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p To The Editor Daw Editor, I had baan hoping for tome algniricant raactioa to my opan latter conoarning the attributes of Wonderful Wed oeeday, hot haring waited for am three weeks to no avail. I’ve decided to goak opt once Dean Trimble mally has a point In mying that aorae of the acthritias on Tuaaday night at Mercer hare become unde rirobte. Unfortunately the stu dents haven’t even made a point — defensive or other wise. Where are the non- apathetic students? When will Interaction replace (auction? The time to act is now - form a student committee, re juvenate the Fisa University, or cieate a worthwhile substi tute. The throe abstract ideas for action, which I mentioned above, lead me to mentioning one fallacy in Dean Trimble's thinking: "Participation in free uni vanity dames end other forums seems to have decreased.” So what! As a stu dent, it seams to me that appreciable students am engag ing in worthwhile activities on Wonderful Wednesday. How ever, many of those activities are not formally registered as free university courses - some of them could be, but what difference should it make if a student attends a certified free university course or a non registered dtecuarion group. Moreover, what difference does it make if the students involved in non-registered dis cussion groups study Sunday afternoons and discuss on Wednesdays or if they reverse the order and study on Wed nsadays and dlscuas on Sun days? Students concerned with keeping Wonderful Wednesday and maintaining their freedom to either take or leave the regietered free university coureee must stand up nowl I, personally, am willing to join intonated persons in taking tha proper measures, but I cant do it alone. Fleam stop being apathetic kid start inter- Claudia I. Bicht CONCERNED? As a freshman in colltfs I had eoneem for the injua- tiem of one race sgaJnet an other and I asked meekly, “What can I do?” SORROW? Yes, I even felt sorry for the minority and even a little guilty, but this was the po pular thing to do, and as a • sophomore it wm easy to get ‘caught up’ In popular things. EXPERIENCE? I thought at last them will be an opportunity to hfee “common experience” with members of the black race and to work togsthar in tha process of obtaining our edu cation. I soon learned that the blacks had no dadre to ‘share’ their experiences with me, unless I abandoned ipy own race. As a junior I felt unwanted. BDUCATED! Yea, m a senior I've been educated. 1 am now that all men regardless of race still have the same weak names; even the black man is pre judiced. When I me a raised black fist, I think of Hitler. When I look at my son, I cry. When I read the Clutter, I laugh, just as I did when Maddox was elected. Neither is hinny, but “What can I do?” “WHAT CAN I DO?” I can offer advice to the concerned student: “LIBER ALISM IS NOT A SUB STITUTE FOR EDUCA TION.” Editor of THE SHAFT Upon reading in the past two papers the two editorials discussing two views on the same subject, that is, the Greek system, I would like to express a third view that no one seems to have thought about. Granted the Greek system is not perfect; as a Greek I will be the first to admit it. But looking at other institu tions with Greek systems, I have found that no Greek system is perfect. Fraternities and sororities realize that changes need to be made but Spiro And The Cluster ■ L.. m l_r taj I "I'd rather Uve in e coun try with newtpapert and no government, then in e country With e government and no newepapen." Thomas Jefferson Recestiy, Urn mmthiart wm chonpd at the lop of this newspaper. The things wm small - tha ward “tadepen- dsnt” wm altered to “contro- verstsl" — and yst this act Is • ■noticeable in the recent furor over the Mercer Chuter and its new image There is a long line between being the most Ws*i controversial paper In thk area. And the question many Marrartens are addag Is If this la tha purpose of their school paper to ha ■■ and if so why? Agnew’s Mistering Spiro «tt*ck on i some dear overtones to tha situation at Mercer. He related the fact that the TV news media should represent the populous rather than their own editors) policy since they held almost a monopoly on tha rows that is presented to the viewers. At Mercer pre sently the Clutter is the only paper and therefore, should represent the editorial view point of the majority of Mar- cerians. This is not to deny in dividual editorialists their own my, but rather to question the basic context and philosophy that surrounds the paper. The television news media may have a way out for they are owned by private busi nesses and regulated for a pro fit, therefore they have to my tome thin* and get into con troversy to sell their products. The Mercer Clutter is totally different - the paper it paid for by atudabta m a non profit service. There is no real need for it to be cootrorarstaL As Judge Byron White re- caotiy ruled it is paramount by Rocky Wcxlo that the news media represent the majority sector of the populous that it coven. I feel that this should ho the course for the Clutter. Thera would be no need for a aocond paper for our achooi if the present paper apoke for bmm Mu- dents. Tha Berron't profile of Mercer University shows that tha avaraga Marcsrian ie coo- re rvative and fraternity-mind ed. Yet, peraonaly 1 fast that our paper ideology Is br from that. Tha oo|y way to correct this problem la to work through tha eetabltehed sys tem. Tha paraou meat at feult for tha dtesmt oyer tha Clu tter la the gripe at hot haw ad on tha paper. I CAPITOL HILL (from | >2) these have to ha effected within aach organization and the overall aystem. Students who an not attainted cannot change Greeks. With this in mind tha unaffWated students condemn tha Greeks for all they stand for with most of there dissenters condemning something they know Httte or nothing about. I have ooe approach to the system which people seem to l*K>re. In the first place the terms unaffUiate, black and in dependent are all different ways of tiring a term which people seem to ignore, that is, the term non-Greek. However, I would Mke to addrem myself to the unafTUUtes and in using this term I include Macks be cause they are students and also unaffiliates and should not bs ae para ted Many unaffiliatea, although not all, who do not gat in a fraternity or sorority in a sense give up and satisfy themaaivas with condemning Greeks using pointtere argu ments. Than am non-Greeks who view Greeks and them seivee objectively and present good arguments and sugges tions. Them are the people to whom the Greeks listen. Con structive criticism it the beat kind. I can q»eak for all Greeks when I say that we will listen to any non-Greeks who wish to prerent valid arguments and opinions. In return we expect thorn same students to listen to us. Mercer is a small achooi and there are not many ireuea on which one may take a stand. The Greek system teems to be the eariest and moat fun to condemn; there fore, it is the moat popular. Thare is room for change throughout this campus. The Greeks are working on their problems. If the non-Greeks want to take a stand I believe that they should focus their energies on something that they can do something about; that is, on something in which they can take an active part. I urge non-Greeks to look at themselves first, and then look etmwharo. Bob Stanton cai juncture, both si dm turnsd their bee toward peace rather than toward conflict and wm. SI ncerely, Richard Nixon Hanoi, Augiut 26, 1969 (Received in Paris August 30.) His Excellency Richard Mlhout Nixon, Pretident of the United Statet, Washington. Mr. Pyaridsnt: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your tetter. The war of aggression of the United States against our people, violating our funda mental national rights, still continues in South Vietnam. The United States continues to intensify military opera tions, the B-52 bom bin 0i and the use of toxic chemical pro ducts multiply the crimes against the Vietnamese people. The longer the war goes on, the more it accumulates the mourning and burdens of the American people. I am ex tremely indignant at the loans and destructions caused by tht American troops to our paopie and our country. I am ateo dmply touched at the ris ing taH at death of young Americans who have fallen in Vietnam by reason of the policy of American governing circles. Our Vietnamese people are deeply devoted to peace, a real peace with independence and real freedom. They tie determined to fight to the end, without fearing the sacri fices and difficulties in order to defend their country and their sacred national rights. The overall solution in 10 points of the National Libera tion Front of South Vietnam and of the Provisional Revolu tionary Government of the RepuMic of South Vietnam is a logical and reasonable basis for the settlement of the Viet namese problem. It has earned the sympathy and support of the peoples of the world. In your letter you have ex pressed the desire to act for a just peace. For this the United States must cease the war of aggression and withdraw their troops from South Vietnam, respect the right of the popu lation of the South and of the .1 >* Vietnamese nation to dispore of themselves, without foreign Influence. This is the correct manner of solving the Viet namese problem in conformity with the national rights of the Vietnamese people, the inter ests of the United States and the hopes for peace of the peoples of the world. This Is the path that will allow the United States to get out of the war with honor. With good will on both aides we might arrive at com mon efforts in view of finding a correct solution of the Viet namese problem. Sincerely, Ho Chi Minh. The Need For Action Too often, an editorialist is prone to point out the fact that a problem exists, merely for the purpose of filling his column. Such an ap proach fails to remit in either progress or cor rection in any university func tions. For this reason, I have Chosen to change the for mat of my column from one of commentary to one of ac complishment Though never much at an established musi cian, I aha!) now learn to specialize on the harp; I will continue to harp on a single subject — week after week after week, if necereary — un til the cause of my harping has been believed. This university suffers from a remarkable lack of recrea tion facilities - facilities that would require only a modest expenditure, yet would result in immeamrabte enjoyment to the whole campus community. Futhermore, in'the two years that I have resided at this uni versity, I have seen no mean ingful steps taken to provide recreation facilities intended for campus wide enjoyment. What steps do I suggest to the immediate alleviation of this growing problem? (1). the immediate purchase of 6 ping pong tables and accompanying equipment (2). the placement of said equipment in that area of the student center immedi ately adjacent to the cafeteria, with the respondbility for ad- mintstering tha accompanying equipment vetted in the operator of the switchboard. I firmly believe that the adoption of this proposal is in the best interests of the uni versity in that it will provide desperately needed facilities to the entire campus community — facilities of a minimal ex pense that will accrue the fol iowing advantages: (1) . Provide recreational facilities open to ail university students - particularly thore now lacking access to frater nity facilities. (2) . Provide a rationale for calling the Student Center a student center by providing facilities normally associated with student centers as de fined by such facilities at other universities. (3) . Improve the atmo sphere of the university through making it a more complete entity: then we can to lend credence to the •f the university being a for all of its students. In the forthcoming week I riMB seek the definite commit- amt of key members of the A 4 Ministration and Student Govfrnment Association to tha 'accomplishment of this program by opening day, winter quarter 1970. The ra- spooses that I receive, and the progress that I make will be the aibject of my next report. Until then, i remain dedicated to the proposition that much remains to be done, and it re mains our job to see that it gets done! Broth or Wode Housemothers Superfluous! With the recent investiga- keeper being around. There tion initiated by the SGA into are the disturbances that have the relevancy of house- been reported at one time or mothers, it is time for the other ~3QA to go one step further to American flags being re- question the relevancy of the moved from windows without Oho art a new Ficklo Finkl* Finglor Suppository Award This week’s Fickle Finkle Fldgler Suppoeitory Award gaaa out again to the Mercer cafeteria for their outstanding job oi bringing to the seven ths ’«• mast and keeping the utsig Tha starv ing staff of fea Maroar Ouster paper to pt focal andptlp vohrad to trap rote the ritae- Uan. It’s time toe tha to roll zaln roUfeg. Tha starv- an not Mqand to gua Y of the Mnrcar Qester . self and four root thaM the* moat *n- enmity of a house healthy teihltaHnm. hot all wo cat add k kata and soma aka MltMr. flfe ak that you wear tkfe award proudly. poaition of housekeepers There has recently arisen on this campus, a genuine con cern over the rights aqd privi leges of students in th^ seem ingly snug atmosphere of their dorm room. Some question has also arisen as to the viola tion of the rights to privacy in your dorm first off by the mere appearance and necessity of such a monitor ax a hous keeper and aecondly. by cer tain acts that may hinge on legal sanctions. A college student is sup posedly a maturing adult who is learning to accept responsi Mil ties, yet how can one ma ture when he has a house mother who runs around rant ing “woman on the hall" and leering into rooms like a hovering hen hunting far evil. And who knows what a curi ous woman with entrance to your roon^wM do when you guard your- room? The „ tar Medic atesthat you an a child not aooUsgs student. But Ohm fe toore to this problem than jurt the houar- permission. Threats of slicing locks (c investigate an overhead closet. Appearances in showers which should be private, es pecially to male students. Looking into briefcases inside students' rooms. There appears to be no need for the housekeeper We have our individual initiative to urge students to keep their rooms dean, we have the jani tors to keep the internal areas of the dorm dean, and we have the garden crew to keep the exterior of the dorm dean. There seems to be no- thing left for the housekeeper to do. The SGA needs to find out and relate their findings to the students what are the actual duties of the Nttle miss. I have reviewed the posi tion of the housekeeper and 1 feel that it tun no benefits and much potential for harm. I fad that the position of bouremothers is detrimental and should be eliminated. Fur thermore, I urge the SGIA-to investigate thk act on what about thk i JanuaryU^ W«"3