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BWOC Will Swing PeFSOIl Of Ag0
When this weekend has come and gone, the
students on this campus will know if they are
worth it.
Worth what?. . . .
Worth all the planning, calling, running,
organizing, checking, delivering, sweating, and
anxiety that resulted in the biggest entertain
ment venture this campus has seen -- BWOC.
Dwayne Spitzer and his crew have internal
fortitude indeed. To bring groups as famous as
Anthony and the Imperials and the Impressions
to a campus where meager crowds are notor
ious takes faith -- faith that the student body
must not disappoint.
Why should you come to BWOC??
Because it’s inexpensive, it promises to be a
great time, if you date every weekend you’ve
seen every movie in town.
there is an awful lot of mumbling, grumb
ling about this institution being a glorified high
school. If this is true, then it is due solely
to the fact that its inhabitants are glorified
high school students.
This weekend could set back entertainment
on campus for several years if students don’t
show. Or it could be the beginning of bigger
and better dances and entertainment to come.
BWOC will swing. It will be a blast and you
can have a piece of the action by being here to
dance to the good sounds of the Impressions
and the Oranges on Friday and also listen to
the groovy music of Jerry Vincent. On Sat
urday, Anthony and the Imperials, who have
had a number of big hits in recent years,
will sing them at a blanket concert.
It’s all up to us. If greet the famous groups
on campus this weekend with the old college
try, then we’ll have many
the same.
Let’s be there!!!!!!!!
more chances to do
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Not Old Enough?
By RODNEY SMITH
When a person is twenty-one
years old, there are certain social
allowances which have been made
that seem to indicate that the
individual is ready to make his
own decisions. He can drive an
automobile, buy beer and wine, get
married, go to the Astor, or die
for his country. Then he can own
property, buy liquor by the bottle,
vote for his leaders, and own a
firearm. So, is a man respon
sible enough to make his own de
cisions? The state of North Caro
lina replies with an emphatic
“No!”
Suppose you get off work one
Friday afternoon and would like
to scop by the local bar on the way
home and have a couple of drinks.
Not a chance. Now, you can go to
a state owned ABC store and buy
a whole bottle of liquor, which you
can put in your car and drive down
to the 7-11 store, buy a coke, mix
a drink, ai.d probably get away with
drinking as you drive home. But
what happens when you try to buy
just one drink? Sirens. The state
seems to be saying “Don’t drink
a little, it’s not ‘nice.’ It you
must drink, buy a whole bottle
-- from us.”
This is not only limiting the
individual, it is limiting private
enterprise as well. The State
of North Carolina has a legal mo
nopoly on all liquor bought,
brought, or consumed within her
boundaries. And then has the nerve
to tax alcohol.
Now let’s forget the state for
a moment and examine a parti
cular case: the Charlotte area,
Mecklenburg. If nightclubs in
Charlotte could sell liquor by ft
drink, just what would happen
For one thing, more nightclul
would spring up. Number tvic
the caliber of Charlotte entertain f
ment would sky rocket becaus
club owners could afford to brft
in big names on the national see®
How long has it been since Bi
Cosby, Sinatra, or Sammy Davis
Jr. were in Charlotte? The thir.
and perhaps most important con
sequence would be the increases
conventions in Charlotte. ConP
ventions mean outsiders, whifli
means new money circulatioi^-
which means prosperity. N’esr'
ce pas?
S
If all seems very clear now. ^
are faced witha decision—shall*®
have Puritanism or ProsperitjS
The answer seems clear. p
Last year several fine entertainers were
greeted by a handful of students. This campus
must then stick in their minds as a dud --
and word travels fast. No performer likes to
croon his latest tune to an auditorium packed
with ten people.
Happiness Is
By RODNEY SMITH
—Being able to dress as you
wish for classes
—a 3.0 as a freshman. . .and
a 2.00 as a senior
--winning an election
—a tender embrace
—finishing your math require
ments with your sanity
--seeing Bud Stokeley’s head
hatch
—finding out that Kant is dead
and can’t get at you for what you
said about him
—Herlocker’s
—hearing Dr. McCall’s lecture
—findi.ng a quarter in some old
jeans
—some old jeans
—seeing Earleen Mabry’s
smiling face
—looking forward to B.W.O.C.
—Friday nights at theRheine-
land Haus
--watching “^itzer Bunny”
make his move
—tearing a page off the calendar
--tinted contacts
--turtlenecked socks
—the ’07 Rogues and Rascals
--that extra forty winks
--a winning basket ball team
—seeing Bill Billups get mad
—having a oate for the weekend
by Wednesday night
—Miss Cone
—a dance that makes money
—a professor who does “give
a damn”
—Mrs. Murphy
—Lenny Bruce’s last per
formance
—finding out that Zen is still
alive in America
— '.-vlan and Ginsburg and Mail
er
—ice for your soft drinks at
dances
—Cassius Clay’s comeback in
6 or 8 years
—Eyerly’s philosophy classes
—a goodnight kiss
—a growing University
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—haiku i(]
--thumbing to California gi
--a place to call home ol
—knowing the paper is readyftai
press
(Next week:
“Agony is.
Letter to Editor
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ACTION ‘Libera
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Dear Editor:
There is a new group on campus
known as ACTION. The fact is,
they’ll probably get very little. If
there is anything that I can not
tolerate, it is the “liberal.” He is
generally young, very idealistic,
and very gullible. The unfortu
nate thing about most “liberals”
ment or another. I favor peatth
ful solutions to our problems,:
don’t kid yourself, these solutiil'^
are not possible on the ground leiEC
only. The Civil Rights Act of Ijl'l
was not accomplishedona man-:
man basis. Admittedly, it has n
established much more than J
change in the laws, but that»
is that thqy actually believe that
they can change the world. There
is, however, another type among
the ranks of the “liberals.” He is
generally not so young, pretends an
equal amount of idealism, and is a
member of the “liberal” group,
simply because it serves his own
purpose.
The Negro element in ACTION
seeks equality, or more especially
human decency. They have been
discriminated against, and they
know it. But they don’t want to
push it, they’re content to dilly
dally, hoping some nice young
Another Ice
Age Possible
Air pollution is changing the
weather and could bring on an
other ice age if atmospheric
conditions are right, accord
ing to Dr. James P. Lodge, a
chemist at the National Center
for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder, Colo.
More likely, according to Dr.
Lodge, we will just have “a
substantial number of years
without any summer” in cities
across the northern United
States.
“liberal” in someplace of autho
rity will take up their cause. 1
wonder how it is that they haven’t
learned yet that that nice young,
left-wing “liberal” is nothing
more than two faced associate of
the conservative element. Groiq)
a most important part of obtaY:
ing civil rights. We need n«m
changes in the laws, and thatiin
once again have to come fr
Congress. The attitude of the with
Southerner has not, in gene(W£
changed since 1964, but attitmda
take longer to change. Lawsshowe
not. un
kii
loi
The anti-Vietnam War elemwl
seeks peace. But is there twe
registered conscientious objeclii'!
among them? Is killing not am
their reasons for disagree®
with the war? When, dear ACTII '
pacifists, are you going to sCi!
carrying signs and burning diOK
cards? Is the red tape of Pc:
bn
coming a c.o. all that objec^j
able to you? Or do you disag^
with the war for other reasd
Killing is all right, in other wor
but this war is illegal. Itow ® J
protests do work, but only when
they make those in authority feel
the need to act. I am against
both extremes—from George Wal
lace ( or Lester Maddox, if you
wish) to H. Rap Brown. But these
men are doers . They act, and
with them, you know where you
stand. I am not saying that you
must join with one radical ele-
legal wars do you know of?
Very well, “bleeding-heart
berals, ” change the world fori^
Because when you’re finished
we don’t like it, we can aW
gather up your placards,paintth
over, and begin a new protiBi
can’t we?
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