Filing for ASB offices opens April 29
Filing for Associated Student
Body offices starts April 29.
Anyone interested in running
for ASB office should see Mr.
Lunt in the PUB to register,
from April 29 to May 3.
Candidates’ speeches will be
heard at noon May 7 in the Little
Theatre, voting for the new
offices will be held Friday, May
May 10.
The ASB picnic was held
Saturday at Tongue Point.
Volleyball and softball made up
the main events. Hot dogs,
beans and pop were served.
The ASB Victoria trip is to be
held May 4. The cost of the trip
will be $4, which includes return
trip on the ferry, bus trip to and
from Butchart Gardens and
admission to the Gardens.
Tickets are going fast for this
event so if you are interested in
going you should see Mr. Lunt in
the PUB.
Phil Lassila, owner of Lincoln
Theatre, announced that in the
next two weeks students of
Peninsula College carrying ASB
cards will be admitted to the
show at junior rates.
The new stereo for the PUB
will be here at the end of the
spring quarter. BOC has
decided to subsidize the jukebox
for the rest of the school year.
‘String’ next COC film
“The String” will be the next
in the film series being
presented by Christians on
Campus. It will be shown at
noon May 3.
The last film had a good
turnout and discussion. The
club is also having Bible Studies
on the Book of John every
Tuesday noon.
Nancy White named winner of frosh Webster award
Nancy White was named this
week as winner of the $300
Webster award to a freshman
journalism student planning to
continue journalism studies at
Peninsula College.
Nancy has been on the
Buccaneer staff fall and spring
quarters and was enrolled in the
newswriting class in winter
quarter.
A graduate of Senior High
School in Port Angeles, she also
is a member of Phi Theta,
scholastic honorary.
The Webster awards were set
up this year by Mrs. Esther
Webster, in memory of her late
husband, Charles N. Webster,
longtime editor and publisher of
the Port Angeles Evening
News, and his father E. B.
Webster, who founded the local
daily.
Totalling $1,000 each school
year, the top award of $600 to a
graduating PC student who
plans to continue his or her
journalism education will be
announced at commencement
exercises. The third award of
$100 for the best published work
in Tidepools, campus literary
magazine, will be announced
following its publication this
quarter.
Selection of award winners is
made by a committee composed
of Frank Ducceschi, managing
editor of the Port Angeles Daily
News; and Margaret Holm and
Earl Clark of the college
faculty.
I once stumbled onto a case of bourbon-
and kept on stumbling for days-W.C. Fields
Tonight’s film fare
Two comic relics out of the
past will be presented tonight in
the Friday film series.
“Never Give A Sucker an
Even Break,” starring W. C.
Fields, and “Scheming
Schemers” featuring the
boundless talents of the Three
Stooges, will be shown at 8 p.m.
in the Little Theatre. Admission
is 75 cents for students.
Co-starring child star Gloria
Jean, “Sucker” exemplifies
Fields’ famous philosophy:
“Anyone who hates dogs and
children can’t be all bad.” He
illustrated his sentiments again
and again during his career,
often billed with Baby Leroy,
who caught the brunt of his
disdain for young ones.
Larry, Curley and Moe are
seen running around the clock
pluYnbing business where they
try and find a diamond lost in a
wash basin. In slapstick fashion
they entwine electric wires and
gas pipes in pure slapstick.
Enrollment down
Spring quarter enrollment
has dropped considerably from
past quarters. Computer
figures for after the eighth day
show 702 day students and 674
night students. This brings the
total spring enrollment to 1,376.
According to Mrs. Baker,
assistant registrar, these
figures represent the normal
trend. Enrollment tends to be
heaviest in the fall, drop some
winter quarter, and drop even
more in spring quarter.
Pinney considers ‘BIG’ questions
James Pinney from Orcas
Island was Thursday’s Studium
Generale guest. His talk was a
mind opening experience about
life. The main questions
pondered were Who are you?
Why are you here? and the
mystified mindboggler: Is Life
a mystery?
Quoting from T.S. Eliot at the
beginning of his lecture, Mr.
Pinney went on to say that he
doesn’t know what’s in his mind
but he explained that the
greatest thing to do is to be
loved.
The school play was about the
same subject Mr. Pinney was
talking about so if you missed
one of the performances you
could pick up the other.
Self-defence class for women-
Scaring the inevitable rapist
By NANCY WHITE
Isigned up for the self defense
class dreaming of a chance to
show superiority over man.
Instead, when I told my brother
what I had done, all he said was,
“Who’d attack you?” Another
point for his side.
I am actually learning things
any proper young lady should
know: how to squeeze an
adam’s apple to kill a person,
how to cripple someone for life
by kicking his shins, or how to
ruin someone’s hearing by
popping his eardrums.
Learning can be fun.
Rape is one of the number one
crimes in the country and very
few rapists are actually
convicted. So our instructor
advised us that if it comes to
losing our virginity or fighting
back, we should fight back. I
hope the girl sitting next to me
wearing a wedding ring took
careful note of it.
Our instructor has introduced
us to many things. One of them
was a 230-pound mass of muscle
that bore some resemblance to
a human being. At the time, I
would have sworn that the
whole gym shook when he
walked in.
“I suppose he is the guy that
is going to attack us,” I joked to
the girl next to me.
Well, guess what. Before the
course is over we are going to
throw him around as if he
weighs 60 pounds. Somehow I
keep doubting this.
One day, someone is going to
get the wrong impression of us.
I have visions of someone
walking into class and seeing
our instructor choking a girl, or
grabbing her leg and asking
“Does it hurt yet?” or hitting
her under the ribs so she can
feel what it is like to get the
wind knocked out of her. The
visitor might decide to play the
hero and call the police about
the sex fiend in the gym.
Self defense is important to
learn. I only hope I will never
have to use it. I keep getting the
feeling, though, that it is almost
un-American. After all these
years of flying white flags, we
are now being taught how to
fight.
Winter honorlist released
The following students were
named to the President’s List
by achieving a grade point
average of not less than 3.75
during winter quarter at
Peninsula College, it was
announced today by Dr. F. Ray
Duncan.
Dean J. Abrams, Rebecca J.
Allman, Michael A. Bauman,
Patrick V. Burdick, Clarence L.
Chow, Walter A. Cooke, Leo J.
Degraw, James J. DeVincent,
Kathryn Dickgieser, Aline M.
Eiman, Cheryl A. Evans, Roger
E. Fasola, Dean R. Fortner,
Ralph W. Gentry, Patricia A.
Green, Geraldine Haubrich.
Also Edward L. Hauff, John
Holmes, Jennifer Jackson,
William G. Johnson, Teresa L.
Jones, Marilou M. Kirsch,
Daniel J. Kolden, Julie K.
Lancaster, James H. Lotzgesell
Jr., Lavona B. Lundstrom,
Christina H. Maier, Alberta
McBride, Mary C. McCallum,
James A. McGee, Alfred S.
Pavlak, Lloyd M. Phipps.
Others were Bryan Pierce,
Charles D. Piercy, Lance
C. Rennie, Deanna G. Robbins,
Patricia A. Sampson, Walter L.
Sanwald, Gail M. Schmitz, Ruth
E. Seelye, William B. Seelye,
Gloria A. Shinn, Susan J.
Spillane, Robert G. Stanard,
Marilyn R. Still, Sandy L.
Strait, Kent B. Weicker, and
Nancy L. White.
Students who earned a place
on the honor roll with a grade
point average of 3.25 or better
for not less than twleve (12)
credit hours, and no
incompletes were:
Joshua Adekanmbi, Thomas
P. Adkins, Jeffrey L. Akins,
Maida M. Bigler, Neal A.
Bittner, Beverly S. Botts,
Thomas Bukowski, Gary
Bukowski, Patti Fay Bunnell,
Jean M. Cole, Bruce M. Cox,
Susan J. Curren, Charles L.
Ditzel, James Easterson,
Jerome Eberharter, Daniel L.
Estes, John A. Ferguson,
Harold A. French, Naomi
Gallagher, James E. Garrett,
James R. Gau, Valerie
Haldorsen, Michael A. Hassell,
Thomas J. Heller, Dennis
Helsing.
Also Thomas G. Hicks, Mary
Lou Hostetler, Lynette A.
Huffman, Vickie L. Hunt, David
L. Hard, Ann R. Kennedy,
Michael G. Kompkoff, Stanley
Kowalkowski, John E. Lange,
Ralph E. Lemke, Mary C.
Liegel, Phillip Longstreth,
Nancy J. Loucks, Gayle M.
Mason, Kimberle S. McCoy,
Pati L. Merrick, Jane A.
Minish, Judith P. Moilanen,
Karen A. Monds, Brian R.
Murphy, Richard W. Olson,
Susan K. Ostlund, Dan R.
Parrish, Claude B. Peden, Julie
D. Peters.
Also Kirk E. Peterson, Mike
M. Puddy, Jon B. Purnell, Vic O. Richardson, Mary A.
Richbourg, David B. Roberts,
Louis V. Roberts, Marjorie A.
Root, Rob M. Schoenfeld, Albert
A. Simpson, Mary S. Spawn,
Colleen M. Springer, Kristina
Stevens, Paul H. Stratton,
Peppe F. Tiano, Catherine
Tickner, Kathleen N. Warren,
Jeffrey L. Well, Donald A.
Wildman, Brenda K. Williams,
Dolores K. Williams, Lewellyn
Wininger, Warren F. Wolf,
Carolyn M. Woodside and
Robert D. Zaring.
Editorial
Make mine music
For those who didn’t take in the Peninsula College
Players’ production “The Night Thoreau Spent in
Jail” we extend our sympathies. You missed a heck of
a fine production.
Hard drama has often fared badly in the Port
Angeles area. Some have blamed it on the same
infection one critic diagnozed for Seattle: “a lack of
recognition of true cultural standards.” I believe this
to be untrue, for people everywhere are just as liable
to be “affected” by what is good as they are
universally able to recognize what is bad. And
“Thoreau” was good.
In particular, Ron Maynock’s sensitive
interpretation of Henry David Thoreau deserves
praise. It was a difficult role, yet handled skillfully.
The drama was unusual in that scenes and time
changes blended into one whole sphere or experience,
and during the Friday night performance the
experience was a good one.
To all the cast and drew we offer congratulations
and a challenge. We would like to see the players turn
their talents towards something this campus should
try at least once: a musical involving all of the drama
group and music department. We think the talent is
definitely here, and with much work and planning
could be channeled toward a quality performance for
a PC first. We’d sure like to see the attempt.
— Rich Olson
Lot lost for naught
Dorm students and their guests are being ripped-off
by a multitude of lazy people.
These people drive the cars that you see filling the
dorm parking lot. This doesn’t only happen at night, it
happens all day.
For example, a certain blue Chevy van inhabited by
a large St. Bernard dog is parked in the visitors’ area
nearly every day. Is he a dorm visitor? Not at all. He
is an active participant in the intramural program and
the dorm parking lot is closer to the gym than the
main lot. If he has so much energy to expend playing
basketball, why is he too lazy to walk a little farther?
Of course, he isn’t the only one who parks illegally,
but he is a good example because most of other people
are minor league jocks too.
These daytime violations are minor events
compared to what happens in the afternoons and early
evenings. Then we are besieged by a host of cars, so
numerous that finding a parking place is next to
impossible. Not only is the visitors’ lot filled, but any
dormie who leaves his parking place stands a good
chance of finding it gone when he returns.
Is this fair to the dormies? We think not. Why should
they suffer the burden of people coming up to use the
college’s field or gym who are too lazy to park in the
main lot where they belong?
Not only is this behavior unfair, but it is also illegal
according to the college parking regulations. The
rules states that no student car can be parked in the
dorm visitors’ lot until after 4 p.m. After that,
supposedly only actual visitors may park there. Now
with the increased interest in outdoor sports, visitors
are in a distinct minority. Who knows what it will be
like when the tennis courts are built?
What can be done about this problem? Parking
tickets could be written, but the high percentage of
people who either don’t pay their ticket or talk Mr.
Lunt into tearing it up prohibits any effectiveness
from this method. The school can’t have the cars
impounded very easily because this runs into legal
problems.
Perhaps the only workable solution is to educate
people as to the error of their ways. Unfortunately,
that may seem to be another case of wishful thinking.
— Ed Mund
Briefs from other campuses
South Seattle Community
College was exposed to an
example of student apathy
during their ASB elections. The
school spent over $280 to finance
the 4,200 ballots sent out, but
only 92 ballots were returned.
Grays Harbor CC broke all
previous enrollment records for
continuing education classes in
winter quarter. The 3,265
enrollment represented a nine
per cent increase over the
standing record set in 1970-71.
Running a red light is bad
enough, but doing it in the
school’s bus is even worse, as a
Grays Harbor student found out
the hard way.
Coalition Crazy
Elections for Associated Student Body offices are
approaching, and we advocate involvement. But not
tHBased on ptst^ecfions, it would be very easy for a
coalition to combine forces and completely sweep he
elections. If at all organized, the coalition of top
officers could come to dominate the Board of Control
You must understand that only two hundred or so
students determine the outcome of the elections, so a
coalition only has to include a minority of the student
population.
And why dominate student government? The
reasons are twofold. First, a good deal of time each
fall is spent in the organizational stage, where newly
elected officers and representatives sort out goals,
determine policy and in general become settled. The
single-minded purpose of a coalition is more likely to
do this early sorting faster and get onto more
fundamental concerns. Secondly, a coalition running
on a specific platform will have no trouble pushing
reforms or changes during the early part of the school
year. When things are unsettled, novel ideas have a
chance.
ASB officers this year have spent a good deal of
their time working on opening lines of communication.
For the most part they have failed in tackling or even
approaching some of the more basic considerations.
We heard no news of what BOC’s position on the
proposed graduation requirements were; found no
sharing of views on some policies set by the Board of
Trustees; and most damaging, saw not one new or
original activity added to the social calendar for the
year (with the possible exception of a contest of
fishing for poggies off a dock). The trend of
precedence and continuation has dominated.
In short, we are saying that if a coalition does exist
out there, the time is right for a take-over of student
government. The student body as a whole has become
mesmerized by sameness. The present BOC has
spring fever and is looking elsewhere for answers to
non-exsitent questions.
Please, oh please, form a coalition for Goofy
Government: somebody, ANYBODY. Then what we
have been operating under this year will become
officially recognized by name.
The door is open to a possible clean-sweep of
insanity.
— Rich Olson
Ladies softball team takes early victory
Peninsula College women’s
softball team won a practice
game April 21 against Wiley’s
Restaurant by a score of 16-2.
PC coach Dan Estes was
assisted by Jay Kalla and Jim
Brooks. Ed Coppin coached
Wiley’s Restaurant.
This was a pre-season game
in the Port Angeles Women’s
Softball League. All games are
using slow pitch rules.
Peninsula College is paying the
cost of $3 for the girls to play in
the league and is contributing
the equipment.
With the exception of two, all
games will start at 7 p.m. at
Erickson Playfield. The other
two will be played at Lincoln
Park.
PC will play its first game
May 13 against Thunderbird
Tavern. Also in May, they will
play Laurel Lanes on the 24th
and Joyce on the 28th.
PC will play Heidelberg
Distributors on June 5. This
game will be played at Erickson
Playfield. June 10 they will play
Wiley’s Restaurant and on the
18th the game will be against
theNext Door. June 27 the game
will be with Sawtooth Broil &
Brew.
July 3, the game will be
against Link’s Humdinger at
Erickson Playfield. July 8, they
will play Myra Mittlestadt’s
team. They will play Port
Angeles Pub on the 17th and
Sandy Heath’s team on the 26th.
Shelley Davidson is captain of
the 16 girls on the team: Brenda
Williams, Vicky Samples,
Jeanette Holley, Julie Peters,
Nancy Meinke, Nancy Lingvall,
Chris Maier, Mary Roblan,
Kathy Feakes, Lorna Charles,
Vicky Charles, Sharon Boddy,
Alain Eiman, Deanetta Medley
and Cindy Money.
The team practices three
times a week, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Sundays.
Bowling club needs 3 people
The Bowling Club is looking
for three more people to join the
club to make an even six teams.
There are three people to a
team.
Dr. Evans is the advisor and
Debbie Richert is secretary.
The club meets every Tuesday
night at Laurel Lanes and the
cost is $2.25 per three games.
The money goes toward a party
at the end of the school year and
trophiesfor the champion team.
PC golfers even up record
Peninsula College’s golf team
has posted an even record after
three games, with one loss, one
win and one tie.
On April 5 the team traveled
to the Overlake Golf Country
Club in Bellevue to meet
Bellevue Community College.
PC lost 341-299.
PC drove to the Grays Harbor
Golf Course in Aberdeen April 8
to beat Grays Harbor CC 310-
314.
April 15 they hit the road
again, this time to Vancouver’s
Royal Oaks Golf Course for a
three-way match with Clark
and Mt. Hood Community
Colleges. They tied for the lead
with Clark at 323, while Mt.
Hood totaled 333.
Scoring in golf matches is
quite different from other
sports. To obtain a team’s
score, the 18-hole scores of the
best four out of the five team
members are added together.
Unlike most sports, though, the
team with the lowest score
wins.
‘Blues’ play in Red China
After many years
condemning Western ‘Rock’ music, the Red Chinese have
allowed the British rock group,
Moody Blues, to play concerts
throughout China.
The five-man team of the
Moody Blues left London for
Red China in mid-February.
The Blues got the invitation
from the Chinese UN delegation
in New York. The Chinese claim
the Moody Blues are the “best
rock group in the Western
world.” They should know,
since after the tour, Western
classical music was
condemned.
A new album by the Moody
Blues should be out within the
next year featuring their
Chinese trip.
Soccar team forms, first test May 4
The school’s newestsport and club isthe soccer club.
Hakim Haider is the coach, captain, organizer, and
promoter of the club. There is a fair size turnout everyday
behind the gym at 4 o’clock.
The first game was to have been held Saturday at
Bellingham but is rescheduled for May 4 at 2 p.m. behind the
gym.
Anyone interested in joining the soccer club should see
Hakim or just turn out at 4 o’clock behind the gym.
The football (soccer) world
championship will be held in the
Federal Republic of Germany
from June 13 to July 7. The
contest for the best team in the
world starts a few months after
the World Cup games. The
teams play for four yearstrying
to earn the right to be a
participant for the solid gold
Rimet Cup in the next World
Cup.
Brazil won in 1970 in Mexico,
winning the cup for the third
time. England is the only other
team to do so.
There are four new faces
among the 16 finalists: East
Germany, Australia, Zaire and
Haiti, who beat the U.S.A, again
to gain a spot in the finals.
Section 1: Chile, E. Germany,
W. Germany, Australia.
Section 2: Yugoslavia, Brazil,
Zaire, Scotland.
Section 3: Netherlands,
Uruguay, Sweden, Bulgaria.
Section 4: Haiti, Italy,
Poland, Argentina.
The first round starts on June
13 and ends June 23.
Section 1 is anybody’s bet.
Section 2 will send Brazil and
Scotland to the finals. Section 3
will send Sweden and possibly
Bulgaria, and Section 4 will
produce Poland and Italy.
These are my guesstimations on
the teams from four years ago
plus who they beat to get to the
finals.
After round one winning
teams will play a quarter final,
semi-final until only two teams
are left to battle it out for the
cup. My guess would be
Scotland and Poland. Brazil is
without the services of Pele,
who held the team together four
years ago. — Bill Coppo.
Smith, Boyd Wells, Ed Coppin
Pot of gold
By BIL KETTLE
Congratulations to Larry
Germeau and Jeanette Holley
for winning the IM men’s and
women’s singles bowling titles.
Larry did it the hard way by
coming out of the loser’s
bracket to take two straight
matches from John Ralston.
The key game was Larry’s 215.
Jeanette pulled the con of the
year by getting all the
participants to allow her to file
a late entry form. The IM Board
agreed only because all the
legal participants were willing
to allow the late entry.
Jack Estes just about has the
men’s IM badminton title
wrapped up while Michael
Foley has one foot in the door
for the women’s title. Others
close to IM badminton crowns
are Mark Murray and John
Ralston in men’s doubles,
Nancy Lingvall and Michael
Foley in women’s doubles, and
Jack Estes and Brenda
Williams in mixed doubles.
There has been a sudden rush
of college men to be involved in
the City Industrial Softball
League. Gun ho for community involvement? Nope.
It isjust that the league is made
up entirely of women, and they
need some male coaches. The
fact that being a coach is a good
way to meet lots of local girls
has no bearing on the men who
volunteer, according to Ed
Coppin, who was the first to
offer his services. If interested,
see Mr. Livingston, who will
give you a phone numberto call.
The newest structures on
campus are the basketball
hoops and the horseshoe pits
which were built by the
intramural board for the benefit
of the students. Two hoops are
up and two more are being built
for the parking lot, complete
with court lines. The horseshoe
pits are directly behind the
gym.
In an opposite vein, the
bummer of the year has to be
the destruction of the new
facilities at the new West End
Park. It isn’t the first time it has
happened there or elsewhere in
P.A. Local kids complain the
senior citizens get more in the
way of facilities and money —
yet their peers continue to rip
up the facilities designed for the
younger set. As long as the
trend continues, I’m sure the
city fathers won’t be
sympathetic to teenage pleas.
Surely someone knows who the
culprits are — and it’s about
time the police were told before
a few spoil it for the majority.
Don’t be late in signing up for
the IM tournaments in tennis,
table tennis, and horseshoes. As
usual, signups are in Mr.
Livingston’s office. The two
racket sports feature
competition in singles, doubles,
the mixed doubles so hurry and
find a partner.
Last, but not least,
congratulations to Coach
Huston and the golf team. In
their first year of competition,
they won their third start. What
made it so sweet was that the
win came from an undefeated
team. As Tim Fryer put it, it
was the coaching that made the
difference— those long practice
sessionsreally paid off. Keep up
the good work, coach!
Inside ASB
Filing for Associated Students
elections will begin next week.
This consists of registering your
name as a candidate with Mr.
James Lunt and submitting a
petition signed by 25 students in
support of your candidacy. To
help give those who are
considering running for an ASB
office some idea of the benefits
and responsibilities they may
expect to meet, two officers
have described their current
positions below:
Sue Spillane
Student Body President
Many disagree on the duties
and concerns of the presidential
office. The ASB constitution
leaves them rather vague,
saying, “The president shall
preside at all meetings of the
Associated Students and the
Board of Control; shall be
responsible for the executive
and administrative work of the
student body; and shall at all
times uphold the constitution of
the Associated Students of
Peninsula College.”
Traditionally, the ASB
president has also served as
student-liason to the Board of
Trustees and to outside
organizations such as the
Council of Representatives and
Presidents (CORP).
Other unwritten rules make it
the president’s responsibility to
assist the vice president with
volunteer work at activities
functions, and to attend as
many of these functions as
possible. The ASB president
writes the agenda (if he uses
one) for Board of Control
meetings, and establishes a
workable communications
system between the officers of
the BOC.
Material benefits of assuming
the role of ASB president
include $75 per quarter tuition
assistance, an office in the
Student Services Building, a
mailbox, typewriter, phone and
personalized parking space.
You will get a lot of mail from
magazine companies, special
reform groups and prom-key
manufacturers, a copy of The
Daily News, and copy-machine
rights for ASB-related business.
As ASB president, you will be
recognized by many faculty and
administrators, and asked to
represent all students at
Peninsula in meetings which
help to determine the future of
the college. You will have the
opportunity to talk with many
people on campus whom you
otherwise would probably never
have met. Perhaps you will be
disappointed that some people
do not see you as yourself, but
only in a role position.
Yet thisis asitshould be. ASB
president has a value as a
human being, but is most
valuable to other studentsin his
role function, which involves
many things. Concern for the
majority (and for learning what
the majority wants) is the first
criterion. Thought to organize,
time to listen, courage to
question and energy to act, are
parts of it.
Beginning last year with little
knowledge or experience in
leadership, but with a vague
desire to do good, I approached
the ASB presidency as a
science, seeking to itemize,
order, direct and complete all
business mechanically. Since
then it has become a more
personal work to me,
demanding a degree of
flexibility which has changed
my perspective on many things.
Most importantly, the
powerlessness of one person,
without the active interest of a
constituency, to affect
favorable changes for a group
has been impressive. It is the
faithful concern for other
students shown by a Board of
Control — organized,
represented and assisted with
information by its president —
which determines student
government’s effectiveness.
And if I encourage you to run
for ASB president it is because,
within the political restrictions,
limiting work-load and
occasional role-hindered
relationships, there is a great
opportunity for creativity. Your
administration will be what you
and others make of it.
Karen Seibert,
Treasurer
The duties of the ASB
treasurer are understanding
how the student budget works,
how it is made up, and the
current amount of money in
each fund. This requires some
knowledge of business affairs,
although most months during
the year the business office
receives computer sheets with
the exact amounts expended
and promised from each
account listed.
The BOC treasurer does not
actually handle all of these
funds. What actually happens is
that the BOC decides to spend
some money, and the business
office makes out the necessary
checks and requisitions.
Other duties of the treasurer
are enlisting ticket-sellers for
BOC-sponsored events and
giving valuable input at the biweekly BOC meetings. The job
requires time and dedication,
but doesn’t require 24 hour
absorption in BOC affairs.
Get Out of My Light
Taxation-The big ripoff
By STEVE KIMBALL
“Taxation is theft!” This is the war cry that was sounded
Saturday, April 13, when the Society for Individual liberty
staged its second annual National Tax Protest Day. National
Tax Protest Day is a nationwide educational activity
sponsored by advocates of the libertarian philosophy. In 1973,
protest marches, leaflet distribution, speeches and other
projects took place in 23 cities across the United States. This
year, activities were bigger and better organized.
But, you may wonder, the slogan says, “taxation is theft.”
Surely some taxation is necessary. In reply to this query, the
libertarian presents the following argument: If a man sticks
a gun in your back and demands your money, you regard him
as a thief. If he tells you that he is doing it for your own good,
the poor family down the street, society, or some other
“noble” and altruistic goal, your judgment is not altered, for
he still hasrobbed you, and therefore isstill a thief.
The man with the gun may say he represents some
respectable organization and that this is what entitles him to
your money. In fact he may be only one of many working for
this organization, but if he takes your money against your
will, he can be nothing more than a thief, and his act a
robbery, despite any euphemistic name he may attach to it.
The preceding sketch is a brief description of the taxation
process. The government isthe man holding the gun and he is
pointing it at your head. The fact that taxessupposedly go for
necessary or “good” purposes, is no defense. Necessary for
whom; good for whom? If the things that taxes pay for are so
good and so necessary one would pay for them voluntarily.
No one forces people to buy clothes, shelter, food, stereos or
automobiles. The truth is that taxes are levied because some
individuals in positions of power, want to finance what they
think is good, and they want to make everyone else pay for it.
The taxation system is nothing more than legalized
plunder, accepted unfortunately by its victims, because of
that age old sacred cow, democratic government. It is the
precise situation mentioned in the example given above.
Because the thief says he is virtuous, and represents
thousands of other thieves, his victims do not complain, and
allow themselves to be robbed.
But, you ask, aren’t we free, don’t we get to vote for our
leaders, the men who set the tax levels?
The libertarian replies by asking who has ever voluntarily
joined the government? Who has ever signed a contract with
it asking for its services? No one, but perhaps the men who
signed the Constitution, and they are all dead. The situation
is analogous to being born into a club which says you are a
member by birth, and then demands that you start paying
dues.
What have the bureaucrats done with the money they stole
from you? The answers are interesting. The average man
works from January to May for the government. That is how
long it takes him to earn the money necessary for paying his
taxes. Between 35 and 40 per cent of his salary goes to the
bureaucracy. And where does the money go? It goes to pay
bureaucrats, who today constitute one out of every five
employes in the United States. But what have these
bureaucrats done with the money? Has anyone noticed any
improvement on the national scene? People are more
regulated and controlled every day.
It istaxation which makes this possible. Without looting the
taxpayers, coercive government could not continue.
Bureaucrats and pressure groups could not fund their
hairbrained schemes if people only purchased those services
they wanted, rather than those dictated by their political
overlords.
“Taxation is theft,” and when people start treating tax
collectors the way they do purse snatchers, shoplifters, and
pickpockets, a major battle on the road to freedom will have
been won.
Library Corner
With the addition of several
new magazines, Peninsula
College Library is nearing the
400 mark in periodical holdings.
Rolling Stone, a newspaper
tabloid, is the basic music
magazine of the counterculture.
It owes its following to factual
reporting about the music
scene; interviews with media
freaks from established
personalities such as Bob Dylan
to lesser-known music writers
and musicians; excellent
record reviews of both singles
and albums; and includes
numerous illustrations and
photographs.
It is rapidly taking on the
image of the establishment
since the editor has moved into
other fields, including books,
and the advertising and
circulation have grown to a
point where it is no longer
considered the “little”
magazine of modern music.
Rolling Stone is on reserve and
available at the circulation
desk.
Stamp News
The USPS has released a setenant block of four stamps
saluting the 200th anniversary
of the assembly of the first
Continental Congress which will
be issued in Philadelphia on
July 4.
A new U.S. commemorative
stamp will be released on June 16. The 10-cent stamp is of the
200th anniversary of the Fort
Harrod settlement in Kentucky.
April 28, the 16th annual
Spring Philatelic Roundup will
be held in Olympia, at Olympia
Community Centre, 1314 E.
Fourth Ave.
