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ELSIE SCHILLER. Editor
DICK CARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
It's Policy, Not Spite
Names of eight University students charged with liquor vio
lations appeared in Wednesday’s Emerald. This is the first time
this year the Emerald has printed names in connection with
this type of charge.
We did not print the names because we are “mad” at the
women involved. We did not print them because we are “out to
get” their sorority. We printed them as a part of our news
policy of giving the public all factical information to us—in the
future we will print any names available to us.
We do this because we feel it is part of good journalism.
Students want to know the news. And facts stop rumors. If
other students get themselves into trouble with the Eugene
police force we are sorry, we sympathize, but we feel it is our
duty to print the names.
This is the beginning of spring term, traditionally the time of
picnics and “beer busts.” Few are naive enough to think that
picnics on this campus are without alcoholic beverages.
And we’re certainly not going to sit here preaching a sermon
admonishing you not to drink beer. This is a university and
you’re adult enough to make up your own minds, just as we
consider ourselves old enough to make such decisions.
Spring term is legendary. It's the time for picnics, fabulous
picnics we’ve heard about since we were freshmen. (Of course
it’s been raining too much since we arrived on campus for these
fabulous events to have occurred, but we hear they’re great.)
But there’s a not-so-small matter of laws. These laws say
minors should not drink alcoholic beverages. And they say
that persons over the age required to spend Friday afternoon
at Maxies should not buy alcoholic beverages for minors.
The Eugene police force has the job of enforcing those laws
and they' do a rather thorough job of it.
An arrest can mean a stiff fine, and it can mean severe dis
ciplinary action on the part of the University. That action can
be probation, suspension or expulsion.
Even if the fine and disciplinary action are light, an arrest
can mean a good deal of embarrassment to you, to your living
•organization, to the University.
Publication of the names of violators adds to that embar
rassment and we think the knowledge that your name will be
printed if you’re caught may make you stop a minute and at
least consider the matter before going off on the spring term
picnics. /
Parents and critics of the University have a habit of noticing
- such charges. Think about it for a minute.
But if the names are available to us, we’ll print them. You’re
bid enough to be responsible for yrour actions. We’re not “mad”
at anyone, we’re not “out to get” anyone. We consider these
stories news and we still think our first job is to print the news
no matter how unpleasant it might be to us, to our friends, to
anyone.—(J.W)
Gasp of Disbelief
We seldom critize such things on campus as a choice of theme
for some event. But when “College Capers” slid across our
<lesk as the selected theme for Junior Weekend, we just couldn’t
resist a little gasp of disbelief.
Surely, a campus the size of this University should be able to
turn up something more original and fitting for one of the big
gest events of the school year. -
In the first place, we don’t like the word “capers.” It pro
vides us with visions of elite collegians dancing across Red
Square or a stretch of campus lawn, capering like elfin Pans
in the moonlight. One does a lot of things in college, but we
fail to remember any one of them that might be described as
“capering.”
But that is probably a personal idiosyncrasy. However, when
we recall the Junior weekend theme is usually interpreted in
the decorations of the floats, it gives room for pause. We see no
possibility for “capers,” collegiate or otherwise, to be honestly
interpreted in line with the beauty and dignity of former Jun
ior weekend parades. And the thought of a couple miles of
floats capering up 13th st. is also a little hard to take.
What we regret most about this choice of theme, is the re
flection which it casts on the members of this student body.
Surely, in this age of clever advertising slogans, catch words
and phrases, some more original and clever theme should have
been submitted.
Spring Training?
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Deadline for items for this column is at 4
! p m. the day prior to publication.
0 Gail West, sophomore in bu.si
| ness, was elected treasurer of Ka
| wama at a meeting of the organi
zation held Wednesday evening.
Miss W'est replaces Sharon Isa
| minger, sophomore in liberal arts,
| who left school this term.
0 Nominations for new officers
will be the main item of business
on the agenda of the Inter-frater
nity council which meets tonight at
6:30 in the Student Union, accord
ing to A1 Oppliger, secretary.
0 The YMCA-YWCA concert
commission will meet today at 4
p. m. in the Student Union.
0 Final deadline for submitting
applications for the Delta Delta
Delta scholarship is today. They
must be turned in to the office of
Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, associate
director of student affairs, before
5 p. m.
0 House chaplains will meet to
day at 6:30 p. m. in the Student
Union, according to Jo Hutchon,
temporary chairman. Louis Sher
man head of the Eugene Jewish
organization, will speak on “Jud
aism.”
0 The Alpine club will meet t*>
: day at 4 p. m. in the Student Un
ion, according to John Vazbys,
vice-president.
Campus Calendar
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FSFF
AAA
Drama Staff
Co-op Bd
Phi Beta Cab
WUS fund Ch
110 SU
111 SU
112 SU
113 SU
114 SU
Com Inch
319 SU
Due Prev Prm Cm 315 SU
YM-YW Seabeck 110 SU
All Cmps Sng Cm 113 SU
Alpine Cl 110 SU
IFC 111 SU
Phi Chi Theta 112 SU
Chaplains ' 214 SU
ASUO Senate 334 SU
WUS Fnd Dr 319 SU
Yng Repb Exec Bd 113 SU
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ASUO presidency, but that he had
j not made up his mind on the mat
ter yet.
AL OPPLIGER, senior class rep
1 resentative, told the Emerald that
' he will possibly return to school
next year and possibly seek a poli
tical office though not the ASUO
; presidency.
HOLLIS RANSOM. UTS presl
jdent and senatOr-at-Iarge on the
! ASUO senate, who is a senior,
j plans on returning to school and is
thinking about running for the
i ASUO presidency though he has
| not yet made up his mind.
BOB SUMMERS, also a senator
at-large on the ASUO senate, told
the Emerald that he has been giv
’ ing consideration to the idea of
running for ASUO president, but
| he does not prefer to make any
, statement at the present time.
Between now and next Wednes
day these and other interested stu
dents will have to make up their
minds in order to meet the filing
deadline.
Candidates must indicate on
their petitions their name, grade
point average, office sought, class
and political party. The petitions
must also be stamped at the office
j of student affairs in Emerald hall
before they are turned in at the
ASUO office.
Today's Staff
Make-up Editor—Anne Ritchey
Make-up Consultant—Paul Keefe
Desk Editor—Dick Lewis
Social Calendai ■
April
3 Men’s house dunces
10 -Women’s house dances
17-18 Easter weekend
23-25 Duck Preview
30 Panhellenic retreat
May
1 Panhellenic retreat <
Men's house dances
2 WYCA junior-senior
breakfast
8 Women's house dances
15-10 Junior Weekend
22 Men's house dunces
29-30 Memorial Day weekend
•Iline
l- 5 Closed weekend
7-12 Final week
13 Commencement
Saturday house dance
Sigma Alpha Epailon
Scholarship Open
To Frosh Women
Freshmen woman arc eligible to
apply f(jr the Kwnnia scholarship:',
wnich will be awarded for next
year, President Janet Gustafson
announced Wednenday evening.
Application* for the award* may
| be obtained at the office of Mr*.
Golda Wickham, associate director
of women* affair*. 'Ihe number
and the size of the awards has not
; yet been determined. The basic
qualification la need. Mis* Gustaf
son said.
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