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Page 4 N. C. ESSAY January 20, 1969 TED KENN0Y HOUDS IFIOCRATIC M? by Mark Walsh What Time Magazine has called "Upheaval on the Hill" and what News week has called "claiming so menial a job as Senate Democratic Whip" is Edward M. Kennedy's rather startling succession to the number two posi tion ot power among the Democrats in the U. S. Senate and almost undeni ably his first significant move to ward the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 1972. The startling aspects of Ken nedy's victory are that he is the youngest (36 yrs.) majority whip in the history of the Senate and that he unseated Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana, who has 20 years of ser vice on his senate record. Kennedy has disavowed the vic tory as a direct move toward the presidency. "I view it", he said, "as expressing the sense of the Democratic Senators in favor of an aggressive and creative program in the upcoming Congress". NEWS BRIEFS (oon't from p. I) explosives aboard to scuttle the ship. The crew smashed the equip ment with axes or dumped it overboard bur failed to finish the job. Dur ing their eleven-month captivity, two Pueblo crewmen, beaten and threatened by their N. Korean cap tors, attempted suicide. One crew man tried to cut his wrists but was stopped by his shipmates. Another attempted to jump from a h;Lgh win dow but was blacked by guards. Congress and the Court Vs. Powell Although the Supreme Court has agreed to consider Rep. Adam Calyton Powell's suit for the restoration of his seniority and back pay. House leaders may ignore any Supreme Court decision in Powell;s favor, even if it means a constitutional crisis. ANOTHER BLAST ON DRUGS (oon't from p. I) pleases (as far as I'm concerned), as long as he doesn't enforce his practice on others; if he keeps his opinions on an individual basis, then he is not to be too harshly criticized. The pusker who does not indulge — and has the power to drive desperate addicts to theft, murder, suicide, etc. — deserves to be boiled in oil inch by inch for his conduct; he is a criminal, and should be dealt with accordingly. And lastly, the frequent user, who uses drugs as an escape is sick. He needs help (though not necessarily psychiatric help) to find out what he is trying to escape and why. Generally, he is trying to hide from himself his own inadequacies, be they obvious or subconscious; his only salvation is in his facing and Understanding what his problems ai^^ and destroying or accepting them as best he can. J V » by Doug MaCorkindale tor. "Harrummph!" said the legisla- "Aha!" said the policeman. "Ten years!" said the judge. Taking the path of Good Samari- tan, i.e. trying to dissuade the user, is as futile in the battle against drug use as are the laws that prohibit this use. One who has never experimented with drugs can not w6igh the pro against the con; his argument will, if anything, bring about adverse situations. Even one who has satisfied his cur iosity concerning drugs through per sonal experience will have a hard time convincing the user that Reali ty is better. He will be battered by such remarks as "Scard?" " Con servative!" "That's your bag." The cured (?) addict will probably be m- • .€/ * ^ J Some years ago, the August leg islators of the several states and of the nation, in order to form a more docile society, decided there weren't enough offerings in the cat alogue of crime and proceeded to create a few of their own design. Now, when you set about to create crime and the best you come up with because you say it is and for no other reason—that is, a sort of "non-crime". And to deal properly with a non-crime, you need to write a non-law, right? But I digress. Anyway, it seems that God in his infinite wisdom saw fit to create creatures and the universe that is their home, discovered certain plea surable and otherwise remarkable uses for these vegetables. Moreover he had been using them since the dawn of recorded history without noticeable ill effect on body, mind, or society in general. Then ccjme the Great Depression, sandwiched neatly and painfully be tween the Great Wars. It was a dark time, a time of ignorance, hysteria and a poverty that was both physical and spiritual. Reactionary men lashed out frantically at imaginary demons, and our legislators, caught up in the spirit of the time, were sensitive to hysteria from many quarters; cries of "law and order" and "moral decay" were just as be guiling to the backwoods mentality then as now. In the midst of all this social turmoil, a number of self-appointed saviors of public and private morality stood up and made a patently fatuous statement, then as now totally unsupported by historic, sociological, or scientific evidence. "Tobacco's all right," they said, "but that there Indian hemp, mari juana stuff is the devil's own; it's gonna lead your son and your daught er off the straight-and-narrow. And the goddesses of justice and mercy have been weeping together all the years since that time. Brothers and sisters, beware! I want to hip you right here and now. The use of marijuana is a serious health hazard. Use of even a tiny amount can cause the body to be locked up in a company of thieves, rapists murderers and unsuccessful politicians for a very long time— more than long enough, in fact, for you, the unfortunate non-victim of your own non-crime to ponder very deeply the mysteries of traditional and contemporary morality, public and private. CALENDAR ! 'January 21 (Tuesday) January 22 i(Wednesday) 8:15 p. m. —Singers Guild Chamber Singers and Instrumentalists performing works byi Schubert & Dering.' Salem Fine Arts' Center. Tickets; available in Student' Activities Office. ; 11:00 a.m. — Student Government Meeting (Officers and alter- nates_ in Room 321, Main Building ' I 11:30 a.m.—Students Activities Committee Meeting—third flooi , Main Building. j 11:45-12:45 p. m. — Convocation - "It'$ happening in Design' and Production." Ini the lobby outside the! Main Auditorium.1 Puppet show andj other fun and games brought to you by the students in the De sign and Technical Production Department Attendance requested. 8:00 p.m. — Swimming at YWCA January 25 - 1:00 p.m.—Horseback (Saturday) Riding. January 26 - 1:00 p.m.—Bowling ! (Sunday) faced with a response from a novice such as "But I"m not hooked" or "I'm not into the big stuff." The only person who can change the outlook of the drug user is the user himself. Outside interference can only plant doubt in his mind at best. Until the user faces up to his situation and decides to tackle it for himself there is nothing that can be done for him.
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