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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1974
Listen Up
Streaking penalty called too strong
Editor:
Last week when Dean Powell
chose mandatory conduct proba
tion as the punishment for the
“misuse of ID cards,” I thought
I had witnessed the greatest pos
sible mockery of the principle of
commensurate penalties. I was
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Earle
wrong. In a memorandum from
his office Wednesday, Dean Pow
ell announced that streaking is
a grave offense that will hence
forth carry the penalty of auto
matic suspension from the Uni
versity. Streaking may be frivo
lous, ridiculous, or many other
things, but it is certainly not a
criminal offense on the level of
selling drugs or grand theft,
crimes with which it shares a
common penalty.
Two “logical” reasons put forth
for this action were: a) any small
children present on campus at
2:30 in the morning would have
been exposed to the nude bodies
of the streakers, and b) “wouldn’t
the streakers have felt funny had
their mothers been present during
the streak?” I won’t mention the
illogical reasons.
Last week the Student Senate
passed almost unanimously a res
olution stating that a monetary
fine only should be the penalty for
first time offenders of the ID
card policy. I would like to see a
similar resolution recommending
a more fitting penalty for streak
ing, as well as some positive ac
tion on these resolutions by the
administration. I find it saddening
that a man in Dean Powell’s posi
tion of authority wields his power
in such a harsh manner. It is with
deep regret that I write this let
ter.
Neal Proctor
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Jethro! This would close the issue of walking on the grass,
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Editor:
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day night, I feel I must voice my
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