10.29.15 The Halloween Issue Inside: Smoking, Halloween Happenings, and Joining the Crew 10.29.2015 The Indy wishes everyone Vol. XLVII, No. 7 10.29.15 a wicked good Halloween. CONTENTS The Halloween Issue Cover design by Anna Papp Inside: Smoking, Halloween Happenings, and Joining the Crew President Anna Papp '16 Editor-in-Chief Shaquilla Harrigan '16 Director of Production Sean Frazzette '16 3 A Special #tbt News Editor Aditya Agrawal '17 4 Cigarette Civil Rights Forum Editor Eloise Lynton '17 Arts Editor Michael Luo '16 5 Cigarette Civil Rights Sports Editor Caroline Cronin '18 Design Editor Anna Papp '16 6 Ghostly Get-ups Associate Forum Editor Caroline Gentile '17 7 Around Campus Associate Arts Editor Andrew Lin '17 Illustrator Yaara Yacoby '17 8 Philanthropic Munchies Designers Alice Linder '17 9 Perfect Petals Abigail Parker '17 10 I’m on a Boat Staff Writers Albert Murzakhanov ‘16 11 Timid Tigers Whitney Gao '16 Manik Bhatia '16 Terilyn Chen '16 Yuqi Hou '15 Chloe Li '16 As Harvard College's weekly undergraduate newsmagazine, the Harvard Dominique Luongo '17 Independent provides in-depth, critical coverage of issues and events of interest Orlea Miller '16 to the Harvard College community. 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Sally Yi '18 Hunter Richards '18 Farhana Nabi ‘16 2 harvardindependent.com The Harvard Independent • 10.29.15 #tbt #tbt: ‘Networks Say No, C.B.S. won’t sell time to Senate war critics.’ The Indy revisits an exclusive. By TOM STEMBERG ‘71 and MORRIS ABRAM ‘71 This week, the Indy digs deep into its Weil said yesterday that the Mc- Nixon’s speech of April 30th. Richard vault to find this Harvard Independent Govern-Hatfield forces had originallyJencks of CBS refused at that time say- exclusive from our May 9, 1970 issue. sought free time on the three major net- ing that the Cambodia war was not “a We are publishing this piece in remem- works. Joseph Derby, information offi- partisan issue.” brance of Tom Stemberg’71, a founding cer of NBC News, denied that NBC had Yesterday afternoon, NBC turned member of the Harvard Independent been approached, but in an apparently down a request by Democratic Party who passed away last week. Stemberg conflicting statement, Gene Walsch, Di- Chairman Larry O’Brien for live cover- had a major impact on the Indy in the rector of Press at NBC, explained the age of a Milwaukee speech scheduled 1970s and has had an even larger im- network action. “The Chief Executive is for tonight in which he will respond di- pact on the paper since he went on to a news when he makes a statement. The rectly to the televised appearances of lucrative career founding Staples and McGovern-Hatfield program is not.”Nixon of April 30th and May 8th. As the other business ventures. Next week, the Other network spokesmen said that Independent goes to press, there has Harvard Independent will run a special their policy was based on the need to been no response to O’Brien’s request feature on Stemberg that outlines his conform to standards of balanced cov- from the other two major networks. life and will include memories from his erage. Responding to the network policy, Ira peers on the Harvard Independent. The ABC and NCB networks have Cappanstein, Deputy Chairman of the ~ both offered to make paid time avail- Democratic Party, commented sharply able to Senate war critics. But the large in an interview with The Independent. he CBS television network re- amount of paperwork required for an “The President, and, more cleverly, fused early this week to sell ABC appearance made it impossible for the Administration spokesmen, have Tairtime to Senator George Mc- the McGovern office to get clearance for spread-eagled themselves all over the Govern, (D-SD), and a group of other a Tuesday appearance. NBC was more major networks. And more seriously, Senate sponsors of the McGovern-Hat- flexible, and the McGovern-Hatfieldthe networks are cooperating.” field amendment. The senators wereforces are now seeking to raise the Cappanstein further speculated that seeking thirty minutes of airtime to $60,000 dollars necessary for a Tues- the network’s attitude may be an indi- discuss their amendment, which would day night appearance, at 7:30pm. cation of the effectiveness of the Vice- cut off all appropriations for the war in Senator McGovern was unavail- President’s attacks on the media. “The Southeast Asia by June 1971. able for comment yesterday afternoon. corporation executives are intimidated, The president of CBS Broadcast- But Senator Mark Hatfield (R.-Ore.)“ he said. ing, Richard Jencks, told Gordon Weil, charged in an interview with Inde- While there is widespread concern press secretary to Senator George Mc- pendent reporter Sven Holmes, “We’ve amongst Nixon Administration crit- Govern, that CBS only sold commercial been blocked out. The media has fo- ics over the major networks’ refusal television time for the promotion of cused solely on violence and the results to grant them free time, there is even “goods and services.” At that time Weil of violence. The voices of reason and more frustration expressed over CBS responded, “We’re trying to preserve non-violence have not been represent- policy on paid time. For, according to your society so that you can continue to ed… The American people have been Nielson figures, the CBS network has sell your goods and services.” given only one side of this issue.” the largest national audience. Contacted yesterday by The Harvard Other efforts by war critics to get Independent, Mr. Jencks said, “CBS free TV time for a viewpoint differing If you would like to share a memory of Tom policy does not permit the sale of tele- from that of the Nixon Administration Stemberg and want it included in next week’s vision time to politicians except when have also failed. Michael Harrington, feature on his life, please send an email to they are political candidates or if they Democratic Congressman from Massa- [email protected]. are addressing themselves to ballot is- chusetts, requested free time last week sues.” for the Democratic Party to respond to 3 harvardindependent.com The Harvard Independent • 10.29.15 INDY FORUM Knights of the Smokeful Countenance The Indy sits in on a smoker’s rights meeting. By JESS CLAY couple of weeks ago I found myself it verged on syrupy. Next to the French were divided between cigarettes and in Stephen Helfer’s apartment press was a blue ceramic water pitcher. It pipes. Helfer magnanimously alternated A at a meeting of the Cambridge was shaped like a fish and gurgled drolly between his big wooden pipe and his Citizens for Smokers’ Rights. Helfer is when poured, to the general delight of all hand-rolled cigarettes. He used white the Citizens’ leader, and you’ve probably present. A few ashtrays also littered the rolling papers and shag tobacco and no seen him if you’ve walked through table, and over the course of the meeting filters, and his fingers glided nimbly as a Harvard Square enough times. He’s they saw a healthy- or maybe unhealthy shuttle on a loom. got an off-white mustache and a face - amount of use. One of the major purposes of this like a well-hewn walnut, and he sets up We conceive easily of the anti-smoking meeting, it seemed, was simply to offer shop in the Square a few days a week. movement. Most ubiquitous are those an opportunity to smoke indoors with Sometimes he’s seated behind a table little images of cigarettes with a red pleasant company. The other purpose collecting signatures for a petition, and circle around them and a big slash over was to discuss how to combat the sometimes he stands and holds up a sign them—a familiar trope on airplanes, anti-smoking movement. I expected like some smoldering Jeremiah, smoking college campuses, museum grounds, and these discussions to take a somewhat a tobacco pipe and generally neglecting American society as a whole. There are rightward bend, in which paranoia to give a damn about what other people the ad campaigns, featuring someone and Constitutionalist anger would think. But he gives an enormous damn speaking through a hole in their throat, converge to let me hear declarations about smokers’ rights, and so did the or a middle-aged widow who used to be like “Obama can take my cigarettes fellow citizens assembled around the married. There are the surgeon general’s from my cold, dead lips,” with maybe a table in his apartment. warnings on packets of cigarettes and dismissive loogie-hocking thrown in for I am a native son of Texas, and I have in magazine pages, and insurance good measure. However, the Citizens long held a fascination with single- penalties, and articles on the ten things took special care to avoid associating issue groups.