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GI Benefit Time
EDITORIAL "JUST A PEANUT FARMER!"

Is Running Out
The issue of mandatory vs. vol-
untary P.E. is currently being
"studied" at COC by various campus
By William Miller
committees. One committee Time is running out for education-
recommended that physical educa- al benefits for servicemen mustered
tion be declared mandatory for all out over 10 years ago, and Congress
students, regardless of age. Those is playing a waiting game called the
excluded from this requirement are "Delimiting Date". The House and
students taking less than nine ~ Senate budget committees are
semester units, those taking even- "~ watching the hourglass. The time
ing classes only, those excused by a "'"'"'""' for the finish of the game is May 15.
physician, and veterans. L l,qJ '-' .& If by that date Congress has not
This is absurd! u yet budgeted educational benefits
Physical education is not a Cal- for this category of veteran, he will
ifornia Education Code require- be left out in the cold. If he has not
ment. The P.E. policy is a preroga~ yet completed his education, he will
tive of the district governing be on his own.
boards. COC's P.E. policy is set by
our board of trustees. Veterans with families do not
think it is much of a game. Neither
A survey of the nine other do Rep. Thomas J. Downey, Rep.
community colleges in the Western Robert W. Edgar and 58 other
State Conference determined that Congressmen who requested a hear-
none employ;-such a policy. Only ing before April 1. However, Rep.
four require that full-time students Olin E. Teagues, chairman of the
under 21 take P.E. every semester.
House subcommittee on education
Two require that students under 21 _ and training, agreed to hold hear-
take P.E. for two semesters.
ings in mid-May to "thoroughly
At two others, students transfer- explore the extension". This ap-
ring to four-year institutions are pears to be a waiting (stalling?)
given a choice of health science or
activity classes. The last, but game.
Rep. Robert W. Edgar said, "I
certainly the most progressive in believe the hearings will clearly
this instance, Alan Hancock college, indicate the necessity to extend
employs a completely voluntary Concert Ends benefits to allow the veteran time to
P.E. program for all adults over 18. OPINION complete his education and make
A counselor at Santa Barbara
City College disclosed a push there On Sour Note use of his entitlement."
Rep. Themas J. Downey said,
by the coaching staff to increase the "Although I am encouraged by the
P.E. requirement, but it failed. By Sally A. Elder chairman's decision to hold hear-
"Schools are going the opposite By Joe Allen The human body is exposed to 40 ings, I am concerned that the
way - towards voluntary P .E. Negotiations with The Captain times more radiation from a single subcommittee's timing in mid-May
programs. If the P.E. coaching and Tennille and COC have broken chest x-ray than if it lived near a does not allow us sufficient time for
staffs are afraid enrollment in P.E. down and the popular man-wife nuclear power plant 24 hours a day
. classes will drop too much, they will singing team will not appear here. for 365 days a year . proper follow-up."
have to make their courses more The duo's agent advised Paul One glass of radioactive waste With this timetable, it is unlikely
enticing, which would be better McGowan, the project's chairman, discharge water from a nuclear that funds can be obtained in time to
anyway," the counselor declared. that the team has accepted a better power plant contains the same meet the May 31 deadline when all
The "coaches' lobby" at COC is offer in Kansas City. The team will radiation as one glass of ordinary educational benefits close for 10-
also pushing to increase the P .E. receive $30,000 for its concert there drinking water. year veterans.
requirement, or at least to maintain in contrast to the $7,000 offered by A United National scientific con- The issue is whether or not to
t4e status quo. So far, it has not coc. ference on effects reported that we invest in a program that has proved
failed to achieve its goal. COC's concert committee current- exist in a sea of radiation all the to be profitable. It is estimated that
COC's policy makers must move ly is negotiating with The Roto- time. According to this study, the $3 to $6 in taxes have been returned
into the 20th century! When so Rooter Good-Time Christmas Band average person is exposed to 125 for every educational dollar spent -
(Cont'd on Page 5) for a possible June 5 playdate here. millirems (a unit of radiation mea- perhaps the only item in the budget
that is making a profit.
The Student Senate is sponsoring surement) each year. It is not too late to write to your
"Discover Your America" Week this Living close to a nuclear site all Congressman and the House and
week (May 3-9) on campus as the year increases radiation dosage less Senate committees on veteran
THE CANYON CALL Associated Student Body contribu-
Published twice monthly tion to the Bicentennial Year. than five millirems. Five miles from affairs. Names and addresses of
by journalism students at "The goals of DY A Week include the plant site there is no radiation Congressmen are available at the
College of the Canyons . a number of activities in the home, effect at all. Veteran Affairs office, Room I-25 in
Editorial opinions expressed on campus and in the community to Life expectancy for those in the IRC building, which is open all
in this publication are those help people better understand their proximity to a nuclear power plant day for service to veterans.
of the writer and not neces- America," said Terri Bronson, rep- is reduced less than one minute as
sarily those of the college. compared to a person 25 per cent
resentative of student activities and overweight whose life expectancy
EDITOR DYA chairperson. SPORTS BANQUET
Carol Chambers Scheduled activities include: decreases 3.6 years, or to a one- The spring sports award banquet
pack-a-day smoker who loses 7
FRIDAY - "Health, Physical
STAFF Education and Recreation Day" will years. honoring COC athletes in baseball,
Joe Allen, Sally Elder, Peggy feature games and contests from 12 Many intelligent people are golf, track and women's volleyball
Freeman, Carl Graves , James noon to 1 p.m. in front of the Bonelli turned on by "gut fear" emotion will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday,
Hernan, Robin Huntsinger, Center and at 2 p.m. the Student induced by certain environmental May 12, in the Student Center
Howard Marsden, Paul Mc- Senate will battle the faculty and groups that cry panic over existing dining room. Tickets, now on sale at
Gowan, William Miller, Bob administration in a slow-pitch soft- plants and the incipient develop- the Student Activities office, are
Parker, Dan Selmser. ment of nuclear power industry. $4.50.
ball game in the baseball field.
"The Grandland Singers", Massachusetts consumers will
CARTOONIST
nationally known choral group, will pay $45 million in added fuel costs
Mark Guy
perform at 8:30 p.m. in the main for a five-month legal shut-down of SUMMER JOBS
PHOTOGRAPHERS gym. The choral group, the main the giant Pilgrim nuclear power Summer job offers are posted on
Tim Perry, Glenn Ritzma, attraction during DYA Week, has plant by a single protester. the job placement board located
Jim Vericker, Frank Vollmer. toured the United States since 1967 Friends of the Earth has been in outside the Office of Admissions and
and has been awarded the George legal battle with the nuclear power Records. Jobs in camps, amusement
ADVISER
Washington Honor Medal two con- industry to shut-down 20 nuclear parks, and offices are listed. Addi-
Tony Remenih
secutive years in nation-wide com- plants around the country. tional information is available in the
petition. (Cont'd on Page 5) Job Placement office.