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ffltmttwtimt iatlg (HamjroH Serving Storrs Since 1896 VOL. LXIX NO. 72 STORRS, CONNECTICUT Friday, February 25, 1972 UConn students put the fresh snow to good use this week by making snow sculptures for Winter Weekend. The Volkswagon was made at the Northwest Quad, the '57 Chevy by Hamilton and Trumbull houses at Trumbull, the "Purple People-Eater" at Beard, and Superman at Grand all C. ! Photos by Noel Voroba.) ; in today's campus Chinese students p. 5 Angela Davis p. 4 Grunge p. 8 Yggdrasil p. 5 "The Devils" p. 7 Laura Nyro p. 5, 6 Ski Report p. 11 * • Friday, February 25, 1972 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (fhmurrtirut iatlg (Eatttpita many years). One can not artists, check forgers, abortion callously consider abortion, it is housewives, business executives, RDITOR-IN-CHIEF not a delightful experience. and factory workers among It is true that many women others. People from all walks of Stephen P. Morin To the Editor, Re: "More On Abortion" who have had abortions could life, all races, religions and MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER have financially supported a nationalities have united' in one child. A great percentage of the common cause - to overcome Ron R obi I lard James A. Thorpe As a woman who has had an abortion, I understand the women I encountered at the an obsession with gambling that fear that many of my sex feel Clinic were married and has virtual control over their when their bodies have, for a financially secure. But a child lives. It has been found that the time, been out of their own needs more than financial financial problems ( which control. I felt fear upon the security. If a child is unwanted, many have lied, cheated, and bogged again discovery of my pregnancy, fear the chances are that his mother stolen to try to overcome) are of my body's powers and fear would resent his birth. This the easiest problesm to solve. Yesterday we listed some criticisms we have of the of the powers that this society resentment would be worse for The GA members have found a child born into a financially that they were losing their Student Union Board of Governors. has over my person. So, too, is Mr. Thornton's simplistic insecure situation. (I am sorry families, jobs, friends, and We criticized them for not being aggressive enough, thinking frightening and to shatter any allusions of the personal sanity because of the for not getting political speakers here, for not sponsoring repulsive to me. "Natural Motherhood of compulsion to gamble. very exciting or stimulating events and for not living up Mr. Thornton points out Women", but motherly love is GA has helped these people to the purposes stated in their constitution. that the abortion question deals not created at conception. It is by aiding in solving their developed between mother and problems and finally allowing a Much of our attention yesterday focused on the with more than the woman's right to control her body. child only under the best sense of pride and dignity in organization itself. We said that the BOG lacked According to Thornton, the conditions.) their accomplishments. Most direction, organization, planning and the ability to important question is not the Mr. Thornton states that people tend to put more energy initiate action. rights of the woman, but the "Abortion is anti-life. Yet he into their jobs and families and Well, today we'd like to criticize the BOG more rights of the life developing calls the anti-war and third live a more successful and world movements "pro-life." happy life as a result. If specifically. within her "from the moment of conception." I do not deny Abortion should be classified gambling is making your life We don't think the BOG should travel audaciously to that the beginnings of a life are along with these pro-life miserable, please call: Groton, Kansas City or Nova Scotia on student money. present at conception - for all movements, because sadly 1-203-232-6500 or write to: We don't think the BOG should spend $600 of student potential for life is present in enough, life becomes cheap Gamblers Anonymous money on a stereo for their exclusive use. all men and women. But are we when in excess Only by the Post Office Box 1584 prevention of too many births Hartford, Connecticut In September 1971, all 13 members of the BOG to save all semen and ovum? This mass of blood, or can life maintain a sacred spent three days at the Groton Motor Inn to "get to "potential life" present in the quality and respect. Anything you say will be know one another," Student Union Director and BOG uterus has no consciousness; I am not pro-abortion, kept in the strictest confidence. member Thomas Ahem said. this clot of celle cannot feel abortions are dangerous, painful We think getting to know each other is a fine idea, pain or anxiety with the event and costly. But at times Yours Truly, contraceptives fail and Henry R. Lesieur but we question the expenditure of $700 for this of an abortion. It does have the potential, but it is not yet abortions are necessary. purpose. Why couldn't the BOG travel to the Willimantic human. In effect, the Catholic Motor Inn, or stay somewhere secluded at UConn? Why Church recognizes this fact by Name Withheld On Request little morality couldn't Board members voluntarily pay their own 'refusing to allow burial services expenses if they wanted to get to know each other for'early spontaneous abortions. on gambling To the Editor, better, instead of arbitrarily using student monies? Mr. Thornton consents to The February 27 Daily abortion for therapeutic In November 1971, four BOG members went to Campus carries another article reasons. That is to say, if the To The Editor, on venereal disease: gonorrhea Nova Scotia for the annual Associated College Unions mother's mental or physical is at epidemic level and syphilis International Conference to discuss entertainment health is in danger, that act Is gambling creating is again on the rise. The article programs. Meals, registration, lodgings and bus seats for which he calls 'murder' problems? calls for massive public support two days cost $360. becomes moral. What a If yes, read about Gamblers for programs of education, convenient morality! It is a Anonymous. treatment, and prevention. I While we can see the purpose of sending a simple way to molify one's In 1957 a group called wonder how long it will be' representative to such a conference, why was it necessary guilt feelings; no body wishes Gamblers Anonymous (GA) was before someone discovers that a to send four representatives? Was it necessary to send to be responsible for a mother's formed to deal with the little sexual morality will solve anybody? What was accomplished and what has the BOG death, or damage to her mental problems of excessive gambling. the whole problem simply, learned? What have they put into action? well being. So a sickly It was the result of a chance quickly, and completely compromise for what he would meeting of two people and his without federal treatment Last week, four more BOG members flew to an normally call murder is created. since grown into a world-wide centers, without heavily entertainment conference in Kansas City at a cost of This thinking is obviously organization. financed programs, and despite $1300. irrational. (Such laws have This organization is very claims to the contrary, without We have the same questions about this trip: Why created what one might call similar to Alcoholics physical or psychic damage. four? What was learned? What was accomplished? What "therapeutic murder"! How Anonymous after which it is silly!) Such laws have fashioned and has had Sincerely, will be put into action? unsuccessfully tried to combine phenomenal success. Today Levi Hacohen A $600 stereo has been purchased by the BOG to two incompatable concepts. there are over 50 chapters in "screen promotional records of groups that might want Mr. Thornton goes on to the U.S. and overseas. People to come to UConn." state that "a great amount of meet in Los Angeles; New rap about jesus A stereo may be a necessary purchase for the BOG abortions are performed Haven; Hartford; Sydney, because of incredibly callous Australia, London, England; To the Editor, (although the Student Union already has a $1500 public reasoning." I fail to see what is and many more places I'm writing this letter to stereo system). But do they really need to have a $600 incredibly callous about living throughout the world. The make the Storrs community stereo? Wouldn't a cheaper record player serve the one's own life (after all, men program has been successful aware of the fact that Russ function? have been doing just that for with past embezzlers, con Johnson will be on ramous We are not charging that the BOG is embezzling or grossly misusing student funds. We do hope, however, they'll be more cognizant of the origin of their money in EVERYBODY'S G0IN' SOMEWHERE, BUT the future. In addition, we again want to urge students to join the BOG. They can change it, they can make it better, IT LOOKS LIKE NOWHERE TO ME! and they can make it a dynamic organization on campus. editorial sundries Sex and Incomes Figures from the Labor Department show that women working at full-time jobs earn only about 60 percent as much as men who also work full-time. In 1970, median incomes of full-time, year round workers were $5,323 for women and $8,966 for men.