In view of the 198 presidential elections
most take a dim view of the candidates presented
for the office of president' of the United States.
President Jbhnson has shown the United States
his politcalprowess, (since the death of Pres—
ident Kennedy), and that he could fly to the
LBJ ranch and barbecue the rest of his life away.
Johnson leaves too many questions unanswered:
the Kennedy assasination, the war in Vietnam,
the Korean Pueblo incident. Without a true and
honest leader, the United States is in an obvious
state of unrest and turmoil. Examples of this
can be seen each summer with the Negro riots,
and continuously throughout the year by outspoken
leaders in the fields of civil rights, war pro , -
testing, etc.
By the year 1970, the majority of the pop..
ulation will be under the age of thixy. It
will be then — qtite obVious that a *leader" of
President johnsonls caliber will: not be sufficient,
nor will a political hack like Johnson be elected
by the new younger generation.
The voting power of the United States will
be within the young. We, the voters of tomoro.
row, will hold the control of the elections.
Senator Robert Kennedy will be the man
who fits the 1 , 1.11 that the young people of
today want. One example of his typical
liberal ideas on which his winning platform
could be built was demonstrated as a guest on
The Tonight Show, February 5, 1968. On this
show Kennedy pointed out that each year
350,000 deaths are linked directly to cigar
ette smoking, but he stated he knew of no
deaths resulting from the smoking of marijuana.
This is a typical example of Kennedy's
liberal thought trend, one of which could
win the election for him in '72. Although
the Johnson-type followers of today would
not agree to some of his ideology, they
would have to agree that he is exactly what
this country needs as a unifying force to
allow the U.S. to maintataits reputation
as the strongest nation in the world.
The 1968 election is not a ripe time
for Kennedy to run, however, the field in
'72 is completely open. RFK is obviously
laying the ground-work now for a solid
landslide in 1972. Watch his political
moves, and decide for yourselves if he
isn't one of the best propositions we
have to vote for in 1972.
gg.
Fall term it was announced that an un. ,
chartered organization by the name of the
"Interested Commuting Students" was formed. The
purpose of this group was to promote campus
activities, and to help find solutiorsto
various student problems.
Granted there have been increases in par—
ticipation in student functions, but what
about solutions for campus problems other than
student participation?
Three weeks ego, a faculty-student--coffee
clatche was held., Considering the nuMber of
students that were present, it appeared that
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the "int:et-ester udents loot interest,
number of'tcp2s I:erson , .
ally involved each end every Student. Why
didntt the "interested." students bother to
hear the Complaints launched againtt the
students'' voice-..the press? It was this same
group of students, however, who complaine-a
bout grades at the end of each term* These
complaints never reached the ears of the faca
ulty because the students who made them didntt
have the nerve to speak their minds to the
instructors.
There are many other problems which students
have been forded to accept because they were
simply too afraid to make a stand. One such
problem that has been plaguing students is the
system of advising. Howo many complaints have
been made because advisors were not available
when students wanted to see them? How many
students arrived at the main campus with
schedules that were Completely disorganited?
Although this has not been true of all advisors,
it has certainly been typical of a good many
of them. This same portion of the faculty
have sworn that they have been willing to help
students, that they have been sincerely inter
ested; This genuine concern was demonstrated
by the great throngs in whiCh they amassed at
the coffee clatche.
Ina country where freedom of speech is
guaranteed in its governing docuthent, it is
a shame that so many of its citizens are a
fraid to use it. The Vittany Cub is not
afraid to show its concern and sincerity.
The Cub has been awaiting the next coffee
clatche. How about it?
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