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A Positive Check
Censorship is an unpleasant word in the minds of most
Americans accustomed to the exercise of the four freedoms.
It is a term that is feared and hated on a liberal college campus
such as ours- And yet the time has come for some sort of
censorship over student entertainment at the University of
Oregon.
We have watched the presentations of campus enter
tainers over the past two years with a mixture of apprehen
sion and downright disgust. In the minds of some of these
so-called entertainers—and we don’t intend this as a blanket
indictment of the whole field of campus entertainment—
nothing is funny unless it is obscene.
The University’s exchange assembly was unceremoniously
booted out of Portland last year for presenting a type of
entertainment not suited for high school audiences. The Fri
day at 4 shows in the Student Union bit an all-time low last
year.
Reports of the assembly presented to the freshman audi
ence during New Student week would seem to indicate
that campus entertainment is well along the same path
that brought so much criticism upon the University last
year.
The core of the problem then seems to be in the area of
responsibility. Who is to answer for the bad taste and outright
vulgarity in student-sponsored shows?
Several members of the ASUO senate have an answer to
this perplexing question, and we are inclined to endorse their
plan. It will be recommended at the Thursday evening senate
meeting that a joint faculty-student entertainment commis
sion be set up to review campus entertainment.
The proposed board, as we understand it, would have the
authority to ban from student presentations any entertainer
who clearly over-stepped the bounds of good taste in a
show. The positive check in this sort of arrangement would
have the effect of making entertainers their own censors.
One false move and the entertainer would be eliminated
from campus shows on a permanent basis.
We do not favor a preview showing—except perhaps in
the case of the exchange assembly—of all campus entertain
ment to any student-faculty board which would have the
power to delete portions of the show they didn’t like. This
would be a negative check and an invasion of the entertainers
own field
The reviewing board should have the power to review a
performance already given, hear complaints and defenses
and make the final decision : Has the entertainer merited ban
ishment from campus shows by a display of poor taste? Each
entertainer would then have to decide whether a dirty joke
was worth jeopardizing his future career.
Call is censorship, if you must. We prefer to call it a positive
"check. The caliber of student entertainment over the past
two years has indicated quite clearly that this sort of a re
viewTal is necessary at the University of Oregon.
Wednesday Dessert
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“Spread out carefully girls—no one saw him leave with the
others.”
APO to Hold
Open House
Thursday at 8 p.m. has been
set by Alpha Phi Omega, men’s
service fraternity, for its open
house. The open house will be
held in the Student Union.
Projects and aims of the or
ganization will be discussed and
presented to new members at the
meeting. President Travis Ca
vens said.
Alpha Phi Omega membership
is open to all undergraduate men
who have been members of the
Scout movement. Projects on the
Oregon campus Include the ugly
man contest and the lighting of
the Christmas tree.
Senate Petitions
To Fill 3 Posts
Petitions for three vacancies
on the ASUO senate are due in
the ASUO office at 5 p.m. Thurs
day, Bob Summers has an
nounced.
The positions to be filled are a
junior class representative and
two senators-at-large.
The first senator-at-large va
cancy was created when Tom
Arata failed to return to school.
The second occurred when Don
Smith did not make his grades
for spring term.
The junior class vacancy was
created when Russ Cowell, elect
ed last spring, failed to return
to school.
Williams to Speak
On War History
William A. Williams, assistant
professor of history, will speak
on "Notes on the History of the
Cold War” Wednesday night at
7:30 in the Student Union brows
ing room.
UO Hillel Society
Has First Meeting
The University of Oregon
Hillel society will hold its first
meeting of the new school year
tonight at 7:30 at Sigma Alpha
Mu, according to L. G. Seligman,
faculty adviser for the group.
Leader Calls
RE Workers
Chairmen are needed for the
following Religious Emphasis
week committees: fireside, pro
motion and worship, according to
Bob Hastings, general chairman.
Two positions on the RE exec
utive council are also open, Hast
ings said. They are general sec
retary and special events chair
man. Petitions may be turned
in to the YMCA office in the
Student Union.
A meeting if the RE week
executive council and all peti
tioners will be held Thursday
noon in the SU, room 319, Hast
ings has announced.
Campus Briefs
^ The YMCA rider’s pool has
received several requests for
rides to Portland this weekend,
according to Russ Walker, execu
tive secretary. Drivers leaving
for Portland after 4 p.m. Friday,
who have room for extra passen
gers are asked to contact the
YMCA office in the Student
Union.
0 Phi Beta, music and speech
fraternity, will meet today at
6:30 p.m. on the second floor of
Gerlinger hall.
0 House librarians will meet
today at 3 p.m. in the Student
Union browsing room.
0 Phi Eta Sigma will hold a
meeting at 3:30 in the Student
Union.
0 Student traffic court will
meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in SU
309, according to Don Rotenberg,
chairman.
0 Homecoming committee
heads will meet at 4 p.m. today
in the Student Union.
Westenhouse Elected
UIS Vice-President
Ray Westenhouse, Junior in
chemistry, waa elected to the
vice-presidency of United Inde
pendent Students, ciunpus po
litical party, at a recent meeting:.
Aloys Brown, senior in physi
cal education, was elected to the
position of secretary of the
group.
UIS will hold its second open
discussion on campus politics
Monday, Oct. 25.
Campus Calendar
Noon French Tbl 111 HU
1:00 U of O Mi nun 110 KIJ
1:30 Kellog ProJ 334 HU
4:00 8U Bd 337 HU
Phi Theta Upa Oerl 3rd FI
(5:00 Frost! Deaacrt 213 HU
(5:30 Phi Bela 315 HU
Orldea Deaaert (.erl 3rd FI
7:30 Exchange AHbly
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