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at·'·_•formed,,The
fargest·
of the·three .
. :·declared that"It_is'.our:oliligation\:,,.:,' It will be up)o.the'.panel;;shc>uld::: .. \·.•.·./;:';,-/ •:
, ,ab~t .. '·l·• -· o'~lock ·a•.·gr~p _·_,of .,._.and~aj9st,-active·. thus far,: is
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: ployedatl,ocal P,i!halJ~cilities·a.re <ditions Jot_ the iDdt(!'1ess 'Co!1D,tY~,,;'-; ::··
/:,'._Champagnat· :~alb :,The:,e con~· ;' headed . by : Riclt:Bala arid•,p:ee
· .. not inJhe _same~danger:-as:.t1te:: Penal System :it'forder·-to··bav,e:a :; ·:::
.::_:.cerned, students,·_uispired. ~y_-; _Coutant· .is ;concerned ,•~it,h,
· . me'tj
.of
Attica were·.""~', :\, ::, '.::: . '; cri_ierion for 'jtidgi!)S t:he health.at/;?.
·· · Williaitl; Kuritsler's •. lecture
the : . :
arranging. for ivaJ:".io~ ·speakers.
·. : McHoul ,has ·proposed.: the, the
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-jails,.:_one set/o~ .stan~rd(,'·
night- before, n~· . assembled- as pris,90. reform. to sp~k·. at
• creation of•a• panel-· th~t w~uld :~iniril¥1Il rules that:~oes ex.i~tis, '._:
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. ready to. ~emonst~te at. the :_MarJ~t'.-, .:erese~tly;, def.iri~te .
. make 'a thorough ... studY; .of, t~
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· ~utchess C~unty_J;ul. Due to the .. __ ar.z:a_ngem~n~ _have· been -made
D~tch~ss . Cc:,unty_. 1JaiI_.:. Hts
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. proposal called for,,two
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;.college .decades _of debate and refmernent ··that 09 p~rushi:ne11t should be · meetmg :: would -., be
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more, Rev; Miller chaplam of Dutchess
students, one or rriore)ninority. i_p the interna~it>nal.1>enal<>gica_l . imposed unless the inmate ·has. ,-pr_oductiv~f, ·and_,,so instead, of<. County Jail. Other speakers·are
.·. grotip·:represe~tatives', at·least community; ,·.:
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demonstrating tlie.group met
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in-- · in the'processofbeing.contacted.
·:· t~~·c1ergym~ri,:amen1ber-of the •·_ ' '!'hese m~_imwn stan.~rds:a~ '~aHegedagairist hiin and h~ been
the Fireside.Lounge; H,ere for.the ·
It
is the-, _sincere desire of
--area :industrial\ community,. a quite detailed -and specific
~-·m•·
given _a. proper _opporturuty of.
next three and ahalfho_urs many · C.E.P.R .. that students wiU take,.
business man,a·meiriberof the. efff!Ct, they·are a d~laratio11
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pr8l:ienting-•his defense."_ They
relat\ve suggestions were made .the i!iitiative to·.attend these .
County Board of Representatives human,rights for prisoners. : . · • clearly · state _· that .- untried
as to.what m'15t be done· to bring )ressions' :in -an effort to become
. and Sherif(Qwnlanand an aide .. · The· ·rules, prohibit· racial- or; prisoners 'are ''presumedJo be
about. Prison reform. :
It
was
more·aware and involved in t~e .
. of'.his choice; to·_ compriS:e this_ ·. religiou~ discrimin~tion,. require · inmx:enf-andshotild be treated as
i~~ediately understpod _that_the
f!ghtfor'prison reform: If you are
. · panel. .The panel would, , after separa~ion
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~f untri~ l!lnd con- ; such/,' •::, : _
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students and C<>!ll_r:n.umty . are : truly co_ncerned and do have •
· studymg th~ loC?:l system that :vj~ted.
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in~ates af? .. _well ·
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as~ __ :·. Theleg~l's~tus of these rules ' ba~icaUy i~noranr,; of _today's · questions about this most con- .
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the . correcUon~I . se})aratmg-of you~f~l. off,~ders ·,- wa~ c~msi~E!red by the fourth · _- , pr,1sons, ~heir conclit!ons ·and th_e )roverst~I topic, then be s~re. to
.,::facilities, offer· to. study Mat- and_ harden.eel crimi!'als; · They '. Umted Nations Congress on the . Jaws which gov.em _them'. The .,,attenq; .. , . ·' .
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.teawan arid Gree.n Hav~n State prohibi~ cor~ral pums~ei:it -~Y JJreventio~F of criirie, ar1d· treat-
. rpe~ting. was · then. 'directed_- to
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Speakers, dates and times will
facilities of correction~·
: "Handcuf~s, cham~i :irons· or merit of.·criminaLoffenders in
·soJving such problems: Jn cons ,-:be published and.posted;
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straightjacke~." .'fhey declare :.l_{yot~>Jn't970.·
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-: __ • .. :.:MARIST COLLE9E/POUGIIKEEPSIE, NEW
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atfatfempt tog~v,e,~eside~ts;_~_:::·c;r~f{s,'·:.accum_@at~d :;·at'. ..
~~~- Groups,~ tlie _P~y~h~~ogy of-,Child '.: ·_ ·Iii)eeping with. 'the: hi$toric:::· p_anel~s~
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explore the•i~ues _
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~e·•·city.;9( Potig~~p~ie
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· an.,. ~nter··a_r~ ;'~ccept~ft at -~ari~t;, _De".'~Jop_ment, : ~nd., - lJrban.:, ·. t~adi!ions of Dutchess County, _on: .----and·: P.1:".obl~ms ·: that ~onfr~nied,_
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Sociology. T~e. tw~ion C~l!rge for' :·Saturday_, ; October },. Marist _-_Fr_anklm ~Roose~elt as President
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/itdevel courses: to help themselves.< be
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open,
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Mar1st. students_ .. m
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ea<;h ~ou~s~}s. ~~JKl,:3-semes~er. ,
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Co11ege w111 holdJhe sixt_h · an,nual :' prior. to ,n~ durmg,_World War}L .. '. . . .
'..i{:?6;.;·/i:J?.@d:-JJ:ie:/commun~ty, · ¥~fist.,_>·J'an1;1~y: Jhis ·woul~.provid~\for,:: :The, .. _Po~ghk.e~ps1e.:G(_)llege :
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Sy~p,osi1,nn: iri con<;;·· ·:-·Th~:ll)o~~i?g·:pan_el
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/t/.;•,;·,college-,inj~onjunc.t1on::\\'ith
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.•trhe:Com!ng
o(the 'Ya1-,<w1ll ._,-
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Associated'.·Colleges·ofthe, M1d-.:--part!c1patemd1~l()gue·'Yltholder;.Yassar·:,,-Br0Jhe.rs.,:
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11sti~ute.r':L1bl'ary···m•· · Hyde;,Park.,.The -: .. be Ied"bY ;Warren_F:.-Kimb~ll .. of•·. •.
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·:./-°Jitidson:' Area: has createcl '·the\;people;.: wliojierluips:
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•symposiuTTi; wliichwas· organizecl , . Rutgers University.· ·
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Poughkeepsie College ~nter,
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Jamiliar ~ith,t~ -~toblems~;> :.;· . :·,JQn~~ .' ~Y,:c:th~, ::,T!Ue
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Hjgher,_ · b~<"Mr:. Vin_cent:,'J.'o~a_no, of: the \
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:<Jisti~guish~ -~1rpanel1sts .
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. TheJdea of an urban :campus\', _Colll'.ses· te1ttattvely scheduled ;,Educatf<>~;Act <>f)9~; ~¥r
t~~ .· Hll5tory Depc1rtment, will offer as , are· E .. ·na vid ·Cronm, .Robert
;H. .
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~ai/cf_evelo~ : hez:~fat .. ·Marisf'tfor,
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>spi;.i~g. sem~ter
Care.
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om _m.u n i;ty . ½":~.de r_s hi P
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its tlie_me this year·
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Ferrell,
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'_.: .<,:'.:_a~o_tit:two ·.yea1:5:ag_9;:.but tb_ere: :P~h!.i~!: Pa~~!~_._~and PrE:55~e,:.~ogram:.
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Tlie_-· _men_ are_ a!l ,teac,hers; _"'.I'i_te~~ -:
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St~ve Sc~li~te,
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Advtsory.Comm1ttee
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.Tuesday
nigttt, Septem~r
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b)_~Llnda ~onteH- Comm~te!'s:. ~is~tirnin·a~t;s agai~st~ h!gll,er
_i~~~~i~r;;;~:~::re
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h~ane .. ·:
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r e~~xr:ert~ewmail ·was-·,._ All ., _Student-_:-:· ~o\'.ernmf.:n~ :·. c) _Tony D1re~o ~-Blood _~nk mc;ome-famihes." -
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directifr.:
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tlie m~mbers .. w~_re- i~ .attendarice ;- ' '. d)_:- ~o_e_ ·. Co_C~J,>~~do .
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Food
·The Sailing Cl~~-~as appr?~ed :, . Franklin Roosevelt. After lwich. :--
:--.~~-,. ~--_'.- :_ ., J~er:In
less than;two months; eBxcl~pt:,Vic~
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-~m)
~Batrtebear· a· T·.r.ean:: 'or.. . 'studen.
't.
_$3135b. Ho~etv~r,- ~~nctse ftlie ~ruh!itg .· the se·cond 'panel will COJ!<:erii
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lll!~Utes
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O'Neill,· . ·
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some of the Student Government • · ·
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Gr
r Burns· William " .
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:Va~ity Sailin~
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:;~ t:9.\-~_d(- fi~~lly_ ~ph - Cerul_Ji ,,Cei:ulli stated ·as· Ins policy ·a ge~enOj~
th:rfieih · of for!
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:ar-·;
.• _.are.~sedkon thef~esul~ of ts~·. present ·their progr~s a!1.~- ·ai;ino~!1~ed, ~hat_ the ·Stude~t thorough "investiga~ion of where ..
per
•rs and s·hould-'-,;, able tog come
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.. veys ta en
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perspec ive
·t ew m· em'--'rs" ,. ·--· -
·Government· needs help -1f th ·
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~:relevant.to co~munlty
~oblems:. __ .
_2. ~estden~For. ~ants.
to
meet_ anyo_ne
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m~eres~ .. -
Cerulh went (_)0 -~o . co~men!: concerning Roosevelt's foreign .
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h·' with_-the Sttiden~ .. GoyernlJlent .. :And·froiµ, that pomt·on
the.
"Whothehell1skiddingwho'?
polic duringthe·waryears.···_' .
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f;/1:'h~sday_at;t2_:30·~~ sµ~ested·;:Studen~.Gove,.-nment·w~nt on to- Cerulli wonderedifthe."wool-was
Th!
Symposium ·will.begin-at·' .
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·:,~Stiide~~n~eed
not -:av~--~:higb.'·_,as a ~1~Je .time .•.
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·.· .' ,·-_._·.'.
~~~et
.mQney,
f~r _vai:ious ac- _ being pul~~ over our eyes."~ Marist at.to
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in_ the __ ~or-: __
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di
loma to:atterid
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S.G. Judiciary wae :::sked to m-
ning arid will end sometime m the
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to. receive
'cone-. :;
ca~ll1
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wil~.
dis<:~.
-Financial . · :The,;~vernm~ntgave $US.OOto \'estigate.
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late afternoon; after a conchiding.
cr~t ,. and :no transcripts ,a:·. ~1s1on_s ~t ¥anst
Wednesday_
th~
~nst ~dio Club. _The.Clu.b
_'11te_ Theatre Gwld was ap-
visit to the· franklin Delano
re
ir'edfor
·enrollment._::-_
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rught at 8.30 _m the:Theab'.e~. . ·. proinlsed mu~ be_tter ~rogram propnated $3500 f?t". two Fall Roosevelt Library in Hyde }:>ark ..
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The
Ji'_ootball
Club needs c:ontent.and reception this year.. semester productions and a
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further
information
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to
help out at games._-. _The cheerleader's budget was possible Spring musical.·
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the F
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sym-
.. registe~ed :or
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Presiden~ Cerulli· urged· postponed until the n~t.meeting.
It was reported that Freshmen reg~r
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!hich is. ~p~n ·_ to the .
most
O
w om . ve
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students to register.to vote. He
The ·
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'Elections for Class and .Student posmm, · ·
Mr
Toscano in
sc_h~! for at ]east
-iwo -
year;. · said the ~tudent ~overnmE:Ilt will · Marist EcologY,;-. Action w:as ·. Government posts will
be
held in
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0s:e
the ~igns posted-
The1r_ ages ra~g~ .
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ear Y be passmg out information -on granted $945.00.
It
was noted that late October.or early November: ·
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twenties /
0
1~1
sixbr,
J
nd
absentee registration and ballot this,wiU subsidize by about
lf.z
of
The
CUB hasn't contac.ted arouod
p
thehscoo .-
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almost al are
Y emp oy ·
forms.·
•Michaelson's course in .ecology·. . officially the Student Govern-
ys
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_ The COilege Cent~:~
~ot
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election to ~II the vacant
Appalachian
Action
was - ment for a possible loan for· a
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mtend to become a su
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the
vehement· proposed John · Denver Concert.
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objections of .Student Govern-
By unanimous approval
the
ourses egrn
des
ns~ea
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t!'pesedo
tiE:_ve oafptera
7.
Jim
Daly and Pat Brooks ment Treasurer
Rich
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ire
to
con mue
uca on
were approved as members of Freccia stated "we will
be
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All physical Education classes
one or two _semesters at
the
the Election Commit~e.
setting a prec~ent by letting
for the second five weeks wiJJ
cen~: For this reasoo there are
s.
President Cerulu went on
to
Appalachian ~ction work dwing
start on Monday, October
4.
a l!nuted number of courses annunciatethedifferentdutieshe
the
swnmer. What would-stop a
These are courses with '13" at
available.
was assigning each
represen-
football coach going
to
a clinic, or
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by Tom Walsh.
· Jeff . and Gary were pushing .
their match box trucks along
the
tiles. The gray 'lines
were
the
main roads and the blue circles
were tliiiwater.lA
Fig
Newton box
was a gas station, and _the main
garage was under the radiator.
Willie was throwing a rolled ·up
piece of Reynolds· Wrap in the
waste paper basket. He took a
hook shot and it went off the wall
and went
in:
He slapped himself
five and double-pumped in an
easy lay up. His afro comb fell
from his pocket and he picked it
/
. I
up and stuck it in his hair. He had
.
the biggest fro
in
his
whoie fifth grade class. He came'over and slapp-
ed me on the arm. "Wanna Box?" I stood up and looked down at his
smiling face. "0.K.Buddy let's go." He punqhed me in the stomach '
and ran down the hall. I caught him by the stairs and threw
him
over
my shoulders. Right into bed with you Buddy." He pounded on my
back as I carried him into his room.
' .
As
I walked down the stairs
I
saw Her. She was sitting in the corner
playing with some bottle-tops. She had on a pair of green sox that were
too big for her. They weren't the kind that little girls are supposed to
wear; you know the white ones with the little red strips on the top. She
· had on a pair of tan shorts and a white T 13hirt 'Yith some klnd of pirate
ship
on
it. I remembered how I used to always wear the New York
Yankees shirt my Dad got me at the staditiin. I asked Her-what her
name was. She told me.·· ·
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I
saw her on-Thursday and hr.ought Her a box of cards, even though
I ·
wasn'.tsupposed to. I didn't play with Her much that night because
Keith
was
acting up. He had left.Jeff's crayons on the radiator, and
you know what its like when that happens. I did ask Her if she wanted
t_o
play house. She
said
no. !_could understand why.
.
·
She puzzled me for a pretty long
time
after that. She would shy away
when
I
saw her. And it wasn't like it"was in the beginning.
I
really
didn't know how to react, for
I knew that she was special to me. I didn't
know if that was fair or not; I guess its like how parents have a special
child. But
I couldn't help loving her a little more. Finally she came to
me.
"Wantto play house'?" .
"But
I thought you didn't lil_(e playing house." .
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Well instead of you being the daddy and me the m:ommy, you be the
da_ddy and
I'll
.be the daughter." "O.K."
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.
.We played for about twenty minutes. She would go
to
schooland·I
wo~d\V,1-k
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to the_ busiWhen I gothorn_e fro~ work sh_e wow.d meet
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: me
.~tth,e goor /and teltpie.~ars_hehacp~arried'.in:.scltool~at day;-}
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One time
I
even took her to
my
office when shehad off from school. I
. sho\\'.ed ·her all the big'machines an_d let·her ·si_t at my desk. We
pretended that the phone rang arid
I let her answer it.
.
Maryanne came irito the room and told her it was time to go to bed.
She started to cry and said she still wanted to play.
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"Say goodnightnow, and come to bed."
She turned to me and gave me a big hug. "Goodnight Daddy."
·
. I
swallowed hard and took her in my arms.
I
looked at her staring
eyes, and pushed the curl back behind her ear~
.
"I don't want you to caHme daddy; because I'n; noL Someday you'll
have your own mommy and daddy, understand." She shook her head
and left the room.
She's gone now, but I still can't help but miss her.
Don't
Cop Out
by Fr.
Leo
Gallant
"And
in Viet Nam last week, .
only one ~merican .
died_
in
combat That'_s · the riews for
January 1:3, 19 -".
. · .
I.
don't. know why
l
listen · to
those cheerful words, - look at
their, faces .telHng me . that
. someone .has· lost their.life. in the
.
same.manner that they forecast .. ·
the weather. Funny, but
I never
knew, anyone who died in the war.
That is, not until now.
- John was an average guy, not
too smart, not too handsome, and ·
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SEPl'EMBER 30, 1971
definit~ly not too rich: He liveci- over the fruit store with his moth_er
ever sine~ his-father di_ed and they couldn't pay the mortgage on the
house. His older brother had to get married and moved .west to find _
employment. His mother ~orked in some kind of factory to support
both of them and to send h1mto college. He worked in the store below
their apartment to help her. The only trouble was you have to be in
coHege to g~t a deferment. He was-.to enter the University in Sepe,
tember. It didn't matter; the greetings came in April and gave him a
~onth to get his_
body to Fort D}x, He didn't like going, but ·what choice
did he have? Jail meant thath1s mother would worry and would be all
alone. The Army meant that she would still be alone for
a
while but at
least he could send most of his pay home. •
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.. It was about the time he got his notice that he met Mary. She was not
very ~retty-or soci_~lly popula~>In fact, sh~ was_ quite shy and very
co~sc1ous of her plamness. He liked her and 1t didn't take long for that·
unique bond to grow between them. I saw them sitting in the park not
saying much, just liking each other.
.
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'l_'his typical John and Mary story doesn't end with the boy gets. girl.
Tius doesn't me:an that this piece of fiction is anymore real, but with
over
~.ooo
J>?S~•ble characters to fit the part, there must be,at least
one with
c1
similar story. And by changing ,the ending:sllghtly the
--wounded can be included.
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. _The Viet_ fyam ~ar isn't wrong because that country has a political
struggle.
AU
'Yar_ is wron~ because it changes s~ries into nightmares.
Not o_nly does 1t kill m~n on foreign soil, but it kills people at home. The
walkmg woun!ied don thaveto be veterans with battle scars, or for
th~t matter be male. There are mothers and fathers -friends and
-lovers. ·
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whe~ the ni~e.
ma~
on the news tells you that casualities were .
h~ht, reah_zE: that1t1s a he and thatthe people who decideto go to war,
th1~ of kdhng n~b4:rs not people. There are-no statistics on the
.
number of casuahties
m
mental hospitals as_ a_ result of war.· They all
were not doctors or lawyers and you won't find
too
many Indian chiefs
~~t ~ey _w~re all sons ai:id-probably most were darqn good lovers; Th:
1romc part 1s. th_e othcf ~dehasmore_numbers to ki~;· but they all_ have
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Sighs
Of
our times
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In searching
for a_ second
article,
I
didn't have tolocik far.I
was waiting for the elevator when
someone turned to me and said,
"Lotta freaks, huh'?" I had my
· article:
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Now
I . find it . amazing · how
: · people conie to their conclusions
· about· the framework of other
people's minds.
It seems as if it's
no IQnger.necessary for us to talk
, to one another, all.we have to do
is give·~
good
stare.
Ha
guy has
a
moustache and wears what some
would consider f!Jllny clothes •
<'he's a f_reak."
H
a girl wears a
skirt to class - "she's a straight."
It's that simple. Take a look at
these classic e~mples.
human being. has. been divided
int? two separate groups; A ·
phllosophy - of division has ·
b,ecom.e, alarmingly ·apparent;·
. ~- m not_ suggesting that all people
immediately -cJassify · others, for
·they don't But the .concept of _
judging orily _someone's ·ap-
_
pearance. ha~ always: been
. present, and unfortunately may
"·always be present.
It·
is
the
reasoning behind that · concept
that is so hard to understand.
Think·how often, we fail to look
beyond the part that we can see.
I'm · always reminded of the
When I march in demon- movement in the city. If there · time comes, will.
turn upon you
strations
I usually wear my were a movement to abolish and your Church. Then the
Roman Collar and · black suit. Wednesdays, he would be a part fashionable
· tune
may
Unfortunately, this attracts of it. He has been associated
with
be ... "There are poor oppressed
reporters and photographers; a number of activities and groups
peoples, there are unemployed,
often enough my picture will that are not only questionable . _- etc. Let us unite and crumble the
appear in the newspapers: Last but also dangerous. The other has
capitalistic Church and all its
year this happened when I been involved in several con-
money and · power hungry
demonstrated
with
Marist troversial issues in the area and
priests."
Look
out.
_ .
Freaks:
Hitler,
Teddy
Roosevelt, Millard Filmore,
Monte Rock, Liberace and Green
Lantern.
·
Straights: Ralph Nader, Joan
Baez, Shirley· Chisholm, Tom ·
Paxton, and Senator McGovern.
Of course,your personality can
always be interchangable.
H
for
some unfor~en reason a girl
slides into her penny loafers from.'
high school .(which happen to be
. time
I was traveling with a few
friends and we needed a place to
stay for . the night. After sear-
ching for hours, we met a girl
from a sorority house who was
kind enough to put us up. Leaving
the. next morning, one of, my _
friends remarked, "Those girls
~
were really dumb, wer.en't
they?" I kind of felt that
if he
hai:1-
thought they were nice looking,
they would not have been dumb.
Think about it.
students for better prison con-. is presently in the niidst
of
a
CONCERNED CITIZENS
ditions. I then received this controversy over a rather low-
Of course, the "individual"
is
a
. llnonymous letter:
grade, cheap publication that, if
teacher. at Marist, whom I
Dear Father Gallant,
any thing, the Church should
respect very much. But even if he
It was quite disturbing to many have taken .a stand against.
were everything that the letter
of us, Catholic and non-Catholic, Strangely enough, the Church has
says, . I would still march. with
when we saw a recent photograph re11;1a.~ed very q~iet. ?Ver
~
hi~ for a cause I sincerely
in the Poughkeepsie Journal in act1V1bes of these mdividuals m
beheved in. I believe that p:esent
which· you were · shown demon- recent months ... at a
time
when
it
prison conditions, excessive bail
strating in front of the county jail. _i;; more concerned
with
joining
for the poor, long trial delays are
. ~rdless of the ca~E: or
the
the band wagon and catenng to
injustices; -and the victims are
smcenty on your part, 1t 1s most the youth with all sorts of bi7.arre _ my brothers in Christ.
H
they
regrettable that you should
align.
renovations, identifying itself
suffer, I suffer. And the
~ ~ I f
with a few of the
in·
with anti-war peace groups, etc. . crucifixion continues.
diV1duals who were on the picket
Father Gallant,
we
feel that
I am becoming more · con-
lin~ There were other
ways
in you, and many like you, are ~ing
vinced, though,
·
that we must
which you could have taken ef· duped. You're being sucked
in
by
spell out our reasons for
·
doing
fective action or demonstrated that element which shouts
the ·
things and saying things. Many of
your disapproval..: .. but to join loudest,
complains
about
our good, average citizens are
f~~
wi!b
two
particular
in-
ever;1hing,
and
tries to pass
defmitely most confused because
diVJduals m that group
was
an itself off as "concerned" or feels
so many crusades are waged for
error on your part. One of
the
it must overturn the establish-
extremely different motives.
And
main organizers is a
person
who
menL Mark these words, some of
I feel bad for
the people.
is
a
part of
just
about e~-ery anti•
the
individuals you marched with
For instance, last year I
establishment. anarchical are
the
very same who, when~--
pleaded for leniency for lieut.
. comfortable) she may
be
asked,
"What happened to· your con-
struction· boots?" And. if a
guy
gets a haircut, some would think
his mind was altered, rather than
his ears. Absurd, isn't it?
Now. I don't really believe that
this is how it was originally
planned
to
be.
It appears as
if
the
I suppose I feel that people just
don't afford themselves the
opportunity
to really get to
know
other people. All too often people
avoid other people because of
the
way they look, or because of
something they have heard about
them. I think that once you really
get to know someone, you can't
-help but love·them.
of an im~oral approach
to an
CaJley.
In·
Detroit, an extreme immoral war, the bottom man on
right . winger·
Lobsinger, the totem pole with the guiltier
demonstrated 'for complete ones getting away with it.
pardon for Calley. Why? Because _ Yet it could happen, un•
the Viet Cong
and
their sup-
fortunately, ~ t Lobsing~r_ and I
porters are our enemies and they could be carrymg same signs ..
In
should alJ be killed men women any demonstration for a v.-orthy
and
children. So ~ley
is
a hero. cause, you risk marching with
ThatappaIJed me. I claim Calley Communists, Anarchists, Bir-
is guilty of murder
but
I plead for chites, Gay Power Advocates.
In
leniency because
he
is
the
victim
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30, 1971
111ECIRCLE
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Prison
Re orm
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Po
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ughkeepsie Journal' Editorial
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.The
lolic Of Fools
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If
ignorance is bliss, as the old saying maintains, then it is also the
magic formula that produces easy solutions to complicated problems.
. The formula is in wide use currently and being applied freely to the
awful tragedy at Attica State Prison. Many of those who are fired with
demands for "justice'' for the prisoners not only were not at the scene
' of the rebellion, but have never seen the outside of a prison, let alone
the inside, and haven't the foggiest conception of what the system of
· crime and ·punishment is as a practical reality .
.
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A case in point involves four students who "marched" on the Dut-
chess County Jail last weekend, apparently having been aroused by
attorney William Kunstler's appearance at Marist College the night
·
before.
·
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.
A student in the audience had volunteered his opinion that "we have
· our own
·
rat-infested jail right here.". He
·
apparently was ready to
march right then, but wasn't quite sure in which direction the County
Jail was. -
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· The four students who did make it probably were not sure what they
would find on their inspection trip, but obviously were not prepared for
· the white-haired, quietly patient person of Undersheriff John P.
.Dakin. He greeted them., and then proceeded to explain calmly that
· the rules forbid anyone, whether or not th~y are on missions of justice,
from going into the jail.
·
Dakin explained that those who are unfortunate enough to be in jail
aren't prone to enjoy being exhibited, and that to allow such a thing
would
;
·indeed make them feel like animals
iri
a zoo
.
In the end, his
approach
to the social crusaders earned him an invitation to be a guest
speaker at the college.
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As
for the charge that the County Jail is "rat infested," an im-
·
. promptu grand jury inspection found•it quite the opposite.
·
Obviously, the four students have learned a lesson about the local
penal institution, but the fact that they did march off to "inspect it"
shows how a f~lse inspiration can be dispensed by some speakers who
are on missions of justice at the expense ofthe just.
Jails and
·
prisons exist for the basic purpose of containing in-
dividuals who have been adjudged threats to society.
·
While
rehabilitation and s.mitary conditions should be primary programs
within them, the fact remains that penal institutions are just that, and
that the:inmates are there because they have committed crimes.
The deaths at Atti~, of course, are at the root of the current heated
debate over prison conditions in general. But the truth is that we don't
·
yet know aHthe facts about the rebellion
,
and that, unti) we do, the
c~nclusioris reached will be by Uie !ogic offools
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Explaining The Logic
.
Of Fools
by Brendan GiJI
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For tho~~ of you who may h~ve read the editorial titled "Logic of
Fools" in the September 22 issue of the Poughkeepsie Journal, I would
like to explain some of the logic involved
_
and perhaps correct some
wrong impressions. First of all, although a march was cal1ed for, after
a long night of heated discussion, it was decided not to go through with
it for a number of reasons. The first of these was that there was no way
-of knowing whether or not there would be repercussions against the
prisoners inside the jail. I have been in many marches, often knowing
that they would be entirely ineffective, but here was one that
_
I not only
knew would be ineffective, but could actually have the effect of wor-
sening the situation. Also it was realized that the sheriff's department
had already made plans for the march, and would
be
awaiting our
~rrival with open arms
.
(Yes, Undersheriff Dakin, we still recognized
you in spite of your wig, moustache
,
and sunglasses when Kunstler
spoke.)
So
with all of this in mind, we decided not to march. Instead, a
meeting was held in order to come up with some more realistic ways of
dealing with the problems of the jail.
I found a number of interesting twists of logic and fact in
.
the
editoria I. First of all, I was the student in the audience who, according
tothe Journal said, "we have our own rat-infested jail right here."
Well, in fact, I said, "hel1-hole of a jail", not a rat-infested jail. I would
not ordinarily call notice to such a small error, but since the Journal
decided to take issue with it, I will too. From the Journal's point of
view, it would seem that since the grand jury found no
-
rats
,-
it would
seem that then there is no cause for concern. From talking to people
,
that have been prisoners and people who have worked in the jail, I get
the idea there is cause for concern.
I for one do not pretend to have any answers, and in fact, admit tll
my own ignorance of the conditions and running of the jail. However,
my ignorance is far from bliss. The Journal seems to feel that if you
haven't been inside of a prison. you have no way of knowing what
really goes on, and therefore, have no validity in criticizing it. Yet in
the same editorial, they demonstrate the impossibility of getting in the
jail without getting arrested. There might seem to be something
illogical in that.
_
Since I was not among the group of four students that visited the jail
that the Journal refers to
,
I cannot speak for them
.
But
,
later on in the
day
,
I was a part of a second group o(four students that went to the
jail. And the greeting we received was far from welcome
.
We went to
·
the front door and asked if we could come in. We were allowed in and
began talking to Mr
.
Dakin and
·
a few others, when someone down the
hall yelled "Get them the hell out of here." I told him we meant no
harm that all we wanted to do was talk. He replied "Get them the hell
·
out of here, if you want to talk to them
,
talk to them on the steps
.
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guns. "Search them for bombs and guns
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" And so, we were put up
against the wall and bodily searched for bombs and guns. Sur-
prisingly
,
none were found; and the
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, disscussion continued fruitlessly
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as an atmosphe,e of tension on both sides prevailed,
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An alarming
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people
fac1
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v!li _ in
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procedure
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And yes, the lour students did Jearri a lesson from the journey to the
jail. We learned that
if
you want to help criminals
,
you must expect to
be treated like one
.
We also realized the impossibility of dealing with
men whose minds are so closed that they can't even see the possibility
of a problem existing. .
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es~usethe view that the prisons
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.
. We now have
thr~
points of smce society receives them as
arenotrehabilitation
·
systemsor
view:
1.)
that rehabilitation is "punished
.
criminals" who
·
have
correctional institutions
,
~ut unnecessary, 2.Lthatthere
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is not not been given any- aid to help
.
pla~es
of detention and putjish
~
sufficient time for rehabilitation themselves. Is it
..
any small
·
meilt.
·
This point ·or:
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vie.w,
and
3.)
that there is time and
~ wonder that mariy
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of the more
misprint,
$6,000
is correct. Of smell like· shit; two, boys don
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, .
however, does not allow for the
need for
.
some
.
sort of program. serious crimes are committed by
course, for the crime it was naturally wear their hair long
.
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mosffundamental of principl~s-
The first opinion is in error, since people
,
who
:
had previously been
reasonable-no telling what I'd
do
When I asked the jailer
if
they cut
·
that. these
.
peoplt:! are human
·
rel~sing a so-called "punished in jail for some
:
Iesser offense?
next--might even
·
start to girls h~ir he said "no." I asked
ooings,
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arid although they
.
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haye
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criminal" back into
·
society
True,
it is possible to infer that
.
·
masturbate--no tel~ing what how he could justify cutting mine
committed
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crimes
.
again
.
st a_ccomp~is3es l_ittle,
if
~nything
;
these people po_i;sess a criminal
m
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ght happen when your a
drug
and he said '
'
boys don
'
t naturaily
~iE:ty
;
ought n.ot
to be treated
as
.
smce the
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mentality
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one may also
addict.
wear their hair long
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I disagreed
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fu.er
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were
anunals
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Inadequ~te
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to do
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anything
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wt:lre not too .
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April
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naturalistic
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tructiVe
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Unless he
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has a pai~ many avenues open
to unskilled
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from my room at 5 a.m
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hand-
servations.
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ex
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vis}tatioQ;
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a11<1 mini~ tJcular ski}l, there are
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jobs
former convicts
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What employer
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cuffed and offed to the D.C. Jail. perimental procedure) I learned
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hab1htabon, an~ !'ec:;reatt~m open t~ him; he therefore has wants to hire someone who just
It
was a lovely experience but no
t~at
in my psychology course.
p~ogra!lls al]
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contribut~ to
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httle . recourse other
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than completed a sentence for a_ sirens. I was pissed. The desire of
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Prisoners are fed through bars .
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Sheriff Lawren~~ Qwn}aJ?,
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of returnmg to the criminal acts feloney rap? .very few.
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every crimminal is to get in a cop just as animals are. They have no
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Dutchess County,
is
of
~h~
op~ruon ihat caused ·his incarceration in , A constructive attempt by the
car with the sirens going. After
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ecrea tion
or
recreational
that
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the
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purpo_se of Jatls
JS
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the first place. In looking at
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Board of Corrections
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to put
waiting a
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facilities, just work details. One
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pums~
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rather
than
.
to
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~ndersheriff Dakin's view (2), it
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rehabilitation processes into
fingerprints
,
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haircut, etc.-~I was pr~s?ner has the job of giving
rehab,_htate,
thus
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!lla~rng !s true that
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for the short term practice would hopefuIJy enable
taken to my cell. There wasn't haircuts
.
The food is unfit for
edu~~t!onal and rehal>1tabonal mmates there is not enough time the inmates to lead successful
any extra cells since our sheriff conswnption and the cells are
facihti~s unnece~sary.
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Un- for
,
a!lr
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,
ffective system of Jives in society with job potential
decided to bust half of the youths unsanitary. Yet, the health
de~_sher1ff John Dakin; !e
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els ~at rehab1htahon .
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However, for a
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thout the spectre of a
in Dutchess County that night.
So
department will go to lower main
the
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re are
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no rehab1hta
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bon, those prisoners in jail for any former mistake pursuing them
I got to sleep in the corridor. street and complain about un-
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therapy,
or
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educational
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There are 15 celJs in one cell sanitary conditions there, give
programs due to the fact the
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d
g
2
block
,
each
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has its own toilet
,
summons
,
but they won
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too short and the turnover too
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and
is
closed in by the barred Political, of. course. Letters are
Iengthoftheaveragesentenceis
.
.
n
I
e
sink and bed
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(just like home), the jail and summons it.
great for any_ such
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programs
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to
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corridor. That is where I slept. At screened--both ingoing and
be effective. Jail Chaplain,
DennisAlwon
the
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end of the corridor is a barred outgoing
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mail. Only the im
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Reverend Hugh Miller con~urs
Being acrimminalof Dutchess
door with a television on the other medi~te family is allowed
to visit
partially, holding that ~his i$ true
County l was asked to contribute Bodo was brought on campus by
side, way up high so the inmates except on special occassions. The
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for some, since they are not there
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~it
of
inf(!rmation about the jail, a fellow student who lived two
.
could all wa, di American family must speak to the prisoner
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long enough to benefit
;
but tha
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t
i.e.
the_
D~tchess County Jail.:.. doors away· from me
in
cham-
Bandstand through the bars. I'm through a screen.
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there are sufficient numbers of today it
IS
unjustly cal1ed a pagnat room·221. I.lived in.219.
serious. that's what
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they were
I could go on telling more and
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inmates
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who would derive
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some correction center;
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Both the undercover agent
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and
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watching.
more about the corrup( system
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good from edu~ational pr~grams:
Let
me start by relating
back
to his friend (who pretended to
be
At the end of the day one of the
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we live
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more
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my
encounter
with
the law and its my
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friend) got high.
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prisoners
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sorry
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inmates-asked examples showing
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that the D.C
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but Reverend Miller feels
.
that
50
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called
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lawful citizens and smoked grass on the night I sold
if I wanted to
.
sleep with him Jail is unsanitary and unhumane

keeping "these people

in
,
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the
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officers.
Jo him.
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instead of sleepintin the c9rridor
.
bufl feel that most people know
.
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criminal systemiscosting
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rwasaSophrrioreatthetime.1 ·
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the "na'rco
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go~ ~igh with
.
on the floor:
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Tbe jailer didn't go about it by now.
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money
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than .helping
.
them pull
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was sitting in my room deciding·
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for the idea. I
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never did sleep
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Let us stop this sickness before
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themselves out of the system. He ~etfM:r or not I wanted to be a. mstead
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. of me because the~were· with a fellow crimminal.
it
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spreads. Prisoners are
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of:course·he
I hope
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my sarcasm 1s un~
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d~teriorating mentally:

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the h~e
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of d~ty.
derstood--t
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here is truth in <hterature is also screened). Let
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Quinlan's negative · attitud
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<thats
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what they
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tell · me Its for t,he g«?Od of m
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ani9nd.
. :
everything
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that has been said. us get together
as
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serious. I'm a human
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beings arid pressure
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the
As.fate wow,d
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bull that
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inmates)
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time break thela~~nd~:>ld two nickle
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promptly ar!e~ted
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one cutting my hair
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were
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twofold: fight for a cause and want action
.

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e1ement.
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and the
,
lack
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of
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bag,5
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ofmart}Uana
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to
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detective mon~later
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and bail)V~ssetat one, for sanitary reasons. vet now contact me as soori as
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Yes
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$6.000
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they refuse to clean Qie cells that
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·THECIRCLE
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justice
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SEPTEMBER 30,
i971
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THE CIRCLE
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€ircle
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Reform
Editorials

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For th~ third ~nsecut_ive week
the
Circle
staff has chos~n
bl
allot a
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· subs_tanbal secb?n oftl!e paper toa
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topic we considerperterient to
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the
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M~rtstCommumty.The decision to present views and statements on
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p~1~n reforf!l ~nd in particu,lar
putch~ss
County Jail are offered now
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m
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~1g~t of Wtlha!'l K~stler s appearance and
.
the
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tradegy at
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Attica.
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This
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not the first ttme the

Ctrcle has dealt with the problems at
Dutchess County Jail, but the need for reform stili exists
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The politi~s ?f Dutch~
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Co~mty make it
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very h~rd
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to obtain
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balanc~d ob~~tive ne'!s gathenngs on such a topic as the Jail. We
.
reco~mze
.
this fact of hfe and
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we have attempted to deal with
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it ac-
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cor~ngly. The words of ~ev. MUl~ interviewed by Bill Deucher, the
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untitled thou~hts of Denrus Alwon, or the response to "Logic of Fools"
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by Bredan. Gtll etc; present points of view which do not cover all the
problems of prison reform. The fact is they accentuate enough of them
that must be dealt with. .
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-'~~~efore
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is n?t the·intl:ntion of. this newspaper to dictate its
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op1~1ons on th_is subJect, for clearly the.people of this institution must
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mak~
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up their
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own
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decisiohs on the opinions and facts
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r~f~rm be given
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the full' support by each person who finds the con-
ditions and_processes of modern prisons to be archaic.
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Bread
And
Butter
· Approximately three weeks ago the Food Committee met with Paul
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Zaroogian, Ken Storm, and the District Manager of Saga Food. The
two hour
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discussion realized what is all to absent at Marist - Real
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Action.
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When a concerned individual or group of individuals attempt to alter
a distr~~sing situa_tion i! i~ not unlikely for them to be the subject of
patromzmg rhetoric. This ts not the case with SAGA. Every suggestion
~ad~ by the committee was listened to, discussed and utilized. A few
such improvements suggested were a less disciplined I.D. check at the
door, which was causing much ill
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feelings at the beginning of the
semeste~; the charc~al broile~ steaks on Saturday night im
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plementmg BAR-B-Q pits and addmg a choice of rare, medium or well
done ste_aks; better ~nd more concentrated orange juice; and a
change m ho~rs
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durmg Sa!urday and remedies to the plaguing
problem of trymg to get an enJoyable meal here at Marist
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The Circle staffs feels that t~e entire Saga management is making
an overall concerted effortto improve your dining condition. We feel
that any verbalharassment
.
on the part of misinformed students is
both W1ca~led for and only deters from effecting any real change in the
.
food service.
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More
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Sex!
tt:iis it
is
no wonder to hear him · participant
since she (or,
state in his n~xt passage "~on- .perhaps, he) alone is affected
cretely,there1saneedforaBirth
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permanently and fina_lly
.
I am
~ntrolCenteroncampus."Ifall
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sure
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your readers
will
be in-
Dear Editor,
.
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this were true we would have a terested in the various abortion
.
Re "Where
.
Would You Go If campus population explosion. techniques from her point of
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say there are those of view
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·does not take prescience to see •
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us who defy subsumation to this
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At 10 to 12 weeks she is about
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that the phrase "a
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Birth Control
pejorative taxonomy of moral
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the size of her mother's fist. Her
Cent_er
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on Campus'.' is
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and "'.HI
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turpitud~. _He w~nt on
t?
say
"If
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head, body
,
arms, and legs
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are
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contmue to be the shibboleth of 1!-5
the admm1stratton constd~rs the formed. Her nervous system is
.
State

up
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to the twenty-fourth
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movement here. Befo~e t~1s
campus as a commumty of well developed. She
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cari feel,
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sixth week as
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the
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her mother experiences. She can
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hrow myseJf
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athwart
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its
needs of
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a commumty.
Why move herself and sometime in
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bind all
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benight_ed path
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t~~
student have any these weeks she will accomplish
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since.it is the N.Y.S
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~x dollar
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thos~ (1f any)_'!"ho
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respons1~1!1ty'? ~Mr
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Fox _wa~ts her first great effort.
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This oppostt1~n 1s pred!cted the admm1stratton to chang~ its suck her thumb .
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c?ntrol ~ev
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a
surgeon's knife wiJI cut her
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up
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while he enJoys a11
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<iec1s1on by a
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Mr:
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th1~~s there 1s, aild
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with
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there to
be
(more
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onJhts charge deleterious effects mbmated by
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her mother and doctor
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dilenii;na
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lam how~v~r')!Orisona,:it previou:5
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mention of
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seco!1d
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choose the Vacuum tube method
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became
we
are dealing
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arti¢1e
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man
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wit~ him on
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act:that there
IS
conte~bon.
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("the 1984 machine'
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vague. an?
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pu~zli:'ng
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v.~~\Clbj~tiv~ ~d detachedJ~
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a h1~h degree~~ !gnora'!c~
,
o~ the ~re~sm~,
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birth .
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cont~o1
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slowly crushed
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every bone
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terpenetrating, into
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which
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me
Y
D
&
C''. method,
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references
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it-.has pu~hshed to ~llev1ate this need not
i
search far to fmd a
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bloody sausage meat.
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the more
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l>elief-in
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were illade
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on ~,rth
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control, s'!bstantiv,e anaJogy. Mayor
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enlightened places the doctor
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of
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ea~
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"'.'ci~~n
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to
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disc1>irifof ~in the
<_,pefa
ti~n
.
~aC
.
abortion, ~nd '-:enereal disease). Lm~y
.
a!Jd others have argued
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arid nurse will smile reassuringly
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c1>1_1trol
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hf:r o~ l:>~y "
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to.
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admt~tedly
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.far
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fro~ for,
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!1_at1~nal
gun
control
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at her mother throughout.
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herown
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Itfe -we have been very dissected .hmb
.
from hmb and
:
~x~ausbve tlJey
,
are good and m legrslationon the grounds that
Should the unborn child be
.
,:,:
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active\fo the area of abe>rtion!' taken
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from;
the
.
.
uterus. What
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themselves
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par:tially obviate a increased availability of guns
older than twelve week·s the
.
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Itere 1s
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the
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riiaiif
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.~rr'?r
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for
the
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about the final death dealing bl~
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,
cen_ter.
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article
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in !ncreases U]e" likeli~O<?d of g~ doctor
will
usually prefer
.
t~ wait
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whole
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argument in
\
Javor oL.
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<assl.lfi.lingJlle l>aby has not
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died
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pa~t~cular did _th
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1s; 1t answered involved
,
crimes. Similarly, m-
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until she is between 20
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abortion
:
Biologically it'has been of sh9ek) wh~rethe skuU
of
the
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specifically
tf\e
ques!i~n of w!1ere creased av:1Hab~lity of birth
.
.
weeks
.
Should she then be
proveri_J>eyqnd any
_
aou~t
~afthe
tiny human being
_
is crushEiltso.it
.
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go. ~e
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entttl~ <:ont~ol devices mc~eases
.
the , delivered by Caesarjan section .
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body ttssu~ of the #tu~
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s com-
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can
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be
.
pulled out through the
.
Information
.
centers . and m-
ltkelthood !}lat they will.be used.
she has a good
.
chance of sur-
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distinct
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separate cervix?

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wasn
.
't this .meri~
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formed the reader
.
of the Planned
S~mmartly,
.
as my two con- · viving the . operation.
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Medical
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from
that of the mother
.
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This now tioned
.
in the · article? Or
,
what
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Parenthood League of.. Dutchess tent1ons state, not only is this
personnel may feel required to
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means that the
:
fehis
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cannot be about: the'. suction method that
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Coui:ity · Why hav:e ogrown '? Why center unneeded but it would
_
treat her as a premature child
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compared
to
_
other: personal body w~s also
.
~escribed? Why
·
wasn't
.
!'Ot
~~t
_go do~n the street? ~ur
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actually ~ause and ex
_
acerbate
_
.
and she may yet live to fill the
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o
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rga~ s4ch as the appendix or- it stat¢d that
.
during the ap-
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nst
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t~t1on t~
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.
a~r~ady
.
tm-
more problems than it would
loving arms of a childless
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couple.
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or whatever. The woman proximate
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second
.
PE:curuous and mefftcient enough solv~. Let the people who _want to
To avoid this, another method,
.
.
now has
.
another life - e~sting operation, the. fet~
.
is ground to
.
~t~out· further
.
overlap of func-
.
form cat~ . ~ke . on the~r own
the saJine, is preferred. The child
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within her
'
own, a life which pieces in
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a vacuum-Jike tube?
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hon
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.
responstb1hb~ m so ~o~~g
.
and
still lives within
.
the mother's
began at conception when a One
.
nurse who
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was revolted
The salacity of Mr. ~ox
!S
further let this respons1b1hty 3:ct
womb in her personal en-
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unique, never-to
-
be
.
repeaJed beyond
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endurance by this clearlY: demonstrated m his as a deterr
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ant to those too puerile .vironment or sack. The doctor
.
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genetic code was created. The. procedure said, "One is left with prefa~mg re11_1arks
to t~e to accept tt.
slips a salt
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sohition into the
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point is; why won't this life be a jar
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full
.
of blo
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with repa!ting of his survey. His
Sincerely yours,
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amnietic fluid, polluting her
.
allowed
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to grow both physically recognizable bits of baby
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floating
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op~mons. and values are made
Eric Worden
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environment. Since her skin i!'
and mentally'?

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qmt~. sal~ent ~y statements such
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P.S.
It
is my devout hope that
still very tender, this must feel
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After
.
conception
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the
Unfortunately there are a as_ . It 1s. ttme
.
that. the ad- these expostulations will not fall
something like salt on a cut.
development of the fetus is quite 11:umber of
.
rather revolting
.
a~-
!'1m,_st~atton recogn!zes the nutatorily upon deaf and or
Photographs show that her
amazing and beautiful but it can counts when
.
o!1e
feels it
real_,ty,, ?.f tlte M:3r1s! Com- unresponsive ears.
delicate pink skin turns a bricky
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also be rather sickening when
we
necessary to l~k mto tl]e who!e mumty_,
p~rases ltke College
red and she looks as though she
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read about the abortion reports of present concept ~f ~bort1on. It ts
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Experte!lce are onl:>: empty
.
had been scalded to death. After
the so-calJed nonliving fetuses.
It
vital however that people look at euph~misms ~xpressmg the
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her mother's body recognizes
is medically true _that after
the
the problem. in its proper light,
.
's~e~tle . Utopia'· th~y
(a~: .
l
r.f.
0
re n
that
_
she is dead, her corpse will
tenth day after conception,
the
not as
.
social reform but as
.
mm,s~atio!1> want ~a_r,st
~
hf;,
be expelled. The whole process
first veins begin to develop and murder. The next step,
then,
and
Their (adm1mstratton s)
Ab
takes from
24
to
36 hours. The law
on the fourteenth day the mouU1 after seeirig it is asking oneself if value sys!em is totally divorced
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then requires that she be yielded
begins to fonn. It is
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ap- he or ~he ~as the coura_ge and from the ideals of_the students."
,
1,1,
the dignity of a birth and death
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proximately the twenty-first day, detennmatton to stop this legal ~ese promulga~ons, togethE:I" Editor
certificate.
however that the heart of
the
slaughter before killing becomes wtth others, combme to make 1t The arcle
Before death comes to her
the
living human being begins a little
too
casual!
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abun~nUy_ clear that he thin
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ks Dear Madam:
child
will
have been aband~ned
beati~ on its own and brain
CARE TO BECOI\.IE IN the
re!ih,~y. _of the . Mar1st
The Circle's informative ar-
by the father who caJled her into
waves are also detectable at
this
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VOI~VED?
.
~mm~mty
.
1s ext<:1151ve and ticle on abortion techniques
being as a byproduct of his
0~11
1ime. And yet, even thO!Jgh this
See
Bill carey
c:m
!?tensive
pre-_mari~l
sex, explained how an abortion affects
pleasure. The society at large.
rough development
of
the
fetus is
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Box 619 .. college experr~ce
should only two of the three persons
which offers extensive legal
.
known
to
the
scientific •world, it's
!~elude sex expenence;, 3:nd
the
iilvoJ..-ed. the doctor and the
rights to all other human beings,
legally possible to have an
'id~~ of the s~den~ · m<=;lude mother. The child is the principal
abortion perfonned
in
New York
unhm1ted prom1scu1ty. Given
ConL on page 7, col. 3
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TIIECIRCLE
SEPffiMBER30,
1971 _
·Dear
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Mr.
Rockefel(er
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. Questio_n·s··:and: :AnsWers -.
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With ..
sheri1f:Quillloh
Nelson A. Rockefeller,
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Office of the·Governor,.
·. 'The foUowing article contains excerpts·from a taped interview of
Executive Office Building,
Sheriff Lawrence A; Quinlan by a coJJege student in
·the
fall of 1969.
Albany, New York.
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The interview· foJlowed
the
incideni
of the· suicide 9f 17 year old
Dear Mr. Rockefeller:
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Clayton Strever, inmate
of
the Dutchess County Jail in June 1969. . ·
. Frequently a man is moved by a particular course of events to express his opm1on 1n some pubic.
Q. What are your main duties
as Sheriff
of Dutchess County? . . . ,
·. form. Many times I have found myself distressed by th~ ~_ctions o_f so~e branch of the govel".nme~t,
.. A. Number'one, I'm the chief police official
of
the county. In addition
and in strong disagreement·with them, however, ... Uus is the first time l have ever engaged m
to that, I'insort of the warden
of
the. prison; which
is
the County Jail.
correspondence with an elected officia~. ~his is !he.f~st time I have sought, to put forth my personal
This i$ my responsibility, to supervise this. In a.ddition to the criminal
views on a public issue in this "!{ay. This 1s
the
first time I have been so ~ove~ by a sense of _anger,
activities, I also have what-is known as the-civil department. "There
outrage and frustration, thatl find myself impeUed to attempt some_form of direct contact with one
are three categories, but I think the main function· or ·the one title is
who is responsible. And since this is a first attempt I request_ your tndul~ence, and the courtesy of
· Chief Law Enforcement Official
of
-Dutchess County .
. listening to what l have to say.
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Q.
You called the-·jail. a prison ... ? ·. ··
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As governor, you are responsible to the people of this state, and ther ar~ entitled to hold yo~ a~-
A. Well, it's a prison in a way. It's known. as a jail but it's
ah, I think
countable for the exercise of that office. You do not seem to feel any obhgatton, however, to meet ttus
better· described· as a prison. It's· easier to understand that it's a
responsibility. You do not seem to believe that the people either require or deserve a true and c~m-
prison, a county prison; because-the people thaU have here are the
plete explanation of
the
events or issues o~ tbs Attica _tragedy.
It
would a~pear from th~ events which
people who eventually serve sentences in s~te prisons and it isn't, 3:h,
have transpired since, that you do not intend to give an open reckoning of the acti~ns taken by
just a hold-over jail where you have people for 'intoxication and
yourself and your administration. If this is not so, then why h~ve you cr~ted a ':"all <>f stle~ce around
disorderly condnct. We· have murderers, robbers, burglars and all the
Attica? Why have you
fail~
to give.adequate answers to th~ many questi~ns which have arisen'?
major crimes there are. We have:those-prisoners here, so it'!> better
To remain silent is to give consent. You have already given you~ pµbh~ ~onsent to wh~t ~s ,hap-
described, !think, as a prison. '.•'.
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pened at Attica. Many of the people of this state seem prepared to give their s through then· silence. I
Q.
Aren't a large percentage
of
the
people in jail non-sentenced?. _
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cannot give mine and therefore will not remain quiet.
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A. ,Well, a great many of them, yes. Because there's a Jerrific tur-. · ·
Mr. Rockefeller, you have pub1icly stated that there wa~ "no alter!lative" to last_Mond~y's assault
nover, people coming in all the time, so it,·ah, ~e ~ity ... I would say· _
upon theAttica prison. This is clearly untrue. There were m~eed av_ailable alternat~ves. D1dyou hope
there's a great percentage·that are non-sentenced, probably half. · ._-
that by saying 'there was "no alternative''., you could avoid offermg an explanation as to w~y you
·
Q.
Is there anything being done now to help the men who are in for·
rejected those alternatives, and chose the course of action you ~d? Why Mr. Rockef~ller _did you
longer_periocls of time to go back into society?
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refuse to c?me. to Attica personally, ~hen s1.1ch an appear~nce might ~ave h~lped th!! s~tuatio_n; and.
.. A. W.e have. an education.al program which_ is just beginning. It'll•
most certainly could not have made it any worse? Why did you terminate the negotiations with the
formally start the first of January. Tliey':ll be eligible for it, if they. '
prisoners when they were willing to continue negotiating: C~rtainly t!J~re was again nothing to ,be lost
want to take' part in an educational program'. Of course it's-pretty
by such a continuance of the talks. Clearly the negobatmg committee form~ to me~t with the
·· difficult for a· great many of these people are here maybe for.15 days,
prisoners, which was in direct contact with the situation, felt so. Why Governor difl you fail
to.
pur~ue
10 days;
3()
days, and things like that; so
it
'I.Vould hardly be worthwhile ·
these possibilities? Did you feel that either your personal presence of a prolonging of_ the situation
·•to them, so the people who are here for long periods, and there aren't
would be.damaging to your own political image? If that was not the reason, then why wdl you not tell
many. We have some ah, .but very few
get
that sentence. We _might
us what it was? .

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have a couple at a time, so these people could benefit by it, so it might
At no time during the events at Attica did the basic situation of the men imprisoned there change.
narrow down. If you had a class, you might. have only one or two or -
They were prisoners before the riot, and certainly ~ere just as much priso~ers during. it, There w~s
three people.
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no way for them to escape that situation. They realized that; and they_reahzed that they wogld still
Q.
I've been reading, crjminals attain niore criminal knowledge
beprisoners after the riot. The fact that they released the injured hostages and took such excellent
through_ the pr~ent system and -cost the state IJ!Ore by repeated of-
care of those they kept within the prison, and the concern.they expressed for amnesty in the death of
fences than a good rehabilitation program-would.
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Officer Quinn, cJearly indicate that they were aware that they would_ have to bear the consequences
· A.
It
doesn't matter what the expense is.· The thing is we must
of their actions. They knew they would face terrible consequences if they killed the hostages, and that
(slam) not have
it.
We must not have it and tlfe thing that breaks it
knowlege must have been a formidible deterent against any rash action on t,heir part. Why then did
down again is the law is here (slam), and of course there's a continu.ed
you act so precipitously in ordering an attack'? And even though you had ruled out a negotiated set-
ah, trend by certain Plements ofthe country toward softening the law,
tlement, was it in fact necessary to engage in a direct assault against the cell block.· Was it not
softening the _punishment. The courts are getting soft: Everyone's
possible to starve the prisoners out, or to perhaps force them from the prison by a heavy continuous
getting soft.
So
it breaks down the whole thing so that people have no
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saturation of teargas? Were these alternatives considered; and if they were, why were they not at-
, qualms whats1>ever
ifr
violaijng the law because, "What the dickens
tempted?
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difference does it make? We're notgoing
to
get pui:tished There's no
There are so many questions about this event to be asked and so many for whicn not answers have
punishment so what difference does itmake?"'This is why y~u have ·
been forthcoming. And yet none of these questions·causes me greater anguish in the askirig th
_
an why,
. got so much (slam)_ violence; this iswhy you· have so many .. murders .
Mr. G<>vernor
1
wasit necessary f~r f~rty-one l!len to di,..e
i~
this senseless trag~)'..f H_ow di~ ~his '.
(slam); and assaults (slam),.arsons and: things (slanr) of this kind,
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happen?,Do-you truly expect us to l>el1~ye that 1Lwas nec~ry. for men .~ho ~~e:/lrin.~ctw.th,an. · /:
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be~auseithey·knoj thil_t.
,
they!~ notgofug-t~~-t>cunish~d;tl_l~~'.they'll
g~,;.,.:~-' •,
arsenal of weapons to shoot'down forty-one men in recaptunng the cell block? How: cQtild men whose
· on for y¢ars'and
years
and
years
before.Wseverbroughttoaihead ~d
most Jorrriidible weapons were night sticks and knives
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offer-· real - resis~nct?
to
fuen .,carrying
th1:m at si.tcbtime that it is the court will.decide ihsome manner where .· ·
automatic rifles.
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there's no-severe. punishment sothi~ is where thti"breaJ(do~ is. U:s
· Whatalternative do we have butto believe that either these deaths were deliberately.perpetrated,
very obvious:
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or thatthe conception and execution of the attack wasa,resultof gross ineptitude,_if_notcriminal
incompetence? Certainly none of'the events since the ~~sault on'~ttica_have ~eryed to dispel th~se
suspicions. How was it possible for both Mr. Houlihan and Mr. Dunbar
to
publicly.state that the mne
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hostages who died in the assault had died as a result of having ~eir th_roats_ ~las)ied, w.h.e~
~~
yecy
: · Circle: What is: the -tier ·like?:- , yJnj_ey/-:S~metimes
Jt
was·
bodies of these men were already in the possession of state officials? D1dthey m:ake theseerrc>neous
Varney:

is a .walkway ,in :good,as·a
rule
in
the morning-we
allegations simply as a result of an almost
malicious
irrespo~ibility, or was this
in
face
a
blatant and
:frontof · 15 cells,· wait I '11 draw, a . .
had:
coffee,. cereai and ·twice: a·
deliberate attempt to createan.atmosphe.re of emotional fear.in which your ~bligation.,to pn:>v:ide a
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week you received two donuts:
justification of your administrations actions would be obscured?
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, . For.lim~h we had
tea·
with a·main .
As
a resident of.this state I call upon You, Mr. Rockefeller, to answer.these questions,
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and.
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to .. an°
Circle: How.were you.treated?: mea_f;for'-supper soup or.beans, .
: swer the many more questions which have arisen from this·:affair, '.The peopl~ of this staJe have a
: Varhey:t · Some people .·are,_- , and
some
coldcuts. ·You,received .
: right to know the facts in this matter, and you, sir, as chief executive_have a duty to provide them,
~reated
OK> Some people are . a tre~eridous quantity of starchy
And
in
that capacity, as chief executive, the people also have the right to exp~ttha~:YO.U:will take ·
treated rough, some people they , -·foogs, it wa~ of a good guality but· ·
· positive action.in the aftermath of Attica to expedite thosereforms inour penal system·~ruch are so ' · beat the shit out of them, 'lbere : : iHas~d terrible,
I
worked in the
· long overdue. You.have shown no real interest in this.rriatterJ:,efore-now.
The
record •of.your ad-: _was. this te!!nager, he_ was;
1
kitcher(~
I made out
o~.·
,
;
<
·
ministration
in
the area of prison reform is woefully deficient. Creating euphemistic·I!~mes is. no .. · claustroj>hopic, he:freaked out iri: (· -'.C,ii:cle.:: Do they censor· inail?
,
.
substitute for creating sound reforms. Nothing would better serve. to re~ssure the puJ>lic · that · . the _cell and they put ,him in
the·:·::/
<.
yarney: Allma,ilinco~ing;arfd, .
· something meaningful will be done to avoid a repetition of
this
tragedy than an active pi;~ra!ll.On the
· box. -· · · ,'.· · · -
_
.
·
o~tgo,ing is;censored ..
\>
·
part of your administration, and in the state legislature, for sound reforms in our priSQns;,~<i for the~-
> .
Circle: What'is the box? ..
, Circle:•. Was your- nia~l cen-
finan_cial allocatio~
to
~ake_such reform~ possible. No act:would be more ~itting to'l;)egin:such a .. ·
Varney: The box is~ steeJ
c~
_
so}'.~? ·/ '.
.. :,
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program than the 1mmed1ate unplementatmn of the twenty-eight demands which were submitted by
no bars, a solid steel door with ,a,·: Varney: 'Ibey held iny: mail
the ~ttica prisoners 8f!d to which Commissioner Oswald gave his ~ssent,
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· roughly 6" by 6;' hole in the door• . bac~. , ·. · :
It
is not enough to simply express the hope that the events~which transpired at Attica Will not~be
put food in\o the cell. They have, : Cm;le:_ Why? ,
_ ·.·_•
repeated again in other insituttions across the state. Something definite mustbe .done
to
guarantee·
to tip a· plate-to get the food
iii-:
·varney: Because certain
this. And any course of action which is to be pursued must be aimed at working fundamental changes
side; and· it always falls on the • peop!e · had a hard-on for me·.·
· in the.entire system
of
criminal punishment. Simplytoattemptto increase "security" a!}d repressive · floor .. There i's no bedding,· and , · -Circle: What kind of effect has
power in the pdsons, as a means of "controlling" the situation will not suffice. The entire §ystem as it
they could take· away, your·
·
:this experience had on you?
,now stands is archaic and insufficient, a monstrosity which makes·a travesty of the very.word
clothes: .
·
_.
·
·- .Varney: The basic . effect:is
Justice. It is the right of the residents of this state to expect,
to
demand, that you undertake the task
Circle: Were· you_ ever· in the · thatlthinkl'd shoot somebody
if
of reforming this system.
box~·
. . · .
· ·
· · · ·. they tried to take me back there. ·
.
Richard.A. Glass
Varney:
Yes
for 2
days.
I gave . I can't believe lsaid thatf '3ut·it is
A
.
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them some trouble. I know this · so damn bad.
·
Circle Interview ·.,··
rt_· .
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Var· ·n
_
·.
ey·
b)ackguy'theyputin the box a_nd - . ·circle':What aboutthe library,
he started to scream.
It
was on a
it's supposed. tQ have
.
2,000 .
Saturday . during visiting hours · volumes?
.
and they. wanted· to keep him
Vamey: I never saw it. I know
. by James Daly
·
quiet so.they hit him with tear gas
nothing about it.
As
far as·l know .
Art Varney is a young farmer
. .
,
till
he was out cold. They
took :
I ··had .. the largest library . o,f
in Pleasant Valley. He lives on . · Circle: Is that all?
.
Varney: There
was
none..
him to the mental hospital
the·
pocketbooks. I used
to
send them
·. his parent's far.m with his
Va.mey: They also cought•me
Circle: What wer~ the :visiting next day.;
. ·
·
.
to.
oµier•"inmates. When .I-was
.. daughter:J~uljng the summer
of with_pQssession of hash but I did days like?
.
. ·; . -.
Circle:
Do
you want me to print. there they had 14 televisions and
. 1968
he spent three months in. time for the pistol.
.
·
-vamey: You look forward to it, your name?. . . ·
_tbey stay~d in a gwage · for. ·a.
Dutchess.•Coiihty Jail for
the
_Ciccl~:·Howlongwereyou'in .allweekyouthinkof.things·you
Varney:Yes,ithasgottobe ·year'.;_
. :_ ·
·
· ·:··
· · possession'J:,f 'a· rusty 22 caliber jail? · ·
·.
: ·
· ·
want to say but when it;happens credible. FJI.show it to·my parole
Cir~Ie: ijow c_ome you di~. 3 :
.. pistol.
-1".h~
"f9lJ9wing in~rview
_-: .V~r:ne~: For three months~ · .
yog feel so happy t~ see someone officer. .
· · ·
·mof!ths for possession of a '-'rusty:'
. took pla·c~ iq:Art's trailor on the . ;: qccle. Were you a trustee?
. from the outside you stand.there
Circle:
If
they:
see this they · ,old
~22T.'.'. _· ·
• . .
. . ·
.
farm. ·
··.i:: ,._;;
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:-Yarney: I never got out once .. and smile.
It
was so damn noisv
could harass yoµ?
.. , V::i!t:11~Y'. : I · don't know. ~·at::. _.- ·. •
· Circle: . .Wheri.did ·you
do
time in Th.~ only time I ever got out:was. and so damn sad ... ·. , ·
- '
Varney: .. , They can't do·
h~ppened :on · that day, it·
was .. :· .
:
.
. ·butchess'Cdunty Jail?
t<> go•fo court every two weeks, ·· Circle: Wbatabout:recreation? anymore-to me than they have ,_ after.~efatm was raided. I
w~.--,.: ;
Varney:.;The.Summer of 1968. ·
w~~~- it was happeningjt-was · Varney: What recreation?
already-~one. · .
. - ·
take~t:'.> to·, .
the
Town .. of '·; ·· ··
_: .. ·. Circle: -What· was the charge? r~_aJlyJaeavy for me because lam -: : Circle! Put it this'way, ~bat
do
.
Circle:." :.'How . many inmates\. Poug'*-~~ps~e.P,olice Dept.
wh~~ .
: · Varney~;r·.A . misde11leanor, .~HaffllE!r al')d it was v~ry ha.~
-
,to.·. you do all
day?. ,:. .
'
.
• -
when you
wer~.
iri
were awaiting·
.
•.
J·wa~
q~tioned. and. held: fQr ·_; .
· ,possessfo~: •. :9f.:,a ;dangerous se~J~:sky fro11l f>E:hind.baJ:s_::J•: •. Varney: When_
Lfirst'•.started trial?
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pr~~~~gs.
Qn.thatday Iwasjn.: _; ·
weapon.
>,f=•.',,'."
,
,
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l~k;_~~k ~wand it w.asJ~_a .. out I did yoga. and
a
lot of
Varney:.:There were sup-··:
heavy
~1~ t?ecause I had ha~ a .. ·_
· · Circle: ,\Vh~.bvas the weapon? ~d:.~f/led~.-
_
· . : :. : walki_ng.
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pos~y
c1
~
C?'1
~_e>ther
side, _but·:
~~e
accid,en~
the
day before, a~,· :.
,
Varnei::~N.1£exce'ssive)y rusty
:.;_,0fcl~: ·
Was there anv
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Crrcle: Where did. you walk? I cant say.'ho,\,. many
a
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calib~;:pi~~lf.
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Varney: In the ti~.,-._
Circle:_~?~
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the food?
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SEPTEMBER
30,
1971
11lEClllCLE
PAGE7
. , The _S.taft Responds To the Birth Control Issue
Service
.
,Programs -
It ;..s note.d that'various questfohs_.
w~re
rai~ed
]~si
week'bl
regards
to·_faciHties available. for counseling regarding sex ,educational
matters. Below is
a
statement regarding the services available for this
- particular matter.··
·
The.objective of Service Progr;mis is
to
offer counseling services to
the ~arist CoJJege Community; The concept
of
counseling is used in a
broad sense to include:
. .
.
.
· .
a. short-term individualized.discussions oriented towards increased
self-understanding and awareness'; in an effort to resolve or adjust to
specific issues which 'seriously impair constructive functioning. . -
- b. short-term group disctissions-where carefully guided group in-
teraction i~ an integral catalyst for increased self-understanding, self-
~ctuaHzation and-or expression..
.
· ·
c: serving as con~ultantto campus organizations, groups, and in-
dividuals who need assistance and information regarding ca.mpus and
. community resources that can
be
brought to bear 011 issues primarily
related to mental health or personal adjustmentproblems.
The area of sex education
is
broad eriough
to
bring the total concept
, of counseling services to bear.
.
·
·
a.
Individual counseling sessions wiH be continued and expanded as
·
.. students identify their desire to deal with their concerns within the
counseling relationship. Available counselors are: Mr. Richard
Bickley,Bro.~rry Sullivan,Mr: Bill Berman, and
Mr;
Cagle Moore.
They may
be
contacted through thePsychology Department,Ext.
297,
Room
109 D.
b.
Group counseling:is in progress, and thereby presents the vehicle
· of group interaction to deal with concerns which might be better
resolved through controlled peer encounter.
.
c.
As
per Service Prqgrams support of expanded sex education·
programs to the Marist community, Service Programs has been in-
volved with group who are implementing the distribution of sex
education literature, and acquiring the ~upport
of
concerned com-
munity organizations. ·Service Programs hopes to expand.the use of
both campus and community resources which are available to. relate
to general sex education, contraceptives,
VD
treatment, pregnancy
tests, legal issues, pre-natal care, and abortions.
The scope
of
counseling services is restricted only by the scope and
nature of the problems bro\ight to it.
If
it is felt that certain matters
should be dealt with by other forms of co~nseling services, ap-
propriate referrals would be made. We are deeply interested in
student feedback regarding their concerns and needs.
If
the above statement is determined to be too limited in scope
regarding this matter, we are always available for intelligent ex-
change regarding program development. ·
FESTIVAL PRESENTS .
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1':=i=r1:l:•·•···
THE ROCK OPERA:WITH REVERENCE
AUTHORIZED _COMPANY
CASTOF40
OCT .. 4 -MON.
-~t
_7&10-P.M.
PALACE
'
THEATRE - ALBANY
. ALL SEATS RESERVED - $6,.SS,
$4
.
. AT PALACE
BOX OFFICE
Open From 11
:00
am - 5
:30
pm ,,.
The
Sophomore
.
Class Needs You
· · This is a can to all members of
· the class- of 1974 who are willing
. to help their class
in
a
time of
·need.
!
.
On · September
20
the
Sophomore ~xecutive Board met.
to discuss how their class could
help strengthen. ·the · Marist
community and at the same ti~e
brinst
ti.-.
~embers of the class of
"74" closer together. Many_
in-
ART
VARNEY
(cont.
from
page6)
teresting ideas were discussed
but it was decided that a group of
· merely eight could not carry out
these ideas. In other words the
Sophomore Board · needs your
'lelp no_w. Therefore, all ~uture
meetings· of the board wdl
be ·
open to all .students and it is
hoped that students will feel free
to come and express their much
needed ideas.
I was not aware of what was I..iiter on, but the way, a Town of
happening, liowever, I didn't Poughkeepsie police officer
worry because my · mother who· -swore an affidavit stating that
came along, had
been
told s~ my mother was present at- the
would be calJed in when . th_ey proceedings.
were ready
~
question ~- · I
Circle: The law forbids a plea
figured she would ~r~_of
keep
of guilty without a trial in
track of what was
happening.
felonious cases and possession of
But, they never. call~ her in and a gun is usually a felony. Could
the next thing I lrnew, I had been you explain in what way your
.charged, plead~d guilty, and case was different? ·
sentenced. The paradoxical
part
Varney: It's true that you
of this whole thing is that the gtm cannot plead guilty to a felony.
was out.on the counter because
I'
NormalJy possession of a gun is a
was planning
to
take it to
the
felony - but they made it a
Sheriff's office the next day. I had misdemeanor in my case, and I
found it out in the field and it was supposedly pleaded guilty.
dismantled when the police came
.. Circle:
Any closing remarks
and obviously old, rusty and not you would like
to
make?
in
use.
Varney: The Dutchess County
I was not aware that I had Jan System Sucks.
supposedly pleaded guilty to
the
charge until the next day - in
jail.
'
.
Residence Staff
by Fred Lambert
After conferring with the Counselling Services Center and the House·
M_asters ana Graduate Assistants of the Resident Hall Staff, we have
. concluded the following.
'. As
an educational community, the situations attendant to the
students' sexuality will be dealt with from our own point of view as
professional educators. To this end, we are unanimous in our
agreement thatgood,viable sex education programs are sorely needed
f1nd we will address ourselves to this need immediately and will look to
the students for the direction these programs will take.
I
Furthermore, we would like to make public the services now at our
~is~sal from a medical point of view. We have always shared a good
rapport with. St. Francis Hospital and have also made contacts with
Planned Parenthood programs of Poughkeepsie. Appointments can be
made through the Nurse's Office. Information on birth control, etc., is
also available in the Campus Infirmary.·
As
an educational facility, which does not act '.'in loco parentis" in
any .aspect of our educational philosophy, matters pertaining to
human sexuality should be no exception. We are in no position to make
decisions for people in a matter so personal as this. We have available
a trained and competent staff to counsel people and add objectively to
d<.>cisions in this regard but in no way do we make the decisions. Nor
are we responsible for the establishment on campus of any clinic to
deal with the physiological aspects of a person's sexuality.
It
is hoped that with a better understanding of the beauties of human
sexuality as
a
means of mature and intimate communication between
two people who Jove each other and a renewed respect for life and the
right to life, irresponsible sexual practices and poorly informed
"<'mergency" decisions
will
cease and to that end we will look.
The System: What Is It?
bv Tom Malone
What is "the system'?" 1 am authority as set forth in the U.S. imperfections and inequalities
· asking this question for I have Constitution, a two party system have been of _late emphasized
observed that the semantics of <that is occasionally crowded by more, as a chief result.
I
believe,
a
third party· i.e. George of the war in Viet Nam. This was
the phrase is diverse, while
growing in popu1ar usage.
As
of Wallace's
American
In- the catalyst that has spurred on
)ate, it was the nebulous of -a dependence Party of 1968 - made to criticism both malcontents and
up of-disenfranchised blue collar anarchists such· as William
query - response segment of the ·
K
tl
b
recent Kunstler "lecture" at workers, other radical con-
uns er or Bo by Seale and
· ·
·
servative segments of the white constructive critics of America
Marist. The phrase, I feel,
is
used
indiscriminantly _ it's very middle
class,
old
"Gold-
~c~
asR Rt:;sey Clar:e, Ralph
·ambiguous.When 1 ask someone waterites" and bigots.) And last
a er, a p Abernat e and the
·
butnotleast,thefinancialem_ni_re Rev. Jesse Jackson. The former
what is meant, by "the . system",
t<
d
th
-,
t"'

1 ·
of_. ,Wall . _Street .;;and Mad_is.Qn group, represente by Kunstler
.. e .exp1ana ion is a ways a Avenue that has Jong x·nfluenced and Seale-seek to weaken the
personal opfr1iori . -
usually
politicaJly based. That is a (either rightly or wrongly) the base of the American system,
policies and tactics of the Fede. ral and of our collective assumptions
person
',s
·.
individual
in-
b
J
h
1
government and both
the a out ourse ves.
T
e atter
terpretation of the "system" is
h
determined by his or her political £?emocratic and Republic par- groups t rows more light on the
beliefs, This applies also to me, ties.
.
,
American system's inadequacies
this article is· merely a personal • The
Ame~1caf!
system s ba_sed on I believe the!r, l~ve · of
viPwpoint and nothing more.
~- strength, I believe ts held by the this country · of wha_t 1t s 1~~als
First of all, the system wnerl peopl~ - the grass~oots. State are, an9 the ~tentJal political
used in the context of discussing political
conventions
send . and ~cial good it has.
America I take to meaning "the delegates elected.by the people to
It
is people of the stature of a
America~ system" • as
O
ed national conyentions every four C;larke or Nader th_at sh?uld be
to European political disc:ns years, to ultimately have a hand hstened to when discussmg the
speaking of the English system or in forming a party platform. Also rec_ent_ c?ntroversy over the
the French s stem.
t~e 2 major party's. primaries At~1ca mc1dent. and th~ need for
i
constru~ the American give th€: ~ople a tangible force in pri~on refor!ll. :r~e prisoners at
system to mean the American deter~mmg their later c~oice of Attica wer~ 1ustif1ed to an ext_ent,
political and governmental 2 candidates for the Presidency. to revolt, s1mf?lY as human ~~gs
system'. This system derives its · Thus,_ I :say again ~at "t~e under harsh mhuman c~nd1t10ns
personality from tbs past Amenca~ system" has ,ts basic <!~ough they have no rights as
American philosophies of the stren_gth m t~e people.
.
citizen~, nor should they have
. Puritans and Calvinists thoughts
This then, 1s what I def me the these rights).
_
. the manifest destiny concepts of :4-merican system to be_
It is an
~o conclude, l s~bm1t that as _I
the 19th. centur
ru ed. in- imperfect system, but one of the · def med tJ:ie American syst_em, _it
dividualism and
t
air~g of self- few truely democratic and has a basic go?dness_ ~mlt mto
1_t.
rightousnes~ that· juxtaposes aJJ enlightened political systems of and constructive cr_ibcs _of this
· of th
· ·h.l
hi

to
the world. Other systems in country should use his basic good
distin:t1!e pp~t:;~
:?
t:U°nkin; Britain, Switzerland, and Sweden trying to bring ab~ut changes
and acting histor· 11
th t • also rank high as enlightened that are needed. I t~mk John and
American.
tea Y,
a is political systems. The American Robe~ Kennedy tr~ed to do this.
It is characterized formall . b . nature is such that we always M~rtm Lut~er Kmg prea~~ed
distinct divisions of govern~eJ historically strive to correct our this · appe~lmg to th~se positive
·
system's imperfections. Its elements m the society to do
·
something_
·ABORTION (cont. from page 5)
Announcement
including convicted criminals, friend.
If
any girls or women
has already stripped her of every members of the Marist com-
legal right. College newspapers munity are willing to help this
have offered advice-on ways and . lone male in the finding of more
means of killing her .without any humane solutions, please get in
· consideration of her whatsoever. touch with me.
The tri-eaptains of the soccer
Finally, the one human being who
Roscoe Balch
team, would like to express their
has been intimately involved with
sincerest appreciation to the
her,-whohasfeltherreality-her
student
body
for its tremendous
mother, has paid a man to kill - - - - - - - - - - - - - support and turnout at last
her.
Saturdays game against Sacred
Should any student find herself DON'T
COP OUT
(cont. from
P"°" 2)
Heart. Your continued support
with an unwanted pregnancy and
-ev
will be appreciated.
It would be
wish to learn what other alter-
nice if we could win all our
natives are open to her, she may talking up, whether it be in
the
games, but this isn't always
come to me in my office at St. chapel or on campus, you risk
possible, but we'll work harder at
Peter's. I wiJI put her in touch being identified with the wrong
winning, if we have your support.
with a sympathetic older woman groups. But that is the mar-
J.
Heilmann
familiar with all the resources of tyrdom of following Christ's
P. Parcells
Birthright, a national movement beautitudes: "Blessed are those
B. Bergin
to aid women pregnant with who hunger and thirst after
unintended children. This woman justice ..... "
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This pasf weekend the Varsity Joe McCann, BiJJ Sears, Nancy Division races, and Bill Sears
Sailing Team drove
to
Ithaca to Weber and
"Doc"
John Dyer sailed in A Division races.
participate in
a
regatta hosted by represented the
college.
·
Par-
This
coming weekei:id, the team
Cornell U.
on
Lake Kiuga: Under ticipant schools
included Marist,
will
sail at
.
Albany
.
St. "Better
theguidanceofCoachJohnKren, Cornell,
.
Hobart, and Albany
.
luck to you
·
then
Marist
team
members
Cathy Richard,
State
.
Joe McCann
sailed
in
B
marines!"


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