2—The Daily Collegian ,Friday, Sept. 10,1982 Trudeau gives strip some time to grow FAIRWAY, Kan. (AP) Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Garry Tru deau is giving up "Doonesbury" for more than a year to give his charac ters time to grow up and himself a needed break, Universal Press Syndi cate announced Wednesday. "For almost 15 years, the main characters have been trapped in a time warp, and so find themselves carrying the colors and the scars of two separate generations," Trudeau, 34, said in a statement issued by Universal Press. "It was unfair to stretch their formative years to em brace both Vietnam and preppy. "My characters are understandab ly confused and out of sorts. It's time to give them some $2O haircuts, grad uate them and move them out into the larger world of grown-up concerns. • "The trip from draft beer and mix ers to cocaine and herpes is a long one, and it's time they got a start on it." "I need a breather," said Trudeau. ;'lnvestigative cartooning is a young man's game. Since the industry frowns on vacations, I'll be claiming a medical leave." The strip, poking at politicos, fads and not the least the quest for the perfect suntan, will stop Jan. 2 and not resume until the fall of 1984, said John P. McMeel, president of the syndicate. Trudeau has been producing "Doo nesbury" for 14 years, 12 of them for daily syndication. "This is simply a lull in the action," he said. "It is not, repeat not, a mid life crisis." Trudeau said he hoped to use the time off to reappraise the characters and review development of the strip. Trudeau said he also planned to use his sabbatical for study and writing. "Doonesbury," which now runs in nearly 700 papers; began with 28 subscribers on Oct. 26, 1970. The controversial strip, with such charac ters as Michael J. Doonesbury, Joa nie Caucus, 8.D., Zonker Harris and Uncle Duke, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1975. You don't have to play hockey to work with us! PSU Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Club Everyone is welcome and all interested IM players are urged to attend. Come out and catch a piece of EIGHT C A I as OF BABYLONIAN HISTORY FOR TOMORROWS E A AND CATHY'S WAITING. FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 10 SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER.I2 MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 13 I 74.57.54 Y, MRS, 7H56/77Le diAT HAS BEEN 442575NL6V- Mina IMP AV 26171E0AV I aMISI7Y 42145 540'650 MANY Rreo6 te m 5. ,7 ! ......., imto , w ~ w , . .. , Penn State to miss Doonesbury's political insight By SUZANNE REESE Collegian Staff Writer Doonesbury comic strip readers at the Universi ty said they will miss cartoonist Garry Trudeau's satire and insight into social and political issues when Trudeau takes a leave of absence beginning Jan. 2. "I'll miss his witty and provocative insights into the American political system," Terry Mansberger (10th-political science) said. "That's my favorite comic strip and I'll really miss it." "It was one of the funniest political cartoons," said B.K. Davis (4th-administration of justice). "It will probably be missed." Tom Antolick (10th-computer science) also said he will miss Doonesbury. "If something is really funny, , you look for a hidden truth," he said. Robert O'Connor, associate professor of political science, said, "It's sad news. I'm deeply hurt. Organizational Meeting Tueday Sept. 14 7:30 26 Mineral Science Bldg. Topics of discussion: Committee sign-ups IM Leagues the action!!! YOU CAN DO IT! It gets down to what• you want to do and what you have to do. Take the free Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics lesson and you can do it—handle all the work college demands and still have time to enjoy college life. You can dramatically increase your reading speed today and that's just the start. Think of the time, the freedom you'd have to do the things you want to do. For twenty years the o4s who get ahead 0 EVELYN WOOD READING DYNAMICS Asw7/c4NIM4SIE, MS IS ALL Nall 6 1 170 V FOR AV. MAlsif-R HAD ANY SCHEDULE OF FREE LESSONS NITTANY LION INN PENN STATE UNIVERSITY $75.00 STUDENT DISCOUNT Wa[.A 4AC7INUY.7NATSACT 7741 e. MKS" WOE CAYIUX CAME CIITCF aoserms7 /0A FEPER4I. JUGGE /N CHICAGO. ( -- , ,- 41. 42m k .--- %2, / • ,-., e 4, Nipr,^ ,P\ ,i . li 6 I ~ V ';... ' _ V 7: , ' . mj Doonesbury has given me something to look for ward to every day." O'Connor said Trudeau can say• in four small pictures what takes him 25 or more minutes to say in a lecture, and that Trudeau says it better. He also said he feels an affinity to the cartoon and the author because "he really spoke to.the concerns of my generation." But despite their disappointment, Doonesbury readers said they think the break might be good. "It's probably good," Doug Grier (7th-psycholo gy) said. "He may come back with something better." "He deserves a break," Bill Fernald (10th-agron omy) said. He added that Trudeau is probably tired from writing the comic strip for so long. Paul Boynton (13th-journalism) said he is disap pointed that the strip will be discontinued for a while. "I look forward to it every day," he said. "Hope fully he'll come back and make it even better." wdrm 91rnri presents , TWO WRY RADIO tune in this Sunday at 6:30 pm • for a discussion on STUDENT ACTIVITIES AT PSU questions or comments call 865-1876 R-277 have used Reading Dynamics. It's the way to read for today's active world—fast, smooth, efficient. Don't get left behind because there was too much to read. Take the free Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics lesson today. You can dramatically increase your reading speed and learn about advanced study techniques in that one free lesson. Make the college life the good life. With Reading Dynamics you can do it. mATs Gw! MOH IMS7RATES WIT ht4lV 115 ,f 61"7?" 'c - ; 1978 Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics. Inc John P. McMeel, president of Universal Press Syndicate, the company that holds Trudeau's con tract, said the office received between 50 and 100 telephone calls yesterday morning —all saying the same thing. "The reaction has been universal," McMeel said. "One, everyone is disappointed. Two, we have not been in contact with anyone who was not a Doones bury fan." Readers . asked what Trudeau would be doing during his vacation and what he will do when he returns, McMeel said. Trudeau is working on a Broadway musical and a movie featuring Doonesbury, he said. McMeel said Trudeau's contract allowed him to take a leave of absence but "we hoped for years that he would never exercise it." Doonesbury fans with high expectations should be satisfied when Trudeau returns, lie said. "He's going out with class and will be coming back with class." 12 NOON/2 PM 12 NOON/4/7 PM 4/7 PM ARHS gearing up By SHARON TAYLOR Collegian Staff Writer For students who just settled into their rooms early last week, Spring Term's dorm contract lines are not a pervading issue. However, for the Association of Residence Hall Stu dents the issue is a timely one. Once again, ARHS will gather stu dent opinions on the dorm contract distribution process. But the group is facing a tight deadline. Because the administration wants student input before it decides wheth er the existing first-come/first served system will be used this spring, University President John W. Oswald has given ARHS an Oct. 7 deadline to submit student opinion on the issue. ARHS Vice President Jennifer Gould said the group has outlined strict deadlines to streamline the survey process, while ensuring that the survey represents student opin ion. The surveys will tentatively be distributed to the residence hall area presidents by' Sept. 21, ARHS Presi dent Laura Cerar said. By Sept. 23, the area presidents will distribute them to house representatives, who in turn will hand them out to the stu dents living on their floors. - After collecting the Surveys, floor 'representatives will tally and return the results to their area presidents, GODFATHER RESTAURANT AUTHENTIC ITALIAN FOOD Building a Tradition in State College A Delightful Way to End your Saturday Football THE GODFATHER RESTAURANT 1611 N. Atherton St. Hours Next to Riverside Market Open 11 a.m. Parking Front and Rear 238-8884 7 Days/Wk. MARYLAND COLLEGE GAME STUDENT TICKET INFORMATION 1. Student gates will open at 11:45 a.m. The game is a sell-out. 2. Have University I.D. card with full-time Fall Term 'B2 sticker and ticket ready for gatemen. 3. Seniors & Graduate students MUST enter Gate #l5 in order to be seated in the Senior/Grad sections. 4. Juniors MUST enter Gate #l6 in order to be seated in the Junior sections. 5. Freshmen and Sophomores MUST enter Gate #l7. 6. Seniors may sit in any class section, as space permits, but must enter the gate designated for that section. 7. Juniors may sit in the junior and freshmen/sophomore class sections, as space permits, but must enter the designated gate for that section. The gate you enter is the determing factor as to the section in whibh you will be seated for the game. For example: If you are a senior, hold a senior ticket, and wish to sit in the senior section, but enter the stadium through Gate #l7 (freshmen/sophomore gate) you will be required to remain in that section for the game. The coordination of gating to seating sections is utilized to insure the quickest and most efficient entrance to the stadium for all students. This system was devised after extensive meetings and discussions with students, including the Association of Residence Hall Students. 8. In fairness - to your fellow classmates, please occupy one seat number only and refrain from attempting to save seats. 9. Pass-out checks will be issued at the following portals: Seniors/Grads—Bottom of section ED Juniors—Bottom of Section EC Frosh/Sophs—Bottom of section EA 10. The student seating sections of Beaver Stadium ARE NOT OVERSOLD. However, there are more holders of senior/grad tickets than there are seats in the sections (ED & EC) assigned exclusively to senior/grads: The Student Ticket Policy stipulates that a senior/grad may sit in any of the student sections; it does not guarantee a seat in the designated senior/grad sections. It is impractical to sell to each class only the number of seats contained in the sections assigned to each class. If this were done, many juniors, seniors, and graduate students would be shut out of Beaver Stadium because of lack ottickets. For example, there would be no way of knowing how many seniors or juniors would prefer to sit in the freshmen/sophomore sections if they were dating a member of those classes. Your ticket is a guarantee of admission to Beaver Stadium, when presented with a current full-time student identification card. It is not a guarantee to sit in a particular section. Senior/grads may sit in all student sections; juniors in all sections but the senior/grad section; and freshmen/sophomores in all but the junior, and senior/grad sections. Our best advice: Enter the stadium early who will compile results for their areas and return them to ARHS exec utives by Sept. 27. But before the group starts drawing up the survey questions, Gould said, ARHS faces the difficult task of in forming students , about the three choices: the first-come/first-served system, the lottery system and the 11th line system. This posed a problem for the group last year when the organization con ducted a similar survey. "The three systems were not ex plained clearly," Gould said. In the first-come/first-served sys tem, used the past six years, students desiring contracts are placed accord ing to the last digit of their social security numbers in one of 10 lines formed on campus. Prospective roommates submit their dorm con tracts together. Dorm contracts are distributed on a first-come/first-served basis with an equal percentage of people in each line receiving contracts. Advanced payments are returned to students who do not receive dorm space. The 11th line system is a combina tion of the first-come/first-served system arid the lottery system, which is the third choice in the survey. As in the first-come/first-served system, roommates also turn in their dorm contracts together. However, students who don't want to wait in line can submit their contract cards for another dorm contract survey 'Based on what I have heard last year,• it's going to be close, because when we talked to area governments, none supported strictly lottery there was always a decision between first-come/first-served and the 11th line.' into a random lottery. The percent age of contracts accepted out of each line would also be applied to the cards submitted for the lottery. If the 11th line plan is approved by the administration, Cerar said, stu dents would probably have to notify the Office of Housing and Food Serv ice Operations whether they will opt for one of the first-come/first-served lines or the. hypothetical 11th. line prior to standing in line. M. • Lee Uperaft, director of the Office of Residential Life Programs, said Residential Life has recently backed both the lottery and the 11th line systems. But, he said, Residential Life is waiting' to hear the administration's decision before working out the de tails of the system. In past years, ARHS did not back the 11th line system. Fran Kenawell, Plan now for Florida, home for the holidays or your favorite vacation spot: Martinique, St. Maarten, Jamaica, Curacao From $339.00 per person air and hotel for 7 nights Hawaii 499.00 and up. Air and hotel for 7 nights Special To St. Thomas: Spring Term Break February 26-March 5 $419.00 plus taxes and gratuities. Round-trip air, first class hotel, other extras. Reserve no later than September 15th to hold your space on this special offer. Transporta tion from State College to Philadelphia arranged for groups. Ask for SUE. CALL 237-6463 or stop by our offices at 103 E. Beaver Avenue. Corner of Allen and Beaver. IVIcADAMS TRAVEL WORLD Laura Cerar, ARHS president former ARHS president, said ARHS has traditionally supported the first come/first-served system since Os wald asked the group to develop a feasible dorm contract plan that would accommodate increasing de mand for dorm space Fall Term 1979. "First-come/first-served got out of hand. It used to be that everyone that wanted a contract got it," Kenawell said. "With the rent going up, there were higher demands for the dorms instead of fighting for location, students were fighting for? a con tract." When the decision was brought to Oswald ARHS supporting the first come/first-served system and Resi dential Life backing the 11th line system Oswald decided to keep the first-come/first-served system. ARHS opposed the 11th line system because the group feared the lottery system would eventually dominate the first-come/first-serve part of the system, Kenawell said. This year, the group is reserving judgment on the issue this year until it gathers input from the students, Gould said. But Cerar said most of the students that she and Gould spoke with Spring Term were torn between the first come/first-served system and the 11th line system. "Based on what I have heard last year, it's going to be close," she said, "because when we talked to area governments, none supported strictly lottery there was always a decision between first-come/first-served and the 11th line. "It was always close, never a ma jority (for either of the systems) there was never a difference of more than six or seven (people.)" This spring, Oswald asked ARHS to give the administration a "general feeling" for students' opinion on the dorm contract distribution process. He also asked Cerar to give the ad ministration a final recommendation based on a representative sample of students by the middle of October. Cerar and Gould questioned resi dence hall area presidents and stu dents who attended area meetings about the dorm contract distribution process Spring Term. After talking to those students, they sent Oswald the preliminary student The Daily Collegian Friday, Sept. 10, 1982-73 reaction that supported the first: come/first-served system. In that letter, they also told Oswald . that the group would conduct a sur vey Fall Term to determine 'exactly which system received the most sup= port from the students now living in the dorms. ARHS said the survey would be conducted, compiled and returned to Oswald before the end of Fall Term.: But, Oswald, fearing that the group: would procrastinate, set a Sept. 36 deadline for ARHS' final recommen- dation in a Aug. 16 letter sent to the group, Gould said. "That was asking a lot from us; coming into the year," Gould said yesterday Morning. Worried that they would not have the time to put together a comprehen! sive survey and gather sufficient input on the issue before Sept. 30, Cerar and Gould called Old Main;, hoping to extend the deadline. Oswald told the ARHS executives to schedule a meeting with Raymond 0. Murphy, vice president for Student Affairs, instead. Murphy handles Residential Life matters for the ad. ministration. . In the meeting, Cerar requested .4 two-week extension. But, she said] Murphy persuaded the group to agree to a one-week extension, pushing th 4 deadline back to Oct. 7.
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