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The Red and Black
Thursday, November 13, 1969
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Sandro Scaramucci Michael Howell
Pal Rogers
Business Manoger
Editor
Managing Editor
Union merit
The statement by Gov Lester
Maddox during his appearance on
campus last week that he will ask
the General Assembly for money
specificially appropriated for the
construction of a new Union build
ing for the campus is one which we
find almost too good to believe
The need for such a building to
replace the decrepit Memorial Hall
has become more pronounced in
the last few years since the pro
gram of the Union lias undergone
drastic renovation and revitaliza
tion under the leadership of Mrs
Julia Templeton as program coor
dinator The Union has the pro
gram — its need now is for a build
ing
Many schools, among them a
number of the newer colleges
growing withing the University Sys
tem of Georgia place the highest
priority on the development of a
quality program for a student union
and concentration is. likewise,
placed on getting a building which
will complement the developing
program If the University is the
capstone of the University system,
as is often stated, then can the in
stitution afford to neglect this
major area of the educational ex
perience at the University.
the program of the Union, whiie
still having a long way to go. is a
complete and welcome change
from the dav when a >.-toHenl was
involved in Memorial Hall social
life, only if no one else would have
him The Union has changed from a
haven for the Untouchables into a
center for the Involved. The minor
miracle which has been pulled off
at Memorial deserves the chance
for continued improvement which
a efficiently planned Union build
ing would afford
Many schools have the building
and find that they lack the quality-
program The University has the
quality program and is now in need
of the quality building The people
who have given up a large part of
their free time to make the Union
what it has become deserve the
chance for their plans and hopes to
become successes or failures. Un
til they can move out of Memorial,
the plans of this group must fit an
inanimate building, not an entire
campus of 17,000 animated individ
uals.
We hope that Gov. Maddox can
get his request through the General
Assembly We likewise urge every
student who is interested in the
prospects of a new Union to write
his legislative representatives urg
ing their support for the Gover
nor's proposal
The Union has the program, it is
up to the combined effort of indi
vidual students to see that it gets a
building worthy of that program
Commendable action
The move by the Student Senate
last night calling for free issues sur
rounding Vietnam as observance of
the November Moratorium is made
is we believe one which speaks
well of the attitudes and ideals of
the body's members
We have felt that the best that
could come out of the Moratorium
would be a chance for people to re
examine their beliefs and ideas
concerning American involvment
in southeast Asia and possible ways
of extrication
A point made in the Senate mot
ion was well taken, we think, when
mention was made of the responsi
bility that we, as members of the
academic community have, to of
fer the most open forum possible
for free thought
We commend the Senate on tak
ing the lead in calling for a mental
involvment in the problems of the
war and we urge all students to
take the opportunity the days of
protest and consideration afford
Such involvement in the prob
lems of the country is the purest
form of patriotism, it is what made
America great, not flag-waving
hysteria.
Re-evaluation need
Friday will open the second
chapter of man's saga in the outer
reaches of space As the Apollo 12
astronauts blast towards the moon,
the same combination of men
money and machines which char
acterized the success of Apollo 11
will be the back-up men in the ef
fort to gain more knowledge about
the universe outside man's native
orb
Amid all the oratory concerning
the glory of man's intellect which
allows him to go the moon will be
heard the criticisms of the expense 1
of the space program These criti
cisms will be re-enforced by the
muffled moans of poverty, crime
and decaying cities
Tile ground which should be stuck
in this controversy of spending to
develop the potential of the future
or spending to remedy the ills of
today is difficult to find and harder
tomaintain Deciding where the
country's responsibilities to the
future and its duty to the present
end and begin respectively is to
invite opposition
We feel that America must not
necessarily choose between either
a monumental space program or
the eradication of poverty Rather
we feel that the controversy de
mands a re-evaluation of propor
tions and an adherence to those
porportions without regard to the
circumstances which might bring
criticism and pressure
We definitely have a responsibil
ity to the future in that we must
maintain a stable and secure posi
tion in the world scene to survive
A concentrated program of space
exploration is undoubtedly a part of
this responsibility.
However, a stable tomorrow
cannot come about of its chances of
survival are destroyed in an archa
ic and destructive today The prob
lems of injustice, poverty and suf
fering must at least be analyzed
and a start at solutions attempted
The nation will be partially unit
ed in the next few days when
caught up in the glory of the newest
space performance We hope the
glory of the newest space perform
ance We hope the glory of the
moment will effect a pause to look
at the duty we have to the present
while cheering tomorrow's
achievement.
An explanation
The function of the Red and
Black is to be a link between the
students, faculty and administra
tion. giving them the coverage that
they want and deserve In order to
be an effective communications
tool, we must be able to meet our
financial responsibilities
The Red and Black currently
receives an annual allotment from
Student Activities This allotment
comes from student fees and guar
antees that each student receives a
paper if he desires to pick one up
each Tuesday and Thursday that
the paper is published We would
like to make the request that facul
ty and employees, who desire a
regular copy of the paper sent to
his office or residence, subsenbe to
he Red and Black Our justifica
tion is that the students pay a fee
each year and that it is only fair
that others should also be request
ed to do so In this issue of the pa
per we have published the distribu
tion points of the Red and Black
Due to an ii crease in production
and operation ,-osts. we have had to
sacrifice a system that allowed for
a few papers to be left in all build
ings to one in which a larger num
ber are left in centrally located
buildings
The Red and Black will still be
distributed free to faculty and em
ployees who pick them up at these
various locations, but we ask that
you entertain our requests for a
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livery of the paper
Ronnie Campbell, Columnist
Continued moratoriums serve paradoxical end
The advent of yet another protest
against the Vietnam war iand I use the
term loosely i leaves one with decided
ly mixed emotions as to its direction
and effects on our muon II seems as if
the continuous mass moratoriums
across the country are beginning to
pall somewhat in their meaning and
purpose and are now serving in para
dox to disillusion the population of the
United States and of the wnrll in gen
eral
No one can honestly deny the effec
tiveness of the Oct 15 protest It
smacked not so much of a common
upsetung of the boat, which the Ameri
can people are now really on Ihe defen
sive against, as it did of a genuine plea
to stop the carnage and drop the sticky
wicket we have picked up in Southeast
Asia
Most of its advocates were sincere
in their belief, and no doubt the majori
ty are still sincere, even if this belief is
guided more by emotion than be reason
and forethought
The first moratorium gleaned sup
port from many middie-of-th^roaders
and conservatives, which 1 suppose
was its original intent It was based on
a noble ambition, that of reselling the
basic values of human kindness nad
peaceful nobility to the American peo
ple
This is fine as far as it goes, and a
reaffirmation of these values is always
good But the point is. these values
haven't been lost at all by the adminis
tration or the conservatives or the
Republicans, or really by any other
group dedicated to the salvation and
betterment of the United States
Values on one side or another may
be distorted by individual or group
experiences, but it is simply not fair to
accuse a group who does not support
immediate with drawal of being unhu
man or heartless, any more than it is
fair to declare supporters of
immediate and unconditional with
drawal to be communistic
What is all seems to boil down to
then, is a lark of communication I
strongly suspect that the November
moratorium is to be directed specifi
cally against the groups or officials
who are not willing to get out of Viet
nam unconditionally in the next five
minutes, when the protest should be
aimed at the demise of the war itself
Far more can be accomplished by
working together toward a common
and sensible end to hostilities than can
be gained by hurling threats and accu
sations back and forth among Ameri
cans for two or three days out of each
month.
It is safe to assume that no one save
a complete idiot, supports the war in
Vietnam, any more than any sane per
son has supported any other war in the
past.
A plea for peace, then, is indeed in
order, a plea for peace between the
American people We have never ac
complished anything by being divided,
and we never will, but we must realize
that we are all working virtually for
the same goal Why not work together
for the common solution instead of
beating our heads togethei for the
common destruction?
Say you really mean it, Lester!
The last pep rally of the year will
be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in the
Stegeman Hall parking lot at the
front of the building facing onto the
lot.
The Bulldogs have tasted both
victory and on just two occasions,
bitter defeat. They have played
some great football teams this
year in the strongest conference in
the nation. Much, much more than
not. the Bulldogs have brought vic
tory to Georgia and glory and pride
to each of us.
Saturday the Dogs play a power
ful Auburn team. Don't let them
down. Come to the pep rally. Let
them know they are our Dogs and
it's Hell between the Hedges
THE UNIVERSITY CHEERLEADERS.
Howell Medders, News Editor
Nuts and freedom
One day last week I was in the lobby
of a University building with a small
group of students waiting for a class to
begin The center of attention in this
little gathering was an individual en
gaged in an antimated conversation
with a fellow student, obviously for the
benefit of the rest of the crowd.
This person had shoulder-length
hair, uncombed and dirty, hippie-type
clothes, also dirty; and no shoes, de
spite 40 degree weather on the outside
And. of course, his feet were dirty.
My first impression of this charac
ter was that he must be some kind of
nut After satisfying my curiosity
about this nut's appearance. I glanced
around at the rest of the crowd to guage
their reaction. As I observed the other
clean-cut college kids like myself gape-
ing at the nut and uttering little witti-
cisms about him to demonstrate how
cool' they were I felt a little ashamed
So I decided to take a second look at
the nut, objectively
This second look was punctuated
with a question mark rather than an
exclamation point I wondered just
what could this clown be Irving to say. I
finally got the message li was a sim
ple message, but then, considering my
first reaction, maybe it isn't so simple
The translation read something like
this:
"To whom it may concern: You
think I'm crazy don't you! If you could
have your way you would make me
wear shoes, wouldn't you. because
anyone with any respect for society and
the American way of life' should at
least have the decency to wear shoes in
public.
" Well you can t make me. because I
am an American That means I am
free' No that's not all freedom stands
for. but it is part of it. And if you can't
understand that, then you can t possi
bly understand what freedom really is
"You are a clean-cut American guy
aren't you’’ Then surely you can grasp
this simple concept of freedom Our
nation was founded upon this institu
tion. vou know
If you really think that in order to
be a good freedom-loving American I
should cut my hair and put shoes on my
feet, then I only have one thing to say
to you: Go to hell! Hypocrite "
Tom Gillen, Columnist
America - love it or leave it
AMERICA — Love It or Leave It"
And so reads one of the newer bump
er stickers dealing with attitudes
which involve Americns today
THE PROBLEMS facing the United
States are acute, to say the least, but
as society in this country becomes
more technical, the problems are going
to become worst 1
And it certainly will not be the per-
rogative of the man-in-the-street to
leave the solutions to "those elected
officials" or to take the attitude that
the country has survived its ills before
su if things are allowed to continue as
they are they will solve themselves
AMERICA Love It or leave it
This signifies those exact attitudes
Blind love results in nothing but trou
ble The United Stales today needs citi
zens who are willing to stand up and be
counted as they call for changes in ex
isting conditions or stablization
tAHEN A PERSON follows a cause,
right-or-wrong. with blind faith that
the outcome will reinstate their theo
ries, the protective roof over their
heads is sure to fall, sooner or later
Lovality to a cause certainly should
not be limited, however, it should be
tempered with understanding of the
factors involved
AMERICA - Change It or Lose It
A bumper sticker from the opposing
point of view was recently seen on a
car from California TTus misses the
poin also in presenting a totally nega
tive 1 attitude This is blind love on
the ither side of the spectrum
While change has been rudimentary
in the overall development of the Unit
ed States, it is the lack of understand
ing between people, not the lack of
change by people, which has embedded
this nation in the troubles it now faces.
To love something docs not neces
sarily mean that everything it does is
right. When love is present, no matter
what the form, it guides rather than
follows The answers do not lie in turn
ing one's back on the problems at hand,
but rather facing them objectively and
honestly searching for an answer which
will benefit the majority, if not all. of
those involved
And. too. change does not answer
problems Many times it simply mag
nifies those at hand and leads to the
unearthing of new. tougher ones
TO ATTITUDE, therefore, should be
one of love, whether it be towards the
United States, Georgia or the Universi
ty; however, understanding and open-
mindedness are paramount to the prog
ress of the institution in question.
The slogans on these stickers can be
intertwined to read in a variety of
ways, each with itx own meaning love
it and change it. leave it and lose it,
love it or lose it. change it or leave it.
With the proper connotation of
"love" any one of the slogans will (it:
"AMERICA Live It or Leave It"
AMERICA Live It and
Change It"
• AMERICA Love I* or Lose It"
Ronnie Feinberg, News Editor
Greener fields
For every beginning there must be
an ending, just as the sun sets each
day
A short year ago. spumed on by
journalistic idealism, I set out on a one
nun crusade to right all social injus-
sices and stimulate the minds of a
thinking lew on topics of profound sig
nificance
What I wrote while under the employ
of the Red and Black was at best
thought provoking and at worst a hole
filler
Within my columns I expounded the
philosophy of muderattsm and I have
continued to walk this precarious bor
der between the two extremes of social
and political activism
The Editors welcome contributions
to fteoder Reaction os on exompie of
the tludent interest in the University.
However, the Editors reserve the
right to edit contributions to conform
to style, good toste.!decency and libel
laws. Letters should be typed doubled
Once while writing about man s eter
nal quest for liberty I wrote. Mankind
is ever seeking greener fields " I is
with this in mind that my association
with the Red and Black has been termi
nated
Although my stay with this voice of
the campus has been short. I can look
back with fond memories to the long
nights of no sleep as the ever present
deadline so impersonally stared me
in the face
I have watched the Red and Black
climb Iron Ihe ranks of mediocrity to
the vital role it plays on the University
campus today and 1 can snule with the
knowledge that perhaps I had some
small part in bringing this change
about
vpoce and should not except in rare
instonce exceed 300 words in length.
Reoder Reaction is meant to serve
the student body as well os the Red
ond Slack, since the paper cannot
serve o readership whose opinions it
does not know.
and moving on
Yet an even more significant change
on ihe University campus has been the
student body itself The blatant apathy
of University students of a few months
ago prompted me to write Students
retreat within themselves hiding from
the harsh realities of day Nonrtjnform-
ity and individualism have come about
from persons attempting to flee the
human rat-race, seeking to find an
swers to unanswerable questions, ' and
in utter frustration I added. Many of
us simply ignore that which is around
us and nintinue living our lives as if we
were the only ones existing
Yet the dawn of a new day manifest
ed itself in late spring and with an opti
mistic kink toward the future I wrote
Much has changed in one short year
The immaturity of those so young, with
the rejuvenation of spring, and brought
about a renaissance of wonder, won
dering about the future, what will come
from what has been
This renaissance of wonder and in
volvement with the problems faung
mankind has continued »n grow until no
longer can the University campus be
termed “TV last great citadel of stu
dent apathy
Both University students and the
Bed and Black have come of age and
fro the l<x*s of it this is only the begin
ning
Alas, the work! moves on anil I with
it to seek my greener fields
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