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j Opinions of -Jhe Daily Tar Heel are expressed. in Us
editorials. All ihsigned editorials are written by the
editor. letters and columns reflect only the personal
views of their contributors.
ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR
Those Pitiful Election Laws
The Constitutional Council's ruling that last
week's legislative election in Morrison Residence Hall
was invalid is a real head-scratcher.
The Council said that because a candidate offical
ly withdrew on the day of the balloting the entire elec
tion lias to be thrown out.
By this precedent, any candidate who decides at
the last minute the election is not going to suit him or
his prty can withdraw, thus causing a new election to
be held.
The chances of ever having a legal election on the
first try again could be somewhere between slim and
none.
It is possible that the Constitutional Council had
no other choice except to rule as it did, but it seems
that as many problems have been created as were
solved.
B G. Pittard was running for a legislative seat
in the Morrison district on the UP ticket. Fifteen days
before the election he told E. J. Simmons, chairman
of the Morrison UP nominating "committee, that his
doctor had advised him to withdraw from the election
for health reasons.
Pittard did not attend the compulsory candidates'
meeting nine class days before the election. Ordin
arily a candiddate is disqualified if he misses this
meeting without an excuse, but this year nominations
were not due until the same day the compulsory meet
ing had to be held March 12, and many candidates
would have been disqualified if the attendance rule
had been enforced.
UP Chairman Neal Thomas should have notified
Elections Board Chairman Arthur Hayes that Pittard
had withdrawn, but nobody remembered to tell Tho
mas that Pittard was no longer running.
In a pre - election check, Thomas approved the
ballot with the UP slate even though Pittard's
name was included.
The first indication of trouble came when Pittard
got a ballot on election day and found, much to his
surprise, his name on the list of candidates. He im
mediately found Arthur Hayes, who informed him he
had three choices:
1. Stay in the election by paying a $5 fine for, sub
mitting a late expense account (which was due at noon
the day before). 1 ;uJ
2. Allow himself to be disqualified for not submit
ting an expense account.
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i.Sinhehaa not condiecl 9a.mpaign norjQCi
reldiexpenes, Pittard decided to withdraw official
ly, this time.
Pittard received 196 votes in the Morrison elec
tion, not enough to give him one of the four legislative
seats. Bob Wilbur, another UP candidate, was also de
feated. He received 249 votes. Dick Levy, SP, was the
low man of the four elected, with 308 votes,, Wilbur
protested the election on the grounds he might have
received enough votes to be elected if "non - candi
date" Pittard's name had not been on the ballot.
The Constitutional Council agreed and upheld his
appeal and the way to chaos is opened.
The woeful inadequacies of our election laws are
graphically illustrated by this kind of botch - up.
The deadline for withdrawals must be clarified be
cause now a candidate can withdraw at his leisure
even up until the polls close on election day.
The confusion between the date nominations are
due and the date of the compulsory candidates' meet
ing must be settled because, as demonstrated this
year, they can fall on the same day.
And may God have mercy on the next chairman
of the Election"; Board.
Here It Is
Sorry about the mix-up.
Remember that Sunday editorial about spring in
Chapel Hill and what it turns a young man's fancy
toward?
Yeah, that's right.
The Arboretum.
This picture was supposed to go with that comment.
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Sitterson Has
Acting Chancellor Sitterson confused the
speaker ban issue when he said consider
ation of the new invitations to Aptheker
and Wilkinson is complicated by the fact
that the invitation's signers (officers of
campus groups) "will be out of office and
I don't know who we will be expected to
deal with."
Ridiculous, Chancellor.
Granted, all of the
signers won t be in
power next fall, but it
takes only one group to
invite (or try to invite)
a speaker.
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: contact any of the sign-,,
i ,, ,,,ersf, but I know of at
, least two who have
been elected through fall, and it is likely
they will maintain their present stands on
the ban. Furthermore, there's no reason to
assume that all of the signers' successors
will switch their organizations' policies.
Most important of all, Bob Powell, one
of the two candidates for president of the
student body, is among the signers. Thus,
the odds are very high that the next S. G.
head will support the new attempt to have
Wilkinson and Aptheker speak here.
The students serving on the student
faculty speaker committee are other per
sons who, Sitterson said will soon lose
their present status. In this case, he has a
stronger argument, for all three can right
ly be considered "lame ducks." To quote
from the Chapel Hill Weekly: "A new WRC
chai man was elected last week; a new leg
islature speaker will be chosen shortly by
the newly elected Student Legislature, and
a new State Affairs Committee chairman
will be appointed soon by the new presi
dent of the student body."
But it is foolish to say that the students
opinions regarding future speaker appear
ances should be tossed aside merely be
cause the students will soon leave the com
mittee. Also, if Powell who is presently a
committee member wins the election, he
would undoubtedly appoint a successor
sharing his views.
This column is being written Sunday, so
I do not know what Sitterson's ruling will
be on the invitation. But if he once again
bans Aptheker and Wilkinson even with the
student-faculty committee's approval the
constitutional issues raised by the gag law
will remain. This, of course, means a court
case in which the American Civil Liberties
Union could help supply the necessary leg
al resources to any student group which
issued the invitations and was willing to act
as a plaintiff. As indicated earlier, the
possibility of there being such a group is
almost certain.
And if, as some observers say, the Gen
eral Assembly restores the original speak
er ban law because of student efforts to
overturn the moderated regulations, the
court case would be better defined than
ever. Moreover, the issue of UNC's ac
creditation would again pop up meaning
that the ACLU members wouldn't be the
only citizens of this state wanting to take
the matter to court.
Sitterson's being wrong does not, how
ever, justify the underhanded tactics of the
persons who re-invited Aptheker and Wil
kinson. Student Body President Dickson told me
Sunday that he needed a tape recording
of the Acting Chancellor's views on the
new invitation to strengthen the proposed
court case. But the means by which he
sought to obtain this recording were in
appropriate under any circumstances.
Dickson's maneuvering also acquired a
sinister air when he denied reports that he
and other student leaders intended to invite
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Aptheker and Wilkinson again. A prema
ture disclosure of these plans indeed did
what he apparently predicted: set back his
public relations. But, as Dickson should
have realized in the first place, news of
the invitations leaked out anyway; and now,
because of his past denials, Dickson's
worthy cause has come out worse than
ever. He says it was a matter of tactics;
I say it was a matter . of dishonesty.
Nevertheless, despite Dickson's ques
tionable methods, he and other signers of
the invitation deserve support in their bat-.- . ,a
tie to bring the speaker ban controversy -before
the courts should this be necessary.
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By MARY ELLIS and CAROLYN RICH
The Salemite, Salem College
Any more news from Viet Nam, Chep?
No, we've got the war wrapped up now,
David.
What do you hear from Gemini 8?
They're safely back and ready to start
the most grueling part of their journey
the interviews.
Well then let's switch to Sandra Van
Okra who has the really big news story
of today Sandra?
Thanks, Chep. As you can see I'm stand
ing in front of the Old Well at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, a symbol of years
of quality education but we're wondering
" whether or not it will be standing long with
the riots that have been going on here on
the campus. They're not race riots or anti
speaker ban law riots this time but some
thing with far greater consequences for our
nation.
What's that, Sandra?
Well, David, it seems that the so-called
Germans Weekend, a bi-annual Gothic tra
dition, erupted into a horror of drunken
ness and pillaging last night. For further
details we switch to Frank McNee who is
standing in front of the Greta Sigma Phi
House, Frank?
Thanks Sandra. I'm standing in front of
the Greta Sigma Phi House, the scene of
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Letters To
No Machines Needed
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
During the time we have been students
at Carolina, we have observed Student
Government at work and have a few ob
servations to make which perhaps other
students share.
First, we are amaied at the power
elected students have on this campus, and
in light of this, appalled at the few num
ber of students who bother to voice a vote in
the student elections.
We are not saying the power is good
or bad; that is dependent upon the person
who is elected of course. What is bad, be
sides the minority of students who vote, is
the way political machines on campus
manage to secure the votes and use them
to their own end.
More power to students who have taken
the trouble to take an interest in and work
for Student Government. They should get
some credit for having the foresignt and
intelligence to find out what's going on and
organizing themselves accordingly.
However, when these few, in the form
of a machine, constantly run rampant
over independent students who have no ac
cess to a machine, campus politics be
comes a silly little game which only the
"in crowd" know the rules to.
We're sick of this. We have no desire
to be part of this "in crowd," but we do
wish our votes would be worth something.
We can't promise 30 votes to so and so;
we can't afford steak dinners; we don't
have the backing of a fraternity or a soror
ity, but we are students here. Unlike some,
we realize what maneuvering does go on
in a campus election.
Hopefully, the bad publicity Dickson re
ceived won't affect his campaign to raise
legal funds if Sitterson strengthens the Stu
dent Body President's case by banning
Wilkinson and Aptheker from the Carolina
campus.
NOTE: A typographical error; in Thurs
day's column gave the impression that Sen.
Robert Kennedy questioned the y truth of
statements made by author-lawyer Nader,
the automobile safety critic.'. Actually, Ken
nedy questioned accuracy of remarks made
by the president of General Motors.
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promiscuity, immorality, and drunkenness
at last night's Germans "blow out," to use
a collegiate term. If we can focus our
camera on the chimney we can see a surf
board, the new craze in athletics, emerging
from the ruin of a once lovely Southern
mansion. And now we'll switch you inside
to interview Stud Landingham, the Grand
Wordly Master of the Greta Phi's.
Stud, what would you say happened last
night to explain this overturned furtniture?
Stud: Well, I don't know, I didn't notice
anybody getting out of hand. Seemed like
a pretty calm Germans to me.
Thanks Stud. Now we switch you back
to Sandra Van Okra who is with the mother
of the bartender who served the drinks at
last night's Greta Phi party.
Sandra?
I'm here with Mrs. Alfonso E. Jones.
Mrs. Jones, when Wally was a young boy
did he show any tendencies of being a part
of such sin?
Mrs. Jones: Wally was always a good
boy. I can't believe he got mixed up in
such a horrible affair.
Sandra: Thank you Mrs. Jones, and as
we leave the campus we can only hope
that the Dean and the trustees can curb
this growing unrest.
Now back to David Brinky in Wash
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The Editor
So what? Here's so what. This maneu-
vering is not always to the advantage of
this or the majority of students. Granted,
many of you have long ago given up
caring. "You can't beat the establishment." '
It is such as you that give strength and
life to campus machines.
"Well, you've got to face political real
ities." No we don't. Not these kind of re
alities. We don't have to face political dy
nasties. This is a college campus, not
Washington, D. C.
Isn't it possible for someone to win that
has no more machine than the organization
that is necessary to conduct any campaign?
Perhaps it is not. But, if it isn't, we best
change the name Student Government to
''Student Manipulation."
Ann . Thompson
Mary Louise McCray
Annette Randall
Susan McDowell
Alderman Dorm
Thanks From USMC :
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Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: ; '
I was recently informed of (the UNC;-,
students') substantial contribution to CARE,
Inc., for the Marine Corps Reserve Civic
Action Fund for Viet Nam.
I wish to assure you that this contri
bution has gone to a most wonderful and
deserving project. This project is both a.
humanitarian effort and a means of win-.'
ning friends who will deny guerrillas thtf?"
support they require. Through your contrI-
bution you have shared in making life seem
less futile to thousands of hungry, frighUrv
ened and confused Vietnamese. :
On behalf of the Marine Corps I wish;"
to express my thanks for your generous
support of this worthy mission. -
Most sincerely,
Roy I. Wood, Jr.
Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps '
Deputy Director
Attendance Rules?
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Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Is there any one on or off campus whK
can tell me what the attendance regulations:
are for UNC students? The Undergraduate'':
Bulletin says, "Absences from class for-!
valid reasons are excused only by the in
structors. A student should present his ex
planation for any absences to his instruct
tor at the next meeting of the class. If the!:
student misses without excuse more classK!
es than the instructor deems advisable, the":
r.. instructor MAY request that the student's;
" " dean or General College adviser drop hun
-from the course with grade F.'-r
-To my knowledge this is the only tfegal
lation of the college. If this be the case
and indeed it seems to be, then I have beefl
given some misinformation by certain fac
ulty members. I attribute this mininfor
mation not to any intent on the part of any .
faculty member but to the "powers that I
be" over the faculty. !
It appears that the administration or the
party that has power over these matters
has refused to put certain restrictions on '
the students and faculty in writing, but has
felt it necessary to impose, under-the-board,
restrictions and regulations upon the fac-.
ulty.
The reason for this under-the-board deal-,
ing, I suspect, is that if the regulations
(bans) were honestly stated they would hurt
the image of the Free University. I am
probably wrong and the rules are probably
written, but I haven't seen them.
Javan Reid
LETTERS
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particularly on matters of local or
University interest. Letters must be
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considered for "The Student Speaks"
if they are of sufficient interest. How
ever, the DTH reserves the right to
use contributed materials as It sees
fit.
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