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PAGE TWO THE LANCE Thursday, March 8, 197 THE LANCE Staff Editor Marshall Gravely Associate Editors Skip Taylor . Tim Tourtellotte Sports Editor Bill Wilmot Business Managers Bill McClellan Carl Compton Circulation Manager Cathe Lamont Advisor - Mr. Fowler Dugger The editorial staff’s intent is to maintain professional stan dards within the guidelines set forth by the Code of Respon sibility. Signed editorials reflect the opinion of the author, while unsigned editorials reflect the majority opinion of the staff. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the College. Let ters to the Editor and articles are welcomed, though subject to space limitations. Subscription rates $2.50 per semester Advertising rates $.90 per column inch Semester contracts $.80 per column inch Apathy And Terror Having resolved last week to complain no more about apathy, I now find that there is really nothing; else to talk about at SA. The problem of non-involvement is so pervasive that men tioning it seems to sum up our whole college experience. Jeff Ward’s Dialogue of last week places the problem on a very personal level, which is where most of us no doubt feel it most. His conclusion, however, is questionable. Is “I love you” a meaingful statement in the face of our experience? Is it still possible? Ask yourself. This sense x)f frustration seems to be increasingly more evi dent on a national and worldwide level as well. The actions of terror is the Sudan and at Wounded Knee, South Dakota grow out of a deeply held conviction on the part of the militants that only violence can produce any effects for changing an intolerable situaton. The recent killing of two American diplomats by guerrillas of the Palestinian extremist group provides the most striking example. They are dedicated terrorists, and have concluded that such actions are their only recourse in seeking justice for the Palestinian people, who have been refugees for 25 years The question that follows is, what is the actual result? Israel IS stronger than ever, and enjoys its closest relationship with the U. S. in its history. The Arab world is now led by Libya and ^pt, and does not follow as it once did the demands of the Palestinian guerrillas. Their terrorism will no doubt polarize world opinion more strongly than ever against them. So what has really been gained? Nothing, Similarly, the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. D. by acti vists of the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) must have come out of a sense of hopelessness. The whole history of our coun- try is filled with Injustice for the Indians, but recently they have been ever more wronged by being Ignored. Their takeover of the Bi^eau of Indian Affairs building In Washington last fall is all but forgotten, and no results have come from that action, iheir current occupation is more violent, and thus shows a contuiumg growth of their sense of powerlessness and frus- tration. It seems, then, that perhaps our mood of inaction and non involvement is paralleled by events in the outside world In the two examples above, this frustration led to terror and violence. In our case, the resolution is yet to come. What will we do, as indiyiduals or in groups? Anything? EQUAU RIGHTS FOR WOAAEVl/ BAH" NOW j mve NOTHl(>JG a&aimst WOMEM PeRSONAlUy. AFTgp. ALU. J GR.&W UP WITH 'EM- SOA^BOFMV BEST FRIENPS /m W3M0J... i WOUUPN'T WANTMV PALIGHTeRTO /WARRyOKl^, M)wp you.. BUT i G&r AUOMG JUST FWB WITH THe OW&STHAT ICWOW THBR PUce AMP POW'T GET UPPITV,, TAK£OUT TWE 6ARB^G& w&Kipy yes, PEAR. rT; if VMweliE' "BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER, THAT'S WHY—NOW SHUT UP AMD EAT VOUR Gt^ENS/"! White Attitudes On Indians Vary Widely In South Dakota BY AL CLOUD Rapid City, S. D. (CPS)— “I’ve traveled throughout the U. S, and Europe, and the only area of the world I’ve seen that’s more racist than here is Mississippi.” That is how Dr. John Dunn describes western South Da kota. Dunn, a» English pro fessor at the South Dakota School of Mines and Techno log (SDSM&T), is a third gene ration South Dakotan, who grew up on the edge of an Indian reservation. He says, “I grew up with my own share of prejudice. Over the years I’ve had to work it out.” Dunn was the only white per son CPS talked to in South Dakota who enthusiastically supported recent actions by the American Indian Move ment (AIM) there. Not many South Dakota Whites speak so enthusiasti cally about AIM. In a letter to the editor of the Rapid City “Journal,” one resident wrote that “AIM's destructive protests cannot help their movement, it can only hinder and weaken it. I, for one, no longer have sympathy or com passion for them, but I am be coming very bitter. Ameri cans are not going to stand by and allow radicals to destroy what they worked so hard for,” A student at SDSM&T said, “When I think of AIM I think of violence to get their point across. I don’t support that. When they have violence they take two steps backward in stead of one forward.” Another student said, “All they’ve done is antagonize people. What have they ac complished? They’ve gotten one guy out of jail.” Many Whites described AIM leader Russell Means as a “troublemaker,” and conten ded that there had been little or no trouble until “out siders” had come to town. Whites were repeatedly sur- prosed when they were shown copies of statements by Rapid City residents, Indians and Whites, which claimed that Indians were discriminated a- gainst in South Dakota, espe cially in the area of law en forcement. Dunn, speaking for a defi nite minority, said, “based on things I’ve seen, on AIM’s main point, the double stan dard of justice, you’d have to be a fool to deny it.” But white people do deny It. George Moses, a Rapid City tailor, told CPS that “Our taUor shop wasinthe rou^est part of town for 22 years, and I never saw the mistreatment of any person because he was other thatn White. I would testify that the police don’t do that.” The arrests of Indians on charges of drunkenness is a particular sore spot with In- dians and the police. AIM spokespersons have contended that police arrest Indians for drunkenness but send or drive white drunks home. Several employees of the police department suggested that the police actually have a benevolent attitude toward many habitual offenders for drunkenness. Boze said that on winter nights the repeaters get “ a nice warm bed to sleep in. I honestly think that if we didn’t have someone there, they’d freeze to death.” “I think we watch over ’em better than some of those (AIM) poeple do,” Boze con cluded. CPS asked Whites who de plored AIM tactics how In dians should go about break ing the cycle of poverty in which they are trapped. Most agreed with the student who said, “I don’t know.” ' Some had ideas. Rapid City Mayor Don Barnett said the racial situation could be im proved by strengthening the city’s Racial Conciliation Commission and by increas ing the number of minority group members employed by the city, George Moses replied, “The first thing I’d insist on would be that they get an equal to the Whites,” When asked how that could be accomplished in an eco nomically poor state like South Dakota, under the new Nixon budget which cuts funds for education and poverty pro grams, Moses replied, “He (Nixon) has the constituional ri^t to spend according to his wishes,” Few Whites had suggestions for helping to alleviate the poverty of Indians in the pre sent, Most ideas were for the future. One woman, who was to tally opposed to “AIM vio lence,” felt that many Whites weren’t concerned about the Indians’ present situaton be cause “It’s hard to put your self in another person’s shoes.” When asked what she would do if she were in the Indians’ “shoes”, she replied, “Some how I’d rebel. Maybe if 1 got mad enough I’d do it in a violent way. Everyone wants to better themselves. “I can understand that, that they’d be sick and tired of the environment they live in. Who doesn't want to better them selves? Commune Data Requested February 20, 1973 Editor The Lance St. Andrews Presby. College Laurinburg, North Carolina Dear Editor: I am asking your coopera tion in printing this letter so that I may reach the general student population. I am attempting to accum ulate some meaningful data for a serious study on American communes. To that end, I wish to reach as many com munes as possible. I will be grateful If students, graduate and undergraduate, who are living in communal situations, will write me in dicating willingness to receive a questionnaire and/or to be interviewed. Size of commune is unimportant; 3 or 4 people, up to any number. Sincerely, Mae T. Sperber 26 West 9th Street, 9E New York, New York 10011
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