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OPINION

By David Reddy
This summer the American
people have witnessed the
decline and fall of a man whose
name might well be inscribed
in the annals of history's
tyrants. That a man such a~
Richard Milhous Nixon could
rise to a position of tremendous
political power should strike
terror in the hearts of the body
politic. That he was the most
powerful man in a world bound
tightly together by electronic
media should horrify us all.
Such concentration of power
in the hands of any man, let
alone a despot such as Nixon,
should feed fuel to the nation's
nightmares. What should
frighten us most, perhaps, is
that Richard Nixon, who
sought so deliberately to
disenfranchise the American
people, could win a landslide
victory . over George Mc-
Govern.
McGovern is a 20th century Pep Squad fabricated giant paper Cougar in color for team to charge through as it appeared on field.
~ populist, the man Bobby Cheerleaders are Tami Nelson, Sue Yale, Sue Strahan, Shari Gordon, Sandi Kelly, Michelle Woods, and
Kennedy termed the most Debi Walker.
decent in Congress. When a
choice was presented, it was
made on the side of repression.
It is no wonder that Nixon announcement of the CIA's
should interpret the victory as involvement in Chile is a fitting
a mandate. encore.
The conditions which gave
The deficient character of birth to Richard Nixon remain
ex-President Nixon may be midwife to the nation.
catalogued at length with the The names have changed
information at hand. That this but the distribution of power
man is guilty of so many remains the same. The same
political evils is not, however, alignment of political · and
the lesson that must be learned financial interests that made
from Watergate. Watergate possible the ascension of
has implications that go far Richard M. Nixon to a position
beyond those of a change in of power remains in control.
governmental personnel.
Common man is still not
Watergate has exposed the free. He has not the power to
tragic failure of the American create his own options within
system. Not only is repression the current framework of Biggest crowd in COC history attended opening home game at
possible, it has become com- organization. His choices are Cougar Stadium. Cougar offensive line [dark jerseys] givea cla11lc
monplace. A man is not free if created and made by others. picture of blocking as action swings to left.
he can think, speak, and act as
his conscience dictates. A man His destiny is tied in-
is only truly free if there are no escapably to those who provide
persons or institutions to the necessities of his life.
prevent him from doing so. Among these are the food,
Such persons and institutions energy, and shelter producers
are currently abundant. of this land who in providing
man with his necessities
The American people should become dangerously wealthy.
reexamine the nature of the This wealth buys power - the
political and social systems power to buy our govern-
which permit men like Nixon, mental officials by contributing
Ford and Rockefeller to exert to their reelection campaigns.
so much control over you and The result is political control
me. It is painfully clear as the by economic factions. The
'dust settles on the national individual, for whom democ-
scene that nothing has racy in its true sense might
changed. well be the key to liberation,
has been emasculated.
It appears as if the full Watergate has made glar-
extent of Richard Nixon's ingly clear the point to which
political atrocities will never this country has come, the
be known. This fact should depths to which we have
cause us to question Gerald descended. Factional control
Ford's motives in stopping has become institutionalized.
investigation of Nixon's in- Radi~al ~hange is a long time Fancy new scoreboard tells s&<I. (<It"!
volvement in Watergate. His overdue. at Cougar Stadium. Cougars lost.