Controversy nothing new
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Also last semester, the Military Science Building sustained minor damage from a fire bomb thrown through a ground floor window. Although three bombs were thrown, only one exploded in the office of the professor of naval science.
During the demonstrations, the controversy continued, just as it had in the 1930's, concerning whether ROTC should be permitted on campus.
Meetings, conducted by the University Senate and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences began December 5.1968,and have continued since, despite a postal vote by faculty members at the end of last semester favoring retention of ROTC with full credit.
Through all this, ROTC cadets have their support for the program. Many feel they have the right to pursue a course of study of their choosing regardless of its popularity. If 500 men have shown enough interest in ROTC to join it, they say, the University should at least consider this support.
Some members of ROTC, worrying about the draft, have supported ROTC because it involves more choice than the draft. They will be permitted to request which military branch they wish to serve, and with the higher pay of an officer.
Most supporters of ROTC say it directly benefits both the military and the civilian societies. Since ROTC supplies the majority of young officers, they feel the officer with a liberal college education has greater understanding of today's problems than non-ROTC officers.
12 KANSAN Oct. 7 1969
Brooke lectures at K-State
MANHATTAN (UPI) - Sen.
Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass., said
Monday "a large number of
Democrats and a growing number
of Republicans" in the Senate
would oppose the nomination of
Clement F. Haynsworth to the
Supreme Court.
Brooke last week was the first Republican senator to call for withdrawal of the Haysworth nomination.
"It was a combination of matters." Brooke said. "Both his record on civil rights issues as an historical movement for equal justice for every American and his business activities which in some instances gave the appearance of a conflict with his judicial duties.
"These things added up in my mind that this was not the quality of appointment that the American people expected."
The Massachusetts senator said "a large number of Democrats and a growing number of Republicans" would oppose the nomination, adding: I'm not quite sure there may not be enough votes to keep Mr. Haynsworth from being confirmed."
Brooke would not estimate how many senators would oppose the appointment.
In Manhattan to deliver a lecture at Kansas State University in honor of Alf Landon, the former Kansas governor and GOP presidential nominee in 1936, Brooke appealed anew to President Nixon to solicit Soviet cooperation in a joint moratorium on testing multiple warhead missiles.
"The future security of mankind is at stake," he said.
A decision by either the United States or the Soviet Union to test the missile would gravely endanger the prospects of arms talks, Brooke said. Neither nation
has yet tested the missile, which carries three or more separately targeted nuclear warheads on its nose. But, both nations are developing them.
"It is my profound hope that the president will accept the proposal to seek a joint MIRV test moratorium," Brooke told 5,500 students gathered in Ahearn Fieldhouse.
"Without it, I have grave doubts that the planned negotiations can be successful in turning us away
from the perilous path on which we have been proceeding."
Brooke, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said, "The stakes in these negotiations are nothing less than the future security of mankind."
Queen crowned at Afro ball
Renae Graves, Lawrence high school student, was crowned Miss Black Lawrence Saturday night at the Afro-American ball in the National Guard Armory.
The crowning was the highlight of the first annual Afro-American Culture Weekend which began Friday night with a talent show at the Westminster Center (UCCF).
During the show the eight candidates were introduced by emcee Horace Bond, Louisville graduate student, and the three finalists chosen. They were Vanessa Collins, Lawrence high school stu
dent; Bev Southard, Lawrence freshman and Renae Graves, Lawrence high school.
Bond said the finalists were chosen on appearance, personality, fashion and their response to questions asked by him.
After a Saturday morning parade through downtown Lawrence a soul food dinner was served at 2 p.m. in the UCCF.
Saturday evening the play, "What Should We Believe in Now?", was presented in Hoch Auditorium by the MF Players, a group of black KU students. After the play, black poetess Sonia Sanchez spoke and read her poetry.
Activities were concluded Sunday afternoon with an Afro-American art exhibit at the East Lawrence Service Center. The weekend event was sponsored by the Coordinating Committee of the Black Community, East Lawrence Service Center, Ballard Community Center and the Ebonaires, an organization of black women in the Lawrence community.
CYR holds meeting
The formation of committees for necessary clubwork was the important order of business at Monday night's meeting of the Collegiate Young Republicans (CYR), soon to be officially the College Republicans.
John Ruth, Wichita junior and CYR chairman, told members that this year the club's emphasis would be on issues pertaining to the KU and Lawrence community. He said that in a non-election year it was ridiculous for a student to join CYR "just for the sake of being a Republican."
Members were encouraged to attend a reception for U.S. Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Topeka Ramada Inn, sponsored by the Kansas Medical Association Political Action Committee. (KAMPAC).
Other events planned by KAMPAC this weekend will include a 10:30 a.m. panel discussion among doctors and Congressmen Garner Shriver, R-Witchita, Chester Mize, R-Topeka and John O. Marsh, D-Virginia; an address by Sen. Robert Packwood, R-Oregon at about 1:00 p.m., following a luncheon; a Campaign Management Tactics session with prominent Republican and Democratic campaign managers at 2:00 p.m.; and a 3:30 p.m. address by Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kansas.
An intoxicating new adult game!
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544 W. 23rd VI 2-2266 Lawrence
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Date: Oct.10, 1969 Time: 8-Midnight Place: National Guard Armory Entertainment: Red Dogs Refreshments: FREE BEER Couples Only: $3.50 per couple No Need To RSVP
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