Thursday, April 27, 1972
TRAVEL TIPS TO ASSIST
STUDENTS IN PARIS
As summer approaches more
students are going to take
advantage of round trip tickets
costing only about $2OO, and fly
to Europe - and the more you
plan the less bread you'll spend.
If you're thinking of moving
around a lot, a student's Eurail
pass sold only in the U.S. is the
answer. For only $125 you have
unlimited rail transportation for
at least 30 days. Transportation
in the cities can best be provided
by the new RENT-A-BIKE for as
little as a buck a day. And all
arrangements can be made on
your own college campus with
the student travel representative
who will help with all travel
complications.
Last summer railroad stations
in all major European cities were
choked and overflowing with
semi-stranded American
students, who among other
problems were unable to get
transportation. HERE is where
RENT-A-BIKE proves so handy.
Reserve on your own college
campus and pick it up at
American Express office in the
heart of Paris (probably your
first stop anyway. Mail, money,
maps, hotel information all in
one place.) RENT-A-BIKE office
is in the American Express
office. The cost is as little as a
Oil From
WASHINGTON -- Students on
a number of U.S. campuses have
begun a campaign to turn the
Nixon Administration around on
its refusal to hold public
hearings on the issue of
environmental impact of the
proposed trans-Alaska pipeline.
Working with the Alaska
Action Committee, an
organization of conservationists
living in the vicinity of
Washington, D.C., these students
are distributing a pamphlet
entitled "The Alaska Pipeline
Reading Lesson." The pamphlet
deals with unanswered questions
and inconsistencies found in the
government's pipeline impact
statement.
At issue is whether the federal
government will grant, as early
as May 4, a permit for
construction of the 789-mile,
hot-oil pipeline that would carry
oil from Prudhoe Bay in the
Arctic to the Alaskan port of
Valdez. There the oil would be
transferrred to tankers for
transport along the west coast of
Canada to western U.S. ports.
Canadians have expressed
fears about the prospects of oil
spills on their coast along the
route. In addition,
environmentalists fear that the
pipeline, going through one of
the world's most active
earthquake zones, might exact
severe damage on the wilderness,
rivers, streams, wildlife and
fishery resources of Alaska. All
of the land over which the
pipeline would be laid is owned
by the federal government.
In its own study of
environmental impact the
Interior Department reveals
there would be less
environmental risk and no
greater economic cost involved
in constructing a pipeline
through Canada. However, the
consortium of seven oil
companies seeking the
trans-Alaska permit, already has
pipe stockpiled and wants to go
ahead with the project as
originally conceived.
The government, in refusing
to hold public hearings on the
impact statement, urged
interested citizens to read the
report and render comments.
Conservationists complain,
buck a day. You're a free being.
INSTANT MOBILITY is waiting
for you. No time tables to
watch, nothing to wait for.
Subway is O.K. but often very
crowded and who wants to be
underground most of the time
visiting the world's most
fascinating city. You can spread
out as far as you like. Come and
go as you please on brand new
French SOLEX bikes (and they
will not be contributing to auto
exhaust pollution).
RENT-A-BIKE solves all your
transportation problems.
Whether a simple pedal or a
sophisticated motor-assisted
vehicle, a "becane" is standard
equipment for all French
students, just think of all the
advantages. No license problem,
no parking worries, no bumper
to bumper traffic. You can get
anywhere any time you wish.
CONTACT YOUR COLLEGE
TRAVEL REPRESENTATIVE
ON YOUR OWN COLLEGE
CAMPUS FOR ALL
ARRANGEMENTS or WRITE
TO AMTEC INTERNATIONAL,
1350 Brgadway, New York City,
N.Y., or Call 212-868-2770 in
New York area; 213-747-5541 in
California area; or 214-634-2380
in Texas area, and BON
VOYAGE.
Alaska
however, that there are only
seven copies of the nine-volume
study available for public
inspection in the "lower 48"
states. Copies can be purchased
through the mail, but they cost
$42.50, and delivery time is still
uncertain.
What interested students can
do is send a letter--or a
telegram--to the President,
asking for 90 days to review the
statement followed by full
public hearings to bring the
knowledge and wisdom of the
American people to this
important decision-making
process. Student action is
needed, and it's needed now.
Write or wire: President Richard
M. Nixon, The White House,
Washington, D.C. 20500.
In spite of the imposing
concern on thepart of
conservationists, ecologists,
Congress members and students,
the Nixon Administration
appears determined to bow to
oil industry demands to issue the
pipeline permit.
Copies of "The Alaska
Pipeline Reading Lesson" can be
obtained in quantity from the
Alaska Action Committee, 729 -
15th Street, N. W., Washington,
D.C. 20005.
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THE CAPITOLIST
by Lee Nell
Here we are in a typical
kitchen of a typical suburban
house in Anytown, USA. Flash
to the bathroom where a
typically bumbling suburban
husband is scrubbing out the
bathtub after his shower (all the
best families do it, you know).
Suddenly, a crazed shriek --
"HARRIET!" -- not only is
heard, but also appears on the
screen. Yes folks. Here we are in
afternoon TV-land.
Anyway, Hubby, who by now
is completely baffled, exclaims
that the Ajax shakes out white
and then turns blue. The horror!
Of course, Harriet is no dummy.
She explains the phenomenon to
the old guy and then,
knowingly, says, "Get dressed,
Dear."
It's the old woman-behind
the-man gimmick. Right then
and there, every housewife who
is convinced she married a fool
will go out and buy up all the
Ajax in town.
Then there is the martyrized
wife approach. In this scene, the
housewife is seen as doing about
a million chores that would kill a
horse. So far, not too unrealistic.
But when her husband comes
home from work, the little lady
looks like a million bucks. So
much for reality. You see, she
has this super product that helps
her look good. The husband
notices all she's done and how
good she looks and says, "I
think I'll keep you." So much
for decency.
What brought this all on is
that I had occasion to watch
some afternoon TV over the
break. Or maybe it was on
registration day, since there
wasn't anything -- including
registering -- better to do. In any
case, it was an interesting study
of what the TV and advertising
people think of the American
housewife. Aha, you say. You're
not an American housewife.
True. But it is also true that the
majority of afternoon TV
watchers are women (I'm going
to avoid the arguments about
why women are stuck in that
position, at this point).
And just think of the poor
things. It made me sick, and I
was just wasting time to get my
mind off of everything. A
housewife who wants to take a
break for a few minutes must go
right up a wall with this stuff.
But maybe I'm being unfair.
We all know that the
commercials are the armpit of
the broadcasting industry. But
are they?
Some of the program choices
are revealing. There's the Dating
Game where members of one sex
are put on an auction block and
a member of the other sex
comes out and asks insane
questions. "Miss Number One.
How big are your tits?" Or,
"Bachelor Number Two, tell me
something about Number
Three's appearance." "Well,
Miss, he's got a six-inch wart on
his nose."
Or the Newlywed Game is
available. Here, recently married
couples are asked absolutely
absurd questions about each
other. The mates must guess
how their spouses answered
these questions. I wonder how
anyone could answer those
questions. Supposedly, the
winners are the couple who
match answers most frequently,
but that's not true. I'm sure that
there is a special prize backstage
for the couple who beats each
other up best when they miss or
who can come the closest
(without achieving) lovemaking
when they hit the correct
answers.
HARRIET!
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH...
The studio audiences of each
show are carefully chosen from
the audience professionals.
These are people who are locked
up in the Van Nuys community
building for six weeks before the
show, with no entertainment but
yarn and scotch tape.
The other alternative is the
soap opera. These things are so
lowly dramatic that the writers
must be the ones of the Van
Nuys community building who
could not think of anything to
do with the yarn.
Fortunately, I was spared
from seeing the episode, but I
did catch the preview ad for the
New Peyton Place soap now
showing on NBC. In it, Allison's
mother answers her phone,
"Allison, is that you? Come
home, Allison." "I can't,
mother." Poor mother than
assumes a facial expression
reflective of that on someone
who has just experienced a
nearby breakage of wind. The
effect is about as dramatic. No --
even less.
My favorite minutes of
afternoon TV, though, are the
feminine hygiene spray
commercials -- one especially.
It's the one where the rich 25
year-old convinces her rich 35
year-old mother to try the spray.
No one is ever old on TV
commercials, except for an
occasional toilet paper smuggler.
But these women must be rich
because here it is, 2:30 Thursday
afternoon and they've got
nothing better to do than walk
around town discussing their
private parts.
But as Germaine Greer says,
has your roommate --
presumably a stranger wouldn't
ever said to you in private that
your vagina stinks? If it gets to
the point where someone does
remark on it, you probably
would rather not take time to
use the spray anyway. Ms. Greer
also notes that people on the
street seldom pass out due to
vaginal odor.
What's really sad, though, is
that many doctors agree that the
feminine hygiene deodorant
sprays can be harmful to the
user. So, we can't call them
hygiene sprays anymore. And
the deodorant part is worthless
and artificial, so we can't call
them deodorant. What they are
is feminine sprays which do
nothing, can cause harm and are
sold merely to rip off the
modern woman.
But that's why they fit so well
in afternoon TV. At about 4:00
or 5:00, when the men come
home, there is a change in
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programs and commercials.
They're still rather horrible,
true, but they cease to be aimed
at an IQ of 14. Maybe they only
progress to aiming at IQ's of 25
or 30, but still the ad man must
see the women as zeros because
of the way they are approached
on the tube.
It's fun to see Josephine the
Plumber being replaced by the
girl who explains that every one
of her men wears English
Leather. And Rosie the Bounty
paper towel queen stops
discussing the quicker picker
upper and is transformed into a
beauty queen who is a quicker
picker upper.
In a time when women are
trying to realize their full
potential it is sad that those who
should be hearing encouraging
things hear only frequency
modulated crap. Those who stay
at home can get only
reinforcement of the same
nasties that have relegated
women out of society. But as
long as the TV sets still come
with an on/off switch, there is
hope.
So, until next week, folks,
keep those cards and letters
rolling in.
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