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Point Blank by Larry Keith Pill Plan; Sin Now, Pay Later CAROLINA JOURNAL March 8, 1967 Page 7 Your Very Existence Could Depend On Toothpaste Used Let’s hear it for Scott Goodfellow, The Daily Tar Heel editor who advocates birth control pills for unmarried coeds, “It seems to us,’’ the 19-year-old Morehead Scholar wrote recently, “that is more immoral to have pre-marital intercourse without effective contraception than with it.’’ You bet, Scotty. And I understand that retroactive pills are now available from your friendly neighborhood druggist. Sort of sin now, pay later. It is a thought worth considering, however. If a fellow (good or bad) can’t have an uninhibited relationship with a girl, what can he have? Indeed, there is a theory, which I have often heard discussed, that apple pie and coffee after a movie is a substitute pleasure. Pills, presumably, would put everything on the up and up by putting them on the down and down. -Impartial Study Needed But what of the problems such a practice would cause? Distribution, for instance. Should the coed have her name put on a mailing list or would containers be centrally located around campus with instructions readings “For a pill, just pull?’’ Who would run the operation? Some might say the dean of student affairs, others the student union director. It is a touchy situation but perhaps an impartial committee would reach a solution acceptable by all. Would there be a limit to the number of pills a coed could receive in a month’s period? Let’s face it, some girls have it and some don’t. Those who have it and need it would need to have it. And there are some girls on campus who might go a full semester, nay, an entire year, without once requiring a pill. Of course, the problem here is easily seen. With taxpayers’ money being appropriated for the pills, there should be no discrimination in pill practices. -Economy Would Benefit Indeed, as I see it, pill distribution would expedite this matter of intergration consider ably. So much for some of the basic questions. Let’s look now at what the far reaching aspects of this practice would be. The marriage rate would go down. Shotgun weddings would be a thing of the past, because the evidence of premarital chicanery would never arise. Hotel, motel and drive in movie business would go up. Thus, the economic boost it would give to the tourist industry is well worth considering. Another obvious advantage, which directly follows: it would clear the streets after dark. For that matter, traffic congestion would be noticeably diminished before dark as well. Therefore, let this matter be given much thought and consideration. Let wisdom and understanding prevail. BY FRANK CATON Would you believe that your so cial prowess, your public accep tance, your next customer, your succes s with the opposite sex, your success period, and even your very existence could hinge on the brandoftoothpaste,mouthwash, hairspray, hair dressing, odor- arm deoderant, or the brand of cigarettes you use? You say that’s hard to believe. I say that someone is spending bil lions of dollars each year to make you believe it. I also agree with Adolf Hitler that if you keep telling people something long enough and loud enough, they will eventually believe. The ques tion is are one minute commer cials long enough? God knows they’re loud enough! I thought h they’re loud enough! I thought the ICC or the FCC or some public watchdog put an end to the inhuman practice of increasing the volume every time acommercial is shown. Radio commercials are not guilty of the sadistic practice of ear-drum bursting:theyuseamore ghoulish tactic of springing one of those minutes of melodious mirth on you approximately every three minutes. That’s a total brain wash ing time of 8 hours out of every 24. It’s a bit more difficult to es timate the frequency of television commercials. I don’t mean you can’t predict when they will be shown; you can bet your last Bull Durham that there will be at least one every quarter hour. What you can’t predict is how many. I must inject at this point that I’m not knocking the free enter prise system. Every economics student is familiar with the wisdom that Brother Dave Gardner em- parted to us, “It you have some thing that other people want, it doesn’t matter if you live in the wilderness. People will beat a path to your door. Of course, advertising helps.” It is necessary for the capi talist to advertise his wares. My question is must he be so prolific? Advertising is one thing; advertis ing with avengance is quite another. We the American public have been lulled into accepting the ad vertising establishment, usually referred to as Madison Avenue, as a basic institution. In the wake of our complacency, Madison Ave nue has assumed responsibility in every phase of our personal life. Does that not sound profound? Stop and consider it for a moment. Did you have a good day yester day? If you didn’t have a good day, what was the reason? Did you not sleep well? Perhaps it’s your mattress. Did you of fend people? Perhaps it’s your toothpaste, mouth wash, or deo derant. Was it a headache? Is your pain reliever strong enough? Haven’t you heard of the short headache? You're not still taking those little round pills are you? As long as we’re getting personal, is it irregularity? Hemrrhoids perhaps? Please! Not while I’m eating! It’s not enough that we arepum- melled by suggestions, implica tions, solutions day in and day out. It’s not enough to sell the product in the middle of a program, state i The Tams pre Coming | Back its merits and the competition’s "H” or something. , , , ,. You know most of the rest of it. lack of them. ,, , „ , . , ., „ „ You know everything except why Today, commercials must been- , ... . \ ,, .u tertainlng as well as “informa- girl’s roomy is home all the tive.” I think the reason there are so tew good television shows these variations on this theme days is that the advertisers will ‘^ere are an equal number of not allow the shows to be more cartoons, comedy skits, and even entertaining than their commer- musicals. cials. From all evidence, more commercials areen- writers are involved in commer- ^naming. There are very strong cials than in other unimportant as- arguments for certain products p rr IT- from the scientific point of view. pects of T.V, programs. ^ There may be more scientists and engineers developing nas-o- What can you do in one minute? graphs, models of the human ana- ITl tell you what some commer- tomy that drip real acid and react cials do in one minute. Some to various cure-alls than there are commercials tell a complete love -working on the space program, story in one minute. All in all, commercials are YouVe seen those of course, setting the standards of day to There^s this girl, see, and she day living. Commercials are solv- never gets a date. Her room tng all problems. All you have to never gets a date. Her roomy do is jump on the band wagon, very tactfully queries that some do as the stars do, listen to scien- people have swamp breath and tific reason, and let your brain get suggests gargling with Preparation mushy. Feelings Toward Liquor Expressed BY FRANK COLEY Question; What criticisms or stands on the issue. Thewhoieiaw comments do you have concerning is too contradictory.” the liquor law which is before the Peggy Maynard,Student: “Idon’t state Senate? really know enough about it to com- John McQuay: ‘T’m against ment.” liquor-by-the-drink, butifeelsure Harold Pulley, Student: “Appe- that brown-bagging will be lega- tizing can’t be controlled. There lized. The revenue from the sale are controls, but they can’t be of liquor will definitely be helpful political. These controls must be to the state.” initiated by the individual. As I Jay Eaker, Student: “I’m for interpret it, there is no scriptual liquor-by-the-drink, by the bottle, condemnation of alcohol. The only brown-bagging, the works. People control is temperance. This is are going to drink so you may as a writing of Paul to which I am re well make it easy for them. I ferring. ” feel that the issue is really a Dr. Morrill, History Asst. Prof.: religious one. ” “Well, I’m tor free and easy access Richard Robinson, Student: “I’m to one of the finest enjoyments of tor liquor-by-the-drink, by the life. Through surveys of large bottle, as well as open bars. I’m cities such as Richmond, Virginia pro everything. The money from and Charlotte, North Carolina, it the legalized sale of liquor is de- has been demonstrated that the me- finitely beneficial.” thod by which liquor has been dis- Dale Norwood, Student; No com- tributed has no relation to thefre- ment. quency of alcoholism. The indivi- Johnny Smith, Student at Central dual should certainly have the right Piedmont; “Well, I’m from Oxford, to decide. ” Mississippi and have seen what Sandra Hoover, Student: “I’m in North Carolina is debating. Asa favor of a person choosing whether result of this. I’m definitely against or not he should have the right to open bars, but feel that liquor sold drink because it’s a matterofeon- Stores would prove to be highly science whether or not a man successful. Liquor is an essential should drink. ” part of business meetings, conven- Neely Cunningham, Student: ‘1 tions and the like. Thepeople must think it should be passed so that be happy so give them what they People can drink if they want. I '"'dnt. ” don’t think liquor-by-the-drink will Rebecca Hamyck, Student; “At be the method because bars pro- • the present I have no comment.” duce a bad atmosphere in a town. ” Vickie Stilwell, Student: ‘T . Dr. Sohn, Psychology Asst. Prof, think the whole thing should be ‘T hope that brown-bagging will be revised. The state should first legalized. I do hope the Senate decide whether it should legalize will at least go this tar. County liquor-by-the-drink or brown bag- option, or the degree of wetness ging. Then the various counties should be determined by the coun- should be allowed to take individual ties themselves. ” THE CAROLINA JOURNAL Published weekly on Wednesday except during holidays. ELLISON CLARY, JR Editor Frank Crooks Business Manager Libby Holshouser Feature Editor Donna Hughes Sports Editor Geraldine Ledford Cartoonist Nancy Kohler, Fred Jordan Photographers Staff: Sally Hagood, Paul Boswell, Earleen Mabry, Corny Stilwell, Frank Caton, Jan Ballard, Patrick McNeely, Bobbe Berry, Carol Haywood, Sandy Caudle, Rosemary Lands, John Lafferty, Gayle Watts, Kay Watson, Carol Durham, Louise Napolitano, and Larry Keith.
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