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Opinions cf The Daily Tar Heel -are expressed on its editorial pae.
All unsigned editorials are the opinions cf the editor. Letters and
columns represent only the opinions of the individual contributors.
Harry Bryan, Editor
Friday, April 30. 1971
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A bill has been introduced in the
North Carolina Senate that would
prohibit the funding of The Daily
Tar Heel out of student fees.
The sponsor of that bill, Sen.
Julian Allsbrook (D-Halifax), said,
students should not be forced to
pay for The Daily Tar Heel,
pointing out that a recent Insight
article on homosexuality was the.
last straw. ;
"I thought it was as rank of:
pornography as the public should
be subjected to," Sen. Allsbrook
said Thursday. "It is not the type
of material that should appear in a
paper, and I don't think the
students should be subjected to it."
Rep. Julian Fenner, (D-Nash)
reiterated Sen. Allsbrook's
statement, saying, "I don't think
things like that are necessary. I
don't believe that pornography and
filth should be published even
though I believe in freedom of the
press."
; As far as the article itself is
concerned, there is absolutely no
legal ground for terming it
pornographic, and, clearly, by any'
precedent in the United States it
was-not obscene.
The homosexuality Insight dealt
with a reality that exists both on
this campus over the country, V i
Primarily through the Gay
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The Merzbacher Reforms and those
recently enacted by the Office of
Innovative Studies are both faT too
conservative in the face of modern
educational needs. Anyone acquainted
with the situation presently attaining in
North Carolina's public schools is aware
of the burden which our universities will
be called upon to assume in the near
future. Statespeople and many here
within the University are not certain that
North Carolina's institutions of higher
education are prepared lo meet the needs
of those who will be ripped untimely
from the womb of the public school
system and thrust into the universities.
The universities will have to take a much
more active role in each student's
education in the near future, even as they
should bo doing so now.
Recent -criticism of higher education
by state officials has not been wholly a
matter of political self-interest. Much of
it is pertinent and well-considered. In a
speech lo the local Faculty Club this
year. N.C. Attorney -General Rohert
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Liberation Movement, newspapers
and magazines throughout the
United States have been studying
and reporting on the subject of -homosexuality.
The Daily Tar Heel feature on
the subject was merely an
investigation of how prevalent
homosexuality is on this campus
and a look at the life and
personality of the homosexual
student at this University.
Everything in the feature was
factual, and nothing was intended
to be obscene or pornographic.
The issue ! ; of whether or not
students should be forced to fund
The Daily Tar Heel is the same one -that
arose 'on this campus last
spring. The Committee for a Free
Press initiated a student body
referendum, asking students to vote
against funding the DTH.
However, they were ' defeated,
4,817 to 1,078 as students
overwhelmingly voted to continue
the funding of the DTH.
The moral right of the Staee
Legislature to control the Student
Activity Fee is; itself in question in
this issue. '
The Student Activity Fee," which
comes out of the compulsory fees
every student pays each semester, is
a tax that students Have always
chosen to have levied on themselves
to be appropriated by Student
Legislature to organizations serving
the student body.
The present fee of $18 per
undergraduate' per year was
requested by the'" student body
following a campuswide
referendum in 1954 and approved
by the Board of Trustees.
That money is the students'
money and it is up to them or
their duly elected representatives
to allocate it to those organizations
that provide services for the
campus.
Sen. Allsbrook and Rep. Fenner
have said; they do not feel that
students should be forced to fund
The Daily Tar Heel, and
presumably they have the student's
interests in mind.
They must realize, however, that
last year students voted to continue
the funding of the DTH and are not
being forced into anything.
Members of the General
Assembly should keep this in mind
when Seru Allsbrook's bill comes to
a vote.
Morgan requested a reconsideration of
the publish-or-perish dogma: "Of course,
I realize that research is important to the
life of, every- professor-it may not even
be possible to have good teaching without
it . . . But 1 also believe that 'publish or
perish-, is not a faultless doctrine, for it
causes professors not only to develop
narrow interests but often causes them to,
neglect their students and to view
classroom teaching as a necessary evil."
Governor Scott, in an address before
the 50th annual meeting of the North
Carolina Association of Colleges and
Universities on November 5th, drew
'faculty attention to curriculum reform:
in calling for a re-examination of the
curriculum, for a search for more
interesting ways of 'leaching, and for an
emphasis on the individual and his
development, the students are on firm
ground. They are only saying what the
most thoughtful educators have said for
years." -
The Governor asked: "If these
criticisms are sound, why is it that oh "so
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Writer and female liberation advocate
Gloria Steinera was scheduled to make an
appearance on the UNC campus early this
week. Unfortunately Miss SteLnem
suffered a back injury causing her to
cancel her entire spring tour.
"Both men and women have back
problems," said Miss Steinem of her
injury.
Yes, ma'am, it takes two to tango.
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"Scene four, take one." Clack.
The soft steady , whir of film passing
through a camera begins; then comes the
concerted strumming of two guitars,
followed quickly by the pleasing vocal.
In front of the two singers is .a fores
of mike stands; one each for the house
PA, and two each for the audio on the
film guitar and vocal each.
All around the stage, situated in one
corner of a small concrete room, are
cameras and tripods, light stands with
their hot white lights, yards and yards of
wiring leading to the cameras and to the
audio unit off to the right, stuck between
the stage and one of the tall speakers of
the house PA system. From that speaker
comes the low-key tune that was going on
film as well.
"Going down from Boston . . . " The
two voices ... very nice ... cameras
whirring . . . room still and quiet except.
Leaning into the tripod camera, arm
across it, hands deftly maneuvering .its
lens, eye intently pressed into the
viewfinder, Winston films the scene.
From the side, out of the eye of the
main camera, a mobile cameraman shoots
close-ups of faces and guitars.
"Okay, that's good." Winston steps
from behind his camera and begins setting
up for the shot. Alex and Douglas leave
the stage as Winston and his crew pull the
mikes down to the floor.
many campuses so little has been done? It
is not as if the suggestions were
brand-new . . . Experience has shown that
studies by faculty members have all too
often resulted in a rearrangement of
course requirements, rather than in a
rigorous re-examination of course content
or of teaching methods. Nor have many
of these faculty studies beyond the
curriculum gone to consider the
education of the student in a larger
context""
Perhaps the most thoughtful and most
constructive speech on the subject of
curriculum reform was that delivered by
Dr. Cameron West. Chairman of the State
Board of Higher Education. Dr. West, in a
speech delivered February 26th to the
American . Association of University
Professors, attributed the present
structure of higher education to the 19th
century influence of German universities
and maintained the present structure
needed not just management reform but a
curricular revolution. "You must have
realized by now that I am joining a
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have rejected a plan to release SI 30,000
in student activity fees to the school. This
means the state must give the school the
money it needs to operate efficiently, say
student leaders.
The Kansas state legislature cut the
University's budget by $220,000 last
week. The University had appealed to the
students to transfer some of the student
activity fee money to help the University
meet the crisis. .
The students defeated the proposed
move by a vote of 2,151 to 1,878.
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Someone produces a beer which is
passed and someone on the crew begins
to set pieces of a drum set out on the
stage. Others appear and begin moving
amplifiers and producing electric
instruments. Douglas comes back into the
club itself from the bar area with his
guitar, now equipped . with an electric
pick-up and a new string. Winston has left
his cameras to set up his drums; two
other guys are tuning their instruments.
Out in the club itself, couples and
stags sit sipping cold beer and watching,
waiting for the return of the music.
On stage, the rumble of the bass and
sharp twang of guitars make up the
caucaphony of an electric group tuning
in.
Off-stage, the camera crew makes
ready.
Back on-stage, an audio man trying to
get a level gets in the way of musicians
trying to get a level, themselves; neither
seems to mind the other.
"Scene four, take two." Clack!
This time the sound is not so soft and
easy. It is loud, hard and driving. People
watching rock gently in their seats, their
beer sloshing rhythmically in their glasses,
some eyes closed, some intently on the
foursome now playing, some on the
camera crew. Film whirs softly still
through the camera. Mikes now are in
frort of amps and over drums as well as
worldwide group that is dissatisfied with
the system of values promulgated by
specialized education.' I have emphasized
the necessity and. the great worth of the
productive, specialized scholar, but I am
denying that his values should be
superimposed upon the. whole scheme of
higher education. I am urging greater
concentration upon the humane values,
less specialization, more generalization,
more multi-disciplinary and
interdisciplinary work, and better and
more enduring questions than the
individual disciplines have in the past
allowed themselves to ask."
An element common to these
criticisms has been the L charge that
universities must lake a more active role
in . the field of value experience. Mr.
Morgan asserted "It is obvious. J think,
that the university today cannot limit
itself to the discovery and dissemination
of information or to the teaching of
vocational techniques. It must, to some
extent, be the moral and ideological
conscience of our nation."
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I want to compliment the Carolina
Choir for what I understand was a fine
performance W ednesday night in Daytona
Beach, Fla.
The -Choir was in Daytona Beach
performing as the "Honor Choral Group"
of the entire southeast at the Music
Educators National Conference.
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in front of Douglas and the others in the
group who sing. The audio man twists
one of the dials on his board ever so
slightly; too much rhythm guitar, makes
the sound too dark. Douglas sings, now
and then his bassist joins in. The sound is
clean and complete; there is applause at
the end, and more beer all around.
As the cameras and mikes and cords
and stands and lights are packed into
their cases, the music
continues . . . Douglas and his group.
Alex picks up his guitar and waves from
the door, the camera equipment follows
shortly thereafter.
The club has filled by this time and
the music continues . . .Mr.
Bojangles . . . Day Tripper . . . the hat is
passed, quarters and dimes . . . Troubling
Mind . .... For". What. It's'
Worth . . . Tennessee Stud a broken
string ... a few instrumentals . . . then
Dream Baby, All I Have To Do Is Dream,
Memphis . . . last call, one more song and
one more beer.
A very low-key but driving
performance . . . the entire group seated
on stools, playing, singing.
Tables are cleared and the hassles of
packing instruments and equipment,
jokes and "can I get a ride home?"
Hat money is divided and a trip to
Roy's agreed upon.
Until next time.
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Dr. West surmised that modern
students are interested in "the enduring
humane values, but . their education,
urging them toward objective scholarship,
by and large avoids value judgments. The
avoidance of value judgments is in itself a
value judgment, and from the viewpoint
of many students it is a poor one. Therein
lies the basis for their continuing and
frequently justified charge of
irrelevance."
These pressures for reform are not
wholly analogous to student demands in
this area though they are not
contradictory. Whereas most student
pressure seems directed toward the
removal of standards and requirements,
the suggestions of Dr. West, by
substituting a more subjective evaluation
of a student's whole experience at the
university for a fragmented assessment
based on hours and unrelated course
achievements, would place a much greater
responsibility not merely on the student
but the faculty as well. Because these
criticisms emphasize emulation of the
humane values over scholastic
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members.
N.C. Gov. Robert Scott went to New
York Vednesday to see the world
premiere of the motion picture "North
Carolina, the Goodliest Lar.J."
According to The Durham Sun, "The
motion picture version of this popular
film will be shown in 20 New York
theaters. Afterward it will be seen
throughout the United States in some
500 United Artists Theaters."
The article did mention, however, that
"the motion picture version of this
popular film" had been shortened from
28 minutes to 10 minutes before the
premiere.
Jubilee has arrived. Today begins the
first of three days of relaxation for most
UNC students. I just want
everyone whether you're staying for
Jubilee or going to the beach -have a
good time.
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To the editor:
As Popeye would say, 'That's all I can
stand, I can't stands no more."
I have watched myself become an
instant villain because I dared to question
. the supreme goodness of jubilee. But up
from the campus has arisen a
True-Believer, a Protector-of-the-High-Sacraments
of jubilee, our own little
"alexander taylor." He has saved the
world from the menace of malignant Pitt
Dickey. Right on! little al. You sent the
scoundrel running back to the safety of
his weejuns.
Little "al taylor" saved jubilee not by
making positive remarks supporting it but
by a personal attack on Mr. Dickey, who
because he belongs to a Fraternity can
obviously have no intrinsic worth as all
Right-Thinking-People know.
Little "al taylor" seems to be
undergoing some type of identity
crisis perhaps puberty. He seems to be
ashamed of his real name since he refuses
to use it.
There is no "Alexander Taylor" listed
in by the university or in Chapel Hill. The
first letter he wrote was written with the
intention of misleading the campus with
this false name. What inner need this
satisfied for him, one can only guess.
I don't know if this same individual is
the poor cretin who called me claiming to
Represent The Freaks-on-South-Campus
and suggested an unusual sexual act, but I
feel these two gentlemen are of a kindred
spirit.
One word more on Jubilee. The "in"
thing for Music-Experts on campus to do
is to sneer at anyone who is plebian
enough to dislike Muddy Waters or Chuck-;
Berry and to mumble something about
how much these two men have influenced
everyone. May I submit that Billy
Graham and Pope Paul have influenced a
lot of people but I wouldn't want to hear
them sing either.
Keep up the good work, "little al." I
hear the seventh grade class at Chapel Hill
Elementary School wants you to speak at
their class picnic.
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professionalism and vocational training,
they pre-suppose a much closer
assocation between faculty, students, and
an administration acting in an educational
rather than a managerial capacity.
Radical reform is possible now that
disruptions within the University have
abated, and the needs of the state and of
"students demand th3t it be accomplished
soon. If such alterations are made
piece-meal, as seems presently to be the
case, they will appear to be merely
responses to pressure. These reforms must
be undertaken as a complete reassessment "
of the University's purpose and must
involve not merely a single commission
but the University conceiving itself as an
academic community. Not merely the
range of courses but the goals and
achievements of each 'course must be
evaluated. Most importantly, if the new
program is to obtain not merely passive
acceptance but active commitment,
reforms must be bound to a clearly
enunciated and constantly debated
philosophy of the goals and purposes of
higher education.