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JHs daily tar heel Tuesday, February 13, 1963 Terry Gingras T 'i4P x inn 9 75 Years 0 Editorial Freedom Bill Amlong, Editor Don Walton, Business Manager Kermit Drug Policy's Question: 5Tio Is Rinniin Student Legislature's being presented with the drug policy drawn up by the administration is very similar to Houdini's being handcuffed to a short-fuse bomb. It's going to take some real magic for Student Government to get out of it without having its judicial arm blown off. On one hand, ther's the drug policy proposal which sets up a f acuity -administrative-student tribunal to sit on cases of "illicit and improper" use of drugs by any; student, any time, anywhere. By accepting it, Student Legislature would: SACRIFICE THE principle of student courts' trying student of fenders, by vesting judicial power in the three-part board. STRENGTHEN THE concept of in loco parentis ' by giving the University further jurisdiction over students' personal lives. WEAKEN ANY future arguments which may be posted for limiting the jurisdiction of the Campus and Honor Code to the University or University-sponsored functions. IT'S A LOUSY deal, you say? Right. But just what is Student "Government supposed to do about it? If they reject the proposal, then the , Administration will do either ? one of two things : CONTINUE WITH the present 1 p 0 1 i c y , under which the Administration handles all drug- use cases in a Star Chamber man ner, without the student judiciary participating in it, whatsoever. IMPLEMENT THE new policy, with all of its increases in jurisdic tion, but without the, student -members on the tribunal. In either case, you can figure the students in general are going to be dumped upon heavily in the pro cess. There is, however, one thing that Student Legislature can do which may counteract the Administration's presenting it with the fait d'accomjpli. That is to adopt a drug policy of its own, one that is grounded a bit more firmly in the theory that students have certain rights, such as that one to trial by their peers. Such a policy was presented Saturday by Bill Miller, chairman of the'Men's Honor Council. (Miller was also the only one of three students sitting on the committee which formulated the present pro posal, who objected to it and in sisted it would have to go before Student Legislature. Miller's proposal is that drug cases be tried in student courts, that the jurisdiction over drug cases exist only on campus or at University-related functions off campus, and that the wording of anti-drug regulations be specific enough not to include such things as caffein pills or legally-prescribed medicine. It is a well thought-out policy, and one which does not side-step the student community's responsibility to deal with those in its midst who violate the law. BUT IT DOESN'T really matter to the administration, it seems, vhow welPthought-out the policy is. Dean of Men James 0. Cansler, who so heartily endorsed the Administration-approved proposal last week, repeated himself Mon Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor Wayne Hurder, Managing Editor T?ohoi Hnnd. News Editor ' Buckner, Advertising Manager G? He also said he didn't like Miller's proposal, which will be in troduced into Student Legislature's judicial committee this week. Now, since the Administration has said it doesn't like the idea, does this mean that Student Legislature should forget about it and do as it is told by the Administration? The answer to that question all depends on just who is runnning Student Government the students or the deans. WitrioVs I y X : : 1 Going-Pricet S - 1 X X- W29-Am-Ad I jS A lot of fraternity men ;i I don't like Bruce Strauch, The : I Daily Tar Heel's editorial car- : toonist, because of what he ij : either says or doesn't say ji $ about their fraternities. This doesn't bother Bruce too much, generally, because v : he doesn't really like fraternj- : 8 ty men, either. " ..... Last week, Bruce drew : some cartoon or another : i. which particularly upset the j fraternities again. It as ob-ji:- viously time for a reply. So Randy Myer, president : of the Interfraternity Council, iv decided to take up his pen and I do battle with Strauch. He ig drew, an answering cartoon : : and brought it to the offices of I the Daily Tar Heel, asking it S be printed. No, he was told, The Daily 5 Tar Heel doesn't print car :$ toons drawn by non-staff I members. g Well, how then can I get I this in?, he asked. Buy an ad, we told him. I He did. . And on Sunday, a three-col-, umn by eight-inch ad carried I Randy Myer's extremely vitriolic little message on I Page 5 of the DTH. I The cost: $29. , : The signature: Randy I Myer. Obviously, then, it would seem that Myer paid for the 6 ad. Wrong? x: ThelFCdid. I uJdnt to join. fefpctialltcAn c fr&tero&n X have short Kir, a ,Crd scales os!1 psar pr-uce., :j Thanh, ifou 4tran eAffble tifar : arA X hc-pe c ee n Kuh'. I . . Rn''Vlr : 3 Randy Myer's Cartoon & t . . . cost IFC $29 g :: WW.VAWAVAV.VAV.V.V.V.VAV.V.V.V.V.VAV. 1 . ffx MB Tike 9 il The editor, of The Daily Tar Heel should cot be elected by the student body. W , lUi5 sound Eke heresy? The very; idea that the student body should not have a voice in selecting this influen tial person? Granted, the editor of the Daily Tar Heel is a very influential person. But more than an influential person, he is a spe cialist. The editor of any paper must be familiar with all the r fx Gingras b3e cxre. r 1 1 . o ou. are -Vh. Oh; 3 rove.. Letters To The Editor V7 '-esw 1 University's Rules For To The Editor:; .h, , ,y f ... ,:..' Thank you .lor Thursday's reirder0of no-dosing hours vvior,. senior' .vneti; students and those over, 2L-- ; 5 '..iUk Every since I came to this campus last year I have followed the discussions about women rules pantly with 'amuse ment but far more with anger and in comprehension. I come from a German university where nobody has ever even heard of a dormitory, where women students do wear slacks to lectures, din ing halls and libraries, where female and male students occupy rooms next to each other in student housing, where closed study is unknown, where a freshman does not occupy a separate status in short where the university does not feel it has to fulfill a parental role. I don't . believe ithat there is less academic performance by German women students studying without closed study regulations, that there is less "morality" or that there are more "early marriages" because a women student can decide freely at what time she wants to go home home being her own room somewhere in town. I certainly don't believe that German parents care less about their daughters than American parents, that they exert less protection while they are at home or that German girls are more "mature" than American girls. Ixxs to provide security while at the same time allowing no closing hours Honor System Analysis , ' -UThe-Dichtomy Of Student Discipline By BILL FINDLAY Special to The Daily Tar Heel The second section of ithe Attitudinal Survey on the Honor System deals with the maintenance of code of social discipline at U.N.C. Specifically the questions and possible answers are-' DO YOU thank a code of social discipline should be maintained in the Universi ty community of UNC - CH' yes no ;.. undecided- ASSUAIINGthere is a code of social . disciphne do, you think that this system should apply to a student 1) At all times and in all places 2) :,..Only when he is in the Chanel Hiii Community -pei HUl 3) . .. Always when he is in the Chi Community, and at aU 42 places if he is officially represTntina the university. - presenting 4) Only on campus . 5) ... undecided ASSUMING there is a code of S3cial discipline, do you favor defining 1) in terms of ladylike and sentTPm ly behavior asentleman- 2) ..... in specific terms listing categories o behavior S Go t Me aspects of newspaper production. The editor of a school newspaper needs this specialized knowledge even more because there is a lack of qualified, willing help. Imagine the problems the typical Charlie Politician would have if the person who actually put the paper together even got sick.- The suicide rate would be as tounding. The editor of The Daily Tar Heel is not just the holder of another influential position within the student government complex of influential positions. He must have more than the usual willingness to serve. He must have the knowledge and skill that come only from experience. Lje xc. UfVc il W cru-mbs roh our Uxndls ) i for girls over 21 and seniors to me enitfa , er requires large expenses nor long con Wderations wi; the i part vof - the - ad ministration and would be a" first step in what seems to me still a long way to "normal''. Carin Bocher 216McIver G5ttingen Exchange student Cat-lover's Plea To Dog-lovers To The Editor: The state of mind in Y-Oourt these days must be low. Friends, I'm' a cat-lover. Give me a sweet, clean, furry, quiet pussycat any . day. Barking, rompang, all-over-you lift-a-leg-at-every-bush dogs get no sympathy Irom me until today. Today-1 ran into three dogs close to starvation in " Y Court coast unkempt, rear end sunken where food and lack of worms should have their sides well full, one so weak he nearly fell onv me ninning from something. The three are two German Shepards one mostly honey-colored; the other, mostly black and brown and one Irish Setter, cherry-colored. I have always heard that we cat constitute violations of that code. 3) . .. undecided. The question of whether or not a code of social discipline should be maintained is more of a philosophical than a prac tical nature. In fact, 'regardless of stu dent attitudes there exists certain types of social behavior which the University will not tolerate, and the real question therefore becomes one of who shall hold the responsibility for student discipline. The ultimate authority here rests of course with the Board of Testes who have delegated it to adnunistration and faculty have delegated this rSponsibuity to the student judioary at its own request. , Under the existing campus Code, the Question of student social discipline is en S in the hands of the student judicial SrtenT with the exception of a few ScifTc types of causes, where it is felt S adSSiistration and Faculty Com SSee on Student Discipline are better to render a fair and appropriate vTi rfismDline must exist, there follows SflSSrf "ow it should be defined fd where it shou.d apply. As the Cam- n ITT) n n Tn7 ii hemer Way In addition to the problem of selecting the candidate with the greatest skill, there is the problem of keeping a staff together. An election cuts into the effieiency of the Tar Heel staff. Elections of course, also cut into the efficiency cf student government, but at least theyd ont have the problem of getting a daily newspaper out An election practically always disrupts the staff. Loyalties to various candidates make new enemies out of old friends. The candidates must reward their supporters with positions on the staff. This process means the best man does cot always get the position he is qualified for. -Mi. C Fen lovers aire outnumbered two to one by . dog lovers. So, where are the dog lovers on campus? It's, a sorry day when a starving dog is fed a sandwich in Y-Court by acaWover! Therefore, dog lovers, unite. If you see one of these dogs around Y-Court, please see them and give them a bite of food. Better stall, check those collars they wear and find out what's going on with the owners. One answer or the other, you dog-lovers have a responsibility. We cat lovers are hard put to it as it is helping out poor hungry, lost, deserted kitties. Are there no dog lovers left on cam pus?! ' Letitia Curtis Letters The Daily Tar Heel accepts all letters fear, publication provided they are typed, double - spaced and signed. Letters should be no longer than 300 words in . length. We reserve the right to edit for libelous statements. pus Code is currently stated, it defines acceptable " standards of behavior in terms of ladylike and gentlemanly con duct and applies to UNC students at all times and at aH palces. Ladylike and gentlemanly behavior are such abstract concepts that the Code is frequently critized for not using more specific standards of conduct. On the other hand, it should be apparent that the task of drawing up an all inclusive list of acts which would be considered violations of the Campus Code would be enormous and interminable. The current system places upon each student a responsibility for determing which types of social behavior are inappropriate in terms of ladylike and gentlemanly conduct and furthermore, for upholding these stan dards in his own conduct. - A specific coae of violations .would ease the students' lot by removing the first responsibility; as a consequence the Campus Code would lose a great deal of flexibility and more important, much of the value behind its existence. Defining the Campus Code to apply at all times and at all places is criticized frequently on two counts. First, it is 4 Il n n JlllCl The campaign poses another problem. The candidates, usually members of The Tar Heel staff, resi3 to devote more time to their campaigns. Their sup porters usually resign with them. While all this political pyssyfootlng is going on, what about the paper? The quality cf the whole thing decreases. Why should the staff cf a paper, any s paper, have to worry about the electio of their leader, a position which should be based on ability? Why should the burden of politics be added to the already monumental job of getting a daily paper out? The problems of assigning stories keeping a staff together, laying stories out for a well-balanced page and a thousand other incidental items are trou ble enough! The added burdens of intra office rivalries, candidates resigning and the general glory hounding of an election are an unnecessary complication. This is not a criticism of any particular individual, it is a criticism of the system. Who can be blamed for doing everything possible to win a prestigious position? No matter what is done in an election back - biiing, name - calling, etc the winner is always in the right Victory justifies the means. A politician expects to go through the rigors of an election. It's part of the governmental process. But why should a newspaper, essentially a business, be forced to go through the same process? There are many alternate methods. Northwestern University uses a board of student publications to choose the editor, the University of Missouri and many other schools use staff elections. Either of these methods is more ob jective and reasonable than the current method of choosing an editor by a campus-wide election. A staff election would at least insure the selection of a person acceptable to the staff. The staff would also not be like ly to elect someone without sufficient knowledge for the job. The board method would also be more objective, but it has the problem of faculty or administrative control. Another method to be considered is the selection of the editor by the School . of Jornalism. The J-School is not likely to choose someone who hasn't the necessary qualifications.'-No ?-xne without 'the necessary qualifications would be likely to even apply. Any method based on a reasonable evaluaton of the candidates, qualifica tions would be better than having to suf fer through the time consuming wear-a-tnreeiece-suit-aad-smile election i n vogue now. Couldn't we have a method of selec tion that would insure a qualified specialist for a specialized position? The Daily Tar Heel is Published by the University of North Carolina Student Publication's Board, daily except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations. Offices are on the second floor of Graham .Memorial. Telephone numbers: editorial, sports, new s 933-1011 ; business, circu latioir ad vetising 933-1163. Address: Box 1080. Chapei Hill, N.C.. 27514. Second class postage paid at UJS. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N.C. Subscription rates: $9 per year; $5 per semester. largely unenforceable, and second, it is felt that students away from the campus and not representing UXC officially should not be subject to a university code of social discipline. Both these arguments are quite valid and reflect a consensus of student judiciary members' opinions. The administration and faculty contend that regardless of when and where a UNC stu dent acts in violation of the Campus Code, his behavior reflects on the University and hence he should be held accountable. Several recent attempts at revising the Campus Code so as to restrict it to the university community have met with little success. If this attitudinal survey shows student opinion strongly in favor of this change, it is hoped that it might be accomplished in the very near future. Tomorrow: The Court Structure and Trial Procedure under which violations of the Honor and Campus Codes are pro secuted. Bill Find! ay, chairman of the Honor Council Commission, will analyse the third section of the Attitudinal Study and a precede to the Honor System Referendam Thursday.
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