KANSAN COMMENT
LETTERS
On Goldberg, Senate Editorials
To the Editor:
Messrs. Baker and Womack display extreme naivete in their editorials in Friday's Kansan. I am sure the athletic department is grubbing up all the support it is getting from KU's "establishment paper."
Regarding Sam Goldberg, does Baker really expect Bob Timmons to announce publicly that "politics" were the prime reason for Sam's dismissal? Obviously, it is safer to dig up other charges. Furthermore, how many athletes would still be around now if the athletic department enforced all its "rules" to the same degree it supposedly was doing with Goldberg? One point concerning the issue of the Goldberg case needs to be given more consideration and has not been
raised. The athletic department, as part of KU, is not entitled to any more special treatment than, let's say, the School of Journalism. Suppose some journalism instructor didn't like Baker's politics, accused him of cheating, and flunked him. Under the student code, Baker could take his case to the Judiciary Board for a hearing and his rights would be protected if necessary. This means that the journalism instructor could be forced to reinstate Baker if the Judiciary Board so decided. (Presuming the judicial system protects the person charged until his case is decided, Baker should be allowed to attend class while the case is still being considered. Thus, Goldberg's rights should also have been protected until his case
BSU Statement
Once again, the racist media have proved their value to the avaricious politician. They have endorsed one "Racist renegade, Rennie, Nazi Shultz."
An article that appeared Saturday in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World quoted out of context the statement that was written in rebuttal to Shultzy's statement about the murder of Rick "Tiger" Dowdell.
Rick Dowdell was a victim of legitimized murder. For, pig officer Garrett, prior to the murder, told Rick and his brother Randy. "I'm going to get one of you Dowdells yet."
Rick's parents, relatives, friends and everyone else in the Black Community grieves the loss of our beloved brother. A statement by "an elected official" shows a crystal clear example of how inhumane white racist politicians can be toward black peoples' lives.
The "racist Regents" along with Gov. Docking tried to prove the BSU a gang of hoodlums, and made a laughing stock of themselves by "misusing state funds" on a countless investigation.
Black people have tolerated too much wrong for too long. The two examples given in this article clearly illustrate this. White politicians and white Americans mistrust and misuse of black people cannot, and will not be tolerated. White America must begin to ask themselves, "How long before we will have to reap what we have sown?"
was acted upon and he should have run in the NCAA meet). Now imagine the bind Baker (not to mention the judiciary system) would be in if the journalism professor chose not to abide by the Judiciary Board's decision
RSU says, "We are an African People. We shall win."
as Stinson and Timmons did, Students, including athletes, need a place to air their grievances. There is too much room for arbitrary decisions and the tyranny of those in power, if the athletic department is not as equally
subject to the hearing board of the judiciary as is the journalism department.
Black Student Union
Now for Womack. It is very apparent that the Student Senate has already done much "mature" negotiating through the "proper channels" on the matter of the activity fee. When the athletic department can go crying to Topeka (Is that mature negotiating?) to get the money it wants out of students, it seems something other than the kind of compromise and negotiating Womack advocates is necessary. Student government has had to compromise on the student activity fee ever since the fee has been in existence. So what's new in Womack's approach? What this whole matter boils down to is power politics, and it's about time students started using some power too. When interested parties can use politics to work around the channels, why should the senate keep its head in the sand and continue to negotiate, pretending that the channels really count?
Messrs. Baker and Womack ought to get with it and find out where things are really at around here!
Julian K. Ako,
Woodstock, III.
graduate student
Sam Goldberg's Politics
To the Editor:
In an earlier letter, I alluded to the political conflict between Sam Goldberg and the Athletic Department, personified by Wade Stinson. Now, for purposes of clarification and general enlightenment, I wish to explain some of the details of the political conflict. I am qualified to speak for Sam, but not (alas) for Wade.
Sam Goldberg's political
indicated the true political conflict that prompted them, and the dismissal was without previous warning. That the foregoing is so is understandable, since team members are not supposed to be dismissed for political reasons under NCAA or under KU rules.
Sam's position is that an athlete's politics are his own business, and should not be the business of the athletic department. His fight to get reinstated is based on this principle. What his personal politics are should not have any bearing on this principle; therefore, even if you do not sympathize with leftist politics, the principle that an athlete's politics are his own business still is worthy of your support. And it is this principle that Sam Goldberg is fighting for now.
'I understand his uncle is one of the biggest contributors to the university.
orientation is to the left. Accordingly, he was upset with the invasion of Cambodia and with the murders at Kent State and Jackson State last Spring. Therefore he took the position that there should not be business as usual in the athletic department—that athletes should strike (with the rest of the students) or take some other appropriate action to bear witness to the recent tragedies. Since there was a big NCAA track meet scheduled for June, the possibility existed that Sam might be planning to take some radical action at that time, such as making a gesture from the winner's stand. In any case, the combination of his advocacy for the cessation of business as usual and the threat of a radical gesture in June prompted his dismissal from the team on May 27th. The charges Stinson used were bizarre to say the least—included among them is the now famous "dirty room charge." The charges in no way
Conall D. O'Leary Lawrence graduate student and Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to Get Sam Goldberg Reinstated
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