| SEE PAGE 3 | FOR CODE OF | | RESPONSIBILITY! VOL. LIV Lowenstein Questions Policies "When the country is at a turning point, those who are not part of the solutions are part of the problem." According ly, Rep. Allard Lowenstein CD NY), in a speech last Monday night in Dana Auditorium, lashed at the "lunacy" of the Nixon Administration's policies and the "duplicity" of the President's relations to the citizens of this country. Lowenstein raised again the question of priorities: "Last year the military budget of this country was s9l billion, while Congress was just able to allot $1.9 billion for the poverty program. Yet," he complained, "Nixon has convinced the 'silent ma jority' that inflation has come from government spending for the poor and the black communities." MILITARY INFLATION The New York Congressman called it lunacy to continue to waste funds on military pro grams which won't work." The $8 billion which the government is spending on a project which most scientists believe will not work could buy 200,000 hos pital beds, 10,000 new school buildings; it could have doubled the expenditure for air pollu tion control and for cancer re search." You can't spend 2/3 of the budget for military gadgets which won't work without causing in flation." Another waste cited by Lowen stein was the complex of 3,427 military bases maintained over seas. "We in Congress thought it would be reasonable to close some of those bases—the four in Spain. We never questioned that Franco was a bastion of freedom, but the Pentagon views those bases as necessary to the security of the entire free world. Apparently Spain is in danger of attack by Algerian hordes." DINNER IN MISS. Lowenstein deplored the use of military funds to convince the public and iheL- representatives of the necessity of further mili tary spending. He quoted $40,000 as the price tag of public planes used to transport Congressmen and Senators to Jackson, Mis sissippi for a dinner. Lowenstein accused the Nixon Administration of duplicity and concealment in regards to the Vietnam War. "We are," according to Lowenstein, "escalating the war, and it is duplicity for the pres ident to tell the American people that we are withdrawing when, in fact, we are building up forces in Laos." 40,000 TROOPS "No one," continued the Democrat, "believes in the pro gram of Vietnamesation except the silent majority. Even Sec retary of Defense Laird says that we will have to keep 40,000 troops—the level now in Korea— to maintain bases. Free elec tions are precluded when this (continued on page 3) Tf)e QuiffonSon College Hut Burns Students Stage 'Wild Rampage' m ■* v3B ML, A t 4 photo by Willson THE GUILFORD COLLEGE HUT leg. Hears Proposals The Unit of Living Proposal was presented to the Student Legislature March 2 by com mittee chairman, Craig Chap man. Music Contest The Guilford College music department is conducting a con test to collect both old and new Guilf jrd College songs for pub lication, performance and re cording. Dr. George L. Gansz, music department chairman, said the deadline for receiving original, adapted or "remembered" songs is April 30. Entries become the property of the college and will not be returned. W inning songs will be per formed by the college's musical organizations at a Pops Concert to be held in May. All suitable songs will be pub lished in a collection of Guilford College songs next year, Dr. Gansz said, adding that selected songs will be recorded and per formed by musicgroups this year and in the future. Everyone submitting an entry will receive a collection of LP phonograph records made by the Guilford College Choirs of the 1950s and 19605. If a poem is submitted, music majors will write a suitable mel ody for it. If a melody, alone, is submitted, students will arrange it for piano and choral performance. Entries may be submitted on tape. Monday, March 9, 1970 Larry Elworth presented a Code of Responsibility propo sal. Please see paee 3 for a copy of this proposal. The legislature took no action on either proposal but arranged two open hearings, one for stu dents and one for students and faculty. These were held Tues day and Thursday nights. Also on the legislature agenda was consideration of the Brothers and Sisters in Blackness con stitution which was accepted unanimously at the legislature meeting. It was announced at the legislature meeting that in the Cafeteria Survey concerning Sunday meal schedules the pre mium dinner with regular lunch schedule received 46% of the votes. The legislature voted to adopt this plan. Freshmen Ask For SAC Seat Several freshmen have writ ten a proposal calling for fresh men positions on the SAC. At present there are no fresh men members of SAC. Under this proposal, the Student Leg islature will "create a new post on the SAC to be filled by some freshman of good repute." The proposal was signed by Bill Buckley, Paul Bryant, John Bob Lowdermilk, George Mackenzie, Richard Noonan, Randy Moore, Martha Pickett and Doug Scott. The Guilford College Hut caught fire during disturbances Wednesday night foil swing Guil ford's victory over A&T State University in the Winston- Salem Championship Basketball Tournament. Firemen were summoned to the Guilford campus and the blaze was extinguished in a short period of time. According to the fire marshal!, the blaze may have been caused by a careless smoker's ciga rette. However, an investigation into the incident is continuing to determine if arson was involved in the blaze. WEDNESDAY NIGHT RAMPAGE Prior to the Hut blaze, large numbers of male students went on what one observer described as a "wild rampage." Bottles, trash cans, fire crackers, and assorted refuse were hurled into the quad of the 1968 Men's Dorm, the scene of much of the Wednesday night disorder. Several near violent incidents occurred in confrontations be tween different groups of male students. In at least one such confrontation, in the 1968 Dorm a knife was drawn. In Milner t the other dormi tory which houses men students, a toilet was blown up. Other highlights of the eve ning's disorders, included the invasion of Binford, a woman's dormitory by a band of male students. HOUSE COUNCIL MEETS Thursday night the 1968 Men's Dormitory House Council met to determine how such disorders could be avoided in the future. After much discussion, the v, wL : r~ . i photo by Wills on LARRY ELWORTH LOWENSTEiN SCORES NATION'S PRIORITIES House Council passed a resolu tion calling for a minimum of one week social restrictions for any student convicted of throw ing anything into the dormitory quad. Social restriction requires that a student remain in his dormi tory room from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. In addition the House Council unanimously decided to write letters of apology to The Board of Trustees, Dean William J. Lanier, and Head Resident Lan drum Cross. WQFS Sunday Play Sunday, March 15 at 8:00 P.M., WQFS, the Guilford College Ra Ho Station at 90.7 on the FM dial announces the production of Lew is John Car lino's "The Brick and The Rose." This play is presented in co operation with the North Carolina Schoil of the Arts Drama Depart ment is an attempt to recreate highly selective fragments a boy's life through a series of expressionistic vocal collages. There are 10 actors who pcr tray 46 character." The theme revolves around the premise that "People are afraid iO love" by fallowing a series of flashbacks and short montages after opening on the funeral. WQFS is offering classical programming every Sunday from 4:00 P.M. until 12:00 midnight. NO. 20