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Things are in a mighty sorry state.
The bad news is the state of ASUN
elections. They're all serious, for God's sake.
I remember the days when we didn't have
to spend an afternoon at Hyde Park with our
brains all tied in knots by the politicking
around us. Seems like yesterday that folks
like the Yippies and the Grease and Freedom
parties were smoothing things out.
I can remember Alan Siporin telling
open-moutheti audiences in 1970 that if
elected his policy would be legalized
euthansasia. ("Gee, Grampa, you remember
that?") And I can remember him missing
most of the election.
A year later (last year) the Grease and
Freedom party gave us "Nothin' better 'n
Beer," and Rick Apthorpe spewing
straightfaced news conference statements
like, "As a young man entering college I
typified American youth. Alas, with the
flowing tide of time I became more realistic,
and more committed. Now I've got it all
together."
The candidates are still pretty funny,
without really trying, I'm sure. They proved
it Thursday afternoon at their debate-and
without the help of any spoof candidates. I
was there and I heard some pretty
remarkable things.
One of the candidates, they may as well
be anonymous here, when asked what he
had done during his tenure in ASUN senate,
. replied with a lengthy statement of his
accomplishments in the Engineering College.
Another mentioned that he had omitted a
human rights plank from his platform
because everybody else has one. And neither
of them cracked a smile.
I'd rather fly upside down in a glider
plane than listen to another one of those.
So before things get out of hand, I'd like
to endorse Alan Siporin and Rick Apthorpe
for collective president of the ASUN Senate.
Seriously, vote in the elections on
Wednesday. In addition to the election of
senate officers and senators, issues including
beer on campus and a revised ASUN
constitution are on the ballot. If you vote,
you likely won't feel any worse than you did
today and somebody else might feel better
for it.
This is an unabashed plug in favor of
non-capitalistic ventures, the creative
revolution, having a good time and mostly in
favor of beans.
Can O' Beans, is a comic that myself and
some other folks got up. We did it somewhat
because we think that a smile can, in fact, be
an umbrella,' and we believe for every drop
of rain that falls. . . a flower grows!
There isn't much I can do to tell you
more-John Sinclair and Regent Robert
Prokop bought copies last week. It's just 1 5
cents at a booth in the Union (sometimes),
the ASUN Record Store, Dirt Cheap, the
General Store, Unit and Blue Sky Books.
In addition to selling Lincoln's only
comic, these places are into doing
economically right by the folks in the
community.
So give us the break we're willing to give
you. Buy Can O' Beans. All the profits go
back into improving the next issue, and
providing it at the same price. You can't lose
on the deal.
J'
kka
Dear editor:
I'd like to share a portion of a letter received from a friend
stationed aboard the USS Hancock:
To fight but why
I kill, people every day.
Maybe I'm not the one who drops the bomb.
I might not aim, and shoot the gun
but in my own way I help to kill
Many people, and it makes me ill.
I'm nothing but a sailor it's true
A snipe at that, between me and you.
I'm stationed on a man of war
A bird farm I've heard it called before.
We carry the planes that spread death and hate
And once your here, ya know, it's too late.
Too late to stop this horrible mess.
The only thing left is what, to be depressed.
That does no one any good.
Maybe try to make myself understood
To tell people of the wrong we do
They don't believe they say it's not true.
We are here to fight for the rights
Of the people we killed the last few nights.
Now that their dead, they are free
Thanks to us, you and me.
So we have done our job it's true.
I hope you feel good about the work you do.
The Sad Sailor
"You know I never really realized how much I was against
this stupid 'so called war' until I got over here. To think that
everyday the planes leave loaded and come back empty and
where it goes. You can bet for damn sure they don't drop it in
the water. I have really been restless lately. I find it hard to
sleep, when I do sleep I dream awful things. The other night I
layed down, got out Mona's picture and stared at it until I
slept. It was the first night in a week I slept peacefully. I
dreamt again but this time they were pleasant dreams of Mona
and myself. I relived many of thethingsl've done in the past.
It was so beautiful. When I woke up I was at peace with myself
for a while "
Michael C. Randall
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