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To Correct An Image Pride: A Quality To Be
Shared In People’s Actions
The publications on campus have been recent
ly spotlighted in a light which is somehow erron
eous--that of being martyrs to a dominating ad-
administration.
It is of deep concern to us that students under
stand just how much freedom the individual edi
tors have with their publications.
Since the Journal is the publication we are
closest to, it will serve as an example.
Each week the staff begins Monday and works
through the following weekend on suggesting,
gatherir^ information for, and writir^ articles
to appear in the next edition of the Journal. The
subject matter and the handling of information
are subject solely to the approval of the editor.
Not one administrator or faculty member sees
the copy until it appears in print in the Journal
on the following Wednesday.
This freedom is granted through trust in the
students—a trust that must never be betrayed
through complete irresponsibility on the part of
any editor. But that is not to say that mistakes
are illegal. The only string attached is that edi
tors use the freedom in a responsible and mature
fashion.
An amazing thing about this freedom is that we
are still supported wholeheartedly by the admin
istration. We do not have the freedom at the ex
pense of no backing when it is needed.
This fact has been well demonstrated this year
by the action of the administration when the Jour
nal got in a little deep with Big WAYS as a re
sult of the Zepeda articles. Calls came into sev
eral offices in administration (including the
Chancellor’s) and in every case the Journal’s
position was upheld.
No decree was slapped on the editor to stop
those articles.
This freedom is an important, healthy part of
University life, and we would like to see it ex
tended into other phases of student activities.
(Let us have our blanket concerts until such time
as you feel we have violated good conduct codes.)
Let this University gain a reputation of being
the freest, most exciting, most liberal, most on-
the-go campus in the South. That, we feel, is the
natural goal of a budding space age University.
Let’s make our tradition (if we must have it)
one of student freedom and responsible action in
new and exciting endeavors in both the academic
and social phases of University life.
Student here want the responsibility. Let us
experiment!
THE CAROLINA JOURNAL
Eorroii G \YLE WATTS
Editor's Special Consultant Ellison Clary, Jr.
Business Manager Frank Crooks
Sports E^tor .John Lafferty
Photo Editor I'red Jordan
Cartoonist. Geraldine Ledford
News Editor Ron Foster
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Gentile. Linda Craven, Tommy Harmon, Sandy Griffin, David Staley.
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John Byrd
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BY BILL BILLUPS
Pride! What does it mean to
you and to me? Pm not speaking
of something that is haughty, arro
gant, or gaudy. Pm not speaking
(rf something that repels people
and makes them wish there was no
quality such as pride.
The pride I speak of is a quality
to be shared, ft is seen on people’s
faces and through their actions,
ft is not forced, but through srane
means it becomes a part of a
person.
Pride is an “Pm glad to be
a part of. . feeling. Now what
does pride have to do with our
university? For me it is the whole
basis of our University. Pride is
developed from hard work and
effort. Thought is also a major
part of pride as decisions must be
made in connection with those
things of which we are proud.
Our University and any true
University develops because of
work, effort and thought, and even
more from the pride felt in the
University. When we as students
want to work for and on behalf
of our campus, then it becomes
closer to being a true University.
At this time, I would like to
cite two of the many efforts on
this campus which can develop
pride. First, daily the members of
our basketball team are practic
ing and working. Most of them
are playing because they love to
play basketball. However, we as
students can provide a second in
centive, a desire to play for this
campus. This desire has to start
sometime, and why cannot we start
it at least partially this year?
This suggestion may seem idea
listic, and it is ! If we were aliowed
to put in the Atlantic Coast Con
ference this year, we would still
need a pride in our University
and our team for us to be like
other major colleges. I ask you
therefore to come to as many of
the games as you can, and to fur
ther give encouragement and un
derstanding to our players. Sche
dules of the games are available
other major colleges. I ask you
therefore to come to as many of
the games 'as you can, and to fur
ther give encouragement and un-
Chorus Gives
Informal Sing
The UNC-C Chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Roselyn Boyette,
presented an informal program of
folk tunes in the cafeteria on
Thursday, November 16 at 12 noon.
The program was well-received
by the students. Included in the
short presentation were “Poor
Man Lazarus,” “Round and
Round,” and “Look Away.”
derstanding to our players. Sche
dules of the games are available
for all at the Union desk.
The second effort is being made
by service organizations on our
campus to keep the parking lots
and campus clean. The cleanliness
■’rf this campus truly can reflect the
pride we, as students, individually
and as a group, have in our Uni
versity. I challenge you to accept
the responsibility of picking up
a piece of paper off the grass
and of using the trash cans for
trash and not the parking lots
and sidewalks for trash.
In conclusion, I would like to
say this is not a vendetta against
anyone, but rather against an ides
held by many if not all of us,
including myself. The idea is that
we think a University and pride
are always developed from bi|
things such as donations cf
$10,000. We often forget that the
seemingly trivial and common
place acts are as great a part
of making a University as a pro
fessor with five Ph-ITs ora sta
dium. i
Announcements
1
The cheerleaders have elec
ted Patrick McNeely as co-head
cheerleader to assist head cheer
leader Carolyn Campbell; andalso
they have unanimously elected
Jimmy Stafford to be “The49’er.”
Here we are, last week of Nov
ember, right? For Christmas this
year your dad would like. . .How
long have we been hearing this,
two weeks? ft’s a sure sign we’re
in for another year of buying
and selling and “deck the halls”
and missing the whole point.
Curious? For more information,
watch next week’s paper for Rod
Smith’s “Critique of Christmas”
in which he will lambast the
middle-class American’s concep
tion, treatment, and misuse of
Christmas.
I
The Green Garter Coffee Hous.
reopens Monday, December H,'
in the Union Gym (adjacent to
the Cafeteria), for a one wed
run. The theme will be that d
a Psychadelic Coffee House. |
Miss Raun McKinnon is to en
tertain at the Coffee House, which
will be held Tuesday aftemooj
at 11:30, and Wednesday through
Saturday nights at 8:00.
The iSenior Classical League
will meet Wednesday, Novembet'
29 at 11:30 in U 209. Dr. Jamgotchi
the guest speaker, entitles his!
lecture “The Russians Are N«|
Coming.” i
Operation Dime A
Pack On The Move
Beginning today, members of
the Junior class will man collec
tion booths for Operation Dime-a
pack, a service project conducted
with the help of R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, through which
cigarettes can be sent to the ser
vicemen in Viet Nam for less
than 12C a pack.
The idea was conceived by two
students at UNC-CH last year,
as a project to provide a useful
gift to the men serving in Viet
Nam, which would serve as a
token of both our support for
the men, and a representative
symbol of the state of North
Carolina.
In its first year, drawing on
donations from fraternities, soro
rities, residence colleges, NROTC
and AFROTC units, and individual
students. Chapel Hill sent 7100
packs abroad.
With each pack donated, an im
printed label is affixed, which
identifies the donor. In each carton
there is a self-addressed acknow
ledgement card which is pre-add-
ressed to the donor.
Replies which came back from
recipients were so favorable, that
the project has been enlarged and
expanded this year, and is being
held in all four branches of the
consolidated university.
Green
Garter
Coming
Dec.
11-16
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The JouiTOl staff would like to suggest a more suitable marker to honor Miss Cone’s dedlca-
tion to this University than that pictured above. This small monument, located at the northeastern
end of the lake, seems inappropriate for the purpose that must have been originally in the mind
of the decorator. Besides, where are the plants?