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By Stephen Foster

It was pleasant to have somebody take the time to answer an article -— even if I don’t agree with what he said. If I were really rash I might start thinking some- one is actually interested in what is going on today. however you pronounce it, for your letter. Now, for what you said.

I was disappointed with your defense of the univer- sity in the second paragraph. You cited three occasions and then alluded to the many more which could be listed. I’m not denying that through- out the hundreds of years there have been instances when radical thought seemed to be prevalent in a univer— sity. The point is that these are very few when compared

to the number of universities

which have existed) do wn through the centuries.

At the same time I would ask you who attended the vast majority of these uni- versities? Unfortunately, only the wealthy could: afford to attend — thus helping to perpetuate the unequal class structures which exist. To- day, one might say, this isn’t true. But I think it is, and that it will continue in this way until we have universal accessibility. It certainly is consistent with a desire to maintain: the status quo to allow only the wealthy the benefit of a full education.

Yes Manuel, there is a com— munist danger. I, for one, would not like to live in a totalitarian country. B u t, who has created this danger? Needless to say the West is not totally blameless. Since 1917 we have continually har- assed communist countries—— not an attitude destined to bring peace, or even under- standing. As for your fine ‘Western Civilization’ I would like to draw your attention to some of the aspects of that “CiviliZation.” Perhops you could look at the US involve- ment in Laos —- especially in 1959. Or perhaps the invas— ion of the Dominican Repub- lic. Or, coming closer to home, look at the police riots in Chicago and Detroit. Look at the democratic South in the US. And please don’t forget

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Nixon’s pet — preventive ar- rest. These are all examples of “Western Civilization” — I think we could do without them. (By the way, I would caution you not to confuse material comfort with civil- ization.)

I’m sorry but the blunder in Vietnam US intervention. Ho Chi Minh was a commun- ist and he was leading Viet- nam in that direction. How— ever, these people had fought against the French to free their land —— only to have the country split in half by the Geneva Accords in 1954. The promise at that time, with the US agreeing but not sign- ing, was that free elections would be held in 1956. This promise was not kept because Eisenhower however knew the communists would win. That’s a pleasant aspect of democracy — have elections only when you’re sure to win. The US should also realize that there are different types of communism. It would have been better to allow Ho his victory at the polls in order to make him an ally. The US has forced the Vietnamese communists into a type of alliance with the Chinese —— one which Vietnamese people did not want. The US, had they bothered: to investigate the nationalistic nature of the Vietnamese, would have rea- lized this. In any event it goes against all the democra— tic mouthings of the US to interfere in domestic strug- gles. But it really doesn’t matter as long as we preserve that great “Western Civiliza- tion.” (If policing action had been necessary the ICC would have been the appropriate body to undertake this mis- sion.)

As far as the Bay of Pigs being justified — bullshit. That is the same as sanction- ing the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. While you ask about Che in Bolivia I ask about the CIA in South America generally, not to mention Southeast Asia, Europe, and university campii in the US. But thanks for trying to read my mind.

I suggest you familiarize yourself with th e philoso- phies of Christ, Gandhi, and Malcolm X. Read the Bible, Gandhi, An Autobiography:

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The Story of My Experiences With Truth, and The Auto- biography of Malcolm X. (You might also read The Philosophy of Mahatma Gan- dhi by D. M. Datta.) '

I would suggest that uni- versities no longer ignore the world. Truth, Plato’s Forms, what use are they to a person starving to death. Is a person supposed to cheer the search for truth when his belly is distended, or when his skin is burned and his blood is boiling after the napalm falls? No. Far better for the so—called educated people to get out of the Ivory Tower and apply their know- ledge to solving some of the problems that exist today. Truth is not a separate en- tity —— floating high above the realities of life. We can no longer afford the luxury to sit back and think of ab- stract utopias. We must try, in our bumbling human fash- ion, to solve, 0r relieve, the problems of poverty, discrim- ination, exploitation, aggres- sion, and potential annihila- tion.

My hope for you, Mr. Prutschi, is that you will take off your rose-tinted glasses when you look at “Western Civilization.” I hope you Will eventually see that every- is not simply a matter of black and white — there’s a lot of gray in this world, making it impossible to deal in terms of absolutes. In ord- er to understand we must be willing to compromise — and admit that even the almighty US can make mistakes, the super race went out with Hitler —— I think.

(Some supplemental read- ings which will increase your knowledge of the great “Wes- tern Civilization: Hershey’s The Algiers Motel Incident, Cleaver’s Soul On Ice, Ghetto Crises by Henry Etzkowitz and Gerald M. Schaflander, Report of the National Ad- visory Commission on Civil Disorders and its supplement (both March, 1968) and: Paul Chevigny’s Police Power. To see why Nixon is the way he is, and why Johnson was the way he was, I suggest Six Crises by Nixon and Evans and Novak’s book Lyndon B- Johnson: The Exercise of

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Why Not Make It Official? by Mike McGaughey

Let’s chalk up another one for democracy! Yes, thanks to our recent referendum we the proud students of UPEI are now the proud possessors of the green and White var- sity panthers. While every- one may not agree to the conjugality of colour and name they were at least sug- gested and: chosen by mem- bers of the UPEI student’s union.

How were our senators chosen? In the same manner of course! Each was nomin- ated and elected! by U.P.E.I.- S.U. members in a true de- mocratic procedure.

How was our constitution ratified? Again the answer is the same. Individual U.P.E.I.S.U. members expres- sed their compliance with or rejection of this vital docu- ment by means of a free ballot.

N ow this preamble all leads up to the main purpose of this article. To state the case in precise terms I intend, as a member of the U.P.E.I.S.U. to strenuoust object to the manner in which the name of this newspaper was chosen. In order to illustrate my op- position to the manner in, which the name was arrived at let’s delve into the back- ground information that leads me to my conclusions.

Early in this university term the then temporary ‘fpowers-that-be” of the then nameless newspaper c a1 led forth loudly and begged the students of this university to suggest under what name the newspaper ought to be chris- tened. To be sure the res- ponse was not overwhelming by any stretch of the imag- ination but nevertheless sev-

eral interested students res— ponded with suggestions. As far as this procedure had now progressed all seemed to be legitimate and above-board. Alas! we then came to the point Where all such similari- ties both real and imagined ended and a process contemp- table to democratic action be- gan.

It seems as if all this man- eouvering was nothing more than an act or a complete sham to cover up the shady undercover workings of the higher forms of life on the interim chiefs of staff. It soon became apparent that the final decision on the name had boiled down to two choic- es which had been supplied in advance by the aforemen- tioned “powers - that - be”. ested appelations were thrust ested appalations were thrust upon a then unofficial staff, dividing it into two opposing factions. In the interest of absolute clarity let me stress the following point. At no time was a name suggested by a U.P.E.I.S.U. member even considered or brought up for consideration. These suggestions were no even re- vealed to anyone outside these opposing cliques. All attempts to find out what suggestions w ere actually p ropos ed by U.P.E.I.S.U. members outside these cliq- ues met with a curt dismissal on the grounds that no one suggested any name that was meant to be taken seriously.

Since we never knew what names were suggested it is obvious that these demi-gods never even intended to con- sider these suggestions and that their apparent soliciting of names was nothing more than a cover-up for their own back-stabbing activities. To sum up a pathetic tale there

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Dear Editor:

I am writing in regard to the article “Men Termed Pre-

verbed (Sic) Perverts” as. it girls (one indeed, was ran- who has, I apologize for the spubjm appeared in the October 24 domly lifted from another confusion. EWICE issue of THE CADRE. It is of hoped» that the remarks made Canada

by the four students will not be taken as an example of the

ideas of the student body at /

the Mount. Hopefully at the next conference held at your university, the remarks made by our students will be more responsible and will extend beyond the topic of perverts:

Yours truly Diane Buffet "BA. 1971

Ed note: The article was not meant to be serious. It was.

intended (as were parts of ‘

“All the News That’s Print to Fit”) as a parody of a des- perate search for news on our part (see editorial, same is- sue) Not all the remarks quoted were. made. by.. the

conversation at a n at h e r table). Most of the remarks they did make were printed wildly out of context. They knew it wasn’t serious, and I didn’t think anyone W o u l (1 take it seriously. To anyone

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