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Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Wednesday, December 14, 1966 Im Our Opinion . . Attitudes, Not Residence, Cripples SL Effectiveness . The charge leveled by a stu dent yesterday that the two rep resentatives to Student Legisla ture from his district Ed Wil son and Steve Salmony are living outside the district points not so much to any terrible, ma licious plot to dupe unsuspecting students as it does to a general lack of understanding or concern on the part of many SL represen tatives as to their responsibility to their constituents. The two legislators involved lived in Men's District III when they were elected last spring. This fall, however, they moved to an apartment roughly a mile out side Carrboro. The boundary of MD III is drawn on the Carrboro city limit line. Perhaps they have kept their fingers on the pulse of their con stituents. If they have, then the fact that they sleep a mile too far out has probably had little effect on the representation. By the r same token, of course, a student from Ehringhaus, for example, could stop by the lower quad ev ery day and talk ; with-the resi- j dents of that district, then do a fair job of representing t h o s e students. I Student Government, as any government with a representative legislative body, obviously has to jimpose residential requirements on representatives from the var ' ious districts. (Even Bobby Ken nedy had to move to New York.) So naturally it would appear .that Salmony and Wilson will have to change residences or leave Stu dent Legislature. It is surprising to find these two representatives, of all legis- o Clothes We haven't heard ; ,ariythihg from5 the- masked prowler since we eame back from Thanksgiving: break. The terrible creature, who struck fear in the hearts of sleepy coeds the campus over, has ap parently moved on to greener pastures. A story in a Raleigh newspa per this week, however, leads us to believe that perhaps he left a disciple not too far away. J, A young man, described to be about 25, 5 feet, 10 inches tall with dark hair, appeared in the room of a St. Mary's Junior Col lege student this past weekend. Don't Bootleg i: Booze, Bibles j: You never know what to ex pect when you start discussing changes in liquor laws. But one thing most people would never ex pect is to find a Baptist minis ter urging the liberalization of present restrictions. Telling his congregation that ''whatever else we think of it, Jjrown - bagging your bottles may not be as offensive to the Al mighty as bootlegging your Bi bles,", the Rev: W. W. Finlator, pastor of Pullen Memorial Bap tist Church in Raleigh, told his congregation Sunday it is the ob ligation of North Carolina's legis lators to update what he termed "outmoded and unworkable" laws governing alcoholic beverages. k "Outmoded and unworkable." 'it's plain to see that this state's 'present regulations are just that. And it appears equally plain to Tsee that legalized brown - bag-. ging will not solve the problem. J; Rev. Finlator, in his sermon, Jcalled upon the wets and the idrys to approach the expected -overhaul of the liquor laws "with i equanimity." J; If they do this if they rec ognize what should be a simple bright of citizens to drink if they "want to we think they would lhave to agree that open bars are the logical answer to the prob-'lem. lators, violating the residence reg ulation. Few members of their party have been more active in legislature this year. Wilson is UP floor, leader and Salmony is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. We are not familiar with the procedure of dealing with legisla tors who have moved outside their district and continued to serve as if they still lived there. Perhaps the natural course of action will be to book them out of legislature. We hope this is not done. The students in Men's District III ap parently . wanted these two men to represent them that's why they were elected. The UP voiced its faith in Wilson by naming him floor leader. Fellow legislators chose Salmony to chair one of the body's most important commit tees. Although Salmony and Wil son's "offense" might appear quite flagrant is of no more sig nificance than the attitude of too many legislators who, this year and in past years, have led stu dents to refer to Student Govern ment as Mickey Mouse. As representatives, the mem bers of Student Legislature should first work for the accomplishment of the small things that directly affect their constituents living conditions, grassy lawns, etc. But, more importantly, they should keep in mind the ability of Stu dent Government, through legisla ture, to carry out programs for the good of every student at UNC. Living out of district hasn't done any great damage to SL. The attitudes and actions of many representatives have. akevhe Man This prowler,"-however, was not wearing a mask. In fact, he wasn't wearing anything. A girl student, who lives on the ground floor of Cruckshank Dormitory, awoke at 6:30 a.m. Saturday to find the nude man -sitting on the bed opposite hers, holding a handkerchief in his hand. He said he was looking for Judy, then apologized for the in trusion; He sat there about 10 minutes and then walked to another room, donned his clothes and left the dorm by a window four-and-a-half feet above the ground. No one knows who the prowler was. Nor are they certain what . Judy he was looking for. But it seems like a strange way to dress for an early morning date. 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Fred Thomas, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed. John Askew Ad. Mgr. John Greenbacker...... Assoc. Ed Bill Amlong News Ed' Kerry Sipe Feature Ed. Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor Bill Hass .......... Asst. Sports Ed. Jock Lauterer Photo Editor Chuck Benner Night Editor STAFF WRITERS Don Campbell Lytt Stamps, Er nest Robl, Steve Bennett, Steve Knowlton, Judy Sipe, Carol Won savage, Diane Warman, Karen Freeman, Cindy Borden, Julie Parker, Peter Harris, Drum mond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders. CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly The Daily Tar Heel is 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 mil, N C Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., inc., SOI W. Franklin St., Chapel HOI, N. C. Wilson Clark, Jr. ttadlent ighfe Exploited At UNC - Repeated assaults have wiped away the bulk of free dom in this university: the dismissal of William Goody koontz, the persecution of Michael Paull, the speaker ban, and now, the narcotics, "probe." Acting on the presumption that narcotics' usage was in volved in the recent admis sion of a student to the Uni versity infirmary, govern ment agents seized private medical records in a highly secretive move, so secretive that police officials publicly expressed dismay that details of their clandestine activities were "leaked" to the press. Last Saturday, December 10, Superior Court Judge James J. Latham ordered the seals on the medical docu ments broken, thus allowing them to be used in court pro ceedings. Several factors stand out in an analysis of this series of actions on the part of statist agents: Does this action (seizing the records) not come into conflict with Americans' con stitutionally protected (at least in theory) individual freedom? Is it not possible that such activities may, over a period of time, tend to cause stu dents not to seek help at the Infirmary in emergency in stances, where the possibility of legal action may be in volved? The latter question may be answered quite simply: yes. If the University continues to allow such indiscriminate handling of (again, theoretic ally) private medical records, then the obvious consequence will follow: In emergency sit uations of this nature in the . future, students in medico legal trouble would certainly not be anxious to seek help from the Infirmary, knowing full well that it would merely be a matter of time before the police were confronted with any privately volunteered data. As for hte first question, I suggest a closely reasoned examination of the following excerpt from the Bill of Rights: Article IV of the United States Bill of Rights reads: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be vio lated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or Affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." As Macaulay observes in his brilliant attack on 'South ey's Colloquies:" "Men are never so likely to settle a question as when they discuss it freely. A government can interfere in discussion only by making it less free than it would otherwise be. "Men are most likely to form just opinions when they have no other wish than to know the truth, and are exempt from all influence, ei ther of hope or fear. Govern ment, as government, can bring nothing but the influ ence of hopes and fears to support its doctrines. It car ries on controversy, not with reasons, but with threats and bribes. "If it employs reasons, it does so, not in virtue of any powers which belong to it as a government. Thus, instead of a contest between argument and argu ment, we have a contest be tween argument and force. "Instead of a contest in which truth, from the natural constitution of the human mind, has a decided advan tage over falsehood, we have a contest in which truth can be victorious only by acci dent." Superior Court Judge James Latham served the State well on December 10, 1968. He broke the back of the Bill of Rights. Moreover, his actions may well be responsible for a steep decrease of personal liberty, both practically and ideally. The disintegration of the doctor - patient relationship adds one more corpse to the mausoleum. Americans can not communicate without the omnipresent ear of the State taking part. Letters sent via the govern ment monopoly may be scru tinized at will. Telephone calls suffer more, if any. Even the much-touted free dom of the press is not im ' mune: the stimulus-response technique works well with en terprising reporters who get ihe hot information by adapt ing their style to Newspeak. Force and coercion take many forms; the black magic of the State may be utilized in many ways, both soft and hard. . .but always effective ly. Today, we can chalk up another point for Leviathan: the severing of interpersonal confidence in any sort of pro fessional relationship. Freedom of expression in such a context seems not to be allowed by today's Mach iavellian State, and apparent ly, the University (in loco par entis notwithstanding) is quite content to follow suit. In the words of Dean Cath ey, ". . .In fact, the Univer sity initiated the investiga tion." Not student govern ment, but administrative gov ernment, instigated the inves tigation. Regardless of it's merits, one wonders whose province such an investigation shuolfl be in: one's peers, or one's masters. As Macaulay prop hesied, force won over argu ment, tyranny over freedom, hvpocritic oath over Hippocra tic Oath. Today, the elitists probe non-consensus-oriented activi ties; tomorrow, they will 'Come Now, Bays. Even Bobby Kennedy Had To Move To New York.' vSt HA In Letters Solution To Athletic Problem Klein Wrong Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Richard A. Klein's letter to the editor in the Friday DTH was truly one of the most ab surd collections of nonsense in quite a. while. In it, he tries to link radio, television, and motion pic tures into one topic to be held to the same standards. Motion pictures have never been sub jected to the same principles as radio and television by any one. Motion pictures have none of the problems of broadcast ing and do not use what the FCC calls "the public's air waves." In the RTVMP department at UNC, there is only one gen eral introductory course in cluding all three media. All other courses are concerned x with just the R, TV or MP of the department. Indeed, the study of motion pictures has more in common with drama than tadio and television. Klein also accuses the Caro lina Theater of not working in the public interest. Nothing could be more ridiculous. The Carolina is in business to make money. . . The next time Richard Klein writes a letter to the editor he will probably be criticizing the Playmakers for catering to a minority audience, bas- SffE Crilidsm on fact that they breathe the same air that everyone else does when they deliver lines. Douglas Stanton Reform Movement Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: According to the Daily Tar Heel the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is at a crisis point. In light of the obvious failure of the present athletic system, our student paper (snicker, snicker) has called for reform. It seems to us that the DTH's suggestion represents only a pernicious continuation of the present woefully inef fective method of athletic decision-making. But now a new voice arises, the voice of the people, the call for participatory athlet ics! What is to be done? This: each Monday morning during the football season each stu dent will vote, by secret bal lot, for one football play. The five top vote getters will form the "game plan" for the next Saturday (this number was chosen because surveys have shown it to be the max imum number the Tar Heels have undertaken on any giv en afternoon). L. Now, which play in which situation? This will be de cided on the field in the heat of battle so to speak by the Civilian Review Board. This Board shall consist of six members: a student from the sciences; a student from lib eral arts; a rich in-state alum un; a richer out-of-state alum nus; a faculty member, ro tating by Saturdays among the Art, Music, and Religion departments; the first stray dog to wander into Kenan aft er 12:30 p.m. on the day of the game. If this last member should happen to be the same as any of the previous five, Otelia Connor will fill the sixth va cancy. To be run (pardon the ex pression) by the Tar Heels each play must have first re ceived at least a two thirds approval from the Civilian Re view Board. "Let us reason together." If such a majority is not attained the decision will be turned over to the students at large. By voice vote tabulated by the Head Cheerleader (if so ber; if not, by Ramseses) the best play will be chosen. Vox populi, vox Dei. . . The reader will note that not a single coach, nor athlet ic director will be necessary; soon the athletic state - will wither away, (hopefully along with South Building, Hanes Hall, Student Government, TCC's and TCG's, Honor Codes, ad nauseam.). Students of the university unite, you have nothing to lose but Chuck Erickson! Stephen Appell William John Barclay, Jr. Michael Crowell probe the recesses of the mind. Just as the heads of state worship atomic power for its ability to kill, rather than to help, they worship the law for its potential to en slave rather than to illumi nate. As Judge Latham com mented, the procedure was "predicated on the right of the state to administer jus tice and maintain order." District Solicitor Cooper's defination of reasonable search, that "the state had reasonable grounds to believe a serious misdemeanor had occurred," differs sharply from the terse comments of the Infirmary physician, that he would rather see the reo ords destroyed than turned over to the State. Both arguments are persua sive, depending on one's view point, but the fact ramins, that one argument is backed up by a gun, and the other, by reason. Judge Latham's interpreta tion of the "right of the state" is hardly more bizarre than Solicitor Cooper's "rea sonable search." Both are pre dicated on the flimsiest data: even so, one must not under estimate the curiosity of the State. As our liberties drain away, I cannot help but admire the courage of Dr. De Walt, who at least tried to put his finger in the dike. Peter Harris Christmas Recalls WW w arm Me mones As Christmas approaches, I can remember what was one of the most fabulous, richly rewarding few weeks of my life. It was my first Christmas after be ing at UNC, and the fantastic memories still swirl in side me. Despite the beauty of those moments, I look back and see it as the ultimate in unrealism the joyous spirit of pushing away anxieties built-up during the school year. ... . . J; can, remember staying, up .until 6 : 30-7 a.jn v for six straight nights, never wanting to quit the good times. Each night I would drop-off my friend John at his apartment after an all-night card game, party, or both. One time, a bunch of us even played cards at 4: 30 in the morning in our old school's lobby. I remember coming across the Rolling Stones for the first time with Bill in Doubleday's. I felt that going back to Chapel Hill was so damn ed wrong, lhat the real world was back in the big city. Lost. The beauty of the younger years transcended be yond their realm of time and the fascination of youth hurt. , Time passed, though, and my feelings towards New York and Chapel Hill have changed or, I should say, grown. Your perspective grows as you take-in more of life's good and bad times. You see your old friends less often; new friends provide the immediate meaning. But you remember ... Where did it go? Strangely, you feel almost as if the snows which fell during that Christmas never really melted. Free University Is Praised In Durham From The Durham Morning Herald "The "experimental college" program planned at Chapel Hill by University of North Carolina stu dents and professors points to stimulating possibili ties in higher education. Independent of the University except for person nel, the classes will have no grades, no formal lec tures and no academic credit. But they will have something too often missed in regular courses. This is seminar-type discussion on a free and open basis in which the whys and wherefores can be batted around until the answers and , the reasons stand in full clarity. It is a refreshing change from classroom tedium that at times finds a student busily scribbling notes from a rapid-fire lecture, then when quiz time comes returning answers which he doesn't fully comprehend. There is little wonder some critics of educational processes may charge that degree winners often lack an education. The Chapel Hill experiment will allow students to take courses in which they are interested without worrying about grades. It will allow them to associ ate with some of the leading professors without nor mal pressures of the classroom. And while they are getting no credit, they may really be getting an education which, by any defi nition, stands as the primary purpose for which in stitutions of learning exist.