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THE CLARION
October 23, 1968
EDITORIAL
COMMENTS
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As term paper draws nigh an insidious
plot to undermine the effectiveness of the ®
main information source has been uncovered. Kut
less friends are attacking the library in undertermm-
ed numbers. They enter in the guise of scholars and
slyly pilfer reference books, encyclopedias, reserve
books, and even volumes that they could check ou
Why are they doing this?
One person wearing a Wallace button, said that
he has reason to believe that “It’s them weird, long
haired pinkos stealin’ them books.”
Another source believes that unscrupulous^studj
ents are “bootlegging” books to this literarily dry
country. If this is the case then these students should
be made to realize that they are depleting the only
“oasis” for miles around. (Have you tired to buy
a book around here?)
Regardless of the reason for books being from
James Addison Jones Library, the fact remains that
a treacherous few are corrupting a systeni design
ed to benefit everyone. If their ways don t change
soon, the straight students are going to find out who s
doing this, and they’re going to just punch em out.
Pow! That’s all.
Letters To The Editor
(The folliawiog letter appear
ed in itihe Lynchiburig, Va. THE
iNEIWS on Auigustt 4, 1968)
Sir:
Occupation: Student?
In the following blank, please print your oc
cupation at the present time. ~
Did you skip over it? Well, please ^
you read further. Now, did you put student,
you did, think about what this means.
Manv of your friends in high school are now in
occupations in business and industry into which they
must dedicate themselves fully in order to compete
with fellow workers. Are you this way about your
occupation — student? From the smirk that went
throughout the student body when Rev. Mr. Keith
mentioned the academic atmosphere on campus, l
pay that the majority of you are not.
When I ask, “When does Green get quiet?” I
usually get a response like, “That’s a very good ques
tion,” followed bv laughter. Green is not the only
dorm; Taylor does not get quite until 2:00 a. m. or
so, and the rest get quiet only because of the strict
discipline which is forced upon them.
Loudness is not the only symptom of the apathe
tic atmosphere to study on our campus. Look at
your midterm grades; are you glad that y^
get the best grades possible with as little ettort
as possible.
The few who wish to study must often retreat
to the library where there is a fairly quiet atmos
phere. Even in the library, there are distractions
caused bv the students themselves such as sliding
feet across the carpet or laughing in chorus when
'someone trips. Many would like to have library
hours lengthened, but there are hardly enough peo-
’pie using’ it now to make it worth the hours it is
already open, much less paying more staff to keep
it open longer.
It has been said by an observant freshman,
^‘This place is like a party school without the par
ties.’’ The atmosphere seems to say, “Have fun when
vou’ can, and do your studying when it’s convenient.
Study at the last minute; he can’t flunk everyone,
he’ll have to curve.” Maybe it is too bad that youth
is wasted on the young.
What are we trying to do. defeat our own pur
pose? Are we trying to get a college diploma with
out a college education? If you really want to be a
non-conformist, study and graduate.
Jacquie Collins
We are slaves, pure and sim
ple, vidtims of a Fascist sttaite.
Commuinism and Sociaiis>m are
defined ais Statte oonitrol and
ownership of ithe means of pro
duction; Fascism and Naaism
are defined as privaite owner
ship iof the means of produictiotn,
but WITHOUT PRIVATE CON
TROL; Caipitalism is defined as
private ownership a®d control
of itJie means of producition.
Which isysitem besit describes
a nation where a producer
m-ust satisfy ithe sitandards of
the governmenit, not those of the
consumer; where the individual
no longer has any control over
to whom he sells or rents his
bouse; where lan individual, who
tihrO'Uigh his own effort and
ability has esitaiblished a busi
ness, may be forced to se-rve
those not of his liking, hire
those not of his choo&inig; raise,
lower, or maintain his present
price; and pay his employees
the “government wage?”
We have “ownership”, but the
governmenit has ithe conitxo'l.
Americans may own a farm,
but the government can force
us to plant but so much of a
certain crop.
Am-cricans may keep what
they earn: (I didn’t know
whether to put a period on a
question mark at the end so
I did the “moderate” thing and
compromised between Right
and Wrong.) The governmenit
can take your money and give it
to revolutiionaries in Chicago,
if it so desiires. The National
Government giveth, and it take-
th av;ay! Remember, it can’t do
the former wiithout the latter.
America has a “free market
economy.” That means that
you are free to buy or sell
gootds with anybody who gives
you the best bargain. The FCC
(Federal Communications Coer
cion) will not allow owners of
ABC stock to sell sihares to How-
-rd Hughes, even though Mr.
Hugh»s has offered the highest
price. Mr. Hughes may no,t buy
stock until a court decides
whether or not a person has a
right to sell to the highesit bid
der! The Civil Rightis BdiU forces
you to sell goodis to people
when you don’t wanit to, and
now ithe govemmeMt won’t let
you sell goods to people when
you wanit to!
One of the basic beliefs of
Fascism and Comnmnism is that
your life belongs to the St^e.
Luckily, we live in a free nation.
(Oh, by the way, >has your son
been draflted yet?) The State
giveth and the State taketh
away.
Let’s be honest. Mr. Johnpn
and Mr. Humphrey are Fascisits
(at their best). They have plac
ed endless restrictions and con
trols upon you and your prop
erty (they even want to tell you
where to go). Every single one
of the candidates for President
of the United States is a Fas
cist, but in varying degrees.
George Wallace is the least
Fascist of all. He, more than
any other candidate, advocates
less government control of pri
vate property.
Vote for an anti-Fascist, a man
wiho will win in Vietnam, kick
the traitors out of 'the govern-
menit, prevent future Puebl^
aod Scorpdons, and who will
Nixon To Win,
Says Poll
MINNEAPOLIS — (ACP)
Richard Nixon will be the next
presiidenit of the Uniited States
according to 91 percent of the
nation’s college newspaper edi
tors.
The opinion survey ootiducted
by Associated Collegiate Press
was based on a representative
mail poll of 7 percent of col
lege editors seleclted by the
research divisiion of the school
of journalism amd mass com
munication ait the University
of Minnesota. Criteria included
regional location, circulation
and frequency of publication.
Editors classified themselves
as 46 percent independent, 30
percent Rep'Uiblican and 24 per
cent Democrat.
If the election had been held
during the second week of Oc
tober, 50 percent indicated they
would vote for Nixion, 37 per
cent for Hubert Humiphrey, IVa
percent each for George Wal
lace and Dick Gregory and 10
percent undecided.
1. If the presidenitial election
were held today, I would vote
for:
REPUBLICAN — 30%
Nixon
Humphrey 6%
Wallace 4%
Gregory 0%
Undecided 7%
DEMOCRAT — 24%
Nixon 20%
Humiphrey 64%
Wallace 0%
Gregory 8%
Nndeciided 8%
INDEPEiNDENT — 46%
Nixon
Humiphrey 30%
Wallace 4%
Gregory 2%
Undecided
No one
all CL-^SSIiFTCATIONS
Nixon 50%
Humphrey 37%
Wallace 1-5%
Gregory 1-5'^'’
Undecided or
no one 10^"
give true meaning to individual
freedom.
Thirty - six years of leftwing
leadership is a thousand yean
too many! Kick the Fascist-Reds
out of Washington! Stand up
for George Wallace. He has a
leg to stand on.
Tommy Carwile
(BC freshman)
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