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Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed on its editorial p3ge.
All unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editor. Letters and
columns represent only the opinions of the individual contributors.
Harry Bryan, Editor
Saturday, April 17, 1971
Awards of the
The Scuttle The 'Butt'
Award-to Tom Shetley, general
manager of the Student Stores, who
Thursday advised that the
Scuttlebutt be scuttled.
The Mellow Yellow Award-to
George Blackburn's column in the
DTH which said in part: "Thus, the
Student Body, dependent upon the
DTH for its information, fell prey
once more to the rhetoric of the
yellow press."
However, Blackburn will write a
weekly column for the DTH.
Thanks for coming down to our
level, George. Have a banana.
The Choppy Phrasing of the
Week-to the wire story paragraph:
"The Senate recently AXED a bill
that would have permitted a
woman to have an abortion on
request."
The "You Pays Your Money and
You Takes Your Chance"
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Harry Bryan, Editor
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Bob Wilson Business Mgr.
Janet Bernstein ...... Adv. Mgr.
Ken Ripley
oial Food.
A group of boys were sitting around in
the dorm lounge late one night last week,
while I sat off to the side studying. They
were gathered around the television set,
and as the last inspirational program went
off the air, they began to ta'k about
many things ... the war, peace, what it
means to be moral.
Then the conversation turned to
religion -and argument. What does it
mean, they wen; debating, to be a
Christian?
Christians were those people who go
lo church and belong to the institution,
one boy said. But the others disagreed.
"You don't have lo believe in God and all
that stuff." one boy said. "I don't, but
I'm a Christian. I believe in Christian
morality, and I live my life according lo
Christian principles. That makes me as
Christian as anyone."
Alter a while, as they began lo drift
into other subjects, 'they agreed that
being a Christian 'means living as one not
necessarily believing anything special.
Their conclusions were tempting.
Certainly. Christianity is not a grand
assortment of rituals and church
buildings, nor is it the exclusive property
of any institution. Being a. Christian 'is
also not just a matter of pietistic
h e a d -k n o w 1 e d g e or abstract
theology - being a Christian does mean, in
a practical everyday sense, living as one.
"lie who has my commandments and
keeps them, he it is who loves me," Christ
did tell his disciples.
The idea that we are Christians by our
behavior and not by our beliefs is
tempting because then we can dismiss the
wee.
Award-to the DTH ad, "Your
aoonion is no louery.
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The "You Really Bug Us"
Award-to John Roach, South
Carolina basketball fighter, who
was imitated by no less than three
Ugly Man on Campus contestants.
The Yu-Kon Not Get Me To Be
An Eskimo Award-to the person
advertising in the DTH for
"ambitious men of various trades"
to work in Alaska.
The New York Times Best Seller
of the Week to Peanuts' Miss
Helen Sweetstory and her latest
epic 'The Six Bunnie-Wunnies and
Their Waterbed."
The "Build a Better Mouse
Trip" ... Award-to the UNC
pharmacologist who has been
injecting lab mice . with doses of
marijuana. It kills the little buggers,
but they don't seem to mind.
The Fu Manchu Wants You
Award to the U.S. ping pong
player who may stay in Red China.
The Bus Bust Award to the
Chapel Hill Mass Transit System,.
which is rapidly losing money.
Improvisation of the Week to
DTH columnist Howie Carr, whose
coat fell apart last week.
Undaunted, Howie grabbed a staple
gun and mended his garb.
The Cents It's For A . Good
Cause Award to the ZBT
fraternity, for sponsoring a
mile-long stretch of pennies on
Franklin Street today. All proceeds
go to the Campus Chest.
The Not Worth It's SALT
Award to the Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks, which went into a
second year of negotiations Friday.
Last month, however, a national
magazine reported the U.S. still has
enough power to destroy the earth
two-and-one-half times more
effectively than the Russians.
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whole knotty problem of faith. After all,
why should a man be judged for his
beliefs if his actions are exemplary? Isn't
it easier to v break down all the religious
distinctions and get on with the business
of loving people?
It would be easier, if only we could
separate belief from actions. But we
can't. Actions do not generally take place
in a void; we act on the basis of our
beliefs. I react to someone else on the
basis of what I know and believe about
that person. We form our conceptions of
the world, and our actions derive from
them.
More importantly, the quality of our
actions often follows directly from what
we believe. Some of the worst events in
history have followed from misguided
beliefs and motive's." On campus, the
person who believes in hedonism is going
to do things that will gain him pleasure.
The person who is filled with hate will act
in hate. The person who believes in
self-sacrificing love will do his best to be
loving. And none of this need be
religious, just human psychology at work.
But religious beliefs do make a
difference, Ivcause just like any other
beliefs, the quality of a person's religious
nature will determine how he thinks and
acts. Christ recognized this when he told
his disciples. "You will know them by
their fruits. Are grapes gathered from
thorns, or figs from thistles?
"So. every sound tree bears good fruit,
but the bad Iree bears evil fruit. A sound
tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad
tree bear good fruit . . . Thus you will
know them by I heir fruits."
Rod Waldorf
Buns system
Both rumor and official word seem to
agree-the still-infant Chapel
Hiil-Carrboro bus system is suffering,
seriously and this is unfortunate.
News stories reported recently that
after two full weeks of operation, the
average daily passenger level of the bus
system is about one third of the level
anticipated during the planning sessions.
Suggestions have been made to
improve the situation-route changes for
example and village politicos left over
from the last mayoral race who have
supported the idea in the past are now
seeking subtly to torn it into an anti-Lee
campaign issue.
But the mayor has said, and continues
to say, that the mass transit system
recently put into operation on an
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Letters to the editor
President Nixoris
To the Editor:
Richard Nixon has been able to reduce -the
weekly American casualty totals, in
Indo-China, he has revised the draft
system so that it no longer hangs over the
head of American college students quite
so ominously, and he has talked a "lot
about creating an all-volunteer army. At
the same time he has widened the war
considerably, showing no sign of backing
down from our original objectives in
Indo-China, and he is causing innocent
civilians to die in greater and greater
numbers.
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A person is not just a bundle of
actions, Christ emphasized. The kind of
person he is, good or bad, will determine
his actions.
One of the claims of Christianity is
that it works not just to change people's
behavior, but to change people.
Christianity assumes that real change
must come from the source of human
behavior, theperson. Part of the "good
news" of the Gospel is that those who
respond to the claims and promises of
Jesus Christ, or Christians, are beginning
that process of inner change. "If anyone
is in Christ," the Bible says, "he is a new
creation."
In this claim of inner change, religious'
belief very much makes a difference.
Christ himself noted that his change and
growth must be based, around him, a
foundation that demands belief and faith.
"I am the vine, you are the branches," he
said. "He who abides in me and I in him.'
he it is that bears much fruit: for apart
from me you can do nothing." Early
Christians were defined not by their
behavior, but by their faith the way they
made Christ the center of their lives.
The distinction of a Christian as being
a "follower of Christ" is still very real
today. But the problem of actions versus
belief is as old as the first letter of James,
when he faced the same question.
"But some one will say. 'You have
faith and I have works.' Show me your
faith apart from your works, and I by my
works will show you my faith."
What does it mean to be a Christian? A
Christian should live his faith, of course.
But that which makes him Christian must
always be the faith he has.
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experimental basis is "a service which
must be provided to the citizens of a
community and underwritten by the
taxes." Whether this attitude is purely
political is really not that important at
this point, since the committment on the
part of the towns has already been made.
And to see this idea thrown into the
political arena is as unfortunate as the
apparent need for a "miracle" to save the
system.
Of course Mayor Lee is going to stand
behind the bus system in the present
campaign. And of course his opponents,
both past and present, are going to point
out the inadequacies of the mayor's mass
transit baby, while the people affected
will wind up with the final say at the
polls. How they vote depends largely on
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Clearly Mr.. Nixon intends to continue
the war while relieving domestic pressure
from young people. The strategy is
skillful and it is cynical and treacherous
in the extreme. The plan is fully worthy
of the man who took Helen Douglas's
Congressional seat. -
Will the scheme work? A few jnonths
ago I would have said no. Our young
people know too much and care too
much to let it happen, I-thought. As the
frustration rises, as the evidence of U.S. '
genocide in Asia mounts, I expected the
student demonstrations to become more
and more intense.
Yesterday I observed the meager
attendance at the rally for the People's
Peace Treaty and today I read the
absolutely sickening and disheartening
article by Glenn Brank of The, Daily Tar
Heel staff, and now I'm not so sure.
Here is the way Brank characterizes
the only, ones who seem to give a damn
any more: 'There are those who are
sincere in their beliefs, and consequently
back up every grape, apple, and
watermelon boycott. This is a hard-core
movement, and it is small."
Here is how he sees the war and the
students' reaction to their colleagues'
desperate attempts to do something
about it: "Tomorrow's chemistry test is
very real. It is also very present and very
urgent. The Peace Celebration is not. The
human race will be in conflict until it
exterminates itself." (One wonders why
they bother to study at all if they are so
sure we're doomed.)
We can excuse the Silent Majority
because many of them are too busy
providing for their families and honestly
don't know what is going on. We can also
understand the screaming,
bomb-'em-back-to-the-Stone Age boys.
They are born that way. But what about
Glenn Brank? What about the masses of
students who have, in Brank's words,
"heard the speeches-over and over
again," and are now, if they resemble
Brank and those he describes, not just
apathetic but downright proud of their
apathy?
Can ' a nation long survive when its
traditionally most idealistic element has
come to this? . -
Gary D. Martin
N.C. Veterans for Peace
Gumming should
have ink stolen
To the edildr:
Re: Mr. Nixon's letter about Bryan
C'umming.
Right On. Cumming. the frustrated
politico (two-time candidate for Lditor of
The Daily Tar Heel) and unimaginative
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who is the most convincing during the
debate.
But those voting need to think this
thing out carefully.
Yes, the bus system at this moment is
costing more money than it was expected
to cost. Why? Low patronage. But is two
weeks or so an adequate trial period?
No.
The proposed possibility for
improvement has been route changes. But
there are other factors to be considered.
First, and perhaps most significant, is
the apparent lack of acceptance of a mass
transit system on the part of the people
of this community. But this is the South,
and people in the South, especially the
rural South-a category into which this
area fits very well are just not
scheme is
cartoonist, is to liberalism as a Nixon is to
responsive leadership.
Both should be done away with,
hidden from the public eye.
Nixon should be forced to shave three
times a day, and Cumming should have all
of his India ink stolen.
Robert Stinson
Davie Circle
Jubilee wronged
by letter writer
To the Editor:
Pitt Dickey, who wrote the
imaginative letter concerning the
correlation between the upcoming Jubilee
slate and his conception of Middle
American values, is not giving the groups
involved or the Jubilee sponsors much of
a chance. Since when does the 'Taylor
Clan, Inc." identify with the values of
Middle America? Does "Love Story"
necessarily espouse establishment of
middle-of-the-road ideals? Are there not
many members of the radical right and
left who sympathize with Lt. Calley and
the handling of his conviction and
sentencing? For that matter, Mr. Dickey,
what is Middle America? If you disagree
with this Middle America and the values
you associate with it, then what are you?
Who, by the way, would you have for
Jubilee considering, of course, the money
available? It's funny, but I had never
thought of myself as being very much a
part of Middle America until I read your
letter. I wonder how many other UNC
students felt the same way.
Charles W. Houseworth, Jr.
237 Ehringhaus Dorm
Jubilee's good
despite protests
To the editor:
Re: Pitt Dickey in response to his
letter to the editor on Jubilee:
I admit that it would be nice to have
Duke's Joe College slate for Jubilee. (The
Grateful Dead, Paul Bulterfield, The
Beach Boys) but I don't think the people
we are having will be a let-down.
I know little of Spirit and Cowboy and
therefore don't know what to expect .
from them. Chuck Berry, however, has
long been a favorite of mine and has
influenced, to varying degrees, almost
every successful rock band. Because so
many people have acknowledged and
used his style, there's just no getting
around the fact that Chuck Berry is truly
great. Muddy Waters has also influenced .
many of today's musicians. He shares
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accustomed to or even barely acquainted
with the concept of mass trasnportaiion.
It never even occurs to most people,
when faced with the problem of getting
across town, to take the bus. The nearest
thing to mass transportation Chips!
Hili-Carrboro has ever seen is
hitch-hiking. It will take time for the idea
of readily available transportation to sink
in.
Another problem, as expected to be
sure, is the price. A quarter is tolerable,
perhaps, but that extra dime for transfer
is a bit much on the average cross-town
commuter who may need to change more
than once. And why should a person
spend fifty to sixty cents a day just to
come uptown when the extra expense to
drive his car is more than worth the
added convenience of having the means
to go exactly where you wish to go at
exactly the moment you wish to get
there, without having to wait for a slow,
lumbering bus to make its rounds, then
getting off, transfer to another, and go on
your destination.
This idea of having one's own
automobile at his fingertips is a big factor
against the bus system and the
University's passing of a rule to cutdown
on the number of student cars is not the
answer. How long would it take the repair
shops and gas stations to stop that idea?
Another problem which probably
faces bus officials, although there have
been no figures published to this effect, is
the operating expense of the large buses
now in use. If the passenger load were
what it was expected to be, then of
course these large vehicles would be in
order. But, if the past couple of weeks is
a true barometer, then these buses are not
what our system needs. Smaller jitney
buses, much like those used in beach
areas, may be the solution. They don't
seat very many, granted, but their
operating expense would, more likely
than not, be small enough to better
compensate for the light passenger load
exhibited in this system.
At any rate, the bus system is
invaluable to this area and should be
preserved. The mayor and his commission
may have lost the first battle, but this
doesn't call for surrender. Instead, it
demands a change in strategy and a strong
second effort.
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with Chuck waht music is all about,
feeling and delivery.
The J. Geils Band is one of the tightest
blues rock bands around. I sincerely hope
they do a number with Muddy Waters. If
this happens, it will surely put true blues
fans into a swoon. The Allman Brothers,
whom you did not even mention, are
bound to be really good. Duane Allman
played with Eric Clapton on his highly
successful album, "Layla." If he's good
enough for Clapton . . . need I say more?
Maybe the above mentioned artists
don't play your kind of music; that's
okay. You are only showing your
ignorance, however, when you say they
aren't "heavy." I heard rumors that we
could have gotten Grand Funk and
Santana. Doesn't that tick you off? -
John Pike
729 James
Ecology program
is everyone's
To the Editor:
The UNC faculty in the natural
sciences is at present witnessing the
development of an undergrad program in
ecology. But there are those, especially in
the social sciences, who are skeptical, and
there is also a huge group on this campus
(called the students) that is unaware of
such plans, and which has little say, if
any, in the shaping of its education in this
critical area.
Such a major is fine, but for whom?
At this point in time there is no reason
whatsoever to limit ecological training to
those seeking a biologically oriented
career. But that is as far as our
academicians apparently can see. It
should be obvious by now that our
relationship to the rest of the
environment, and ultimately the quality
of life, will be determined mainly by the
foresight and judgment of planners,
engineers, politicians, lawyers,
businessmen, journalists, health officials,
etc. Students preparing for these
positions need, desire, and have a right to
the study of ecology just as does a
biologist, for instance. A core of
well-planned courses constituting a minor
in ecology should be available for those
students from any discipline who are
concerned about what is happening to;
our environment. If wise decisions are
going to be made, a sound basis ,
(biological and social) from which to
interpret and understand environmental
issues must become more widespread in
our society.
Ecology is everyone's science, lt is one
thing to call il "interdisciplinary," and
another to mean it.
Tony Povilitis
Environmental Sciences