Ottawa U. paper shut down
OTTAWA - The Ottawa University student newspaper,
The Ottawa Campus, was forced to halt publication last week after running a paid advertisement for $1 posters of naked Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono.
Frank Chaney, managing editor of the Campus, explained that the ad had come through the mail and it was run simply because it was advertising.
"We checked the Kansas statutes, and it was legal advertising. It could not be defined as obscene," he said. "Also, we considered it to be of interest to a number of people on campus."
The managing editor further said that it was a matter of taste, adding that the Publication Board, the student council committee to which responsibility for the newspaper
Dole, awards featured at Law Day activities
Law student awards and a speech by Kansas Sen. Robert Dole highlighted Law Day's Saturday evening activities at the Crystal Room of the Eldridge Hotel.
Dole spoke before 250 persons concerning his role in Congress and the leading problems in Congress this year, emphasizing the anti-ballistic missile dispute.
The C. C. Stewart award was presented to Charles Frickey, Oberlin third year law student and outstanding senior. James Bagley, Louisville, Ky., third year law student, won the Samuel Millinger award for the outstanding senior in scholarship and leadership.
A special award was presented to Bob Woody, Bartlesville, Okla., third year law student, in recognition of the accomplishments of the Student Bar Association under his leadership.
James Barelay Smith Moot Court Competition awards were also presented. This competition
Springtime accidents cause crutch shortage for Watkins Hospital
A rash of springtime accidents during April has caused a severe shortage of crutches at Watkins Hospital.
Howard Barnes, business manager of Watkins, said at least 60 pairs of crutches have been loaned to students and not returned.
"We tell students when we loan crutches to them, that if they return them to the hospital in a week, there is no charge."
Barnes said most students forget to return the crutches, then remember them at the end of the year.
"Our supply is dwindling, and I hope students who have the crutches will return them," he said.
is open to all second year law students. Two two-man teams presented a hypothetical case to a three-judge court Saturday morning.
Robert Schaff, McPherson, and Frank Bangs, Wichita, received the first place Moot Court award. Bangs was also named outstanding oralist.
"The university has a habit of not saying anything until they want to," Chaney added.
Kenneth Vanblairicum, Meade; and Michael Martin, Milwaukee. Wis., received second place awards.
has been delegated, had never defined "good taste."
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Ronald Newman, Sioux Falls, S.D., second year law student and a member of the Moot Court Council, said the men will represent KU in the regional competition next fall at Washburn University, Topeka.
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Zook has said in an earlier memo to the students and faculty of the university, "Obviously, freedom of speech is not the issue. Rather the issue is one of taste, responsibility, honesty, perspective, and proper respect for the views of others."
The Campus editor, Harry Menig, said the same thing happened last year after the paper ran beer advertisments.
Frederic B. Zook, Ottawa University dean of students, told the two editors that they would neither be fired nor suspended, but that publication of the paper would be discontinued until an ad hoc committee could be formed to write definite guidelines for the paper to follow.
Menig expressed the opinion that the paper would probably not be published again this year. If it were, he said, it would only be a single issue explaining the situation.
Both Chaney and Menig said they would quit the paper if they could not agree to the guidelines the committee will establish. Chaney also hinted that he might then start a underground newspaper.
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