Thursday, August 5, 1971 The Tar Heel 5
Charles Jeffries
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iro-watch. craze wide
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse was the
first personality to have his picture
engraved on the face of a watch. But it
took almost twenty years before Spiro
Agnew, with a personality as dynamic as
Mickey's, became the second famous
person to be inducted into the ranks of
watch-dial stardom.
Now, the 4,YouName-It,
We'll-Make-It" Co. of Creedmoor,
Venezuela and Siberia, Ltd. has released a
new line of watches which promise to be
Bruce Sampson
just as popular as the Mickey and the
Spiro models.
Mere then is a preview of the new
models this internationally known
company has released to the members of
the press:
Model 34-5 The Lester Maddox. The
Lester Maddox watch features axe
handles for minute and second hands and
for $6.89 extra you can get an alarm that
cries "Nigger, Nigger!" every half hour.
Model 34-6 Th6 Pentagon. This model
is shaped like the Pentagon, but it has one
fault; it won't tell you the time because
the dial is stamped "Top Secret."
Model 45-8 The President Nixon. The
President Nixon is constructed of a new
plastic (which until further tests are
made, seems to be highly unstable) and
features a picture of Henry Kissinger.
Model 46-9 The Daniel Ellsberg. Made
from old New York Times newspapers,
this watch gives you the time before the
watch actually shows it.
Model 34-2 The Huey Newton. This
watch comes with two black fists for
UNC blackness needs help
The blackness that gripped this campus
in the year 1969 has all but died out. The
political and cultural black has become
the intellectual and bourgeoise black. The
willing workers of the black community
have become the freeloaders of the black
community. What could have caused this?
In an environment such as the
University of North Carolina, a black
student is lost to the outside world of
blackness. The only contact that most
black students of this campus have with
other black students is that of academic
or social natures. There are no cultural
"rap" sessions, no political theories or
any of the "blackness" that dwelt on this
campus two years ago.
What is the BSM doing about this?
What can it do? The BSM is an
organization of students operating on a
meager sum of money. It is not up to the
BSM to do anything about this; it is up to
the individual student.
The black students of this campus
know that they are mere islands in a sea
of whiteness. It is their duty to guard
their identity. No one but they
themselves are capable of adjusting to the
environment in which they have chosen
to matriculate.
Blackness is not dead. It is merely a
sick friend that is in dire need of some
sort of wonder drug. that can revive it.
The black students of this campus are in
possession of this cure and must
administer this drug if true blackness is to
be saved.
POWER TO BLACKNESS
hands and cries "Right On!" at ten
minutes to the hour.
Model 56-0 The N.C. General
Assembly. This special watch gives you
the time every other year and is ranked
47th among tests conducted on the other
state legislature watches on the market.
Model 32-7 The Female Liberation.
Features include a clenched fist within a
female symbol. Watch has one drawback;
every 28 days it stops working and starts
again five days later.
Model 67-3 The University. This
model features a dial made of hand-laid
bricks with blades of grass protruding
through them. Like most watches in the
collection this one has a slight
malfunction; it has more numbers on it
than the dial can hold.
Model 1 1-1 The Vietnam. The top line
watch for military buffs and U.S.
Senators, this watch is made of old shell
casings and no matter what you do to it,
it runs on and on and on
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Letters to the editor
Tuition increase draws gripe
To the Editor:
The' tuition increase recently passed by
the North Carolina legislature will
directly affect several thousand
out-of-state students, and indirectly
affect every student and faculty member
on this campus. For most students the
cost of education is as important in
choosing a school as academic excellence
or geographic location.
The following compares annual
out-of-state tuition and fees at various
state-supported universities. UNC
competes with these schools,
academically or geographically or both,
to attract the best students:
UNC 1970-71: $1,127; UNC 1971-72:
$1,477; UNC 1972-73: $1,977.
Berkeley: $1,881; Michigan: $1,648;
Indiana: $1,490; Penn St.: $1,200;
Wisconsin: $1,150; South Carolina:
$1,130.
Ohio St.: $1,110; Virginia: $1,042;
Tennessee: $1,030; Kentucky: $980;
Florida: $975; Illinois: $964; Rutgers
(N.J.): $928;
Maryland: $854; Georgia: $765;
Massachusetts: $740; SUNY Albany:
$720; Connecticut: $705; Texas: $502.
(SOURCE: James Cass and Max
Birnbaum, Comparative Guide to
American Colleges: 1970-1971 Edition.
When more recent catalogues of the
individual universities have been available,
they have been used.)
(It should also be mentioned that
out-of-state students receiving fellowships
and assistantships will no longer be
awarded the right to pay in-state rates.
Thus, in two years the cost of education
for these students will increase, not $800
but $1,575.)
UNC's competitive in-state rates are
desirable and ought to be retained., For
out-of-state students, however, the bill
has pushed UNC from a competitive
position to one in which it may be priced
out of the market.
There is no danger that UNC's
enrollment will fall; the danger is that
fewer people will apply and ' that the
university will lose its selectivity. Once
the caliber of the students starts to drop,
the reputation of the school follows.
Even though you are earning your
degree at a time when UNC is one of the
top schools in the nation, you may find
that in ten years your degree has
devalued. That is why it is important for
every member of this academic
community, whether affected "directly"
or not, to seek to maintain the high
academic quality of his school.
One final point: a concentrated
letter-writing campaign, to newspapers,
parents and friends, could conceivably get
this law amended when the legislature
reconvenes in October. It may be
prudent, however, not to demand
complete repeal, but a smaller increase
extended over a longer period of time.
That way UNC could remain more
competitive, and students presently
enrolled would not suffer such a sudden
financial blow.
Sincerely,
Tony Reid
304 Laurel Hill Rd.
Chapel Hill
Alcohol God
helps reader
Dear Editor,
God came to me last night in the form
of a bottle of Gallo Sauterne. He told me
to reveal unto all the druggies that they
should give up weed, etc. (except M.D.A.)
for alcohol. Alcohol is the way. I should
note that alcohol isn't the answer, it's just
that with alcohol you realize there are no
questions.
Cheers,
Bob Pitts
237 McCauley Street
Beer stores
are attacked
To the editor:
I find it unfortunate that the local beer
and wine stores are refusing to extend
their hours to the maximum permitted by
the new state law.
Many local store managers have been
heard fussing about ABC agents when the
stores had to turn people away or hurry
them up at 1 1 :45 p.m. Of course, many a
beer drinker has been greatly frustrated
when he got the urge for a drink at
midnight or when he drove up to a store
at 1 1:46 p.m.
Now the law permits stores to seel beer
until 2 p.m. EDT. Unfortunately, not one
beer store has announced that it will stay
open until the new limit.
Most store owners are only willing
to say that they will sell after 1 1 :45 p.m.
only as long as people are there to buy.
What this means is that a person who
wants to buy beer still has to go to the
store at 11:45 f.m. if he wants an
assurance that he can satisfy his appetite.
Of course, there is still no guarantee
that a person that decided he wants beer
after 1 1 :45 can find any place open.
I think it's time that the local
merchants offer the service of being able
to buy beer af later hours to the people in
this town. Once everyone knows that
they can get beer until 2 a.m. the stores
will develop enough business to
financially justify the later hours.
Joseph Milkr
Garrett Road
Durham, N.C.
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