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Editorial Opinion

By Neil McAuliffe
Proposition 9, the Clean En·
vironment Act, has become a Vietnam!
controversial topic in cities Are we coming or going?
throughout the state. The recent · escalation of bomb-
Attackers of the bill, notably ing in North Vietnam turned the
hands of the clock back to 1968
Standard Oil, General Electric,
when United States aircraft flew
NBC, CBS and the Los Angeles heavy bombing missions over
Times, have bombarded the Cal- North Vietnam, striking enemy
ifornia consumer with every pos- targets.
sible tactic of opposition in an Shouts of protest came im-
attempt to extort a "no" vote mediately from most Democrats
from the public on June 6. They in Congress, several Republi-
cite statistics of the California cans, students on college cam-
State Air Advisory committee and puses, and the general public.
other "pollution concerned" The Vietnam war, which the
committees as their source of American people have been hop-
data. ing will go away for the past
The opponents of the bill, of four years, has been thrown
course, fail to state that the right back into their customary
appointed members of such bod- apathetic laps.
ies as the Air Advisory commit- Popular Earth Week interlude was a Friday afternoon concert by Tony Secretary of Defense Rogers,
tee are also the senior executives Muhl and his group on the campus quad. Guest speakers from var- in his testimony before the Sen-
of the Standard and She 11 Oil ious ecology-oriented organizations in the state visited the college ate Foreign Relations committee,
during the highly successful and well-organized week-long program
companies. headed by Bob Kaylor. defended Mr. Nixon's escalated
It is also a fact that the ma- bombing as protection of (1) U .s.
jor opponents to Proposition 9 troops, (2) the withdrawal pro-
for years have been cited as the gram, and (3) the reluctant South
major contributors to pollution CDC's Cougar Frog Blows Vietnamese soldiers.
in this state. These justifications have pac-
Furthermore, the absurdities ified much of the public, espec-
of their many opposing statements Athlete Of Year Award ially since no one wants our
only emphasize their lack of con- troops to be left unprotected.
However, in the past, and
cern for the California consumer By Kevin Doo1ey most recently in January, a step ..
and the common man in general. up of heavy bombing strategy
These absurdities are readily There will be no "Athlete And Mike Gillespie : "I'm the has not • defeated the ·enemy and
apparent to anyone who has read of the year" trophy for Cougar best fly catcher in the district." apparently has done little to
the Clean Environment Act. Frog at the up-coming Winter- Ed Jacoby ... don't go away. slow him down.
Even Otto Miller, chairman of Spring Sports Award banquet. "I haven't decided if I'll go I believe the renewed bombing
the board of Standard Oil, has He didn't place at the recent out for the hop, skip, and jump, jeopardized our withdrawal pro-
said under oath that he did not Intercollegiate Frog Jumping or the pole vault--without the gram instead of protecting it. We
read the act, but feels it's bad Championships at Antelope Val- pole, of course." are running the risk of dee per
anyway. ley Community College, and he cougar Frog's hobbies are involvement in a war in which
The attacks, however, are of disgraced himself to boot. "croakette" and "leap human," our country has already contrib-
little consequence to the major- Cougar Frog looked like a and his life ambition is to work uted more than could reasonably
ity of voters. winner at the starting line, and either on a construction crew as be expected of it--a war that the
We, as common men facing a his first leap drew huzzahs from a rribbetter or to play with a American people do not want,
dying environment, know only the assembled multitude. But symphony orchestra in the bass do not support, and hopefully
what our senses can perceive then it happened. section. will not allow to continue.
and these are the facts we must Cougar Frog, who, as all ded- "I'm telling it as it is," said We are risking our relations
cite. icated sports fans know pos- the glossy muscled athlete. "I'm with Russia. By bombing North
Our senses tell us that for- sesses incredible peripheral no bullfrog." Vietnam and its harbors in which ·
ests of trees die yearly from the vision, spied a lady frog on the When asked why he wore a float Russian ships, we are dar-
effects of air pollution. They sidelines and immediately altered good luck charm around his bul- ing them to retaliate.
show that our oceans, the origin- course to intercept her. bous throat, Cougar Frog replied: Political unrest has once a-
al source of live, have become When asked by an inquisitive ''To wart off bad luck, of gain been incited on American
man's ultimate garbage dump. reporter from The Canyon Call course, you ninny." college campuses in protest of
Furthermore, leaky off-shore to explain his unorthodox be- As sports re porters learned the ugly war.
wells have saturated California's havior in the middle of a race, long ago, it is unfair and fre- We are reliving the bombing
world-renowned beaches with Cougar Frog (also called "Hor- quently disasterous to ask of 1968. Does that mean we will
oiled carcasses of countless ny" by his closest friends) relive the mass civil destruction
re plied: srorts celebrities questions un- caused by the 1968 anti-war riots
birds, mammals, and fish. related to their fields of athletic
On June 6, citizens will vote ''If there's one thing I· can't specialty. in this country?
for or against pollution. But the resist, it 's frog legs." In my opinion, the question
(Cont'd on Page 4) Prior to the race, Cougar Yet we could not resist ask- isn't "to bomb or not to bomb?"
Frog was asked to assess his ing Cougar Frog what he thinks The question is "to stay or not
THE CANYON CALL opposition in the up-coming about the new film "Frogs," in to stay?" in Vietnam.
contest. which his species inherits the And do the South Vietnamese
PUBLISHED TWICE MONTHLY BY ''I know all about them bums; earth. really want us to fight to give
JOURNALISM STUDENTS AT COL· them democracy?
LEGE OF THE CANYONS. EDI· I've taken notes ," he said. ''It is one small step for
TORIAL OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN "Notes? ... on what?" Judging from the history of
THIS PUBLICATION ARE THOSE Hollywood and one giant leap this war-torn country, I think the
OF THE WRITER AND NOT NECES· "A lily pad." for fro:r,kind,'' he res ponded.
answer to both questions is a
SARI LY THQ.5E OF THE COLLEGE. COC 's coaching staff will be Rrriibbbeett ! decisive .NO!
thrilled to learn that while
EDITORIAL STAFF Cougar Frog failed to add to the
Bill Leach. Editor
college's illustrious sports his- Rotary To Fete Twelve Students
Kevin Dooley David Hoeltje tory in his first competition, he
Neil McAuliffe Celeste Lyons plans to redeem himself in the Twelve College of the Can- Neil McAuliffe, Lynette Schip-
Richard Hoefel Lauri Salls
Craig Obara Richard Signoretti future. yons' students have been invited per, Kathy Schoegje, Rick Sig-
William Jeffers Carol Rice Lee Smelser, for instance, to spend a weekend at Monte noretti, Rodney Skinner, and Tom
Laura Leach Ann Molin
will be enchanted to hear that coronaResort Hotel, Lake Arrow- Zwart.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Cougar Frog is going out for head, May 19-2 0-21, as guests Purpose of the meeting, re-
Paul Osterhues Bruce McKinney basketball. of the -Rotary Club of Newhall. portedly, is to conduct open dis-
"I'm going to be the first Invited are Don Allen, Teresa cussion between the students
TONY REMENIH, ADVISOR player to dunk the ball without Calzia, Juanita Gomez, Rod'ney and Rotary members to help
letting go of it." Grimes, Bob Kaylor, Bill Leach, bridge the generation gap.