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Thursday. MM5 J£ Daqaesne University DUKE "« U Tournament Highlights . Kerr Addresses Debate Teams . r On Free Press vs» Free Trial— 235= Free press, free trial and law tournament with an impressive a trophy. enforcement issues highlighted team record of 5-0 in the five Winning Record the 12th annual Invitational round session, was LaSalle Col With a winning record of 3-2, Debate Tournament, held Fri lege. University varsity debaters Da day and Saturday, Nov. 19-20, Pulling in the second place vid ' Krell, A'66, and William in Rockwell hall. trophy with' a team .record of Bartley, A'68, were beaten in Sponsored this year by the 4-1, and a median score of 93, the five round battle by the Allegheny Bar association, B was the University of Rich universities of Maryland and tournament teams debated the mond. Richmond. national topic: "Resolved: That Awarded third place was the They defeated Kent State, law enforcement agencies be, Westminster, and the Univers given greater freedom In the'" U.S. Naval academy, whose ity of West Virginia. investigation and prosecution team record was also 4-1, but Five individual debaters also whose median score was 47. i i of crime." earned individual awards for * *S$^r<&& ' First Place Team Under tournament, rules the points scored during the de Clinching first place in the host team was not eligible for bate. Capturing the "Director's Plain Talk Award for Outstanding Individ ual Speaker" was Robert Cox of the University of Richmond, "The Cincinnati Kid" Bookstore Has Problems with an individual median score of 28 points, for top prize. Kunner-Up Plays Honestly, Loses Of Understock, No Space Runner-up with a median By James Schmitt the extra copies. By Manuel Skarvelis Cincinnati Kid (Steve Mc score Of 26, was Thomas Witt An old Greek proverb says Queen) is slick, smooth and Mrs. Mary V. McGuirk, book As I stated before, I feel that of first-place La Salle college. store manager for the past 12 possibly the problem was cre beware of wine, women and sure. Although he is simple in Third, fourth, and fifth plac gambling. Since the Cincinnati his style, this trait breeds a years, spent about an hour ated due to a lack of coopera es were won by James DiLichi, from . her busy schedule last tion from the individual Uni Kid does not pay heed to the fervorous covet to dethrone the LaSalle; Paul Straind Navy; latter of the triumverate, he invincible and inveterate Lan- week talking with me about versity departments. and Joseph Kresbin, Univers the problems of running the ultimately falls into the abyss cey Howard (Edward G. Rob Advanced Notice ity of Pittsburgh, respectively. of remorse. inson). bookstore, mainly discussing This is not the' case, accord Following the presentation of. supplying the students " with "The Cincinnati Kid" is a Downfall ing to Mrs. McGuirk, who said awards guest speaker Thomas fine example of touch and re necessary textbooks. , • most of the departments give It is this bursting over-confi M. Kerr, Jr. Esq., chairman of flex. If one touches a hot dence, coupled with mortal en From that conversation I advanced notice of the approx the Pittsburgh chapter of the was able to establish the-fol stove, the normal reflex is to vy of a person, that brings imate number of students tak American Civil Liberties pull back. By trial and error, about the premature downfall lowing facts: ing their respective courses. Union, and a prominent attorn The problem of book short one learns the flaws and mis of an upstart stud poker player However, frequently this esti ey, spoke on "Free Press verses takes in his mechanism. —the Cincinnati Kid. age is one which is not unique mate falls short of total regis a Fair Trial." Simple Style to Duquesne. Mrs. McGuirk trants. His real test is actual combat Mr. Kerr pointed out the two If anything else, "The Cin and not partial praise. The Cin- ' stated the bookstore is a mem A final problem that lends concepts involved, (1) free cinnati Kid" points out the ber of the National Association cinnati Kid was matched op to the confusion of supplying press, and (2) a fair trial from vice, of bulging over-confi posite Lancey Howard, primar of College Stores (NACS). an. adequate number of books an unbiased jury, are in fact dence. • , '. ' which serves as a trouble- ily because of a notorious repu is created by those courses us two- basic constitutional rights tation for stud poker. shooter between the publishers ing the same text for three or of all U.S. citizens. " : and bookstores, and the organi four consecutive years. Concepts And Conflict Holcomb Lists Gives Warning - zation reports that book short With a previous gambling When a textbook is in circu These two concepts are not debt on his back, card dealer age plagues all campus book lation that long the high necessarily in conflict, but due Part'time Jobs stores. Shooter (Karl Maiden) is "per amount of; resale among the to flaws in law and ineffeci- suaded" by card shark Slade No Room For Books ' students prevents the book ency in law enforcement, con Available Now (Rip Torn) to deliver favorable • She further added the local store from ordering as many flict often arises, he continued. Part-time employment oppor tunities are in constant demand cards to the Kid. schools, such as Pitt, "continu books as there are students tak "Each has vital usefulness. Suspecting this subversive ally call our bookstore for ing the course. This protects The news media, for instance, by today's college students and the Planning and Placement activity, the Kid warns Shooter books that they have under the bookstore "from being can inform or misinform an en that the marathon contest will stocked. "stuck" with a surplus of books, tire community within a few center posts a wide variety of these student part-time jobs. be played his way — cleanly but often results in a textbook minutes." and fairly. Perhaps the Kid was To overstock the books is According to James R Hol not the answer either. Until shortage. Many times those who are at sure of victory as compensa My observatons indicate no fault are the law enforcement comb, director of the center, tion for his integrity. the bookstore migrates to its the volume of part-time jobs new location in the University present solution to the book officials who release informa- Strong Performances shortage problem, and possibly i tion or misinformation to the in the local community |tf>et center, currently under con have come to our attention has The length of the film is ade none will be forthcoming. press, thus producing biased quate. There are strong per struction, it will not have the jurors. i increased greatly. room to stock more books than Joint Effort formances by all, especially I would still like to believe "Free press," he emphasized, Reference Directories from Steve McQueen and sup vis now handling. "which operates under severe Along with the bulletin board hermore, most publish that those responsible, includ porting stars Rip , Torn and ing department heads, could public scrutiny, is essential in listing of part-time jobs, the Joan Blondell. Another asset is ers require all excess books to a democracy." center also has reference di be returned within a 6 to 2 make a joint effort to, if not the fine theme song sung by solve the problem-entirely, al In order to meet the prob rectories for full-time summer Ray Charles. / month period, or they will lems which impose barriers to employment. take back only 20 per cent of leviate it considerably. "The Cincinnati Kid," which With the improvement of the execution of a fair trial, The part-time job openings is reminiscent of "The Hustler" pre - registration, as current Mr. Kerr emphasized that "spe usually come from the com is a thinking man's movie on trends indicate, it seems feasi cific changes in the law are munity, but there is a prospect a thinking man's game. ble that the individaul depart necessary." for an increase in the number He suggested. (1) specific of jobs on campus through the ments could make near perfect Federal Work-Study program estimates to the number of stu changes in the courts them East-West Center selves, including "added quali of the new Higher Education .:• dents taking their respective Act of 1065. courses. * fications in the selection of the Gives Scholarships Jobs On Campus . Also, when the bookstore jury," thus increasing probabil ity of an unbiased jury. (2) The new act "should provide The Institute for Student In moves to the new University "Effective sanctions against for a number of student aid terchange of the East-West center, and larger accommoda law enforcement officials," in jobs on our campus," accord Center is offering SO scholar tions, it could overstock the the type of information re ing to Mr. Richard Dent, as ships for junior year study of texts knowing that the surplus leased to the press and time of sistant personnel administrator. Chinese or Japanese and relat could be returned for their full release.'- * All additional Information ed courser at the University of price within at least six months. concerning part-time job infor Hawaii beginning June, 1966. I, for one, certainly hope Concluding, Mr. Kerr said if all law enforcement agencies mation can be obtained in the Those interested may obtain A Satirical, Topical Rrviw hope something is done soon. ! . • -* ' • would co-operate with these Planning and Placement office, information from Dr.