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Symposium panelists urge ‘globalist’ policies
TJi* Student Newspaper of tlie Unnersity of Norlli Carolina at Cliarlotle
Ciiarlotte, North Carolina
November 16, 1976
By Brad Rich
The UNCC Symposium .on
dternative World Futures: Planning for
he 1990’s concluded Thursday,
Jovember 11 with an afternoon session
saturing noted futurist Saul Mendlovitz
f Rutgers University. Also on the panel
lere: Wayland Griffith, R.J. Reynolds
'rofessor of Mechanical and Aerospace
ngineering at N.C. State University;
lose Hayden, Associate Director of the
nternational Education Project of the
American Council of Education; and
Ians Mauksch, Executive Officer of the
American Sociological jAssociation..
After a brief introduction by Dr.
lobert Mundt, symposium chairman,
riffith spoke on the topic of technology
ti the future.
On communication technology,
Iriffith said, “We don’t really have the
oggiest idea what communications will
le like in the future.” He gave the
xample of the telephone which soon
nay be just as cheap for a 5,000 mile call
s for a five mile call.
On weaponry, he stressed the advent
)f Precision Guided Munitions, or PGM’s.
Griffith said the new munitio,ns. have a
)0 per cent capability of hitting the
argets, and can be carried in jeeps. “This
vill revolutionize warfare,” he said.
He also ■ discussed energy
listribution, saying, “many don’t believe
here is an energy shortage.” He said the
mly real question is whether we will run
)Ut of natural gas in 10 or 20 years. He
elt another critical issue will - be
ransportation of the energy we will
equire in the future. Even on a local
rasis, Griffith felt several questions must
re asked: “How much solar power will
re needed?; Where will you have to go to
rick up your coal?; and How long will
he gas lines be?”
Mendlovitz followed, a self-avowed
‘preacher” in style. President of the
Institute for World Order, he spoke with
a fervent zeal of producing a social
movement he called Global Populism,
which would attempt to transform our
present governmental systems. He said
humanity is presently in a moment as
crucial as the time when man moved
from basically a hunting and gathering
society into a society based on
agricultural surplus. He called the world
today “interpenetrative” rather than
interdependent, emphasizing the
closeness and interrelationships improved
communication has brought about.
Mendlovitz said we are still living
with the notions of the agricultural
society, and it is time we broke down
this antiquated myth structure. He
compared his own role to that of a
pre-Civil War abolitionist, and'said it was
possible to eliminate war and poverty in
the world.
In summation, Mendlovitz cited five
worlds he could envision for the future.
The first, called the many catastrophe
world, would see the realization of the
disasters prophesized by Heilbronner in
his book An Inquiry Into the Human
Prospect, and by the classic book. The
limits to Growth. He said the odds on
this future occurring were about one in
ten.
The second possibility Mendlovitz
termed the oligarchical, Kissingerical
world in which the balance of power is
maintained and nothing really happens.
He felt the chances were one in seven
that this would be the world of the
future.
Carolina Journal photo by Lisa iMney
Panelists (1. to r.) Mauksch, Griffith, Mendlovitz, Hayden , Piel,
and Symposium Chairman Dr. Robert Mundt
Uie third possibility he called the
muddling through world, in which by
luck and a little skill, the world would
pull through. He termed the chances of
this world occuring at one out of 100,
because for about one third of the world,
the first world already exists.
World four, Mendlovitz named the
world of denial. This world would not be
one of Armageddon, but possibly of
holecaust. He listed the chances of it
happening; at one in 1000.
The fifth world would be the world
of the Global Policy ticket. Mendlovitz
said all around the world there are many
“Closet Globalists” who, if united, would
promote social movement. He said one
test of any political system was whether
or not it benefited the lower one third of
society.
Next, Rose Hayden spoke on the
need for international education. She
said there were many reasons for learning
and experiencing other cultures, among
them mere survival. Also, she felt
international education was necessary for
maintaining human dignity, for shared
brain power (the best of all possible
minds to achieve the best of all possible
worlds) and to assure mental health.
Hans Mauksch said he was ready to
join the political party advocated by
Mendlovitz. He said presently wc don’t
have “health care” in {he United States
but rather “illness care.”
Mauksch cited a lack of
communication as one of today’s main
problems. “Different occupations can
hardly speak to each other,” he said.
“They speak different dialects, and there
is too much stratification between
occupations.”
After the panel discussion, the
audience split into discussion groups
where they got the opportunity to
question the panelists personally.
‘Scientific American’ publisher calls for U.S. to aid
Underdeveloped nations ‘In the many ways possible’
By Bill Alford
Wednesday night, November 12, in
McKnight Lecture Hall, the first
presentation in UNCC’s Symposium —
Alternate World Futures: Planning for
the 1990’s” was given. The speaker was
Gerard Piel, former science editor for
Life magazine . Piel is now publisher and
president of Scientific American. The
title of his presentation was “A Round
Trip to 2000 A.D.” With a catchy title
such as that, one would expect to hear
how our life would be in the future; with
all of the new gadgets and machines to
make our life more enjoyable.
Instead, Piel explained he was not a
futurist, and really wanted to discuss
“what we should be doing now to direct
our future to one in which we could
live.”
He expressed an evergrowing vision
bf brotherhood among all people in the
world. Also,he emphasized that we, the
U.S., should send economic aid to the
underdeveloped countries. But economic
aid would not be enough; we should
strive for a transfer of knowledge and
technology in order to-help a country.
He brought out that presently fhe United
Nations is asking 7/10 of one per cent of
the U.S. GNP to help the underdeveloped
countries. This figure is less than the
amount of weapons shipped to
underdeveloped countries. The figure
7/10 of one per cent adds up to
approximately 15 billion dollars, but Piel
states this is not nearly enough in
monetary terms and is not the only type
of aid we should offer.
In closing, he summed up his
presentation by giving a moral message:
“It is our obligation to help
underdeveloped countries in the many
ways available.”
Activity card now required
To pick up basketball tickets
By Ron Green
A new system for the dispensing of
student tickets to basketball games will
go into effect Wednesday, November 17.
Students will no longer be able to show
their student ID to pick up tickets.
The new system will use a student
activity card designed specifically for use
in picking up basketball tickets. The
cards will be distributed in the ticket
office in the gym beginning November
17. Each student has been assigned one
and may pick it up by showing their
validated ID card, lire ticket office will
be open from 10-12 and 1-5 each
weekday and 6-9:30 at night November
22 and 23.
The activity card and a validated ID
card will be necessary for students to
pick up basketball tickets. All student
tickets are reserved seats on the floor so
students who wish to sit together must
purchase tickets at the same time.
Students may not bring another student’s
activity and ID card to pick up someone
else’s tickets. Only one ticket per person
will be given.
Date tickets will be available.
Students may purchase one for a dollar
when they pick up their ticket. Only one
date ticket is available per student.
The activity cards will be punched
after each ticket purchase to insure no
one getting more than one ticket. The
new policy has been adopted to aid
students in buying tickets for the
Coliseum games. All seats on the floor of
the Coliseum belong to the students, as
well as 900 mezzanine seats. Tickets will
be dispensed on a first come, first serve
basis and may be picked up five days in
advance of each home game.
Due to Thanksgiving holidays,
tickets-for the Georgia College opener,
November 27 in the Coliseum will go on
sale early. They will be available
November 18 in the ticket office.
The major Green-W'hite basketball
scrimmage game will be played Thursday,
November 18 at 8 o’clock in the
Coliseum. This is the final public
scrimmage by the 49ers before the season
opens November 27 against Georgia
College in the Coliseum.
Everyone will be admitted free. Fans
will also receive a 16x20 inch poster free.
The poster shows an artist’s sketching of
UNCC’s NIT players. Also 1000 tickets
to the opening game will be given away.
School officials are expecting a large
turnout for the scrimmage which will be
played under regular game conditions.