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Show Some Restraint
It was called "Campus Rip
Off! $30,000 a year give away.
The Capitol Campus Republican
Club questions the $7.50 per
term parking fee."
Big deal! Most students do
more than question it- they
resent it! And rightly so. A
$7.50 per term parking fee is
ridiculous by any school's
standards. We're all agreed on
that. But it seems to me the
interests of the Capitol Campus
Republican Club coule be better
served by sticking to campaign
issues rather than trying to drum
up support for their orgainzation
by taking a popular stand on an
unpopular issue.
If the Club is so concerned
with this problem why aren't
they actively pursuing this
matter at the S.G.A. and
administrative levels?
I spoke with one club
The Youth Vote
The new youth vote
represents one of the most
significant social and political
reforms of modern American
history. More and more of our
public institutions, policies, and
national debates are decisively
influenced by our growing
numbers of young people. But
until now, this influence has not
been felt in the most dramatic
exercise of public opinion - the
power to vote for the officials
who run our federal, state, and
local governments.
it would be a tragedy if the
potential influence of young
people through the vote were
left untouched and untried
because of indifference of a
casual attitude toward
registering to vote, or voting.
For years, young people have
been arguing forcefully, and
persuasively for the right to help
select office-holders.
I sponsored an 18-year-old
vote as early as 1967 and have
continually supported this
proposal. It would be a senseless
waste to ignore this opportunity,
particularly in a national
election, now that young people
have earned their right to
participate.
Politics has become more
issue-oriented. Through national
debates on vital issues and
through the intensified exposure
of radio and television, the issues
and a candidates position on
those issues, have become the
Letters to the Editor
member on Monday (Oct. 9)
who said he felt this was a
service his organization was
performing. A service?! Telling
people what they already know?
If they really want to perform a
service for the students of this
campus they can start by trying
to explain the terrible policies
and corruption of the last four
years.
they can start by actively
arguing and debating the issues
of this campaign with the
students and with the members
of the Young Democrats.
Perhaps some type of debate
could be arranged between
clubs. But we don't need the
Capitol Campus Republicans'
"concern" for the students of
Capitol Campus to mask the lack
of concern in the Nixon
Administration for all people.
most important factor at the
voting booths, not just who has
endorsed a candidate or what
party the candidate belongs to.
Voters no longer depend on
organized groups, or political
parties, to make up their mind
on election day. Today, the
voter is
independent-minded
Just as I believe an
office-holder must weigh issues
carefully, and vote his
conscience and beliefs, so must
the voter make his choice on
issues and performance.
Therefore, I am glad to see
issue-oriented politics evolve in
our country. It is a healthy and
constructive development.
In view of these
issue-oriented trends, however, it
is even more important for
young people to take advantage
of the right to vote. Every vote
will be counted equally, and if
young people do not vote, their
views on issues, and their
support for elected officials who
share their views on those issues,
will not be influenced in any
election.
Register to vote --- and then
vote. Find out early what the
procedures are for absentee
ballots, if that is necessary, and
make sure you meet all
application and filing deadlines.
It's your future that's at stake.
VOTE!
Richard S.Schweiker
U.S. Senate
Graffitti
Nancy Colnes, Student
Activities coordinator at Capitol
Campus, has notified us of an
extremely distressing
occurance . It appears that one
of the silk-screen art graphics
displayed in the Gallery Lounge
during the first week of classes
was mutilated.
The exhibit was provided by
the IndoChina Peace Campaign
and had several long drawings
which depicted the plight of the
Vietnamese in the War. One of
the silk-screens had some words
scribbled over one part of it;
thus, ruining that drawing. The
drawing was an integral part of
the exhibit, and its destruction
in turn negates the intrinsic
value of the entire exhibit. In
other words, some little baby
with a pen ruined an entire
exhibit from future showing.
The exhibit has since been
removed from the Gallery
Lounge in preparation for
another one beginning next
week. But what can we expect
to happen to this one. The
possibility looms that if one can
be damaged so can the next one.
So what are we going to do.
Are we going to deprive
others of art appreciation in an
exhibit by not presenting any
more shows? This may happen if
such destruction occurs again. I
hope that one sadist with a pen
is not going to continue to
destroy objects which do not
belong to him, thus hurting all
of us. It is sad that one person
who has an emotional problem
can affect other people's
enjoyment in our lives. It is our
hope that such a situation does
not happen again.
Karl Salmon
more
Let Your
TODAY, the Student Affairs
Committee will stage an open
forum in the Auditorium. The
session will begin at 12 Noon.
Topics to be discussed include
drop-add procedures, registration
practices, grading, course
offerings and other areas of
academic concern. There is also
considerable time for any student
problems to be discussed.
The Student Affairs
Committee has been established
to consider student opinions and
refer any possible action to the
Capitol Faculty Council.
Although its duties center on
student academic problems, in
the past the committee has been
involved in other areas as well.
Faculty members of the group
include Prof. Bill Mahar,
chairman, Dr. Joanna Sullivan,
Prof. Clem Gilpin, and campus
counselor, Marian Kreiger. The
Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. John
Grimm, is an ex•officio member.
Student representatives on the
committee include student
government President Mike Dini,
Marilyn Levin and Robert
Bonaker.
THE CAPITOLIST
Ruins
Exhibit
Voice
Be Heard'
HUMANITIES
PROGRAM
TO MEET
This coming Tuesday,
October 17, there will be an
important meeting of the
Humanities cirriculum in the
auditorium during the 3rd
period.
All members of the
Humanities faculty, as well as
students in the program, are
urged to attend this meeting.
Some of the topics to be
discussed include the degree
change controversy, course
offerings, and other
developments in the program.
If you have any questions,
answers, or suggestions that you
want to make known be sure to
attend this meeting. It's
important to the interests of all
who are a part of Humanities.
** * *
The Not line
Now Operating
The Hot Line - Capitol's own
all night telephone counseling
service began operation on
Monday evening, October 9, at
8:00 p.m. The Hot Line is
available to any Capitol Campus
Community member from 8
p.m. to 8 a.m. any evening, on
such personal problems as:
drugs, the draft, problem
pregnancy, school, anxiety,
depression, roommate conflicts,
and general information. Need
someone to talk to? Call the Hot
Line - dial 944-1033.
The Hot Line is staffed by
members of the Capitol Campus
Head Shop. Hot Line volunteers
are trained to handle emergencies
and referrals. They are people
who are committed to help you,
or just to talk. All calls are kept
anonymous and confidential.
This is Hot Line's third year.
We hope as in the past that it
will be a successful aid to you. If
you would like to become a Hot
Line volunteer, attend any Head
Shop meeting on Monday nights
at 6:30 p.m. in the New Birth -
946 A Kirtland Avenue, Meade
Heights.
Housing Shortage Eased
The on-campus housing
situation has changed
considerably in the last two
weeks, and I would like to share
this with your readers.
The Residence Halls opened
on September 17 with
thirty-two "staging" rooms (7
female, 25 male.) As explained
in September 18 issue of The
Capitolist, "staging" means three
students in a double room on a
temporary basis. By September
27, all twenty-five of the males
in temporary spaces had been
moved to permanent
assignments in double rooms
where vacancies existed due
to withdrawls and moves to
Meade Heights. At this time,
four females are still staging, but
I expect that they will all have
permanent assignments in
another week
On September 17, forty-one
males and nine females were on
October 12, 1972
Round
Table
Returned
THE ROUNDTABLE IS
BACK, THE ROUNTABLE IS
BACK... was the cry on Monday,
October 2 as the blessed piece of
furniture was returned to its
natural habitat.
To many of us in the Capitol
Community, the Roundtable is
more than a large piece of
lumber. It represents the joy, the
sadness, the friendliness, the
loneliness—all of the feelings
which reflect our lives at the
campus. It also serves as a
communications center, a
meeting point if you wish, of
our college. So many of us have
effectively used the Roundtable.
THE CAPITOLIST utilizes it as
a central distribution place. HOT
LIONS and Activities Calenders
as well as other literature of
interest to the campus are placed
on its glossy top.
The Roundtable has held a
special meaning for many of us.
We are glad to see it back. It is
now present for our new juniors
to learn to love and appreciate
its atmosphere.
Certainly the area is a
gathering place and there is
bound to be some noise coming
from its environs. But the noise
doesn't come from the table
being there. What little noise
there may be happens during
breaks between classes. The
front foyer is not dirty because
the Roundtable is present, but
because a large number of
people pass through the area on
any given day.
Nevertheless, those of us who
especially missed the
Roundtable while it was gone
and are ecstatic to see it back
pledge to keep the area
reasonably clean and quiet.
We thank those who were
instrumental in the return of the
Roundtable, notably Sam
Randazzo, Mike Dini, and many
others. We appreciate the fact
that Mr. George Dressler and
Provost Robert McDermott had
the sensitivity, the sensibility,
and the deceacy to ensure its
restoration.
Robert W. Bonaker
the waiting list to move from the
Residence Halls to Meade
Heights when space became
available. By September 27,
there were fifteen males and
four female vacancies in Meade
Heights. The Residence Living
Staff contacted thirty-seven
males on the waiting list to fill
these fifteen' vacancies. Sixteen
of those contacted chose to
remain in the Residence Halls
and six had withdrawn from the
University or had cancelled their
Housing Contracts. Eight
females from the waiting list
were contacted to fill the four
female openings. Four chose to
remain in the Residence Hall and
one is awaiting placement.
Students still on the waiting list
have a good chance of being
placed in Meade Heights within
the next two weeks.
Kathy King
Asst. Dean
Student Affairs