Wednesday. Sept. 12. 1984/THE BLUE BANNER/2
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Time out for
Helms/Hunt
I'Vith only two months to go until elections,
iMorth Carolina's senatorial candidates seem to
be getting increasingly unscrupulous in their
personal attacks. The negative aura that per
meates many of their paid political television
commercials almost totally pervaded their second
on-the-air debate Sunday evening. It detracted
greatly from whatever reason or logic their
questions and comments contained.
Granted, Gov. Jim Hunt did challenge Sen.
Jesse helms to agree to a moratorium on nega
tivism, a challenge Helms sidestepped. However,
Hunt seems to have the little boy attitude of
"if you won't quit, I won't either."
The huge sums spent paying for their cam
paigns, a million by Helms; $3.y million by
Hunt), the largest in U.S. senatorial campaign
history, could surely be better spent promoting
themsdves some other way. We would rather vote
for a candidate who used $2 million to help
build a hospital for sick children, for example,
rather than for one who spent 4»2 million to make
us sick with his sour television ads.
It's time for Hunt and Helms to call for a
mutual time-out in their war of words. They need
to use this time to revaluate their tactics and
strategies.
Ue, the citizens of North Carolina, expect a
lot of our leaders; and one of the things we
expect is for them, if they are men, to be gen
tlemen. Both candidates claim they want to re
late to each other as gentlemen. Ue think it's
about time they started doing so.
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LETTERS
Students should register
Dear Editor,
This is a very important election year! i’he Student Government Asso
ciation, the College Democrats, the College Republicans, the Political
Science Association and other concerned individuals are joining together
to promote student voter registration on our campus. As educated college
students, we feel it is our duty to be concerned about the low rate of
voter registration in our country. We realize how important it is to take
an interest in the issues of our time. Uf the approximately 24 million
people in the United States, age ltt-24, eligible to vote, only 6 million
are registered. This 25^ rate is the lowest of any group in the country.
If students do not vote, their concerns are not heard, and their opinions
are not respected by politicans.
On Sept. lb, UiNiCA has planned a voter registration kickoff meeting.
Hegisters will be on campus from 10-4:UU p.m., Sept. 25-26. In this non
partisan effort, we need your help in registering as many students as pos
sible.
Students are urged to come to this meeting on Sept. la, 8:0U p.m. in
room 37, Highsmith University Center. We need you to get involved! Do it
- Sept. lb!
Cordially yours.
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