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PAGE 2, THE COUGAR CRY, MARCH 2. 1970 EDITORIAL OREGON STUDENT CITES NEGLIGENCE IN DRAFT INFORMATION Recently, there has been much in the news about the more strict ly enforced busing codes for our nations’ elementary and high sc hools. Originally a proposal to halt segregation in the schools, the problem is now out of hand th anks to those bright legislators who create laws in the “brain" of our nation, Washington, D.C. To the students at Wilkes Co mmunity College, this question is of little consequence since all students come to school their own way with no help of buses. The students should, however, think about this situation since someday they will be faced with the same problem when they are raising their own little scholars. News throughout the country Last week saw the demise of one of the most brilliant, bra shest, outspoken, iconoclastic th inkers of the century. None of these adjectives are used in exaggeration as a pro file of this man. Lord Bertrand Russell was born in Victorian England when the country was almost in the middle of the Victorian age. Born of the intellectual aristocracy, he professed feeling out of time even while a child. His mind took to mathematics quickly and this became his first love for nearly the first half of his life. About two years after the com pletion of his and Alfred North Whitehead’s “PrincipaMathema- tica,” a work which established and revised mathematical sym bols, he became interested in philosophy via logic. He simultaneously became a “peacnick* during the First have reported unbelievable hard ships because of this legislature. One news show reported that in a family of five children, the parents were faced with the si tuation of getting each of their children ready to leave for sch ool at different times of the morning, and all would return at different times. There was also the report of the unappreciated brilliance of one school board, who, when complying to the busing regula tions figured out routes and sche dules so diabolical that some children were on a bus close to three hours a day. And you ask how did our coun try get into the shape it is pre sently in. Look to Washington. World War when it was not at all the fashionable thing to do. Lord Russell was both apt and interested in myraid fields of academic and social endeavor such as Einstein's (his close friend) theory of relativity, phy sics, and the morals of the time, which he criticized acridly. He continued to carry his pa- cifistic banner, reaping such fr uits as a dismissal from his post at Cambridge and a short prison sentence. He failed in his tenative ap pointment to New York’s City College because of his views on the mores of sex. One lawyer called his “leche rous, libidinous, lustful, vene- rous, erotomanical, aphrodisiac, atheistic, narrow minded, un truthful, and bereft of moral fiber,” but this Novel Prize win ner was never disuaded by any thing the public said about him and continued to crusade for so- Eugene, Ore. - (I.P.)-Third year law student R.C. Owens po inted to stacks of literature piled about him and said, “This infor mation has to be gotten out to young people in the community. If no one else will assume the responsibility, we will.* He was talking about draft and military information currently being provided by the office he di rects at the University of Oregon. The Draft and Military Infor mation Center (DMIC), a large glassed-enclosed room located in the basement of the Erb Me morial Union, is financially sup ported by the Associated Stu dents of the University (ASUO) and operates in conjunction with the School of Law and Counseling Center. In discussing the function of the office, Owens emphasized that the lottery procedure “won’t correct an unequal system. Only the informed can handle their obligations and privileges to their best advantage. And the lack of available information to the ge neral public raises his ire.” His criticism is sharply, but evenly spread to draft regis trants, parents, the legislature and general public for “neglect ing their responsibilities.” “Every registrant is respon sible for his own destiny,” he announced firmly. “It’s his job to make every effort to explore all of the alternatives available cial causes up to his death bed. The uniqueness of Russell’s philosophy lies in his skepticism of almost all established philo sophy and his “ardent desire to believe that could be such a thing as knowledge.” Although critical of them. Lord Russell was most influenced by the philosophies of Kant and He gel, These philosophers’ ideas were based in logic as was Rus sell’s. Russell saw logic as the only true foot of philosophy. He regarded pure philosophy as “an unfortunate legacy from theolo gy.” Lord Russell called his form of philosophy “logical atomism.” In it he explained why the pre mise and conclusions of mathe matics may be erroneous and how words are misused in analyzing problems and creating miscon ceptions before analysis is even under way. Bertrand Russell’s ideas will undoubtedly take their place be side Kant and Voltaire. to him. If he doesn’t think he should receive a 1-A classifica tion, it’s his responsibility to prove it to the draft board.” He shook his head saying, “too ma ny neglect the problem until it’s too late.” As for parents, Owens be lieves they are negligent in as sisting their sons in obtaining necessary information. “Parents have a responsibility to help their own children gain as much free dom of choice as the law al lows. It’s not enough just to tell children of their obliga tions. Parents must help their sons exert their legal rights.” Information at the U of O operation encompasses all pha ses of the draft, including rights, privileges, options and alter natives to it, in addition to op portunities in the military ser vices with their varied pro grams. A number of resource people are available for referrals. Such people include military recruit ers, physicians, psychiatrists, conscientous objector counse lors, lawyers, veterans and oth ers. Guidelines for the DMIC are emphatic. For example, the pre mises cannot be used by any political action organization, and counseling must be limited to ex planation and clarification of al ternatives. Volunteer counselors have read the literature available in the office, as well as other texts on the draft and immigration, and are encouraged to attend DMIC workshops. The “Bible” of the operation is in the form of a two-volume work called the Selective Ser vice Law Reporter, published by the Public Law Education Institute. The contents show all statutes, regulations, local draft board memos, and case deci sions concerning the Selective Service System. COUGARS AT TOURNAMENT STARTING FEB. 26 THE VOICE OF WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE Editor Jerry Pardue Assistant Editor Montie Hamby News Editor Keith Savoy Feature Editor Mike Insoore Sports Editor Kenny Brooks , Business Managrer „ Anita Shepherd \ Photographers Gyenda Joines, Johnny Clark, \ Jerry Pardue, Montie Hamby | Staff Keith Savoy, Carol Key, Mike Inscore, Kenny Brooks \ Sam Sebastian ) Typists Brenda Mathis, Shirley Russell \ Doubtful ... Yet Undaunted
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