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The Red and black. Wednesday. April I**
THE OPINIONS OF THE RED AND BLACK
Give land
The Ru<|by team, that crew that
invites University students to “Give
Blood, Play Rugby,” may be
nearing its last bloody match. It
seems that a misunderstanding has
resulted in the loss of what has
been its playing field.
The Physical Education Depart
rnent last year began making plans
to convert the field to a baseball
instructional area for physical
education maiors. The Hugby team,
either not knowing or not caring,
didn't protest the plans. And now
it's too late for the ruggers, who
have no official University status,
financing themselves.
"It was an honest mistake," says
Coach Mike Castronis of the
Physical Education and Recreation
Department of the Division of
Health. "I didn't know that the
rugby players cherished the field so
much."
But there's ari alternative. Coach
Castronis tells us there's a field
behind the one they have been
using. That land is the
responsibility of the Planning and
Development Office. We recom
mend that the ruggers, with Coach
Castronis" support, appeal to the
Planning and Development office
for the use of this land.
Rugby is an exciting sport. We
hope the University will give land
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SCOTT McCLARTY
Suthern Sims
gets unjust blame
Ol all I he men I have worked with in
my lifetime, one stands above the others
in courtesy, intelligence, and dedication
I his man is O Suthern Sims. IX*an of
Student Affairs During the course of the
past year I have
come to admire
I Van Sims, which
may seem strange to
the average student,
because the year was
a year of conflict
and confrontation
between I Van Sims
and myself I hrough
all of these conflicts,
such as the student on the Athletic
Association, the Committee on Gay
Education, the crackdown in dormitories,
and the Savage incident, we hjve
remained close friends and have enjoyed a
close working relationship
The key to this relationship was the
tact that he was an administrator, and I
was a student representative, yet this was
our business relationship, and Suns, the
man. should not be mistaken for Suns,
the administrator
At our first meeting. Dean Suns
emphasized that Ins salarv was paid by
the Administiation and not by the
students I his is a point that many
students tail to realize IVan Sims’ first
loyalty must lie, for financial reasons,
with the administration It took a year of
battering the power structure, but the
realization of who has the power in the
University finally came towards the end
of the Student Government year I now
find a type ot melancholy humor in the
fact that I spent endless hours with Dean
Sims try ing to remedy situations that he
had little power to remedy Yet. I am
dismayed when I notice other students
going to IVan Sims with grievances, and
condemning him when the results are
negligible or non-existent
The office ot Dean of Student Affairs
is little more than a liaison between
students and the administration If one
conceives of this office as a point on
which the desires of the students are
balanced with the desires of “outside
pressures’*, then it becomes obvious that
the side titled “student desires” is not
receiving adequate utilization The fact iv
SGA has not contributed enough student
input, or more specifically, has not been
emphatic enough! to parlay the “outside
pressures ” This is not IVan Simms’ fault.
Why condemn Sims when we won’t offer
enough pressure to give him something to
work with' 1 IVan Suns is the whipping
boy catching hell from both sides. The
true culprit is the administrative side of
the pendulum If SGA has no effect with
IVan Sims, then attention should be
aimed at the powers that force Suns to
say “no” to student needs and desires, or
attention should be aimed at forcing SGA
to take a firm stand on issues and to
apply the necessary pressure to see these
issues attended to by administrative
officials
Going to Dean Suns about a
crackdown in housing is like going to
Nixon’s Press Secretary about the war in
Vietnam You’ll get a great conversation,
but you won't get anything done. I might
suggest that future student leaders spend
their tune questioning those in power
rather than condemning Dean Sims for
his ineffectiveness Remember who pays
his salary
The man with the administrative
power to stop crackdowns in dorms,
clean up Student Activities, or. quite
bluntly, to get thiniei done, is the man
who actually makes the administrative
decisions at the University, the Provost
Yes. Dr S.W Pelletier is the man to see
to get action Don't count on seeing him
though, because he is deeply hidden
behind many many titles and men who
occupy these titles It is tune for students
to realize where they cjn get answers
instead of runarounds. I he Provost is the
first step to these answers when the IVan
of Student Affairs is of no aid
In wnting this. I may drjw the wrath
of the power structure. So it often is with
that elusive quality, truth It can get one
in a grejl deal of trouble, especially from
those who seek to hide it trom the public.
I will chance this wrjth. however, in the
interest of informing the students of
some of the structure I learned during my
year in Student Government.
So please, fellow students, not so hard
on IVan Sims He has children to feed
and needs to keep his job intact. The
villains ot our present situation are the
administrative power, and a student
government without the backbone to
confront this power, and not Dean Sims.
I have to admire his ability to tuggle the
facts and the situations well enough to
preserve his own job I can’t respect his as
an administrator, but I can understand his
predicament After all. he’s really a
helluva nice guy.
FRANKLY SPEAKING ly Phil frank FRANKLY SPEAKING br Phil Fmnk
ROBERT FRIEDMAN
A philosopher's '41 Minutes'
A day in the life of a perfect disciple
of Friedman’s philosophy of militant
non-committalism
9:27 a.m. Wakes up of his own
volition and accord.
9:27 - 9:28 a m.
Debates the
necessity and ulti
mate worth of
performing the mun
dane bodily func
tions. (Example -
Disciple asks him
self, “Is a clean
shave worth the
eight minutes and 24
seconds spent?” The decision, in this
case, is almost always no.)
9:28 - 9:47 a.m. Performs those
bodily functions necessitated through
conscious choice, continuing to apply the
decision-making process to more specific-
cases (Example Disciple asks himself,
“Is scrubbing my elbows worth the extra
15 seconds in the shower?” After
weighing the ramifications of each
alternative, the disciple is able to make
the decision that’s right for him.)
9:47-9:51 a.m. While dressing, lays
out a mental outline of the day’s
activities (Example - “(ieez, I just
remembered' I’ve got a library book four
days overdue. Better cash a check and
take it hack. And I guess I ought to try to
make it to math. I haven't gone in so long
that I've forgotten what building it’s in
And while I’m on campus, I oughtta
sneak up to the infirmary and check out
this sore on my thigh Ya never know.”)
Note that while the disciple sets some
definite plans, he leaves himself enough
flexibility to change his schedule if need
be. For instance, if it turns out to be a
nice day, he should be able to rationalize
his way out of the math class and the
infirmary, and if the temperature is over
80, he probably won’t make it to the
library, either.
In case of element weather, the
disciple's toughest decisions all day will
go something like this “Lessee now. A
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Sims had final say
on housing affair'
TO THE EDITOR
Concerning the article of Apr. 7
dealing with the residents of C larke
Howell Hall appealing dorm policy
Sims said. “The major uproar
occurred in January, and vet what has
changed’’” Sims failed to read, obviously,
the petition In part it read. “ . change
of dorni policy to be implemented
allegedly summer quarter.” The dean
continues to plav down the situation by
making the residents of C’larke Howell
and the campus appear over reactive. His
tactics are clear I believe the good dean is
attempting to create enough doubt in the
student mind as far as policy changes are
concerned so that hopefully things will
die down and level off. then the stricter
controls will be easier to accomplish
without any problems. Mils would be
especially effective when a new flock of
freshmen arrives on campus, because they
don’t know what’s happening any way
Suthern also stated that he “has no
power to change dormitory policy .” Let’s
look at the facts. The Housing
Department is under the Office of
Student Affairs Sims has and does exert
pressure on Dr Richard Armstrong (Head
of Housing). Dr Armstrong can “plav the
game”, so he yields to the prevsure of the
gocJ dean I need only state the
discontinuation of the Growth Program
(part of Housing! as an example of such
action.
IVan Suns, >ou cither put the blame
on someone else, or you pass the buck to
another facet of the administration
what a way to run a university?
DAVID L RIGBY
Disgusting
TO THE EDITOR
Concerning the Apr 7 article whereby
the deans decide faculty salary hikes, it
was interesting, disgusting, and appalling
to me that only one college and one
department even mentioned the words
“teaching ability” (art department) and
“how effective the person is as a teacher”
(College of Education).
The ridiculous truth comes out’
Teaching ability at Georgia generally is
given only lip service. It’s time we
strongly de-emphasize the “publish”
function and put it in perspective.
NAME WITHHELD
McWhorter
TO THE EDITOR
Yes, Virginia, and Mr. C ogswell, there
is an II. Boyd McWhorter. I have seen
him. Many others have seen him You have
not seen him because your heart is not
pure.
GARY KtRLEY
hundred and fifty yards to the pin, a little
wind from left to right. Wanna make sure
that I get ii over that trap on the front
right side I think I’ll hit a sweet six and
try to fade it in. Wait a minute. Hell, no!
I think I’ll hit a firm seven at the stick.”
Notice how well this particular
disciple uses the powers of Reductive
Reasoning, so named by Friedman,
because it reduces each and every
decision to its simplest and most absurd
components.
9:51 - 10:08 a.m. - Prepares and
consumes food in as little time as
possible. Remember that each thought
and movement should be devoted to
saving as much time and energy as
prudence allows. (Some time-saving tips:
Fating Pop-Tarts straight out of the box
saves three minutes per Pop-Tart; Hot
water serves virtually the same purpose as
boiling water. A little raw meat never
hurt anybody.)
Another important factor in deciding
what food to eat, aside from the obvious
ones of preparation time and palatability,
is the number of kitchen utensils needed
for cooking and serving. Again. Pop-Tarts
do well in this category, but for the main
meals of the day, you can never go wrong
with frozen dinners. Most of them can be
prepared and eaten in the same little tray,
and if you’ve got plenty of napkins, you
can eat some of them with your hands.
Drink a C’oke from a throwaway bottle,
and you leave yourself with no dirty
dishes or silverware whatsoever. The
quintessential meal, as it were.
(Tip: Don’t get frozen dinners with
soup for an entree. You’re wasting a
spoon right off the bat.)
Well, I hate to stop after only 41
minutes in the life of a perfect disciple of
Friedman’s philosophy. A small sampling,
granted, yet who can still deny that
militant non-committalism is indeed the
best of all possible worlds.
Come to think of it, after looking
around, I guess most of you figured that
out long ago.
PHIL KENT
Red China's
the pot culprit
One doesn’t have to venture far
beyond the television set, newspapers, or
magazines to hear or read about the latest
case of drug abuse. But the key question
shaping up behind all these drug cases is
something * of dy
namic impact this
election year -
namely, what can be
done about stopping
the sources of
dangerous drugs.
On the surface,
exposure of inter
national drug push
ers sounds good. But
what is unique is that a second look at
the issue reveals acute embarrassment on
the part of the Nixon administration in
dealing with the problem.
Why do I use the phrase ’’acute
embarrassment?” Mainly because the big
drug pushers are not France or Turkey,
but Red C hina. Nixon’s Red Chinese pals
are the source of most of the world's
opium supply and they are actively
promoting drug addiction in the
non-Commumst world.
Informed Americans, including
vanous members of Congress, have long
been watchful as to the role the Red
C hinese have played in the international
drug traffic. Now, reports are causing
alarm - ironically on the heels of the
controversial Nixon trip to Red China
In a recent book just authored by
journalist Valentin Chu, research
indicated that “Peking had exported
3.600 tons of opium and its derivitivcs in
1950, and by I960 it was exporting
7,000 tons . . . this output is ten times
greater than the medical needs of the
entire world. At least 65 per cent of the
world’s illicit narcotics comes from
Communist China which, according to
UN narcotics specialists, is getting an
estimated gross income of one billion
U.S. dollars annually .” Bear in mind that
was in I960 - before the big buildup of
drug exports!
The next year 1961 saw the
figure of 65 per cent confirmed officially
by Harry Anslingcr. Chief of the U.S.
Bureau of Narcotics, to the Senate
Intern d Security Subcommittee Since
the.i. however, silence lus prevailed in
official circles concerning the Red
Chinese drug pushers. Until last year,
when shocking new evidence was
published, many people didn’t even know
the Red C hinese drug source even existed.
The Nuon administration proceeded
to close its eyes to the authoritative
British “Intelligence Digest” for Apr. 30,
1971. That publication revealed at the
time that Communist China exported
mon than 10,000 Iona of drop m 1970
- 3,000 tons more than the previously
mentioned I960 figure.
“Tricky Dick” aparently can’t bring
himself to believe that the Reds are really
that had even when the Chinese
Communists themselves admit to their
activities. The serialized biography of the
late Egyptian leader Abdul Gama! Nasser
which was picked up from abroad last
year by the Chicago “Sun-Times” -
contained some interesting remarks by
Red C hinese Premier Chou En-lai. Chou
told Nasser in 1965: “Some of them
(American soldiers) arc trying opium and
we are helping them. We are planting the
best kinds of opium especially for the
American soldiers in Vietnam.”
Yet ewn that same month of the
Nasser story - November. 1971 - State
Department hacks were still issuing
statements that there “was no reliable
evidence” that the Red Chinese had ever
engaged in the illicit drug trade These
statements of the State Department
contrasted even more sharply with
Associated Press reports the very next
month which underlined that thousands
of “aliens from Communist China sneak
into the United States every year,” and
that many of those caught “have been
carrying narcotics shipments destined for
U.S. contacts.”
Last January, former Attorney
General John Mitchell caused a furor with
his widely-publicized criticism of state
and local police, whom he claimed were
failing in attempts to control the drug
traffic. That’s a laugh' Who’s failing who,
Mr. Mitchell?
In time, public pressure must
ultimately force Nixon or Congress
to act against the Red Chinese druj
pushers. The only trouble is, Americar
youth will be even more victimized b)
destructive drugs until the president'
eyes are opened