The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1972 Page: 4 of 8
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Everyone should take part
Let the individual decide
Time is getting short for those who wish to vote and have not
yet registered. Six registration days remain for those who wish
to vote in the November general elections.
The state is in a mood for reform, and voting has become
more important to Texans than ever before. The youth vote should
have a greater effect in state and local elections than ever before.
The November elections are the first national elections in which
18-21-year-olds will be eligible to vote. If enough of the new
voters exercise their right of choice, the national as well as
state and local elections could be greatly affected.
Everyone owes it to himself to take part.
During the Sept. I5 board of trustees meeting a request to
sell The Honky Times, a local newspaper, was heard. Trey
Ellison, director of development for the paper, asked trustees
to allow him or his employees to sell the publication on this
campus. The board delayed any decision on Ellison's request
until its next meeting.
Among the issues discussed at the meeting were: Should
trustees allow The Honky Times and other similar publications
to be sold here? Should college officials become censors and
try to protect the morals and feelings of students?
Ellison says his plea is a holy crusade in behalf of the First
Amendment. If his request is denied, he may take his case to
the courts for ruling.
A trustee ruling which would not favor the sale of The Honky
Times could result in quite a hassle as the board of regents of the
University of Texas found out last year. When the board refused
to let The Rag, an Austin underground newspaper, be sold on
campus, the staff took it to court, where a three-judge federal
panel ruled the regents' decision unconstitutional.
On instructions from the Supreme Court, Federal District
Judge Jack Roberts reissued the original decision. In February,
I972, the regents changed their rules and The Rag is sold on
campus.
Trustees here have failed to set any official limitations con-
cerning distribution of media. A decision is expected at their
October meeting.
Copies of The Honky Times are available near this campus
and at other spots throughout San Antonio. Students are buying
the paper now as they leave campus. Part of a true education
is being exposed to all types of opinions and events.
Distribution of The Honky Times should be allowed on this
campus.
Students should decide if they wish to purchase it.
By DEBORAH STRECKFUS
Even though this is a national
election year, campus political
activity has, so far, been disap-
pointing.
The official campus organiza-
tions are the Young Republicans
and the Young Democrats. Both
specific local political headquar-
ters on which to concentrate its
volunteers.
The Young Democrats has also
selected its temporary officers,
and has slated one speaker.
It has had a head start on its
poster campaign and is now ahead
in the number and variety of
are composed of students and run
by them, under faculty sponsor-
ship.
The Young Republicans club
has already elected itstemporary
officers and set up a tentative
schedule of activities. It has
slated several candidates to
speak on campus, and selected
. . . . W.B. Daugherty,
Editor......
Managing Editor
News Editors . .
Published weekly as a laboratory project
of the journalism classes of San Antonio
College, I300 San Pedro Avenue, San
Antonio, Texas 78284. The Ranger is a
member of the Associated Collegiate
Press, Texas Junior College Press As-
sociation and the Texas Intercollegiate
Press Association. ACP All-American,
I970, I97I and I972. Opinions are those
of the writer and not necessarily those
of the staff.
Patrick Hamilton
.....Liz Sweet
. Gloria Delgado
Deborah Streckfus
Sports Editor.......Bonnie Lowther
Photographers.......Louis Granato,
Paul Hausman, Don Jordan
Advertising.....Lonnie Pena, Carol
Rushing
Advisers . . .
Lynnell Jackson, Sam Fletcher
Staff Writers. . .Carlos Aguilar, Larry
Carlson, LuciaCastillo, RickCol-
lett, Jack Finger, John Graham,
Charles Hughes, Steve Joseph,
George Knopf, Frances Olsem,
Bobbi Rasor, Henry Ridgeway, Glen
Webber.
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Dear Editor:
There is an injustice on the
campus to the broadcasting stu-
dents who operate WSAC.
WSAC is a closed circuit radio
station located in the fine arts
building and operated by the
broadcasting students.
WSAC's music is piped to the
Loftin Student Center daily from
8 a.m. to noon. Along with music,
WSAC plays pre-recorded and
live public service announce-
ments about ecology, drug abuse,
driving safety and voting.
WSAC also serves as a great
opportunity for any and all clubs,
student centers, assemblies and
even the college to announce
activities (dances, movies,
meetings, get togethers, lunches)
that they may want to publicize.
The entire college could bene-
fit from WSAC if only it could
be heard. WSAC is piped to the
Loftin Student Center at an audi-
ble level, but the problem lies
Somethin's gotta
- be done about
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posters around the campus. Also,
the YDs have been concentrating
on voter registration for stu-
dents.
Both clubs have set up cam-
paign tables in the student cen-
ter, and have a large selection
of stickers, pamphlets, andother
materials.
Even so, both groups seem to be
tardy in holding intensive mem-
bership drives, or publicizing
their meetings in time. There is
only one month left in which to
schedule political activities ap-
propriate for a presidential elec-
tion year.
If campus organizations have
been slow in getting started, stu-
dent participation has been even
slower. Granted, classes and jobs
do not leave much time for
thorough work in a political club,
nor does membership in one
necessarily mean good citizen-
ship.
However, two years ago, there
seemed to be an abundance of
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students actively fighting for the
18-year-old vote. Most of them
attended classes and had jobs.
Yet, they had, or made, time to
fight for a privilege.
Is it possible that, having
wrested the right to vote from
"the establishment,^' young peo-
ple are content to ponder smugly
that fact while they sit out the
election?
Joining a campus political or-
ganization, attending routine
meetings and doing vo I untee r
work is hardly sensational, nor
does it have immediate results,
particularly if the work was for
the losing side.
Yet, working within a political
organization like the YRs or
YDs is just as much a form of
activism as circulating petitions
for 18-year-old voting rights.
If organized activism helps a good
candidate, or leads to intelligent
voting, or even voting at all,then
it is worththetimeof any student.
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with the volume of the speakers
in the center being set at such
a low1 level that WSAC cannot
be heard.
Many of my friends and even
students I do not know have
asked my why they can't hear
WSAC. Why is it that college
students are deprived of the pri-
vilege of hearing music during
their break time played espe-
cially for them?
I challenge the student assem-
blage, student centers and all
campus clubs to back me and my
fellow broadcasting students in
petitioning to get the speakers
turned up so everyone in the stu-
dent center may benefit by hear-
ing WSAC.
Let's erase the injustice to
both the students who go to the
student center and the broad-
casting s t u d en t s who operate
WSAC.
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4 - September 29, 1972 - THE RANGER
Campus political organizations fail to take shape
Groups get slow start during busy national election year
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