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Tuesday, March 15. 1966
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V. V1CWS 01 I DC IT CUDinuuwi a.
ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR
License Cycle Drivers
A UNC coed died Saturday night.
She was the second student of the .school year to
die from injuries received in a motorcycle accident.
Many students have been involved in two-wheeled
mishaps, sustaining injuries ranging from scratched
faces to broken legs.
A study conducted last November showed that 28
students were involved in motorcycle accidents in that
month alone!
There is no need to speculate on the causes of
these accidents, because the damage is already done.
But if this one-a-day accident rate still prevails,
something has to be done.
A simple way to cut down the number of acci
dents is to cut down the number of motorcycles.
There are now no restrictions on the ownership of
these vehicles. Anyone who can afford one, including
freshmen, can have it.
Part of the problem seems to be an attitude on
the part of riders and non-riders alike that the cycles
are toys. They are not toys. They are motor vehicles
and should be treated as such.
So, as a start,, the University administration
should make ownership of motorcycles subject to the
same rules governing the ownership of cars. This
would eliminate the single largest group of cycle own
ers freshmen.
The state could also help by changing its licensing
requirements. Merely because a person has a license
to drive a car does not mean he is qualified to operate
a motorcycle. It is now possible to rent or buy a mot
orcycle, hop on it and take off, with little or no in
struction on its operation depending on the
thoughtfulness of the dealer.
It should be made an offense to ride a motorcycle
without a special license and to lend it to anyone who
does not have such a license.
Until these and other similar steps are taken,
motorcycles will continue to be thought of and used
as toys.
And more accidents will happen.
Be Wary Of Hypocrites
On Feb. 22, 1,283 students voted in favor of an
amendment to the constitution which would have re
quired the president and vice-president of Student
Government to be elected as a team. Only 657 stu
dents voted against this "slate amendment." .
That election has been declared invalid, because
many polls were unmanned and . it is possible that
many students who wanted to vote were unable to
do so.
A new election on the same question is being held
today.
But the issues are not the same as they were three
weeks ago.
Today the fate of one of the candidates for the
presidency Sonny Pepper. rests to a great extent
on the fate of this amendment.
It will greatly simplify his candidacy if the
amendment is defeated since he is running as an in
dependent and has no vice-presidential candidate on
the independent "slate."
Some of those who howled loudest last month in
favor of the amendment are now working hard to have
it defeated because it is suddenly politically expedi
ent. A month ago they said it would be impossible to
expect a president and vice-president from different
parties to work together effectively if elected.
Now they say it ain't so. Anybody can bury the
hatchet, they say.
In turn,, some who were silent before, now clam
or for passage of the amendment. It is no accident
that most of the people in this group would like to see
Pepper defeated.
Not being partial to hypocrites, the DTH contends
such people are being less than honest with them
selves and their fellow students.
The reasons for approval were strong enough
three weeks ago to give the amendment a 2-to-l fa
vorable vote.
The DTH supported the amendment then and
does not withdraw that support now for the sake
of a candidate or anybody else.
Vote however you wish, but at least be sure you
know why you vote and what a "yes" or "no" vote
means.
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"I Didn't Know He'd Be That Upset About It!"
Those Loyal Defenders of Freedom
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The Chapel Hill Weekly
"Journalism Week," a series of
workshops, seminars, speeches, ban
quets, luncheons and whatnot for North
Carolina's newspapers, began in Chapel
Hill this weekend, and the choice of the
University as host is remarkably fitting
for a reason other than that the State's
only School of Journalism is located
here.
The reason is that the University of
North Carolina has never had a more
loyal and unrelenting champion than
the press of this State, and this has nev
er been truer than during the last three
years of the Gag Law travail.
In these three years, the University
has found itself caught between a con
cept of freedom on the one side and on
the other side many of the Trustees who
control the University, many of the leg
islators who have the power of financ
ing it, and many of the people who own
it. In such a position, the University
has in large part been powerless to de
fend itself. Without readily accepting
the direst possible consequences, you
don't in any circumstances try to des
troy those who control finance and
own you. And more often than not,
whether realistically or not, the Gag
Law controversy has been framed as a
Avin-or-lose-all issue.
As they have many times before, the
newspapers of the State, particularly
many of the major dailies, took up the
cudgel for the University that it couldn't
possibly lay hand to itself.
Such newspapers as The Charlotte
Observer., The Winston-Salem Journal,
The Greensboro Daily News. The Dur
ham Morning Herald, The Raleigh
News & Observer and The Raleigh
Times laid about with eloquence, with
hard-won facts, with ingenuity and en
terprise in the University's behalf -spending
their influence liberally and
often at the cost of reader popularity.
Some of the non-dailies, such as The
Smithfield Herald (whose editor is a
Duke man), The Roxboro Courier
Times, The Raeford News - Journal
(most of whose Hoke County readers
must still be incensed), and The Ahos
kie Herald (deep in the heart of Gag
Law country) also planted themselves
firmly at the University's side.
Nobody can say with any certainty
whether such newspapers saved the
University, or whether they will save it
yet. At the same time, no one can deny
that they have tried.
The University's position is such that
it cannot even afford to express its grat
itude publicly to these loyal defenders.
But someone should, and we are most
happy to do so.
letters To The Editor
Why This Cause?
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
In today's (March 10) paper I noted with
interest two articles. One told of the heroic
fight a small group of United States Spe
cial Forces soldiers waged against over
whelming numbers of communistic Viet
Cong when their outpost was overrun. It
seems as though' this small number of our
-own have.; given their- all in this effort
against our enemy.
The other article reported an incident
on your campus when your president of the
student body, Paul Dickson, took the side
of an admitted Marxist, Herbert Aptheker,
and in what Dickson evidentally would call
"freedom of express or speech" tried to
make an issue in favor of one who is against
our way of life.
My question is that . . . Don't our stu
dents have more to do on college campus
es than to champion the causes of this type
of Character? . . Some such acts are done
in the name of crusading for a cause. We
hear this from many campuses and streets.
I have no qualm regarding crusading for a
cause but I wonder if Mr. Dickson has se
lected a worthwhile cause for which to cru
sade. Those of the Marxist jpinion are of the
same crusade as those Viet Cong who killed
the small group of Special Forces troops
mentioned in today's paper mentioned
above. Why champion the cause of the
enemy when there is much to be done in
other areas?
May I suggest some good causes on
every campus throughout our country that
Mr. Dickson and the others there at Chapel
Hill may consider . . . Immorality, honest
ness in classes, drunkenness, patriotism,
respect for authority, appreciation for oth
ers and love of God.
Why select a cause that is without a
doubt aimed at cutting our own throat . . .
I do appreciate Mr. Dickson's right to
speak or do what he feels he would like to
do. I spent 31 months in Europe in 1943-45
preserving this right as the Special Forces
group was doing when they died. I ask why
this cause? It will bury us so the Marxist
followers say.
I challenge the real, "red-blooded students
on yours and othe rcampuses to get on the
crusade of that which many of us gave
years to preserve and many gave their
lives.
Respectfully suggested,
Nick F. Senter
215 Watauga Lane
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 37350
Government And Schools
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The current speaker ban controversy is
an excellent example of what can happen
when government gets involved in such
things as education. Some people argue
that, however undesireable, the State of
North Carolina has the right to ban speak
ers here since North Carolina finances this
schooL Even if this is not true, surely most
will agree that this government's involve
ment in education has caused a lot of
trouble and social unrest.
It is no secret that the Federal govern
ment is expanding more and more into all
levels of education, and this means, of
course, more and more control. Is it pos
sible that the Federal government could
pass a speaker ban or some similar law
once it has a strangle-hold on education
in the United States? Of course.
It is amusing to me that the , Left, who
on this campus have been the most vocifer
ous and radical in protesting the speaker
ban, is also involved in efforts to expand
federal aid and therefore control to all
levels of education, grade school through
college.
On second thought, maybe it is not amus
ing. Sincerely,
Douglas R. Stanton
313 Joyner
Bad Food At Lenoir
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Mrs. Connor's recent letter on the man
ners of UNC students in Lenoir Hall was
very interesting. I am inclined to agree with
her that manners in that place are not
nearly as good as they might be, but I
don't think she is getting at the cause of
them.
Perhaps she has forgotten that respon
sibility inspires responsibility. I believe that
if Lenoir Hall were operated more respon
sibly, the students would behave more re
sponsibly there. And although there have
been a few improvements in the past year
in Lenoir, and regardless of a few revolt
ing articles in the Tar Heel in the past
few weeks praising the place, Lenoir Hall
is still very much a cause for shame at
this university.
The main lack of responsibility lies in
the preparation of the food. The low qual
ity of food most students can bear in the
interests of economy, but not the-preparation
of it. A more bland and greasier type
of food anywhere is very difficult to imag
ine. It is very hard for me to believe that
with just a little more care in preparation
the palatibility of the food put on the stu
dent's plate could not be vastly improved...
There are a good many other ways in
which the management of Lenoir shows a
lack of responsibility. Just one of them is
that vast pile of bent silverware, which one
person with a pair of pliers should be able
to straighten in a few hours.
Mrs. Connor loves to talk about the dis
cipline many UNC students will face in the
armed forces. Well, I am a veteran of the
U. S. Army, and discipline there is not
nearly as difficult to take as Mrs. Connor
is inclined to think. The main reason is
that in the service people are treated like
what they are expected to be. Men are
treated like soldiers because they are ex
pected to act like soldiers, and in response
most of them do act like soldiers.
But in Lenoir Hall, UNC students are
treated like hogs, but are expected to act
like ladies and gentlemen. I might remind
both Mrs. Connor and the Lenoir Hall man
agement that: (1) in the service I never
ate any food as bad as Lenoir's best, even
the C rations eaten in the field were better,
than Lenoir food (I might add here that
I served as an enlisted man); and (2) that
, a lot of former slobs who used to eat in
Lenoir Hall and peeve Mrs. Connor with
their bad manners are doing a very fine
job for us in Viet Nam now.
In conclusion, I would like to suggest
to Mrs. Connor that her battle for man
ners in Lenoir Hall would be much more
meaingful and effective if she would also
battle for greater responsibility in the man
agement of Lenoir HalL
Respectfully,
James F. Hamburg
204A Pritchard Ave.
Beauty Mourned
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
Once again beauty has given way to
expediency! The lovely maple trees on
Cameron Avenue are gone and even the
little rise on which they stood has been
leveled. A new building may be well on the
way to completion before autumn, but it
will be many a long year before there are
maples in glorious color to frame it.
Who makes these decisions?
Sincerely,
Maryellen Bowers
714 E. Franklin St.
Political Football
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The most tragic thing about Tuesday's
rerun of the slate system referendum is
that it has become the political football
of the pro and anti-Pepper partisans. The
amendment goes beyond the personalities in
this election; it is a fundamental improve
ment in the structure of Student Govern
ment itself.
The amendment should be passed or
rejected on its merits, with no regard as to
the effect it will have on Mr. Pepper's can
didacy. I personally hope that the student
body will once again vote to institute this
needed reform in Student Government.
Steve Kemic
527 Morrison
Vote For Amendment
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
It is unfortunate that the Constitutional
Council saw fit to invalidate the slate sys
tem amendment which was supported by a
two-to-one majority of students. Let u3!
hope, despite the partisan pressures which
are generated at election time, that this
measure, which has been supported by all
the past student body president and vice
presidents, will be reaffirmed by the stu
dents on Tuesday.
The slate system will provide for a more
efficient student government and virtually
eliminate partisan politics in the execu--tive
branch. Considering the problems that
student government had in 1965 under the.
present system, it becomes obvious that, to"
meet the needs of a dynamic university in
1966, we must, once again, affirm the need
for a unified, rather than a divided execu
tive in Graham Memorial.
Sincerely,
Bob Alexander
240 Finley Golf Course Rd.
LETTERS
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ters to the editor on any subject,
particularly on matters of Iocs! or
University Interest. Letters must be
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clude the name and address of the
author or author. Namr will not be
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be limitrd to about 250-300 words. The
DTH reserves the right to edit for
length or libel. Longer letters will be
considered for "The Student Speaks"
if they are of sufficient interest. How
ever, the DTH reserves the right to
use contributed materials as it sees
fit.
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