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Friday, Oct. 9, 1970

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Kernel Photo By Keith Mosler

Rain Dampens Numbers at Crossen Rally
Students Protest
'Political' Trial

By MIKE WINES
Assistant Managing Editor
About 500 people marched to the Fayette County Courthouse under leaden,
drizzly skies yesterday to protest the
prosecution of Dr. Phillip Crossen on
charges stemming from a rock festival
held on his farm the weekend of Sept.
19.

Members of the Student Mobilization
Committee (SMC) and the Crosvenor
Street Zoo, which organized the demonstration, had predicted that as many as
3,000 people might turn out to support
Crossen. Peck Kennamer, an SMC coordinator, said the rain "definitely" kept
the crowd smaller than expected.
"If this march has any effect at all,
I'd say it will be positive," said Kennamer, "but I don't believe It's going
to have any. I'd say it (the trial) is
prejudged."
The main event of the protest was
to be a speech by Crossen on the Courthouse steps after a verdict was arrived
at on charges against him in Juvenile
Court. Crossen was convicted and fined
$200 yesterday afternoon on two counts

of contributing to the delinquency of a
minor. A third similar charge against him
was dismissed.
He was also given a
jail sentence, but was put on probation by the
court with the stipulation that any further rock festivals must be held "in accordance with the law."
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'Political Trial'
"You know you don't win a political
trial
as long as the cops are willing
to lie down and the judges are willing
to bend," said UK political science professor Cene Mason.
Mason contended before the march
that the trial was used to further the
political ambitions of the county prosecutor, E. Lawson King.
Fifteen minutes before the march was
scheduled to begin, only a handful of
demonstrators had gathered at the rallying
point at the flagpole in front of the University Administration Building. A few,
carrying traditional as well as green U.S.
flags, stood in the drizzle while another
exhorted the crowd with a bullhorn to
"come on out, we've got 14 dancing girls
and 13 costumes."
By 1 p.m., students had begun to filter
out from the shelter of the Student Center
and the Office Tower to join the growing
crowd of demonstrators.
Continued on Pate 3, Col. 1

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UK Prof Seeks

Arrest of King
By MIKE WINES
Assistant Managing Editor
There is a story behind the story of
yesterday's march on the Fayette County
Courthouse.
After the rally was over, after the
speeches and applause had died out and
the 500 marchers had gone back to dinner
and studying, UK political science professor Dr. Cene Mason was still at the
Courthouse, attempting to swear out a
warrant for the arrest of county prosecutor E. Lawson King.
Mason contended that King was guilty
of "common law assault," a charge that
King used during July to prosecute former
UK graduate student Jay Westbrook after
Westbrook mailed a harmless, disassembled bomb to his draft board. Before
King invoked it, the charge had been
virtually unused in Fayette County for
over 50 years.
Mason said that, according to the
Westbrook case, the only grounds one
needs to prosecute on a "common law"
charge is to "feel threatened and harmed
by the actions of someone else." Mason
contends that King had prosecuted West

brook by saying that the disassembled
bomb was a "threat" to the draft board.
Failed To Get a Warrant
Yesterday, Mason tried to get the
charge on a warrant for E. Lawson King's
arrest. He failed.
"I want to ask about something," he
told the Fayette County sheriff's office. "I
want to swear out a warrant on E.
Lawson King on a charge of common law

asault."
"I want to tell you something before
you go on," the sheriff said. "You can't
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do it here. You'll have to go to the magistrate's office."
Mason went to the magistrate's office,
trailed by a small crowd of supporters.
He was referred to the office of the
Quarterly Court clerk a small cubicle
that was marked by a sign reading "pay
fines here."
"I want to swear out a warrant,"
he said. "It's for the arrest of E. Lawson
King on a charge of common law as-

sault."

The clerk sighed. She went into an
adjacent room.
"You don't suspect that the procedures
might be slightly modified on this occasion, do you?" Mason asked.
Mason 'Threatened'
The clerk returned, and the following
exchange began.
Continued on Face 8, Col. 3

'Prophecy' Draws Crowd
By WENDY WRIGHT

Kernel Staff Writer
Jeane Dixon, internationally
known for her reputed power of
prophecy, spoke to an overflow
crowd in the Crand Ballroom of
the Student Center last night.
Mrs. Dixon's presentation began when she asked the audience to guess what she was thinking of a turnabout of her usual
role.

She usually is telling others

foreordained, divinely granted
gifts."
The prophetess said she is
Cod."
Mrs. Dixon later predicted often asked what the difference
that the next decade will be more is between her role and that of
"bright, more hopeful. It will the psychic.
be your decade."
"Revelation," she stated, "is
Of herself and her "gift," the will of Cod, and it cannot
the speaker said that "Cod gave be changed." However, she went
me the least little gift; those who on to say, she had tried, in every
work miracles are just people who instance where she had received
have faith in their Creator, not a prophecy of a tragedy, to warn
different or special. You all have those involved.
"Our plans," said Mrs.
Dixon, a slim brunette, "are not
always in accord with Cod's. He
can bring good out of what may
seem to be evil. But how many
times people have told me that
The meeting's early stages they had a hunch about a cerwere taken up by consideration
it was
tain plan of action-th- at
of whether the Student Governgoing to fail or succeed-a- nd
ment should allow a private enthey did not act on that hunch."
access to
terprise of two co-eContinued on Pace Z, CoL 4
student mailing labels.
The proceedings prompted SG
Representative Jim Williams to
say, toy machine gun in hand,
"If it is not out of order for
Forecast for Lexington and
me to yawn (Williams yawned),
vicinity: Mostly cloudy, with a
I would like to yawn."
chance of showers and thunder
Williams started to yawn
to be interrupted by showers today and tonight. Partly
again, only
cloudy and cooler over the weekSG speaker Buck Pennington.
end. High today, 70; high Saturthen was told that
Pennington
day, CS. Precipitation probabilihe was not allowed to interrupt
ties today 80 percent, 10 percent
Williams by SG Representative
tomorrow.
David Blair.
Continued on Pace 3, CoL 1
of revelations of the future which

she says she has "received from

SG Bill Condemns

King,
Asks for 'Fair Treatment
By BON HAWKINS
Assistant Managing Editor
The Student Govemement Assembly passed a bill last night
condemning Lawson King and
calling for less discrimination in
Fayette County law enforcement.
The bill, proposed by SG Representative Willie Gates, criticized County Attorney Lawson
King "for his part in the selective prosecution of Dr. (Phillip)
Crossen" and urged more equitable treatment for all people under the law.
The bill was passed by a
voice vote after the assembly
voted to drop two clauses from
the bill, as proposed by SG representative Howell Hopson.

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Jeane Dixon, internationally known for her apparent ability to predict the future, spoke to an overflow crowd last night in the Student Center Crand Ballroom. Mrs. Dixon predicted that the next
decade will be "bright" and "hopeful" while telling UK students
Kernel Photo By Kn Weaver
that "it Will be your decade."

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Friday, Oct. 9,

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Hook Review

New Weapons Have One Target 'People

;"nndcncy in Death: The
Manufacturers of
Weapons," by the Council on
Economic Priorities Harper and
Row
Perennial
Library,
233 pages.
Dispatch News Service
Among the fruits of advanced
American technology such as
napalm and defoliants that U.S.
armed forces have "tested" on
the people of Vietnam, perhaps
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the most brutal are ant
weapons.
"Efficiency in Death: The
Manufacturers of
Weapons," by the Council on
Economic Priorities (Harper and
Row Perennial Library, 233
pages) describes the arsenal of
weapons how
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they have been used in Vietnam
and their effects and identifies
the American companies that
have had contracts for manufacturing them.
weapons are
only one type in a whole series
of weapons which have been
developed by the Pentagon for
waging limited wars and which
have been used extensively in.
the Vietnam "conflict" and are
probably being used now in Cambodia and Laos. As the name
implies, the destructive force of
weapons is aimed
at only one target people. They
cannot penetrate walls; they cannot destroy military vehicles; and
they cannot even penetrate protective sandbags.
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fragments at high velocity over
an area 6 feet wide and 100
feet deep; and "Jumping Jack"
mines which leap off the ground
before exploding, thereby increasing their area of effectiveness.
Effects Described
"Efficiency in Death" describes in more detail (and with
pictures from Army technical
manuals) each of these weapons,
and others, and discusses the
ways in wliich they have been
used in Vietnam. The effects
of
weapons are
also described.
The design and explosive action of all
weapons
make them extremely efficient in
wounding and killing people. An
individual within target range,
instead of suffering one clean
wound, is likely to be struck by
several metal fragments or steel
pellets. These fragments penetrate his body in long irregular
paths. As they travel they tumble and tear flesh.
The wounds caused by just
one fragment are numerous,
varied, difficult to detect and
they tequire very delicate operaweations. In fact,
pons have created a need for
drastic new surgical techniques.
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Robert Crichton,

discussing

Frank Harvey's "Air Wan Vietnam" in the New York Review
of Books pointed out that: "a
. . .victim, if hit in the stomach,
is simply slit from the top of
the stomach to the bottom and
the contents of the stomach
emptied out' on a table and
fingered through for 'frags' . . .
When the sorting is done the
entrails are replaced and the
stomach is sewed back up like
a football. This football scar has
become the true badge of misery
in South Vietnam."

As a case study of the

military--

complex, the man-

industrial

weaufacturers of
pons represent a very small
proportion of defense spending.
The Council estimates that about
$300 million has been spent anweapons
nually on
during the war; this amounts to
less than one percent of the total
defense budget.
Companies Named
However, there are over 100
companies involved in the manweaufacture of
pons and parts. Many of the
companies, such as Honeywell,
Alcoa, Avco, Cessna, CM, Cen-erTire, Uniroyal, Sperry Road
and others, are among the top
100 defense contractors. Others
are companies generally considered to be strictly consumer-orientesuch as D. H. Baldwin
(Cretsch guitars and drums),
Brunswick, Bulova, Hamilton,
HFC, Whirlpool, and Wirlitzer.
U.S. watch companies provide
an interesting example of a
er-oriented
industry deeply
involved in defense contracting.
Watch companies have been able
to survive in this country only
because of government protection
from the competition of foreign
watch makers. The protection
comes in the form of one of the
highest tariffs placed on any U.S.
import a tariff approximately
equal to 40 percent ad valorem.
The rationale for this tariff is
to protect the skilled workers of
the watch industry so that they
will be available to produce components for military weapons
when needed. They produce
jewelled movements for avionics
systems and for the space program. They also make fuses for
ordinance systems. Bulova and
Hamilton have contracts for the
manufacture of fuses for antipersonnel weapons.
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"Mother" bomb and explode
when they hit the ground, scattering minute metal fragments
over an area of 10 meters. "Cuava
bombs, on the other hand, explode in the air; the falling
"mother" bomb disperses hundreds of bomblets which, in turn,
explode releasing tiny steel or
bullet-shape- d
projectiles.
By the time these projectiles
hit the ground, they are traveling at the speed of bullets.
Cuavas, because of their multid
explosions
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can cover a wider area than
pineapples and can more effectively penetrate bunkers. And if
they should fail to explode in
the air, they do so on impact.
One planeload of pineapples
andor guavas can cover an area
exceeding the size of several football fields.
An additional fragmentation
weapon with an
mission is the 2.75 inch rocket.
These rockets have fragmentation
warheads and can be launched
from artillery sites, planes, or
helicopters. Other kinds of antipersonnel weapons include: "Beehive" projectiles
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'Prophecy' Draws Crowd
Continued from rate One
Mrs. Dixon went on to tell of
a dinner she attended in the same
room of the Ambassador Hotel in
Los Angeles where Robert Kennedy was later to be the victim
of an assassin's bullet.
She claims she received at that
time an inkling of what was to
happen three months later. Although she did not tell anyone
then of the specific details of the
tragedy, she said she felt that
the assassination could havebeen
averted had Kennedy waited 4
to 8 years to seek the presidential
nomination.
Human plans, she concluded,
could be changed with the possible result of heading off tragedy.
Mrs. Dixon gave some specific
prophecies on world events. They
included:
The Vietnam and Middle
East conflict: "On the recent
cease-fir- e
proposals, the opposition will not challenge us.
They are going to test our

strength on three areas: Cuba,
the Middle East and Korea. They
will back down only as a result
of direct, personal intervention by
President Nixon."

"The USSR will eliminate
our
officials in Vietnam within the next 60 days."
"President Nixon will in the
future be vindicated for his decision to move troops into Camtop-ranki-

bodia."

"Unless we can take steps to
prevent it, this will be a cold
winter and one characterized by
'brownouts' in the United States
and Europe." (A "brownout" is
a partial loss of electrical power,
which already has occurred on
parts of the Northeastern seaboard this fall.)
Mrs. Dixon urged her listeners
to resort not to the power of
revolution to cause change in
America, but to unite with one
another and with President Nixon
for the resolution of present crises.

* THE KENTUCKY KERNEL, Friday, Oct. 9,

Protest
Crossen Prosecution
UK Students

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Continued from rage 1
of the court's verdict and interAt 1:15 p.m., they moved out-do- wn pretations.
the driveway leading from
'Sins Of Omission'
the Administration Building to
"We were charged on three
Limestone Street, where a com- counts of contributing to the
plement of police cars and cycles delinquency of a minor," Sedler
waited to escort them, and then said.
down Limestone toward Main St.
"He is, in effect, held responand the Courthouse.
sible for what other people have
Chants For 'Justice'
done," Sedler said. Sedler called
The walk was cold, wet and the charges against Crossen "aluneventful. The bullhorn was leged sins of omission."
The next person to speak was
passed from person to person as
the crowd took up chants of "Jus- Crossen himself bearded, blond
tice Now," aid "We want jusbut graying, wearing a pair of
d
tice, this isn't it." Police stopped black
glasses. With
traffic at intersections to let the him was his wife.
marchers pass.
"I don't know what I'm goNear the courthouse, they ing to do for excitement next
were joined by Karl May and week," he said. "I am a recentDoug Stewart, two SMC memly, politically naive physician.
bers who had been at the CrosI have been squashed by a syssen trial awaiting the Juvenile tem that I feel is repressive,
Court decision. They led the and I am down, but not out."
march to the Courthouse steps,
He ended his short speech
and then announced the verdict with a plea for
of "guilty" to the crowd.
"I am particularly impressed
Above May, county employes by the very great swell of suppeered out of third and fourth port against a very repressive
story courthouse windows. A winsystem," he said.
dow washer stopped his work
Flea For
above the door to watch the
"But the best way to do it
activities and wave to the march- is at the
polls. The worst thing
ers below him.
to do is to have any rioting,
"This is not the end, you
any misbehavior, that would lose
know," May said. "The Fayette the support of those from whom
County Medical Society will hold we need support the most . . . Do
hearings themselves . . . because it at the
polls," Crossen ended.
of what the power structure of
As Crossen stepped back from
this town has done, it may well
the crowd's prolonged applause,
ruin Dr. Crossen in this town."
prosecutor King appeared at a
third-stor- y
Attempt To Arrest King
Courthouse window.
Then Mason stepped up to "Jump, jump," the crowd chantthe bullhorn and drew the cheers ed as a march leader grabbed
of the marchers with the an- the bullhorn and said to King,
nouncement that he would at"Come on out, Lawson, we've
tempt to have King arrested. got you surrounded."
Dr. Crossen seemed almost
"Large numbers of people in
Fayette County are becoming ac- jovial after his speech at the
customed to political trials," he courthouse. A reporter asked him
said. "You saw it happen in Jay if he would hold another rock
Westbrook's case . . . you saw it festival under the same circumstances.
happen in my case."
West brook was a UK grad"Well, I'm still for doing
uate student prosecuted by King things that are concerned with
on a rarely-use- d
charge of "comyouth," he said. "Obviously, the
mon law assault" after Westbrook system has pointed out the premailed a disassembled bomb to cautions that are necessary . . .
his draft board.
so it'll be a while."
"I intend to swear out a war
Mrs. Crossen appeared rerant for E. Lawson King's ar- served after the trial. "I feel
rest."
like I'm 10 years older and 50
As the crowd applauded, Crosyears wiser than I was a month
sen and his attorney, UK Law ago," she said. "I believe in
I approfessor Dr. Robert Sedler, ap- our system of justice
peared at the courthouse doors. preciate the system . . . and I am
Sedler calmly told the audience disillusioned."

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From Rock Festival to Courthouse

the delinquency of a minor in Juvenile Court.
Although Crossen said he felt "squashed by a
system that I feel is repressive," he made a plea

Dr. Phillip Crossen addresses students who have

just completed a march in protest of a prosecution,

against him on charges stemming from a recent
rock festival held on his farm. Crossen had just
been fined $200 on two counts of contributing to

for
saying change should be brought
about at the "polls." Kernel Photo By Keith Mosier
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SG Condemns King, Asks

Continued from Page One

Pratt, Wilson
Lose Case
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WASHINGTON (AP)
The
Supreme Court declined Thursday to force Kentucky election
officials to allow two independent candidates to run for Congress next month.

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Oct.

Luther J. Wilson, a Negro
businessman in Louisville, and
Don B. Pratt of Lexington, a
former University of Kentucky
student, are challenging a Kentucky law which requires all candidates to file 55 days before
the primary election.
Wilson wanted to run against
incumbent Rep. William O. Cow-ge- r,
a Republican, and Pratt
wanted to challenge incumbent
Democrat John C. Watts. The
primary election in Kentucky this
year was May 26, so the filing
deadline was April 1.
Wilson and Pratt claim the
law puts "an invidiously discriminatory burden on the right to
seek public office." On Oct. 2
a federal court in Kentucky dismissed their challenge to the
law on a 1 vote.

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'Fair Treatment'

SG

Williams presently finished
his yawn, displayed a bicycle
horn, and the assembly meeting
proceeded as SC representative
Lynn Montgomery hummed a
country and western tune in the
background.
A'bill recommending changing
the engraving on the Patterson
statue was then brought forward.
The bill had been submitted by
Williams once before and sent
to committee.

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of "He saved the seed for the
"You can have it," (the horn)
next generation" was decided
interrupted Williams, "if you
on for the Patterson statue. The
want it, Mr. Speaker."
assembly approved and listened
to the tale of Patterson's thrift.
SC Representative
Josh
After Miss Browning finished her O'shea then moved that the asstory, the assembly defeated Wil- sembly censure Williams. After
liams' bill.
'several people pointed out that
Williams then sprayed the a censure would amount only to
room with noises from his toy a condemnation of Williams' acmachine gun. After that, he tions, the motion passed 14-honked his bicycle horn.
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Name Game

THIS IS HORRIBLETHEY TOOK AWAY YOUR KENT STATE MEDALS,

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ALSO TOOK AWAY

MY HALO!

Perhaps nowhere has the label
game gone so far astray as on the
UK campus. It is now common
currency for the left to label anyone "reactionary" who favors anything to the right of "revolution
now." Similarly, many of the campus conservatives, especially the didactic Student Coalition, list as
"radicals" even those who wish to
join in a peaceful, demonstration
of concern for an issue, or even
more ridiculous, those who occasionally wear bluejeans or like long
hair.
These absurd categorizations are
completely inappropriate in an academic community, especially where
the need for improved communication and comprehension of attitudes is as dire as at UK. The
tendency to fail to cope with issues by pushing the proponents
of these issues off the political
spectrum, either to the left or right,
is a gross violation of the principles of an enlightened man.
The hasty stereotyping of an
individual is a convenient way of
skirting the issues he raises. This
fact is recognized by most people,
thereby destroying the effectiveness
of anyone utilizing this tactic.
This commentary should not be
regarded as a plea for a lowering
of voices. To the contrary, all voices
at UK should be raised to an unparalleled level of controversy. It
is essential however, that the upheaval be one of issue discussion,
not character assassination.
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The Nature of the University and ROTC
university is pure fantasy. The university
By WILLIAM W. MOORE
Certainly the main source of the na- as an "industry" producing formulas for
tionwide resistance directed at ROTC napalm and trained technocrats indoctristems from the mass opposition to the nated with dominant American values
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jobs neceswar in Vietnam and American foreign gleefully filling
sary for an aggressive
society
policy generally; however, another source
of the attack upon ROTC even as the cannot be tolerated. The abolishment
is
of ROTC is the initial step in the
war drags on is the analysis of the uniof the university as an "inversity itself which in its alliance with
policies and interests that essentially dustry" to the university as a place where
wrong helped build and helps sustain a true education is once again possible.
There are those who favor the abolishsick, militaristic society.
ment ROTC because of ROTC sincompat-abilit- y
As "unrest" on the campuses continwith what they feel to be the ideal
ues to grow and fester, many critics of
the "student movement" clamor that the of the university; their argument is note"militants" have failed to comprehend worthy because it exhibits a "lowest common denominator" principle in the various
that "irrational" attacks upon the uniare doomed to shallow symbolism argument put forth against ROTC's conversity
tinued presence on campus. They feel that
since the university is an innocent sanctuary from the evils of society and is not the university must be an apolitical instiinresponsible for events outside its walls. tution existing solely for "rational
and personal enrichment; the
quiry"
University As An Industry
ROTC program is different in kind from all
This interpretation of "campus proother programs on campus, including tltose
test" is widely held even among "liberal of technical training, because the ROTC
circles," but that it is widely believed program is the training of military officers
makes it no less an empty and perniciwhose speciality, it must be admitted, is
ous myth. Institutional innocence of the the
killing of other men. This argument
continues that no violence on campus
should be condoned; however, they are
reasonable enough to grasp the fact that
violence, includes official violence as well
as that of a frustrated student smaslting
windows. They understand completely
paragraphs and Mickey Mouse sentences
such as, "The brass was bad," but the that the university is not apolitical; since
the university recognizes that political
premise was incorrect. The brass of Chicago is what "makes" the group. The violence is justified, college administrators
unequaled talent of each of the members and politicians should not be upset or
of the brass section is what differentisurprised that an agry student should bum
ates the group from any other keyboard,
a building as a means to political ends.
drum, lead and bass guitar combo. It is These people say, reasoning consistently,
the harmonious brass arrangements of if ROTC is permitted to remain on camJames Pankow which are perfectly placed pus why should not a group of Maoists
in each composition to compliment, not be allowed to give courses with academic
overpower, to add to, not detract from, credit in the "Art of Cuerrilla Warfare'?
the performance of the other instruments.
'A Method of Murder'
Because of this poor attempt at a
I personally believe that the argument
swellJournalistic review, I am joining the
reviewed while
is
ing ranks of students who feel that all just and does not
fully comprehend the
could be put to better use naive
your newsprint
the university and the vital
in kindling the Journalism Building into true nature of
the same fate as last years ROTC Build- function it plays in American society. The
nation's leading universities have almost
ing. But don't let that worry you. Bea billion dollars in research contracts with
cause of college student's susceptibility
to junk literature your paper will not the Pentagon. In 1963 the University of
Kentucky was then ranked fiftieth. An
go
Cortland K. Crey estimated eight out of every ten new
Freshman graduates in the field of science and engineering will go into nongrowth or miliArchitecture
tary and space research and development.
I am not advocating the abolishment
of the sciences from the universities.
Ditto
Many morally-sensitiv- e
scientists, underTo the Editor
Q. Dale Mathews! Who the hell is standing the poverty and potential great
science," have been
danger of "value-fre- e
Dale Mathews?
A. He's just some half-wi- t,
biased punk increasingly questioning their own responwho writes the Kernel reviews on enter- sibility and role in a world seemingly
obsessed with weapons of destruction.
tainment.
Is this' guy the best you people can Science in the university must be taught
come up with? For a sample of what I'm for the sake of further understanding
one's physical environment, not taught
bitching about, read his reviews on the of
concert and Catch-2in your for the purpose of training technocrats
Chicago
October 5 issue. If I had not seen Catch-2- 2 who sole function may be to develop
myself I would never have known a bigger and better bomb. Other achievewhat he was talking about. I also don't ments of science have been for the most
understand how he can decree that the part beneficial to mankind; but what
brass and guitar of Chicago will never discovery made by science has not been
mix. Sure they sounded bad in Memorial perverted by the military into a method
Hall; who doesn't? Evidently Mr. Ma- of murder?
A Political Nature Ruined
thews has heard neither of Chicago's
two recent albums.
Opposition to the demand to abolish
Tom Buele ROTC primarily from two different source:
Jr. Pharmacy Major from those wluj believe that the univer
high-payin-

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To the Editor
During my first month on this campus,
this past September, I heard some not
too complimentary things about your paper. During that same month, however,
I had been reading the Kernel and had
not found anything overly offensive about
it, except possibly, its high advertising-to-new- s
ratio. I had not, that is, until
I read the review of the Chicago concert written by Dale Mathews in Mondays paper. Not only was the review
poorly written, with several
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sity is or should be politically neutral,
and from those wlio realize that university is not an apolitical institution but
who support the present policies of the
government and the university's role in
the formation and implementation of these
policies. The first group desirous of an
"apolitical" university are easily
of the harm of ROTC since their
position rests upon a misconception of
the nature and role of the university since
the university is not and cannot possibly
be apolitical with the university accepting "defense" contacts and with ROTC
present on campus. The second group
consists primarily of complacent, criminally irresponsible men who actively
support America's current economic structure and the policies which spring from
it. These men realize that the university
is not and cannot be apolitical. They know
that the university functions to inculcate
the dominant American values and to
produce trained experts in keeping with
the needs of the existing social order-ne- eds
as seen by corporation executives
and government leaders. The University
exists for the "fun and profit" of the
powerful and rich, not for the melioration
of the community.
In the case of the University of Kentucky, the men wlto control and manipulate it, the Trustees, the administration,
and the state government, all understand
fully the import of a frontal attack on
ROTG it represents in fact a direct
attack upon their interests and policies
which are the