About Veritas. ([Athens, Georgia]) 1970-1970 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1970)
Canada: how to deal with terrorists Last week Quebec terrorists, mem bers of the Quebec Liberation Front (F.L.Q.) decided to increase the pressure on the Canadian government to bow to their demands for a separate Quebec, autonomous from the national government. They kidnap ped two high Canadian officials; Pierre Laporte, Quebec Labor's minister and James Cross, British Trade Minister. Because Prime Minister Trudeau, himself a French-Canadian, refused to deliver 23 assorted terrorists kept in Canadian jails to the kidnapers, Laporte was found in a parked car with a bullet in the back of the head. Although the hard core members of the radical separatist movement only number in the low hundreds, Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act, something which had only been invoked twice before, both times before the World Wars. Over three hundred were arrested for having any association with the group but the kidnapers to this date have still not been found. The question arises: Should Tru deau have initiated such drastic measures? United Free Press: a study in togetherness When I first contacted Rev. Frank Hutchison and asked him about the United Free Press and VERITAS doing a joint effort to harmonize relations in the community, he asked me to come over a few days later to talk to the editors of the UFP. It was a Friday evening and I sat down in front of a group of Graduate students, professors and Athens citizens to explain what the VERITAS was trying to do. I was put under the grill for three hours by some sharp people who were very suspicious as to our aims. As the evening wore on, the atmosphere relaxed and we hammered out an agreement whereby the VERITAS would reprint articles from the UFP at the same time the UFP would continue its present operations. They wanted to see a few issues before they would consider a joint operation. I was asked back the following night to see the paper being run off on a mimeograph machine. There have been only a few times in my life that I have seen such a diversity of dedicated people working together. There were Black, White, rich and poor working alongside each other, the only satisfaction citizens of Athens, faculty and students of the university If you have information concerning certain irregularities, incompetence, discrimination, abuse or brutality or wrongs which you feel should be righted and if you have substantial proof of such, please notify us at 130 College Avenue, second floor. Names will not be used if you so wish. On the pleasanter side: if you know of any good deeds of policemen, community projects and incidents which you feel have helped the community in general, we would appreciate hearing about them. Remember this is YOUR paper. The Canadian press and the Parliament seem to have given him overwhelming support, although elements in the provinces outside Quebec asked what all the drastic measures had to do with them. Here in the States, we have had our own share of violence from both the radical Right and the Left, and to see such measures enacted here would bring too many night mares of 1984. The other side is; what measures must one use to preserve the integrity and order of society? This writer abhorrs violence and my distaste for strong arm Big Brother tactics runs a close second. However, I see no alternative but to support Trudeau's action toward the terrorists. If the F.L.Q. had sought to push their grieviences through the ballot box there could be some sympathy for them. But the fact that they murdered someone in cold blood does not make one too sympathetic toward their radical cause, and the fact that Laporte was trying through democratic means to help the Quebec problem only adds irony to the tragic tale. Phil being a four page publication (both sides) being run off to be distributed to the Black community and the University. A group of eight to ten walked around a table to the sounds of Hair and rock music, grabbing each page and then giving them to about six staplers. The group at the table walked a distance equal to 5,000 copies and hands stapled down on those 5,000 copies for a total of 10,000 times. Some got tired and changed jobs. Others dropped out for a while for liquid refreshment in the refrigerator then got back into the assembly line. There was an air of joyous festivites as the work progressed. There was a togetherness that is unexplainable unless you were there. People dropped in throughout the evening. Ed Turner, running for councilman, came by to see how things were going and members of the Black community came by to offer their help. Towards the end of the evening, people started to drift home and a few stayed to clean up and stack the papers and just relax. Some had beer and others stayed with cokes, but they all had that sparkle in their eyes of a job well done. It was great. Phil concert review review Having been directly involved, and as a result, fallen victims to the controversial article written by Kaye Simmons in a recent edition of the Red and Black, we wish to express our reason for being concerned and extremely angered at her poor and tasteless writing. The root of our anger stems from the fact that a photograph, picturing ourselves in the foreground, accompanied the article concerning the "Concert Review" of the Mini Pop Festival held last week. The article and photograph together insinuated that we fell into the category of people Miss Simmons so nastily described. It is true that Miss Simmons has the right to degrade people in an impersonal and general procedure, if it so behooves her. It should be obvious to the writers on the Red and Black staff that most people do not enjoy being even remotely considered as members of such a caste about whom Miss Simmons wrote in such a vulgar manner. As far as the article itself goes, if anything is a disgrace to the University it is Miss Simmons' article. It is a sad situation that there are people on this campus who can't accept the fact that there are people who realize that it is not necessary to flash white shoes, dress as though they just came off the 18th green, adore fraternity or sorority pins, and drive fast cars. We speak here, of course, in reference to the line in which Miss Simmons spoke of "...a few well dressed people ... a few well dressed Greeks The article might have been at least partially justified had there been some reference to the quality of the music. As there was no comment concerning either the quality or style of music, the heading of "Concert Review" was absolutely ridiculous. The dictionary definition of "concert" does not mention the word "audience." Therefore her analysis of the audience was irrelevant and shows nothing but Miss Simmons total misconception of what a concert review involves. W. Stephen Crone and Christopher J. Teasley ^to^M^ffffra^ tyEmmemar U.S.^^^.^ My Rifle: This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My rifle, without me is useless, without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I wi11... My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit... My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as I do a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its parts, its accessories. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We wi11... Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. editor's note: ? 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