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77 Years of Editorial Freedom
Wayne Hurder, Editor
Bill Staton, Business Manager
UNC's NSA
Integral To
Students will get the opportunity
to vote Tuesday on whether UNC
should remain a part of the
National Student Association.
Ever since 1949 when several
UNC students helped to organize
NSA the campus has benefitted
from its relationship with the
organization. We hope that students
will vote to continue this
relationship, that they will vote NO
on the amendment to sever
relations with the one national
organization that students across
this country have to look after their
interests.
It is unthinkable, in our opinion,
that at a time when dozens of
colleges and universities are joining
the 385 member NSA, some
student would seriously argue in
favor of severing that relationship
because of a paranoic fear of leftists
and "communists" taking over the
colleges.
As former NSA coordinator
Charlie Jeffress points out. today in
an article, the National Student
Association has directly affected a
total of 3,625 students here. The
benefits range from leadership
training sessions to life insurance
and to job placement services.
What is probably of a more
important aid to the school is the
indirect help. NSA stands for
reform in the American universities
and colleges, but unlike the radicals
whom NSA opponents like to
compare them to, the NSA works
for orderly change within the
established processes.
NSA officers compile booklets
explaining to member schools what
the legal bases are for "in loco
parentis" so students can fight it
legally. . They provide the
information so students will know
what to seek in the way of
educational reform. They provide
From The Raleigh Times
The bombing of Vietnam has
been "one of the most wasteful and
expansive hoaxes ever to be put
over on the American people."
Much of the reporting on
Vietnam air actions has been
misleading . . . propaganda"
disseminated by the rival Navy and
Air Force. -
"Civilians can scarecely
understand or even believe that
many amibitious military
professionals truly yearn for wars
and the opportunities for glory and
distinction afforded only in
combat. A career of peacetime duty
is a dull and frustrating prospect for
the normal regular officer to
contemplate."
Since the end of World War II,
"the voice and views of the
professional military people became
increasingly prominent."
"The relationship between the
defense industry and the military
establishment is closer than many
citizens realize. Together they form
a powerful public opinion lobby."
The Air Force and Space Digest,
published by the Air Force
Association and "unofficial
mouthpiece of the U.S. Air
Force . . . beats the tub for strength
through aerospace power
frequently perpetuates the
extravagant fictions about the
effectiveness of bombing" and
receives in return from the industry
"lavish and expensive ads."
"The military planners have their
doctrinal beliefs, their loyalties,
their discipline and their typical
Ex-H
Lambasts Military
Rebel Good, Managing Editor
J. 0. Wilkinson, News Editor
Harvey Elliott, Features Editor
Art Chansky, Sports Editor
Scott Goodfellow, Associate Editor
Kermit Buckner, Jr, Advertising Manager
Membership
Progress
the numerous conferences to which
students come from various colleges
to discuss their problems and what
can be done. '
Much of the progress that UNC
students see taking place here is
developed on a foundation
provided by NSA research and by
coordination with other school.
Thus we have our visitation, our
change in closing hours, and our
improvements in he General College
that should be forthcoming.
For UNC to withdraw from this
source of information and
assistance could be very damaging.
UNC students are critical now of
the failure of Student Government
to do much but if they were to cut
themselves off from NSA the
situation would be worse.
We hope that students will not
be taken in by the demagoguery of
those students seeking a severance
of ties with NSA and will vote
"No" in Tuesday's referendum. ,
Scott
Bill
Good
After several weeks of
hearing state legislators
viciously attack the University
and introduce their ridiculous
and unconstitutional bills to
control student unrest it is
extremely pleasing to hear
about Sen. Ralph Scott's bill
calling for the presidents of
the student bodies of the
branches of the University to
sit as members of the Board of
Trustees.
ead Of 'Marines
desire to compete ana win.
Civilians "do not normally have the
same confidence about how to
react to threats and violence."
Military men are trained "to be
secretive, devious and misleading."
"If the Johnson administration
suffered from lack of credibility in
its reporting of the war, the truth
would , reveal : that much of the.
hocus-pocus stemmed from
schemers in the military services,
both at home and abroad."
Who said all these things?.
Some Congressional dove?
Some bearded militant on some
way-out campus?
Some pseudo-intellectual in some
pulpit, or some classroom, or some
editorial office?
Some parent whose son was
killed in Vietnam?
No.
These things were said by a man
who held the highest post in the
Marine Corps, General David M.
Shoup, former commander of the
Marines and a former member of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Shoup, who is now
retired, knows war both from the
vantage point of the high
commander and of the foot soldier.
No one can question the very
personal nature of his patriotism,
and no one can question his
personal courage. .
He won the Congressional Medal
of Honor at Tarawa in World War
II.
Because of what he has been, and
what he now is, what he says about
the military should be heard in the
low. places and in the highest places
of this country.
THE DAILY
Ken Ripley
Aputhy Dangerous
The "success" of the apathetic
majority party, Los Iracundos, during the
elections was both revealing and
disturbing. What is interesting and at the
same time ominous is the party leader's
claim of victory."
If the party's purpose is to ridicule
apathy and to incite action through
satire, then all becomes well and good.
This campus needs such barbs.
But if, for one moment, Los Iracundos
thinks it is achieving anything in a serious
advocation of apathy, they are doing
themselves and the campus an injustice.
This campus needs a kick in the tail to
get involved right now, not an excuse,
however humorous, to "cop out."
Let us assume that studenfgovernment
is ineffectual, that the election procedure
is unfair, that campus activities do bear
strong resemblance ' to a famous
40-year-old mouse. Let us assume that
much is wrong at UNC, that there are
unnecessary sins in our "southern part of
heaven."
What then are we to do about them?
Are we to sigh to ourselves, say "I told
you so," and drop o out? Or would it be
better to change what is wrong to the
image of what we want this campus to
be? .
Withdrawal does not seem a viable
form of solution or alternative to change.
Apathy is' an easy w ay out. It requires
little effort to say a system stinks and
then not participate in it. But apathy, in
avoiding responsibility and decision, in
Mike Almond
Well, the preliminaries are over. Now
we're ready for the main event next
Tuesday's run-off election for president
of the student body. .
But this past Tuesday's on-again,
off-again election produced some rather
surprising results. First of all, Alan
Albright, who was supposed, to have
terrific organization but littte popular
appeal, surprised everyone by leading a
field of six presidential candidates and
piling up almost ,47 of the total vote.
Another surpriseparticularly after all the
favorable publicity iust prior to the
election, was the lack of support for
independent John Kelly. But the biggest
surprise of all was the extremely poor
showing by Bob Wilson, the Student
Party candidate, who managed to eke cut
only 25 of the vote. -
Sensible Campaigner
Surprises, indeed; but they are not
without explanation. AlbrightVcase is
particularly interesting. Albright waged a
sensible, persuasive campaign and made
few mistakes, and this paid off at the
polls. His reputation as a thorough,
deliberate, and decisive worker served
him well, and indeed this reputatation is
well deserved. For examaple, during the
recent cafeteria worker's strike, Albright
called for the dismissal of George
Prillaman. However, Albright based this
decision on the evidence collected earlier
from an extensive investigation into
Prillaman's actions and qualifications. His
demand that Prillaman be fired came a
week in advance of a similar demand
from the workers..
During the campaign Albright
demonstrated that, although he likes to
be sure of his ground, he is capable of
making decisions under pressure and
moving abruptly into the right direction.
Upon learning that the workers were
being evicted from Manning Hall
Albright immediately interrupted his
campaign and rushed to a meeting at
student government where he urged that
TAR HEEL
shirking personal commitment, produces
none of the changes that the - same
apathetic people want to see.
Withdrawing from the problems does
not remove them. The only possible
result of withdrawing and "apathetic
boycotting" is to cripple possible
elements of change.
Mike Cozza's vicious attack against the
politiking and unfairness in the recent
campus elections, whether or not he is
right, is an example of the type of
conscience and action that this campus
needs.
The boycott of the Food Services and
the student support of the workers'
strike, no matter how you view it, is
another healthy example of student
participation for change.
Student lobbying and pressure for
visitation and unlimited women's hours is
a third incidence of a necessary potential
for change.
Los Iracundos' candidate Sanford
Garner's statement "to honor (his) sacred
duty to the apathetic student body
through continued non-effort and
renewed lack of interest" is a disturbing
. example,' however funny in intent, of that
climate of attitude which makes
constructive change difficult.
He offers, as does Los Iracundos and
CRAP, as do all apathetic students, not
an alternative, but a defeat.
A defeat which shouldn't and needn't
be.
the president of the student body make
immediate arrangements for the workers
to serve food in the student union.
Unfortunately his advice was not heeded,
and this represents only one of many
instances where Albright was openly
criticial of Ken Day's handling of the
Lenoir crisis. .' Consequently many .
so-called "anti-establishment" persons
have embraced Albright's cause.
As far as first impressions go, Bob
Wilson is perhaps the most affable,
immediately likeable politician on the
ballot this year. Unfortunately, he has
not been able; match Albright's
understanding and insight into the tough
problems students on this campus face.
Wilson seems unable to grasp . the full
significance of what is going on around
him and relate it to student interests. He
avoids many important issues, and
approaches controversial concerns from
the back door.
John Kelly was the only independent
with serious presidential qualifications.
Kelly's trouble was that he just didn't
want it bad enough. Rather than
campaign' for the job Kelly was having
too much fun making noise. As for the
uproar over his petition to the Supreme
Court, even' Kelly (who spent the
weekend at the beach and was quite
sunburned when he appeared in court)
admits privately that it was a political
maneuver. What amazed everyone was
that the Court swallowed Kelly's bait.
But all things considered, I still find it
difficult to criticize Kelly for his
irreverent attitude toward student
government. More so perhaps than did
any of his opponents, John Kelly had a
much deeper understanding of what is
wrong with the university power
structure. No matter who ultimately wins
the presidency, be it Albright or Wilson,
the winner can receive valuable advice
from John Kelly and should make a
positive effort to seek that advice.
And now there are two. At the
moment, Albright looks like a winner.
Wilson supporters hope for the same
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The Peaceful Stacks
Crossing Polk Place yesterday, I
noticed a good friend of mine
pulling himself across the grass in
the direction of the flagpole.
"What in the world is wrong with
you? You look exhausted!" I said
in amazement.
He caught his breath and began
the story.
"I went into the building three
days ago. It seemed like all was
normal. But seconds after I went
through the doors to the big
building I found myself in the
stacks the sixth floor, I think.
"I didn't believe my friends who
warned me that .12 expeditionary
squads had been unable to locate
the newspaper room in over 520
attempts. I thought they were
joshing me. I didn't even believe
. Dean Cathey when he told me that
43 persons had disappeared in the
The News and Observer
miracle that upset Jed Dietz last year.
However, Albright has a much larger lead
than did Dietz. Added to Wilson's dismay
is that fact that, as a party-switcher,
many Student Party leaders pulled out in
disgust when he won the nomination.
Most of these leaders are quietly
supporting Albright.
Had Kelly put more effort into it, we
might be faced with a very different
situation next Tuesday. But all that is
history. In the center ring the spotlight
now is on Albright and Wilson, and of the
two only Albright seems to offer a
welcome and much-needed change from
the present establishment.
NSA Supported
On Tuesday, April 1, students will vote
whether or not to disaffiliate from the
National Student Association (NSA). As a
number of students may not be familiar
with NSA activities onvthis campus, I
offer the following account.
UNC has been involved in the National
Student Association since its founding in
1947. Since that time, every student
body president and virtually every
student leader at Carolina has attended
NSA and benefited from its conferences,
ideas, and training.
On campus, our pass-fail program and
the Experimental College were direct
outgrowths of UNC students' attending
an NSA Congress; significant work on
liberalization of women's rules, on
student representatives to . faculty
committees, and on the orientation
program have occurred as a result of
NSA; NSA insurance, travel, publication,
and ReCon services aid a large number of
students every year.
Along with these benefits, our elected
representatives meet with 1500 students
from around the country every summer
to debate political issues, but this campus
nor our student government is bound by
the policy declarations of the NSA
Sunday, March 30, 1969
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stacks in the last three";
months-didn't believe, that is, .
until I ran across half-a-dozen BSM t
members who had been banished
for life in the Biography section."
"Well, couldn't yjou have found
some..."
"No, I became terrified after 3
hours of ceaseless looking for all
the old rooms I remembered. The
old upstairs check-out desk was
gone, the big reading rooms were "
undergoing some kind of
renovation-no one was in sight. I
charged around corners only to be ;
faced with rows of menacing
sawhorses. . v -
"Finally, completely exhausted, .
I raced for the ground floor
entrance that used to be next to the
old newspaper room. There was a
big sign on the door saying it was a
fire exit and if I opened it, a siren
would sound that would rival a
Warsaw air raid."
His voice trailed off into a
whimper, and I helped him over to
a shady spot to rest. But the strange
tale kept on spilling out.
"Then, two days ago, I
accidentally found myself at the
front door. Instantly I was
confronted by an old woman who
demanded to see what books I was .
taking out. Suprressing about 25
exotic four-letter words that I'd
compiled in the previous 48 hours,
I told her I didn't have any. 'What
do you mean you don't have any,'
she said. 'No one comes in here
unless it's on some kind of book
heist.'
"I told her I was looking for the
newspaper room. 'That's what they
all say,' she cracked. 'It's like1 saying
that you're going to watch the
submarine races. Everyone knows
there's no newspaper room
anymore, so they tell their dates
. that, they're going to the newspaper
room. Come on, fella.' .
"So then I bolted for the door,
fell down all 48 steps and pulled
myself out here." ' i ; .-
I propped him up and began to
tell him about renovations around
here sometimes result in weird
situations like Manning Hall, the
parking place behind Carroll Hall,
the noise in the Bingham Addition,
the ...
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Congress. NSA is an experience in
working with students from around the
country, gathering and developing ideas
and proposals for this campus. Its
political activities are educational but
incidental to its work in behalf of
American students.
Although NSA membership fluctuates
from time to time, this year 85 colleges
and universities have affiliated. A number
of schools occasionally drop out, but
they usually reaffiliate. This campus in
1964 voted on NSA affiliation and
decided at that time to stay in.
Since 1964, two UNC graduates have
become officers in NSA, Bob Powell as
President and Teddy OToole as Vice
President. In addition, six UNC students
have served on the board of directors.
NSA's benefits to this campus and
Carolina's accomplishments in NSA have
gone hand-in-hand.
The proposal to withdraw from NSA is
most unwise at this time, as NSA
contributes significantly to our progress
at Carolina. Students should vote "NO"
in Tuesday's referendum to disaffiliate
from the national organization.
Charles Jeffress
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