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CAMPAIGNING WITH LOWENSTEIN
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1970
NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE CHUDWIN
The 'U' and discrimination:
Time for some answers
THE DEPARTMENT of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare has demonstrated
that it is serious in demanding that the
University end its. discriminatory prac-
tices against women by hitting the Uni-
versity where it hurts most - in the
pocketbook.
If ,past precedent holds true, the ad-
ministration will now move faster, and
we may see some affirmative action in
promoting equal employment and treat-
ment of women soon after next Tuesday's
University-HEW meeting in Chicago.
More than a month ago, HEW officials
sent President Fleming the results of a.
federal investigation of University em-
plor men ir' aftice". Tt charged the Uni-
versity with discrimination and ordered.
that this be remedied.
The University has done nothing. Flem-
ing has not moved one inch. He claims
that he has disagreements with the HEW
report, and hopes to be able to convince
them Tuesday that they are wrong.
Since Fleming has refused to divulge
the HEW report, or state publicly his spe-
cific objections to it, we can only wait
until Tuesday before judging the sub-
stance of Fleming's procrastination -
assuming, of course, that Fleming will
then share his'thoughts with his "many
constituencies."
THEY HAD' better be good objections.
Women at this University have
demonstrated that they will no longer
tolerate 'being treated as accessories and
pleasantries in the academic setting. The
HEW department has demonstrated that
it is going to enforce the law, and cut
off federal funds unless there is action.
Fleming has kept his objections, and
the report, secret. In this way, there can
be no dialogue, no debate; Fleming's ar-
guments to HEW officials will see no re-
buttal from women. That leads one to
suspect that Fleming is hesitant to de-
bate.
They had better be good arguments.
Otherwise, when they do become public,
as eventually they will, Fleming will find
himself looking likeoa Southern s c h o o 1
board official trying to persuade c i v i I
rights officials to lay off.
-JIM NEUBACHER
Editorial Page Editor
By BETH OBERFELDER
NASSAU COUNTY, L.I.
POLITICS-1970. Students, apathy, interest,
campaign, television, system, violence, es-
tablishment,dconservative, liberal, Agnewehate
confusion, ideals, rhetoric.' Four days after the
election, where are we? It is impossible to find
evidence of any "real" movement in the political
arena. Many of the clowns applauded as winners
Nov. 3 have given up walking the tight-rope of
partisan politics and will now try to represent
us all as a master of ceremonies.
The whole circus becomes disillusioning, and
so we wait, hoping for a candidate who deserves
our faith.
A WEEK AGO, sixty University students
mixed their hopes with action and went to
New York's 5th CongressionalDistrict to work
for Allard Lowenstein, the Democratic incum-
bent. A meeting was called, transportation ar-
ranged, and Lowenstein's campaign committee
wired $600 for expenses. And so, to work in that
crucial election, students endured a 17-hour
bus ride to Al Lowenstein's newly gerrymandered
district. (While in Albany his opponent, a state
senator,- helped replace Nassau County's liberal
voters with blue collar workers.)
The students were a diverse group whose
political views spanned a broad spectrum. We
endured the bus ride because they wanted some-
one in the system who would represent them'
and their ideals. There was no romantic illusion
about "making the entire system work," only a
simple but determined effort to elect a man
in whom we had confidence to a position where
he would have "legitimate" power.
LOWENSTEIN'* STAFF welcomed us at
1:00 a.m. with fresh sandwiches, doughnuts and
coffee. Al arrived at 2 a.m. to greet us. People
were there to take us to their homes. We felt.
good. We felt optimistic.
In the morning we began four days of cam-
paigning and canvassing for Al Lowenstein,
knocking on doors and talking to the American
people. It was, for the most part, discouraging.
The majority were unwilling to eommit them-
selves. Few pople seemed informed in any ra-
tional sense. Some had read candidate's liter-
ature, felt the media barrage, and seemed to
know vaguely where the candidates stood (i.e.,
for or against the Nixon administration).
But many did not even know who was run-
ning-they had escaped the campaign alto-
gether.
Norman Lent, Lowenstein's opponent, smear-
ed Lowenstein in the best tradition of Agnew-
ism. His campaign was basically a negative at-
tack on Lowenstein, rather than a positive cf-
fering of solutions and ideals. Over the weekend
there was a three-way gathering of the can-
didates (the third got 500 votes running on an
anti-abortion platform for the Right to Life
Party, whose symbol was a fetus.) Lent declined
to appear, and sent a stand-in.
The stand-in blasted Lowenstein, and then
was asked: "If you tell us why we shouldn't
vote for Lowenstein, then why should we vote
for Lent?"
The answer? "Because Lowenstein only ap-
peals to a minority."
Lent, who likes to style!himself "the moderate
choice" said "Lowenstein crawled out from
under a rock to vote against military appropri-
ationsbecause he places his faith in the Rus-
sian and Chinese governments" . . . . "He's
coddling the leaders of violent confrontation
.... He's the darling of the New Left, .....He's
the voice of Hanoi . . ." And so on with Lentism.
MEANWHILE, LOWENSTEIN calmly tried to
emphasize that he has always opposed violence.
While SDS calls him their worst enemy, the
people of the 5th Congressional district let Lent
pamper their fears and prejudices.
"We cannot do things if we must impugn
people to have scapegoats and call names," said
Lowenstein. But he ended up fighting a polit-
ical campaign against his own image as distorted
by Lent. Lent, too, ran against the image he
created, rather than against a concrete person
with a concrete philosphy.
The real Al Lowenstein lost the election.
The mood of the country toward the future is
one of uncertainty. The mass of the people are
not only unfamiliar with the facts, but unable
to listen with much,'understanding. They feel
their security is being threatened, and are turn-
ing to conservative candidates who capitalize on
constituent emotions.
Lowenstein did not campaign on this level.
He lost. Yet neither he, nor his staff, nor his
thousand of volunteers have become embittered
by this defeat.
In his concession speech, Al Lowenstein seem-
ed most concerned about the students who work-
ed for him. He said he hoped they would continue
to work peacefully for change.
"I hope they have the courage to realize the
future is in their own hands."
And so we wait, hoping for a man who de-
serves our faith, a candidate who shares our
ideals.
This seems to be a period of anticipation ...
of waiting for a credible leader who shares our
ideals and desires. Whether he works in or out-
side of the "system," he will be a leader who has
the ability to actualize those ideas. He will be
a man who will make his ideas work!
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Fans dismantle goalposts after Blue dismantled OSU' in '69
Go Mammoth Blue Wave!
Drown the Bucks.
-Daily-Brad Schram
How a college faces
student disruptions
By RICK PERLOFF
NELSON BARGED into the president's. office. "Sorry to interrupt,
sir," but have you seen the latest report of the Commission on
Campus Unrest?" President Reynolds said he had not.
"Then you'd better look. We're mentioned. The Commission said
that the most likely targets for violent disruption this year are colleges
with over 10,000 students, low admission standards, and ROTC pro-
grams on campus."
"By golly", Reynolds gasped, "by golly." He paused, looked at the
ceiling, then spoke. "Come to think of it, Nelson, we have over 10,000
students, low admission standards and a ROTC program."
"That's right, sir," said. Nelson. "What are we going to do?"
"Now don't panic, boy", said the president. "Other colleges are
eligible too. Ol' Central downstate has the same criteria, but they have
poor curriculum too. Maybe they'll be hit."
"I don't know, sir, I don't know. It says right here in the paper
that colleges with these criteria are going to be hit."
"Don't know why they always pick on us, these protesters. Why
can't they pick on schools with more than 30,000 students, high ad-
mission standards and say, classified research programs?"
"They have," replied Nelson.
"Well, then," said the president, a bit chagrined, "why can't they
pick on schools with less than 10,000 students, ,open admission stand-
ards, no grades, student control - and no ROTC programs? It doesn't
seem fair to protest schools like us. If those students were really fair
and open-minded, like they say they are, they'd pick on all the schools,
not just the schools whose policies they don't like."
"You're right, sir," replied Nelson. "It's discriminatory to pick on
schools like us. Open discrimination. Just because we don't admit the
brainiest students and just because we have ROTC on campus doesn't
mean we should be hit.
"Or why should Central be disrupted - just because they have
bad courses," he continued. "Or Southeastern, just 'cause they don't
allow women in men's dorm rooms and the students want them to.
"I KNOW, NELSON," said Reynolds, reading the Commission's
report. Then he stopped. "Hey, look! It says that universities may also
be faced with black student demands. We're safe there, Nelson..We
don't have any blacks. That's one policy I'm going to keep constant
now. We don't 'admit any blacks. If you don't have any, then they
can't protest."
"Good thinking, sir. But what about now?"
"Yes, we must deal with' the problem. What does a college
do when it has low admission standards and ROTC programs on
campus. What is our course of action?"
"We should go to the core of the problem," Nelson said.
"Yes, the core of the problem," mused Reynolds. "We don't
want to get hit this year. We could increase communication between
students and the administration."
"Ah," said Nelson," the old communication, rational dialogue
trick. It's been used before."
"Or," said the president, "we could call in the National Guard."
"The o1' police brutality syndrome," commented Nelson, nodding.
"That's been used too."
"Or we could tell the students they're wrong about the university
and there aren't any problems here."
"The best of all possible universities angle. Not bad."
"Not at all," said Reynolds. "After all, we are right. I am the best
of all possible presidents in the best.of all possible universities. The stu-
dents may see some problems here - like ROTC or no open admission
standard - hut that was the wav it had to he This is the best univer-
"THEIR (OHIO STATE'S) scores are
almost as big as ever and their
yardage continues to stretch down the
Burma Road, but they DID lose to
Michigan a year ago in a game that
only meant the world. Why? Over-
confident? Maybe. Peaked too soon?"
Maybe. Got behind and choked? May-
be. Poorly prepared? Maybe. Michigan
had superior athletics? Not likely."
-Sports Illustrated, Nov. 9, 1970
Sports Illustrated has really done it
this time. Last year those so-called
writers went out and crusaded for Ohio
State's right to the national champion-
Editorial Staff
MARTIN A. HIRSCHMAN, Editor
ship. They called them the super team of
the d e c a d e and a whole lot of other
things which frankly made us sick. None-
theless, we bided our time until that fate-
ful November day when Bo & Co. went
out and showed them just who was the
team to beat.
Alas, SI was not convinced and so once
again, at the beginning of the grid season
those masters of the jinx went out and
proclaimed for all the world the glory
that is Columbus. They conceeded that
the Wolverines were good-but not good
enough.
YESTERDAY was the last straw. Both
major polls have dropped the Buck-
eyes to number three, but the boys at SI
just won't give up. This week's cover
story builds up Hayes' team as one of the
three teams, along with Texas and Notre
Dame, vying for the mythical national
championship. The polltakers have been
duly unimpressed with OSU's perform-
ance of recent, and no wonder. Two weeks
ago Illinois led them late into the third
quarter and last week Northwestern led
them at the half. SI, however, sees it dif-
"The television spending curb unfairly endangers
freedom of discussion . ..
Letters to The Daily
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To the Daily :
THE CONTINUING battle of
the Administration with the Gay
Liberation Front bothers me. As
a Christian, I must disagree with
many of GLF's statements, but
neither do I dare to make homo-
sexuality the central issue in any
sphere. But it also seems to me
that the principle of "equal jus-
tice under law" is a good one for
societiesrand one which should
also be applied to organizations.
This is clearly not being done.
From two and one-half years
spent as an officer in student or-
ganizations on t h i s campus, I
know that "educational value" is
sions. To strengthen the Univer-
sity's position in answering ob-
jections from outside the Univer-
sity, I would suggest the Adminis-
tration have one of their lawyers
attend the sessions, so that they
can definitely state that Regento
By-law Sec. 8-11 (1) (a) has been
observed by all speakers from out-
side of the University: "The
speaker must not advocate or urge
the audience to take action which
is prohibited by the rules of the
University or which is illegal un-
der federal or state law . . " (Or
else take action against GLF if it
'isn't observed.)
A side effect of this controver-
sy could hopefully be that SGC
majoring in Special Education held
a Halloween Party for the' children
of the members of the Association
for Children with Social and
Learning Difficulties (ACSLD).?
Mr. Blackburn of Domino's Pizza
contributed both pizza and bever-
ages forover eighty children and
students. His donation helped
make tle party a great success.
-Students in Special Education
The Faculty
ACSLD
Oct. 26
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To the Daily:
MAY I SAY you do yourself
proud! Your article was just out-
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