Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!whuxl!orb From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc,net.motss Subject: Re: Corrupting youth: Conservative [sic.] Campus Tabloids Message-ID: <293@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 09:16:10 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.293 Posted: Fri Oct 19 09:16:10 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 13:25:06 EDT References: <1039@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 31 > I'm seeking information, anecdotes, relevant law from netters who > have a knowledge of: > > 1) Statutary law & pending legislation regarding public > & private school funding, student activities, & poli- > tical interest groups. Are there grounds for lawsuits > against such outside, invidious, & vested funding? Is > a class action suit possible against all 60 rags at once? > > 2) Typical university rules & regulations impinging on these > issues. > > 3) Any campus tabloids; also, student & alumni campaigns against > them. Personal experiences? > Cheers, > Ron Rizzo As much as I agree that what such papers publish is reprehensible, I have to defend their right to exist. Some people may be persuaded by such blatant appeals to bigotry but I think most people would reject it. The proper response to this New Right prejudice is to begin or support rival papers to challenge them. Such papers may not have the money from the rich that these Right-wing papers can get, but they are more likely to support themselves by contributions from those not as wealthy or as extremist. All the same this trend towards outright bigotry and nationalistic chauvinism does bother me very much. The sense that America is attaining an atmosphere like Germany in the 30's is made stronger by such blatant appeals to rascism and militarism. Tim Sevener whuxl!orb