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Requiem for LBJ
Last week, two significant events in American history occurred.
Firstly, the war in Indochina, so much a part of our lives for the past
decade, came to an apparent end when a cease-fire agreement was
reached. Of course, while relieved the fighting has stopped, I am not
exactly jumping for joy. Three men I knew died in that
God-foresaken conflict. What more can I say. Certainly there is no
peace with honor. Only a peace with profound guilt. Over 50,000
Americans and innumerable Vietnamese died in vain.
Also last week, a man whose name became synonomous with the
Vietnam war died. Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the
United States, succumbed to a heart attack at age 64.
Conti wing the policies of the late President John F. Kennedy,
Johnson's l Oongress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965, both measures exclaiming the equality
of all Americans. Equality which should be an inherent right; a
creative equality. Johnson dreamed of a "Great Society." But those
dreams were crushed in faraway Vietnam.
LBJ fell into a trap. A trap which apparently grabs many liberal
Presidents. Frustrated by a failure to win the war against oppression
at home, he sought to win it in another land. He also fell into the
trap which has snared U.S. Presidents from Truman to Nixon; that
of a continual American involvement in Vietnam.
It is unfortunate that Lyndon Johnson will be remembered for
commiting American Military forces to wage what I term an immoral
war. In rrty , mind, President Johnson was a peace-seeking man who
lost his 'vNy. I will try to remember him for his civil rights and other
social-domestic accomplishments. Granted, it is difficult, but I am
trying.
LBJ was a man who loved people. Here was a man who in his
lifetime must have shaken millions of hands. He was a man of
political fortitude.
Yet a man evidently so weary and disgusted of the war he was
waging he declined to run for a second term for the presidency.
With the blood of Vietnam staining his hands, he passed the office to
Richard Nixon, and the blood stains came to reach Nixon's elbows.
Lyndon B. Johnson retired to the solitude of his Texas ranch in
1969. His restless energy was stilled last week.
The man who enjoyed being with great multitudes of people died
alone, calling for help.
That is the saga of LBJ. He deserved much more than that
A REAL
PET PROBLEM
We have learned that
many of the houses in
Meade Heights are
harboring thousands of pet
ANTS. No one will admit to
bringing them onto the
campus, so we must assume
that some cruel fiend
abondoned them. As a
result these pet ANTS have
taken up residence in many
of the houses. We are asking
the administration to take
steps to remove these
unwanted pets from the
Heights.
FROM YOUR EDITOR
Get Well
Mr. Norman Gautreau,
Housing and Food Services
Officer, is recuperating at his
home at 909 Weaver Ave.,
Meade Heights following recent
surgery.
He reportedly had his
appendix and gall bladder
removed. He is evidently in fine
shape. The staff of The
Capitolist wishes him a quick
recovery, and hopes to see him
back on the job in the near
future.
Robert W. Bonaker
THE CAPITO LIST
Vewa4e
Soo**
Reliable sources have made it
known that the beloved
character of the "Peanuts"
comic strip called Snoopy can
cause a real hassle for anyone
found copying his image, in any
way, without the permission of
the creator of the strip, Charles
Shulz. It seems that Shulz has
created a four man team of
investigators to seek out
instances where Snoopy is
appearing without the consent
of his creator. So a word of
caution: despite the small
Chance that you might be
discovered using Snoopy for the
subject of a poster, or something
of that nature, you never know
who might be watching. Better
use another character. Snoopy
could prove to have a bite as bad
as his bark!!!
Could this
Be The
Answer?
In light of all the controversy
which has arisen as a result of
pets being confiscated from
houses in Meade Heights, the
Meade Heights Board of
Governors met last Thursday
night of consider measures
which might end what many
students feel is an infringement
on their rights. The pet policy
they laid out at the meeting
contains the following rules:
(1) Anyone wishing to have a
pet in the Heights must pay a
deposit of $35.00 to the
Housing Office to cover any
damage which the pet might
cause. Part of this deposit will be
returned when the student
removed the pet from campus, if
no damage had been done.
(2) All pets brought into the
Heights would have to have all
the proper innoculations against
diseases.
(3) The pet would have to be
liscensed either in Dauphin
County or in the county where
the owner resides.
(4) All roomates would have
to agree to have the pet in the
house.
(5) In the case of complaints
about the pet:
The first complaint of
damage or bad behavior of the
pet would result in a warning to
the owner to correct the
situation.
In the case of second
complaint about the pet, the
owner would have to remove the
pet from the campus.
It is my opinion that a policy
with these rules enforced could
be a very feasible plan for both
students and the administration
of this campus. With a housing
set up like Meade Heights, I
think pets could easily be
assimulated and that their good
care and conduct could be
assured by the policy I have just
described. Understand that this
policy is only being considered
at this time, and that NO-Pet
policy is still in effect Ifyou feel
that the proposed policy is a
good one and that you would
support a policy like it, let those
members of the Meade Heights
Board of Governors know of
your support. We must all work
together if we hope to ever have
a Pet Policy on this campus.
Mike Welliver
Co-Editor
COMBAT ZONE
by Barbara Boswell
How many times have you
heard the phrase,"the real
world"? The words are usually
accompanied by an imaginary
neon arrow flashing "out there"
. . . "out there" „ "out there"
• • • Well, I'm coming to the
conclusion that "the real world"
is a shitload closer to "in here"
than alot of people realize. (Ah,
ignorance is bliss!)
Quite similar to the way this
nation of people, (who are
clothed in near-helplessness left
to them by some distant relative
named "precedent",) watch the
media for some obscure hint of
what their highest elected
official knows of their future,
(it's a secret, you know), the
undergraduate student body of
this campus community was not
informed of changes (the
Student Affairs thing) by its
president.
Mike Dini, our SGA
president, was informed of the
organizational changes within
Student Affairs by Mr. Dressler
BEFORE Dean Grimm was
informed of them. He chose not
to mention them to anyone.
I spoke to Mike about this on
Monday afternoon. He said that
when Mr. Dressler mentioned
the changes to him, he (Mike)
was under the impression that it
was an `off the record"
conversation. Such are the things
NMI illielli
Planning for the Spring
weekend got under way last
week when a meeting was held
for interested students in the
Gallery Lounge. This year, all
campus organizations are being
asked to participate by
sponsoring their own separate
programs during the weekend.
All events will be organized
under the auspices of Mike
Leasher. Two music events, on
Saturday and Sunday, will be
offered by Goodpeople
Productions who were
responsible for last year's Rock
Festival. Paul Mirabile heads this
organization. Don Snyder is the
representative from the Soical
Committee, and together these
three people comprise the core
of the organization.
This year, the 'emphasis will
be on a more general theme of
music and arts. Attempts will be
made to attract a much smaller
and more collegiate crowd than
last year. Space limitations have
been created by the trailer
village, so the music events will
be staged near the engineering
labs instead of in front of the
Main Building.
- N MEMORY OF BRAD BOSI,IIOELL,CPLASMC. -
February 1, 1973
of which forget
constituencies are made
I cannot quite decide whether
I am angry or disapponted
with-in Mike. Perhaps the
disappointment is from which
the anger stems. I have this crazy
idealistic idea that as student
body president, Mike's first
concern and allegiance should
rest with the undergraduate
student body, issue by issue,
rather than with the
administration on some
occasions in order to remain "in
good races" should a particular
"need" arise.
Mike knows that he is the
topic of this week's Combat
Zone. I told him. (An advantage
that the administration did not
have last week). I can see how
the position of SGA president
can seem like a tightrope
"shtick" to the one who holds
such an office. Like Mike
mentioned, there's the thing
about trust. (Well maybe, just
maybe, trust, like love, is near
impossible to give or receive
unless one has it for himself. (In
himself?) The undergraduate
student body has invested some
degree of trust in its president.
Let's hope that there will be no
repitition of this sort of secrecy.
I think that we can afford this
sort of dissimilarity to the "real
world out there" , . , "out
there" . .. "out there" ...
Mini Toner
The success of this weekend
depends on the unity of the
effort made by all organizations.
There are many aspects of an
undertaking of this nature, and
there is room for help from all
groups. Any organization or
individual who is interested in
participating should contact the
Events Coordinator as soon as
possible so that scheduling can
be handled. Please call Mike
Leasher 944-3079 if you have
ideas for your group.
Fly Me To The Moon
(CPS)--United States
astronauts James A. Lovell, Jr.
and Donald Slayton were in
Brazil last week. They were
often asked why there weren't
any women astronauts in the
American space program. Lovel's
answer was,
"Well, we've never sent any
women into space because we
haven't had a good reason to. We
fully envision, however, that in
the near future we will fly
women into space and use them
the same way we use them on
earth - for the same purpose."