Wet or Dry on Nov, 6
North Carolina's antiquated
liquor laws are under fire again
and the situation will come to a
climax next month at polls
throughout the state. On Nov. 6,
tarheel voters will mark their X's
for or against liquor-by-the-drink
in a statewide referendum.
Sound familiar? It should,
because it ail happened at this
same time last year, and the law
was passed! Well then, some of
you may ask, what happened to
it? It seems that the "dry" forces
didn't care what the majority
wanted so they took the
referendum to court where it was
declared unconstitutional and so
"John Barleycorn" was locked
away in his little brown bag for
another year. So why bring It up
again this year? Well, this year's
vote is different. If the bill passes
next month It will only give each
separate county the right to say
yes or no to llquor by-the-drink.
The whole thing will be left up to
the county commissioners to
decide on. It would seem to some
of us that a very big fuss is being
made over nothing, but let's
examine some aspects of both
sides and then decide for
ourselves.
Now some dry forces would
have us believe that the whole
thing is a moral question. They
preach that liquor is "evil" and it
will "rain destruction upon our
state." It seems that some people
just go around looking for things
to preach about.
Other drys stress the fact that
if the bill is passed, then liquor
consumption will Increase, thus
increasing the number of drunk
driving accidents in the state.
They also state that with
liquor-by-the-drink the control of
alcohol goes from the ABC board
Into the hands of the bartender
where it could be misused.
Another problem that will be
created, the drys say, is that
profits from liquor sales will go to
restaurant and hotel owners and
not to the state where they
belong. All of these reasons will
be used by the dry forces to get
you to vote no on Nov. 6.
Now let's examine the reasons
that the "wets" use to get us to
vote yes.
The first thing they will tell
you is that liquor is not new to
North Carolina but has been a
part of our society for many
years. True, but not much basis
for the passage of
liquor-by-the-drink. Next they'll
state factual surveys taken in
other states. South Carolina and
Virginia, that prove liquor
consumption has not risen but has
decreased since the initiation of
mixed drinks. This decrease has
also reduced the number of drunk
driving accidents and related
alcohol problems.
The wets will agree with the
drys about increas€xj profits for
bar owners but they will also
show you that the owners will still
have to buy their liquor from the
state and will have to pay the
required tax on each bottle. Plus,
liquor used for mixed drinks will
be taxed an extra five dollars per
gallon, so the state will not be
losing any of that all important
revenue. Owners of establishments
that will sell mixed drinks will be
subject to strict inspection and
will have to pay a high price for
their permits to sell. Strict
controls will be enacted by the
The Doctor cont.
I compared a couple hundred letters received four years ago with a
couple hundred received this spring. While early on there was a lot of
concern about masturbation in the letters, that seems to have
decreased. Now I'm Interested In seeing what's going to happen — if
there's going to be an increase in concern in terms of interpersonal
relations, or in general medical sorts of things.
Journal: From your column and professional experience, what kind of
medical information do you think a student entering college should be
provided by the health service?
The Dr.: I think a student entering college should have available to him
or her a full range of medical services, which includes the area of
contraceptives and counseling about sexual matters. There should be
comprehensive services available, and these things should be private
between the student and the health service, should not involve parents
or others. Students entering college are at the point where they have to
start assuming full responsibility for their own health. A university
might help this being accomplished by making it part of their definition
of a liberal arts education. Health services should be comprehensive,
confidential, between the students and the physician.
When I say comprehensive services, I include such things as
pregnancy counseling and abortion, ver clearly. I feel that a university
health service has particular opportunities to help its young population
manage certain things in their life which at that point will have a very
beneficial effect on their future. Sometimes this can mean managing
things that have not worked out well, such as becoming pregnant. To
help them deal with that effectively, and learn from the experience, can
have an extraordinarily positive effect on a person's life.
Journal: Is there any final word you'd like to give to your readers?'
The pr.; Yeah...I'd like to Jhank all my readers for reading me, and for
sending in the questions. I say with all sincerity that my readers have
given me very much of an education myself. They have caused me to
learn a great deal about what it is that bothers people. I admire and
appreciate the candor and frankness of the questions that I receive.
I am certainly very touched by people's willingness to share such
mtimate concerns with me. I deeply appreciate the trust that goes along
''vith that. If anyone doubts it, it has had considerable impact on the
'^^ay I see people and their problems. I understand what goes on with
people and their worries much better than I did before I started to
write this.
(With this issue of the Journal the Doctor's Bag Column will be
resumed with new material. Thanks are directed to Jim Smallridge and
Specially, radio station WVFN, for their help in facilitating this
interview.)
by rusty rogers
state and the supervision of
alcohol distribution should be
strengthened.
Who is right? Are the drys too
old fashioned? Are the wets too
progressive? These questions can
only be answered by the voters of
North Carolina. Where will you
put your X on November 6th?
Below are some comments
from various students on their
ideas about liquor-by-the-drink. If
you agree, disagree, or just think
it's all a waste of time anyway,
please feel free to express your
comments to the Journal.
Marty Redmond - "I think the
dry forces are making a big stink
about nothing. Liquor has been
sold in North Carolina for a long
time and liquor-by-the-drink is
just another form of selling it."
Ron McCorduck — "I'm very
much in favor of it. It's about
time this state caught up with the
rest of the country."
Teresa James — "I don't really
like the idea of liquor-by-
the-drink because it'll cost a lot
more than brown bagging."
Tony Adams — "I really don't
care. I'm not of legal drinking age
anywayl"
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page nine/the journal/october II, 1973
ossociate editorial
the good
clean
campaign
There is apparently something
new in the political campaign at
UNCC. There have always been
saturation campaigns,
clever-slogan campaigns, and
drag-you-to-the-polls campaigns
on this campus, not to mention
expensive campaigns and
visit-your-room campaigns (Porter
Aldridge of last year, for
instance). But now things are
changing. Now, as I have recently
discovered, someone is running
for a student office on a platform
buttressed with Christianity.
Why is so-and-so running for
such-and-such and office? Of
course, because he is concerned
about students and willing to
serve and aware and....also,
because he is a Christian. This is
no ruse. The posters I have seen
say, why Is he running? He is a
Christian.
This certainly implies a
cause-and-effect relationship. Is
there something In being a
Christian that impels someone to
run for student office? Some
desire for suffering, or
martyrdom? Or is it simply a wish
to bring spiritual enrichment to
student government, to clean it up
by such a change? Here? AT
UNCC? Maybe it's the only thing
left to be tried.
It is perhaps wiser to assume
that the candidate under
discussion feels there is a practical
benefit in advertising his spiritual
alignment. Here he may have a
point, because Christianity
continues to have a powerful
revival all across this nation and
the world, not to mention the
UNCC campus. The pages of this
very paper periodically carry
Good News, a Christian-oriented
column by George Berkin, and
that (and George) are pretty
strong manifestations of the
movement by themselves. So
perhaps the candidate envisions a
massing at the polls by UNCC
neo-Pentecostals who feel they
have found their candidate.
by pat miller
The most discordant thing
about this quasi-religious
endeavour is that so much of the
campaign relies on the candidate's
Christianity. The posters Imply
that that factor is just as
important as the candidate's
willingness to serve. Usually, being
a good Christian (or pretending to
be) is only one f&cet of a good
political campaign package. But
this candidate obviously intends
to Invest everything in his
hoped-for office with the spirit of
his religosity. What can that lead
us to expect?
A praying Legislature? Bibles
in the dresser drawers of the
dorms? An SGA willing to turn its
other cheek to the administrations
deaf ear? Or even, more humility
in the higher echelons of student
government? A more fervent
Richard Butterfield? Or, as
suggested by another cynic, a
flock of angels on the Belk
Tower?
There are no more thoughts to
be extrapolated here. The final
note to be noted is in way of
admiration for the candidate here
discussed, because he obviously
understands the purpose of
education very well. He is
exhibiting an understanding of the
perpetual curiosity that true
education cultivates. For like any
other stimulating concept, his
candidacy certainly, obviously,
raises more questions than it
could ever answer.
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