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EditorialFage
Out off Our Mailbox:
Was Thomas Jefferson at Kent State?
" .. .That to secure these Rights, Governments
are Instituted among Men deriving their just Powers
from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of
these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or
abolish it and to institute new Government, laying its
Foundation on such Principles and organizing its
Powers in such Form as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
P.M.
As president of the UNC-A
Young Republicans, I am
answereing the welcomed
letter in the student paper.
First, to answer the question
of where we stand on Kirk,
the governor of Florida, I
cannot and would not
support him in his actions or
his quest for elective office,
for Kirk is an opportunist
riding the dead horse of
segregation and racism. The
1954 school desegregation
decision must be carried out.
I hope Kirk looses in the
Repbulican primary, for the
Republican Party is the party
of Lincoln, not Jim Crow ..
Kirk would probably be
much better off in the
Democratic Patty with
Wallace and Maddox.
The Young Republicans of
UNC-A support civil rights, as
evidenced by the club's
efforts to attain signatures on
a petition calling for the
election of a Congressman
from the District of
Columbia, knowing that a
Democrat will probably be
elected. In the past I have
refrained from supporting
Republicans whom I consider
racists of John Birchers.
As for Nixon's Supreme
Court nomination, I
supported the nomination of
Haynsworth, as I feel that a.
balanced Court is needed. Let
it be remembered that
Haynsworth has desegregated
more than one Southern
public school district. I do
not support the Senate bid of
Carswell!
As for debate, I have
approached the leadership of
the Young Democrats on this
subject more than once. A
positive has not been
forthcoming. I welcome
debate, as it might throw
some light on where the
Young Democrats stand on
the issues. As for other issues;
the Young Republicans are
against overextension of
military forces
abroad —against the
militarization of American
life— for an extended hunger
program— for agriculture
reform— against economic
and political centralization—
and for the right to publish
This last factor concerns
the right of a Supreme Court
Justice to speak, travel, or
write. Ford's case against
Justice Douglas should be
based on conflict-of-interest,
not Douglas' constitutional
right of free speech.
Lance Edward Cook
President of
Young Republican Club
Editor -
Stationing the Lord of
Misrule in Asheville may well
have been of the the
Illuminati's brighter moves.
Though unknown until
recently in Illuminati circles,
the Lord of Misrule has
emerged ad a formidable
opponent, despite his
deceptive appearance.
Physically, the Lord of
Misrule is slim— slim all over.
His stomach is slim, his arms
are slim. His neck has been
called downright scrawny. A
slim wisp of hair falls acrossi
his forehead.
A fanatical sneer is etched
upon his lips, but this has
sometime been mistaken for a
good-natured grin.
Since he imagines himself
an aristocrat, the lord always
wears tux and tails.
Unfortunately, his suits
come cut-rate from a
nationalized tailor in Peking,
and the tails always arrive
several yards too long. Due to
a wierd psychological trait
(he wants to be a mother?),
he drags a friend or two along
on his coattails whenever
possible.
Pity is, despite all this
Charisma (?) the lord of
Misrule has one vital flaw. He
The Elections Farce
A lot of exciting and important things have
happened in the SGA Executive Council this year.
Officers resigned; officers had to drop out; the
Council was faced with a decision to over-rule the
Judicial Board or remove former SGA president Don
Meyers from office; there was a hulabaloo over the
allocation of student funds which led to the Council
having the final word on where the student's money
goes.
What it all adds up to is that for the first time in
anyone's memory, the Council has been placed in a
position of authority and responsibility—has had to
make decisions and stop being a panel of yes-men to
the president.
Consequently, the Council has realized that it has
tremendous power and control. As it now has control
over the budget, it will essentially run all student
government from the commissioners to the. SGA
president. Thus, with all this always existing power
and new-found authority, one would have expected
more than a little competition in the class officers
elections. Wot so.
Six candidates ran unopposed; the only offices
offering more than one candidate were the
presidential ones. This is incredable, especially when
one realizes that there is absolutely no difference
between the three offices of each class—there is no
division of power. All have a vote in the executive
Council, and this is what constitutes authority.
Essentially, there is no distinction between a class
president and a class secretary: the business of
presiding or taking notes have never really existed for
class officers at any rate. Why there was competition
for the offices of president and not for the other
position is, in this light, a mystery. Besides, we are
now in the position of having six members of the
potentially most powerful student group on campus
indiscriminately placed in office.
Why did this happen? We know that there are
students concerned with altering the student's
position on campus. Why, then, did not, these
students make an effort to assume a voice In the
control? Even we know that the most efficient
method of reforming is from the inside.
Plenty of us shook our fists and bemoaned many
of the actions of this year's SGA. But here was an
opportunity to correct all the defects. So what
happened? The usual — nothing.
LR.
himself has no brain, having
been born during a deficiency
of such luxuries. Instead, an
out-of-date Illuminati
computer, purchased
second-hand form IBM, is
taped to his skull. Because of
this, he has never had an
original thought, but instead
continually regurgitates what
his Illuminati masters have
programed onto him.
My first meeting with him
was on the occasion of his
assumption of illuminati
power in this area. I leapt in
thru a wall, peppering the
Illuminati guards surrounding
him with karate chops. On
this occasion, he ahd only
one friend sitting on his
coattails.
"Well, Misrule," I
demanded, "what do you
have in store for us?"
"You know. Dirty old
Man," he replied, "you're like
Og, king of Basham, who,
never knowing just when to
stop, stops too soon, and thus
falls short of greatness."
"you may be right," I
replied, "but who first said
that? I know you didn't do it
on your own."
The Lord of Misrule
blushed. His computer brain
blushed. Even his friend,
sitting on his coat-tails,
blushed.
"You know, you mean old
man," he spluttered. "No one
was supposed to knovy!"
"Of course," I Smfled. "I
know everything!"
— Regards,
The Dirty Old
Man
Dear Editor
Just a brief word in
reference to the article by the
twenty-year-o Id student
dealing with the causes of
student unrest. He reminds
me of the grandfather in the
story of a grandfather taking
a nap, and his grandchildren
wanted to play a trick on
him. They put some
limberger cheese on his
mustache. He awoke and said,
"This room stinks." He
walked in to the other rooms
and said, "All the rooms
stink." He walked outside
and said, "the whole world
stinks."
It is quite apparent that
this studnet's problem is with
himself. He is not going to
change the world until his
attitude changes. The unrest
is in his heart. He doesn.t like
or respect himself; how can
he like and respect others. Or,
in the words of Henry
Thoreau, "As long as a man
stands in his way, everything
seem to be in his way.'. To
this student I would say. Why
don't you get out of your
way? Wash the limburger
cheese off and give God a
chance to change you. Then
you can respect yourself and
others. Only then can you
help make this a better world
and help with the problem of
Student Unrest.
Sincerely,
Billy H. Cline