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Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU The Quill Student Publications 5-11-1976 The Quill -- May 11, 1976 Roger Williams University Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.rwu.edu/the_quill Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Roger Williams University, "The Quill -- May 11, 1976" (1976). The Quill. Paper 204. http://docs.rwu.edu/the_quill/204 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Quill by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. PERSPECTIVE: CARTER AND FORD The presidential campaign apologized for that choice of for Carter, disagrees with the Republican side is the incum bant president. this year can be very confusing words. As it turned out, he has experts when they said that bant Gerry Ford. A QUILL to anybody who doesn't have a defined ethnic purity as mean there isn't any reason and that staffer chatted with a spokes He also remarked about the score card. In an effort to bring ing a situation where he is they really didn't know. He man for The President Ford medias portrayal of Ford's two of the leading candidates opposed to the federal govern said that "The experts are con Committee - R.I. The spokes 'stumbling' in every move he in perspective for you, we ment stepping into ethnicly fused because they always man commented that "There is makes. The spokesman said, spoke with Charles Walker, the pure areas and forcing the seem to think that people vote a strong feeling for Ford in R.I. " . the media, as well as area coordinator for the Jimmy break-up of these particular for a candidate for a particular especially because of the re people, have a strong sense of Carter Presidential R.I. Cam ethnic groupings." Walker con issue, being abortion or some duced amount of inflation, the humor and it is easy to over paign. Walker is also the son of tinued on saying that "Upon thing else." People vote for position he has on energy, the dramatize a particular issue. As the Governor of Illinois. subsequent questioning of all Carter because of " . his position he has on employ far as I'm concerned, it's good When asked about the 'ethnic the other candidates, they open style of government and ment, it seems to be in line fun . and I don't take it purity' issue, Walker responded pretty much agree on Jimmy the fact he is very responsive to with where many of the people seriously." that the "Ethnic purity thing Carter's stand on the issue ..." people's needs and problems in in R.I. don't necessarilly follow was blown way out of propor Walker, when asked about this day and age." Walker said. party lines. Rhode Island usual GEEAERTSEN tion. Jimmy Carter himself the reasons why people vote The leading contender on the ly goes along with the incum- QUILLNF:WS WHAT'S INSIDE Who's Running America Pg. 2 Henry Winkler Pg. 4 London Experience Pg. 5 Rock & Roll Revival Pg. 6 TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1976 Academic All College Program111ing Dean Search Board Proposed Currently, RWC is looking Gould responded by saying for a new Academic Dean to that before any decisions are to A new charter, entitled The tainment, and recreational tory Government. fill the shoes of the incumbant be made, one needs to study all All-College Programming Board needs of the entire campus The proposal will be presen Mr. Harold Payson who will be the inputs from the various has been introduced by Doc community, at costs low ted at the May meeting of the stepping down from his posi constituences first. He went on Swanson, in regard to social enough to allow all community All-College Council and will tion at the end of this semes to say that R WC would need activities at Roger Williams members to participate." seek forwarding for approval to ter. Six candidates are slated to " . more diversity in pro College. The new program Under the original charter, the ·Board of Trustees at their come on board campus in the grams to attract more students seeks to relieve The Senate the activity fee would have May meeting where fees are to early part of this month. Each to take care of the enrollment Social Committee of all obliga been raised to $25.00 per sem be considered. candidate will be on campus gap projected in the early tions (with the exception of ester and dorm students would This proposal will directly for one day and will go 1980's." Spring Weekend, which is tradi pay an additional $5.00 per effect the student body and through, roughly, the same There are five other candi tionally the responsibility of semester. The raise was revised reaction to such should be procedure as the R WC Presi dates that will be questioned the Senate) and is "charged by the senate to $20.00 per made known. Copies of the dential Candidates experienced and judged before a final deci with providing a balanced cal semester and the Senate would original amendment and cur when they came on campus sion is handed down. Now if endar of events which meets continue to allocate $2.50 for rent revisions can be obtained last winter. you are wondering why you the cultural, educational, enter- every dorm student to Dormi- from Doc Swanson. Meetings will be conducted were never told about these Debbie Craven after a tour of the campus, visitations, well join the club. then the candidate will go into Neither was the QUILL! The a series of meetings with Fac QUILL only found out about Senate Bill I: Bill Frights ulty members, Students, Ad these interviews when a watch Of ministration Staff and the Aca ful reporter spotted a schedule S. 1 dates back to 1966 when the Senate Bill 1; ense emergency" seven years demic Dean Search Committee. of the Academic Dean Candi President Johnson appointed SPEECH, PROTEST, and $100,000 fine otherwise. A QUILL staffer spoke with dates' visits in a waste can. the National Committee on Re DEMONSTRATIONS; If S. 1 was to be passed, in one of the candidates, Dr. Rob Reporters never know what form of Criminal Laws. The Instigating the Government full , authors of books and ert Gould. When asked what they will find if they just keep commission, which made its or Destruction of the Govern newspapers such as THE PEN kind of academic direction their eyes open! final report in Jan. '71, ranged ment; A) OFFENSE - A per TAGON PAPERS (D. ELS would he try and send RWC in. GEEAERTSEN in political make up from Sen. son is guilty of an offense if, BERG) and THE CIA, CULT Ervin and Congressmen Milkva with intent to bring about the OF INTELLIGENCE (V. and Hurska. The commission's forcible overthrow or destruc MARCHETTI and D. MARKS) minority report, clearly a liber tion of the government of the would be convicted for viola al conservative compromise. United States or any state tion of disclosing classified in However, in '71 the Nixon speedily as circumstances per formation which is a segment Administration felt that the mit him: of the bill. commission's report wasn't suf Newspapers and magazines ficiently styled to its "law and "l) incites other persons to such as THE FIFTH EST ATE order" taste. Attorneys Gener engage in conduct that would and COUNTER SPY and many al Mitchell and Kleindiest had facilitate the forcible over others would be banned from revised the bill and submitted throw of such government or; the public market. Even such it to senate as S. 1400. In 197 3 "2) organizes, leads, recruits notable papers as THE NEW and '74, a subcommittee of the members for or participates as YORK TIMES and THE BOS Senate Judiciary chaired by an active member in an organi TON GLOBE would be subject zation or group that has as a Sen. McClellan held extensive to legalized government har hearings on S. 1400 and the purpose the incitement des rassment. This means that the then S. 1. which was the com cribed in paragraph (1) (Sec public would not be informed mission's minority report. Out tion 1103, p. 63). about such things as the CIA of the hearing came another The said individual can be covert involvement in the over compromise, drafted by the sentenced up to 15 years. im throw of the Cilian Govern Justice Department and Sen. prisonment. ment or The Bay of Pigs or My McClellan staff, that provides Lai or etc. The list is endless us with the current .S. 1. Al FREEDOM OF but the point is the public though parts of the 753 page INFORMATION would be left in the dark about bill would "improve" the law "A) OFFENSE - A person is such adventures that we have in several areas, some 30 provi guilty of an offense if knowing to pay for or die for. Think sions, including secrecy sec that national defense informa about it. tion may be used to prejudice tions, are detremental to civil With these and other sections liberties, that so long as they the safety or interest of the of the bill, the public would be remain, we are better off with United States or to the advan banned "legally" from showing no bill. tage of a foreign power, he its opposition to these types of The following are parts of communicates such informa tion to a person who knows is actions.