The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1979 Page: 4 of 20
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by David Butler
Don't look now, but the Eighties
could turn into the Sixties all over
again.
That's the contention of Michael
Harrington, head of the
Democratic Socialist Organizing
Committee. Harrington has been
"touring the campuses as an
agitator and/or lecturer since
1951," and he's convinced that
student activism has begun to
make a comeback.
According to Harrington's
analysis, the activists of the Sixties
are still in place, at the head of
organizations such as the anti-
nuclear Clamshell Alliance and
various state Pyblic Interest
Research Groups. The groups
have kept busy by protesting
economic and moral issues
specifically the questions of
university investments in South
Africa, the Nestle boycott (see
Spanning the Hedges, Aug. 30
Thresher), and, most recently,
Three Mile Island. The protest
marches following that incident, in
Harrington's words, were "the
greatest outpouring since the great
antiwar marches".
Harrington is convinced that the
economic conditions of the
F.ighties will make another
movement possible, for different
reasons than the comparative
prosperity of the Sixties. The low
inflation of the mid-Sixties
allowed those protestors to ignore
economic concerns, in his view,
which led to that movement's
eventual isolation and self-
destruction. But the stagflationist,
overcrowded labor market of the
Eighties will, in his opinion,
provide incentives for under-
employed college and law school
graduates to join forces with other
trade unions to protet their own
self-interests. And that union, he's
convinced, could have more
significant effects on society than
the aftermath of the Sixties
* * *
The Texas A&M Battalion
reports that "there's plenty of
money in circulation" in College
Station—money that students get
by selling plasma to local medical
suppliers.
Plasma Products, Inc. pays the
Aggie vein-drainers $10 a pint for
plasma, and allows them to donate
twice a week. Most students sleep
or do homework while waiting for
the process to go through its
stages.
Bobby Janik, a senior animal
science major, says he uses his
blood money "for beer and other
extracurricular activities.... if I
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$10 I'll give once a week, If I don't
have any money, I'll give twice."
His parents don't like the idea, but
"(my dad) dosen't know I'm giving
right now. I usually let my arm heal
up before I go home and I wear
long-sleeve shirts."
Dr. Clause Goswick, director of
A&M's University Health Cinter,
says there is little danger from
repeated plasma donations; the
only problem, he says, would be if
a student failed to get his own red
blood cells back after they were
separated from the plasma. "I
know they're very busy over there
Threshing-it-out*
Dear Editors and Thresher Staff,
I would like to express
appreciation for the fine editorials
and article (by Matt Muller and
David Dow, respectively) of 8-24
and 8-30-79.
1) I find it hard to believe that
Nestle is continuing its totally
immoral practices of promoting
infant formula in impoverished
countries- even after the recent
expose of their promotion
schemes. Thank you for informing
us! It is now our responsibility to
deluge Nestle with letters of protest
and to inform them of our boycott.
2) Why hasn't the excellent idea
of reducing Rice's course load
been enacted? We are way behind
the times- let's not remain there.
We do need time to think about
what we are doing, as well as time
to stop ar)d sniff the roses!
3) I agree wholeheartedly with
Matt Muller's editorial "On the
right to choose (whether or not to
have an abortion)"- thank you for
such a reasonable and perceptive
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and they have a big centrifuge. I
know they check and recheck...but
it seems like sooner or later there
might be a slip-up," Goswick said.
"I know of no case where this has
happened, though."
♦ * *
President Carter is preparing for
another national telephone call-
in show, and you may have a
chance to ask the president a
question.
Citizens are encouraged to send
postcards with their name,
address, and phone number, in
order to enter a drawing before the
phone-in. The winners of the
drawing will get the chance to ask
point of view. In response to the
letter to the editor of 9-6-79, yes we
do have a right to choose- as free
Americans. No value system
declares our right to choose- our
free system of life and government
declares it. Please do not force
your personal value system on me
or anyone else. You have the right
to disapprove of abortions and to
choose not to have one (if you were
a woman and were ever in that
situation). But / also have the right
to choose to have one if I decide
that my situation requires it. (I
hope never to be in such
circumstances, but if I am, I do not
want someone else's values
dictating my choices.)
One more point- if you choose to
consider "the unborn" as a
minority group, please also
consider the group of abused
children. In my personal value
system, I feel that it is a "crime" to
force a parent to bring an
unwanted child into the world. A
person has quite enough to
overcome in growing up and living
life without also being unloved and
physically and/or mentally
abused.
So. please, let us not aim our
value systems at each other in great
emotional battle. Instead, let us
urant each other our democratic
the President a question, and the
President's answer will then be
broadcast nationwide.
The new edition of "Ask
President Carter" is being
produced by National Public
Radio, and will be carried locally
on KPFT (90.1 FM). The phone-in
is scheduled for noon to 2 pm on
Saturday, October 13.
(Postcards should he sent to:
Ask the President, c/o NPR, P.O.
Box 19369, Washington DC,
20036. Listeners will not be
allowed to phone in questions
during the show if they have not
been selected in advance.)
freedom to choose value systems as
well as solutions to life's problems.
Karen Anne Crossen
Off-campus Brown transfer
student
Dear Editor:
The thought of starting another
year at Rice sent me into a fit of
depression three weeks ago. I
knew I had to put my feelings,
emotions and needs aside for long
periods at a time. I longed to find a
solution to my dilemma. Recently
I met two sane and well-adjusted
Rice students who must have
sensed my need and came to my
rescue.
They proposed that we should
do something completely
irrational. After a little thinking,
one suggested that we go to
Mexico. So we went, knowing that
we had to be back in Houston in
less than 19 hours. I don't think 1
had as much fun since I was a little
girl. They taught me a valuable
lesson: if you work hard, you
deserve to play hard; but most
importantly, playing hard gives
you the will and energy to keep on
working hard.
Sincerely (but safely) insane,
Dina El Saadi
Hanszen '80
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Muller, Matthew. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1979, newspaper, September 13, 1979; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245412/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.