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Beside the hoop-la about Hauser getting tenure (big deal!!) the big stink is about the lecture he gave this Monday. Professor Hauser talked about the minimal effects of marijuana on the brain. He cited an experiment where a spider was given marijuana and the results were such that the spider missed a loop in its web. Bad Boy Hauser concluded, "whatever!" A little later on, Hauser told the crowd of his familiarity with the erotic product store Hubba Hubba. This professional suspects that once a man gets tenure, there's no telling what will happen. Dr. Know suggests Professor...
...latest issue...and I'm pretty certain that if I did, I'd want to assail the contributors myself, so I'm not too eager to do so. But what I would like is some sort of recognition that I haven't the slightest business in this whole hoop-la, maybe an apology from the Crimson and the Peninsula, and then to fade merrily back into my blissfully uninvolved life. --Christine Folch...
Going to the hoop-la. Football metaphors were in the ascendant during the convention (Dukakis: "Every team has to have a quarterback. That's the nominee"), but rangy basketball players posted up and down the convention floor. Four former professional B-ball players were delegates. Maryland Congressman Tom McMillen (6 ft. 11 in.) played for the Washington Bullets. Walt Bellamy (6 ft. 11 in.), a Jackson delegate from Georgia, played center for the Atlanta Hawks, among others. Arizona Congressman Morris Udall (6 ft. 5 in.) played one year for the Denver Nuggets. New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley...
Colorado Springs' plush Broadmoor Hotel finances the traveling accommodations of the three teams, gives them free board and lodging throughout the tournament, and provides the traditional Western hoop-la that the tourney affords. Although some feel that this is a publicity maneuver which does not speak well for amateur hockey, one observer expressed today what is perhaps the prevalent opinion of the participating teams: "Everyone has a good time, and besides, if it wasn't for the Broadmoor, there wouldn't be any tournament...
...near tough enough about requisitioning hoarded industrial scrap-unused machinery, etc., that low-prioritied industries feel is worth more to them than any kind of reasonable price bonus. It still hopes to get the added scrap through patriotism rather than pressure or price. Last week it launched the biggest hoop-la scrap-collection drive ever, through a new American Industries Salvage Committee. U.S. industry anted up $2,000,000 for paid advertising, sought to get 3,000,000 added tons from industry, more than 7,500,000 from households...