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Thr Red and Black. Friday. May 19. 1972
Insure decorum
The Student Senate has some
prettv serious business to consider
these days in allocating $470,000
in student activities money, and
that is hard to do in a party like
atmosphere.
In fact, any business that the
senate needs to handle should be
taken very seriously and conscien
tiously. That's why we are
shocked that the Law School has
had to evict the bocy from the
Law School Auditorium because a
number of senators were drinking
in the chamber.
We understand that some ten
to fifteen of the senators popped
the tops in Wednesday night's
meeting. Did those people consi
der the Senate meeting a loose
and informal affair? Judging by
their action, the answer appar
ently is "yes."
We cannot believe that many
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DAVE CHESNUT
SCOTT McLARTY
Let s give peace a chance
senators can honestly contend
that an informal atmosphere —
created by drinking, loud talk, or
anything else — is conducive to
serious business.
We find it hard to believe that
most of the ones involved be
longed to Coalition Party, which
since its inception has taken
Student Government seriously, as
it should be. But reports indicate
that most of the drinkers were
either Coalition or Independent.
There is a great deal of hope,
though, in the fact that the
majority of the Senate did not
partake of the booze, including
most of the Coalition people. We
hope they will take steps to
insure a serious decorum for the
Senate in the future.
There is a place to drink and
to be light The Student Senate is
not the place.
“Wai is like any sport; one must
win and one must lose, one must have
glory and one must know humiliation.’*
This quote comes from Ki, a Montagn-
ard Scout, 16 years old, who lost his
life in Vietnam in
January of 1971.
Kfs parents died
when he was 14,
his father killed by I
a Viet Cong booby I
trap, his mother I
killed in an Amen- I
can sweep of his I
village. From the [
time of his parents'
death to the time of his own death, Ki
lived war, and prayed for peace. It is
to Ki, with the face of a child and the
wisdom of a man five times his age
that this column is dedicated.
A constant source of inspiration, Ki
would talk at length about war and
how to turn war into peace. “It’s
simple,” he said, “When man tires of
war, then, and only then, will he have
peace.” I often wondered why a
human who so desired peace could
fight in a war he considered to be
unnecessary and unjust. Ki had the
intelligence, he had the desire, to work
for peace, yet he believed that his
people could only have peace when
they were allowed to hunt and farm
without fear of Viet Cong attacks or
American bombs.
“Pretty soon we’ll all be dead” he
prophesi/.ed, his brown eyes betraying
the hopelessness he felt. “First the
French, and now the Americans come
to ravage our land and threaten our
existence. Liberation for us can only
come in the form of peace.”
I can still remember the peace sign
Ki flashed as I left Vietnam, and I
remember the sadness I felt when I
received a letter relating Ki’s death. At
the age of 16, Ki’s wisdom was
destroyed by an American gunship as
he offered first aid to a Viet Cong
wounded in a firelight. Damn war and
damn those who perpetrate it under
the banner of “freedom.”
The Vietnamese people are pawns in
an international “Mine is bigger than
yours” game. They know the fear, they
see theirto use their influence to build
their egos in such a tiny country as
Vietnam.
President Nixon says we want an
honorable peace. Then why does he
issue threats? All peace is honorable,
and all war is dishonorable. Is the
American honor so important that we
should create havoc in the lives of the
Vietnamese people? Is it so important
that we should endanger the lives of
humans all over the world? 1 should
think that American honor was des
troyed when she chose to use her
power in a nation that has become
little more than a bomb-scarred strip of
land as a result of this power. Should
we endanger the lives of millions for
the “honor” of America?
Politically, Nixon’s blockade of Viet
nam as brilliant. If it is successful, it
enhances Nixon’s chances of re-election.
If it fails, there may be no one left to
vote for or against him. He may see
this as a necessity for his very
existence in American politics.
Morally, however, Nixon’s move
cannot be excused. If one person dies
as a result of this action, it was not a
worthwhile venture. If nothing else, the
world now lives in fear of the
mushroom clouds that could erase our
very existence. Sound far-fetched? Not
really. Nixon has demanded the release
of American POW’s. Yet, would he
release POW’s as long as America was
bombed and blockaded? Not hardly.
We cannot have peace until men are
willing to throw away plastic “pride
and honor” and live together. It is
only through fear of war that we can
know peace. We must all pray that
Nixon’s threat will be met with a
desire for peace. If not, however, we’ll
have nothing to worry about. Atomic
bombs kill quickly.
If only Nixon had the simple
wisdom of Ki. As Ki put it, ”1 don’t
mind dying if the world will only
realize how senseless war is.” It doesn’t
matter whose bombs are bigger. What
matters is, in fact, whether we can
exist without threats and wars. Do
millions die to prove that we must
have peace?
A flashed peace sign, troubled eyes,
a dead soldier who dies trying to save
his brother, who died so that man
would realize the worth of peace, so
that he could escape the war that took
the lives of his parents. Damn the war.
Damn those who allow it, and damn
those egos that place an abstract
“honor” above peace. We can live
together. We know the effects of war.
Let’s give peace a chance. The world
needs our prayers. The world needs
those with the courage to stand up and
speak for peace. Our honor must be in
peace. The existence of the world
depends on it.
HEfti^NG NO FURTHER
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, Gonna move ontoth'
.NEXT Point—
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Ryder's Rules of Order'
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Ryder recognition unfair'
TO THE EDITOR
The procedures followed at the
recent Senate meetings regarding recog
nition from the President of the
Senate, Art Ryder, need illumination
and action.
President Ryder, who chairs Senate
meetings and supposedly functions as a
mediator during floor debate, has
repeatedly failed to allow certain key
student senators the nght to express
their opinions during past meetings His
negligence in failing to recognize
certain senators time and time again
dunng important floor discussions is
inexcusable. The president of the
senate should recognize the right of
any senator to express his or her views
and the views of his or her constitu
ents dunng debate.
Art Ryder has exhibited a gross
neglect of certain senators whose nght
to speak is an imperative obligation of
fair and equal representation. We speak
out against this unjust partisan judge
ment which is rapidly becoming the
rule rather than the exception at
Student Senate meetings.
KEITH MELTON
ROSEMARY SHADE
CHUCK SEARCY
STEVE PATRICK
We need
open talk
TO THE EDITOR
It is with great interest that I read
the editorial page of The Red and
Black each day, for it is the most
readily available forum for diverse
opinion on campus. The letters printed
are an excellent source of information,
topics for discussion and interaction of
pros and cons. The editorials and
columns are usually pertinent and good
journalism. However, it is with great
A local organization is currently
engaged in a most worthy campaign to
collect toothbrushes to send to the
people of Bangladesh Recently I talked
to one of the members j ivtal Mr Bat
Breth. to learn of
more details
When asked why
his club was collect
ing toothbrushes,
Mr Breth said. “We
feel the way to a
person's mind is
through his mouth.
If his mouth is »
rotten, he'll have ■
rotten thoughts. We would like to
instill in the people of Bangladesh a
desire to develop their country into a
democratic nation. What better si ay to
do this than giving them American
toothbrushes?”
“Mr Breth. don’t you think that
there are things they might need more
badly than American toothbrushes'’”
“Oh yes, indeed. At first it was a
tossup between sending them tooth
brushes, Q-tips for their ears, or Murine
for their eyes Then we received word
that the Russians were planning to
send them toothbrushes so we decided
Bat Breth's campaign
to oeat the Russians in the toothbrush
race.”
“I see, but ...”
“We also heard that the Red Chinese
were sending toothbrushes to West Pak
istan It was decided that we should
attempt to balance the number of
toothbrushes between the two countries
b) giving an equal amount to Bangla
desh and forestall an unbalance of
power.”
“Mr Breth. . .”
” ‘Clean mouth, clean thoughts' I
always say.”
“Mr. Breth. please, may we contin
ue’’ Do you plan to expand this
program in the future'* After all
Bangladesh needs other things besides
toothbrushes ”
“I couldn't agree more, young man
Yes. if this campaign is successful we
will expand it into other areas. I have
a list nght here of proposed goods to
send over there. At the top of the list
is dandruff shampoo and . . .”
“Dandruff shampoo, are you kid
ding’’”
“Well there was some controversy
about whether it should be dandruff
shampoo or a good anti-perxpirant but
we felt dandruff was more important
f/
than a sogg) pit. Alter the suainpoo,
we placed the anti-perspirant Next
comes Nair, which I know all the
ladies of Bangladesh will really appre
ciate. Then we have hair tonic,
fingernail polish remover, exer-belts to
remove those unwanted pounds off the
tummy-t im-tum. false eyelashes, go-go
boots, girdles, jockey underwear ...”
“No toothpaste?”
“Oh. toothpaste is on the list nght
after mascarra. We felt those were both
rather unimportant After all. who
needs niascarra in a newly formed
country? Let's see. where was I?
Jockey underwear, hair dryers, copies
of George Harrison's Bangladesh album,
pictures of President Nixo*» maps of
New York City . . . .”
“Stop. stop. STOP’ Mr. Breth. you
must be kidding. You're going to send
all of that junk over ...”
“We haven't decided to send all of it
yet. The club has to vote on it.
Besides, we don't think it’s junk.”
“O K You're going to send all of
that stuff over there when the people
there are starving and don't have
enough clothes. Their homes were
destroyed, families were killed or
separated, they don't have enough
medual facilities. Mr Brc'h. don't you
think there are .re important things
than toothbrushes and go-go boots?”
“You kids are all alike (chuckle),
impetuous and idealistic, but I love
you all just the same. Let me goose
you just once. No? Oh well, you’ve
just backed yourself into a comer, you
crazy kid. You accuse me of ignoring
their clothing problems, then condemn
me for sending beautiful, durable go-go
boots to them. And as for medical aid,
what do you think the toothbrushes
are for?
“Toothbrushes are American, young
man. Toothbrushes come in red, white
and blue colors. Toothbrushes are
healthy and good for you. And you.
young long-haired liberal radical type,
accuse us of overlooking their food
needs. Listen to me, how can those
people eat when their mouths are rank
and fouP When their teeth are in good
shape from brushing, weanng braces,
and capping when necessary for appear
ance then we’ll send them food. Until
then - Teeth are First!”
“Mr Breth. if you’ll stop crying and
singing “God Bless America,” I'd like
to ask you one last question. What
company do you work for?”
“Pepsodent.”
disappointment that I view what seems
to he the majority of replies expressed
on that page, and anywhere else on
campus.
Intellectualism today is highly arbi
trary and inflexible, opinions have
become something to form lightly and
then shield from personal attack. When
someone holds an opinion that he
believes sound, very often that opinion
is disputed with arguments designed
not to present discussable, rational
reasons for disagreement, but with
arguments that blatantly imply low
intelligence in the unfortunate person
who held that idea.
On the other hand, many ideas that
are expressed are not those of
theperson who voiced them, they being
held in order to avoid intellectual
independence. It is definitely not cool
to believe Richard Nixon may be right;
male chauvinist pigs are those persons
who still maintain that there is a
difference betweeen man and woman.
It leads one to wonder just how many
people know anything about their own
opinion, or how many are willing to
listen to someone else’s conviction with
any sort of open mind ready to
change.
I was moved to write this several
weeks ago when Ms. Carol Roberts was
forced to use valuable editorial space
to defend her commendable criticism
of the Greek social system. This letter
was not sent to The Red and Black
because of its lack of relevance (I
thought). However, today’s letters to
the editor contain such words as
“bum,” “ingrate,” “puerile,” “im
mature;” there is even an indictment of
the editor for printing a letter that has
since been proven to contain an
unpopular view. The Red and Black is
well done and informative, being the
end product of an immense amount of
time and effort. Yet, I have heard little
favorable of the paper, and nearly all
criticism has been backed by vague
gestures and no facts. Such personal
attack just has no place in an intended
intellectually interactive collegiate at
mosphere.
This has been my first year in higher
education, and I have attempted to he
an opimoned but open-minded listener.
Hopefully I have not tailed, but it
seems that this is a minority convic
tion. Perhaps this problem is not at all
new and my ignorance is showing.
Perhaps also I am wrong and merely
moaning about my unimportant status
as a freshman.
But when I see communications
grind to a halt to the sound of angry
arguments I wonder why anyone
should bother to speak at all. When an
abrupt dismissal of an opinion occurs
because it is not popular, I wonder if
anyone should even think. Hyperbole,
certainly; but this is my opinion.
WILLIAM S. MAYBERRY
Homosexuals
are perverted
TO THE EDITOR
I am writing to support Phil Kent's
and Buhba Fowler's stand against
organized homosexuals on this campus.
I certainly hope that neither of these
worthy individuals will lower them
selves by attending any homosexual
gatherings. I honestly feel that this
could seriously compromise their
decent reputations. Kent and Fowler
have both made courageous aud clear
stands against the liberal establishment
in their honest opposition to the
recognition of any homosexual organi
zations.
The open solicitation by the C.G.E.
that appeared in the Tuesday Red and
Black presents an amusing insight into
the strange workings of the radical
mind. It seems that the terms
“knowledge” and “agreement” have
become synonymous in the warped
outlook of radicals. If one agrees with
the radicals, one is knowledgeable and
intelligent, if one disagrees, one is
ignorant. I challenge this illogical brand
of “thinking” and say that I know
what a queer is and stands for I know
and still I find homosexuality unnatural
and repugnant.
I am sure that the vast majority of
students on campus feel the same way,
and the average person on the street
also possesses a similar “knowledge” of
the homosexual problem. Howevei,
knowing about homosexuals is like
knowing about sewers, the knowledge
of their existance does not inspire one
to play among them.
One final matter, straight people
have constantly been chastised by the
Radiclibs for using the term “queer.”
Webster’s New World Dictionary recog
nizes the use of the word “queer” in
referring to homosexuals; it does not
recognize the term “gay.” I think the
term adequately describes a person who
habitually commits acts of homosexual
perversion. Therefore, I hope Kent will
continue to use it. After all, despite
what the Liberal Establishment would
have us believe, we are backed by the
authorities on the English language;
they are not.
MICHAEL B JOHNSON