Photo by Mike Shurtz
Photo by Mike Shurtz
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Roy Browne, Lawrence junior, inquires about the OCS program the Navy has to offer, and Lt. Jeffrey Renk (left) and Lt. Bob Swearingen (middle) fill him in on the details.
The Navy Officer Programs Information booth has been set up in the Kansas Union since Wednesday and has had no trouble with hippie groups or political organizations protesting the Viet Nam War.
SDS ignores Navy
"They have a place, and we have a place," concluded Lt. Bob Swaringen after his first three weeks on the college circuit.
Lt. Com. Bob Johnston of Denver, Colo. said some Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) on other campuses have shown resentment for "soliciting" information in the student union.
"Since they think we are infringing on their freedom, we have had to consent to publicly debate our intentions before we can hand out our literature at some colleges," said Lt. Jeff Renk, Officer Programs officer from Kansas City, Mo.
"These students ought to realize not only do we appreciate the service of their Union, but we are providing a
service to 99% of the graduating males who haven't bothered to consider their military obligation yet.
"At only two of the area colleges are the recruiters no longer allowed to set up in the Union. At McPherson College and the University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) we have to set up in the placement offices. These are the only areas where student pressure is significant.
"Traveling around to the different colleges in the Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas area is the most successful way we have of interesting young men in the Navy programs," said Johnston.
"Our function when we come to KU is merely to inform men about the two divisions of the Navy, aviation and surface Navy, and to give them a chance to take the preliminary Officer Candidate School examination. We do not use coercion or act in any way as a recruiting faction," Renk said.
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Students prepare foreign dishes
The Banquet of Nations and Scheherazade Night offers everyone an opportunity to taste the different dishes of the many countries represented by KU's international students, said Zuhair Duhaiby, Saudi Arabian graduate student.
Duhaiby said the banquet will be at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the Kansas Union Ballroom. He described the annual banquet as "one of the unique things which takes place on this campus," adding the students cook the food themselves.
Tickets cost $2 and will be on sale in the information booth, the Kansas Union information desk, and Raney's Drug Stores.
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International Club sponsors
Annual Banquet of Nations
Sunday April 20,1969 5:30 p.m.
Kansas Union Ballroom
Featuring Food From Various Nations International Entertainment Scheherazade Queen Contest
Tickets $2.00 per person, obtainable at Kansas Union Information Desk or Raney's Drug-downtown.
International Club Member Tickets $1.50 Obtainable in 226 Strong