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CAMPUS UPDATE, February 20, 1980, Page 2 Drivers advised on winter hazards Why does it always take at least one or two periods of snow or ice on the roads to alert drivers to the pumping action should also be slow- What if | go into a skid? Education, cont. need it to keep up with technologi- cal advances in their fields. "This means that no education will last a lifetime. Cross said.”“In many career fields the rate of ob- hazards of winter driving? Good Again, stay off the brake. Keep solescence is now pegged at bet- question, right? Unfortunately,ma- ny of us: tend to think we are al- calm, and turn the steering wheel in the direction the rear of the car is ween five and ten years." The tendency of states and pro-~ ready pretty good drivers, and that skidding. When you feel the car stra- fessional licensing agencies to mand- we can handle winter driving prob- lems as well as the next person. But, maybe, there are a few things we need to be reminded of anyway. We just might save ourselves some embarrassment or personal injury. Here are a few tips as provided by Jan Bowers writing in the Win- ter, 1979-80 issue of Family Safety magazine: What is a common error many ighten out, turn the wheels straight and keep rolling. Does ice on the road surface get more slippery as the temperature rises: Yes, ice at 30 degrees is actually twice as slippery as it is at zero. Even when the temperature re- mains constant, drivers have to watch out for sudden variations in the road surface. Heavily used roads ate continuing education for pro- ‘fessionals, trom accountants to vet- serinarians, is another sign of the need for lifelong learning. In Calif-» ornia, for instance, certitied public accountants must take 80 hours of additional education every two year- s in order to retain their lincenses. Cross said that after a long his- tory of moving steadily toward a linear life plan in which all life had drivers make on slippery surfaces? UL eee eS been divided into three full-time When they see an object in their path, most drivers hit the-brakes al- most instinctively. On dry pave- ment this might be the proper reac- tion, but on ice or snow it can send your car into a dangerous skid. If at all possible, try to steer around the object without braking. If you de- cide you must brake, pump the brakes by. depressing and releasing the pedal a few times. Since disc brakes release more slowly than the drum brakes on older cars, the Sion do the new, smaller cars compare with standard-size models on winter roads? A subcompact car is likely to re- quire a shorter distance tor panic stopping than a compact, which in turn needs about 25 percent less distance than a standard-size car: Smaller, lighter cars develop less breakaway traction on ice than standard sizes, and they. have more difficulty getting back into motion, phases of education for the young, mak ‘for the middle-aged and en- forced leisure for the elderly, things appear to be changing. especially at warmer ice tempera- tures. Another difference is that the subcompacts don’t have enough clear- ance under the wheel wells for con- ventional tire chains, so manufactur- ers are now offering “minichains” with a flatter, smaller link. Declining enrollment creates opportunities numbers in the traditional college age range, students ‘’will seldom, if ever have had it so good,” says a report from the Camedia eéunail on Policy studies. “They will be recruit- a “Golden will , The t, “Three Thousand Futures: the next 20 Years in High- er Edueation,’’ which will be re- leased later this year, predicts level lit jes and doctorate: -granting un- will continue to grow in popula they are vulnerable to Aeopeuitien 13-type funding cuts and low reten- tion rates. * Warns that colleges shouldn't go more actively, admitted more enrollments until 1983, a decline overboard on vocational programs readily, retained more assiduously, counseled! more attentively, graded more considerately, financed more” adequately taught more conscient- - jously, placed in jobs more insist- ~ ently, and the curriculum will be more tailored to their tastes.’” _The projected 23% decline in the 18 to 24 year age group by the year 2000 will be largely offset by other kinds of students, predicts the report. Continued growing en- rollments among the over-25 ai roup, minorities and women will help balance the declining numbers of traditional college age resulting in only a 5-15% enrollment decline by 2000. Minorities, mostly blacks, will make up 25% of the college en- roliment by 2000 and this figure could. be higher if more Hispanics participate. Also encouraging to en- rollment. potential is the possibility that retention rates will increase as gpleredisseie! ways to eliminate “boredom’mest drop-outs cite - ter reason for leaving. But youth, no longer in over- of about 2-6% between 1983 and 1989, a two year plateau of level en- ~ _rollment, then a further. decline of “3.9% by. 1997 followed by a steady -rebound through the early 2000's. The 5-15% overall decline in en- rollments Projected i in the report is more optimistic than most predic- tions. The report di it that in | at the expense of liberal arts since “given the new interests of students in the quality of life, the creative and performing arts may be subject” to further expansion:, The vocation: al. interest may again. shift back to “liberal arts.” an effort to ee more and differ- z ent types of students, “’a downward dynamism, diversity, Probate ini- tiative, and research capability is not only possible, but quite ‘likely in higher education,” but maintains” such a drift would not “be required by external events’ but rather would be of the colleges’ and uni- versities’ own making. The report also: * Predicts that the college popula- tion in the year 2000 will be made up of 52% women, 41% two-year students, 85% nonresident students and 50% over 22 students. * Warns that the institutions most vulnerable to damaging enrollment drops are less-selective liberal. arts. drift in quality, balance, integrity, | “Designed. with the Student in mind” Located in Besser Tech Campus Strip by John Holcomb TEACHERS LOUNGE T cant understand if! Ever since draft registration, my pupils have become excellent students, Soap craze not harmful Television Soap Operas are regu- lar viewing for 40% of female stu- dents and 10% of males at Northern Illinois University, say two profes- sors there. Soap opera addiction, the men add, is a national college phenomenon, but probably isn’t » hurting students any. Their research shows 40% of the viewers like the plots, 30% find the shows humorous and 44% said watching soaps made their own problems seem trivial. Alumni rate tops _ mural Basketball standings with an untouched 2-0 record. The All Stars and Too Shorts are battling for second with 1-0 marks while the Rebels and Storm Troopers are eee in fourth palce with -1- seasons. Seagrams 7 and the Nee have yet to chalk up their first. victories as they stand 0-1 while the Nets lie in last, 0-2. Rick Carstens of the Storm Troopers leads the league in scoring wit a 19.5 game average. The Reb- els’. Marty Sommerfield is in se- cond with a 17.0 game. average while Dave Jolly of the Nets is in third with a 15.5 average. Roger Pauley and Mike Fitzpatrick of the Alpena Alumni round out the top five with averages of 14.5 and 13.5— respectively. In early season action: : Feb 4th-Storm reopets 50, Nets 35 Too Shorts 46,— Rebels 33° Feb 6th- All Stars 47, Seagrams7 41 : Alpena Alumni 74, Knicks34 Feb 11th-Rebels 52, Nets 40 Alpena Alumni 45, Storm Tro- opers 25 : [ee - CAMPUS UPDATE = ae Editor: Cathy Mason » Assistant Editor: Andrea Dean Business Manager: Sheri Rickert Reporters: Rhonda Pomranke, Shari Ratz, Dave Talbot, Beth pndeson: Dale Beard, Janice Wade, Madeline Briggs medium of Alpena Community College published bimonthly, September through May, except during vacations and examination periods, by the students of Alpena Community College, Alpena, Michigan. Campus Update is printed by the Alpena News. All articles published: are the sole responsibility of the author. The opinions expressed i in such articles do not necessarily express the views of the editors, the advisor, or the of Alpena C Sports Editor: Ken Lechtanski Photographer: Linda Rhoads College. Advertising Manager: Tom Greene Staff Artist : John Holcomb