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8The Daily Tar HeelFriday, September 27, 1991 98th year of editorial freedom Jennifer Stephanie Johnston, University Editor CuiXEN FERGUSON, Editorial Page Editor Mark Anderson, Sports Editor CHRISTINA NlFONG, Features Editor ALEX De GRAND, Cartoon Editor MlTCH KOKAI, Copy Desk Editor GRANT HALVERSON Photography Editor MATTHEW ElSLEY, Special Assignments Editor WlNG, Editor STEVE Politi, University Editor PETER WALLSTEN, City Editor WENDY BOUNDS, State and National Editor MONDY LAMB, Omnibus Editor Jennifer Dickens, Layout Editor AMY SEELEY, Copy Desk Editor KATHY MICHEL, Photography Editor JoAnn RODAK, Managing Editor Waging war Hazardous waste. Those two words are enough to make anyone cringe. Change "hazardous" to "low-level ra dioactive," and folks get panicky. The process of selecting a site for a low level nuclear waste disposal facility (state officials bristle if it is called a "dump") is not going smoothly. But then, no one ever pretended it would. The choice for the site is supposed to be the location that best meets technical speci fications, not a compromise among politi cians concerned about the wishes of their constituencies. This is one of those unfor tunate situations where the democratic pro cess cannot be trusted. No one wants this disposal facility in his county. "Not in my back yard" has been the battle cry of the residents of any county under consideration for this site or any other waste facility like a landfill. It's a shame that nothing is perfect. The production of nuclear power is a very clean, efficient process. The down side is that it does leave behind a very small amount of dangerous, radioactive waste that tends to stay with us for a long time a very, very long time. Until the day comes when it is cost effective to blast the stuff into the sun or there are futuristic rail guns on the Bonneville Salt Flats capable of simply Touching the lives of children Anyone who ever dreamed of a Cat in the Hat romping through forests of truffula trees should take a moment and recall how one author educated millions of children with his simple, whimsical wisdom. The death of Theodor (Dr.) Seuss Geisel on Wednesday reminds us that in this video dominated age, the printed word still can excite a child 's imagination. Seuss led chil dren through fantastical worlds where there was often a subtle lesson to be learned. His style and mission must not be forgotten by other children's authors facing tough is sues young readers need to understand. In "The Butter Battle Book," Seuss in scribed a parable for the atomic age. The story traces the conflict between the Yooks, who eat their bread with the butter side down, and the Zooks, who do the opposite. As they face off, each group has the Keep laws Editor's note: Believe it or not, the fol lowing editorial was published Sept. 16 in N.C. State's student newspaper, Techni cian. The original editorial (spelling er rors and all) has been reprinted for your entertainment. Technician believes premarital sex is a decision that should be made by the indi vidual and the individual alone. By no means do we encourage or dis courage it, because, after all, who is to determine whether it is right or wrong? Many people will argue that religion, personal experience and peer pressure all play important roles in influencing one's decision. This may be true. However, others argue that the U.S. leg islature spends more time nosing around Americans' bedrooms than is necessary. The fact remains that it is the individual who will reap the benefits or suffer the consequences of premarital sex. lUfgdau'iEfrii&ar Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz, directorgeneral manager; manager; mson Asnwortn, Business manager. Business stall: Michelle Gray. assisfanfmanaoerGinaBerardino, and Classified advertising: Amy Dew, Becky Marquette, Jennifer Terry assistant. Display advertising: Ashleigh Heath, advertising manager; Chad Boswell, Carrie Grady, Marcie Bailey, Angela Gray, Robert Lee Carson, David Hoffmann, Brooks Spradling, Milton Artis, Trish Parrott, Lynne Sandridge and Tonya Bryan, account executives; Heather BannistercreafVe director; Maribelh Layton, Joanna Hutchins, Mariea Miller, assistant account executives; Cbariotte Weaver, Nicki Blair, proofreaders. Advertising production: Bill Leslie, managersystem administrator; Anita Bentley and Lorrie Pate, assistants. Assistant editors: Anne Michaud, arts coordinator; Hardy Floyd and Lauren Purcell, copy: Andre Hauser, editorial page; Beth Tatum, features: Kelly Thompson, layout, Valerie Fields and Gillam Hall, managVnovVicki Hymanand Mike Long, Omnibus; Jim Holm, photo;Nei Amato, Stewart Chisam and Warren Hynes, sports; Dacia Toll, sfafe and national; Ashley Fogle and Bonnie Rochman, univeisity. Newsclerk: Kevin Brennan. Editorial writers: Aiisa DeMao, David Etchison and Will Spears. University: Birch DeVault, Soyia Ellison, Amy Eslinger, Adam Ford, Deborah Ann Greenwood, Heather Harreld, Jenny Mclnnis, Matthew Mielke, Marty Minchin, Jennifer Mueller. Cathy Oberle, Shea Riggsbee, Karen Schwartz, Jennifer Talhelm, Jon Wliisenant and Michael Workman. Citv: Tiffany Ashhurst. Jennifer Brett. Sally Bright, Kim Cable, Maile Carpenter, Andrew Cline, Carol Davis, Julie Flick, Chris Goodson, Jackie Hershkowitz, Grant Holland, Amie Lane. Amber Nimocks, Liz State and National: Stephanie Bennett, Steve uoyie, brandy Hsner, Anna brirtin, vicki Hyman, Laura Laxton, inns Lindsey, west Lockhart, Eric Lusk, Beth McNichol. Rebeccah Moore and Jason Richardson. Arts: Layton Croft. Ned Dirlik, Beth Formy-Duval, Laura Guy, Ashley Harris, Melissa Mankowski, Charles Marshall, Rahul Merita, Greg Miller, Susie Rickard. Sally Stryker and Ian Williams. Features: Ginger Meek, senior writer; Josh Boyer, Yi-Hsin Chang. Stephanie Claytor. Priti Chitnis, Tiffany Cook, Melanie Gettys, Matthew Hoyt, Thomas King, Mara Lee, Robin Lowe, Kimberly Perry, Winifred Sease, Radha Vatsal and J.J. Warlick. Snorts: Scott Gold and Jamie Rosenbera, senior writers: Jason Bates. A.J. Brown, Eric David. Jennifer Dunlap. Jay Exum, Christina Frohock, Stuart Gordan.Dave Heiser, Doug Hoogervorst. Matt Johnson, David J. Kupstas, Mary Lafferty, John C. Manuel, Amy McCaffrey, Bobby McCroskey, David Monroe, Kelly Noyes, Bryan Strickland. Jay Stroble and Carter Toole. Phntooraohv: Jonathan Atkeson. Jamie Batten, Kevin Chignell, Andrew Cline, Steve Exum, Garth Fort, Kelly Franklin, Florian Hanig, Brian Jones, Scott Lansing, Erin Randall, Evie Sandlin, Debbie Stengel and Copy Editors: Lisa Lindsay, senior copy eanor; noy oecniei, my uimmins, Jim tanes, ivncnaei muoio, leranensiey, imee nooDS, Rama Hawaii. Jennifer Kurfees. Mara Lee. Amy McCartet, Vikki Mercer, Susan Pearsall, Elliot Pooer, Jennifer Reid, Alison Roxby, Christie Saleh, John Staton, Jacqueline Torok, Rick Twomey, Kenyatta Upchurch. Sara Watson and Nancy West. Layout: Shawn Fuller and lan Leong. Graphics: Chip Sudderth. with waste hurling it out of the atmosphere, we're stuck with quite a few barrels of some very ill-tempered stuff. So it is up to the independent N.C. Low level Nuclear Waste Management Author ity to decide where the site is to go. Politi cal considerations are not meant to enter into the equation. There seems to be a problem with this method. A site on the border between Wake and Chatham counties near the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant is a finalist for the facility. Foes of the Wake-Chatham site say the location was taken off the list in 1988 and that the authority reinstated it after facing pressure from the legislature's Joint Select Committee on Low-level Ra dioactive Waste in 1989. The committee members claim this is not true and that the facts are being dis torted. As with many political situations, it is almost impossible to tell the good guys from the bad guys without a program. It is known that the authority hired a public relations firm to gauge political, community and environmentalist opposi tion to the sites on the original list. Politics must not be a part of the process. The authority has to be free to choose a site based on whether or not it meets the tech nical criteria. The safety of many people, especially those near the site, is too impor tant for legislators to play political games. ultimate weapon a Big-Boy Boomeroo bomb. A boy asks his granddad, "Who's going to drop it? Will you? Will he?" "Be patient," granddad says, "We '11 see, we will see." Now the world waits to see if the United States will launch its "Big-Boy" Patriot missiles at Iraq, Soviet children wonder what their future holds, and a little girl may not understand that she could soon lose the right to choose what happens to her body. Children don't need to be burdened with all the world's pressures, but they do need to grow up thinking intelligently about what goes on around them. Dr. Seuss made this possible and he did so in a fun way. How pleasant it would be if every seri ous issue came buried at the bottom of green eggs and ham. It definitely would give children more food for thought. out of bed As a result, no government nor organiza tion has the right to infringe their bel iefs on others. For example, it is absurd that outside of Raleigh, cohabitation is illegal in North Carolina. It is even more absurd that the Supreme Court continues to outlaw sodomy, anal or oral copulation between any two willing individuals. Sexual practices are a personal choice. Just as sex is a personal encounter. So whether it is morals or values that lead to one's abstination or a "special some one" who arouses one's desires for sexual satisfaction, we, as a society, should not feel as though we need to pass moral judg ment about, ridicule, criticize or condone the decisions of others. Rather, we should respect others' rights to freedom of expression and freedom of choice. "It's your thang, do what ya wanna do!" Bob Bates, advertising director; Leslie Humphrey, classified ad Laurie Davis, office asssfanfs.Chrissy Davis, promotions manager. and Laura Richards, representatives.Chai Campbell, production Parker, Dana Pope, Emily Russ. Kelly Ryan and Chris Trahan. Susan Tebbens. Elk-beating to the metric system; I had a wonderful memory about my father. I was thinking about the hunting trips we used to take. Actually, I guess "hunting" is the wrong word for it, as my father didn't believe in killing animals. But that didn't mean he had to like them. No, my dad didn't kill animals, but he had a score to settle with some of them. I'm not exactly certain why, but let's just say he had his reasons. Yeah, we used to goon trips all right but we never shot a single deer or elk or yak or otter or whatever. No, we'd stalk the forest, catch an elk, and beat the hell out of it. We'd take turns, one holding it down, the other punching it in the gut, slapping it around, giving it a serious shiner to remember us by. We figured two on one was fair since the elk had antlers. Then we'd send that punk elk back to his little furry wapiti buddies just as an example. Sure, I never had any trophies or anything like that, but I did have the glorious satisfaction of knowing how a hard fist slamming into toned, furry flank feels. Cool alliteration, eh? Those trips were some of my fondest memo ries with my dad. Then, one night while we slept, a herd of caribou broke into our home, dragged my father and me out of bed, tied me to my bike and my father to a gutter (I'd like to find that bastard who taught them knots!) and proceeded to beat us stupid. Yeah, they really laced into us that night, but, what the hell, we deserved it, and I remember how my father and I lay on the ground, surrounded by blood and hair and teeth, laughing ourselves silly about the justice of it all. "What comes around goes around," my fa ther said, though at the time it sounded more like "Whabth coonth aroonds thgoethsz arooundth." Yeah, that's my dad for you. Another thing I remember about my dad was that, like all parents, he was always complaining about how I don't watch enough TV. So, to appease him, the other day I sat down for a good 1 5 hours or so of MTV. Almost immediately after I turned it on, I saw some public service ad for environmental protection. The ad had either Pia Zadora or Quincy Jones (my reception wasn't clear) tell ing me that if we took all of the discarded paper used in a single day in United States, we could build a 12-foot-high wall from New York to Los Angeles. A figure like that really makes theft before building any more of them. DONNA COOK Senior Pharmacy Honor Code plays vital role in University life To the editor: I am writing in response to Ja son Kaus' letter ("Court, codes play vital roles in University life," Sept. 24). I would like to take this time to thank Jason for his letter and to let him and the rest of the University community know that I am in agreement with his views of the Honor Code. As I read The Daily Tar Heel on Sept. 19, I too was disappointed with "my" comment (it clearly did not reflect my intent). What should have been in print was that if one was inclined to cheat, the Honor Code should make them stop and think. I believe that the Honor Code is a very important part of our Uni versity system and that it should be respected. The reason that we are students here in Chapel Hill is to learn. Learning cannot be equated with cheating. I agree with Mr. Kaus in that each person needs to be "aware of your responsibili ties" to uphold the Honor Code. DIANE DICKERSON Senior Speech Communications Article misrepresents decision of Campus Y Editor's note: The writers rep resent the executive committee of the Campus Y. To the editor: This letter is in regard to an article entitled "Campus Y marred by conflict" published in the Sept. Decorative bike racks would promote thefts To the editor: As I strolled home from class on Tuesday afternoon, I noticed some thing I'd never seen before outside Alumni Building. It was a new type of bike rack, or "group of slits," I guess you could call it. It is very different from the iron bike racks that grace most of the rest of ourcampus. This was a low-to-the-ground brick structure, with several long spaces in which to place your front tire, so the bike can be free standing and locked merely to itself. Seeing this both ered me a great deal, especially after having my beloved bicycle stolen from underneath my soror ity house this past weekend. (Yes, it was just locked to itself.) My point is, I only hope that these new "racks" are not going to be replacing the traditional ones on the rest of the campus. Although they are certainly more pleasing to the eye than a bunch of bikes clut tered on an iron rack, they would most definitely promote many more bike thefts on this campus, as if there weren't enough already. I do realize that locking your bike to an iron rack through the frame is not a guarantee against theft, but if someone would go to such great length and risk as to steal a bicycle from practically in side a sorority house, imagine the temptation a thief would feel to just walk off with one parked right in the middle of campus, not locked to anything except itself. One would hope that someday we will be ready for this type of structure in which to park our bikes, but unfortunately, I think that some day may be quite a while away. I hope the school will carefully consider the probability of these "racks" causing an increase in bike 0H Jason Torchinsky ' Turn Your Head 1 and Cough you think. Makes you realize that we are in a situation where something must be done. A 1 2-foot-high wall of paper from New York to Los Angeles? Dammit, let's do it! Enough of this coming on TV just talking and griping about what could be, hell, let's build that wall! The time for action has come! At first I wasn't certain if this wall would be the best use for all of that discarded paper, but then I figured that if a 12-foot-high fence of trash bisecting this great land of ours wasn 't the absolute ideal use for all of this refuse, then those fine men and women of MTV would never have employed the team of engineers it must have taken to work out the logistics for such a project. In fact, unless my bastard neigh bors have torn it down while I'm writing this, I've already started my part. This whole 12-foot-high continental wall of scrap paper and old Post-it notes made me think about something else, an action which usually requires me to take about eight Tylenol cap sules. It reminded me of this astronomy class I had. The professor was convinced, as most astronomy teachers seem to be, that the concept of distances in space is far too vast and compli cated for a normal human, and, according to some diagnoses, myself, to comprehend. Okay. That's not so unreasonable an as sumption. The concept of a light year is pretty hard to grasp, especially on an empty stomach. After all, a light year is the distance a chunk of light travels in one year. Or, in layman's terms, the distance a chunk of light travels in one year. This brings up some interesting questions. Where does it go? And when it gets there, where does it stay? Does it travel on business or for pleasure? Why does it never bring back souvenirs? But back to my point. My professor, realiz ing the inability to grasp the concept of such vast distances, invariably described it by ask ing us to imagine a stack of sandwiches reach ing to Mars and back. Oh. Okay. I can't ever hope to understand how far it is to Alpha Centauri, but a stack of sandwiches that en 23 issue of The Daily Tar Heel. As the executive committee of the Campus Y, we feel that several issues were either misrepresented or inadequately addressed in the article. We feel strongly that the article is untimely because it deals with last spring alone. The headline it self is misleading because it states that the Campus Y is currently rife with conflict. The conflict de scribed in the article ended five months ago, and even then it only affected the executive committee, not the general body of the Cam pus Y. As any member of the Cam pus Y can tell you, the current Campus Y is brimming with har monious social activists. The Campus Y Executive Committee's decision to ask for Ted league's resignation came after almost three months of trying to work with Teague as co-president. It became increasingly clear that Teague's leadership style and vision for the Y were incompatible with those of the executive com mittee. Through his actions, he engendered a lack of trust and dem onstrated a lack of integrity. As a result, the executive committee did not feel confident in his leadership and did not trust his ability to rep resent the Y. As Teague himself states in the article, "I would' ve spent the whole term earning their (the executive committee's) confidence instead of being an effective leader." It was our opinion that Teague was making the entire executive com mittee ineffective. Our decision to ask Teague to resign was in the best interest of the Y. Finally, we the Campus Y Ex ecutive Committee, support Zenobia Hatcher-Wilson as direc tor of the Y, and are committed to working closely with her this year. We want to make it clear that it was the student members of the execu Torch reveals all circles the globe six times? No problem. I'll give you no problem, you. Why the hell does anyone entertain the thought that some how imaging a stack of yummy reubens stretch ing out far past the limits of vision is going to make anything any clearer? Not that a stack of reubens miles long would be so bad. In fact, such a stack could go a long way in providing my life with some kind of direction. Still, my point is that these analogies are silly. That same astronomy teacher also liked to use some analogy that likened the solar system to a series of sporting equipment strewn about the major cities of these 46 great states. I think the sun was a basketball in Cape Cod. The Earth was a racquetball in Memphis, and I think most of the rest of the planets were hockey pucks in the top dresser drawer of some geeky fat kid in Arizona. I think. No, wait, maybe that's how I had relativity explained to me. Yeah. Only the fat kid should be going at the speed of light. I think. Minmm. I guess the only one of these little analogous scale-explanation things, to use the technical term, that I would recommend keeping is also the only one that has really found widespread use: the football field. Pretty much anything largerthan acouple of hearses will be measured in terms of the football field sooner or later. Airplanes, trucks, plots of land, amounts of food you can buy atTaco Bell for under $8.00, bridges, that kind of stuff. If it were up to me (and if it wasn't for that bastard John Sununu, it would be). I'd tell everybody to hell with metrics. Let's go with something we already know, something al ready an established standard. Employ the foot ball field for all measures. For example, I myself am about 0.01 8 1667 football fields tall. And they said I wouldn't grow. Neat, eh? Oh, well. I've taken enough of your time. I like to believe that when you, my dear readers, read my column, I make some sort of difference in your day even if it's only that now you have to walk around with your hands full of the cheap newsprint that this newspaper uses, pos sibly staining some clothing. For this, if noth ing else, I am happy. Solidarity. Jason Torchinsky is a junior art history (aspirin; to he shop) major from Greensboro and has had enough of your lip, yon! tive committee who decided to ask Teague to resign. The staff of the Y abstained from taking part in our action. It would seem from the tone, style and journalistic angle of this article that the DTH is trying to create dramatic headlines and stir up controversy where it does not exist. Far from being "marred by conflict," the Campus Y is off to a great year. We are working closely with the Black Student Movement, the Black Cultural Center, student government, the Residence Hall Association, the Carolina Athletic Association and others in dedicat ing this year to Dr. Sonja Stone andensuring that the BCC is named in her honor, an endowed chair is established in her name, and the African and Afro-American stud ies curriculum be given depart mental status. In addition, the 29 volunteer, social issue and Y sup port committees of the Campus Y are in full swing programming, sponsoring and planning events on campus, working in our local community and finding tangible ways in which to address a diver sity of ' social justice issues. We invite you to come by the Y and find out for yourself why we love it so. HEATHER LYNCH Senior BiologyAnthropology SONDRA MATTOX Graduate Psychology Letters policy Letters should be limited to 400 words. Include your year in school, major, phone number and home town. The DTH reserves the right to edit letters for space, clarity and vulgarity. i r
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