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&U*4k* Page 12 The Battalion Wednesday, March 8.1989 BONFIRE ’88 pictures tu SCOREBOARD ’88 pictures The Fish Drill Team will be Selling 8x10 pictures of: Bush decides against settling Eastern strike by intervention Bonfire ’88 tu Scoreboard ’88 5 in A Row Scoreboards Pictures for sell in the MSC Monday, March 6 thru Friday, March 10 >^5 *r*r> Spring Break for Sale WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Bush on Tuesday virtually ruled out intervening in the Eastern Airlines strike, saying “man-to-man negotiation” is preferable to a gov ernment-imposed settlement. While he didn’t flatly rule out stepping in to end the walkout, Bush said his policy “will hold firm” de spite pressure in some congressional quarters to force him to act. Fielding questions for more than 40 minutes in the White House briefing room, he insisted that “there isn’t malaise” in his adminis tration because of the drawn-out fight over confirmation of Defense Secretary-designate John Tower. “A lot is happening,” the presi dent said. “Not all of it good, but a lot is happening. . . . We’re on track.” Bush defended his chief of staff, saying John Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor, knows his way around Washington and is doing his job well. Bush said he has “total confidence” in Sununu. Bush noted that Tower has pledged not to drink a drop of liquor if he gets the job and told his nation ally televised news confreence, “You’ll have 25,000 people in the Pentagon making sure that’s true.” The president said his backing of Tower against Democratic opposi tion in the Senate “isn’t iron-willed stubbornness; it’s a question of fun damental principle here.” The president had spare time in bis schedule Tuesdav because in- news conference statement to “res tate my belief that free collective bar gaining is the best means of resolv ing” the strike. He exhorted Eastern manage ment, the Machinists union and other unions to conduct “head-on- head, man-to-man negotiation” and said he thought that would be “bet ter and more lasting . . . than an im posed government settlement, which could cause the airline to totally shut down.” On other subjects during the more than 40-minute question-and- answer sesion. Bush said he won! like to see Palestine Liberation Orji nization Chairman Yasser Ara “speak out” against raids that haij been carried out by Palestinian rillas against Israelis in souther; Lebanon. Bush said he hoped these ind dents would not jeapordize U.S talks with PLO representatives said he thought that Arafat shoult “forthrightly condemn any term that might be perpetrated by the Pal estinians.” President intends to replace immigration head, source says Te: Vol. £ E WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration will replace Alan C. Nelson as head of the Immi gration and Naturalization Service, an administration source said Tues day. Attorney General Dick Thorn burgh, who recently received a de partment audit that criticized man agement and operations of INS, is searching for someone to take over the agency, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. 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It really doesn’t bring people any closer together.’ — LYNN SANNIEL, FRESHMAN, BIOLOGY ‘Dating seems like it evolves around the greek system. If you’re not a part of It, they kind of shine you on. But, then again, there are some people who are cool about it.’ — CHARLIE SURH, UNDECLARED, SOPHOMORE ‘It seems like a lot of people meet at clubs and stuff. I think it’s better to be friends with people you meet. People here get together real fast, and I don’t think that’s really normal.’ — CELESTE DESPRES, SENIOR, ECONOMICS ‘I think it (dating) calls too much for money and what each person expects from each other. I don’t think there’s much consideration of what the individual is like.’ — FRASER SHILLING, GRADUATE STUDENT, BIOLOGY GAIL PAGALA AND JOHN URATA. U- OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SPECIAL TO U. cor ee i wti y Rober :he Brown [ Has traditional dating become a thing of the past? students ^ no longer play the romance ga By Anita McDonnell ■ Daily Trojan U. of Southern California I n the 1960s and 1970s, the atti tude of “free love” shaped the relationships of the time. As a sign of rebellion against structured social rules regarding dating in the 1950s, and because of new attitudes about personal liberty, young adults believed love should be shared freely among every one. They believed exclusive dating was unfair. Generalizations cannot be made as easily about students today. “There’s always been that kind of looking for one person who thinks you’re special,” said Dr. Steve Ino, a staff psychologist at the U. of Southern Cali fornia (USC) Counseling Services. The real difference is in the way we go about the search, Ino said. “I think in terms of what young adults are looking for in a romantic rela tionship, there haven’t been many changes,” said Ino. “(But) the ways in which they’ve tried to find it might have changed. “What I see is more different types of relationships going on,” said Ino. While the types of relationships among young adults have changed drastically, dating has undergone more subtle changes. People may or may not date in the traditional way, but they are still mak ing the contacts needed to find rela tionships. Dating now can be seen as any situation that involves meeting people. “Usually I like to go out one on one when I date. I’m more comfortable that way,” said Steve Eisner, a senior major ing in sports information. “When I start seeing a guy, I want to spend time with him in groups rather than one on one. It eases the pressure,” said Alexandra Kurland, a sophomore majoring in psychology. “Relationships have become more of an outgrowth of regular friendships than anything else,” said Glenn Sum mer, a junior majoring in filmic writing. “We always need to have some sort of contact, some sort of relationship with others. We’re social creatures,” said Ino. “I also think that we need to make these social contacts meaningful.” “Meaningful” might be defined accur ately by Sigmund Freud, said Ino. Freud’s definition of love separates emotions from sex. Blending the two successfully is the key to true, mature love, he thought. The search for the ideal, that one “meaningful” relationship, is fueled by internal and external social pressures. Relationships provide a feeling of being valued — a feeling Ino said is im portant to anyone’s perception of self- worth. Some people fulfill this need with traditional monogamous boyf riend/girlfriend relationships, while others are satisfied with casual sexual friendships, or one-night stands. Each type of relationship may satisfy a need, but in differing degrees. A one- night stand might make people feel good about themselves, but only for a short period of time. That may be all someone wants. “I think in the past, in the ’50s and the ’40s it was more like women went to college not specifically for a career, but to consider being in a social situation where they (could) meet a potentially successful, intelligent, college-educated partner,” Ino said. Many o™ IW|ecently jkh left n led. Confi lat had h people I A friend iartland pVngtowa jar stopped ddle of tht T he words “relationship” an m ^ e car ing are not words manysti j e ^ 0 use often. And some members of the( un( ^ s begi Michigan U. (CMU) communitj r, and my the trend is toward less onc-flneedarii dating. “Today we are seeing a By Matt Bach ■ Central Michigan Life Central Michigan U. pleasi I opened it behaviors, then people couple of ibbed her Bruce Roscoe, professor of ho® mics, family life and consumer tion. “It may be financial, or maybe students) are not yet ready to! ^ drove group identity and move into c ing) identity,” Roscoe said. Today social “rules” are cli said Jerry Strouse, a professor coe’s department. “Dating has become less ft Proaching. Strouse said. “There are not s single (dating) rules. Woment* ss...they call up men for a date. (StudeU the bar with people of their sal ± anc j \ C01 si got the 1 plate —T groups and decide to meet peopi' opposite sex there.” Although some CMU student] ij ceman s there is a new trend in “groupt jj 0 ^ tur others still think dating pal"* different for all individuals. John Petras, professor of anthropology and social w more “party dating” — peoplf same sex attending social fund ® run thro groups and meeting member opposite sex — is occurring, but! Up, and all replacing traditional dating. “(Party dating) is replacing date situation,” Petras said. “It is giving people an opport meet someone in a more situation . .. instead of the W calling them up over the phont It grippe aight into her be d away. ater wher he had see; d had calk blue f told the she wasn’i ered to Tht ce. felt guilt 7 were blai Was a pros ^’t gotten i I reason' N too fast ' e had a gi