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-EDITORIALS- ‘Whv don’t you shoot me too ? The Carolina —journal focns— Listen in Good Health page 5 “You don’t care, do you?” page 3 JOERNAl “Were it left to me to chose between government without newspapers sovennncu. I AouUl not Itosuatcsmsin ■Thomas Jefferson — “I am shocked, appalled, and di^usted by this attitude of a top administration official. Get used to beating your head affunst a wall. / moment to chose the latter. MAY 13, 1970 downtown postofjice to f reedom Park. ■II — ^ rhnriotte Peace Coalition lead a march from the Studentl^ZrWcT^^^ ga'd^ZlZ^o/^^ One sweaty parent scratched his perspiring fore tea standing at his side, were in grammar scho said. '7 don 7 wan/ my two sons to die in a lost cause. His two sons, standing he might be Legislature Demands Immediate Withdrawal The first session of the Student Legislature adjourned after senioi representative David Thomas moved that legislature recommend to President Nixon that we send U. S. troops to the U.S.b.H. and Red China immediately. The motion was tabled. Thomas's motion was a reaction to the legislature's resolution asking that the President withdraw all U.S. forces from Southeast Asia immediately. The resolution passed on a 7-6 vote after a lengthy debate. Susan Sutton offered an amendment to change the word "immediately" to "as soon as possible", but was defeated. The second sentence in the resolution, which called for the suspension of business as usual in the University community was defeated by a 4-9 vote The third part of the resolution was tfkit copies of the resolution be sent to the president, vice-president and N.L. congressmen. This section passed unopposed. , During the hour-long debate, the role of legislature was questioned. Several legislators expressed the belief that it was not the role of a UNCC student legislature to voice their opinion on a world issue. Alan Hickok, SGA president, differed with them in this opinion saying that it was time for people to make their voices heard. Both Paul Ferguson and La Vera Farnsworth voted no on the "Cambodia resolution" after admitting to the assembly and spectators that they were not representing the views of their classes. Ferguson went on to say that he had "failed in his duty to get the opinions of his constituents. Susan Sutton countering Fergusons statement told legislators that if they were ever going to make student legislature "relevent to the students on ^s campus" that they had better take their chance. Chairman Rick Norton then recognized Mark Hardison from the floor. Hardison admonished Miss Sutton by saying "I think they (the students) elected you to come up here and do things for the students, not to play politics. He finished his statement, before leaving the assembly, by saying that 'eg's'ajors should busy themselves with such things as getting gravel for the paths from the dorms and "doors on the Johns in the men's dorm." . Further resolutions on Cambodia and related issues flew thick and fast as the meeting progressed. Most legislators knew that reaction to the Kent State murders would be a subject of legislators had even approached Rick t^rton about calling a meeting for May 6th to co incide with the faculty meeting and the passage of their resolution. Norton, however, refused, saying that on Monday, he did not have enough tirne to prepare for a call meeting in 48 hours. Wednesday he decided to have a caU meeting for Friday to informal meeting for Friday only to discuss parliamentary procedure. 'Norton objected, at first, to calling a meeting for the purpose of passage of a Cambodia resolution. He felt that a second resolution on U.S. involvment in Southeast Asia by the legislature was definitely unnecessary, asking "Why do you need another one?" When the legislature did pass the "Cambodia resolution", they also wanted to poll the students opinions on the current situation; therefore, when the students go to the polls to vote for the proposed University constitution, they will also vote on the resolution passed by the legislature and faculty, on a Iwycott of classes in support of unilateral withdrawal, and they will be asked to denounce the Kent State killings. The thirteen legislators with (Rusty Sitton and Gary Springer absent) adjourned their meeting until Monday May 11, motion to ask for a retraction of Governor Scott's support of Nixons Cambodia policy following a statement by Ed Wayson, in which he said that he would vote against the resolution because he did not wish to violate Scott s Constitutional freedom of speech.- (4 Guilty” Desecrator Appeals By Joe H. McCorkle UNCC's "flag desecration" case came before Mecklenburg District Court May 5 and the defendant. Hank Parker, was found guilty of violating the "terms and conditions" of the law under which he was charged. Parker, a high school student from Maiden, N.C., was arrested on the UNCC campus April 9 for violation of a 1917 North Carolina law entitled "Desecration of State and National flag." The American flag, which was sewn on the back of Parker's jacket, had the peace symbol written on it along with the words, "Give peace a chance." Judge P.B. Beachum, however, did not feel Parker had criminally intended to perform a contemptuous act concerning the American flag. Beachum said he found "no criminal intent to desecrate, defile, or deface the flag of the United States." "The defendant is to be commended for flying that banner during any peace movement in which engaged," the judge said. Parker's attorney, George S. Daly or the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the law was unconstitutional. He felt that since the law was under criminal statues, criminal intent would have to be shown. _ Judge Beachum and Assistant Solicitor Thomas R. Blanton also expressed concern over the law's constitutionality. The judge had considered ruling a continued prayer for judgment which would have cleared Parker. However, Daly wanted Parker to pay court costs so that the case could be taken to a higher court with the hope of having the law stricken. The judge granted the defense's request and said, "The defendant should not feel the least bit guilty." Thus, Parker's guilt was a necessary technicality for appeal. Daly filed a notice of appeal to Superior Court and indicated that he would also seek appeal from Federal courts. . „ *c The complete text of Judge Beachum s verdict is as follows: "Well, what I have just written down is that in the court's opinion, actually, defendant is to be commended for his belief that the American flag is the finest symbol outside of religious faith that you would find carried in any pc^ movement and he is to be commen^J for it. Too many people feel that way bt* this court must find whether or not this defendant has violated the conditions of the statues under which he is charged and I find that he has. Now the constitutional issue has been raised as to over-breadth and I think there is some doubt. It being set out in ^ criminal section of the statues of No^ Carolina it would mean to this court thai it is intended to be a criminal statue an^ that as such the court nxist find find no such intent to desecrate, defile, o* deface the flag of the United States find that it was done, that it was defacec- but I find no criminal intent to perform ^ contemptuous act concerning the flag o the United States. .- I find, as I originally stated, that tn defendant is to be commended for W » that banner during any peace ntovem* in which he mij^t be engaged." i j i,
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