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Scrimshaw Wednesday, February 26, 1975 Po.. 4 Editorials *••*.******.*****************************~.** *******-*** How many times have you Board held a meeting to our -faculty to baby-sit us One of our lead stories this the rules changed to bring up heard fellow students say, "I discuss the situation it faces, during tests. If we don't act week deals with an issue the traditional argument that saw at least four or five people namely that they are operating and act now, as a cohesive, which, presumably, is of we are over-IS, responsible cheating on the exam," and alone on this campus and the interested group, we will lose Concern to the students of citizens, and deserve rules that then, "no I didn't report It."? rest of us think we have no part the chance to act at all. In this college. The Housing Coun- treat us as such. It is quite Too much hassle? Too much in the show. The meeting' short, the Honor System is on cit appeal, held this past another' to prove our claimed involvement'! Makes one feel resulted in a call for a joint the way out. We must re-affirm Wednesday, carries more responsibility by actively as if one were a fink? I know, meeting of the faculty with the our desire to take respon- significance than the mere participating in making a one feels one should mind one's board to discuss the system, sibility for our lives or we lose innocence or guilt of one Bill change. One of the more own business. Or how about, and the possible solutions to the right to proudly call our- Cochran. A lawyer once startling facts brought up at "Everyone cheats, why should the problems it faces. selves responsible in the fullest commented that whenever one the appeal concerned those I try to fight it?" Heard that sense of the word. stands trial for disobeying a forms (remember them?) that one lately'! The honor code has been a law, it is the law that is equally were stuffed in mailboxes in This meeting will not result show-piece too long. The on trial. It can be safely said late November and which in any answers. There are only meaning behind the words is that the majority of the fifty- asked students to vote on five wen, we have just about two answers to the problems. decaying. The only chance for odd students present at the alternatives to the present shirked our way to the edge of One is that the honor' system the restoration of this am- appeal oppose th~rm rules as dorm rules. Less than half of us the proverbial cliff. As much can be dropped, (This is, by the bitious program lies with us, they stand, and would opt for a returned those forms ..•¥e we as everybody bates to admit it, way .. being seriously con- and the chance is beginning to reasonable change, such as the really as responsible as we like the Honor System isn't sldered.) The second solution get slim. more realistic 24-hour open to claim we are? , working. People aren't living is a better one than- the first, PLEASE! ~ake yourself rouse currently proposed. The Housing Council- holds up to it, and the violations that although somewhat, more heard on this issue. Write to us, regular meetings to work "on do occur are going un-reported involved. We can all decide write to the Honor Board, talk dorm policies. Members would because we students are such right now whether we want an to people, put up a soapbox in The Housing Counctl-vthe love to have as many students nice, easy-going, decent honor system or not; and we front of Baker and shout for students that heard the case as possible attending these people. can Jet our decisions be heard. commitment. Take action, it is and made the final decision-is meetings, making suggestions, really on our side ..Because its clarifying facts. Even if you job The question has been raised ~~tr~~~~~~~~h~~~~rd! is to enforce the. rules, it oppose the 24-hour open house, in important places as to Think about it. Do you want this issue fall from our hands. has been forced into a position it's still your job to show up and ~~~~:~d o~ll~;: ::::::s~this system to continue? Do If we do, aren't we refusing to of playing the sheriff or fight for your viewpoints. policeman and has acquired an There is a. Housing Council indeed, even wants, an Honor ~~~ga:a~ci~~\ac~h2n YO~~~a~ ~~b~ bs~:er~go~~a~:o~~~:: image among some students meeting tonight in the seminar System. Do we?'! student? If the system is going control, we would fight to that is not deserved=In truth, room of Big Baker at 6:30 pm. The Honor System is, and to stay withus much longer.we regain? The Housing Council is If we continue to roll over and yes this sounds like a line, a' have to make an immediate It is time we showed our- presently working on ways to leave the work to somebody responsibility, a moral and emphatic campus-wide selves as a student body and make the 24-hour system a else, then we have absolutely viable reality. obligation. It is a pact between pledge to get involved. not just a bunch of folks that no right whatsoever to com- each student and faculty happen to be here to "get plain when nothing happens. In member, that we have all educated". We must come other words, folks, put up or agreed to and forgotten. When The Honor System has, quite forward as a unified, con- Ultimately, though, The shut up. we entered WMC, each of us frankly, had it. In the meeting cerned group which desires to Housing Council cannot do ,MB signed a pledge to uphold and Monday, it was aptly referred govern itself and enjoy the everything by itself. If it is to participate. in this honor to as a "sinking ship." We freedom, pleasure, and yes effectively serve the student Write to: system. cannot let the ship sink any even the delight derived there- body, it needs to know what the "Editorial" Scrimshaw It is one Either we uphold the further. from. End of Sermon. student body wants. _o_n_M_o_nd_a_y_n_ig_h_t,_th_e_H_o_no_r_c_od_e_,_or_w_e_gO_ba_c_k_to_a'_k_in_g =-_G_F_l_t_h_inc_g_fO_r_th_o_,e_o_f_u_,_w_ho_wa_"_t_-c-_ Box '3A The American farmer is the most efficient and the most productive in the world. ·~f:~~;ra~;~l~{;~;~:~~? ~7: D~~!l~~rSto !O~d~YO~~}h!~O~O Historically, the U.S, has played a major role in fur- have now reached the point After reading the letters is miss one January Term. nishing food !o the hungry in where too many Americans -- concerning the actions of the Rough punishment, huh? other nations. In the dark days particularly those on fixed Honor Board, 1 feel that I believe that the Ad- following World War II, when incomes - are unable to eat . ~ something IS defimtly wrong ministration really over- -;::- £ the nations of Europe were on nutritious food. ~_ -!£Q c..." d., With the system I would like to stepped their bounds, and as a the brink of famine, it was the Massive food giveaways are "J~ refer back to an incident from result came 'up with a poor United States which fed their not the answer to the world's ::::=- -a ~ the fall semester There seems conclusion. If I had been on the people. _In the famine which hunger problems. The real _ ~ ~.§.. that a certatn "student" was Honor Board, there would now broke out in the Soviet Union solution is teaching (he un- ~ ~;:::'7 ea accused of cheating at least be a vacancy because I would after the Russian Revolution derdeveloped nations of the .:::;.:::::::. ~_:...--_-= Q four times, and when put on have resigned. After all the and the 1920sCivil War, it was their jO=_]_,/r,~~u::~:- American food which kept the :~~l~;?~lt~re~mprove }~~;'t::sc~n:a~\~dnt;;l~~:~~ ;~;: ~~~~~ei~h~:J:;St~Of~~~ people from starving. The Bangladesh is a prime =-- ;;;. add a quote from Sandy the truth, and then for the :::;\t =: ;:::- people of Pakistan, India, example. This nation, with a ~ h ~~ Gordon's letter from the Administration to undo China, Japan and Korea also land mass about the size of February 19th Issue of your everything they have done, and have been fed from the bounty Missouri, is having trouble - '-J If; ~ paper "In carrying out It's t.o deliver a ridiculous punish- of American farms. Un- feeding its people now. Yet, by ~ --"'P':;;:' .,- Job, the Board follows the ment, is a real joke. fortunately, however , our the year 2000they are expected ~ ~ policy that the accused IS The members of the Honor decades of generosity appear to have a population equal to presumed Innocent unless Board are trying to do the best to have bred contempt, not that of the United States now. has proven only too well, the proved UNEQUIVOCALLY job that they can. From now gratitude. And nowhere was To expect our farmers to in- end resull will be that the GUILTY .... " Therefore, there on, I hope that the Ad- this contempt any more crease their production to United States will be the only must have been sufficient ministration will back the evident than at the recent match that nation's population active supporter of such a proof that this "student" was Board instead of over-ruling it. World Food Conference in growth is ridiculous. The program. guilty. The Board then Sincerely, Rome. American taxpayer cannot Arid, the U.S. will be the one proceeded to hand out what Mark Arthur '76 AIUoo many of the nations at afford to pay in both in- blamed for not doing enough. they believed. to be a just the conference felt there is only creased taxes and higher food As Americans, we can take puni~hment. That being the Dear Scrimshaw Staphers: Having just finished Volume one solution to hunger around prices _ for programs that pride in our generosity in suspension from WMC for the 1, Issue 2 of Scrimshaw I the world -- get more from the cannot succeed. I will support helping to feed the hungry of January Term and this Spring United States. And they didn't efforts aimed at teaching the world. semester. Well, it seems that should like to congratulate you phrase their call as a request. underdeveloped nations how to But there is a difference this "student" talked to the on what seems to me to be a ·NQ, they made it a deman,d. get the maximum production between being generous and upper echelons of the ad- real step up for student jour- Instead of trying to increase from their agricultural being a "patsy". ministration. As a result the nalism on campus. sur- somewhat You seem their own food production, resources. And I will support And that is exactly what we "student" missed the January prised by the positive response these nations blamed efforts to help nalions deve19P would be if we give into the Term but has now returned for lo your efforts. In any event, Americans for eating too much their raw materials such as oil, . loud demands that we feed this semester! let me add my name .to those and U.S. farmers and cat- minerals and the like, which nations unwilling to help Using this as an example, tlemen for not producing more. they can "barter" for our food themselves. there seems to be a good who have enjoyed your efforts Well, the food just isn't there production. But I cannot and Congressman reason for cheating. Hell, you to dat.e. Keep up the good work. I should like to take this now. The bumper crops and will not support legislation to Skip Baralis have the possibility of getling a opportunity to thank publicly food -... - massive jammed st-orage bins of the conlinue And I will not "Last yE;!arwe said, "Thing~ better grade with the small another group of students for giveaways. chance of being caught, and an 1950s are gone. their efforts. During the last Instead, we have had early support legislation to create a can't go on like this," and they even less chance of being frosts, heavy rains and sum- so-called world food bank didn't, they got worse." reported. Then even after two two weeks the Office of Annual mer droughts which combined because, as past experience Will Rogers convictions by the Honor cont. o. 5 COl 1