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Gmk;i: Shadroui. Editor
Dxad Kill ROW, AsiOiUle Editor
Pam Kfilky. Associate Editor
Amy Shappe, Production Editor
Karen Rowley, News Editor .
Linda Brown, University Editor
Ann Smallwood, City Editor
Majx Muertll, State- and National Editor
David Poole, Sports Editor
James Alexander, Features Editor
Tom Moore, Arts Editor
Scott Shakpe, Photography Editor
Ann Peters, Weekender Editor
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By STEVE SCHER
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Richard Holcombe, in. his response to the editorial,
"The Negotiators" (DTH, Jan. 22), reveals some
distressing facts about both himself and his politics. He
starts his response off by claiming that he rarely reads
the DTH, mostly, it would seem, because he disagrees
with the paper's editorial stance. Not only does this
show a complete disregard for any knowledge of what
is happening on campus, but it also shows that
Holcombe is so single-minded and stubborn that he
refused to listen to opinions other than his own. I am ;
different from Holcombe in at least three respects.
First, 1 do read the Tar Heel, almost every day, and
almost from cover to cover, and ! generally agree with
its editorials; . second, although a rather vocal, self
proclaimed liberal, I do, on occasion, venture out and
read things written by people whose political views are
diametrically opposed to mine, such as William F.
Buckley's National Review, which is perhaps the most
conservative magazine available to the general public.
Third, I feel that Ronald Reagan should honor the agree
ment with the Iranian government.
As the DTH mentioned, "protocol and precedent
' dictate that an incumbent president abide by his prede
cessor's executive agreement." Just because the Iranian
hostage decision was worse than any situation the
United States has been in before does not mean that the
government should disregard all protocol and prece
dent, things in which cur government is grounded.
What Holcombe is suggesting is that the L'....;d States
do what I have heard many conservatives condemn
other countries, such as the Soviet Union, for doing;
that is, disregarding a treaty or agreement, just because -the
treaty is slightly painful.
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Monday's Supreme Court decision allowing photographic and broad
cast coverage of a criminal trial despite a defendant's Objections may
have been a victory for the news media, but, at least in North Carolina,
that victory was little more than a moral one:
Supreme Court justices voted 8-0 Monday that states could allow ia' fHg
radio, television and still-photography coverage of criminal trials even L4w-a ti l w Vs w
if the defendants or other parties in the cases objected to the coverage.
Though more than half the states now permit some kind of micro
phone or camera coverage of criminal trials, not all have allowed it
over a defendant's objection. North Carolina, however bans all elec
tronic media coverage from its courtrooms.
The Supreme Court's decision in no way requires North Carolina to
change its laws, but N.C. JSuprerne Court Chief Justice Joseph Branch
has said that in light of the ruling his court will review its policy in the
next few weeks.
In past years camera and broadcast coverage have been banned by
judges for fear that such coverage would turn courtrooms into circuses
and preclude any chance of a defendant receiving a fair trial. The initial
ban on cameras in the courtroom, in fact, was a result of coverage in
the 1930s trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping of the
Charles Lindbergh baby. The trial, according to one observer, "fea
tured photographers leaping about like acrobats, witnesses tripping
over cables and broadcasting equipment and a constant traffic of mes
sengers to the media." '
Many things have changed since the 1930s, though. Journalists are
" more professional, broadcasting equipment is much less obtrusive and
the public has come to rely more heavily on the electronic media for its
information.
"In a sense, this (decision) validates the media claim of functioning
as surrogates for the public," Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote in his
opinion Monday.
Perhaps the decision will also help persuade North Carolina's Supreme
Court that broadcast and photographic coverage of criminal trials,
when done with guidelines, can be painless and could even be advanta
geous to the criminal justice system. As one media lawyer said Tuesday,
the presence of television in the courtroom may encourage lawyers and
juries to scrutinize their cases more closely. The added publicity also
may make it more likely for witnesses to tell the truth, he said. ,
And in the long run, by their increased monitoring of the courts, the
media could make our court system more accountable to the public,
and therefore more effective.
1 agree with Holcombe that a country should do
what is best for it within the law, and what was best for
the United States was to secure the hostages release
through diplomacy and treaty, which was a far sight
more successful than any military action was or could
ever have been. Regardless, the treaty was arrived at,
and the Iranians liv ed up to their part of it. Whether it
was , for political, economic or other reasons is not
important; now it is time for America to live up to its
end of the agreement.
Holcombe says that, "the stones of mistreatment cf
.the hostages demonstrates that Iran-did net negotiate in
good faith." That statement is, to xizz Hclccrr.!: :s
expression, "trash." The treaty sard. nothing arrr-ui
. how the hostages, had previously been treated, thni
would have been pointless, since the mistreatment was
irrevocable anyway.
I Furthermore, Holcombe claims that the United
States was forced into its treaty with Iran. That anyone
would believe that we were forced into anything is, to
once again borrow a phrase from Holcombe, "laugh
able." Thanks to some war-hungry and vote-conscious
politicians, the United States has one of the largest, if
not the largest, military arsenals in the world. Iran
could not force the country into a treaty. We had
something they wanted their assets and they had
something we wanted the hostages. A compromise
was reached, and a treaty was written.
Reagan's decision to sign the treaty should not be
based on what is best for the United States and the few
remaining Americans in Iran, as Holcombe suggests,
but on the fact that the 52 hostages are with their'
" families. -.
Steve Scher is a freshman from Corel Cables, Fla.
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Needed involvement
Twenty years ago, blacks in Mississippi encountered racial slurs and vio
lence when they voted or tried to vote. Now a study says Mississippi has
more black elected officials than any other state.
Research by the Joint Center for Political Studies in Washington shows
that Mississippi had 387 black elected officials for the 12-month period
ending in June 19S0. The political composition in Mississippi, once nearly
all white, has changed primarily because of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The act banished literary tests and other methods designed to keep blacks
from voting, and kept state elections under the scrutiny of trie U.S. Justice
Department.
The study's encouraging results come at a time when President Ronald
Reagan has called for a cutback in federal government involvement. In his
inauguration speech, Reagan called for an end to an era where Americans
looked to the federal government for solutions to their social and economic
problems. He promised to return sweeping power to the states, to have
them do what the federal government has been doing since the years of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Deciding which powers to return to the states and which powers to keep
in Washington will provide the president with some difficult decisions.
Reagan must use great care to guarantee that the federal government will
still have the power to ensure that social equality will continue to be a high
priority goal.
If left up to state governments, the Voting Rights Act and laws like it
would' have never been enacted in many states, and blacks would still be.
denied access to rights as fundamental as voting.
In his speech, Reagan called for a nation "equal in fact and not just in
theory." Reagan should remember his words when restricting the federal
government. Most important is not the degree of federal involvement, but
that justice through equality is served.
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tutorial Abtasts: Lynn Casey", John Drescher, Melanie Sill
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Jo the editor:
In the Jan. 26 issue of the DTH, the
editorial, "Scurrilous spending" addressed
the campaign spending controversy sur
rounding Joe Buckner, a candidate for
student body president. For those who
may not know, scurrilous means "grossly
and offensively abusive." Although it
did provide an effective piece of eye
catching alliteration, its application to
Buckner's campaign is, in my opinion,
scurrilous.
The charge against Buckner was that
he had violated spending regulations by
claiming old Jim Hunt buttons and
soiled funeral home sheets to be worth
less and of no monetary value in his
campaign. The Elections Board has ruled
unanimously in Buckner's favor.
But the DTH obviously felt that Joe
had gotten away with something, that he
had, in effect, found a loophole where
he . could shadily buck propriety. The
editorial suggests that although the but
,tons and sheets have no market value,
they do have worth to the candidate and
that, worth should be included in the
candidate's report of campaign expenses.
All right. Why don't we figure out
how much Joe's time is worth to him?
Why don't we make Buckner add up all
the manhours he , and his supporters
spent Finding ways to run an effective,
cost-efficient campaign and include
those in his financial report.
I think it is too bad that Buckner must
be equated with the type of person who
would rip off flyers to write his own
campaign pitch on the back, or who would
ask his friends to buy up merchandise
and spoil it to evade cost inclusion. I fail
.to see why innovation must mean sneaki
ness when used in a campaign, and I see
no reason not to believe that the same
resourcefulness Joe is using in his cam
paign would make him a better candidate.
Chris Long
114 Ehringhaus
Buckner commended
I am appalled at the DTHs reporting
of Joe Buckner's campaign expenses.
First of all, after finding Buckner was
easily within the expense limit, both last
week's article and Monday's editorial on
his expenses were useless. I think it was
poor journalism to print them.
Second, Buckner's campaign expendi
tures should be commended instead of
criticized. He has been incredibly ingen
ious in his campaign material: finding
used sheets and buttons. Of course, he
could have bought new sheets and but
' tons, but that would have defeated the
whole resourceful purpose of the two
projects.
No election laws have been broken.
Joe Duckner is within the spending
boundary. It is unbelievable to me that
the DTH has tried so hard to magnify
nothing. I dare say it is a bit biased.
I think we should look at the articles
with a positive view Instead of the Intended
negative ones. It's simply another reason
to vote for Joe Buckner; for he is already
exhibiting resourcefulness and creativity.
Wendy Hopfenbcrg
209 Alderman
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Editor's note: Wendy Hopfenbcrg is
STOW coordinator for Joe Duckner.
f.snfngful csreers
To the editor:
In his letter to the editor "'DTH'Jzik
to investigate athletics" DTH, Jan. 21),
David M. Poole makes the assumption
that some careers arc more meaningful
than ethers. He implies that "such things
-as recreation administration or physical
education" are not curricula that lead
students to suitable careers. The question
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ful career?" As recreation administration
majors, we have found both the curriculum
and experience in the field challenging,
rewarding, and most of all, meaningful.
Maybe Mr. Poole should have researched .
these areas before he came out with such
a. blatant remark. Even a small amount
of research would have revealed the .
countless ways in which physical educa
tion and recreation administration serves
entire communities.' At N.C: Memorial
Hospital, recreation administration majors
are at work in the areas of Pediatrics, Adult
Rehabilitation in the Burn Unit, the
Ninth Floor Recreation Center, and the
Adult MedicalSurgical Program. Across
the nation, professionals devote their
lives to the enhahcement of scouts, vet
erans, nursing home residents, etc.
Meaningless? Maybe Mr. Poole should
reconsider his comment the next time he
decides to participate in such recreational
activities as playing tennis or visiting a
movie theater; the careers which he im
plies are meaningless affect his life every
day.
The specific major, however, does not
matter. The important fact is that what
is of value to some may not be as valuable
to others, but no career is absolutely .
meaningless.
Edie Home
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Recreation administration majors
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No time for GPSF
To the editor:
There's been a lot of space in The
Daily Tar Heel devoted to the disap
pointing lack of candidates for graduate
student positions in campus government,
culminating in the editorial "Horseless
Races" (DTH. Jan. 27). The complaint
seems to come down to this: "You grad
uate students complain so loudly about
the CGC's distribution of funds, and
even demand guaranteed funding for
your own organization. Why don't you
get involved in Student Government and
prove that you deserve the money?"
The answer's simple. Deing a graduate
student takes a lot of time. You spend
. enough time at it to get a little obsessed ,
with it, and you pay for it by devoting
less time to relaxation, hobbies, parties,
spouses and kids if you have them, and
peace of mind. So unless you're in law
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ernment-related field and can think of it
as part of your training, Student Gov
ernment is a low priority activity. I, for
one, feel that there are about 15 other
things I'd do if I had time for them.
v, So why, do we even, have a Gradu ate
Professional Student Organization?
That's simple, too. We want our money
' back. Very few of the campus organiza
tions funded by the CGC involve graduate '
students to any degree some don't
even permit our involvement. I doubt
. my life would change much if the CGC
were disbanded, except that I'd get some
money out of it. GPSF exists to get us
back some of the money your Student
Government takes away from us each
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semester, and every year we all hope
some noble soul will volunteer to be
president and spend a lot of time to get it .
for us. This year, it looks like nobody's .
got the time. It's understandable.
A friend of mine tells me that at his
undergraduate college, a law was passed
stating that any year in which less than
50 percent of the student body voted in
campus elections, there would be no stu
dent government. What a fine idea!
' What's our usual voter turnout around
here, anyway?
Timothy B. Brown
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