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PROJECT 35
MSC Executive Team
PHI ETA SIGMA
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Seniors who plan to enter graduate or
professional schools in Fall 1985 and
who are members of Phi Eta Sigma Na
tional Honor Society should get in touch
with the faculty advisor Dr. Curtis F.
Lard in Rm. 113, System Bldg., Phone
845-3712.
National Phi Eta Sigma Honor So
ciety will award nine $1,000 schol
arships and thirty $500 scholarships
this year on the basis of the student’s
scholastic record, evidence of creative
ability, potential for success in chosen
field, and character. Only members of
Phi Eta Sigma are eligible for these gift
scholarships. National deadline for sub
mitting applications is March 1. Appli
cation forms are available from the fac
ulty advisor to the local chapter. Local
deadline for applications if February^
22,1983.
EMANUEL AX
MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society
February 25, 1985 8:00 p.m.
Rudder Auditorium
MSC Box Office 845-1234
Will perform: Haydn's Sonato in F major
Ravel's Vaises nobles et sentimentales
Liszt’s Paraphrase on Verdi's “Aida” and
Paraphrase on Verdi’s “Rigoletto”
■ Chopin's Ballade No. 1-No. 4
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Funky Winkerbean
by Tom Bat;
Nerds
Fledgling organization fascinated with nerd'm
Associated Press
CINCINNA I I —Their organiza
tion s letterhead is printed upside
down. I heir leader enjoys mowing
the lawn in old Bermuda shorts. One
of their great joys is enlisting new
members against their w ill.
They’re different, all right. But what
else would you expect from a group
of nerds?
The fledgling International Organi
zation of Nerds was started four
months ago by a self-employed Cin
cinnati businessman who has big
plans to tap a growing fascination
with nerdism.
“There’s plenty of nerds out there,”
said B.L. Chapman, organization
founder and self-proclaimed Su
preme Arch nerd.
Chapman, 42, formed the organiza
tion to help raise money for muscu
lar dystrophy research and to have
some fun. His inspiration came from
watching entertainer Jerry Lewis
“nerd” routine on the last muscular
dystrophy telethon.
“I used to think of a nerd as a wimpy
type of guy,” he said. “But then I
started watching Jerry Lewis. 1 had
always been a fan of Jerry Lewis, and
he’s really a nerd.
“I’ve always supported muscular
dystrophy (research) myself, and I
said I’d get some kind of organiza
tion going regarding nerds because
it’s becoming very popular and peo
ple can have a lot of fun with it. It’s
not derogatory in any way.”
A few promotional mailings at
tracted attention, and (he organiza
tion has grown to 372 members in
the United States and Canada. Most
people become members because
f riends send in their names.
“I can’t stop people from doing
memberships to people,” he saitl
with a laugh. "When I get the money
and people nominate other people,
that’s the way it is. I just follow
through.”
“It’s $4 or $5 for the complete mem-
lx-i ship kit," Chapman said
“I’ve Iseen asked a numbtroli
well, what's the difference 1»
S4 and $5?
“It’s a dollar,” Chapman sank
straight face.
“I had one guy send in forIDi
berships, and what hesentave
$4.35 , /» per membership.Solt
a nerdy amount. Whanhtft
at e doing is crazy."
Not all memberships are joke
“I've really enjoyed seeing**
happening and some of thf it
people are saying and howitoi
mit their neruity. Chapmans#
While the organizationvasintof
to raise money for muscularite
ph\ and provide some fun,
man tbniKs it could help^i
“nerd’’ trend.
“It used to be derogatory,K
it's becoming popular, astaiu-
1h)1 to a degree,” he said.‘Ifni
changed in the last coupleofitf
Movie to be made
on Texas border
Associated Press
MARSHALL — A low-budget
movie will be shot next month on
Caddo Lake along the Texas-Loui
siana border, said Weldon Finney,
production coordinator for Forward
Productions Inc. of Dallas.
“Final Cut” will be produced by
Gary Paul, owner of Texas Stunt
men Association, who will also star in
the movie.
In the movie, a Southern county
sheriff steals kids and sells them into
white slavery until his plans are th
warted by a group of stuntmen.
Paul saitl the company has re
ceived assistance from Harrison
County Sheriff Bill Oldham.
Asked about Oldham’s reaction to
the corrupt sheriff in the movie,
Paul laughed and said, “I can’t speak
for him. He will have t6 speak for
himself.”
Student historians
dig up town roots
Associated Press
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Last
September, sixth-grade teacher Bill
Coate assigned a history project that
has snowballed and now involves
students on two coasts.
Instead of memorizing old facts,
Howard had his class discover new
ones. Instead of reading a history
book, they would write one.
The students started with three
gravestones along the Ghowchilla
River in central California. The
graves belong to members of the
Minturn family, which gave its name
to a nearby town.
Jonas Minturn died in 1884 at age
65. His son, Rowland, cut his throat
in 1894, and Jonas’ wife died in
1899.
With these facts, the students set
out to write their book, “The Chron
icles of Minturn.”
An obituary for Rowland in the
Merced Star prompted student Joel
Gripe to buy a coroner’s report and
death certificate from the Merced
County Courthouse.
Student Aaron Leavitt asked for
help f rom Audrey Pool, president of
the Madera County Genealogy So
ciety, and more documents turned
up. The students learned the Mint-
urns had six children and were na
tives of Bristol, R.I.
Coate telephoned Bristol teacher
Eileen Borges, and her students
joined the project.
“It was great,” Goate said. “Bristol
is a town about the same size as Ma
dera, and now we have kids on both
coasts researching the Minturns.”
The students found that Mrs.
Minturn belonged to a prominent
New England family, the DeWolfes,
and that Jonas Minturn was related
to William Robinson, an early Rhode
Island governor.
The family has now been traced to
England in the 1690s, Pool said.
Land transactions documents es
tablished that the Minturns had ar
rived in the Ghowchilla area in May
1870. Jonas had bought property
with $49,200 in gold coins. The
Minturns opened the Minturn Vine
yard Co., a winery that still stands. It
has been used as a dairy barn for 25
years.
Following the Minturns into the
20th century, the class discovered a
direct descendant, Mrs. Wayne Den
ning of Santa Cruz. She recently in
vited the class to lunch and pledged
$500 to keep their work going.
The students’ writings will include
historical details and political, social
and religious ideas of the era.
Vet fina
gets lucl
on his side
Associated Press
POYEESTOWN, Pa.-I
nard McFadden has fu#
ceived the Purple Heart,I’ -
after he set foot in Vietnar-'
he still doesn’t have a unit-
inn it on.
Until recently, McFadT
had trouble convincingitti
ernment that he hadevental
Vietnam, let alone n’0®|
there.
“T he Veterans Administl
says I have body wounds,M
don’t know where they
from,” the veteran said. 1
tell me they lost the recordsj
He arrived in Vietnamo»J
22, 1968. McFadden |
wounded seven months’
while riding on an armored?
sonnel carrier.
“ They blew off the trad 1
on and I was wounded
chest by metal fragments'
said.
No one could call Md Ji ;
lucky.
But his luck began tod 1 !
last fall while he was nil
near the veterans' moniw
where thousands of Other l
ans were gathered.
“'Phis guy kicked me® 1 !
foot and said, ‘Wake up ?
Fats — that was the naM
called me on the radio.
“He knelt down besiderr'*
said, ‘Those are my sr
That’s my work.’ ”
Gapt. Lou Dougherty ’
formerly of the 2nd M
was kneeling beside McW
He was the field surgeon^'
crated on McFadden.
“He remembered me.
den said. “We gottodis^
whatever happened to ^
cords. (Dougherty said),^ ll1 '
you’re ready to take it to^
I’m going with you,’ j
“That’s like diving intos f '
tack looking for the need'
coming up with it stuckir“
hand. Now I’ve got the jp''
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