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College Station, Texas
Thursday, May 7, 1970 JHE BATTALION
cadet SLOUCH by Jim Earle Saddle and Sirloin Holds Ham Sal
Listen Up the bait forum
Editor:
I would like the opportunity
to take opposition to the view
point expressed in the “Listen
Up” column on May 5, with ref
erence to the letter written by
John McAuley and William
Fischer.
The actions of President Nix
on with regards to Cambodia
are fully defined in Article II,
Section 2, of the Constitution
of the United States:
“The President shall be Com
mander in Chief of the Army
and the Navy of the United
States, and of the Militia of the
several States, when called into
.actual Service of the United
States; . .
The incident at Kent State
University was regrettable; but
not as one sided as Mr. McAu
ley would have one believe. This
'so-called ruthless crushing of
the right to protest came as a
direct result of non-military
sniper fire. It appears that the
students in Mr. McAuley’s peer
group find it necessary to throw
bricks and rocks, spit, and shout
obscenities in their exercise of
free speech. That is certainly a
mature approach for winning’
beliefs. This does not mean to
say that I am against the right
of students assembling together
to protest something they feel
is wrong. But peaceably! The
use of that word, peace, has
been rather overused; and, it
is a pity that its meaning has
been forgotten. The actions of
those students involved in the
rather well as a case in point,
protest at Kent State serve
As for the action of the Na
tional Guard being criminal and
irresponsible, a person can en
dure being stoned and shot at
only so long before he will re
act to such stimuli. The reac
tions will be varied. Some will
lapse into a state of shock. Some
will react more forceably in an
attempt to protect themselves.
It does not seem unjustified
that a human being be allowed
to do everything necessary to
protect himself from an attack
on his person.
I do not mind talking, argu
ing, and reasoning with a per
son of views different from
mine; but, should this person
throw bricks at me, should he
shoot at me, I will go for his
throat.
Jules Jacquin
★ ★ ★
lost four of their number in a
confrontation with the National
Guard and effected a shut down
of their university. How many
of us intend to determine or in
fluence the actions of our gov
ernment in domestic and foreign
affairs of which we have little
knowledge and no experience by
closing our university? In the
present climate of public opin
ion this is more likely .to bring
action against ourselves than
our government.
Those who claim to have a
“social conscience” and “moral
backbone” would do better to di
rect their energies and time to
learning more about the intrica
cies of government and the way
policy is developed than making
uneducated demands and irration
al plans that contribute to the
problem rather than the solution.
Steve Nesbitt
★ ★ ★
Editor:
I can’t see how the length of
a person’s hair or the clothes
he wears determines a person
as an un-American maggot.
Neither can I see why a person
dissenting against the Viet Nam
■war should be made a target to
be spat on, walked on, beat up,
or shot at. Having at first sup
ported the war, I’ve watched
it drag on for years, I’ve heard
weekly death tolls quoted like
the weather report, and I’ve
heard political parties promise
escalation, de-escalation, and
/every other type of military
move except those of victory or
withdrawal. I’ve watched three
presidents play at war without
congressional approval until
I’ve come to the conclusion that
the war in Viet Nam is nothing
but a political and economic
pawn. I’ve always believed that
the greatness of the American
system lay in that it allowed
both the people and the admin
istration to talk to each other
on the same level (not one talk
ing down to the other), but it
seems like everyone is talking,
and it sounds like two 1’ecord-
ings—both ignoring the other.
I enjoy the American way of
life, and I don’t want to see it
end in a revolution, but I can’t
support the deaths of Ameri
cans overseas and at home in
connection with a war that has
degenerated to the point where
it divides a nation and serves
only politics and economics.
Clifford Garner ’73
Senate
Editor:
Those who are demanding a
student strike to protest U.S.
military action in Cambodia
had better be prepared to ac
cept the consequences if these
actions are taken.
Kent State University stu
dents reacting in the irrespons
ible manner that seems to char
acterize college students have
(Continued from page 1)
After the measure was defeat
ed senate president Gerry Geist-
weidt said that the senate acted
“very wisely” and in a manner
representative of the majority of
the student body.
Senators then passed, with lit
tle debate and no dissenting votes,
Ron Clark’s resolution that let
ters of sympathy be written to
the families of the slain students.
Earlier the senate defeated a
resolution submitted by David
Reynolds (jr-Eng) which “strong
ly condemned the individuals in
the Ohio National Guard units
responsible for these unnecessary
killings.”
Most senators agreed with Torn
who said the senate should not
sit in judgment when it could
base a decision only on newspa
per accounts of what happened.
The senate defeated the proposal
45-8.
The senate approved 54-1 the
resolution submitted jointly by
Caperton and Jim Stephenson (sr-
LA).
The statement condemned “any
individual or group who bring
violence into the academic com
munity, including students, police,
military personnel, as well as our
political leaders.”
The senate firmly believes, the
measure continued, “that the
right of peaceful dissent is vital
to the integrity of the academic
community.”
During debate on the measure,
the senate agreed to suspend the
rules to allow Bill Maskal, former
candidate for senate president, to
speak on the resolution.
Instead, Maskal launched an
attack on Dean of Students James
P. Hannigan, who was sitting
about 10 feet away from where
Maskal was speaking.
Maskal said Hannig’an has re
peatedly found students “guilty
until proven innocent” by sus
pending students as soon as they
were charged with some offense.
He said the dean has refused
to listen to students, having re
cently accepting petitions against
the university actions on the
April 15 “rally” and calling the
more than one thousand signers
“ridiculous, irresponsible stu
dents.”
He turned his attention to the
entire A&M administration, say
ing that it, and not the students,
has “brought discredit to the
university.”
Student proposals have repeat
edly been turned down, he contin
ued, with the administration not
giving any reasons for doing so.
Calling the senate a “mockery
of democracy” he pleaded with
senators to take a stand on an
issue.
“For God’s sake,” he said, “do
something before someone dies
here.”
Hannigan was asked to reply
to Maskal but refused. Instead
he praised the senators for doing
“more this year than you think
you dick”
Geistweidt supported the dean,
saying that “he was doing his
job the best he knew how.”
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