1969_10 The Daily Collegian October 1969

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•Ml Martin:
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establishment
-list grapefruit
Toe are an egg - the world is
your womb, bs it roomy, tight,
bright or dark. Your nose, eyes
snd ears are umbilical cords to
Ute; or . . .
You ere s tat, yellow, soft,
sticky, sweet grapefruit hanging
from your tree, gettli* fatter,
aofter. But awsoter? Well see.
I doubt It. Are you headed (Or
a duteous future? - to be picked,
skinned, eaten and your skin thsn
dlsesrdstr Or will you tall -
with a silent (of course) plot -
to ths ground where you will rot,
for no good reaeon. Maybe you
weren't tat enough and aweet
enough for the eetabliehed grapefruit-eetlng society that rejects
g grapefruit not meeting soma
preconceived specification, requiring all grapefruit (people) to
be tat and juicy, leaving a pleasant taste In ths mouth of the
ester Cestablishment). The eater
cannot tolerate a grapefruit that
Isn't sesy to swallow.
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Actually, we are all "establishment" grapefruit eeterg; we
like our frulte according to what
we think a fruit ahould he (A
little forbidden fruit every now
aad then la gee ret ly accepted,
however.) People seem to find It
hard to accept or allow anything
that is not equal to the conception they have of things, even
grapefruits. Things contrary to
our beliefs may upeet our eetab-
lishment digest I vg tracta. A conforming grapefruit la dtgeeted
quite eesily by society.
Rstumlnc to sn earlier thought:
If we are grapefruits hanging
from trees, success Is msssured
on whether or not we are accepted by the establishment. In
which case we srs picked,
skinned, eeten, dlgestsd and
defecated, never to be heart
from agjgtn. But would It be possible to be successful by remaining unpicked and tailing off on our
own. Would Independence, eelf-
regpect, and perhaps Inner peace
be worth such g rotten end0
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•'Continued from Page I,
to say that the convocation ls
msrely being used as a device to
pacify the studentg by giving them
the illusion of discussing problems.
Vertln said that moet gtudent
groups do not define their prob-
lemg, acting too hastily and tall
to define the solutions thsy wish
to obtain. Vsrtln added thst he
doubted there would hsve been
better student participation If the
convocation had been held last
ssmsster when some students
were demanding thst one beheld.
He ssld he felt more could be
accomplished   al   a  convocation
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Following much critlclam of
early registration for some students in the Educational Opportunities Program, Donald
Albright, deen of students, attempted to explain why aome of
the E.O.P. studenta were allowed
to regiater tn time zone one with
the graduate students.
He ssld thst ssrly last spring,
ths registration committee, acting on s request from the E.O.P.
committee, decided to allow cer -
tsln new snd transferring studentg on E.O.P. with "particular
problems* to be given regletra-
tlon preference. Albright empha-
alzed that the action was taken
through proper channelg and eras
not an arbitrary decision on the
pert of the administration.
Asked lo define whst sort of
particular problsms E.O.P. students had. Albright replied that In
certain casee It was "recognized
to be eesential that some students
hsve a specific tescher or a specific course" and that this could
not bs assured through regular
registration procedures
In response to chart es that
E.O.P. students were being treated "more thsn equally' and were
given special advantages, one
blsck. who identified himself as
Bill Wright, said hs fslt that society did owe the black man and
the brown man some special op-
letters
Got tfta focti
Mr. Carter'g attack in laat
Weomasday's C Pelagian agog est
Presldsnt Nsss for "graciously* allowing ths student prealdent to serve on the committee
which will select a new college
president was Intsmporate and
unwarranted.
I strongly suggsst that Mr.
Cartsr Investigate ths tacts
betore launching his fllgrit of
tancy. President Nsss has been
portunltiss after upholding slavery for 400 years
Replying to s remark one student mads as to the unfairness of
financially aldtnc minority students simply beeauee they were
members of a minority group.
Wright ssld: "Man. I think you
owe me aome money. If I only
had 23 cents a day tor every day
one of my ancestors spent ln
sis very I would hsve enough money to psy my way through this
Institution and have soros change
left over.
•Criticism of E.O.P. shows Ignorance and intolerance oo the
pert of you people and unwilling-
negg to face Issues."
Wright said by ignoring ths
problsms of minorities, die majority of the people save themselves from hsvtng to get out on
a limb. But Wright aald tho black
man's Insistence on his rights ls
"seootlne you (whites) out on that
limb."
•I can't identify with whMa
value ayetema," Wright said,
"beeauee I don't have any. I'matt
intereated in that war over la
Vietnam because my enemy Ida*,
over there, my enemy la here
gtartnc me ln the face - teUtog
me to pull myself up while elab-
blnc me In the head.
'I'm wllUnc to react any way
you deem necessary but I can't
be peaceful and hungry at the
same time. If you want oome
peace, show me some peace *
a strong and emphatic advocate
tor the Increase of stadent participation In the selection of a new
praaiitent tor Froaao SUte College and has publicly mads a
statement to this effect (oee Executive Commlttoo Minutes IS
Sept. 1969). AS s matter of
tact, Prealdent Negg himself wss
selected by a similar committee
which had boon constituted in
accordance with consultative pro -
ceduree by the faculty.
Ann Hopping, Secretary
Academic Senate
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