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Friday. September 24,1971
University Daily Kansan
KANSAN comment
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Booze Bull
"It is fundamental that the criminal laws on the books must be enforced fairly and equally, and that no double standards of enforcement exist."
In a letter to Kansas University presidents,
As reported in the Topeka State Journal
If you plan to help the next home game along with a nip a play, I don't think you'll have to worry about one player. They're the infamous raids. Drink in peace.
You see, before he wrote the above words, he was quoted in the Topeka State Journal as saying that he didn't "really think it's the Attorney General's job to go around arresting drunks."
The next logical question is, why then does Miller think it is the Attorney General's job to go around arresting smokers?
It must be remembered that he has gone to great lengths to apprehend young people for drug abuse. There have been late night raids, undercover agents, and once Miller himself hid in the trunk of a car and then apprehended culprit with a flying tackle.
Now he says that he will put the resources of the KBI at the disposal of the local law enforcement officer so we sure that the liquor law is enforced.
But there is a big difference between offering help and taking the initiative and leading the crackdown on drug abuse in practice in the case of drug abuse.
Local law enforcement officials have expressed confusion over the liquor law. Mike Thomas, director of Traffic and Security here at KU, says that city officers must actually see the people consuming the alcohol because the violation is a misdemeanor and a misdemeanor has to be committed in the officer's presence.
In other words, in order to apprehend violators of the liquor laws, it would take the same kind of leadership and dedication on the part of the police that is needed to apprehend people for the possession or use of marijuana.
I submit that Vern Miller will not be lurking in a trunk near some tailgate picknickers, because he recognizes a most important difference between victims of the mob and violators that marjuana statute: The drinkers have greater political pull than the smokers.
Vern Miller knows better than to bite the hand that feeds him.
—Mike Moffet
Chalmers; Taylor; Cheers . . .
Readers Respond
Chalmers
To the Editor:
My convocation remarks concerning student's statements about the University of Kansas read as follows:
Finally, I would mention a most important responsibility that you have assumed from this day forward. In everything you say or do you expect your students to achieve; will become our achievements. Your failures will become our failures. Your success and happiness will determine the mood and the tone of this camp and the nature of this course of the University. If you find us lacking, tell us, not someone
effective. If you find us helpful and
elseful, by all means tell someone
like me. Though your praise is always welcome on the campus, it is far more important off the campus.
In all fairness to your readers shouldn't you permit them to judge for themselves whether this translates into your statement, "if you can't say anything nice about the University, don't say anything at all."
This may be especially critical since you use your translation to infer that I've lost my "former sensitivity" towards campus. A shaky inference even if the translation were reasonable and fair.
—E. Laurence Chalmers Jr Chancellor
Taylor
To the Editor:
In regard to the ticket seismic procedure for the James Taylor concert, it was loosy. We feel it was extremely unfair that certain parties were able to buy blocks of tickets and resell them asickets. The police have these blocks even just 20 or 30 tickets but 100 in 150 and more.
The number system which prevented illegal line cutting was effective, but a control or limit would have been imposed on the number of tickets sold per person. This would protect the person who only wants two tickets and to enjoy the concert without being charged if you buy huge blocks of tickets.
Our number is 149 and the only way for us to get tickets is to pay
TGIF
The little guy got trampled by hordes of
Mud Slide Slim's Invisible Mountain
A lot of people are upset about the James Taylor fisco.
One student bought 375 tickets for a residence hall. Other large groups sold earlier and the result was poor pickings for later-courses, like Number 18. With 17,000 tickets you for a total of 10,000 tickets may suppose he would get good seats.
someone with a low number to buy them for us along with the rest of his block.
Nothing to do with the singer, of course,
except that he is so popular with college
audiences that some fans line up 20 hours
before tickets go on sale and sleep all night
on the Union steps to get the best seats in
the house.
number of tickets one person could buy, as long as the purchaser appeared to be a banker.
One unsuspecting wrong. Those 17 people up there aren't buying two or four or 20 of them.
But some other dedicated, Taylor-loving fans weren't so lucky. It seems that those at the front of the line got good lines—all of them—and fans farther down the line got the shaft and a suggestion to rent the car for their Slim Dip from Allen Field House's rafters.
Editor
This is fine if you've got a friend. Someone to come over at 1 a.m. to hold the place in line, and someone else at three and another one at five and so forth. It becomes a simple changing of the guards that pays off. Front and center for our Jum. But if you're winging it on your own, you've got a problem. It's called "Second
That's dedication. It deserves the reward of good seats.
Student Union Activities, the lovable
ellowies who sponsor Mr. Taylor's much
better friend, Ms. Larsen.
SUA needs to look at its ticket sales policy, particularly when it faces a popular performer's fan club. Let's make it fair for everyone and set a limit on what one person can buy. Thirty tickets sounds reasonable for a maximum limit.
unseen ticket-buyers in this James Taylor business
That would mean organized living groups would have to send a few more representatives, and we all would face challenges as hassle in general would be increased.
By the way, I'm not Number 18. I got there late in the afternoon of the first day and waited an hour to get a fairly decent seat in the first balcony, stage right.
But maybe Number 18 would get a chance to see James Taylor. Everyone
You see, I've got a friend. He's called Just Plain Luck. Mid Slide Slim imitations.
By DAVID BARTEL
Charlie Deveaux
Jacksonville, Fla. sophomore
Mike Elhein
Charlie Deveaux
Disillusioned
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To the Editor:
For two years I have plonged along taking a few required courses, dodging Western Civ, and gritting my teeth through those "Introduction-To" subjects. I accepted the humdum textbook, asking the question after another, the question after my God-I can't-fill-the-required sixteen-page-term-paper, the teacher-deshe-like-my -ideas-complex, the turmil of 7:30s; 8:30s; and 4:30s; and are my-mygrades-goood-enough to warrant scholarship-and-grad-school -be-what-i-want-a-secure-future, a PhD-and-the-society need me bit.
During the past few months I have honestly considered my reasons for attending college and found they really don't idealize learning as much as they do security.
If I disagree with a professor's or author's interpretation of a subject—very often well known, but not widely expected to engraft his ideas on the test because he is the acknowledged authority. Al-
SUDDENLY I came to and realized I was selling myself. Learning cannot occur until all artificial limitations are totally removed. No scale other than my own should evaluate my learning experience. If I choose to express this experience totally apart from the 'logical unfolding of ideas upon paper', my grade is probably since papers are usually due. If L.decide to cut classes because I want to be somewhere else, I run the same risk.
I also question the formalized classroom-hard chairs, glaring
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lights, green blackboard, no pets,
a limited discussion period, and
often an auditorium stuffy and
overcrowded. All this points
towards an atmosphere conducive towards learning?
MANY STUDENTS seem to have rings through their noses and are led around quite willingly, gobbling up the professor's approval, his assignments, test hints, test times, etc. I wonder if they would even know what to do in a classroom learning. Their largest worry is what to major in, and one of their great desires is to see their name on a diploma.
But if you want to make it you have to learn to play the game.
Perhaps I'm exaggerating, but as far as I'm concerned I am extremely tired of adjusting to all this. Today I went to a class where one hour was devoted to test hints.
I deeply regret the loss of respect for our squads who have suffered over the past two years, but even more I regret the loss of the added spirit the yell-lenders and pom-poms generate for the pool this Saturday.
Kansas City, Kan.. Junior
Yell Leader
seeing a yell-lender for KU, I feel have I a job to do—directing crowd enthusiasm and spirit to cheer for our teams. Apparently the KU football team does not need this directed support. After planning to send two yell-lenders and two pom-pon girls to the team, we will be helping the help of a Florida band to play for the pom-pon girls and for the team, the athletic department informed us (yell-leaders and players) that wives will take our seats on the plane and go instead of us.
Steve Zimmerman Topeka Senior
By Sokoloff
To the Editor:
Griff and the Unicorn
"Copyright 1971, David Sokoloff."
Portfolio . . .
By Ed Lallo