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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 10-23-1968 The BG News October 23, 1968 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News October 23, 1968" (1968). BG News (Student Newspaper). 2250. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/2250 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. News endorses Humphrey for President This is a year of political disillusionment for young Ameri- possible, for the future of the world depends on it. cans. The champions in which they placed so much faith have We think the best available choice in 1968 is Hubert II. Hum- all fallen by the wayside: Robert Kennedy was eliminated by an phrey. assassin's bullet, and Eugene McCarthy and Nelson Rockefeller Mr. Humphrey has a record of enlightened public service far were eliminated at their parties' national conventions. superior to those of the other two candidates. He is the only As a result, Americans are candidate who stunds uny chance of reunifying the country and left with what many consider setting it on its proper course again. to be a dismal choice for Pres- He has been a solid advocate of civil rights for two decades ident: Hubert H. Humphrey, now and shows no signs of changing. He realizes that equal Richard M. Nixon, or George rights depend on equal opportunities, so he hus proposed a C. Wallace. Hut Americans "Marshall Plan" for the cities, including massive aid to educa- must make a choice, for the tion, rebuilding housing in the slums, establishing a sane trans- next four years may be the portation system, and curtailing juvenile crime by a meaningful most important ever in decid- recruiting and training program for urban police. ing America's destiny in this This is the proper upproach to the nation's problems. Mr. century. Humphrey wants to eliminate them by attacking their root causes, The situation in America not just the surface manifestations of them. Mr. Nixon and Mr. and the world is extremely Wallace both seem incapuble of defining the real causes of the grave. The United States is violence in the streets, and, as such, would not deal effectively involved in a frustrating, un- with the problems of American society. winnable, never-ending war On Vietnam, Mr. Humphrey, though tied to the Johnson ad- 12,000miles away on the main- ministration, has the most sensible approach to achieving peace. land of Asia. He says the United States must take "an acceptable risk for The Russian invasion of peace" by halting the bombing. Czechoslovakia has renewed Mr. Nixon has yet to make himself clear on the Vietnam war, fears of a return to Stalinism and Mr. Wallace's approach to the problem is woefully out of in the Communist world. The chances for peace in tune with the realities of the present situation. the Middle East become dim- Perhaps the most important plus on Mr. Humphrey's side is mer every day as Israel and his position on the spread of nuclear weapons. When the limited the Arab nations square off nuclear test ban treaty was signed in 1963, President John F. against each other in a spir- Kennedy told Mr. Humphrey, "This is your treaty." al ing arms race. (Continued on page two.) The nuclear arms race be- tween the United States and Russia continues unabated, with both nations having the capability of k i 11 i n g the world's population several times over. TheBG The underdeveloped nations of the world continue to fall behind their Western counter- parts because of an uncontrollable population rise and the chronic political crises that afflict them. In the United States, the fabric of the nation is coming apart at the seams because of ever-increasing splits between black News and white, young and old, and rich and poor. America's institutions are being battered from both left and Serving a growing university since 1920 right by extremists whose appeal is not to reason, but to emotion. In these grave times, Americans must make the best choice Wednesday, October 23, 1968 Volume 53, No. 18 College of Education panel hits Vote now for Council Reps Today Bowling Green students will have the opportunity to elect representatives to Student Council from each living unit, six commuter representatives, three freshman representatlves- issue of faculty-student equality at-large, and a slate of freshman officers. Student Council has lnitltated a new precinct system where students will be able to vote In their residence halls, and com- By WALTER STARR they should not be afraid to con- a course description booklet. muters will be able to vote In the Commuter Center. Staff Writer front each other." Campbell told faculty members the I.D. cards or validation slips must be presented to vote. Faculty members from the Col- The two other members of the booklet would cover exactly how Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. lege of Education met yester- student panel discussed student- many tests that an Instructor gave, day with student representatives teacher relationships. Sue Snyder how many outside readings, and to answer the query, "Should stu- and Dave Wagner, both students how much each test would count. dents govern departments?" in the College of Education, told Faculty members said this was A panel of four students prom- faculty members that a more In- out of the question because It would "Student as Nigger" inent In various activities on cam- formal situation In the classroom determine who was an easy pro- pus addressed the faculty on such would ease much of the tension fessor and who was a hard one. Issues as better student-teacher felt by the student. The meeting adjourned with relationships and the equality of "The whole problem begins In many of the faculty members in — if never happened students and professors. the classroom. If a professor sets a mild uproar. Campbell said, By STEPHANIE CARDULLIAS Phil Campbell, social studies an Informal mood at the start of "We were prepared for this sort Dr. Foulds went on to talk about major In the College of Educa- classes he would gain more par- of reaction. We feel that the stu- Staff Writer this "sensory deprivation" we tion and chairman of the Stu- ticipation out of the students," dents on this campus should meet The Students for a Democratic learn to accept from childhood, dents Academic Affairs Board of said Wagner. this opposition. Every student has Society started out to sponsor a and how It prevents us from en- Student Councll(told faculty mem- The students were criticized by to fight to achieve equality with forum discussion yesterday In the joying human contacts. bers that students should be allow- faculty members «*> &»•♦»• !«*»• «t the famtlt* m w caniima " bottom if the Student Services "We are born sensitive, alive, ed to have positions on the boards Building on the controversial integrated, then we are deadened, of every department. In this way paper, "The Student as Nigger." deadened by the taboos and res- faculty members could know what But, it never happened. trictions society has placed on us. students want out of a course, After a short skit depleting the "My area deals with what can and how students felt the course general Idea of the paper — the be done to resensltlze people," could be Improved, .said Camp- student as a mindless automaton, said Dr. Foulds, as he proceeded bell. a cowering subservient — a guest to do just that. Dr. Robert Baysnore, chairman speaker was Introduced to the aud- Dr. Foulds led a series of "sen- of the Faculty Senate Sub-Comm- ience. sory-awakening experiences." He ittee on Student Governance, said Dr. Mel Foulds, professor of Instructed the 200 people In the he had been working with Uni- psychology, apologized In advance Forum Room to rise, close their versity officials on various pro- for behaving "contrary to expect- eyes and concentrate on every posals for student governance. ation," but said he wasn't going separate body part realizing how "Ours is not a role of policy to speak on the publicized topic. It should function. This he termed making, just recommendations," He said a greater problem more the process whereby each person he said. "We have proposed all basic than lack of communication becomes aware of themselves In- policy making units at this Uni- between administration and stu- dividually before relating to versity Include students In the dents existed, and he termed this others. role of voting members, not con- problem a breakdown in almost After another attempt at self- sultants." all human communications. awareness, Dr. Foulds Instructed On the point of equality between Students feel "uptight, anxious, everyone on an inter- relating ex- students and professors, Barbara depersonalized, depressed," said perience. Each person looked Burdette, senior in the College WITH OPEN EARS - Approximately 200 students attended the Dr. Foulds. "And this problem silently Into another person's of Education, made this comment, open forum held yesterday in the Student Services Building. is shared by all. Our whole soc- eyes and touched his hands, all iety and culture Is to blame for "A student and a professor should (Photo by Larry Nighswander). (Continued on page five.) think of each other as equal and this." Pag* 2 / The BG N.w», Wednesday.

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