journal focus
Cinema ’70... what is
it?... see the feature
on page 5.
Net ter Larry Reid
speaks out...a
sports profile on
page 6.
VOLUME SIX
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1970
’ditorial
"...the only conclusion
the JOURNAL can
reach is that Ferguson
may know ‘who’s who'
but II o t ‘what’s
what. "
page 2
NUMBER 5
‘I’m tired’
by Charlie peek
“War is a waste of energy and
I’m tired.” This quotation from
an anonymous soldier may very
Well sum up the feelings of the
leaders of our peace movement on
campus. Perhaps because only
about fifty people showed up in
the Parquet Room to listen to
anti-war speeches on October 15,
the first anniversary of the
national moratorium.
Tlie indignation was still there.
The frustration was still there. But
some thought that the movement
is now past marching, past
rallying, past pounding podiums.
Tlie first speech by Dr. John
Robbins reflected this feeling.
Saying that we’re getting out of
Vietnam for the wrong reasons
and that we’re ending the draft
for the wrong reasons. Dr.
Robbins, proposed that we set
more definite goals for the peace
rtiovement. We must realize that
‘‘human beings are more
important that instruments of
death,” and that, “We have not
renounced war as a means of
repression.” But where does the
movement go from here? Two
alternatives were proposed:
revolution or defeating the
system. “Whichever one you
chose,” said Dr. Robbins, “BE
ABOUT IT.” He felt that you can
defeat the system however. “It’s a
paper tiger,” he stated.
The woeful helplessness was
there too. Dr. Starner, an
Economic Review worker in Asian
affairs, painted an impressionist
picture of the war-torn areas of
South Vietnam. Everyone sat in
grim silence as she lamented “I
had to explain to co-workers in
Hong Kong what I could not
explain.” Dr. Josephson of the
History Department used the
same tone saying, “If you go into
the streets, you’ll be executed.”
Maybe some of the old spirit
could be felt later in front of the
Post Office on West Tr^de Street
as 225 machers lined up to carry
their defiance to Freedom Park.
Some of the old spirit lived as
people on the sidewalk stopped
either to frown or to
inconspicuously slip the peace
sign. Police escorts fore and aft
added at least some excitement.
And the chants were there too.
Every bit as demanding and every
bit as pleading. “Whaddaya want?
PEACE. When do ya want it?
NOW.” Peach signs and black
armbands and hopeful faces
snarled traffic and held bystanders
motionless as symbolically middle
America was shown and slowed.
It was almost a holiday
atmosphere at The Park as guitar
strains and folk songs of love were
SGA- in- brief
travelin’ on
Cheerleader expenditures and
Parking tickets were the main
J^sues discussed as the Student
Legislature met on Monday,
October 19. Also a new housing
3ct, .sponsored by SGA president
Alan Hickok, was forwarded to
^he RuL.. Committee. This act is
'designed to let dorm residents set
'iorm visitation rules.
Senior representative Donna
^tewart and senior vice president
"ill Guinn were sworn in.
president Hickok announced that
Lids were going out for toilet
'ioors in the Moore Hall, wall
jhirrors for Sanford Hall, and
Lulletin boards on the odd floors
both the resident halls.
Hickok appointed Don Keaton
|or senior class judge and Lon
"cston, the assistant dean of
students, was voted in as the
advisor for the legislature.
The question of the budget of
tLe UNCe cheerleaders was
Lrought up. The cheerleaders this
^ear asked for $3,745,
Approximately one-fourth of the
Entire SGA budget. Wliile cutting
Corners .everywhere the
'^Leerleaders still felt that they
■^squired this amount in order to
Attend several out-of-state games,
•’tinior representative Ed Wayson,
suggested that the expenditures
might be cut as much as S1,800 if
one or two of the trips were not
made by the squad. Susie Sutton,
supported by Marlene Whitley,
motioned a compromise in the
forms of a cut of $700 but this
amendment to the budget was
defeated. The budget itself was
then passed by a vote of 14-1.
Marlene Whitley, representing
tire Ways and Means Committee,
proposed some suggestions to be
taken before the Traffic
Committee. Tliese suggestions
were: that no parking meters be
installed in the horshoe area of
the dorm parking lot; that a
visitors parking lot be built across
from the horshoe; that there be
established a loading zone behind
each dormitory for dorm students
only; and that no dorm students
be allowed to park in the
horseshoe.
Sophomore representative Stan
Patterson then brought a petition
onto the floor which read as
follows: “We the members of the
Student Legislature petition the
administration of this campus to
halter the policy of issuing
multiple parking tickets to the
same automobile owner for the
same offense. We feel that a ticket
ik
A mother for peace lends her support in the October 15
'Strike for Peace. ’
photo by tom alsop
two cops. The Establisliment is
convinced that the peace
movement has failed. “It is
necessary at this point to start
anew,” Daly said.
About the police: they seemed
bored.
“Was there much hassle getting
these kids through town?”
“No, everybody cooperated.
No trouble at all.” Sleepily, “Our
main function is escort and
security,” shrug, “Not a bad
duty.”
Civil Rights’ lawyer Jim
Ferguson, black and optimistic:
“There is no rational reason for a
reduction in the fervor of the
peace movement.” He was
disturbed about the divorce of the
peace movement from the black
movement. “They can
complement each other. The basic
principles are the same. We’re
fighting a brutal political
machine.” He didn’t feel that
we’re past marching and rallying,
but we must constantly Keep
looking for new tactics;
“disruption, but not destruction,”
he stated.
Six-fifteen p.m. and the crowd
dwindled to no more than 125
people. It’s getting dark and
cooler and many are tired-really
tired. Note of pessimism and
optimism and resignation by Dr.
Robbins: “What a difference a
year makes.”
heard under the drone of National
Guard jets.
“Why are you here today, Mr.
Daly?”
“To make a speech about
peace.” George Daly, ACLU
lawyer in his three-button suit,
(“This is a disguise I wear in order
to get into the court”), spoke of
violence. “If you respond to
violence with violence, you are
responding to immorality with
immorlity. You are being sucked
into using the tool of the
Establishment.” Last year two
cops for every protestor; this year.
Addi tional Scholarship
money is available from
the Tate Scholarship
Fund for Black Students.
Applications are available
in the Financial Aid
Office, Room 112 in the
Administration Building.
Cheerleaders are
Official List of Candidates
for Freshman Elections
President
Beverly Harrison (I)
Phil Nesbitt (I)
Parks Warren (I)
Vice-president
Eddie Bernson (I)
Willie Pinkney (I)
Representatives
Barbara Blue (I)
Robert Blue III (I)
Vivian Brand (1)
R. B. Butterfield (I)
Margaret Douglas (I)
Cathy Harris (I)
Ron Kimball (I)
Margaret Layman (I)
Kathy Ray (I)
Teresa Stephenson (I)
Clare Tausch (I)
Daniel Wayson (SP)
Freshmen vote, Friday is the
last day. Vote between 9:30
and 3:30 in the university
center or the dorm cafeteria.
Students in politics
How much
in 1970?
Licking envelopes is not the
most glamorous job in politics,
but the fact remains that
recruiting students to perform the
mundane tasks in a campaign
saves money.
Louise Brennan and Henry
Wilmer, local party chairmen.
20,000 students were recruited
to work in primary races this
summer according to the
Mobilization Committee for a
New Congress. They are hoping to
recruit 100,000 for races this fall.
To do this they have sent requests
to schools all over the country
asking for political recesses.
The pair told students that
campaigning is a war of friendly
contestants. North Carolina, they
said, is moving toward a
competitive political system. Both
agreed that this isn’t bad.
Wliile public opinion is split
with 47% of the people in favor of
a recess, 45% against, according to
the Gallup poll, the American
Council on Education has found
that most college administrations
are against it.
While Mrs. Brennan
concentrated her remarks on
politics in general, Wilmer gave a
long list of specific tasks his party
recruits students for. The list
included the kinds of drinks to
serve if the weather was bad, and
the nearly prohibitive cost of
today’s campaign.
costing an owner one dollar is a
sufficient fine and shouldn’t be
multiphed by an overly aggressive
campus police force.” Patterson
contended that since a permit
could be revoked by receiving
tlrree tickets, it was hardly fair
that a student could be ticketed
several times for the same offense.
Most, like UNCC, allow
individual students to negotiate
with their professors for time to
campaign. To “provide a
mechanisms where they (students)
can make a linkage” with the
candidates. Dr. Schley Lyons
arranged for the Campaigning
1970: The student in politics.
The crowd in the Parquet
Room was of the “Standing
Room Only Variety” a large
number of students stayed to ask
questions of the approximately 20
candidates in attendance.
Presented Monday, Oct. 19, the
seminar included speeches by Mrs.
Focus in the talks by Wilmer
and Mrs. Brennan centered on the
respective party headquarters
phone numbers. These two
numbers, 377-5922, Democratic
headquarters and 334-0243
Republican headquarters are the
key to student involvement in
Mecklenburg county campaigns.