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SIGNPOST Friday, December 3, 1965 Repression of Expression Bach, Not Rock All Classes Dismissed For Gridiron Champs An assembly in honor of this year's champion Weber State fool-ball team will be held this morning at 10:00 in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium. All classes will be dismissed at 10:00 for the all-school assembly. This year's football team has put forth a great effort to make this fall's season a big success. Everyone should plan to attend and show their appreciation to this year's champs. Community Council Gives Instructions on Giving to Unfortunates At Weber State College by Carol Deegan "The freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition are the basis for the freedom of religious expression, freedom of political thought and freedom of intellectual growth and communication of ideas and information.

A society possessing and using these freedoms will advance and change as it exercises its democratic processes." Was the word "freedom" overused in the above paragraph? Better an overuse of that word than the term, "repression;" particularly when it pertains to the freedom from the repression of expression. Behold Weber State College's soap-box called Soundoff. It has no purpose except to allow Wildcats the opportunity to speak out on any subject. Some students may say that in this purpose, Soundoff takes a refuge from action. But this refuge, it if be one, is "in" action not from it.

A synonym for freedom is action, not inaction, and the freedom of speech can be actively exercised by anyone desiring to do so. It seems, however, that most Wildcats have little, if anything, to say The November 17 edition, as recorded by the Signpost's feature editor, leaves little to imagination: 12:10 Two teddybears (boys dressed in fake fur ski parkas), ran in front of the TV set. Someone told me to smile. Pete Galager put up an orange poster stating, "Ten minutes to any student who desires to Sound-Off on any subject." He then turned off the TV set, turned up the mike, and shouted, "I feel the U.S.A. has no right to be in the United States.

Food prices are too high; we should practice free love; Playboy should be read in the Union Building; and I think the I.D. cards stink." The Federal Communications Commission has granted Weber State College a construction permit for an FM radio station. This new station will go on the air January 10, 1966, with a varied selection of classical and semi-classical music. No rockandroll or country and western music will be played, as this station will represent Weber State College as an institute of knowledge, not a nightly a go-go Also included in the program schedule will be public service and education programs, as well as regularly scheduled news broadcasts. Broadcasting schedule: Monday Thursday: 6:30 p.m.

to 10:00 p.m. Friday: 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday: 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Dial 88.1 megacycles on your FM, starting January 10, for programs featuringtheFour Freshman, Frank Sinatra, and JoanBiaz; music and lessons supplementing your class work; and informative news programs. The- Community Council of Social Services, has written a letter regarding giving and receiving for the unfortunate families of the Ogden area. For the benefit pf WSC students and faculty who IliilSilittfH iilPI or your agency may also be interested in providing a Christmas dinner for one of our senior citizens who has no family or friends to provide for them. The Bureau will assist you in satisfying such preferences. Gift certificates or cash are in many instances the most constructive means of assisting a needy family at Christmas time.

This permits the family some latitude in the selection of food, clothing and gifts. It also provides parents the privilege of planning for their children's Christmas and gives the-children the assurance that their parents are providing for them. If you are wondering how to plan Christmas for a family, the following chart may be helpful to you in determining the minimum value of the gift: For a family of: 2 $5.00 3 7.00 4 9.00 5 11.00 6 13.00 7 15.00 8 17.00 9 19.00 10 21.00 11 23.00 12 25.00 The message of "It is more blessed to give than to receive," may well influence our actions in connection with receiving public notice of our philanthropic services. This blessedness will be lost if we publicize our giving; remember, "Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth." Sincerely yours, Rev. H.

Robert DeLancey, Chairman have wondered how to give to those in need this Christmas, the letter is reproduced below. The Christmas Clearance Bureau is a special community service designed to eliminate duplication in giving and receiving and to assure that the needs of the more unfortunate families of our community will be met at Christmas time. Each year the people of Weber County share their belssings with the needy at Christmas time. In order that those who give can provide an enjoyable Christmas for all those who need help, it is necessary that the giving be coordinated. This is the purpose of the Christmas Clearance Bureau.

In case you are wondering how the Bureau works, here is a brief -description. Cards calling for pertinent details concerning individuals and family groups are received from various social, religious, and educational organizations and are available for the use of organizations and groups who intend to utilize the service of the Bureau. These cards are then held in readiness for an appropriate sponsor. The Bureau will operate Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

at 412 Kiesel Building, Ogden, Utah. In order to have a guide to measure financial need, the following table of monthly income is used by agencies registering families with the Bureau: Student competes with TV set while "sounding-off" The two teddybears rose to these statements and walked right on past the speakers podium. Apparently, none of Pete's ideas for improvement stimulated them to action. 12:13 A boy in a yellow parka stepped forward to invite everyone to attend a benefit dance for Ken Ala. A girl in green walked past him while he was speaking and turned on the TV set.

Pete turned it off. 12:17 Feature editor left. 12:30 Someone who had been sitting in the main foyer between 12:17 and 12:35 informed me that nothing important had happened. I stared at the unoccupied podium for several minutes until Pete rose and stated that he didn't like the way the tests were handled; that students should be allowed to play cards in the music room; and that smoking should be permitted in the Union Building. He further stated that Weber State College now wallows in a bog of apathy.

One teddy bear finally stirred by such challenging statements, probably left the foyer. 12:37 Still no response. 12:40 One brave lad in a suede jacket spoke for three minutes on why students should be allowed to play cards in the music room. Someone in the audience told me that they'd heard the same argument during the preceding week's Soundoff. Then silence.

At approximately 12:50, someone had the courage to give two reasons for why Sound-Off is a good part of Weber State College. He said, "People listen to Soundoff so they can do away with apathy." He also summed up his remarks by adding, "May I please leave the stand now, big brother?" And with that truthful statement, this apathetic, silent feature editor left the foyer. as negligent as the rest of the speechless audience, wondered if Soundoff really added anything to WSC campus life. Then I remembered the opening paragraph of "Revolution at It reads: "Last year in Berkeley a group of students began to discuss the December uprising. As if by common need, they found themselves moving toward the one question that for them requires the noble courage to ask--for it must be painful even to admit that it is a question: Did it really matter? Were the student grievances concerning freedom of speech really important?" No one is terming Weber State College a little Berkeley; we have freedom of speech.

But we can ask ourselves the same question: Does it really matter? Is Soundoff an academic freedom labeled, "You need this, but use or should someone permanently turn off the microphone? Next Soundoff, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 12:00 noon. A Standard Of Judgment by Ray W. London Confucius stated that he that throws a dirty stick, also gets dirt on his own hands. Much this same concept of personal relations was expressed when Jesus the Nazarene stated "Judge not that ye be not judged, for what judgement ye shall meet shall be met against thee." Perhaps the common man should stop worshiping his ethnocentric "God" concept and start trying to inculcate the basic ideas of the great spiritual leaders of all times.

H.G. Wells purported that the failure of Christianity in the early period was due in part to the inability of the early follower to live the basic Christian ethic as taught by Christ. As a result, rituals and ceremonies were invented so the believer could worship, call himself a Christian and leave hs own personal life essentially unchanged. The modern age is plagued with this same warped concept of the teachings of many great spiritual leaders. One can go to confession, Sunday school or mutual, play the role and leave his own personal life unchanged.

This situation is truly sad; it becomes pathetic however, when religious leaders start passing judgements on other leaders, ideas, or institutions. Jesus' admonision on judgements is applicable to Anti-Jew Anti-Catholic leaders as well as the "Good Samaritan" of biblical times. As individuals and groups we pass mass judgements on the "spur of the without adequate information nor cause. We class all people who may disagree with us as Communist, Dupes, Beat Niks or Pacifists. Once such a value judgement is made all logical (thats a laugh) thought is stopped.

The moment we see a person is a little heavier than we might consider appropriate, we say that "such and such is a If we only took the time to understand, perhaps there is a basic glandual problem which they nor we can do nothing. The minute we see a person with a beard, we can clam, "ugh, I knew that he was a Beatnik all the It is entirely possible that his morals, standards and humanism is far greater than our own. But it doesn't matter, he is still a quack, a beatnik or a radical. The same thing is true if a person is seen smoking a Just as an experiment, I started growing a beard to watch the reaction. You ought to try it, you will learn a great deal about the people with whom you associate.

Are our judgements judgements about others, or just reflections of our own warped personalities. No. Persons Monthly Mail to: Community Council of in Family Income Social Services, 412 Kiesel 1 $104.00 Ogden 2 154.00 3 184.00 To be used by individuals or groups 4 205.00 wishing to be Christmas Sponsors. 5 235.00 6 255.00 Name 7 284.00 8 298.00 Address 9 316.00 10 329.00 Telephone. 11 343.00 12 357.00 We would like to be Christmas Add $13.00 for each additional per- Sponsors.

We are prepared to sponsor one family of or. families of son over the number of 12. There are many opportunities to help make Christmas happier for the less fortunate. You may wish to sponsor a single family, a group of children, or make a contribution each. Or, we would like to arrange a Christmas party for children, or- adults.

to an agency or institution. You Signature. 111 i world: religion (of his own peculiar type manifested in his concern for life and the human future), and atheism? Who else could ignore the other major religions, agnosticism, humanism, or any of a myriad other outlooks? Who else could laud the Judaeo-Christian Code of ethics and later in the same paragraph condone the death penalty? It wasn't Christ who put forth, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Matter of fact, wasn't there something said about the other cheek? Who else could be guilty of such colossal bad taste as the phrase, More on George! (Continued from page 2) tain that the opposite of his beliefs must be a homosexual, hedonistic, unenlightened atheist? Yet all these ideas and more are present in his November 24th column. Who else would make so bold as to label his own efforts "controversial, sharply worded satirical thrusts" and "brief comments sharply etched" even before the ages have had a chance to weigh them? Who else could seriously maintain that there are only two real viewpoints from which to view the jt i i i.