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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, May 8, 1957
Criminals At Large
A week ago today in the course of the general campus election some ballots were illegally cast. The ballots were thrown out, because of the alertness of the Elections Committee.
Now the incident apparently is forgotten. The persons responsible for the illegal move had everything to gain and—so far—nothing to lose.
wry aren't charges being pressed against these people?
Why is an obvious criminal act allowed to go unpunished? To our mind, ballot box stuffing is just as criminal as panty raids, and very possibly more so. On the outside, such an act would bring fines and imprisonment.
Here it brings tacit approval, apparently.
No one to our knowledge has ever been charged
with illegal maneuvering to influence the outcome of an election, despite the fact that it has happened for at least the past four years.
No one has ever been publicly accused, nor kicked out of politics, nor placed on disciplinary probation, nor censored.
If something isn't done this year to set an example for future would-be ballot stuffers, then plan on having the same thing occur in future elections.
The Student Court would do well to seek a relator, or even bring charges itself. Tom Griffith has asserted that his responsibility ended with the validation of the election. We don't think so.
A genuine criminal act has been committed. The perpetrators know it, and must be enjoying themselves immensely at their immunity to prosecution.
Someone should wipe the smiles off their faces.
—Jerry Dawson
Our good friend Elrod has been approached to play professional basketball.
"To play professional basketball approached I have been," quot Elrod, obviously just out of German I lab.
"At what salary?" we queried.
"And what team has offered you a paltry $20,000 a year adjusting your Ivy-league belt-in-the-rear"
"A paltry $20,000 a year," said Elrod, adjusting his Ivy-league belt-
"Never you mind what team," countered Elrod coyly, obviously making a play for more queries.
Dawson
"Jove! You apparently merely want that idle rumor to be rumored that you have been offered an offer when actually you have not," we said indefiatably, drawing upon our knowledge gained from Innuendo II.
"Tsk! You have found me out!" and Elrod dashed off to a special meeting of the lawyers and engineers who were meanwhile seeking to wrench each other akimbo.
"Pax vobiscum," we rejoiced.
Honors convocation is Thursday. With all the moaning we've heard about poor grades, it's understandable why the convocation is held before the end of the semester.
The embarrassment of the female faculty member who used a finger-nail polish drying agent on her hair instead of hair spray probably was surpassed only by that of the young lady who went to class one day with her sorority pin on the back of her sweater.
A headline in Tuesday's Daily Kansan read "Group Hears of Australia." Geography in the lower grades must really be lax.
The campus police contend that soap has been chucked into the Chi Omega fountain every night for two weeks. The people responsible must be getting outside encouragement, possibly from Palmolive-Peet.
Ad booki.
Jerry Dawson
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There is a relatively new and seemingly unorganized movement afoot on the campus-beard growing.
Smoking Hazard
Don't misunderstand, we don't condemn this. To the contrary, we laud anything that smacks of the free spirit of individuality.
Brothers Of The Beard
But the coming of warm weather and the obvious discomfort these individuals will suffer in the next few months has made us realize that if this institution is to survive these few men need to organize into a solid group, letting petty jealousies over beard length and style and those hidden hatreds between student and faculty fall by the wayside.
United you stand; divided you shave.
On a campus as activity-ridden as ours certainly an organization such as an indoor beard watchers club conceivably could be formed to guide you through these months that try men's Vandykes.
Meetings could be highlighted with gay, festive dances akin to any well known folk dances, such as a Mexican beard dance. (Of course volunteers for the role of the beard in this dance would be scarce.)
We submit that such a club could meet twice weekly to compare beard lengths, cast jealous glances, and sip strained Student Union coffee.
Each meeting could end with several heartening, esprit de corps-building yells such as, "Beards look good, like a hairy face should."
be destroyers of the group who sidle up to members in dark hall-ways and murmer. "LS/MBIT, Let's shave, my beard is tired!"
This would serve to smash would-
When the fraternal feeling wells high in the breast of each member the meeting could end with the singing of "Rock around the Beard," or "Don't Step on My Fuzzy Blue Beard."
These are just a few suggestions to push such a group on its way to immortality—and cool weather.
Harken to the words of that famous beardman Yul Brynnerman,
"Give me my beard or take it all!"
Our advice is, "Beardmen, unite! Cast off those blades."
Editor:
It was interesting to read your editorial about the Union and food prices (University Daily Kansan, Thursday, May 2).
I wonder if you have ever studied the question of working conditions in Lawrence?
To cite an extreme example, I cannot understand how it is legal for an elderly grandmother to work a 14-hour day regularly every other Saturday in the Union.
What is the basis of economic policy in Lawrence?
Laura M. Hass
1045 Vermont
Lawrence
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