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EDITORJALS I May 13,1970 THE CAROLINA JOURNAL Page 3 ^ npyrif^ht E)70 Valiev Daily News 'I'erenloii. Pa. Photo by .John /.y/^; ^ L '* the frustrating sentimente that burned through this nation as a result of national guards^enTS nto a crowd of peaceful demonstrators. ^ Four students were murdered while showing their dissatisfaction with President Nixon's illegitimate decision to send American combat ♦h has tragically misgaged the mood of this country- anri co:mryTn7;4te UNTt'for action has never been so great nor so urgent the ml^lbmHe r to secure a back seat to' the multitude of universities and colleges in this nation that have already accepted their role as responsible human beings. ^ KenVstai°and'^^mrrf‘'"“' ^ fhe ^prtoH / ^ ^ Cambodia issues, it is inconceivable that the newly ^ected (and enthusiastic?) Student Legislature could remain passive TJLToukT^' ^ thif^^unTr? and throughout aoLst thl n t I already taken definitive action On MnL d" "Cambodia decision." nday, Rick Norton, SGA vice-president, was approached by Student I entergency meeting the had^an Wednesday, May 6. He replied that he^already had an informal meeting scheduled for Friday, May 8; and that 48 hours was not enough notice to schedule a call meeting. nast^h?" ^ meeting, as has been done in the St pnn indication that thfre eT;ectS7Sm'“"" ^hat i: st^lteduled call meeting on Friday Mr Perh contacting legislators to inform them of this m^tinq’ FS; (no;V„’„"S: „”S,f>How bp o’„ Alihniirh”*^M^' campuses had passed resolutions S P'^®**‘'®‘^ °''®r the assembly with exwrt"« dents here found themselves confronted with empty camoaian promises of their elected officials. campaign Candidates claimed that they were not apathetic and would combat Officials when the Cambodia resolution" passed by the narrow margin the^JOUflNAI •yorton s belief that one resolution is sufficient, it is to the sSnts if ’!! '®9«'®*“re will fall short of its duty o the students if it closes its door on world affairs. whPnTn ^ ourselves to become isolated ensnared us"ar' '* despairing mood that has invo^J^L^nt"'*^"* legislators can be so deaf to their constituent's cry for to ^ ® campus level, how can they expect Nixon to adhere to their request to save OUR lives. c.c '* State murders" like the one above to awaken our student leaders. M. If Dear Mom and Dad, bar'dthings at school are going, well, it's from Q,, .1,'^ he faculty has called for immediate troop withdrawal Southeast Asia, and the student legislature has followed suit. don'.T I'beral students have called for a strike, but I really of th and all, or at least most of it is because T those murders at Kent State. Out UNCe, a lot of us think that Vietnam is a mistake. We want shoi ih"^* there now? The mood in Charlotte is that we the uu *u and close our minds to what else is happening in world, that we have no business out here but just to go to class ^'=1 an ^ucation. What do they think we're learning? com°^* worry about me mom. I'm not campus revolutionary, and I'll I *^'"3* 3et violent, but I hate the unrest and violence, and ant It all ended as soon as possible. 'Our loving daughter, -S'. 5-. You Don^t CarCf this the Ey Charles Spriggs Without a doubt, the FEATURE of campus which is most frustrating to me concerned students is the LACK of concern by the majority of students. In view of the headline stories of the past two weeks, and our student body s reaction to them, I do not feel it inappropriate to attack the concern, the knowledge, and even the wisdom of the UNCC student body as a whole. In last October's Moratorium the attitude of this campus was reflected accurately. You do not care! For some reason you choose not to participate in activities which are normal for other centers of learning (Chapel Hill, Duke and so forth . Last Wednesday a memorial service was held here for the four students who were murdered at Kent State. At most, there may have been seventy-five students who took iwrt. And the number of participants in the class boycott was probably even less, while at other campus s students voiced their feelings of mass rallies, and by closing their school for the ri1ffprrn®''i,°I. ® distinct difference between other campus and ours. What is the reason for this different? I aMume most of us read the headlines and watch Revision newscasts a number of times a week. The difference, therefore, should not be the ack of knowledge of the sad affairs of state So let me presume further. With knowledge there should come preception (to become aware of in ones mind; achieve understanding). Perhaps perce^ion is what we lack here. Has the war not affected a significant number of students on this campus? Are we not bright enough to «e the progression of atrocious events the war has brought? The latest of which is the ni3S5dcr6 of four of our p66rs ct. type-casting our student body. Some of you are straight out of high school. High school history courses have a tlfo making these United States look like me god of all nations which has done no evil does no evil, and can never do any evil. Well' kids, you are in for a surprise. Try U. S. History 201 and 202 next year. Or better yet, read uj m Southeast Asia since 1946, when the U. S. first began to supply the Vietnam. Or still better, talk to some Vietnam veterans. It is very enlightening to hear of our "liberating" efforte Tirst-hand. To some of you it is still that far-off war, but it will hit you soon (real soon if you are not doing well in school). That is one type of non-perceptive. Next let us take the student who has ^rsonal responsibility, such as working himself through school, or providing for a wife and from getting involved? This is an easy one. This student is already eaten up with the system. He must bow to hjs work in order that the finance company ran be paid for the car he drives to school His hme and energy are devoted to getting along in the ^stem, and leaves him little time to think much less to get involved with campus ctivities. In fact, he identifies very little with the university and he sure does not have time to ^ke part in such things as anti-war demonstrations-even if he chooses. Now for ^e student at large. This is the student who has been in school for a few years v^o knows the progression of events in' Vietnam, who is tired of hearing of the war who thinks his activities would do no good if' he were to demonstrate against it. He has joined the ranks of the ominous Silent Majority Just to let things go as they are going, and looking out for old number one-self. Well, good luck to you Joe College, I hope you like green uniforms and hot and humid weather. Apathy rww may get you sympathy when you are shipped back in an aluminum casket. You may more than 41,000, who have died with their death bringing about no change in the war. For you math majors the equation may be put this wav 41,000 dead Gl's = 0. .. you, the student body of UNCC, this way is, I believe, correct. There is no reason to view your lack of concern any differently. At other campus's around our self-righteous country students could be type-cast the same way. However, they have risen above these reasons for not being involved. Undoubtedly they must sacrifice wmething of themselves in order to answer to *eir conscience. Why do they do this and we ^ not? It IS conceivable they are brighter; they have more wisdom. I am not proud of UNCC's attitude on Vietnam, on our invasion of Cambodia, and on the National Guard's senseless killing of four students. I now question our student body's Do You? knowledge perceptive abilities, and wisdom-all of vvhich have produced a lack of concern. No one IS going to call the student body of UNCC a group of effete intellectual snobs. This should be considered a direct attack on the student body's wisdom. You may pass your tests remember trivial facts, and even graduate with honors, but since you obviously lack the perceptive ability which provides wisdom your university education has failed you. You have not learned to see through the smoke screen Mnt out from our government, and to dicipher tact from fiction, platitudes from realities lies from truth. My congratulations, 'and 9° 10 the student body of UNCC Educated ignorance must be wonderful' think "In a democracy dissent is an act of faith Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste but Its effepts, not how it makes people fral at the moment, but how it inspires them to act thereafter. Criticism is more than a right- it IS an act of patriotism, a higher form of patriotism I believe, than the familiar ritual of national adulation." Speech - "The Higher Patriotism" 1966, J. Wm Fulbright The American Scene • be any among us who would msh to dmohe ,Us Vniln or rocZnge Its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments for the safety comZ it. " “ ‘‘f 'o First Inaugural Address at Wash D.C. March 4, 1801 Ya Dun Good, Coach! In his first year at UNCC, Coach Bill Foster recr.i,. ,o, o Foster’, tranSm' lo7r"ZslZ‘" ZZ! three assistance coaches. success to (^a^h^Foste'/'^nd tlT*^^ continued next year's 49'er baskethTn year of NCAA uniuorci*.^- ^'t^t The JOURNAi ty tlivision classification. appreciation of the outstanHin u "tS.
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