Vietnam War a Disaster for U.S. Senate Report Evaluates Policy
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Her interests include speech, and SCIP. dancing. She is active in her church Student Advisor. camping, sewing, singing and Cincinnatus. art, swimming and horseback riding. Miss Scott, majoring in physical as a teacher. U:niv-ersity of Cincinnati NE S RECORD Published Tuesdays and Fridays during the Academic Year except as scheduled. Cincinnati, Ohio Friday Novemoer 13, 197'0- Issue No.13 Says l'nternat Speaker Vietnam War a Disaster for U.S. by Lorraine Witten has created a crisis in this country foreign policy." success in dealing with domestic NR Staff Reporter threatening the very fabric of U.S. .tlitting hard at the Vietnam war, problems of race and poverty. society. The morality of society is Halberstam described it as a bitter In other statements made during David Halberstam, internationally only as good as the morality of its burden imposed upon a poor people the day, some in informal famous Pulitzer Prize winner, . and a poor country. He called it a conversation with students and analyzed the failure of U.S. foreign "war of vanity", a war waged, in faculty, Halberstam asserted that policy in the keynote address at UC UC Ecology part, to save face. Nixon had not yet defused the International Week 1970. Speaking "The war has taught the U.S. Vietnam War. He has failed as a Tuesday before an audience of humility", Halberstam stated leader at a time when a strong and students and faculty at Great Hall, Plans Face "Senators Eugene McCarthy and successful foreign policy depends on University Center, the 36 year old Robert Kennedy in 1968 pointed the a strong leader. seasoned journalist described the Big Challenge way to . a new foreign policy in "Don't underestimate idealism in directions new policies should take. suggestmg the possibility that politics-especially at the high levels Halberstam said, "We have no by Danny Fishbein perhaps the U.S. should be willing to of governmental office", Halberstam foreign policy at all now, but are in a NR Staff Reporter lose a war_" said. "This is what Nixon lacks, and period of transition-an ice age. Only "In many cases problems are it may be his undoing." recently have we emerged from an The future of an ecology program indigenous to a country. It should be Halberstam's interpretations of age of blind anti-communism in and major at UC depends on the recognized that U.S. ability to help is foreign and domestic issues and their which tJ.S. foreign policy was one of response to a single course offered really limited. Its commitments, too, inter-relationships stem from a broad fear." next quarter. Dr. Reuther, of the should be limited." experience of reporting, in the A monalithic concept of Biology Dept., has requested that the Halberstam links foreign policy Congo, Vietnam, and in the deep communism seemed to pose a threat College of Arts and Sciences set up a with unsolved domestic problems. south in the United States in the late against actual survival, he continued. course program entitled E.E.P. Young people question the disparity 1950's. He is the author of four Also involved .was a fear that we (Ecology, Population and between a foreign policy which books and is a contributing editor of would lose material possessions, he Environment). The response of the spends endless billions on the Harper's. In addition to the Pulitzer said Administration is that in order to Vietnam war but begrudges a rat prize for his reporting in Vietnam he Primarily as a result of the Vietnam have a comprehensive program in this control program in the U.S. A more has won the Louis M. Lyons Aw~rd, t war we have swung away from a field, student interest must be humble definition of U.S. foreign and the George Polk Award. He is a policy of blind anti-communism, proven. policy would be based first on our 1955 graduate of Harvard College. David Halberstam, famed journalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, discusses according to Halberstam. Student interest in Ecology will be U.S. policy in Vietnam, as keynote speaker for International Week. "Following our own rhetoric we evaluated on the basis of the News Record by Mike Schwartz reaped disaster", Halberstam stated. response to a Biology Dept. course "The reaction to the Vietnam war entitled "Population Crisis." The New Courses Scheduled course carries 3 credits given on a Pass-Fail basis. It will be held on Mon., Wed. and Fri., at 1:00. The For Winter Fr·ee Univ. St.udent Senate Discusses class has only been open to honor students in the past and this quarter interest-motivated courses offered on by Peggy Kreimer campus. received a poor response of only 11 NR Staff Reporter students. Anyone, potential student or. potential instructor, interested in The class consists of a series of Free University, now in its third Security, Parking Problems speakers on contemporary problems initiating a course for Winter quarter year, is in the process of organizing may contact Jon Rife (BA '71) and solutions of economic, its Winter quarter schedule. by Frank Rudolph concerning Budget Board replace a member who resigned. ecological, psycological, sociological Chairman of Special Programs, Senate Correspondent Allocations, the' Flying Club was Courses on Draft Counseling through Terry Shoaff's office, and biological problems of (Evenings-Roger Brewin, instructor), awarded $626.50 to send a team of A bill was presented to the Senate overpopulation. · Programs Council, 327 University Student Senate has been presented five members to Auburn, Alabama to concerning a vacant lot between 210 US Foreign Policy (Tues., Thurs. free Center, and pick up an application. Barbara Williamson has been in hour-Nancy Levine, instructor), and with a bill which strongly endorses a compete in an inter-collegiate flying and 220 Calhoun St. The bill charge of publicizing the course, but The application forms, stating proposed plan for the campus police meet. The members must provide for submitted by Ken Rosen, (President The Art of Living (Tues., Thurs. free name of course, duration, meeting expressed no optimism about hour-John Gray, instructor), make to make themselves available for their own lodging and support while of CHEC), Rob Sherman (President response to her efforts. She's been time, basic course outline and informal discussions with different there and must also rent their own of RHA), and John Schnure (Speaker up the Autumn roster of UC's teaching qualifications, should be handing out leaflets about the course strictlY. 'voluntary Free University. student groups throughout the airplane for the competition. of Student Senate), calls for the lot on the bridge, as the course isn't returned to the office. An interview campus. The students are not credited will be conducted to go over course Eric Chabrow was nominated and to be used exclusively by the listed .in the Arts and Sciences and the instructors are not payed The bill was submitted by Student elected to the Budget Board to residents of Calhoun Hall. catalogue. design, credibility, and teaching Body Vice-President Artie Cohn with for what may be the only truly ability before final approval. the · recommendation and Courses must function within the consultation of Detective Edward R. general rules set down in the Student Bridgeman of the UC Campus Police Recently Adopted Handbook, but outside of that the Force. instructors are free to present their Bridgeman stated that "The material in their own way. purpose of this program is to increase The instructor may be a student, communication and develop a former student, or teacher. The only rapport between the students and Senate Report Evaluates Policy requirement is an interest and ability their police representatives." in a chosen field. According to Bridgeman these (Editors' Note: Following is the We agree in principle that a strong experience a few years ago is The Senate finds its strongest There are no class cards for Free discussions would be a two way full text of the recently r~leased statement on Academic Freedom is frightening. criticism of the Board's policy University courses and registration communication to introduce the Student Senate Rights and Przveleges necessary and believe that the intent "The Report (Report of the toward students accused of consists of showing up for the first police officers to the direct problems Committee Report, adopted by the of the new policies is directed toward Committee on Student Life), as misconduct. We are in agreement class. Attendance is not taken. of the student body and make the Senate to serve as their response to this goal. However, we feel that we have said, was submitted to with the first paragraph which states, As of now the only certainty on students' aware of some problems the Board of Directors September 21 several points raise the question of President Kirk in August, 1967.