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Greg()ry lauds . youth
in Red ·Barn speech
by MARTY KASDAN
Dick Gregory, the noted black comedian
and social commentator, spoke to a full
audience in the Red Barn Monday night in a
speech which seemed to use Muhammed Ali's
old advice in a verbal rather than a physical
sense. Gregory floated like a butterfly
from one topic to another in the course
of his two-and-a-half hour speech using
his agile sense of humor to provoke his
audience's laughter. He then stung like a
bee with a terse commentary on various as­pects
of the political situation.
There are a few themes which he kept re­peating
during his talk. First was his assertion
that "The whole world done gone stone,
stone mad." To back up this statement he
drew examples from the world of organized
reli~on. While discussing religion, Gregory
conJectured as to what Christ might say to
the churches if He were to return today:
"Y'all can close down now - I'll speak for
myself."
A second theme he stressed was the con­tinuing
importance of the youth movement.
He spends 98 per cent of his time on college
campuses now, trying to stay in contact with
young people and , most importanily, at­tempting
to get the youth to understand
who we/they are and what we're all about.
Later in his speech he thanked the new
breed of longhair white youth for becoming
the "new nigger." Elaborating on this point,
Gregory said that America has always had
niggers, but as each successive minority
group jumped through the door of main­stream
acceptance, it left the way opeh for
other minorities to take on the role of nigger.
He pleaded with the white segment of his
audience to be a different type of nigger
and keep its ethnics and moral force so that
when it finally jumped through the door it
would slam that door shut b1ehind it "seal-ing
and healing" that door. '
Besides attacking broad social issues
Dick Gregory also did quite a bit of att~ck­ing
the current crop of worldlleaders most
of whom are "slimy, degenerate fnaaks" to
Gregory. He made a classic observation of
Nixon, stating that "Nixon ic1 '-in. but he
ain't slick." As to Brezhm ~ ""atus as
pimp was confirmed when he~ accepted
Nixon's gift of a gold El Dorado Cadillac.
Gregory's speech also hit upon such
varied topics as the impendintg energy
crisis, the nature of true revolution (as
opposed to the revolution espoused by the
"revolutionary pimps" who J~O around smok­ing
reefers and drinking alcohol) , the frau­dulent
concern over sickle cell anemia and
the Law of Karma, which basically say's that
whatever you send out come:s back to you
so that essentially you create your own
heaven or hell here on earth by your ac­tions.
He closed his address with the admon­ition
for the audience memb«~rs to understand
their bodies and take care of them, suggest­ing
that the people should frequent health
food stores and adopt vegeta1rian eating
habits.
At a reception in the Lincoln Room after
his speech, Gregory elaborated on a few
points which he made durin:g the course of
the spee~h. He seemed to get carried away
after a while with mystic significances and
lore from the Cabala, the ancient reposi­tory
of Hebrew mystical thought. Despite
this supernaturalism, the fire of his speech
at the Red Barn lingered on.,
Inside the Ca.rdinal
Is UL southern? - pg. 7
Sgt. Pepper's One'n only Lonely Hearts
Club quiz- pg. 11
Possible N.I.T. bid?- pg. 15
Referendum Mar& 12-16
Mandatory Activities Fee
proposed by U.S.A.
by RIA BOSCO
There has been some controversy re­cently
over the Student Activity Fee pro­posed
by the Union For Student Activities
(USA). The fee, which would be $3.00 per
semester, would be added to the students'
bills.
This proposal will be voted on the week
before spring break. A simple majority is re­quired
for it to pass. If it does the fee would
go into effect for the Fall semester of 1973.
The fee would be mandatory for full-time
undergraduate students. Those students
paying the fee would have a different
colored I.D. card, or some kind of special.
punch on their cud, ::ad would receive free
admission to all events sponsored by the
USA: Graduates and part-time students
would have the option of paying the fee.
The QSA reports that because of lack of
campus facilities, they spend much of their
annual budget renting facilities in the city.
Furthermore, the few activities they now
sponsor each year take up all of their
$23,000. A concert for example costs
$10,000 and the Dick Gregory· lecture
held Monday cost $1,500.
Some students object to the fee because
not all students will take advamtage of the
activities. In answer to that, Robbie Merrick
of the USA states, "If they oJrdy came to one
event they would get their $3.00 back."
He further added that UL is the only state
·university which does not chaLrge an activ­.
ities fee. The other universitit~s· fees run
from Sl.SO to $12.00 per semester.
Based on the Fall 1972 re~P8tiation fi­gures,
there will be approximately 4,500
full-time undergraduates payi~ the fee.
This would give the USA an additional
$27,000 per year for activities.
If students attended all th•~ proposed
events for the '72-'73 year it would cost
$76 without the fee. With the~ fee they
would receive free admission except for
the football band basketballl~omecom­ing
concerts which would half-price.
pftotogrepft by Jebb Harris
"You the young people better wake up, 'cause you got a big job," was the message Dick
Gregory brought to the Red Barn.
CARDINAL
Vol. XLIV No. 21 March 1, 1973
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City wide activities planned
175 years of UL
history feted
by IRENE SPRADUNG
CELEBRATE! Rejoicing is in order for
all those who keep warm their heart-felt
emotions toward the University of Louis­ville.
Within the next month, Spring will
enhance this campus, officially for the I 75th
season.
Interested in finding ways of kicking up
the community's heels over this happening,
a huge group, calling themselves the Found­er's
Day Committee, has formed .
They have planned a whole year's worth
of definite and tentative events , starting
with "The L!rk" performances last Feb.
14-18 at Belknap Theatre.
Jeremiah Starling, Associate Dean of
Graduate Students, sees the celebration as
"a looking forward and a looking back,
acknowledging our history and achievements
as well as our hopes for the future."
Upcoming campus and city-wide acti­vities
are focusing on the 175th anniversary
theme. Initial events are mentioned below:
Today begins a month-long photo ar­chive
exhibit in the main library, while at
the Med-Dent Complex Library, a Medical
School historical showing starts.
The Modem Language Department spon­sors
a conference next week from Mar. 8-10
on 20th Century Literature. (See related
article.)
A Union for Student Activities contribu­tion
to the Founder's Day Celebration hap­pens
next Friday night , Mar. 9 in the form
of a beer bust appropriately entitled "March
Fest." USA members plan to legally sell
"Fall City" and other brands at $1 a pitcher.
The "biggy" social event occurs on the
following night - a dinner-dance officially
marking a year's jubilation, with tickets at
$10 a head. ·.
The gala event, to take place in the Exec­utive
Inn, starts at 6:30 p.m. with a recep­tion
and lasts til?. Various state, city, and
university officials will attend.
Students, staff and faculty are welcome -
but please hurry and make reservations
either at the Alumni and Development Of­fice
down the street from the Cardinal Inn,
or at the President's Office in the Adminis­tration
Building. Capacity crowd is set at 600
(but the more the merrier).
Performing that night will be "The Doc-
. tors Band," a 16-piece group made up of UL
Med School graduates with a good musical
reputation.
Picture this in a current daydream. A
month from now, more plans for UL's
1 75th Anniversary will congeal, al&ng with
the advent of spring.