Thursday, February 21, 1974""""
Nader Sees Need For
Ralph Nader, in a news
conference at Elliot Hall
Thursday afternoon, accused
the people of the U.S. of being
lazy and apathetic towards the
running of our government.
He added that "students
are reflective of their elders,"
in that they watch too much
sports and television, while
neglecting the problems of the
day.
Nader, who spoke here
Thursday night as a part of the
U.N.C.-G.'s lecture series,
reflected that our present
government is "basically
irresponsible" and does not
care about the population's
well-being.
Donations For Family
Of Slain Policeman
Donations may be made in
the lounge of the Urban
Center to the family of Arthur
G. Craft, 26, a former student
who was shot to death on
Valentine's Day while on duty
as a Greensboro Police
Department patrolman.
John Siviter, student go
vernment vice president at the
Urban Center, said that since
"we're all in the same
family," he wanted Main
Campus students, faculty and
staff to know that money is
being collected to give to
Craft's widow and infant son.
Craft and another officer
had been asked to respond to a
call from a resident of the
Dillon Road area on Greens
boro's far northeast side about
10 p.m. February 14,
according to reports. The
caller had told the police
dispatcher that a man with a
gun was in the woods nearby,
screaming and acting crazy.
Drug Counseling
If you are troubled by the
abuse of drugs on the part of
some of your friends,
members of the counseling
service and the Student
Personnel office have expres
sed not only concern, but a
willingness to discuss these
and related problems. Any
conversation will be held
confidential, and the rights of
all students will be respected.
The faculty and administration
can do only so much without
the student community acting
on their concern.
Xs Must Go
Provisional marks listed as
XB, XC, XD, or XF must be
replaced with a better
permanent mark by March 1,
1974.
To ascertain that the grade
has been changed, one may
check with the registrar or the
course instructor.
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Civic Responsibility
To exemplify this. Nader
pointed to the current upsurge
in interest over nuclear power
plants, due to the lack of
natural gas.
This "lack of natural gas"
has been proclaimed at a time
when the U.S. has oil reserves
large enough to last 30 years,
claimed Nader.
He stated that nuclear
power plants could be
"catastrophic to millions"
who lived within a close
vicinity of the plant. The
likelihood of explosion, theft,
and human error make nuclear
power plants too dangerous to
be considered as an alterna
tive power source.
Arriving at the address,
Craft and the other officer
headed for the wood behind
the house, walking beside a
chain link fence that ended
near the trees. Apparently,
Craft never saw his slayer,
who struck him in the face and
chest with a blast from a .410
shotgun.
Police arrested a 29-yearold
man described as a transient
with a criminal record.
Student Representation On
Faculty Selection Committees
by Liz Whitfield
At an orgarizational meet
ing held Tuesday night,
students who are sociology
majors met to discuss the
issue of student representa
tion on faculty selection
committees, specifically, the
sociology department. Specific
issues such as the type of
representation desired (upper
classmen, equal male/female
ratio) and how the student
representatives should be
chosen (volunteers as opposed
to departmental vote) were
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Greensboro, N.C.
Nader predicted that a
single accident in a nuclear
power plant could cause as
many casualties as the Civil
War, and would have more
serious consequences due to
the genetic damage from the
radioactivity.
The only practical alterna
tive to our energy problems as
seen by Nader is solar and
geothermal energy. When
asked to evaluate the
government's handling of the
energy crisis, Nader replied
that "the present administra
tion has handled the energy
crisis about as well as
American Petroleum would
have."
Nader claimed that the first
step towards this "democratic
life" was to "clean-up
Watergate." We must reveal
all the information pertaining
to Watergate, and then
demand a President who will
"work for the American
people."
He concluded with a point
that he had stressed through
out the evening; namely, that
the people of this nation must
unite together in "citizen's
groups" in order to take
control of our lives in a
democratic fashion and not let
decisions be made by
government and industry.
discussed briefly. But the
general tone of the meeting
concerned the waning
strength of the sociology
department as compared with
other departments on campus,
and the ways in which a
student voice in the hiring and
firing of faculty could improve
the situation. A delegation
was assigned to communicate
the group's concerns to Andy
Gottschall and get some
feedback from the administra
tion as to how the objectives of
the group can be attained.
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Ralph Nader, noted consumer advocate and friend
of the little guy, at UNC-G last Thursday.
Campus Elections
To Be Held March 5
Elections for Executive
Council (president, treasurer,
and secretary) of the Commu
nity Senate, and for president
of the College Union, will be
held on Tuesday, March sth,
1974.
All petitions for nomination
(signed by at least five
students) must be submitted
to Elections Committee chair
person Ann Martorelli no later
than noon on Thursday,
February 28th. Candidates'
night will be held on Friday,
March Ist in the cafeteria at
dinner.
Keesee To Speak
State Representative (and
Juilford graduate) Margaret
Keesee, sponsor of the bill to
abolish corporal punishment
n the North Carolina schools,
will speak both on her bill and
the subject of women in
politics, at 1:30 p.m. Monday,
in Ragsdale House. Everyone
is invited.
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To be elected as an officer of
the Senate, one must have at
least a 1.00 average, have
been in residence at least one
semester, and file a petition
with the names of those on the
ticket. Candidates for the
Union presidency must first be
approved by the Union Board
of Governors. (S) he must be a
member of a Union committee
or the Executive Board, and
have served the previous
semester in order to qualify.
Polls will be open from 11
i.m. until 6 p.m. in the small
dining room on March sth.
The votes will be counted that
night, and the results will be
released to WQFS and the
Guilfordian as soon as they are
determined. Winners will be
notified that night, and in
vriting the following day.
To help with the voting or
ballot-counting, or for more
information, contact Ann
Martorelli, Bryan 811.
Revenue Sharing
The Mayor, City Council,
and officers, County Commis
sioners, and State Representa
:ives have been invited to
discuss revenue sharing with
equally concerned citizens at
the YWCA on Davie Street, at
7:45 p.m., Friday, February
22. Congressman L. Richard
son Preyer, or his Administra
tive Assistant, Mr. Tom
Lambeth, will be the modera
tor.
Here is an opportunity for
you and your local -epresenta
tives to consider together the
use of these that's
what Revenue Sharing is all
about.