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Draft By Blake Lorick Although the draft is scheduled to end in June of 1973, the Selective Service System will not, says Major A. B. Crow, administrative division manager of the state sleective ser vice. The processes of registering yourn men, classifying and examin ing them, along with the lottery will continue, Crow says. What this means to young men of draft age is that, as in the past, there will still be a need for draft counse ling. The state selective service office, located at 1810 Assembly, offers information on deferments, but in most cases gives directions to the local draft board for assistance. The local office of the American Civil Liberties Union will refer you to LauflinMcDonaldor Jack Mc Quinn. Btth of these men are local lawyers who offer draft counseling. In addition, Craig Davis, of the USC At the concert. Should By Bob Craft The Kris Kristofferson show Friday night in the Coliseum was, without a doubt, the most unprofes sional, bollixed concert I have ever seen in my entire life. But I dug it. Ice is p Art t the world 7 and sets them styles. And ArtCarved weight and quality of th of each ring. Your assur your lasting love. efArt ( From the makers of 1423 MAIN ST. DOWfh PHIONE: Locally Owne ( Between Pennev's & :ounseling: Law School, offers counseling. McQuinn, whose office is at 1610 Bull, explained that most people who he represents are applying for conscientious objector staurs. There are two types of C.O. status. The first, 1-0, involves a person who if offering to do civilian work in lieu of military service because he believes killing is against his princi ples. The second, 1-A-0, is for the individual who is willing to go into military service provided he isn't given an assignment which involves combat training or combat service. McQuinn said "Three or four years ago, only 20 percent of the C. O. cases were won. Last year, 70 per cent of the cases were won." According to McQuinn this is due in part to the fact that today it is more popular for people to accept the idea of the immorality of war. A person applying for a defer ment must first exhaust all adminis Kristofferso When he came on the stage, the impression given was that he should be playing in a sleazy bar or truck stop with Commander Cody backing him. I got the impression he only did it so he could get free beer. He and his sidemen kind of saun tered on stage, took a look at the DIVA Especially when it's an ArtCarved Diamond. carved takes the best of 's top 1% of diamonds in a variety of stunning engraves the exact carat e diamond on the inside ance of lasting value for -arved Lenox China & Crystal Lted. TOWN COLUMBIA 5s4-5377 d &Operated Phoenix Furniture still a need trative appeals before he can take his case to a court of law. This begins at his local draft board. The problem here, according to McQuinn, is that the draft board is composed of "general business people who have had no training, to speak of, in their own religious beliefs, much less in the hundreds of religions of the claiments." McQuinn claims the "greatest tragedy in the C. 0. process is that you can't make a claim unless you object to all wars." If a person wants to change his status after induction, the process involves an interview with a milit ary hearing officer and a chaplain before the calainan can take his appeal to a military court. McQuinn says the problem here is similar to the one encountered with the local draft board. The hearing officer is likely to not be able to understand a play guitar empty seats (once again, the Con cert Committee took a beating). Then, just like the archetypal sleazy bar-piano player, Donnie Fritch sat there with this cigarette dangling from his lips, with his eyes half closed. All the other sidemen lit up cigarettes and stuck them in the bridges of their guitars. They never smoked the cigarettes, the cigarettes just were there almost as integral part of the guitar and the bass. Kristofferson did one of the songs off of his first album, kind of half assing his way through it. He asked the audience after the number, "Does it remind you of the Stones?" Well, no. The Rolling Stones are professionals. Truman Capote said Intern Ho use Of ALL YOU MONDA Y AN French Toa Choice of 5 syrup flavors TUESDA Y A Buttermilk I Choice of 5 syrup flavors WEDN Fried Chick Salad, ff., roll, & butter Specials good betwe 1031 Assembly Street for it the full depth of the individuals religious beliefs. When asked to comment on whether or not a lawyer can judge the sincerity of his client's claim, McQuinn said, "There is a differ ence in being a judge and a lawyer; a lawyer advocates what his client says, it is up to the judge to deter mine his sincerity. I have always maintained that a person's beliefs, being metaphysical in nature, are not discoverable by his physical means. Even a judge can't crawl into a man's mind." If a person is not satisfied with his classification, he should still initiate steps to change it regardless of whether the United States is inducting at that time or not. In the case of a national emergency, the Selective Service intends to have ready a force of 100,000 men who they can induct immediately. in a sleazy of his tour across the country with the Stones, "I never saw Mick Jag ger give a bad performance." He said Jagger always got himself up for the show. Kristofferson just sort of stumbled through it, "I feel like a bucket of bait. Hopefully, it'll get better in the second half." However, to be fair, there is one point of comparison. In his laconic Southern was Kristofferson is as sexy a performer as Jagger doing hyperactive splits across the U.S. "Loving Her (was easier than any thing I'll ever do again) came next then, "We gone crew up a Mickey Newberry song now." He got through the first verse and then he said, "I forgot the verse. Mickey and me used to be real good " itonal Pancakes CAN EAT !D THURSDA Y st 99c NVD FR IDAY lincakes 89c TSDA Y en 11 a.m. & 10 p.m. No Checks Accepted Nr 'Let's see. Number 25 ...' bar? friends." He and his sidemen fum bled around, Kristofferson asked Terry Fall, the bass player, "What's the next line?" "Get myself together," said Terry. Big laugh from audience. Aw hell folks, we just playing for the fun of it. "Yeah, we played that song real beautiful one time," said Kris, "I came back after the show and said we played that just like Crosby, Stills and Nash and some body said, 'Yeah, Crosby, Stills, Hash and Tubb." Expectant pause, no laugh, "Welp, gotta be a country audience to get that." Then what everyone had come for. The opening chords brought no applause of recognition. The slow ruined baritone, "Busted flat in Baton Rouge Headin' for the Trains And I'm feelin' near as faded as my jeans ... "Applause, applause, applause. Kris stared at the ceiling of the Coliseum as if asking God how many more times he would have to play this song. That was it and the thought crossed my mind as I was walking out. There are some performers whose shows are a slice of their lifest yle. Alice Cooper, for example. The same can be said of Kristof ferson. I saw a piece of his life at the Coliseum Friday. Dear Spee-ro, I dug it.