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Letters To The Editor

Mayall, Lighthouse Here Tonight

Apparently there has been some
confusion about John Mayall's
group, which will be appearing in
University Hall tonight. Johnny
Almond, Steve Thompson, and Jon
Mark, the musicians on Mayall's last
two albums, will perform with
Mayall. Duster Bennett, who has
been billed as a "one man blues
band," will be an addition to, not a
replacement for, the other members
of Mayall's group. Friends of mine
who saw Mayall at a sell-out
concert at the University of Michigan
two weeks ago were very
excited about the group's performance.

If you're concerned about
scholarships for disadvantaged students,
minority student recruitment,
and/or the future of progressive
music at U.Va., come see/hear/
experience John Mayall and Lighthouse
tonight.

I write to correct an injustice.
Very belatedly I have discovered
that a letter signed by members of
the English Department and published
last month in your columns
was unwittingly unfair to a member
of the faculty. The purpose of that
letter was to publicize the hardship
worked on students when final
examinations for large introductory
courses are scheduled too closely
together. The example chosen was
the proximity of final examinations
for English 5 and Economics I, and
the language used in the letter left
the impression that the director of
Economics I was indifferent to the
problem. I have since learned that
Professor Ezinga is not in the least
indifferent to the welfare of students
and is in fact distinguished by
his concern for their interests. This
gives me a chance, then, to remove
any stigma that may have been left
by the letter on a fine teacher.

Recently I noticed something in
your paper of such importance that
it amazed me when nobody paid
the least bit of attention to it. I
refer to the story on page 4 on the
March 12th Cavalier Daily, entitled
"Cambodians Hit Viet Embassies."
Specifically the paragraph which, in
discussing Prince Sihanook's return
to his capital, states

"The next flight bound for
Phnom Penh from Paris leaves next
week, but if he flew via Prague, he
could arrive sooner. If he sprouted
wings, the possibilities are virtually
limitless. However, aides to the
Prince were doubtful about the
likelihood of such an occurrence."

Don't you see! Don't you see!
The revolution is here! Some poor
copy writer who had been punching
out stories about man's idiocy for
years finally cracked. He had
reached his Critical Crisis Mass.
With the blush of liberation on his
cheeks and a smile on his lips, he
began to wield the one weapon no
government can counter, they cannot
stand to be laughed at!
Somewhere deep in the bowels of
U.P.I., our savior waits, hands
poised over key board, ready to jar
us once again into realizing how
absurd our condition is.

I wish him success. I wish that
the Thoughts of Chairman Mao
outsells "MAD." I hope to see
Spiro Agnew confronted not with
screaming demonstrators, but thousands
of hysterical silent majorities.
I hope to see Nixon get higher
Neilsen ratings than "Laugh-In,"
that soldiers all over the world
throw down their weapons and
walk away, quietly chuckling, and
shaking their heads in disgust.

Until that day we can all do our
part. The next time somebody tells
you that you must make a sacrifice
"for the good of the state," any
state, laugh at him. He won't know
what to do.