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ROGUE NEWS
FRI.. MAR. 5, 1971
Counselors Trained
TV
By Connie
Cw j latest move to bring about st udent involvement on
.ipus could prove to be more successful than past
attempts. A group of Ashland students have been arranging
for community get-togethers in the gym between students,
parents and community members.
While it is still in the planning stage this latest project
shows a lot of promise. The reason why is that for once
the student who would like to do something to bring
about change has the opportunity. Past attempts at
student involvement have failed because they are always
dominated by a ruling clique such as the innovations
committee or student council.
What the project essentially involves is that those who
are interested in finding out what's happening on campus,
or would like to start something new can get together. The
purpose is to improve relations, communications and
understanding.
While right now it basically involves a lot of talk, the
project could later be Instrumental in bringing about
change. It has loose connections with the PTA, which
could be helpful in using its influence with state officials
and the school board. However, it is all student run, and is
for their benefit.
The merits of such a project are unlimited. It is
primarily beneficial because those of us who have felt left
out of other projects can join in. The major problems witli
the studetn council and innovations committee are that
they are limited in number and are run by a select group.
The student council members are usually the most popular
students, and the meetings are held during class times.
Those students whom the teachers like and feel are most
worthy are selected for the innovations committee. So
what happens is that lots of students feel left out since the
same people are always selected. They figure it is not even
worth it to try and get involved. They aren't even allowed
to go to the student council meetings.
Hopefully, students will see this as their chance to
really do something. But it won't succeed unless many
people put out a little effort. The idea was initiated by
Leslie Koreski, Dennis Leybold, Mark Maxwell, and Fey
Snively, but they don't want to be the group that runs
everything. All of the students are encouraged to
participate, and the very success of the project depends on
having much of the student body involved.
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Seminar Examines Conscription
by Kathy Shepard
Do you know your options
under the Selective Service
Laws? Do you realize that
student deferments are very
likely to become a thing of the
past by the time the majority of
you graduate from high school?
How many of you know that
there is draft counseling
available as near to you as Room
24 in Britt Student Union at
S.O.C.?
All of these questions, and
many more were answered at the
Rogue Valley Draft Seminar
February 13 in the Medford
Mid-High auditorium. The
seminar which was sponsored by
the Southern Oregon Draft
Center, was aimed at training
high school students as draft
counselors.
The need for high school
draft counselors is evident when
one considers that the draft
lottery is aimed at taking
19-year-olds first. As high
schools are very vulnerable to
political pressure, administrators
are reluctant to admit anyone
who might be regarded as a
"subversive" element. This
means that draft counselors
from the college have no access
to the high school, and for this
reason high school students must
be trained as draft counselors.
. Included at the Saturday
session were mock Draft Board
hearrngs for conscientious
objector classification. The
"Draft Board" was of a local
minister, the Rev. R Dean
Smith, and counselors from (lie
Southern Oregon Draft Center.
Some of the complexities and
contradictions of selective
service laws were explained by
Jim Larson, a counselor from
the Draft and Military
Information Center at the
University of Oregon. He also
commented on the inaccuracy of
published Selective Service
figures and statistics and the
inadequacy of the information
Thlt issue's Instrument of
1 d to sy ncrasy goes to those
poor souls who received
warning notices from the
friendly fuzz for parking In
the no parking zones.
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now being sent out by the
Selective Service Office to high
schools.
Among the other people who
spoke at the training sessions
were Greg Keith, Mike Smith,
Craig Greenleaf, and the Rev. R'
Parking Dan
Extended to
by Connie Bulkley
People tend to agree with
something as long as it does not
personally affect them. This was
exactly my attitude when I
found that there was going to be
a ban on parking near the
Southern Oregon College
campus.
However, I felt quite
differently when one morning an
inconspicuous "no parking" sign
appeared in red lettering on
Mountain Avenue. The matter
appeared quite disturbing as
they were suddenly infringing on
my rights to park where I
wanted. 1 hadn't objected to the
ban when it was at S.O.C. but it
really bothered me by Ashland
High.
Now that there are parking
bans all over this area, the
situation becomes rather
ironical. 1 wonder how many
people who originated the
request to ban parking realized
Brownie Bits
by Linda Brown
Ecology Club
On February 25 the Ecology ,
Club held its first meeting. The
club was organized after several
discussions on pollution during
English classes. The club's
advisors are Mr. Brook and Mr.
Vondracek. During the meeting
there were many suggestions
concerning the pollution
problem. Several suggestions
were as follows: having guest
speakers, going to city council
meetings, and sending letters to
government officials.
Officers will probably be
elected at the next meeting.
Key Club
The Key Club recently
elected new officers for the
coming year. Voted into office
were the following members:
Larry Taylor, president, Ray
Bartley, vice-president; Dave
Thorpe, secretary; and Rosario
Delatorre, treasurer.
SSS
The SSS standings are Seniors
7, Juniors 4, and Sophomores 0.
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Dean Smith. Students who were
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who are interested in becoming
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Controversy
High School
that they would no longer be
able to park in front of their
houses. Originally, with parking
on two sides of the street they
may have been able to squeeze
into a place here and there. Now
with the same amount of cars in
half the space it takes only a
very early bird to be able to park
his car.
The bans probably are
necessary, since the congestion
of traffic is quite dangerous. But
if they were really instituted for
the purpose of fire hazards, then
there are several other areas
equally congested. 1 find it
difficult to understand how
lower Palm, considering how
wide and unused it is, could be
considered potentially
dangerous. It seems that the
early bans may have established
a dangerous precedent if one
examines the extent to which
they have been carried out.
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