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May 11,1970 the gold bug page n Second semester 1970 news wrap up The Initiation of the changes followed a four month strug- France. It was anticipated that Shriver would announce Chan~ and experimentation have been the keynotes to gle between the administration and the Women's Rights his candidancy for governor of Mary,land. He didn't, and the past semester at western Maryland College. Committee. WRC, led by Tracey Beglin Dobbs, Susan hasn't since. Major changes in the campus community have teen the Baker, and Cathy McCullough Shultz, accomplished all of SGA elections were noted by the poor turn-out at the naming of an acting president and a liberalization of wo- Its major points except open house policy. That policy Is election assembly. Candidates and students were ens- men's living regulations. A willingness to experiment now under consideration by appropriate committees. gusted at the small number- of attending studtmts: Jerry has been shown by January Term and EXIST. . January Term was a major innovation and a success- Hopple and Dan Wiles were elected to lead the SGA next other events of importance during the second semes- ful experiment. Students, faculty, and administration re- year as president and vice-president respectively. ter include the Trl-Beta Plant-In, Sargent Shlrver's visit acted favorably to the program, a first attempt at Western The WMC wrestling team captured their tirst Mason- on campus, the SGA elections, and the success of the Maryland. Success of the program has led to plans for Dixon Tournament Championship this past winter .The wrestling team. another January Term next year. term was paced by Gary Scholl and Terry Conover. Dr. Allan Mund was appointed acting president of the EXIST (Experiments In Studies and Teaching) was Scholl won his third consecutive M-D championship and college on March 5. Mund temporarily replaces Dr. Lowell WMC's version of a free university. Sophomores Mary named outstanding wrestler of the tournament. 'Ensor, president, who Is on an extended leave of absence Rutledge and Barbara Mosber g organized the Initial con- recovering from major surgery. Mund's three months as cept Into a reality on campus. Many of the planned cour- president have been characterized by his willingness to ses fell through, but there were enough favorable results make decisions and his desire to be an active participant to encourage planning of more courses for next year. This is the last issue of the GOLD BUG for In the college community. Western Maryland students reacted to Earth Day, April this semester. The staff would'like to thank all of the Changes Inwomen'sregulatlonswere Initiated February 22, by participating in the Trl-Beta Plant-ln. 7500 trees writers who helped make this a good paper. Anyone 8. The new policies covered expansion of the key system were planted on a Manchester farm to provide erosion con- interested in working 011 the paper should come to to junior and sophomore women with parental permis- trol. the meeting tonight, Monday. May II in the Art sion, extended weekend curfew to 11:30 p.m., and Instal la-, Excitement was generated on the WMC campus by the house at 6:30 p.m. See you next fall. tton of a sealed envelope system of overnight sign-out. visit of Sargent Shriver, returning ambassador from Guest editorials-------- Revolution - 'S that what we need now? by Timothy Smith Richard Nixon has been President 'of the United States ducted peacefully (on this campus at least), These me- But the w~r has spread to Cambodia despite (some for over a year now, for over a year of demands that lmur ial services were Inextricably intertwined with stu- would say because) of our efforts. It started when fac- he begin an Immediate withdraw 1 of U.S. troops from dent anger at president Nixon's actions Insendingtroops tions within the Cambodian military establishment de- Vietnam. It Is surely obvious by now that he has ab- to Cambodia. cided that they had had enough of North Vietnamese solutely no Intention of listening to them. He knows The slaying of the Kent State lour is a great tragedy, arrogance and overthrew Sihanouk who had permit- that college students did not support him in the last and the Guardsmen who did it should be prosecuted for ted the North Vietnamese occupation. I don't see how election. He knows they never will support him. Why their crime. I can understand the anger at their deaths; we can be blamed for this, unless our omnipresent should he listen to them? I share It myself. Yet I can't help wondering. If four CIA engineered the revolution. There is only one way he will listen to them. There National Guardsmen had been kllled .•who would march? Thus Nixon probably felt that since the cat was out of is only one thing that will make him order an immediate the bag anway, we might as well take a crack af those withdrawal from Southeast Asia. supply bases which are on the other side of an Imag+- Revolution. Last week the President ordered American troops into nary line known as the Cambodian border. It was a It will take revolution to make Nixon do this. Not just Cambodia. So far the script ISfamiliar; we all know what calculated risk. In my opinion it was a good one. a few students demonstrating in the streets. Not just comes next. The troops will meetunexpectedreslstence, I! the President's gamble pays off, American with- taking Administration Buildings and holding ralUes and General Abrams will make an urgent call to the White drawl from Vietnam may be greatly speeded up. De- burning ROTC cmces. House, and President Nixon will go before the nation and spite per.ststent rumors, the Vietcong and NVA are not I mean real, violent, blood-In-the-streets Revolution. announce, that "to preserve Freedom," he Is Increasing supermen. The fact that they have supply bases in I mean real, violent, blood-In-the-streets Revolution.; the troop level In Southeast Asia. Cambodia suggests that they need them. If they are mean tanks on Pennsylvania Avenue, bombs in the Capi- Hogwash. That doesn't have to occur. The President denied these bases it will hasten the day when the vtee- tol, storming the White House Revolution. An outpouring knows that; we aU know that. Andl'm wllUnl; to stick out namese--and Cambodlans--can stand on their own. of violence so lIerce and encompassing that Tricky Dick my neck and make a prediction: It won't happen. Regard- Of course, this decision may be the biggest bust since wIll call back the troops to save his rotten neck. less of what you think of Richard Nixon, he's not a stupid the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It may have consequen- That's how we'll get an Immediate withdrawal. man. He must have very good reasons for ordering Amer- ces just as costly and tragic. But--this is not 1966, Can anyone In his right mind want such a thing? ican troops on operations In Cambodia. and Nixon knows that. The president has already said Yet that may be where the anti-war movement is taking The Vietcong and NVA have been using that area of that he would rather be a one-term president than make us. As each new protest escalates In Violence we are In- CambodIa as a base camp and a staging area for years. the wrong cactstcn in Vietnam. Still an escalation in evitably set on a course that leads to dissolution. It has been of great advantage to them to have a safe Indochina would do more to deal the final blow to This week students on this campus organized rallies refuge from American bombs. We of course have allow- Richard Nixon's political career than anything. It and marches to protest the death of four students at Kent ed them to use the area because we respect borders, would very likely destroy this country. I'm sure-o-r State University. The protests and memorial were con- and did not want the war to spread to Cambodia. pray--that he knows that as well. Student Activity Cards - the reason the SGA wants your money by Chris Spencer thing most people do not understand Is that these things all yourself how much the SGA would have to charge a couple Along with the myriad complaints hurled, In most in- cost money. to break even; about $9.00 a couple and at that price how stances ignorantly, at all aspects of campus Ufe, are those Someone may tell you that the school gives the SGA many would come? I wouldn't. This school just doesn't directed at the Student Activity Cards (S.A.C.) sold at the over $14,000 to spend and then says nothing more but have the enrollment to make expensive tastes payoff. beginning of this year. Although not a perfect system, It leaves others to deduce that the SGA has all this money Another example are the movies. They cost around does have merits and purposes that outweigh Its faults. to spend as freely as it pleases. Not so. This money must $250.00 per movie and the most that was ever collected The cry that many students have voiced against the SGA be divided up between the four classes, the Aloha, the at anyone movie was $110.00. There may be complaints Is that it bas exercised little poUticalpower relative to its Gold Bug, Contrast, Honor court, men's and women's about paying 50y at the door. How about buying an student potential capacity to effect! vely represent student opinions, councils, emergency funds, and various other organiza- activity card and having to pay three times as much? I This demand of the SGA Is only logical but not the main tions that wish money to operate on. This year, the or- Then I'd have something to wnue about. problem at hand. Some students have complained that the ganizations outside of the SGA receivedover$13,OOO. The Another complaint Is that the $12.00 or $15.00 price SGA Is not the effective poUtical force it should be, but is amount that 15 left over Is what theSGA has to work with. of the card is not balanced In reductions in prices of the a ':gloriIied social committee." Whereas rwnt not deny Not much. Right away there are demands for more of this SGA activities. First, the SGA collected about $9,000 in the' gains In this aspect of student government have not or that entertainment. It costs money. Where does the activity card sales and has spent almost $14,000 on all been earth shattering, there has been much done that many SGA get enough money to have a spring concert free to Its activities. It Is obvious that more was spent on stu- students are not aware of due to their lack of concern. all, or movies, GIGIF's, and concerts at low rates? Ob- dents than they initially paid out. (the difference coming Where their Interests as a whole lie are not with the viously from the bulk of it comes from the Student Activity from entrance fees, previous SGAbalances, and the regular political phases of student government (although it is noble Card. a~~:~~~~'~es;~n:~n!~~e~t~~:~!s~~~ sz: n~~I to think so), but with the SOCialfunctions the SGA spon- How many students realize that the student Government ::~~s not the SGA's fault I sors. takes a loss on everyone of its social functions? This (t,e, he only goes to GIGIFs),then1tIS This Is the area that is most consciously felt by the 15 not an accident; Its planned to happen this way for the for the student's narrow lack of interest. majority of students.I have not heard one complaint that loss Is already compensated for by the Activity Card. Although the SAC is not a perfect system to raise the there weren't enough tutors under theSGA-Argonautspon- There are many who want and insist on big-name enter- capital needed by the SGA for the student's beneIlt, the sored tutorial service, nor that the draft counceUlng ser- tainment on big weekends. But to have btg-name s you've abuse It has suffered due to Ignorant or hazy knowledge vice wasn't around to help students. But if there hasn't got to pay big money.Anexamplewouldbe the May-week- is net In proportion to the value It has. If you really w~t : been a GIGIF in two weeks or not enough open parties- or end concert. The enrollment at WMC is around 1,000 stu- something to bitch about, don't buy your student acttvtty concerts, then the bitching Is loud and lengthy. The one dents and the cost of the group Is $4,500.Flgure it out for card next year and watch nothing happen.