IMPEACHMENT CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO office. Other grounds would - be the secret bombing of Cam bodia 'and possibly the Water gate affair itself. During the summer the Senate committee gradually developed an ever closer connection of the President to various parts of the Watergate scandal, espec ially the ooverup. The testi mony of John Dean portrayed the President's personal in volvement. The committee was ,never able the shake Dean's 'story. 'ln addition, the Presi dent has avoided every oppor tunity to directly refute the details of that story. In contrast, the Nixon defenders-- Erlichman, Haldeman, and Mitchell--came off to nearly everyone at the hearings as completely unbelievable. In addition to the coverap, new scandals are slowly being brought out: Nixon's income tax returns, in which his write-off of his Vice-Presi dential papers was not com pletely legal; the mysterious financing of his two homes; and - most recently the Howard Hughes donations to 1972 re election effort. Is it possible that Nixon would be personally involved in any or all of these activi ties? Well, if we look at the past history of Richard Nixon 'everything falls into place. In 1946 he was elected to the House after a campaign against incumbent Jerry Voorhis in which he accused Voorhis of being a Communist. In 1950 Nixon successfully campaigned for the U.S. Senate against Helen Gahagan Douglas whom he described as the "red lady." Of Bourse, these tactics were not confined only to Richard Nixon in that period of Ameri can history. Nixon's cam paign for Governor of Cali fornia in 1962 was a more sign ficant indicator of things to come, After his_defeet in that. election a suit was.filed over is postcard mailing cam paign to Democratic voters in 'which Nixon was - illegally re presented as a Democrat. The court judge ruled that he put the personal blame on Nixon rather than on H.R. Haldeman, even then a Nixon aide. With these fants in mind. we, ADULTHOOD AT EIGHTEEN In 1971, the 26th'amend want of CAE) United States Constitution granted 18year-olds the right to vote. Nearly half of the states in our nation now consider eighteen to be the age of adulthood. The Council of Student Personnel Associations in High er Education commissioned D. Parker Young, a professor of Education at the University of Georgia, to do a study on the social implications of the a mendment. The report is being forwarded to 480 college pres idents around the nation. Some of Young's observations as listed below appeared in the July 9, 1973 issue of oan see that Nixon could be personally involved in illegal acts. The reason members of Con gress have so far not moved for impeachment is because they do not feel the evidence is com pletly conclusive about his involvement. They are also waiting for the final report from the Senate committee. Dem ocrats.are avoiding going out on a limb on this. Most important of all, however, is that public opinion has not been behind an impeachment move. But the recent polls during the feverish ending to the Agnew affair has shown some shift toward impeachment. The crucial tape issue should resolve the issue one way or the other. If Nixon defies a Supreme Court ruling he will surely be impeached ac cording to every report. If he does release the tapes, chances are very good that new damning evidence will be on them. One of the ambiguities of the im peachment process is what ex actly are "high crimes and mis demeanors" as stated in the Constitution? Gerald Ford, now Vice-Presidential designate, stated in 1970, when he at tempted to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, for purely partisan reasons, that the House of Representa tives could impeach a Federal Officer for any reasons it deemed proper at a particular time. The Congress should keep that in mind concerning Nixon's' record. HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN, OCTOBER 29, 1973 - PAGE BY STAIN WIN ''Financial aid to students has usually been based on a standardized form known as the 'Parents' Confidential State-. bent.' But students now may claim that only their own financial status is relevant. Hlthus, if they themselves are legally independent and have no income, they cannot be-barred, as minors from prosperous fam ilies now are, from loans and scholarships that are based on need." * Although the Supreme Court has just upheld the right of state universities to charge higher fees for out-of state residents, it may now be easier for students to establish legal residence and thus gain the lower rate." *Some courts have already ,held that colleges cannot oblige students over 21 to take rooms :in dormitories. If those rulings are now extended to students over 18, the col leges stand to lose consider able revenue." This is one of the most !significant social changes !that has taken place within 'the last decade. We therefore stand conspicuously ahead, perhaps half a century Ahead, of many nations on this earth. , We may have accomplished So much in so little time that the quantum leaps forward have .-- continued page six Time, the weekly news magazine states on page 30: "Students can sue and be sued. Colleges will be freer to take students to court in oases of vandalism or dis ruption without involving the parents as middles. • But the schools are also more vulnerable to legal action by students pro testing against professors who skip classes or grade arbitrar ily, or administrators who close buildings as a result of demonstrations by other Btu.. dents.... "The colleges will have to revise the tradition of mail ing grades and disciplinary re.. ports to parents. Warns Young; 'There seems to be no legal justification for the disclosure of such information to parents or guardians unless permission is granted by the student."
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