Montana
College. of Mineral Science and. Technology
Vol. 17, No.9
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Sci Fi April 21 is the deadline for submitting entries in the Writing contest sponsored by American Metals Climax Foundation. Three awards of $100 each Will be presented this spring dUring the honors convocation at Montana Tech. Tech students are invited to enter their technical manUscripts, w h i c h will be Judged on the basis of effort, grammar, technical Content and clearness of presentation. Papers or reports do not have to be prepared especially for this contest. .~ Entries may be submitted to Professor Charles Herndon in the Engineering, Science Department.
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BUTTE, MONTANA.
April 21, 1972
Olsen's Campaign For Hoqse Brings 'Him to Tech's SUB Arnold Olsen spoke to a SUB-full of people when ~e visited the Tech campus FrIday April 14. S~eking the Congressional seat in the House of Repre~entatives previously lost to Dick Shoup, Olsen said that America needs to have greater goals for the 70's. As Kennedy inspired the goals for the 60's so should we have a presIde~t who will inspire goals for the 70's Some of the goals Olsen believes should be attained ar_e conquering cancer and uruversal medical care. .To calIon the resourc~s of young people with new ld~as to meet the challenges faCI~g America is also one of his goals. After opening the floor for questions, Olsen stat~d tha~ he was in favor of immediate 路thdrawal from Vietnam and WI he has supporte d t hiIS conthat tention since 1966. Every day and every hour we are there, he stated, we waste not only our wealth, but
al~o our human resources. Amnesty, he believes should be granted to those people who fled to Canada in order to avoid being drafted. When asked about reform in the welfare system, Olsen replied that the problem lies chiefly with the women heads of households and with training these women for employment. As a corollary to this, he believes that day care centers would help solve both these pro blems.
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gram's budget, neither does he favor curtailing it. Questioned about legalizing marijuana, Olsen stated that he did not favor it, for according to him, "I have enough trouble with whiskey!" .
Included on the ballot in the coming student elections will be an opinion poll for national concerns and candidates. Students are urged to look into the matters of pollution and other social concerns, as well as party platforms and personalities, in order to make this poll representative. ,
Council Wants 'To Amend Constitution by Kim Bawden The President and Vice President of ASMT shall be
Limitingthe making powers President'swaris another area Olsen wishes to institute. He suggests that a thirty day limit would be practical. Regarding the draft laws, Olsen stated that he is in favor of abolishing the draft and instituting a volunteer army. He is, however, against a large standing army at home. Moving, temporarily, to Mon, tana, Olsen replied that he opposes a unicameral legtslature. Ecology, Olsen believes, is of
compensated for their work beginnng with the officers elected on M-Day, decided the Student Council at their April 10th meeting. A committee, which was appointed at the last meeting to study the need for compensation of officers, reported its findings a this meeting; It also gave a recommendation of how this compensation should be made. Compensatlon of the president and vice president of the ASMT shall be in the form of a maximum amount of $200.00 per semester and shall be appropriated at the beginning of each school year from the ASMT funds. The first compensation shall be awarded at the conelusion of the fall semester and the second shall be awarded on the first Wednesday in May.
great importance.to Montana and to Americaas a whole. He asserts that highest standards should be set to preserve the environment. Uniform federal standards should be formulated to pre-
In addition to this trend-setting precedent, two con-' stitutional amendments were presented. The first amendment is for Article III" Section 1, Item C and would con路tain the addition: "A primary election shall be conducted on the last Wednesday in April. The final electton ballot shall contain the names of the two condidates receiving a plurality of the votes for their respective
serve the ecology, according to Olls~n. Again questioned about the draft, Olsen replied that although he was generally opposed to the draft, he believed that while it exists, it should be uniform - both men and women should be drafted. Even though Olsen does not favor increasing the space pro- .
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Darcy Hunt, a model scout for Thermo-jac Sportswear, will be at MaggiAnn's Saturday, April 29: looking for fresh new faces I; to appear in Thermo-jac ads in SEVENTEEN magazine. About 131 teen-age girls have already been Thermojac models in the magazine. Tech teen-agers (as long as they're female) are invited to meet Darcy Hunt, be photographed modeling Thermo-jac, and discover how to apply as a Therlnojac model. The local winner will re ... ceive a Thermo-jac outfit of her choice. ,
office."
A motion was then made that a primary election shall be held this year on April 26 for the purpose of selecttng two candidates for each office to appear on the M-Day ballot. The second proposed amendment was to have the vice president be made the Business 'Manager of the ASMT and work with the present ex-officio treasurer, Vic Burt. Article III, Section 2, Clause B would then read: "In addition, the (vice president) shall be the Business Manager to work the ex-officio treasurer of the ASMT. 'Article IV, Section 2, Clause D, Item 4, which states that the business manager of Montana Tech shall be the ex-officio. treasurer, shall be deleted. Both proposed amendments passed the Student Council with the required 2/3 majority; they will be voted on in the M-Day election: In order for these amendments to become effective, they must have a minimum majority of two-thirds of all the votes cast. A total of $1,410 was appropriated to three groups. Receiving the largest share of $700.00 was the dance committee. This amount was to cover the expense of an MDay dance (from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.) which would feature two bands and possibly a light show. A slush fund of $100.00 was also included in the $700.00 to take care of additional expenses incurred in two other dances to be held in May. The Senior Class was appropriated $500.00 to' finance the Father-Son Banquet and graduation announcements. Each graduate is to receive 10 free announcements. The last appropriation of $210.00 went to the International Club so that they could sponsor a semi-formal. dance April 21. .
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