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Tuesday, November 30, 1971, REFLECTOR, Page 5
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Letters To The· Editor
SA Neglects Blacks?
TO THE EDITOR:
The article "SA Neglects
Blacks" by Lenard (Robert)
Barnes contains several statements that I feel he should explain further.
-1- "By not allocating funds to
the Afro American Plus the SA
Senate has grossly inhibited the
means whereby the black students
may express themselves effectively in the programs of the university." How does the refusal
of an allocation to this particular
organization grossly inhibit the
expression of blacks?
Can't
they write to the Reflector Editor or print Black Viewpoint
columns without this money?
Does this mean that every organization on campus must get
money from the SA in order to
express itself?
-2- "The SA is oriented for the
frats, by the frats, and of the
frats." If so, why don't the frats
get money from the SA?
My
fraternity never has.
-3- "Why did the SA Treasurer
advertise in the Reflector that organizations could submit a budget
to receive SA funds?" Aren't
some organizations, such as the
soccer team, worthy of petitioning the SA for money? Is AA Plus
the only beneficial organization
on this campus and therefore the
only one worthy of requesting
funds?
-4- "The SA President claims
that by allocating the AA Plus
funds, the SA would be establishing a precedence for other organizations to petition for funds."
Wouldn't it? Shouldn't there 'be
guidelines for allocating money?
Couldn't it really be discriminatory if there were no guidelines?
Perhaps there were no guidelines
in the past, but do two wrongs
make a right?
-5- "This is clearly a case of
ex post facto." Is it? Is a Senate
budget legal without the SA President's signature? Would it be
right for the SA President to approve a budget that allocates
funds
without requirements
(guidelines)?
I would like for Mr. Barnes to
explllin his statements in the
light of the questions I have
raised from his article • If he
still feels the SA neglects
Blacks, then he can find sympathy with the "elite" Greeks
who pay out of their own pockets for their self expression.
John Hughes
P.O. Box 5•11
State College, Ms. 39762
BOARD
TO THE EDITOR:
It has become apparent that attitudes have changed since the
1960's. Fashions have dropped
at the top and have risen at the
bottom. Women do not desire to
be housewives and mothers only,
anymore. The Church has undergone change so drastic that
open dissent is witnessed among
the hierachy. Finally,
liquor
(whiskey) has arrived in Oktibbeha County (home of Mississippi
State University).
The University of Mississippi
and the University of Southern
Mississippi are also located in
wet whiskey counties, but regulations made by the Board of
Trustees and laws by the legislature prohibit alcoholic beverages
on state-supported campuses. It
would appear that a change has
not come to the Board of Trustees.
If all three universities come
together, work together, and stay
together, pressure can be brought
by these universities against the
Board. If this pressure fails,
these active campt1ses should
form into groups which represent
every county of Mississippi.
Workingtogether, co-ordinating
representation and communication from and to each group, and
to their county, these students
should push voter registration among all citizens eligible to vote.
Whereby at election time, politicians must consider the fact that
their electorate has a youthful
majority.
There are those who say, "How
does this change the Board of
Trustees?" It might not change
the Board, but a mass of dumped
incumbents running for re-electon brings more and new strength
to any petition that students deliver before the Board.
Still many wish for change at a
much faster rate. To these students, I say, "You cannot win for
dents, I say, "You can not win
anything in the streets, you can
not change minds with fear, and
you can gain nothing bleeding
from a blackjack o r shotgun
wound. But a vote when cast with
other votes can change any system, brother."
We are tomorrow. LISTEN to
us today.
Harry Dreyfus
P. 0. Box L N
State College, Miss. 39762
CORRECTION
Editor's note: We regret that a
mistake was made in make-up of
Shing-Chang Hsieh's letter tothe
editor in the November 19 issue
of the Reflector. The correction
is as follows:
For more than five thousand
years in Chinese history, there
has never been a regime like
Mao's, which, within 20 years,
has killed as many as 60,000,000
people in order to control main- .
land China effectively. A despotic
regime of this kind cannot last a
long time. T~1e subversi:>n of this
despotic regime is in the near
future, as one can clearly see
from those intelligence analysis
of the recent political crisis in
mainland China. Even Lin Piao,
the close comrade and heir-apparent of Mao, has proved to be
on the political skids or dead
because of his unsuccessful
mutiny to overthrow Mao's
regime. Unfortunately, most of
the countries in the world ignore
this and still believe that the
communist regime is in a stable
condition.
Besides this, there are many
refugees who have t:•ied t .., 2:,.
cape from mainland China to Hou!?,
Kong by swimming. Although
more than . half of them are
cruelly killed by the communist
border guards, there are still
more than 100 re!Ugees each ..
week, who successfully arrive in
the free world by an eight-hour
swim in icy cold water.
----------------------
Letters To The· Editor
SA Neglects Blacks?
TO THE EDITOR:
The article "SA Neglects
Blacks" by Lenard (Robert)
Barnes contains several statements that I feel he should explain further.
-1- "By not allocating funds to
the Afro American Plus the SA
Senate has grossly inhibited the
means whereby the black students
may express themselves effectively in the programs of the university." How does the refusal
of an allocation to this particular
organization grossly inhibit the
expression of blacks?
Can't
they write to the Reflector Editor or print Black Viewpoint
columns without this money?
Does this mean that every organization on campus must get
money from the SA in order to
express itself?
-2- "The SA is oriented for the
frats, by the frats, and of the
frats." If so, why don't the frats
get money from the SA?
My
fraternity never has.
-3- "Why did the SA Treasurer
advertise in the Reflector that organizations could submit a budget
to receive SA funds?" Aren't
some organizations, such as the
soccer team, worthy of petitioning the SA for money? Is AA Plus
the only beneficial organization
on this campus and therefore the
only one worthy of requesting
funds?
-4- "The SA President claims
that by allocating the AA Plus
funds, the SA would be establishing a precedence for other organizations to petition for funds."
Wouldn't it? Shouldn't there 'be
guidelines for allocating money?
Couldn't it really be discriminatory if there were no guidelines?
Perhaps there were no guidelines
in the past, but do two wrongs
make a right?
-5- "This is clearly a case of
ex post facto." Is it? Is a Senate
budget legal without the SA President's signature? Would it be
right for the SA President to approve a budget that allocates
funds
without requirements
(guidelines)?
I would like for Mr. Barnes to
explllin his statements in the
light of the questions I have
raised from his article • If he
still feels the SA neglects
Blacks, then he can find sympathy with the "elite" Greeks
who pay out of their own pockets for their self expression.
John Hughes
P.O. Box 5•11
State College, Ms. 39762
BOARD
TO THE EDITOR:
It has become apparent that attitudes have changed since the
1960's. Fashions have dropped
at the top and have risen at the
bottom. Women do not desire to
be housewives and mothers only,
anymore. The Church has undergone change so drastic that
open dissent is witnessed among
the hierachy. Finally,
liquor
(whiskey) has arrived in Oktibbeha County (home of Mississippi
State University).
The University of Mississippi
and the University of Southern
Mississippi are also located in
wet whiskey counties, but regulations made by the Board of
Trustees and laws by the legislature prohibit alcoholic beverages
on state-supported campuses. It
would appear that a change has
not come to the Board of Trustees.
If all three universities come
together, work together, and stay
together, pressure can be brought
by these universities against the
Board. If this pressure fails,
these active campt1ses should
form into groups which represent
every county of Mississippi.
Workingtogether, co-ordinating
representation and communication from and to each group, and
to their county, these students
should push voter registration among all citizens eligible to vote.
Whereby at election time, politicians must consider the fact that
their electorate has a youthful
majority.
There are those who say, "How
does this change the Board of
Trustees?" It might not change
the Board, but a mass of dumped
incumbents running for re-electon brings more and new strength
to any petition that students deliver before the Board.
Still many wish for change at a
much faster rate. To these students, I say, "You cannot win for
dents, I say, "You can not win
anything in the streets, you can
not change minds with fear, and
you can gain nothing bleeding
from a blackjack o r shotgun
wound. But a vote when cast with
other votes can change any system, brother."
We are tomorrow. LISTEN to
us today.
Harry Dreyfus
P. 0. Box L N
State College, Miss. 39762
CORRECTION
Editor's note: We regret that a
mistake was made in make-up of
Shing-Chang Hsieh's letter tothe
editor in the November 19 issue
of the Reflector. The correction
is as follows:
For more than five thousand
years in Chinese history, there
has never been a regime like
Mao's, which, within 20 years,
has killed as many as 60,000,000
people in order to control main- .
land China effectively. A despotic
regime of this kind cannot last a
long time. T~1e subversi:>n of this
despotic regime is in the near
future, as one can clearly see
from those intelligence analysis
of the recent political crisis in
mainland China. Even Lin Piao,
the close comrade and heir-apparent of Mao, has proved to be
on the political skids or dead
because of his unsuccessful
mutiny to overthrow Mao's
regime. Unfortunately, most of
the countries in the world ignore
this and still believe that the
communist regime is in a stable
condition.
Besides this, there are many
refugees who have t:•ied t .., 2:,.
cape from mainland China to Hou!?,
Kong by swimming. Although
more than . half of them are
cruelly killed by the communist
border guards, there are still
more than 100 re!Ugees each ..
week, who successfully arrive in
the free world by an eight-hour
swim in icy cold water.