Show 2 — STUDENT 1964 JANUARY 31 LIFE Press Freedom Margaret Chase Smith Next President! $ USU Students Faculty Say No! I I £J Ii it U I fj j Whenever groups of student editors get together and talk about their problems and triumphs the conversation inevitably turns to freedom of the press but seldom do the student editors know why they should have freedom of the press in their colleges and universities The following includes excerpts from an article entitled “Why Student Press Freedom’’ by Mark Acuff an editor of the New Mexico Lobo Acuff states that “we pass resolutions condemning the totalitarians among our college and university administrations and we censure those student governments failing to protect the autonomy of the student press We boo the mention of certain university presidents and applaud the memory of those student editors who gave their academic lives for the cause of freedom There is one fact that needs no disputing on why the student press should be free This is that the student press has above all else an educational function within the context of modern democratic education “It is even more obvious that the student press cannot begin to responsibly exercise its educational function unless it is a free student press “Supposedly all of us in American colleges and universities are involved in a process we have chosen to call ‘liberal education’ — a process created to serve society through the development of a critical facility for informed decision-makinin the young adults of the society Liberal education has many definitions and the arguments over the methods of achieving a liberal education are many and varied “Admittedly there are very few college administrations even in private schools with no legislatures to fear which actually encourage and attempt to foster discussion innovation and criticism — especially when unpopular ideas are g Lowell Student Life Dittmer Reporter Is a woman qualified to sene as President of the United States? Utah Staters don’t seem to think so In a poll taken by Student Life 32 of 60 students and faculty queried said “not qualified” The ’Life asked 36 men and coeds the following questions : 1 Do you think a woman is qualified to serve as President? 2 Do you think Sen Margaret Chase Smtih is personally qualified? 3 Do you think she has a chance of winning either the GOP nomination or the election? 4 Do you think she might 24 the win nom- vice-presidenti- al ination? The men indicated with 16 yeas to 20 nays that they didn't consider a woman “qualified” to hold the highest office but the women were evelny divided: 12 said yes and 12 said no concerned Comments were varied Steve “That the United States commercial press has by and Larsen large abdicated its responsibilities in the realm of free exaccounting pression and criticism is no reason why the student press major said “personally no From just my own experience should follow suit In fact it is an excellent reason why the with women — my mother — student press must work all the harder to and enengender no emotional stabilcourage a campus dialogue — for the commercial press is run they have to a handle situation when by accountants these days while the student press is still run ity too it becomes tense” by aspiring journalists” Bruce Bishop studentbody The student press has an historic role on the campus as critic and gadfly source of new ideas and the thought proposer of new president solutions image we have to present to the world has to be a masculine We must realize this fine tradition carries with it the weight of tremendous If we misuse our freedom we image of authority and deterresponsibility mination” harm not just ourselves but the educational of our process institution as well And we place future generations of student USU Pres Daryl Chase wras editors under the cloud of our past mistakes — quoted by his secretary as sayjh ing “I think it’s wonderful that her middle name is ‘Chase’ but I don’t want to get involved in the political aspects of the Student wNaiL?n2LAvertSIl Representative: National Advertising Service street New iork 22 N ¥ year Dy the Associated ofT ints o otan stateuurmg lna scnooi room 213 Student Union university Oifice bunding I Pone SK extension 472 as Unteiea second class matter September iau& at Logan Utah 01 Marcn UlYv raipCInitllC at ’special Acceptance tor postage is in accordance with postal laws mailing and regulations $3 per ear or $1 per quarter S3SoerCnnVri2prmes f?r counTry : question” Dr Judd Ilarmon prof of pol- was that women ics major thought “a woman’s sayeis Wen-de- l Dr as as men home” is in mai! the “just good place Anderson professor of pol- better” The most frequent aJ itical science warned that “As swer encountered among tho far as international or military opposed was that women would affairs are concerned it may be at a disadvantage in inter national affairs pose special problems” 19 she Question number 2 — is Mrs Liza Blotter hoped “Of Republican Smith personally qualified’ would win candidates I think she’s best — provoked deep bewilderment I’d vote for her if I could” Ro- Most of the students 45 of the bert Anger however thinks 60 say they “don’t know about her” Responses she’s an oddball” the ranged from a laconic “never ‘Men should have last say I don’t think men heard of her” to “From what would take orders from her” I know about her I think she pointed out Byron Patterson is qualified” Jan Nolte physical educeducation major “She’d have all sorts of troubles with con- ation major volunteered: “I gress” Marilyn Talbot said a think so — ifshe wouldn’t be ruwoman “Can’t stand up under nning for it she wasn’t” such difficult conditions Too Dr E Peterson prof of ge” ography said “No Her breadth The consensus of the “yea- - of knowledge is too limited" - faint-hearted- WALT DISNEY’S 'mt J “RR I t Adults Students 100 75 Doors Open 1:15 With Discount Cards Fecrfure Times hmuiihi 2:05 4:40 7:15 9:50 46 W 2nd S SLC know” An home econom- - C Tippetts Explains Fine Arts Building The theater in the fine arts costume shops dance studios was a discussion of the fine building will seat 750 people and a little theater arts building led by Dr Twain and will be used to present The building will cost apTippetts head of the fine arts plays $4200000 and is proximately department The building will be built fashioned after the Guthrie The senate had been worried in two stages The first will Theater in Philadelphia Pa about the feasibility of such a include the auditorium classwhich is considered to be one small concert hail (2300 seats) rooms rooms exof the best theaters in the practice when the studentbody is now hibit world space and of course ever 6000 and will be growing the concert hall The building won’t be fineach year The finished budding will con- ished for about two and a half The purpose behind the tain a pipe organ to be used years small auditorium is to pro- for Also in Senate: instruction a Green Room vide the audience with the The general laws of the a and carillon for receptions best accoustics possible Dr ASUSU were discussed by Dave four will tower be It stories Tippetts pointed out that the one wing and three in Nelson committee chairman New York Philharmonic Ilall tall in but were tabled until next other the seated only 2500 people for a The building will contain meeting single performance The cite of the fine arts buildWHO WRITES ing will be east of the engineering building where the large THESE LITTLE vy :s plot of grass now is TTie problems that were seen ADS? by the faculty as well as some Good or bad they are the amateur of the students are the parki efforts of ‘Syl’ Needham — Not a M ing problem seating problem canned service cooked up by a pro the scheduling of large events M in the Fieldhouse and the atEast — Come see me back ri: tracting of greater crowds AT NEEDHAM S When there is a popular contw'o scheduled be will it cert R or more nights in order for more students to see it : PM-M- and WED ATS MARCH 7th SAT - Ufe 2:30 pm s MAGAZINE BARBARA JOHN MEISTER m PREEIEI! 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