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Friday, October 7, 1966 Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL In Our Opinion . Letters To The Editor WB T Editorial Presents Unfair University Image ?( We were quite displeased to I learn of the editorial entitled "Stu- dent Activists" which was broad- , cast over WBT Radio and WBTV, Charlotte, yesterday. v Alan Newcomb, editorial voice of the Jefferson Standard Broad ly casting Company stations, began i , the verbal presentation with a nos- -. talgic "The halls of ivy are hum " ming again ..." He went on to note some as . sessments of today's college stu . ' dent made by leaders in educa tion. First he cited Kingman Brewster of Yale and Clark Kerr I of the University of California, who voiced their opinion that the ! modern student is more aware of j national and world affairs than c- - any previous generation has been. :; They agreed that the young col legian is more articulate about r! his viewpoints than ever before. 'I Then Newcomb referred to Princeton University President Robert Goheen's advice to his ' school's entering freshman class against too much political preoc '$ cupation which might cause them : ' to miss the mark. This brief rem nant of Goheen's address was taken out of context, and the only H direct quote used was "student activist." The editorial was kind enough to interpret." But when Dr. Goheen warned Z against the role of "student activ- isni" he was not referring to the j v serious student trying to under- stand the times in which he lives. ; ; He meant the bearded 'beatnik : types, the professional students of 1 thirty or more, and the pseudo j intellectuals who settle for shallow existentialism. Serious study and calm.: discussion of public af- , U fairs is one thing; lawless demon stration engineer ed'and led by off- campus agitators is another. Many of those faculty members I who join sit-ins, teach-ins, and un ;: ruly demonstrations concerning , questions in which they are poor rj ly versed encourage a disrespect for orderly civilization, which I'i should be one of the prime areas 3 of defense for academic people. - Students and professors have the same right as everyone else to as ?: semble peaceably and petition for redress of grievances. But those who make a career of civil dis Z obedience and disruption are not contributing to education, only to social ferment. ; Although the editorial never mentioned UNC specif icaUy, the . S station's listeners probably had no trouble identifying such terms as "bearded beatnik," "lawless dem j onstration," and "faculty mem .; bers who join sit-ins, teach-ins and unruly demonstrations" with the University at Chapel Hill. After 2 all, it was scarcely more than a v year ago that this situation came ; out in support of the Speaker Ban Cl Law. r One who is a part of the Uni o versity, one who knows the Uni t versity, might be amused by the f; philosophy that the bad guys all ;: wear beards. One might get a i hearty laugh at the use of such an undefinable concept as "shal ;; low existentialism." One might not think it worth the effort to J) blink at the sensational reference y to "lawless demonstrations engi r; neered and led by off-campus agi- tators." c The people in Chapel Hill might ;; not think much of it. But the sad ' : fact is that the people who hear . such broadcasts have no reason not to believe them in the per spective in which they are pre- sented. They believe the ridiculous t charge that faculty members who participate in social reform activ j' ities are "poorly versed" on such matters. They believe that all ; demonstrations are "unruly" and ;: that they "encourage a disrespect j for orderly civilization." One of the University's grer est problems is that of projecting a favorable image of itself and its function to the people of North Carolina the people whose tax dollars pay a large portion of the University's operatifig budget. When state citizens hear displeas ing reports on the University, they complain. In turn, their represen tatives to the General assembly complain. The burden is passed down through the Board of Trust ees to the administration, and, in the end, it is the students who suf fer. It is unfortunate that the opin ions of WBT and WBTV are such as would hinder the progress of needed improvements in many areas of our society. But it is even more unfortunate that, in pursuit of its doctrine, the station finds it necessary to paint a black pic ture of "student activism" with in the University. WBT, WBTV is one of the state's oldest broadcasting com panies in one of the state's lead ing cities. The University could well use its help, and could well do without its opposition, in ac complishing its mission. Granville's Position Not Fairly Explained A point of clarification is in or der concerning an article which ap peared on the front page of The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, entitled 'NAACP Accuses Granville of Bias." In the hurry-scurry meet-the-deadline process of putting a news paper together every afternoon, even the most seasoned veteran of desk work is sometimes guilty of having his eye caught by one spe cific point within a news story a. novel human interest point PT may- rbeari"elemeM6f an issue'' which f in previous coverage has not been specifically mentioned. The latter example is what oc curred Monday afternoon. In prior stories concerning the NAACP and housing discrimination, Granville Towers had not been singled out as one of those campus housing units in which racial discrimination allegedly is practiced. So Gran ville crept into the lead paragraph and into the head on the story. In retrospect, we feel it was un fair to single out one living unit in this fashion. We offer our apolo gies to the management of Gran ville and to the women living there. While it is our determination to pursue the issue of racial discrimi nation in housing until we are sat isfied that it is settled, we do not intend our coverage to be in the form of individual attacks on resi dence halls who only share in any guilt that exists. ,Wq latlg 5ar 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Fred Thomas, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed. John Greenbacker .... Assoc. Ed Kerry Sipe Feature Editor Bill Amlong ... .. News Editor Ernest Robl .. Asst. News Editor Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor Bob Orr Asst. Sports Editor Jock Lauterer ... ... Photo Editor Chuck Benner Night Editor Steve Bennett, Lytt Stamps, Lynn Harvel, Judy Sipe, Don Campbell, Cindy Borden...... .. .. ' -- Staff Writers Drummond Bell, Owen Davis, Bill ,Hass,-Joey Leig....'......;. ; ' Sports Writers J ef JtfacNelly ..Sports: Cartoonist Bruce Strauch .... Ed; Cartoonist John Askew i..J Ad. Mgr. The Daily Tar Heel 6 the official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill N C Subscription rates: $4.50 pe'r semes ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., m W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C. Bam Law LSD aw Com meiat 5. L. Must Lead Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:. Last Thursday, Student Leg slature passed a resolution by a vote of 32 to 7 in support of the plaintiffs in the pending court case against the speak er ban laws (the plural is to . include the original proclama tion of insanity, and its amended successor). In my mind the vote was sullied by two thoughts which I think are felt beyond the halls of the legislature, and which I would now like to dis cuss: It was expressed that we must not as legislators take into our hands such an impor tant issue until our decision had in fact been dictated to us by the student body via referendum. It was also said, as debate ended, that we could now, with a sigh of relief, dismiss the whole matter and move on to "more important topics." The first of these observa tions is based on the whole question of leadership; should an elected official lead, or should he represent the avow ed interests of his constituents. The answer, of course, is that when possible he should do both. Unfortunately, there are tim es when it is not possible to consult for opinion every stu dent on this campus (which is in fact the reason that the Le gislature exists in the first place). Then the representa tive must assume the charac teristic which warranted his electon: leadership. The legislature preempted nothing last Thursday. It did serve as proof to any who would doubt that when this stu dent body elects a man to be its president, the student body expects him to be capable of action, and sometimes without the comfort of referendum. . The nature of the office brings him closer to issues, and we want him to guide us. In short, we as students gave Bob Powell that vote of con fidence last Spring; Thurs day we as the representatives of the students reaffirmed it. Now a warning about the second observation. While the glamour of the Speaker Ban issue may have departed, its important finale is about to unfold. In the next few weeks, or months, all of the efforts of the last three years will cul minate. We will be told short ly whether or not we will be rewarded free speech. (Some one silly thought that we were granted that right by the fra . mers of the Constitution.) If mistakes have been made in the fight for this restora tion, then let them be known, and let us never make them again. But, let it also be known that my fellow students and I, through our legislature and through our president, are re amplifying our position in fav or of free speech; and are eq ually as loud in rejecting the use of unlawful means in fa vor of a much more responsi ble alternative, v. I plead, then, with the stu dent body: never let the leg islature forget that it must lead as well as represent, and never let it forget for "more important topics" what is the lif eblood of this or any uni versity, your right to learn! John E. Dietz (SP) Legislator, M.D. VII LSD Dangerous Editor, ' The Daily Tar Heel: There has been a great deal of discussion on campus about LSD and similiar com pounds. These discussions have generally ,been charac terized more by opinion and feeling than by information. These drugs have been call ed "hallucinogens" meaning producing hallucinations or "psychotomimetics", i.e. mi miking a psychosis, an extre mely severe mental illness. They have also been called "psychedelic", or "conscious ness expanding" compounds. By any name these drugs are perhaps the most biologic ally potent compounds known to man. Minute quantities have profound effects on the chem istry of the brain and the na ture of these effects are as yet quite unclear. It is not known how these compounds act, or what is disrupted, or what long lasting or permanent ch anges occur. The major effect is to pro duce disorganization of the usual brain mechanisms and mental process. Serious side effects often requiring hospit alization have been noted as long as six months after a sin gle dose and it has not been possible so far to predict who would be susceptible to what kinds of reactions. These are the dangers of the drug. What are its benefits? Despite much partisan pro motion it is becoming increas ingly evident that there is no intrinsic benefit accruing from the use of the drug per se. The structuring of the drug induced disorganization has led some people to feel more knowledgable of themselves, to have "mystical experien ces", and LSD has been used under medical supervision in an attempt to evaluate its use in psychotherapy. Here too, the presence of an experienced therapist in structuring the situation has been crucial to any "benefits". There is no evidence that these "benefits" cannot be ob tained by other means. With the use of psychotomimetic drugs there is evidence that the potential risks may well outweigh the potential "bene fits". The risks are severe and they have been documented. Any individual contemplat ing usage of these drugs for any reason is well advised to consider the risks and alter natives carefully before doing so. Clifford B. Reifler, M.D. Associate Physician in charge of Psychiatry . Student Health Service U. S. Illogical WBT Image Of The University Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: In the DTH of October 5 the possibility and feasibility of using nuclear weapons in Viet Nam and of bombing some of the irrigation dams north of Hanoi was discussed. The article, I believe, was in spired by some recent state ments made by former pres ident Dwight D. Eisenhower. This article horrified me be cause it so clearly revealed how power consciousness - can corrupt the human mind. Where are we coins? Is the state of civilization so downgraded by now, is morality in the minds of some leaders so completely replac ed by brute force - minded ness that these same leaders are really contemplating the , use of the above means for ending the war? If ever such desperate means are employed by the mightiest country in the world towards a small economically and technologically underde veloped Country like North Viet Nam, then I might say that the ' rest of the world has every reason to feel ter rified at having such a mem ber in the family of nations. If the U. S. is not going to contain itself how can it ever expect to win respect or ac claim of its ambitions to con tain some other nation? To bomb some of the irrigation dams in North Viet Nam would lead to the drowning of thousands- of people 4f my in- formation '.is. correct. f Whether we term our fel-i:- low-man temporarily friend or - foe, he is still our fellow-man and moreover, he might be even more convinced of his obligation to defend his country against some over seas enemy than Washington can be to fight communism. What future will mankind be heading for is a super power like the U. S. has arti culate and influential leaders who advocate "not automati cally excluding anything" to win a v?ar that is said to in volve American security in a remote spot of the world? By the same logic Russia may claim that her security is placed in jeopardy should an insurrection against the re gime on Cuba take place. What would the same hawk ish American leaders do and feel if Russia in such a case sent troops to Cuba to help Castro defeat the insurgents? : Would they agree that Rus sian security was involved? If not, how can they suppose that China and Russia will agree that American security is jeopardized in Viet Nam? Sven Ludstedt UNC-CH Thanked Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting your campus for a week - end es corting one of our candidates for Miss Consolidated Univer sity. The warm friendliness and cordiality extended to myself and our other representatives was truly in the southern tra dition. Everywhere we went we were welcomed with a smile and a hearty handshake. Our excellent seats at the football game with N.C. State were appreciated, and be as sured, we will be on hand for the rest of your home games pulling for additional vic tories. It is my pleasure to extend a cordial invitation to the stu dent body of UNC at Chapel Hill to visit our campus at any time. Your student I. D. cards will be honored for free admission to any of our Stu dent Government - sponsored events. We don't have a foot ball team as yet. but have an excellent social calender plan ned for the coming year. Again, it was a pleasure visiting your campus. Tim Britton President of the Student Body. UNC-G Yack-DTH Feud Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: It seems a shame that the Tar Heel and the Yack can't get on better terms. Last year the Yack printed unkind re marks about the paper and now it is all too obvious that the Tar Heel has forgotten to print notices about picture taking dates. What sophomore or fresh man is going to remember the day he is to go have his picture made when the last schedule was printed weeks ago? So, in the end the student suffers from a silly publica tion rift. , We hope the Yack will be more careful next, year in their: choice r of : studios Both .organization a n d- courtesy were missing this time. And only one mirror in the waiting room? Honestly, we're more vain than that. Richard A. Klein Poor Planning Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: It has recently come to my attention that the UNC-Virgin-ia football game is scheduled for November 26, Thanksgiv ing weekend, when no one will be present on campus. This seemingly insignificant fact simply means that UNC students will be guaranteed the maximum in home foot ball games i. e., four (count them, four). Would you believe another sterling example of admini strative planning? No? Well, how about coming back to campus on the day after New Year's (classes start Monday morning January 2), thus holiday itself. Sorry about that, Chief! Robert E. Dornbush U.S. Peace Effort Seems Insincere Air Pollution Must Be Stopped By NIC GOEVES ' fjne"fc getting our money's air pollution is reducing the 5Ha fresh'air we "reath Nationally, at various con in rfanl institutes, those ui the know have stressed the greyer combustion Sfy say, the air is polluted As tons and tons of folT dfxide are duiped rthe' at,mosPhere, the popul ation is faced with more ?es- a&ess-and a doz- JL5P? nc aPPar that the Z nlll are., derating the problem; if anything, too little has been said or done about it What has been Ac complished so far is the in vention of devices to treat poll utants before they reach the atmosphere so that most of the waste is filtered out. Also, some scientists have thought that different mixtures of fuel would produce a cleaner waste from automobiles and indus try. However, it seems more reasonable to shift emphasis from the mere treatment of pollution to the elimination of the type of fuel that produces it. By replacing coal, oil, or gas as the primary fuels of in dustry and transportation with power sources that do not emit carbon dioxide, treatment dev ices would be unnecessary. Some industries and the Fed eral Government have exper imented with various types of substitutive power sources such as batteries, fuel cells and atomic energy, which do not let off pollutants. The government is apparen tly going to get into the act and business and industry will probably follow. The financ ing of air pollution combatants will have to be shared by ev eryone, including the tax payer. For too long the power and use of the sun and atom have been known; however, relati vely little research has been directed at making these pow er sources practical for busin ess and the people. The rapid pace at which the United States and the world are industrializing and popula tions are expanding will call for an endless supply of pollut ion control devices. But instead of inventing a proliferation of these devices, more far-reaching effects could be achieved by eliminating the sources of the pollution. FROM THE MINNESOTA DAILY The Johnson Administration continued to raise doubts about the sincerity of its own propos als for a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam war in sever al ways this week. First, U. N. Ambassador Ar thur Goldberg made quite clear the opposition of the United States to bringing Red China, often called a party to the war, into the United Na tions where peace could be ne gotiated. Then he made pub lic peace offers designed to bring North Vietnam to the bargaining table. A few hours later, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara sent to Congress an order for addition al Navy bombers to be used " over Vietnam, and held a press conference to announce the request. There was immediate spec ulation in Washington that the timing was deliberate, and intended to warn Hanoi of the consequences of ignoring Gold berg's offer. It appears, how ever, that the timing was "co incidental." The coincidence remains in triguing because President Johnson must have approved both policy statements. Why did he permit McNamara to accidently undercut Goldberg: One possibility is that while the substance of both policies was approved, Johnson was unaware of the timing. The Defense Dept. might have been unaware too, but there is also the disturbing possibility the department undercut the peace move deliberately but without approval. Such action has not been totally unknown in Ameri ican government. l The more likely possibility, however, is that the Johnson Administration was not sin cere in proposing negotiations. A new stand on Red China, in .which the United States would have taken a neutral stand on how other countries voted on admission, would have been one inexpensive sign of sin cerity. The move would have been significant too, because there is new evidence that Peking is trying to prevent possible negotiations. China has noth ing to lose by opposing peace now, but it might have if it were in the U. N. and sub ject to the sensure of world opinion. Indeed, it seems odd that the Johnson Administration bothers to make any peace overtures. If total U. S. policy -is not coordinated to make, "peace offensives" credible we wonder why the -gestures are made at all.
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