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Council Approves Distribution
Of Sound Devices For Safety

By MEG VINSON

Student Council
unanimously approved the
distribution next year of sound
devices for security measures in
its final meeting of the year
Tuesday night.

Council will solicit funds
for the distribution this
summer as well as to work on
publicity next fall to inform all
students of their
responsibilities with these
sound devices.

Lengthy discussion resulted
in the decision that the sound
device would cost between
fifty cents and one dollar,
whereas tear gas or mace could
cost up to five dollars.

The sound emitted from
the instrument carries for
several blocks with a frequency
equivalent to a jet air plane.

According to second-year
man Peter Bregman, if the
device is to be effective in
improving security on the
Grounds, a "minute-man"
program will have to be
implemented everywhere
around the University.

Publicity Required

This program would require
a great amount of publicity to
ensure that anyone who hears
this sound will come to the aid
of the victim. Orientation will
be conducted among first-year
students at the beginning of
the year, but upperclass
students will be to
inform because they do not go
through orientation.

Council President-Elect Larry
Sabato summed up the feeling
of Council saying that, "this
program is not an immediate
end to the problem, but it is a
good start and something
concrete that Council can do
to help."

Council President Jim
Rinaca called an Executive
Session to hear fourth-year
man Ed Wilson's report on the
drug poll which was conducted
late last year and to discuss the
results of the survey.

"Cadet" Program

In other action on security,
Council passed a motion to
initiate a "cadet" program of
20 students working 20 hours a
week ticketing cars and
walking around the grounds at
night to observe "what's
happening."

The cadet program will be
affiliated with the Police
Department, but the students
will not be equipped with
police powers. Each student
will be carefully screened by a
selection committee and,
among other criteria, only
those interested in police work
will be selected.

Mr. Sabato commented that