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University Press March 7,1975 *3
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{-Presidents speak^ J^ARDINAL
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Randy Ransleben
The Student Government
Association is currently planning two
new programs that could really be a
benefit to all Lamar students. First, a
student co-op that would be managed
by S.G.A. for Lamar students ex-
clusively. Initialy, this would be
designed for book sales and re -sales,
but there is the possibility of branching
out to include stereo, clothes, household
goods, etc.
Our second project is a student
legal-aid program. S.G.A. is studying
the possibility of hiring a lawyer or law
student for part-time work providing
free legal advice to Lamar Students.
These programs are being in-
vestigated by S.G.A. committees
chaired by Bill Hicks (Co-op) and John
Shirey (legal aid). If you have an in-
terest in either of these programs con-
tact the S.G.A. office, room 211 SSC,
838-7725. You do not have to be a mem-
ber of the S.G.A. Senate to work with
the committees and you are not
required to attend the regular Senate
meetings. So if you would like to see
these programs in operation at Lamar,
please let us know. Randy Ransleben
***
I choose to let Sen. George
McGovern have my column this month.
These are quotes from “The State of the
Union,” by George S. McGovern,
“Rolling Stone,” March 13, 1975, Issue
No. 182.
“The American spirit is uncertain.
First there was an unworthy, unended
war. Then there was Watergate. Now
there is economic collapse. A-nd from
these things has come not only the
dangerous condition of our country, but
a pervasive doubt about our capacity to
correctjt.
“Our nation comes from a
revolution against political tyranny.
Now we must finish that revolution by
replacing the structure of economic
privilege and by repudiating the tyran-
ny of the war makers.
“This year the Pentagon will
demand over $100 billion to perpetuate
this insanity. The generals will claim
three-fifths of all the money Congress
can spend just to underwrite past and
present wars and to maintain a far-flun
g military machine for the future.
“It is time to say no to the
militarists. We must refuse to be per-
suaded that the process of negotiations
is more important than their purpose.
“The second force disrupting our
national economy is monopoly—the
concentration of corporate enterprise,
which makes us a people without power
in our own marketplace.
“Just 200 massive corporations now
control nearly two-thirds of America’s
manufacturing assets. And mass
means power.
“It means not only economic power
to control the market but political
power to guarantee a privileged
position. It means influencing and often
dominating the government regulatory
agencies which are supposed to protect
the consumer.
Just a smidgen of what one may pick up be-bopping around campus i
David Busch
“If there are places where free en-
terprise cannot be made to work, gover-
nment has an obligation to intervene on
behalf of the public with long-term
economic controls—not only on prices
and wages, but on profits and interest
rates as well.
“The third flaw in our economic
structure is the maldistribution of
national income.
“With the revenue from tax reform
and the savings from military cuts we
can invest in shelter for people who can-
not find it at their price or any price; we
can invest directly in new sources of
energy to break the monopoly of oil; • • •
............ we can at last end bur
....... shameful trailing position in in-
ternational health comparisons and
establish a national health insurance
system to take the dollar off human sur-
vival.
“We cannot serve both the people
and the exploiters. We must fight for
the people, to. give them back their
economy.
“The Constitution charges the
nresident to report on the state of the
Union. In his message to the Congress,
President Ford conceded the obvious:
‘The state of the Union is not good.’ But
he also called for policies which will
make it worse.
“We dare not respond with con-
ventional rhetoric, with empty
measures, with paper promises
political power. For the people know
better. They seek leadership that will
shake and reshape things as they are,
for they know we cannot eo on the way
we have been. . if we ride and rein-
force the wave of change, then before it
is spent, we will restgore the ideals of
this land and lift the quality of life
among ourselves and for our brothers
and sisters around the world.”
David T. Busch
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jjj; "flrb J College student is constantly, crowded between a rpck and a hard place. He*.
8 (or she, if you’re a libber) plods into class to hear the prof gripe because nobody has #
•gread the required assignment. “If you people don’t read the material, my lectures willK
ftjmean nothing to you,” he says. ^
Then Leroy College goes home to his old man—a pipefitter at the refinery. “I don’t $
•;|:care what they say,” maintains Leroy’sa father, “a man can’t learn ev erything by i|i;
^reading a bunch of books. You got to get out into the world to learn something. You jS
;j*jcan’t waste time.” S
•:j; So it’s hell if you do and hell if you don’t. ft
Siemontkowski has found a way for a business major to get rich at Lamar: Set up a v
•j:jcosmetic boutique adjacent to the sorority dorm. Some chicks look like they were hit $
|:|;in the face with a chalkboard eraser. With colored chalk. One girl in one of Siemon-
tkowski’s classes has such thick eyelashes that when she bats them you’d swear a v
couple of porcupines were making love. Another has lips so red, she either chews |
•(•razor blades or was necking with Dracula.
:•:■ There’s this one slinky number running around campus who looks like a lioness «
;§ with two black eyes. She has white streaks bleached into her rtaturally(?) brown hair, ife
j!j; Her eye shadow almost stretches from ear to ear. And almost across her nose.
ft; The thing that’s puzzling is that all these women keep piling on the war paint in •:•:
•I;! spite of Beaumont’s mon soon season. Seems like they would cake up their make-up.
make-up. ft?
EVER wonder what happens once you get out of Lamar with a sheepskin? Listen to :•:•
Thibodeaux’s tale: ft
ft? A May, 1973, business grad, Thib took on a job at a department store. But he knew
Sit was temporary. “After going through all the hassle of college, I didn’t wantjft;
|;? something five- or six-hundred a month. That’s bush, he says. “So now I’m a clerk at®
j;ft Texaco. I’ve got it knocked. It’s not hard and my job stays out there when I go home.” *
& Now Thib’s only problem is Texaco is on strike and he can’t cross the picket lines. |
See what we students have to look forward to? *
S EVERYBODY is after a grade. The guy who’s trying to really learn something is®
;j;jsome kind of weirdo. Siemontkowski began to wornder because everyone atS
^registration seemed to be asking, “Are his tests hard?” or “What did you make in his «
igclass?” or “Did you have to do a lot of outside reading?” And then we all hear about®
•j'jthe ones who keep dropping classes at the last moment to preserve their 4.0. £
S It was comforting to Siemontkowski to hear his philosophy prof say, “You people^
jijput your education in file 13 once you get your piece of paper. You shouldn’t sell your®
ftftbooks. It’s a waste of money. After all, the bookstore doesn't give you anything for*
■jjjthem.” 8
Ift Later Siemontkowski went to the stereo room where his friend Dennis said to him,®
ftft'Tm gonna cut today. Are you?” jg
« Siemontkowski just thought about how it seemed like such a waste to pay all that*
$jtuition and not go to class. §
Miss America pageant knocked
Shirley Cothran, Miss America 1975,
who appeared at the Miss Lamar
Pageant ,said she had never been in a
“Beauty pageant” and that she did not
like being called a “beauty queen”. She
said that the Miss America Scholarship
Pageant awards considerable sums of
money in scholarships each year and
that these scholarships had paid for
much of her education. However, to win
the title of Miss America, she had to
parade and pose and smile before a
Setzer Center Survey
March 7-Coffee House-Perch Setzer Center-7:30-11 p.m. George Ensle, country
fold singer from Austin, will be featured. Refreshments will be served
Students free. Non-students $1.
March 9-10—“From Here to Eternity”— Perch Setzer Center—6 and 8:30 p.m.
Stars Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift. The drama,
set in Pearl Harbor in 1941, tells the story of two professional soldiers
joined in friendship and conflict.
March 11—“Diary of a Mad Housewife”—Ballroom Setzer Center—6 and 8:30 p.m.
Stars Carrie Snodgress, Richard Benjamin. The disintegration of
marriage resulting fragmentation of the individual is the subject of this
film by Frank Perry, director.
March 13~“Fires on the Plain”-Perch Setzer Center-6 and 8:30 p.m.
Stars Eiji Funakeshi and Osamu Takizawa. Tamura, one of the strag-
glers of the disintegrating Japanese army on Lej te near the end of Worl d
War II, refuses to resort to cannibalism, the final degradation, b cause
he retains the idea of man.
March 10-15-“Kate Millett’s Three Lives”,-A video-tape will be shown throughtout the
day in the video-tape area Setzer Center. Three ordinary but very
different and intelligent women present themselves to the camera in a
series of autobiographical monologues. They talk about past conflicts,
decisions and the consequences of their actions which have led them to
their present realization of womanhood.
panel of judges.
Of course, there is the argument that
talent weighs heavily in the judges’
decision. But does this talent
necessairly reflect the candidates’
ability in their field of study to warrant
a scholarship? Miss Cothran played the
★ viewpoint ★
flute, but her field of study is
education and counseling.
Scholarships allow many students,
including myself, to continue their
education after high school. However, it
seems strange to me that educational
scholarships be awarded on the basis of
one’s ability to be pretty, poised ,and
charming.
I am not criticizing particular in-
dividuals, but society’s attitude as a
whole, which places far too much im-
portance on physical appearance. The
word “pageant” means “a spectacular
exhibition” and what is being exhibited
here are the external charms of young
ladies. For this exhibition, a panel of
judges bestows upon one woman a title
and a scholarship (which is not played
up as much as the title). This decision is
based on more than what the audience
sees; however, for approximately two
hours during the pageant, the con-
testants must be herded around the
stage before many spectators in
evening gowns, bathing suits, etc.
If, as Miss Cothran contends, such
pageants are to award young women
scholarships, than it seems to me that
the means and the end are very in-
congruent. Cindy Williams
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