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Protesters march on war L.A. hosts 12.000 Vandenberg sees for Saturday march peaceful protest By CHRISTY WISE By MIKE GORDON Approximately 12,000 anti-war, demonstrators marched peacefully two miles down “Peace Is Our Profession insists a military billboard on the empty highway to Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles Saturday to protest United States involvement in the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Vietnam War. A specific complaint voiced by the protesters was Nixon’s recent escalation But the 200 peaceful demonstrators that showed up at the Air Force installation near of the war through bombings of Hanoi and Haiphong. Starting at 11 a.m. from Bronson Lompoc last Friday to display their disgust at the American bombing of civilian and Wilshire, the marchers arrived by noon at MacArthur Park for a six-hour rally. populations in Southeast Asia didn’t agree. Rally speakers represented a variety of contingencies, including Asian Americans, All afternoon, a contingent of UCSB students and local residents—and a scattering of United Women, the physically handicapped, lesbians, off-duty base personnel—picketed at an intersection Gay Men Against War and Sexism and GI’s on active next to the base. Though base officials had promised duty. They directed their rhetoric toward ending rally planners the use of a visitor’s parking lot for the “United States imperialism, and capitalistic demonstration, a change in orders denied the crowd oppression” and allowing the Vietnamese people to of access to the federal land. determine their own destinies. They also spoke about The crowd split up into several groups, marching their own particular interests. across the intersection in separate directions when the Attorney Anthony Russo, co-defendent with lights turned green. Chanting anti-war slogans, Daniel Ellsberg, emphasized that “United States carrying peace placards, and singing patriotic involvement in the Vietnam war is shrouded in myth. American songs, the group attracted the attention of Vietnam is one country. There is no north and south, motorists and military personnel entering and leaving so invasion by one part into another is a myth. The the base. United States is really trying to make the world safe A group of students with military identification for ITT.” cards were refused admission to the base. An auction-like speech demanding money for the Nevertheless, the demonstration passed without anti-war movement was received-with mixed response incident or arrest. by the demonstrators, one of whom nonetheless Friday’s action climaxed a student strike at UCSB. donated $1,000 while a few others donated sums of photos: Kevin Murphy The strike, with its overtones of 1970’s events here, $500, $100 and $50. Phil Ochs, Linda was widely reported by national news media. The Socialist Workers’ presidential candidate, Linda Jenness, Ron Kovich, peaceful demonstration at Vandenberg, which may Jenness, stressed that action, not talk, will end the Bobby Seale and well have drawn more participants than the strike, was war. “Build movements to show Nixon what the real Ralph Abernathy. ignored. But when speakers told the audience at American looks like. Real America is out in the Saturday’s peace march in Los Angeles about streets. We must build movements to get America back to the people.” Vandenberg, UCSB got heavy applause. Singer Carole Feraci, who confronted Nixon during a White House performance with an On Friday, it seemed for a while that the Vandenberg move—which involved a campus anti-war sign, remarked, “The crux of the American situation is that machines are fighting rally, a meeting in Perfect Park and a 60-mile car caravan to the base—would never get off people. It is an incredible tribute to the spirit of man that the Vietnamese people are still the ground. fighting for their freedom even with the United States’ continual inhumane treatment.” Only 150 students showed up at a UCen noon rally to coordinate the afternoon plans. Climactic speaker Bobby Seale arrived from San Francisco at about 4 p.m. to greet an Only 40 to 50 showed up in Perfect Park to set up rides to the base. (Continued on p. 8, col. 3) (Continued on p. 8, col. 1) was discussed. The proposal was offered by the Facuity votes foreign language faculty mainly as an alternative to Davidson’s resolution. A vote was never taken UCSB debaters are of Davidson’s proposal at that meeting because no on language the committee idea was substituted for it. Had the committee been set up, it would have national champions been charged to report its recommendations requirement within four weeks to another special meeting of A UCSB debate team was declared the best in the nation last week the faculty. The actual vote on the committee after its triumph in the final rounds of the 26th National Debate proposal was 120-yes and 150-no with five Tournament held in Salt Lake City. By MIKE CALLAHAN abstentions. Returning an unprecedented number of A third resolution offered by Political Science DEFEAT USC IN FINALS ballots, the faculty of the College of Letters and Professor Gordon Baker, would have established Senior Mike Fernandez and sophomore Mike Clough, who were Science have voted to end foreign language as a a committee of five faculty to formuate general education requirement. Of 470 eligible to coiached by Kathy Corey, defeated a University of Southern California recommendations on only the foreign language team in the final round of the three-day tournament sponsored by the vote, 329 or about 70 per cent actually voted on requirement. This committee also would have the three ballot issues. Two of the 329 were ruled American Forensic Association. Top debaters from 54 colleges and been charged to report to the faculty within four universities were represented at the meet. invalid. weeks. This proposal was defeated by a vote of Faculty had been asked to vote on three In addition to taking highest team honors, Fernandez was 145 to 111 with seven abstaining. recognized by the judges as the third best individual speaker in the issues. The first, which dealt specifically with the Passage by the faculty of the College of language requirement was the only one that tournament. Letters and Science does not make the regulation The championship team argued the-affirmative position on the passed. The resolution, introduced by Political change on foreign language final. General Science Professor Roger Davidson, read: “The topic, “Resolved, that greater controls should be placed upon the education requirements are Academic Senate gathering and utilization of information about U.S. citizens by candidate (for graduation) shall complete such legislation and it is that body which must now language courses as prescribed by his major government agencies.” Fernandez and Clough based their stand on finalize the action. A spokesman in the Dean’s contentions relating to the question of a volunteer army. department.” Office said there should be little trouble in On the language question, 167 voted for securing that approval. DEBATE DRAFT MORALITY adoption of the change and 142 opposed it. Since Letters and Science is by far the largest Beginning the two-hour debate with his first affirmative speech, There was four abstentions. The adopted college on campus, the senate is practically made Clough maintained that the present conscription system of raising an ' resolution is identical to one which was adopted up of the same people. The senate includes the army is morally unjust to the draftee. He also argued that a volunteer by the UCLA faculty last fall. faculty of the College of Engineering and the army is sufficient to insure national defense. Failing passage were two resolutions which Graduate School of Education. Engineering has would have established committees to further Responding to the negative team’s arguments, Fernandez no language requirement already. In the senate maintained that if a threat to the nation arose, citizens would raise study general education as a whole and foreign there are 19 Education faculty and 40 their own army. He went on to compare the harms perpetrated by the language specifically. The first, introduced by Engineering faculty. Professor of Spanish David Bary, would have draft system upon the draftee with the advantages of the system. The passed resolution will be put on the The judges in the final round split 4-3 in awarding the victory to the ordered a committee of five faculty members and agenda of the Academic Senate scheduled to UCSB team. two students to study the entire general meet on May 9. There is a possibility the full Leading up to the round with a USC team, Fernandez and Clough education package. senate will not meet however for lack of This resolution was passed by the faculty put away teams from Geroge Washington University, San Fernando business. In that event, the proposal would be Valley State College, Kansas University, Northwestern University, present at a special meeting of the college held discussed by the representative body of the Brown University, another USC team and more. The victory was last March whet» the future of foreign language senate, the Faculty Legislature, on May 11. considered a crowning honor for several years of debate squad building at UCSB. MONDAY, APRIL 24,1972 PAGE 2 U CSB DAILY NEXUS CUC action proper but ignores higher values Editqrs note: Mike Callahan is the student were enough irregularities in the course wanted to hear Flacks’ reasoning for the obviously, students are much less representative to the Committee on format as to require that it receive careful procedure he followed in instituting the concerned. Students should be worried Educational Policy and Associate Editor of scrutiny. For the time being everyone was course.

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