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T afters To The Editor Grakammem&riaia Tale Revisited 76 Years of Editorial Freedom Bill Amlong, Editor Don Walton, Business Manager Coed Court It's A Good There are a lot of things wrong with the student judiciary. It needs, in fact, a top-to-bottom revamping. And it needs it soon. Still, however, we are very disappointed at the Ad- ministration's reaction Thursday to a proposal that a single, coed honor court be created for trying all offenses of the Honor - Code. The deans said it would be bet- ter to wait for a while, and then to totally revamp the court system including measures such as the restructuring of the Men's Residence Court and the creation of a Women's Residence Court. While we would be the last to disagree that the entire student judiciary needs a total reform, we strongly oppose the deans' opinions that any changes must wait until all changes can be made. THE POINT is, very simply, that you have to start somewhere. And Attorney General Randy Myer & Co. have started that somewhere with a proposal to draw upon both the existing honor coun cils to staff a coed out to try sole ly honor cases. While it would certainly be nice -to -have) the entire judicial system IT reformed' right now, it- is im- practical to think of its happening that way. ! Anti-Prowler Tactics I . ... v Sinnply Arem't Enough The Admini stration Thursday in what was to date its most impassioned fit of co n c e r n for coed safety decided that something should be done about the prowlers who have been plaguing women's dorms lately. So, it said that it will: CLIP THE hedges outside the dorms, so perverts won't have as densely-foliaged a hiding place as they do now. INSTALL MORE lights around the dorms. STRENGTHEN THE win dow screens, and tell the maids to check them every day to make sure they're shut. HIRE TWO more campus cops. Perhaps we should begin gushing all over ourselves with gratitude that they've finally decided to do this much which should have been done a long time ago, anyway. Pardon us, however, if we don't gush. For it seems that the measures the University has decided to take just aren't drastic enough to suit the situation. Granted, it will be a little harder for the neighborhood pervert to hide outside the dorm without the bushes but not that much harder, since there are always plenty of cars to crouch in and behind in the parking lots. Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor Wayne Hurder, Managing Editor Rebel Good, News Editor Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager Proposal: Beginning Therefore, students are left with two choices: TO BEGIN as soon' as possible doing what can be done to reform as much of the judiciary as possi ble, specifically the creation of a coed honor court which could be accomplished feasibly this academic year, or TO WAIT around perhaps long enough for Silent Sam to sprout whiskers until a total court re structuring can be ac- complished. Ideally, there would be a way to effect a speedy and total reform of the judicial system but the ques tion at hand is one of realities and not of ideals. And in reality, a com plete change in the judicial system is not something which will arrive, neatly packaged, with the morning sunrise. . v INSTEAD, A thorough reform of the judiciary will probably not be accomplished during the un dergraduate years, of even this year's freshmen. After all, judicial reform has been talked about in student Government Administration circles here since the time that Bob Travis was knee high to a freshman class president; and still, ' there's been no maior change - The solution that Myer arid his associates in the judiciary propose, however, would get things started And the strengthened screens will make it some what more difficult for him to crawl in through the window, perhaps. But what about the doors. And the two more campus cops? Perhaps they'll prove to be the most valuable addition to the security picture, but even their usefulness will be limited by the fact that there is still an awful lot of ground to be covered by the patrols, and that they will still be spread too thinly to be of that much help. So, what's the new situa tion going to be? Simply that it's going to be a little harder to be a successful pervert-prowler at Carolina though still nowhere close to im possible. For once a prowler, does manage to evade the two new cops, to cut through the tough new screens or to walk through an unlocked door he will still wind up inside a girls dorm that has nobody inside it except relatively defenseless coeds, most of whom are sleeping. So what could be done to prevent this? Hiring night watchmen for the dorms could help although this was never mentioned by the Administration Thursday. Why? It costs too much money. The Administration is very choosy about how it spends money. To The Editor; Once upon a time during the reign of King Robert the Travisite, a group of nobles sought to take over the reigns of power from the throne. In fact there were several factions which fought for the right to succed the peaceful and harmonious rule of the revered Travisite, who himself had succeeded the more militant and less peaceful King Robert the Powellite. The forerunner in the plot to overthrow his royal majesty was the am bitious Earhof Dietz, better known as the . Syracuse Slicker because he had once liv ed in Rockefeller Land. The ambitious Earl had served as Prince under the rul ing King and he always viewed himself as ' .... - -L ir Letters To The Editor Twas the night before Tuesday, And all through the dorm, Not a creature was stirring r In the wee hours of morn. The stockings were hung In the bathroom with care, ? In hopes that they'd soon Be ready to wear. The coeds were nestled All snug in their beds While visions of Saturday night Danced in their heads. , While some girls in curlers, And some girls in their caps Had just settled down For a four-hour nap. When out in the hall -There arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed To see what was the matter. Away from my bed I flew like a flash, Tore away the covers and ran in a dash. Tension and excitement from the new fallen event Filled me with terror wherever I went. When what to my wondering' eyes should appear But a dirty old man who filled me with fear With a mask on his face and a smile so sour, I knew in a moment it must be The Prowler! More rapid than eagles he left as he came, And I whistled and shouted and called friends by name: To the top of the stairs! To the end of the hall! Now dash away, dash away, dash away all! As dry leaves that before the hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So out of their rooms the coeds they flew, To see if this happening could really be true ! Sure enough the counselor was saying, without a doubt, "Lock yourselves in your rooms, and don't ever come out!" So that's how it stands in all women's dorms We're forced to come in to be safe and be warm. . But how safe is a hall with a pervert around? No safer than a street , where crime does abound ! Then why aren't we coeds protected just right? So truthfully wecan say, "And to all a good night!" The Girls of Third Floor West Cobb Absurd Reviews To The Editor: , Sir, during the past week, I have read i . i ji .iwu ausuru reviews in your Perhaps this is a record of sorts. paper. the "Heir Apparant," etc. etc. His circle of advisors and comrades in battle in cluded : the High-Point Hippie, the Duke of Kiel (who himself limped slightly from and unsuccessful duel with King Robert the Travisite); Lady Gwendolyn of High Tower, a cross between Barbara Fritchie and Joanne of Arc; the Sheriff of Mor rison, from Parker-on-the-Hudson; and Sir William the Liberalite, Gr rahammemoriala's town crier. This group took them measures for the royal robes (which they were forced to decrease) and head measures for the jeweled crown (which they were forced to increase from time to time). Furthermore, they devised a Kingdom Renewal Project to obtain the support of the peasants. In this plan they promised 3b siy The first concerned the film, THE GRADUATE, and the second concerned the recent recording by the PEARLS BEFORE SWINE. I admit to a more than detached interest in the latter arti cle (as I frequently represent the in terests of ESP-DISK' in this area) but, this does not excuse your writer's lack of competence. If you must present critical reviews of artistic events and, of course, you must please try to have them writ ten by people who have some com petence, even minimal, in the concerned What The Heck - Tit Spring: The Cow Pastare Season By LOU HECKLER MIND YOUR MANURES DE- PARTMENT Ah, 'tis a m o s t Springtime again. Spring: the time for those weekday respites in the arb; the time for baseball watching from the Ehringhaus balconies; the time for the blossoming magnolias to take over on campus. But spring is also a time for that wonderful game played on campus called Fertilize the Shrubbery. Yes, gang, it's that game we all love to play. You know how it works: tons and tons of that smelly stuff is placed under every bush and tree to sicken you on Saturday morning as you awaken from your Friday night at the Shack. The joy of walking across Polk Place in the spring is only topped by im agining that you somehow stumbled into a cow pasture. It's the campus gardeners' way of saying thanks. Surely there is a better way. Right now it's nothing but the trowell and error method. ' GUESS WHO CAME TO CAMPUS DEPARTMENT The recent visit to our fair campus by a committee of the University trustees didn't really prove a whole lot. As Jim Shumaker pointed out in the Chapel Hill Weekly last Sunday, one sometimes wonders if they actually help or hinder the school. They stayed in dorms to observe con ditions firsthand. Unfortunately, none of them woke up with an unwanted visitor sleeping beside them. They also critized the state's press for con cerning itself too much with sensa tionalism and not enough with the favorable, aspects of the community. Granted, everything here is not rosy; nor is it like that anywhere in the world. It seems that the trustees could look, themselves, at some favorable a set of gilded carriages to transport the peasants to and fro; they pledged to pave the streets with gold and they promised guerilla warfare against the hated tyran nical enemy of Grahara memoriala the Bastille de South Building! The second group to appear was a small faction led by Sir George the Krichbaumite. His circle of advisers in cluded the noble Thomas a Benton, noted Parliamentarian; Sir Robert the Far risite; the Lady Ann of Lashley, scribe for Grahammemoriala. Their plan was to continue the peaceful and harmonious rule of Sir Robert the Travisite. There was heavy emphasis to negotiate (without capitulating) with the major foreign powers the Bastille de South CL3 f. areas. It is obvious to me that your man who wrote on THE GRADUATE (and I have no "Vested interest" in that pro ject) knows nothing 'about the film medium and that your record reviewer has an equally undistinquished fund of knowledge. The lackluster quality of your reviews, I might add, is matched only by that of your editorials. However, one must remember that consistency is not necessarily a virtue. Myles Eric Ludwig Windsor Place aspects, instead of criticizing others for pulling the same trick. Why do they do it? Their answer will be the same as the one you'd get if you ask ed someone over at Hill Hall if it is difficult to string a violin. It takes guts. CARRY ME BACK TO OL' INFIRMARY DEPARTMENT An ever-present issue in the campus elections each year is the question of that long walk from south campus to the main quad. Some proposal centering around shut tle busses is always made, but as yet, nothing has come of it. But, have you been over by the hospital complex lately? The ex pansion over there is phenomenal. Buildings are going up all over the place, making the student infirmary harder and harder to get to. It seems reasonable that in the near future, a campus issue will be drawn up to get busses to take you over there to get some pills. Anyone walking will pro bably never find the place. Let's face it. It's hard enough as is to get to the infirmary. Once you get there, the going's still rougher, unless you just want an aspirin tablet or tape. It makes a student feel somewhat like a pig. t You have to be killed before you get cured. OUT, OUT, DAMNED SPOT DEPARTMENT Modern science has given us a multitudinous quantity of potions for getting rid of just about every kind of spot or pest. With these advances a matter of fact, it's amaz ing that no one has yet found how to keep campus politicos out of your dorm room in the spring. You know the bit: just after having a wonderful meal at Chase or Lenoir you settle back to do some hard cramming for those two quizzes the next day. A rap at the door interrupts you. You open it In walks a three- Building and the Tarheelian Parliament where Grahammemoriala sorely needed resourceful diplomats. When these two forces met in battle, the noble Krichbaumites were ambushed by a deluge of peasants with starry-eyed visions of gilded carriages and streets paved with gold. Hence, the "Heir A parent" (as everyone caiiea mm at this stage) appeared to. be fulfilling the pro phecy of the Oracle of Grant's Tomb, which predicted that a third generation descendent of Ulysses of Grant would come to power unless a new day ap proached. Much to the surprise of the Dietzites, a new day did indeed appear in the personage of Young Kenneth of Day, a respected leader and Chief Lord of the King's Court. He promised to joust with the Earl of Dietz in late March. The win ner of the tournament would become . King of Grahammemoriala. Needless to say the excitement prior to the tournament was terribly tense. Sir William the Liberalite made great effort to inform all the people that his choice was the ambitious Earl of Dietz and for good measure he bellowed continuously of Sir George's defeat. The Liberalite went so faras to portray the ambitious Earl as an underdog wth little chance of success. In style highly reminiscent of Mark Twain, the Prince was turned to a Pauper. Through the annals of history, the con clusion of this tale has been lost But ac cording to legend, the Earl of Dietz defeated the challenge of Young Kenneth of Day. Thus he was crowned King John of Dietz. Thereafter guerilla warfare broke out on several fronts. The streets of gold were never paved. The gilded carriages - turned out to be mere pumpkins. The Bastille de South Building and the Tarheelian Parliament refused to recognize the pretender to the throne. In short, the rule of King John of Dietz pro ved to be a disastrous failure for Grahammemoriala and the citizenry fo that noble kingdom were forced to wait for a brighter day. Moral of the Story: He who promises to pave your streets in gold either has unsavory connections with Fort Knox or he's never heard of asphalt. Michael L. Pleasants 117 Lewis - The Dally Tar Heel fa pub lishedc by nthe University- of North Carolina Student Publi cations Board, daily except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations. Offices are on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Telephone numbers: editorial, sports, news 933-1011; bus iness, circulation, advertising 933-1163. Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N. C, 27514. Second class postage paid at U.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $9 per year; $5 per semester. piece suit, with something or other poured into it and asks you what you think we can do about the parking situation for out-of-state students who live off campus, are unmarried, and have a last name beginning with an "X." I may have the answer. Look at the plastic cover the phone company sent out to protect their precious books. There, "that's the one. 942-4730. The College Pest Control. SCALPEL, SUTURES DEPARTMENT At best, the problem of transplanting a human heart is a risky, if not mor rally questionable thing. We're going through the initial stages of this phenomenon right now, but with each day that Dr. Philip Blaiberg lives in South Africa, it seems apparent that more of the same will come. H a heart can be transplanted, the process will soon be adapted to all the other vital organs of the body. As the practice becomes more and more common, it's not too unlikely that some day we'll see advertising in the newspaper from people vying for your heart. The day has already come, in a way. The Fort Myers, Florida, News-Press printed an ad a week or so back that went like this: "Heart Transplants Available Try the Master Physi cianBroadway Church of God." MOVIN; ON D EP ARTMENT This is a basically conservative state. We are basically a liberal campus. Let's make every effort to show the state t&e way into the future and away mw ?S past- A late great orth Carolinian Carl Sandburg once wrote: "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes." .1 might add that those who cling too strenuously to it will make ashes of themselves. But, what the heck.
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