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For ni
And t
Recently The State priv
morality on campus. One I
that if you get caught "do
months in Jail and-or a $101
also lose your right to
adultery, sodomy, fornical
of other little goodies of a
The State also condemns
openly living together in s
and in the opinion of The St,
One impression render
venture on to the Universi
balling in classrooms, ir
shelves, on top of cars, in
steps of the administratioi
We may be the liberated
around here. In fact w
promiscuous than our ;
Generally, we are more hc
-the hypocrisy or hWly faced
This is not the Victorian
liberalized society. This c
people are doing it more i
means that it is accepted e)
Fornicating is between y
else. Man made the law. Go
The State makes us ou
discriminating animals w
banging. This isn't exactly
would rather fornicate the
law.
Today revisi
Not
but ]
By JO
Col
Lt. William Calley has b
now decide the sentence, w
or the death penalty.
They have convicted the
America has convicted ti
The men that should be
Richard Nixon. Calley is bu
have committed far worse
Both Nixon and Johnson
this country for wasting so
the hell that we call Indocl
America to the fanaticism
For-it is not the flag waving
patriot of this country ; it is
symbol of symbols, the flag
It is the people who are t
country from the fate of inc
is the people that cherish
nation and others who are
Never again should Nix<
that our young die. Nixon a
destroy the human resour<
Germany in World War II
Why do we need to fear
pipresent "red" threat whE
'Moket dangerous one in QU!
.ation -
he law
ited an editorial aimed at im
nteresting element was the fact
)ing It" you are subject to six
) fine. The big kicker is that you
vote. The law emcompasses
Ion (out of wedlock) and a raft
i hedonistic nature.
the blatant practice of couples
in. Trial marriages are Illegal
3te should be prosecuted.
?d by the editorial is if you
ty campus you will see people
i shrubbery, between library
the reflection pool and on the
i building.
generation but it Isn't that good
a probably aren't any more
iarents were 20 years ago.
nest, open and do not resort to
e exhibited by our elders.
Age and, we do live In a more
oesn't necessarily mean that
ind enjoying it more. It simply
cactly for what it is - Sex.
)u, your girlfriend, and nobody
d gave us sex.
I to look like a bunch of un
ho spend all of our free time
true, but since they ask--Yes, I
in vote, and yes, fornicate the
ted
Calley;
Nixon
HN GASH
umnist
een found guilty. The jury will
hich may be life imprisonment
wrong man.
ae wrong man.
nred are Lyndon Johnson and
I the fall guy for these men who
crimes.
should be tried as traitors to
many, many American lives in
nina. Let us never again treat
f Nixon's so-called patriotism.
advocate of the war who is the
not the people who worship that
, who are the patriots.
rying to save the young of our
lochina who are the patriots; it
the lives of the people of this
the patriots,
mn have the power to demand
nd Johnson have done more to
:es of this country since Nazi
the so-called omnipptent, om
'n we have a far worse and far
- midsts?
c E .IVES!
AN SOMeooY QOtir
TfE-.MIN.
Oo
Stop so1
SCO'T DERKS 01
Associate Editor ti
Twenty-five years ago General di
Yamashita was tried in a military h,
court in Manila and before the a
United States Supreme Court. He sq
was charged with the atrocities ji
committed by his men. ki
Yamashita was convicted and tf
charged as a war criminal. ci
Under the ruling issued in the h.
case, Gen. William Westmoreland, ci
Army chief or staff, could be tried' d
for the crimes now heaped upon
men like Lt. William Calley. w
General Yamashita had no gt
knowledge of the crimes being er
committed by his men in the cc
Philippines. The court found that pi
immaterial. et
Justice Frank Murphy, who ai
issued the only dissenting opinion
in the high court ruling, si
prophesized that "the fate of some si
future president of the United ir
States and his chiefs of staff and A
military advisers may well have w
been sealed by this decision." h
It is unlikely that Johnson, Nixon p
Can he i
By ARTHiIURt HOPPE ja
The beginning of the trend can' be at
dated from March 22, 1971, when th
Mr. Nixon appeared on nation- d(
wide, prime-time television in an m
hour-long interview with ABC's su
Howard K. Smith. wi
it was not what Mr. Nixon said.
He explained his policies in sa
Southeast Asia with precisely the sj
same vigor--and virtually the same at
words--as on numerous previous ju<
occasions. It was the ratings. p
In New York, he drew 11 per cent m:
of the viewing audience. The se
ratings for his competition that so
night were a Rowan and Martin wi
special, 42 per cent; and Doris th
D)ay, 25 per cent. m
It was the invidious comparison p1
with Doris Day that started se
Republican party leaders thinking. cc
'No one's surprised that Rowan
and Martin outdrew the President p,
of' the United States four-to-one," dc
said a GOP chairman, "but Doris
IDay'" sa1
Consequently, a week later, is
party leaders called on Mr. Nixon a
in the White House to discuss the wl
crisis. y,
"Mr. President," began one
senator. "It's obvious from your p,
steady decline In the television wi
ratlings that you're doing
something wrong. Your message -
DON' T M/IND N
NAdS r#Ree M/Di
PLU S d 1'd~ PR/
re T41 RM P44 ffR
ciety's hyj
r Westmoreland will be brought to w
-ial for the war crimes in In- ar
Dchina. We don't punish men for hc
Dlding jobs. But what is the job of wI
soldier and what are the rules of h.
!lf-preservation? How are we to
idge the right and wrong ways to
ill? If a soldier kills a civilian .on
ie ground he is guilty of a war
ime. We find it legal, on the other
and, to bomb a village and kill pl,
vilians because we cannot see the Ma
ad. ofif
Calley is guilty of the crimes of ht
hich he is charged He is also Jai
ilty of being a scapegoat for the res
itire United States Army but his
inviction has become a wi
'onouncement of guilt over the wi
itire tradition of America war m(
id its warriors.
The publication of the My Lai m
aughter in Life Magazine and iie H<
ibsequent trials will be recorded "v
history as a turning point in lef
merican thinking. Americans f
ant out of Indochina. The wi
leeding bodies they saw on those pr
ages showed the real color of the rel
eha
ick Doris
st isn't getting across lately." IT
"After two years in office, sir," W
Ided a Congressman, "and A0
ousands of speeches, people just rt
in't seem to be, listening any
ore. Do you have any N
ggestions, Mr. President, as to
at the trouble could be'?" of
"Ie me say this about that," tv
id the President, frowning
icerely. "As I look down the road h)a
ead, it is my opinion, in my 81
tigment, that no matter how I)
pular anid easy another course r1
ght be, I must do my duty as I
e it, rightly or wrongly, though W
me Americans may disagree, cr
sich is their right, and I defend w(
at right, even though...Excuse th
e, Congressman, would you re
ease nudge the Senator? He
ems to have...Congressman? wi
ngressman!"-M
"Oh. I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Ir<
-esident. I guess I must have to
zed off. You were saying, sir?" fu
"How do I know what I was ca
.ving? Miss Perkins, please read s'b
ick what I was saying for the
nefit of the Congressman, weP
ro... Miss Perkins? Miss
brkins!" si,
'Hmmm? What'? Oh, sorry, Mr. in
esident. I'm ready to begin ad
enever you are." he
l'he meeting lasted either a
veral more minutes or several ,,
'4'. NIE ONlY
*rlC*fZ XIPi d
0
1 OCr1Sy
ir. It made the war look dirty
d now they want the war to end. I
pe that our society will recognize
tr for what it is and stop the
pocrisy.
Trustees
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ty only once. Games with
ryland and Virginia may be cut
laryland Athletic Director
nes Kehoe gave a negative
ponse.
It's more sensible to compete
th teams within 150 miles than
th one 300 miles away. There is
re crowd favor."
Kehoe said he regretted the USC
)ve. UNC Athletic Director
rmer Rice said arrangements
rould have -to be made at a
igue meeting."
darchant said the University
11 continue to develop its athletic
>gram within a conference
gulated structure. He would not
borate on the statement.
Day?
ore hours. 'The participants
ere hazy on this.) But, un
rtunately, no conclusions wn
ached. TIhus, the trend deepa
' the spring of 1972, when i7N
ixon matde a major policy ad
ess. he drew only .0003 per cent
the viewing audience---namely
ao dear spinsters in Wichita.
He was renominated, however,
-his loyal party. The Democrats,
ielling blood, jubilantly put up
ris Day for President. From the
tings, she seemed a shoo-in.
f'he campaign was an odd one.
ile Miss Day attracted larger
wds, Mr. Nixon's audiences
hnt home curiously refreshed
ulgh confessing they couldn't
~all a word he'd said.
Jfter a grim experience with a
try night rally in Ba
tine. (the audience wasi
zen solid the next morning
the .janitor's falling asleep at the
nace), Mr. Nixon took to
ryimg a large alarm clock to
nal that his speech was over.
)n election day, of course, he
i in a landslide.
~s one lady voter explained, "I
op better nights with Mr. Nixon
the White House. At least," she
ded thoughtfully, "on the nights
m1akes televised speeches."
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