THE LANCE, NOVEMBER 6,1975
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New Writer Sees Potential
In Whiteley^s Boys
LYNN POTTS
Reading the Lance sports
page a couple of weeks ago, I
noticed an SOS for spor-
tswriters in Mick Meisel’s
column. About five hours and
a half a fifth of Jack Daniels
later I decided to take him up
on it. If a waterheaded half
wit like Bob Quincy could do
it, I saw no reason why a
drug-addled student im
personator could not. So the
next day, feeling the double-
barreled throb of a warm
weather cold and a ninety
proff hangover, I accosted
Mick in the hall.
L.P.: Mick, I’ve been
thinking about writing an ar
ticle for the Lance. Do you
still need people?
He must have sensed a con
frontation with a desperate
man, because he did not
hesitate in offering me an
assignment.
Mick: Need people? Hell
yes. What do you want to do?
We’ve got soccer wrap-i?),
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women’s volleyball, senior
citizens’ shuffleboard....Wow,
of course you can do an ar
ticle!
L.P.: I don’t know if it
would be real good. My ar
ticles seem to get mixed
responses.
Mick: You’ll do fine. Why
don’t you write the basketball
preview.
L.P.: Basketball preview?
Midc: Yeah. Just go talk to
Coach Whitely, maybe watch
a couple of practices, then
write tt down.
L.P.: Basketball, hugh. I’ll
see what I can do.
What I did was to sait until
Monday to go see the coach. It
was just before practice and
he was in a good mood for
talking, but when I told him I
wanted a basketball scholar
ship, he became visibly upset.
I grinned slowly and told him
I was only kidding, that in ac
tuality I was going to write an
article ai this year’s hoop
squad. This relaxed him con
siderably and he even joked a
bit, asked me if L slept with
my shades on. I dismissed the
remark with a chuckle and we
went on with the interview.
This year’s team is largely
unproven, yet it has the poten
tial to be substantially
superior to the teams of the
last two years. In additiwi to
four returning lettermen,
there are two junior college
transfers and a freshman who
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contribute. David Strasbtjn
and Brent BystrzyoM will i*
calledontospeURookardam
Smith. Both are accurati
shots and steady ball 1®.
dlers. Both are accurate sli®
and steady ball handlers,
Cyril Spann and Bob
will be used to give i
wing man a breather.
As was said earlier,thisisi
young largely unproven team,
Injuries could be vital,
especially with only ten met
on the roster. But good team!
grow closer with adversHj
and feed on the weaknesses i
their opponents instead i
dwelling on their own. Withi
few good Ireaks and miitl
hard work SA should looista'
ward to something it’s ml
seen in a while, a winnii|
basketball season.
PIRG Opposes Bill
“The big winners in the
pluralistic system are the
highly organized, wealthy,
and motivated groups skilled
in the art of insider politics.”
U. S. Judge Skelly Wright
The major piece of con
sumer legislation facing the
U. S. Congress this year will
receive a final vote by the
House of Representatives in
the next two weeks. Having
passed the full Senate and the
House committee on Govern
mental Operations, the Con
sumer Protection Act of 1975
continues to be one of the most
hotly debated bills in
Washington.
“It’s the wrost bill I’ve seen
in 33 years in Washington,”
said Eugene Hardy, lobbyist
for the National Association of
Manufacturers, “and there’s
nothing we can do to make it a
good bin.”
“The CPA would serve
solely as an advocate for those
who purchase or acquire
goods and services, just as
lemons of attorneys and lob
byists now represent the in
terests of those who produce
these goods and services ... it
could help restore public con
fidence in the federal
sj^tem,” counters consumer
advocate Ralph Nader.
What would the Consumer
Protection Act really do? It
would establish an in
dependent, nonregulatory
Agency for Consumer Ad
vocacy (ACA) to speak for
consumers in Washington,
C.C. the ACA will be
authwized to advocate the in
terests of consumers before
federal agencies and courts,
and to provide the public with
informatioi about consumer
mattters. ACA will have no
authority to issue standards or
other regulations, to impose
finefr or peanlties, or to force
businesses to change their
practices.
The ACA Administrator
may seek judicial review of
any agency action reviewable
under law, if it is necessary to
protect consumer interests. In
addition, the ACA is
authorized to act as a
clearinghouse for consumer
complaints. The legislation
authorized a maximum fun
ding of $15 milliOTi for the first
year of operation, $20 million
for the second year, and $25
million for the third year.
Backers of the CPA
legislation point out that the
ACA would be an anti-inflation
advocate within the Executive
brandi, concentrating on the
rigid and previously un
challenged policies of those in
dustry - beholden regulatory
agencies whidi prevent com
petition in the marketplace
from achieving its ef
ficiencies. According to
Department of Jusitce An
titrust Chief Thomas Kauper,
studies have indicated that
price-fixing and waste allowed
by three federal agencies
(CAB, FMC, and the ICC)
regulations cost the consumer
between $8 and $16 billion
yearly.
Is the CPA bad for business ?
Maitgomery Wards and a host
of oher businesses do not think
so, and they have endorsed the
bill. Perhaps the most direct
answer to this question,
howevo-, came from Senator
Abraham Ribicoff (D-Cmn.),
who said “this bill is not anti
business. It is pro-consumer
and what is food for con
sumers is good for responsible
business.” If
The fight against the CPA
has been led by major cor
porate interests, including the
U.S. Chamber (rf Commerce
(budget: about $20 million),
the National Association rf
Manufacturers (budget:
about $6.7 million) and the
National Association of Food
Chains (budget: about $1.25
million). If this well-financed
opposition is to be overcome
and an effective voice for con
sumers created, then in
dividual citizens who support
the CPA must make their
presence felt. You can do this
by writing to your U.S.
Representative and urging
them to support the Consumer
Protection Act (HR 7575) and
to oppose any weakening
amendments when it comes to
a floor vote in the next few
weeks.
NC PIRG will sponsor a let-
ter-wriging campaign about
the Consumer Protection
Agency on Monday, Novem
ber 10, in the Student Union.
should all contribute. In past
years SA has been severely
handicapped under the boards
by a lack of size. Teams with
a strong inside game made
easy pickings by going in over
thei shorter defenders. This
year, Whitely believes, SA
will have one of the stronger
inside games in the con
ference. The additioi of JuCo
transfer Dave Horne and
freshman Butch Keller means
that at times SA will have
three men in the lineiq) over
6’4” (returning center Cliff
Summers is 6’6”). Add to
these three returning post
man Larry McDaniel, and one
can see &at the rebounding
should be there.
With better rebounding, the
team will be able to do more
things, both offensively and
defensively. Ihis means that
this years team should be
able to run more, especially
against man-to^nan defenses.
JuCo transfer Donverse
Rookard (he came, along with
Horne from Mraitreat An
derson) will do most of the
ball4iandling work, and guard
the opponent’s best back-
courter. Rookard at 6’2” has
excellent size for a guard and
is reputed as a defensive
stand-out. Letterman Greg
Smith will be »i one wing
with Horne cm the other side.
Home, at 6’5”, will present
match-151 problems for any
team for despite his size, he is
quick. McDaniel, Summers,
and Keller will share the high
and the low post duties in the
14 offense Whitely favors.
This is a young team,
having no seniors in the ten
man groiq). Depth should be
improved, however, because
all the players have ability to
Well, before I get b
my dose of yohimbe
the evening news, I siioi
mention that the seasoi
begins on November 21
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