8The Daily Tar HeelMonday, April 9. 1984
Jeff Hioay, iw
Jon. Broadway. Miin,toing Editor
MlCHAEI. ToOEE, Editorial Pige Editor
Frank Bruni. Aowmk- Editor
Kelly Simmons, University Editor
Kyle Marshall, Shite and National Editor
Melanie Wells, City Editor
VANCF. TrEFETHEN, Business Editor
STUART TONKINSON, Nen-s Editor
Frank Kennedy, Sports Editor
Jeff Grove, Am Editor
ClNDY DUNLEVY, Features Editor
CHARLES LEDFORD, Photography Editor
JEFF NEUVILLE, Photography Editor
Support for the
As the Campus Governing Council
Finance Committee scurries to salvage the
workings of campus groups that have
taken, or will take, drastic cuts in their re
quested budgets, the danger that several
smaller organizations will fall by the
wayside becomes more and more real.
Because they are perceived to either cater
to a smaller percentage of students than
other groups or serve a less integral cam
pus function, many of these organizations
have been dubbed 44 low-priority groups,'
and, as such, stand the chance of being cut
altogether. Such a prospect is the
understandable product of the severe
finanical restrictions faced by the CGC.
However, there exists the possibility the
CGC will use its financial burden as an ex
cuse to sever groups it believes do not
merit funding anyway, and that cutting
off funds from these groups will set
precedents difficult to overturn in years to
come.
The ongoing argument pits "high
priority" groups against the aforemen
tioned smaller ones. Student Body Presi
dent Paul Parker and Finance Committee
member Tim Newman ascribe to the
theory that funding the 18 organizations
required to exist by the student Constitu
tion takes precedence over all else. Parker
and Newman fear that if large cuts in the
budgets of these groups are made to assure
the existences of smaller groups, the quali
ty and effectiveness of the constitutionally
mandated groups will be rendered
mediocre. Rather than have this happen,
they would prefer to see 'low-priority
groups" have their funding cut altogether.
Theirs is a sound argument, an argu
ment to which we initially allied ourselves.
But it is an argument that contains some
very dangerous pitfalls. First, the defini
tion of "low-priority group" is ambiguous
and subjective. Second the CGC could
easily point to his argument as the reason
to fund a group it simply doesn't
want and may never have wanted to
fund. In doing so, the CGC could skirt a
direct confrontation with the issue of
whether controversial groups, regardless
of available funds, deserve funding this or
A shady ensurance of election
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
John Ingram's recent fund-raising ac
tivities not only represent a serious conflict
of interest, but they also raise questions
about how Ingram defines ethical and
unethical behavior.
Ingram, the state's insurance commis
sioner, acknowledged last week that he
had asked several out-of-state insurance
company executives to buy up to 40 $100
tickets to fund-raising events. The conflict
of interest in soliciting such contributions
seems obvious: The people Ingram has
asked for money are the same people who
run the businesses that his office regulates.
As commissioner, Ingram decides whether
companies should be licensed to operate in
North Carolina, whether their policies will
be approved and what their rates will be.
As one insurance executive told The
Charlotte Observer, "That guy can put us
out of business in North Carolina with the
stroke of a pen."
What's most distressing about Ingram
asking for such contributions, however, is
not really the potential for him to use his
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little guys
any other year. Moreover, without such a
clear estimation, groups receiving no fun
ding this year might, even during a less
financially strapped year, have a hard time
convincing the CGC to once again fund
them. Or they might, under the burden of
having to raise all funds they need, cease
to exist altogether.
That is not to say that there are indeed,
groups now receiving funds that might not
really merit money coming from student
fees. Whether such programs as Victory
Village, a day-care program, or the Toron
to Exchange are really student services or
simply luxuries enjoyed by a very small
portion of the student body could make
the subject of a very worthwhile CGC
debate. But to simply cut these programs
without advance notice would be to forbid
them time to prepare for alternate avenues
of fund raising. Moreover, such groups as
the Carolina Gay Association, the
Carolina Indian Circle and the Association
for International Students all somewhat
controversial because of the small student
base to which each appeals only ask for
small amounts of money. Funding these
groups only puts a small dent in the money
available to campus organizations.
Likewise, not funding them only saves a
miniscule amount, but might deal a fatal
blow to the organizations themselves and
to their laudable promotion of diversity on
this campus.
Although many of the smaller, imperil
ed organizations have survived budget
hearings thus far, some have yet to come
up for review, and all stand the chance of
losing funds when the entire CGC ad
dresses the issue Saturday. For the finan
cially beleaguered CGC, taking funds
away from "low-priority groups" will un
doubtedly seem the easy way out. But
many of the organizations outside the con
stitutionally required 18 are the most in
tegral to the promotion of diversity at
UNC. To set a precedent by cutting
altogether the funding of these groups
without first assessing the validity of their
claims to student fees would be grossly un
fair. position for "blackmail" purposes, In
gram's term as commissioner expires in
January, and there is too little time for
him to take drastic action against a com
pany should he want to. The larger pro
blem is Ingram's apparent inability to
recognize that a conflict of interest exists.
Speaking to reporters last Wednesday, In
gram justified his requests by likening
them to the contributions that other
elected officials get. "Lawyers contribute
to judges," he said. While that may be
true, the parallel just doesn't work. A
judge can make it difficult for an attorney
to practice in his courtroom, but he
doesn't have the power to disbar him.
Moreover, Ingram's shady solicitations
could set a dangerous precedent. Other
candidates in races where such conflicting
interests may be more dangerous might be
encouraged to participate in this kind of
incestuous fundraising. Were that situa
tion to develop, the end result could only
damage the credibility of North Carolina
politics.
Tar Heel
Euthanasia: a
to savor what he can of life, even
while in pain, must be given all the
support society can render. But I
don't believe, either, that a person
should always be denied a painless
death if that is what he wants.
An admittedly extreme example
from the hallowed halls of the ethics
section of the philosophy depart
ment: You are a state trooper and
come upon a semi-truck that has
crashed and overturned. It is aflame
and the heat so intense that neither
you nor anyone else, can get near
enough to pull the driver out. You
have radioed for a fire truck but
know that it will be at least 15
minutes before help can arrive, and in
this time there is no doubt at all that
the driver will die of burns or smoke
inhalation. If you have ever been
badly burned, you may have an inkl
ing of the fact that this would be an
incredibly painful way to die. The
driver knows the situation and shouts
to you to shoot him so that he may
die now, rather than slowly and tor
tuously. What do you do? I know
that there are some who feel that even
in this situation it would be wrong to
By KAREN LENCHEK
Stuart Tonkinson is rightly hor
rified by recent statements by Col.
Gov. Richard Lamm ("Unlike the
leaves on a tree, man merits life when
winter comes," DTH, April 5). In
fact, Lamm's suggestion to the elder
ly that they "die and get out of the
way" is so preposterous as to barely
deserve response. Tonkinson goes
beyond the repulsion felt by most
people, however, to make attacks on
"fans of euthanasia" and foes of
''"progress."
I do not know who has told
Tonkinson that euthanasia involves
forcing death on people who do not
want it, even if they are terminally ill,
that its fans scuttle around hospital
corridors waiting to indiscriminately
pull the plug. I am sure that there are
those who hold this position
Lamm is certainly an example. But as
a "fan" of euthanasia, I must say
that in no case do I advocate inducing
death in a person who does not want
to die. An elderly person who wishes
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
You only think you couldn 't be pregnant. ..
To the editor:
The major purpose of this letter is to gripe about
the Student Health Services and the money
students pay for these so-called "medical services."
This letter is from a female's point of view, as we
do not know what goes on behind the closed doors
of the infirmary for the members of the opposite
sex. We know quite well, however, what goes for us
girls.
To begin with, why is that so many of the doc
tors at SHS are so preoccupied with the thought
that all the girls on this campus must be pregnant?
Every time a girl walks into the infirmary, the first,
question asked is, "Are you sexually active?" If the
answer is yes, the doctor, or nurse practitioner, or
whoever, then attempts to find that their patient
must indeed be pregnant. There have even been
some cases of which we are personally aware, when
the doctors insisted that their patient "must be
pregnant," even when the patient must indeed be
pregnant. There have even been some cases, of
which wer are personally aware, when the doctors
insisted that their patient "must be pregnant,"
even when the patient honestly assured them that
there was no possible way she could be. Of course,
the Virgin Mary did have a child, didn't she? Too
bad the SHS people weren't around then. They
could have told her about it beforehand!
Life's rough
To the editor:
Students who read Jay Leutze and Tommy
White's letter ("Just when you thought it was
safe," DTH, April 5) and are still reeling at the
tought of filling those requirements all over again,
you are not alone. Many people are worried,
shocked and dismayed by the new curriculum.
What's even more overwhelming, however, is the
fact that there will be three different curricula at
UNC next year. Seniors will be under the old cur
riculum, sophomores and juniors will be following
the new General College and Arts and Sciences
plan and freshmen will follow a further revision of
the present plan. It could become next to impossi
ble to keep all this straight, but Student Govern
ment has a plan to make understanding the new
curriculum easier. In the fall we will initiate a Stu
dent Advising Service in the dormitories and in the
Greek system. Students will be trained as advisers
and counselors to serve as a resource for other
students. We feel that students would often rather
talk with other students for advice whenever possi
ble. Being a student adviser would be a very reward
ing experience. Not only will student advisors have
the opportunity to learn a great deal about
academic procedures at UNC, but they will also
gain valuable experience in counseling. If you are
interested in counseling, anxious to get involved in
your dormitory or just concerned about the present
advising system at UNC, I encourage you to apply
to be a student adviser. Advisers must be dormitory
- residents and maintain a minimum QPA of 2.75.
Applications are available this week in the Student
Government office, room 217 of the Union.
j
Jane A. Gordon
Chairperson Task Force on Academic Advising
Defense possible
To the editor:
I found the articles on rape by Kathy Hopper
("Center exists to help sexually assaulted women"
and "Men today can understand rape victim's feel
ings of fear," DTH, April 5.) informative. I
especially appreciate seeing a positive view of self
defense. I strongly object to the photo accompany
ing the articles. The photo presents a woman being
grabbed from behind, with her eyes wide with ter
ror. All that's visible of the assailant is part of a
shoulder, arm and hand covering the woman's
mouth. This photo does nothing more than rein
force the idea that women are victims. These im
ages only serve to continue to terrorize women. It
negates all the positive statements in the first article
about women defending themselves.
I suggest that the next article on rape that has a
positive viewpoint on women defending themselves
be illustrated with that viewpoint. When women
begin to see images of women as fighters then we
can truly begin to believe that we are worth defen
ding. Kathy Hopwood
Self-defense instructor
Triangle Women's Karate Association
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complex issue
shoot the driver, and I respect their
position. But I also know that to me,
it would be wrong to allow the man
to suffer.
As I said, an extreme example.
Often, however, the suffering of a
cancer patient can be almost as ex
treme as that of the truck driver, and
he may ask to die quickly and
painlessly. Here the issue is fuzzier,
and each person involved must be
guided by his code of ethics, with the
patient's wishes being given primary
consideration.
I must laugh at Tonkinson's evoca
tion of the rights of the individual in
the United States. Setting aside the
wisdom of such an unqualified sanc
tion for the moment, it is just this
freedom of choice for the individual
that "fans" of euthanasia advocate.
An elderly person suffering with a
terminal illness is now, under the law,
not allowed to make his own, in
dividual, choice about whether to live
or die.
Tonkinson must also be careful not
to confuse technological advances
with progress, if that word must have
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Basically, what we don't understand is why the
doctors automatically make the assumption that a
girl is pregnant before they assume that there just
might be something else wrong instead? It is our
guess that those who work at the infirmary see
many student pregnancies each semester. It is also
our guess, however, that they treat even more
female students who are not pregnant, than who
are.
And now, about the money. If we understand it
correctly, $55 of every student's fees each semester
are allocated to SHS. But what about those
students who never use the infirmary, and more im
Confusion over courses
To the editor:
Why in the hell doesn't someone in the ad
ministration at this lofty institute of higher learning
let the students know what the hell is going on? Ad
mittedly, college students must accept an increased
level of responsibility. But it seems like the ad
ministration enjoys playing mind games with us
students. If we have to sign up register for courses,
why doesn't someone let us know?
I feel like an average UNC student and I don't
even know who to address this letter to except the
DTH.
Evangelism pitted
To the editor:
After reading Michael Matti's article, "Born
again, lost again?" (DTH, March 26) the frequent
issue of evangelism in the Pit surfaces again. Un
doubtedly, Michael Matti was only trying to help in
an unpleasant situation, and it is unfortunate that
the police charged him with a misdemeanor and for
the cost of the ambulance.
The proper use of the Pit as a forum seems to be
less controlled than it should be. Obviously, the Pit
offers a convenient, central location on campus for
students to gather, relax, and socialize. Such use
should be the primary purpose of a common area in
the spirit of the Student Union itself. The Pit's
function as a place to express varied opinions to
large groups of people should be secondary.
No one would attempt to limit the freedom of
any student to express his ideas, if he expresses
those ideas in a reasonable fashion. In recent years,
a variety of evangelists and other persons have used
the Pit as a forum. The majority of those groups
behave in an acceptable way. Recently however,
the born-again evangelists are becoming objec
tionable. Most students use the Pit to relax, read
the newspaper or talk to friends. The majority of
To the editor:
As a Christian, or one who professes to be, I also
face issues expressed by Michael Matti ("Born
again, lost again," DTH, March 26). I don't like to
see a re-linkage with God turned into an arena of
cannibals and philosphers 'excuse the redundancy.'
I, too, get vamped by skirts and wait patiently for
the peace of old men. I get ill when 1 hear some
"minister" on TV digress on the spirit of man and
other myopic debris, and 1 certainly don't see any
reason for folks professing one way, one truth and
one life to form separate denominations.
Matti and I might agree that piety without purity
is obnoxious but, on behalf of all my maniac
relatives who are on fire for God, I say that have a
child-like courage which risks everything native to
this flesh, including approval of their peers, but
risks nothing if it is the only way. They offer the
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give it. "Progress" gave us
cyclamates, acid rain and nuclear
warheads. I would hope that progress
would include advances in ethics as
well as those in the sciences.
Finally, although I applaud the
decision of Matthew Brown to be an
organ donor and recommend this
course to everyone, I do not see what
his story has to do with Tonkinson's
arguments. His sacrifice was made
after he was dead and so does not
enter into the question of euthanasia.
Once again, all fans of euthanasia
do not advocate killing people who
are seriously ill or in much pain.
Some believe that a careful, measured
choice about quality of life should be
made by the person involved, guided
by what he believes is right, and ad
vised by his clergy and those who love
him. This is the course that would
preserve the "rights of the
individual" of which Tonkinson is so
fond.
Karen Lenchek is a junior religion
major from Chapel Hill.
portantly, those of us who have learned from ex
perience that we have no desire whatsoever to make
use of their "services"? We prefer our own private
doctors to some of the quacks we've encountered
at SHS. We think it's a shame that our money sup
ports a cause that we so whole-heartedly oppose.
We welcome any response.
D. Evans
J. Miller
Granville
By the way, the time on the Bell Tower clock has
been off since the last time change.
And my suitemate is p.o.ed because I'm keeping
him up using his typewriter.
And when is Wilson's humanities room going to
be re-opened?
And I'm looking for a house to live in next year
close to campus. President Friday, do you have a
room to rent?
L.C. and Brian Leuthner
Hinton James
against privacy?
students do not want anyone screaming, shouting,
or ranting about "depraved," "sinful" and "wan
ton, evil ways." They simply want to relax and get
a little sun.
Perhaps it is time to restrict the use of the Pit on
ly to groups who offer an organized, structured
format to present their ideas. These groups or in
dividuals should reserve the Pit through the Stu
dent Union reservations office the current
policy. Otherwise,, offensive, spontaneous speakers
should be removed by campus police.
Freedom of speech is a great right, but when it
interferes with the general well-being of the
students, it is time to have a closer screening of
those who would like to speak in the Pit. This is not
an advocation of censorship by the University, the
Student Union, or anyone else. It is a demand for
reasonable presentations from the speakers in the
same way that a student might make an oral report
in a speech class.
Larry Raines
Brandon Uttley
Stacy
oesi mey have to people who act like they don't
want it. I was not present at the re-crucifixion scene
depicted in Matti's article. It is hard to tell if it oc
curred, if it was hypothetical or if it matters.
Despite the fact that Ronnie and Vince et al tend
to come across a bit strong for the tastes of most, I
say that Ronnie and another friend were there
praying during the minute when an affliction left
my knee, a time when strength was needed. I hardly
feel "hate-mongers" such as these should be
ridiculed. They do good work through love and
through a kind of wisdom which involves being
willing to see, hear, feel', etc. I love him like the
brothers and vessels of God they are and would
suffer they not be harmed.
Max Spach
Estes Park Apts.