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COLLEGIAN FORUM Opinions expressed In Collegian editorials, Including feature, editorials and commentaries by guest writers, are not necessarily those of Fresno SUte College orthe student body. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN iWTEmTQ|^STUDENTS If COMMENTARY Directors' attitude is disgusting By WilUam Schlffroann The Board of Directors has once again shown Its complete Indifference to student body feelings and IU basic Inhumanity. The Board refused Friday to pass the request sent to it by the College Union Board that only UFWOC lettuce be used In the food services at FSC. This mockery of democracy should not be borne by the student body. Your elected repre- senUttves have indicated your feeUngs to the Board twice, by overwhelming majorities, and both times'you have been Insulted by the Board's cold refusal to follow your wishes. We find ourselves In the heart of California's agricultural area. The Uct that the Board Is silently coniroUed by Agribusiness lnter- esU may enter your mind, but this cannot be the entire answer. Human rights are the basic Issues In this dispute. Do farmworkers, through the United Farm Workers, have the right to live a good life, to be paid a living wage, to share In America's wealth, or must they continue to be suppressed and exploited, as they have been for years? Purchasing only UFWOC lettuce at FSC is not an end In Itself, but a means to an end, that end being freedom from virtual slavery. This college can help In this nd, Intr Puzzled by the wide variety in diamond pricing? Confused, by "discount" promises in mail-order ads and catalogs? Then you need someone you can trust to give you factual information about what lo look for in a diamond. As a member firm of the American Gem Society, we-have such a diamond specialist on our staff. He will be happy to properly and ethically advise you on tbe subtle fight, or we c into the sand, _.„., .„ „„ wurus of several board members, be fearless and upright and *not get Involved.* This is the attitude that left Kitty Genovese dying on a New York street while 35 people looked on, *not getting Involved.* This attitude Is disgusting, and a disgrace to an Institution of higher education. Support the Boycott! call for another vote! Your wishes are being ignored. CONCERT REVIEW SOLVE ^OUR. PA^WNy^rtoaiftfAS IN STWMTLY FOLKS AR£ e^tfrSo ZSStd LSuT^&wt^ Fresno treated to excellent all-British lineup ££25£L ■fc-^^Mlivw.lww materia, and some of to. Rotting audience. By Bruce Krejclk CoUegian Staff Writer Fillmore Management has provided Fresno wlthyetanotherex- cellent concert. Last Friday night FM Productions brought us an aU-Brltlsh lineup, the Grease Band, Savoy Brown, and the Faces. The Grease Band, Joe Cocker's former backing group, performed In a workman Uke manner after some Initial troubl" with the public address system. Their low- pressure rock style was marred by unbecoming sarcastic remarks about Fresno and dlspar- dlence. Fresno audiences deserve some slamming, but not from the people they pay to see. Savoy Brown more than compensated for the Grease Band's rudeness. They played hard clean blues-tinged rock, and were extremely well received. Lead gultarsst Kim Slmmonds played cleanly and powerfully, and was obviously the crowd's favorite. Slmmonds courteously accepted the enthusiastic reaction of the Where in the world haven't you been EUROPE.* WELL WHAT ARC YOU WAITING FOR?? A •hole nen world a- walte you for only 1299 round trip Jet. Laevo rroa S.r. or L.A. and expertenco lire In EUROPE 11 Contact your eaapus rapt DENNIS DULEY 1322 E. San Jose Fresno, Calif. 93710 (209) 227-3633 STUDENT SERVICESWEIT , _J led Savoy Brown through an exceptional set which Included a very fine slow blues number (which Slmmonds said •Is where we're reaUy at*). Savoy Brown was called back for three encores, In which they Uvored the crowd with a powerhouse ■Louisiana Blues* and a sharp The Faces were next and they quickly replaced the tight, straightforward mood of Savoy Brown with a loose, party-time atmosphere. Rod Stewart's fine singing was the Faces' strong point, and much weight waa pi.ced on the able guitar playing of Ron Wood. The Faces'set was loosely organized, Incorporating material from both their albums and Stewart's solo albums. The Faces are very entertaining. Red Stewart is an exceUent singer, and while he isn't singing he's either swinging his microphone stand around or fooling with bassist Ronnie Lane. Lane was the smallest, drunkest bass player I have ever seen, and he played the meanest-looking bass I have ever seen, possibly In order to compensate for his size. Lane kept slugging down wine throughout the entire set and did some strange moving about, which was permitted by his 30- foot cord. Mis facial expressions and broad mimicry of Stewart's gestures were quite comical. Ron Wood's guitar playing was good, but his bottleneck, or slide, playing was excellent - wild, harsh and powerful. Wood played best In that style, ^ut seemed more at home with normal playing. The Faces performed their own material and some of the Rolling Stones', and the looserandalmp- ler the song, the better lt seemed to fit their relaxed, Informal style. The Faces* friendship for one another was evident and their attitude seemed to be that they were up there as much to enjoy themselves as to entertain their LETTER They spread their good cheer liberally to the audience, who called them back for two encores, and the Faces finished their set and the concert with the archetypal Faces song, 'Had Me a Real Good Time,' which everyone most assuredly did. 'America, the land of the free?' —, the land of the free. What a laugh! Are we really free? Think about lt. Can a person really fe-1 free to express opinions contrary to those In power? I think not. For example, bow free are we to disagree with'our boss? How many of us Just go along with the power structure because we don't want to run the risk of being fired? How many of us nod our heads In agreement because this is the only way that we will get promoted? ^ Robert Mezey, ousted FSC professor, dared to express opinions contrary to those In power, and so he was fired. He tested the concept that we are free here tn America by exercising freedom of speech and found out that we really aren't free at all. People In positions of power are afraid of freedom. Any expression of non-conformity represents a threat to their security. They are afraid of losing their power because they have spent their lives acquiring It and It's the most Important thingtothem. So. every dissenting opinion and courage that Mr. Mezey exhibited. We may own a big house, a color television set, a new car, and a host of other material things. We have to keep working ' at a Job In which we are forced to only express those views held by the establishment. Any expression of contrary views may lead to our discharge and thus we will have to give up our material acquisitions. And so we are not really free. We are trapped, chained, and nothing more than puppets manipulated by those in Ronald Clegg Jobs Custom Blended and Imported Tobaccos Vtmt'i •Pipe ft&op 375 W. SHAW (At Maroa) (ConUnued.from Page 1) men and women In a role," Dr. Gardner said. Some people are Just not fit to be parenU, Dr. Gardner said, and these people should perhaps not have children. *If you listed the things a mother has to do in a Job listing,* Dr. Gardner said, •you would And very few takers.' •Women must begin to realize,* said Dr. Gardner, 'that the problems they face are not unique to them alone. Only then wtll you have the true HberaUon of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Publsah.d fir. daya • waak eic.pt Tueedev. March 16. 1971 THE DAILY COIXBOJAW k ■igiziie by iittraitioiil stidnh Ait addnssts to eifet sttdtit CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL (BI-MONTHLY) Volume II Number VII EDITORIAL A question of integrity 'I may lack other qualities, but I do in For those comparaUvely few people who choose to reveal their Ideas and opinions in print lt is, perhaps, their lot to be criticized and even vilified for committing themselves so publicly. But this should not unduly disturb the serious writer who writes first ot all to satisfy his own Integrity. Certainly a writer with any serious intent does not try - or even necessarily expect - to be popular. Tnls Is not what he alms for. In fact, If he is really any good it la •mllkely that he will be popular with - or even appreciated by - everybody. (Although he should perhaps be appreciated by some.) Nevertheless, he has to maintain his Integrity. He should not conform merely because he Is criticized. There la a story lp Aesop's Fables that tells of a farmer taking his young son and a donkey load of produce to market. Leaving his house they walk beside the donkey unUl they reach the next-village, where the villagers mock the farmer and tell him to use his sense and place toe boy on the donkey, to save wearing out the youngster's legs. The farmer quickly does so and the two then carry on to the next village. Here the villagers caU him a fool for putting a strong boy on the donkey when, as an old roan, he should ride. The farmer thus rides to the third vlUage where the villagers then berate him for being cruel to the small animal. Getting off once more, the farmer and his son walk on to a fourth village. Ot course on arrival there toe villagers tell him he Is quite stupid - both man and boy should be riding on toe donkey. This could have gone on for ages, but eventually a man points out what the farmer should have known all along, 'You will never be happy as long as you conform only to other people's Ideas. It Is a wise man that maintains his Integrity, who does what he knows ts right, when all around him are striving to make him conform to Patently, a man cannot Uve by another's standards. If he Is to be satisfied with his life - If he Is to be a man - he must Uve according to his own ideas, his own Ideals, his own Integrity. He cannot Uve by other people's standards (although be should certainly be cognizant of tbero) - for they threaten to absorb him totally. Similarly, a serious writer should not seU his Integrity for a percentage of popularity. He should not conform merely because he U criUdzed. That would be too easy - and It U a 'cop out'. A writer muat continue to strive to write what Is not purely ephemeral but is of some less evanescent significance. Otherwise he embraces the occupational hazard of the Journalist - whose lot is to 'write on He should not them be dismayed lt be finds less that total agreement with his views. He should In fact be disappointed and should ponder himself and bis aims If he were to find It, for lt U his Job to help lead the society to which he addresses himself - not to follow In IU wake. If then, he found total agreement wllh what he had would need to ask himself what he was doing wrong - and —The Editor Ramon E. Tlo, an agriculture major from the Dominican Republic experiments with the possibilities of crowing beans, under abnormal conditions, by applying oxygen to the soil. ~ ' An essay on human life Generation 70- The False Apostles To be a humanist, a revolu- tlonary or an anU-eeUbUshment radical, Is to belong to one of today's movements that are shaking tbe human race from IU roots. Most of these movements are directed and supported by aU kinds of young people, and those wbo are supposed to be redeemed, observe with surprise and eon- fusion the attitudes of their redeemers. It U typical of to&ey's unlver- , slty Ufe to find many radical groups participating In the campus activities. Among these.there are a lotwhobelleve that radicalism Is a particular wayotdress- why. — Opinion - The United Nations We are constantly verifying that human Ufe la worth UtUe. Certain special atmospheric conditions, some obscure roove- menU within the entrails of the earth are enough to cover the ground with cadavers. Knowing that Nature has played with our lives In an unpuiushed way since tbe most remote Umes, we accept such happenings with resignation. They are actually only specucular blows of death, Dan- tean exhibitions that from Ume to Ume take possession,of certain regions of tbe globe and command our respect with their apocalyptic numbers. The specUcle may surprise us If we don't stop to consider that a similar funeral cortege unfolds In scattered settings where some people In mourning repeat the same gesture of grief before tbe same Inanimate body, in the revolutions that violently carry out the ideal that animates them (every reaUzaUon is Infer- By Roberto Bennett Considering that the United Nations Organization has been undergoing treroendoua pressures, and IU future seems lo be qutu uncertain nowadays, Campus In- urnatlooal has approached foreign students from different parts of the forld to eUclt their opinion on the efficiency of such an organization. Bo Yee Ngan (Hong Kong): It depends from what aspect you look at it. TheUNESCQUNICEF and other groups like them have proved to be very beneflclal. They have been extremely efficient and tney have reaUy done a lot of good; but unfortunately they get much less coverage than toe poUUcal issues, and therefore less cooperation. Although lt has not been a great-success, I think tha't we must try to solve the great problems of our world today, through a universal organization that wlU fight for peaceful coexistence.* Uve governing body, but they have helped toe less developed nations. If toe United Nations didn't exist, in Ufe also Isn't worth much. Under special social conditions, obscure moveroenU of politicized masses erupt uncontrollably on the dally scene, originating a caUclysm that piles up deaths In a no less Impressive way. Dragged along In a vertigo of blood and heroism, horror and cruelty, we feel Impotent. These events also are mere spectacles of exhibition of toe same fratri- cal death that occurs each day In toe slums and tbe ghettos, In the tin snacks where chlldrondlo . of malnutrition. Between the death that Is - let's say natural - and toe one created by human hands, one can establish a difference of purpose. While the first example obeys a reason that escapes human consciousness (some religions explain this lamentable tact by tbe wUl of God), tbe revolution Intends that less Uves are consumed on IU alUr than are sacrificed dally on tbs attars of injustice. -Odracy it would be very difficult to get &"^ST.£"^5 Laos: The Suffering Grass HerroeU Kebede (Ethiopia)! 1 think It has helped to a certain extent. Tbe African naUons have made use of lt to solve many of their problems. I don't mean to say that lt has always been efficient, but sMU we must remember that IU success depends on the good wlU of ihe nations that form It.* Enrique RoJas(Chlle): 'The United Nations was created with the best of expectations. Today lt Is in quite serious trouble. We were toe ones that created such an organization and we must find a way to solve IU problems and make lt more efficient. I think lt is worthwhile giving it a chance, because o n many occasions lt bas proved to be of great help/ The World Affairs Forum vriU bear 'an old Asia hand' Louis Connlck of San Francisco, today at 8p.ro., according toDr. PhyUU Watts, President of the Fresno World Affairs Council. •Laos: The Suffering Grass* ■oiQ be the subject at the Auditoriums of Ihe LaUyette School, of toe roan who was awarded toe •Order of a MlUlon ElephanU and tbe White Parasolp by King Savang Vatthana of Laos In 1970. There wiU be no admission charge and a question and answer session wlU follow tbs talk. After service In -toe Pacific theatre in World War U aa a Marine Corps Ueutenant, a stint as a news reporter apd commentator and as a university professor, Connlck went to tbe University of Mandalay In Burma - I960 as a Fullbright English. In 1962 he Joined to* Asia Foundation and In 1964 became coordinator of the Scheme forRe- forro of Primary EducaUon In Sarawak, Malaysia. Connlck was tbe foundation's represenUUve In Laos from 1966 through 1970 and since then bas returned to San Francisco as toe Country Dl-ector for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Viet Nam. His education Includes a B.A. from Yale and a master's degree from Cambridge and Yale. The World Affairs CouncU U non-partisan, open to public membership and committed to bringing to Fresno the best Informed persons available on questions of International Interest. It does not endorse leglaU- Hon, candidates or poUcles, either domestic or foreign. But you are not a radical because you dress In an exotic manner. You are not a radical because you wear the rolUUry shirt and a beard In tbe «Cho Cue- varra* style. Look at yoursolf and find out If you nave some of tbe courage and determination that be had to defend hla beliefs. It may not matter what you beUeve In, but you roust be prepared to defend lt, because that U what you think Is right. Do not throw away your Ufe preaching •ome- thlng that you, In the first place, do not understand; and second, don't have the courage to support thoroughly. You preach lt simply because tt is In* to do sot About tbe ways of dressing, you know that you dolt tolmpress toe campus chicks, those that keep aUve a flame in the sometimes dull student's Ufe. You want to look ■wild* and decided, but you are simply trying to cover up the fact thst we are no more than a very scared bunch of •Homo saplens•. We ara also scared to see bow those, whom our parenU unwisely chose as our leaders, are putting our life toward an unknown tomb In the Jungle. And «rhat U evan worse, those leaders that we did not choke, are deciding our future Uves. Any personal comments or In- tenU to change this society, wUl the work of those wbo ara really working hard to change the disastrous conditions under which we ara Uvlng. I repeat, tow peopto endanger toe whole world's youthful evolution, because, by talking of what they do not know, they ara destroying whatever prestige our
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Title | 1971_03 The Daily Collegian March 1971 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1971 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
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Title | March 16, 1971 Pg 2-3 |
Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
Publication Date | 1971 |
Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
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Full-Text-Search | COLLEGIAN FORUM Opinions expressed In Collegian editorials, Including feature, editorials and commentaries by guest writers, are not necessarily those of Fresno SUte College orthe student body. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN iWTEmTQ|^STUDENTS If COMMENTARY Directors' attitude is disgusting By WilUam Schlffroann The Board of Directors has once again shown Its complete Indifference to student body feelings and IU basic Inhumanity. The Board refused Friday to pass the request sent to it by the College Union Board that only UFWOC lettuce be used In the food services at FSC. This mockery of democracy should not be borne by the student body. Your elected repre- senUttves have indicated your feeUngs to the Board twice, by overwhelming majorities, and both times'you have been Insulted by the Board's cold refusal to follow your wishes. We find ourselves In the heart of California's agricultural area. The Uct that the Board Is silently coniroUed by Agribusiness lnter- esU may enter your mind, but this cannot be the entire answer. Human rights are the basic Issues In this dispute. Do farmworkers, through the United Farm Workers, have the right to live a good life, to be paid a living wage, to share In America's wealth, or must they continue to be suppressed and exploited, as they have been for years? Purchasing only UFWOC lettuce at FSC is not an end In Itself, but a means to an end, that end being freedom from virtual slavery. This college can help In this nd, Intr Puzzled by the wide variety in diamond pricing? Confused, by "discount" promises in mail-order ads and catalogs? Then you need someone you can trust to give you factual information about what lo look for in a diamond. As a member firm of the American Gem Society, we-have such a diamond specialist on our staff. He will be happy to properly and ethically advise you on tbe subtle fight, or we c into the sand, _.„., .„ „„ wurus of several board members, be fearless and upright and *not get Involved.* This is the attitude that left Kitty Genovese dying on a New York street while 35 people looked on, *not getting Involved.* This attitude Is disgusting, and a disgrace to an Institution of higher education. Support the Boycott! call for another vote! Your wishes are being ignored. CONCERT REVIEW SOLVE ^OUR. PA^WNy^rtoaiftfAS IN STWMTLY FOLKS AR£ e^tfrSo ZSStd LSuT^&wt^ Fresno treated to excellent all-British lineup ££25£L ■fc-^^Mlivw.lww materia, and some of to. Rotting audience. By Bruce Krejclk CoUegian Staff Writer Fillmore Management has provided Fresno wlthyetanotherex- cellent concert. Last Friday night FM Productions brought us an aU-Brltlsh lineup, the Grease Band, Savoy Brown, and the Faces. The Grease Band, Joe Cocker's former backing group, performed In a workman Uke manner after some Initial troubl" with the public address system. Their low- pressure rock style was marred by unbecoming sarcastic remarks about Fresno and dlspar- dlence. Fresno audiences deserve some slamming, but not from the people they pay to see. Savoy Brown more than compensated for the Grease Band's rudeness. They played hard clean blues-tinged rock, and were extremely well received. Lead gultarsst Kim Slmmonds played cleanly and powerfully, and was obviously the crowd's favorite. Slmmonds courteously accepted the enthusiastic reaction of the Where in the world haven't you been EUROPE.* WELL WHAT ARC YOU WAITING FOR?? A •hole nen world a- walte you for only 1299 round trip Jet. Laevo rroa S.r. or L.A. and expertenco lire In EUROPE 11 Contact your eaapus rapt DENNIS DULEY 1322 E. San Jose Fresno, Calif. 93710 (209) 227-3633 STUDENT SERVICESWEIT , _J led Savoy Brown through an exceptional set which Included a very fine slow blues number (which Slmmonds said •Is where we're reaUy at*). Savoy Brown was called back for three encores, In which they Uvored the crowd with a powerhouse ■Louisiana Blues* and a sharp The Faces were next and they quickly replaced the tight, straightforward mood of Savoy Brown with a loose, party-time atmosphere. Rod Stewart's fine singing was the Faces' strong point, and much weight waa pi.ced on the able guitar playing of Ron Wood. The Faces'set was loosely organized, Incorporating material from both their albums and Stewart's solo albums. The Faces are very entertaining. Red Stewart is an exceUent singer, and while he isn't singing he's either swinging his microphone stand around or fooling with bassist Ronnie Lane. Lane was the smallest, drunkest bass player I have ever seen, and he played the meanest-looking bass I have ever seen, possibly In order to compensate for his size. Lane kept slugging down wine throughout the entire set and did some strange moving about, which was permitted by his 30- foot cord. Mis facial expressions and broad mimicry of Stewart's gestures were quite comical. Ron Wood's guitar playing was good, but his bottleneck, or slide, playing was excellent - wild, harsh and powerful. Wood played best In that style, ^ut seemed more at home with normal playing. The Faces performed their own material and some of the Rolling Stones', and the looserandalmp- ler the song, the better lt seemed to fit their relaxed, Informal style. The Faces* friendship for one another was evident and their attitude seemed to be that they were up there as much to enjoy themselves as to entertain their LETTER They spread their good cheer liberally to the audience, who called them back for two encores, and the Faces finished their set and the concert with the archetypal Faces song, 'Had Me a Real Good Time,' which everyone most assuredly did. 'America, the land of the free?' —, the land of the free. What a laugh! Are we really free? Think about lt. Can a person really fe-1 free to express opinions contrary to those In power? I think not. For example, bow free are we to disagree with'our boss? How many of us Just go along with the power structure because we don't want to run the risk of being fired? How many of us nod our heads In agreement because this is the only way that we will get promoted? ^ Robert Mezey, ousted FSC professor, dared to express opinions contrary to those In power, and so he was fired. He tested the concept that we are free here tn America by exercising freedom of speech and found out that we really aren't free at all. People In positions of power are afraid of freedom. Any expression of non-conformity represents a threat to their security. They are afraid of losing their power because they have spent their lives acquiring It and It's the most Important thingtothem. So. every dissenting opinion and courage that Mr. Mezey exhibited. We may own a big house, a color television set, a new car, and a host of other material things. We have to keep working ' at a Job In which we are forced to only express those views held by the establishment. Any expression of contrary views may lead to our discharge and thus we will have to give up our material acquisitions. And so we are not really free. We are trapped, chained, and nothing more than puppets manipulated by those in Ronald Clegg Jobs Custom Blended and Imported Tobaccos Vtmt'i •Pipe ft&op 375 W. SHAW (At Maroa) (ConUnued.from Page 1) men and women In a role," Dr. Gardner said. Some people are Just not fit to be parenU, Dr. Gardner said, and these people should perhaps not have children. *If you listed the things a mother has to do in a Job listing,* Dr. Gardner said, •you would And very few takers.' •Women must begin to realize,* said Dr. Gardner, 'that the problems they face are not unique to them alone. Only then wtll you have the true HberaUon of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Publsah.d fir. daya • waak eic.pt Tueedev. March 16. 1971 THE DAILY COIXBOJAW k ■igiziie by iittraitioiil stidnh Ait addnssts to eifet sttdtit CAMPUS INTERNATIONAL (BI-MONTHLY) Volume II Number VII EDITORIAL A question of integrity 'I may lack other qualities, but I do in For those comparaUvely few people who choose to reveal their Ideas and opinions in print lt is, perhaps, their lot to be criticized and even vilified for committing themselves so publicly. But this should not unduly disturb the serious writer who writes first ot all to satisfy his own Integrity. Certainly a writer with any serious intent does not try - or even necessarily expect - to be popular. Tnls Is not what he alms for. In fact, If he is really any good it la •mllkely that he will be popular with - or even appreciated by - everybody. (Although he should perhaps be appreciated by some.) Nevertheless, he has to maintain his Integrity. He should not conform merely because he Is criticized. There la a story lp Aesop's Fables that tells of a farmer taking his young son and a donkey load of produce to market. Leaving his house they walk beside the donkey unUl they reach the next-village, where the villagers mock the farmer and tell him to use his sense and place toe boy on the donkey, to save wearing out the youngster's legs. The farmer quickly does so and the two then carry on to the next village. Here the villagers caU him a fool for putting a strong boy on the donkey when, as an old roan, he should ride. The farmer thus rides to the third vlUage where the villagers then berate him for being cruel to the small animal. Getting off once more, the farmer and his son walk on to a fourth village. Ot course on arrival there toe villagers tell him he Is quite stupid - both man and boy should be riding on toe donkey. This could have gone on for ages, but eventually a man points out what the farmer should have known all along, 'You will never be happy as long as you conform only to other people's Ideas. It Is a wise man that maintains his Integrity, who does what he knows ts right, when all around him are striving to make him conform to Patently, a man cannot Uve by another's standards. If he Is to be satisfied with his life - If he Is to be a man - he must Uve according to his own ideas, his own Ideals, his own Integrity. He cannot Uve by other people's standards (although be should certainly be cognizant of tbero) - for they threaten to absorb him totally. Similarly, a serious writer should not seU his Integrity for a percentage of popularity. He should not conform merely because he U criUdzed. That would be too easy - and It U a 'cop out'. A writer muat continue to strive to write what Is not purely ephemeral but is of some less evanescent significance. Otherwise he embraces the occupational hazard of the Journalist - whose lot is to 'write on He should not them be dismayed lt be finds less that total agreement with his views. He should In fact be disappointed and should ponder himself and bis aims If he were to find It, for lt U his Job to help lead the society to which he addresses himself - not to follow In IU wake. If then, he found total agreement wllh what he had would need to ask himself what he was doing wrong - and —The Editor Ramon E. Tlo, an agriculture major from the Dominican Republic experiments with the possibilities of crowing beans, under abnormal conditions, by applying oxygen to the soil. ~ ' An essay on human life Generation 70- The False Apostles To be a humanist, a revolu- tlonary or an anU-eeUbUshment radical, Is to belong to one of today's movements that are shaking tbe human race from IU roots. Most of these movements are directed and supported by aU kinds of young people, and those wbo are supposed to be redeemed, observe with surprise and eon- fusion the attitudes of their redeemers. It U typical of to&ey's unlver- , slty Ufe to find many radical groups participating In the campus activities. Among these.there are a lotwhobelleve that radicalism Is a particular wayotdress- why. — Opinion - The United Nations We are constantly verifying that human Ufe la worth UtUe. Certain special atmospheric conditions, some obscure roove- menU within the entrails of the earth are enough to cover the ground with cadavers. Knowing that Nature has played with our lives In an unpuiushed way since tbe most remote Umes, we accept such happenings with resignation. They are actually only specucular blows of death, Dan- tean exhibitions that from Ume to Ume take possession,of certain regions of tbe globe and command our respect with their apocalyptic numbers. The specUcle may surprise us If we don't stop to consider that a similar funeral cortege unfolds In scattered settings where some people In mourning repeat the same gesture of grief before tbe same Inanimate body, in the revolutions that violently carry out the ideal that animates them (every reaUzaUon is Infer- By Roberto Bennett Considering that the United Nations Organization has been undergoing treroendoua pressures, and IU future seems lo be qutu uncertain nowadays, Campus In- urnatlooal has approached foreign students from different parts of the forld to eUclt their opinion on the efficiency of such an organization. Bo Yee Ngan (Hong Kong): It depends from what aspect you look at it. TheUNESCQUNICEF and other groups like them have proved to be very beneflclal. They have been extremely efficient and tney have reaUy done a lot of good; but unfortunately they get much less coverage than toe poUUcal issues, and therefore less cooperation. Although lt has not been a great-success, I think tha't we must try to solve the great problems of our world today, through a universal organization that wlU fight for peaceful coexistence.* Uve governing body, but they have helped toe less developed nations. If toe United Nations didn't exist, in Ufe also Isn't worth much. Under special social conditions, obscure moveroenU of politicized masses erupt uncontrollably on the dally scene, originating a caUclysm that piles up deaths In a no less Impressive way. Dragged along In a vertigo of blood and heroism, horror and cruelty, we feel Impotent. These events also are mere spectacles of exhibition of toe same fratri- cal death that occurs each day In toe slums and tbe ghettos, In the tin snacks where chlldrondlo . of malnutrition. Between the death that Is - let's say natural - and toe one created by human hands, one can establish a difference of purpose. While the first example obeys a reason that escapes human consciousness (some religions explain this lamentable tact by tbe wUl of God), tbe revolution Intends that less Uves are consumed on IU alUr than are sacrificed dally on tbs attars of injustice. -Odracy it would be very difficult to get &"^ST.£"^5 Laos: The Suffering Grass HerroeU Kebede (Ethiopia)! 1 think It has helped to a certain extent. Tbe African naUons have made use of lt to solve many of their problems. I don't mean to say that lt has always been efficient, but sMU we must remember that IU success depends on the good wlU of ihe nations that form It.* Enrique RoJas(Chlle): 'The United Nations was created with the best of expectations. Today lt Is in quite serious trouble. We were toe ones that created such an organization and we must find a way to solve IU problems and make lt more efficient. I think lt is worthwhile giving it a chance, because o n many occasions lt bas proved to be of great help/ The World Affairs Forum vriU bear 'an old Asia hand' Louis Connlck of San Francisco, today at 8p.ro., according toDr. PhyUU Watts, President of the Fresno World Affairs Council. •Laos: The Suffering Grass* ■oiQ be the subject at the Auditoriums of Ihe LaUyette School, of toe roan who was awarded toe •Order of a MlUlon ElephanU and tbe White Parasolp by King Savang Vatthana of Laos In 1970. There wiU be no admission charge and a question and answer session wlU follow tbs talk. After service In -toe Pacific theatre in World War U aa a Marine Corps Ueutenant, a stint as a news reporter apd commentator and as a university professor, Connlck went to tbe University of Mandalay In Burma - I960 as a Fullbright English. In 1962 he Joined to* Asia Foundation and In 1964 became coordinator of the Scheme forRe- forro of Primary EducaUon In Sarawak, Malaysia. Connlck was tbe foundation's represenUUve In Laos from 1966 through 1970 and since then bas returned to San Francisco as toe Country Dl-ector for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Viet Nam. His education Includes a B.A. from Yale and a master's degree from Cambridge and Yale. The World Affairs CouncU U non-partisan, open to public membership and committed to bringing to Fresno the best Informed persons available on questions of International Interest. It does not endorse leglaU- Hon, candidates or poUcles, either domestic or foreign. But you are not a radical because you dress In an exotic manner. You are not a radical because you wear the rolUUry shirt and a beard In tbe «Cho Cue- varra* style. Look at yoursolf and find out If you nave some of tbe courage and determination that be had to defend hla beliefs. It may not matter what you beUeve In, but you roust be prepared to defend lt, because that U what you think Is right. Do not throw away your Ufe preaching •ome- thlng that you, In the first place, do not understand; and second, don't have the courage to support thoroughly. You preach lt simply because tt is In* to do sot About tbe ways of dressing, you know that you dolt tolmpress toe campus chicks, those that keep aUve a flame in the sometimes dull student's Ufe. You want to look ■wild* and decided, but you are simply trying to cover up the fact thst we are no more than a very scared bunch of •Homo saplens•. We ara also scared to see bow those, whom our parenU unwisely chose as our leaders, are putting our life toward an unknown tomb In the Jungle. And «rhat U evan worse, those leaders that we did not choke, are deciding our future Uves. Any personal comments or In- tenU to change this society, wUl the work of those wbo ara really working hard to change the disastrous conditions under which we ara Uvlng. I repeat, tow peopto endanger toe whole world's youthful evolution, because, by talking of what they do not know, they ara destroying whatever prestige our |