Larry Wittenbort
Rick Rosenwald
Orville Lindstrom
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be neld responsible for anything.” Her face dropped
into a posture of gloom when she added, “I’m really
frightened and Pm just sick.”
Opinions among students were diverse when the
subject of future political action was mentioned. “I
think that it’s obvious that we have to concentrate
on the local aspects of government and the Congress
to really make this country work.”
The hugeness of McGovern’s defeat seemed to
knock many off balance, however. “I’m upset at
both parties,” Waldman said. “I just think the
whole thing is pathetic.”
Some students have already staked out alter
native paths to political power, paths that include
neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. Dave
Huff, graduate student interested in the Socialist
Worker’s Party, thought that the reason McGovern
was nominated “was the fact that the Roosevelt
coalition was beginning to crumble. I think that the
new coalition he got of young people and oppressed
minorities is, after this election, going to realize
that the Democratic Party is not the proper
alternative and hopefully they’ll look for a third
party.”
Huff said that if this coalition does not choose his
Socialist Workers, then perhaps the choice will be
“something along the lines of the New Democratic
Party in Canada.”
Albert Webber, who taught at the Honors College
three years ago, is also interested in the possibility
of a third party effort. “Maybe people will be fed up
with conventional parties after this time and try for
the People’s Party.”
Architecture major Rick Rosenwald wasn’t
buying any political talk of any party. “It was
purely indicative of America that Nixon would get
re-elected,” Rosenwald said. “I don’t believe in the
electoral process, I think it’s a big shuck and I think
that it’s always been that way.”
Rosenwald felt that the country was “founded by
a group of rich elites” and that things are still the
same.
One concern of many students was what they
thought was the lack of involvement and interest of
people in their federal government. Many feel that
the President himself discourages such in- -
volvement.
“My God,” Brown exclaimed, “if there’s
anything Nixon doesn’t want it’s people’s in
volvement!”
A real question now exists on what future reaction
will develop politically among students, not only at
the University, but across the nation. “Everybody’s
numb,” John Crew said, and others voiced similar
attitudes.
Although perhaps a few believe that Nixon will
show his hand in a second administration, most
students felt that things will continue much as they
are, with possibly a slight worsening.
Most felt like Art O’Connell, a Ken instructor at
the University: “I thought people wanted to be a lot
more involved in government but the vote was a
vote of not being involved. Voters seemed to say,
‘Let the guy with the power—he seems to be doing
okay—let him go ahead and run the show.’
“I thought the McGovern faction was much more
like a ‘get out and respond’ to the people’s getting
involved and taking some responsibility,” O’Con
nell continued. “It was obvious to me that the
President is going to hold back and say, ‘Don’t
worry about it, I’ll take it on my shoulders.’ It’s like
a very personal thing, the money and the whole
shooting match.”
At least one student, however, wasn’t concerned
in the least. Dennis LeMonsu, a young Frenchman
travelling through the Western Hemisphere, had his
solution:
I just came from France and I was looking for
the truth, you know, and I realized that the truth
was in Jesus, that’s all,” LeMonsu said quite
seriously. “In fact, I’m out of the world now, you
know. I’m sorry to disappoint you for that. The
election? What’s the election?”
Photos by Jerry Benterou
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