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In these days of backlash
votes and disillusioned Re
publicans, few people have
taken time to comtemplate
the distress of another sec
tor of thj Disillusioned
the disillusioned Americans.
Yes, we have the good de
mocracy and the freedom
of choice and all that, and
our political system, with
variations, has served us
since the days of the Found
ing Fathers, but when dec
tion year comes padding in
on little cat feet I'm sur
prised someone doesn't pro
test the degredation the
citizens of this place are
subjected to.
If I can do so without
appearing to strike a blow
for apathy, I hereby regis
ter a strong protest to the
majority of political candi
dates and their supporters
for treating us like children
no, idiots.
I can be attacked on the
grounds that I don't know
much about politics. I am
not affiliated with either par
ty, nor do I know yet for
whom my vote will be cast
on the Day of Infamy,
whichever way the results
go. I will vote, however, in
spite of the efforts of all
campaigners to discourage
me from doing so.
I'm talking about charges.
And countercharges and de
nials. And contradictory
statements. And power
seekers and egotists. And
empty i mises. Emotional
tributes gwash!
People j e 1 i e v e these
things. They stand on street
corners and sit in bars and
argue heatedly about
By Frank Partsch
which presidential candi
date will start frying the
world and which would rath
er frisk it. Now I doubt
seriously if either Mr. Gold
water or Mr. Johnson will
do either. But I seem to be
in the minority.
Take for example the can
didates for the House seat
from the Second District.
These two esteemed gentle
men wasted most of t h e
summer fabricating a cam
paign issue over the quali
fications of a newly ap
pointed president of a muni
cipal university and equal
ly asinine subjects.
It is the grass roots peo
ple, however, that are the
worst offenders. They aren't
politicians they are evan
gelists who approach poli
tics with a zeal unrivaled
in religion since the davs
of witchhunting.
Once in a while one of
the candidates slips up and
lets a real issue out. We
disillusioned Americans
must be ever watchful for
this indiscretion, for it is
from these unguarded state
ments that we must make
our evaluations and deci
sions. Ours is a difficult vote to
win. It is not bought with
a staged convention and a
paid demonstration. It is not
influenced by a mimeo
graphed party line nor is it
fooled by a pretty hat and
a catchy phrase.
Our vote is OUR VOTE.
We will give it to the can
didates in November, but,
in some instances it will be
given to the lesser of two
evils rather than the better
of two statesmen.
Campus Coloring Book
See John Lonnquist Color him entertained by Lynda
Bird.
See the "lone star state" Color it with oil paints.
See the elevator Push 13 and pray.
See the week before homecoming Color it frustrat
ingly with hour exams.
Tasking Trask
Dear Editor:
How revelating of David
Trask to echo Jules Hen
ry's idea of "the adversities
of living in culture." For
that matter, how revelating
of Jules Henry to think of
cultural adversities.
Taking Trask to task (you
can see I'm interested in
words, too, and not in ideas)
is going to be rather enjoy
able. I ALSO found out
about cultural adversities
the first time I got a bloody
s nose from one of my cul
tural playmates. But then,
I enjoy a good controversy.
Trask, it appears, enjoys
counselling and consulting.
Let's fictionalize an early
morning Trask consultation:
"Now, child, this is diffi
cult for me to say, but ac
cording to the leading dark
horse anthopologists, culture
has its adversities.
"Whatever you do, don't
experiment, especially with
alcohol . . . you might find
out what a daiquiri tastes
like. Take my word for it;
it tastes like hell.
An whatever else you do,
don't debase yourself in de
biliating sexual adventures.
Sex is ugly. It is so ugly
that this is the only way
mankind can procreate . . .
What? Too large a word,
oh, well . . . beget, ah, re
produce himself. Well never
mind, I say stop sex ano
ther. Besides, it would be
a positive population check.
"Another thing you should
keep in mind is that never
attempt to suppress your
extremely hectic activities
chedule. If you have an
AUF meeting, GO! If your
advisor wants to see you,
d o n 't mumble something
about suppression, GO! If
Nature beckons, GO! If nec
essary, buy a Builder's cal
endar. "One more piece of ad
vice. Don't become indiffer
ent or apathetic. Indiffer
ence breeds contempt and
contempt breeds disrespect
and disrespect breeds sloth
fulness and slothfulness
breeds apathy.
Well, I guess I got off the
Trask or task or track.
Again, how revelating that
culture has adversities.
Why, by God, that must
mean that crime and comic
books and war, yes, even
war, and pornography and
automobiles (that's science
for you) and . . . ah . . .
even nasty letters to the
editor are all products of
culture adverse products,
of course. How devastating.
How diabolical. How earth
shaking and . . . mundane.
Patrick Drake
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