6The Daily Tar HeelMonday. January 14. 1985
Jeff Hiday, Editor
Joel Broadway, Managing Editor
MARK STINNEFORD, Associate Editor
BEN PERKOWSKI, Associate Editor
Kelly Simmons, University Editor
VANCE TREFETHEN, State and National Editor
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DAN TILLMAN, Business Editor
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Frank Kennedy, spom Editor
Jeff Grove, Arts Editor
Sharon Sheridan. Features Editor
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For CGC, vetoes
Atop tonight's Campus Governing
Council agenda are two bills which have
been vetoed by the student body pres
ident, and which the council must decide
whether to resurrect or let die. In both
cases we recommend the latter course
of, here at least, inaction.
One of the bills is an expression of
dissatisfaction with the new food services
plan. Its supporters want the Board of
Trustees to know that they're not happy
with the plan, which includes, starting
next semester, a mandatory $100-a-semester
meal plan for on-campus
students. As we understand it, though,
this food service plan is not only prudent,
but set in stone as well. So while
complaining about the plan might
increase student awareness of it, it will
not change the Trustees' minds. Before
overriding the veto of this bill, council
members should consider the food plan's
history, which includes ample evidence
of student participation.
The other bill is even less worthy of
revival. A plan for guaranteeing Student
Legal Services WA percent of Student
Activities Fees, the bill squeaked by a
harried council last month replacing
a similarly intentioned bill passed earlier
that night and was vetoed by Paul
Parker, he said, so the issue could be
thought over and a compromise struck.
Last week the Rules and Judiciary
Committee passed just such a comprom
Don't water the
Watered by good intentions, govern
ing bodies have a tendency to sprout like
kudzu into unwieldy, amorphous forms.
Now, we don't think Student Govern
ment will ever rival the federal govern
ment as a bureaucratic menace, but a
measure before the Campus Governing
Council designed to make the council
a more representative body could
make the student legislature a more
confusing and less accountable body.
Under a bill before the council tonight,
CGC candidates would have the option
of running with a "vice councillor." Vice
councillors would attend meetings and
vote when their CGC member could not
come to a meeting. Rep. John Nichol
son, a chief supporter of the bill, offers
some attractive reasons for its passage.
It would help ensure that all districts
are represented at each CGC meeting.
VCs would be especially valuable to
graduate members who are sometimes
forced to miss meetings because of their
crushing work load and to upperclass
men called out of town for job interviews
and the like.
As Nicholson points out, poor attend
ance is more than a matter for philo
sophical speculation; it often threatens
to bring the CGC to a standstill. Lack
of a quorum delayed CGC budget
considerations during a full council
meeting last spring. And, because so
many members were absent during a
meeting to consider the Nicaraguan
invasion protest bill, opponents were
nearly able to break up the meeting by
walking out.
But, despite the positive points of the
proposal, the CGC would do well to send
the vice councillor plan to the archives
tonight. Already, most student are more
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a no-call
ise, a bill as adequate as can be expected
in this complicated case. Council
members tonight should see to it that
this bill is passed, thus sending the matter
to a campus-wide vote in February. Two
elements make it especially worthwhile.
First, in guaranteeing Student Legal
Services about $44,000 (a buck a student
twice a year), the bill provides SLS
lawyers the job security they deserve. At
the same time, in forcing the organiza
tion to petition the council for the extra
$30,000 or so it would need in a typical
year, the CGC retains its role as
watchdog making sure money is being
handled responsibly.
Second, the bill frees up that $44,000
for the other 30 CGC-funded groups
which, after having had to lop off
$150,000 from their budgets last spring,
can use whatever money they can get.
It should be noted that the plan does
not call for a Student Activities Fee
increase; in funneling money to SLS via
a separate fee, it simply diminishes the
competition among student groups for
the activity fees.
Council members won't even see this
admirable bill unless they first acknowl
edge the veto of their earlier, deficient
bill. Then, if reason prevails, they will
pass the compromise bill and let students
decide next month whether to ensure
Student Legal Services the stable future
it deserves.
kudzu
likely to be able to name the capital of
Albania than that of their CGC member.
The measure would only increase
confusion over who is voting for the
students of a particular district. While
it would be assumed that councillors and
vice councillors would be philisophically
compatible, there is no guarantee that
a member and his alternate would vote
the same way when issues come down
to specifics.
Most importantly, there is the matter
of accountability. Under the proposal,
some members may be less likely to
attend votes on controversial issues,
leaving matters to their vice councillors.
While we don't question the scruples of
our dedicated representatives, student
politicians just like full-grown ones
often seek higher office. Dodging
emotional issues is not always bad advice
for an office seeker. If vice councillors
were in existence during the current
term, it is not inconceivable that some
ambitious council members may have
been conveniently absent for bills
outlining Student Government contin
gency protest plans, increasing funds for
the Carolina Gay Association and
proposing constitutionally guaranteed
funding for the Black Student
Movement.
Even without vice councillors, the
CGC is hardly powerless to fight
attendance problems. Any member who
misses two full council meetings in a row
is required to appear before the council's
Ethics Committee, which has the power
to expel the representative.
While we applaud the intentions of
those proposing vice councillors, we
suggest they use existing rules and keep
the kudzu fertilizer where it belongs.
Tar Heel
'Random dousing won't hold water
By KENNETH HARRIS
1 am not surprised at the amount of support
that the random housing proposal is continually
gaining at this university. It is my opinion that
this support is based on a misunderstanding of
the potential negative effects of random housing
at UNC. Allow me to clarify the reasons why,
what I call the "randomized dousing" of black
cultural presence at UNC, would be an ineffec
tive, discriminatory program, affecting both the
quality and quantity of black students at this
university.
Recently. I read an article in the DTH that
called for the "integration" of North Campus
through the use of the "random dousing"
program, which would force many black students
to reside on North Campus rather than exercise
their freedom to live where they choose
(traditionally South Campus). The writer failed
to understand a few very important
circumstances.
First, forcing black students to live on North
Campus, as well as South Campus would not
create "integration." The fact that black students
attend this university, have access to its resources,
and, in addition, have the choice to decide
between living on North or South campus,
indicates that UNC is "integrated." The key
problem is that while the University is, indeed,
"integrated," there remains a significantly low
percentage of black students at UNC. which is
disproportionate to the black populations of both
North Carolina and the United States. As a
result, there are not enough black students at
UNC to enable a situation to occur in which
black students would live on all parts of campus
(including North Campus) and, simultaneously,
retain the degree of comfort present on South
Campus. A solution would be for the University
to increase efforts to recruit black students, and
increase black enrollment to approximately 22
percent, which is proportional to the black
population of North Carolina. Then, and only
then, would "random dousing" become random
housing, and the proposed changes would no
longer have the profound negative effects on
black student matriculation and performance
that I anticipate.
Perhaps many students, faculty or adminis
trators do not understand the problems faced
by black students and other minorities at this
university. Aside from adjusting to a new
academic environment, blacks must adjust to a
new social and racial environment as well. Many
black students find it extremely difficult to adjust
to the dominant white culture at UNC. Even
with the relative "concentration" of black
students on South Campus, many blacks still
feel alienated among the large percentage of white
students who live on South Campus. There are
no real advantages presented bv the "randomized
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Conservatives deserve fair shake, 'DTH'
To the editor:
There you go again. Your Jan.
1 1 editorial ("When Jesse talks,
people listen?") again showed your
insistence on using Sen. Jesse Helms
as a punching bag for your ever
present liberal bias.
The editorial was critical of
Helms for urging conservatives
throughout the United States to buy
CBS Inc. to prevent future anti
Reagan newscasts. This is a large
undertaking, to be sure. It would
require conservatives to buy more
than $1 billion worth of CBS stock
Here it comes,
To the editor:
Why are we hearing demands to
restructure and reorganize Student
Government? As two seniors who
are settling in for their fourth round
of UNC student elections, we are
preparing ourselves to witness the
usual onslaught of cries that Student
Government is ineffective, out of
touch, and in dire need of
reorganization.
Before nine candidates start
trying to convince the student body
how ineffective Student Govern
ment is in solving these problems,
we'd like to point out that any of
these candidates would be fortunate
to compile a record as impressive
as that of Paul Parker's adminis
tration. We're talking about the
administration that lobbied for and
won for us, the students, fantastic
seating in the new Student Activities
Center; we're talking about the
administration that has kept our
cars from being towed during
football games; we're talking about
Fields ' letter off -
To the editor:
In Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme
Court legalized abortion for women
who lived everywhere in the United
States, effectively generalizing laws
that were on the books in states like
New York and Califorinia. The
court found, however, that a wom
an's right to "demand" an abortion
depended on how far her pregnancy
had progressed. During the first two
trimesters, there are no restrictions.
The state may regulate the proce
dure during the second trimester,
allowing only hospitals to perform
it. The third trimester is different,
in the court's opinion, because of
the growing viability of the fetus.
At this time, an abort" n is only
legal when it can be shown that the
mother's life would be endangered
by carrying the pregnancy to term.
I hope this information clarifies
some statements in Patrick Fields'
letter ("Abortions and the right
wing stigma," Dec. 3), which imply
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dousing" of black student initiative, motivation
and comfort by removing black students from
resources (friends, the Black Student Movement,
cultural presence, etc.) that exist on South
Campus.
In additon, "random dousing" would take
away from each student the ability to choose
where to live. It is my opinion that students select
areas they feel will produce the greater degree
of comfort. This sense of belonging or comfort
has a direct effect on a student's performance.
The less comfortable a student feels in his social
or living environment, the more likely he is to
be distracted from academics.
"Random dousing" is not a new issue at UNC.
There have been numerous random housing
proposals, and there was even a random housing
exploratory committee report that criticized the
concept of random housing.
Let us not be idealistic. Random housing
presents no significant gains for the University
or its black population. If UNC desires a sound,
responsive and consistent black population
throughout the campus, they must recruit more
to gain control of the corporation.
But many people agree with our
senior senator. Since CBS Inc. is a
public corporation and offers its
stock for sale, what is wrong with
conservatives buying it if they so
desire? If conservatives heed Helms
appeal and purchase a large portion
of CBS, maybe all major media
would begin to strive for greater
fairness and objectivity in their
reporting. That wouldn't be so bad,
would it?
Some people might believe that
Helms idea is a move to eventually
gain control of all major media.
However, I believe it is nothing of
the sort. Conversely, it is an attempt
to persuade Dan Rather and others
who slant the news to stop deceiving
the American public.
Conservatives have argued for
many years that they have not
gotten a fair shake in the major news
media. Helms is a perfect case in
point. For example, The Charlotte
Observer and the Raleigh News and
Observer clearly bend over back
ward to make Helms look bad in
their editorials and news stories.
again
the student body president who has
worked 80 hours a week in a
successful effort to bring efficiency
and effectiveness back into Suite C.
We're not saying that there's no
room for innovation: new ideas,
new issues, and new concerns will
continue to demand the attention
of those who choose to involve
themselves with student politics.
Paul Parker has built a flexible
framework that can be readjusted
and fine-tuned by each successive
student body president. It would be
a waste of time, energy, and talent
to restructure a working
government.
We hope the candidates will
address their campaigns to prob
lems that need solving, rather than
sounding off weary battle cries that
may have been pertinent in past
campaigns but certainly aren't
relevant any longer.
Sarah Hester
Joey Hall
Chapel Hill
To the editor:
Russell A. Board's letter ("Sad
date," Jan. 10) represents to me all
that is wrong with philosophy - it's
all theory, with no acknowledge
ment of practical reality.
To each of the concerns Board
voices, I offer a counterpoint. First,
he worries about "practicing quality
control" on children. Does he feel
that it is just to bring into the world
children who will be raised in
poverty unwanted, unloved and
neglected?
Second, how can one kill that
which is not yet alive? This is the
pivotal question over which both
sides are still bitterly fighting, and
my position has already been
expressed. And what "more humane
solutions" does Board suggest? He
proposes none. He merely speaks
of them in the abstract.
Third, Board suggests that cur
rent legislation deprives fetuses of
their freedom to choose whether to
be born or not. This is absurd. Since
when did children have a choice as
to whether thev are to be born or
not?
Fourth, the portrayal of doctors
base
that a woman can demand an
abortion at any time during her
pregnancy. This is false.
As medical technology pushes
back the onset of viability, the
difference between a "premature
baby" and an "unwanted fetus" will
become semantic. While 1 support
Roe vs. Wade, in the future we may
need to refine the Supreme Court's
crude balance between a woman's
right to control her reproduction
and an obligation to protect nascent
life.
In the spirit of Fields' letter, here
are the two points that are always
rock bottom for me whenever I
think about the abortion issue:
Abortions will not end by
making them illegal.
The right to terminate a preg
nancy is fundamental to the free
dom of choosing to bear a child.
Doug Brewer
Chapel Hill
black students not disperse those already here.
To put it in understandable terms: if you want
two good ham sandwiches, and you have only
one slice of ham, you are going to have to get
another piece of ham from somewhere else.
Random housing presents a severe threat to
the performance and number of black students
at the University. It would indeed be an ideal
situation if black students were able to live
comfortably on North and South campuses. But,
the fact remains that blacks are an extreme
minority at UNC and the majority of resources
for blacks remain on South Campus.
Come on UNC! Get another piece of ham!
Recruit more black students, or at least retain
the present cultural presence of blacks at UNC.
Let students decide where they want to live.
Abandon "random dousing" and live up to the
responsibility of providing all students, despite
racial backgrounds, equal opportunity to achieve
academic success at UNC.
Kenneth Harris is a senior political science
major from Fayetteville.
The editorial stated, "Sorry,
Jesse, but we (the DTH) can't be
bought." Well, I doubt if anyone in
his right mind would want to
purchase the DTH if it was for sale.
Don't be surprised if UNC students
. eventually make internal reforms in
the DTH"s editorial policies to give
conservatives a louder voice. There
fore, a "coup de Tar HeeV will not
be necessary for conservatives to
fairly share our views with our
friends on the left.
Chris Sanders
Granville West
Ill-conceived issue
who perform abortion as "hit men"
is crude, and does the medical
community a grave injustice. They
are using their training and technol
ogy to the benefit, not the detriment,
of society.
Finally, Board's demand that we
want and love every child born is
the ultimate example of avoiding
reality. What a Pollyanna you are.
Board! Do you really love everyone?
If so, you are a better person than
I, but I prefer to be a bit more
discriminating.
Board's argument is not only
faulty, but it misses the fundamental
issue at stake. He speaks at length
to the immorality of abortion, yet
the alternatives are morally repre
hensiible. Isn't it kinder not to bring
into the world children for whom
the quality of life will be
unacceptable?
1 hope in the future Board will
give more lengthy consideration to
matters of such importance, before
revealing more shortsightedness and
selfishness in another "ill
conceived" missive.
Lliaboth l.arschan
Chanel Hill
Not again . . .
Tired of abortion, apartheid, elections, etc.? You're not alone.
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