In Your Opinion
Cheers for Hunt
Dear Editor:
If Mrs. Carolyn ftmt*s concern for people is any
indication of her husband's concern for people, then
the race for the United States Senate in North Caro
lina is over and the winner is....you guessed it,
Gov. Jim Hunt.
During a recent visit to the UNCA campus Mrs.
Hunt expressed the interest and importance of people
in her husband's campaign, unlike the opposition, who
has yet to tell the people of North Carolina what he
has done for them.
Quoting Mrs. Hunt, "If you stop and look at both
sides, you can see tht Helms has practically no re
cord of accon^lishments. Helms does not say what he
has done." Jesse Helms has never mentioned his a-
chievements concerning the citizens of North Caroli
na. But the people will decide what type of Senator
best fits the needs of North Carolina.
With the choices being Jesse Helms, who has voted
against loans for college students, opposed a clean
air act, opposes the Equal Rights Amendment, and
favors making young workers accept less than minimurai
wage, etc.; or Jim Hunt, a moderate Democrat, who has
worked for these issues and more....the choice should
be clear.
We, the College Democrats and the Black Student
Association, would like to say thanks to the many
warm and friendly faces that greeted Mrs. Hunt, and
also would like to thank the faculty and staff for
their, much appreciated support.
Sincerely,
Byron R. Samuels
President, Black Student Association
Voting Encouraged
Dear Editor:
The College Democrats feel that it is very impor
tant for all citizens to vote in the Nov. 6 election.
Inq)ortant issues are at stake, and the candidates se
lected will decide the direction of the country and
state for the next two decades.
We wish to remind all UNCA students that they can
vote at their home county Board of Elections if they
will be home between Oct. 8 and Nov. 5, voting early
before the election. The upcoming Fall Break is a
good time to take care of this.
Sincerely,
The College Democrats of UNCA
SGA notes
By Carol Ann Bradley
There will be a SGA
sponsored Legal Form on
Oct. 17, in the Carmi-
cheal Humanities Hall,
7:30-10 p.m. Local at
torney Larry Smith will
speak on "Student
Ri^ts."
CoBButers can meet with
their CGBOuter Senators
(Harthe* Fletcher and
Tony Faulk) each Wednes
day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
in the Commuter Lounge,
Highsmith Center.
The Senate is now re
cognizing clubs and
organizations. All or
ganizations must be
recognized by SGA in
order to use caiq>us
facilities or request
funding. Recognition
Forms are available
outside the SG offices.
Student GoveroBent is
proud to welcome four new
senators into its ranks.
Jin Dills is the newest
dorm senator. He is a
resident assistant in the
Highrise. There are
three new freshman
senators. Melissa (Chip)
Beavers and Becky (Dale)
Dockeiy are roomnates in
the Highrise, and Athena
Fox is a commuter from
Weaverville.
The Student Govenment
Senate meets each Tuesday
evening at 7:30. These
meetings are held in room
37 of the Highsmith Cen
ter. The public is invit
ed to attend.
Awbifbes
©A VERY ag MOUTH
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College Press Service
Cagle Comments
UNC president retiring
By Ken Cagle
SGA president
Last month William Friday, the only president the University of North Carolina
system has ever had, set July 1, 1986 as his retirement date, ending weeks of spe
culation about his future plans.
"It's time for the board to have the opportunity to take a look at its ambi
tions and what the state needs," Friday told the UNC Board of Governors. "This
will afford an interval of time for that to take place."
William Johnson, the board's second chairman, said the board, in executive
session, agreed to accept Friday's retirement notice in July 1986—eleven months
after he turns 65.
Saying Friday has dealt with "difficult issues honorably and appropriately"
over the years, Johnson asked for and received an unanimous ratification of the
motion drafted in executive session.
Friday said he made the decision after a family conference with his wife, Ida,
and their children. He said serving until 1986 was in the best interests of the
UNC system.
"We have spent a lifetime trying to act in such a way," Friday said, referring
to himself and his family.
Friday could have remained president until age 70, the mandatory retirement
age for state employees, but he said recently he would probably retire before
then.
Because Friday has been the system's only president since all 16 state uni
versities were joined in 1972 to form the UNC system, there is no precedent for
his succession.
Friday was bom in Raphine,Va., and grew up in Dallas, N.C. He started his
career with UNC in 1948 as an assistant dean of students at UNC-Chapel Hill, and
later became president of the Consolidated Univeristy of North Carolina. The
Consolidated University included UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State University and UNC-
Greensboro.
UNCA SGA's motto is:
"The People Who Care."
CAMPUS RASPBERRIES
Heckling campus speakers has been a growing problem in recent years.
1979 —
• Iranian students disrupt a speech by Chip
Carter at Texas Southern University to protest
U.S. support of the Shah Mohammed Reza
Pahlavi. Similar protests occur at the University of
Kansas. Oklahoma, Berkeley, and UCLA.
1980 —
• Twenty-seven pro-Khomeini Iranian students
are arrested at the University of Texas for disrup
ting a speech by Fereydoun Hoveyda, the Shah's
former United Nations ambassador.
1981 —
• Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver is
repeatedly heckled and interrupted during a
speech at Berkeley. One student throws a punch
at the activist-turned-Moonie.
1982 —
• Yale students boo Cleaver off stage.
1983 —
• In March, student hecklers at the University of
Wisconsin force Cleaver to stop his speech there.
• U.S. United Nations Ambassador Jeane
Kirkpatrick is interrupted by hecklers at the
University of Minnesota, and prevented from
speaking at all by over 800 Berkeley hecklers pro
testing U.S. intervention in Central America.
• Five Kansas State students are arrested tor
heckling Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed
Zaki Yamani, who was prevented from completing
his speech there.
• In April, five education associations — the
American Council on Education, the National
Coalition of Independent College and University
Students, the U.S. Student Association, the Na
tional Organization of Black University and Col
lege Students and the American Association of
University Professors — condemn the "hecklers
veto" of such speakers as Yamani, Cleaver, and
Kirkpatrick.
1984 —
• In March, former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger cancels a speech at the University, of
South Florida because of heavily organized op
position to his policies towards Central America.
• The following month. 53 people are arrested
for heckling Kissinger during a speech at the
University of Texas.
• Kissinger later cancels a Tufts University ap
pearance for fear of disruptions.
• President Reagan encounters mild protests
during a speech at D'Anza Community Colleqe in
California.
• Candidate Walter Mondale is heckled during
speeches at Southern Cal, Texas, and Illinois.
“ College Piess Service