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GARY JOHNSON
MEMBER Editor
JOHNNY TURNER
associate Editor
CARL BROWN, Business Manager
Executive Editors: Tom Cauthorn, Wright Davis, Bobby Phillips
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Cluster I
Johnny Turner
Is That Girl Going
To The Shower Too?
Emory University has long had the reputation
ot being a liberal school. After attending their
summer session, I can in all honesty, report that
the school lives up to its reputation.
As 1 recall, my first encounter with this came
the day after my arrival. I was
groping down the hall toward the
shower that particular morning
when a door opened ih front of
me and a very cute little girl (and
I not that little either) emerged,
vwag She flashed a smile, said “Good
it morning” and wiggled on down
I y F\^ , the hall. I might have mumbled a
reply but I doubt it.
Turner A few questions revealed that
Emory has a 24-hour open dorm policy. To make
this official the residents voted 39 to one the
next week to keep it that way.
I was further startled to find that the dorm
regulations mentioned nothing about possession
of alcoholic beverages on the premises. In fact,
about the only things not permitted were gas
ovens and pet lizards, frogs, alligators, iguanas,
etc.
My but these Methodists are liberal folks! If
you remember, the northern half of ’em even
voted to integrate. Can you imagine anything as
liberal as that!
The War Game
We Are Not Helpless;
Man Deserves Peace
This year’s freshmen had the opportunity to
view what I consider to be the most important
film that they could have seen at this point in
their lives. I do not consider the film good be
cause of the acting or special effects but rather
for the implications that it makes
a for each of us. The film was
Rritish-made and was entitled the
“War Game". It depicted a
hypothetical situation that even
tually lead to a nuclear confronta
tion between the NATO and Com
munist forces and finally full scale
nuclear war. We must note here
however, that the film itself was
llobbv toned down and if a nuclear war
were to happen today, the results would be far
more devastating. The film did not deal with the
actual military conflict. Neither did it announce
a victor. But what it did show was the suffering
and death of non-combatant individuals The
larger part of the film dealt with human suffering
in a situation for which no human solution to the
problem of survival existed.
The film itself does produce a shock effect at
first, when people are perhaps confronted for the
first time with the realities of nuclear war. The
shock effect should not be the last feeling that
we experience and the film should not leave one
thinking of more efficient ways of evacuation
and preparation for a nuclear attack. The fact is
that no amount of preparation can protect a city
against the inevitable results of a nuclear attack.
Nothing can be done to halt the degradation of
the human spirit and moral values after the bomb
has been dropped. The things that occurred after
the bomb had been dropped were beyond human
control. In a situation like this one feels hope
lessly lost for answers, becauw there are none. So
what do we do when we see a hopeless duration
before us that can not be solved or dealt with?
The answer should be to avoid It. The big vari
able in the whole equation is whether or not the
bomb Is dropped or the nuclear attack proceeds,
because after the sequence has begun, we enter
Into a series of irreversible consequences. There
fore, wediould entertain, not a reactionary
by Joseph Hobbs
policy to conventional or non-conventional war,
but we should work diligently for a preventive
policy.
Mo6t people after seeing the film felt it was a
sad situation In which the world was in and also
felt that they had no means to help prevent nu
clear war.
I see the present situation as definitely threa
tening but not hopeless in regard to what I can
do as an individual and with others as a group to
prevent what seems now to be inevitable.
There are several places throughout the world
that are of a serious enough nature to erupt into
a nuclear war between super powers. Such con
frontation would end in death and destruction
across the face of the earth. We have to dedicate
our lives to the struggle of bringing the true pos
sibilities of conflicts like Viet Nam and its devas
tating results to the people. A mass organized
movement against American involvement in Viet
Nam could help reshape this country policy, and
I feel that individual support of such a movement
and participation in It can be of some help. An
example of this Is the campus moratoriums
against the war in Viet Nam. Our first step must
be to end the existing situation, which could be
the possible spark for world-wide war.
Most of all, we must prevent the U. S. from
falling into any more situations like Viet Nam or
any other situations that could threaten world
peace. This sort of movement can be implement
ed on the basis of mere survival. We must mobi
lize people and make them understand how a
nuclear conflict affects them and bow something
like the Berlin situation could erupt into some
thing big. What I am asking for, is for ua to orient
ourselves and others Into a concept of anti-war,
and this Is a necessity if we ate to survive. A war
at this point In time would mean the end to
everything.
But most important of all, we must not label a
man or a country as the enemy Just because our
national policy has said so. We must begin to
look across national boundaries and try to And a
common brotherhood with ail people of the
world. Then has to be a great ispes of humani
zation of the world.
Ron Childsmmmmmmmm
Nixon Must Get
Tough Or Get Out
Well, 1 can not resist a little comparison. After
all, both Mercer and Emory are church affiliated
colleges. Sadly enough, however, that is about
where the similarity ends. Emory has a system of
self-government which gives the students the re
sponsibility of managing student affairs.
Thus girls can sign out for a key and come in
when (and In whatever state) they desire. Posses
sion of liquor on campus is not an offense. In
short, the school does not attempt to play
Mommy and Daddy for its students.
The administration assumes that the students
are mature enough to run their own affairs. Stu
dents govern student affairs and the administra
tion governs academic affairs.
Will this ever happen at Mercer? It is the trend
at universities all over the nation and it would
seem that one day Mercer might be so blessed.
The obstacles are many and obvious. The
Georgia Baptist Convention would not be ex
tremely pleased with the idea. Our present ad
ministration also would find the concept rather
far fetched. In fact, some students might have
reservations about it.
So it seems that Mercer will have to wait until
it grows a bit. Which is a shame because that girl
was very cute.
Very recently former Vice-President Hum
phrey gave his views on the policy ot President
Nixon, which in many ways was very pearimistic.
Humphrey said that Nixon had not delivered on
his campaign promises, but that the final out-
I come was yet to be seen. This Is
' the way it appears throughout all
I of Nixon’s policies, for much of
what he is doing is impending
upon the reaction of another
factor.
In Vietnam the American
troop withdrawal has been of only
a token nature, not endangering
the U. S. Army’s position in Viet-
Child! nam. However, Nixon has made a
move in his international game of chess and is
now looking for a comparable move by the
North Vietnam forces. Yet Nixon has made other
concessions, in that there is no bombing of North
Vietnam, no naval blockade, and in general a de-
escalation of the war. It is very obvious that the
patience of the U. S. is wearing thin, and rightly
so. Yet, the feeling of the country and especially
of the young is that the war has gone on long
enough, and that the U. S. should pull out of
Vietnam. Nixon promised to bring the “boys”
home in his presidential campaign and he also
asked the nation to hold him responsible if he
did not. Judging from Nixon’s efforts so far, it
On
Capitol
Hill ... edited
by Larry Finkelstein
Critics have charged Judge
Haynesworth with illicitly in
vesting some $3,500 and earn
ing a half million dollars profit.
If these charges are true. Judge
Haynesworth's nomination for
the Supreme Court should be
withdrawn at once. Instead, he
should be made Secretary of
Treasury.
The following is the text of
a speech delivered on the floor
of the Senate by Stephen M.
Young of Ohio. The contents
of the speech was confirmed
by CBS Radio on the eve of
September 23, 1969.
TYPICAL SAIGON
CORRUPTION
(Addran by Senator
Stephen M. Young
Mr. President, American
taxpayers seem to be on the
losing end constantly when It
comes to our involvement Hi an
ugly civil wgr In South Viet
nam. Recently, the Defense
Minister of the Saigon militar
ist regime, which is in power
due solely to the bravery of
more than 500,000 Americans
fighting In Vietnam, offered
for sale to the highest bidder,
202,887 rifles, machinegune,
and small arms given Hi recent
years to the Saigon regime.
These weapons, furnished by
the United States from 1969 to
1966, presumably to be used
to fight the Vietcong, are now
being aotd for a sum which
may amount to several millioa
dollars. The entire amount will
go personally to corrupt lead
ers of the Saigon regime Presi
dent Johnson and Pmideat
Nixon have maintained in
power.
appears that he is playing a waiting game with
the North Vietnamese, Hi hopes that by his ef
forts that a compromise can be reached. This is
to be appaiuded in the senae that the Integrity of
the South Vietnamese people must be maintain
ed, as well as the face of the United States.
However, It appears that the North Vietnam
ese cannot be beaten at a game of waiting, for in
this game they only stand to win. Nixon is Hi a
position of great praam re, but as Humphrey put
It, the game Is still not over. It appears that the
Nixon policy In Vietnam is one of wait and aae
what the North Vietnamese rue going to do, but
the question is slowly narrowing down to what is
the U. S. going to do. The North Vietnamese
have stated in Paris that the only way for settle
ment is total withdrawal of American forces in
Vietnam, and Nixon seems to be testing the
validity of that statement. One can only hope
that Nixon is able to end the war Hi Vietnam, but
his policy at present seems to be a weak one with
no hope unless the North Vietnamese move tor
peach on Nixon’s guidelines. To this writer it
appears that the only decision left for Nixon is to
get tough or get out, but whatever the decision,
with the mounting pressure horn colleges, peace
groups, doves, and very dissatisfied hawks, the
Nixon policy is due for a change Hi the next six
months that will definitely bring a change to the
“wait and see” policy of President Nixon.
IN CASE YOU HAVENT NOTICED
There's A War On!
by Cal Gough
The Vietnamese “conflict’’ is now entering its tenth year (first
U. S. troops killed in battle: July 8, 1959). Americans have been
stationed on Vietnamese soil for fifteen years. Our presence there
has resulted in ... almost 45,000 American deaths. .. .200,000
civilian casualties annually ... 4 million refugees (Total Viet
namese population: twenty million) ... the world’s most crowd
ed city (in Saigon, there are 148 persons per aete; Tokyo, in
second place, averages 63 persons per acre)... 70,000 desertions
from the South Vietnamese Army between January and May,
1969 ... 53,000 desertions amoung U. S. Armed Forces in 1968
... 5,000 self-exiled Americans living Hi Canada, Sweden, etc.
The Vietnamese conflict has cost more than any other war in
American history. Estimated total cost (including veteran’s bene
fits over the next century): $330 billion. We have spent thirty
billion dollars per year on the war (32% of the 1970 federal
budget). We have spent ten times more money on Vietnam than
we have spent In our entire history for public higher education.
At this moment there are still approximately 500,000 Ameri
can troops in Vietnam. They are there in your name.
(Sources: Vietnam: 1969, an American Frientk Service Commit
tee White Paper, May 5, 1969; The Nation, May 26. 1969; Look,
August 12,1969.)
From
The
Editor
GARY JOHNSON
A Groat Start
The 1969 Freshman Orien
tation was one of the best in
the history of Mercer Univer
sity. With bewildered and un
aware frashmeo entering the
“Mascer Scene”, the perform
ance put on by Mr. Tommy
Maddox and his staff was in
comparable. A true picture of
campus life of the University
was portrayed before each
froth for their individual in
spection, interpretation and
comprehension. There sseased
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never to be a moment of dte-
organixation. Mr. Maddox had
complete control of the situa
tion and the execution of
organisational planning was
beautifully done.
Orientation ’69 give a new
perspective to the University.
Materials discussed and the
films shown were extremely
relevant to tbs times. The pro
gram presented to the class of
73 wss not slanted It seems in
tbs least. It seemt as though a
balance of different philoso
phies, programs, and idsas wees
done and done wel. There are
not enough adjectives to de
scribe my personal I sap session
of ostentation. I could go on
and on.
This promises to be a pent
and with 1969-70 year be-
witf
by Mr. Maddox' and
staff, the pr mates wM be kept.
To Mr. Tommy Meddax the