Western Front - 1974 November 19

              Anti-war rally focuses on peace
by GREG COHEN
Implementation of the Paris peace accord and a
boycott of President Ford's amnesty program were
called for here Saturday by Tom Hay den, Jane
Fonda and David Harris of the Indochina. Peace
Campaign.
"Although the accord was signed almost two
years ago, the United States continues to subsidize
80 per cent of the Thieu government's budget,
including the military supplies needed to continue
their aggression against the Vietnamese people,"
Hayden said.
Hayden, a founder of Students for a
Democratic Society and leading radical of the '60s,
appeared with actress-wife Fonda, and Harris at a
program sponsored by the local chapter of
Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier
Organization (VVAW/WSO).
The program is part of a nation-wide tour to
bring public attention to the continuation of the
Vietnam war.
Earlier Saturday, the three met with U.S. and
Canadian anti-war activists, Vietnam veterans and
draft resisters in Peace Arch Park at the Blaine
border crossing.
They called for a boycott of Ford's amnesty
program until all U.S. involvement in Indochina
ends and a universal and unconditional amnesty is
reached.
Hayden called for an Indochina Peace pledge to
be adopted by elected officials.
The three-part pledge includes prohibiting
direct American re intervention in Indochina,
abiding by the political provisions of the peace
agreement and stopping all nonhumanitarian aid to
Thieu and Cambodian President Lon Nol.
"I'm talking about funds from such U.S. programs
as Food for Peace to construct tiger cages
for political prisoners," Hayden said..
About 500 persons attended the evening
program which included a film made by Fonda
and Hayden during a 1972 visit to North and
South Vietnam. The film, "Introduction to the
Enemy," contrasted the war-time life-styles of the
people in Hanoi and near the demilitarized zone.
It was originally confiscated by the U.S.
Customs. _ , _
See pg. 5 for related story.
INSPIRATION — Jane Fonda, actress, spoke with aroused feelings
and appreciation to the Canadian anti-war activists, Vietnam
Veterans and draft resisters on Saturday at the Peace Arch, —photo
by George McQuade. front Vol. 67 No. 13 Ten Cents TUESDAY, November 19, 1974
Apathy nets three Fairhaven students $250
by STEVE GALBRAITH
Three Fairhaven students walked
into the art department office last
Friday and walked out with over $250
in cash and prizes.
Mark Dodson, 19, and two of his
friends, Carrell McCarthy and Steve
Page barely made it to the 5 p.m.
deadline of the Eberhard Faber
National Art Scholarship Contest, held
eligible to all Western art students,
after learning three hours earlier that
they were the only contestants.
Gene Vike of the art department
said the poor turnout might invalidate
the contest and the amateurish quality
of the artists' work might disqualify
the entries.
Lack of student involvement in the
contest was caused by the refusal of
both students and faculty to support
it, Vike said.
"The unfortunate part of it (the
contest) is that it comes off as a
commercial venture," Vike said.
"Students look upon art as a more
significant media than that."
He said a company representative
originally approached the art
department to drum up a promotion
for the company's Design Art line of
felt-tipped pens. The rules in the
contest stipulated all entries utilize at
least four of the Design Art markers.
After learning he was the only
entry, Dodson asked to speak to one
of the faculty in the department and
persuaded him to let him come down
and present his work.
Then, he mentioned the contest to
his two friends, who drew up their
own entries. McCarthy "took a couple
of knives on her painting," Dodson
said.
Page, the third prize winner, spent
about five minutes squiggling out his
entry, a wavy collage of Eberhard
Faber colors.
The three presented their exhibits
to Vike, who later criticized their
quality.
"The way they were, I didn't really
want to show them to anybody," he
said. "So I asked them to put on new
borders and bring them back Monday."
Student acccess to records eased
After today Western's students will
be able to see that little folder of their
vital statistics, and they can rest
assured every Tom, Dick and Harry
won't be thumbing through their life
history.
The Famuly Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974 will go into effect
today.
Under the act, no institution of
higher learning will be granted federal
monies if it has a policy which denies
or prevents students from inspecting all
material that has been placed in their
cumulative record.
Open to students inspection will be
such things as attendance records,
scores on aptitude, standardized, and
psychological tests, health data, family
background information, teacher and
counselor evaluations, and results of
mental and psychiatric evaluations.
Also, outside access to this
information will become more tightly
controlled by the students under the
new law.
Current Western policy allows for
the release of student names, phone
numbers, GPAs, majors and class
schedules without a students consent.
After today, anyone, including parents
of students over 18, who desire to see
a student's record will have to have a
signed release from the student whose
file is being requested.
A provision is also incorporated into
the law which will allow students to
challenge any material in their records
they consider to be false, or irrelevant.,
Students will also be allowed to
request information be added to their
files.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare will handle
student complaints and requests.
Dean of Students C.W. "Bill"
McDonald said the new law will cause
no problems at Western. "We are very
careful about what we release
concerning a student's records,"
McDonald explained. "There will be no
major change in our policy."
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Huxley to help plan city's future
Faculty and students of Huxley College are serving in a program to assist the
Bellingham city government in planning the cities future. The first project is
forming a citizen task force to formulate goals for the growth of the city. See pg.
3.
Visiting hypnotist mezmerizes Western
Ron Roe, who says he "is not a hypnotist," recently demonstrated his craft,
explaining that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, its success depending on the
participant. He ended his presentation by hypnotizing the entire audience. See
P9-2.
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