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“Gentlemen, Russia’s Nuclear Power Is
Increasing At An Alarming Rate—
They’ve Got An Enormous 2,500
Deliverable Warheads To Our
Paltry 5,700. ”
journal cartoon/CPS
deadline: march 16
Legislature elections
March 27, 28
by Sharon deck
Roland Gentry is the new SGA
Vice-President, and Randy Russell has
been elected Student Union Board
Chairman as the result of the first wave
of campus elections on February 23
and 24.
In other races,.Mary Willis, running
Unopposed, was chosen SUB
Vice-Chairman. Newly-elected Union
Board members are Lance Berger, Gary
f^ee, Howard Hesterburg, Bill Holder,
and Dean Snipes.
Students elected to the University
Benate are Charles Bridges, Ted Griffin,
^ike Mayberry, William Pickney, Pat
Baylor and Ron Young.
In a separate election, the faculty
ohose the following professors to serve
On the University Senate: James C.
Crosthwaite, Nish A. Jamgotch, Jr.,
Bertha L. Maxwell, Douglas M. Orr, Jr.,
Thomas C. Turner, and Loy H.
Witherspoon.
Only one more election will be held
after this week's races are decided. On
March 27 and 28, elections will be held
for Student Legislature (excluding
freshman president, commuter
representatives, and dorm
representatives), four Student Senators
by petition, and four Faculty Senators
by petition.
Deadline for nominations is March
16. Petitions for candidates for the
Senate can be filed between now and
March 16 with the Chancellor. Petition
filing information is available in the
SGA offices (located in the old
bookstore).
UNC-CH professor
Crist: on sex
education, freedom
by Charles autrey
A new atmosphere of knowledge and freedom about matters sexual is now
circulating around college campuses. And the wind is stirring up a few musty
misconceptions and secret fears about sex in its various forms. It is this new-found
knowledge and freedom that concerns Dr. Takey Crist, lecturer-gynecologist
working out of UNC-CH.
In an interview before his lecture to the Population Workshop, he shared his
views on the past, current, and future roles of sex and knowledge about sex in the
context of human development and the quality of life.
The current level of sexual knowledge on college campuses may be lower than
one thinks. For example, in a survey of 600 sexually-active Chapel Hill women, it
was shown that one-fourth of the women had practically no knowledge of their
reproductive machinery and that over half of them had acquired only a barely
sufficient knowledge of their functions. In contra, an identical group of less
sexuaHy-active women showed a marked (nearly twofold) increase in sexual
knowledge.
What does it mean? Does increased knowledge lead to increased responsibility?
Dr. Crist seems to think so. It was also found out that over 60% of the active
group did not use contraceptives. The definition of responsibility is, however, an
open question.
When asked what kind of society would result from the free availability of
frank sexual information. Dr. Crist did not answer directly. He did, however, give
some examples from our own repressed society:
a. A new case of gonorrhea every 15 seconds.
b. High illegitimacy and divorce rates.
c. One million illegal abortions each year.
Crist believes that the situation could be drastically improved if information on
sex and contraception were more widely-accepted and available.
Does increased awareness lead to more frequent sex? Dr. Crist maintains that
this cannot be proved. He said that he would rather have the decision based on
knowledge and responsibility than on ignorance and fear.
The role of sex in our own future generations may change as a result of the
heavy emphasis put on it by today's advertising and entertainment media. It is
entirely possible that the next generation will become bored with sex in its
present context
The rapid increase in popularity may reverse the popular attitudes regarding
homosexuality, masturbation, and other forms of nonreproduction-oriented
sexuality. Instead of being frowned on, it may become a necessary and useful tool
for keeping the population under control.
Recent progress in genetics may outmode sex in the conventional man-woman
reproductive sense. Research in test-tube and clonal reproduction being
conducted in Italy (and surreptitiously in the U.S.) may show conventional
conception and "unplanned parenthood" to be clumsy and perhaps dangerous in
the hyper-crowded future world. Man himself may have to undergo a few
profound changes to survive on a populous planet.
According to Dr. Christ, the institution of marriage will have to be
re-evaluated. He thinks that future marriages will be non-manipulative
relationships where neither partner will play a dominant or submissive part.
How long will it take humanity to adjust to its newfound sexual freedom? Dr.
Crist thinks that sex education will become a firmly entrenched part of high
school and college curricula by 1980. He thinks that college is a late place to learn
where babies come from and how they get here, but he believes that colleges are
the best place to start the free-knowledge revolution. He thinks that the new
freedoms intellectualized in this generation will manifest themselves in the innate
attitudes of the next.
Where does one begin to encourage the freer dissemination of sex information
and contraceptives on-campus? Dr. Crist says that the Administration could use a
swift kick in the ass to make itself tackle the problems of sex education.
A university is, after all, supposed to improve man's relationship with society
and his own humanity. Sex is certainly an important part of that problem;
therefore, it should not be ignored.
Sex education of sorts goes on from the moment a person is born. Parental
attitudes and actions, interactions with other people, and information from all
media and from the government itself are instrumental in forming one's attitudes
about himself and his sex. The point of free and open information dispersal is to
reduce the misconceptiont and to allow the individual to conduct his affairs in a
spirit of responsibility and freedom.
"Ninety-nine per cent of all human life
is the result of a single, momentary
whim of passion. Don't you think that
humanity deserves a bit more planning
than that?"
-R. Buckminster Fuller
Until Wednesday
Voter
registration
drive
— by Sharon deck
Elections Board officials will be on
campus Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday to register students wishing
to vote in the primary election on May
6.
Registration tables will be set up at
the entrance to the UC cafeteria, in the
second-floor lounge between Denny
and Barnard, and in the second-floor
lounge between Garinger and Denny.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 3 p.m. Free soft
drinks will be given to all students who
register.
To register, a person must be 18
years old or older, or must turn 18 by
November 7. He must have lived in
North Carolina for 30 days and must
be a legal resident of Mecklenburg
County.
Students whose parents live in other
counties or states but who consider
themselves residents of Mecklenburg
County should go ahead and attempt
to register, according to Bill Culp,
executive director of the Elections
Board. An N.C. Supreme Court
decision on residency of college
students is expected this week. Should
the decision be favorable!, students
would be allowed to register in this
county.
Students registering as Republican,
Democrat, or American party members
can vote in the primary of that party.
Students registering as independents
cannot vote in primaries.
An alternative is to register "no
party." A person registered this way
can vote in either primary simply by
indicating to the officials on election
day which party primary he wants to
vote in.
Students who are utKertain of their
residence should attempt to register
and let the registrars determine their
eligibility. Guidelines for determining
residence include having a job here,
paying city or county taxes, or renting
an apartment or house.
journal photo/altop
"Exorcising the
power of death" -a
report on the Forum
speakers- page 8....
volume vii, number 19/march 6, 1972
lOlPRKAL
Scattergood:
'State too easy
on polluters'
—— by Sharon deck
"Nobody can represent youth better than a young person." With that idea in
mind, UNCC sophomore David Scattergood is running for the N.C. House of
Representatives as a Democrat.
Scattergood, who describes himself as part-pragma^c politician and part
wide-eyed idealist, is confident that he can win the election with the help of
young Charlotte voters. He has been visiting high schools, political clubs, and area
colleges in an effort to drum up support.
Short on both money and free time, Scattergood says his campaign will consist
mostly of "getting myself to the people." His campaign chest is made up of
money he has saved and some donated supplies. "Of course, I would accept any
contributions that came in," he admitted.
Although he has always been interested in politics, he did not decide to run
until a few weeks before the filing deadline. He will be competing with twelve
other Democrats for eight spots on the general election ticket.
He has received encouragement from party officials and other older people,
but he will depend mainly on students in running his campaign. And he has vowed
not to cut his medium-length curly hair for the campaign, because he feels it
would be hypocritical.
Fairly liberal on most issues, Scattergood has set better pollution control as
one of his top priorities.
"There has been too much under-the-table dealing," he says. "The state has
been too easy on polluters." He wants to set a firm deadline and tell polluters to
either clean up or close down.
"Businesses locate where they can operate most efficiently. It will cost more
for them to move or close down than it will for them to clean up their plants," he
explained. Scattergood does not believe that loss of employment will occur if
plants are required to clean up or close down. The advantage of cheap labor in
North Carolina outweighs the disadvantage of expenses involved in pollution
control.
Reform of the prison system and abolition of capital punishment are also high
on the priority list. Scattergood would like to see first offenders and young
prisoners separated from the more hardened criminals in the state prison. He
would replace capital punishment with a life sentence without parole. Even
though capital punishment is not an effective deterrent, he says, the ease of
getting a parole is not desirable.
Scattergood says he will support the legalization of marijuana unless future
medical evidence proves if to be a harmful substance. Since it is unlikely that
marijuana will be made le^l, he plans to work for lighter penalties for use of
drugs. He is, however, against the pushers who lead kids into use of hard drugs
like heroin.
Along this same line, he supports spending more state money on treatment
centers for drug addicts and alcoholics. "Drug addiction is a disease. We should
treat people and not jail them," he commented.
Scattergood has not decided where he stands on the issue of abortion. "There
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