The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1970 Page: 1 of 6
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New party nominates
Russell for U. S. Senate
The New Party has nominated
a candidate, Benton Russell, for
the US Senate seat of Ralph
P ,Yarborough. Russell will oppose
Democratic candidate Lloyd
Bentsen and Republican can-
didate George Bush. Russell,
present board president of the
Houston Council on Human Re-
lations, announced his candidacy
in a press conference this morn-
ing.
Russell is very active in civic
affairs and has an extensive
knowledge of welfare and pov-
erty problems. During the press
conference Russell commented
upon his candidacy and spoke of
the need for a third party. The
basic platform and policies were
outlined.
The platform of the New
Party is as follows:
They demand the withdrawal
of forces from Indo-China.
They call for a reorganization
of the CIA and repudiate US
involvement in the internal af-
fairs of other countries.
They place the responsibility
for pollution upon the two major
political parties as they "are
dependent upon corporate
wealth", and the party calls for
a strong ecological conscious
and reform. They denounce rac-
ism in any form, and support
the right of any human being to
secure his own life-style. They
support the women's liberation
movement.
They have a "reconstruction
platform" which advocates the
18 year old vote, guaranteed an-
nual income, a national presi-
dential primary, mutual consent
divorce, and the right of Ameri-
can citizens to travel interna-
tionally, free from official sanc-
tions.
Within this framework they
also oppose capital punishment,
the electoral college, the right
to work laws, and the Hatch
Act which forbids government
officials to participate in the
political process.
They are in favor of free
health care to those who can-
not afford it, and of adequate
and pleasing housing to all, with
special regard to the elderly, the
disabled, and the ill.
They state that "moral issues
good are not the concern of
human legislatures. No woman
should be forced to bear an
• unwanted child. Abortion should
be solely upon the individual's
choice."
To alleviate the effect of
the lowered defense spending
they would initiate an employ-
ment for peace program which
would provide for a "massive
housing, education, environmen-
tal, and mass transit program to
replace the Military-Industrial
complex program."
tClENCi
CUA seeks reactions
on disciplinary rulings
The Committee on Undergrad- examine questions of judicial
uate Affairs is seeking informa-
tion and opinions from interest-
ed, informed individuals and
groups 011 the general topic of
rules, regulations, and disciplin-
ary and judicial procedures. For
the immediate future, the Com-
mittee has been directed to re-
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rice university, houston texas
volume 58, number 3 thursday, September 17, 1970
disciplinary procedures and ap-
peals. In order to hope to meet
an October 15 target date set
by President Hackerman, it must
begin the work of formulating
appropriate statements at its
next meeting tomorrow.
The Committee seeks, in par-
ticular, a response to the ques-
tions below. Responses should
be pointed toward, if not limited
to, the matter of procedures.
It needs answers which wi'l
be reasonably concise yet full
enough to be informative and
useful.
1. Should there be a judicial
system for graduate students?
If so, how should it be related
to the system for undergradu-
ates ?
2. What kinds of cases have
been most difficult to resolve?
What procedures have be>-:: most
effective? Which are ineffec-
tive ?
o. What procedural changes
would you recommend for your
courts to make them nvro ef-
fective ?
■1. What disciplinary sanctions
have been effective? Are now
ones needed?
This study of procedures is the
first phase of a longer range
study of policies and rules in
student life. In the future, the
committee will be dealing with
larger questions such as the
following:
!. A statement of student
rights.
2. The relationship b< tween
university courts and civil
courts.
■I. Appeals of administrative
decisions which are not disci-
plinary.
4. The administrative frame-
work in student affairs.
Separate expressions on mat-
ters such as these are invued,
buspensson
I!y action of the Dean
of Students, a student has
been suspended from tlu-
I'niversity for the 1!>70~
71 academic year, as well
for the remainder of hi>
career at Rice shouJd that
student return to the I'ni-
versity. This action w a.-
taken because of a viola-
tion of the Honor System.
Honor America Day reflects changes in society
(This is the first of two ar-
ticles on Honor A merica Day by
Thresher social critic Jack Mur-
ray. This installment is primarily
descriptive. Next week's will be
interpretive, exploring how the
ballyhood celebration of unity
failed.)
By JACK MURRAY
Washington in the summer
is almost unbearably oppressive.
Heat hangs heavy over the city,
trapped by a layer of smoke,
fumes, and moisture. On some
days the museum and gallery
lobbies, through crowded by
harried tourists, offer the only
respite from damp clinging
clothes, steamed eyeglasses, and
throbbing headaches.
On the mall, vendors de-
mand and receive exorbitant
prices, for semi-cool drinks
that offer at best momentary
relief. Everyone is in a hurry
—to see, to do, to experience
the things that tourists think
they shouldn't miss.
Saturday, July 4 was a typi- and Chicago. Kids, cameras, line speech on how we should of them young radical-looking
c-ally miserable Washington
day. Haze and humidity com-
bined to soak within minutes
all who ventured outside.
Heating
It was a different kind of
day, though, in other respects.
For this, the 194th anniversary
of the nation, several promi-
nent individuals had proclaimed
a day of healing, a festival of
unity and support. The country
was asked to put aside its dif-
ferences and show the world
that, yes, we have disagree-
ments, some of them serious,
but when our Nation calls, we
shall be as one. It was billed
as nonpolitical, noodenomina-
tional—a day for all Americans.
A lot of those Americans
came to Washington for Honor
America Day. Legionnaires
from Provo, Utah and Seattle
mingled with kids from Boston
freaks, straights and dogs bus-
tled in to hear Billy Graham
extol the virtues of our system
and our country. Others came
for the Bob Hope Extravaganza
in the evening. Still more came
to see the fireworks.
The night before, it seemed
that all roads led to the na-
tion's capital. Driving through
Maryland on Interstate 95, I
passed and was passed by
many charter buses, hippie
vans with slogans like "D.C.
Smoke-In or Bust" and an in-
ordinate amount of other traf-
fic.
Service
Graham's service in the morn-
ing at the Lincoln Memorial
attracted only a few thousand
people. I didn't get up in time
to go, but caught it on the
tube and had to admit that he's
a good orator. Though his ori-
entation showed through, he de-
livered a good, Administration-
stress all of our advantages and
good points rather than harp-
ing all the time on our faults.
It made sense—but only to Mr.
and Mrs. Middle America.
In the background, between
the memorial and the Washing-
ton Monument, danced a hun-
dred or so anti-system Yippies.
The government claims there
are only 500 Yippies in the
whole country, so these must
have been the real hard core.
The blacks in Washington
weren't too enchanted either—
they had considered holding an
Anti-Honor America Day and
ended up boycotting the real
thing.
Not much was planned for the
afternoon, so most people went
back to their motels, found a
cool museum, or slogged about
visiting the various shrines.
Still, later were quite a few
people on and around the mall
all day, a surprising number
types. Some had tried to spend
Friday night camped out on
the grounds and had been chas-
ed away.
Dissent
Most would say that they had
come to dissent, but the pros-
pects of a mirijuana' smoke-
in, nude dips in the pool, and
harrassment and embarrassment
of the officials probably drew \
greater number than came be-
cause of honest political disa-
greement. Many also undoubt-
edly were "weekend hippies,"
especially the younger ones.
A few years ago it was pos-
sible to walk down any street
in America and see only three
kinds of people — kids, women
and men. Democrats looked like
Republicans (that hasn't chan-
ged), and Birchers were indis-
tinguishable from liberals.
Society seemed more cohe-
sive, at least on the surface.
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