Show Student Page 4 Life Friday March 14 — Utah State University Mo) Student Life The STUDENT LIFE'S official editorial position h Other mateiial expressed in the columns directly below the opinions of the on this page and the next page express I I II ls UDFN SI individual writer and not necessarily the unless indicated BY Eric Hoffer Tasks which in other coun tries are reserved for a select minority for a specially train ed elite are' in this country Dick performed by every Tom comdid and Harry Not only mon Americans build and name towns but- they also founded states propagated new faiths wrote armies commanded the for ran and highest books offices It is this that makes America unprecedentedly new It always tickles me to observe how the ness of the radicals shows in their nonegalitarianism I have yet to meet a radical who truly believes that people can rule themselves and can run things without outstanding leaders The who goes to the masses always goes in search of lead ership In the longshoremen’s union the radicals always had a nervous breakdown any time a common barely literate long shoreman ran for office and got elected To me it seems axiomatic that the common people every-wherare our natural allies Sus!bihCo?hfsUhemlMOlt' Our foreign aid to the ward countries Nitty Gritty — By com-mo- Prediction for the spring election? 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I am bored already Everyone is waiting The student wolves are preparing to will pounce on my prediction Everyone thinks the prediction I will be Packerish By predicting who will win the election give glamour to the candidate Relax I am not going to mention names just the type Besides my views are nihilistic concerning student elections on this campus I take value in the letter that w'as written to the editor this averquarter by the president of the SAP’s He was right The does vote care does not (Usnot this student on campus age student-bod- y a of election the in out least vote at 3000 spring ually is a defeat of student of 8500) In this case the non-vot- e elections in my opinion Why? n ra-dic- e itory and that our chief contribu-tioto the advancement of should be the energizing and activation of lowly folk We must learn how to impart to common people everywhere the technological political and social skills which would them to dispense with the tutorship of the upper classes and the intellectuals We must deflate the pretensions of self appointed elites These elites will hate us no matter what we do and it is legitimate for n man-kin- d en-ab- le myths fo second of three columns deal ing with the Selective Service This is the and a possible volunteer army BY TERRY BLEVINS (Editor’s note: there no interes? Usually it is the nature of the candidates The traditional candidate is the WURMM — pronounced the election of 1967 the WURMM was almost In spring feated The WURMM won by two votes In the spring election of 1968 all four male members who won executive council posts were WURMM’s Only in the ASUSU Senate seats do we find Why back-war- it-se- lf Bush — is non-WURM- Same Note: This letter to the ASUSU Senate from the Com wrote the Student Bill of Rights and Freedoms and Code expresses the intent of the Committee We feel it will understand the document better) m Published trl wk1y during xchool yar excapt during official holidays and final axam waek by tha Associated Students of Utah State University Editorial offices Union 3IS Business offices Union 317 and change of address mould be addressed Correspondence to P0 Box 1262 University Station Utah 84321 Logan Subscribtion price SI per quarter $3 per year Entered for second class postage at the Post Office in Logan Utah ty "aiona1 dviH!!!n? JV National Educational Advertising NYe 10017 Uxington Av Ptesented herein does not necessarily Imply endorse-moo- t by this newspapor ditor!4' of The Student Life do not necessarily represent the view of the P3 student body or the University Administration 5rvic 360 maril KAREN BUSH EDITOR-IN-CHIE- MANAGING BUSINESS MANAGER F EDITOR ASSISTANT MANAGING SALES MANAGER ADVERTISING SALES CHIEF COPY EDITOR Sports TONY ARNONE Editor Society Editor Fine Arts Editor — MARDELL EDITOR MARILYN COOK 1 — — — BLEVINS mark zaugg DAVE CURTIS - Chris HEATH STARR Pederson Dixie Artist °t0graphr Circulation Columnists — Craig Hislop J J Platt Bob Giacovelli E Rich Kohutek O Chima Pramod Kulkarni Lynn eaX-OrtKmL- Dalton Carma Wadley Dick Clawson Clark Jay Colledqi Fati Marjani SL Op Packer Terry Blevins ynn KVhivBi'knBl1' kJ5hir'V Eastland Roxanne Miller Pam Pramod Kulkarni Mike Greg Hansen Terry Moser Susan Williams Georgene Stable Jack Judy Christensen Dennis Fine Richard Johnston Audrey Darley GraPn°trteprofxminn Perry Snow PARRISH TERRY — a 1 As you requested on October 8 1968 in Senate Bill committee be established to review the present student code and recommend changes We the committee chosen by the ASUSU Presi dent and ratified by the Senate are pleased to present our recommended Document One member of the committee Dennis Child Graduate Senator and appointed chairman of the committee participated in the work of the committee from the beginning to the end of January 1969 when he went to Costa Rica for research purposes Upon his leave James Chamnes was appointed chairman of the committee to finish the work Hence the two chairmen are shown at the end of this letter as first chairman and second chairman respectively The Document is a product of intensive inquiry extended and in depth research on the problems of the Student University relationship that exist on many University Campuses today We do not contend that the ideals and principles contained within will solve all existing problems on this campus but we believe that this document is the first step of many in the process of making this a better University The ideals and principles we recommend are not revolutionary but they do represent distinct acceleration of established trends and in some respects tentative new departures which we hope will become trends in the future In general our proposals may be seen in two categories: First the student in his status as the most member of the academic community has both rights and important freedoms and duties Within that community the student’s most essential right is the right to learn The University has a duty to provide for the student those Privileges opportunities and protections which best promote the learning process in all its aspects The student for his part has duties to other members of the academic community the most important of which is to refrain from interference with those rights of others which are equally essential to the purposes and processes of the University Second restructured limited and clarified University disciplin ary procedures be established We oppose duplication of any civil law penalities by University action We believe the University dis clplinary pow'ers should be exercised over individuals only in specialized circumstances later detailed We believe the student is f a memer the academic community he is also a citizen ® larger soclety As a citizen he retains those rights protec Uons and guarantees of fair treatment which are held by all citizens I ??HrniVeHS?y may n0t deny tfiem t0 him The enforcement of the larger society is however the imvS nMk Si dUtieS responsib UdiCial authorities l6gal established for that duly purpose forAstSqthlC°minItteeS StUdy centered on rights and freedoms n° attempt to formulate a general and in an interpretive thaj term’ or to explain dircted our energies to the formulation ooerSionafdar of concrete application of the concept This documentldPntfni !! a!?d freedoms of students and provides for them a DresrrihpH1"13 ys em of Procedural due process and we submit and Procedures as a testament of the CommiUee’f rnnf rFCtFr! rights and freedoms for students dis-cussio- inS l ? STEVEN BAUER MILT LEE GEORGE TRIBBLE ical future Let me repeat: There is an America hidden in the soil of every country and in the soul of every people It is our task to help common people every where discover their America at home (COPYRIGHT 1969 are from OUR All quotations ABOSOLETE AND UNFAIR ’ DRAFT-AN- DO WHAT D ABOUT IT WE CAN by Bruce K of a professional army perpetrate a variety of myths to fool the public The biggest myth is that with a pro fessional army a country sets r itself up for a military of the government This assertion is ridiculous take-ove- re for several reasons First member the issue Le enlistment vs the draft The idea behind the above threat is that the selective serviceof with its continual turnover soldiers keeps the military from getting too strong Draftees have the least inflvolun-tar- 69-X1- me own efforts We must how to stiffen their backbones son that they will insist on getting their full share of the good life and not allow themselves to be sacri ficed to the Moloch of a myth know Opponents Members of the Senate This spring the election in my eyes will be one of the same-sacandidates same platforms same issues same same same The WURMM again will dominate Every candidate will be Establishment There will be no Student Freedom Party to add spice No J J Platt’s no Andrew Zipser’s All candidates will be unaware of the issues (Most of them will not have read the Student Bill of Rights and Freedom and Code of Conduct) Platforms will consist of stuggling ideas for issues The old issues are gone has been passed course evaluation is on its way a student bill of rights has been written parking has somewhat been alleviated Everything is fine and dandy Therefore be prepared to see - no issues There is comfront in the status quo And the Shelton status quo is one to further (Be suspicious: everything is never perfect) The elections committee because of the grade point election bungling will bungle the spring election in the rules and voting procedures The election will be challenged and declared invalid The same vicious cycle goes on and on Ho-hu— don’t even think I’ll vote this year their Chapman) (mamas ferara (Editor’s mittee who of Conduct help you to S in Asia ca and Latin America should be tailored to the needs of masses rather than of th elite The elites hanker for the trappings of the twentieth cen tury They want steel mills' dams airlines skyscrapers' etc Let them get these trap! pings from elitist Russia Our gift to the masses in the countries should be the capacity for selfhelp We must show them how to get bread human dignity and strength by - Down to the 10 DENNT? ttvPJJt1? CHILD MARY LYNN ABRAMS RON OLIVER J J PLATT y of anyone in the world In their two years they never attain any position of authority uence to They are told whatGod and by everyone better do by they d do it are The people to worry about athe professional soldiers we They lready have the big brass if they and make the decisions t want to take over the as govern-men- they easity with do it just draftees as they can can with volunteers milThe Greek and Argentine accomplished were itary coups “The most using conscripts of age military dictatorsFranco Trujillo Stalin m - Mussolini-use- d conscripts while the German constitutiH forbade conscription when h® ler came to power tuted it ’ nonetheless and draft international aggre fueled his sion” (Chapman p110) Another myth B the abolition ol the draft an cost of establishing unteer army of the A Pentagon study tha P maintained 196466 bi all-voi- scales would have - to be percent to ’ Zou Pe ed 110 fund incr total and that the six d would be anywhere from dollars billion lion dollars to 17 one In the first place these of suspicious hi because they are so n0 The Pentagon obylcmsly f idea how much the chang Wwould cost or else M According to Chaff the 17 billion ““vebAGE “would mean a Raise for every person jEg - military and Pres“®athe take into dr Really stantial savings fromturnover j( reduced manpower on t0 Chapman goes onPge (Continued 5) |