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Jessie Bashing

Dear Other Press

| grieve over these dangerous
accusations being hurled mercilessly
at our beloved despot, Jesse Sedhu.
This whole political scam, in my
opinion, serves only to display the true
colours of our fearless leader.

As | see it, there are two possible
explanations as to Jesse’s involvement
in this ‘‘Bill Grant Affair’’:

a) He was not aware that such-and-
such-a-law existed in our student
society’s constitution, or for that
matter, that the constitution— itself
existed.

b) He was not only aware of this
ridiculous ‘‘Special Resolution’, but
was deliberately defying all antiquated

constitutional forms that disallow an
enlightened leader from speaking the
students’ minds for them,

It is painfully obvious to any student
of ‘‘literatus’’ content that the latter
explanation is most appropriate. A
well-known statistic states that most
students either vote by the ‘‘Scratch-
N-Sniff’’ method, or else they vote
Socialist (am | mistaken?). Jesse, in all
his infinite wisdom, has decided that
the school’s voice and mind should be
one, and he shall be the one.

We should all congratulate Jesse for
openly defying truth, devoid of shame
or regret. Hurrah for Jesse! ;

DE.

Nuke Comment —

The recent visit by Soviet foreign
minister Andrei Gromyko to the
United States has helped generate a
lot of media interest about the possibil-
ity of another set of peace talks.

by JOEL HAGEN

 

Unfortunately, the strident rhetoric
that accompanies ‘these — Soviet-
American tete-a-tetes has been the
focus of attention, and North American
newsmakers have neglected a much
more important event in their own
backyard.

Recently, a group of prominent
environmentalists and __ scientists,
including 19 Nobel Prize winners,
released a policy statement warning
that the results of any form of nuclear
war would be environmental suicide.
Although this may seem like a
redundant conclusion, the fact that so
many experts have gathered together
is very important. Never before has
such a large and prestigious group
brought forward theie message so
clearly. That message is that our
chances of ever recovering from
the effects of nuclear war are slim, and
that ‘‘unless humanity changes its
ways’’, environmental disaster could
mean the extinction of the species
Homo Sapiens.

This statement contradicts the infor-
mation presented to us by American
civil defense spokespersons and gover-
nment scientists. They encourage us
North American citizens to ‘‘duck and

cover’ during a nuclear attack, and

keep our credit cards so we can get to
the big sale at Macy’s after the furor
has died down.

Such a ludicrous assault on their
sensibilities has finally proven to be
too much for scientists and no-nukers.
However, rather than opposing nuc-
lear proliferation as individuals or in
small groups, as they have done:in the
past, these people have tackled the
problem in an organized manner.

The policy statement, made public
on September 19, was hammered out
at meetings over the summer in New
York, Washington, and San Francisco.
David Brower, organizer and chairman
of the meetings, said this kind of

common front will finally allow the .

disarmament movement to ‘‘speak
with one voice.’’

The declaration, in outlining a plan
of action, calls for congressional
hearings on the subject of a post-war
‘nuclear winter’’, and the obsoles-
cence of nuclear war due to the
“overkill’’ factor.

Whether this. message can help stall
the smooth running arms industries of
the superpowers is uncertain, but it
certainly is a positive step in the right
direction. It is also a big improvement
over the political posturing that goes
on between Washington and Moscow.
Perhaps the few people who really pull
the strings in our little world will pick
up some pointers, and begin to make
the changes necessary to ensure our
survival.

Marawana

Dear Other Press;

| heard you guys print stuff that
other papers don’t touch, so | am
sending you this letter about
marawana.

| think that marawana is a good
thing and it dusnt’ hert any one so it
shudn’t be criminel to smoke it or be
forced to watch comershals that are
downers because a few govermint
offishals think that if everyone smokes
it no one will go to vote an if no one
votes then we will be in a terminal
state of anarky.

This is redikulos! Marawana don’t
do nothing to you and if everyone
skored some, rolled a great big joint
and smoked it they would soon see that
the effects of marawana are only very
limited and that they could save a lot
of money on drinking govermint booze
that costs so much because of all the
takses.

It distresses me a lot because people
are being brain cleaned by the big
industrial manufacturers and | know
that a joint in the morning never hurt
no.one and that marawana is good for
glockoma and cancer pashents that
have been nuked and are real sick too.

| also wood like to say that | have
never freaked out and done anything
that wood make me a social outcast or

 

 

even a little abnormal. Those reports
are all faked by the same dudes that
make paraquot. They are just mad

use they grew up in strikt relijos
families and if they were caught they
wood catch it good.

In short (he really is, folks) | wood
like to say that there is nothing wrong
with smoking a little weed every once
in a wile cause it really is not as bad as
every one makes it out to bee.

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