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IB ISSUE risd nov 26

The Child of Fas hion

Barry Gai ther spoke to s tudents about Black Art . They expected a phrase,Black Art is t , tha t had the weight of the Fauvis ts , the Impress ion­is ts , the Pre-Raphael i tes . The s tudents fai l ­ed to real ize that they were deal ing with a white vocabulary. A few years ago the work would have been cal led Negro Art . The black experience in America i s very much wrapped in many of the i l lus ions that White America has and i s exper iencing ( a car ry-over from the Negro eexperience - involuntary Westerni­zat ion.

Can one be the only Black man on Iceland

i c e b e 8 r f s ^ i c e b e r g s ^ Is t h e w o r k o T a n a r t i s t w h o s e p a r ­e n t s w e r e o f d i f f e r e n t r a c e s ( b l a c k a n d - - - - ) c o n s i d e r e d t h e w o r k o f a " B l a c k A r t i s t " ? Once again we arw led as tray by,semantics one acknowledges ones to ta l experience hoi ly ,one can only hope that hv. an honest express ion of ones ' of a l l Black Art is ts wil l be "Black" when the day comes that completely Black thesis i s arr ived at$(occasional i these at t r ibutes to Black music fal lacy fai ls - witness Righteous Bros cocker , e tc . ,e tc . ) . Some Black Westerner? begun a pol i t ica l s t ruggle , howj cont inue to dr ink coke,read smoke Camels and for the Engl ish language for years to comf

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The Black-American exper ience l inked with the White-Western c ivi l iza t ion may be an ex­tension of the Judaeo-Christ ian idea of reach­ing heaven ( hence t he *pro~gress anxie ty) . When ref lected in modern Western Art ( as of Giot to) j we f ind movements based on the development of technical craf tsmanship, humanist phi losophies , and the internat ional intercourse^as opposed to t radi t ional methods of execut ion found in other cul tures . But here is where the .conf l ic t ar ises , Black cr i t ics (a symbol and tool , of the Black s t ruggle) who jus t i fy their exis tence by the exis tence of white cr i t ics , mental ly accepts the l inguist ic matr ix of Western soc­iety,but cannot accept the visual matr ix and condi t ioning of the same society. The ac t of shedding Negro masks and assuming Black roles creates a conf l ict [ Witness the McLuhan type s i tuat ion of using the words of white men but not th ier accepted means of v isual game p lay­ing*. Wishing to acquire s imil iar goals (power) but not wishing to use the same means. ]

One th ing that Mr. Gai ther pointed out was the fact that many great ar t is ts are unrecog­nized in their t ime, ( they do not reach the market) : I bel ieve this reveals Mr. Gai ther 's (modus operendi) nature. Why i s 1+ tha t some

ar t goes unrecognized in the t ime in which i t is created? I t is due to the fact the people such as Mr. Gai ther exis t . They as cr i t ics , museum off icia ls , gal lery owners , e tc . , as­sume ,what they must consider , some sense of his tor ic responsibil i ty. They respond to ,or in affect create through cr i t ic ism,what they fee l i s a unique exper ience in c ivi l izat ion: hence,"Black Art" exclusive to third world ex­per ience develops according to the unders tand­ing of Mr Gai ther .A somewhat inadequate view of the b lack American Art is t s ince there hap­pens to be some who deal in terms of the Wes­tern progress neuroses , and o thers who choose to deal in more universal terms, their l i fe experience according to their ar t is t ic develop­ment or l icense of se lect ivi ty .

CARL MYRICK

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There was TAB commit tee las t year and a s t r ike committee and a s tudent board and a space committee and a t ime committee and an ear , eyes, nose and throat committee and a c lean ai r and water committee. There were wri t ing commit tees and talking com­mit tees and doing committees , and so on; the game was p layed wel l . There was even

^ the opportuni ty to be ful l t ime commit tee members , applauders , cheerers and meet ing

j at tenders and e i ther get pass or fai l ,but | that was las t year . We re l ivedid the 30 's ,

f 40 's and 50 's in half a semester . There was some ta lk of midis but no one was ser­ious.

But , in the September issue of Harper 's Bazzar the issue came to the surface,

•- jS^ 'Maxi W Mini ." Fashion Facis ts demanded | that ywomen choose ;some women had the

caui iaci ty y to protest , o thers who " . . .en­joyed reaping the benefi t s of feminini ty ," WorelSl? long. Radio and TV, newspapers

magazines d iscussed and debated the | ssue- the economic pulse of the Garment in-Mustry heat heavi ly , MAXI or MINI .

Summer gave us the opportuni ty to d s l ip into our Bourgeoise, the Mansions of

Newport , the shores of Cape Cod, the woods | o£ Maine. They a i l fe l t good - - vacat ion

\jr tpr ifee y "school" was ever During t l \e i t .TtV. . .King t j lVfr i ^ . . .the Niggers are ^et- .

A t i n g l i g h t e r . " T h e new n i g g e r s b a c k s l i d a r i d f e l l i n t o t h e i r " p a r t y a n d b u l l s h i t , a n d p a r t y a n d b u l l s h i t , a n d p a r t y a n d b u l I s h i t f " s y n d r o m e . L i t t l e d i d t h e y r e -a l i z e t h a t t h e r e w o u l d b e a K e n t S t a t e G r a n d J u r y a n d h o w e a s i l y t h e S c r a n t o n

K Report would be created and them thrown away p al l by the wil l of our honorable President .

1 But i t seems as though a t R I S D w e have managed to create a small version of the evi l that exis ts on a nat ional level . We have a two par ty system, conservat ive and l iberal e lements are j involved in both the Str ike Commit tee and the Student Board. The Student Board was appointed by the preceedine Student Board and i s anxious to "govern" 5 .

>• The S tr ike Commit tee was e lected by 401 of the s tudent body and has shown no evidence^of want ing to cont inue to funct­ion when i t s val id i ty is so much more c lear and there are so many needs which i t can deal wi th.

*The Last Poets , Continued on page 2

Constitution

ARTICLE IV SECTION D

Nomination of off icers shal l be made by the nominat ing commit tee con s is t ing of three members of the Coun­ci l , appointed by the Counci l . Two candidates shal l be chosen for each of the f ive posi t ions . The nomin­a t ions shal l , upon presentat ion to the STUDENT COUNCIL, be open to the STUDENT COUNCIL for further nomin­at ions from the f loor . The nomina­t ions shal l then be c losed and POSTED AT LEAST ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE ELECT­ION .

Those candidates receiving a major i ty vote in the STUDENT COUNCIL shal i be considered duly e lected to ' off ice.

ARTICLE V SECTION B

The STUDENT COUNCIL shal l be made up as fol lows:

1 . The f ive STUDENT COUNCIL OFFI-cers .

2. The FOUR CLASS OFFICERS OF EA CH OF TH E SENIOR, JUNIOR, SOPHOMORE, AND FRESHMAN YEARS.

3 . ONE REPRESENTATIVE AND ONE ALTERNATE FROM E ACH OF THE DEPART­MENTS OF EA CH CLASS, AND DEPART­MENTS OR SECTIONS OF TH E FRESHMAN YEAR.

4 . Ei ther the President or a delegate from each of the Student Council agencies .

5 . Ei ther the President or a dele-from each of the dormitor ies .

Clear ly, th is Const i tu t ion is out-dated; but many par ts of i t are : i in use. For instance, another

the Consti tut ion authorizes : > r y S t u d e n t A c t i v i t y f e e

o, t .p^u.DO per s tudent . This amounts to $40,00 for the enti re school . The STUDENT COUNCIL, supposedly made up of s tudent representat ives i s charged with e lect ing a Student Board.

THE STUDENT COUNCIL DOES NOT EXIST, THEREFORE, THE STUDENT BOARD, AS IT NOW ST ANDS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND ILLEGITIMATE. WHO H AS YOUR $40,000??

A few weeks ago, s igns were pos ted proclaiming an " important meet ing of the Student Board". Nowhere was i t sa id that an e lec t ion was to take place. Approximately two hundred people a t ­tended the meet ing.

The meet ing went qui te as expec­ted dur ing the early s tages . There was a t reasurer ' s report , secretary 's report , and so on.

After a l l the usual drivel was over , a complete ly unexpected turn of events took place. We were asked for "a vote # of confidence" so that these off icers , who were se lected by their predecessors , could cont inue holding off ice.

The succeeded in winning this vote. On this basis , the Student Board i s cont inuing to hold power, and con­t inuing to dole out your money as they see f i t .

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THIS SIT­UATION? DO YO U THINK THAT A BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF $40,000.00 OF YOUR MONEY SHOULD BE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED BY THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY?

I t ' s r id iculous - - the school forces you to pay $40, then a l l the money goes up for grabs , with the Student Board making the decis ions. No c lub should ask for or spend more than $40 of Student funds per person served by that c lub. No person should receive more than this , including the rare case who i s a member of or served by more than one c lub. Otherwise, some people are going to be spending other people 's money. Large " t radi t ional" expendi tures should go up to the s tudents for referendum. Last year , TAB was a f inancial fa i lure . I f there had been a referendum, the promoters would have known about how many t icket would be sold. I f people voted against a $7000 weekend, some­th ing more construct ive could be thought up, and you wouldn' t end up paying for a dance you d idn ' t go to .

The issue for me i s whether the s tudent funds and the Student Board ought to be merely an administ ra t ive matter of get­t ing cer ta in accepted tnings done, or whether the t remendous potent ial of a communal fund in the control of one 's peers should be an opportuni ty for imaginat ion, exper imenta t ion, for do­ing things a t R.I .S .D. that R.I .S .D. the inst i tu t ion won' t do for years . I t i s an oppor tuni ty to change things here while we are here, const ruct ively . The channel to change the inst i tu t ion are so arduous that you lose more than you gain. I mean when you 've been here for two of your four years and you sud­denly real ize that for this inst i tut ion to give you what you want and need, i t would have to be incredibly different , you are confronted with a choice of pol i t ical act ivism or involvement in ar t . Not that these two are mutual ly exclus ive , but doing both and get t ing your of ten scanty money 's worth out of R.I .S.D. is a s t re tch. I obviously th ink the s tudent fung? should be a mat ter for fantasy for those whose money i t is .

* * *

Examples of ways that the s tudent funds could go to improve educat ion around here (which is what we ' re here for) are the program of the Fine Arts Society: weekends of 12 hour drawing marathons($150 per weekend for models) , the Pi lgr image educat ion and recrui tment program, a show of Indian ar t from a group in New Mexico($1000 for shipping and insurance) , a ser ies of lec­tures , v is i t ing cr i t ics e tc . , with the f i rs t being Walter Zuber Armstrong, the second George Oppen, Pul i tzer Prize-winning poet , a s teal a t $500, and t r ips to the las t assembly of David Smith 's sculptures a t their home envir­onment in upstate N.Y. , and to McDowell Colony. All of which met a negat ive recept ion a t the Student Board, They gave a l i t t le more than half of the requested $5000, and re jected most of the i tems above. There wil l be two marathon weekends (on t r ia l ) , the two t r ips , and the Indian Show; the Society was a l lo t ted $2900 to use a t i t s discret ion. This reluctance to support new and con­s t ruct ive programs gal ls me. Maybe the Student Board shouldn' t be responsible for thinking up new ideas , but they should be enthusiast ic when someone thinks some up for them.

Nik Goodman

Cont inued from Pg. 1

At bes t the Student board can only funct ion as a token of s tudent power. The Str ike Commit­tee is (was) real : I t involved us a l l ,the mis­takes were shared by a l l . The communicat ions es t­abl ished were invaluable .

At present we must remain content with the quasi funct ional s tudent government and pol i t ical s i tua t ion which we are deal ing with. We are busy at tending committees ,be-ing told what "had " to be done , what "must" be done. We may cont inue to nurture s e i f interests knowing that / ' someone is doning the job. . .g iving away money, l i s tening to hired adminis t rators t rying to keep their job ."

Much of the rhetor ic cont inues from las t year . The applause has died 4 down, the cheers and e lect ions are over . Where are the people who were "elected," where are the people who were cheered and applauded. Have they too joined " the s i lent majori ty" , are their voices s t i l l hoarse , the eyes and legs t i red , their ears r inging, their minds bu zzing?

Did they see through the rhetoric f inal ly? Are they too shy, too t i red, too over played to learn from thin mistakes , deal with the new problems, help us defend ourselves from the new threats?

Well we s t i l l have the appointed off ic ia ls . We can s t i l l have our $7 ,000 s tar s tudded TAB weekend^ minstrel* perform­ing for puppets who per-

from for s t ik men. And the $4 ,000 + $1 ,000 comic book, known as Port fol io.

Represenat ive government i s not best , i t i s the lesser of two, three, four or more evi ls , i f you have any r ights or privi ledges and dare defend them at leas t a t ­tend a Student Board Meet ing, Wednesdays the 2nd f loor of Carr House.

CARL MYRICKg

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THE PAPER IS BASED ON THE PRIN CIPLE, ANY PRINCIPLE, WHICH ALLO WS THE ASSERT­ION OP THE BASIC LIBERTIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THE MOST IMPORT ANT OF THESE LIBERTIES BEING FREE DOM OF SPEECH (AND/OR PR ESS) . RESUL TANTLY, THE RE-SPONSIBLITY IS INCUM BENT UPON THE INDIVIDUA L TO EXPRESS HIS NEEDS AND DIR­ECTIONS. THE PAPER WILL ACT AS A VEHICLE FOR VOICING TH IS TO ANY AND ALL THAT WISH TO USE IT.

1 . Wc w i l l p r int . iny wr i t ten o r graphic mater ia l o r announcements . Al l ar t i c les must be s igned , but can be publ i shed an onymous ly . Al l ar t i c les must be in by Tnursday n igh t .

2 . Women wi l l not do a l l tne ty p ing (decid ing) .

3 . Men w i l l no t do a l l the typ ing (dec iding) .

4 . Al l mater ial wi l l be d iscussed a t open meet ings . Ail in tere s t ­ed persons a re inv i ted to come to these meet ings . Tnese meet ings wlH be af t er tne movie o r a t 9 :30 Thursday evenings on tne t i . i rd a t ° the°d i sc ro t i on S of " i U c o n t i n u e i n t 0 t ' «e n igh t or on Fr iday a t tne d isc ret ion of those presen t .

Lay ou t w i l l be on Fr idays and weekends, t imt a t the d i scuss ion meet ings . Layout sess ions We w i l l announce layou t t imes on pos te r s .

to be a r ranged i l l a l so be open .

THE FAMOUS STATIONWAGON FROM CONNECTICUT

Providence creep to RISD g ir l on Benefi t St reet : "I can see into your apar tment a t n ight with the telescope on my . 22 . "

Visi tor a t photography show about photo of g i r l ' s ass: "If th is is ar t I 'd l ike to have a p iece of i t r ight now."

RISD gir l and her boyfr iend from back home walking up Waterman St reet . Townie in passing car shouts: "She 's good! I had her las t n ight ."

Creep in Providence bus s ta t ion to braless RISD gir l : "Bouncy Bouncy Bal ly."

RISD boy to RISD gi r l a t 1) RISD dance, 2) RISD par ty, 3) RISD snack bar , 4) in f ront of Mem. Hal l , 5) in front of JOE'S, 6) e tc : "Want to go to my apartment and smoke some dope?"

On bus from New York Ci ty to Providence, sa i lor to di ­vini ty s tudent : "God damn i t ' s hot in here. Oh. Excuse me for swearing."

"Bel ieve i t or not I used to be a Jesuit pr iest , because I was s ter i le . I 'm s t i l l s ter i le , but now I 'm in the Navy.

Young g i r l to sa i lor on s t reet corner in downtown Prov­idence: "I just had a hysterectomy."

Janitor to jani tor in RISD s nack bar: "All these are, are a bunch of r ich kids that a in ' t never seen a day 's work. Give 'em a real job and they 'd crack up."

RISD senior male to RISD freshman female; seated under "Daybreak": "How far do you bel ieve in going on f i rs t date?"

" shor t weeks in to his summer, -a r i -sd s tudent re­ceives a personal le t ter from the lame duck head of his depar tment advising him to change his a t t i tude or get out .

We didn ' t l ike your work but we passed you anyway. I And now you owe us . We have reluctant ly renewed Your pr ivi lege to be in this depar tment , and now 1 You wil l be good. 1

Returning to school , our student f inds the wielder of the 1 poison pen no longer tne head of this depar tment . What 1 mot ivat ion had ne to s t r ike such fear into tne hear t of this I s tudent? What explains this las t di tch effor t to exert con­t rol before bowing out? What threat loomed large and fear­some in his mind as he scrawled these las t bi t ing words and s e n t t h e m o f f i n t . o t h e U . S . m a i l ?

A s tudent h a s been thrown from this d e p a r t m e n t r e ­cen t l y b e c a u s e h e w o u l d n o t d r a w i n t h e a c c e p t e d r i s d f a s h i o n because he verbal ly and visual ly chal lenged tne people who were spooning this dr ivel in to his moutn.

A s tudent became disgusted at having her work thrown into the same pi le as her fel low students . Turning to a teacher of the year before for advice , to ld-- you must not chal lenge the people in that department , they do not know how to react proper ly, how to accept rebel l ion.

I woke up today to f ind Benefi t St . being eaten away by a t ruck named "Trojan". Underneath the funct ional but ugly asphal t was a network of cobbles tone layed out in var ious pleasing pat terns.

A g ir l , young woman, female at r isd is forced to pay $1100 more than a male for her educat ion be being told she must l ive in the dormitory ea t in the refectory her sophomore year. A g i r l , young woman female a t r i sd is forced to l ive under archaic rules that a male s tudent i s f ree from. A g ir l young woman, female a t r isd is being economical ly exploi ted to support the school . She is being sexual ly s l ighted by not having every r ight /advantage that a male s tudent has. And she does nothing to change t i i is . There are sophomore women at this school who do not l ive in the dormitory and do not ea t the plast ic-painted food in the refectory yet they are forced to pay for i t . They have asser ted themselves pol i t ic­a l ly and b iological ly, and must suffer for i t , with no sympathy from the administ rat ion of th is school . I f the gi r l cont inue to take this shi t , t i iey deserve every mouthful .

While Janis Jopl in lay dead in her hotel room, my o ld dog hemorraged to death on tne ki tchen f loor .

This school s teps on people . This school i s run by a conservat ive, unimaginat ive adminis t ra t ion. This school i s a business . I had a dream that I walked in to Rip-Off Book­s tore , R.I .S.D. ,U.S.A. and there before me were shelf a f ter shelf of WHOLESALE paint , f i lm, canvas. In my dream there was no tv camera prowling tne a is les for cr iminals , i t was not needed. Going down the s ta irs in to Rip-Off Snackbar , R. I .S .D. ,U.S.A. , the odor of brown r ice and vegetables had replaced the smell of grease . I t takes bal ls and brains to set precedents .

r isd is s l iding fast . I t has got ten old and does not know how to keep a l ive. A p lan is under considerat ion to el iminate freshmen and increase t ransfer s tudents .

This school can no longer ra ise i t s own young. ( i t ' s only cast les burning

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t o y o u . I f y o u a r e s e r i o u s ­ M i m es , t h e y a r e a l s o f o r

l y m o t i v a t e d t o s t u d y , p l e a s e t h o s e w h o w a n t t o e n r i c h

s i g n y o u r n a m e o n t h e l i s t t h e i r a r t s a n d t h e i r l i v e s .

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The Only Way To End Terrorism

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As a young newspaperman during the world depression I never felt the despair I am beginning to feel now about the future of our country. When I try to analyze the difference I think one reason is that then even the revolutionaries had rational goals, not just a blind frustrated urge to destroy. And, of course, the election of 1932 soon provided a fresh, electric and responsive leadership. It was as if in 1968 McCarthy or Bobby Kennedy had won the election and transformed despair into hope overnight.

Today there is a loss of confidence that extends into every sector of society, even those which usually find it reassuring to have a Republican President. The feeble little stock boomlet that Nixon and the Federal Reserve are trying to pump up for November, at the expense of letting up on the fight against inflation, barely covers over a precarious business situation. The banks are carrying on their books many businesses which are overripe for the bankruptcy courts, lest a general collapse engulf the banks with them. The social landscape does not encourage long-range investment. Black and Chicano minorities are in revolt, and an uroan guerrilla movement confronts us in the cities and on the campuses. Another Kent State could set off a tidal wave of violence on the nation's campuses. The police have become a target for snipers, as have firemen. Guns are ready everywhere. A tiny minority of firebrand youngsters is making good on its threat to "bring the war home."

Easy to Destroy, Hard to Rebuild It begins to look as if it may be easy to break down the

fabric of American society. To rebuild*it will be very hard. Anarchy and barbarity, race war and gang rule, not Utopia, lie at the end of the road on which our instant revolutionaries would put us. The power of the guerrillas is that they can start a widening chain reaction it is almost impossible to pre­vent. The inescapable counter-measures necessitated by a rash of bombings threatens to precipitate wider clashes in the ghettoes and on the campuses, mobilizing whole communities in war with the police and the National Guard. One looks on, helpless to avoid the collision one sees coming.

The panic, hysteria, and hate which may soon be set loose can hardly provide the crucible in which to create that New Man of whom Mao and Che dreamed. The reforms society needs all require—no matter under what "system"—an in­crease in every man's concern for his fellows, a greater readi­ness to understand, to forgive and to share. Without these qualities, communism has already failed. You cannot beat men into angels, nor make them better by calling them "pigs." But how do you preach to youth the sanctity ot human lire when established society, in its institutionalized violence and exploita­tion, treats it so lightly? How often have we heard it said here in Washington, in cold-blooded defense of bombing North

Vietnam that "hurting them" would force them to make peace? Now our country is hurting.

There is no moral arithmetic to cancel out the crime of murder. But how do you answer those who say coolly of the young man who died in that Army Mathematics building at Wisconsin, "What if he had been drafted and died in Viet­nam?" How do you restore the moral bearings of the young when we now learn from the private papers in the John F. Kennedy library that he and former Senator Smathers of Florida on many occasions discussed the feasibility of arranging the assassination of Fidel Castro? The craziest of our mixed-up kids are no crazier than the end-justifies-the-means morality of American imperialism.

Human society, as it grows more complex, grows more vul­nerable. Hi-jackings, bombings, snipers, and political kidnap­pings; fedayeen, Tupamaros, and Weathermen, all reflect the power this gives a desperate few. But technology is not the essence of their power. At its inner core is a sustaining moral indignation which gives these few the strength to live and die as outlaws. They will not be stopped until this inner sense of righteousness is undermined, and this can be done only by

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T h e p l a n e t e a r t h i s r e s p o n d i n p r o f o u n d l o g i c t o m a n ' s s e e m i n s i s t e n c e t o w a r d s e l f - d e s t r u c t i d a t a i s i n t o m a k e i t a s u r e - f i A n e c o l o g y r e p o r t s p o n s o r e d b ^ ~ a r t i c l e s a n d b o o k s b y H e i l b r o i ^ / th e ^ Eh r l i c hs a n d o t h e r s s t a t e t h e p a s e w i t h c h i l l i n g f i n a l i t y . T h e a r g u m e n t s a m o n g s c i e n t i s t - e c o l o g i s t s a r e m a i n l y a b o u t t l t e r m i n a t i o n d a t e .

I f t h e p l a n e t i « t o r e m a i n a l i v e , e v e ry c o n c e i v a b l e a c t i v i t y n o t d i r e c t l y a i m e d a t r ev e r s i n g t h e m a r c h t o w a r d d o o m m u s t b e s e e n a s a f a t a l d i s t r a c t i o n .

T h e r e s e e m s t o e m e r g e f r o m t h i s o n l y o n e h o p e a n d t h a t i s t h a t t h e r e i s i n t h e c o l l ec t i v e i m a g i n a t i o n o f t h e y o u t h o f t h i s g e n e r a t i o n t h e c o u r a g e a n d e n e r g y t o r e - a w a k e n t h e u r g e t o s u r v i v e .

T h e r e a r e o l d e r p e o p l e w h o m a y b e o f s o m e h e l p - b u t a t l a s t t h e c l i c h e " t h e f u t u r e i s i n y o u r h a n d s " h a s m a t u r e d . I f y o u c an t d o i t - i t c a n ' t b e d o n e .

I ' v e b e e n w a t c h i n g a l o t o f TV e s p e c i a l l y a t 1 1 P M a n d r e a d i n g a l o t o f p a p e r s , a n d g e t t i n g u s e d t o t h e i d e a t h a t w e ' r e i o n e h e l l o f a f i x . T h i n g s a r e p r o b a b l y w o r s e e c o l o g i ca l l y a n d c e r t a i n y P a l l y s i n c e I w r o t e t h e r e m a r k s ^ o v e , a t t h a t t i m e I h a d o f c o u r s e h ea r d o f B u c k y F u l l e r b u t n o t h i n g o f h i s W o r l d Ga m e -n o w I f i n d m y s e l f l o n g i n g f o r B u c k y s g o a l s s o h a r d t h a t I m a y b e s u f f e r i n g a k i n d o f h a l u c i n a t i o n - o r i s t h e r e r e a l y a l i t t l e l i g h t a t t h e e n d o f t h e t u n n e l ?

T h e g r ea t p o w er s a r e p l a y i n g a m o n ­s t r o u s g a m e o f " i t ' s t h e m o r u s " - s o m a s s i v e a n d s o f a r a d v a n c e d t h a t u n l e s s i t ' s r e v e r s e d w e ' v e p r o b a b l y a l l h a d i t . A n d i t ' s a l l s a n c t i f i e d u n d e r t h e w o r d " d e f e n s e . " C o n s i d e r i n g t h e m e g a t o n a g e o f t h e m i s s i l e s a n d a n t i - m i s s i l e s w i t h t h e i r a t m o s p h e r d e s t r o y i n g r e s u l t s t h e i r s up e r o v e r - k i l l p o s s i b l i t i e s a n d t h e u n t h i n k a b l e p r e d i c a m e n t o f a n y p o s s i b l e s u r v i v o r s t h e ' w o r d d e f e n s e u s e d h e r e i s o f n o u s e e x c e p t t o s e l l w h a t m ay b e m a n ' s l a s t b i g p r o m o t i o n . • • . • • !• «• V *

" I t h i n k t h a t b y t h e t i me a p e r s o n g r a d u a t e s f r o m t h i s s c h o o l h e s h o u l d f i r s t o f a l l h a v e f o u r m o r e y e a r s o f ma t u r i t y t h a n w h en h e c a m e i n . H e s h o u l d h a v e t h e e x p e r i en c e o f s h a r i n g i d e a s a n d l i v i n g w i t h p e o p l e , a n d h a v e e x p a n d e d h i s i n t e l l e c t u a l a n d c u l t u a l e x p e r i e n c e s . H e s h o u l d h a v e e x p e r i e n c e w i th t h e m e d i a i n h i s f i e l d a n d h a v e a b s o r b e d t h e p h i l o s o p h y a n d o u t l o o k o f h i s b e s t t e a c h e r s . "

K N O W T H E A DM I N I S T R AT I O N: A N I N T E R V I E W W I T H G OR D O N A L LE N F I R S T I N A S E R I E S B Y D O NA L D M U N R O E

G o r d o n A l l e n c a m e t o r i s d i n t h e f a l l o f 1 9 4 6 . H e t a u g n t p h ys i c s i n t h e A r c n i t e c -t u r e a n d T e x t i l e E n g i n ee r i n g d e p a r t m e n t s u n t i l t h e c o u r s e w a s p h a s e d o u t b y t h e s c h o o l i n t h e m i d f i f t i e s . H e r e m a i n s , a s t h e h e ad o f t h e S t u d e n t A c t i v i t i e s O f f i c e , w h i c h i s t h e o r g a n i z i n g a n d i m p l e m e n t i n g o r g a n o f t h e S t u d e n t B o a r d T h e S t u d e n t B o a r d i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 t h a t c o m e s f r o m e a c n s t u d e n t s t u i t i o n ( $ 4 0 . 0 0 S . A . O . f e e ) . M r . A l l e n f i g u r e s i n t o a l l o f t n i s s o h e r e a r e h i s a n s w e r s t o m y q u e s t i o n s .

" P e o p l e ( h e r e a t r i s d ) a r e n ' t m u c h d i f f e r e n t t h a n t h e y w e r e i n 1 9 4 6 , t h e y a r e j u s t i n t u n e w i th d i f f e r e n t t h i n g s . T i m e c h a n g e s p e o p l e d o n ' t . H u ma n n a t u r e r e m a i n s t h e s a m e o v e r t h e c e n t u r y . T h e w o r l d i s a p r e t t y g l o o m y p l a c e r i g n t n o w a n d o f c o u r s e t h a t a f f e c t s t h i n g s h e r e . T h e a v e r a ge s t u d e n t t o d a y i s m o r e s e r i o u s a n d q u e s t i o n i n g i s i n f a s h i o n . P e o p l e t o d a y a r e l e s s c o n c e r n e d w i t h l o n g r a n g e p l a n n i n g a n d m o r e c o n c e r n e d w i t h n o w . T h e N o w G e n e r a t i o n . P e o p l e h e r e a r e m o r e c r i t i c a l , b u t I d o n ' t t h i n k t h e y a r e d i s s a t i s f i e d . G e n e r a l l y , r i s d i s a h a p p y p l a ce . "

" I ' m n o t q u a l i f i e d t o p a s s j u d g e m e n t o n t h e q u a l i t y o f s t u de n t w o r k h e r e , b u t I t h i n k t h e y a r e s e r i o u s a b o u t i t . No o n e w i l l k n o w e xa c t l y h o w g o o d i t i s u n t i l w e c a n l o o k b a c k o n i t t o s e e i f i t i s m ea n i n g f u l . A l l i n d i ca t i o n s s s h o w t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s a r e d o i n g s e r i o u s w o r k . T h e i r w o r k i s m e a n in g f u l t o t h e m a n d i t s e e m s t o b e m e a n i n g f u l o t t he i r t e a c h e r s , a n d i f a w a r d s a r e a n y c r i t e r i a i t s m e a n in g f u l t o t h e o u t s i d e . S o me o f o u r s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y r e c e n t l y r e c e i ve d a w a r d s l i k e t h e G o v e no r ' s A wa r d a n d t h e P r o v i d e n c e A r t C l u o A w a r d . ' • '

" T h e b i g g e s t c r i t i c i s m L h e a r f r o m t h e A l u m n i a b o u t t h e s c n o o l i s t h a t w h en s t u d e n t s g r a d u a t e t h e y l a c k i m m e d i a t e s k i l l s a n d t h e y c a n ' t g e t j o b s . I f t h e d o w n t r e n d i n t h e e c o no m y l a s t s , w e w i l l h a v e t o t e a c h m o r e j o b s k i l l s .

" I d o n ' t t h i n k t h a t t h e s c h o o l s l i d i n g i n t o i t s o w n g r a v e . W e u s e d t o s a y t n a t a b o u t t h e w o r l d i n 1 9 3 2 . I t h i n k i t s t a k i n g a d i f f e r e n t t a c k b u t w e ' r e s t i l l g o i n g u p w i n d . "

" I t h i n k t h e b e s t t h i ng a b o u t t h i s s c h o o l i s t h e p eo p l e w ho c o m e h e r e . T n e t y p e o f p e r s o n t h a t c o me s h e r e . H e i s a n e x t r e me i n d i v i d u a l i s t , h e h a s a g o o d i d e a o f w h a t h e w a n t s , i s p u r p o s e f u l i n o u t l o o k , r e l a t e s w e l l t o o t h e r p eo p l e a n d t r i e s t o f i n d m e a n i n g i n t h i n gs . "

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C i v i l d e f en s e i s n ' t m e n t i o n e d m u c h p u b l i c l y a n y m o r e b u t D r . F r e e m a n D y so n o f t h e I n ­s t i t u t e o f A d v a n c e d S t u d i e s i n P r i n c e t o n , N . J . w h i l e s e r v i n g a s a c o n s u l t a n t t o t he A t o m i c E n e r g y C o m m i s s i o n , t h e D e f e n s e D e p t . a n d t h e A r m s C o n t r o l a d n D i s a r m a m e n t A g e n c y s a i d t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s b e i n g t u r n e d i n t o w h a t t h e m i l i t a r y s t r a t e g i s t s c a l l a " h a r d s o c i e t y " t r a i n in g a w h o l e p o p u l a t i o n i n a s p i r i t o f u n q u e s t i o n i n g o b e d i e n c e i n o r d e r t o w i t h s t a n d a " n u c l e a r a t t a c k . "

K e e p i n g o n e n e r v o u s e y e o n t h e TV s c r e e n d u r i n g n e w s t i m e a n d o n e e a r t u n e d t o t h e " i t ' s t i m e f o r t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y t o r i s e u p a n d b e c o u n t e d " r h e t o r i c i s e n o u g h t o p r o v e t h a t t h e h a r d e n i ng a s s i g n m en t i s b e ­i n g h a n d l e d w i t h c h i l l i n g e f f i c i e n c y .

I t ' s u n r e a s o n a b l e t o s u p p o s e t h a t t h e o t h e r s u p e r - p o w e r s a r e n ' t p l a y i n g t h e s a m e g a m e . C o n t e m p l a t i n g t h e r e s u l t c o u l d o n l y g i v e c o m f o r t t o t h e m a n w ho c o u l d s a y " a t l e a s t t h e l a s t s u r v i v o r w i l l b e a n A m e r i c a n , o r a R u s s i a n , o r a C h i n e s e e t c . "

I ' v e c o m e t o k n o w a l i t t l e a b o u t W o r l d G a me v e r y r e c e n t l y a n d I ' m b u s y r e a d i n g a b o u t i t a n d d i s c u s s i n g i t w i t h t h e p e o p l e w ho w o r k e d w i t h i t d u r i n g t h e p a s t s u m m e r a t B o s t o n

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par t icles into the a ir ; the minute droplets tend to

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serve as nuclei . Water vapor in the a i r occurs when the

heat of the sun evaporates moisture from the soi l , vege­

ta t ion, lakes, r ivers , seas and, to a less s ignif icant

degree , animal forms. This l i f t ing of vapors from the

land to the sky i s largely reponsible for the product ion

and maintenance of c loud systems which c irculate in a

general ly eastward direct ion, confined within the shel l

of the t roposphere. Every second of every day, more than

16,000,000 tons of water are pul led from the ear th into

the layers of the atmosphere. An average cloud of the

cumulus or cumulonimbus var ie ty weighs 150 tons. Act iva­

ted by the heat of the sun, an average oak, maple or elm

t ree - involved, through photosynthesis , in part of the

process of c loud-making - transpires or evaporates 28,000

gal lons over i t s f ive-month growing period. During the

summer, such a t ree wil l produce 180 ga l lons of water per

day which, co l lect ively, weighs s l ight ly less than one ton .

About 150 average-s ize, deciduous t rees are required to

produce enough vapors to make ( in season) one average cumulus

c loud per day. Last August 5 , for example, the vegeta t ion

of Providence 's East Side was caught up in making the D. Bach

contr ibut ion of a t leas t 600 c louds. October 22, 1970

wrld game C o l l e g e a n d m y f r a g i l e g r a s p t e l l s m e t ha t i t ' s a w a y o f l o o k i n g a t t h e p l a n e t p o s i ­tively with the direct goal of saving it -n o t t h r o u g h t h e c u r r e n t w a y s o f p o l i t i c s -w h i c h a l w a y s s e e m t o a c t l o c a l l y ( a n d a n a t i o n a l i s s u e i s a l o c a l i s s u e ) - b u t b y s e e k i n g w a y s t o m a k e l i f e l i v a b l e f o r 1 00 % o f m a n k i n d t h r o u g h t h e p r o p e r u s e o f t e c h n o l o g y .

N a t i o n s a r e o p e r a t i n g o n t h e 1 8 0 0 ' s p r i n ­c i p l e t h a t t h e p l a n e t d o e s n o t h av e t h e r e s o u r c e s t o s u p p o r t f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s a n d t h e D a r w i n i a n t h e o r y o f t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e f i t t e s t t o j u s t i f y " d e f e n s e " m e a s u r e s a s w e a p p r o a c h W o r l d W a r I I I . I t b e c o m e s a p p a r e n t t h a t n o n a t i o n c a n s o l v e i t s p r o b l e m s u n l e s s t h e y a r e s o l v e d w h i l e s o l v i ng a l l m a n k i n d ' s p r o b l e m s , a l l p e o p l e w i l l h a v e t o s e e t h e s t a t e o f t h e p l a n e t a n d b e g i n t o a c t i n c o n c e r t . F u l l e r s a y s " ? f i nd h u m a n i t y ' s g e n e r a l s t r a t e g i e s i n e v e r y k n o w n e c o n o m y a n d i de o l o g y t o b e q u i t e i n a d e q u a t e . T h i s i s w h y w e a r e d e v e l o p i n g W o r l d G a m e a s t h e s w i f t e s t w a y i n w h i c h t o g e t h u m a n i t y t o u n d e r s t a n d b o t h i t s d i l e m n a a n d i t s p o t e n t i a l e g r e s s f r o m i t . "

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D a v i d S l a t e r , P a i n t i n g s . A n n R o s e n b r o o k s § N e l d a Ba r c h e r s , P a i n t i n g s . P e t e r T h i b e a u l t , P a i n t i n g s § D r a wi n g s .

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terrorism CONTINUED FR OM PA GE 4

society 's wil l ingness to take a f resh look a t the moral i ty of i t ' s

hg.bjyjnr , • -sni begin----— r ight the wrongs which provoke the resis tance. Isaiah says , "Zion shal l be redeemed by jus t ice ." Reading that subl ime poetry on vacat ion las t August , I fe l t that the prophet here offered us the crypt ic key to the problem of terror ism everywhere, in the Middle East as a t home.

Society 's Double Standard

Society 's moral weakness i s i t ' s moral s tandard. The suffer ing of the hi- jacked in the desert aroused wor ld­wide s impathy and their release world­wide re l ief . But how many s topped to think that severa l hundred thousand of the Arab refugees from Pales t ine have been l iving for two decades in a s imilar s t inking horror in deser t camps, s t i f l ing by day, f reezing by n ight , on a beggar 's pi t tance? The papers are ful l of proposals to deal with the hi- jaclcers but l i t t le about the need to deal with the gr ievances behind them. The edi tor ial outburst about Arab "barbar ism" hardly hardly accords with the tes t imony of a l l the hi- jacked t ravel lers- including the Israel i - tha t the commandos t reated them kindly . Such exaggerat ion is not the path to peace. I covered the Jewish terror against the Bri t ish in Palest ine in the postwar 40s. I know that i f the present s i tuat ion were reversed, and Jews were in the refugee camps, and no one cared , Jewish commandos would be hi- jacking planes to cal l a t tent ion to their p l ight , and those of us who are Jews would feel the same thr i l l over these exploi ts as the Arabs do over their*s . What surer way to reconci l ia t ion than honest ly to recognize ourselves in the visage of our enemy.

The permanent answer to the Arab hi ­jackings was indicated courageously by the Washington Post i n an edi tor ial Sept*. *13, "A Palest inian State Now,"The way to , deprive the fedayeen of the ir motive force 8

is to deal with the gr ievance that fuels i t .The way to deal with those who ha ve nothing to lose is to give them something

to lose . To erect a Palest inian Arab s ta te alongside the Jewish s ta te would be to redeem Zion by jus t ice .

Men are moral geings, and to take from the te rror is ts their moral jus t i f icat ion is the only way to s t r ike at the hear t of the terror spreading around the globe. A society operates by habi t and consent , and i f these begin to break down, i t is help­less . Pol ice are effect ive only i f they confront occasional and per ipheral dis ­order . I f even a s izeable minori ty decl ines to obey the ru les , the task of law and order becomes insuperable . This is especial ­ly true when the author i t ies confront dedicated, scat tered te rror is ts so loosely organized that they are hard to inf i l t ra te and cannot be crushed by s t r ik ing at their head, for they have no central ized direct ion . They are l ike the Hydra of fable , which grew two new h eads for each one Hurcules cut of .

I f By Some M irac le

I f by some miracle , we c ould aquire new leadership in the White House, i f that leadership recognized the evi ls of our society and mobi l ized to deal with them, we c ould not only separate the mass of the youth, the blacks, the Chicanoes and the other discontented from the desperadoes but deprive the desperadoes themselves of the self-r ighteousness that susta ins them. I imagine an America with a new R oosevel t , wi th a pres ident who s aid-and made us feel he meant i t -"We are embarking on a 10-year crusade to wipe out racism, i l l i teracy, pol lu t ion , urban bl ight and war . To do so we a re withdrawing from Vietnam and cut t ing our mi l i tary down to bare-bones s ize . Come and help us build a new a nd shining America." Think of what we could do with the zeal that now moves some o f our best youth to destruct ion.

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