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PACE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 15 1753 Foushee's Bill Provides Balance In Court System Rnei I'iminIicc's introduced to the legislature I 'hur.sd.iy nilit pHii(Us the lin.it hi ie l in the wall ol student judii.n ieiions now leitr. (oiisideted lot the campus. To 1 iT v explain his bill and why it is iniMitant to the campus wc -vn ill attempt to explain here the tn i t nt conn sNstem ami how that sNstiiii would le thanked il tlie jirojxisals now pending are ellect cd to ieolutiouie the juditiaty s stein. 'ol(nin is an outline of the existing sstem, pointing out areas in which the sexeral courts now have jui isdii tinn: JURISDICTION I. Student ('ouinil. A. Men's Campus ("ode Viola tions. 1 II. Case ol Constitutionality. C. Casts imolvin elections laws iol.uious. I i. Mi n's I lonor" Couiu il A. Men's Honor Code. nioIj lions , - III. Women's llouoi Council A. Women's T lonor Code vi olations 1. Wome n's ; Campus Code Violations C. House Council case appeals IV. Si udc nt-li ultv Council A. Appelate mint lor all the others. Now we will desiiihe the pto posed revised cottt system if the student ImhIn elects to amend the jtiiliei.nv as it is now constituted: JURISDICTION 1 I loiioi Count il A. I.oilr men's and women's llouoi (ode- xiolatiotis II. Women's ("ouik il A. Women's Campus Code ii l.it ii me 1. Stial i die- Niol.uions p.s,- ed on horn House Coviu- e ils . Mi n's C otiiu . Mii s C.imovis C.o(i- siol.v I l IS IV. Mudeiil -I'.u iiIin Count il A. Appelate eoiut for a! the ( )i hei s ( Note: Aiin c Ice lion on an aineiidnieiit .iiiiImu iiir.; levi'ion ol the toinis sNstein would not af htt the Student T.n ultx Coimi il. Il would exist . iiudei the pioposed vii iii jiisi .is it is now dtawii ) We i low ome to a iouith In am Ii .i I it iuditiaiN. tiiiieiitlN ptopot ed. hi(li would heai eases ol con. si it ut ioii.ilitN and those- itiNohin.; elections l.iws n iolat ions. 'litis toiiit would he e oinjMised ol thtcc memheis eat h fiom the new .Men's Council and the new Women's Council. Such a court would ive to wom en students an ecpial Noice in stu-( dent government, of which they ate now deprived. Under the cur rent system, the Student Council, with one coed member and the rest men. ac ts on cases of constitu tionality and elections laws viola tions. Under the proposed plan the court which handled those cases would be constituted eejually by men and women. t The importance of Foushee's bill is that it provides a parallel court lor men in disposition of cases which, under the proposed system, would come before the Women's Council for women exclusively. Lxplained differently, the new plan provides for a Women's Coun cil which would hear Women's Campus Code violations. Foushee's bill sets up a court to provide for men's Campus ('ode violations, thus j;ivin;jf mii a parallel court. Approval of this bill is the only means to provide a systematic jud iciary in which eepial courts are provided for both nun and women alike. Its rejection would throw the piojxjseel judiciary completely out of balance. As was pointed out at the legis lature meeting Thursday nii;!it. there can be no tevision in the judiciary setup without first amending the constitution. This would demand a majority Note ol approval by students participating in a campus-wide election. Olniouslv. the amendment can not be called lor until the sNstem lor whith it proN ides has been drawn up and aucd upon by the U-islatuie. The amendment would only pioNidc tor the change in name and jui isdict ion of the new courts, and would not be eoiuein iil with wh.ilesii m.uliiiHis the Jt-isl.iluic iniit set 1 1 1 to ctjuip the courts for jicrfoi malice of their jebs once t lie y were established. GUEST EDITORIAL The Daily Tar Heel Tir official stuje-r.t publtear.on f th Publication Boaid of the University ol North Carolina, where tt is published daily except Sunday, Monday and extta nation and vacation period? and um mcr terms. Entered as second class mat ter in the post office in Chapel N C. under the Act of March 8, 1870 Subscript ion rates: mailed. $4 per year $2!)0 a semester; delivered, $6 a year. $:r !)0 a semester. Kditor DOUG EI SELF. Associate Editor . FRANK CROWTHER Managing Editor ALYS VOORHEES News Editor PAUL RULE Asst. News Editor ANN FRYfc Dt-d Editor JOAN BROCK Feature Editor MARY M. MASON Spirts Editor : BILL KING ssl. Sports Editor DAVE WIBLE Business Manager JOHN WHITAKER Advertising Manager FRED KATZ1N Subscription Mgr. AVERY THOMAS Librarian GLENDA FOWLER KIHT STAFF Whit Whitfield. Curtis Cans, Jonathan Yardlcy, Barry Win stn, Gail Godwin. NEWS STAFF Davis Young, ITingle Pipkin. Sarah Adams. Marion Hays. Parker Maddrey. Charlie Sloan, Ed Rowland. Eddie Goodman, Wcstbrook Fowler. Stan Black. Virginia Sand ridge, Ruth Whitley. Ben Taylor. SPORTS STAFF'; Rusty Hammond, Elli ott Cooper, Mac Mahaffy, Jim Purks, Jim Harper. PHOTOGRAPHERS Norman Kwtor, Buddy Spoon. Kiiht Editor GRAHAM SNVDLR They Asked Him Ii Hc-maid Sthw.nt. Ollstttl .Is its counsel In the- House subtoiu iiiittee iiiNe-sti.itin the- FCC and otliel .4elii ies and then subpocn.i cd to test i t uutlei o.tth, spoke plainK and to the- point. II the iiujoritv ol tlie sulu omiuit tt c. which some ili.ne is 1 1 i 1 1 to de liNer a whitewash lather than tine lindins. hoped bv putting Dr. Se liwai t "on the rack" to tow him into evasions or tctrat lions, theii strategy bat kliietl. l ctleial Coiiununic ations (lotn inissioner Riehaiti A. M.uk 'atk nowlecl'ed." vvlun pinned down, saitl Dr. Sehwart. that he reeeiNed se-Ncral thousand dollars honi an nttoinc-N lor the linn to width Mack alteiward Notetl to award a Miami TV channel. He identilietl tlie at torney as T. A. Whiteside. Miami Iricud l Mr. Matk- He pioduted c hec ks. Dr. Sthwait cNen appcare-d at the open hearing against his will, lie didn't want to mention too main names, fearing to injure in nocent persons: but the ceuinnittee asked hint lor the lacts and it j;ot them. What . now. has Mr. Matk to say? What has Mr. Whiteside to s;in? What has National Ail lines. Nvliith :ot the TV channel when the FCC on en tiled its own lield examiner, to sin? And what is the House subcom mittee oin; to do about it? The Durham Sun. The Price Of Tags North Carolina motorists, the papers said today, will have until midnight Monday to put new -,S tas on their automobiles. Most motorists, that is there aie a lot tiht here on campus nvIio, for all that, won't need license tas until June Thev ran buy them then. But that's the price you have to pay for being a freshman, or just a dumb sophomore ! Symposium Promises Fill Of 'Culture7 Tuesday 7 a.m. The air is filled with suspense. You have just risen and yet 'even in your present condition, you will know that this is no ordinary day. j , ; ; There is a buzz from the shower and you hurry down to see what lias happened. What do you find? You find a cluster of Students gathered around the morning edi tion of the Daily Tar Heel'. There on the front page is what , you have been looking for in high expectation. In the upper right hand corner you see it Tuesday's lead story. It is not written as you normally see a lead, but is en closed in a box. Fifteen names arc in this box and you eagerly pick up your copy and scan the list. You read down in a rapid man ner, trying to consume as much as you can in as quick a time as possible. You can hardly believe the array of names. There are two senators, a Nobel Prize win ning scientist, a famous college president, two great newspaper men, several reknowned profes-' sors. several leading labor figures, a few clergymen' and a diplomat or two. Yes. student of Carolina, this is it. It is the official list of speakers who will appear during the week of March 16-23, under the auspices of tlie Carolina Symposium on Public Affairs. Hut. this is only the start. There will be others not already refer red to. You will not only be ex posed to their ideas and philoso phies at tlie regularly soladuled lt'ttuies. but will also have an op portunity to hear them and others in classroom seminars and lec tures. It titesii't stop here either. Fraternities, sororities. tlorms and otiier campus organizations will be sponsoring receptions and banquets. State and local papers will be carrying the main parts of the speeches for you. u" you miss a lecture. fcvery effort will and alreatly lias been marie to insure you of the most educational week of your stay here at Carolina. You will be exposed to more "raw culture" during this seven day period than ever before. Those men who have been selected to come to Carolina are well fitted for the task confronting them in discussing a problem of the broadness of "survival." They are leaders in their respective fields and will rank highly, when the historians dissect our present civilization. With y.-tive participation and regular attendance at Symposium atuurs. you should profit great ly. Willi normal interest, you will consider this week, just another seven days. Kevp in mii tl the purpose of the Symposium; "to bring to gether . . . outstanding minds speaking in open forum on critical problems of our times." Watch for the Tuesday edition and you won't be disappointed. "Rest Assure We 11 Proceed Full Speed Ahead ' j ' 0 By . BARRY WINSTON VIEW FROM THE HILL Judicial Revision The Good By CURTIS GANS The Student Legislature left tlie student body a salvage job with regard to the current bill for reorganizing the present cam pus court system. Acting wisely, against inane objection from the members of the two Honor Councils, the Leg islature passed article two of the current bill calling for a mixed Honor Council. However, many people ' lost their heads on Thursday night and ended up with a bill; that because article two calls for a constitutional amendment, is at the present tim? unconstitution al. What is left to do is to re consider the current bill and hold it under consideration until the campus votes on the amend ment unifying the two councils and setting up a new foundation for the Student Council, as well as setting up a court to recon cile legislation with the constitu tion. There is another alternative. This is to throw the current away, and make a new one while the council amendment is being passed by the Student Body. The second choice would be unwise, for there are two great cins mad? bv the nroset bill. The trial-bv-iurv provision, what ever its current legal encum brances, is still a step in the di r'otion of bavin? a eour that will perform its true function that of protecting the innocent. The second great gain that is made by the current bill is the setting up of a unified honor council, thus insuring that in any one year, there will be but one interpretation of the law as it stands. This goes a long way to protecting the right to a fair trial. To those who are still opposed to tlie single eonrt. it should be noted that the Honor Code reads that any individual regardless o? sex pledges not to lie cheat or ; steal. Honor is an individual matter, not a matter that is di vided between the sexes . . i Perhaps the most absurd argument offered against the mixed court is that someone "might be unwilling to talk be fore it" or that someone, would lie to it. The latter objection seems absurd since the lar. would be committing perjury and should be in line for the next Honor Court. In the case of those who might be "unwill ing to talk." it stands to reason that this argument is absured. Anything that would benefit the aceusd would surely be brought out. Anvthing that "ould act to th" let,"i'iinnt of the accused vmild eith""- bo covered hv the Fifth Amendment or bv a legal term called contempt of court. To thos who are still r?lue tant to change, it should be pointed out that in many of the most respected coed colleges in the United States, the system of a single court to cover both sexes obtains and is deemed a success. Just as is the case with the system now at UXC there are some complaints, but these are in the rninoritj'. There are some who argue that there may; be some exception to the efficacy, of the proposed sys tem, but there are more excep tions to the efficacy "of the pre sent system. -A judicial system is not built for the exceptions. It is built to provide the maxi mum justice, and works ou jcith in its framework a way c . handl ing the exceptions. This amend ment which shall shortly be pro posed to the student body will, in the words of Gary Greer, a legislature representative, pro vide for "the greatest degree of justice." This is what , is sought. Thus, for reasons of providing a monolithic standard of justice, of getting the maxitrrum justice possible, of making honor a mat ter of individual concern rather than a sexual concern, of having ben tried and proven good in o'hr universities around the erunrv. wh'l" the svstem hre has been proved weak, and for reasons that the objections to it are asinine, this amendment must be adopted. to Z LU Wry a thix vestesdavX I WAS A DOS.. 1 TODAY I 'A ) Vado STILL B5 A DOS... v. . 0 LITTLE A N 3 CO n U J3 z Ll'L ABNER DONE I ( AHWARN0 )aM'LL A IArT- vo' KWIF TH'-sPB.r-WAV &&t FINISHED HIS FIRST V HIM THEM 4-con!!QT) I NEEDS TH'W GOTTA ) SHE EATS.THAR'S D DOIN' V DAV'SNnODEUVERIN' OJKIG LADIES V AT IT I MONEV- V GlTA NO TIME FO'THET" WHUT? GROCERIES TO MISS J V;AS1NTHAR ) AG INI f NIGHT'S AH ALSO GOT ME TLc I PAMTINGHAM'S MOST RU6GEC? IN TH' S? V SLEEP.C ) ( A NIGHT JO&.7 jfcCl T . - - " . .... Q. Q. U 3 ON6 TH'NcS 16 GURB! 9ST PZSHO, M6 'IT NOTHIKd. o o o A cU6T MAV CONT WANT AClO'JO Of MKB 0US6fiNG OUT TMB POOS TO 5l?ggT HIM AT N!SMT. LgAPJMfi INTO HI6 d ASAM POGS AIN'T HANTC?"' I AUTHB eAMB-v iJHCf TWg CATS HOW V CAT', TUB UOV Of Tg HOWS TO TKg KONOMY tt? 19 J3 Graham Memorial has a problem, of sorts. It's not really a very important problem, and there's a sim ple solution to it. All it takes to solve this problem is to post a little notice on the bulletin board in the front hall of the building. But the Director, and several other people whose opinions bear on the situation, are a little reluctant to post that notice. Jt may have to be posted, nonetheless. If it is put up, it will prpttably read something like this: Since Graham Memorial is run for the benefit of the Student Body of this University and is supported by student fees and the State Legisla ture for that sole purpose, it must be the policy of this building that no one except students, their guests, and visitors to the University may avail themselves of the facilities of Graham Memorial. The problem that would prompt such an ultima tum? High-school students. But, you ask in all in nocence, what have high school students got to do with Graham Memorial? How do they constitute a problem? (You ask this question only because at least half of you don't even have the foggiest notion where Graham Memorial is, let alone what goes on inside the building.) Well, it's this way. High school students are getting into the(habit of coming to GM after , they get out of school, and playing cards, watching TV, yakking it up, and what have you. Several college students hive lodged complaints with the information office, to the effect that they can't watch TV in peace, that all the card tables are taken up by kids, etc., etc., etc. You get the general idea. There has been similar difficulty in the past. In fact, it finally got so bad that Graham Memorial had to restrict the activity of the high-school crowd to the ground floor of the building. Now it appears that further steps may have to be taken, since they're starting to interfere with the leisure-time activities of the college students for whom tlu building exists. Now don't you all go running down to GM, ex pecting to see the place bursting at the seams with high school kids, or teen age hoods terrorizing the college students. That's not quite the situation. But there is a situation. It's a situation that re quires that something be done about it. What's the answer? Throw all the high school students out of GM? That will solve the problem for Graham Memorial, and that's the important thing for the policy-makers of the Student Union to consider. So, I guess, maybe that's the thing thatVill have to happen. But where does that leave the kids? In the street, dear reader, in the street. And what does a young'un do when all other sources of en tertainment are closed to him? He turns to what might, in this day and age, be called do-it-yourself-recreation. Wanna know more about some of the types of do-it-yoursclf-recreation? Pick up any newspaper, and tcok at the front page. looNt for the words New York City, and then read the story in which they appear. Stealing, vandalism, gang fights, muggings, rape, and murder? You name it, they crnf if -. And you know what? If this sleepy little town doesn't wake up pronte, it's going to get jarred out of its peaceful, deceptive slumber to find out that Chapel Hill has got it, too! Contrary to popular opinion, our little village is not a germ-free culture, sterilized against all the social diseases that infect the outside world. Everybody thinking that's the case still won't make it so. There is a problem, and it must be answered. So. What's the answer? Unfortunately, the first answer is to convince anybody that an answer is even needed. Of the six people who read this far in the column, at least three will dismiss the whole thing as a pipedream. The first answer, then, is to face up to real'y. I have hearif it suggested that a solution to Im possibility of delinquency? by our youngsters woul 1 be a curfew. The proposed hours of this curfev. vary, but the ideaj is basic: after a certain hour ai night, anyone under a certain age who, was still on the streets would be picked up by th$ police and required to give reason for being out a'fter the cur few. Some people say the deadline should be nk' night. Others say eleven o'clock, or ten o'clock j or even nine o'clock. Why not just pass a law requir ing a high school student to go directly llome afUr school? I don't think a curfew is the answer. It doesn't get at the source of the problem. The proposed Recreation Center is a little more like it. At least it will give the kids sonfewhere t go and work off some supervised steam. But Recre ation Centers cost money. And trying l&. separate people from their money is not exactly tie easiest task in the world. To get anything like a go:- center, the people building it need at least S50.000 So far the residents of Chapel Hill and environs have pledged S30.000. Ground is going to broken in the spring on the basis of these pledges, and building is going to start, but they're still shy at least $20,000. - They're still shy at least $20,000 because, ap parently, not enough people realize what an invest ment now will mean in the future, in terms of pre vention. - - So, just sit there, Chapel Hill. Sit there smug and content in the knowledge that we don't have tc worry about our kids. Just keep telling yourself that Chapel Hill doesn't even know the meaning of juvenile delinquency. And you'll be right, too. Chapel Hill doesn't know the meaning of juvenile delinquency. But Chapel Hill is apt to find out, regardless of the rather inane yammerings of a recent author. 1 ' When you ask a teen ager where he went, and he says, "out," it might not be a bad idea to find out where "out" is. And when you ask him what he did, and he says, "nothing," you might ask hirn what he means by "nothing." The answers might just shake you up. But I doubt it.