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>r The Fixer - Bernard Malamud 0 12 January 1970 This paper is written, edited, and published by SIG; a non-poli- ». 1 / i mvO A U 85 ^ tical, non-sectarian, non-sexual, ??- non-racial, non-national, non-af- V \S \ , r.rY.L< filiated, non-profit, non-Harambee A.A./' Ho. ^ 'j ■.:< v\ aggregation. q ( J L t 0 J A.C ting in mid-air. Heaven only knows v how far back the department has been set because of this disappoi- iliADISOBvIADISOB COLLEGE PRESSPRESS" (FREE)(PBBE) ntment. ..er...appointment.A little bird told me that this was a result Box 35, Broadway, Va. 2281522S15 of Dr. Poindexter's lack of success in actualizing his progressive pla- — 0 ns in the department.(one may then ask "What progressive plans?plans?"Never,,Never OUR PURPOSE heard of any, have you?) Therefore a conservative peon of classicali- This paper's purpose is not to sm was chosen for this worn position olarize the Madison campus. The It all goes to show what little ew interested students who made drive some administrators really his publication possible do not have in them. One does not grow up ©fleet,■afleet oneone. absolute philosophy, overnight, and neither do institu- es have no common goal save to ex- tions. They have to be fed and ress ourselves. We do not expect changed regularly and prepared for veryone to agree with what we say. the future. Great patience and Qe do not want readers to accept perseverance is needed in order to ur word as being above question, create a well-rounded and useful e are striving for a meaningful institution. Such a display of de- xchange of ideas, a confrontation featism is quite unbecoming towards f? minds. If we fail in our object-object— one of the most sensitive and per- /G/Q, it is not because of what we sonally rewarding areas of life;life: LyW butUut how it is received. The the Creative Sphere. ines of communicationcommunication'at at Madison Perhaps some Masochistic mem- ave been cut, if they ever exist- ber of the English department will d,i, and the sole purpose of this one day undertake the responsibil- aper is to reopen these needed ity of averting the disaster of de- hannels of dialogue, not only be- partmental suffocation, and insti- atweenetween student and administration, gate some wanted changes with the at also between student and stu- support of the more present-orien- ent, between the student and fac- ted professors and interested stu- Ity, and within the faculty itself. dents. Until then, pax vobiscum. An Outraged Major 0 A.-]

kHo K , ' if * V^ '''Qil io i i I I Cr■f UL 3 A -X »• "Hrr^t ■ fc o Vv tc yp.r-1 The FIXER continues to keep ( o m Aitsj"its head above the water, but not > H by much. Our four previous edit- It is indeed ■unfortunate that in ^ ions have netted approximately hese days of forward advancement 1',$U$100 100 inin contributions and advert- %. ere at Madison, that certain areas ^ising"ising is on the increase. But to V re in a state of regress. One such re re S 0ne ch ...continuecontinue to appear regularly, The rea is in the SchoolqL f of? wHumanities, .^ i continue to appear regularly, The AFixer needs a mimeograph machine. r. WilliamiAmiS J. McMurraySchool of isHumanities. taking ^Fixer needs a mimeograph machine. * ^Murray is '■"WeWe can turn only to you, the stu- verT as the head of the English De- 0 En dents, with the hope that you want 1 artment!P-r+mpf+? Oh,nh woe +to those glishprogres- De- dents, with the hope that you want 0 6 1 your paper to continue. If every ive, ^dynamic professors® o® and pnegnes- student y your paper to continue. If every • a dynamic professors and student XoneAnne who receives a copy of this ho desire changes and advancements. ^paper would contribute a dollar s j paper would contribute a dollar $ Anyone who nadhad taken a class \iI ($1.00),(11.00), we would be able to pur- aider Willie knows exactly what I ^v- 'chase-chase a new electric mimeograph ean. That is, unless they fell as- jxmachine. machine. One dollar is not too mu- 4 eepsep during his opening comments, Ach-Ich to guarantee the continuance of is those who have him are wont to i ^freedom^"freedom of speech at Madison. Pie-Ple- T' io. His classes are so exciting it ^ ase send your contribution to;to: j is more fun watching flies copula- ^MadisonJj.Madison College Press (Free), X $ ~'F-" ~~" "5, Broadway, Virginia, 22815 the fixer page 2 J o Lt e* Lovelove is andand.Arthur .'Arthur ♦\6 Lee has been gone a long time. His /! >, first group broke up in 1967 after 2 two years of being critically ac- i\nn claimed failures. How,twoNow,two years la- H6 \ ter,Arthurter, Arthur leeLee is back with a stun- •> / ningly versatile new band,ready to MLV?\ zoom back to the bottom of the cha- nts again. 1970 may not be love-'sloveJs year to be ignored. They did at le- in4 it ast make it to the middle of the ■ y mkus charts in September with "Four Sail" \7pts~\JV Aaa/U and their new follow up album shows signs of doing the same. There seems to be some contro- But what the Hell if Lovelove never versy as to the use of "obscene" surpasses their 1967 success? They words in this paper. As one of the have got Jay Donnellan who is un- previous and (maybe still part of questionably one of the very best the silent majority hex^ehere at MadisrMadis- new guitarists around and they've on) I would like to put my"twomi-"two centxcents got George Suronovitch who is with- in. ¥eWe have more important moral out a doubt THE most original drum- issues to concernconcern, ourselves with. mermer, , period,period , not to mention Frank Rather than spending our time quib- RayodFayod hangin'in there and doing a bling over how they are said. I'mI'm_ fine job on bass guitar. Of course sorry I have to waste space in this the focal point is Lee, who wrote, paper over such trifleness, so I'll arranged,produced,and sang every- make myself brief. thing with a fantastic sense of Norman Mailer in his Armies of timing. the Night wrote, "The American cor- "Four Sail" is certainly beau- poration executive, who was (is) tiful in terms of material and per- after all the foremost representa-i-epresenta- formance, but in the end it cojcomes ,es tive of man in the world today, was across as just another collection (is) perfectly capable of burning of songs. Not that this is bad-it's of ^songs. Not that this is bad-it' s unseen women and children in the a linefine collcol1ootton gotion of songs, but it's Vietnamese jungles, yet felt a a little hung up by the fact that large displeasure and fairly final Lee seems to be a bit nervous at Lee seems to be a bit nex-vous at disapproval at the generous rise of being in the Studiostudio again. obscenity in literature and in "Out Here"Hero" is much more relaxed; public." it comes through like a letter from Are you more concerned with what an old friend. EvexythingEverything you've this paper is saying? Or how it is been wanting to know is in this said? musical letter, and it's such a Marilyn Miller relief to hear it and know your friend is finally safe and sound -0- (oh Christ, what a pathetic pun). The versatility is stunning. This 5^ two record set starts out with a happy bit of gospel and then a snatch of country, and then BOOM! jva into "Signed B.C."D.C." one of the f.c; most powerful blues cuts in re- cent days. There's a nice long 177^7! Toj solo where Suronovitch sounds like a drum factory in heat and a SoaihUomSouihKdm nextmut to little song about why".why"... . . every- thing' s fine, I just got out of the army, today." There's a little per- sonal philosophy and a little sad- ness axidand a whole lotta love for f je life in general. The thing that makes this album CdliCtlli in what it is is the fact that you can fW.ba. .v 73 tell just by listening how much Uotbet cWs'ct'jgs '$0 13 j ~ f/fc-67f fe' (ol love enjoyed doing it, and it's fttfItchftrfttch frt. ■Zo bound to be contagious—youcontagious—yoti just /d>-/>>• . Go can't help but enjoy it. So like I said before, what the hell if love doesn't ever really make it commercially? They've had it moremox,e than made musically for a branch 'fe long time, and that means a lot, rtt<, O franchise ■ -SLAsSSle.dos-iS especially when they've friends. the fixer . . . , .pagepage 3- -

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a legal document; included in this is S* 4 paper was the promise to be "loy- JT' al"e,l" to Madison. I know of no way s to be more loyal than to correct / ¥t some of the miserable conditions which exist here. Disinterest o- leads to disloyalty. Become in- terest,!,terested, express your opinions. Demand your rights. It is up to . -7, us to let Holton know we care enough about Madison to want to 7/ share in the choosing of our next / •:' / i N president. peaoe ^ Po ,7er; ttK a" „ —Jay—Jay Rainey NO './HERE./HERE TO GO '1 CCEPTEPT UP 0 v In a shortshort time (hopefully) Mad- C<- ' '>- ison will have a new president,president. ■r RorFor the past four years everyone r' tp has heard the rumor, "this is go- ^X H 4,7^' ■ ing to be his last year."s^ear." But every r A J OA year the students (except those XA unjustly denied readmission or those thrownthro-mi into the ranks of the "non-existant") and faculty return \ht to be greeted by G.G, Tj^lerTyler Miller, XV > .A ■ ft' - > This writer has no newnev; inside in- HiHi', I I have a couple of things formation, he liashas only hoard the to say—okay? I don't know if rumor that "this is going to be y'all know this but the reason for his last year." the l/3 call down for signing out Our now governor has the task late for weekends is this—the D- before hin to appoint the next pre- Hall needs a count of students who sident of Madison, (The writer al- will be stuck here for the weekendv/eekend so hears there will be five vacan- so that they can estimate how much cies on the Board of Visitors next food to prepare, I can see the lo- year.) Virginia voted for a change gic of reasoning this, but they when they elected Holton.Helton, I hope still aren't very good at estima- Holton will in turn give Madison a ting, are they? long-awaited change in lsa,dership.leadership. Secondly, I want to say that it The people who know the most really infuriates me for a student about this school are the same to be barred from fulfilling the people who have nothing to say when observational requirements of a appointments are made. Students, course because his hair is longIlongi faculty, and even the administrat- Soon they'll be measuring toe ors have little influence in pick- nails and bicuspids I ing Miller's successor. Holton Finally comes the thing that I said liehe .wantedwanted student opinion5opinion; really want to talk about—the well, the upcoming appointment will "student CT" who wrote a letter to clearly show if Holton is still the Breeze concerning Toni Flitter aware of the students, as he was —the "troublemaker." My God, CT— prior to the election. In choosing what a closed mind you have I To me the nextnext-' president I foolfeel every the question is not whethorwhether Toni sector of Madison should bobe polled, falsified records and has subse- including the students. I have quently "rehabilitated" herself— drafted a letter to Holton asking the question is whether Toni, whom him to allow the students and fac- I consider to have been a student ulty at Madison to take part in here, should or should not be ac- this decision which directly af- corded herhor right to an Honor Coun- fects us. . . Anyone wishing to cil .trial.trial. An Honor Council trial read and sign this letter, as in- is the right of all Madison stu- terested students or faculty, dents—guilty or not guilty, per- please contact me, Jay Rainey,iamey, Box fect or imperfect. Your attitude, 2213. CT, makes you sound like a vigil- If we want Madison to become ante—forget the trial for the "ly- free, we need a nownew youthful pres- ing, cheating" Toni—just find the ident, someone who does not think nearest hanging tree. You also Madison's purpose is the stuffing wrote about past precedents CT— of students into containers and forget past precedents and let's shipping thenthem off into jobs. If work for new precedents which will we want to be hoard we have to allow all studontsstudents all their : raise our voices. NowNow: is the timetine rights. Don't forget this CT—the for students and faculty alike to denial of Toni's rights is a demand a part in the shaping of threat to us all. Madison's future. —Aleasa Wallace When I whswas permitted (I'm not sure that is the right word for 0 it) to return to IladisonMadison I signed ...... A . the fixer ppageage 5 a* iv * ^st;. Kh. since exams start the 20th, and ^r< ^r since everyone has term papers z/ to write I recommend that every- J 5\^ one tell Mr. Patterson to write /Hi fr r# his own speech titled, "The Student as Jigger"digger" and submit it. Just a quick warning concern- I'm sure it would win.v/in. ing tv/otwo narcs on campus,campus. Look for the white socks and black shoes. Les Hammond Know your local narc„..It,s good business. I see where Lake Crap is getting the credit it deserves, A 0 few weeks ago I said something a- bout the nothingness deep down in -./A Lake Crap.Crap, It seems that nothing P r r ' is not what's down there. Invisi- • •'v/? :: H 1 1 > ble to the naked eye are all kinds • / eilV Au of neat things like amoeba, which td \ sreare also present in amoebic dysen- tery,fery, human waste better known as Jobo do. This contains typhoid which eancan cause death. So watch where wwg \ you skate. The person around here MA? best qualified to answer quest- ions concerning our lake is Dr. xv-- Davis. Although he is just another In considering this subject it faculty member, which means he has is necessary to introduce two term little power here, he's the man to contributed by Eric Fromm. They go to. Him or President Miller; are reactive hatred and character- take your pick. are reactive hatred and character- conditioned hatred. HeactiveReactive hatre By the way Dr. Moulton is fa- would be seen in behavior patteins mous for his sign located on the directed at some specificspecitic object. door to his office which states, During childhood one is often con- I'd like to help you out, which way did you come in?" And the ra- froutedfronted with uncertain or danger- ous situations. The harsh sting ofoi dio station wonders why they've a leather strap brings about an got-go-t problProblems. ems. I had a chance to see the minutes of the last meet- angry emotional response, which is usually directed at the administrf ing of the controllers of the sta- tion. Somebody said they didn't tor. This type of reactive hatred like some of the editorializing is usually considered "normal". -elng done over the air. I thought But out of this reactive hatred cect arise a much more dangerous and ff* ^4^catlpnaltl.onal radio station had the job and responsibility to elusive condition known as char- acter-conditioned hatred. If the broadcast0 all vviewsews on a subject. IttI vboils down toi the onfact a subject.that child doesn't understand why he freedomireedom of speech concerns some- is being punished and receivers thing you say which isn't contro- it at irregular but frequent in- versial or against whoever is in tervals the anger (cont. page 6) control. When you really say some- thing "they"they" don't agree with, then your freedom of speech is taken AM away.away, Examples—Smothers Brothers C?/ e ai and the Chicago Seven.Seven, There will be a drug forum pre- Wi ^ 0 sented by Madison students some- time 2nd semester. Seven or eight students will relate facts and 1 yi/c their experiences concerning drugs to anyone attending. Bands will be present and outside guests willv/ill 5',so...5530.., Free delivery...delivery -.. 1030 speak. This will not be full of -j-oror crap like the narc at Anthony f Seeger was. Fellow students will ordker^sorders of morsx-nor© VHwuhdb answer any questions you may iiuv« $ 3.003lOO concerning grass, acid,acid,"apeud apcud (jbbi(354 fo*jo* ^ 1 0 A having to do this and since this Ckr^erCervter / J notice came out January 5, and the the fixer fixer ...... p agepage 6 (On Hate cont.) may be channeled into a "readiness not be muddled with emotionally toto hate," tainted words. CommunicationOommunication at One of the factors that enabled best is inadequate. Hitler's rise to pov/erpower was the de- In the bloody, vicious, tften plorable condition of Germany's work hateful battle against hate per- ing class. A pertinent example of haps one proposal c»uldc«uld clear the how atrocities recycle themselves air a bit. , .role reversal. . . may be seen in the following idea. Because of trench warfare during —David Haley World War I both France and Germany were left a generation of father- 0 less children. This coupled with -TTT other factors helped produce a rFtT > group of people who had experienced \ ! I ! n a very harsh and insecure life,life. i i ! 1 alongA.long with this came the char- ! f ! ! acter-conditioned hatred so typical I of emotionally insecure people. ■A Hitler's speeches are loaded with i i Hitler's speeches are loaded with f \\ i emotionally charged words like "smash" and "kill," Dr. Goebbel's propaganda machine used this read- Thursday, January 15, New Mobe iness to hate to unify the German is sponsoring numerous nationwide Lower-middlelower-middle class. Those few peo- marches in memory of the birthdaybirthdaj ple who paused long enough to of Martin Luther King, Jr., in think about what was happening were protest of the recent political swept to the wayside or silenced assassinations of Black Panther altogether. Propaganda based on Party members, and to protest the 'latelate does not listen to reason. political imprisonment of the To make an obvious parallel be- Chicago Seven. There will be a tweentween Hitler's Germany and contem- march from Wilson Hall, Madison porarysorary America would be entirely College, to the Rockingham Coun- presumptous. However, with lesson ty Court House in Harrisonburg,Harrisonburg. still in mind let us turn to some March begins at 3 p.m., and will rather recent events which point terminate by 5 p.m. after speech- to the proclivity of the situation. es at the Court House. For primarily political reasons Those citizens who are con- Spiro^piro Agnew has attacked mass media cerned about their liberties and intellectuals. Spiro's message might find this demonstration a sontainedcontained many valid points, but meaningful expression of their the langiaagelanguage used in certain sec- worry and concern. :ions was not appropriate. Using 0 /ords like "merchants of hate" Agnew •'V ,iassas stirred up deep emotional feel- 'rv>'' ings in the silent majority. ( A -h <- A nore accurate term would be Reismn's "AW /*\\r\ 'political,'political indifferents.") "Amer- vvJAU- ica, love it or leave it" or "Peace I f through Victory" are worn out but mIP I'U Jif" 'ifif li-r /! V''ri' good examples of character-condit- DREAMS GO ON ioned hatred. Now, let us turn to an expres- Violence was no stranger to him, sion of hate that recently occured it was his constant shadew.shadow. He was in this free-press, namely the use known as a fighter that never gave )f four letter words. The word f up. Born to a life in the mines Isis an emotional panacea which is but somehow he fought out. He was .^eryrery appropriate in certain situa- a man. He listened t» the men that tions. But does it belong in a ser- face black lung as a way ofif death. ious manuscript or thought? When He was a champion afof the individ- thoughts finally take form on paper ual miner. He dreamed of a better me assumes that what has been writ- life for the miners and died be- tenben is important, at least to the cause he dreamed. ■/riter. If it is important to the Violence has brought down many ■writer/riter and he submits the article great men but somehow their dreams for publication then that person lived on. The miners are leaving sbviously wants to communicate, their pits. They're leaving forf»r Hut in communicating a message to him. They voted for him, fought an audience one must deal with a with him and now they will cry span of acceptance in each group f*rfor him. member's value system. Unfortunate- He was murdered along with his - wv e n ly a word like shit causes manyJ1 peo- '^if ,fand^ daughter. The miners pie to shut• • their- - mind- - by- -becoming aren't forgetting what hehe'did did for them. They won'twtn't forget Jock La- "indigant". Often these indignants are the very people the message blonski. Somehow dreams must go was meant for. Perhaps this is why on* —Dean Brown Lady Chatterley's Lover didn't work for the indignants. Because I be- lieve in the younger generation's 0 cause I suggest that proposed ideas the fixer page seven „

m r*-. \'v f r h .T * ." ■' -<■.■•. 'tjs!/ , • , / i ■)',' f \ Yj . '^k:- >> us - ■,; r ^ \ .r ., rvt/ , ''r- V-- '"V- /' -• 'V h / $' ' W- ^ y (^e^2cCyth-- mm\V :-;h Within You Without You We were talking—'abouttalking—-about the space AN EASY QUEST TO FUTILITY between us all And the people—who hide themselves We spend our days searching for behind a wall of illusion the answer to the mystery of why we Never glimpse the truth—then it's even bother. Generally we cannot far too late—when they pass allow ourselves to question the away. downward spiral of daily existence. We were talking about the love we Sometimes, however, the magic of all could share—when we find it captured imagination can force us To try our best to hold it there— to see the tangled web of petty with our love cruelty that ensnares us. Easy With our love—we could save the Rider hits us right where we live- world—if they only knew. in the fragile tinsel of our dream- Try to realize it's all within ed hopes. The harshness of bitter yourself—no one else can make reality mocks our naive idealism you change until we cannot stand to look. This And to see you're really only very ride may be ridiculously easy, but small, and life flows on within the road leads to a glaringly, ugly you and without you,you. dead end. And at that thwarted, We were talking—about the love barbed end, there we stand, gloat- that's•gone so cold and the ing and whimpering over our own people, destruction. Who gain the world and lose their Easy Rider deals with a cher- soul—they don't know—they ished, well—pro+octedwell—protocted myth—the Am- can't see—are you one of them? erican ideal of the free soul,soul. Un—Un- When you've seen beyond jrourself—yourself—■ forUmately,for Lrnately, freedom is nothing-nothing then you may find, peace of mind, more than a huge mousetrap that se- is waiting there— duces us and then breaks our necks And the time will'comewill come when you when we try to be free. We are nev- see we're all one, and life er free because we must live in a flows on within you and without world that regards freedom as some- youou thing obscene and frightening. We ^ * —Beatles all desire freedom and envy those c ourage ous—or fo olhardy—individ— uals who_attemptwho attempt to fulfill what we V blandly insist to be true. However, A anyone who tries to live by his own convictions is callously eradicated because he challenges the card house of our universe. In a world of empty faith and VIETNAM: A TIME FOR CHOOSING squashed beliefs, we all lose be- cause we can never discover how to "Political,"Political procrastination, in- win. But we really deserve to lose decision, attrition, disillusion- because we don't care. Just let us ment, and despair are the ingredi- have some small, safe, unfree pit- ents that have transformed Vietnam tance, and we will never complain. into America's death wish. All the Thus, Easy Rider laughs at and facts, figures, and historical pre- mourns for all of us—those who cedents have blurred and blended break rules and those who break in a plethora of "involvement de- themselves to preserve rules. This bates '.' . movie captures our souls and pins "Now in 1969 we are faced v/ith them on the butterfly board for us a situation that has degenerated to examine. Y/eWe have to look even if to the point that humanitarians of it makes us sick. And it often 1966, then concerned about napalia- does., ed children, now wave Viet Cong —Debbie Darr flags in hopes of a Communist vic- tory. These 1966 humanitarians pe- 0 -titioned for bombing halts in order that North Vietnam might show good What do you want to be when you faith. Today these "Americans'•Americans' de- grow up? mand unilateral withdrawal and the surrender of Southeast Asia to the cf \ Rv Communists. tni/i > ) s kiihioi iEi c "Their conscience qualms regard- —Dan laymanLayman ing napalm victims have been muted in order to accept the inevitable, 0 ■C Communistommunist perpetrated Asian blood- bath (cont page 8) (Vietnam...cent.)(Vietnam...cont.) of the Govcntico.covontios. In osscncG,CDSonco, manymc,ny Amer- icans have brought CharaborlainianChanberlainian po.eepeace thirty years after it iras i^rovenproven count- on erfeit. oaODOo □ D o tsD ,^.^..Ky ^y column has not appeared in The The retreat has begun with the battle 1; "Breeze for the past two issues despite lost. To those "patriots" the choice the fact that I had turned it in. If is simple; gas or electrocution. Ameri- the staff is trying to tell me that ca can effect a stagedst -ged withdraw1withdrawl a la my comments are no longer apprcoiated-apprcciated- Fixoni'ixon or turn tail and run a la iicGov-IIcGov- despite an editorial in the December 10 ern. 10th issue— I wish they would let me Other hhave ,ve perceived a different in on the news. But like they say...say.., choice however. In December of 1961 the the student is always the last to know. later John P. Kennedy wrote to the Pres- Or something like that. I must keep ident of South Vietnam. 'The situation trying to remember the quote from that in your embattled country is well known editorial: to me and the American people. Our in- In summary, administrative censor-*censor- dignation has mounted as the deliberate ship is extremely liberal at Iladison,,Iladison.. savagery of the Communist program of But the channels of communication Assassination, kidnapping and wanton at KadisonIladison will never fully develop violation becomes clear...the campaign if the students continue their pre- of force and terror now being waged a- if the students continue their pre- sent trend of apathy. gainst .youryour people and yourjrour government I just wish I understood. I thought I is supported and directed form the out- was speaking out and countering the side by the authorities at Hanoi,' apathy. I gjsessgjiess I'll never learn; I'm Soon President Kennedy chose, HB'HS rais- not one of the "...interested students." ed the United States' Commitment in men I only happen to be a student who hon- South Vietnam from 775 "to 40,00040? 000 estly cares about what is happening . men. Prom that tragic day in Dallas un- til very possibly today political pro- Too bad that those aren't one in the same to the staff of The Breeze. crastination, indecision and attrition have been our policies.' Oh, just in case you're interested, here is the column that somehow got Per those of you who may not recognize lost in the cloud of vague statements. this article, it has been typed, word, Poor thing...it really does deserve at from a YAP piece of literatures Tell least the chance to be printed, even in a It To Hanoi. a less that "...first-class newsnewspaper.." aper.." The contentsContents of this article are ex- that is so awfully naughty to use those cellent for those of you who like to foul "... four-letter words..." read "meaningless phrases" joined to- gether to givogive the semblance of an in- telligent and factual article. I would like to focus your attention on the second paragraph,paragraph. (liow(How in 1969...I969... A VKPlYVhTiY hoarskHOAESD voiceVOICE Communists.") This statementstatement, is a gross I feel like a voice crying in a blue- over-generalization. The statement ira-im- stone wilderness. I have asked questionsouestions glies that "all" humanitarians of 1966 a,; rc "and received no answers, I am beginning now waving the Viet Cong flag and "and received no answers. I am beginning are hoping for CommComa -nistnist victory in to'to losolose both my voice, and my .pytiohce. Southeast Asia. While talking to a YAP As usual, whenever a problem rears its representative, I was informed that this probing head at Iladison, the administra- statement was based on the events that tion does its best to look away. Sorry took place at the recent Horatoriums.Koratoriums. I folks, this time the college is going to have to face a problem instead of would."would"like'to" like ' to" be6se6 the figures to back the previously made statements. To myray skillfully evading it. Contrary to its knowledge there were not enough Viet democratic facade, Iladison continues to Cong flag wavers for YAP to make such a perpetrate an undercover segregationist statement. attitude. As far as the contents of the article In bland cliches the administration are concerned, I don't think that the points proudly to the increase in YAP has anything to say. I am left with black enrollment, choosing to ignore a blank impression after reading the ar- the. c fact that"p^-t this increase is lud- ticle. However, the YAP has the right to ^icrouslyc±ollsly inadequate.inadefj.uace. Surely the admin- print what it wants. The only thing left istrators cannot actually believe that for the reader to do is sort out the the students now live in an integrated facts from the bullshit. community. If the administratoraadninistratora dd believe their own propaganda^propaganda] they are Sherry Puglisiuglisi stupidly deluding themselves. Self- delusion creates a beautiful mummy; how- lever,ever, this college really does HOT need |anyany more intellectual and moral blind- ness, It is time for every student to w 4C 1 wake up to the ugly, narrow UiWxVi bdVyk ^v\Q.oi^Vvo-p LSL S bsb ? (cont. page 10)

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