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Hoivie Carr Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expresseu on its editorial p2ge. All unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editor. Letters and columns represent only the opinions of ihe individual contributors. H:irry Bran. Editor ' Friday, October Tuition increases can only do harm Watts Uiil Jr.. : iiv-.i-.hjr ot in state i mi t ll 'ilur I c'u.jlio;) and one ol th. proponents ol (IcconsolidutKin in the -tatev.ide restruetiirin.L' battle, has come up with an impractical plan tor acquiring scliolurohip arid loan grant funds lor North Curolinu students. Hill's idea is to increase tuition at all state-supported universities S200 per year. I hat. supposedly, is going to help put more students through school, but in actuality it will do more harm than good. Instead of helping students it will only hurt them and. in the end. prove more expensive. The burden will fall the heaviest on out-of-state students. Because of tuition increases passed this fall by the North Carolina General Assembly, out-of-state tuition rates in N.C schools will be among the highest in the country next year. This year out-of-state students are paying S 1.300. and next vear it will be $f.8()0. Some out-of-Mate students are already considering transferring to cheaper schools next year, a move ahr Daily aar ffirrl 7S Years of i'.dn, ru! l-'ivedom Harry Bryan, Lditor Mike Purik'll Managing Ed. Doug Hall News Editor Lou Bonds Associate Ed. Lana Starnes .... Associate Ed. Mark Whicker Sports Ed. Ken Ripley .... Feature Editor JimTavIor Night Editor Bob Wilson Business Mgr. Paddi Hughes Adv. Mgr. Evans Witt .Restructuring (Editor's iutc: This is the first in a three part series .-; dee(ns(i!idjlin the ConS( lidjteJ ( 'niversitv. I Over the past nine months the twin topics of restructuring higher education and deconsolidating the Consolidated University have been on the front pages of state papers almost every day. There have been charges of waste and duplication in degree programs, of the necessity for one voice tor all of state higher education and of taking politics out of the state system of higher education. Plan after plan, proposal after proposal have been put forward by many educators, politicians, and just plain citizens in the state. But what does restructuring mean for the student at Chapel Hill? Will there be any difference for the average student whether the state system is managed by a single, powerful board or left the way it now is'.' As with many of the questions in this controversy, the effects of restructuring on the education at each state institution is far from simple and easy to answer. One of the first effects of the deconsolidation controversy was obvious on the Chapel Hill campus - Dr. j. Carlyle Sitterson is still Chancellor, although he was to retire September 1 of this year. The uncertainty over what type of situtation the new head of this campus would be put into forced Consolidated 22, 1971 that v.oukl have an ,eJ on North Carolina Another S200 in.r.a Ci i e . will .:d make their decisions that mi. vis easier. And an extra S200 will uUo make it tougher for instate students who are alreadv having a rough time paying their way through school. According to Hill, the monev for the extra scholarships needed will come from tuition payments made by students who can afford the increase. But with the extra money necessary to pay for the tuition increase being added to the present shortage in scholarship funds, there is no guarantee that any more funds will be generated. The means of distribution of the scholarship and loan grants could also hurt the student getting money from the state fund. In all probability the funds would be administered by the North Carolina Higher liducation Authority, which charges a total interest rate of 7'; per cent on all loans. The student forced to ask for financial aid to pay for the extra tuition would also be forced to p i $15 on that $ 200 loan. Students requesting financial aid would also have to put up with a bureaucratic statewide board in order to get his money. Instead of the personal service he would receive from a school's student aid office, he would deal with either a computer that would not understand his needs or a state employe who would be too far away from him to provide any personal assistance. If Hill wants more students to have the opportunity to attend college, he should be working for lower tuition rates rather than increases in the present rates. As William Goer, director of the UNC Student Aid Office, has said, "North Carolina will never be able to raise enough money for all students to attend college through scholarships."' The only way. then, is to eliminate tuition charges and make up the difference in taxes. Only then will Hill's coals be achieved. Lmiversity President William C. Friday to delay naming a new chancellor. So, Dr. Sitterson is still head of the pride of the state higher education system. The confusion over the future of this campus in particular coupled with the lame duck nature of Sitterson's situation has stalled many trends and projects on the campus this year. For example, the question of the recognition of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation as a separate student government would most probably have been decided by the end of this semester if a new chancellor had taken office September 1. As it is now. the issue will most probably languish until a student referendum is held or a new head administrator takes office. This Is not to criticize Chancellor Sitterson. He is merely attempting to defer decisions that would best be left to the new chancellor, since the new chancellor will have to act on the basis of those decisions. But restructuring - deconsolidation has stalled the making of these decisions. Another aspect of the question of the effects of deconsolidation on the students involves budgets and programs. Does it really make any difference to the students if the budgets are appropriated on a "line-item" basis or on a "lump sum" basis? Once again it will not have a direct effect cm students. The most obvious example o! t he- olice Gar.ge-ter are very big this reason. Two the h:gge;t rr. or. e making nones of . y-.ar. -Shan" ar.d "The Anderson res." hi-.-.- dealt with the decline of the 7- ;:.-.! ped Italian nobster. one with the v:.e of black pow er and the other with : -Jitters need to get in on a little :a action." to go along with the rbage collection fees and loan sharking. Mario Puzo's "The Godfather," a book hi.h 4old eight million copies, has been .Je into a movie by Paramount and will r-Jea-cd -round Christmas. And the t i m a t e arbiter of Establishment r.r.vs-." Time magazine, devoted a cover r to gangster-activist Joe Colombo ter he was canned down in New York As :f all this were not enough, two ew n m-fution books have come out this ear about the Mob. One of them. Gay J-e "II mor Thy Father." concerns xjj-'U. ffcACtt TUOSE ooCc uhAP-ruoUS TcOlToS. tfru RA5H -rooRKOJ- Letters to the PIRG will rely on I o the editor: In the last week's Daily Tar Heel, an article by the "Other People' appeared cri tizing the North Carolina Public Interest Group entitled "Please Say Please, Not Fees." The article suggested that the funding for PIRG should not come from student fees, but rather from private contributions. Paradoxically, it is important to realize that PIRG's goals are actually the same as those expressed by the "Other People.' PIRG efforts are aimed directly at freeing citizens from the grasp of corporate powers in any form which abuse both the environment and the consumer. However, PIRG's strongest effect is directed at making government (state, local, quasi collegiate) bureaucracies responsive to the citizens they serve. The paradox arises then, with the fact that in order to achieve our goals, PIRG must use pragmatic means which, unfortunately, are in part hypocritical. risk program control aspect is that the proposed marine sciences program for UNC had been agreed upon by the University (This too, however, is being held up by the restructuring controversy.). All that was necessary to implement the program was to get the funds from the General Assembly. Under the two most prominent proposals, a central board would have complete program control. This is essentially the same control the Consolidated University exercises over the Chapel Hill and five other campuses. It would mean that the new board would have the power to abolish the one year medical school at Fast Carolina. The new board - whether 32 man or 100 man - would also have the power to make the FCC med school a full three y ear program. It students were interested in a new program, the changes in structure could make a difference in the establishment of the program. If the students were in a program cancelled by the board, the student would be very much involved in the changes. For example, if the board decided the art program at UNC-G and Chapel Hill were duplicating each other and wasteful, it could order the one at Chapel Hill closed. Wiiat would art students at Chapel Hill think of that? Depending on the nature of the board which finally takes control of hieher called Mill 6Mr. the modem, second-generation gangster, as personified by Bill Bonano. The secend book concerns itself with exactly the opposite; the cld-time gangster. Al Capone. In the 394 pages of "Capone." former Chicago newspaperman John Kobler has done the best job of anyone in examining the career of Al Capone, the gangster -o so powerful that Chicago reformers had to come to him. hat in hand, to ask him to allow a fair election for the candidates who wanted to destroy him. "I've been blamed for crimes that happened as far back as the Chicago fire." he once said of his notoriety. Bom in Brooklyn of Neapolitan immigrants in 1899, Capone was brought to Chicago in 1920 by another transplanted New Yorker, John Torrio. "the father of modem American gangsterdom" When Torrio decided to THE R KENT editor The question therefore comes to this; which is more important achieving our goals which would benefit every student (and every person in the community) or being so absolutely rigid in our beliefs that it would effectively remove all hopes for success. But before you choose, let's weigh both sides carefully. The process of correcting a pollution problem requires research, documentation and perhaps court action. A company can afford lawyers, lobbyists and scientists to cover up this abuse. To deal effectively with a corporation or regulatory agency, we must be able to match their expertise on an even level. A firm and steady financial base is absolutely imperative in any effort to free citizens from pollution, consumer fraud and discrimination. To establish this financial base, N.C. PIRG is asking each student to asses himherself $1.50semester through an addition to his student fees. This fee will be different name education and on how much power that board has, the quality of instruction at Chapel Hill could be affected. If the board favors innovative programs and new alternatives in teaching methods, teachers of the highest quality would continue to be attracted to Carolina and other state schools. On the other hand, a highly political board w hich reacts with budget cuts on programs involving radical or liberal professors and students could drive excellent professors from the campus. Although the student at Chapel Hill in 1971 may not see any changes whatsoever from restructuring in his education, the value of his degree from Carolina is related to the continued excellence and national reknown of the school. If the restructuring leads to a spread of mediocrity across the entire state sy stem. Chapel Hill will be pulled down from its current position in educational excellence. The student who is proud of Chapel Hill and wishes to continue in that pride for the University and its heritage through which he learned, the continued excellence of education here is paramount no matter what structure that excellence continues and prospers under. Tt 'morrow: What are the rcasnns Jor the attaeks on the ConwlidateJ University in this restructuring struggle and sin mid the CU he presett ed ') 4 rich that its e:. mated pa c:f to the Chiccgo police force a, one came to $?0.0-Xk000 annua'.!-. C a pone's phtical mf.uence even pervaded the p-.-s Uh-n ro :f :h: a::-v Terry Gruggar. a-d Fran vie Uke. l2-i. a reporter called up Cock Cou-: J ad fr an interview with one of them. When the reporter aked to peak to Dr-ggn. the ;.i..er calm!;, told him. "Mr Dr-ggan isn't in toxiay " How abo..: Lake, the reporter aok-ed "Mr la'e "o ha J n appointment downtown." the taher explained. The": be hk after dinner." Another time some overccalcus rookie cops looking for an escaped fugitive broke iio an apartment belonging to a Capone-affdiated South Side gang. Thev didn't find the criminal, but they did confiscate the gangsters" large arsenal When the rookies showed the haul to their captain, he ordered them to return it immediately. After they came back f'cm returning the guns, the ahen-faced captain told his men that Capone had called, and if they wanted to keep the:: iobs. they'd belter go talk to him. "I understand our captain wasn't to dame, that you boy s just made a mistake. " an amiable Capone told the repentent police in his hotel suite. "All right. I'm going to give you a break. But don't let it happen again." Capone's gang, though,, was not the only one operating in Chicago. Chief among his rivals was the North Side gang, whose loaders had an average hie expectancy of about two years after assuming command. When one of the North Siders was kicked to death by a rented horse he was riding through the park, the gang sent out a death squad to get the animal. Late that night the horse's owner received a telephone call. "We taught that horse of yours a lesson," the voice said. "If you want the saddle, go get it." The North Siders" second leader. Hymie Weiss, had served as a slugger during the Chicago newspapers" circulation wars, and when he was killed in 1925, a reporter was sent out to interview his brother Frank, who had been a driver for a rival newspaper. student from other student fees because each student will retian a voice as to the use of his money. To begin with, this fee must be approved by a majority of students before it can be enacted. PIRG proposes a petition campaign to gain this approval. Each individual has the option of withholding his support in his decision to sign the petition. If the fee is approved by students, then the administration and finally the trustees, there are several more provisions to insure the student's influence over use of the money. First and foremost is the refund mechanism. If a student disagrees strongly with PIRG objectives or activities, he may simply withdraw his financial support by asking for a refund which will be promptly paid in good faith. In providing for a refund of this assessment, PIRG has gone far beyond any other similarly funded organization on this campus. Taking a considerable risk, PIRG is betting its very existence on student support. There is little or no burden on the student comparable to the burden on PIRG to prove its worth and establish its objective to the satisfaction of the student body. A student. still controls the use of the funds even after petition approval. The governing body of N.C. PIRG will be determined by the election of a local board. From this local board, representatives will be chosen to represent UNC on the regional board consisting of representatives from each participating school in North Carolina. The regional board will control the financial and professional resources of PIRG directed toward specific problems. Beyond this election process, any student is able to voice his opinion by attending and speaking up at the open meetings of the local board or by phone or mail. Therefore, the ultimate control of the PIRG is vested in the students. In the past, student attempts at problem solving within society have been hampered by both a lack of continuity and of expertise. For example, the peace movement on college campuses tended to dissipate at the close of the school year but the war continued. The peace movement also seems to flounder because of a lack of direction toward institutional change. To remedy these obstacles. PIRG is attempting a more sophisticated approach to solving problems. PIRG will use the fees to hire a full time staff or professional public interest advocates. This staff will consist of lawyers, scientists, economists and political scientists to work exclusively on consumer, environmental and discrimination problems throughout the state. Since this group is both full time and professional, it will alleviate the lack of continuity and of expertise. No professional will work with only the hope of King paid, which is the retire in 125. Cap-ore asu: 9 -I sav him o-! or.ee in the k :f-:v ears." Frank evss ford:.. r,;i.::;j w.;.kjr - That ! The continuing ar between Capo-.:: and the North Siders culminated tn the famed St. Valentine's Da massacre 't02. when o en North. Ssders mavh.ne-gunned in a garage b h -o.; dressed as Iicemen. One cancoe- Frank Guscnberg. survived long eo to be taken to hosrital where he IV.. i. i You'd be dead m a few r Frank, the police told him. Tell us 4,4 - -5 I . , " 1 - . f K v-w ; v , . I ... v . - "I ain't no copper." gasped ti.iscrb;--; w.th his final breath. When North S.de chief Bugs Mo-- with a qu.ck statement ' "O Capo kills like that." The next dav Capone. who w.: cono.enienth vacationing in I'ionda. .- asked who he thought w as resp--r.c;ble f o the murders. "The or.lv man who kills Uke that Bugs Moran." replied. ll uas the St Valentine's I:, massacre, though, that finally spurred th. government into -ction. and Capo-e eventually convicted of income tax evasion. Some Chicagoans. though, had w anted to deal with Capone m a less sophisticated manner. One of them was chief of detectives ill. am O'Connor "Men. the v,ar is on." he instructed his forces m 1925. "It is the uish of the people of Chicago that vou hunt these criminals dwn and kill them without mercv. Shoot first and chvnn to kill... When 1 arrive on the scene, mv fvpe will be fulfilled if you have shot off the top ot their car and killed every criminal iiide " OConnor. it seems, uas ore i f the early dicciples of wh.at Mo!m I a:rd calN "'preventive react i. n." To put it simply . "Capone" is a great book. It hasn't come out in pjperb.K yet. but when it does, be sure to read if It's as complete an account as you'll ever read, not only of the K armg 'Twenties, but of the man who once admitted "I'm an ali right guy. Sure I cl a racket. So's everybody. M-.st guys hurt people. 1 don't hurt nobody. Only them that get m mv wav ." support problem if PIRG relics s4eiy "r. contributions. It one ; to hire professionals, one must be uHe to guarantee them a pay -check. PIRG mu .t have a stable financial base, which is bet obtained through a student fee. PIRG offers to students at tho university the opportunity to be an effective voice in the state and in the nation. It otters a constructive medium through which major problems can be confronted. No one is guaranteeing an., panacea tor public voice but in view of it s vast potential and in the energy shown b students thus far on the Duke. Greensboro. N.C. State and Chapel Hill campuses, an effort must be made. Bob Beevi Peter BurU Bill Cobh PIRG COORDINATORS Peaceful feeling is loving people To the editor: I am writing in response to S'jr.o. Mcllwam and all the Jesus-freaks of the world. Generally, Jesu -.-freaks d -n": bother me, but there is one thing tha" really should be pointed out to them t add fullness to their beliefs. Mi-. Christians tend to .ay, as said by Mo Mcllwam, ". . . Christ is the only one wh can give this precious peace He's th 'One Way.'" I agree that the love : Christ gives some people that "p.-uei .' feeling," but after one learns to love, hiro (Him?), you can learn to love others. -e t even yourself. We do need unity. But, I would al'.er one word of the Christian philosophy. - o can find unity together in man. in the love of mankind. I find that wonder:..' feeling of inner peace in loving people Loving people appears more substantia than loving a concept of dogma. Don'' make people wary by using unccrtar terms. Love each other. That is all th--Ken was say ing. CBGam. 404 Grime The Daily Tar Heel accepts letters to the editor, provided they are typed on a 60-space line and limited to a maximum of 300 words. All letters must be signed and the address and phone number of the writer must be included. The paper reserves the right to edit all letters for libelous statements and good taste. 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