October 1, 1969 The Carolina Journal, Page 2
Editorial
we are saying,
is give peace
a chance’^
A Guest Editorial by Journai Staffer Clay Owen
October 15, two weeks fromtoday, is the scheduled
demonstration day for the Vietnam Moratorium. So far the
moratorium has received the support of over 900 college
campuses across the nation. The plans for the activity on our
campus have not yet been finalized. Tentative plans call for a
series of speakers to rally against the Vietnam war. One
speaker wiU speak every hour and a half, symbolic of our
death rate for American G. I’s in Vietnam. On the average
one soldier is killed every hour and a half. After talking to Ed
Wayson, Chairman of our Ad Hoc Vietnam Moratorium
Committee, we found that many people have indicated their
support for the demonstration.
However, many students are wary of PARTICIPATING in
the demonstration beacuse of the new rules set up by the
Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North
Carolina on July 7, 1969 and amended on September 12,
1969. Under Section 5-1 of teh By-laws, it now states, “Any
student, faculty member (including full-time or part-time
instructors), or employees who willfully by use of violence,
force, coercion, threat, intimidation or fear, obstructs,
disrupts or attempts to obstruct or disrupt, the normal
operations or functions of any of the component institutions
of the University, or who advises, procures, or incites others
to do so, shall be subject to suspension, expulsion, discharge,
or dismissal from the University.” One of the specific
offenses listed under Section 5-1 is “inciting or organizing
attempts to prevent student attendance at classes.”
We point out that this only aplies to disruption of the
“normal operations or functions” of the University by some
element of FORCE. The Ad Hoc Vietnam Moratorium
Committee is stressing a PEACEFUL demonstration. Mr.
Wayson has stated, “If I find at any time that nay groups or
students plan to disrupt our peaceful demonstration, I will
not p^icipate in it myself, I wiU call off all scheduled
activities, and I will do everything in my power to dissuade
other students from participating in it.”
Students seem to be confused about one line of the
By-Laws. This line says that it is considered an offense to
incite or organize “attempts to prevent student attendance at
classes.” This DOES NOT mean that the boycott of classes is
an offense. Only if you attempt to PREVENT others from
attending class is it an offense. The Vietnam Moratorium
Committee takes the stand that it is a matter of PERSONAL
CHOICE if one participates in the boycott or not.
We do not endorse the boycott of classes. We support the
peaceful demonstration. The Moratorium Committees
throughout the United States have labeled themselves as
“patriotic.” Then the question illogically arise, “how can you
be patriotic if you don’t support the government?” We think
a distinction should be made between “supporting the
government” and “Being patriotic.” The majority of the
public does not support the Administration’s Vietnam policy.
The majority says, “Pull out now.” We hold the stnd that it is
patriotic to support the majority of the nation rather than
support an administration with a mind of its own. We have
lost far too many lives for a cause that cannot logically be
justified.
Most of us don’t know the realities of war. Some of us
faint at the sight of blood. It flows in abundance in Nam.
We’re far removed from the battlefield. Casualties are only
statistics until one loses a husband or a brother.
Nixon has tried to appease us with a token withdrawal of
25,000 troops recently. He has promised that 35,000 more
will be withdrawn in the near future. This will bring the total
to 60,000. Johnson said that we could afford to withdraw
60,000 troops firom Nam without damaging our war effort.
This is not true de-escalation
If you want to see an end to the war, participate in the
demonstration. Some say we won’t accomplish anything. But
no matter how small a part we play, at least we’ll show that
we care.
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The Return
of a Soldier
Know how they ship back dead
G.I.s from the war?
Of course it all depends on the
condition of the body when the
Army morticians get hold of it in
Saigon.
Say the corpse is all torn to
hell. Guts running out the hole in
its left side. The left arm gone
except for about three inches of
shoulder. Coagulated blood. No
left face. Unrestorable.
First recording of
identification papers, forms, and
paperwork. Then clean up the
body as well as possible. Wash off
all the dirt. Drain out the 19 year
olds blood.
Next step is placing the
remains in a big plastic bag that
looks something like a dry
cleaners bag. Then a vacumn
machine sucks all the air out of
the plastic bag so the contents
won’t spoil.
Then into an efficient clean
aluminum coffin. Banded and
sealed. To Tonsonut Air Base.
A giant C-141 jet transport
taxies in. Vietnamese workers pull
its load off onto forklifts. The
load consists of aluminum coffins
being returned from Dover Air
Base, Delaware.
The load of coffins, is strapped
into the big jet for the long
journey home.
At Dover, the 141 pulls way
off to a section of the taxi zone
reserved for the off-loading of
classified materials - atom bombs,
gas, and bodies.
You know the rest. The
crew-cut U. S. Army captain in
dress greens calls personally on
the mama or widow, gives her the
news and says a telegram from
somebody important will come in
a few days. She faints in his arms.
The funeral. Maybe Arlington. A
picture of the once proud bright
eyed now dead G.I. on the local
paper’s obituary page.
Get out of Nam. Now! Please.
Howard L. Pearre
Dear Editor,
Yes, a sandwich for lunch
would be nice.
Sandwich Sam
Men's natures are alike,
its their habits which
carry them far apart.
Confucius
Letters
44
Incompetence” in the
Food Service
Dear Editor,
It seems that after two weeks
of sheer incompetence it is time
for something to be said. From
the first line, you are probably
able to recognize the fact that the
topic of conversation is our
phenomenal Saga food service
presently blessing us with its being
in our heretofore pleasant
cafeteria.
On a daily, if not hourly,
schedule; another miraculous
blunder has been achieved to a
level unattained by any other
person or organization previously
holding the same position.
Needless to say, the complaints
Charlie has heard are too
numerous to mention. Therefore a
brief list of what he feels are the
most justified gripes will be
presented here.
1 - On September 21,1969, for
the first time in three years, the
“cafeteria” was out of any form,
type, or style of carbonated
fountain drink. The incompetence
on their part is unexcusable, but
this is only “the straw that broke
the camel’s back.” There was a
sorry excuse for either cherry
soda or fruit punch for which
they still had the unadulterated
gall to charge $.11 per 9 ounce
cup.
2 - To our knowledge, there
has yet to be bfeakfast meat
served with dorm meals. One
possible excuse for this is the
waffles served (which are close to
the consistency of masonary).
3 - There is the questionable, if
not confusing, tax problem run by
the cafeteria. We have yet to
understand, even thougli we may
never comprehend, the reasoning
behind this hourly rated tax
standing.
4 - We have heard several
questions and complains
concerning the meat (?) served.
One young lass has stated that for
once she would like to see
whatever WAS under all the
gumbo used to cover and/or hide
tlie meat.
5 - Finally (tliis is hardly worth
note since it seems impossible to
us how anyone could overlook the
situation) the price situation is
abhorrent. The snack bar price list
is gone but not forgotten. There is
a tendency toward cutting corners
and charging more to the
commuter, possibly to handle a
“deficit” from feeding the
resident students. This is all well
and good until one realizes that
dorm students are paying some
$.80 per meal, on the average.
There are many meals served
(possibly halQ the cost of which
does not approach that amount in
cost when cooked and served in
quantity. The problem of no help
or expensive help is not an answer
since students have never before
been deluged with requests to
“chip in” and help dear old Saga.
One final word. The excuse
(which is almost stock already)
dways thrown out by Saga is that
we are paying for quality we have
not to received in previous years.
Whether the quality is there or
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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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