College of St. Benedict St. (oseph, Minnesota
February 14, 1972 Vol. VII, No.7
Pool Plans Finalized
Kelly deRosier
The government grant for St. Benedict's indoor pool has been okayed and the architectural plans are ready. Ground will be broken next January and the standard size collegiate pool will be ready by the following summer. The government allotment and college grants should cover 90# of the pool costs. The remaining 10% will be paid for by a student activity fee and rental money by the people of St. Joseph.
Connected to the gym by a corridor, the pool will have locker room areas for women and men. Each locker room (diagram 1) will have lockers, benches, a laundry area, bathrooms, showers, offices and equipment rooms. An added attraction in each room will be a small sauna. Past the locker rooms will be the deck of the pool.
Along one side of the pool there will be sliding glass doors opening onto a patio for sunning in warm weather. At the far end of the pool will be a three-meter diving board and an observation gallery.
The college eventually plans to add a diving pool in the deep end which will give the pool an L shape. Surrounding the base of the pool (diagram 2) will be a mechanical tunnel that leads ;o the pool filtering equipment and observation windows. Observation windows made of one-way glass will be built into the side of the pool. They will allow an instructor to watch a swimmer's style and diving ability.
When the pool is finished the college intends to have .it completely staffed by qualified work - study students for lifeguarding and
teaching. Future hopes also foresee co-ed swimming and diving competition between CSB-SJU students and other college teams.
Mechanical
Caucus First, Then Vote
On Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1972 at 8:00 p.m. Minnesota cciti-zens will caucus to discuss candidates to put on the bal-
lot for the 1972 elections. The precinct caucus is the only form of direct democracy open to all Minnesotans. It is a public meeting held by the DFL and GOP. The GOP and DFL hold separate caucuses on the night of Feb. 22, at 8:00 p.m., ,in every precinct in the state. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? Any person who is 18 years or older by Nov. 7, 1972; is a U. S. citizen, and a resident
of the precinct for at least 30 days. Such person need not be a registered voter at the time of the caucus to participate in it (Minn. Statute: Sections 262.22 to 202. 67) To participate, a person must sign the "caucus call/1 ¦The caucus call states that the person signing will probably vote for a majority of that party's candidates in the next election.
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Agribusiness Booms WithGovernmentAid
Intercultural Week . . . Focusing on the issues, taking time to become aware of the extensive contributions and varying life styles . . .
By D. J. Edelman Washington, D. C. (CPS) —What do Tenneco, Gulf & Western, W. R. Grace, Del Mcnte, Getty Oil, Goodyear, Monsanto, Union Carbide, Kaiser Aluminum, Aetna Life Insurance, Boeing Aircraft, Dow Chemical and American Cyanimid all have in common?
They are a 11 becoming farmers and thus are radically transforming American agriculture.
The net result of this entrance by large corporations with unfarmlike names into what was once a strong bastion of rugged American individualism and free enterprise can be seen from the following:
—The growth of a new farming conglomerate: the agribusiness which seeks to dominate American agriculture by setting up vertically integrated food delivery systems capable of controlling
the entire food process from harvest to supermarket. —The continued deterioration of rural America and the further acceleration of the greatest migration in history — 40 million to the cities in the last 50 years. Today 800,000 people annually are leaving the countryside for the cities, further aggravating the problems that plague urban America. —The beginning of a prolonged and intense legislative and political struggle to contain the growing agribusiness conglomerates by promoting an old idea: land reform.
U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics begin to tell the story of the dramatic upheaval taking place on the nation's farms. In 1950, there were 5.4 million farms in America; today that figure is down to around 2,9 million.
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