Peace Corps fights distasteful image
WASHINGTON — (CPS) — When Vice-President Hubert Humphrey visited Africa early this year, a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Liberia wanted to meet with him to discuss their sentiments against the war in Vietnam.
The volunteers were told by a top Peace Corps official in Liberia that any comment by them—either public or private—on Vietnam in the presence of the Vice-President would result in their immediate dismissal from the Peace Corps.
Their story, made public by a letter to the editor in a recent issue of the New Republic, is one example of why many students today are hesitating to become part of a program which, for the past seven years, has drawn strong support from the younger generation.
Within the last 9 months, the Peace Corps has become a topic of controversy on many college campuses. Most of the Corps' problems have been a direct result of the war in Vietnam.
Students who consider joining the Peace Corps must now solve several ideological questions:
- Are volunteers free to present their views on any topic, no matter how controversial, as long as it does not affect their work as a volunteer?
- Can the United States honestly be working for peace in some countries of the world, while, at the same time, dropping napalm bombs on Vietnam?
- Can volunteers be effective in their host countries when the foreign policy of the United States is becoming more and more unpopular around the world?
- If the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was able to in- See Peace Corps, page 5
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Harry M. Buchholtz, superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, said it has never been a problem. The "weekend messes" are cleaned up at the first of each week and the litter is back by the following Sunday.
Potter Lake looks like a garbage dump by Sunday afternoons. Beer cans, newspapers, pop bottles, milk cartons and clothing clutter the lake and the land around it. Even though it is a regular occurrence,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, February 27, 1968
78th Year, No. 85
THE CAMPUS DUMP
Rehearsals end soon; Revue opens Thursday
Kansan photo by Moe Behravesh
Six months of practice and hard work will be culminated this weekend as the annual Rock Chalk Revue is presented in Hoch Auditorium.
Patti Cahill, St. Louis, Mo., junior, is the director of "The Old Man and the She, or To Hell with Nell." This skit is an old fashioned melodrama put on by Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Delta Pi. Miss Cahill said the Pikes and ADPs have been practicing since the first of September, and, since semester break, they have been rehearsing "three hours a night during the week and more on weekends."
A problem common to every student who has ever been, or is now, in Rock Chalk is school work.
"The professors are sympathetic toward the leads, but not really toward the others in the show," Cindy Kreuzberger, Shawnee Mission sophomore, said. She said it is unfair to assume only the leads have to work hard. "The dancers and chorus have a lot of work, too—maybe more," she said.
Sets and costumes are made by the participating groups. The Pikes and ADPis made theirs during semester break. They noticed one small flaw the first night of rehearsals with sets—one of their sets had been built upside down.
Walter Wulf, Humboldt senior,
and Candy Crawford, Russell
senior, have the leads in "The Old Man." Tom Rollert, Dallas, Tex., senior, is assistant director.
One of the other skits is called
One of the other skis is called
See Rehearsals, page 8.
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Tickets selling well
Almost all seats have been sold for Saturday night's performance of the Revue, and Friday is almost sold out. However, there are still plenty of seats left for Thursday night.
Thursday night, all seats are one price, $1.75. This is "Ladies' Night Out," since it is Leap Year day. The girls are asked to bring the guys that night.
Oliver and Ellsworth will be co-ed next fall
Not only McCollum Hall, but also Oliver and Ellsworth residence halls will be coeducational next fall, counselors told residents in special wing meetings last night.
Freshmen entering Centennial and Oliver Colleges will be living in Ellsworth and Oliver Halls if assigned to live in residence halls.
Sophomores and juniors already enrolled in Centennial College will have the opportunity to live in Ellsworth. Oliver will house only freshmen.
Women living in Oliver this year will have the usual housing choices.
Oliver and Ellsworth are two
At present, only McCollum Hall houses both men and women. Separate wings are assigned to women. Both men and women share the lounge and dining facilities. Similar arrangements will be made next year in Ellsworth and Oliver.
Next fall, all freshmen and sophomores in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be enrolled in one of the five colleges.
The freshmen who started with the pilot Centennial College program two years ago will be encouraged to continue their association with it into their junior years. If they wish, they may be housed with Centennial College freshmen and sophomores in Ellsworth Hall.
of five Colleges-within-the-College. The operation of the other three colleges, Pearson, North College and Corbin will continue unchanged except that they will contain sophomores.
Students in Centennial College are being studied to determine the effect of the Colleges-within-the-College program on their college achievements. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has provided $280,000 for the program and the study.
KU debaters post victories
KU teams scored 20 victories and suffered only four losses en route to the sweepstakes trophy as the most outstanding school represented at the University of Nebraska Debate Tournament last weekend.
Nina Johnson, Fargo, N.D. freshman, and Jack Targowickh, Topeka freshman, tied for first place and Dan Beck, Shawne Mission freshman, took fourth place from a field of 150 contestants in a special contest for the best speaker of the tournament.
KU debaters have scored in several tournaments as they prepare for the Heart of America Tournament to be at KU March 8-10.
Bill Ward, Wichita senior, and Phil Higdon, McPherson junior, took fourth place in a field of 38 teams at the University of Southern California Tournament Feb.
17. Bill Gahnstrom, Topeka sophomore, and Phyllis Cullham, Junction City sophomore, were third out of 118 teams at the Oklahoma State Tournament the same day.
WEATHER
The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts variable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with a chance of occasional light snow. Colder Wednesday. The low tonight should be 25 to 30. Precipitation probabilities are 30 per cent tonight and 20 per cent Wednesday.
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