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The new patriotism examined
' by ken dye
When Paul Goodman said, in Growing and Absurd, that "patriotism is
intermediate between childhood and adulthood. We must delimit it
carefully or we play into the hands of fools and rougues who have done
the country plenty of damage." He must have been experiencing a
laudenum induced vision of the 1972 Democratic Convention." What he
saw, and what we who cannot get channel 36 saw, was an institutional
rubber stamp of a "new patriotism."
A patriotism more dangerous, more pervasive and more threatening to
the principles which this country should have been founded on than the
worst mastabatory fantasies of John Foster Dulles and J. Edgar Hoover
combined. If it ^ould succeed in electing its chief rougue as president, it
will begin a steamroller of democracy that will pave this nation from end
to end with middle class mediocrity.
A friend of mine recently told me that haveing never considered the
problem carefully, he felt that the best thing to do would be to m^e all
the Indians into doctors and lawyers- Now the potential for the realization
of that horrible liberal dream is at hand. The poor have cried out to be
hear and our political system has answered Them. The minority races have
knocked at the gates of political power and the Democratic party has
opened the latch. Worst of all the women of the world have united,
passed through the kitchen and the nursery, into the bedroom and out the
window into the sunlight of political power.
Now the friends of humanity rejoice but they shall be called to journey
with their account book. They shall be called because their efforts have
proceeded from an unalterably fallacious principle; the righteousness of
democratic politics. What they do not understarxf is that politics does not
make the country, or the laws. Politics does not change things or right
wrongs or bring salvation to the huddled masses. What does change
"things," etc., is culture and by bringing culture into unholy matrimony
with politics they have brought delivered it into the incestuous bed of
power. All that is need to complete the process is to enact Buckminster
Fuller's plan for perpetual referendum and America will finally realize its
absurd promise of Mcluhanesque grandeur. Culture of votes and Walter
Cronkite. . .
The great strength of the new patriotism and the great evil is in, as
with all patriotism, its religiouslike aspects. The new patriots believe they
are right without knowing that they are right. As a result they are
prepared to martyr themselves by the millions. It is one thing to martyr
oneself for an ideal, but another to do it for an institution. It is
grotesque because institutions represent no more than the total effedts of
past cultural change. God forbid that they may become our cultural
future.
What now for the for the old freedom fighters for the Hell, no, we
won't go" crowd, and for "the Only good pig is a dead pig" social set.
The only responsible choice is to return to apathy. To seek the true
spirtual strength of America not in the suburbs or the ghettos but in the
hinterlands between. The no mans land of mediocrity where it is decent
neither to faiFnor to succeed, only to lose oneself.
It is to the province of the bill collectors, where crime is only a
problem and not a national concern, that one may turn. So turn and
become apolitical, amoral and apathetic. If America is to survive we must
all become fellow travelers.
5^ psych
-by susan regan
There have been some questions
on campus about the 54 Psych
booth - who's behind it and just
what its function is. Well, Dr.
Zerof's graduate class. Analyzing
and Developing Approaches to the
Helping Relationships -- HDL 665
to be precise, is manning the booth
in an effort to share themselves
with the student body while the
students share, their problems -
small and large - with the graduate
students who plan toenter the field
of guidance and counseling.
Like the one used by Lucy in
"Peanuts." the booth was
constructed at its present site last
Sunday. The class of about 20
chipped in to buy the materials and
about six members assembled the
booth, with the help of passersby.
The booth officially opened for
business the next morning at 8:00.
Tony. Hughs, a member of the
class, said that the booth "is not
serious but we're taking it
seriously." It is like the walk-in
clinics, where students can come by
and let off steam. It is also a
source of information for general
questions, such as where the
restrooms are, to more serious
topics such as the school, its
grading system, and its instructors.
The class hopes their project can
be in one sense an opinion survey.
By speaking informally with
students they hope to get fresh
impressions of the campus and find
out just how the students feel
about campus issues, as well as
individual problems.
The students, who seek to study
ways, means, and concepts of
improving instruction, learning, and
development through the helping
relationship, plan to begin each
class with what has happened at
the booth. Class discussion will
partially be centered around the
activities of the booth.
With their new knowledge the
students hope to broaden their own
perspectives as well as shedding
light on student needs. They will
act as a medium between the
administration and the student
body, suggesting changes which are
felt to be needed for the
University's and students' well being.
The students in the class share
volunteer hours, each putting in
about two hours per week. The
booth's hours are from 8:30 or
9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M., varying
according to the volunteers'
schedules. The booth is especially
busy during lunch time.
There is a "fee" of 54 for each
session, but few people contribute
and the class members are not
pushing the money factor. As of
last week, they had collected
approximately $2.50, which
certainly is a far cry from the
weekly earnings of professional
psychiatrists. Whatever sum they do
have by the end of the summer
session will be contributed to a
student project. (This should trigger
an incentive to dig deeper into
your pockets!)
As for the booth's future,
nothing has been decided yet. The
HDL class will be finished with it
at the end of the session, but its
success suggests that students could
want it to be on a permanent
basis. So, any students who are
interested in becoming involved and
keeping the booth as a regular on
campus can contact Dr. Zerof in
the Human Development and
Learning department. The class will
donate the booth to students who
are interested in continuing its
facilities.
Hughs, a graduate of the
University of Florida at Tallahassee,
feels the booth is imrxjrtant because
the students can joke at different
angles. The experience of being able
to laugh about some things, as well
as yourself with others, is
invaluable. Because "humor is
important - it's there and it's real."
Perhaps this philosophy is the key
the success of UNC—C's 54
to
Psych booth.
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North Carolina. The
provides for a
trustees on each
campus and a hignij.
Governors to oversee
Members of the
trustees for UNCC
Reese, Chairman of
NCNB and also elect^jr^
the Local Board of ’ jj*
Belk, an official
Services; C. C. Carnejff®
of FUNB; John Ste^lf”
of Republic Bank
Frank Crowell of
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James Hardiaun, u«
highway commissioi^i C'
Johnson, from Sanlljii:"
Patrick Spangler,
contractor; Mrs. A.
from Concord; and
of Rockingham. jiL.
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