frlday. Octob'er I, IMO SCARLET AND BLACK / lETTERS TO THE EDITOR invite Nixon. Agnew? To the Editor: , The Des ltloines Register on September 29 carried two inter- esting article one, Mr. Nix» on's interview with 500 “frien iy" college students (note. it made page oncl, and the other. Mr. Agnew's refusal to speak at any liberal college. I wonder it (in a rare moment oi unnnimi< ty) this campus could extend to the vice President an invitation to speak here, guaranteeing. l1) strict courtes and (2) tough questioning ot the sort the Pax Nixonus has evadodi Needless to say. we shouldn't try unless we can deliver on both counts. If we can, Nison and Co. are going to be in an embarrassing position no matter what they do, and just now when they’re trying to “quiet" dissent. Randy Price '71 "Ourside World Irrational" To the Students of Grinnell: 1 got a letECl' from my brother that made me think. He gradu- ated from an Ivy League College last year and gal: married He is now teaching in Philadelphia, The letter went like this: "We got your letter and the Durer pictu ithank you and sorry 1 ha. ‘I written to you sooner, but you can imagine I've been to ily busy. The Job is really hell—very unrcward— ing most oi the time. You would. ii't believe but a real black ghetto is it e. 1 mean dope. death, violence police brutality. and a lot oi iking corpses oi y at used to he people are all over the pl c. We can't stay altar school on more than a few minutes because il‘ you do. you're really taking your lite in your hands. Anyway i am con< hiscd about u lot of things that I'm doing there etc. The system is what has got to go. but I'm not terribly violent so 1 don't think I’m going to be kicking out the lat: \ilyhbw i want out of this s id society. but i guess I'll u. until the end of the your. Listen—appreciate the fact that you're in school and with people who enjoy thinking because the outside world is really irrational. Take it easy. Love, peace, etc." C. H. Seniur Wants Yearbook To the Editor: 1 read with great disappoints ment the plan to put out no yearbook this year. i am a sen- ior and the problems this 0014 iege has had in producing a yearbook is truly amazing. it is too bad that the Class ot 1970 will have no yearbook to look back to after we've lett Grln< nell. 1 am not in favor ct elimis nating the literary magazine, but it is no substitute. What can he done? First of all, I believe that a yearbook could still be put out this year. Money could be raised. assum— ing the SGA rcally can't give any, ii-om immediate advanced soles. it might not be the best book, but it would be some thing tor the class oi low to look back to, to remind us ot our time spent here. And, even it this can't be done, l rccom mend that from now on money be set aside each year fur the production cl a yearbook and that no one tamper with these funds, i spent live years at a school with a total enroll- ment oi 250 students and a graduating class oi 24; yet, i have five yearbooks tor thcso years and l cnyoy looking back. There was never any trouble turning these out, and they were tree. There is no reason why a college ot 1150 students which must get more money than a small secondary school, can't produce a yearbook, even it it costs the student about $10. Perhaps the Senate should cone sidcr this rather than worrying about allocating money tor a dog house tor a stray mutt and the problems at the world. And, it this is all the sell. the calir pus newspaper has to print, perhaps we can dispense with it and get ourselves a yearbook. Jack L. Hermon! ’70 Cites "Mindless Freshmen" To the Editor: Alas, Grinnoll is raising another crop of mindless fresh- men, hly mate ‘ 1 basis is one. a boy raised in a ilitary school. His sister. he explains, is about to wed a military oilicer in Vietnam. No fear ion the gent there. he says, for he only flies 3525. “They’re the easiest kind or bombers. They just drop ’el‘ll and then leave." At my ex pressed shock, the young boy explains, as it he were actually on my side — “Don’t worry. he's not even lor the war.” Then that makes it worse, i told him. “Why?” a he still didn’t see. He went on. Went on about —. “My sister's got a good deal, though." on. i thought, and what is that? “Well, this guy gets tour free years of college. And otter he gets out, well, he's already been trained as an ex» perienced ilycr. Anytommer- cial airline will hire him." Let us hope that the college is not this college, and that the airline is not your next one out of here. How would you like a military bomber pilot flying your passenger ht? i could only reply big shit to the fact that this bud would get 4 yrs. college and all these precious job options out of the deal. He sounded, l commented, like a repulsive person. especially since he was doing all this re. pulsivo shit he didn't even believe in, or support. But no, the pci-son (I say that not with out soinc snicker) beside me dclcndcd. “Isn’t it worth ioui- years oi collcge to make such a sacriiicel" And what kind oi sac lice was that." l asked, “cc-tainly not his ownihe is soc iicing those other people that he is bombing.” “Well,” replied the young. inept trosh. “HE IS SACRIFIC- ING l-lis BASIC BELIEFS FOR COLLEGE.” I do not remember ii I waited around to ask the breathing creature next to me what exact- ly this other p son we were talking about c pectcd to get out oi sand college. Perhaps the E ITORIAL Alice In Blunderldml Dean Alice Low this week blew the lid off Gtim’lell's already turbulent drug situation and plunged the campus into total cun- iusion about the remarkably muddled college drug policy. The clean “clarified” the drug policy by instructing resident advisers to report to the deans when they are “reasonably certain" that a student is “under the influence of an illegal drug.” Such a policy is simply absurd. it would inequitabiy discipline students by setting up an arbitrary guessing game tor the resi- dent advisers' amusement. Perhaps the naive dean wants the resident advisers to use birdswalching techniques — spotting and identifying drug users by their bright red eyes and long hair. Ii. is astounding to learn that the college seeks to disciplina students {or being “under the influence or drugs.” Even America’s unjust drug laws, which impose harsh penalties tor the possession or sale of certain drugs, do not regard “being under lhe influ- ence” as a crime. Even more distressing is the fact that Dean Low's RA enlurce- ment policy has virtually destroyed any confidence students with drug problems might have had in their resident advisers. For a troubled student drug user to seek counseling from a resident ad- viser is now about as likely as a guilt-ridden mass murderer stop- plug in to chat with J. Edgar Hoover or Richard Turner. While Dean Low's policy was absurd in itself, the higllrllanded and illegitimate techniques she used in formulating it were flair bergasting, it is not surprising — and is in tact typical e that the dean did not consult students when lormulating the policy. But the mind boggles at the realization that she did not consult the president, the faculty, or even (according to several RA'S) (ha resident advisers. Dean Law’s sudden snatching of decision-mak- ing power was a kick in the crotch to students whu had been led by President Leggett to believe that resident advisers would be counselors, rather than animals or inloriuei-s. The Low escapade has significance lar beyond the drug issue, because it has exposed in studenls the real manner in which tha decisionsmaking process works at Griniiell, Students are actually irrelevant in the decisionmaking process that spits out the ad- ministrative policies under which they must live. The administration shrewdly paciiies students by allowing them token representation on cummlttees, but in the final an- alysis: Hurling Basement is the source of all power. That is why the college drug policy iormulated by last year’s Student Aliairs Committee was mysteriously eliminated over the summer and. replaced this tall by President Leggett's drug policy. That is why President Leggett will decide how to define the resident advisers’ role in the drug policy. That is why three students were placed on conduct probation tor illegal drug use. The exlsting decision-making process at Grinncll can no longer be tolerated. And judging by student reaction to this week’s Low blow, it will not be tolerated. AS Bob Dylan has observed, “The order is rapidly changing." Grinnell students are linally waking up — more power to them. . sensi lities toward huluan values, toward human lives that I feel I have developed, and that, heaven forbid I hope that kid somehow acquires. Sue T. Miller '71 Prof Defends "Channels" To the Editor: it seems to me that student government here might gain by a reorganization. At present, student government does incor— porate the principle that all students should be represented in a parliamentary body by elected delegates; but student government has lacked impor» tance and “relevance." here as elsewhere. because the delibera— tions ot this body have not he ccssarily led to the College’s i-c— considering its policies. i suspect that those recent changes which have placed stu- dents on most ot the faculty's standing committees, however, have signaled a real change in the signiiieance of student “participation" in the College’s nffau's. Despite the fact that no stu— dcnt-taculty committee has tiic linal say on a given matter, so that ratification of many deci- sions is required in division mcctiiigs, iaculty meetings, and administrative review, these committees are in tact impor- ta and in tact have power. in P' liamentary bodies generally. ideas which are presented for the first tune on the iloor are inircqucntly adopted: it is im- portant that some group have previously coiisidcrcd a matter. have had time to do some lea search. and have been able to achieve some consensus on the matter before it will usually have much of a chance. Committee consideration fl'e— qucntly uncovers lundamental diversities or opinion, antici. pates consequences that had not initially been ioreseeii. and in- dicates whether the idea can appeal to enough people to have a chance of passage in a larger body. Parliamentary bodies therefore depend heavily on their committees to weigh phi» posals, iron out their bugs, and work out compromises betora LETTERS— Contlnued oii Pg. 3, C01,: The Scarlet & Black Student Newspaper of Giinnell. College. Grinnell. Iowa 5,". An independent "“4 newspaper p u be 5| ll‘lltd weekly, , =ccpi during hon. 5 (lays land examina- § ttnn periods, by (3‘ ill: Griititell Cums iiiittcc on Student Publications. Subscription rare soon per school year. Edlmr .. ltllchnel .v. lirandoii Associate Editor ..,. Tom Thomas Busines: Manager .. Lynn Adonis Luyoui gdhor nlanu siuurl chiet riiotographci Ron Siehuiorn Sports cdlior Sieve \Vclls Reporters . Molly Mcculm. .tohn .rdner, licnry Selieli, Sue slegcl, Alan cane... Alan unit rhotographcr . . Jeri Gttlllinnlv productzou said Andrew. lilo cuneinn, Ll. neutrons. Lean