Cold again It will be clear today with a high of 30. There is no chance of rain. The low last night was about 10. The high tomorrow will be about 45. Reefer madness One out of every three students is a regular pot smoker. In most cases, the University is closing its eyes to this. For more details, see the story on page 3. ffj Krrf f j iS- iS- i KISS B 1 II Volume No. 84, Issue No. 91 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Monday, February 7, 1977, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Please call us: 933-0245 Precedent bodes ill for ERA voting House denied suffrage in 1 920 by Laura Seism Staff Writer M embers of the N.C. House of Representatives will debate and vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) this week, but if their attitudes are similar to those of state legislators who considered the 19th Amendment more than half a century ago, many years will pass before the amendment is approved here. Back in August 1920, state legislators met in Raleigh in a special session to consider ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote. But the amendment was not passed until 1971 in North Carolina. Thirty-five states had already approved the amendment in 1920, and a favorable vote by North Carolina would have made suffrage the "law of the land." National attention focused here and in Tennessee, where the amendment was also being considered. Both the state Democrat and state Republican parties had endorsed the amendment in their platforms. Prominent politicians recommended ratification, and many state newspapers editorially endorsed it. Gov. Thomas W. Bickett also recommended approval saying the amendment's eventual passage was inevitable. The front page of the Raleigh News and Observer the Sunday before the vote by the legislature cited reasons to ratify the amendment: "Election costs not increased by equal suffrage," "Business women need the ballot," "Lowest infant death rate in countries having full suffrage rights for all" and "Twenty countries fall in line, but one state remains in way of America's taking her place in honor roll of the world." But North Carolina legislators did not relish the responsibility of giving women the right to vote. In a telegram signed by 63 of the 120 N.C. representatives, the North Carolinians warned members of the Tennessee General Assembly: "We will not ratify the Susan B. Anthony amendment interfering with the sovereignty of Tennessee and other states of the Union. We most respectfully request that this measure not be forced upon the people of North Carolina." Lobbyists for women's suffrage concentrated their efforts in Tennessee, where the legislature ratified the amendment Aug. 18, 1920. The next day, the N.C. House rejected the amendment, 71 to 41. North Carolina was the ninth state to reject the amendment. An editorial in the Raleigh News' and Observer the day after the unfavorable House vote noted, "The members of the House missed a great opportunity to serve their state." TYm A " A, : t V'"-' ?erfsv J Moon disciples solicit area J pifmn? vsrnm nsh nmsninr.& 77 "I & u mum mw & urn mum a Km y u mm a m u spr The "moonies" can be found just about everywhere. Among the favorite solicitation spots in Chapel Hill are downtown, Glen Lennox Shopping Center and University Mall. Here, a "moonie" tries to sell flowers at Jimmy Carter's election victory party. Are graduate students isolated? by Nancy Hartis Staff Writer Members of the Unification Church, commonly known as "moonies," are now soliciting in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area with official police permission from both cities. A spokesperson for the Chapel Hill police said that the group had been granted permission to solicit in the town's downtown area and Glen Lennox Shopping Center from Jan. 28 to Feb. II, The Unification Church is a national organization led by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. It is composed mostly of young people, many of them minors, who believe Rev. Moon is a messiah, and they have left home to work for him. According to former "moonies," the group procures new members through subtle brainwashing. Members of the Unification Church support themselves by selling candy, peanuts and flowers and from donations. Thechurch has a local headquarters on Forrest Street in Raleigh. It was reported in a DTH article last November that the Unification Church had been denied a permit to solicit by the Solicitation Licensing Branch of the N.C. Department of Human Resources. But Jim Dunn, special assistant to the board, said that."First of all, they don't have to have a permit to solicit here because they are classified as a religion. They had applied for a permit because they said they wanted to have one to show to people when they were, soliciting, so we gave them an application." Dunn said the application required a financial statement and an explanation of the church's budget. He said the group did not turn in this portion of the application and for that reason they were denied issuance. A spokesperson for the Solicitation Board said. "The North Carolina attorney general told us that since we couldn't prove they aren't a religion, we had to give them permission to solicit." "There's nothing we can do under state law to prevent them from soliciting," Dunn stated, "but some cities have local ordinances against such things where they can be classified as a 'nuisance.' " Chapel Hill Police Lt. Arthur Summey reported. "As far as I know, there is no ordinance here." Evidently, there is also no ordinance against soliciters in Carrboro. A Carrboro police spokesperson said the "moonies" had . been given permission there to solicit in the city's business district and apartment complexes from Jan. 28 to Feb. 7. The spokesperson said the police had received no complaints from townspeople about the group. The Chapel Hill police reported no complaints but did get a few calls from people questioning the group's right to solicit. However, the DTH received a complaint last week from a UNCcoed who said she had been harassed by the group. The coed, who preferred not to have her name published, said she had been approached twice by members of the church. The first said he was selling bubble gum and asked for a donation to the Unification Church. "1 realized he was a 'moonie' and I told him that 1 had my own church and that 1 would save my donations for it. He followed me to my car and asked me for a donation again and I told him the same thing again. So he left and went back to the stores. The next night, my boyfriend saw this guy selling the same gum. he spoke with a heavy French accent and we could hardly understand what he was saying. . . He asked us for directions to University Mali, this was about 10:30 at night, which I thought was kinda weird, but we told him how to get there." She said both solicitors had dressed "like college students, with down jackets and jeans. , . Living in a separate won by Jeff Cohen Staff Writer To most undergraduates at UNC, the graduate student is nothing more than a stranger in the crowd. Unaware of the lifestyle of a graduate student, the undergraduate has little idea of the kinds of problems or the needs of the student in quest of a graduate or professional degree. Roslyn M. Hartmann, assistant dean of Student Affairs, explained that the life 6r the graduate student evolves around his department, both academically and socially. She said that social functions for the graduate are sponsored by his department; consequently, the graduate student is always with the same people, with a limited opportunity to meet new people. "Although most graduate and professional students are not interested in social organizations, they do want a quiet place where they can go to unwind," Hartmann said. "However, they are repulsed by the crowded, noisy Student Union." She said that the only place left for the graduate student to go is his department lounge, again putting him w ith the same group of people. "Most undergraduates do not realize that the grad student takes all his classes in the same building," she said. "Some people think that graduate and professional students are strange, but we are normal, just like you and me," Dan Lindley. president of the Grauduate and Professional Student Federation (GPSF). said. GPSF treasurer Larry Tennison. echoed Lindley's sentiments. "Some grads might appear aloof.' but that is because they are so involved with getting their work done. Grads are also very career-oriented," he said. "Their work comes first. Hartmann explained that the graduate and professional student is also under a great deal of pressure for a variety of reasons. "Many graduate students have a heavy work load," she said. "Especially those in the law. business or medical schools." According to figures compiled at the Records Office at Hanes Hall, about 35 per cent of all graduate and professional students are married, creating even . more pressure for these students. Myron B. Liptzin. assistant professor of psychiatry, said that the Student Health Counseling service counsels graduate students lor a variety of problems, including grades, job pressures and marital problems. "Most people just do not realize that the graduate and professional student has different needs, concerns and priorities than the undergrad," Hartmann said. For example, she said that a typical graduate student problem is that because the grad needs to study seven days a week, he becomes very irate when the library closes early on Saturdays. "1 think one of their (graduate students) basic needs is a quick dissemination of info." she said. She explained that since graduate and professional students cannot afford to waste time, they need to be able to get important information quickly and easily. Hartmann said that one place graduate and professional students can go for any information or with any problem is Student Affairs. Prof critical of TV "Roots" by David Stacks Staff Writer The telev ision production of "Roots", the final episode of which was the most watched television show of all time, was a historical D-, UNC History Prof. Joel R. Williamson said. "If they (the producers) are offering 'Roots' as a true broad history of black history, then they should be called upon to do it correctly," Williamson said. Williamson, who teaches History 167, "Race Relations in America," said his criticism is not of "Roots" author Alex Haley but of the Hollywood production of the book. "1 give 'Roots' a real plus for showing black people's yearning for freedom." he said. "I've seen enough response from black people to know that Haley's basic purpose has been achieved. We've seen their side of the picture." Williamson said that if the producers of "Roots" had known the history of blacks in America, they could have depicted a more realistic picture. "Viewers all over America may have come away from 'Roots' with the idea that all white Americans before the Civil War were pro-slavery. But that's just not the case." Williamson said. For example. Williamson said, the television production portrayed the Nat Turner Rebellion in 1 84 1 when it actually occurred in 1831. "1 reckon that doesn't mean much, but it makes you wonder what else they're missing." Williamson said. Williamson was particularly critical of the portrayal of Old George, the poor white who lived with black slaves. "I never encountered such a thing," Williamson said. "I'm sure it happened now and again in the whole South, but you shouldn't think a poor white associating with and living with black slaves was a normal thing. "On the whole, the Old South was notorious in that nonslaving whites did not hobnob with blacks," he said. Williamson also said the production contained technical flaws such as the use of matches in 1765. more than 60 years before they were invented. He said such details were irritating, but he praised the show's overall production. Punishments depicted in the show were true to history, according to Williamson. "They were that bad," he said. "Some slave owners would cut off a foot for recurrent runaways." "Over the past generation, we have become aware of the colorfulness of the black American past," Williamson said. The seven installments of Alex Haley's bestseller shown during the week ending Jan. 30 took the top seven spots in ratings compiled by the A.C. Nielson Co. The opening episode of "Roots" had captured first place the preceding week. UNC fraternities and sororities: the last bastions of white supremacy? by Tim Smith Staff Writer When integration was first thrust upon UNC in 1957, many students, both black and white, felt that just the presence of two different cultures would not alleviate the problems of segregation or prejudice. Today, many people still argue that point, but not about student government, or admission policies, or even student housing; but about an organization that has been called by some "the last bastion of white supremacy" the Greeks. "A member of a minority has a chance in hell of joining most fraternities under the existing initiation systems," one fraternity president said. "A while back, I asked members of my house how they would feel about taking in this guy I knew who had good qualifications and was black. At least 50 of them shot him down just because of his race," he added. "It's just something that's generally understood," one inactive fraternity member said. "There's nothing written down, but it's just understood that blacks don't get in. In my fraternity, the chances of a black getting in are zero. That's because I've heard some brothers tell me, 'No nigger will get in while I'm in the house. " According to some members, discrimination starts in rush, the first step of becoming a member of a house. "A friend of mine in another house told me that if a black ever did show up at rush, he would just be asked discreetly to leave," said Clint Corrie, a member of Chi Psi fraternity. "My own reaction if a black showed up at rush would be embarassment," one former fraternity member said. "Because the potential is there for a very uncomfortable situation." Others feel they might prevent the black from entering just to preserve house unity.- "If he was a great guy, I wouldn't have any qualms about letting him in. But it might tear up some of the unity of the house and in that case I wouldn't want him in," said Steve Briganti, a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Not all fraternity members, however, feel that prejudice is present. "There's no 'understanding' that I know of. Fraternities are open to everyone. Realistically, blacks have just as equal a chance that whites do," said Tommy Newton, recent president of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. "There are some blacks (three) now in white fraternities. In some of the houses I think it would be considered a matter of fact and in others the chances would be remote. But it's like that in any organization," North Campus Residence Hall Director Charles Miller said. Unlike fraternities, predominantly white sororities at the present time have no black members. And unlike fraternities, there seems to be no dispute as to why this is so. UI don't think it's really prejudice. We just haven't had many blacks come through rush." said Robin King, a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. "We're not like fraternities, where members can bring in friends. The girls have to sign up themselves and I think that may intimidate some blacks." The black perspective On the other side of the issue are the blacks. Since 1973. when the first predominantly black fraternity was established at UNC, two other black fraternities and two black sororities have been recognized. Although they are willing to concede that there is segregation, the issue of prejudice remains as widely disputed with blacks as it is with their white counterparts. "If you're going to be realistic about it, the chances of a black getting in a predominantly white fraternity are slim." Omega Psi Phi fraternity president Terry Sherrill said. "There is a problem and it's real." Rayvon Williams, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, disagrees. "I think the chances are pretty good of a black getting in. I've never seen or heard of any discrimination." "I have some white friends in fraternities, and they've told me they don't see any differences in the chances of a black or white." While some black sorority members also feel the chances are good of a black getting in to a white sorority, they feel the question of prejudice is irrelevant. "I think the chances are pretty good. I'm sure if a black woman was interested in pledging sororities she'd be given a chance to." Paula Newsome. president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, said. "I don't really think it's prejudice. 1 just think people 5S wi 1sFH5SLn ?'J WM5S 7 VC r AW 4 I SO- 51 bialt photo by Guar let Hardy Although sororities claim to have a policy of nondiscrimination, few Blacks rush the predominantly white organizations, and fewer, if any, join. have a tendency to align themselves with a group they identify with." While most Greeks, both black and white, feel the chances of a white wanting to join a predominantly black fraternity or sorority very slim, most blacks feel he would be given an equal chance. "As far as black fraternities go, I know for a fact that if a w hite were to pledge a fraternity here, he would be given a fair chance," Williams said. UNC administration: No discrimination exists The University does not financially support the Greek system, but it does officially recognize each house, providing the chapter involved meets certain requirements, includingan anti-discrimination policy. Once recognized, each house is given advisory help, and certain benefits, such as the Fraternity Trade Association, a co-op which allows fraternities discounts on such things as house supplies or furniture. Predictably though, administration officials do not see the presence of any discrimination or prejudice, since this fact in itself would prevent house recognition. "Officially, there isn't any discrimination because all national fraternities since 1966 have written into their local and national charters that there can be no discrimination," Assistant Dean of Student Affaris Roslyn Hartman said. Hartman is the IFC Advisor. "Black women have gone through rush in sororities, so I'd say the chances are great," Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Marianne Hitchcock said. "I don't think there are very many black women on campus that want to be involved in the kind of activities white sororities offer, but 1 don't think it's a matter of prejudice or discrimination." Why segretatlon? Even with all the disputes over the presence of prejudice or discrimination, most, if not all, associated with the Greek system concede there is segregation. But the question of why is much harder to agree upon. "Most fraternities were started back in the time of the Civil War. They were secret societies and a lot of them took part in Ku Klux Klan-type activities," Corrie said. "1 think the South has carried on traditions much more successfully than the North and they've fought change every step of the way. People who. join fraternities are the type that carry on these traditions." Please turn to page 5. v

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