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tfratJ OfflSDSGSK WD&RSn I III' 'uiulli > Mil'll In Jr I if lull'll I I ulh'<itutr \ru s/ju/ht" GARY JOHNSON MEMBER Editor JOHNNY TURNER associate Editor CARL BROWN, Business Manager Executive Editors: Tom Cauthorn, Wright Davis, Bobby Phillips (Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the Clutter and should not be confused with news stories. Signed columns and cartoons are the opinions of the authors and not the 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 THE MERCER CLUSTER • October ?, 1969 • 4 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