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Ben Steelman J i Li ( I Monday, November 24, 1975 Let it snow... Harbingers of Christmas are already upon us. University Mall' has had its Christmas decorations up for about a week. Merchants have put all available cash into building their inventories in anticipation of the holiday rush. Occasional radio ads feature a few Cole C. Campbell Editor 83 rd Year of Editorial Freedom wm mm Twelve years later, To the editor. Many people, including those who saw the program in Memorial Hall on "Who Killed JFK," or Mark Lane's presentation on the same subject last week at Duke, agree that several questions are still unanswered concerning the assassination of John Kennedy. On this, the twelfth anniversary of his murder and the beginning of the bicentennial, the American people should be given the answers to these questions. For those with a deep concern for that day in Dallas, there will be over the next week, four television productions on the JFK assassination: On Friday November 28 at 10 p.m., UNC television network will present David Susskind with "Who Killed John F. Kennedyr On November 25 and 26 at 10 p.m., CBS will present a two part report probing the assassination of President Kennedy. Hopefully these programs will shed some new light on this, one of our nation's greatest tragedies. McNair M. Ezzard 508 B.S. Greensboro St. Carrboro bars of time-worn Christmas music. Halloween has left us, but Christmas is on its heels. But nothing is as uplifting a sign of the semester's near end as nature's harbinger, the first snowfall. No matter how high the unread books, how long the unwritten papers, now complex the misunderstood problem sets, the first snow reminds us that beyond it all there are the holidays. Just as the release of preseason polls makes basketball fever epidemic, the first snow intensifies the longing for the day after that last exam. Episodic snowball fights, probably illegal under the honor code's physical assault regulations, erupt across campus as marauders from the several residence halls challenge one another and couples disintegrate briefly in a flurrious war of the sexes. But Carolina snows are often more ephemeral than the short-lived words from an editor's typewriter. Even as this newspaper is distributed, the snow may he fast disappearing into the winter earth. By Thanksgiving," Indian summer may return to plague those angry with the endless summer. By Christmas, this first snow may be only faintly remembered. And yet it has been refreshing, a renewal of hope that humid weather and gloomy academics may soon be left behind. For a while Sunday night, at any rate, somewhere on campus someone was probably whistling "Sleigh Bells." And in some far corner, surely a gleeful soul listened intently to the promise of. "White Christmas." Jim Grimsley Managing Editor Greg Porter Associate Editor Jim Roberts News Editor Robin Clark Features Editor Susan Shackelford Sport Editor Barnie Day Projects Editor Joyce Fitzpatrick Graphic Arts Editor Bates & campaign violations Editor's note: The following letter was submitted to the Daily Tar Heel news staff Wednesday night. With some points of fact the subject of dispute, the letter claims credit for the unsigned package on Bill Bates' campaign expenses delivered to the campus media 1 1 days ago. . To the editor. In view of recent events, particularly in the Daily Tar Heel, 1 feel compelled to break my silence on Bill Bates' alleged campaign violations. In the past weeks and days, Mike O'Neal has been engaged in research to document the need for higher student campaign spending laws. In the course of that research, Mike came across information which raised questions in his mind as to the legality of campaign expenditures made by one candidate: Bill Bates. Concerned over the implications of that information, Mike consulted several individuals as to what, if any, course of action should be taken in light of the information. As a member of the Student Attorney General's staff, 1 was one of those individuals contacted. Mike showed me a copy of Bill Bates' campaign spending report Our student body president's column of Nov. 20 ("Prisoners of petty concerns) strikes a sorry contrast to the excellent editorial series, "Student Leadership." (1 must be fair; once the DTH rises from the muck of partisanship" into the pure, clean air of theory, its diagnosis of the dilemmas of student government and the students' position is all too accurate.) . However, Bates frustrations over harassment by the Faculty Council and the bad ole CGC strike anyone who knows the situation as rather ludicrous. True, CGC has not been a particulary creative organ of government this year. Aside from crisis-related actions like the comptroller bill and the usual appropriations, about all it can claim for itself is the smoking ban referendum and the renewal of the Residence Unit Grant and Loan Fund (RUGLF). But in all fairness, legislative assemblies are seldom, if ever, innovative. It's their job to criticize proposals, be skeptical about them, yes, even cause the executive a little trouble once in a while. That's democracy. So why hasn't there been any "progress" in student government this year? The fault, dear Bill, lies not in the stars but in yourself. Amazingly, the Council even the O'Neal bloc has wholeheartedly supported Bill's proposals when they "look out for the whole university good" proposals like the stand against grade inflation or his advocacy of the student attorney. When Bill "declared war" in September on the administration which we interpreted to mean war on problems like "academics, housing, consumer and legal protection and student rights" we waited eagerly for a host of bills and resolutions to deal with these matters, coming from the President's office. Nothing came. When Bill would stop in town (he's been making a lot of personal appearances at other state campuses lately) and issue some press release opposing a library extension into a parking lot, or urging an increase in the activities fee we. waited for more bill proposals, an alternative parking plan Bobby Bischoff Blaug: On November 20, 1975, our school suffered an ultimate tragedy with the death of a great man, our dean, Seymour M. Blaug, the impact of whose death will affect the lives of innumerable people. In August of 1974, he entered the halls of the UNC School of Pharmacy. A stranger heralding from the University of Iowa, he took office as the new dean of our school. An unfamiliar face at first, he quickly made a place for himself in the hearts and lives of each and every individual he came in contact with. And he soon became one of the most admired, loved, and respected individuals ever to come into this school. Dean Blaug's involvement with our school was not in the form of a typical eight-hour work day. His work was a twenty-four-hour commitment for him, with his involvement in student, faculty and professional affairs. More than anyone probably realizes, Dean Blaug's life was totally devoted to working for the good of pharmacy. And as a result of this devotion, he was praised by students, faculty and practitioners here and all over the country. He was a unifying force for the faculty in the midst of divisions and differences among theories on for the runoff election and a receipt in the amount of $115.86 from Chase Printers. While Mike had no written verification, he further added that in a conversation with the Office Manager (Ms. Robinson) of Chase Printers she had informed him that Bates had encountered an additional $ 1 8 in alleged campaign expenses but that she had been asked to withhold, by Bates last spring, a copy of the additional $18 in expenditures. Personally concerned with the information 1 had heard, 1 asked Mike if he could produce the posters, platforms and other materials that Bill had used during his campaign that would substantiate such expenditures. At a later meeting, .he showed me numerous materials, posters, letters, etc. that had been used in the Bates campaign. When I asked Mike if he was willing to turn over any of the campaign materials from the runoff election he refused but said I was welcome to any materials used in the first election if 1 cared to pursue that election on my own. On my own initiative, I went to the public files in Suite C and secured a copy of Bill's campaign spending report. In addition, I went to Chase Printers. I received a statement from Ms. Robinson which included in writing the notation that (as some previous student body presidents have done), any sort of follow-up. Zip. Zero. Unlike Richard Epps' constitutional reforms, Ford Runge's Student Consumer Action Union and PIRG advocacy, or Marcus Williams Individual Rights Forum, Bill Bates has no single program, no single great activity which he can claim that his administration originated. The Student Bill of Rights (which passed CGC last year) and the student attorney are carry-over activities from other administrations. Programs which Bill has opened up in Suite C like the quiz file or the instant loan fund, while they have helped many students, were essentially taken over from other organizations: the Campus Program Council and the UNC Department of Student Life to be exact. In short, one major reason for the sad ( HKRD TO BELIEVE TS ALMOST D THAT TM Of YEAR ALKEMY Ymfl fcuna UU l WKY THEY C0MMD?ClM.lZvn) , rwi ( ( S loved because he cared departments, he reinstated confidence and hope when morales were at their lowest, and he always offered satisfaction and encouragement when students just didn't know which way to turn. His attitudes and his ideas, coupled with his amazing modesty and humility, created a new sense of unity here where there had only been confusion and disagreement. But this was only a beginning. His unfailing interest in student affairs led to his wholehearted support, guidance and participation in student activities. He stood behind Student Branches in all of its many activities. He attended the meetings, helped in money raising efforts, offered opinions, and acted as both a liaison between the students and faculty and as an outlet for them to air complaints. He assisted at all meetings concerned with student affairs. He worked closely with the curriculum committee to upgrade the quality of our courses. He fought for the addition of the Pharm D. program here at our school. He was very concerned about the State Board and was doing his best not only to modify the board to make it a representative test of what we should know as Kennedy an additional $18 had been paid by Bates. While studying the materials 1 had collected and the campaign materials I had been given, I proceeded to state what I believed to be violations of student campaign spending laws, including alleged overexpenditures and unreported campaign letters. This information was then sent out to the media. It was not then nor is it now my intention to mislead or deceive. 1 regret any unfair treatment which Mike O'Neal has received from the various media. Furthermore, information that has been brought to my attention since that time indicates that my interpretations involving part of the material have been unjustified. However, the essential nature of allegations involving Bill Bates' campaign expenditures remains unanswered. 1 know that information shedding light on these allegations is in the hands of other students on this campus. I would ask that any student who holds such information to bring it forth at this time. Finally, while I have regrets as to how it was communicated, I feel it is the right of the student body to be fully aware of all the information. Again, let me express my sincere regret for the unsupported innuendo, the target of state of Student Government this year has been an apparent sterility in the President's office a lack of creative new ideas, combined with an almost egomaniacal insistence on the breadth and sanctity of the President's powers. Like the car-chasing dog of the old joke, Bill has pursued power but does not seem to know what to do with it once it's in his hands. It's not that "petty concerns" have bogged the President's office down and prevented it from moving on to more important concerns. Bill has appointed an enormous office staff (we know, the Council confirmed all of them), much larger than any other presidential staff in current memory. Surely they should be able to handle the mundane jobs of lobbying members against whatever "threats" to the President's power exist, while he devotes his time to higher things. No, the problem is deeper. As long 'f A f' y, - . .4 IS 1 Hi. i is THE TiMETo BOY Trfo$e Books BLUE BOOKS fi: i t I U0-D5S professionals, but also to alleviate the students' fears of the exam itself. He created the system of individual advisors for each student, so that each person would have a one-to-one relationship with a faculty member to help him with his selection of courses and with other problems he might have. At a moment's notice he would prepare presentations for various courses, always striving to add to and upgrade the quality of our education. He worked very closely with the members of the externship notebook committee. His ideas for the improvement of the notebook exemplified his attitude about our education in general. He felt that we all deserve to get something out of our education if we work for it, and that we should get a well-rounded education as the basis for this, and he felt that a really good notebook was a definitive part of the educational process. Not only did he work for the students, but for the faculty as well. He felt that if he could do anything for them at all, no matter how small, that it was well worth his time, and they viewed him the same way the students did he was fair, understanding, friendly, likeable, uncanny at making decisions . . . assassination emerge which has been Mike O'Neal. I intend to seek through the existing student channels a resolution of this matter to see that justice is done. James Ashburn G-4 Kingswood Apts. Social fees To the editor. This letter is written in response to the survey on women's social fees which was circulated recently on campus. We are concerned about several points included in the survey. First, we feel that the survey is essentially biased in its presentation of the women's intramural managers' program. The survey implies that the majority of women were opposed to the idea of allocating money for the intramural program. Another point of objection is the statement that no other dorm officers are paid. Intramural managers are not dorm officers. They are not elected by the residents but are selected through the intramural office. Managers are not on the dorm senate nor do they have a vote. The managers are hired by and are responsible to the ago as last spring, the DTH criticized Bill for the relative narrowness of his platform, which concentrated primarily on fiscal issues and Suite C office efficiency. Apparently, the chickens came home to roost. It seems Bill has yet to learn the most important lesson of real leadership: that power lies in the man, not in the office. If he would like the Council and the student body to respect him and his position, and to give him strong support in his dealings with the Faculty Council, he must give us something to respect. Lead us, Bill! We're waiting for legislation, for resolutions, hard bargaining on academics, housing, anything for follow-up on things we've already passed by consent. We're waiting . . . we're waiting ... Ben Steelman is a senior history major from Louisburg, N.C. & r omly titfftNS twice a Year rr fE MN 136 CRArrlNC UAfb BEFORE EXArS , i Co NDAJ 5 ED LtTons ISTUOYHCTES f W r- r) . '-uU x x CVX.XNCI i 1 4 i and most of all a very modest and humble man. In the words of our assistant dean, "The guy was a beautiful man." Putting into words how we feel about a man who viewed fairness for all concerned as a primary goal, who did his level best to understand all sides of every dispute, whose door was always open no matter how busy he was, would be impossible for any of us to attempt. What can be said about a man w ith his unique qualities? Words cannot sum up the total man this man w ho gave his whole life for pharmacy. Dean Blaug could never be replaced. People who talked with him who asked him for advice will never forget how he would look you in the eye, bob his head and say yes no matter w hat their problem was. His accomplishments will be the beginning of new things for our pharmacy school. But most of all, we will always remember Dean Blaug because he cared. Bobby Bischoff is a senior in the school of pharmacy. Bischoff wrote the coSumn along with other students in the school of pharmacy. intramural office, not student government. We feel that the managers' program is necessary to build up women's intramurals. One reason that the men's program is so strong is that they have had managers to organize and coordinate the program for several years. It is too early to fairly judge the women's program. Although it may be argued that the men's program is stronger because of their high level of interest in sports, we feel that the women's program could be developed to a comparable level through the managers' program. A voluntary program is not going to permit the degree of support and control necessary to develop a strong organization. We can also see the necessity of a separate women's social fund, so we are advocating the allocation of funds for both functions. H ow ever, we would suggest to the women on campus that they make a decision on the issues involved they consider other sides of the question than those implied by the survey. Jane Brice 825 James Lolly Holmes 823 James Debby Landis 823 James ! I i 1- A A a ' & v J '4 - ----- J
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