I would like to clarify my
position on the allocations to SDS
and Virginia Weekly. In your article
by Barry Levine published on April
30, 1970, you stated my position
was that I "contended that the
allocation[s] would be a violation
of [my] first amendment right to
'present my own views.' " That is
not my position.
It is my belief that the first
amendment rights of all students
are violated when they are compelled
to pay (through the Student
Activities fee) for a "politically
oriented" publication or organization.
As to when something is to be
considered politically oriented, it is
my opinion that that is a question
of "degree." Certainly the SDS and
the Virginia Weekly, in consistently
espousing only one "political" line
without seeking to inform but
rather only to propagandize, are
more than just a little "politically
oriented." The Cavalier Daily can
be distinguished from Virginia
Weekly using this "degree" test.
