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OPINION OUR NATIONAL NIPPLE OPINION

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Blow It Out ~-- Olympics? ... Not
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Your Ear, Buddy At Any Price!

By Jeff Fuller
Since the cause of cancer is not By Tom Ball
known, how can it be said that
cigarette smoking causes lung can- Los Angeles has an opportunity
cer? to host the Olympic Games for the
This is the argument offered by second time in less than 50 years.
the tobacco industry and a few A United States Olympic com-
physicians. mittee decision will be made Sunday
On the other hand, listen to Dr. (Sept. 25) to nominate either Los
Harold Sheely Diehl, dean of medi- Angeles or New York as host city
cal sciences and professor or public for the 1984 games. The committee
health at the University of Minne- believes the United States city
sota, and author of Tobacco and nominated will probably end up as
Your Health. host since only one foreign city -
"Cigarette commercials continue Tehran, Iran - has submitted a bid.
to appeal to youth and continue to By now, most of us, myself
blot out any consciousness of the included, have entertained thoughts
health hazards. Today, teenagers of playing host to the Olympics. To
are constantly exposed to an endless be sure, it would be very exciting,
barrage of subtle messages that but, frankly, I feel that holding the
cigarette smoking increases popu- games in Los Angeles would be
larity, makes one more masculine or wrong for several reasons.
attractive to the opposite sex, and First, it has been stated that $100
enhances one's social poise. million, the lowest estimate given,
To allow the American people, will be needed to construct an
and especially teenagers, the op- Olympic Village and other facilities.
portunity to make an informed and Los Angeles now receives $52
deliberate choice of whether or not million a year in federal revenue-
to start smoking, they must be sharing funds which are earmarked
freed from constant exposure to for community development. This
such one-sided blandishments and national photo identification compe- could include an Olympic Village.
told the whole story." Ann Heidt Earns tition in the McGraw-Hill 30th Yet, what is going to happen to
Cigarette smoke is the most Anniversary Contest. She correctly community developments in
intensely polluted air one breaths, identified 85 items associated with neighborhoods where this money is
as Dr. Diehl points out. Taken Art Doctorate 704 titles from educational films. really needed when it is diverted for
through the mouth, tobacco smoke She will receive as a prize, five Olympic use? Needless to say, there
by-passes the normal filtration By Dolly Hays 16-mm films of her choice from the are going to be many unhappy
mechanism of the nose, and is, Ann Heidt, art teacher, has McGraw-Hill art history collection. people.
therefore, much more harmful than received her Doctor of Education Dr. Heidt will present an il- I maintain that this money could
auto emissions. degree at Arizona State University, lustrated lecture titled "Nefertiti be put to better use than to Olympic
Face it, cigarettes are the most (ASU), Tempe, Ariz. Her disserta- and Other Women in Ancient construction which will not benefit
widely accepted drug in America. tion subject was "Visual Aesthetic Egyptian Art" at 12 noon, Thurs- the general public. The money could
Ashtrays are placed throughout Preferences: Effects of Stimuli and day, Oct. 13, in Room L-107. The be used, for example, to build public
restaurants, hotel rooms, public Knowledge on Community College event, open to all free of charge, is swimming pools in communities that
buildings, hospital lobbies, doctor's Students." sponsored by S.H.E. and the Asso- do not have any.
offices and private homes. ciated Women Students . Second, it has already been stated
. There are many reasons for that plans have been made to
smoking, but I'm afraid too many construct the Olympic Village in
Americans have no concern for South Central Los Angeles. Ob-
either their own bodies or ours. Study Skills Lab Set viously, Los Angeles is already
(Cont'd on page 3) overcrowded and can offer no more
The Study Skills lab, located in room for future construction. So
Room C-306, offers tutorial services where are we going to find room for
THE CANYON CALL
to students who are having dif- a Village?
Published twice monthly by
ficulties with English. The lab is Not to worry. The "boys" in City
journalism students at College
staffed by student tutors as well as Planning have already decided to
of the Canyons . Editorial
professional personnel, but it is in condemn a great deal of land. Their
opinions expressed in this
need of more good student tutors. "solution" to the problem will be to
pub I ication are those of the
The lab is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 make even more people angry.
writer and not necessarily
p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Third, I doubt that our taxes will
those of the college .
Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on be any lower in '84 what with the
STAFF
Tuesday and Thursday. need for more police and guard
Tom Ball protection for athletes. Though we
Robert Buttitta Students with a strong back- don't want another Munich, who
Mike Carli ground in English who desire satis- wants even higher taxes?
Dolly Hayes fying work are asked to contact
Carl Heinz Dr. Ann Heidt Cathy Kruska, instructional aide, in The principal beneficiaries of the
Linda H itzeroth the lab. Olympics, from a dollar point of
Dr. Heidt spent her sabbatical view, will be the downtown
Brenda Mauldin
leave in 1976 studying for her
Kathy McGinnis merchants and hotel keepers. How-
doctorate. She attended classes and REAL ESTATE GRANT
James Walsh ever, if the Olympics Games put us
conferences at ASU over a four-year The California Association of into the red for prodigious millions
PHOTOGRAPHERS
period, commuting from COC. Realtors is offering a scholarship for of dollars (as in the case of
Jim Hernan
She earned her bachelor of arts students interested in a real estate
Ron Nicholson Montreal), who will make up the
degree at Hiram College, Hiram, 0, career. To qualify, a student must
Kim Wiesmann difference? The merchants and hotel
and her master's degree in art be studying real estate at a Sopho-
John Williams keepers?
history at Case Western Reserve more or higher level at a California No way.
CARTOONIST
University, Cleveland, 0. college or university. The applicant The bill will be paid by all the
Jeff Fuller
One of COC's veteran instructors, must need financial aid-. Additional taxpayers of this city.
ADVISER
Dr. Heidt joined the staff in 1969. details are available at the Financial The many - again - will be
Tony Remenih
She recently won first place in a Aid office in the Counseling Center. paying for the benefit of the few.