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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the JMU Special Collections at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The iF xer, 1969-1973 by an authorized administrator of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. <**«You••***Y0u contendcontend' that ""the* the' decdecision la loir i ri r». ...stripstrips awayatray from any.'qoan; ciollege liege t, administration the right Jtojto mete a out punlahmbhtpunlshmerit to throseithosei vmo vio- late its iules."tujles," All thjeth^ 'decisionpeclslon sn snca srsca did vras..was piptohitlt oh it it. , this ..particular particular c n administrationadmlnls'trat^on from enforcingenfior i S thosethbse YOU HAD particular ^ules.rules. The reasonrb^son for 0 this decision-declslonr is that thejse rules^nles- deprived sltudentsstudents of rlightsrights which U|U are guaranteed'toguaranteed' to all cdtjizens;citizensj Itit isIs NOT the!thel college's "rjlght"right to en- GET YOUR, t force rules which vlolajte the rights of itsits students.;students.! There is nothing, hqwdver,however, that,that INDIAN SILENCED:\S.IIENCEDs\ Frank James,, k&f \i prevents artyar^ ;administrationadministration from j Is an Instructor at the-the Nauset \ \enforcing.enforcing ahyarty rules thatthat(are are proper Regional High . School'\inrS chool' \ In Orleans, \ \ahd\and legal.legal, IheThe college join'cdn and must -Mass,.Mass, HeHe' Is a Wam-panofegWampanokg. Indian, \\ \aketake actioniactionl against disirmptlonrdisjruptlon and|an i He .was invitedInvited, to nake;make the main \ riolence",Violence", butlbUti ltit ;ccannotannob |:ake}ake actlopactlort eneechhteoch at the, 350th 'ann^lversaryanhrlVersary \ against fre^ expressionexpresslorr oX the landing of the.the Pilgrims onorr. \bly.\b|y. This ;lIS,s America! | i hI ' Scvti.Se• 11—11—a0 sneclalsoeclal state dinner W^YouWk^You reachreach! the coneIrtjsionsconclt?s|Lorrs Thus^Thus- unddruhdeY the sponsorship of \Gov,.Gov, ^nker■^nker the decision,, theth^ istudentStudent . PrancesPranc\s Sargent. But after James tiakha^i the rlghright ■■to dissent without submitted his speech for,fo;t\use use as a hiringhaving to fearfe^ ri any condeconsebuenbes juehCes farfqt Xhls is a trifle Ip- press releaserelease,t Just prloh to the hl\s\actions.his\actions,' t 'fThls is a trifle 1^, dinner,\hedInner,\he was told by Ernest A, acbArate. Thei moreinor'e correbtcoriiest statepstate-* LuceLucci, 1, dddptydepjuty state commissionercommls^sloner mcrth.ls:mcht\ is: "UndVi"Und^p the CONSfTiaL. lO^,, of comraercecommerce and development,development,, 'thatthat the..the-. Student hkshis the right to di^S- ., he would not-benot be allowed to spdak ent\w,lthoutentWithout haying to fjehr..;fear.., Vta* after all. JarhesJames told The Militant hadn't yonyou heatd?hej M? M; aicc^LLj' that the reason he was sacked!sacked-, was The3 dictionary deflnetedefinert dissent that he Included\aincluded\a number of his- as "a differencedifference, of opinion.opu DoD;q torical facts ln\hlsiri\hls speech. One you rb^lly feaX dlffeverjce , of I fd-ctfhet was that JustJusV"afterxafter the Pll-\ opoplnldh? in 1 in,? This isIs AmeriGk»America-i jlif gri'msgtlms landed they bpenedopened up an \ \ ***You\***youv bawl th^tthat "the rrtllngruling jj Indian grave and stole trinkets \\ smacks\smacks; of liberality land ovefcfovety- n from l,t—thenlt--then reburied\there bur led \ the corpsecorpse\ \ \^ permlsslVenesshpermlsaiW-enessi'l 1 suppese now/°J/ ^■ Another"Another' X^ctJpct dealt witV\thewltV\the Pil-Pll- ' \, that I Webijive cqufeionedjthelu%tion®dJt^® ml^fse grims seizing corn wlthduiwlthdut pay- \ of the word "petmlssiv^rtess,"petmlssivdhess, /you;you mentment„" "LucolXsa" Luc dips a Idid tha t hd\pouldhd, could x have to 'start howlinghjpwlins about //j, not and woulaxnotwouldNnot allow meme\tovXto give \oVER-perMssivertess.OVEB-perMssive^ess, 1 -' x what Is/wrc the address,," JafcesJghes says.says"; "Xfe."'He, \ More t?p\tp\ the' point:ioint: what 191 wrp/lg to rbsorl didn't think Itit wasw^s the timeVndtime Land v^ithwhth llbeklityHlliberality 1 rl hatehatd to rfsorf place for such thlttg^.thlhgh."n In sorad\sora^\, tdtk, the diqllonakdldtvlpna^^again agairt huthl mfst IberaJ trw' ways,v:a-ysf not so much haShad vcharrged^changed lX\iX\ rerhlndremind you^yoX that ^iberal ty is dey^, of ndfrow-jn ow 35©35S .ye^rs,.years, \N. vwV; fined as "Atjsenc"AkencS of 4k -|/ ijudlce irr li ■r —RandydPurst—Rard-yyPurst The MilitantMirXtant \ mlndVdnessmindVdness pr prfjjudlcd in triii me th \\Xv ing. Vpo yort\reallyyo medii that \(cont\'^p,\(contV\p, 2)\\2 —--J— 1 '-.-Vw. I SMELLED TIE>BREEZETLEXBESEZE AGAINAGA IN Ex \\V a "The Breeze," thVbfflclalthV^bfflclal caica W \ •/■CiX m pus^ organ, has once morh^omemorsb^ome I) j... thTQ,%h--WlththrO-iTgh.wlth some irrItatlngTy,Irritating 5 O! Ididiot lot iblb ''fa.'re.Its farev^ Its rerecent cent "ed ltiit lax"la1" (Oct. 7) concerning Judge MerhlgeMerhlge's 's decisiondocisIon"isx& is'::a monumental ■ESP) pileplle of Intolerant alarm^nfemfeppy-alarm Dy- 4 cockCOCk. . - ^~^on--I-.hear~--~^he n --X. he a r . these kind of animfanlm V,/ • noise',nolser-: Ttcmfrom eresEnebaredrree3deia-hg Idpnts., , ..JT can,can X. y -t-■■■■■- - be fLklrlyrturly understanding.understanding'. ItIf Tois diri as; flcult fortfoP someone on the outsIdeoutside »»' to obtainobtain: anarr accurate picture of x. >!•// what really happens on campus.campus t 7XX >/I*/ thther e ir mls_lnfor.mam ls lnforma tlprrtlpn lead's " to ,a'ia3a la ;-a Thx'r.artieie;Thw -r^r tteley However,, emanates' „ : SI & V M frxa^Vhef'campusf^-m^ftheVbampus community i'tseXfir?'itself*, ♦I I »I I vy 'f I andandyi yY canr^..^canripX, help harbpx^ltigharbprirtg thOcthe, ' l j».. * 1 if »i %* distinctd,lst3rct t^ the ^auth- t « I ■'6r^h.-uldhould^'haVek^'owrrv'have Lmp'own be tter, £\| I1 t.owuowE'address^rayself'dt^^fe,. addr es sXmyse , *'C " Open Keeting author c" the "ed"eaitorl^il^ i tor Iki1^ liriire-Inrre- i Wed.Wed, (cL(S'O.co Seconc\Second plyingplylng to her allegations'^allegations? • the fixer page tBREEZE,"(BREEZE, cent.)cont.) the ruling "smacks of" broad-mind- edness and lack of prejudice? Is that really so terrifying to you? This Isis America! i:-^You•'■^You moan about "faculties some members of which'are not much older The Byrds (Untltled) than the students..." Would you (03012?)(G30127) 2 Record Set % suggest that we dispose of all the . b:. . i * faculty members under forty, so It's been six years since -wewe - >- that.thethat the faculty members can be saw ojarojir first Byrd,. and Roger Mc- "much older" than the students? GulnrrGulnrt is still standing in his al- **^You^You claim that "many minorities bum photographs, bending one knee are being granted privilege and and gazing intoInto the California license rather than rights to the. sun, maybe at a jet plane, David detriment of the vast majority." ' Crosby,'Crosby,'Gene Gene Clark, Chris Hill- Did the "vast majority" suffer any man,man. Mike Clark,.Clark, Kevin Kelley, detrimental effects last AAnrll?/ or 11?/ Gram Parsons, John York and a castcastr WereWere' they hurt or interferedInterfered Withwltb of thousands who through their col- in any way by the activists? Of lectivelective' effort and McGuinn's in- course not. credible drive to keep the group Students do not have the right to alive, have-madehave made it possible for disrupt or destroy; the law and youryourto to buy or steal this new Byrds Judge Merhige's ruling are both album, or hear or steal this new clear on this point. The students Byrds album, and hear or steal two at Madison "won" their case because records for the price of one and a they acted peacefully and reason- half. aoly. At Virginia Tech, where there The first disc'isdisc.'is recorded live was some disruption and violence, and itIt sounds like a good set, "8 even an attempt by dissident stu- Miles High" runs for an entire sMc.sl^c. dents to secre a Temporary Restrain-Restraln- and contains no vocals; it Isis also ing Order failed. Judges base their extremely boring after one listen- decisions on the law as applied to Ing.ing. The rest of the live section the substantive facts of each indi-Indi- consists of the Byrds standards: vidual case. Judge Merhige'sMerhigefs decis- "Rock'n Roll Star," "Mr. Tambour- ion does not grant a license to dis- ine Man," and "Mr. Spaceman"Spaceman";.a ; a •-v- rupt; itIt only'upholdsonly upholds the legality country Instrumental they call < of mroper^roper dissent, "nashville West," "Lover of the ***Yqu***You state that your "straw poll" Bayou," and Dylan's "positively is evidence of polarization at Mad- 4thif-th Street." Clarence White's gui-gui-- ison. That isIs rldlculoiis!r idlculo\is! Read your tar playing is just the right, , own poll; there are many shades of touch, bending everything into <,< opinion expressed, not simply "for" place, and making the musicmuaiu flow. and "against." Perhaps you are too The studio recording starts withwitn inflexible or too Insecure in your "Chestnut Mare,."Mare," a McGulnn tune own beliefs to feel comfortable about chasing aa. horse. The ploysplot s with diversity of opinion. You will not much, but Itit lias a very catch- have to learn to live with it,It, ing melodic chorus. In fact, all . however. This isIs America! the material on the studio disc is ***We have established that you marked by long, repetitious chorus- fear'broad-mindednessfear broad-mindedness, , lack of es, Pieces from their last album prejudice and diversity of opinion. like "Oil in ny^ i-cimp"Lamp" and "Jesus We have established that, obviously Is Just Alright" exemplify the possessing a deficient understand- type of songs that McGulnn, Skip ing of the lax?,law, you allow your Ima-ima- Battln, and others have written for gination to run amok contemplating this album. "All"All. Things," "Well _ the possible ramifications of up- Come Back Home," and Leadbelly's holding the Constitution.Constitution, ,1.1 suggest "Take A Whiff."Whiff" are excellent cuts that you work to unclose your mind with lots of fine guitar work by and eliminate these Irrationalirrational fears.White endand McGulnn, Let us ALL stop imagining illsills This isn't the same group that that do not exist, and unite to op- McGulnn started out with, Itit really i pose them where they DO exist. You IsnHlsn t the same sound as the last and I, the students and administra- album. JohnJohn-York York waswan roplaoedronlacod on •hexneyno no by ^ Ratt.ln,Rat tin, and the Byx'la tion of MadMadison- is orr CollegeCollegethe the AtPor-AUUur- - now lack a truly'truly distinctive voice ney General and Judge Merhige, can singing the high harmonies. But the alal"n1 agree on one point:point; our opposi- music is better thanthanr ever, or at tion to the genuinely violent and least better than recently, and destructive elements in our society, Roger McGulnn rolls on, on the campus and elsewhere. by Andre Dexldore PEACE.PEACE, (Harry) Lewis H, Sword thet:ne nxerfixer .page 3,

SANCTUARIESSANCTUARIES.

t lsus ' a sia Endlessly rocking, the mindless ones Endlessly staring,,' the sightless ■,,, ' >iLSltoxt , X- ones WwtxItit isIs your duty Endlessly feeling, the^facelessthe_faceless, ones Endlessly dying, the limbless onesones. aUvOairA Refuse of endless wars ' ,t ■. • d^C5r{y*. ordered by soulless men,men,... • • , . When'■■'hen I v;as in Wilson the other who have— • , '■ ■ m. .*•'w day (re-applying for re-admission) minds « ;■ . I noticed that there was something eyes , • . missing from the bulletin boardboard' faces v, .locatedlocated on the first.floorfirst floor of that limbs ■' ., . building. There was no listing of and the -sanctuaries President Miller's open meetings, of high office,. ■• m ■ • -c•• ■'HayingHaying askedasked, quite a few students 'aboutabout this, I find no one that has by Robert L„ Speer heard anything about the meetings'meetings* Read by Sen, William'Jilliam Fulbright discontinuence. It's really amaz- into the Congressional Record, Aug,Aug. ing when you consider everyone is 7, 1970 crying for communication; every- one, that'that- is,,is,< except the school's'school's administrators..administrators. The very ones who .could-could do.do, the most>most, to "open chan-.chan- . "The truth is thatthat'all all men hav- nels pfof communication" seem to ing power ought to be mistrusted," have noho desirfedesire to do it.it* To quote .y^'e Breeze1 s editorial of October ■TTan7 (an editorial written by Jack Atkinson,-Atkinson,' faculty advisor for the o paper, and'not, as some people are saying-, written by G.f.G.T-. Mil- ler);ler) ; "Without communication, lit- tle can be done to ease the ten- sion which exists,,,," The editor- ial places the blame for the ^'ten-'"ten- r*=*rw sion" upon a federal judge, the ■' 1%% Supreme Court and students and "some""some", faculty members, I feel' the The right of secondary school biggest portion of this "tension" students to publish independent is caused by an uncompromising newspapers was supported in _ °, , administration, guided by a group recent Federal District Cou ^ of administrators who have a "sen- cisions, . ; ' , ,.. ile paranoia complex," (Miller In a Texas case the sdnoolschool dis- 0 charges^charges; students withv/ith harassment,) trict had argued there was an or-~7 The'.hightThe'.night we were arrested in Wil-Wil- ganized student movement attempting son, we were waiting to talk to to overthrow the Houston, schoolschoo MilleroMiller, Som.eSome communication did re- system. Elimination of the stu- sult from the presidentpresident's1s open dent under-groundunderground newspaper was ne- meetings, and now no more are sch- cessary to"to'prevent prevent further in- eduled, The Rul'esRules Review Committee filtration,"filtration^" the officials said. proposes change after change only But the Court agreed with the 'to have them vetoed by President Texas ACLU that students have the Miller,Miller. right to produce andand, distribute KowHow many times do- we have toto newspaper3newspapers on and off campus as • state our desire'fordesire :for meaningful long as they do.not substantially disrupt the academic process»,>process,, ^ communication, When the admini-admini— ' stration r.akesm.akes no effort to talk The Court ordered the.,the,school school to us, much less listen to us. Are district not to set rules inhib-inhib— i.ting "orderly, peaceful and rea- the students to blame for this iting "orderly, peaceful and rea- sonably quiet (conduct) which is^ "tension"? 7-AreAre the federal courts? Maybe "some" faculty members should not coercive of any other, personsperson s shoulder all the responsibility right to accept or reject any writ- for -whatwhat exists today on this cam- ten material,,,."material.,,." The school dis- pus, Students', on this campus'atcampus at trict was. enjoined, also, from least, are blamed for-farfor far toGtoo: much. suspending without ^due.due, / process,.process,, It is'timeis'time'for•Miller,f for-Miller, Fox, Hail",Hail, students who are charged with im- Locke, and all of the other admin- proper productionprpductiqn or distribution istrators to come under the same of written materials,matex-ials,. ACLU attorney was Robert E, degree of scrutiny, from .a3i,a!li sec- tors, as do the st.udents.students, Hall, ..., ' In a Connecticut case the Fed- (cont page 4) Jay Rainey

*'***•• the fixer ...... •i #. .. •. . page 4'...... 4". . •• • .« • (SPILLAGE cont.) "If every human being on this eral District Court said students earth acts as a true friend to at a Stamford high school could someone, is willing to discuss ouhlishpublish an independent newspaper and try to understand his prob- without nriorprior censorship by school lems, to help others and bring officials, ■ . them happiness, that is the most A year ago the Stamford Board important thing I can conceive of of Education passed a regulation doing." barring distribution of written Gary barren7arren of Toronto materials on any campuscamnus without Taken from Problems and Issues prior approval of the school ad- In Relevance ministration. -0--0 The Court agreed with the Con- A necticut CLU's claim that the regu- * lation was a classic examnle of (3 prior restraint on the press.nrese. ■r''hile'fhile school authorities have a . ^- ^ > *^ - ^~ duty to prevent material disrupt- Speak out! Put your neck on the ion, thethe. Court said, "...the risk line and watch Madame Guillotine taken if a few abuse their First chop it off! Cry against injustice Amendment rights of free speech and wait while the wheels crush and press is outweighed bvby the far you like a steam roller flattening greater risk run by suppressing concrete! For in America it is Un- free speech and press among the American to be free?free! Liberty gasped young." its dying breath on the battle- fields of the revolution. How dare According to the Court, "The it raise its ugly head from the remedy for ttoday's oday' s...alienation alienation and it raise its ugly head from the disorder among the young is not dust of its forefathers to confro- nt the majority? It is known that less but more free expression of what is good for all is good for ideas. In part, the First Amend- the few, even if the few be a Soc- ment acts as a 'safety valve*valve' and tends to decrease therthe r esort to rates or a Christ. How dare one cry against the system? To be an icon- violence by frustrated citisens.citiaens. oclast breaking the idols of the Student newspapers are vnlulvble'vplu^able' Ed- status-quo. Who are these radicals, ucational tools, and also serve to aideid school administrators by pro- those subversive that dare to shake the torch of liberty'liberty97 It is crimincrimin- viding them with an insight inot student thinking and student pro- al to sneak truth! Anyone who is anyone knows that Academic freedom blems. They are valuable, peace- , must parody the values of America ful channels of student protest must parody the values of America like a parrot begging a cracker— which should be encouraged, not and is not fear an excuse to des- suppressed." troy the individual. Give us a ACLITiCLIT attorney was ""onroeMonroe Sil- scapegoat—a Christ to hang in our ververman, man, places! To suffer our sins! Give —QImII—Civil Liberties Sent. 1970 us a collection plate to relieve our consciences so that we can % drink the cup of communion! Be it mk. % 4^ %Js in the University or in the churchs —as long as I don't have to be in- volved personally. Let John Doe die in my place so that we can give ■k. ' him a proper burial and honor his r C.c. memory,memory. 'ee built our civilization sy •* on the blood of the Indian, on the Antique lemon, the bitterest^son:bitterest^on; muscle of the black man's back, on Ancient grapefruit, fathered but the sacrifice and slavery of the one. innocent who let money be a grind- Worshipp ye all this man of plas- ing stonestone! ! tic , The better American you ar^ the He who guardes his codes of elas...elas_. larger your house and the more cars tfo.tic. in your garage. Whoever heard of a poor American? The Protestant ideal Pragmatic truth: the twisted creed is that work is freedom, truth is Republican's spoof, the Democrat's ignorance, justice is a communistic deed plot,Plot, and freedom is NonAmerican. Snore of life, seed of .damnationdamnation Sow thirethine salt on ,!,foodoodstock stock Mation.Mat ion. Vi V? ■pPatat Ireland,Irelard, Esq. yMwv %n&uy the fixer page 5

The Box

Once upon a time, in the land of hush-a-bye, about the wondrous days •f yore, they came across,across,a a sort of box-,box, bound up with chains, and locked with locks and labeled, "Kindly do not touch. It's war,"

A decree was issued round about, all with a flourish and a shout and a gaily colored mascot tripping lightly on the floor"Poh'tfloor"Boh't fiddle with this deadly box, or break-the chains or pick the locks, and please, don't ever play about with war,".war.".

tyeil,Well, the children understood, children happen to be foo'd/goo-d, and were just as good around the,t-ha time of yore. They didn't try _ toto_pidc-the-l-o^k-sak".tinto nihk-the- l-ook--s r^#^bf;eak.-int o the de^ly;..deaclIjy- Ja,x-and4diffilesJSoK^les dfd^N^veither,didnNNeither, sfstersjsrsters\ au'^ts, or g^annye^yg^annles^ x neithfer,neither, becaia^sbeoaupd\ thdythey werewere,v quieauie\tt an'hand sweety^ndsweety^Vnd prettyprfeNtty 1 x A in thxPthd^e" ---^wdndrpy^.wondrpp^. days of yore.yore.y'^lV Y'^l\ - - vayy^ much^ the\\ // samesane are\are\,ntot fhe^he ories toVMaiie^Somehaw,toybAaiue^Someh^w, fori\oy\^ /A openiiig^^JthaiooeningVfek; thai dsUdiyboxdly box of wa^" ^ N x • I/ '-MK /'/! / \ \ w But someonsomeon^NYvx..die Vvtxy,tJ.v ., ifeeonevhe ones battebattle, min fhe lid, dndand spilledpilled thenlndidtheh^n^id \outiout he^cr r&sk floor.flo A sortsoft ^1; ! o^i^bounoy,bouncy, i^py, luApy, tj^ll,alll, m'fede^ hPP i flagsfla Ally—, and allmtjyeallr-the Wf'e'ars nand " '^ror ''ij&sttir; that goes -^with"~^with war. t°%S .In -t- It pounce t; vaandnd we 1.1 about, i ^ind;ja.ndj bump in ^ j m tor d what was ■ssad;!,ad| |and//and/ most ...u;uS waSiw sj that "In hithyt reallyly seen;seem:; to j, j I/ capecahe us no it limped,unped, cyj^/hau,t. or for. ri

^^^b^mAed fhe ichiMpen,;chi - i w f i i--—w'S^ndpen nna ly'^jand I'll 4 plainly f -ip bumps jihem^veryd'ay, and &>■! PlMi-^.yV>ijtv bumps heh^ev errydh^ y'dhy, and hofl, fan rr I Arid IHeaves? reaves/ them ddqa^y/^hd dfyhnd burned, and .^(v rj) ThousandsThqusands i!>! ecai se wm I ofo| them, slicks'ick ^and^^/ng,?and d i > unps!umpsj, it'sit | l/mg, because whe v I vhry,very, very, soresor v l! • / I There is ak wa^/towajfffio jkpopfefop the ball!,ball?., ^it „ isn't/very^....'t-veryisn hardhard/ i 1! . at1 all.all, Ap_lnp.l .gbt',{lt tal/bstakes is wisdom and I'm'I'm- absolutelyabsplutely "v?Ure^weodne^we douldc^o^a jget/ijt;get; it back Intointo ^hethe box, anidand __ chalnhy.chains-,, a^djagjdy Ipck jtne locks, but itno no onejone - seemsseems-'td": 't'5' want to savhy^hesayg^frhe childrencp.ildrten anymoreanymore. L-—on— " ^ | j , veil,ell, that's th^v/a^--i^rall'''appears,thel,v/ky it:.-al 1' appears, because it's been b»uncing ar©urid for years and years and inspite of all the wisdem wist, since the wondrous days of yore, and the tine they across the box, b»undbound up with chains, and locked with locks, andand"labeled, labeled, "Kindly d»do not touch. It's"It's war,"

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r ©(£> n 0 H m&X '/f/ ! i'.i (0S)/ \ ✓V MM a> r/5^ s 6'! Sl\ .0 u 0 (2)® , -5 T Abortion Counseling (D.C,)(D.Co)...... „ . , 965- ■ 547654 76 American Civil Liberties Union (D.C.) 483- - (D.Co) . 483- ■33830830 onn C. Lowe (ACLU Attorney, Charlottesville) ...... , . « , .296-c296- 8168 Counseling Center (Madison College) . 433- 6175 Drug OfrendersOffenders Rights Committee (D.C.)(D C .244^ 0 ) 244, 6688 The Fixer ...... 433- 0 433- 5460 Dean James Pox (Residence) .... 43^- James Fox (Residence) 434 1988 Free Clinic (B.C.) . . . « . . _ Clinic (D.C.) 9 [] I I 1..', I ]965 5476 CM-.(C"7 . UniversityTT^-i -J r-,Draft Center' * (D.C.)* " • • • ® a « b e0 « •!••• e • eybO"338- University Draft Center (D.C.) 338 0182 Dean Daniel Hall (Residence).(Residence), ... e,®, 434-^-34 5204 Infirmary (Madison College), . ,^33- 6177 Legal Aid D,C ) Legal Aid D.C.)0 ...... 'Z °629'629- 5179 Massanutten Mental Health ClinicClinic'(Harrisonburg) (Harrisonburg) 434^434- 1766 President.resident Mu.lerMiller (Residence) 0,434-434' 55826582 NationalRational V'elfarer elfare Rights Organization (D.C,). ,I ...... I347. ( 347- 7727 Corp. Adolph K.,PhillipsH. .Phillips (Quarters)(Quarters)...... 434- 6653 White House ., . . . . . , . . . . 456- 1414 '/omen'sJomen's Liberation (D.C,)(D.C.) ... , ' , [ ' ...232-232- 5145

SCRANTON REPORT URGES FREEDOM OF / f *7j*7 SPEECH, STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY v. uat/ m (Th©(The Scranton Commission Report, contrary to popular belief, pro- duced numerous recommendations di- rected at all factions involved in campus unrest.. We have reprinted UtIU w below some of the recommendations v/hich may be applicable to Madison In Bob Sherill's book,book. Military College, We urge students and coll- ege employees alike to READ and MusicI1wsic Is.Is to Music as Military Jus- ^^-cetice Is to Justice .v/hich I would deeply consider this plea. It cou- commend to everyone who has time ld help keep Madison free from dis- to read the Congressional Record, ruption again this year.) he points out that our military justice is to justice as our mili- FOR THE UNIVERSITY tary music is to music, aridand he ci- Every university must improve tes the following colloquy from its capability for responding eff- the trial: ectively to disorder. Students, faculty and trustees must support Defense Attorney;Attorney: Colonel, do you these efforts. Universities must believe in the right to demonstra- pull themselves together. te? The university should be an op^hop.§h Colonel; Mo,No. ' . forum where speakers of every poi- Attorney;Atcorney: Maybe you didn't underst- nt of view can be heard. The areg and my question. Let's forget abo- of permitted speech and conduct ut the army for a moment. Do you should be at least as broad as th- believe that civilians have the at protected by the First Amendme-^ right to express their views in pe- n tt. o . ,. . aceful demonstrations in support or When faced with disruptive but in opposition to an official'poli-official poli- non-violent conduct,,conduct, the university cy? should be prepared to respond ini- Colonel;Colonel: No, tially v/ith internal measures. It Military Judge (interrupting): Co- must clearlycleaxly understand the optio- lonellonel, , you know the constitution ns available to it and be prepared provides that right. to move from one to another if it Colonel: I don't care. is reasonably obvious that an ear- Attorney; OK. We'11 challenge him lier tactic has failed. for bias. Faculty members who engage in or lead disruptive conduct have no Rep, Robert Leggett in the Co- m the Co- place in the university community. ngressional Record, Aug. 6.6, 1970,19 70, The university, and particular- p. H 7897. ly the faculty, must recognize that

{( cont, page 7 ) • * tthehe fixer , . •» •. #• «0 .« *» page"p) 0 / .f- . . . ,* • .«» ►. •» {SQR\mon(SCR INTON cont.) ed-ed and moved by the'idealism-andthe'idealism-hnd the expansion of higher education --commitment-commitment .of>.of-Aaterlcan American youth. But and the energenoo.,ofemergehce^of the -newnew youth this, extraordinaryextraordinary, .commitmentcommitment culture have changed-changed the makeupmakeun and concerns of ..today's• today's student brings withwith-it it extraordinary • obli- gations:gations : to learn from'our nation's population.nonulation. The university should ■past experience, to,to- recognize thethe adapt itself to thoseth.ese newnev. condi- tions.^,tions. , e urgeur^e that the university Vihumanityeof: humanity •..of those with whomwhom'.they •. they nakemake its teaching orcgrams,programs, degree •disagree, and.toand to maintain their , respect'respect for the'the rule of law. The structure, and transfer and leave fight for change and justice isIs the policiesoolicies more flexible and more variedvaried in order to enhance the good fight; to drop out or strike quality.quality and voluntarlnessvoluntarine-ss of univ- out at the first sign of failure is ersity study,.,study,.. to insure that change will nevernever, come,come. ' . , Academic institutions must be free—freetree—free from outside interfor-interf^r- e^ee ;'..andri^ tree1 from internal inti- t-C-W FarFaT; to0"fco0 manv peonle who 2.1 should kknownow better,—bothbetter—both within .■ triethe university; communities and 3-a. outside them—have, forgotten this l , \ I ■u UA. irsu principle of academic free- l-k irst prlnclnle of academic free- ^5 A- dom. The oursuitpursuit of,knowledgeof knowledge can- not continue withoutwithout, the free ex- - Vf v change of ideas... . University governance systems In reaction to the recent court should be reformed to increase nar-par- decision declaring several sections ticipation o^ students, and faculty 1Ciuati011 of s^ddents and faculty of the Madison Handbook unconstitu- in the formulation,formulation of university tional, the FIXERFIXUR will print a ser- policies that affect them. But ies of articles dealing with other universities cannot be •.run:run on a areas of the Handbook that we feel one man, one vote basis with par-par— also deprive Madison students,students of ticipationticlnation of all members on all their basic constitutional rights. issues. ' % Despite the hew,new, mod cover on this Universities must become, true ■•y year'sear's model, the real purpose of communities whose members share a the Handbook remains unchanged-—to sense of respect, tolerance, and provide.the administration with responsibility for oreohe another. ready-made, blanket justification for any,action they may take a-a_ FOR STUDENTS • gainst any student at any time. The-.The Students must accentaccept thethe'resp- resp- Handbook rules arerwordedare-'worded in such,such 1 onsihilityonsibility of nresentingpresentin-' " their vague, non-objective language that ideasIdeas in a reasonable and nersua-nersua— the administration can construe "tanner.ianner- They must recognizerecognise ■tthemhem to mean anything which suits that theytney are citizens of "a'a na- -.their.their purpose.purnose. The general conduct tion:n which:L c 1 wawas founded on tolerance ° n"' ^ ^ s founded on tolerance rule (p.42) provides an excellent ' and diversity,diversity , and they must ..becomebecome .example of this. .. A- > ■ more understanding- of those withwi-^h •- '' The first sentence,of this rule whom theythev differ... ,• „-sayssays that students are expected toto. .^ ^tudentsStudents must face the fact that "uphold"uphold-high high standards ,ofof conduct giving, moral supportsunnort to those who and appearence-..''apnearence-.,-' now,Row, just what are nlanhingplanning violent action"action is -mor-mor- exactly do they mean by "high ally despicable.despicable, , ; " standards of conduct"? DoDp you Students should be.remindedbe reminded that.:that, think.the administration had the language thatthat offends will seldom Ten Commandments in mind, when.when, persuade. Their words have some- !thheyey wrote up this little rule? Af- times been'as Offensiveoffensive't6 to many ter all, thats about as high a Americans as the words of some pub-nub- .standard of conduct as anyone has ilelic officials have been to them. ever come up. However, the sad Stuaents should not expectexne'ct their truth .isis that obeying the ten com- •wn views, even if held with great mandments would not get you any- moral^intensity, automatically and where with the administration, if immediately to determine national they decided they wanted ynuy^u out pol ,oy, The rhetorical commitmehtcommitment and thev thought they could get a- to democracy by students must be udemocracy by students must be way with it.it',' roama t c-dod by an awareness of the cen- As to standards of appearence— tral role of majority rule in a who has tne ri^htripht to pass,pass judge- democratic society,socje%y, and by an equal ment upon such a purely subjective commitment to techniques of per-n®r- matter as how-ahow - a person looks? To suasion within the political'pro-nolitical'nro- whom should we turn for an expertexnert cess.cess . opinion in this field? To'To The Commission has be-onbo-en imu-ross—imui'oss— ; ' .' " ■ (cont. page 8) •••••.. thetlie fixer page 8 (Handbook cont.) Pres. Miller? The BeardBoard of Visi- tors? Women's Wear Daily? The second sentence brings in two more indefinable, abstract con- to all of you cepts to watch out for—appropri- who dispute and vocally complain ateness and good taste. As to the ab»ut our paper: We like words of latter, we must first ask if dis- praise and we love to read good playing bad'tastebad taste is criminal or things about The Fixer BUT we are illegal.illegal, itIt certainly is not as really just as interested in hear- anyone who saw "I Am Curious (Yel- ing your criticisms. If you are one low)" darn well knows. However, of the people who claims that your here at Madison "bad taste" can opinions are not represented in get you expelled. Philosphers from this student paper, do something Aristotle on down have been argu—argu- about it. This paper can represent ing for thousands of years as to you just as easily as it represents what constitutes good taste. It's the people with whom you disagree reassuring to know that the people if you will take the first step— who make up the administration WRITE,WRITE. Say that you don't have the have finally figured it all out and time or the ability and you'll only are sure enough of their judgement be lying to yourself. If you really to kick a person out of school and want to communicate you'll find the. maybe ruin his life merely because time to do so, and the strength his concept of good fastetaste differs and sincerity of your convictions from theirs. will make your comments readable The last sentence of the gener- and meaningful. The next time you al conduct rule warns us that a don't like something in The Fixer "plea of ignorance" is not accept- or you don't like something period, able if you get into trouble, but talk to all of us instead of talk- unless tou were a mind—reader you ing to just a few. Write and send never could tell how the adminis- the result to:to; tration would expect you to apply Madison College Press (Free) this rule to any particular situ- Box 35 ation—only they know what it Broadway, Va, 22815 means because it can mean anythine:anythine - they want it to. O The general conduct rule is There is one worker on The Fixer really just a strung together col- There is one worker on The Fixer to whom we, the staff collective, lection of weasel wordswords*designed designed can never give enough credit. She f?r.thefor the purpose of allowing the ad- has given hours of time and worlds ministration to get rid of those of intellect, imagination, and students who do not conform enough to fit comfortably into the cam- sensitivity to creating illustra- pus scene, tions that make our paper a real "work of art." No matter how much J. Carter our readers may dispute some of * * * the ideas expressed in The Fixer, There will be an IMPORTANT meet- we think anyone who reads the pa- ing for all interested students per regularly appreciates the car- Thursday, October 22, at 6:30 PM toons, lettering, and original in the Snackbar to determine what drawings that Tina Rainey contrib- we can DO about changing Madison's utes every week. Doing detailed archaic _ regulations.regulations• Inter—dormInter-dorm art on'stencilson stencils is really diffi- visitation, curfews,'parentalcurfews, parental ap- cult and Tina has done all of our proval cardscards, , liquor in the dorms, art work this year (and did the etc., will be discussed. We need lion's share of it last year).year), ' your help. Please conecome and see Again, from all of us on the staff, what YOU can do, STOP BEING APATHE- Tina, and from a great icsanyBamy read- TIC ! ers, thank you for your timetine and very special talents.

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