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Photographs of Washington Inaug ural Protest
L~~i~;ille 's--,,w alk of Conscience" r allies 2500 people
by MARTY KASDAN
On Sarurday, January 20, 1973, a
newly-formed organization known as People
for Peace sponsored a "Walk of Conscience"
in downtown Louisville, a walk which was
followed by a rally in the gym of Ahrens
Trade High School. Quantitatively the event
wa a success: some 2000 to 2500 people
marched in a line that extended for blocks, a
line whi h eventually filled the bleachen and
a good deal of the floor space in Ahrens'
gymnasium. The pirit of the group seemed
inversely proportional to its size , however.
Early in the march a young lady began the
chant " o More Vietnams" but nobody
el e joined in. Once inside the rally , it took
the repeated urgings of Dan Wes ler to get
the crowd to respond "Peace • .. now" to
the que tion of "What are we here for?"
Once the crowd warmed up, however, it
gave enthu ia tlc welcomes to Blanche
Cooper, an organizer of People for Peace,
Lois Morris, an Alderwoman, and Robert
Lewis, general counsel for the Union of
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of
America. Ms. Cooper, after asking the
question "Who are we?," went on to
proclaim that "You (President Nixon)
cannot continue to do things like this (the
Christmas bombing) in our names."
She was followed by Ms. Morris , a black
woman member of the Board of Aldermen.
She traced black involvement in both the
war effort and the protest movement.
Echoing the thoughts of many across the
nation, she said that "This war must end so
that the U.S. can get down to the business of
putting its own house in order," mentioning
uch national · problems as the: right to
medical care, air pollution an1d welfare
rights.
The last peaker, Ms. Morris,
concentrated on the theme that we as a
nation must keep our vigilanc.e up and
continue to fight repression. He also made
the point that Louisville, as a result of the
turnout for the march and rally, now had a
national re ponsibility.
The rally ended at about 4:20 that
afternoon with a repetition of the urge to
come to the next meeting of People for
Peace, which will take place this Saturday at
noon at the First Unitarian Church, on 4th
and York.
After the rally I talked with Dm Wessler,
who was doir:~ the M.C. chores that
afternoon. He is a Doctor of The1ology who
teaches worship and communications at the
Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary. He has been active with Kentucky
Clergy and Laymen Concerned, Louisville's
only other peace group. He stressed the fact
that KCLC, which has a national affiliation,
was still independent of People for Peace, a
strictly local organization. He a~so issued a
call to the UL community to become
more involved with those off-campus, and
plans to speak on campus in the near future
to further this goal.
photograph bv Jc .. n Beckm~~n
Cold weather mel tlueatenin& skies failecl to thwart 45,000 inaugural prbtestors in
Washinpon, D. C. J.st Saturday.
photograph bv John Beckman
Organization and non-violence characterized an anti-war protest held in the nation's
Capitol Jan. 20th.
WXKE: CampuS radio
gets louder/Listen. • •
t by IRENE SPRADLING
WXKE' disc jockeys are proud of their big
studio window, only they wish people
would stop pressing their noses up against it.
.. We had one guy come up every day last
semester and put his nose in exactly the
same spot each time;' grinned production
director Drew Barlow. "It got to the point
where we could recognize his smudge.''
More and more, UL's radio station is
making its own smudge on local campus
lifestyle. In the first five years of its
ex.istance, WXKE has increased its staff
from three to 12, and has also moved its
studio from a few unnoticable dorm rooms
in Stevenson Hall to a more prominent
place, the eastern half 9f the old chemistry
A&S Student
Council meets
by ALEDA SHIRLEY
Tuesday at 4:30 in the Lincoln Room the
Student Council of the School of Arts and
Science3 met. Eight of the 36 council
representatives attended, and the main topic
of discussion was the choice of a new dean
for A & S.
Officiating at the meeting were Rickie
Coomer and Allen Falk. They disclosed how
out of 230 applicants for the position of
dean , the list had been narrowed down to
five. The five are: Dr. Martin Barron, who is
presently Acting Dean of A&S; Dr. Keith
Davis, Dr. Marshall Beringer, Dr. Van
Perkins, and Dr. Melvyn Feinburg of
California. The council agreed that the new
dean must be innovative and receptive to the
needs of students.
Also discussed was the unfairness of the
tenture system, whereby after a professor
has been at UL five or six years, he can
remain, without fear of being fired or
dismissed, indefinitely employed at the
school - whether he is still competent or
not.
Three goals of this semester's student
council were announced. They are to
establish a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa here
on campus, to procure lecturers and good
guest speakers at least once a month for
students, and to set-up an appeals board
which might enable unfairly given grades to
be changed.
It was announced that anyone interested
in becoming involved in the Student Council
should apply any Tuesday at 4:30 in the
Lincoln Room.
annex between the library and the Social
Studies Building.
WXKE started broadcasting from a
public address system in one of the dorms.
Now, more than $20,000 worth of technical
equipment adorns their new quarters. "Of
course we didn't pay that much," explained
Ted Williams, the station's general manager.
"WDRX of Paducah, Kentucky sold us
about $10,000 worth of their old control
equipment," at a substantial discount. Also,
WAVE Radio of Louisville provided a good
deal of the first equipment.
WXKE's staff owes much of the radio
sC:ation's progress to former UL President
Woodrow M. Strickler. "Woody's our patron
said, said Ted. It was through his efforts
that we got on the air. Somehow he found
the money to give us an annual budget.
Ted and Drew are happy with the
progress their radio station has made. But
they, along with other staff members, won't
be satisfied until they are able to make
further improvements. At present only a
small portion of their half of the old
chemistry annex is set the way they want it .
Plans for the hopefully-near future include
building a news room, production studio,
music library, interview room and a few
general offices.
Personnel and revenue are in great
demand at WXKE. There is never enough of
either to keep the station operating
perfectly. Staff members work on a
completely voluntary basis, so it is difficult
to recruit new people.
UL has no mass communications
department. Ted and Drew figure that just
about all of WXKE's problems stem from
this fact.
"We need something that could tie
together the functions of the radio station,
Cardinal newspaper, photography classes,
Speed School's TV classc3, and the
audiovisual department here on campus,"
said Ted. "If we had a communications
department, we would automatically have
more funds." People in the department
would use the newspaper and broadcasting
st3tions for practical lab experience as a
counterpart to their studies. Dr. Strickler
was confronted with this idea about two
years ago, and thought it was a good idea,
but was afraid that funds were not available.
Drew explained how UL could benefit
from starting a communications
department. " People in this area wanting to
go into the field of mass communication
wouldn't have to go away to college. They
could stay right here and spend their tuition
money."
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