Stetson Reporter

Forensics Team Victorious At Sweepstakes, Youth Debates Team member Bobbi Rime l»ana Diitnitre tin April 9*ti the Forensics Team was busy rasaking up an outsynsling vi chary at a rournaaaent which included several eastern schools The faurnamenr took place af Marshall University tn West Virginia. The .Stetson Forensis, Team scoteci htg Tr. the Swetpstakc* campefition i ttstal team points a, beating the teeond-plaea* scttoal by a 31 peart margin i llst-SP. The bird place team was Bab State, Bobhi Rewe. member nf the team, said tltat he team was testing sts weak spats in preparation for tht; National Farensics Tournament. The National Forensics Tournament will be held in Im Anceies, at California State tVaversitj' an April 21-25, fast ye-ar «i the Stetson team came tn fearth at tins national event. Also making forensics news, are Bobbi Bowe's outstanding victories in the Bicentennial Tenth IMtates. The Bicentennial Tenth Debates are sponsored by the National Bicentennial t-omnussion as prt of thi; American issues Forum program. First, Miss Rewe won first place in the «- temperanet'us speaKtnc event at state level, which entitled her ie gc an ts' regwaal competition an Atlanta. There, Miss ho we competed against among eight state first place speakers from the eight Southeast states. In preparation, stie aad tc write sixteen sarieeehes on -tie historical aspeets of Continues" e-i sage j r Vei« Mo. 21 SMtmi UnfcmvHy D-tUrnd, flsrlittt April 23, If 76 Former Senator Smith Ass Criticism by Tosa Ctw Former Hepubiiean ffenator Margaret Chase SaitUs of Mai it- addreairsed a crowd tta the state of freedom in the s-t-orlai. the Called Nations and the United States Tuesdav mant in the Edsmunds Center, SpnsecsHl by the MMs and f.ecturers series, the furamer senator was honored with a DiyTiagaishestServiee Award after a sr#eeh which cited tlie enallenp; af negative cynicism as Bie raa|sair issue confronting out freedoms and eoadernncd the content "critical t-tiLlture" winch petapetuates the aprehleni. The former senator began by addar^ssinil the declining stature ef freedom in the world today, Citing a "comparative survey rsf freedom," the Mew England Republican said there was ita-a less than 21 per cent of the world's population ttrtsjoying - real freetiom.*' Tbe former senator went on to say 'nearly one-half«of the world's population i live in not-free societies *' Pointing te the -'alarming ssrostoti of freedom,*' the Maine conservative fflestrated the -most significant decline' <af freedem with fhe situation in India- The tweafy- rivs; voar veteran ef the Senate trermed Mrs, Ghandi's acions -trenic" since a wsiman priiamenlarian was guilty nf "ruthlessly tiestroyslagl civil rights" in the Man nation. Co the sabjects af freedom in the United Nations." the former senator termed the orgtciisation an "anarchistic suhilistic shaaaibles.'* Saying that former Dialled Slates United NaUost* representative Daniel Patriot* Muy*nilian bad "refreshingly told it like it is" and stood ap to those who '*sdsc,nusiy attack the I'-si," the former Jtepblicsaia Senator blsaaaaaed the "nunlscule Afsro-Arab rtaftons and the rise of toiaalitariantsni** in the world fertile "selective morality" ef the world body. The former senator noted the ''tdiisisiveness and hj-afwriay'* of the United Nations as the body "only actaowledgsas the birsr-ache*" of the i world's) free" nations. As proof of her ttuntentiea the former senator cited the condemnation of Israeli Zionism as racism. The forsaaer presidential hopeful of t$84 prrfaced her comiaents on the psitif-rs ef frsatMtmi in the Vnlted Slates saying that "after thetetaaaas of Watergate and Viesajaaam we are a weakened nation and peep le." By so demonstrating tStis "inability fo cope srifh what faces us,'* the former senator continued, the United Stat-as ii&k it has lost face both at home and aimandthe world. The Maine Repabbean clarified this b-ias* of srredibtbty with tbe case of Ytetatam saying, '"fly* war was not lost by the American niilitary on the battlefield bat (ratter's at Iwne by a harassed adnunislration with no clear obj-eetive.** After ilustoatkig this point nn the tarls of credible leadership, tlie former senator identified the- erosion ef public si*pprtfor the war with a highly critical and iaars-sp* onsible press. The harmhisl effects of tht' Vietnam war were fully teought out hy oar toss af cresibDify abroad rsa-garijing eat foreign srmimitaents as well as our trend toward htward isolation, dimiaaiiaiMng ear erefiMhty at home aeeorsing to the fersner senator. Lighting To Be Installed Ai Tmmi§ Courts hy Dan Feather Sttt-ient Dear, (ieorge Pardt-;s aa* aanonnced thai it's- ta-sivt rs.iy n,ts ttet ,dod to iistat a h-Jarm.'; system in the tnasss csaurts tsehtrtd t tu-ssf.t ,ts ts-ni. Prodded by „ i-,ii;iis -is tl,ir i-'iutr.bution :a-;3s« i:.«. hlU'knt Affairs s',-s ss t:s*i- the asl- 3, ss-a ,sti, a .tjas a,ready -silt--,.-! 'he Ligt.li* dttd plans ,; "n . a:ia--,;i"sattsin hy natsi* sass a s s The S-M sTifl -aa. --s --> ass s*.tMor *ha; ibc aa,-.-; - U ..Iss. s ef n ate ami light the pddlehall courts adjacent to tbe tenncs ccurts. The estimated enst of both pr«ajea-ts ts abisut Itl.Oitil sifdhsrs itPJOfl. hghtine; 5,000, paddieball expansion s Dr. Bursters indicated thai he has reee-ivd rsatjusasts far tennis hid'Tini: far uyiite soine rittit* pnit'srsit*. ticc- prrsitleat Gravsas Hdinar.d- st«t«, ts-„s. said thai the t-.'hletif departisen*. has asst-ii fa-r s,a.;srT 'i-thtanta far the pas: feu year.*- Tennis ssMs-tn K,sy itassey repsrts, In jj^^^^^^^"^ A Wodest Prepossal .„.«„.„p.3 Tftnitb (Personality Profil©««„„„p, ? 1 tliat tlettiand fur the courts has risen sharply in the last three yt-ars. This '-om-spatttjs to the national surge m the game's papulartfy Said Hussey, "Paar ar five years aea, eterybosiy used our courts — townspeople, Inapt school students *-* and ;iur -tusk-nt* cs u Id still get a *ssurt a'.|-e?:evcr thsay reefied ane." Nsav, Hussey spends mach vi lis tine clearing nor- srsiversitv players from ihe c-'uri,- is.- ails.w ttis' i,tudet:t plasy The tituatioiT hecs-mes worse lis January, when thc- tt-nnls is'aif beyias its iour- nsaatt' period of daily- practice With Tite recer.i addition of a women's varsity spad, ail six cf the ctsurts are tied up every afternosin until six o'claafk. And there's often a h-anis tournament played an Saturdays. "Ail rhis means that we need ta relieve the pressure," sulci Hussey "We've )ast eat too much pressure ciir thrtc.'* The recent drive to htrht the saourts began when bob Willy, shainnan t-f the Budget and Ailacats.sns Casmnittee. nsfed that there was rTdl d httle nie-rc tbm i*-.!tt*Ei da«liars remaining in ttae studon: us tttities hudcef ■ a lia-nfisa.dsiilar-per-year ford . Since all ntideet rent, on page J JDS m *rtrt;re«! liiglly crtictsl of trresptasfUt tsitl* fh!i*if, f-eitairilaw taater itepret Ctae Istrt*, 1WI preiiifeBtW hapWj sstel » crewad rl»ti*i*ftBj- wfett-aiar irtey teiil» m-jci re»ii»Ive «r *!ctei-itahei iTwsrfeifn * samieb m f thelar s f#rllr«firs,''* The retfried st-anator elaterated en the present tone cpneaun in tbe press sauid Coiigress, Bratttiiig the latest investigation srf the CIA as ''niMBstlc witch busting," the former *»nator indicated that we have coine "saTarigerotisiy close to having dsmteoyed the CIA and oar inteligeoee credibility." In Met, the ex-«seaator said -'we are tn a national atmosphere dominated hy militant critics who du not eierciso individual resi»iisibility or offer constructive allematives," Upon eatta-oination uf this sabject ttie former senator asked rhetor! cally, * te what eaartesi11 critics practice what they preached" and adraonished the audience tt took mere closely af these who crittetie rather than their tacj-ets Coniinuing with her satscussior. of freedosan the former senator said lhat any freedem was necsssaarily limited ir- the degree r>f resa^nsthil'ty altensiard svith it, ic applyfig this thought to freedom of the press, the Maine coaservat.ee condemned Supreme Court decisions which effectively toe newspapers "immunity from hbd judptsorsts of pablit officials*' and legislation which allow ns*.wsyapecs ta asar and tens, oe pas-je as