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Show DESERET NEWS, Why Students Protest: They Want A Voice (L T four (rtlcloo ourvcyinf otudnV vlrwo ff currtnt codpuo wnmt.) By JOEL RUSSELL CHICAGO On February 14 a spirited band of students at the University of Chicago strode out of th campus administration building after 15 days of sitting In and holding It. They had seized one of the universitys most important facul- ties and rendered it useless, and now the this phase of it was ever, struggle Well be bade!' they chanted triumphantly. What brought the students to the brink of violent confrontation with authority were basically the same issues which are bringing larger and larger numbers of students Into campus struggles throughout the US. The dt-i-n was one of four major Midwest campus protests In the past two months. Though the forum of the action wrs different, some basic themes ran through all of them. There was a chant for power some call It. student power. Whatever the name, students feel a sense of powerlessness, a deep and abiding feeling of frustration and impotence to direct the affairs of the university. One major demand by demonstrator! the acceptance in principle of was power in the hirequal student-facult- y ing and firing of professors. What prompted the demand was the refusal of the university on Dec. 15, 1968, to renew the contract of Mrs. Marlene radical Dixon, a popular, and assistant sociology professor. One protester was Michael Barnett, 25, a graduate atudent In physics. "Many atudents felt the elt-i- n could give us aome ay in what goes on at the university." he said. The handling of the Dixon case brought all these feelings to the surface.'. What made the case of Mn. Dixon pivotal was that many students strongly believed she was quietly eased out because of her radical politic, not, aa file university stoutly proclaimed, because she was unqualified. Barnett added, A number of underlying issues had built up before Marlenes case. One was the firing of Jesse Lem-isc- h (a radical aaslitant history professor dismissed in 1967). The radical students took his case all through the normal channels and got nowhere. Steven Orman, 24, a junior biology major, agreed that going through channels has contributed to student frustration. Weve never had any Influence in deciding the direction of students at this university, said Orman. Students, he added, are not sure just bow much power they want One tiling he says. Black activists are reading Che, Cuban papers, Frantz Fanon, Ho Chi Minh. Were already in a third world thing. It will eventually develop into an international organization. A fellow activist at Roosevelt, Dennis Maivel, has a similar view. I personally feel a kinship wUh third world students, but not Western European students. Blacks in America and tnird world students have a common enemy the white world, says Marvel. Nowhere in the Midwest, except at Wisconsin, have black and white students formed a united front to fight the same battles over the same issues. Black students, in the main, have stuck to the issues of black studies departments and cultural centers. White, in the main, have rallied around the issues of student power. Where black and white student views converge Is in their conception of the universities as so rigid and reactionary that they cannot adapt to change and must be bulldozed into it through radical, sometimes violent, tactics. e member dark Klssenger, a of Students for a Democratic Society and veteran community organizer (at 24) on Chicagos North Side, recited a standard SDS argument, which seems to be a premise student radicals use for justifying their attempts to seize power, by whatevSDS leader at the University of Chicago, shouts orders during sitin. er means. The power of a University in tiie sionate devotee of the late Malcolm X, at Chicagos Roosevelt University, Denhands of men, qualified only because of Furaha (who refuses to give bis English nis Marvel. their wealth, influence, family backand not by language, or slave name) labels as Another Wisconsin black activist, Wilgrounds or social status not worth the attention the charge by lie Joe Edwards, says: Behind our service to or interest in academic Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles demand is a desire to develop a new achievement is power illegitimately that outside conspirators are behind blade intellectual dass that can relate to held. campus demonstrations. black people. Blade studies are necesTherefore, the argument runs, if the Whats going on in the U.S. is a sary if we are going to go back to the trustees of an institution like the U. of C. are men who exercise power, not in the black cultural revolution. Its essential black community and offer it anything. While black students feel a strong kin- interest of an academic community, hut component is the drive for blade liberain the interest of a corrupt society, then ship with the brothers in the ghetto, tion, declared Furaha. The education they are split over the issue of the broth--' the university cannot condemn students offered by the American system is ers the who seek power through means other thoughout the third world than those prescribed by these same underdevelgeared to white, Weston European con- activist phrase for cepts and, consequently, conflicts with oped countries of Latin America, Asia, men. Their power Is Immorally held and exercised, the SDS argument concludes. the black cultural revolution. Therefore, and Africa. an is for sure this university, and I guess others too, are gonna have to find a way of sharing meanlnful decision-makin- g with students, or theyll be faced witn disruptions and violence fer a long time, be continued. Tha U. of C protest was unique, In that It was the only one in the Midwest in which womens liberation was a major issue. Womens liberation, explained Sally Yagol, a a junior from Evanston, North Chicago middle-clas- s suburb, means getting rid of the false, d view of women that we are taught at this university. To fire Mrs. Dixon was to suppress the only professor at this institution who had an alternative view about women in our society, she said. Other major Midwest protests centered around the demand for relevant black studies programs. Relevance is the key word. It crops up time and again, with white students and particularly black militants, high school and college. There is a piracy of relevance, declared a University of Wisconsin sophomore psychology major, Kuelewa Fura-h-a, scoffing at the notion of a subversive, far-lenation-wid- e conspiracy behind campus unrest. A confirmed black separatist and pas pretty, petulant one-side- Super Fountain! By HARRY JONES One of the little known bits of the different World of Utah lies just off the main highway between Green River and Price. ... It's a bit of natures plumbing a geyser. It is more active and more faithful than Old Faithful up Yellowstone Park way. Utahs geyser shoots straighter . . . higher . . . oftener . . . every 45 to 50 minutes. c ft David Addison, 27, a second-yea- r graduate student in law at ths University of Blinds, contends black American students shouldnt get hung-u- p on Vietnam. Weve got enough serious issues now, declares Addison. Mike Barnett, who is white, feels that there are no international links between protesting students in Prague, Berkeley and Chicago, except that we read about them and Fredric D. Rainey, 22, a militantly tough black activist at Roosevelt U., dissents. Yeah, I see the possibility of international ties, though not soon. Its been done on an abstract level already," vice-vers- a. What To Do About S.L. s Financial Bind? makers add, it will also force the dty fathers to justify any spending for which there must be Increases in tbs property The May special session of the 88th tax levy. Utah Legislature may produce an inThere are two Important differences Southern Utah and Lake Powell region. 2. Sac Salt Lake City is apparently crease in the local option sales tax to relations which do This represents over 40 per cent of the the municipal government most In need, existing in statc-dtSalt Lake help not apply to federal state associations. Legislature. a property tax boost could ensure that City meet its curWhen they were not discussing the the cities of Utah are totally s city will be raised. First, only the taxes In rent creatures of state government and have magnificent scenery of the area, they Even with an election, a boost in sales crisis. session probonly such powers as are granted by the were talking about special tax for Salt Lake City would affect many But dont count lems. And tiie expressed sentiments ran Legislature. who live elsewhere but who do a people on it! Second, the state of Utah receives stroiigly against a boost in the local opof their purchasing in the capdeal great u even if such a hike can During the reg-large sums of money in direct and indi- tion sales tax ital dty. 1 a r sublegislative, issue is be Imposed only after tin whether the lawrect federal subsidies 3. Sales tax is a source of revenue session,' a large makers like it or not and many state mitted to the people for a vote. which should be kept for use of state number of lawmore sentiment There la, however, agencies are dependent to a marked makers contended now in favor of giving Salt Lake City government, rather than for local govon federal funding. degree ernment that Salt Lake City While tiie legislators were accepting, more property tax leeway. The Senate should 'solve its and in this inA Rural lawmakers In however unwillingly, federal financial took this approach the regular session, seems to take in just about teat own problems end quit running to to refused House tiie stance, but along. go support, they refused to grant similar Legislature. The lawmakers favor an Increased all the legislators who live outside Salt support to Salt Lake City. are not about to raise There ere very tew indication of any of That failure will be one the major proprly tax over a sales tax boost for Lain County Lake Gty to permit taxes Salt sake for In tills aome attitude. most change areas of contention of the May 8 special several reasons. These are the dty to then drop property tax and often heard: Most . of these lawmakers are the session. nuisance tax levies as has been promsame ones who hold the theory that the This lust weekend, some 44 legislaforces Salt Lake L This approach ised by Mayor J. Bracken Lee. federal government should stay out of tors accepted the invitation of, Kane City officials to take direct action of the So dont count on a sales tax increase. city problems. County citizens to pay a visit to the commission to raise money. And, law POLITICAL SCENE By M. DEMAR TEUSCKER Desertet News Political Editor And on top of all that, you can drink the water. The geyser is owned by .my (Steve) Cook, who just might be the only person in the world to have his own geyser . . . do-x c 1 u ding i y o urself ama- teur plumbers. Old Faithful Is a thermal type, while seltzer dispenser! One man drove to the geyser each spring to get a years supply of water, but he failed to show a couple of years ago. He either found the fountain of youth, or went to the big spa In the aky. Back when Steve was a fruit pusher during the really big depression, ha happened to pull off the road with his truck for a cat nap. He was suddenly awakened by rushing of water. It had been raining and he feared a flash flood. He looked around in the dark and ns across the geyser. Later that year he saw people flocking to Little America. And he got an - idea. Why wouldnt people come to see a geyser? He scrimped, scraped, got married to his pretty Duchess, and finally purchased the land from the railroad company that runs down that way. He built a service station and he and the Duchess lived In a section in the back. He deaued out ths debris from the geyser . . . old tires, tans, a dead cow. Students are not asking for Iota! freedom. They are asking for a share In the development of structures within no which they can work. Not but classes that discipline no order they find relevant to themselves; order that they have a chance to participate In creating; discipline that they compose long with the faculty." . Serin MERRY-GO-ROUN- D Paso Case ' r Recalls Others El ' YOUR HtALTH 'Giselle Worried About thistledown and romantic flavor. of Ballet West's first performance Giselle in Kingsbury Hall Wednesday evening is outstanding news. And its second, third, and fourth in p e riormances Hall sbury , King AIL By GEORGE C. THORSTESON, M.D. Dear Dr. Thosteson: About 20 years go when I was a child I was given several Mexican jumping beans by another child to swallow. Since then I have learned that these beans contain worms. I have never taken any type of worm medicine and am wopdering If, after all these years, I have e whole family of worms in my intestines. I have never mentioned today, Friday, and Saturday, as well, as Its fifth in the Weber After -. The news is that this "Giselle" proves to be one ' of the most beautiful Giselles" of a lifetime. Ballet West has struck a new standard in its second production of Giselle. (The first was In 1967.) May, given st 20 i balletically traditional In every respect or not, Melissa Hayden Is an exciting and otwlncing Giselle. Her characterization Is a consistent (me from beginning to end, and in the wraith of the dead Giselle in Act C, we witnessed simply a heightened, oeticized, more or less abstracted aspect of the gentle peasant girl of the Act I. Miss Haydens transition comes with enormous effectiveness in the mad scene and death. It is played (mimed and danced) without fireworks, in a low key and with deep sincerity. There is no attempt to go in for dramatic tricks. Whether . If the shells cam apart in your Intestine, the iitfi Insects died quickly. No, If you have plaworms or round worms, they didnt come from your childhood Dear Dr. Thosteson: Why do my thumb nails dent? They are dented C.L badly. - Answer: Infection or disease of the nail is usually the cause, and psoriasis of the nails Is quite common. Best advice to you is to consult a drmatologis (skin specialist) for an accurate diagnosis and Miss Hayden is always the peasant girl, in the grip of a human anguish that appropriate tre&tinent. V ColCen- in Ogden, are also likely to be. outstanding news. years, though, you can safely stop worrying. Of the thousands of kinds of bugs and worms that exist, only a scant few inhabit the intestine as a natural place to live. v . ter and am too embarrassed to tell my doctor as I am a mature married woman now. I have always tired easily and wonH.G. der if this could be the cause. darn-de- State lege Fine Arts tills to anyone Answer) Kids will swallow the tilings, wont they? MUSICAL WHIRL By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Muzio Editor Jumping Beans t Standard A New Performance Is beyond her understanding. And she dies not of theatrical madness, but of a flickering out of her heart Hers is an extremely moving piece of first-rat- e artistry. She does not lack the d fugitive grace nor the tragic abandon that marks out tiie great Giselles. But Giselle requires not only an actress but also a dancer, and in this capacity Miss Hayden soars away with splendor. She is atrial, fleet of foot, high on point, controlled In adagio, and altogether fsrdnating and Impressive. Even In Act II, which if all dancing for her and no mime, as ouch, she turns every movement to emotional communication, without sacrificing a shadow of its formal, musical, physical beauty, Jacques dAmboise is an Albrecht of complete persuasion and authority. He is also truly sympathetic and moving in his own right, and he meets. Miss Hayden on her own ground all the way. Combining technical brilliance, grandeur of style, and an authoritative air, Mr. dAmboise is, indeed a magnificent dancer. In Act II he has moments at the tomb In his first tcenes and in his final scene that are profoundly polpant, less for what he does than for what he communicates. Mary Ellen Davis Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, is ice, a spirit from the soulless underworld of the Romantic era, and her actual (and admirable) danring is so characterized. Even her first streaks across the stage on point were brilliantly ' elegant. The character of Hiiarion is built as a lover, and Michael Onstads d ptitytng of him Is another major eonvino ing triumph of the evening. Shupe and Margaret Mary Lynn McMillan as the soloists among the Wills perform with high distinction, and the ensemble of tiie Wills Is precise and beautiful. As staged by Dimitri Romanoff, and subsequently directed by Wiliam Qiris-tensethis version of Giselle is good because its dramatic line is full. It has been developed with remarkable sensitivity until It emerges as a unified and continuous drama without so much as a break between Its realistic Act I and its supernatural Act IL This is a rare accomplishment The directors have taken time with every scene so that no details are skimped, and they have justified every bit of action in the music of Adolphe Adam. In this they have had the complete coof the conductor, Ardean operation Watts, and for once the score seems innocent of even so much as a hint of foolishness. Indeed it becomes beautiful and touching and honest. The viola and harp duet in Act II by Sally Peck and Camille Guernsey is one of the most h&untingly beautiful musical moments of the evening. The sets and costumes by Ronald Crosby, and tiie lighting and staging by Gary Horton, each and all, also make this Giselle a thrill of a balletomanes' dream. Professor Christensen's ne.v ballet, Bravura," Is also being given its Kingsbury Hall debut. (It was given a number of performances by Ballet West on Ms reevnt tour.) Bravura" will be tiie subject of Fridays Musical Whirl." six-sta- te i everything he could mua-te-r and two customers. The first two customers who came to tiie station for gasoline had to be turned away. One had a 810 bill and tiie other a 85 bin. Steve couldnt make tiie change. He to get tiie business only had a It cost him y financin' gey- spout. Its possibly the worlds biggest One of Kissengera fellows in the SDS some years ago was Dr. Richard Flacks, now assistant professor of sociology at the U. of C. In a recent interview, Flacks summed up his view at the student radicals view: tntf Utahs ser is a mineral non-whit- e, blade students are demanding material to which they can relate and which they can cany bade to tbs black communities across this land to bufld cultural identity. This kind of consciousness is necessary before wo can start moving into politics and economics. Thats relevance, says Kuelewa Furaha. - old Penda Eggleston at Twenty-yea- r the University of Illinois dedared, If I can't learn something thats relevant to black people and that I can use in the ghetto, then universities and their education arent important I Intend to bring it back home, whatever I learn, says a junior J 1969 Your Own long-tim- Howard Machtinger, 23, y April 3, Thursday, By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON The Justice Department's withdrawal of the El Paso Natural Gas antitrust appeal on Jan. 26, six days after two of El Pasos lawyers, Richard Nixon and John Mitchell, assumed high position in the United States government, bears certain similarities to two famous cases In tiie Eisenhower Administration. They were: - 81-3- going. ' But it did get going. The station got bigger. A cafe was added, then a gift shop. About 50,000 autos stopped there last year. The State Road Department moved tiie highway a quarter of a mile away, but still people visit the spot which Involved a conL Dixon-YateSome say that It should be a state flict of Interest on tiie part of a lawyer and not a private venture. But working inside tiie government for the park Steve c pioneered tiie bit . . . built It to combine. power private Is today. what it 2. The nickql contract negotiated by if bethe state wants it, hes ready to But the M.A. Hanna Company, four days fore the head of the Hanna Company, cooperate. And like he says . . . That spout of water has been good to me, but George M. Humphrey, became EisenId like to turn to some other water howers Secretary of the Treasury. In the latter, Jess Larson, an outgoing now. He means water with some hard fightofficial of the Truman Administration, signed a contract on Jan. 16, with Gilbert ing trout ( 4 . hes way behind on his , . Humphrey, aon of the new Secretary of fishing! the Treasury, whereby tiie Hanna ComSo hues your chance to own a gey- -. pany received an amazing contract giv- -' ser, Gov. Rampton! , lug it an 85 per cant tax writeoff en 822 million and a guaranteed profit of around s, hydro-electri- - Wit's End $19 million. In the recent El Paso case, Erwin Solicitor d Griswold, General, dismissed, on Jan. 17, a governantitrust ment appeal in an suit which had been before the Supreme Court three times. During six of these years the firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander and Mitchell had been attorneys for El Paso, and in that period collected 8771,129.93 in fees. John Alexander, a partner in the firm, had testified as a witness at the last court hearing in Denver. John Mitchell, another partner, is now attorney general of the United States. Richard Nixon, senior partner, is now President of the United States. Solicitor General Griswold now says that on Jan. 17 the decision not to dock-- . et the appeal . . . was made by me because the regulations of the Department of Justice . . . allocate to the Solicitor General the function of deciding whether appeals shall be taken or perfected. There is some suspicious circumstantial evidence contradicting this namely, the fact that the notification letters to attorneys were not sent until Jan. 23, the actual dismissal was not made until Jan. 26, end Prof. John Flynn of the University of Utah has stated that he conferred with Griswold on Jan. 21, when the case was v?ry much alive. All this was after Jan. 20, when Nixon became President. Leaving these aside, however, Griswold knew that the case was so Important that it should not be dismissed without consultation with the new man who was running the Justice Department, John M'tehell. 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