HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN, NOVEMBER 16, 1970--PAGE TWO
Editorial Comment
Rate- a -What?
The COLLEGIAN conducted a brief survey Friday,
November 13 to determine the opinions of students on the
current SGA project nicknamed Rate-a-Prof.
Participants in the poll were selected at random from the
student body.
All were asked one simple question: "What is your opinion
of Rate-a-Prof?"
Out of the total of 63 students surveyed, only 22 had an
opinion about Rate-a-Prof. Of these 22, fifteen favored the
project, while seven were vehemently opposed to it.
What happened to the other 41 students' opinions? Nothing.
They had no opinions.
Why? They had never heard of the "fantastic" SGA project
called Rate-a-Prof.
That's right, sports fans! Of the 63 students polled, 65.07%
had never heard of the SGA's super-colossal instructor evaluation
survey
Indeed, the replies from this ignorant group ranged from
"The what?" to "Is that the yearbook?"
Why didn't more students know of the project?
The COLLEGIAN contacted Christopher Pogozelski, SGA
president, for the answer.
Pogozelski attributed the lack of knowledge about the
project to the lack of interest by the student body to SGA affairs.
He stated, "SGA meetings are always open to the student
body. If they had come to the meetings, they would have known
about the project."
Pogozelski also stated that the newsletter carried information
about Rate-a-Prof. He therefore contended that the SGA could
not be held responsible for the lack of knowledge about the
project.
Then who is to blame? You are, students.
You should attend SGA meetings and find out what's going
on behind that stained door.
But please, don't all come at once. If you do, you'll only give
the SGA another headache; that of where to seat all of you!
'Mr. and Mrs.' Who?
We bet some of you are wondering what has happened to
that fantastic art exhibit, "Mr. and Mrs.", which was supposed to
be displayed in our SUB lounge this past week. Well, so are we.
Where is it? Perhaps it is still sitting where it was last Friday.
Where's that? It had been sitting in the SGA office, still uncrated.
Why? That's a perfectly legitimate question. But, the
COLLEGIAN does not have the answer.
The Arts and Culture Committee is responsible for displaying
exhibits that are shipped in. After all, these exhibits are paid for
by SGA funds. Is there any reason for this type of
procrastination? If the Arts and Culture Committee cannot
answer this question, then possibly the SGA can.
This exhibit sat in the SGA office for a week! Not one of its
able-bodied members made an attempt to put this exhibit on
display, not even our COLLEGIAN editor. It wasn't even
uncrated! This seems like a waste of money. The exhibit has
already been paid for and one week has already gone by.
Unfortunately, it is only here for a two-week period.
There are many possible reasons for this situation. Negligence
on the part of the Arts and Cultures Committee and SGA
members seems like a perfectly reasonable answer. Laziness is also
an answer that should be considered.
Perhaps the committee and SGA members were all busy and
lacked the time to do it.
The COLLEGIAN's door is open to a logical answer to this
dilemma
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Apple pie, anyone?
Once again, the American people have been duped. I (against
proper editorial form) have stumbled upon another Commie plot.
Luckily, there is still time to squash the pinkos. A few scattered
patriots still retain southern strongholds, and in these people we
must find our strength.
Constant vigilance by those who truly love our country has
stopped the undermining of many sacred institutions which we
hold dear. Unfortunately, the Ku Klux Klan has faltered in a
most terrifying manner. Even the Imperial Wizard must launder
his own sheet, no longer being able to have the boy do it.
Sheet manufacturing firms too, have been infiltrated, hence
the advent of colored sheets instead on the good old white
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variety.
Action is urgently needed to stop this disgusting Communist
threat. We must start our purge of those liberal northerners in the
judicial and legislative bodies. The people's friend, Joe McCarthy,
started the fight for us. It must be carried on in a most zealous
manner to insure that he may rest in peace.
Remember: instill the 'love it or leave it' spirit in someone
today.
Matter of importance
"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what
you've got till it's gone?"
A sensitive young song writer, Joni Mitchell, has conveye4in
this line from her "Big Yellow Taxi", a message as important las
any written in our textbooks.
When you stop to think about it, isn't it true? Aren't iwe
more appreciative of that which we have only after it is no more?
It is sad, but usually true.
We should be thankful for what we have and take measures
to protect our possessions. We must not take it for granted
because, when it's too late and we have it no longer, we will be
sorry. You might say "I don't have much to be thankful for
anyway," but what you really mean is "I'm too busy trying to get
what I think I want to be thankful for what I have."
What does it matter if you achieve the success you seek so
hard, if you lose your capacity to appreciate the little things in
life on the way? These little things are what make life
worthwhile. They include the smile in passing, a "hello" on the
street, the sharing of laughter, the wonderment at the
kaleidoscopic view around you on an autumn day, the
remembrance of them all in times of loneliness-the things you do
and experience that make life happier for yourself and others.
And when you take time to notice these little things you'll
discover that they're not so little after all, and that the so-called
"big-things" are really least significant.
I don't mean to say that you shouldn't strive to achieve and
that your accomplishments are meaningless. The attitudes you
have kept and the joy you have brought into the lives of others
on the way(especially during the gloomy moments of life) will be
your true yardstick of success. The more you practice this art of
happiness, the more it will enrich your life.
Many of us are in college to learn how to get to where we
want to go in life. However, we should realize that we will have to
live with ourselves when we get there. Learning to do this is our
true education.
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you To accomplish this end, the attitudes of the masses must be
make" reveal Lennon and McCartney( The End), changed. Force will not work, but subtlety might.
How? Examine the means by which the populace forms its
Maybe we should keep that in mind on our way to our
attitudes. Basically, modern society is subject to three influences: (1) the educational system, (2) mass communications media, and
respective ends.
(3) "big brother", the government. It follows simply that
effective changes can be achieved through these influences. A
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and giant step could be accomplished in the educational system.
complete a character. --Goethe Instead of training man to respond, as a dog is trained, educators
might strive and prepare man to think, to make decisions.
In mass communications media, the goal might be truth
instead of sensationalism. The human mind is no longer stable
enough to face the truth, but this is a theory. Couldn't it be put
to the test?
Finally, the government structure might be altered in order
to return power from the political institutions to the individual.
The fact that decision of policy is traditionally accepted is no
basis for the conclusion that it is the right way or even the best
way.
For Peace And Human Rights
Many patriotic Ameri
„,../1 cans are troubled because
they see some flag-wavers
using the flag as a mask
for racial prejudice, drop
the-bomb frenzy, and club
the-kids delight.
Now two American flag
decals for peace and human
rights are proving hot
items. One portrays a dove
wearing the flag and the
other shows two hands—
one black, the other white
—holding the flag between
them. You can order the
first decal for 75¢ and ad
ditional ones for 50¢ each
from Save Our Flag, P.O.
Box 79, Gedney Station,
White Plains, N. Y. 10605.
Who is this man?
by John Hancock
by Richard Rockman
Overpopulation and the new morality
Some people say that a possible solution to over-population
would be the colonization of other planets such as Mars. Here
people from Earth could form a "New World" that would be the
safety valve for the. ever-increasing population. But these persons
do not consider the cost to send people to another planet. It
would cost millions to send one person and millions more for him
to live there. To send a quantity of people large enough to ease
the population burden, the amount that would have to be spent
would be enormous. This obviously is not a solution.
Aldous Huxley's prediction of test-tube babies in "Brave
New World" is indeed a startling possibility. Human beings would
be selectively bred to produce the desired type of person needed
to form the complete, unified society. Perhaps an Einstein would
be needed, or a factory-worker, or a common laborer. Each
would be produced according to specification. The kind of person
would be pre-determined; it's like playing God. Man playing
God--quite a thought!
The most probable solution to over-population is a practical
system of birth control. Birth control, if incorporated soon
enough, could stem the tide of the population explosion. Couples
cannot continue having six or more children. The land mass of
the Earth is only so large, and enough food can not be grown to
feed the increasing number of people. Today the trend in
middle-class families in America is to have only one or two
children. But it is not practiced by the majority of the people,
and until it is, it will not become a useful solution. All the people
in every nation must begin some type of birth control program if
How to change?
The student radical, the conscientious objector, the black
militant, the neighborhood milkman all share one common goal
or idea, though their individual expressions of that goal differ
significantly. All share the thought that the much criticized and
over•labeled "system" should be altered. Their solutions are as
varied as the stars in the galaxy, ranging from monarchy to
anarchy, from extreme permissiveness to inordinate repression.
Recurring uprisings are evidence of the fact that factions of
society are more than thinking about change—they actively
encourage change. While their concern is admirable, their
impulsiveness is regrettable. As they painfully learn, lasting
change is not achieved overnight by drastic upheaval. Change is a
sluggish process. Hence, their inevitable frustration is the only
result they see for their efforts.
Yet, a start must be made somewhere. In keeping with this
realization, it might be wise for the advocates of change to first
examine the values and attitudes of their society. Perhaps it is in
our ideals themselves that we have failed. If this is the case, then
"revolutionaries" of this generation should begin, at least, the
monumental task of replacing meaningless values with lasting
ones.
Of course the preceding alternatives are not as simple as they
appear. Perhaps they, too, are ideal in theory but, hopelessly
impractical that they become unrealistic. On the other hand,
perhaps the human character is not heyong achieving theise
heights, if only by a gradual process. Certainly this generation and
several after it would not see positive results. Still, could we
witness the meager beginnings? The student radical, the.
conscientious objector, the black militant and, yes, even the
neighborhood milkman might ponder these considerations and
possibly alter their tactics to work toward lasting alteration of
our decaying "establishment."
by Fran Lester
over-population is to be stopped.
The true answer to the future question of over-population
must be founded on an new morality. This new morality would
allow less perfect individuals to live. The present religious
morality takes a firm stand against birth control, but there is a
gradual turning toward a more liberal attitude.
Many people will cry out to prohibit the "manufacturing" of
test-tube babies. They will argue that man is not God and should
not be allowed to create life in the laboratory. Continuing, they
will add that man and woman have been making babies together
all these years and that the test-tube would remove the human
element from the process. In the next few decades these views
may, out of necessity, have to change and follow the pattern set
by the new morality.
The question of letting some "inferior" people die so that
others will live is the most complex moral question facing the
world. Who can say that one life is less important than another?
It would be a difficult solution to accept and rightly so.
Within the next fifty years, this new morality will have to
develop. There will be many questions to be answered, and the
peoples of the world will have to change their existing views.
Moral codes will change; they must. But hopefully the extreme
measure of allowing deficient individuals to perish will not have
to be'used. Perhaps man will discover a "middle of the road" that
will' be be fair to all. Inevitably something will have to be done.
Otheiwise, man will face the undesirable prospects of starvation,
suffering, and death.
Letter to the Editor
While I agree with John apparently cannot always settle
Martonick regarding the disputes between smaller
seriousness of the Middle East nations.
situation and its consequent If left alone and
deleterious extensions, I unabetted, it is possible that
personally cannot subscribe to these two peoples can resolve
his conclusion. their own problems in peaceful
For the record, the Israelis solutions. I saw dramatic
have made repeated attempts instances of friendship and
to bring the Arabs to the fellowship existing between
conference table in order to Arab and Jew on my many
fully explore a modus vivendi visits to Israel. It is possible
which both sides could possibly that these local gestures could
subscribe to. There can - be no 'grow in dimension between the
factions.
peace anywhere in the world
unless sincere men work out In the land which cradled
their sometimes conflicting "goodwill to men" perhaps
goals in frank and open every man will still live "under
discussion, in an atmosphere his vine and fig tree and none
that is unhindered and will make him afraid."
unafraid. The Big Four -Lucille Ruderman
The hell that a lie would keep a man from, is doubtless the
very best place for him to go. --G. Macdonald
To the President
of North Vietnam
To the Honorable Ton Duc Than:
We take this means of appealing to you on a situation which
is close to the hearts of all Americans. This issue is not whether
Americans should be in Vietnam or whether we should pull all
our troops out immediately. The issue is not whether you are
right and we are wrong or that we are right and you are wrong.
The issue is the 450 American servicemen who are held in
your prison camps. Another 1,150 are listed as missing and
possibly some are your prisoners.
Their situation is our united concern
Both the "doves and the hawks" of American feel deeply
about them and their welfare. We ask you to consider their
immediate release. They' have no military value to you. They
can't hurt or hamper your war effort and no longer would help
ours.
These men, like your soldiers, do not institute policy but
merely serve as soldiers have done since time began. Like your
men, they performed their duty and were willing to sacrifice for
their country. Like your soldiers, they left their homes and
• families not because they wanted to but because their country
called on them.
Patriotism is not limited to the men of Vietnam or to the
men of America but is the privilege of all men. They fight under
their flag whether it be red, white and blue or red, yellow and
blue.
Your supporters in this country could take satisfaction from
the release of the prisoners. Th is, more than anything else, would
demonstrate that you too do not seek revenge against men who
did their duty. 'This, too, would show the world that compassion,
not punishment, can lead to peace.
The arguments of your critics that human life means nothing
to you would be baseless if you allowed just peace by acting
quickly on the appeal.
If your heart contains mercy and your soul compassion and
if you truly seek to help the cause of peace, you have an
opportunity to achieve these images in the eyes of the world.
The feeling here is that you don't care about the individual;
that his needs and wants and desires don't matter; that life is not
sacred to you.
Your actions can give lie to these beliefs. An act of amnesty
toward American prisoners would show the world that you are
concerned with life and that all life is sacred.
Family ties in America are strong and all Americans want
these men reunited with their families. So me fathers have never
seen their children. Some are missing the joy of watching them
grow.
And, the children, they live with a constant dream and hope
that they may again be a whole family.
Few men in the history of the word have been given the
opportunity that you now have.
History can record you as a man of compassion; a man who
respected human life and held it in high value; a man who held
that family life is paramount providing a measure of peace to
many families.
Return these men to their families and the world would hail
you. Retain them and your supporters can't help but wonder
about your sincerity and motives.
We address you not as one enemy to another but as one
human to another.
As citizens of the United States we have no power to offer
anything as individuals but goodwill in exchange for the men you
hold. We have no power to make threats if you don't.
We only have hope; hope that you will heed the pleas and
restore these men to their families.
by Gene Davis