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8 The Daily 1 ar Heel Wednesday, April 23, 1930
George Shadroui, Editor
Dinita James, Managing Editor
Brad Kutrow, Associate Editor
Thomas Jessiman, Associate Editor
Martha Waggoner, News Editor
Pam Kelley, University Editor
Anne-Marie Downey, City Editor
Jim Hummel, State and National Editor
Bill Fields, Sports Editor
Mark Murrell, Features Editor
Laura Elliott, Arts Editor
Andy James, Photography Editor
Melanie Sill, Weekender Editor
letters to the editor
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Frustrated mumbling
As usual members of the Campus Governing Council's Finance
Committee are not the most loved students on campus this time of year.
The Finance Committee, which has prepared an appropriations budget
bill to present to the full CGC tonight, is known for the frugal manner in
which it allocates funds, sometimes without the best interests of the
University community in mind.
Yet, there is no question that the committee has an unpopular and
thankless task. It must decide how to appropriate about $185,000 to
numerous groups requesting funds. This year 37 different organizations
asked for student activity fees money and the total requests almost
doubled the available amount. Those groups who got money generally
got less than asked for and those groups who were denied funding may
face extinction. Certainly, the full CGC can, and no doubt will, make
amendments to the current bill. And while The Daily Tar Heel could
suggest vehemently that the CGC dip into its extravagant surplus of
roughly $140,000 to lend a hand to floundering student groups, the real
problem will still remain. You can't squeeze blood from a turnip. And
you can't allocate money that doesn't exist.
First of all, it is important for students to understand the surplus that
has caused controversy in the past. This money exists to provide a
cushion, a very large and fluffy cushion it may be, but all the same much
of the cushion is warranted. The CGC receives student activity fees as
students pay their tuitions. Because students are known to conveniently
forget about tuition payments until the end of the semester, it is crucial
that the CGC have a large bank roll to cover the immediate demands of
student organizations or to provide emergency funds when and if they
are needed.
M oreover, if the surplus is used this year and the year after and so on,
eventually it will dwindle and student organizations will be faced with an
even more drastic situation. Every organization that appeared before
the Finance Committee believed it should be funded, and funded well.
Many an organization member could be seen grumbling under his
breath during the past few days about the irresponsible and overly hasty
Finance Committee even though, for the most part, it did an admirable
job.
Two problems then must be alleviated. Students on this campus, in
the near future, must be willing to absorb a student activity fees increase
for the benefit of the organizations that provide this campus with a
variety of valuable functions. Secondly, the CGC must amend its bylaws
to allow more time for scrutiny of budget requests. Until such measures
are passed, frustrated mumbling and financial bickering will continue to
plague the budgeting process.
Ah, militancy!
For a few fleeting moments Tuesday, chaos reigned in normally
placid Suite C. A group of 16 good-natured terrorists, armed only with
water guns and exasperation, stormed the Student Government offices
and took Student Body President Bob Saunders and his staff as
hostages.
There was madness in this method, as anyone could have discerned
from the jovial attitude of the would-be militants, but there was also a
serious point to be made. The Old West Liberation Front had taken over
Suite C to vent their frustration and to get, as they frankly said, "some
cheap publicity." Their demands were simple; an extermination project
to control the dorm's roach and rat population and new doors to shut
drafts and thieves out of Old West's three towers.
After enlisting Saunder's support, the militants marched to the offices
of University Housing in Carr Building. After a dramatic confrontation
with housing officials, the unthinkable happened: the administration
labored mightily and brought forth a response.
Old West would be rid of vermin, the officials said at least
temporarily, until the critters came back. New doors would be installed
that were lockable and weatherproofed and in accordance with the
statutes concerning alterations of National Historic Landmarks. That
was just fine with the residents of Old West, who had decided after living
with drafty double doors all year that they would rather be warm than
historically authentic. Old West's demands were met, the hostages were
released unharmed and all concerned breathed a sigh of relief and went
home.
It is encouraging to see the University respond so quickly and
effectively to student needs, but it is more encouraging to see a little
strain of militancy on campus again. The men of Old West may have
been good-natured, but they got what they were after, and in these
complacent times that's a lot more than many student groups can say.
To the editor
I was dismayed to read about Steve
Junkmann's complaints concerning the
freshman English program.,Accordingto
your report, Steve was doing "fine in
freshman English until he wore a UNC
football jersey to class." After that he got
only Fs and when the football office
arranged for a Ph.D. candidate to submit
a paper under Junkmann's name, that
paper failed too.
Junkmann was a freshman five years
ago, and almost everyone involved back
then is gone. Steve, however, is still
around and has clarified what happened.
I have spoken with him and he has told
me that midway through that first
semester, he broke his wrist and thumb
during practice and was unable to
handwrite or type his papers. Steve had to
dictate his papers to a football tutor, a
woman who in fact already held a
doctorate. Steve reports she copied down
what he dictated and then made very few
remarks about the paper. She "wrote out"
the paper, but it was Steve's. The paper
was handed in and it received an F.
Perhaps the tutor did not fulfill her
duties very well in this case, but perhaps
she did. It is hard to tell five years later. 1
do not believe we have much evidence
here that Steve's teacher was prejudiced
against athletes.
Every year one teaching assistant in the
English department, out of a staff of 130,
is given the Hartsell Award for
outstanding performance in teaching
freshman English. The awards committee
bases its selection of the winner on the
student evaluations collected at the end of
each semester. Two years after she taught
his class, Steve's teacher was named a
Hartsell winner; she is presently an
v assistant professor at Vassar College.
In this case I can't side with the student.
Nonetheless, I know teaching assistants,
as well as full professors, are huma.n, and
sometimes they can be unfair, although it
is my belief that they are unfair far less
often than some students would guess. I
hope that students will come see me when
they feel they are not getting a square
deal. It is my job to work for their
interests at least as hard as I work for the
interests of the teaching assistants. And
believe it or not, I do work for them just
as hard.
John Auchard
Acting Director
Freshman-Sophomore English
Thornton report
To the editor:
After reviewing the Thornton report, I
came up with a few problems in justifying
its approval. The report is supposed to
solve a problem which does not
necessarily exist. The report assumes that
individuals in our present system are not
properly educated. That is, they do not
conform to the Thornton committee's
idea of a proper education. To solve this
so-called problem, the report advocates
requiring students to take courses from
more specified areas than are presently
required.
All this is done and justified without
any empirical research as to what is being
taken under the present system and how
this would necessarily be changed by the
new system. By this I mean there have
been no published correlation studies on
what the average student takes presently
during his stay at Carolina, and certainly
no cross-tabulation studies as to how the
Thornton report curriculum changes
would affect this.
One of the goals of the Thornton report
is "to help students...make responsible
value judgments and decisions within a
pluralistic society...." To achie-ve this
goal, the report requires students to take
perspectives which never even emphasize
society as it presently exists. There is no
emphasis on black, ecological, or urban
studies; rather it is assumed that students
will fit these courses into their limited free
elective schedule.
Another goal is "to help students
become self-educating individuals..." To
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this end the report urges both capstone
and required basic reasoning courses.
Instead of stimulating thought these
measures will stifle it. Students will
respond to the newly required language 3
and 4 as they presently do to 1 and 2.
Further, the new capstone courses will
probably be taught with the same vigor
and excitement that can be expected from
an overloaded course (i.e. Economics 3 1 ).
Besides all the above problems, the
report ignores some viable alternatives.
Why not revamp the advising system?
Why not make the pass-fail alternative
more acceptable by erasing its stigma as
being designed for slack students? Why
isn't a four-course load with more in
depth concentration (4-hoUr courses)
looked at? Why not propose that some
capstone mini-courses (2-hour courses)
be added to departmental requirements
to give overviews? At least these could be
phased in gradually and professionally.
The Thornton report as it presently
stands is unacceptable for many reasons.
Because of this, I urge students to talk to
their professors and let them know their
feelings. If we don't act now, it may be too
late in the fall.
Leo Warshauer
Toronto Exchange
To the editor:
The denial by the Finance Committee
of the CGC to allocate funds for next
year's Toronto Exchange is
representative of several poor decisions
made by the committee this year.
The complaint of the committee that
the exchange is narrow in scope ironically
will become more valid if tne funds are,
indeed, denied. The organizers for next
year's exchange realize the shortcomings
of the exchange (i.e., its tendency to serve
only a small percentage of the University
community), but without financial
support we will hardly be able to
overcome these structural problems.
The exchange will not be dissolved by
this lack of funding, but it will attract an
elitist group limited to those who have the
personal funds to participate, in lieu of
attracting the diverse crowd from all
corners of the campus that it has in the
past. Dues for exchange members will
have to be raised from last year's $25 to
approximately $65. In addition, the large
numbers of people, not members of the
exchange, who have participated in
exchange activities year after year will
have to be excluded due to this lack of
funding.
The organizers of the exchange, and
everyone else who has participated
actively in its events, feel that it has served
a worthwhile purpose to the UNC
community over the past 20 years. The
fact that there were 300 applicants to the
exchange last fall shows it popularity.
The exchange is an important part of the'
University because, along with other
organizations, it serves to unite a segment
of the population. Universities abroad,
many of which lack this type of
unification, are denied much of the spark
and enthusiasm offered by American
universities which support such
programs.
The Toronto Exchange is a social
vehicle, but it serves its purpose in
offering students a cultural and
educational opportunity. It is a
longstanding tradition, which needs and
deserves support from the student body.
Cece Lippitt
Carrboro
Carolina Quarterly defense
To the editor
For 32 years Carolina Quarterly has
published outstanding fiction and poetry
by established and emerging writers.
Recent contributors have included UNC
systems programmer Paul Jones, UNC
alumnus Jonathan Polansky, and UNC
undergraduate Randy Wall. Last spring,
alumnus Tim Keppel won first prize in
the Quarterly's annual fiction contest for
young writers.
Carolina Quarterly is nationally
known and respected: It has been
consistently listed by the Pushcart Prize
Anthology as one of the nation's
outstanding small presses; the latest Best
American Short Stories included three
stories originally published by CQ; the
last two Doubleday's O. Henry Prize
Awards have included stones which first
appeared in the Quarterly; and copies of
the magazine go to every major library in
the country.
Yet when Carolina Quarterly went
before CGC's Finance Committee to
request money from student activities
fees to help cover publishing and
operating costs, its request was denied. I
find this hard to believe.
The Carolina Quarterly provides
students with examples of contemporary
literary excellence. Traditionally,
universities have supported excellence in
all forms, from literature to athletics.
Refusing to help fund the Quarterly is like
cutting a winning football team.
It is the responsibility of the
University and its students to support
projects that are not necessarily tied to
commercial gain. Just because a story
wouldn't make a buck from Redbook
does not mean that the story is not good:
Often the opposite is true. UNC should
help fill the need for small presses that
publish "noncommercial" creative work.
The Carolina Quarterly provides
editorial and business experience for
about 20 staff members, mostly graduate
students (though at least two undcrgrads
worked on the staff this year). Since it is
one organization that directly involves
graduate students, the Quarterly should
receive part of the 85 percent of graduate
student fees which go into CGC's big pot.
About 300 students buy the Quarterly
three times a year. Copies of the magaz ine
are available for all students in the
undergrad and Wilson libraries and in the
N.C. Collection.
CQ does publish UNC students
occasionally, without usurping the
position of Cellar Door, the
undergraduate literary magazine. When a
student is published by the Quarterly, he
knows that it is because his work is good,
not because of some gratuity. The
Finance Committee may control the
purse strings of campus publications, but
it should not meddle in their editorial
policies.
CQ raises two thirds of the money it
needs to publish three times a year. For
the benefits they receive, UNC students
should put up the rest.
In February, the Finance Committee
was glad to approve an emergency
appropriation of $3,100 to the Quarterly
(this in addition to over $3,000
appropriated last spring). What
happened between then and now? Why
have the committee's priorities flip
flopped? Why is Student Government so
inconsistent?
Although I am sympathetic to the
Finance Committee's responsibilities and
the headaches this budgetary process
must cause, I grow tired of seeing that,
when money gets tight, art is the first
thing to go. The very word "university"
implies that UNC should contain
everything, not simply cater to some
"average" or some lowest common
denominator. Surely this university and
its students can contain both Campus Y
and the Carolina Gay Association, both
Chapel Thrill and Carolina I ndian Circle,
both Carolina football and Carolina
Quarterly.
I look forward to the day when UNC is
known for more than its consumption of
beer and Cruex.
Elizabeth Moose
Cellar Door editor
Apartheid's future depends on liberal Botha
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With the installment last week of Robert Mugabe as
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, South Africa stands as the
last advocate of legalized racism. Time is running out for
a nation now surrounded by black, Marxist-leaning
governments who are dedicated to liberating their
oppressed brothers to the South. The outcome of a
current power struggle within the ruling party could
decide whether South Africa will attempt a peaceful
transition toward majority rule or face the ominous
consequences of entrenched apartheid.
The election of P.W. Botha as Prime Minister 18
months ago marked a definite change in traditional
government policy. In a sharp divergence from the game
plan of his predecessor, John Vorster, Botha promised a
new policy on domestic race relations, and throughout
much of last year his message to audiences of the long
ruling National Party was "we must adapt or die."
For a time, the government seemed committed to
greater equality, and some major as well as cosmetic
alterations to the comprehensive web of racial laws were
permitted. In accordance to the Wiehahn and Rieker
Commissions proposals on the desegregation of labor,
the government allowed blacks to form and join labor
unions. Many of the restrictions on professional jobs
were also rescinded, while for the minority of blacks
allowed to live and work in urban areas, some aspects of
the laws restricting their movement were relaxed.
Yet by the opening of Parliament in February, the
push for reform had slackened. Angered by Botha's
relatively liberal policies, his party's conservative wing
the so-called vcrkramptes, or cramped men has
submitted a serious challenge that could split the party
and remove Botha. Led by Andrics Trcurnicht, the
Minister of Public Works, the conservatives hope by
gaining control to return the country to its former policy
of strict racial segregation at all levels.
The conservatives' position has been strengthened
recently by serveral foreign and domestic developments.
The overwhelming majority accorded to Mugabee in
Rodesia's elections confirmed the opinion of many
whites that concessions to blacks will inevitably lead to
black rule. A black guerrilla attack on a bank in
suburban Pretoria, resulting in the deaths of several
hostages as well as the three insurgents, supported
Treurnicht and others who argue that white power can
only be sustained through force. Conservative interests
received another boost when John Vorster emerged
from retirement to attack the reformist trend of the
Botha government.
Although Botha enjoys the backing of an
overwhelming majority of whites, estimates give
Treurnicht the support of at least 60 of the National
Party's 134 members, and an even stronger position
among party workers who form an influential power
bloc at the annual congresses. Given the right
circumstances, the Trcurnicht bloc could theoretically
vote down key Botha policies, and by forcing a
leadership vote in the parliamentary caucus, oust Botha
before the next parliamentary session begins in January.
The recent schism within the ruling party results from
two divergent views on apartheid. If Treurnicht came to
power, he would apparently attempt to restore the rigid
racial doctrines instituted by Hendrik Frcnsch
Vcrwoerd, former Prime Minister who was assassinated
in 1966. Trcurnicht has argued that concessions on
-petty apartheid" the laws that enforce segregation in
all areas, from cinemas to hospitals will inevitably
cause the downfall of "grand apartheid," Vcrwoerd'
plan for limiting blacks to political rights in the tribal
homelands.
Botha, however, maintains that economic and social
concessions can be made without sacrificing the whites'
political domination. Despite his more liberal views.
Botha has no intentions of relinquishing the lovcreignty
of the 2.4 million white Afrikaners.
Instead of majority rule within one nation. Botha
envisions a confederation of white. Asian and mixed
race states. Impoverished black homeland would be
enlarged and consolidated into a Council of State w ith
limited powers, while segregated townships would be
granted almost complete independence with the
federation.
Yet, despite the promise of greater freedom, equality,
and the relaxation of offensive aspects of petty
apartheid, the whites will retain their essential barriers
and controls. Segregated residential areas, schools and
hospitals, as well as control over the police and military,
would not be surrendered.
The outcome of the current power struggle holds far
reaching consequences for South Africa. A Treurnicht
victory could only be disastrous. Not only do his
espoused apartheid policies negate any form of racial
equality, but ihef would inflame hostility and distrust
between all racial groups. Having granted concessions to
the 20 million non-whites, the government cannot
rescind them and expect to rule over a passive majority.
The reforms of the past year have not resulted from
humanitarian ideals so much as a real politic decision to
mollify black disquietude and militancy.
Luckily, most blacks still favor peaceful methods in
working toward equality. It u also fortunate that Botha
has managed to hold on to his executive post. Yet a he
tries to patch relation with the party conservative
element, new reforms will be ilow in coming.
Meanwhile, his plan for a great federation of racial ilatcs
is unlikely to satisfy most black. The institution of
homelands has met mounting opposition from black
who have watched helplessly a 2 million non-whites
have been forcibly moved from areas deemed white o.cr
the past 25 years.
Despite white rhetoric on democratic pluralism and
federations, most blacks have rejected any plan in winch
they will be "separate but equal." Whatever government
holds the reigns of power will have to deal with a higher
level of black unity, expectations and demand for total
equality. For if the lessons of Rhodesia have made
reform seem more urgent to whites hkc Botha. tlic have
also convinced many blacks thai only outright power
will do.
Jonathan Ru h, a frehmun poiuu al u ifmr nuh,r fr,,t
Btnton. Aiitt.. if a itaf writer for I he Dailv lar Heel.