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Vol. XLX, No. 8
No Government?
A series of accidents, careless
mistakes, lapses of memory, and
general lack of knowledge has snow
balled into a labyrinth of student
government confusion over the sum
mer school mess.
Apparently no one in student gov
ernment knew that the summer
legislative board had to be approv
ed by Student Legislature in the
spring.
Apparently no one in the Legis
lature knew that they had to ap
point honor council members for
the summer and could not sluff off
the responsibility to the president.
Apparently no one thought too
much about the consequences of
having a summer attorney general
who was not approved ... or hav
ing a second session president who
was not enrolled in school . . .
The myriad of mishaps does not
add up to an indictment of the
principle summer school student
government. Nor can the mistakes
be tied to any individual or party.
The moral of this fable is that
"no one KNEW . . ." and " no one
THOUGHT . . ."
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The mistakes were functional
oversights, which point up both an
inadequacy in existing legislation
in these areas and individual blund
ers which could never be prevented
by legislation.
The Inman Allen administration
was pushed for time last spring to
interview all persons interested in
committees and .summer student
government. Allen finally got his
summer honor council appointments
to the Legislature in the last w7eek
' before exams, but the Legislature
refused to approve anyone but the
chairmen because the president
'had not announced interviews for
I the posts.
j Vice-President Lawler gave the
; Legislature's tacit approval for Al
lien to name the other council mem
Ibers after holding interviews.
' . But its approval is not legally .
binding and even if it was, it was
given with the (mis-) understand
ing that Allen's appointments would
be approved by the summer legis
lative board.
Unfortunately for this "under
standing", Allen did not realize that
the legislative board had to be ap
proved and never submitted any
names for approval. Thus, the board
whose approval might have been
sufficient to legalize the summer
councils, was not even vaguely legal
itself.
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To increase the complexity of the
situation, the approved summer at
torney general never served, and
no one from the first session legis
lative board was on the . board sec
ond session, and no one is really
sure who served on the men's coun
cil second session . . .
Late this summer and since the
fall session began, the story of stu
dent government's predicament has
unfolded. And the question has al
ways come back, 'What do you do
about it?'
The men's and women's Honor
Councils tried 35 cases, convicted
17 persons, three of whom were
suspended from school suspended
by invalid Honor Councils.
If the Legislature retroactively
approves the appointments of the
summer council and legislative
board members, then the 17 persons
found guilty, probably will be told
they may apply for appeal to the
joint student-faculty review board.
Those who were suspended probab
ly will appeal their cases. Certainly
we would hope the review board
would grant their appeals.
One problem arising from this
muddle which doesn't seem to both
er student government officers too
much, is the matter of faculty con
fidence in the Honor Councils.
Already many faculty members
feel that student councils are too
lenient on students who are found
guilty. Now these faculty members
(particularly those who this sum
mer brought charges against stu
dents who were found "not guilty")
will have a physical instance of il
legality to substantiate their doubts
about the councils' value.
But it must be emphasized, to
the faculty as well as the students,
that the Honor Council's failing was
technical and legalistic. From all
reports the behavior of the councils
was exceptionally just and mature.
The Summer School Governing
Board did very little governing, leg
islating, or anything else which
might now be called into question.
The exception was its provision for
an alternate member of the men's
and women's summer councils.
These alternates served on the
court and voted in several cases.
There was no sizable monetary ex
pense by the legislative board.
This unfortunate sequence of
events points out the need for emer
gency presidential powers, to ap
point persons in certain situations
who cannot be approved by the reg
ular Legislature. It reemphasizes
the absurdity of members of sum
mer student government being ap
pointed from the regular session
student body interviews and ap
pointments should take place in the
summer, to draw from the entire
student populations.
Legislators should become more
conscious of the legal framework
within which they are working, and
student body presidents should pay
attention to the same laws.
The entire summer student gov
ernment should be made more fluid,
with less rigidly-defined powers, to
facilitate situations where appointed-approved
individuals fail to come
tc summer school, or lose interest in
their position.
But primarily, quite simply, these
student "leaders", heralded so
brightly as the shining leaders of
tomorrow, should look a little more
closer, get to know a little more,
and think a little more and there
might be fewer re-occurrences of
such legalistic monstrosities. (JC).
Nuclear Testing
Biggest Issue
- By HANK PATTERSON
It would not have been difficult
to evaluate the National Student Con
gresses of 1959, I960, and 1961, for
the procedings at each of these stu
dent gatherings were dominated by
one salient issue this was not the
case at Ohio State University in
August.
Whereas the 1959 Congress recog
nized the necessity of an expanding
responsibility on the part of the
American student, it did so only af
ter twelve hours of debate over the
issue of nuclear testing. It was in
cumbant upon the 1960 Congress to
determine the nature and extent of
the American student's response to
the sit-ins which had begun in Feb
ruary of that year in Greensboro;
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Praises
NSA
From an editorial, "The Under
graduate Grows Up":
American college students have
been frequently criticized for being
politically apathetic. Whether this is
true as a general characteristic of
the more than 3,000,000 young men
and women on our campuses re
mains a matter of debate, but there
is evidence that a growing number
are taking a serious interest in is
sues that affect them, and more
important, are , attempting to do
something about , them.
The emergence of the United
States National Student Association
to a place o' importance in the na
tional and even international educa
tional community has been a con
tributing factor to this heartening
trend. Founded in 1947, this non
partisan, non-sectarian organization
now represents over 1,000,000 stu
dents at 380 colleges and universities
through the democratically elected
campus governments. Among its
current major activities are a pro
ject designed to build student re
sponsibility in campus affairs, which
is supported by the Ford Foundation,
and a project intended to create a
deeper understanding of the com
plexities of race relations ' among
Southern student leaders, which is
being financed by the Field Founda
tion. For its thirteen-year record and
for its efforts to widen its area of
concern and responsibility, the Uni
ted States National Student Associa
tion deserves the commendation of
all. - ,
The NEW YORK TIMES
it did so after lengthy parliamentary
debate and discussion which permit
ted the entire meeting.
The 1961 Congress followed a year
of polemics on American campuses
precipitated by the issuance of "Op
eration Abolition" by the House Com
mittee on Un-American Activities.
The National Student Congress had
considered the work and mandate
of the HCUA in previous years, but
ir was not until after many days of
disputation at the University of Wis
consin that it took a definitive stand
for abolition of HCUA.
The absence of a corresponding is
sue this summer provided the Na
tional Student Congress an oppor
tunity to begin a re-evaluation of the
policies and aims of the Association.
Among the important actions of the.
Congress were, changes in the Con
stitution and Bylaws of the Associa
tion. A clarification of the hereto
fore implied relationship between
member schools and the Association
was effected by placing in explicit
terms within the Constitution of the
Association the Statement that mem
bership does not necessarily imply
agreement and a responsibility to
participate actively in the policy-making
processes of the National Stu
dent Congress.
In other structural changes, the
printing and distribution of a minor
ity report publication was authoriz
ed. Also, changes in the Congress
Rules now require discussion and a
positive vote of referral on each
piece of legislation not reached by
the plenary before it can be consid
ered by the National Executive Com
mittee. Previously, the Congress
Rules were strongely criticized for
lack of these guarantees.
The rules changes which were
made at Ohio State University left
the Association with by far the most
democratic structure of any student
group in the . world, and probably
Strange
The National Student Congress is
scene of some pretty strange parli
amentary shenanigans. Possibly the
strangest' occurred in the Interna
tional Affairs Committee one after
noon. . .
The committee had several items
of important business to complete
but the clock read 5:10 p.m. and
the committee was supposed to ad
journ at 5. :
The parliamentarian for the com
mittee moved that - the group "go
on record that the clock in the back
of the room is 20 minutes fast."
The resolution passed.
The chairman "interpreted" the
motion to mean that it was 4:50.
The meeting continued and the busi
ness dispensed with.
the most democratic of any organiz
ed group of comparable size in the
United States. Minority rights with
in the. Association are now secured
to the maximum extent.
The position of the National Stu
dent Congress on the important situ
ations facing students here and
abroad was not in most cases chang
ed to any great degree, although
resolutions concerned with the prob
lems of students under repressive
colonialist or totalitarian regimes
were in some degree stronger, e.g.
South and Southwest Africa, Berlin,
and Africa under Portuguese dom
ination, j
A healthy tendency which mani
fested itselJE to a greater extent than
in past Congresses was the inclu
sion of provisions in Association pro
nouncements for the direct involve
ment of American students, even if
in a small way, in solving some of
the problems facing students today.
For instance, this new emphasis is
clear in proposals for tutorial pro
jects among th underprivileged chil
dren and for book drives to assist
the Algerian students in rebuilding
the collections at the University of
Algiers.
A greater sophistication in dealing
with manj' of the situations with
which the Congress has been con
cerned was apparent this summer.
This may be seen in the resolution
which considers the cold war and its
effects upon higher education; it
points up the subtle problems which
the American educational system
faces as a result of the cold war.
The major issue at the 1962 Con
gress was the resolution on nuclear
testing. The resolution which finally
passed the plenary by a vote of
215 for, 180 against, with 11 abstain
tions, was debated on the plenary
floor for almost four hours and in
committee and sub-committee ses
sions for an untold amount of time.
The resolution takes an unequivocal
stand condemning militarily and po
litically oriented testing by all na
tions because of the resultant radio
active contamination and increased
tensions; the resolution particularly
condemns the Soviet Union for break
ing the moratorium on testing in
September of 1961.
Because' of the heated debate on
this issue at the Congress and among
student groups here, in the United
States, and in other nations, it is
fair to assume that the nuclear test
ing resolution will be under heated
discussion "again at the 1963 Con
gress. It was pleasing to observe that
greater emphasis was placed on stu
dent welfare measures at the Con
gress than in past years. Negotia
tions are in process for a nationwide
insurance contract for student health
and life insurance at a substantial
saving for the individual student.
There continues to be a high level
of interest among students for co
operative ventures; the Association
will continue to work in this area.
Reaction to the Assooations pro
jects concerned with the aims of
education were highly favorable. Fur
ther work in this area and in the
area of student values was encourag-
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ed by the Congress bodies.
(Mr. Patterson is former vice
president of the UNC student body.
He has attended the last three Na
tional Student Congresses and is
former chairman of the NSA Na
tional Interim Committee. He gra
duated this summer and is now
working with the Student Internation
al Responsibility Project of the NSA
International Commission.
(Seminars set up by this
are designed to "assist in dev
a real sense of social respor.si
among the participants." ssid
terson, and "would bring the A
can student and foreign stuck
share their ideas and broaden
own perspectives, and would
the American and foreign stink
to a serious and meaningful iv!
ship." JC).
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UNC Votes
4-2 Against
Nuclear Testing
Proposal Passed
FACT:
The 13th National Student Congress "supported the
continuing nuclear test ban negotiations and all seriou
efforts to realize an effective and definite agreement con
cerning the cessation of nuclear bomb testing."
The 14th National Student Congress urged that "the
nuclear powers continue both at the negotiating table an,!
in the laboratory their efforts to arrive at effective anr,
oontrol measures and mutually satisfactory agreement.
The goal should be general disarmament based on effective
controls and inspection measures, so that no party can he
gin or increase the production of nuclear arms without the
full knowledge of the others."
The 14th National Student Congress further recognized
that complete and total cessation of the production of the
means of warfare chemical, radiological, biological an 1
nuclear must be the goal of all negotiations on this .-nh-ject.
The Soviet Union announced resumption of atomspherio
nuclear testing on August 30, 1961, and initiated these tests
on September 2, 1961, thus breaking a 34 month U. S.
U.S.S.R. moratorium on testing. In March, 1962, the United
States announced its intention to begin its current series
of tests in April, and in late April started this series.
On August 6, 1962, the Soviet Union started its second
and current series of atmospheric tests.
PRINCIPLE:
Throughout history, war has been a major deterrent in
the academic community to define and realize the goal of
a free society; even its impending threat obstructs the
university's right to retain an independent critical position
toward society and forces it to be only a means for the
implementation of military and political ends.
For the past decade and a half the threat of a war
employing nuclear weapons has produced unparalled world
tensions. This threat of war has severely been aggravated
by militarily and politically motivated nuclear testing.
Thus students must assume the responsibility to ex
amine and understand the origins of this threat and the
issues causing its aggravation. But such understanding mu-t
be accompanied by positive action to reduce the tensions
of nuclear testing and eliminate the danger of nuclear de
struction. DECLARATION:
USNSA realizes that each of the nuclear powers is act
ing on what it feels to be its national interests. USNSA
condemns militarily and politically oriented tests of nuclear
devices whether by the USSR, the United States, Great
Britain, France, or, by any other nation currently develop
ing nuclear devices or whether atmospheric, underwater,
underground, or in outer space. USNSA feels the conse
quent fear of radioactive contamination and the effect of
such tests in accelerating the arms race, make more diffi
cult the successful conclusion of any negotiations for the
cessation of nuclear weapons testing and the provision of
adequate international inspection and control.
USNSA particularly condemns the resumption of nu
clear testing by the Soviet Government in 1961 which broke
the 34 month US-USSR moratorium in testing.
USNSA supports the present efforts at Geneva by the
US-USSR, and the UK to achieve agreements on testing
but urges that all nations possessing nuclear weapons a!o
participate in these talks. USNSA urges the present nu
clear powers to make all efforts to prevent an expansion
of the number of world powers which now possess nuclear
arms so that the realization of a test ban and general dis
armament will not become any more difficult.
USNSA supports the right of students to express them
selves on the question of testing and disarmament and hopes
that students in all parts of the world will continue to
make known their feelings. In particular USNSA notes
the demonstrations of American students in Washington
and across the country this last year, and the recent at
tempt of Japanese students to. protest Soviet and US testing
in Moscow, USNSA deplores the action of Soviet authorit ies
in preventing such expression of student opinion and re
affirms that such actions by . any government constitute a
denial of essential student rights.