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Dinita jAKtis, Muuginz Editor
CaAD Kutsow, Associate Editor
Karen Rowley, News Editor
Linda Brown, University Editor
Martha Wacconlr, City Editor
Maox Mussill, St,:te and National Editor,
Dtu. Fiilds, Sports Editor
Jamis AiEXANrsas. Features Editor
Tom Mocaa, Arts Editor
Scott Siiarfe, Photography Editor
Ann Pities. Weekender Editor
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Dear Sen. Helms:
As a child I was bused six miles to elementary school.
My friend Regina, who lived a quarter of a mile from
my home and is black, had to travel 12 miles to
elementary school.
Neither distance was a "torment" for either one of
us as you have called it during recent Senate debates on
the use of busing to achieve racial balance, in schools.
What is a torment for the both of us now is the
segregation that we were forced to experience during
our first six years in' school. Regina was not allowed to
attend the same school as I because she was black.
Playing together as children, we became close
friends. When we entered school, however, this
friendship became strained. I met new friends and both
of us began to realize that the color of our skins mads a
big difference to adults.
By the time integration occurred in the Lenoir
County school system, Regina and I were so uncom
fortable around one another in public that we talked
only when Regina was at my house helping out on my
father's farm.
We attended the same high school 20 miles from our
homes. Without integration, Regina would have still
attended the school 12 miles away.
I would have had to travel the long distance with or
without integration.
Your so-called victory in the Senate that bars the
U.S. Justice Department from asking courts to use
busing to achieve racial balance in school systems is an
attempt to prolong segregation. -
It prevents government from intervening in one of
the most disgusting $ls of our society. The job is now
left to private individuals and groups to mike sure the
1954 Supreme Court ruling to desegregate is carried
cut.
Regina and I talked together on the pher.e fcr awhile
this week the first time in years. One thing we both
agreed on is that no matter how far our children would
have to travel, we don't want them to have to
experience the bewilderment and discomfort legislators
forced on us. To us it's much more important that cur
children know every person is et;ual regardless of race,
sex or religion. We won't have our children isolated In a
biased world.
Busing doesn't hurt children. Sen. Helms. It helps
them grow as individuals and citizens.
Sincerely yours,
Lynn Casey
Lynn Casey is a senior journalism major from K'insicn.
Since last spring when numerous student groups were denied what letters to tllO editor
they considered adequate funding by the Campus Governing Council,
the question of what to do about an apparent shortage of funds has
been a popular topic of discussion. With a decision on whether to hold
a student activities fee increase referendum next spring due at tonight's
CGC meeting, it appears that little more than talk has been done to
solve the problem.
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Virtually no one would question that various student organizations
need more money. Increasing student, fees by $2.50 per student per
semester is one way of providing it, but it is not the only way. Several
alternatives are available, as Student Body President and CGC
member Bob Saunders readily admits. Should Student Government
not sponsor Chapel Thrill next semester, or should it invest general
surplus money to earn interest, then an activities fee increase may not
be needed. The problem is that no one knows yet how much money
could be made from such an investment and no one is ready to decide
whether a Chapel Thrill concert should be held.
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There is an explanation for those wondering why the CGC is voting
on a referendum tonight when it has no idea whether one is necessary.
It's a somewhat confusing and complicated issue, but it comes down
to a simple and all-important point: If the council does not vote
tonight it will risk depriving the campus organizations of needed
funding for another full year.
Only the CGC has the power to petition the UNC board of trustees
for a student activities fees increase, and that petition must be
approved by the trustees and the UNC Board of Governors. By law,
the student body does not have to be consulted about an increase. By
tradition, though, the CGC has held fee increase referendums and the'
two boards then have approved the student body's decision.
The CGC discovered not so long ago that both boards set deadlines
for deciding on fee increases. The trustees' deadline is Dec. 12, so the
council must present any fee increase proposal by then, even though it
isn't planning to hold the referendum until Feb. 10. The CGC is
planning on voting tonight because, so far, it has no other choice.
Saunders said council members should have looked into investing
general surplus money earlier; they were at fault for waiting. He
doesn't see how they could have decided yet whether to hold Chapel
Thrill, though. Still, in an effort to keep canceling Chapel Thrill or
in 'vesting money as "possible alternatives, Saunders wants to add two ,
conditions to any proposal presented to the trustees. The, first
condition is that even if the trustees approve the increase in December,
it could overturn that approval if the fee increase is rejected by the
student body in February. This procedure is awkward, but not
unprecedented.
The second condition would allow the CGC to withdraw its petition
and junk the whole referendum should it find out before Feb. 1Q that
no increase is needed. By then, Saunders said, the questions about
Chapel Thrill and investment returns will have been answered.
The only way to avoid these cart-before-the-horse options is for the
board of trustees and the Board of Governors to extend their deadlines
for considering the fee increase. This extension would allow the CGC
to do its homework and properly find out if an increase is warranted.
The referendum, if needed, could then be held in February and the
two boards could approve the results. Their deadlines for considering
fee increases can be stretched, and they have been before. Saunders
said if the two boards agreed to the request, he would recommend that
the CGC table tonight's referendum proposal until options to a fee
increase have. been studied.
That would get the CGC out of its jam and ensure that a fee increase
proposal be presented to the student body as it should be before it
has been approved by everyone else.
Let's hope the trustees and governors will extend their deadlines. If
they don't, the CGC should vote to hold a fee increase referendum,
for the sake of campus organizations, even though it won't be done
under ideal conditions. Perhaps it will find before February that it can
save the students a fee increase by putting general surplus money into
some sound investments, or perhaps it will find that students would
rather save $5 than attend a Chapel Thrill concert. Most of all,
perhaps it will learn that a little foresight makes life a lot easier.
To the editor:
In the wake of the "Rally For
Justice," numerous letters and
responses have appeared in reaction to
the event. Most of these have been
critical, and although the respective
opinions seem well thought out and
reasonable, they are, in fact, the product
of a variety of misconceptions. Those
who have written in opposition to the
demonstration charge that those who
were present "have no regard for
justice," were acting as "armchair
judges," and would advocate the
elimination of "trial by jury in favor of
trial by popular prejudice." None of
these allegations could be further from
the truth.
The truth is that our jury selection
process failed. When the jury foreman,
an anti-communist Cuban refugee, is
quoted in the Raleigh News and
Observer, Nov 23, as saying he
considered the Klan and Nazis to be
"patriotic" because of their anti
communist activities; when during the
selection process several jurors told the
court they believed it "less wrong" to
kill communists than to kill other
people, it is apparent that the jury was
far from impartial. This is what we
protest and should protest!
Where there is no impartial jury there
can be no "fair trial." Justice cannot
proceed from an initial state of prejudice
on the part of the ultimate fact finders
toward one of the groups involved in the
litigation. Trial by popular prejudice
was not evidenced by our protest of the.
verdict but by those who would silence
that protest and allow such a biased jury
to render judgment.
What happened at the KlanNazi trial
is a vivid example of the fallibility of the
jury selection process. Our critics would
have us ignore that fallibility. We must
not. The fact that a not-guilty verdict
was reached through our judicial process
does not mean that it is somehow
sacrosanct and above comment or
criticism.
Such judicial veneration has long been
used to rationalize racism and hatred. It
is time that we honestly analyze the
workings of our judicial system and its
highly political nature. Hollow
statements that a jury verdict is beyond
criticism only underscore our need to
realize that the verdict in Greensboro
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was an example of what can happen
when popular political prejudice is
allowed to usurp the impartiality of a
jury.
We do not suggest that any jury will be
completely- impartial. But such blatant
prejudice as evidenced by the KlanNazi
jury can and must be eliminated during
the jury selection process. In addition to
the composition of the jury, the denial
of testimonial immunity to Communist
Workers Party members, the denial of a
special prosecutor and the dropping of
conspiracy charges are all valid reasons
for .protesting the trial and for
demanding that a special investigation
be undertaken.
By their endorsement of the verdict, it
seems those critical of the rally would
have us return to a peculiar form of
"justice" practiced in the South only 50
years ago, where a black person could
not receive a trial by impartial jurors,
where tortured confessions were
admissable evidence and ' where
unsubstantiated charges were
tantamount to a conviction by an all-
white jury. Just as we should not accept
the process that allowed Klansmen to
pass judgment on the guilt of blacks, we
should not accept the process that led to
the Greensboro verdict.
We, as citizens, have a duty to be
vigilant. We, as citizens, have a duty to
be aware of our social and political
environment. And where the system
falters, we, as citizens, have a duty to
speak out. -
Those attending the rally did speak
out. However, it should be understood
that the verdict in Greensboro was not
the sole purpose of the protest. Rather,
we also sought to express our common
opposition to ideology based upon
hatred and to the resurgence of groups
espousing such philosophy. For this wc
make no apologies.
The Rally For Justice Committee will
meet December 3, 19S0, at 7 p.m. in the
Carolina Union.
Alex Charns, School of Law
Jerry Swartzberg, School of Law
Rally For Justice Committee
To the editor:
I would like to respond to the article in
Friday's Daily Tar Heel "Two Workers
for Union bowling alley quit," (77,
Nov. 21), regarding the condition of the
Union bowling alley's equipment. It is a
fact that the machines need much repair.
I have a lot of personal experience in
bowling alleys, and I am convinced that
the only way the bowl'rj alley can be
restored to good working order is by
hiring a full-time mechanic.
I have made many complaints about
the condition of the bowling alley and
the attitude of its employees. However, I
now realize that the attitude these
employees have is a result of working in
a place in which they can have no Pride.
The condition of the equipment is
literally pitiful. Therefore, the hiring of
a full-time mechanic is essential; or the
bowling alley might as well be closed
down.
Jeff Gram
UNC bowling team member
The Bottom Line
In your feca
Exams arc nearly upon us, and
professors had better be careful.
Students at Michigan State Univer
sity ih East Lansing have ways of
dealing with uncooperative
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An outfit called "the chefs,"
usins aliases like Riboflavin, Niacin
and Thiamine, is now taking "con
tracts" cn professors. Or.; bad
Erade, and a student can hire the
chefs to make a "hit" with a
in the profs face.
The three chefs claim they have
srhttereJ 25 professors with cream
or fruit pies already.- this year.
Naturally, they have a thoughtful
rational; fcr the whelz business.
What we do is called random
insanity," Thiamine said. "Hut pie
throw ir. 2 is an art and we are merely
the artists. The pies are cur brushes.
The professors faces are cur
canvasss.
The three !.::..:; :i cleverly disguise
:.rs v,i:h chefs hats,
Campus officials have criticized
the new art form, but the three chefs
have avoided capture or identifica
tion thus far, even though one
attack was videotaped when they hit
a professor whose lecture was being
recorded.
The possibility of a long-distance
hit is now under investigation by
certain members of 77:? Daily Tar
Heel staff.
It's a great town ...
This could only happen in Grand
Rapids, the Michigan town that
brought us Gerald Ford.
The Grand Rapids Area Trans
portation Authority changed the
number of Bus 13 last July after it
was involved in its fourth accident.
Bus 13 had been in more wrecks
than any other bus in the city's fleet.
Since the bus number was
ch::::; :d to IS in July, it has la; ;d
mere than S,C03 aeddent-frce miles.
It's unfortunate that GaraU Fcrd
can't ch.:n;e his number and male
the tame tbim.
And that's the bottom line.
Jim the mew
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By JOHN DRESCHER
My cronies here at The Daily Tar Heel tell me I
should read a newspaper thoroughly every day.
They're probably right, but somehow it seems I
don't get the chance to read a paper from
beginning to end very often. Usually I. quickly
read the front page, scan the rest of the paper and
then spend about a half hour with the sports
page. ,
Thanksgiving break, however, gave me the
chance to sit down with the paper each day and
read each article. My cronies were right. There
are some really good articles Ln the newspaper,
and besides, now I feel informed on important
current events.
Take that guy in East St. Louis, 111. I never
would have read about him unless I had been
reading carefully. He was standing on a bridge
over the Mississippi River when he offered two
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men in a car money for a ride into town. The two
men took the pedestrian's money and threw him
off the bridge. He suffered numerous injuries,
but is now listed in fair condition.
"The next time I need a ride, I'll call a cab or
take the bus," he said. "I learned from my
mistake."
Speaking of mistakes, President-elect Ronald
Reagan was in the news quite often during break.
Reagan confessed that as a radio sportscaster in
the 1930s he sometimes "made things up" for his
audience's entertainment. Some things never
change.
Reagan may have been able to fool his listeners
and perhaps those who voted for him a month
ago but he couldn't fool the National Council
of Teachers of English. The council named
Reagan the winner of its Doublespeak
Award for the inaccurate assertions he made
during his camraian. The council said Rerun's
campaign was filled with 'misrepresentations of
his past record."
Part of the past that Rccgan didn't talk about
during his campaign was his acting career, but it,
too, was in the news this weekend. Two of
Reagan's most-watched movies ucre the cr.es he
co-starred in with Bonzo the monkey. Actually,
there was a different monkey in each movie.
Reegan survived the pressures cf the acting world
to win a presidential election. His mcr.kcy co
stars weren't so fortunate.
A report this weekend said the Dcneo from the
first movie had to be shct. It d.ln'l toy vhy.
The second Dono or.ee vi .ited North Carclina
with his ovkr.er, according to Dennis Rogers cf
Tl-.e News and Observer. "The owner sterrcd tt
a country store for a fr minutes and left tzzzo
alone in his car," Rogers wrcte. "llorao (who
was a cigarette smoker) decided he'd hac a
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animals," he said. Right.
Not all males are so non-sexist. In Dal'dmore,
police commissioner Donald Pcrr.crle.rj was
called to testify in a sex-discrimination suit lost
week against the Baltimore Police Department.
Pomerleau told the judge: "All women are little
balls of fluff Ln the eyes of the creator," which
somehow doesn't seem to be the right thing to say
in a sex-discrimination suit.
Policemen aren't the only peorle in the news
being tough on women. Women are being tough
. cn women. Carol Reck, the executive director cf
the Miss Alaska Pageant, told the reigning
Alaskan queen not to be seen Ln public as Miss
Alaska until she lost 6Vi pounds. "1 lock fine,"
Miss Alaska said. "I just think they're coing to
extremes." Extremes? After not finishing in the
top 10 in the Miss America contest, Mi:s Alaska
said she became depressed and put on 20 pounds.
In Gevclond, the International Writing Insti
tute found that the writing skills cf business
executives were "shockingly tow." Two-thirds of
those who have taken a writing test cither
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said. Virtually all of the tested executives had
college degrees. Most students egrte these com
petence examinations are a ooJ idea just as
long as they keep them cut cf O.sgtl H.lh
There were numerous ether informative
articles in the papers, too. "H ere were the nuns
who struck cil, the 24-hcur marethon reeding cf
Daily Dickinson's Ltereture and the cne-rocm
schoclh ou.se that's fino!! being expand rd after
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should have imurieJ more, the C i- n: ssii they
wir.tcd to film movies in the United Stetes end a
man who built a "1st r.atcl" tsii he wis rating
out cf the business because r.o tits ever shsei
up.
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