1969_10 The Daily Collegian October 1969

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Lloyd Carter: In dubious battle
Th
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tasight people
Hess is olive aid well
ii a nearby campus canal
BULLETIN - Admtnlgtration
sources today released s photograph of F.S.C. Preeldent Frederic Noes to ea attempt to qjeell
epeculatlon ttet tho eglng monarch ls in ill health.
Speculation about the health of
tte president began when te
dropped from eight during a recent campua crisis. At least one
aide  claimed he ted s doctor's
I Nsss
emerging from e nearby campus
canal. Negative epeculatlon about
tte photo, wblch qhowed Ness
standing drlppinc wet in a boot-
neee gull beside the canal, ranged
from rumora ttet he waa eocap-
tng rrom a group or unruly minority students to ths possibility
ttet te fell in.
Aldee to Neee insist hs took
tte swim to dsmonst rate his good
health.
Tte caption under tte photograph proclaimed. •People's
loader Chairman Fred, la aeon
after completing a two mile
ewtm. Chalrmaa Fred covered
tte distance tn three mlnutee and
reported the water was line."
A prees contorence to bo held
after the swim was originally
slated for an F.S.C. conference
room but then changed to an
F.S.C. vineyard and then changed
again to the Mojave deeert.
The press conference was cancelled when It wss learned Ness
wanted to hold the conference on
Mt.  Olympus  and newsmen re
fused to attend.
The last time Chairman Fred
geve g major speech was In 1931
when te spoke on the ethereal
value of the prune pit. A cheering
throng of twelve aides cave him
a standi nc ovation on that occasion.
Aides to Noes have insisted the
leader will show up on campus
before he retires st the end of
tte year. Oae aide confided to
me confidentially, "I know Fred
will show up In his office, anyway •
Why, I asked-'
•Beeauee," die side grinned,
•he left his all-dsy lollipop In
his desk.*
RAPID REPLY TO HOPPING
MAD ANN HOPPING: I've got my
factg gtrslght You've got your
rhetoric wrong. The only record
we hsve ot Ness' commitment to
student participation in the selection of the next preeldent ig the
document you mentioned. In It you
say President Neee "expressed
the hope" •■•*■ more students
would be allowed to participate In
the selection or the next president. Lite I said before. BIG
DEAL! Hss Ness followed this
with any specific proposals or
direct action'' No. I eaggeet you
tell Feerless Fred to come out
or hiding and get hopping. No pun
intended.
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Did you dig It? Caa yoa <_c
it? Did yoa aae tboee people,
thoaa oettaaight people? Were
you with them?
Ttey moved on Wedneeday, Oct
lot. and tbey soul-clapped all over
tte campua; tbey shouted in unison but, dig it: they eeted In
unity... what choosey!
Who dooen't know the reason?
Why sll thoee people wbo claim
to heve Mg brains of course.
Those people who can fathom
philosophies, sciences, symbolic art and the Inner-mind of God
but can't (for tholr very lives)
understand that non-white people
juet want to be treated as men,
humans, citizens -- people! Dig
It!
The brothers snd sisters blew
the minds ot Fresno State's whits
population and, for sure, the white
citizens or the city of Freano.
Msrvin X was the rallylnc-point
io this case. Tte big brains say
te is -.quail ned to teach black
people about Mack people --
and tte big brains are honorable men, as we all kaow. The
Mg brains aay he ia a menace
to peace end harmony aad Law
and Order - - and they are honorable men. The big breine say
ho didn't hsve snough references (exclusive of black people) - and ee all know tbat tbey
sre, Indeed, honorable men. The
btc     brsins     say   Marvin X is
1, but a tea little Ml
of s sistsr asksd Preeldent Neee:
"Are you more qualified to teach
me about myself than Marvin X
Is?" And Preeldent Noes replied: •No".  Dig It!
Tte problem, deeplte sny
smoke-screens about legal issues, ts thst Msrvin X is under
Indictment on s draft charge; that
he ls s Muslim who believes In
racial separation rrom tbe whites,
and that be Is black, and white
people just aren't used to Mack
people. They don't understand.
Yeah. They don't know wtet we
want. Yeah. They have to study
us further Yeoh. Four-hundred
yesrs of exploitation and docra-
dauon just isn't time enough.
Don't you brothers and sisters know tbat?
Adjust your binoculars, Uncle Sem, becauae the folks dons
corns! One of the most smaxlnc
(and dlaeoncertlng) thlnc« about
whitee la their attitude toward
people they know they heve wronged. It'g not ao much their Indifference about theee wrongs thst
msttsr, but the ability to lie to
themselves shout them ls almost
unbelievable - If we didn't know
better. Many srs indeed libera], but to be liberal dooen't
mean to be understanding as well.
So ttetr liberalism, and even
tholr chanty, len't really a
virtue    of their souls,  it is s
S. Mohan: The East in thtt West
F.S.C. wit fair
Remember, F.S.C. ted s Mg
wit-fair in Amphitheater aome
nights and soma days ago? I
hope you do. Well, if you don't,
don't feel that bod. In fact, there
was nothinc worth- remembering
excepting free supply of cold
drinks.
By the wsy. were you in there-1
If you were, where? I didn't
see you, to be very frank. AU
the grassy stairs of ths theater
were empty, a dainty type of
had-to-be-there gathering of
teachere end administrators,
however, was there, apparently
more eunbathing and leas listening to the word-play going on
the atage.
Oh, you must be sitting, nod
to the roots of some tree on the
ZAP!
JOIN THE FUN
WITH FSf 'SOWN
FOLK BALLAO TEAM
Bob n'Chris
now appearing
OLAN'S
MotMsssy thru Thursday
Kern A L Streets
ecroeg from Del Webb
glde-heightg of the theater. Yon
are right. Why should you listen
to tte paciflcally bested-up words
sitting in tte oon?
I don't know about the ad-
minlstratlon. teachers, believe
me, ere supposedly wiser thsn
students. Sun-both, therefore,
muet be s good thing. I mean,
you could alao have brought your
sun-tan bottle. Wtth duo apology,
ia it not stupid to lose ouch s
high chance of getting aun-tan?
Theory of sun-tanning is very
old. Probably as old aa man's desire for beauty - a harmonious mixture of colors. But, de-
changed Adam never let colore
cot mixed up properly. Ho
alwayg tried to keep them apart.
And, deeplte his strong desire
for beauty, he kept creating ugliness. Uglineee, according to the
theory or colore - if you know,
means decomposition ot colors.
And no one color can besbeauty.
Well, t was talking to you about
sun-tanning. Unscientifically
speaking, it does help change the
color of our skin. Our worrying about our skin ls reasonably justified ag we all Live
on the surface of our skin.
Having it based oo halfbeart-
neea unsimpllstically, they called tte wit-fair Convocation. And
were big with s hope for an audience of 13,000 practically living
students to theoretically join
a reeeareh march tn the direction
of solutions to ths campus problema.
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vice of their pride. Who ose*
It? If their virtue is lo assay value then tbey meet set it
out, for on the stage of Lib,
baby, only the dead caa be spa,.
tators. If any man would bg m*
brother he muet flret bo my coo.
p-nion   Where are you'
Marvin X la being aron,
has bean wronged
be wronged as long aa we aUov
him to be. Don't rhetorlclaa
about it. Be with htm or ga
the hell out of the way! Wfo
wants to hear about your delay*]
education when hla very life u
at stage - and ths Ufa of every
student in Ethnic Stediee sod,
eventually -- oh. hell yea' -'
or EVERY studont? Ad juet your
blnoculsrs, Uncls Sam — ctt*
what's coming! IT CON MTT
THE FAN. ValL
Marvin X dose not need prom-
leee of support, be nesde action.
He knows sll too well ttet tte re-
mem be ranee of worde often dt«.
appear right alone with the bread
that utters them. Our Ideas ar*
worthless unices we can stay
awake all night with tbem...and
how many sleep!egg nights have
you had?
We want to live comfortably,
all or us. we die Life. Yeah. Wg
gay, moot of os, that Life li
besutirul. But lot ue keep in
mind tbat Life is tte gift of
Nsturs,   beautiful  living la thg
girt or
to kill efforts ai
for tte solutions. Bet, problems can't let convocatorg aeek
1 eolation.
Moreover, 1 eolation means
over-all-death. Who would enjoy over-all-death when considerable percentage of benign
lire Is hist exlstlngly alive.
A bold claim for life la shivering with cowardice.
All semi-dark corners of
drive-ins, drive-outs, snd drive-
arounda teem with thla life. And
these are the sheltering points
this claim took 12.000 stodeots
to during this two-day convocation, I guess.
Exceptions are always there,
I'm afraid.
In a two-person society, who
should ws get Involved in wide-
ranging problema? In wbo-ls-
taiking-to whom confastoa, 1
think, that's what kept ths
convocation thin and tte thin,
you know, can easily fly sway
ln the storm of sentiments.
Keep yoar belts fastened.
Age of storms Is on.
Solutions are always good
things
All kinds of solutions are essential. We have eo many broken
things to fix-cracked world, split
up nations, and pierced hearts.
Solution Manufacturing Companies better bake advantage of
problem sue  circumstances.
Never mind. Let us talk about
solutions. But, tte Question Is:
Whst should we flrat think of
problems or solutions? In view of
tbe nature of oar economy, I
think problems.
Lot all ttet te left on ths con-
voeatlng Intentions to decide when
ttey recall Convocation. Bat, I
wish thsy could like to chsngs this
wit-fair's name from Convocation to Convocation.
I wouldn't guarantee bet, I'm
sure, many more student-couples
would definitely fool tempted to
The Doily Coition