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Student Senate
I EDITORIAL in Budget Talks

The American tradition of
governmental financial profligacy
must end. By Robin Huntsinger
America's national debt of ap- In an interim financial statement
to the Student Senate, Charles F.
proximately $500 billion is the result
of long-term fiscal irresponsibility. Connell, treasurer, reported that
out of the 1975-76 ASB budget of
How can this country ever erase
this unimaginably large d~bt? $64,900.75, $12,504.24, has been
spent.
New York City currently is
feeling the impact of deficit spend- Major allocations went to inter-
collegiate athletics, president's
ing and mismanagement of funds. If
the nation's largest city defaults, emergency loan. "The Canyon Call",
treasurer's fund, ICC, day senator's
who will provide funds to prevent
fiscal disaster? fund, and women's basketball.
The long arm of deficit spending Homecoming activities started
has reached froin the national level last Monday with election of
to this campus. candidates in the Student Lounge.
The current ASB expenditure The five top vote-getting coeds will
budget totals $63,900.75. The vie for Homecoming Queen in
estimated income for this year is elections on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from
$48,871. This leaves a deficit of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5:30 to
$15,029.75. For how many years can 8:30 p.m. in the Student Lounge.
the ASB spend $15,000 more than it Upcoming campus activities in-
makes? clude a talk on backpacking by
"Gizmo" at 12 noon Friday, Nov. 17,
Despite the fact that ASB money
exists in trust accounts, ultimately in the Lecture Hall. Alpine club is
the reserve funds will deplete if the the sponsor. Admission is free.
budget is not balanced soon. The senate also announced that
No wonder that deficit spending postage stamps are now on sale in
occurs on college campuses in this the bookstore, new food service
nation, because the preponderance hours in the cafeteria are 8 a.m. to
of,, Americans show great unconcern 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 8:30 p.m., and
for the growth of the $500 billion two new clubs, the aquanuts and the
ulcer. Police Science, have been organized
on campus.
It is obvious that if a financial "act ---------
of God" does not occur on this HOMECOMING
campus this year, drastic cuts will
be necessary in the ASB budget for Unplug Karen, (Cont'd From Page 1)
next year. OPINION The first duty of the new queen
will be to present $100 scholarships
If these drastic cuts are needed,
the athletic department, which By Susie Kassir Say Students to Hart and Canyon High Schools.
devours by far the largest shank of Death has always been considered After the football game, the
ASB money ($30,720,75, or about 47 so inexorably final. By Donna Heese queen and her court will reign at the
per cent) should be forced to Just as it is impossible to be "just Homecoming dance at the student
disgorge a substantial chunk of its a little bit pregnant", one is either About six months ago Karen dining room in the Student Center
funds. dead or alive. Anne Quinlan, 21, slipped into a from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Music
When the 1976-77 ASB budget is The dilemma of Karen Anne coma and became a human vege- wiil be by "Mr. Mote and Stuff."
forged, participants must decide if Quinlan has caused many people to . table. Her "living death" has Admission to the dance is $1 for
the tra9itionally irresponsible reexamine the question of what become a c~.use celebre because of ASB card holders and $2 for others.
national policy of deficit spending is constitutes life - or death. the legal, medical, and humanitarian
the model this campus should Six months ago , 21-year-old hurricanes swirling over her body
emulate. which is being kept "alive" by ma-
Charles F. Connell Karen slipped quietly into a coma. chine in a New Jersey hosptial.
One by one the thousands upon The question is, "Should the
thousands of electric circuits in her machine be unplugged . to permit
brain went into automatic dis-
THE CANYON CALL Karen, whose brain is irreparably
connect. It seemed that Karen was
Published twice monthly <hmaged, to die, or should it not?
headed for the ultimate peace of
by journal ism students at Her parents are seeking legal
College of the Canyons . death. authority to unplug the machine.
Then, as if by some cruel mech-
Ed itorial opinions ex- Comments of students follow:
pressed in this publication anical error, the disconnect pro- Gladys Johnsen - I think they
are those of the writer and cedure stopped just short of death. must keep her plugged in. If they
not necessarily those of the One circuit, which allows her heart unplug her, I ·think it would affect
college . to beat occasionally, remained in- other cases. There will be more
tact.
EDITOR "mercy killings". Frank Vollmer
Charles F. Connell Karen was left on the borderline John Stafford - It is my opinion
between life and death, a borderline
STAFF which could exist only in modern that death occurs when all body COUNSELORS ALERT
Dan Cullen, Carol Chamb- times with modern machines - and functions cease. In Karen's case, all TRANSFER STUDENTS
ers , Tim Colebank , Sally modern medical malpractice suits. that is left are brain waves. It would
Elder , Peggy Freeman, be better if they unplug the ma- Students planning to transfer to a
A body lies plugged into a
Jeanette Gorham, Carl chine. As of now she is part of a four-year state college or university
breathing machine in a New Jersey
Graves , Mark Guy , Lauri machine that is keeping her alive. for the fall, 1976, term and planning
hospital. Grotesque, all part curled
Haynes, Donna Heese, Daniel Foster - I think they to major in one of the following
in a tight fetal position. A 60 pound
Robin Huntsinger, Susie should pull the plug. Doctors said fields are required to file an applica-
lump of flesh with an occasional
Kassi"r, Howard Marsden, she will never come out of her coma. tion for admission before Nov. 30.
heartbeat. Can this be a living
William Miller, Joe Murphy , Also, the cost is outrageous. The The fields are architecture,
being?
Valerie Nocciolo, Robert law should be changed. Let her go in architectural engineering, construc-
I feel that life is composed to two
Parker, Bob Petitt , Linda peace to new horizons instead of tion engineering, fisheries, forestry,
Rens low, Daniel Rodriguez . parts, both equally important and being bound grotesquely to this landscape architecture, natural re-
interdependent. The first is the
PHOTOGRAPHS physical being, the body mechanics world. sources planning and interpretation,
Glenn Ritzma, Charles such as the heartbeat and breath- Robert Baldwin - I think she basic nursing, oceanography, range
Connell , Carol Chambers . should die. If it were I, I wouldn't management, occupational therapy,
ing. With Karen, only the erratic
ADVISER heartbeat remains. want to be kept alive like that. Her physical therapy, and wildlife
Tony Remenih The second part, which I feel parents should be permitted to management.
make the decision. Applications are available in the
(Cont'd on Page 4) (Cont'd on Page 4) Counseling office.