EBB Vol. 25 -
No. 2
SALVE REGINA COLLEGE
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
November 1970
R. I. To Elect Officials; Maily Races To Be Close By KA'NIY MccABE ship, the contest for Attorney On November 3, the voters of General is thought to be very Rhode Island will go to the. polls close, with the outcome largely to elect their chosen state officials. depending on how well the man A number of controversial issues at the head of the ticket fares. and personalities will make these For the office of Secretary of off-year elections .most interest- State, Democratic incumbent Auing. gust P . LaFrance is facing WilIn the race for the Rhode Island liam McGovern, a Republican Governorship, the incumbent, Gov. newcomer. In the race for General Frank Licht, a Democrat, is seek- Treasurer, Leo Tellier is opposing his second term. Licht, who ing Raymond Hawksley, who upset former Gov. John Chafee in currently holds the position. It the 1968 election, has proposed an is ~nerally oonsidered that both investment tax that would tax LaFl'8.11lce and Hawksley will rethe wealthy to· a much greater peat their victories of the past degree than it would the poor. As several elecltions. a former judge, Licht is also conOn the Congressional scene, the cerned with the issues 6f enforc- RepubliGan party, in an unpreceing stricter drug control laws, dented move, has endorsed the and of making Rhode Island a candidacy of a Jesuit prit:st, the safer place in which to live and Rev. John McLaughlin, to oppose work. Rhode Island's first senior senaLicht's Republican opponent, tor, John 0 . Pastore. McLaughlin, current Attorney General Herbert who is a former editor of "AmerF . DeSimone, is well-known for ica", the Jesuit magazine, is a his crime-fighting ability. It was controversial candidate in that he DeSimone who .s ucceeded in pros- is considered by some to be a carecuting and convicting underworld petbagger, since he has lived out figlire Raymond L. S. Patriarca, of the state for a number of in one of the most sensational years. trials. DeSimone's campaign has Also, in a state so heavily Ronat'llrally centered around the is- man Catholic, many of the voters sues of law and order, and of at- are divided on their feelings about tacking the Democratic controlled a member of · the clergy running Assembly, while largely avoiding · for public office. Pastore, who enthe "Republican" label in this joys much prestige in the Senate heavily Democratic state. The in- due to tenure, is well-known as cumbent Licht is slightly favored an advocate of television censorover DeSimone in what is gen- ship. Considered by many to be a erally considered a close contest. middle-of-the-roader on important The popular incumbent, J. Jo- issues, and accused by some of seph Garrahy, is an odds-on choice to defeat his Republican opponent, Bradford Gorham, for the office of -L ieutenant Governor. Garrahy, who is a former Democratic State Chairman, has conducted an intensive meet-the·In conjunction witih Fatherpeople campaign, while working Daughter Weekend, the junior in co-operation with the Governor class of Salve will hold a and advancing the policies of the fashion show in! Ochre Court L i c h t - Garrahy Administration. with Pat Hoffman as ohairman. Gorham, whose major obstacle is Schedule d for 2 :00 p.m . Saturhis lack of recognition with the day, November 7th, the "Fashion voter~. is supporting Mr. DeSiFlash," as it is cal:led, will dismone' on all major issues. play clothes from The Patlique The office of Attorney General Shop, Memorial Blvd., Newpol'lt. is being sought this year by two The models, al:l members of the relatively new figures in Rhode junior class, in:clude J -a net RobIsland state politics. Mr. DeSi- inson, Bonny Morris, Barbara mone, Who currently holds the Klivak, Gretchen Telke, Peggy position, is endorsing Assistant DeSantis, Tina Schanil, MariAttorney General Richard Israel lynn Kitchen, Peggy Lindsey, a g a i n s t Democratic candidate Diane DiLorenzo, and Patty · DoFrank Caprio, who lost to DeSi- ran. mone two years ago. Both are The purpose of the fashion campaigning on law anci order show is to raise money to fund issues: the Clllrbing of crime in Junior Ring 'W eekend, and also the streets, stricter control of or- to provide entertainment for ganized crime in the state, and those mothers, · fathers and greater enforcement of drug laws. daughters aJtJtendin!g FatherLike the race for the Governor- Daughter Weekend.
Fashion Show To Be Held
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Joan Della Calce has been elected president of the , Sociology Club. Six junior 'g irls in special edu. cation, Connie Souza, Martha having lost rapport with his Cleary, carol Allen , Peggy Rhode Island constituency, PasLindsey, Mary Lou Morin, and tore has lost some of his liberal Joan Murphy, a re teaching resupport to McLaughlin. However, ligion to mentally retarded Pastore . ts rated a firm favorite adults at the Middletown Methoto repeat his long string of large dist Church. victories in Rhode Island politics. Mr. Glen Guitari, director of In the First Congressional Dis- the Glee Club, has suggested trict, which includes Newport that the Speaken Committee be County, Democratic incumbent extended to include a Cultural Fernand J . St. Germain is being Committee. Mr. Guitari has opposed by Portsmouth State agreed to assist Student ConSenator Walter J. Miska. St Ger- gress, and in this way broaden main is running on his record of the scope of interest. being able to secure the necessary The United Fund Campaign, federal funds needed for the con- headed by Mr. Warren Harringstruction of housing units for ton, conducted its annual drive people of the district. Miska feels here at Salve Regina during the that his candidacy strengthens last two weeks in October. The the voice of the residents of New- goal was set at $1,500, and donaport County, an area he accuses tions were asked from both the Continued on Page 6 administration and f~ulty . '
Commission Publishes Student Unrest Report Following the violence of last spring on college campuses, Presidenlt Nixon appoinJted a commission rto investigate the causes of such riots. From this commission, the Report for Student Unrest, was issued in early October,_ 1970. The Commission, . headed by William Scranton, stated that the 't rouble was "a crisis of understandilng . . . " "If this trend continues, ,i f the crisis qf understanding endures, the very survival of the nation will be threatened." 'J!le 362·page report addressed itself to a wide set of suggestions for all parts. First :to the President, that he should "seek to convince rpublic officials and protesters ailike that divisive and insulting rhetoric ·i s dangerous in the current polit ical campaign and throughout the years ahead." Also that the President "should insist ·that no one play irresponsible .politics with the issues of campus unrest," and, that he "should take the steps to assure that he be continuollilly inform·e d of the views of students and blac·k s." To government offic-i-als, no matter what the official says he can "heal or divide," -the commission said that "actions and inactions of government at all levels have COl'lltributed to campus unrest," In addition, "the words of some political leaders have hellped to inflame it (campus Ulllrest) ," while officials "should rejeot the demands that the entire universities be pun-
ished because of the ideas or excesses of some members." To the universities the report stated that they "must pull themse~ves together." The university should also make clear "the . limiits of permissible conduct and announce in advance what measures it is willing to employ in re·s ponse to impermissible conduct." Finally, the commission defined the roles of the university which are, "teaching and learning, research and scholarship. Far too many people who should know better - both within university communities and out side of .them have forgotten this first principle_of academic freedom." To the student, the Commission addre·s sed itself concerning commitments and the obliga:tion of those commitments. Students are "to learn from our nation's past experience, to recognize the humanity of t:Jhose with whom they disagree and to maintain their respect for the rule of law." "Students must accept the responsibilitiy of presentin!g their id:eas in a reaBOI!lable and persuasive manner. They must recognize that they are citizens of a lliaJtion which was founded on tolerance and diversitiy, and they must become more understanding of those with whom they differ." All factions being considered, the Commission has published the Report for Student Unrest as a constructive tool for future use and reference.