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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 19, 1964
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Freedom. Freedom
Smoke, Smoke
Look what the grey-beards on the Board of Regents did! Those yokels took away our freedom. Can't buy the daily smokes on the hill any more. Let me tell you, buddy, we're coming to a sorry end. A fellow doesn't have his freedom any more.
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Freedom, freedom, freedom. The word probably has as many connotations as any word in the language.
What we need is more freedom. Freedom to be a doper. Freedom to jump off a bridge. Freedom to destroy oneself. Freedom to work on a lung cancer or a coronary, can't be hindered by driving downtown to buy cigarettes.
Bristle up. Get mad. The Board of Regents treats us like a bunch of kids. They took away our freedom.
-Tom Coffman
Justice:
Ruby Trial
The dramatic trial of Jack Ruby, which has received world-wide attention, ended last Saturday with a verdict that will require him to go to the electric chair. The judgment of the 12 men and women of the jury has created a mixed feeling of approval and disapproval over the world.
It has been the recitation of some people that the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspected assassin of President Kennedy, shows Jack Ruby's love for the late President, and therefore, he (Ruby) should not be punished by the law. His action may have been due to his passing through a high emotional strain at the time of the incident. On the other hand, many people consider Ruby a criminal rather than a hero for his action.
SURELY, HIS ACTION was not heroic for it covered forever the real truth.
Some people describe his motive for his action as a move to gain publicity. But it is hard to say anything about his motive, since many doubt whether Ruby knew the actual motive.
The defense attorney, Melvin Belli, tried to prove Ruby's act as a temporary insanity which, of course, is not true. An insane man would never be able to do what Ruby did in presence of the so-called highly qualified security officers.
THE EVIDENCE presented to show Ruby's insanity was disregarded by the jury which condemned him to death. The jury members had a choice of four verdicts. The sugegsted verdicts were: guilty of murder with malice, guilty of murder without malice, innocent, and innocent through madness. The jury reached the verdict, guilty of murder with malice, since other choices were invalidated by the presented facts.
But the judgment was not acceptable by Mr. Belli, who said he will take the case to the courts of appeal. The defense attorney accused the jury of being prejudiced and biased. Among his several accusations was included a seating of a juror with alleged prior decision.
"Appeal. Appeal. I want to assure each one of these jurors that we will take this case to a court where there is justice under the law," said Mr. Belli after he heard the verdict.
THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, of course, was referring to the courts of appeal which have powers to reverse the decision of the lower courts or send back the case with recommendations if they find errors in the proceedings of the lower courts.
But it is certain that the efforts of the jury in the Ruby trial were to seek the truth and promote the fundamental law of the state and human decency.
— Vinay Kothari
An Editorial From the Past:
On CRCC
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a time of . . . moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -Dante
Hypocrisy or Truth?
The disagreement over the Military Ball being presented under false auspices has served to bring out the very attitude that the opposition is decriving. The epitom of this attitude is Mr. Neuman's letter which glorifies serving in the military. The point in question is not the necessity or righteousness of the military, it is the fact that the military uses deception and falsities to entice young men into its service. The Military Ball is an excellent example of this.
The People Say...
Through the use of this device the military attempts to present a false picture of its reality. What sort of a picture of the service does the Military Ball present? That the service is glory, honor, prestige and integrity. On the basis of functions such as the Military Ball and the misleading advertisements of the various branches, who
High sounding and hypocritical phrases such as "Young men interested in safeguarding the security of our country..." and "They are taught the principles of leadership..." are precisely the perversions of truth used to lure young men into the clutches of the military. Once they have signed away their constitutional rights they are trapped and all the pretenses and shams are dropped away to show the naked steel. The recruiting offices do not tell what the service consists of in actuality. Hypocrisy, lies, aggrandizement of power, the worthlessness of the individual and a Machiavellian suppression of decency for a justifiable goal. There is no denying the need for a military force but there is no need to present a completely false and deceiving front. More truthful forms of advertising might be
could deny the splendor and virtue of serving in the military?
I am not speaking in a theoretical manner. I am speaking from the experience of living under this tyrannical repression of freedom and life for three years. Although I despise this type of militaristic society I abhor even more the liars and phonies who attempt to present this Dantean Inferno as decent and good.
"Learn how to get power by stepping on other people;" "Have your own slaves;" or "How to be cruel and unjust in 10 easy lessons." They don't teach leadership, they teach how to order people about by using one's power.
I am not against the Military Ball as an enjoyable social event. I am decrying the use of it as a decoy to trap enlistees. By and of itself it will not do this, but it is a symbol of the type of program used by the military.
Dick McLaughlin
Dick McLaughlin Shawnee Mission junior
©1964 HERBLOCK
THE WASHINGTON POST
"That's The Trouble Dealing With People That Can Write"
The Tempest, to sit down and read through, is a pretty silly fairy tale of white magic, adolescent crushes, and Italian intrigue, although it has been called "the story of Renaissance man" and "one of the most beautiful plays in the world." Last night the University Theatre staged a most original and creative interpretation of the Shakespearean comedy.
THE DEEP STAGE in Murphy Hall was filled with an arrangement of ramps and stairs and platforms, with occasional additions of such scenery as the ship. The masterful lighting and sound effects added to the setting's novelty and effectiveness. Magnificent described the costumes: rich, clashy-colored, and glittery.
Arnold Moss, a professional actor reputed to be one of the world's ten best Shakespearean performers, was disappointing. As the benevolent magician ex-king Prospero, Moss muffled and even missed some of his lines, although his soliloquies were sometimes impressive.
Murphyites Stage An Imaginative 'Tempest'
RICHARD FRIESEN, Prairie Village junior, was graceful as Ariel, whose spirit was well amplified by the four female manifestations of Ariel's Quality.
Caliban, Richard Kelton (Miami, Okla., junior), Trinculo, Charles Schmidt (Dixon, Ill., graduate student), and Stephano, Bruce Owen (Miami, Okla., graduate student), provide hilarious high points with their drunken quest and eight-limbed monsters.
THE KING OF NAPLES and his entourage were entertaining in some well-blocked scenes, especially the witty sword-playing and monster evasion.
The most enjoyable parts of the play were the comic scenes of several groups of characters. Miranda, played by Sharon Scoville (Kansas City graduate student), and Ferdinand, Paul Hough (Topeka freshman), seemed a pair of Rock Chalk Revue rejects in their burlesque portrayal of two infatuation-smitten teenagers.
Perhaps there was too much business—trap doors and cart wheels and various stunts—in an attempt to keep Shakespeare from dragging. Many of the scenes were deleted or changed around, including Prospero's epilogue, which was taken from a fourth-act speech.
But on the whole, the play was a pleasing balance of the classic production and an imaginative approach.
Margaret Hughes
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