Controversial Underground Newspapers Speak Out
By CURT CLARK Kansan Staff Writer
The Oread Daily is a campus newspaper of unknown circulation, unknown amount of readership, and unknown authorship. It comes out whenever its authors have anything to say, or whenever they think it should say something. The OD is underground.
It is a controversial paper when it does decide to print. Circulated by hand at the Union, and consisting of two one-page mimeographed sheet, often badly typed, it
advocates release of political prisoners before they've had a trial, overthrow of governmental agencies and government in particular, drugs, and revolution.
Even so, in the February 29 edition of the Daily Kansas an unnamed spokesman for the Oread Daily said it had more integrity than the Kansas.
THE REASON he gave was that the Kansan was self-censored.
But he also said that it didn't matter whether the OD printed was true or wrong.
"The point was," said the spokesman,
"that we could print it, and you know, it was just a power trip. We just wanted to see it in print."
E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., chancellor of the University, said the student government was willing to fund the paper and help it expand if the OD would name an editor to take responsibility for ibul stets. "It's not likely that it won't happen is no one known who printed it."
UNDERGROUND newspapers once were rarely spoken about by groups of
establish businessmen, or by anyone not in connection with America's young. Today, many of these same papers are selling advertisements to Wall Street.
The Berkeley Barb was once said to have been filled with sex, rebellion and kinky ads, but it had a circulation in 1899 of 1,000 and charged $450 for one full page.
The Los Angeles Free Press started publication in 1964 and three years later began publication.
With the advent of Sgt. Pepper, campus
Friday, July 21, 1972
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
No.4
Campers Introduced To KU
Bv JACKIE WHITE
BY SUSKIE WHITE
Kansan Staff Writer
A camper is exposed to the atmosphere and cools along with the style and quality of its fabric.
Although most teachers agree that the Music and Art Camp is not used as a recruiting device for the University of Kansas, it helps many campers who are searching for a college to decide whether KU is the collage they wish to attend.
Any Kansas resident who has graduated from an accredited high school in Kansas will be admitted to the University upon receipt of his application. Applicants should apply during their senior year in high school after October 15.
Kent Lengemeker, assistant director of admissions, recently said that the deadline for applications was May 16.
OUT-OF-STATE students must rank in the upper half of their graduating class and "score competitively" on their ACT examination.
Admittance is based primarily on four factors, Longenecker said. They are high school grades, rank in class, external test scores, and grade. The sons are sons or daughters of KL alumni.
*Eighty per cent of all our freshmen were in the upper half of their graduating class.*
High school students preparing to attend KU are advised to follow a college preparatory program. It is recommended but not required that a student have four years of English, including theme writing, two and a half years of mathematics, three and a half years of algebra, two years of history, one year of biology and one year of physics or chemistry.
Prospective students may take Advanced Placement Examinations offered through the College Entrance Examinations Board. This enables students to avoid repeating courses they have previously taken in high school.
TOTAL EXPENSES including fees, room and board, books and supplies, and personal expenses for a Kansas resident who will be employed with $2,000 for a nine-month year at KU.
For an out-of-state student expenses range between $2,500 and $2,800. Longenecker explained there were many variables that affect these figures.
"Financial aid is based primarily on need. No scholarships are given for academic achievements," said Longencker.
The Office of Student Financial Aid grants loans and scholarships and helps
Students generally enter the Schools of business, Education, Journalism, Music.
students find employment. One student out of three obtains financial assistance from the bank.
FOR THE first semester, a freshman may enter the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Art, or the School of Beam Design or the Physical Education Department of the School of Education.
Three out of four freshmen enroll in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Longengcker said. At the end of their sophomore year they may choose a major or transfer to another of the schools in the university.
Debaters Participate In Final Tournament
Although personal preference and preparation in high school influence a freshman's course selection, most students enroll in English, a foreign language, and an elective science and an elective in history, literature philosophy or social science.
Pro or con? That is not the question for debate campers taking part in the speech and debate tournament held Wednesday through Saturday.
The projected freshman enrollment for the fall of 1972, he said, is 2,770 students.
"We try to do two things in these debates," said Russell, "expose the campers to debate theory, which they do not get in high school, and give them a lot of time to elaborate debate topic; which will be debating later in their school tournaments."
The tournament has been broken down into two parts, debate and forensics, said Eric Hicks.
Kansan Staff Writer
By JACKIE WHITE
Kongan Stoff Writer
"Because of the terrific growth the University has experienced, a new program initiated in 1966," Longenecker said.
Debaters present both pro and con of the national debate topic, "resolved: all governmental finances for public, secondary and elementary education should be provided exclusively by the federal government."
The debates, held in the afternoons this week, were divided further into Kansas debaters and national debaters. This was done because of a Kansas law that states that no Kansas high school student may participate in a national debate topic before school starts.
The Kansas debaters, divided into seven teams, are debateing both sides of the issue. Resolved: the federal government should give the state's percentage of income revenue to the states."
The tournament has eight one-hour rounds where each two member team debates four times for the affirmative and four times for the negative.
All the debaters have been researching their topic throughout the five weeks, using magazines, books, and documents in the library.
The debates are judged by university See DEBATERS. page 3
To give the Liberal Arts College of 8,416 (Last fall) the advantages of a smaller school, KU began the Colleges-within-the College.
Freshmen and sophomores are assigned to one of the five CWC (Centennial, North, West, East, and South) Students in the same CWC have the same counselors and attend many classes together, but they still may take part in some courses within the university, said Longenecker.
Students attending KU may choose from a variety of housing arrangements, both on and off campus. Freshmen may live in dorm rooms or on personal taste and financial means.
Kansan Photo by JACKIE WHITE
The decision as to which CWC a student is placed in depends upon his place of birth.
Residence halls provide room and meals for unmarried students for about 45 dollars per semester. Rules vary depending on the residence hall.
Bill Sparks, left, Steve Webster Begin cross examination during their debate.
Scholarship halls house students with superior scholastic record who need further training.
housekeeping and the cooking on a cooperative basis. They pay only the operating costs of the hall, about $65 a month.
Fraternies and sororities provide
quaker houses for about 1,900 men and
women.
Off campus housing is also available for a student. More than half of the students at KU live in non-university housing. More and more undergraduate lives in privately owned apartments. Rents vary according to size and quality of the housing.
Campers who wish to obtain more information about the college should contact a counselor at the Attmissions Office, 128 Strong Hall. No appointment is necessary.
A walking tour of the campus may be arranged for any prospective student who notifies the Admissions Office two weeks in advance.
riots, escalation of the war, crackdown on drugs, and sex in the movies, the Univ. of Texas, which has been involved in
THOUSANDS OF underground papers are printed in the United States by professionals, college students and high school students, on anything from expensive letterpress or offset presses down to mimeographed or dittoed sheets.
But the small dittoed papers often have staffs of inexperienced reporters, people who may never have had experience with their school paper. They print only when they have something to say and therefore usually don't have a very large readership.
The professional looking papers are often filled with pictures, ads, and interesting features. But they can be just as cheap in material as the dittoed ones.
The New Republic magazine has called underground papers "all the things their admirers think they are—exciting, intriguing, everentering, refreshing, adducive, lively."
"BUT THEY are also recklessly undisciplined, often badly written, yellow, and taken in large doses, very, very boring." Often, they are so.
Often, these papers will carry features that no "straight" paper would touch.
The L.A. Free Press has a doctor's column in which people may have unusual questions answered. One man wrote and asked whether sexual experiences were as great as his friends had described them. The doctor said yes.
The L.A. Free Press is much in favor with people who would not be thought of as under ground paper readers if it was not issued by a newspaper type of reporting the Free Press has.
DURING The Watt's roots in the summer of 1966 the Free_Press sent two staffers to record facts and impressions of what was happening.
Using these two reports and the editor's own observations, a sociological story on the Watts riots was printed two months before the L.A. Times began its series on the background of the riots. This is what its readers wanted.
This month there are such papers as the Great Speckled Bird, Right On, and Our Daily Planet corresponding from the floor of the Democratic National Convention, the first year any undergrounders have credentials in the weekly-press section.
To help with the job of covering a more
complete selection of news and feature articles, the Underground Press Syndicate
IT ORIGINALLY had about two dozen member papers with a claimed total readership of 854,000 people. Its purpose was to help members round out their story content.
The syndicate was "a place to find what is unfit to print in the New York Times," *Times*.
The Lampoon is not quite as intellectual or informing as Playboy, but uses its own distinctive style to much to enice people to but the magazine, but more fill its pages with something its audience might love.
The National Lampoon is a pseudounderground, pseudo-revolutionary cross between Playboy and Mad. Its readers are slightly more intellectual and older than the readers of Mad and enjoy political satire that has more of a bite than Mad.
IT IS PRINTED in Lawrence at the Kansas Color Press.
The Berkeley Barb, owned and edited by Max Scherr, was a large paper with over 40 employees. It was in circulation from 1965 to 1987 and out of print because Scherr, a former lawyer, refused to spend one cent more than was necessary on his pencils. Then he to sharpen their pencils with a razor blade rather than buy a sharpener.
There have been numerous papers on the University campus besides the Oread Data.
The Kansas Free Press (KFP) was the first newspaper to feature that followed were Grist, Screw, Reconstruction and Vortex. The original Vortex is defunct, but another Vortex is published today.
Vortex's policy was to print simple stories, which anyone could understand and preach the revolution. It ran pictures to fill space, not to educate the readers. Policy prohibited the use of any picture that did not depict communists.
One of Vortex's reporters believed there was a hard drug situation on campus and they had to cause it, caused a split with the staff members, which proved fatal, and gave a push for the arrest.
"The OD was different," said a spokesman, "because the staff was stored constantly."
The Orange Aardvark is a satire on the Oread Daily. It is published infrequently by the Battenteen Scholarship Hall and criticizes the student government.
By VIKI HARTING Kansan Staff Writer
T-Shirt Wisdom is Fashionable
Even Sir Vivian Dunn has gone along with such a妨,His T-shirt, a gift from the members of the Blue Band, was right in style with the idea of wearing T-shirts.
Many campers are being associated with T-shirts they have worn. It has become quite fashionable to wear a T-shirt that has some identifying words of wisdom printed on it.
Several students have T-shirts with their nicknames on them. Dan Feldmann, music student, is one of these. His shirt has the name "Brianna." Students at his high school. Lavon Johnson's shirt which has "Purple Haze" printed on the back is another example of this. Although he is known as "Slug" to many people, friends at home call him "Purple Haze."
Some T-shirts have sayings on them just
Association between students and their interests have been made in some cases. Cello players can be recognized by their shirts, which have 'Cell of the World' printed on them. The band members wear KU shirts on which 'Blue Band' or 'Red Band' is written.
"Bull Shirt" which is printed on a T-shirt
to be funny. Scott Goodman, art student,
had a shirt on which was written
"cocaine." It was designed similarly to the
"Coke" trademark.
owned by Ann Cammack, art student, is another example of this.
There are still the all-time favorites, which will be worn for years. These are the ones that will be worn this year.
By KATHY ENS
Kansan Staff Writer
Camp King, Queen Chosen To Rule at Formal Dance
Chitwood, representing 8S McColllum, is a speech camper while Penner, the founder of the company, was in his thirties.
Marti Chaitwood, Carthage, Mo., and Bruce Penner, Topeka, were named Queen and King of the camp formal dance, held at Lewis Hall Cafeteria from 8:30 to 12:30.
The King and Queen were named following a "Battle of the Bands" contest that began at 9:30 p.m. The winner, the Blue Stage Band, was named by Russell Fowler, who served as judge of judges for the event. However, Wiley said the bands had actually been judged by
The Blue Band will make their last appearance at 7 p.m. tonight. Kansas University conductor, Robert E. Foster, will be conducting. Guest conductors for the final performance will be Ed Bartley, Lawrence High School band director, and Jack Kitts of the University of Florida at Gainesville.
The summer music concert's, presented by the students of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, will come to a close this weekend.
Camp Head To Direct Last Concert
By SUSAN BOLING Kansan Staff Writer
the audience's applause. Other bands
were stage wigs, Red Stage Band and
The Concert Hall.
Concert Orchestra II, the Concert Choir, and the Symphony Orchestra will perform for the last time Sunday at 2 p.m. Gerald Alesandro will conduct the Concert Orchestra with conducting by Victor Alessandro of the San Antonio Symphony and Opera. Carney will also be conducting the Symphony Orchestra in their final performance. The Concert Chor's final songstest will be conducted by permanent director, James Ralston of KU.
Sunday night at 7 will mark the last performance of both the Red Band and the Concert Band. George Boberg of KU will be conducting. Jack Kits will again be the guest conductor. Russell L. Wiley, director of the entire Music and Art Camp, will be assisted by the Band's conductor. He will be assisted by guest conductor Victor Alessandro.
Music for the dance had been tapped before the formal with a variety of fast and slow numbers played before and after the "Battle of the Bands" and the crowning of the King and Queen. Refreshments of punches and cookies were served throughout day.
The theme of the dance, "Make a Wish," was carried out through decorations, which included a poster with shamrocks and a leprechaun hanging on the north wall, silver stars dangling from the rafters and gold plaques placed near the center of the dance floor.
Campers Concentrate on Chess Game
Kanan Photo by DEBBIE FAWKES
In a small amount of time, several campers find it possible to **bobby Fischer** is currently requiring in Iceland. Those who enjoy fit in a short game of chess. The conditions aren't quite like those **kibitzing** are given a chance to watch.