2The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, January 19, 1988
By AMY WINSLOW
Staff Writer
A U.S. Supreme Court decision
that gives high school administrators
censorship powers over student
newspapers does not apply to
student-published, college newspap
ers like The Daily Tar Heel, said
Daniel Pollitt, a UNC professor of
law.
But the ruling could affect college
newspapers that are not published by
students, said Philip Meyer, Kenan
professor of journalism.
"It (censorship) could stem to
universities, especially those where
the university owns the press," Meyer
said.
Richard Sonnenberg, faculty
adviser for Chapel Hill Senior High
School's student newspaper, The
Proconian, said, "What seems to be
the ideal is if (the college or high
school's student newspaper) is part of
the curriculum of the school, the
school would be able to exercise some
control over the content (of the
paper)."
The censorship debate involving
student newspapers stems from a U.S.
Supreme Court ruling Wednesday
that high school administrators can
censor articles from school newspap
ers that they feel might be inconsistent
with the school's "educational
mission."
The case that reached the high
court involved a principal in Hazel
wood, Mo., who censored student
articles discussing teen pregnancy and
divorce among the students' parents.
"This is a signal to high school
principals that if they want to pre
censor things, they can do it," said
Daniel Pollitt, Kenan professor of
law.
The real dilemma is whether high
school students should exercise
freedom of the press, Meyer said.
High school students feel they should
be counted as full citizens, but they
do not receive the same constitutional
rights, Meyer said.
But the courts recognize a consti
tutional difference in the rights of
college and high school students,
Pollitt said.
"I don't think current college
students are going to accept (censor
ship of their student newspaper),"
Pollitt said.
Most high school administrators
always assumed they had censorship
powers over their school's student
newspaper, Sonnenberg said. High
school principals and administrators
who read copy often disagree with
the content of student newspapers, he
said.
"I think (the ruling is) potentially
disastrous, and the language (of the
law) opens up incredible possibilities
for abuse," said Sonnenberg.
Sonnenberg has read excerpts from
the censored material in the Hazel
wood case and found nothing objec
tionable, he said.
"I would Ve run the stories," he
said.
Sonnenberg has not encountered
such conflicts at Chapel Hill Senior
High School, so the ruling should not
cause any problems there, he said.
Carolyn Horn, a Chapel Hill
Carrboro School Board member,
said "Anything that is acceptable as
a topic can be discussed (as a topic
for a Proconian story), and divorce
and teen pregnancy are certainly
legitimate discussions."
Robertson omtlmes plain to phase out tobacco
By LAURIE DUNCAN
State & National Editor
Presidential candidate Pat Robert
son's recent proposal to eliminate
tobacco may anger the industry's
supporters, but it should not weaken
the Republican televangelist's cam
paign, UNC professors said.
"What he's talking about is a
gradual change (in the amount of
tobacco grown) over a period of
time," said Merle Black, UNC asso
ciate professor of political science.
"For a small percentage of the
(N.C.) population, (Robertson's
tobacco proposal) would be an
automatic no-vote, but I dont think
it would be more than that," Black
said.
Robertson outlined a plan for
phasing out tobacco in the January
issue of Conservative Digest maga
zine. In the article Robertson sug
gested the federal government buy up
tobacco allotments federally
granted rights to grow and sell
tobacco over a few years. Farmers
would have time to change careers
or choose a different crop, said Sue
Wyatt, Robertson's N.C. campaign
director.
"He's not recommending jeopard
izing any of the farmers' interests; he's
providing them an alternative so they
can grow something else," she said.
A growing number of North Caro
linians may not criticize Robertson's
proposal because they want the Tar
Heel state to become less reliant on
tobacco, Black said. North Carolina
is the country's leading producer of
tobacco and cigarettes.
Robertson's campaign should not
be damaged by his tobacco plan
because Robertson is a Republican,
and most tobacco-related voters are
probably Democrats, said Thad
Beyle, UNC professor of political
science.
But Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, and
the N.C. Farm Bureau oppose the
plan.
"In North Carolina you have a lot
of people dependent on tobacco
the farmers, the industry," said
Barbara Lukens, Helms' press secre
tary. "From a North Carolina per
spective, you cannot support an anti
tobacco candidate."
Although the tobacco industry has
suffered a decline in acreage and
poundage in recent years, the tobacco
business involves a lot of jobs and
produces good net returns, said Don
Shackelford, commodities director
for the N.C. Farm Bureau. Tobacco
is one of North Carolina's major
crops, and it brings greater profits for
N.C. farmers than corn or grains
bring, he said.
Shakelford said, "As long as you
make a profit from your labors as
a private businessman, as a farmer
is, you keep doing it."
Israeli official
has weakened
From Associated Press reports
JERUSALEM Foreign
Minister Shimon Peres said Mon
day six weeks of riots in the
occupied territories have "para
lyzed" the government, and urged
that Israel hold early elections this
spring.
A second day of calm was
reported in the occupied territo
ries, where at least 37 Palestinians
have been killed by Israeli gunfire
since the uprising began Dec. 8.
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir, the foreign minister's
right-wing rival, said elections
must wait until order is restored
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
He said early elections would
"weaken our standing in the eyes
of the Arabs and are liable to
damage us."
Relatives wait for dead rebel
MARION, Utah More than
150 officers wearing fatigues and
packing automatic weapons
ringed the compound of slain rebel
polygamist John Singer Monday
as 14 relatives, including a suspect
in a Saturday church bombing,
holed up for a third day awaiting
Singer's "resurrection."
Relatives and authorities said
Addam Swapp and 13 family
members were armed as they
waited in a log house belonging
to Vickie Singer, one of two
widows left by John Singer when
he was gunned down by police
nine years ago Monday.
Officers surrounded the 2lA
acre homestead, located 60 miles
northeast of Salt Lake City, early
says rioting
government
News in Brief
Saturday after an explosion ripped
through the Mormon church's
Marion Stake Center a half mile
away, causing an estimated $1
million damage.
Ortega vows to protect regime
MANAGUA, Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega suggested
Monday that his Sandinista
government would take tough
measures if the U.S. Congress
approves new aid for the contra
rebels.
Ortega said approval of more
U.S. aid to the rebels "would give
the Nicaraguan government a free
hand to take the necessary mea
sures to defend the sovereignty,
self-determination and independ
ence of our country."
The White House said Sunday
that President Reagan will request
more aid for the rebels despite
Ortega's announcements.
World War II 'butcher' dies
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia
Adrija Artukovic, who was extra
dited from the United States and
convicted of ordering thousands of
prisoners killed in World War II,
died in jail at the age of 88, it was
reported Monday.
Known as the "Butcher of the
Balkans," Artukovic had been
sentenced to death by firing squad
in May 1986, but his execution had
been postponed indefinitely
because of his ill health.
For the Record 1 Best-selling author to speak as part of campus MLK celebration
Keather Weideman's name was
misspelled in the photo caption on
page seven of the Jan. 15 issue. The
DTH regrets the error.
It brings out
the best
in all of us."
United Way
By JUSTIN McGUIRE
Senior Writer
Maya Angelou, a noted author,
performer and social commentator
who knew Martin Luther King, will
appear tonight at 8 p.m. in Memorial
Hall.
"An Evening with Maya Angelou"
will be presented by the Carolina
Union Forum Committee as part of
the University's seventh annual
Martin Luther King birthday celebra
tion. Angelou, now an American Stu
dies professor at Wake Forest Uni
versity, is perhaps most well-known
for her autobiographical novel, "I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,"
which was nominated for the
National Book Award in 1970. She
is the best-selling black female author
in the world, according to Scott
Martin, chairman of the forum
committee.
Angelou's performance will be
hard to categorize, Martin said.
"It (the performance) is not set up
beforehand," he said. "Shell do
whatever she feels like doing."
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usually sings and reads her poetry,
dances and speaks on different
subjects, Martin said.
Martin said he has seen Angelou
on television and that her perfor
mance was "amazing."
Angelou was appointed in 1959, on
King's request, to be Northern
Coordinator of the Southern Chris
tian Leadership Conference, a prom
inent civil rights organization.
Angelou may speak about King,
Martin said, but the content of her
performance will be "played by ear."
The Martin Luther King Scholar
ship, given annually by UNC's chan
cellor to an outstanding black stu
dent, will be presented before
Angelou's performance. Martin said.
Through activities like the King "This is part of an effort on our
week, the Carolina Union is trying (the Union's) part to start appealing
to reach black and minority students, to minority students," he said.
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