Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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F ■ ' ,. ' -. IJR-J the values we have, Jensen said. If people become more aware they become critical. You should listen to everyone at the right time. I listen to S.D.S. at the right time, he said referring to a fall quarter invasion of a Y.A.F. meeting, but not in the middle of my meeting. S.D.S. is running out of gas here. The left-wing crazies were booed down when they disrupted Barry Farrell ' s class fall quarter. There ' s no question in my mind that they are obnoxious, a blight on campus. They should be exposed for the frauds and fascists that they are, Jensen said. I ' ve been called a fascist myself many times. Are these people who call names educated people? Jensen said although he ' s the Y.A.F. president here, It wouldn ' t go if it just depended on me. Rob Ritholz brought up the letter to Dr. Miller support- ing R.O.T.C. on campus. But I thought it too libertarian so i voted against it. Jensen explained the letter emphasized that the reason for R.O.T.C. ' s presence on campus was be- cause students wanted to take it. ! don ' t think that a course should be given just because students want to take it. The administration can take our advice but we can ' t tell them what to do. Another Y.A.F. activity was a petition which netted pretty well in excess of 500 signatures reflecting anti-North Viet- nam sentiment. Jensen believes the way to make changes is through the government. He admits he isn ' t happy with everything in the United States. But he says, the way to make changes is through government. We worked for Crane and helped get him elected. That ' s the kind of youth in action you never hear about! — Mark Winiarski

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Youth in Reaction The Northwestern student is a 19th century liberal. He agrees with the conservative position without being conser- vative. That ' s how one member of Northwestern ' s Young Ameri- cans for Freedom described the student body that elected Richard M. Nixon President in a mock election. John Jensen is president of Y.A.F. here. He maintains, as do all members, that his organization represents the true student interests. Late last school year, Jensen got tired of many things that are being done with my money, forcible cancellation of classes, the Daily Northwestern, and the whole posture of this campus. He acted. He recruited six members and put down his own $6 for a national charter. If you don ' t agree with the stand of national Y.A.F., you shouldn ' t be a member, one Y.A.F. said. So members of Y.A.F. adhere closely to national policy, defined in a paper called the Sharon Statement. The Sharon Statement was drafted by William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1960, the same year that the S.D.S. Port Huron Statement was written. Y.A.F. ' s are pro volunteer army and really big for laissez faire. They are against the minimum wage, compulsory So- cial Security, and East-West trade. A member will also have definite thoughts about the U.S. role against Communist domination in Asia and the union ' s exploitation of workers in the California grape strike, a complex issue, according to Jensen. Y.A.F. gives strong political support to men like Buckley, Ronald Reagan and Strom Thurmond. They in turn serve on the national advisory board. Y.A.F. ' s role on the Northwestern campus was to take a stance the majority of students would buy, Jensen recalls. 1 was paying into activities funds and got nothing out of it. I can ' t join F.M.O. and I ' m not interested in the Sailing Club. If an organization needs money it should raise it itself. I ' m against giving student government any money it doesn ' t raise itself. Jensen complained his money is being spent on organiza- tions and publications like the Daily Northwestern which don ' t express real campus sentiment. (Syllabus profits and Daily advertising support the Daily. — Ed.) He said student government doles out the funds and is full of liberal to left types with only a few conservative moderates. He and Y.A.F. here opposed cancellation of classes for the October K ..r r torium and proposed that students should request nds from the university. Jenseii , .,, J ihis cancellation of classes to no classes when students take over a building. A clear infringement of my rights. Y.A.F. ' s were thinking out loud about taking the universisy v.; coijrt for breach of contract. This brought hasty sympathy from Provost Payson S. Wild. Jensen, from Pdiatine, is a junior in history. He worked as a bank teller this summer and claims an equal interest in economics. As a Fiji, he wrestles, plays IM football and rode as a Fiji chieftain aiof; a sedan chair in the homecoming parade. His thinking, he believes, reflects the thinking of the American majority. LT ' ! It ' s a different America out there, he said. You hean about different feelings on American life when you talk to)| those in the manual trades, in trade and industrial schools ' and to those in junior colleges. . . . My parents are conservative — there you go saying ' oh,, that explains it! ' — they were really very open minded. I of-ji ten talked with them about it and reasoned it out with j them. I ' ve always been conservative. Jensen said when he entered high school, he discovered ■ liberal teachers who would present their own views as the consensus. He says you have to question your teachers to register that you think they are wrong and rise above their outlook. A good teacher to me was Mr. McGregor who taught Money and Banking fall quarter. I can ' t tell which side he ' s on. The types of things that should be taught are ideals, the democratic type, with learning for organic growth, learning

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The Scare We are looking for educated young people who possess such traits as aggressiveness to support America ' s goals, vigor to execute a given task, resourcefulness to conceive a new idea, reliability to execute that idea, curiosity to discover a better way, and boldness to present a new method. Furthermore, we are looking for people with integrity and purpose; people who can adapt to new situ- ations and grow with the changing times. —Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs To some, it was a joke. But many others were genuinely upset, it was more than just having narcs on cam- pus, although that really would be quite eno ugh. It was the distrust gen- erated by the mere hint of their ex- istence. It was the unpleasant but omnipresent necessity to glance over your shoulder, to speak in guarded tones and to consider the possibility of incriminating a friend with the careless answer to an innocent ques- tion. It was the invasion and degrada- tion of academic freedom. And, after a while, it became a game. Narc, narc. Who ' s there? and the merry hunt was on. An ASC commit- tee sought information and the regis- tration office searched its files. It was funny to kid around, claiming to be a narc, until people began to believe it and you got threatening phone calls. There was the atmosphere of an impending witchhunt, of tar and feathers and execution without trial. The most apathetic of Northwestern students was roused to violent decla- mations of the Narcotics Bureau. Then came the second thoughts. How could anybody afford to place sixty (the reported number of narcs on campuses in Illinois) agents any- where for anything over a prolonged period of time? Although one or a few narcs might exist in truth, the main intention of the Illinois Narcotic? Bureau was psychological in nature. Narcs were a rumor spread to inhibit the use of drugs by college students. If narcs were not such a serioui ' issue to so many people, the whole thing could be viewed as a bad joke: Nonetheless, the threat of under ' cover narcotics agents still exists. Tb paranoia they produce is still with u; and cannot be treated lightly. Craig Aronof