taken this year is much better than last year's total," said Bonnie Merchant, Lawrence representative for the blood drive.
"About 300 pints were taken last year.
"Some people were turned away because their permits to give blood were not good. Their parents were supposed to sign the permits if they were under 21," Mrs. Merchant said. "Some of the students obviously signed the permits themselves."
Other potential donors were turned away for medical reasons, she added.
The Phi Ka Pao Alpha's and the Delta Delta Delta's won the trophies for the largest percentage of donors of campus living groups.
Thursday was the busiest day for the workers in the blood drive —146 pints were taken and 69 people were turned away.
During the first day of the drive 122 pints were given. Wednesday 106 pints of blood were donated.
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WHAT'S INSIDE
KU professor-artist Raymond Eastwood is looking for an ox. See page 8.
Vox Populi's obituary recounts a nine-year history. See page 4.
Band director Kenneth Bloomquist—audience, friend and strict disciplinarian in one package. See page 6.
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