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Peet o a Edaftea The Retort Is Extinct At the beginning of spring quarter, the Retort was under the auspices of a new editor who promised that the Retort would effectively fulfill its function as a student newspaper. It was stated on the masthead that the Retort was currently a \news magazine.\ This \news maga- zine\ now runs a feature story every week that has nothing to do with what is going on at EMC. This sort of thing would be fine if the news were carried to the stu- dent at the same time, but it is not. The students at EMC paid money for a newspaper that would tell them what is going on around them at this school, and the Retort is not doing this. As a specific example, the new open-dorm policy was totally ignored and never received any mention in the paper. This was of great interest, particularly to those students who live in the dorms. The Retort has become a thing that comes out every Friday, and it very seldom arrives on time Fridays so that the student can read it. Our administration must love the Retort as it is now, because it doesn't begin to let the readers know what the administration is up to. In the past, the Retort was on the lookout for the interest of the students of EMC and let those students know when those interests were in dan- ger of being violated in some way. Now the only way that people find out about these things is by word of mouth. The administration is there for the students, not the other way around. The student must be kept informed by the campus paper so that he may take action on administrative decisions that are not popular. The Retort has carefully avoided a confrontation of any sort in hopes of making the paper popular with the administration. The paper as it is now, is sterile and uninteresting to read. The features carried are from off campus contri- butors and not by students as the masthead proclaims. The literary page, which is one of the reasons why a lot of people read the paper, is nowhere to be seen. The editor-in-chief stated in an article in the Billings Gazette that this page would specifically be continued—it has not been. The Retort has been coined by some as being an \Ego Trip\; this has been denied by the editor-in-chief. It is interesting to note, however, that the person who lays the paper out, consistently gives himself a by-line three quarters of an inch high. For the functions that it is supposed to fulfill, the Retort is no longer the Retort. The paper comes out every week attacking things like tyrannical grade school teachers, praising distant people like Edward Kennedy, and ignoring the campus news which it is supposed to be carrying. LETTERS Cladis Clarifies 19-Vote TO THE PULP: As recently elected state chairman of \Project 19\ I would like to clarify what \Project 19\ is and where it is going. Peace Fund Promoted TO THE PULP: In 1968, it was \Clean for Gene;\ students actually hoped and almost believed that they could elect a President of the United States who would end the War. Chicago ended that. In 1969, it was the Moratorium and \Work for Peace;\ students believed that the President of the United States, the man who had promised that he had a plan to end the war, would have to listen to them if their numbers were great enough. Their numbers were somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000. The President, by watching a football game on tele- vision and declaring that he would not listen to these students, ended that. In the spring of 1970, it was campus demonstrations and strikes against the horror of ex- panding a war that never should have existed. Students again be- lieved that the President would listen to them. Kent State and the Administration's mealy- mouthed comments about the re- grettable inability to avoid the murder of United States citizens protesting an undeclared, immoral war ended that. But, whether through obstin- ance or pure naivete, students again believe that someone will have to listen. Except this time we got smart. We don't expect anyone to listen to pleas anymore or even the demands of thrown rocks and burned buildings. We expect them to listen to the tra- ditional mode of communication in America—MONEY. That is what the Peace Commencement Fund (See story, page 1) is all about. It is about students who have tried, have fought, have pleaded, have demanded, and finally have died in order that this country might change its em- phasis from that of Big Brother to the world to that of a humane nation trying to show the world that freedom can work, without guns, both in Asia and here. If we have to play by their rules, we will. But however it is to be done, we will do it. The war must end. Whether you would like to burn buildings, wanted to vote for McCarthy, or voted for Nixon because he said he would end it, you can contribute to the fund. Pray that someday someone will talk about the Indochina War and say, \The Peace Commencement Fund ended that.\ —Susan McLuskie \Project 19\ is an organized campaign for the 19 year old vote in Montana. Although the 18 year old vote would be preferred by many it is un- fortunate but realistic that o n 1 y through compromise were the Legislatures able to get an ammendment to lower the voting age to 19. Some of the campaign ef- forts are of course our state and county fairs which will require many interested young people to help coordi- nate. Home town campaign headquarters would also be a goal for \Project 19\. Another area that is necessary for a complete campaign is adver- tizing. Billboards, Radio, Tele- vision ,and Newspaper are all efficient means of spreading the news. Many feel the young have a lot to say, I am one of those people. The sys- tem can work but the young deserve a chance in that sys- tem. With much work from all interested students and young people, we will obtain the goal we are seeking. The goal being an equal opportun- ity as young people, to decide what laws will be made for the future we will have to live in. I hope that the people here at Eastern Montana Col- lege will take a step in help- ing to make this campaign an overwhelming success. Nick Cladis State Chairman \Don't Come, No Work\ TO THE PULP: Telegram 8 :35 A.M. May 25, 1970 Please advise your stu- dent body that this is not the year to come to Alaska to find jobs. The current un- employment rate is very high, work is not available. No one should come to Alas- ka unless they are assurred employment and have suf- ficient funds to guarantee their passage home. There are no jobs and there is no place to live. Keith H. Miller Governor of Alaska Coordinated by Jens Selvig Cheyrl Meyer, Betty Bloom, Rita Healow, Dave Clark, Steve Swoboda, Judy Prochor- chik, Dick Pfister, June Elliott, Stan Walthall, Terre Jesse, Nick Cladis, Janet Strick- land, Michael Davison, Nancy Dunagan, Gary Ford, Ken D. Bovee, Steve Berger. Terry Johnson, Ed McLuskie, Susan McLuskie, AAron Stansbury, Connie Perkins, Topper Whitworth, Gary Votapka, Carol Conroy, and Jim Cass. Page 2—PULP—May 27, 1970
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