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?V?t School Moves Nearer A&T
Officials of A&T State University in Greensboro won their
first fight over the siting of the Veterinary School Friday, Nov.
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locating the school in white North Carolina State University in
Raleigh. The Board of Governors of UNC will not decide where
the school will be located until the completion of a racial impact
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yy enare saia me ieaerai agency would object to the choice of the
location without the completion of a racial impact study.
A&T officials said that locating the new school in Greensboro
will have the effect of increasing the number of whites on that
mainly black University campus.
In the hope of reaching a racial balance in the member
institutions of the Consolidated Universities, desegregation
plan requires that new programs be studied to determine their
racial impact on the student enrollment.
Chancellow Dowdy of A&T State University said that A&T is
very"qualifiedTo 'house'the Vet. School.'Academic strengths do
not come over night but are built stage by stage. To use
academic strength as a measure of where a new nmorom m
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be located will ultimately mean that all new programs must be
located- in white colleges and Universities since white
institutions are nearly always stronger academically than.their
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Programs are needed on black campuses that will attract and
keep white students.
The location of the Vet. School is looked upon by many as a
test as to how integration is working in North Carolina Higher
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Justice Isn't Blind
The judicial system in this country can be a strange animal at
times. There are instances when justice seems to be the only
salvation we have. But, there are times when it seems like a
farce.
Prosecution of officials for political crimes indicate that we
are protected' from such corruption in government. The
watergate affair give some indication that our judicial svstem is
working.
What is discouraging, however, is the punishment mctcd out
to elected political figures who have betrayed the public's trust.
When we electa politicianto office the only thing we can do is
hope that he will take our best interest in hand. We can not go .
with him to capitol hill or Raleigh and make sure that he does
what we have commissioned him to do.On
the face of it, betrayal of the public's trust has to be a
deliberate and calculated act. It is cold-blooded and the
consequences should be the same. Too many convicted
politicians are let off the hook with light sentences and some
with no sentence at all.
There are many inmates in N.C. prisons that are victims of
that strange animal called justice. Not every inmate is a victim,
but if there is only one then the system is failing.
Consider the fact that one of the convicted Watergate
personalities served his light sentence and was out of prison
before the prosecution could sum its case up. That's an
exaggeration of course but not far from what happened. There
have been instances where influential men have been paroled
before their cases even got to court.
Justice is supposed to be served on everyone equally. The
fact is, however, that it isn't. ,
Many people feel that if you don't have a lot of money or know
someone who knows someone, your chance of a fair shake in
court is bad. It may not be true, but too many cases appear that
make it seem so.
If a politician commits a crime he should be dealt with like
everyone else. What happens more often than not is that
lawyers for these people can find a loophold or a quirk in the law
or argue a minute point that changes the interpretation of the
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?.iv.it la a vase mat is scneouied to come before the North
Carolina courts sometime this month involving a high political
figure. Although there is no question of guilt, the accused still
must ponder how to plead. No doubt his lawyers are studying
the law to find a loophole or an argument that will change the
color of the law.
There may be nothing wrong with this, but how many of you
would .have that to your advantage should you be arrested
tonight? And don't say your, being arrested is
ridiculous...you're only half out of jail in the first place.
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To Be Equ
Everyone, including Republicans,
expected a Democratic,
sweep in the recent
elections, and while there
were a few major surprises,
there were plenty of important
conclusions to be drawn from
the balloting.
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Democratic Party, once it
emerges from the euphoria of
winning so heavily, must
realize that it is on the spot. It
can no longer point to the
Administration as the prime
bearer of responsibility in the
country.'
A second conclusion is tht
the Republican Party may
actually have been strengthened
in the long run by what
seems at first to have been a
massive defeat.
The liberal wing of the Party
was returned to Congress
almost without any casualties;
the conservative wing was
ripped apart. There is a lesson
here for both the President
and the Republican Party: the
way to win future elections is
to turn away from the
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and more in tune with the
needs of our times.
A third election lesson is
that black citizens continue to
make progress in winning a '
fairer share of the political
power in this nation.
The incumbent black Congressmen
were all re-elected
and the stunning victory of
Harold Ford in winning a
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conservative-held seat from
Memphis, adds another black
to the House of Representativps.
A related lesson is that
more and more voters are
prepared to vote for competence
rather than race. Blacks
won the lieutenant governships
in Colorado and
California, neither having a
large state-wide black population.
Andrew Young, of
Atlanta, won 72 percent of the
vote to continue representing
a district that is 60 percent
white.
A final lesson from the
elections is that alienation and
distrust are still the dominant
features of American political
life. A mere 38 percent of
citizens eligible to register and
vote did so. That Ipcc tV?on
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half the figure for England in
its election earlier this year.
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There are two main reasons
for this shockingly low
turnout. The first is that many
people, especially after Watergate,
are losing faith in a
democratic process that they
feel has brought them ^
scandals, inflation and recession,
and are expressing their
cynicism by not voting.
The other is that state and
local election laws throw up
roadblocks to those who want
to register and vote. A tangle
of unnecessary and complicated
procedures face citizens
trying to exercise their
democratic rights, and the
pattern of centralized registrars
with limited hours of
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registration appears to be an
intentional attempt to keep
people from voting.
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