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Radical Union

A new organization is also likely
to be formed here this fall, the
Radical Student Union. It is rumored
that this group will unite
SDS and SSOC into one organization.
There will also be a Black
Student Union at the University.

United Students for Action,
formed last spring, is already
present and active and on the Grounds.
Headed by Chuck Wheeler, the
group hopes "to bring the University
into the twentieth century
through non-violent practicing of
its Constitutional rights."

A final organization of this kind
is the Charlottesville Draft Opposition,
a group which explores
alternatives to the present form of
the draft.

Besides the great number of
organizations that could be described
as "left of center," there are
several that lean heavily to the
right.

The Young Republican Club has
always been a haven for conservatives,
but other groups have
sprung up recently. There will be an
Americans for Freedom, an organization
that has always been known to try
to demonstrate the "true" picture
of the American Youth, a picture
they feel has been distorted by the
hippies with long hair and weird
beliefs.

Apparently, the YAFs plan a
series of "constructive sit-ins" that
will be held to show that they do
not believe in the sit-ins of other
groups.

A third group is the Radicals for
Capitalism, whose members did
some campaigning for President
Nixon last year on the Grounds.
Their major activity, however,
seems to be the detailed study of
the works of Ayn Rand, author of
such books as The Fountainhead
and Atlas Shrugged and founder of
the Objectivist philosophy.

Two final groups that have
added to the University scene are
equally ambiguous about their
beliefs and goals.

WITCH, a women's organization
with headquarters in Mary Munford
Hall, hopes for increased popularity
after co-education takes effect.

The Stanford White Society has
done little except place stickers in
Wilson Hall and pass out state
doughnuts.