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Tuesday, November 17, 1970
University Daily Kansan
To the Editor:
KANSAN comment A Medic Who 'Didn't Want To Kill'
Sewell and I had a lot of fun at that first floor. He lived down the hall from me on the fourth floor of McCollum.
We drank a lot.
We did all the things most college students did.
We studied once in a while. Usually just before a test.
We made most of the TGIF's and the barn parties.
Such as the time we went to the sophomore class party at the National Guard Armory. The beer was free and so were we. After we emptied a couple of kegs we found ourselves at Kansas State University visiting a couple of chicks.
The next afternoon, carrying our hangovers to the edge of the freeway, we stuck out our thumbs and made our way back to KU
But there were serious times also.
Some people might call it armchair philosopherizing. We would talk about the problems of the human mind, but some pretty astounding solutions.
Like most college students, we talked a lot about the war.
Sewell didn't like the war. But then nobody in his right mind could like war.
He once thought about applying for a deferment as a conscientious objector, but not because of his religious background. His reasons were clear, but I just didn't want to kill anybody.
Sewell didn't apply for a C.O.
He decided to drop out of school
for a while and if the draft got
He was drafted. He went in as a medic for the paratroopers.
him he would go in as a medic.
That would fulfill his duty but
would allow him to help people
instead of killing them.
About three months ago he was sent to Vietnam.
But unlike most guys he isn't going to be staying there for his full tour of duty.
Harvey Hasler Lakin senior
Crime—Nixon vs. Ford, et al
To the editor:
They are sending him home next week in a box.
Many of his conclusions, however, are of questionable validity.
David Perkins, in last Wednesay the Kansan wrote an entertaining piece on law and order.
1) Agreed that pollution is a serious crime.
But how does this in any way demean the effort of the Nixon administration to combat crime?
2) Agreed present pollution laws need to be more strictly enforced.
But who can blame them!
It has been estimated that 60 per cent of American women are afraid to walk the streets at night. Policemen in recent months have been murdered at random. Each day the Mafia
Perkins is correct in stating that crime in the street is more important to the American than the ill effects of pollution.
What we wish to accomplish is to petition the North Vietnamese to release the names of all U.S.
Below is a sample of a message that we have formulated to be addressed. It may be copied, signed and then the Air Force ROTC, Detachment 280, co-armed Air Society, Science Building, Lawrence Kane.
We will collect the forms returned to us and have them delivered to the representatives of North Vietnam in Paris.
Arnold Air Society Campaigns For POWs
The members of Arnold Air Society would like to enlist support for a campaign on behalf of the U.S. prisoners of war in Iraq, who are one of one's feelings toward this unfortunate affair, few Americans can fail to sympathize with the flight of the more than 1,400 servicemen known to be either captured or held captive in North Vietnam.
Members of our generation have concerned themselves with matters pertaining to social issues, and as a result, many have been viciously opposed to our position regarding the war in Vietnam. Until now, however, we have not used our words and ideas to action.
prisoners of war; release the seriously wounded and ill; permit the free exchange of letters and packages; and guarantee continuation of POWs under the auspices of a neutral international body.
Many ventures of this sort have been attempted in the past and have been rebuffed by the North Vietnamese, but to cease in our efforts to attain human treatment for our POWs would be a mockery of their sacrifice and an imposition of America. The message.
The message:
His Excellency, Pham Van Dong
Prime Minister
leeches millions of dollars ot American society.
Democratic Republic of Vietnam Hanoi
As an American citizen concerned about the well-being of American soldiers held captive in Nicaragua, government to release the names of all those held captive, to release the seriously wounded and deceased prisoners' letters and gifts, and to guarantee humanitarian treatment to all prisoners under the neutral, international body.
To the Editor:
The list goes on and on
Perkins is not correct in his little Marxist assertion that the Ford Motor Co. and other large corporations are the real enemy of the people and not individual murderers and criminals.
Barry Halpern,
Commander, Arnold
Ai Air Society and
Philadelphia senior
(One wonders what would happen to millions of the "people" if Ford and other large corporations were to shut down).
The idea that the large corporations have no social conscience and are simply capitalistic tools to exploit the people went out the window years ago. (Read economist John Kenneth Gailbrath's book "The New Industrial State.")
from the editorial in question.
Perhaps if Perkins were as concerned about pollution as he was in making ad hoc attacks on the President and nearly everyone else in power, he would spend less time watching the boo tube and take the advice of Ralph Nader to use the time
The problem of pollution does pose specific problems for many large corporations. And you can be sure they are spending plenty in attempting to solve the problem. Perkins' attempt to solve it was unsuccessful because it hasn't solved the problem yet is totally absurd.
"The other day a tribe of freaks 'liberated' (quotations mine) the David Frost show ..." to quote
"Perkins is not correct in his little Marxist assertion that... large corporations are the real enemy of the people."
writing a letter to his congressman.
Before Perkins accuses others of having "perma-prest" mentalities he would do well to question some of the naive, bleeding-heart liberal ideas he espouses.
Pat Morrissey
Maitland, Fla. senior
'Hi, Mom!' Considered 'Offensive, Unfunny'
When is a comedy a comedy?
To the Editor:
When is a comedy a comedy?
To me, it is a sickeningly sad situation when such singularly unfunny events as bloody beatings, offensive language and violence occur on the unspecting moviegoer as being "uprearious" and filled with "wild humor."
If one is planning to spend an enjoyable evening with the film, "Hi, Mom!" he should be in for this type of humor."
But only angry resentment results when one is attracted to see a film by misleading advertisements.
The points being made in the movie may be valid and may even be considered to be artistically portrayed—by some.
Michael Janeezko,
Chicago graduate student
And Deborah Janezko
Jackson Firing Supported
To the Editor:
Bill Ebert, Puf Bailey, and Brad Smoot may be "disgusted and angered" by the firing of Gary Jackson, but I am more than a little appalled at the furry actions of the selected leaders of this student body.
'That's funny . . . my government keeps telling me it's a peace symbol, too.'
It makes no difference that money used to purchase ammunition came from Jackson's own bank account. So Jackson would have bought the he still purchased that ammunition. Anyone whose judgment is so faulty that he will buy ammunition under the circumstances of July must certify that he will hold the position Jackson held.
I fully support indeed applaud the action of the Board of Regents.
School Tries 50-50 Representation
By KAY CHRISTENSEN UPI Welter
Bob Lambert McPherson Graduate Student
WESTERVILLE, Ohio— Whenever a policy-making committee or board meets at Otterbein College, students are there as equal participants.
There are three students on the board of trustees and students have equal representation on every other governing committee whose actions affect the lives of the 1,400 young people seeking an education on this 56-acre campus.
"When students know what's going on, they can make pretty good judgements . . . when they're left out, they can make pretty miserable judgements."
The new governance plan that went into effect this fall was hailed as one of the most advanced in the nation. It was designed to offer students a voice in what goes on at their school—a goal that many American students are seeking.
"We all need to have a voice in the affairs of an institution." Dr. James V. Miller, vice president for academic affairs and originator of the plan, said. "Pragmatically, however, we can't do it that way. That's why we have to have representation."
"When students know what's going on, they can make pretty good judgments," he continued.
"When they're left out, they can make pretty
miserable judgments." Both students and faculty members have participated on the school's governing committees since 1947. The new governance plan, however, gives full voting privileges to the new three student and three faculty members of the board.
Also, the 45-member board decided to cut its size to 30 members, making the student-faculty representation one-fifth of the governing body.
The plan also provided for the creation of a policymaking college senate that has equal representation
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"... the students had not demanded—or even asked—for the seating of students on the
seating of students on the board of trustees.
"I think it was a total surprise," senior Jim Sylvester, one of the new board members, said. "We had no idea of it. We had
The liberal arts school, which is aligned with the United Methodist Church, was virtually untouched by last spring's nationwide campus disruptions. And the student trustees say they have no intention of presenting a list of demands to the board.
"It is to create better relationships, better communication," Ed Vaughan, another student trustee, said. "If something happens, we want to know why. Frustration comes from not knowing and understanding why."
Student gripes at Otterbein focus on social issues because they
believe their education is first-rate and there are few academic problems.
"The interaction educationally is very high," Vaughan said. "But, we lack a bit in social regulations."
He said students here felt they had to battle for fewer individual restrictions, abolition of women's hours, sorority housing, open dormitories and elimination of the "in locum parentis" rule and the dress code.
"If something happens, we want to know why. Frustration comes from not knowing and understanding why."
"Glory be! A real oasis."
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Bad Karma
The Carrie Nation Golden Hatchet award goes to the Kansas University Drys for bottling up Kansas morals for another ten months. If how long it will be before the vote is brought to a vote again,
'Do you suppose that's slack enough to warrant a little stimulation?'