SATURDAY, MARCH 22
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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77 Years of ' Iklitorial Freedom
Wayne Hurder, Editor
Bill Staton, Business Manager
Knight's Resignation
Shows Revisions A Must
Duke University lost its
president to the hardships of the
student revolution on Thursday.
Douglas Knight, the youngest
president Duke has ever had, cited
"an obligation to protect my family
from the severe and sometimes
savage demands of such a career" in
announcing his plan to retire as
president.
Knight has been on the hot seat
numerous times in the past few
years, starting with the Duke Vigil
last spring and ending with the
Afro-American Society's takeover
of a building just recently.
During this time Knight managed,
to alienate both students and
trustees by appearing at times to
say different things to each side.
Part of this was because of his
personality, part of it was because
the University President is, to a
large degree, a man caught in the
middle of students seeking major
changes in their University and
trustees frightened by the prospect
of change in the world they know.
It was partly this pressure wliich
forced Knight several weeks ago to
make statements accepting the
validity of the demands of the
Duke black students and then turn
around a few days, later andyniake!
very strong statements to the efjfeiCit
that he had not granted thebiacF
militants any thing. The net result
of his two statements was to leave '
both sides in doubt as to what
Knight's position was.
The situation that Knight faced
is similar to the situation dozens of
college and University presidents
across the country are facing,
including UNC's. The result in
recent years has been a high
turnover rate as many presidents
pullout and take a plush job with
various foundations.
Part of the problem is that the
President of an institution has such
great authority in the University
that ,he is the person to whom
factions go to first for action. Thus,
when trustees are unhappy with the
behavior of students they
immediately apply pressure to the
president, without bothering to
find the basis of the students'
behavior.
On tne other side, when students
want changes in the University they
immediately turn to the president
(or chancellor here) to implement
changes. Often these students will,
Black District Needed
To Guarantee Fair Trial
Student Legislature, as stated
earlier in the week, has shown a
significant improvement in the past
few years. That improvement was
evidenced Thursday night when
they reconsidered and passed a bill
providing for a referendum on the
establishment of a voting district
for black students.
A week previous the legislature
had voted not to give students the
opportunity to vote on whether
they wanted a special district set up
so that black students could be
guaranteed a fair trial.
Now that the referendum has
been approved it is important that
students vote in favor of allowing
the establishment of the special
black district. The proposal on the
ballot, worked out by black
students in conjunction with
persons in Student Government
Rebel Good, Managing Editor
J. D. Wilkinson, News Editor
Harvey Elliott, Features Editor
Art Chansky, Sports Editor
Scott Goodfellow, Associate Editor
Kermit Buckner, Jr, Advertising Manager
within the context of the political
situation of the University and the
state, make unreasonable demands
on the University. Not being in on
the decisionmaking, within the
University they are unable to judge
what is possible or impossible, only
what is best for their education and
personal development.
The obvious implication of this is
that if a University or college
president would like to get rid of
part of the tremendous outside
pressure that is put on him he
should allow students greater
participation in the decisionmaking
of the University. And by that we
do not mean token representation
on committees but meaningful
representation, representation great
enough that students can easily
influence the decision of the
committee by their votes.
Former UNC student
body president Bob Powell told a
congressional committee on
Wednesday that "campus violence
will never end as long as college
administrators make all the
decisions."
The responsibility for student
disorders, he explained "rests
.squarely ( on the shoulders of the
university r-for creating -one-of the
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authoritarian institutions through
wluch young people must pass in
order to achieve an educated
adulthood.
He is right. As long as students
feel themselves powerless they will
be willing to resort to disruptive
tactics to accomplish their goals.
The supporters of the striking food
service workers felt themselves
powerless to get the administrators
to do anything about the workers
grievances and so turned over tables
in Lenoir Hall. The legitimate
channels of action were close to the
students so they relied on illegal
channels.
What can be done to relieve the
pressure coming from the other
side, from the trustees, is
questionable since many of their
protests are irrational and come
from failure to understand (or even
try to understand) the situation in
the colleges. However, an
administration that wants to lessen
some of the pressure from the one
side would be wise to begin making
their institution more democratic
and less authoritarian.
represents the most reasonable way
to guarantee that black students get
fair trials in student courts.
One legislator argued that the
current judges could be relied on to
be fair. We question that argument.
We have known too many judges
that would be hostile to black
students, especially to militant
blacks, to expect them to be fair
to blacks on trial.
In addition to this there is the
constitutional argument that the
accused should be guaranteed a trial
by a jury of his peers. Since at UNC
the members of the honor court
function as a jury it is important
that each student be guaranteed
that his peers will sit on the court.
The proposal that will be on the
ballot will make that possible. We
hope all students will realize this
and vote for the proposal.
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UNC's Electoral
Student elections at Carolina are a big
farce. An apathetic student majority,
power-hungry politicos, and
discriminatory election laws have
combined to produce this situation.
Changing the election laws is now a
necessity. It will not eliminate voter
apathy or political effects, but will help
reduce both.
Tuesday's campus-wide elections
provide three good examples of the farce:
the presidential, editorial, and legislative
races. Each was troubled by one or more
of the above maladies.
The election law played a key role in
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'Well, Man, There's Still The Old
Letters To T lie Editor 3 a a
NCAA
To the Editor:
Upon returning to Chapel Hill from thes S
N.C. A.A. tournament, we still find',
ourselves unable to comprehend the
composition of our "student section" as
compared with that of the other
participating universities. .;
Supposedly, each school participating;
in the tournament was allotted one
thousand tickets, which in the case of
Drake and Purdue had been largely
distributed to their student bodies. It was
rather disheartening to note that a large:
proportion of individuals, within the
Carolina section, were not students, but
alumni of" the University who are
members of an elite club composed of ;
avid sports fans.
The fact that these individuals, for the
most part, were the "cheering
representatives" of our student body is
disheartening. This disillusionment is.
enhanced by the fact that their conduct
was far from being truly representative of
the University. Many were overly
boisterous, vociferous, intoxicated and
downright gross. This leads us to question :
the university's method of ticket,
distribution.
We constantly hear that the university
serves the student and that it is he who
should reflect its standards and fine
name. The student should be the one to ,
assume the active role in supporting his
university's representatives to collegiate
events. It appears as though more than ,
enough students sincerely desired to go to !
Louisville, as evidenced by the number of
names submitted in the lottery. Why !
should they be deprived this chance?
Alumni have already experienced the s
opportunity to assume an active role in '
supporting the University's athletic I
teams, they should now be content to
assume a supporting role second to that
The Daily Tar Heel is published
by the University of North Carolina
Student Publication's Board, daily
except 'Monday, examination
periods and vacations and during
summer periods
Offices are at the Student Union
Bldg., Univ. of North Carolina.
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514.
Telephpne v numbers: editorial,
sports, news 933-1011; business,
circulation,- advertistinp 933-1163.
Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill
N.C. 27514.
Subscription rates: $9 per year;
$5 per semester. We regret that we
can accept, only prepaid
subscription!.
Classified ads are 31.00 per day
prepaid. Display rate is $1.25 per
column inch.
Second class postage paid at
U. S. Post Office in ChaDeL N C
the presidential race. It provided that a
candidate nominated by a political party
could spend no more than $250 during
his campaign, while an 'independent'
candidate was limited to $50 in funds.
The discrimination is quite obvious.
Without the funds needed to wage a
strong campaign against party candidates,
an independent acquires the image of a
spoiler or joker, not that of the serious
contender he may be.
The student Supreme Court invalidated
the expenditures portion of the election
law Sunday afternoon and postponed the
elections one week. However, at 3 a.m.
icket Policy
of the student.
Yes, life is full of "ifs." If our "student
section" was comprised mainly of
students possibly there would have been
less disillusionment, on the part of those
students present, regarding enthusiasm;
Toilet Aesthetics Grow
By T.W. FRANKLIN
University of Louisville
Long among the neglected
aspects of contemporary American
culture, water closet architecture is
becoming a more and more popular
form of serious aesthetic
appreciation.
Art lovers are flushed with
excitement when they find that
such a repository of style and
individuality can be as close at hand
as the ubiquitous john.
A good deal of the new-found
attention given to water closet
architecture (W.C.A. to
bowl-lovers) can be attributed to
the extensive exposure given to
other people's bathrooms, via
twentieth century media televi
sion, motion pictures, voyeur
houses. -- r
One of the many joys that the
john critic discovers is the infinite
variety of the facilities. Take those
at the University of Louisville, for
instance.
Some restrooms are starkly
modern. The men's University
Center relief station across from the
bookstore is such a place. But for
all its modernity the room is a
travesty; it lacks that indefineable
atmosphere of a real classy latrine.
And the doors are walnut veneer!
The Georgian architectured
Administration Building, on the
other hand, has a gem within it. A
washroom rather than a restroom,
this little beauty even has a room
number 107. Outstanding features
include soft-keyed frosted glass,
white ceramic tile, two (count
them) towel dispensers (at different
Decay Emdenit
Monday morning, thanks to some
political maneuvering on the part of the
Student Body President and the party
candidates, the postponement decision
was reversed. Candidates were allowed to
spend as much as they desired on the
final day of the campaign, but could not
hope to overcome the damage of the past
month.
The only fair and equitable decision
that can be made now would be to
invalidate the old election and call for a
new one after spring vacation. This would
start, all candidates out on as equal
footing as possible, considering the
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there would have been less students eager
to return to UNC after the first game; and
there would have been a truly
homogeneous group to cheer the Tar
Heels and represent UNC at Louisville.
We remain two of the elite 250
Atrocious
Flushed with Excitement
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levels), and hooks on the walls for
wraps. The place is much like
railroad waiting room W.C.'s built
at the turn of the century.
The male lavatory on the Ad
Building's third floor has a skylight.
The shadovvplay in the room
creates a misty, nay, heady
atmosphere which complements a
dirty exhaust fan that runs on
endlessly, seemingly unaware of its
own leviathan task. And the
pissoires have automatic fl ushers
that activate every 60 seconds.
Furthermore, the sit-downs have
automatic seat-flushers that whoosh
when the seat is raised about four
inches. Only, each half of the seat
has independent suspension, so that
if a guy leans to one side
disproportionately, the seat edges
up on one cheek. Quite
incomodious.
Hamaee that has already been done. !
Now' the election for editor of the
Daily Tar Heel is an example of how
power politics can influence a race. The
Publications Board traditionally endorses
candidates for the position on the basis of
journalistic experience. In the past two
elections, however, candidates with
absolutely no journalistic experience have
been endorsed. It is quite easy to
understand why the president appoints
most student members of the Board,
making it easy for him to ask favors of
thAn 'independent candidate in this
election, one without Pub Board
endorsement, is at a distinct disadvantage,
even though he may be infinitely more
experienced than an endorsed candidate.
Lack of endorsement unjustly makes him
appear qualified.
If we are to retain the present system
of electing the editor, and we must if we
are to keep the Pub Board from
appointing an editor, then a new policy
must be established to eliminate
politically motivated endorsements. ;
The simplest and best method would
be to eliminate endorsements altogether
All candidates would start out equally
and those with the journalistic experience
needed to make a good editor would
become obvious to the students. ;
The last, and perhaps most disquieting,;
problem is that of student voter apathy.
This problem is distressingly prominent in
legislative races.
The Student Legislature is composed,
of 50 members apportioned to electoral;
districts on the basis of population, no
more than six or less than one from each."
The off-campus districts, those
including fraternities and sororities, have
heavy representation but pitifully poor
voting habits. In the latest election one
women's sorority district elected four
legislators, the lowest one getting but.
nine votes. Compare this with Granville
West where over 200 voted for two
legislators and you can see the problem.
It is inconceivable that Legislature
should be controlled by representatives,
who represent no one; A new method of
apportioning legislative seats must be
devised. ,
To reduce apathy and stimulate,
student involvement apportioning seats
on the basis of voter turnout in the'
previous election would be the best
method.
Much has been said in recent months
concerning student power, workers'
rights, and blacks' rights. The time has
come to clean up the mess in our own
backyard. If we don't, student
government may fall, the Tar Heel decay
r and the students left with nothing.
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students fortunate enough to attend the
NCAA finals along with 750 alumni and
staff of the university.
Sincerely
Carolyn B. Sartain
AnneE. Scholl
407 Winston
Perhaps the piece de resistence is
the Gardiner Hall basement
bathroom, hiding like a precious
opal in matrix. One may have to
search for it, but it's worth it.
There are actually five stalls, four
standups, four sinks, a
wall-mounted ashtray at shoulder
length, two entrances, and a
thermostat.
The grafitti-perhaps the most
creative on campus-covers a broad
expanse of erotic western art. It is
in such a room that one remembers
the greats of W.C.A.-Eljer, Crane,
U.S. Army. Stand before the
mirrors, roll your moustache,
straighten your,, celluloid collar,
practice winking. I could go on and
on.
The bohemian atmosphere in the
Fine Arts Building is indicative of
the "Nouveau Gush" or so-called
"anti-bathroom" style. Stark, cold,
desolate-at the same time strangelv
beautiful. There is no lock on the
stall door, pipes are exposed; so is
the electric wiring. The walls are
covered with scrap wallboard fitted
together in erratic fashion that is
very powerful and horrifying,
indeed.
The Natural Sciences Building
facilities reflect the personality of
the building itself. There is a shelf
for heavy textbooks, functional
asphalt tile floors, functional liquid1
soap dispensers, and functional
rusted metal toilet partitions It's
not great W.C.A., but it's good.:
(Note, the jane has a couch )
H.v!ith. SUCh keen interest,
developing m the john as an art:
form, it is likely that far less',
bathrooms will go to pot.
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