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Students for a Democratic Society, 1965-1972

1968-12-10 Article: 'SDS Plans Rally Prior to Hearing By CSC for Sies' Page 2

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Another undergrad, although he favored Hubert Humphrey, said that neither man was at all "interesting or exciting."
A first year law student, Alasdair Liddle, added, "The sentiments of the British students must be looked at historically. John F. Kennedy," he explained,"was a great hero to the English people, and he sharply raised British regard for the American Presidency. Johnson as his successor was accepted as the legitimate man for the office, although he was an anti-climax."
Liddle continued, "Nixon had been presented on the political scene, yet failing, for so long that it seemed inconceivable that JFK had held only five years before."
Two others moderates expressed their anxiety about possible Vietnam escalation under Nixon. This disappointment in Nixon's vistory has led many of these students to ignore further developments in American politics. Perhaps, in fact, some of these reactions are typical of American students as well.
-Micheal Shea

Is Code controversy administrative decoy?
To the editor: 
Has the possibility been considered that the Student Code may be a cunning decoy connived by the Administration to distract student protest away from vitally important issues such as recruitment on campus, the Ugly War, the draft, discrimination and poverty?
Such an assumption is reinforced by the lack of any significant action on these crucial fronts since the Code was first revealed. While other colleges and universities are wrestling with the primal evil.

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[...text cuted] Another undergrad, although he favored Hubert Humphrey, said that neither man was at all "interesting or exciting." A first year law student, Alasdair Liddle, added, "The sentiments of the British students must be looked at historically. John F. Kennedy," he explained,"was a great hero to the English people, and he sharply raised British regard for the American Presidency. Johnson as his successor was accepted as the legitimate man for the office, although he was an anti-climax." Liddle continued, "Nixon had been presented on the political scene, yet failing, for so long that it seemed inconceivable that JFK had held only five years before." Two others moderates expressed their anxiety about possible Vietnam escalation under Nixon. This disappointment in Nixon's vistory has led many of these students to ignore further developments in American politics. Perhaps, in fact, some of these reactions are typical of American students as well. -Micheal Shea Is Code controversy administrative decoy? To the editor: Has the possibility been considered that the Student Code may be a cunning decoy connived by the Administration to distract student protest away from vitally important issues such as recruitment on campus, the Ugly War, the draft, discrimination and poverty? Such an assumption is reinforced by the lack of any significant action on these crucial fronts since the Code was first revealed. While other colleges and universities are wrestling with the primal evil.