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ALFRED UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER • SINCE 1913
Vol. 58, No. 11 ALFRED, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 15, 1972 Phone 871-2192
The Reverend Ralph Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and suc- cessor to the late Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke on the nature, cause and remedy of the profound and prolonged American crisis in an address at Alfred University on Friday, February 11.
"America is in a civilizational crisis because every institution of the society is in a crisis state," Mr.
Abernathy said.
The government is in crisis because the executive branch has usurped the powers of the legislative branch and has laun- ched the detestable war in Southeast Asia. This action is in open contempt of the elected representatives of the people, Mr.
Abernathy charged.
Not only must the war be stopped because of its cost in terms of Vietnamese life but also because it is draining the poelple and the resources of the United States. The main victims of this drain are the poor, the blacks, the Chicanos and the youth, he asserted.
The present Administration's program of gradual withdrawal, is a trick, Mr. Abernathy charged.
'VAs long as one G.I. and one South Vietnamese peasant loses his life we cannot afford to remain tricked. War is unthinkable today.
Oppression and exploitation are unthinkable and they must be stopped," he said.
"The almighty dollar is not almighty anymore," Mr. Aber- nathy noted, pointing out that the economic institutions of the nation are in crisis. The Administration's anti-inflationary, economic policies have put the squeeze on the poor, he charged, while the rich and the large corporations have remained relatively unscathed. Listing several giant U.S. corporations, Mr. Abernathy stated that the whole nation is on welfare only
"when it comes to the rich it is dressed up as federal subsidies."
Mr. Abernathy labeled the educational institutions of the nation "dull, dishonest and irrelevant." We need a system that is both truthful and honest, he said.
Racism pervades the nation in Mr. Abernathy's view. The government has ignored the Civil Rights Acts and the Voting Rights
Act. Mixon's Southern strategy "is in flagrant violation of the laws of the land and his nominations for Supreme Court Justices have been blatant examples of bigotry.
Other examples of racism can be seen in the fact that the black unemployment rate is double that of whites and that in the phony school desegregation in the South that has resulted in the firing of black teachers and the closing of black schools.
The nation's penal system is racist because the prisons are filled with blacks. Commenting on the rebellion at Attica, Mr.
Abernathy said that the prisoners;
many of them black, were af- firming their manhood by resisting oppression but that government officials had revealed themselves as animals by their lies and use of violence.
The rich, privileged and powerful ahve created the civilizational crisis in America, Mr. Abernathy charged. These people will not solve the crisis because that involves changing the power structure of the nation. The privileged will never give upa powerful position without a struggle.
Victims of the crisis are the blacks, the Chicanos, who are merely looking for decent wages and human treatment, the poor and the students who were mur- dered at Kent and Jackson State.
"The movement, including the civil rights movement, the peace movement and the student movement, is not dead but alive and changing. Strategies are changing with the times. We are fighting every day exposing poverty, injustice and oppression.
As long as there is injustice, poverty, exploitation and op- pression there will be a m o v e m e n t , " Mr. Abernathy asserted.
The goal of "(he movement" is to concentrate on gaining- political power. Power is necessary for those who want to change their country and save it from its civilizational crisis, according to Mr. Abernathy.
This year, an election year, is an important year for bringing about this change. "We have a mandate
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Winter Weekend Planned
Beer Blasts, Concerts Toboggan Race JV Basketball, Modern Jazz Quartet
DR. RALPH ABERNATHY
Abernathy crisis in Amer.
FRIDAY NITE CONCERT The Rascals have been a major musical influence in the late sixties and early seventies. Rascals' music has always been unique because it gets down to the soul of Rhythm and Blues. Their first album was a naive flush of imitation. They included several R&B hits in this album and some of their own songs, one of which,
"Good Lovin", started the Rascals on their way.
Today, the Rascals have four gold albums, four gold singles, and one platinum LP to their credit.
The Rascals have added three new members; guitarist Buzzy Feiten, bassist Robert Popwell and vocalist Ann Sutton joining Dino Danelli and Felix Caveliere. Ad- mission is $2.00.
SNOW SCULPTURE CONTEST The rules of the contest are very simple; no support devices may show through the snow, and sculpture may be constructed anytime but must be finished in time for the judging Saturday at 1:30. The winners will be awarded two kegs of beer. Anyone in- terested in entering should contact the campus center in order to be eligible.
SPEED SKATING CONTEST The skating contest will be held at the South Hall Rink. There is no entry fee and gift certificates will be awarded.
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Open your heart to East Bengal
Thirteen days after it began, the briefest and one of the bloodiest and bitterest of the wars in South Ais£ ended with the surrender of the Pakistani Army in Eas Bengal;
Indian P r i m e Minister Indira Gandhi ordering the Indian Armed Forces to cease fire on the western front with effect form 2,000 hours on December 17. This also ended a nine-month old bloody civil war
between East and West Pakistan.
There has been enormous bloodshed, deaths, destruction, misery and disease. In this respect it was not different from the wars that MAN has fought in the past or the wars being fought in other parts of the world. In 70 villages around the city of Dacca the r e t r e a t i n g soldiers killed thousands of civilians, looted them, then burned their homes. In the words of Sheik Mujib, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, "The way West Pakistanis had behaved made it impossible to live together.
They torutred boys and girls, mercilessly killed people and burned hundreds of thousands of houses. I think if Hitler had been alive today even he would be ashamed."
One of the outcomes of this human tragedy is .the new born nation of Bangladesh. The nation ranks eighth among the world's nations in terms of population of 78
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Florynce Kennedy speaks on civil rights in the U.S.
Oppression appeared to be the theme of a lecture given by Florynce Kennedy, a black civil rights lawyer, on January 26 at Alfred State College. Ms. Kennedy, a delegate to the National Con- ference on Black Power, is the author of Abortion Rap and a yet to be published book entitled The Politics of Oppression.
Ms. Kennedy, assuming the podium with a black power salute, began by noting that "individually students are great" and that at schools similar to Alfred State there is "so much less racism."
She completely reversed herself an hour and a half later terming the audience "the most racist" before which she had ever spoken.
"Beginning in 1972 I'd like to believe people will get rid of out- side oppression and get rid of horizontal hostility," Ms. Kennedy said parly in her speech in- troducing the terms "oppression"
and "horizontal hostility" that she used frequently for the remainder of the evening.
After commenting that President Nixon had lied to the American public in his January 25 televised address, she introduced the analogy that government pronouncements and legislation are nothing but a form of bridge mis—chocolate covered manure.
She made repeated reference to this analogy using it to describe the Warren Commission Report following the death of President Kennedy, the official investigation into the Kent State shootings and reports of what occurred at Attica.
Chocolate covered manure is thè major diet of oppressed people in an oppressed society and therefore people are starving to death ac- cording to Ms. Kennedy.
Revolutionaries are those who have bitten the bridge mix and
have discovered the manure in the middle.
Criticizing universities and colleges across the country Ms.
Kennedy charged that they are not preparing students for real jobs in the real world. She noted that schools a r e still turning out teachers even though there is little demand for them. "Because the government is dedicated to war- making there are no real jobs except those dedicated to genocide," she said.
"We must look at Attica to see the pathology of oppression," Ms.
Kennedy noted. " E v e r y o n e is oppressed; it's just a question of degree."
The people oppressed in a given situation are the niggers, those who do the oppressing are the niggerizers and those sympathetic to the cause of the oppressed are the nigger lovers in Ms. Kennedy's terminology. . •
At Attica, the prisoners or niggers were devalued by the guards or niggerizers with their
"nigger sticks." However, the niggers had a greater sense of value than the niggerizers and a f t e r the confrontation the niggerizers came off worse than the niggers and the nigger lovers, or pressmen, came out alive.
While speaking of Attica, Ms.
Kennedy took a slap at the media, terming them "programed and racist" for taking the word of Rockefeller spokesmen as fact.
Her. own comments are always prefaced by such words as
"alleged" she charged. Earlier she had indicted the media for reflecting the "jocko-cracy" of the country.
After saying that, "You don't have to opress people to support the oppressive, racist, sexist,
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Letters to the Editor
Object: Prevent vandalism and damage
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Redactorial
The FIAT LUX has opened this semester with a new staff and a couple of old problems, namely, an insufficient staff and an old reputation.
In our present state we are limited in the service we can provide for you, because of the lack of reporters, writers, and production workers for an all new printing program. With these new people we would offer a more comprehensive and exciting news coverage of this campus by escaping from the standard administrative news release form. We would have a chance to present the FIAT in a new form that would revolutionize journalism at Alfred University. But in even attempting this, we need your support!
Last week EXPERIMENTER newsmagazine came into being. It is truly an experiment. Much of the staff feels it was a great success. But what of your opinion? We asked you to write to the FIAT to express your thoughts on the EXPERIMENTER. To date we have received no letters and hardly any comment by word of mouth. I can't help thinking, "how fickle my audience must be! They complain about, laugh at, and literally tear apart their student newspaper ancj yet they will take no steps to seriously heal a sick organ of their student life."
That brings me to the second problem at hand, the FIAT's reputation. There have been many rather trite names attached to the FIAT. (I will not mention any of them for obvious journalistic reasons.) It is my feeling that the names and bad reputation of the FIAT have been misdirected. The paper in general and the staff in specific, receives a great deal of criticism. It is not the FIAT that deserves criticism, it is you the reader. It is you who has put the paper in such low dignity. There isn't now and there has never been (for as long as I've been here) a staff member who did not do his best. But when you are overworked and there are only a dozen people to put out a weekly production of this size and expenditure, something has got to suffer. It should not be the staff however. We are slaves enough to you and our duties. It is about time that you make an effort to do something for the FIAT and yourself.
Come on down to the FIAT office on Thursday nights at seven o'clock. Talk with us and don't be afraid to offer your services for some little news article that you would enjoy writing. We need that kind of personalization!
- The staff is also trying to arrange some office hours when you could come down and see what is going on. We will keep you posted on that information.
Winter Weekend (from page 1)
TOBOGGAN RACE The run will start at the North end of Fraternity Row and con- tinue on the road down past Ade Hall. The teams will consist of four men and toboggans will be provided but you may use your own. Gift certificates will be awarded to the winning team.
SNOW PILING CONTEST This is the first time that this event has ever been attempted.
The object of the contest is to pile snow, (what else?). The entrants are allowed to use any means to win, cheating, stealing snow from another pile and snowball fights, are all allowed, provided there are no mechanical devices used. No cars, or any objects other than hands may be used to pile the snow. If you want to jump on
Dear Editor.
Vandalism on campus seems to be an issue that has recently been brought to the attemtion of the public. A student security aid program has been organized and will be in effect this semester. I give the credit to the individuals who had enough concern for their school to organize such a program i and I feel it is an excellent way to cope with the situation; however, it is not the solution. In order to get to thè crux of the matter, let's trace a typical weekend evening for a male student who does not have a date (keep in mind that the number of males far outweighs the number of females on campus).
It is early Friday evening and after a hard week of academic work and competition, Larry is looking forward to a swinging time. He can't think of anything to do so he gets a few of his buddies and heads down to the pub with the great expectation of picking up a chick. In the pub, Larry sits down at a table and tries to carry on a conversation with a girl who seems uninterested, cold and snobbish.
Due to a lack of competition, the girls a r e " p i c k y , " although unintentionally (mind you, there are exceptions. I am talking on a general basis). Larry tries another table and again gets a cold reception.
Having been rejected several times and feeling the effects of a few beers, Larry can react in two ways. First, he can feel unwanted and inferior, consequently leading to a state of depression. Being alone, Larry may slowly stroll back to his room, thinking about the evening's activities. He may begin to question why he can't "get a girl," why he's at Alfred, and why he works so hard during the week when there's nothing to look forward to on the weekends. H may question his place and direction in
life. He might ask himself, "Is it all worth it? Why don't I get out of this place? But where will I go? What will I do?" Eventually, in the more unstable person, it may lead to suicidal tendencies.
The second way in shich Larry may react is aggression sparked by frustration. His frustrations cause him to be extremely angry and irritable. He is liable to an- tagonize the first person who an- noys him. Fuming with bitterness, he storms out of the pub. In ex- treme cases he may "get back a t "
the girls the girls by sneaking up behind one,, reaching over her shoulders, and giving her breasts a painful squeeze. Or maybe after a few beers, his sexual desire at a peak, his frustrations wbout to boil over, he just might resort to rape.
In less extreme cases, he might take his anger out by smashing the windows in Reimer Hall or by throwing a beer pitcher through a car window. However Larry acts—
aggressive or suicidal—the situation that led to his behavior was an unhealthy one. Fortunately there appears to be á solution.
I feel by making the male-female ratio at Alfred equal we will see a sharp decrease in the number of vandalisms and crimes on campus and just as important, we will help make that "depressed Larry" feel a little more wanted and happier.
My reasons are as follows:
1) A large majority of crimes on campus are committed by males.
If we increase the number of females at Alfred we will have to decrease the number of males, directly lowering the number of crimes.
2) Females have a strong in- fluence on males. A male is unlikely to commit a crime while with a female (unless he is trying to prove his masculinity); if he attempts to, the female will likely talk him out of it. Thus by in-
Music Department Presentation
The University's department of music will present scenes from the operas of Mozart, Delibes and Menotti Feb. 13 at 8:15 p.m. in South Hall Theatre on the University campus. There is no charge.
Sung in Elnglish by seven per- formers, the presentation is directed by Paul D. Giles, assistant professor of music, and his wife, Betty, a lecturer in music.
The program was originally developed as an Allenterm project, and was presented to public school pupils in Steuben and Allegany counties.
In addition, the program was recently taped by WCNY-TV in Syracuse for broadcast at a later date.
The singers are tenor Robert G.
Stein of Cold Brook, baritone
Trafford L. Doherty of Hor- seheads, and sopranos Mary K.
Bouchard of Pittsford, Ronnie L.
Lasker of Hewlett, Gail G. Gilbert of Williamsville, Amanda S.
Snyder of Alfred Station and Judy Williams of Wellsville.
Miss Eleanor Howells, a lecturer in music at the University, is piano accompanist. Thomas Gilbert is in charge of lighting and Timothy Brown, props.
The program includes scenes from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," "Cosi Fan Tutte" and
"The Magic Flute," a duet from
"Lakme" by Delibes, the opening scene from Gian Carlo Menotti's comic opera, "The Old Maid and the Thief," and each scene is preceded by a narrated description of the plot.
another team's pile, that's fine, provided you can get close enough to it. The teams will be determined by the geographical locations. The Pine Hill residents make up one team, Bartlett, Cannon, Tefft, Reimer and Barresi make up the second team. And the third team will consist of the New Dorm, rick and Kruson residents. Students living off campus, in apartments or in fraternities will 'work' with the Brick team.
Dress warm, and be ready tc defend yourself. Oh yes, beer will be served on the field.
BASKETBALL
The JV team faces Ithaca at the McLane Center and after that trounce, the varsity will take on the Ithaca varsity.
BEER BLAST
Immediately following the g a m e s the Stomping Suede Greasers will entertain at Ade
Hall. The Greasers have a Rock &
Roll Revival show that promises to set you swinging and swooning.
Admission is $1.00.
SUNDAY CONCERT The Modern Jazz Quartet has been playing jazz for over a decade. Thier list of bookings reads like a road atlas, from the University of San Francisco to Kleinhans in Buffalo to the clubs and colleges in Florida. Even though the MJQ has been using the same material for ten years it is interesting to note how they rework their own repertoire. Songs such as
" D j a n g o " and " R a l p h ' s New Blues" have been updated and rearranged to sound very con- temporary. It is also fascinating how the group can take a song like
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and by subtly altering the conception with which they play, give several different parts of the song entirely differeht feelings, pulses and
creasing the number of females, we will increase the amount of
"female influence."
3) As I have noted before, many c r i m e s a r e sparked by frustrations. However, they need y not be sexual frustrations per se. / Often a male feels as though his
sexual drives ai e at a peak or he is
"horny," when he actually has a desire for affection, love and security. This desire to feel wanted (superficially, affection) can easily be satisfied by the mere presence of a female "friend,"
devoid of the secual aspect. There are no two ways about it, females have that unique feminine touch that tends th comfort a man. By the way, the new coed compgpxes are a big step toward satisfying this desire for affection and security.
Whichever the drivz—for affection or sex—by increasing the number of femaley, we will eliminate these frustrations.
I feel that one of the keys in solving vandalism and molestings \ on the Alfred campus lies in an * equal male-female ratio. I ask the
admissions committee to seriously consider the issue.
Thank you,
Roger A. Abrahams congrats.,.
To whom it may concern:
I would like to offer my congratulations to those who helped plan and initiate this semester's registration. I have
never witnessed such a smooth and / rapid registration p r o g r a m at
Alfred or any other university.
BRAVO!
Sincerely,
Roger A. Abrahams
Tisso in Cer. Show
Miss Barbara Tisso, assistant professor of pottery in the College of Ceramics, is a participant in the current Annual Ceramic and Sculpture Show of the Butler In- stitute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
Two porcelain plates by Miss Tisso were selected for echibition in the show.
A faculty member at Alfred since last November, Miss Tisso
holds fine-arts degrees from the ^ Cleveland Insitute of Art and the
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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moods.
John Lewis,-the pianist, and Milt Jackson, the vibraphonist, are the leading personalities by virtue of their extraordinary talent and the instruments they play. Percy Heath, the bassist, has, however, assumed a growing importance as a solo voice. His performance on
"Blues in Milano" and in "Ralph's New Blues" (a fascinating double time chorus) a r e impressive examples of his fine bass work.
Connie Kay, the drummer, not only because of his solid backing rhyth- ms but also for his well defined solos, is considered the foundation of many of the more intricate pieces that the MJQ performs.
Tickets for the MJQ are $1.00.
The schedule is full of interesting and entertaining activities. A special advance ticket good for all concerts is available at the Center for $3.00. Help support this weekend and Alfred will look forward to many more.
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Student force to be soon Safety Director Resigns
A student security organization is now in the process of being formed for operation beginning March 1. Students interested in serving on the organization must complete a security aide ap- plication and hand it in to Mr.
S Meacham, Jim Abrahams or the campus center desk by noon, Wednesday, February 16.
Composed of twenty students from every sector of the University community, the main purpose of the organization will be to try to prevent vandalism and report property damage through the proper channels.
"We are not policemen; we are not a narcotics squad; we are not trying to harass students; we are trying to protect our own property," Jim Abrahams, one of the student organizers of the force said recently.
A special hot line, similar to the one currently used by Oz, will be established so that students may register a complaint or report an S act of vandalism or property
damage that they have witnessed.
The advocates of the student security organization hope that this will encourage students to report window breakage or ac- cidental damage to automobiles so that they may be handled through normal channels. Until now there has been no easy way for students to report such damage.
Working in pairs and identifiable by their gold blazers the students on duty will be in contact with
"headquarters" in Mr. Meacham's office via walkie-talkie. In an
» emergency situation both the police and Alfred Tech security may be contacted through a direct telephone link.
Mr. Meacham, Director of Safety, will monitor the operation of the security organization but the direct supervision will be handled i by a student chief and a student
sergeant.
Through the agitation of a small group of students and the sub- sequent cooperation of ad- ministrative personnel, the Board of Trustees approved the for- mation of a student security force and allocated funds for its oeration.
Continuation of the security organization is dependent upon - student support and cooperation.
"The thing that will either make it or break it is if the students accept it. If it is not accepted, the organization will e n d , " Jim Abrahams said.
Mr. Meacham will explain the operation of the student security organization on WALF, Wed- nesday night, February 16.
Security Aide Applications must be completed and turned in to either Mr. Meacham, Jim Abrahams or the Campus Center desk no later than noon Wed- nesday, February 16.
A student security force ill be selected from all sectors of our academic community. Ap- plications will be furnished to dormitories, fraternities and sororities. No one person will select who the successful can- didates are, but will be a result of a committee action. The qualifications are as follows:
1. Criminal record check.
2. Good physical condition.
3. Psychological testing and evaluation.
4. Attend all training sessions.
5. Pass written examinations on material covered.
6. Work a minimum of 9 hours per week at a rate of $1.85 per hour.
This group wilj be trained by the Director of Safety and the New York State Police B.C.I. In- vestigator. They will learn not only!
what to do but what they may not' do. Some of the courses will be:
1. Laws of arrest
2. Laws of search and seizure 3. Use of force
4. Robbery 5. Burglary
6. Trespass
7. Criminal Mischief 8. Definitions 9. Petit Larceny 10. Grand Larceny
\Ik.Punishmenti oitt ,ol alqm&i^u 12. Harassment
13. Assaults 14. Crimes—sex
15. Criminal investigation 16. Things to know
As you can see, they will be well trained and do not deserve the vigilante title they have already been labeled.
We hope the guard will be in operation by the first of March, 1972. Their instructions will be
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"respond to all complaints." It will not be "go out and harass the public." The guard will be closely supervised by a student chief and a student sergeant. The whole operation will be monitored by the Director of Safety. The guard will have no more authority than that of a private citizen.
In most cases, those people who are identified committing a crime on our campus will be handled exactly as in the past. Mr.
Heywood will determine what action should be taken against property owned by A.U. Dr. Odle will determine what action to take against those who commit crimes against the person of another. Of course, the option is always open to anyone to call the police instead of our student guard.
Reynard K. Meacham, director of safety at the University, has submitted his resignation, ef-
fective June 30.
A native of Wrights, Pa., and a graduate'of Canisteo High School, Meacham attended Alfred University following war service in the Navy. He joined the Univer- sity's administrative staff in 1965 as proctor, or supervisor of men's residence halls, and was named to the campus safety post last June.
Prior to 1965, Meacham was a member of the New York State Police for 10 years, seven of them in the Bureau of Criminal In- vestigation. He held the permanent rank of sergeant at the time of his BCI resignation.
Meacham is one of 15 national shooting-clinician representatives of the Lifetime Sports Program, a subsidiary of President Nixon's Physical Fitness Council.
Mr. Mea,cham has not announced his plans for the future.
Protect life - outlaw war
FIRST DECREE FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE * Whereas—
The people of Earth are, in fact, confronted daily with the threat of instant extermination by the ac- cidental or deliberate unleashing of nuclear weapons. This threat multiplies as more nations gain nuclear capability and install multiple warheads which defy inspection and control by treaty.
The $200,000,000,000 being spent by the nations each year , for military purposes, mainly for weapons of mass destruction and their deployment, is a ciminal waste of resources and manpower which could otherwise be devoted to supplying the People of Earth with adequate food, shelter, clothing, education, health ser- vices, and expanding opportunities in life.
Apart from dangers of universal rmn'j tfiemeanfrof modern warfare comprise" the"'tools 'briForcea'l>y which stronger nations interfere in the affairs of weaker nations and enforce imperialistic and colonial policies. ,
Meanwhile, the civil and human rights of people in all countries are nullified when nations are per- mitted to keep large and heavily armed military forces, since it is with military forces that dic- tatorships and tyrannies are en- forced, movements for peaceful change crushed, and the people kept subservient—making a mockery of the Charter of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations.
During the next one to thirty years, in order to survive and prosper, the residents of Earth must overcome manifold problems and perils of planetary scope
John Bolton to attend seminar
Army ROTC cadet Jon Bolton will attend a Pentagon Seminar in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24-25, 1972. Nominated by LTC Robert A.
Hetz, Jr., PMS at Alfred, Cadet Bolton and 250 other ROTC students from campuses throughout the country will meet with Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Asst. Secretary of Defense Roger Kelly and other Department of Defense officials at the Pen- tagon on Feb. 24.
Bolton will attend a breakfast meeting with Senator Strom Thurmond on Capitol Hill, Feb. 25.
While in Washington, the cadets will participate in Reserve Officers Association meetings including a banquet at which Speaker of the House Carl Albert will receive the ROA's Minute Man of the Year award. Bolton will also atten and Army luncheon hosted by ROA that , will be addressed by Secretary of
the Army, Robert Froehlke.
unknown in history. Yet at the world level, no agency exists which has the authority or competence to cope with the problems, and anarchy prevails.
Therefore—
In view of the increasing jeopardy to the lives and property of everyone on Earth, and in the absence of effective action by national governments and in- ternational agencies to protect life, we who are listed below, from many countries, have organized ourselves into an Emergency Council of World Trustees to take immediate action on behalf of humanity. Our purposes are to outlaw war and war preparations, to convene a, Peoples World Parliament for continuous work, to prepare a Constitution for Federal World Government for submission to the Parliament; to appoint gfotial' legislative' commissions' to prepare legislation on urgent world problems for sumission to the Parliament, and to take other appropriate action leading to the establishment of a Provisional World Government under democratic popular control.
As a first action to recue Planet Earth and its inhabitants from destruction, and to provide a tangible rallying ground for people everywhere who want peace and human rights while fnoving towards the creation of a Provisional World Government, we do hereby issue this First Decree for the Protection of Life:
1. Upon the effective ratification of this decree, it shall be outlawed and forbidden everywhere on Earth to design, test, produce, transport, sell, buy, install, deploy, or use nuclear weapons, chemical- biological weapons, or any other weapons of mass destruction.
2. This decree shall go into effect as soon as it is ratified by groups of students and professors at 200 universities and colleges in at least 20 countries, or by the signatures of at least 10 million individuals in at least 20 countries or any equivalent thereof.
3. Any and all executive, ad-
ministrative and chief policy making officials in governments, the military forces, industry, scientific work, education or labor who may be responsible for violation of this decree after ef- fective ratification, shall be guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
4. Those who sign or ratify this decree thereby pledge themselves personally to abide by the decree.
Opportunity to ratify shall be continued beyond the minimum stated herein for the decree to go into effect.
5. Individuals found guilty of violation of this decree may be assigned to rehabilitation and recontruction work in a r e a s devastated by war, or to other work of service to humanity.
6. Procedures for enforcement of this decree shall be determined either by the Emergency Council - of World Trustees- upon- effective
ratification, or by the Peoples World Parliament or Provisional World Government as soon as the latter institutions are established.
People of Earth, unite to obtain new priorities for life, by signing this first decree for the Protection of Life
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The new telephone directory does not clearly indicate a night phone contact for the Rogers Campus Center. Persons wishing to call the Center may dial the pay station 587-8020 or the two centrex phones, 871-2245 or 871-3543. In addition, when desk duty personnel are available, you may dial 871- 2175 which is the daytime phone for the Director of Student Activities.
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Gardner's Trip
Dr. George Gardner, University specialist on Arab society, said after a three-week tour of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon, that the Arab states were anxious to avoid a renewed "crisis" with Israel.
He added, however, that the outlook for permanent peace in the Middle East appeared to be dim.
Publicly, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt has vowed a resumption of war against Israel.
Gardner, chairman of the University's department of sociology, returned Jan. 28 from a series of meetings with govern- ment and educational officials in the three countries.
In an interview, Gardner said
"the climate in the Arab world is one of caution—a desire to avoid crisis."
At the same time, he went on, a
"focus of active confrontation"
with Israel continues to exist in Egupt over what the Egyptions consider their "national honor."
For the Egyptians, he said, the source of the problem continues to be "Israeli occupation of the Egyptian territory (following the 1967 war) and Egyptian recognition that there is no way to drive the Israelis out."
Gardner said his visit coincided with recent student demon- strations in Cairo. These indicated
"a profound disquiet and popular frustration over the existing dilemma—for Egypt—of whether to remain inactive or to engage Israel in all-out war.
"The Arabs recognize that renewal of war would lead to inevitable defeat," Gardner said.
According to Gardner, sentiment in Jordan presents a somewhat different picture. During his stay in that country, he said, he found
"evidence of a sincere desire to work out an accommodation with
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Israel—less inclination on the part of the Jordanians to support Egypt in case of a crisis."
Gardner's trip was undertaken at the invitation of the ministries of tourism and education of the three Arab states with a view toward developing American student travel in the Middle East.
Gardner said Arab officials expressed a willingness to cut costs, provide special facilities and tour leaders for American study groups in their countries.
He said he had found in his talks
" a genuine desire to see Americans in the Ariib states." On the question of Middle East travel by American Jews, Gardner said he was told of no formal prohibition, but that some official
"concern" was expressed over
"possible e m b a r a s s m e n t s " to tourists who were also Jews.
For 12 years before joining the Alfred faculty in 1962 Gardner taught at the American University in Cairo. He is co-author with Sami A. Hanna of the book "Arab Socialism", published in 1969 by the University of Utah Press.
Dr. Gardner was recently the guest of John Corbett on "Con- tact", the WBEN-TV interview program seen daily at 9 a.m. over channel 4, Buffalo.
Pulos selected for 1972 edition
Dr. William L. Pulos, professor of education at the University, has been selected for inclusion in the 1972 edition of Two Thousand Men of Achievement, a work of biographical reference published in London for world-wide distribution.
A member of the Alfred faculty since 1949, Pulos holds degrees from Anderson College, Anderson, Ind., and Butler University, In- dianapolis. He received his doc- torate in education from Indiana University, Bloomington, In 1957.
For a number of years he has been engaged in genetic research on horses and has published results of his studies in the Journal of the American Genetic Association.
He is a member of the Allegany County Comprehensive Health Planning Board and is a past president of the Allegany County Mental Health Association.
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Who's Who Candidates to Be Chosen by Students
Memorandum to Students:
It has been customary to nominate students for inclusion in the publication Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. A screening com- mittee has been appointed to receive nominations. We are asking you to name other students who are presently sophomores or juniors if you feel that they should be considered for this honor.
The criteria for inclusion in- cludes: a) student scholarship, b) his participation and leadership in academic and extracurricular
activities, and c) his citizenship and service to the college. We will confirm scholastic average and also class standing for all students nominated. If you are unsure of these factors please make your nominations and we will screen them.
All nominations shouctl be made on the bottom portion of this articel and directed to the Student Affairs Office to arrive no later than March 6.
Donald H. King
Associate Dean Of Students PLEASE RETURN TO THE STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICE, CARNEGIE HALL, NO LATER THAN MARCH 6.
Nominations for inclusion in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
I nominate the .following students: (Please indicate for each student the specific reasons or activities which cause you to think this student is of the caliber indicated for this honor.)
Miles announces a major change in administration
President Leland Miles has announced a majpr change in the i n s t i t u t i o n ' s a d m i n i s t r a t i v e structure.
Nolan C. Cooper, director of admissions since 1969, has been named to the newly created post of dean of admissions and records, effective July 1.
Reporting to Cooper will be the University's director of financial aid, Charles K. Puree; a registrar, yet to be appointed; and Richard A. Bergh, transfer admissions director.
Bergh, while retaining the title and duties of the transfer ad- missions post, will assume responsibility for the overall operations of the admissions department.
The reorganization an- nouncement follows from the resignation, effective next July, of Dr. Theodore G. Van Istendal, director of institutional research and records at Alfred University since 1970.
Prior to that time the in- stitutional research post did not exist on the Alfred campus and the University's academic records- keeping function was the responsibility of the office of registrar. Van Istendal's ap-
pointment combined the two functions.
The University is now rein- stituting the registrar's position.
At some future time, according to Miles, responsibility for in- stitutional research will be delegated elsewhere on the campus.
Cooper is a native of Elbridge.
He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Franklin College of Indiana, and a master's degree in education from Alfred University.
He joined the Alfred ad- ministrative staff as an admissions counselor in 1965, was sub- sequently promoted to associate dean of students and then to director of admissions.
Cooper's memberships include the Association of College Ad- missions Counselors, the American Personnel and Guidance Association, and the Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admissions.
Van Istendal, who has not an- nounced his plans for the future, is a b u s i n e s s - a d m i n i s t r a t i o n graduate of higher education from Michigan State University, East Lansing.
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Lit. Colloquium:
Hemmingway Lec.
A Colloquium on Literature—a series of presentations and discussions in diverse areas of literature to which all segments of the University are invited—will initiate its program Wednesday evening, February 16,7:00 p.m., in / Howell Hall, with a talk by Prof.
Steven Phillips entitled
"Hemingway and the Archetypes of Tragedy." His presentation will be followed by a question-and- answer session involving the audience. Dr. Phillips will treat especially the motif of the bullfight as a Dionysian ritual, and com- ment on this aspect of Hemingway's work as it appears in Death in the Afternoon, The Sun Also Rises, and The Old Man and the Sea.
Resulting from the desire of anumber of faculty members who wished in particular to generate interest in literature and in general to promote intellectual com-
munication among all segments of V ^ the community, the Colloquium this semester will feature three additional presentations: Monday, March 6, 4:15 p.m., Prof. Rosina Navarrete will speak on
"Romantic Fury in the 17th Century Spanish Literature," in which her interest will be to show attitudes in certain Spanish works as similar to those of the present
"Youth Movement"; Thursday, April 20, 7:00 p.m., Prof. George Gardner will deal with the
"Relationship between Sociology and Literature"; and on Monday,
May 8, 7:00 p.m., Prof. Elizabeth / Sibley will speak on some poetry of
American Black Women: "A Dream Defendent: Nikki, Gwen, and Co." All meetings of the Colloqium will be ehdl in Howell Hall.
It is hoped that this semester's ^ Colloquium will become the first of
a series. To judge from the broad expression of interest shown in response to a questionnaire on the Colloquium sent to faculty and administration personnel in the fall, a continuing Alfred Colloquium on Literature might well become a reality. Should this semester's Colloquium be suc- cessful, future programs could conceivably feature as speakers faculty members of other universities and, possibly, out- standing Alfred literature students. (Already, in fact, a professor from a nearby large university, an expert on Nietzsche and his effect on literature, has indicated an interest in par- ticipating in the Alfred Colloquium.)
Also being considered a r e variations in the format of future Colloquiums: a panel presentation
or debate has been suggested, for % example, as one alternative. It
might also be possible to organize the presentations of future programs under a specific topic, such as "Literature and Morality,"
or "Prose Literature in the 20th Century."
All these possibilities for the future, however, are dependent on the participation of members of the Alfred community—especially students. For this reason we en-' courage attendance of Prof.
Phillips' talk on Hemingway on Wednesday evening.
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Annual tuition for the Univer- sity's private sector will go up $150 next fall.
The announcement was made by the president, Dr. Leland Miles, In a letter to parents of students, Miles said the institution had been able to hold the line on the charge for room and board, currently
$1,300 yearly, but that tuition, now
$2,500, would be raised to $2,650 as of Sept. 1.
The tilition increase does not apply to the University's state- supported branch, the College of Ceramics. The State University of New York, which f u n d s the Ceramics College, has indicated the possibility of a tuition increase, but no formal announcement has been made.
S Alfred University has informed faculty members in its private sector that the sump-sum r e t r o a c t i v e p a y m e n t s covering salary increases for the months of S e p t e m b e r , October and November 1971 would be made Feb. 15.
The announcement, in the form of a memorandum, was issued by the University's provost and vice president for academic affairs, Dr.
J . D. Barton, J r .
F a c u l t y s a l a r i e s h a d been blocked at Aug. 15 levels following President Nixon's 90-day wage-
» price freeze under the Economic Stabalization Act of 1970. Once the freeze had been lifted, faculty m e m b e r s began receiving scheduled contractual increases for the 1971-72 fiscal year with their December 1971 paychecks.
Barton's announcement, dated I Jan. 14, cleared up the lingering
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A b o r t i o n fee illegal
It is now illegal to charge a fee for abortion referrals in New York State. However, some referral services still have fees and they f have moved out of New York State or gone underground. Therefore, you are urged to avoid any agency that charges a fee ince there's no guarantee that their interest lies in anything other than your money.
There are agencies that do provide free abortion referral;
many of them to hospitals and clinics in the New York City area.
Price range from $80 on up. The a v e r a g e is $150 for v a c u u m aspiration (7-12 weeks LMP) and
• $350 for a saline abortion (17-22
^ weeks LMP).
Here is a list of agencies that do not have fees. Please note that they do not accept collect phone calls.
1. Planned Parenthood's Family Planning Information Service 212- 677-3040
Miles said the $150 increase for the 1972-73 academic year was required to cover most costly goods and services, modest faculty salary improvement and a "few additional faculty so that we can m a i n t a i n our p r e s e n t student- faculty ratio."
Adding that he believed federal anti-inflation controls " s h o u l d reduce the rate at which future costs rise," Miles said faculty and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s at Alfred University would receive "half the salary raises for 1972-73 that they received this year."
"Hopefully, as the cost of living declines, salaries and costs can be stabalized, thus making it possible also to s t a b a l i z e educational charges to parents," Miles said.
question of retroactivity for the three-month duration of the freeze.
Citing Stabalization Act Amend- ments of 1971, Barton said it was now possible for Alfred University
"to make retroactive payments to adjust your salary up to the 1971-72 contract amount."
Barton's announcement applied only to the U n i v e r s i t y ' s predominantly private sector, not to its state supported branch, the College of C e r a m i c s . F a c u l t y .members in this latter unit are paid directly by New York State.
Last Nov. 14, Ceramics College faculty received the first in- stallment of yearly salary in- crements that had been tem- porarily blocked by the wage-price freeze.
I n f o r m a t i o n was not im- m e d i a t e l y a v a i l a b l e on the question of retroactivity as it af- fects Ceramics College faculty.
2. Clergy Consultations Service 212-477-0034 (taped message listing state offices)
3. Abortion R e f e r r a l , In- formation and Evaluating Service 212-867-9040
4. The Women's Center Health and Abortion Project 212-691-2063 5. Zero Population Growth 212- 489-7794
Tenure Committee
Students at Ithaca College now have an official voice in decisions on tenure for faculty members.
The college's faculty of humanities and sciences voted unanimously to include four students as voting members of a committee that advises the provost on tenure and promotion decisions. Aside from the students, the committee also includes twelve tenure and four untenured faculty members.
The Student Assembly got off to a roaring start this semester with a grand total attendance of nine at T h u r s d a y ' s m e e t i n g . Lack of publicity for the event was presumably the cause of the thin attendance. The Student Assembly is the coordinating body for many student activities on campus, so all those interested in becoming in- volved in student planning and government are urged to attend.
Meetings will be held e v e r y Thursday at 9:00 p.m., in the Campus Center.
At the first meeting of the s e m e s t e r , last T h u r s d a y , President Jim Simermeyer made general opening remarks; the progress of the Student Store was briefly d i s c u s s e d ; and Vice
Note from Registrar
Seniors:
Something new is being tried by the registrar. All seniors who plan to graduate in June must go to the registrar's office and secure an Application for Graduation. This form must be registered in the Records Office within 30 days after the beginning of the senior's final semester.
This form will be used to clear up and hopefully e l i m i n a t e such
National
Nixon-Environment
In President Nixon's third state of the Union Address, he proposed a set of constructive programs which respond to and act on today's social and environmental problems.
Speaking about the environment, he pointed out to Congress the a c h i e v e m e n t s during his Ad- ministration to date: establish- m e n t of the E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection Agency, new air quality standards, and a Refuse Act to combat water pollution.
The President said, "The most striking fact about environmental legislation in the early 1970's is how much has been proposed and how little has been enacted. The need for action in these areas is urgent.
The forces which threaten our environment will not wait while we procrastinate."
The President spoke of his two- year old proposals related to
Carson Busted
Being busted is one thing, but when you are the son or daughter of well-known personality, it's quite another story. Richard W.
Carson, son of Johnny Carson, has been busted for grass. It's just too bad that J. Edgar Hoover never married or the laws might have been changed by now.
President Rich Vaughn mentioned the upcoming m e e t i n g s with Trustees about the Master Plan, scheduled for this past Saturday. A new student m e m b e r to the Curriculum Committee was ap- pointed, due to the departure of the original one. The only item of financial business was the an- nouncement by Treasurer Kathy B o u c h a r d , that the Student Assembly presently has $2200 and is waiting for this semester's $6000 f r o m the A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . The Ontology Club made a proposal that they receive $580 for this semester's expenses for speakers and l i t e r a t u r e . All f i n a n c i a l proposals will be voted on at the last meeting of each month.
problems as searching through records at the end of the year and finding out that a student has not c o m p l e t e d the n e c e s s a r y requirements for graduation.
Everyone:
Today is the last day for adding a course with a $15.00 fee inclusive.
Also, you may pick up a calendar for the 1972-73 school year in the Records Office.
higher education. " S t u d e n t assistance measures to ensure that no qualified person would be barred from college by lack of money, a National Institute of Education to bring new energy and new direction to educational research, and a National Foun- dation for Higher Education to encourage innovation in learning beyond high school. These initiatives are still awaiting final action by Congress. They deserve prompt, approval.
T.P. Sales Illegal
Recently, the uncovering of the sale of prepared term papers has caused quite a disturbance. Two students from the University of Michigan now face expulsion for the use of a commercial term p a p e r writing s e r v i c e . Un- fortunately and unknowingly, the two students purchased identical papers for the same English class, taught by the same professor. They had been told by the company that their papers were original.
Last year, two Harvard students were found using the same service.
One was expelled, and the other was suspended for a year.
Sanford Dean, chairman of the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan, said if the students can buy term papers,
"why don't we sell thrm course credits or degrees?"
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Cn<;tle sneaks at Aa. Tech "Nixonization" planned
W V l O I I U O j J W M • w V J O * American students, who have was raised of a major escalat What is furniture? We use it
every day. We sleeep in it, carry on conversations in it and eat at it, but when you stop to consider it as an art form, whole new concepts arise.
Last Thursday night in the central dining room at Alfred Tech, Mr. Wendal Castle, through films and slides, demonstrated how a "mundane" piece of fur- niture can be transformed into a work of art. Mr. Castle's sculp- tures consisted of chairs, tables and chests that had been worked into a sculptural form by his ingenious use of wood, styrofoam, plastic, and fiberglass.
Thé pieces that he showed of his earlier work dating from 1963-1970, dealt with the concept of how the object rises from the floor, the transition between the base and top of thç idea of moving the base of the object to an off-center position.
He mentioned that he had noted pieces of furniture with four legs, one in each corner. This does not have to be the rule for all furniture and certainly isn't for his. This concept was seen in the chair and table ensembles in which the base rose thickly from the floor and
spread into a rounded chair with the table stemming out from the side.
A dining room table hung from the ceiling was suspended by wooden columns that were deisnged to allow each person unobstructed vision of others. This was accomplished by sectioning the table into specific seating- areas and coordinating the columns in a like manner.
Wood forms rose up and curved down to the floor again in a wor- ' mlike position, leaving a davenport
in the middle.
Another f characteristic ¿>f his work was thin octupus-like legs that swirled out over the base or formed the base themselves in chairs where they touched the floor with tiny toes that seemed to dafy the sense of balance and gave to the chair an organic appearance.
Most of the wooden pieces were put together in a time consuming process of lamination in which, piece by piece, the layers were glued, bolted and smoothed down.
Mr. Castle's feeling towards his work is that the craftsman relates to the material. "It should noi be considered as precious as it is only
Bangaladesh (coni. pg. 1)
million and is at present in a state of utter destruction and misery. A special team of inspectors from the World Bank commented on the former East Pakistan and now Bangladesh; "Resulting from the Pakistani Army's rampage last March, the city of Dacca looked like the morning after a nuclear attack.'' Till now the situation has gotten only worse. An estimated 6,000,000 homes have been destroyed. More than 1,000,000 persons were killed and the calamity of the situation led 10 million refugees to flee to India.
Nearly 1,400,000 farm families have been left without land, tools or animals to work their lands.
And, of course, there are thousands of untold and unaccounted homeless, hungry, sick and dying.
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returning to Bangladesh but the cost of maintaining hundreds of refugee camps, scattered all along the border area as well as inside India, has declined only slightly from the peak of $4,000,000.00 daily.
These camps did • provide protection from massacre and rape but in terms of food, shelter and medicine these were far from adequate if only because of the huge number of people concerned.
For example, one of the camps in Mana in the heart of India has a population of about 300,000 refugees.
Due to the inadequate and in- sufficient supplies, diseases like cholera and smallpox are turning into epidemics. Only the other day on TV we saw how in one of the camps, smallpox "has spread to an uncontrollable extent. Many people are sick and the children are dying with Hunger, malnutrition, and sickness. There are blind and brain-damaged children who have suffered from malnutrition. If a person among us provides minimum care for just one of these dying babies or a mother it would be his great contribution towards humanity.
Among the relief items ex- tremely urgently needed a r e : antibiotics, anti-diarrhea drugs, multivitamin capsules (for adults) and drops (for children), smallpox vaccine, anti-tetanus serum, anti- gangrene serum, haematomic drops, bandages, surgical gauze, sterile dressings, adhesive plaster, antiseptics, sulpha drugs, maternity sets, minor surgical instruments, portable first aid boxes, milk powder, baby food, -tinned food (except pork), tents, blankets, warm clothes and ground sheets.
We can multiply our con- tributions to this humanitarian cause manifolds by spreading the word among our friends, relatives and church organizations. Please remember that the lives of many sick and dying children could depend on your contribution.
Medicine,,food supplies and other items can be directly sent to:
East Pakistan Emergency Refugee Fund, P.O. Box 1776, Wash., D.C. 20013
Oxform-America Inc., 120 East 32nd Street, Box NL, New York, N.Y. 10016
East Bengal Emergency Relief Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 1801, Wash., D.C. 20013.. or your dollars can be channeled through our local group, Mr. Bruce Connaly, Treasurer, Pakistan Refugee Relief Fund, Alfred, N.Y.
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another means by which to achieve the form."
In comparing his pieces of furniture to sculpture, he says that
"it is not sculpture but it is the same thing as sculpture." This would imply that his work requires a new category that he might simOly call "objects."
Most important to Mr. Castle is the idea of change. "Growing is the most important thing, an artist deals with change."
What is Furniture? To Wendal Castle it is just another way of expressing himself in a sculptural manner that is ever changing and growing with endless possibilities to explore.
by Lana Gits
Ontology: study of one's o w n being
Ontology can best be described as the study of one's own being.
This belief also takes into account that one should not hide from life, nor porivde superfiaial escapes when problems arise. Thus, it is the essential belief of ontology that one should "peel away" his false identities and bring forth his true and natural personality.
On February 10 three members of the Connecticut Chapter of the Ontology Club spoke to Alfred students about the value of on- tology and how it should be in- corporated within oneself. Cath During, Dave Fell and Ricci Cardiff all sespectively brought out the fact that eveyone strives to be
"right," as well as be accepted by others. In the process of doing so, one incorporates within himself his external surroundings. ' These external influences inhibit his true character from appearing.
In accordance with this Robert Musil's "A Man Without C h a r a c t e r , " illustrates how throughouts a person's lifetime he is conditioned by society to con- form to certain rules and regulations. From childhood to old age many limitations are placed upon a person as to prohibit his true character from appearing.
The speakers claim that only through ontology can one be completely free of societal con-«
dioning and therefore, be able to exist as a true person; not possessed with false propensities.
Ontology also takes into account the aspect of love.. Love, as esplained by Dave Fell, is a completely stable experience within oneself. In essence, it can come to be heaven.
American students, who have marched by the hundreds of thousands against the war, reject the patent fraud of President Nixon's 8 point peace plan. It is the American government who is the foreign aggressor in Indochina.
The only solution that can end the war and bring the POW's home is the total, unconditional, immediate withdrawal of all American GI's, bombers, and ships from Southeast Asia.
Before Nixon took office, the U.S.
was only the aggressor in Vietnam, now we are the aggressor in Laos and Cambodia. We remember that it was Nixon who ordered the in- vasions of Laos and Cambodia.
And it is Nixon's phony peace plan which continues the saturation bombing of all of Indochina. On the same day that Nixon goes before the American people to talk about
"peace", The New York Times reported a new "protective reaction" bombing raid over North Vietnam.
In addition to the pledge of more of the same, an ominous new threat
was raised of a major escalation of the war. The implied threat throughout his whole speech was that if the PRG and the North Vietnamese do not accept his so- called "8 point peace plan" he will fully "meet his responsibilities as Commander-in-Chief." From the man who invaded Cambodia and Laos, and renewed the bombing of North Vietnam can only mean more killing, more bombing, and more POW's.
The SMC will be launching a national campaign to tell the truth about the war to the American people. On Feb. 25-27 in New York City at Washington Irving High School, the SMC, in conjunction with student leaders from every section of the country, will hold a National Student Antiwar Con- ference to organize massive op- position to the "Nixonization" of the war this spring on every college campus and high school in America.
For further information call Dotti Bolieu (212) 741-1960.
The turkeys say: The St. Pat's Crew is FARRR-OUT!!! Gobble, gobble, fettle, fettle you zeros!
Papers typed—50c per page. Call Joyce 871-3235, 117 Cannon Hall
For Sale: 10 speed Columbia racing bike. Excellent condition, only 3 weeks old. G.E. portable stereo in good condition. Call 871- 3148.
Need a babysitter for any evening or weekend? Call Karen at 871- 3435.
Happy Anniversary to Stevie and Madeline. The Boys.
Attention girls of Alfred! Jack Grief has been declared off limits by the NYS Board of Health.
8 TRACK TAPES—All original sounds. $3.35 and up. A new.
All tapes fullly guaranteed. Sold in the Student Store at the Campus Center—School Supplies and Books available.
Congratulations to the fine job of all the actors and actresses in the plays put on this past weekend.
Young lovelies BEWARE! Harvey is on the prowl again.
Eliza—did you really get a part in the play???
Apt. size refrigerator for rent. See Jim Abrahams-^871-3331.
Keep it up, Herman.
LOST—1 Silver charm bracelet lacking charms but with an ROTC keychain entwined in it. $5.00 REWARD. Contact Molly Rulon, Cannon 223, 871-3353.
Come on Palisades?
Rich! Speeny's Wanted—one roommate.
Experienced typist will do thesis, term papers', etc. Have IBM Selectric. Reasonable rates. Call Bath, N.Y. 607-776-4513 after 5 p.m.
Scott is a sissy.
"STONEYVILLE'S S T U F F " is goin up in "smoke", but down in price! Look in future FIATS.
FOR CLASSIFIEDS Phone 871-2192
Three Magic Circles by ArtCarved.
For the two
of you—three matchless circles of love. One to celebrate your
engagement. Two for your wedding day. Shown are two exquisite examples from a collection created by ArtCarved, the foremost name in engagement and wedding rings.
And to assure you you're getting what you pay for, ArtCarved stamps its diamond grade code as well as the exact diamond size inside every ring
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