1969_03 The Daily Collegian March 1969

              Angry young man
(Continued from page 2)
art, no free politics, nofreellfe?
You rage against 'a heartless
country In which the poor get
poorer.' Alas, poor Yorlcks: The
decline In poverty In the U.S. Is
among the more astonishing and
hopeful facts of human history.
On 1900, about 90 per cent of our
population was poor; In 1920 —
50 per cent; In 1930 — 34 per
cent; In 1968 - 15 per cent). You
will cry that 15 per cent Is out¬
rageous. Agreed. The question
Is: How best abolish It? (A nega¬
tive Income tax makes more
sense than anything your col¬
leagues propose.)
■The middle class exploits the
unemployed." Please examine
that cliche. Would the middle
class be worse off or better off
If all the unemployed magically
disappeared? Obviously, much
better off: Think of the enormous
saving in taxes, the enormous
Improvement in public services,
used   t
Well, so does
have you tried
rs? You pillory
us for Injustices not of our mak¬
ing, frictions not of our choice,
dilemmas that history (or our
forebears or the sheer intract¬
ability of events) presented to us.
You say we 'failed* because you
face so many. awful problems.
Will you then accept blame for
all the problems that exist (and
they will) when you are 20 years
older? And how do you know that
all problems are soluble? Or
soluble swiftly? Or soluble
peacefully? Or soluble, given the
the
focused   energies
d with?
I say that you are falling us -
In falling to learn and respect
discomforting facts; In falling to
learn how to think ( It is easier
to complain); In using violence to
shut down colleges;Inshamefully
denying the freedom of others to
study and to teach; in barbarous¬
ly slandering and abusing and
shouting down those who disagree
with you; in looting, stealing and
defiling; In failing to see how
much more complicated social
problems   are  than   you  blindly
acting o
of a
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norance for which
excuse, and a hysteria
youth Is i
lng*? You don't even understand
that when you call me a 'mother
 • you are projecting your
unresolved Incestuous wishes on¬
to me. The technical name for
such projection, In advanced
form Is paranoia.
Again and again, you say, 'the
American people want" or "de¬
mand* or "Insist." How do you
know? Every poll I have seen
puts your position In a minority.
You just say, 'the American
people demand" - than add what¬
ever you prefer. This Is Intellec¬
tually sloppy at best, and corrupt
You wan
to'i
k this sic
It took the hi
of thought and pain and suffering
and hard experiment to devise it.
Democracy Is not a "state" but a
process; it Is a way of solving
human problems, a way of hob¬
bling power, a way of protecting
every   minority from the awful,
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fatal tyranny of either the few or
the many.
Whatever   Its  imperfections,
democracy  is   the  only  system
man has discovered that makes
possible change without violence.
Do you really prefer bloodshed
to debate? Quick dictates to slow
law? This democracy made pos¬
sible a great revolution In the
past 35 years (a profound trans¬
fer of power, a distribution of
wealth, an Improvement of living
and health) without 'liquidating*
millions, without suppressing
free speech, without the obsceni¬
ties of dogma enforced by terror.
This 'slow, inefficient* system
protects people like me against
people like you; and (though you
don't realize it) protects inno¬
cents like you against those 're¬
actionary . . . fascist forces'
you fear: They, like you, prefer
•action to talk.' As for 'secur¬
ity* — at what price? The most
Is a prison; v
ly, recklessly and Intransigents
attacked 'the Establishment'?
(Every political order has one.)
Wherever 'our heroes - Marx,
Mao, Che" have prevailed, stu¬
dents, writers, teachers, scien¬
tists have been punished with
hard labor or death — for what?
For their opinions. Where but in
"fake democracies" are mass
demonstrations possible, or your
bitter   (and   legitimate)  dissent
You   rail   against   "leaders
ceive the people." Your leaders
are self-dramatlzers who de¬
mand that power, which would
craze them, and they deceive you
In not telling you how they plan
- lo fc
vail.*
do.   I,   unlike  >
put   'up  agalns
"cheap politician* more cynically
deceived you than fanatical mili¬
tants did — and will. Your sup¬
port feeds (heir neurotic (because
extremist) needs. Washington's
* 'Non-Violent! Coordinating
Committee" has engaged in gun¬
fire  for  three  days  as I write
You say Marcuse 'shows that
capitalist freedom actually en-
he only says.) He certainly does
not sound enslaved. And does
moutblng fragments of 19th-cen¬
tury Ideology (Marx, Bakunln)
really liberate? And Is not Mar¬
cuse 40 years 'older than 30,"
your cutoff on credibility? Inci¬
dentally, would you trust your
life to a surgeon under 30 — who
never finished medical school?
Your Irrationality makes me
wonder how you were ever ad¬
mitted Into Columbia. You con¬
fuse rhetoric with reasoning. As¬
sertions are not facts. Pawslon
is no substitute for knowledge.
Slogans are not solutions. Your
idealism takes no brains. And
when you dismiss our differences
with contempt, you become con¬
temptible.
Very sincerely yours,
LEO ROSTEN
P.S. Please don't take any more
courses In sociology, which se¬
duces the Immature into thinking
they understand a problem If they
discuss it In polysyllables. Jar¬
gon Is not Insight. Vocabulary is
the opiate of radicals.
—LOOK MAGAZINE
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Tippy tippy treading
My most sensitive readers will, perhaps, have difficulty bearing
with this writer as he tippy tippy treads upon at least several pro¬
verbial toes. In short, we (I.e. 'I") must needs forgo the current,
collegiate vogue for 'passivism" in relating a truth and an incident
of hard and serious consequence. This said incident concerns Itself
with the realization (and the events consequent of that realization)
of one Allen Bunkln - a three month freshman at the college of his
choice — that he had never been involved In an honest to goodness
fisticuff (I.e. barroom tiff)- To come more to the point, Allen raised
serious doubts among his assorted "selves" that he deserved to be
called a "man", since he had never brought upon himself the obvious
test of 'masculinity": an angry confrontation with a peer, which
could be settled 'honorably" only through the violent application of
each party to the other.
We shall waive a lengthy examination of the background of poor
Allen Bunkln's misgivings. Suffice to say that Allen had attended, as
was usual, several dormitory 'bull sessions* and listened attentive¬
ly, If blushingly, as several of the young speakers raved, with all
possible descriptlveness, about their glorious and Justified involve-
"s", 'personal af-
the dialog, for in
strong personal
He gang hangs
Allen Bunktn a
over no less than his fifth b
the hops, world's finest Iag<
that would b
frontals", etc., eto. "Allen Bunkln could never, oi
caslons, make a colorful contribution of his own tc
truth, Allen had never been In a fight.
It wasn't long, then, before our hero made
resolution to rectify this grave shortcoming of hi
bold Bunkln resolved to go "downtown" the coming Friday night,
and claim for himself a coveted piece of masculinity. Allen wanted
to beat somebody up.
Having made this resolution on a Monday, the week passed as
doggedly as was possible In anticipation. But Friday night must
come and come it surely did. Yet how the chilling time flew as Allen
Bunkln troubled himself with last minute preparations for his noble
crusade! (shower,.shave, etc. plus liberal application of epidermal
spices — Allen never pooh-poohed a potentially good social scene.)
A nervous (It must be admitted) young man, to be surel
popular Fetal Tavern, where, of
It certainly Is crowded, but, yes,
far end of the bar rapidly working
of ACE Beer (fire brewed, kiss o'
ice 31 B.C., etc., etc.). Bunkln has
consumed, he believes, enough courage to Justify his honor
... to Invoke his masculinity ... to lay his manhood on the bar . . .
to pick a fight with some fink. Thusly disposed, Allen turns to the
young man on his Immediate right (who Is occupied "considerably"
with a lady friend). Bunkln does not like his looks and wants not the
courage to make these sentiments known.
"Okay, bubba, whatdy' thin' yer doln' with da' 111 honey ever der?
Answer me, bubba. Answer me, bubbal Don' ya know better den t'
make out at a bar? . . . Shape up!" Allen is Interrupted by an un¬
timely release of gas from his stomach.
•Look, buddy, I don't know what your trouble Is
you mind your own business. Let me make it clear. S
or I'll shut you up!" This fellow apparently had no sr
his own capabilities. And his strength of character In
rebuke was much approved In the eyes of his passionate lady friend
(this passion being heightened, no doubt, by her singular consump¬
tion of one pitcher ot beer.).
Bui Allen was firmly allied with his honor and would In no way
listen to reason. "Tell me |! shut up wul ya bubbal Huh? Huh? Why
you rum-dum. You n' yer babe both hurt If ya can't take a HI frien'ly
advlsh. How's a 111 bit o' this shult ya?" At this time Allen seeped
off of his stool and stood (in a sense), applying light, abusive Jabs
with his palm to the head of the other young gentleman. This poor
fellow was vexed not a little, and proceeded angrily from his own
stool to meet Allen's challenge, quickly relating questions, of honor
and masculinity to the situation at hand. His young Udy friend, how¬
ever, knowing little of honor, masculinity, virility, etc., made an
immediate decision involving Justice, and, picking up her empty
pitcher, hurled that same object with considerable force toward the
head of Allen Bunkln. No sooner had she reached a verdict, In effect,
than Justice was done and Allen stood horizontally upon the floor,
dumb to bis surroundings, blood liberating Itself from a not so se¬
cret passage In Bunkln's head.
Compassion is not the bouncer's 'bag", as we say, and so up
comes one of the hugest cr-iatures in the world (with a tie on),
grabs Allen by the pants with one hand, and deposits him on the side¬
walk In front of the Fetal (congratulating himself on having effective¬
ly controlled another potentially dangerous situation). Our hero Is
then assisted by friends back to the dorm, where he Is nursed and
revitalized — so completely, In fact, that Bunkin has the strength
and patience to satisfy the many eager ears with the glorious and
bloody details of the horrendous fight which, though unreasonably
outnumbered, he had been forced, In honor, to enter. (The reader
may guess that Allen Bunkln's conscience dealt with him severely
later, . . and to some good.)
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Mainly sports  1
By Dennis McCall, Sports editor
Next year might be the year of the Bulldog in the first-ever
pacific Coast Athletic Association basketball race providing Coach
Ed Gregory can pull off some sort of recruiting coup and land a player
whose physical stature is such that he needs an altimeter.
The one thl.i<r Gregory's successful 1968-69 team needed most
was a good, tall man. Center Ron Rlegel held down the pivot po¬
sition the past season but at 6-7 he's not big when you campare him
with   other   centers   who   range   In   size  from  6-9 to seven feet.
Gregory will have a returning nucleus next year that would make
most coaches drool. Coming back are starting guards Rob
Stephens and Bob Vasllovlch, along with forwards Lu Davis and Larry
Henrlcksen. All are Juniors except Henricksen who Is tag a
sophomore. , j©
With these four returning plus some good strength from returning
non-starters and a few outstanding prospects from the frosh team
Gregory could Bold another conference champion. Fresno hasn't
had one for the past three seasons and Gregory is anxious to have
another conference flag.
•If we can get the right big man, we should have a very strong
team," Gregory observed. 'We hope to pick up a couple of strong
players from the junior colleges. If we do this, we shouldbe In good
shape for next season.  The one thing we really lacked was physical
The  amiable Bulldog cage b
has already ti
veral  good prospects but added
Gregory Is high on his two guards and calls them "as good as
any team can put on the floor." But Stephens and Vasllovlch may
get a tussle for the starting role from frosh standout Sam Jackson,
a lanky 6-5 Oakland product who eclipsed two scoring records.
± "I think Jackson Is awfully talented,* Gregory said. 'He'll give
Stephens and Vasllovlch a good run."
The Bulldogs will also put a couple of forwards on the floor who
outstanding job. Davis has paced
been one of the
Bulldogs' biggest Individual
crowdpleasers.   Limber   Lu   Is
who came on late lr
Gregory  looks  for
were very pleased wl
potentially he Is a i
We didn't know he
has a bright future
ED GREGORY f
Gregory Is also counting on soph c
at well fi
e quarter mile last
dwlUi
K.n Robl.on
.4 clocking. Both will represent the Bull-
Saturday's three-way meet In Palo Alto with
' and Occidental. (See story page 8).
Bylaw revision proposal
stirs Board of Athletics
A proposed bylaw revision sub¬
mitted to the Senate Board on
Athletics of the Fresno State
College Association, Inc., by the
Varsity F Society spurred heated
discussion concerning the repre¬
sentation of physical education
majors on the board.
An open-hearing meeting In¬
viting all Interested students will
be held next Tuesday at 1 p.m.
to consider all official board re¬
vision proposals.
Under the proposal submitted
by Varsity F President Steve
Burdlch, Article V, Section C,
Clause n, Part b, would read
under Item 6: "Two students,
preferrably one male and female
who are physical education n
the representation i
which allows any I
dent to be a senator by being
elected, did not prevent the phys¬
ical education major from getting
a seat on the board.
Among otber business it was
approved to recommend to the
Board of Directors that $365 be
allocated to send Ken Oyer to the
National Intercollegiate Wres¬
tling Tournament at Brigham
Young University in Salt Lake
City.
Board members and athletic
director, Cecil Coleman made it
clear this was no special Interest
n any
spot on the floor so Gregory might work him In more at forward.
The supporting cast should be good with the likes of returnees
Jeff Flaming (6-5), Brad Leonard (6-3) and Jack Sanders (6-3),
along with two other candidates from Ihe frosh team, Bob Kleln-
holtz and Steve Norcross.
Gregory promises his team will play the same type of exciting,
quick-pace game It did this year. And if he can get that big man,
the Bulldogs will definitely be a title contender. He'll have to have
a good team to keep company with the likes of San Jose State,
VC Santa Barbara, San Diego State, and Long Beach. San Jose and
UCSB have their entire first strings returning next year. And Long
Beach has an eye-popping crop of returnees plus several sensational
frosh players to count on.
Fresno will carry a fine basketball tradition into the new and
stronger PCAA. The past three seasons the Bulldogs have been
runnerups in the CCAA and the previous five years FSC was the
conference ruler. Gregory has an impressive record too, 73-33
at  FSC  and  113-48  for  his  six  years  of coaching college ball.
The soft-spoken cage boss Is eyebalttng next season with en¬
thusiasm and optimism and welcomes the tougher competition in the
new conference. He likes the tougher league also because It gives
FSC university status In athletics and "will give us a chance to attract
top-flight   players.   We'll have a chance to Improve our program.*
The new program will mean increasing the number of basketball
scholarships.      The   PCAA   rules   state that  each  school cannot
have   more  than 18 basketball scholarships.   San Diego State cur¬
rently has 18, Santa Barbara and      ■-•■■■•■•■•■•■•■•■•■•■■••i
San Jose have nearly that many
but Fresno falls considerably be¬
low the maximum.
ively lr
n ath-
the fall.'
Burdlch argued that the Senate
needed representation from per-
Senator  John Walke said that
Study in
Guadalajara, Mexico
5 the request for
wrestling coach stating that Oyer
had met all the necessary cri¬
teria. Oyer was the conference
champion and his chance toplace
high should warrant his going,
said Coleman. Last year FSC's
Mike Gallego won both coUege
and university division titles.
Campus Crusade for Christ
presents
COLLEGE LIFE
WICK WALTMIRE
FSC Athletes in Action staff representative
Sunday, March 9
8:45 P.M. College Union 314
: All  FSC students arc welcome :::::■:::•:•
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