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Street Closi During the fall semestei there was a great student move ment over the prospects of clos ing Green Street. The activities which included a massivc pamphlet campaign, even weni as far as a mass effort on the Green Street crosswalk to bloc kade traffic. The Columbia City Council has scheduled a public hearing for May. 2, to discuss the possi bility of closing Green Street for a month on a trial basis. The major issues involved are simply the dangers to the many pedestrians as well as the fact that students are the primary users of the road. David Spinaz zolo; student body president, said that he was very optimistic about the outcome of the May meeting. "Something must be done to rid the student body of the danger they face everytime they cross the street. Soomer or later someone is going to get hurt and then how can we explain to him that there just wasn't enough money or what ever to close that street," he On The Outside Am, BY GEORGE GEIGER SR. The question of amnesty for deserters and draft evaders is very much discussed now that the Vietnam war is over, but is amnesty really necessary? Nixon, and a large part of the establishment have flatly turned down suggestions for a general amnesty and liberals and anti-war activists have cited precedent after other wars. But one fact is clear-in cases of desertion and draft evasion the law of the land (be it good or bad; however you want to look at it) was violated. And these people, here at home, in Canada, Sweden or wherever they are, are liable for prosecu tion. Of course military deserters will have to be tried by military courts-martial, but what are the chances of the civilian draft evaders. Sen. Charles H. Percy; R-Ill.; made a study recently that indicated that only a third of the accussed draft evaders pro secuted in federal court are being convicted, and nearly three-fourths of the convicted are being put on probation. Many of those under indict ment are having their cases dis missed by accepting induction into the armed forces for a two year period. Percy said in a recorded radio interview that he was told by one United States attorney', "that in case after case when they are voluntarily turning themselves in, they go before a judge, the judge gives them a year, puts them on prob ation, and gives them a choice of taking a year of service in a local hospital or some local type of public service work." ng Possible said. - The city council is not clear on whether the closing will be immediate, if the meeting turns out favorable, and have neg lected to comment on this issue. But what of the other issue, resounded in the fall, about the widening of Pickens Street. At this point it doesn't seem that it will occur. The original con cept was to turn Pickens Street into a four lane highway with a pedestrian over-pass at Col lege Street. "Pickens Street would be worthless as a high way," Spinazzolo said; "pri marily because it is used by University students." The Green Street problem has been floating around now for many months. It seem no one can get a straight answer as to why it is so difficult to close. But now, unlike before, the city council has begun to talk about it. It seems possible that it may be closed by next year Green Street will truly belong to the students. nesty Walter H. Morse, general counsel of the Selective Service System(which by the way is no longer active, but kept on a stand-by status), supplied some figures in an interview confirm ing many instances of proba tion. But he said, "It is any body's guess what penalty will be imposed by an individual judge in an individual case." In a 12-month period ending June 30, 1972, there were 4,906 accused draft violators pro secuted, 3,264 were not convic ted; 327 of these were acquited and nearly all the rest of the t Album Gives' Effect Of Mediocrity SG Has BY DAVID SPINAZZOLO Guest Columnist Undaunted, Student Govern ment entered the fall with the realization that an organized meeting for the purpose of evaluating resources and goals was necessary. It was felt that Student Government needed to communicate its frustration to the University so that an under standing could be reached. Thus, by executive decision, Green Street was closed. It was meant not only to demonstrate the frustration of student leadership but also to display to students that they could organize in a nonviolent manner to peaceably demonstrate their concerns. We thus divided many of these student concerns among ourselves for the purpose of obtaining more facts. We adjourned-for exams, reconven ing again in January at Bell Camp for a final brainstroming session. Our priorities were the City Council election, Green Street, parking, community Falled ? non-convicted accepted induc tion into the armed forces; 1,642 were convicted. Of the 1,624 convicted, 1,178 were placed on probation, some on good behavior, other on con dition -of performing alterna tive public service for one to three years. On those sentenced to prison, 53 were for one year, 120 for :ne to three years, 123 for three to five years, and 16 for five years. The remainder got less than a year. Sentences aver aged out to about 22 months, BY BOB CRAFT MICHAEL STANLEY Tumbleweed Records - TWS 106 Honest to God, folks, I tried to like his record, I bent over back~wards :rying to find someway to cool the ilarums in my head. I almost suc eeded, but not quite. What we got cheer is another in proliferation of wandering roubador-who's-.free- but-please >ok-how-lonely-I-am-.type people. There, on a very tasteful album over, is Michael Stanley sitting, ookmng very pensive and thoughtful nd poetic and stuff like that there, n a railway station. Up on the vail is a sign that says "Rosewood sitters" which is the name of the ead cut. Bet you thought I hadn't loticed. On the backside of the cover is dichael Stanley sitting on a suit :ase looking very pensive and houghtful and poetic and stuff like hat there at a Santa Fe Railway car. 3elow this are the most ty pographi ally difficult to decipher liner otes imaginable. After looking for about six days, nd with the help of my Captairn didnight decoder ring, I see that vlr. Stanley has some help with this Ibumn. Biggest boost comes from Joe Vaish, late of the .Jameang. ..,d - .Opinions Commu relations, and general student concerns. Throughout all of this activity Student Government still managed to continue its traditional functions: the Hol Line, court system, and visita tion. By February we finished our research and announced the results. Our City Council can didate won the primary on the first ballot out a a field of five candidates. Proposals for Green Street, parking, and con sumer protection were released. As a result, the University the University has made application to City Coun cil for the closing of Green Street as per the Student Government proposal, parking priorities have been re evaluated and the USC Con sumer Relations Bureau is in its early operational stages. In the final analysis Student Government has established direct lines of communications with the Columbia community. The final communications effort was to be made to the )ead Is which could be reduced by one third for good conduct. In January 1973, there were 337 cases disposed of in federal courts; 225 were dismissed upon military induction; 25 were acquitted; 87 were con victed. Currently there are 292 con victed Selective Service vio lators in prison; 5,656 under indictment including 4,600 listed as fugitives; 6,069 case under FBI investigation; and 2,513 under internal Selective Service review before refer ence to the United States now with Barnstorm. Joe plays all the electric guitars, twelve strings, and dabbles with an ARP Synthesizer plus doing the back ground vocals. Todd Rundgren also obliges by playing clavinette on one cut and Rick Derringer steel guitars his way into your heart on another. The whole shebang- was engineered and produced by Bill Szymczyk (no, I don't know how to pronounce it) who among other things, has done some very nice things for the James Gang in the production end. Of things. And of course, there was the obligatory mystical dedication that we poor mortals cannot com prehend. Well, on to the record itself. At first listen, this is a nice, pleasant, mellow record. Soft, easy to take with a lot of old pros in the back ground (Walsh, for example) keep ing everything under control. Nice, easy to take music. But. After a time you start to look beyond the surface pleasantries and what do you find? Listening to the lyrics can put you through some real funky changes. They are very shallow, adolescent pieces. In "A Friend And Nothing More", Stanley tells the story of a girl that comes to his house and tells him about the bad time she's having with her love life and all the time old Michael's in love with her, but he can be a friend and nothing mor.. 7ications Board of Trustees. The Student Trustee Liason Committee went "slumming" through the University as the average stu dent sees it. Eyes were opened. The responsibility now rests with Student Government to present a proposal to alleviate the problem of misplaced priorities. That is a proposal for University Governance. Given the limitations we have been shackled with; the limita tions of time, experience, and concern, we have done all we could. For better or for worse, it has been our best effort. To those who have given unsel fishly of their time and energies I offer my mostsincere and heartfelt thanks. To the major ity of the student body that tolerates the functioning of this obsolete organization, I implore you to. re-evaluate and re commit yourselves. To those of you who continue to stifle the effort, I ask, "Why?:" I am deeply appreciative of the opportunity that you people have given me this year. Thanks. sue attorney. So what this all amounts to is that slightly over 20,000 men fit into the pattern of draft evaders out of a total of over 7 million men who have seen service in some branch of the armed ser vices during the Vietnam war, less than one-half of one per cent (.005%). In light of these facts we might even say that amnes ty-except to give a moral boost to the now defunct anti war movement-is "purty much" of a "dead letter" issue. Heart rending and just a little less sickening than "Aubrey". Bread would go ape with this number. And the whole thing has.an ARP synth esizer screaming in the back ground. As the old song goes, "Unrequited l'ove's a bore." Then there's "Rock n' Roll Man" an upt6mpo ditty that tells of the rise and fall of "fast picking Henry Brown." Once again it's plot revolves around the same theme as another Bread number, "Guitar Man." The songs go through this whole change; you know introverted cry ing over lost love, unrequited loves, colorful street characters, blah, blah, blah. If you're up for this sort of busi ness, go ahead. But you're probably seventeen years old. There are minor points of tribut ary interest in this album, but they are almost without exception pro vided by Joe Walsh and not Michael Stanley. .The overall effect of this album is its medioCrity. If you buy it, you'll play if a few times and then it will be forgotten. Take your four bucks, that you would normally spend on this album, and go buy a steak dinner. It will probably be better for you than Michael Stanley"s album, although the result is the same. A big burpn