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Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed on its editorial page.
AH unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editor. Letters and
columns represent only the opinions of the individual contributors.
Harry Bryan, Editor '
Monday, April 12. 1971
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needed
Thursday night Student
Legislature voted to reinstate the
SI 5,000 appropriation for a
Student Government lawyer in
the budget for the 1971-72
academic year.
'However, that action came
after Legislature had voted to
eliminate funds for a lawyer
Wednesday night, and another
proposal to cut the appropriation
from $15,000 to $9,000 is
expected to be introduced this
week.
The $15,000 necessary to hire
a full-time lawyer is, then, in
jeopardy.
And before those legislators
who voted agaisnt the initial,
budget allocation cast another no
vote, they should consider the
issues involved.
The UNC Student Government
definitely needs a lawyer to
study the important issues that
have arisen in the past and that
will ocme up again:
(1) The legal status of Student
Government must be defined.
(2) The legality of the
Umstead , Act which prohibits
state institutions (Student
Government is defined as a state
institution) from competing with
private businesses must be
reviewed before Student
Government can establish student
co-ops. ,
(3) And most important, a
lawyer is , needed to study the
legal realtionship between the
students and the University.
rltt the past- few years, UNC ,
administrators have been slowly
limiting student control of
student life.
They are forcing sophomores
and junior transfers to live in
University housing next , year.
They have denied student the,
right to self-determiniation in
visitation. And this year, they
took control of the accounting
and disbursement' of student fees
away from the Student Activity
Fund and placed student fees in
a University-run trust fund. .
These are issues that need to
be challenged by a full-time N
lawyer so that students will be
able to control their own lives in
the University.
It is interesting to note that it
was not until after Student
Government hired a lawyer in the
hassle with . the administration
over student fees, that students
really understood 'the issue and
that concessions were made by
jhe University.
Some legislators go along with
the fact that legal counsel is
needed by Student Government
from time to time but feel that
keeping a lawyer "on a retainer
would be cheaper and more
effective than hiring a full itme
lawyer.
They are wrong.
Keeping a lawyer on a retainer
would prove to be more
expensive and less effective.
Rosa Luxenbourg
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Those who challenge the
effectiveness of the People's Peace
Treaty must" be prepared to answer the
inevitable question: What do we do
intead? Whatever the limitations of the
Treaty, it does offer an alternative to
the bitterness and frustration that the
Indochinese War has spawned. It gives
the citizens of the country an
opportunity to make a moral choice as
to where they stand in relation to this
war, and to express this choice. The
Treaty represents a challenge to us all,
to make a- commitment to peace that
we implement in our daily lives.
The whole concept of democracy is
based on the requirement that citizens
be actively responsible for the actions
lawyei
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Retainer fees are entirely too
high to hire a lawyer to study all
the individual cases in question
and would prove more expensive
than the cost of a full-time
lawyer.
And only a lawyer working on
a full-time basis with a definite,
committment to the students and
the time to discuss issues . with
them would be effective.
Those against hiring a full-time
lawyer say that (1) too many
administrative problems would be
met, (2) it would be impossible
to find someone qualified to do
the job for the limited salary that
could be offered, (3) court costs
would prove too expensive, and
(4) the student body president
would have too much power in
hiring a lawyer and determining
what he would be doing.
' Certainly administrative
problems would be encountered.
This is to be expected when any
new program or position is
established. But Student
Government would have the rest
of the semester plus the summer
to iron out any problems that
would arise. ' ,
The money Student
Government could offer a
fuil-time lawyer would be
sufficient. A young lawyer
committed to student rights
would be willing to work for less
money in order to do something
in which he believed. Nader's
Raiders, young lawyers working
for consumer crusader Ralph
Nader, ate a prime example.
Court costs would not be that
high. The primary reason for'
hiring a lawyer would be for
counseling rather than
representation in court. Several
thousand dollars out of the
$ 1 5,000 would be enough to pay
court costs in the few court cases
that might arise.
And it is written in the budget
that the student body president's
powers would not. be that great.
The committee which would
choose the lawyer would be
composed of five students: the
chairmen of the Judicial and
Finance committees of
Legislature, the president of the
Student Bar Association, and
Student Attorney General and the
president of the student body.
The budget also states - that
"the Student Lawyer shall be
retained by Student Government
to counsel the body, the students
of the University and anyone so
cited by the Student Legislature."
It is obvious, then, that the
need for a full-time Student
Government lawyer is great
enough to justify an
appropriation of $15,000.
The arguments in favor of the
appropriation far outweigh the
arguments against it and
legislators voting against the
appropriation are voting agaisnt
the legal representation . students
need and deserve.
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of their government. The People's
Peace Treaty is a means to start
exercising that responsibility. The
Treaty is an alternative to our
quiescent acceptance of the
unacceptable. It is a positive action we
can take to make the government
respond to a clear popular mandate for
peace.
Certain aspects of the People's Peace
Treaty have been called into
question-its alleged vagueness, the
alleged weakenss of certain provisions,
its illegality. The People's Peace
Coalition not only welcomes but
strongly desires the opportunity to
meet with individuals and groups to
present our responses. Such discussions
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by Lana S tames
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Dr. Takey Crist
Question: I have recently read in the
Birth Control Handbook (McGfll
University) that female orgasm occurs in
three phases excitement phase, plateau
phase and resolution phase. According to
this book, if stimulation is continued
once orgasm is reached but before sexual
tension drops below the plateau level
then multiple orgasms will be achieved. Is
this accurate If so, is there any" way of
knowing at what level a woman is after
her orgasm does she go from plateau to
resolution immediately, or does it take a
few minutesseconds for this to occur?
Once a woman goes into resolution is it
impossible to reach another orgasm
during that act of intercourse? Signed,
Still Learning
Dear Still Learning: Your question is
indeed intelligent, well thought out and
shows that you have taken interest in
learning more about the physiology of
sex.
Letters
Doctors, lh8
To the Editor:
Lana Starnes' article of April 9 (New
Abortion Bill) quotes Dr. Jaroslav Hulka's
reaction to the defeat of the old bill: "I
am professionally insulted. Most doctors
"have spent 12 to 15 years learning to
make this type of decision. Legislators
have not." Really, Doctor?
The N.C. abortion bill probably should
have passed. Of all recent legislation. it
seemed the best thought-out in terms of
specifying a woman's responsibility to her
husband (his consent was requiredfor
abortion) and to herself and her unborn
child (the consent of three physicians was
probably unneccessary red tape; but, the
principle of consent is a sound -pne).
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will proved more beneficial than
written "dialogues" that permit little
give-and-take.
We will continue to discuss the
Treaty and May Day, if the Tarheel
can make more space available to us.
We prefer, however, to talk politics and
culture face-to-face. So we will
continue to canvass dorms and the
community. We will provide resources
Tor "small group discussions-films,
vliterature, people. To find out more'
about the Treaty and May Day, you
Can call us (967406), come by the
Quaker House, come to the Monday
night meetings, or come to the
Celebration on Wednesday.
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To answer your question, women can
experience a long orgasm or a rapid series
of orgasms without a return to the
plateau phase. If stimulation continues
before sexual tension drops below the
plateau level a woman can have an
orgasmic response again almost
indefinitely.
(Source of information: Human
Sexual Response, Masters and Johnson.)
Question: My girlfriend, who will be
18 next month, is a high school senior.
We love each other and recently decided
to begin having sexual intercourse. She
does not like condoms and wants to take
the pill. Being 18 and not yet married, is
there any place she can legally receive
them without parental consent? Signed,
S.S.
Dear S.S.: In a previous column we
stated that anyone who is 1 8 years of age
or older may consent to any medical
treatment, dental and health services for
himself or his child. (House Bill 163.)
Any physician of her choice will
probably help her.
Nevertheless, the question of a woman
"right" to have an abortion is not
primarily a medical one. The terminology
. itself ought to have indicated that. And
unfortunately, as we who pay medical
bills-and as those of us who are at all
aware of the state of health services in
this country, and some of the underlying
reasons for that state as we know, the
one thing most doctors have not
decidedly not spent twelve to fifteen
years studying are the finer points of
morality and ethics.
I'm not arguing either in favor or
against the proposed bill. I'm concerned,
rather, -withthe serif-righteous tone its
supporters "enlightened"
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There are an unlimited number of
tactics with which we can take
ourselves out of the war and
implement the Treaty. Endorse, discuss,
promote the Treaty with our brothers
and sisters. Refuse to pay war taxes.
Refuse to kill Vietnamese or be
inducted. Write letters to newspapers
and magazines, to public officials, to
companies producing war goods.
Boycott the consumer goods of
companies that make war materials
(e.g., RCA records, Pan-Am flights).
Get ROTC off campus, because it
supplies officers for the war. Organize
a civil disobedience cadre for May Day.
Writer a letter to the DRV and the
PRC telling them you're not at war
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At the time your girlfriend sees a
physician, both of you may want to
discuss with him other factors involved
with regards to your choice of
contraception-risk of the method itself
and the frequency of intercourse.
Question: Now that the abortion bill
has been defeated, what should one do if
they are in trouble? Does it mean that we
don't have an abortion law in North
Carolina now? Signed, Concerned.
Dear Concerned: The fact that the
abortion bill was defeated last Tuesday
does not mean we don't have an abortion
law. We will continue with our present
law which requires the permission forms.
Abortion can be performed in the event
of rape or incest or the risk of fetal
deformity.
Question: I saw where recently a book
was released entitled "The Sensuous
Man." Is it the counterpart of "The
Sensuous Woman"? Have you read the
book? Would you mind expounding on
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supporters -have adopted. Dr. Hulka,
frankly, has no business being insulted,
progessionally or otherwise. Similarly, I
questioned the proriety of the long
articles lobbying for abortion reform
which appeared under the column
"Elephants and Butterflies." Abortion,
for many people, remains and will remain
a moral question. It is not merely a
"fact" to be accepted. And neither Dr.
Hulka nor Dr. Crist has a special
professional claim on the pulpit.
I've spoken to many people on theis
subject people I considered bright and
informed, medical students among them.
None who supported abortion were able
to do so in consecutive argument. Catch
words like "right of women "
(disputable in theis case, to be sure) are
no more compelling than "right on the
unborn child." Arguments about the
viablility of a fetus, etc., can be extended
through most of one's childhood.
Arguments that abortion is only way out
of the eilemma of unwanted children
evade the fact that it is merely the easiest
way out (though not necessarily any less
valid for that).
Surely more discussion on this
question is in order. And I would dearly
like to see Dr. Hulka and his colleagues
and the bill's supporters in general stop
inplying that they are from Moral
Headquarters, and that their opponents
are on the lunatic fringe.
Sincerely,
John Agar
Chuck Berry
right for Jubilee
To the Editor:
It is sad, to me, the way in which
many Carolina students regard music
coming from a time any earlier than 1 963
or so. These" folks aren't able to hack
anything before the Beatles, but their
attitudes suggest a benightedness of rock
and roll music.
Perhaps if they would throw out their
pseudo-sophisticated views and do a bit
of homework on the subject they would
come to know that these artists of the
fifties and early sixties have been largely
responsible for today's .acid, hard and
psychedelic rock which, I sometimes feel,
find themselves run into . ground.
It appears that the likes of Little
Richard, Bill Haley, The Diamonds, Joe
Jones, the Isley Bros., Etta James, Chuck
Berry, et al. aren't "fashionable" in these
times, too square, not what's happening.
To those of you who lean toward this
understanding, I say take your petty
Butch Wax-i.e. snobbishness -and cram
it up your listening ear (an ear that is
open only to sounds of the last seven
years).
Albiet, I'm for "to each his own", I
have frowned upon hearing those say that
they look to Chuck Berry's performance
this Jubilee with little or no enthusiasm.
Dammit, 1 say thanks are in order to
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anymore. (It won't get there, but
you'll get your name on an FBI list.)
Become more informed about the war,
and give your information to other
people. Write a leaflet, create a poster,
scribble graffitti, paint war slogans. Be
joyous and happy, because you are at
peace with the peoples of Asia, and
tell others that's why you feel so good.
Celebrate peace by getting stoned or
making love. Give a flower to a Chapel
Hill cop and when he asks why v tell
him it's because you know he'd never
shoot Vietnamese or a hippy. Stand in
the Wednesday vigil. Lobby in
Washington, Raleigh and. Hillsborough.
All power to the imagination.
your reaction to the book? What are your
criticisms? Uns;jned.
Dear Unsigned: Yes there is a
counterpart to '"The Sensuous Woman"
called 'The Sensuous Man-". We have not
been able to obtain a copy of the book.
When we find one available we will read it
and have something to say about i.
Thank you for your interest.
Question: Can you surest a good
book for me to read that deals with
abortion? I am doing a term paper on
it. Signed, K.T.
Dear K.T.: Read "Abortion: Law,
Choice and Morality" by Daniel Callahan.
Callahan was former executive editor of
"Commonweal". He is presently the
director of the Institute of Society,
Ethics and the Life Sciences and a staff
associate at the Population Council.
(Letters should he addressed to Lana
Starves and Dr. Take? Crist in care of
Hie Dailv Tar Heel. ' Srudent Union,
Oiapel Hill, Af.C. 27514.)
Jubilee committee for bringing this
pioneer of rock and the rest. Here to hot
shot Chapel Hill.
Come on, those of you that do know
your homework, can you ever forget
Berry's "Maybelline", "School Days",
"Nadine", "No Particular Place to Go",
"Roll Over Beethoven"?
Most of you might recall these hits,
however, I would like to think that when
Chuck comes rock and rollin' into the
Hill, you swingers will give him a chance,
a real genuine chance, to change your
mind about that gud ol' R&R. Hell
knock your bobby socks off, girls.
Rick Sawyer
2504 Granville
Leo Jenkins
acting selfishly
To the Editor: -
The iron hand of Dr. Leo Jenkins,
president of East Carolina University, has
struck again. In order to retaliate against
the student economic boycott ?of
downtown Greenville, Dr. Jenkins -fhfis
informed the ECU student government
Association that henceforth the ECU
Business Office will have to approve and
process all student government
expenditures before the money will be
released. This action followed the
attempt of the student government to
remove its money from a Greenville bank
in which Dr. Jenkins is associated.
Dr. Jenkins has managed to glorify
himself, in the eyes of many of the
people of this state, with statements
degrading and distorting the true facts.
While student pleas have been twisted or
completely ignored, Dr. Jenkins has made
himself appear completely innocent. The
trouble came about after the ECU Board
of Trustees, on March 9, 1971, gave full
responsibility of visitation matters to Dr.
Jenkins. Dr. Jenkins said that the
question of extended visitation would be
announced in a matter of days if not
hours.
Three weeks later, on March 30,
several thousand ECU students marched
en masse to Dr. Jenkins' in protest of his
unexplained delay. The students were
met by state, city, county and campus
officers who quickly arrested 35 members
of the crowd and dispersed the rest. The
next day all previous visitation privileges
were curtailed.
I submit that Dr. Jenkins' delay was a
deliberate move to aggravate the students,
who until then had patiently gone along
with a year of delays, and draw attention
to himself and his political aspirations.
Dr. Jenkins, with his head in Raleigh
and his hand in our lives, has infringed
the rights of student self government. "
I, as a student at East Carolina
University, ask for your support in our
cause to regain student control of student
affairs.
Carroll S. Punte
The Treaty neither climaxes nor
ends with May Day. Political collectives
are becoming the primary
organizational form in the youth,
community, and a network of
collective is being built in North
Carolina. We are also firming the base
for a new, national student-youth
organizaiton, without top-down
leadership, but with lots of creative
anarchy. And we . ; very much into
developing Chapel Hill as a liberated
community. Like the Vietnamese, we
are a generation that has not known
peace. We have to begin to struIe
seriously with the reconstruction of a
society-shattered by the longest war in
our history.