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Picketing Or. Politics
There are two ways to appraoch
this problem of what to do about
such evils of war as napalm.
And napalm is truly an evil
thing, that jellied substance which
splatters when its dropped on Viet
namese villages, sticks to the skin
of Viet Cong guerrillas and small
children alike, and then burns that
skin from the bones.
In fact, there is very- little
nice if anything that can be said
about napalm.
So what to do about it?
And said, there are two ways to
combat it:
PICKET THE representatives
of Dow Chemical company, which
manufactures the substance, when
they come on job recruiting forays
to college campuses.
This will be done Monday and
Tuesday by contingents o f
students, faculty and townspeople
from both Durham and Chapel Hill
when Dow representatives arrive
at Duke University.
Although the picketing will have
just as little beneficial effect on the
movement for peace as similar
demonstrations have had, it might
do a lot to make the picketers feel
Candidates Open On Housing
From ,The Chapel Hill Weekly
One of the first issues to
separate the three Democratic
gubernatorial candidates has been
an open housing law.
Reginald Hawkins, a Negro can
didate, is wholeheartedly in favor
of such a law. It would be in
credible if he weren't.
Melville Brought on is
. wholeheartedly opposed to such a
' law. It would be incredible if he
weren't.
Parker:
Another
Hie desexegration of campus
housing seems to be moving rather
nicely along, especially with the
change of Parker Residence Hall
, . into a coed dorm for next fall.
: This will make Scott College the
first truly coeducational residence
college on this campus, by having
both men and women housed in the
same complex.
Hopefully, the Uvmg-learning
concept that has been implemented
so well in other colleges by the
scheduling of classes in the
residence halls, for example will
be implemented in Scott on a coed
basis, too.
And if this whole thing is handl
ed properly, it could be the best
thing that's happened to the
Residence College System yet its
biggest shot in the arm.
Should this sort of progress con
tinue, it could easily lead to such
things as parietal visiting and,
possibly, even to the establishment
of a coeducational residence hall
sometime in the future.
Moves such as this on the part
of the Administration could do a
great deal to really put the
philosophy of the Residence
College System into effect to
make the residence college truly
the center of one's undergraduate
. career at Carolina, a home here.
And steps such as the con
version of Parker into a women's
residence hall next fall are exactly
the land of progressivism on the.
part of the Administration which
can make these things come true.
Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor
Fred Huebner, Managing Editor
Wayne Hurder, News Editor
June Qrr, Assistant News Editor
Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager
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that they are contributing their bit
of swashbuckle to the cause.
THEN THERE'S the
alternative: working
quietly without the headlines to
tell what you're doing, just yet
anyway within the legitimate
political system of this nation, a
political system that still runs this
country and will, for some time to
come, whether the radical left likes
it or not.
A fine example of this method of
opposing the Viet Nam war and
connected attrocities, such as
napalm is the work that is being
done an increasing number of
students and faculty members here
who want to help Sen. Eugene
McCarthy get elected president.
Of course, there . aren't any
picket signs to carry. And Jesse
Helms probably won't have those
persons' names in one of his
editorials, so they'll be deprived of
such moments of glory.
But they still stand a chance of
getting one hell of a lot more done
than do the handful of
demonstrators whose bravado
outweighs their sense of reality.
Politics in America is like
that.
And Robert Scott at first seem
ed to be somewhat tolerant of local
option open housing laws and then,
on further reflection, w n o 1 e
heartedly opposed the whole
idea.
In what obviously was intended
to be a "clarification" statement
last weekend, Scott said he was op
posed to open housing "because I
think the North Carolina way has
worked and will continue to do so."
Scott did not venture to define ex
actly what "the North Carolina
way" has been. Neither did he say
who it has worked so well for. It is
just as well that he didn't go into
detail, because "the North
Carolina way" has been simply to
do next to nothing, on the State
level, to help provide decent hous
ing for low-income Negroes, and to
resist any change in the traditional
segregated residential patterns.
"The North Carolina way" has
left Negroes trapped in ghettos in
cities and towns all oyer the State
and living in indescribable shanties
in rural areas. Small details like
that are not the best gubernatorial
campaign grist.
We are not particularly in
terested in promoting an open
housing law just for the sake of in
tegration in itself, although we do
believe that every man, regardless
of color, ought to be able to live
wherever he wants and can afford.
But anyone, and especially a can
didate for Governor, ought to
realize that discriiriination in sell
ing and renting houses is part and
parcel of the basic problem of the
Negro ghetto. It plays a large part
in the making of a "second-class
citizen," and such discrimination is
grossly at odds with what ought to
be the moral temper and humanity
of pur times.
Frankly, we would have been
thunderstruck if Robert Scott had
supported a Statewide open hous
ing law, or even stuck to what
seemed originally to be his ac
quiescence to local option.
However, he could at least have us
ed a little candor, like conceding
that such a law would never make
it through the Legislature. It would
have been better had he weaseled
out with practically anything other
than that garbage about the
wonderful North Carolina way.
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The arrest over the semester break of
two UNC freshmen for car theft il
lustrates two major faults of the honor
system here that students need to
eliminate; firs V that students may De
tried twice and punished twice for their
actions, and, in connection -with that, that
students may be punished by a student
court for their behavior outside the
University community.
According to the honor system the two
students, if found guilty of car theft may
be tried again by the Men's Honor Court
and punished, possibly with definite or in
definite suspension. Thus, a situation ex
is its in which these students may fmd
temselves . given a suspended sentence i
from the state courts and kicked out of "
school by their student courts.
Such a situation of double jeopardy,
whether constitutional or not, should not
be allowed to continue.
It is beneficial to the University com
munity to have a means of regulating the
behavior of students, such as the honor
system, but it should be limited to those
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Letters To The Editor
To The Editor: 5
Ctongiratulations on la job well done, ll
am ref erring to ifche iFebruary first arti
cle, "Situidient Opinions On Vietnam
Unchanged By Saigon Invasion.", Once
again you have undoubtedly proven that
the students of Chapel Hill are
overwhelmingly opposed to the Vietnam
War.
I beg ito (differ with you. Instead of us
ing people from 'Senator McCarthy's
Headquarters, or wherever you got such
an excellent cross section of UNC
students, I suggest you come to fourth
floor M'orrison 'and (ask the same ques
tion. As impossible as it may sound,
there is not one dove in my suite. And,
furthermore, most of ithe boys I know
would enter the service of then: country if
called upon. I do not propose that my
friends land fellow residents are a better
cross section than the one used in the
already mentioned article. However, the
one hundred land twenty residents of Can
non House would probably be a better
sample than seven people; especially for
an article itihat appeared on the front
page of the DTH.
My opinion in favor of the war was on
ly strengthened by the recent Communist
offensive in South Vietnam. I am opposed
to the DTITs presentation of opinion as
fact.
I can only feel sorry for the gentleman1
whOsaid: ,
"A! I know is what I read in the Tar
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Tom Corbin
426 Morrison
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To The .Editor:
I think much of what Miss Hawkins
said in her article "Exams Build Un
Trivia Reference" was true. Perhaps her
remarks about marks and hair stvlS
were a bit unfair, however. But on tht
other hand. She ought to see what a hor
rible college is like. Hunter Coiw in
New York, for instance. ' ge m
Hunter's geographical nearness to the
Bronx Zoo has raised questions in my
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situations not covered by the law or
where the person against -whom an illegal
act is committed wants the case handled
by the student judiciary.
CLf the student commits an offense
against a con-University community,
such as the city, state, or natron, he
should be tried by the greater community
against -which he has acted, not by every
level of community, as is the case now
with the honor system.
The city, state, or the nation handles
those cases which it is best able to handle
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mind which I am still not certain about.
Hunter College, for instance, was named
"Bus Stop for Marriage" in a Harvard
Crimson argicle by a former Hunter stu:
dent. President John Meng recently quit
in disgust .with ithe college as a whole. His
successor was apparently senile, and, od
dly enough, has been replaced. There are
no lounges on campus. The result is that
our world renowned library has been
turned into a coffee1 shop, without coffee.
Last year the Meridian, one of the most
respected college publications in
America, was banned for using liquor,
drugs1, etc. in their office sifter the
"scenic" campus closed for ithe night. (
A top scholar was removed for failing
to get ia Ph.D. He immediately became
chairman of the department at Brandeis.
The faculty representative of the Phi
Beta Kappa addresses her classes as
"Children." And Hunter's most noted
contributions to society are, Bobby Darin,
Terry Gingras
The Case Agamsit Skirts
Now that women's rules are getting
their most thorough inspection to date,
it's time someone changed the rule re
quiring girls to wear skirts to class.
Granted, there's a certain amount to
be said for the female leg and I am the
last to object to mini-skirts. But all
the fussing and tugging women do try
ing to yank a skirt down so their whities
won't show is keeping me awake in class.
My instructor is also having more
than a little trouble keeping his mind
on his business.
I'm all for keeping the Carolina fe
male female, but isn't it about time we
let her catch up to the rest of the coun
try? . .
Another point against the rule is win
ter. Winter is cold, baby. And while
I think skirts are fine and legs are
great, the sight of the average coed's
blue goose-pimpled knees- on a cold
winter day fills me with more pity than
masculine satisfaction.
Supporters of the rule say skirts keep
Carolina coeds looking feminine. That's
and which may be, in their nature, most
harmful to them. Thus the federal
government handles certain kidnapping
cases because it of all the different levels
of government is best able to handle
them.
The federal government also handles
things like treason cr sedition cases
because they are looking on as a threat
more to the national community than just
the local community cr state.
The University should do likewise, just
handle those cases which it can best han
dle or those which are of such a nature
that they only affect the University com
munity (e.g. cheating).
A further shortcoming of the system is
that students may be tried by the honor
court for violations of the honor code or
campus code which take place outside the
University community.
This is contrary to the strongest
reason for having an honor system:
regulation of student behavior for the
well being of all persons in the University
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Roberta Peters, Regina Resnick, and
Bess Meyerson. Hunter has received
many affectionate appellations through
the years. A few examples 'are, Zoo U.,
the Outdoor Catacombs, the Wasteland,
the Intellectual T Bowl, The Bower of
Acrasia, The Marriage Machine, the
Institute of Unlearning and Misleaming,
and The Monarch Review Note Syn
drome. A noted scholar once walked into a
class and found that only two people had
done the assignment. Angrily he said,
"They ought to knock down all these
buildings; and set up tables and chairs;
and serve tea and cookies. At the end of
four years all those who are married
could go on to graduate school. All those
who aren't married could start all over
again."
So, Miss Hawkins, UNC is far from
the worst college.
Michael McTague
259 Craige Hall
fine. If a girl wants to wear skirts let
her, but why force all the girls to? Can't
we give the girl with ugly legs a break?
Can't we let her cover those fat, over
muscled legs if she wants to? Person
ally I think it would do much to beautify
our campus.
ANOTHER THING that's not readily
apparent is that skirts just aren't all
that comfortable. If you don't agree,
try asking any girl what she wears in
her dormitory. Wanna bet on Levis?
The you-gotta-wear-a-skirt rule is a
special problem for all girls taking
drama and art courses. Picture Kathy
Koed in her art class. She's working
away, busily expressing herself through
art, confident in the comfort of her blue
jeasn. Suddenly she realizes it's late
and she's got a class across campus.
Does she immediately rush off to class
like any reasonably intelligent bubble
head? Not on your life, Charley. She's go
to toddle into the bathroom and change
her pants before she can go anywhere.
community. Such a stipiilatios, that
students are liable for actions away from
campus, isn't directly beneficial to the
University community and interferes
with the student's right to behave as he
feels is correct, as long as what he does
isn't illegal.
Such changes would net interfere with
what the General Catalogue of the
University calls "the contribution which
the Honor System makes to the total
education of the Carolina student,"
namely, "inculcation of the attitudes and
techniques of self-control."
- The student would still know that he
was on his honor "to conduct himself in a
manner which is acceptable to the
University community, the obligation
which the catalogue places on every stu
dent. In fact, the student would probably
learn such things betterif the unjust re
quirements of the system or those which
forced him to act hypocritically at times
were eliminated.
Letters To The Editor
.Book Ex
Aide Thief
To the Editor:
In the process of giving a few more
dollars to this illustrious institution at the
Booketeria this afternoon, a fellow stu
dent greatly benefited from my not being
able to take my books with me.
I'm sure there is a very good reason
for the . rule, but there are also some
naturally dishonest students who would
ira;ther steal their books from an
unsuspecting victem than go through the
lines at the bookstores in the area.
" I'm aware that I'm not the only one to
whom this has happened. Thererore, in
veiw of the fact that there are many such
thefts taking place, something should be
done to remedy the situation. I have no
feasible suggestions at the present time,
but neither do I have money to throw
away by having my books stolen. I am
hopeful that a solution can soon be
found.
Peggy Viser,
316 East Cobb
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Obviously this rule makes for a large
number of irritated professors not to
mention contributing to the high rate of
college dropouts.
I'm not really against skirts, but
looking at the whole thing in a perfectly
realistic manner, can you imagine a
more impractical garment? An item
of clothing that the wind can blow under,
that doesn't protect everything that can
get cold and that can get cold and that
can't even be sat in comfortably.
Can you imagine tne mma mat,
created skirts?
Is it any wonder that women have had
to strive to rise from a position of in
feriority? If a guy wore one of those
things they'd call him at least inferior.
It seems to me, if I can wear a sweat
shirt and cut-offs to class, why shouldn't
a girl be able to do the same thing. She
might not get any dates for a while, but
that's her' business.
Female equality has even been recog
nized by the federal government, it seems
to me our own junior bureaucracy might
also extend the privilege of equality to
our own coeds.