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Freinberg Charges Cavalier Daily
With Omission Of Statement

By Tom Adams
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Peter Freinberg, an independent
candidate for Student Council from
the College charged yesterday that
important sections of his campaign
statement were left out of yesterday's
issue of The Cavalier
Daily.

Mr. Freinberg was quoted as
saying, "I call for a revolution of
men's minds to achieve personal
and interpersonal harmony. Revolution
has always meant violence,
chaos, and attempts to incarcerate
human will."

Sentences Omitted

The following three sentences
were left out of the newspaper. The
statement continues, "A revolution
of the mind, however, imposes no
such restrictions, Rather, it destroys
all boundaries which imprison
our awareness. From there, we will
perceive that the divisions that set
men apart aren't divisions at all.
They are misunderstandings, products
of insufficient communication
with one another."

Factional Multitude

Mr. Freinberg's statement continues,
"This University is divided
into a multitude of factions. We
have those who deny the possibility
of true communication, and think
only in terms of effecting reform
through 'proper channels.' Conversely,
we have frustrated elements
for whom 'proper channels' mean
another fifteen years of bureaucratic
procrastination, which will
keep the University, as always,
fifteen years behind the times.

Abandon Pride

"It is evident that these frustrated
groups won't wait fifteen years.
Threats of violence hang over us
even now.

"Will reconciliation between
these factions come from deciding
what should be changed? No, it is a
matter of how that change shall be
effected. We must view all problems
objectively, abandoning all pride,
pretence, and selfish interests. The
right answers will inevitably emerge."

His statement concludes by
saying "The good and righteous are
inherent in man. We must seek the
good in ourselves and others. Let us
join together in the search for
truth, and we will then realize that
what is in the interest of our fellow
man must inevitably be in our own
interest."

Mr. Freinberg was rate over the
newspaper coverage he has received
in the campaign. "My statement
was not published," he said. Then I
found out darts were published on
the fourth page, also giving the
impression that I was espousing the
opposite ideology that I wanted to
convey to the electorate."

When are we going to adhere to
Mr. Jefferson's statement that here
we are not afraid to follow the
truth without injustice, slander and
personal innuendo? This is the only
widely distributed student newspaper.
This is where the vast
majority of students get their
information from. We cannot put
with nonobjective and biased reporting
any longer."

Mr. Freinberg gained public
attention in his campaign when his
posters' appeared around the University
showing him posed for
several photographs in a nearly
nude condition.