The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1969 Page: 2 of 16
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JW. RF.DBIRD Nov. 7. 1969-Pajge 2
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Cardinal
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By Wanda Beyer
V Reader's
t Response
▼ Dear Editor:
^ This is a plea for communi-
▲ cation.
During the last nine months
▼ this campus has been the scene
A of much disagreement and dis-
a sent — between students and
▼ administration, between black
^ and white, hawks and doves, act-
▲ ivists and pacifists, and so on,
r ad infinitum. The conflict of opin-
▼ ions and the obvious tension
A created by polemic views should
^ not be regarded as evil.
What is tragic, rather than
This column will be a regular feature ofi ev”l is “at ^ ^‘sentnever
O ^ /-I lu 4 «« l » « « * t- m ■ * /s 1%- ill /*J V\ n i * V. wa i r r /\ n ”
» the Redbird. Questions* should be submitted
▼ to the Redbird, P. O. Box 10467 no later thanj
p.m. Tuesday. The Redbird staff is solely^
develops into genuine dialogue
through which new good can be
achieved. Conservatives and lib-
Aright to reject any question.
Q. Where can students get a Redbird? How many are printed
each week? L. I. S.
Q. Is KLSC, the campus radio station, still in existence?
If so, where can I find out more about it? G. M.
A. KLSC is in limbo at the present time. However an edu-
cational FM station is under study, but is not far enough advanced
at present to make any definite statement.
Q. Why
J. L. A.
was the homecoming parade not televised this year?
A, According to a member of the KBMT staff, “we don't have
remote equipment, but we did run a special of the team which
did have some coverage of the parade.*
A KJAC staff member said that they were unable to generate
local sponsor support.
So it boils down to lack of equipment, money and public interest.
Q. What is an ombudsman? B. L. B.
A. An ombudsman is a “go between*.
Cont. on page 10
In the case of Lamar,
$'6 p.m. Tuesday. The Redbird staff is solely^
^responsible for its contents and reserves the^ erals alike (toname two more
■ opposing factions) generallyAhold
themselves and others to what
has been laid down, and dissent
serves only to reinforce one's
own opinions.
Martin Buber defined the sta-
A. The Redbird is distributed by Circle K, Papers may be sis of such a sheepfold as “nar-
picked up at the snack bar, dorms, library, Liberal Arts building, row minded cliquism” and
or the Redbird office. There are 6,000 copies printed each week. claimed that the reciprocal test-
ing and correcting in the common
viewing must be the process
through which opinion is time
after time reborn. Yet opinion
cannot be reborn. Yet opinion
cannot be reborn without mean-
ingful, true communication, and
herein lies the problem at Lamar.
At the moratorium held on this
campus Oct. 15, it was claimed
that the Viet Nam war was in
a sense an enlargement of the
non - communicative, apathetic
situations found on college cam-
puses across the length and
breadth of the U. S., which would
certainly include the various
“cold war* situations found at
Lamar. This claim seems valid
to me, and further, any “cold
war* which exists at Lamar or
anywhere is at least partly an
expansion of the secret war in
the innermost being of the in-
dividuals involved.
The ideal of the great Pax
exists not only between nations,
or between persons, but between
the warring elements within the
individual. What then does true
peace signify on any level—a
mere cessation of hostilities or
real coexistence? If coexistence
is the answer, then it must be
admitted that such cannot exist
without meaningful communica-
tion. Indeed, it can’t even get
off the ground.
To have a true exchange of
ideas, a free atmosphere must
exist in which an individual will
first be able to deal honestly
with himself, and secondly with
others. Both sides must become
vulnerable not merely to each
other’s views but to each other.
For this reason, I wish to
call for the creation of an on-
campus forum of faculty and stu-
dents, meeting regularly for a
free, unrestricted exchange of
views.
This forum initially would
bring together the various aca-
demic schools into a genuine dia-
logue to define the borders of
responsibility for administra-
tion, faculty and students by open
discussion.
Such a forum would also re-
quire that we speak meaningfully
and unreservedly with each other,
not overlooking the things which
divide us, but determining rather
to bear this division in common
toward an equitable and just re-
solution. -
If we desire to build a com-
Cont. on page ID
The Redbird Staff
Editor........................................................Mike Ramsey
News Editor.............................................Kathy Williams
Business Manager.......................................Linda Reeves
Sports Writers^..,......................................Ronald Scales
Julian Galiano
Photographers..........................................Bobby Dickinson
Harry Kingston
Roger Dillon
Faculty Advisor........^............................R. H. Wilkerson
Staff Writers Judy Hammond, Phyllis Lewis, Carole Marcella.
Reporters (Journalism 231) Jeri Lynne Ashley, Wanda D.
Beyer, Betty Brink, James Rodney Callas, Terry C. Clotiaux,
Karen Donley, Charles Fontenot Jr., Paul N. Fortney Jr.,
Lonzo Fregia, Christine Kreisher, Charles McCralne Jr., H. O.
Overstreet Jr., Donald Z. Pumphrey, Belinda Schexnayder,
Beryl Diane Smith A1 be rtMelvln Thompson Jr.
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is published weekly on Fridays except during holidays, dead
week and final examination periods during the regular school
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office and newsroom are located in Offices 113 and 115,
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student staff and do not necessarily reflect those of the
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Something old, nothing new!
If a need for another moratorium was ev-
er doubted, President Nixon quickly vanish-
ed all of that Monday with the same Vietnam
speech we’ve heard for nine years.
The president’s speech contained nothing
new, and expressed only his determination
to end the war.
The President obviously was looking for
sympathy for his Vietnam policy and trying to
appeal to the Moratorium leaders who have
already been labeled impudent snobs by Mr.
Nixon’s hatchet man, Vice President Agnew.
Most of the nation had held off any mean-
ingful debate on the war since Nixon had an-
nounced the major speech three weeks ago
in obvious hopes something new would develop.
Instead of anything new, it was the same
line Washington has been handing out since
the first American life was lost in that deso-
late area.
If anything the speech should help the Mor-
atorium gain momentum.
We now feel that even more Americans
will step forward to protest this great Am-
erican cover-up.
Job Well Done
Homecoming 1969 is now history and we
cannot begin to praise the efforts of Lamar
students in putting on one of the best affairs
in the school’s history. But let us try.
For originality this year’s homecoming
has no equal. The bazaar was a great success
as approximately $450 was turned over to
charity.
Lamar students and organizations were
afforded the opportunity to display creative
thinking and our only regret is that more did
not take advantage of it. Those who did de-
serve special praise, and because of their ef-
forts we look for an even better showing
next year and in years to come.
The parade helped to shed even more
light on the creativity of Lamar students.
The endless hours spent in preparing floats
was well worth the effort, we are sure, for
all connected with the projects.
Special recognition should go to Ken Ber-
nard, homecoming chairman, Tanya Walker,
bazaar chairman, and Paul Taylor, associa-
te dean of students and faculty advisor for
the event. Also we salute the entire home-
coming committee for its diligent work in
carrying out a truly fine affair.
House splits
The House finally took some constructive
action Monday when a resolution was passed
dividing this group into committees.
These committees will discuss various
problems on campus and will present them
to the House for consideration and investiga-
tion.
Through this move it is hoped that more
members will become involved, in the work-
ings of this branch. Up until this point the
House had been merely a collective body of
representatives who had done little but squab-
ble over minor points.
This problem may not be solved through
this act. But one thing is for sure, it cer-
tainly will not hurt to try a new approach at
problem-solving on this campus.
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Ramsey, Mike. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 7, 1969, newspaper, November 7, 1969; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499290/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.