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Again last night, Thomson refused to comment on any of the charges...
Bridges' cancellation of his Forum appearance, which provoked violent denunciations of Thomson for allegedly undermining the Forum, also caused the latest protests. The HCC learned that the Senator had consented to address a joint HYRC-HCC program in late March...
...October, it was charged, Thomson first approached the Conservative Club with his proposal of "co-sponsorship." The HCC was to allow the HYRC to co-sponsor all its Republican speakers, but in return would not be allowed to co-sponsor any HYRC speakers...
...president of the Young Republican Club, by allegedly using his influence for the second time to prevent a Republican from speaking before another College group, has gone just one step too far. When John R. Thomson first tried this stunt in the fall with Senator Bricker, it was possible to laugh the whole thing off as just another squabble between rival political clubs. But now that he seems to have pulled the same trick again, this time with Senator Bridges, it is clear that his actions are subverting the whole structure of undergraduate organizations and deserve immediate condemnation...
Condemnation of Thomson's antics should be limited to the facts, however. Last week, when representatives of five student groups spoke out against Thomson's "underhanded" methods to "defeat the Political Forum," one of them went so far as to call Thomson "an idiot." This was a regrettable statement, primarily because the arguments against Thomson can stand without name-calling but also because unlike an idiot, Thomson knows exactly what he is doing...