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The Carolina Joernal
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Vol. 3
Wednesday, March 6, 1968
No. 20
Understanding Of International Relations
Kissinger Explains Foreign
Policy In Clear^ Concise Form
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Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, De
partment of Government profes
sor at Harvard University, began
this University’s third annual
forum “The University and Inter
national Relations: Problems and
Prospects,” to a Parquet Room
filled (with extra chairs) with stu
dents, faculty, and community
members.
Kissinger described two schools
of thought in regard to foreign
policy — those who attempt to
analyze what has actually happened
in the conduct of international
New Constitution Passed^ Students
Want Exams Prior To Christmas
Approximately 325 members of
the student body voted to accept
the new constitution which the
Student Legislature had put be
fore the student body for approval.
The voting concerning a calen-
date change which would place
exams prior to Christmas vaca
tions showed a definite desire by
those who voted to have such a
change brought about—293 to 30.
The opinions of the other three
campuses of the University will
be combined with the preference
of this campus. It the consensus
of opinion is in favor of the change.
the matter will be referred to
the Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity for action. Any change
would be approximately two years
in coming.
The new constitution, approved
by a vote of 288 to 26, will take
effect at the time of the next
general election.
Students visited the poles in small numbers during last week’s voting
Goodman-Brown Combo To Play
At Miss UNC-C Dance March 9
The music of the Goodman-
Brown Combo and the crowning of
a new Miss UNC-C will be the
highlights of the semi-formal Miss
UNC-C dance on March 9 from
9 p.m. til 12 midnight.
The voring for the new campus
I queen to reign during 1968-1969
I is taking place this week. Students
; may vote in the Union lobby,
j The Goodman-Bro^vn Combo,
organized in 1951. The group has
a repertory of over 2000 songs
and they play all rhythms.
Jerry Goodman, accordionist
and organist with the combo, was
rated fourth place internationally
on his instrument in 1957
and toured with “The Three Suns”
trio in 1964. He graduated from
unc in 1961. He presently tea
ches in Charlotte and plays in
composed of five musicians, was
Student
Legislature
To Meet
Campaigning For Union
Offices To Begin March 11
The Student Legislature will
I meet Monday, March 11 at 7:30
I in the Union. All students are in-
! vited to attend the meeting.
Campaigning for Union Execu
tive offices will get underway Mon
day, March 11, as students vie
for Chairman, Vice Chairman,
Secretary, and Treasurer of the
University Union.
Today is the final day for filing
affairs and those who attempt to
analyze what they would like to
see happen in the conduct of inter
national affairs.
He cited Machiavelli as an ex
ample of an historian who had
gone down in history as immoral,
but who did describe exactly how
Italian city states carried own
their foreign policy.
Kissinger defined two approa
ches to foreign policy: the state-
man approach and the prophetic
approach. The former involves
foreign policy as a science and
its primary goal is survival. The
latter tends to see a total solu
tion and is less interested in the
possible than the right.
In Kissinger referred to for
eign policy as “tension between
those who attempt to adjust their
purposes to reality and those who
attempt to adjust reality to their
purposes.”
A question arises in foreign
policy, according to Kissinger, as
to the intent and the capability
of nation states. He pointed out
that the academician can emi*a-
size capability or intent as he
chooses, but the policy maker must
strike some sort of balance be
tween the two—and this is the
dilemma of the statesman.
Kissinger pointed out. that in
history “when the knowledge is
great, the scope tor action has
largely been nonexistent” and vice
versa.
“No one knows what suffering
has been saved, if any suffering has
been saved, from early action,”
Kissinger said. Foreign policy can
seek precautionary measures, and
“we are in the process of adjust
ing our mode of foreign policy
to precautionary” methods now.
According to Dr. Kissinger, one
needs a perspective of history and
stand present world conditions.
“It is not enough to study exist
ing systems because many soci
eties may appear the same but
have very different historical evo
lutions,” he explained.
Neal Not Sure International
Relations Definition Exists
By SONIA MIZELL
“I do not want to give a defi
nition of International Relations
because I’m not sure there is
anything that would define it. In
fact, Tm not even sure whether
it’s singular or plural,” began
Dr. Fred Warner Neal in his
speech “The Never-Never Land
of International Relations.” Dr.
Neal was the second speaker in
the third annual University Forum,
entitled “The University and In
ternational Relations—the Chal
lenge of Tomorrow.” The Forum
was held Friday in the Parquet
room. His speech was serious,
yet he delighted the audience and
captured its attention with the
sarcastic jokes about international
relations and politics that spiced
his entire speech.
Dr. Neal began his approach to
modem international relations
with some history about the de
velopment of concern over inter
national relations in the United
States. He stated that international
relations in this country began
after World War II, when Ameri
can intellectual committees dis
covered the world. After World
War I the American policy had
been one of Isolationalism. But as
the United States became more
and more powerful, it became evi
dent that American participation
in world affairs was necessary.
“The gains of international re
lations study have come at
a price,” stated Dr. Neal as he
began discussing several differ
ent theories of international re
lations. He mentioned and dis
cussed the Systems theory, the
Gains theory, and the Stanford
approach to international rela
tions. His entire discussion was
peppered with examples, especi
ally examples of non-problems
which were treated as national
emergencies. These examples
were another sample of Neal’s
excellent sarcasm.
Having presented a basic back
ground of American international
relations, Neal gave his own views
of modem international relations.
“What should be the locus of in
ternational relations?” asked Dr.
Neal. “International relations now
has a unique importance,”
he stated. “In earlier years it
was merely a game of the intel^
lectuals. But now everyone knows
that international relations can
result in the destruction of us
all.’*
The problems of international
relations are of immediate con
cern and Neal listed lour things
which hecalleda “crash program”
that should be studied immediately.
These were: I. The Study
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and around the Carolinas.
The saxaphone man, Jimmy
Brown, is a N. C. State Coliege
graduate with eighteen years of
experience in entertaining at any
kind of social function from frat
ernities parties to Love-Ins to
nudist colonies and jailbreaks.
Tuxedoes and long gowns are
in order to match the mood of
the gaia occasion.
candidacy.
Campaign speeches will be pre
sented to the student body at 11:30
a.m. in the Union cafeteria and
voting wili take place March 13-
March 15.
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Dr. Fred Warner Neal