The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1969 Page: 5 of 10
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By DAVID WILLIAMS
Some radicals shout and
scream obscenities and attack
cops. Others are less noticeable.
Into this latter category fall
the people of the Oleo Strut, a
coffee house near Ft. Hood.
Josh Gould, Jay Lockhart,
and Mike Keegan visited Will
Rice College last week where
they discussed their work at the
Strut and its effect on Ft.
Hood, the military establish-
ment, and the civilian radical
movement.
The Oleo Strut was set up in
the summer of '68 by some lib-
eral group with a lot of money
that also set up four other cof-
fee houses near other military
bases. At that time the country
was getting uptight about the
Democratic National Conven-
tion in Chicago, and the Army
began to train riot control
troops at Ft. Hood. A lot of
the soldiers began to think
twice when it looked like they
would be fighting in America's
own streets.
Army Movement
Besides these immediate is-
sues, the Strut organizers feel
that there are a lot of things
that encourage a radical move-
ment in the Army. First, the
Army is the most repressive
institution in our society. The
individual is a non-entity, at
least in theory.
Secondly, the Vietnam War
is acting as a catalyst that
makes the stupidity of the strict
military system more evident.
If our homeland was being
threatened, or even if a major
Communist power were fighting
a war of aggression, there
might be some logic to our in-
volvement. Instead, the mighti-
est country in the world is
knocking its own brains out to
stop the nationalistic dreams of
the Vietnamese people. The
military system tells the GI not
to think about it, or to think
at all, just follow orders. The
War becomes a product of the
System. The Army is just fol-
lowing orders.
The third point concerns the
source of the Army's orders, ^
the American society. Josh
Gould stated that the structure
of an army is a reflection of
the larger social structure.
American society is repressive
toward both individual citizens
and individual countries.
Much of the discussion was
devoted to specific instances of
our society's repression. We like
to bust political radicals on
dope charges. One of the early
Strut organizers is serving a
sentence in Leavenworth for
possession of an amount of
marijuana so small that it was
destroyed in chemical analysis.
Our Army's system encourages
mistreatment of prisoners in
military stockades. If a guard
shoots a prisoner, he is given
the bullet and a new job at
another post. A court of inquiry
would be ridiculous because the
prisoner obviously deserved
what he got. In Vietnam any
GI who shows any sign of in-
dividuality or political activity
usually finds himself trans-
ferred to a "hot zone" where
he won't have time for such
nonsense.
Don't Desert
Many people think that the
Oleo Strut is a bunch of paci-
fists who aid deserters. This is
not tine. The Strut discourages
escapism of any kind, although
the military sys0n encourages
GI's to escape through cheap
liquor from the PX, or through
dope (which toleratefl as
long as you arequiet and apo-
litical). The people at the Strut
urge the GI's to stay in the
System, and to work to change.
it.
They have recently revamped
the interior of the coffee house.
It used to be very psychedelic,
with freaky lights and posters.
Many soldiers came to the Strut
just to escape from the military
life. The new motif is more
political - discussion oriented.
The strut is currently trying to
build a military law library and
a bookstore.
Peace
- a degree program
The officials of the Peace
Corps and the State University
of New York College at Brock-
port annnounced completion of
arrangements for continuing
and extending the unique Peace
Corps/College Degree Program
to admit a fourth group of can-
didates in June, 1970.
The members of the first con-
tingent completing the fifteen-
month program which combines
the upper division undergrad-
uate education with Peace Corps
preparation are now serving on
bi-national educational develop-
ment teams in the Dominican
Republic: the second group is
now serving in similar assign-
ments in Peru and Honduras;
the third group is now in the
academic year phase of this
joint project and is slated for
overseas assignment in Latin
America in August, 1970,
The candidates will be se-
lected from the ranks of stu-
dents in good standing at an
accredited college who are com-
pleting their sophomore or jun-
ior year by June, 1970. Those
selected will be able to earn an
A.B. or B.S. degree and be eli-
gible for a Peace Corps assign-
ment in one academic year
flanked by two summers of
fully subsidized and integrated
academic courses and Peace m or
Corps training. They are ex- tere^sted
pected to major in mathematics
or the sciences; those who have
completed their junior year
prior to entrance into the pro-
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gram have the opportunity for
a double-major.
At the end of the second sum-
mer, armed with the degree, a
teaching license, indepth cross-
cultural preparation and fluency
in Spanish, the graduates will
be off on their Latin American
assignment as Peace Corps vol-
unteers. As members of the
staffs of teacher training insti-
tutions and/or consultants to
secondary teachers of mathe-
matics or science, they are im-
portant participants in the edu-
cational development efforts of
their host countries. During
theiy two year sojourn they
have the opportunity to earn up
to twelve semester hours grad-
uate credit.
Peace Corps and college offi-
cials pointed out the several
features which make this joint
program unique including: aca-
demic credit for Peace Corps
training, two fully subsidized
summer sessions totalling thirty
semester credit hours, in-depth
Peace Corps training synchro-
nized with the liberal arts and
specialized professional pre-
paration, individualized pro-
gramming, opportunity for dou-
ble majors and supervised over-
seas graduate work.
Sophomores and junior math
science majors who are in-
2sted irf' the program may
contact Dr. John C. Crandall,
Peace Corps/College Degi-ee
Program, SUNY at Brockport,
Brockport, New York.
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