Friday, October 18, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
15
Stickers favor McCarthy, Nixon
This story is based on a methodical, three-day canvass of University and residence hall parking lots, and residential streets bordering on all sides of the campus. This is in addition to several (but not all) fraternity and apartment parking lots. All bumper stickers mentioned were seen on cars bearing a current KU registration sticker.
By FRED PARRIS Kansan Staff Writer
If KU's bumper stickers are any indication, Eugene McCarthy and Richard Nixon should be fighting a close race for the presidency.
Each man has roughly the same number of stickers around campus, and each holds a two to one lead over candidates Humphrey and Wallace.
You can tell little about a person's politics by the car he drives. While McCarthy stickers adorn numerous Volkswagons, they also appear on Buicks and Cadillacs. Sports cars as well as battered pickups bear Wallace stickers, including one on a pink fastback Mustang. Humphrey and Nixon supporters, likewise, drive everything from jeeps to Jaguars.
Most local McCarthy stickers are wrinkled and weatherbeaten, apparent veterans of last spring's
primaries. Appropriately colored black and blue, they reflect the unwillingness of battered McCarthyites to give up the dream.
The red, white and blue Humphrey stickers, by contrast, are shiny and new. They bear the distinctive "HHH for President," or, as one disgruntled student puts it, "the updated version of the LBJ brand."
On the Republican side, many local stickers simply proclaim "Nixon's the One." "What they don't tell you," one KU Democrat says, "is that 'Agnew's the other.'"
This has not prevented local dissidents from flaunting their own Nixon stickers, which read "Nix on Nixon."
The red and black "Wallace" stickers, once confined to the southern states, are now a fairly common sight at KU. The Alabamian is especially popular with KU staff employees, but also has a few collegiate supporters.
Another national figure not completely forgotten by KU students is Nelson Rockefeller. At least three persons have left their "Win with Rockefeller" stickers in place, and several others display exhuberent "Rocky's."
Along with the regular contenders, a number of "dark horse" presidential candidates have support here. These include comedians Dick Gregory and Pat Paulson, and the flop-eared
Indian notes strong link between Ghandi and king
Mrs. Amina Bose, a native and citizen of India, made this comment during a talk, "Ghandi and His Legacy," at Oliver Hall.
A strong spiritual bridge linked the lives of Mahatmas Ghandi and Martin Luther King, a number of KU students were told last night.
"Both King and Ghandi had a deep abiding love for mankind which enabled them to bear the injustices they suffered," she said.
The Indian government recognized this philosophical bond between the two men when it bestowed upon King, the Nehru award, she added.
"Ghandi was a proponent of 'spiritual force' and 'moral coercion,' " Mrs. Bose said. "He was firmly opposed to physical violence of any type."
In his struggle against the British, Ghandi made use of the traditional Indian method of non-violent resistance, Mrs. Bose said.
"His moral force alone was so great that the police were shame-faced and apologetic when they had to arrest him."
The drive for independence was not Ghandi's only concern, Mrs. Bose said. He also worked to cure India's social problems. In an effort to help the "achats" or "untouchables," he challenged the entire Indian establishment.
"He refused to call them by the usual demeaning terms, calling them instead "harijan" or "children of God." she said.
Ghandi showed his deep distaste for the caste system by adopting an "untouchable" child into his family, Mrs. Bose said.
Is this the American dream?
Personal courage was a strong Ghandi trait, Mrs. Bose said.
On domestic issues, KU students are expressing themselves with such statements as "Register Communists, Not Guns"."Fight Poverty the American Way-Work!", and in a somewhat different vein, "Soul Brother." Other stickers, imports from the West Coast, advertise the "Peace and Freedom" party, and ask Kansans to "Recall Reagan," and "Boycott Grapes."
beagle "Peanuts" fame, Snoopy. Other local "hopefuls" are Charlie Brown ("Charlie Brown for President"), Linus, ("Win with Linus"), and Lucy, ("Lucy for First Lady").
Finally, there are a number of "miscellaneous" type stickers. These have something political to say, but don't take a partisan "party line." Samples include "Vote Yes, Constitutional Amendment," (no other details being given), a plaintive "Remember the Pueblo," and a noble but vague "Human Rights Are God-Given Rights."
Lumped together as a group, these "protest" candidates have more student support than either Humphrey or Wallace.
Local office-holders have student backing as well. Stickers boosting Robert Docking, Rick Harman, Robert Dole and Robert Swan are especially plentiful. Jim Logan, defeated contender in the Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate, retains a number of backers as well.
The Vietnam war also comes in for silent comment. While one student sticker reads "Back Our Boys in Vietnam," another adds the dovish refrain "Bring Them Home!" A third, trimmed with childish drawings, reads "War is Bad for Children and Other Living Things."
Even such non-partisan concerns as safe driving come in for political treatment this year. One sticker pleads, "Drive Carefully: The Life You Save May Vote Republican."
Thinking About Law School?
The most bitter-and thought-provoking-war sticker on campus belongs to an Oliver Hall resident. It reads, "War is Good Business: Invest Your Son."
Professor Harvey L. Davis,
a representative of the Southern
Methodist University School of
Law / Dallas, Texas will be on
campus Tuesday, October 22,
1968, 10-12 a.m to talk to
students interested in attending
law school upon graduation. For
information and to make appoin-
tments contact Mrs. Gladys
Padget, 206 Strong Hall
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