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Western Carolinian Volume 40 Number 08

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  • PAGE 2 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN THURSDAY AUGUST 8, 1974 A Guilty Plea President Nixon has for all practical purposes pleaded guilty. His astonishing announcement yesterday (Monday) that he was prepared to release highly damaging evidence that he had withheld from the House Judiciary Committee has made his impeachment by the House, as he himself suggested, a virtual certainty. His explanation of what he described as an earlier "omission" of this evidence was not particularly persuasive. Nor did Mr. Nixon's characterization of the material itself do justice to its explosive impact on the main line of defense he has been arguging for well over a year. For months now, the President has been assuring first the public and then the Judiciary Committee—especially those prepared to argue his case—that he had nothing to do with the Watergate cover-up, that he heard about it for the first time from John Dean on March 21,1973, nearly a year after it began, and that he had furnished various investigators with all they needed to know about this whole affair. Some very skilled and dedicated advocates of his cause, including Rep. Charles E. Wiggins of California, took him at his word. Yesterday (Monday) they learned from the President himself, and from the three transcripts that were released from the White House, that once again Mr. Nixon's word with respect to Watergate was not to be relied up. For what the new transcripts tell us is that Mr. Nixon, in three conversations with H. R. Haldeman less than a week after the Watergate break-in, knowingly conspired in the beginnings of a cover-up—and not for the sake of national security interests but for his own political purposes. So it is all over. And surely the best evidence that this is so may be found in the response of Congressman Wiggins whose defense of the President throughout the Judiciary Committee hearings rested on a strict reading of the evidence and the law. Presumably applying the same strict tests to yesterday's disclosures, Mr. Wiggins called upon the President to resign. The congressman stated that he would vote for impeachment if Mr. Nixon declined to stepdown. There was sufficient amount of similar sentiment expressed by Mr. Nixon's supporters to indicate that the President's conviction and removal from office by a two-thirds vote of the Senate is almost as certain as his impeachment by an overahelming majority in the House. Therefore it is plain that one way or another the President is going to leave office before his term is up and what is important now is that this happen in a way that serves the interests of the nation. Over the past many months we have argued in this space that a presidential resignation unaccompanied by a body of material demonstrating his guilt beyond serious challenge would invite public suspicion and damaging divisions in this country. And we have also argued that only by virtue of the availability of such a record of wrongdoing would Mr. Nixon's own constituency be able to accept such a result. Now those conditions appear to have been fulfilled. The case has been made. The record is there. And that record has been widely accepted as a justification for his departure from office. All that would seem to be lacking—at least in the public record—is the President's own acknowledgement that this is so. It is now, above all, up to the President. Basically, he has a choice concerning only one matter and that is the manner in which he will depart the office of the presidency and the degree of effort he will make to salvage its dignity and his own. Congressman Wiggins has suggested that Vice President Ford and Chief Justice Burger and the leaders of Congress should meet "to discuss the orderly transition of power from Richard Nixon to Gerald Ford." That is a responsible recommendation to which we would add, at this point, merely the thought that in arranging the terms of this transition some consideration be given to the President's welfare as well as the nation's. This is a time for acommodation all around. The question is how accommodating—and how responsible—Mr. Nixon intends to be. (Reprinted from the Washington Post, August 6, 1974). Dear Editor, You are bored. Yes, you. Don't look around. You know what I'm talking about. Im- measurebly bored. It drips off of you like hot fudge off as sundae—like oil off an engine block. This is probably the most exciting thing you've done all day—standing here reading another letter to the editor. Only this is NOT just another letter to the editor. This is a letter to you, dear reader. You're probably asking yourself at this very moment— "what can I do to alleviate this feeling of hopelessness, of pessimism that seeps within me like raw sewage?" You feel the days slipping through your fingers and you go to bed at night knowing you've wasted another day, achieving absolutely nothing for the merits of mankind, and even less for your own small mind—except for the anemic capacity required to push a no. 2 Eber- hard across the face of another three-page history exam. In short, you are just another unhuman being, getting credit 6T» • for breathing maybe, but not really alive. Well, take heart friends. There is hope. Boredom is generally accompanied by feelings of guilt—the feeling that you are doing nothing for humanity, reaping the benefits and returning zilch. Therein lies the problem. Why feel guilty at all? Chuck your guilt complex and you can be as happily bored as the next man. Be proud of your boredom. It's not somethingto be ashamed of. And, like excess fat, it's not something that attaches itself to you overnight while you're asleep. You have to be patient with it. Give it time. Let it build on itself and don't rush it. Don't look at boredom as being good boredom or bad boredom. Boredom is Boredom, an entity in itself. Descartes once said "the essence of reality is, in reality, that which realizes itself to be real." It is not certain whether Descartes was referring to the divine state of boredom or if he just wanted to hear himself talk. But, armed with this tidbit of sophic thought, one soon realizes that Rainmaker' to show HIGHLANDS - "The Rainmaker", the romantic comedy hit by N. Richard Nash, about a Dustbowl Cinderella's learning love and self-confidence from a glib conjurer, will be presented at the Highlands Playhouse from August 9-18. Barbara Bradshaw is starred in the role of Lizzie, the rancher's plain looking daughter resigned to spinsterhood until a roving con-man, Starbuck the Rainmaker, drops by her father's ranch, and teaches her to believe in herself. Robert Benes is starred in this famous role. The setting for this humorous folk tale is on a ranch in the Southwest during a time of damaging drought. The all professional Highlands Playhouse cast was guest- directed by New Yorker Dennis Rosa for a two-week engagement at Brenau College in Gainesville, Ga. where it was presented in "theater-in-the- round," and has been re-staged by Playhouse director Michael Hall for the larger proscenium style stage, in Highlands. Evening performances are at 8:30, August 9, 10, 14-17, and two matinees Sundays, August 11 and 18, at 2:30. Call Highlands Playhouse for information and reservations at 526-2695, it isn't worth thinking about in the first place and only succeeds in clouding ones decision as to whether Descartes was a genius or an idiot. Nitchze was known by his closest friends to have spent long hours on his private toilet immersed in complete and absolute idleness. Schopenhaur was a Bore in the extreme sense of the word. The important thing is, to not only feel and think boredom, but to act boredom. Breathe and eat boredom. Digest and regurgitate boredom. Here are a few simple exercises to help you achieve this distinct lifestyle to it's fullest capacity. 1. Uponawakeningeachmorning, tell yourself "Oh duck, it's raining." Then go and look out the window. You'll probably be right. 2. Tell yourself, "What's the use of studying." Then throw all your notes and textbooks down a sewer grating. 3. Watch old Doris Day or Donald O'Connor movies. 4. Wear khaki pants and Bass Weejuns. 5. Listen to replays of old Harold Stassen speeches. 6. Refer to marijuana as— "Maryjane." Refer to heroin as "heroin." 7. Enroll in a truck driving institute. Learn their jargon. 8. Finally, plan on dying of Boredom. Every cause needs martyrs. Yours, Turkey Tte Vvestiei^ QaotLimiam Published twice weekly through the academic year and weekly during the summer by the students of Western Carolina University. Member: Collegiate Press Serviee. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DWIGHT A. SPARKS BUSINESS MANAGER MIKE KILLAM CARTOONBT.......DAVID LRVIN Offices, tirst iioor Joyner, phone 293-72*7. Mailing address, Box 66, Cullowhee, NC 28723. Subscription rates, $4.00 per year.
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