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PAG6 2 THE GOLD BUG JANUARY 12, 1968 From the Editor: Letters Death of the Mumblers The GOLD BUG appreciates with utmost sincerity the piles and During the past year the GOLD BUG has attempted to raise plies of letters to the editor wh.lch it received In the past month. As uts level in all departments. Circulation has increased by 100%. a token of appreciation, the staff the newspaper has put out eight and twelve page tabloids, the leaves this column blank and hopes . budget has increased by over $1,000.00, and many new staff that you enjoy reading it. Editor i~~~~~::~ly~a::e \~b~~r:~~d~::dat~~:~~dInto ~~~~~~he ~~w:o~~ the campus much more intensly than befoce. The staff has made an ~l out erron to tap its creativity and bring it to the eyes of the Hillites. Yet there are still blatant recluses and mumblers who criticize and mock behind closed doors and smiling faces, These blatant fools undermine, through their inaction, every positive measure taken on this campus. They ridicule professors out of class, never taking just criticisms to them so that the professors can see what they are doing wrong or what they could be doing better, They spread Iethacgy and make it stick to freshmen. They P ii this place" for Its lack of relevance. The recluses and S dO' "hate tu ent pInion mumblers, in turn, are hated for THEIR lack of relevance. 0: R· k S lBJ Whom are they hated by? A few. A few who attempt to bring DC y wamps some life to the HilL A few who would like to seesome things happen. A few who would like their critiCS to come to the sur- _ face and talk things out. Academic freedom entails not only up- by Don Elmes The most discouraging thIng to-date methods and class procedures. Academic freedom entails On April 24 of this year, a na- about the poll was the general at- the willtrgneee to enter into a free dialogue, to air ideas, to make tlonwlde poll of college students titude of picking the least bad can- didate for office. This attitude ap- stands, and to recognize a person's right to oppose the other's ~~;~r ~ef:~:~~:tef~rt~r~~t:e~:I: pears to be a very encompassing point of view. Without the other person's point of view, there is candidate and their attitudes on one on campus and around the na- no academic freedom. certain major national issues. The tion. Is It that there are no national project, named Choice'68,isbeing figures to arouse posiUve senu- Old hat? Correct. This editorial has so far been a carbon undertaken to find our exactlywhat ment? Or is It that our govern- students think as a unified body and mental polittcs has gotten so far Copy of a multitude of others dating way back. But this is more to make thesethoughtsknowntothe out of keeping with the public that than an editorial. This is a foreshadowing of things to come. different news media. AccordIngto it has become a powergameofwho Plans are in the making for a student activist league. Not a frat. a spokesman for the project, they has the most money? Most people would answer the erntty, not a select group, but a group which will be open to all :~~~~:~I~n~~~e~u~~~:~~:-:~~ latter. And what can be done to those who have the guts to make their ideas and feelings known. ough to command the nation's con- make the situation more amenable? Not a negative underground movement, but an overt attempt to sideration and attention." "Nothing" Is the common reply, improve tile deat.h-like conditions on the Hill. -.. W.M.C. is to par-ttcpate In this and it appears as though most pee- project, and as a preliminary en- ple are correct. The U. S. has deavor, the GOLD BUG has con- grown to such size and power that ducted a poll to find out present to make one-s-vtews significant Is student attitudes, The results of more than difficult, it is Irnpoas-> LBI and Smelly Protests the poll are as follows; ible unless oneisunifiedwiththose Republican votes that make opinion. This ISperhaps Rockefeller 91 the most difficult realism thai pee- Christmas 1967 was a bad time for anyone who might have Nixon 43 ple of our generation must accept. wished to think about peace and good will among men. Anyone Lindsay 26 Time and again attempts have been Romney 18 made to affect national policy, but who passed through a train station saw not only the usual onslau- Reagan very rarely do these attempts suc- ght of parcel post packages. He also saw young American bodies Percy ceed. wrapped in wood and piled high, waitin£. to be shipped home as a Choice '68 has been undertaken grotesque Christmas presents. Democrat votes in hopes of accomplishing. what so Johnson 25 many past demonstrations, discus- The state of the war in vietnam has reached rather unfathom- R. Kennedy 18 sions and rallies have failed todo: Wallace 16 to let the nationknowwhatthemaj- able proportions. But even more unfathomable is the way in of its future leaders are McCarthy 7 orfty which stateside\efforts for peace have been passed off as smelly Other 11 thinking. appeals from pot-heads and cop-out phonies. In an hour long chat As was expected, little more than Hopefully, WMC will have some- with three netwc-ks, President Johnson, when asked \'!!lat he 25% of the student body cast their thing significant to say when April of the poll are thought about the large number of people who are protesting the vote, but the results Both Republican 24 arrives. still Inter'estlng, war, responded that the.mass media has played up the relatively candidates, Gov. Rockefeller and small number of protestors, and played down all the people who Mr. Nixon, held substantial leads THE COLD BUG are for the war. By pointing his nrger at the hippies and young over President Johnson: Gov. Rockefeller had almost four times Official student newspaper of Western Maryland College, peaceniks, President Johnson has taken the limelight off of the as many votes W,hileMr. Nixonhad published bi-weekly on Friday from September through May. many Senators, Congressmen, educators, clergy, and responsible almost twice as many: and Mayor Entered as second class matter at the Pest, Office, Westminster, Maryland 21157, under Act of March 3, 1879. college students who feel that the United States should not be in Lindsay', for all practlcaf purposes, Vietnam. had the same number of votes as SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $4.00 PER YEAR the President. In the Democratic Party, President Johnson led but No doubt, everyone has a right to voice his opinions. And was followed very closely by Sen. President Johnson is playing a smart game of politics by claim- Robert Kennedy and ex-nov. Wal- ing that the bulk of protestors are uninfcrrred, immature, and sub- lace. .. .. Editor-in-Chief Obviously, from these statistics, the P~esldent's popularity is far ...... Mana£ing Editor from l11unlnating, but then he is ........ Our President forgets to mention that men like Schlesinger. President and subject to much ................. Business News Manger Editor McCarthy, Speck. Fulbright, etc.,etc., etc. Cop-outs and pncotes ertucusm because of his office. Sue Mason .•• . • Editorial Page Don Elmes these men are not, They are and have been responsible leaders Perhaps his largest tailing In this Gordon Shelton . . . Sports Editor Weber F. David in our country. As elections get closer and ctos er. there is no capacity has been playing politics Co." Wolfson, Joel Smith .. '''::::::.:'~V;:~ituirne~ ~~~~r:r Page" with the public whIle attempting to' • "Happening doubt that President Johnson will continue to label all anti-war sell It crazy pipe dreams. Andun- Carol Plezonki .. ............................ Creek Page Editor efforts as immature strikes at the Establishment. fortunately for him, people aren't Assistant Editors: Cliff Willis, Lisa Mike Herr, Robbie Robbins, Bill Roj. King, Jeff Rensb!lw going to forget that tour years ago Photography Staff: Cindy Treherne, Tom V.an Sickles, Gordon Shelton. they voted to get out of the Viet Circulation Editor: . . •• Ca!! Gracey Walt Michael Nam War without any bombing of Exchange Editor .. .. Rich Matza Editor-in-Chief the North or escalation. Perhaps Art Editor' .. uns. year his eampajgnwtlj at least ' .Typing Editor: •• be honest.