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Dog Eat Dog
If you were down in the fishbowl Tuesday afternoon instead
of in the Dad’s lounge, you missed one of the biggest shows
in catnpns politics we’ve seen in our two years at Oregon.
It was dog eat dog at the ASUO sponsored coffee hour and
everybody seemed to attack the two candidates for ASUO
president. Every vested interest on campus was well repre
sented and a majority of the fifty or sixth students in atten
dance were there with their own particular axes to grind.
Three primary issues which seem to be emerging in this
campaign boil down to:
1. Should such programs as the University exchange as
sembly be censored? (Hollis Ransom, UIS candidate, says
no; Bob Summers, AGS candidate, says yes.)
2. Should athletic cards have pictures printed on them?
(Both candidates say no.)
3. Should the voters junk the present all-campus primary
and let the parties nominate their own candidates in any
way they see fit? (Ransom says no; Summers says yes).
AGS had such staunch party leaders as Bob Glass, Bob
Pollock and Bob McCracken planted in the audience to put
Ransom on the spot when it came to expressing opinions on
the all-campus primary.
Just to make things interesting, NAACP was there, qties
tioning candidates about their opinions on discriminatory
clauses in campus living organizations. Both candidates ex
pressed the opinion that student government, as an outside
power, could take no action on removing these clauses.
Since the recognition of NAACP on this campus, its get
ting so a person can't sneeze without a member of the group
coming around to check on whether we’re being intolerant.
Certainly we think racial discrimination is a problem that
must be recognized, but no antagonistic group of sociology
majors is going to get those clauses removed from any house
until the house members themselves are ready to make the
move.
To make things even more exciting, some disillusioned mar
ried students were at the meeting (whom we were glad to see)
querying the candidates as to “W hat are you going to do about
us. We think your platforms are childish. We want to see some
real issues.”
We thought Bob Summers’ explanation of what student
government is attempting to do was excellent. We are trying
to handle things that are directly in our student area, was in
effect what he.had to say.
“We’re learning to crawl before we try to walk,” was a
(quotable quote Summers used.
And the retort that married and older students were tired
of crawling and wanted to walk doesn’t go over so big. We
think as far as campus politics go, this group hasn’t been
■walking or crawling. They’ve been sitting.
This despite the fact that at least UIS has made a concen
trated effort to contact off-campus students to get their opin
ions on platform issues — with very little response.
The only thing we can say after that session is “Who said
student government and campus politics aren’t interesting?”
This Is A Dagger . . .?
“Frankly you didn’t do too well on your tests, but I see your com
mittee has reached a decision.”
Letters to the Editor
Vodvil for What?
Emerald Editor:
Vodvil for what? With the
theme "Hands Across the Sea”
and the proceeds going- to the
World University Service, I was
disappointed by the acts present
ed in the vodvil last Friday night.
Here, after all, was an opportun
ity to stress friendship and good
will between races and national
ities. (I think Alpha Chi Omega
came closest with their bit of
drama, “Magic on the Moors.”)
It is to our credit that there
was no minstrel show this
year, but It is regrettable that
we had, instead, tile African
dance number (“Old Faces of
”54” — Delta (iiunma). How Is
it that this sorority was un
aware of the hideous racial
stereotype which they portray
ed and. as the African stu
dent's letter pointed out, the
' gross misrepresentation of
African culture?
It seems that sororities and
fraternities, with their respec
tive clauses, are bound to limit
their knowledge of non-white
peoples and cultures.
Steve Talbot
Belief in Biology
Emerald Editor:
Day unto day, my experiences
convince me that the teachings
of Biology are true. I believe in
Evolution. I believe in the dogma
of Inherited Trait.
About 2000 year* ago, Julius
Caesar spent his life fighting
to keep the Wild Barbarians of
the European wilderness from
breaking in on Koine.
The chronicles of Abd-ar
Rahma reveal that the Arabs in
700 A. D. went to Europe to
spread Civilization: they found
smelly, hairy Infidels crawling in
caves The only sport that those
dirty Infidels knew, testified the
chronicles, was to jump like frogs
round their feast fires to which
they fed pine cones. As they
jumped about, they enlivened |
their heathen sport with shriek-j
ing sounds and weird noises. But
the kind Arabs taught them their ,
first note of music.
In 1600 A. D., the progeny
of those Barbarians and Infi
dels spread throughout our
good old planet, raising ealn
wherever they went. As late as
50 years ugo, they were still
hysterically stalking Indians
across the Prairies and keeping
scores on the kill. Even a few
years ago In the Goode Okie
Dixielande, they were still |
dragging helpless “niggers” to .
the lynch post, hanging them
amidst the cheerful howling
and yelling of a mob, hysterical
with lust for blood.
Today, the Barbarians express
themselves in their love of
Heathen culture and Pagan art.
It is too bad that evolution is not
yet complete and there are a few
Barbarians still around at Delta
Gamma. Let us hope that Music
and Dance, the great gifts of the
good people of Africa to Human
ity, will someday help to trans
form them into useful homo sa
piens.
Gamili Iborn
Honorable Profession
Emerald Editor:
Open letter to the president of
Phi Delta Theta:
We were rather horrified to see
your portrayal of the honorable
profession of Private Investiga
tors in the vodvil Friday night.
We feel that you have a warped
conception of the science of crim
Campus Calendar
Noon White Caps 111 SU
French Tbl 112 SU
Phi Alpha Delta 113 SU
3:00 Hui O 111 SU
4:00 Red Cross Bd 112 SU
SU Bd 337 SU
7:00 Educ Movie 138 CW
7:30 Alpha Delta Sig 113 SU
Williams Lect Brs rm SU
Sq Dance Ger Anx
8:00 Hui O 111 SU
inology, anti wo think that you
should have taken a more seri
ous uttitudo toward this prob
lem.
Since when are “private
eye*” (1) mean; (2) rugged;
<H) two-fisted; (4) knife
throwing; <r») arm-hrcuklng;
(A) hair-pulling; (7) kidney
kicking; (A) leg-fracturing;
(!») eyeball plucking, or (10)
old lady smacking?
Specifically private detectives
are not (1) sadists; (2) neouro
tic; <3> amoral; (4) chronic al
coholics; (5) lascivious; i6)
lewd; (71 fornicators; (8) ribald;
or (9) demagogic.
You have undoubtedly planned
this skit for a long time und yet
to our knowledge you did not
take time to consult the alert
Lane County police force or that
of Eugene or Watchman Jensen.
Your haste and misrepresenta
tion have Riven our young guests
an erroneous impression of our
preservers of law and order.
We are sure that If you anil
your group had given this pro
ject a little more effort, you
would have been able to pre
sent something more accurate
und significant than you did.
Educational material is cer
tainly more desirable for the
high school audience. Eor this
(■roup, so-called sophisticated
rollr|(n “humor” In liik lily In
appropriate mid could well lie
replans! liy panel dlMcussloiiM
or it lllertil portrayal of an or
guni/.n'tlon or Incident.
Frank Buck, the noted big
game hunter, once Haiti, "Good
luck."
Al Kelt
Don Lew In
Lee Nee
Social Calendar
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Kappa
Alpha Chi Omega Phi Kappa
Put
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Saturday Fireside*
Kappa Sigma
.Saturday lluiiw Dances
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Delta Tau Delta
Theta Chi
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Sigma Kappa
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