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Bible-packing welder
James Webber entertained a group of students on the EMU
terrace Monday afternoon by spreading the word of
God. Webber, a local welder and evangelist, says he is not
affiliated with any church or entity other than the Body of Christ.
Penman to talk on p’s, q’s
Noted calligrapher Lloyd Reynolds will lecture on the history of the
alphabet and the importance of italic handwriting Friday at 7:30 pm. at
the Celeste Campbell Center, 155 High St.
Admission for the lecture is $1.50 for the public and $1 for Valley
Calligraphy Guild members, who are sponsoring Reynold's appear
anC8Reynolds was named Calligrapher Laureate of Oregon by former
Gov. Tom McCall in recognition of Ns efforts to introduce italic handwrit
ing to Oregon schools. Oregon now is the only state that has recognized
italic handwriting as an alternative system for teaching penmenship in
the schools. Guild members especially encourage teachers to attend
the lecture.
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ROTC:
Students say faculty members
have misconception of program
Many University Air Force and
Army ROTC students are con
vinced those who voted to move
them off campus have a miscon
ception of ROTC.
Wednesday, a motion pro
posed by University Prof. Bayard
McConnaughey to get the ROTC
off campus was passed by the
General Faculty by a 86-76 vote.
McConnaughey’s motion said the
faculty recognized military training
as an inappropriate activity for the
University and recommended the
By JOCK HATFIELD
Of the Emerald
contract between the University
and the Department of Defense
be terminated “at the earliest date
which is legally possible.”
However, the General Faculty
decided to reconsider the motion
at its next meeting.
"If they’d talk to us, they wouia
find out were not killers,” says
Pete Katsufrakis, a junior in the Air
Force ROTC. “The members of
the General Faculty who voted to
throw us off campus don't under
stand what the military is all
about,” he says.
Katsufrakis points out that
ROTC students’ schedules differ
only slightly from those of other
students. “They voted to throw us
off campus without ever coming to
our classes or investigating what
we are doing.” Katsufrakis says
he believes the faculty will recon
sider its vote. “The faculty will
realize where it went wrong,” he
says.
They have no ROTC off cam
pus," says Terry Hermes, a junior.
“The state subsidizes students
and offers them ROTC scholar
ships without any cost to the Uni
versity. As long as students want
to belong, it should be offered.”
Hermes also believes the Fa
culty Senate had a wrong impres
sion of ROTC at its last meeting.
“This isn’t a war school,” she
says. “We’re here for defense, not
instigation.”
Dale Kimball, a freshman in Air
Force ROTC, believes those who
voted to remove ROTC from cam
pus are deluding themselves.
“They don’t realize what they are
voting for," says Kimball. “They
think they are voting for a non
military society, maybe even
peace. But removing ROTC from
this campus isn’t going to accomp
lish this.”
Kimball believes there are polit
ical reasons for maintaining
ROTC and the military in general.
“Without the military we wouldn’t
be able to defend ourselves
against other countries — and
Russia in particular," he says.
Kimball compares ROTC and
its organization to that of a frater
nity or a sorority. “We play softball
together and have a good time,”
he says.
Virginia Burr of the Army ROTC
also believes the faculty made
a mistake with its vote to remove
ROTC. “Without campus ROTC
the only source of military recruit
ment would be the military
academies and cadet schools,”
she says. “These schools offer a
far more disciplined and strict
program than does the ROTC on
this campus. Programs like ours
offer the army its liberal input.”
Lisa Haverkamp, a freshman in
the Air Force ROTC, also believes
the faculty has the wrong impres
sion of ROTC. “I’ve never been
taught war tactics,” she says. “I
want to serve my country in some
way and I believe there is a future
in aerospace.” Haverkamp says
she will not attend the meeting
when the faculty reconsiders its
ROTC decision, but says she will
transfer if ROTC is removed. “I’m
worried about my future,” she
admits.
Dianne Meeds, a freshman in
Air Force ROTC, believes many of
the 103 students in ROTC are
using it as a spring board for their
professional careers. “Most of us
are not into combat,” she says.
“I’m using it to go into medicine.”
Members of the Army ROTC,
who once a quarter enact staged
battles, do not make this claim.
However, they believe these ex
ercises are justified. ‘The man
euvers offer us training in leader
ship,” emphasizes Burr. “We re
not learning to shoot weapons and
kill, we’re teaming to lead.” Burr
points out that the Army ROTC
does not have target practice or
use live ammunition.
Army ROTC junior Rick Coufal
adds “police have as much train
ing as we do, if not more,” con
cerning staged battles. “If people
would come to our classes they
would see what really goes on.
We learn to read maps. We learn
about military law and how to treat
people. In general we learn per
sonnel management for military
use.”
“Most military people are
pacifists,” claims Coufal. “We re
the first to go off and die if there is
a war.”
AH of the ROTC students inter
viewed were optimistic about
ROTC's future on campus, al
though none expressed any inten
tion of attending the June 1 meet
ing when the Faculty Senate will
consider its decision to remove
ROTC.
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