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student Gwernmnt -sociation VOLUME X

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1972

NUMBER 4

VALENTINES DANCE CANCELLED For those who haven't heard, the dance has been canceled. Yes I made a very large,very bad mistake which snowballed. It now threatens the Social Functions Committee, the SGA and our standing in the enertainment community. To those people let me say its my mistake and mine alone : my deepest apolTo.those people ogies.

who franticly tried to bail me out, my thanks. I feel grateful that you tried and regret that our efforts were I not more successful. believe that it's delora able that the SGA ~ ---was forced to cancel because of my mistake. I've tendered my resignation last Wednesday. I believe the social Functiors Committee will

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WINTER GAM:ES'The trouble wlth you from Yanks is that you're too soft'' the big Norwegian said, brushing flakes of snow off his ears, "Yocr life- it is too full, too easy." This was just one of the randcm analysis volunteered Tuesday on the disappointing showing of the U.S. ace and snow forces in the 11th Winter Olympic Games. With the big winter spectacle half over, the Americans found themselves nursing one gold and two bronze medals and occupying a lowly 11 th place among the 12 medal winning teams. Few questioned that overall it has been a catastrophic experience so far for the world's richest nation. ~ l rnmaining l hope lay in the flashing skates of a 16-year-old speed skater from Nothbrook, 111. , ?mne Henning,world re.:>rd- holder in the 500; her teammate, Dianne Holum, a 1,000 and 1,500 meter specialist, and a brash,aggressive hockey team that lost to Sweden, upset Czechoslovakia and now faces the Soviet Union in a match that could make or break its medal aspirations. The biggest letdowns have been in figure skating and Alpine skiing, two areas where hopes were high. button Sue C6rmck;a nosed daredevil from Ketchum, Idaho, scored a pleasant surprise when she came in third in the women's downhill ski race and Janet L y m , the 18-year- old bombshell

be better able from the ruins fire I started the stigma my ship would hold. MY

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JIM GWEN

AMERICAN DISASTER

Rockford, Ill., rallied spectacularly to partictilarly of Miss get the bronze in Lynn and John Mischa women's figure skating. Petkevich. But the three medals Except for Miss looked tarnished when COKrock, American Alpine set alongside the eight skiers have been tasting snow on the medals of EastGermany- bitter three gold, two silver , A1pir.s Slopes, and the andasthreebronze. NordCc men and women I was disappointed have been so far behind that Janet didn't* the Scandinavian* and Ruesilver, " said Peggy -llans that , they have Fleming, who won ~ m e r - been mistaken as cmpetica's only gold in the itors in another event. 1968 Games at Grenoble television Commentator. " ~ u t I thought Janet's free-skating exhibition was the highl~ghtof the Games. I 9Oor figure skaters are very young and inexperienced generally. It takes a lot of nerve to skatemthe Olympics. I know what it is. I think all we need is more experience." Otto Lang, the one time Austrian who helped direct Sonja Henie in her Hollywodd movies in the 19301s, said he felt thht the trouble lay in lack of dedication. "Europeans, particularlv the ~ r o ncurtain I counGries, will practice school figures by the hours for days at a time," Lang said. " Our kids have more rounded lives. They don't throw themselves so completely into this sort of discipline." American figure skaters are more show business oriented. Unable to match Europeans in compulsory figures, they outskate them blind in the free- skating Thig- is true event.

On Monday, Jan. 31, 1972, elections were held in the student center and academic complex. Approximately 1/3 of the total student popul.ation cast a vote for his or her senator. Congradulations go to the following elected senators: Aviation Management Dick Reimann James Fry Melonie Scofield English and Math Brett Spitalny Mike Voulo A 6 P Joe de Cillis Kim Morris Steve Ward Air Science Andy Andersen Darrell Beard Jim Furman Dan Rees Jim Garrett SENIOR ELECTIONS president-Bank Cothran V.President-Rick Spicer Secretary-Skip Dawson

( NEW FACE ON GAMPUS

JEFF LEDEWITZ

"When a student comes to Embry-Riddle he has many adjustments to make. My job is to help students make these adjustments in order to rcach their own goals," stated Mr. Jeff Ledewitz, new Director of Counseling and Cdidance and Foreign student Adviser. "All students have the educational goal of graduating. Taking good

notes, effective study habits, and knowing hgw to prepare for exams are important. I h here to help the students who are having problems in these areas. My first concern is for those who are already mprobation. "Our students also have career goals. Some need help an deciding what specific career goals are. Career service counseling is part of my job. "There are no limits to the range of stuZentL personal goals--- and, thus, their special personal problems. I'd like to stress that anything a student P l l s me is confidential. Mr. Ledewitz completed his BA at Stetson University. his MA at George Washington, and is c~rrently working on his doctorate at Student Personnel and Counseling from Oklahoma State University.


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