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THE TWIG
OCTOBER 5, 1972
THE
A
TWIG
MEREDITH
COLLEGE
Dear Friends:
On behalf of the inau^ra-
tion committee, I want to thank
every person, whether known
or unknown, student, faculty,
administration, and staff, who
helped to make the inau^ra-
tlon of Dr. John E. Weems a
success. It was a wonderful
day, everybody had a great
time, and it was each of you
who made it so. If I have
missed expressing my appre
ciation to any one of you in
person, please accept this
method of doing so. From the
bottom of my heart, to all
1300 (at least) of you, I say
“thanks and thanks and thanks
again.”
Sarah Lemmon, Chairman
Inauguration Committee
NIBI.IC TV LAUNTHES
CAMPAIEN TO FIGHT VD
Editor's Opinion
It is obvious that most of the Nixon propaganda presently
being circulated across campus is geared to those uneducated
people whose primary basis for decision-making is their own
prejudice.
Most partlcularlydo I write in opposition to a recent Repub
lican publication entitled “First Monday,” obviously a dig at
the news broadcast “First Tuesday” which seems to have pub
lished certalnfactsbythelr very nature critical to an administra
tion that has allowed them to become this explosive. This pub
lication opens up to an immediate connection between “mild-
mannered McGovern” and the “extremists” who are trying to
disarm America, It plays upon the Jerry Rubin and Able Hoff
man endorsement of McGovern as “the last chance for the
electoral system in this country.” Of course there are pic
tures of these two men with their longhair and “hippie clothes”
to provide a more dramatic view to the article, adding that
these are the type of people McGovern would invite to the
White House for dinner.
The uneducated to whom this article appeals would naturally
fail to see the advancement represented by the Hoffman-
Rubln endorsement. Rather than condemn this attachment as
“un-American,” would it not be more enlightening to view it as
a step forward — a step from the negativism of governmental
overthrow to the hopeful positivism of working through the
system? Isn’t working through the system what the Nixon ad
ministration is trying to advocate?
A second point in “First Monday” stresses the humanity
of Mr. Nixon in a story about a sergeant in Vietnam who wanted
to bring home a Vietnamese boy but was erroneously classi
fied as a drug addict and thereby was refused passage for the
boy. President Nixon intervened and allowed the boy to be brought
home. This act of “personal humanity,” as the leaflet terms it,
is wonderful until one views the total Vietnamese spectacle.
President Nixon’s humanity has brought home thousands of
Americans, yes, but what kind of humanity is it that steps up
the air war to a greater degree than in any of the past three
administrations combined and that mines the Vietnamese har
bours in attempts to gain peace?
Then there is the praise of Mr. Nixon’s economic policies—
the cuts in inflation and unemployment. However, can we
praise the ever-increasing meat prices and the RISE in youth
unemployment as Nixon refuses to sign bills providing more
jobs for youth?
Nixon is similarly praised for reducing the nation’s capital
crime by providing MORE police, MORE prosecutors, MORE
legislation, and MORE street lighting. Is it MORE feasible to
reduce crime by suppression, or to stop it by working from
its roots to provide for people, thereby alleviating many of the
reasons for crime?
Finally, the pamphlet shows Mr. Nixon’s concern for the drug
problem in his new “pilot concept” for drug treatment (the
TASC Project). In a new program aimed at stopping street
crime by enforcing drug laws, Mr. Nixon hopes to treat drug
users rather than prosecute them. This program would be ideal
for drug-users, but one major problem has been overlooked.
Most of the drug-users are among the young, yet Mr. Nixon
has neither appointed youth nor past drug-users to the com
mittees studying these problems, so that those most nearly
acquainted with the problems are refused a voice in solving
them.
These are just a few of the points explored by the “First
Monday” publication; yet it is clear that uneducated people
might be swayed by the “all-American” view represented
here. Most McGovern pamphlets, on the other hand, are con
cerned with presenting FACTS about the issues of the pre
sent election year rather than with the prejudices which lie in
uninformed hearts. If we are to appeal to the emotional side
rather than the factual side, I will play in that game, too. Is
it more American to continue an immoral war, to allow tax
loopholes which prevent the poor from eating, to suppress
crime rather than seek to stop it at its roots, to jail “rebels”
rather than listen to their protests and do something about
them?
I am tired of listening to students whose primary basis for
electing a president involve uninformed concepts of content
with life as it is. When Americans can be content with war,
poverty, crime, and disillusionment, then it is time to question
our very existence as Americans. jpg
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A nationwide campaign a-
gainst venereal disease will
be led by the nation’s 224
public television stations (in
cluding the University of North
Carolina Television Network)
with a series of special TV
broadcasts this month.
The campaign will be laun
ched with a special, hour-long
program, VD BLUES, to be
broadcast coast - to - coast
at 8 p.m., Monday, October 9.
Host for the program will be
late - night talk show per
sonality, Dick Cavett.
VD BLUES will be seen
In this area over Channel 4,
WUNC-TV.
The TV presentations will
be followed up nationally by
an extensive campaign on the
part of over a dozen national
medical, educational and so
cial organizations to combat
the spread of venereal di
sease. During the last few
years VD has reached epi
demic proportions in the Unit
ed States and gonorrhea is
currently our most report
ed communicable disease.
VD BLUES is being pro
duced by WNET/13 in New
York with a grant from the
3M Company and content as
sistance from the American
Medical Association. Other
national groups will provide
follow-up campaigns in their
own areas and are dissemi
nating material to the local
public TV stations for their
viewers.
Following the hour-long na
tional presentation, the UNC-
TV network will produce a
local follow-up providing in
formation about programs to
combat VD in the state and
where they are located.
EXAM TO RE
(ilVEX I OR
FOREIliX
WORK
The written exam for se
lection of new Foreign Ser
vice officers for appointment
to both the Department of State
and theU.S. Information Agen
cy will be given on Decem
ber 2, 1972, in Raleigh. Can
didates for the exam must ap
ply no later than October 21.
Application forms may be
picked up at the Placement
Office in Johnson Hall.
The Foreign Service, the
professional team of diplo
matic personnel responsible
for maintaining U.S. relations
with some 115 other govern
ments around the world, re
cruits new junior officers on
ly once ayear. This year, the
Foreign Service is particular
ly seeking experienced candi
dates Interested in economic,
commercial, administrative,
or news media work. The For
eign Service Is also empha
sizing the recruitment ofWO-
MEN and members of minor
ity groups. Starting salaries
range from $9,000 to $13,000.
In addition, salaries of offi
cers on overseas assignments
are supplemented, depending
on local conditions, with hous
ing, cost-of-living, and hard
ship - post allowances.
REGISTER
TO VOTE
Do you know you may have
only a few days left to regis
ter to vote in the November
election?
Although registration dead
lines vary nationwide, most
local election boards stop re
gistration about a month be-
for the election — October 9
VD BLUES will consist of
dramatic vignettes and songs
combined with a hard-hitting,
frank presentation of facts
about the symptoms of ven
ereal disease, its various
forms, causes, how it can be
prevented and cured, and what
happens if VD is left untreat
ed.
Among the performers and
writers who have contributed
to the program are Jules Feif-
fer, who has written an origi
nal sketch, “Silverlips” for
the program and Arlo Guih-
rie who will sing “Child of
VD”, an unpublished song
written by his father. Woody
Guthrie, in 1949.
A major segment will fea
ture Broadway stars James
Coco and Robert Drivas as
gonorrhea and syphilis germs
in a sketch which begins on
a humorous note but ends in a
frightening ■ depiction of how
the diseases work their tor
ments on the human body.
“The show has its frivo
lous moments as well as its
serious ones,” said Cavett,
“but the purpose is dead ser
ious.” This is an entertain
ment show, not a documentary
program, aimed primarily at
the young folks. It is a show
they’d watch, not a program
they’d be told to watch. “It
is very worthwhile to have the
opportunity to contribute to
the lessening of a disease that
has descended into 100 gen
erations,” he concluded.
“The show not only will
dramatize the human predica
ments of the individuals fac
ed with venereal disease, but
will impart to viewers vital
information,” said producer
Don Fouser of WNET/13.
Fouser was formerly with the
Emmy-winning series, THE
GREAT AMERICAN DREAM
MACHINE.
Other public television pro
grams that will be related to
the subject of venereal di
sease will Include BLACK
JOURNAL’S October 3 study
of the controversial Tuske-
gee Study conducted by the
U.S. Public Health Service in
1932 in which some 400 black
men suffering from syphilis
were purposely denied medi
cal treatment. William F.
Buckley’s FIRING LINE on
Sunday, October 15 will be
devoted to the subject of sex
education and WORLD PRESS
on October 12 will look at the
venereal disease problems in
other countries as reported
in their press.
Among the national organi
zations contributing to the VD
campaign are the American
Academy of Family Physi
cians, the National Education
Association, the American Li-
bary Association, the National
Council of Churches, the Na
tional Congress of PTAs and
the American Osteopathic As
sociation.
GAP
Being lost
usually ends in
being found
But somewhere between
the end and the beginning
is being confused.
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