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Sunday, April 24, 1966
Proposed Changes
In Women's Rules
- Educational TV Offers The
Only Interesting Fare Here
" Vom, it's not that I don't icant to see you next tceekend . .
The long-talked-about changes in women's rules
are expected to be made effective some time this
week.
After all the lengthy surveys, studies, recommen
dations and conferences, the final proposals consist of
a series of "deletes," "adds" and "replaces" and
four major changes in existing policy.
First: Closing hours for non-freshmen women
changed from 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 1
a.m. Friday and Saturday; midnight Sunday, To mid
night Sunday through Thursday; 1 a.m. Friday and
Saturday.
Second: Late permission (2 a.m.) for seniors on
the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth Saturday nights of
each semester.
Third: Change in present rule which states that
women students are not allowed to spend the night in
a hotel, motel or boarding house in Chapel Hill, Dur
ham, Raleigh or any other nearby town unless ac
companied by parents,
To add, Except on weekends when campus late
permission has been granted, special permission for
such over-nights may be obtained, provided that the
student submits a request to the Residence Adminis
tration three days in advance of the anticipated func
tion. Fourth: Change in policy of no shorts or slacks
except for athletic competition to to read. Women stu
dents are not to wear shorts or slacks in class, in the
library, in administrative buildings, or in University
dining facilities. They are requested to use discretion
in dress in other areas.
Our reaction to these changes was two-fold, going
from disappointment to entertainment.
We couldn't keep back a chuckle when we read
"the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth Saturday
nights . . .".
If 21-year-old women are going to be permitted
to stay out until 2 a.m. only four times a semester,
at least they should be allowed to choose their own
nights.
Third, sixth, ninth and twelfth. We were waiting
to hear someone yell "Bingo! "
We learned that one reason for this uniform pat
tern of late nights is the financial burden of paying
a receptionist one-dollar to work the extra hour.
That's a good point. There are 17 receptionist
desks where women students check in and out. Hav
ing these desks occupied the extra hour for just four
nights will tally a bill of $68 per semester. ,
Of course, we were told, the matter of greatest
financial! concern in the proposed changes is the to
tal of four extra hours per week one hour each
night Monday through Thursday. This will cost $68
every week . " ' ; ''
.We. jwere happy to see the change permitting the
.wearing- of slacks and shorts. But it doesn't make
sense to jus why, on a 90-degree day, a girl should not
be permitted to go into the Pine Room for a drink
wearing shorts, or why shorts and slacks should not
be permitted in the library.
Our first thought upon reading the proposed chang
es was that the WRC in suggesting the revisions had
allowed the administration to water down its propos
als. We have learned since that this is not the case.
The reason a more drastic alteration of women's rule
was not: attempted expecially in the area of clos
.ing hourjs is that most UNC coeds don't want later
- closing hours.
Many of them feel the rules here are very lenient
compared to the restriction under which they lived at
junior colleges.
They often express the attitude that later closing
hoours Would make it more difficult for them in dat
ing, explaining that when the clock approaches the
forbiddejn hour they may simply say, "Oh, I do wish
I could stay out longer, but you know these old fash
ioned rules we have here."
But; there are some girls on campus who would
like to have later closing hours, girls who are willing
to accent the responsibility of making decisions on
their own.
For these tirls, we wish closing hours and other
rules could be firmly re-worked. Obviously, they are
not going to be at this time.
A great deal of work has gone into the planning
of the presently proposed changes. They are, at worst,
better than the existing regulations. We hope they
will be in effect next week at this time.
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Stripped Of Strips
Many avid readers of Peanuts and Andy Capp
have complained to us recently about our running old
cartoons.
(Editor's note this b the first in a two-part
series.) ,
By RICHARD KLEIN
The news that WUXC-TV and its sister
station WUXB-TV in Columbia, North Car
olina will soon be linked by microwave
is exciting. It is another step towards a
finer educational television system in this
state, and one that is welcomed.
The television fare this year has been
a remarkable disappointment. How such big
networks as NBC, ABC and CBS presented
to the public the cheap comedy and "miss
adventures" they did is a question to be
pondered. Even a more irritating thought
is that commercial television intends to re
peat this format of programming next year.
Former FCC Chairman Newton Minnow
dubbed television "the vast wasteland" a
few years ago and some laughed. Now no
one is laughing as the wasteland deterior
ates. The oasis in the middle of the com
mercial dribble has been educational tele
vision with stations as WUNC and WUNB.
While a certain station will be broad
casting from its network programs such as
"Batman," "Long Hot Summer," "Peyton
Place" and "The Baron," Chapel Hill's
channel four will be showing the Carolina
Symposium speakers live and direct, "USA:
Artists," "What's New" or "The Presi
dent's Men." Where is the comparison?
Commercial television, say leading crit
ics, relies on serving the greatest number
of people basing their audience on A. C.
Neilson ratings a sample of a few thou
sand viewers (who possibly are not even
viewing) which is supposed to represent mil
lions. Thus instead of showing an important
Senate hearing which would likely affect
our country's foreign policy, CBS chose only
a few weeks ago to re-show an "I Love
Lucy" program.
Aware that big problems do exist and
Herd's the story.
The! service through which the cartoon strips are
syndicated sends each strip one month in advance.
Durhing' spring break, when the old hands cleaned
out theif desks and the new moved in, the cartoons
for the month of April were misplaced.
When we returned, to rsume publication after
Easter we were left not holding the bag. Therefore,
we'll have to run sketches which have appeared be
fore until the strips for May begin.
We will try to dig back further and find some old
ones that won't be quite as easily recognized.
We apologize to all our readers for the situation
and ask 'them to bear with us. Remember, compared
to the total experiences of a day at UNC, reading
your favbrite comic strip in the DTH is only peanuts.
Coeds Seek Help
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
We, the undersigned, would like to bring
to the attention of Carolina students and
North Carolina citizens what we believe to
be a significant injustice to the women
students on this campus.
Recently, a large modern, private
"dormitory" was built to house women stu
dents. The cost of living in this dormitory
is in the neighborhood of $495 per semester.
Yes, we realize that this includes three
meals a day, telephones in every room,
and a semiprivate bath, but what girl
wants to be forced to eat all of her meals
at .a .certain place, -or needs the above
mentioned luxuries at such an extreme ex
pense? Perhaps a handful of undergraduate
women will be willing to pay this price.
However, a freshman or transfer student
is going to be surprised when her accep
tance notice includes the fact that the only
place in which she may live costs $495 per
semester
We acknowledge the inevitable growing
pains of a university. However, why" do the
women have to bear the brunt of all these
growing pains? Our rent goes up because
of the increased cost of new men's resi
dence halls. Women are then shoved into
Granville Hall as yet another new men's
dormitory is being constructed. Our state
Otelia Turns
On Scofflaws
By OTELIA CONNOR
Everybody who passes the Village Apart
ments stops at the rock wall to admire the
brilliant array of spring flowers, the lov
ing and dedicated work of Mrs. Laudeman,
one of the residents of the apartment. She
spends hours every day digging, fertil
izing, planting, watering creating beauty
for others to enjoy.
Yesterday, Mrs. Laudeman was heart
broken because some vandal had been by
early in the morning and cut thirteen of
the red tulips. She said she felt like leaving
Chapel Hill.
I told her I thought it was a crime, the
worst thing I ever heard of, and that, al
though there was no chance of finding out
who did it, we could at least turn the spot
light of publicity on the dastardly deed,
and that I would do my part to turn on
the light.
Which brings to mind other activities
that need to be brought to light.
Recently I was having lunch with a wo
man who lives in an apartment house in
another section of town. She said every
thing was fine except for the people who
cleaned their apartments up at night,
sometimes one or two a.m., or who keep
their music on so loud that you can't sleep.
Or students who bring their dates, run up
and down the stairs, and are aoisy all
.hours of the night.
I said every apartment house should
have rules, regulating the noise. She said
they have rules. I said if no one will re
port the rule - violators there is little chance
of improving matters. Not many people will
report nuisances, but if they have a man
ager worth his salt he will be only too
glad to let it be known that an apartment
house is not a private home, nor is it a
club house.
Many people have no business in an
apartment house, putting them out would
be a happy riddance, while others only
need to be reminded, and they are glad
to comply.
answers can often be furnished or, at least
attemptedVUNC-TV and WUNB-TV have
accepted the challenge of trying to stimu
late the mind of discriminating viewers
Rather than take the easy road and play
down to viewers, these educational stations
exerted themselves and put excitement
back into the media.
High production costs and "lack of time"
have kept local stations in this state from
ainng their own work using local talent
Instead these stations take another easy
path by -riding the network" or running
stale movies or old syndicated material.
Heaven knows what the solution to the
commercial television dilemma is for the
future. It appears that a change for the
better in commercial television may never
occur because it is economically sound.
So it is to the oasis one must look for
refreshment. In WUNC-TV one can see pro
grams with imagination and creativity
where thought is valued and intelligence ap
preciated. Anything less than what is pre
sented on WUNC-TV is "second-best" at
best.
Some of what educational television
broadcasts is not altogether polished. Even
after two decades of successful existence,
television is still somehwat in the experi
mental stages. All that television can and
will do has not yet been explored.
By its new connection with its sister
station, WUNC-TV and its eventual network
of stations in North Carolina offers tangible
evidence of the high calibre of education
the entire state can eagerly expect in a
few years.
Former Governor Terry Sanford said in
an April 8, 1963 address in Washington and
hopes of the nation. Education, put in the
bleakest terms, is survival. And education,
put in its brightest terms, is life and growth,
and happiness."
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Letter
s i o 1 tie iHiditor
legislature provides $1,000 per student for
new men's residence halls such as Morri
son; yet, this is supposedly not enough for
a women's dormitory.
If women's residences are indeed more
costly, why then start admitting women
students on an "equal" basis with men if
they cannot be housed on an equal basis?
These questions need ot be answered
and to be brought to the attention of all
concerned.
Jane Russell
Becky L. Baungartner
Robin P. Godett
rr'-";1, D. Sandra Lowe-
Barbara K. Hunnicutt
Maggie Beth Godley
Linda K. Long
Linda Thompson
Dorcas Brigg
Carol Hess
Barbara Kahdy
Nancy Davenport
Maureen Shannon
Susie Warren
Marianne Wall
Betsy Denny
Helen Delthco
Nancy Jacobs
Judy Stancil
Linda Tittle
Aloma M. Fisher
Jan Ferris
Ann Miller
Members of the UNC Physical
Therapy Club
Cool Old Cartoons
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
What's the big idea of trying to pass
off old cartoons on us? The recent rash of
month-old cartoon strips is somewhat an
noying. When one gets up and has to drag him
self to his eight o'clock class, he doesn't
particularly like to open the DTH to his
only consolation on a dreary morning just
to find last month's funnies.
Surely a paper with the stature of that
of the Daily Tar Heel can accomplish the
most menial of newspaper tasks, namely
printing a syndicated daily cartoon strip.
While I'm going to the trouble of being
critical, I might as well be constructive.
Perhaps one or two new comic strips might
add to the DTH now that it has six per
manent pages. May I suggest the "Wizard
of Id?"
Let me end by saying that the purpose
of this letter is not to air a gripe publicly
but to perhaps prompt the DTH staff to
better work by letting them know that the
public is temporarily disappointed in them.
Richard Page
217 Lewis
(Editor's note the head menial of the
edit page sadly reports that all the new
Peanuts and Andy Capp cartoons were in
advertently thrown out during the recent
staff transition. The up-dated cartoons will
appear next issue. Doesn't anyone out there
care about our editorials?
-
David Rothman
Ship Tobacco
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To India?
Cooley Must Be Kidding
As every congressman running for re
election knows, one must cater to his con
stituents' wishes if he wants to return to
city of Lyndon Johnson, thick carpets, sexy
secretaries, plush committee assignments,
and, of course, a heck of a lot of prestige.
The question is: How far does one go
to win again?
North Carolina's Rep. Harold Cooley ap
parently settled the matter very easily
when he suggested that tobacco (consid
ered a health hazard in this country) be
sent to India "to ease the tension of the
starving Indians and relax the nerves so
that they can eat the food and assimilate
it much better."
Cooley had seemingly discovered that
the lungs of the Indians are less prone to
cancer than those of the Americans.
Ridiculous?
Of course.
And even Cooley's staff knew it.
Cooley confessed last week that some
one on his staff struck the statement from
the Congressional Record.
Not very conveniently, however, Rep.
H. R. Gross of Iowa repeated Cooley's re
marks so that they could , get into print
after all.
The Tar Heel congressman didn't con
tradict him.
Cooley, who had asked that the tobacco
be sent abroad as "emergency famine re
lief," called his own statement "facetious."
But he also said as if apologizing for
a serious statement that U. S. tobacco
shipments would enable India to grow food
on land it now uses for tobacco and cot
ton. Moreover, Cooley himself wasn't the
only person apparently detecting snatches
of seriousness in the suggestion. Sen. Steph
en Young of Ohio explained that the tobac
co item had indeed been "tucked away"
in the billion - dollar famine relief bill by
the representative's "deft touch."
Then Young did the obvious; he called
Cooley "a faithful representative of the to
bacco interests.
Referring to the tobacco program's be
ing touted as a project to prevent the poor
from feeling the effects of starvation,
Young said: "This sounds fantastic.
"But," he added, "it's true."
Young predicts the tobacco, far from
being a gift to the poor, will actually go
to "the extremely rich upper classes who
never had it so good."
Who's right, Cooley or Young?
That can't even be asked until we find
out whether Cooley has been facetious all
the way along; perhaps he really agrees
with the Ohio Senator, but has a sense of
humor.
Cooley is on the Daily Tar Heel's mail
ing list, so possibly he can tell us the
truth after reading this column.
Are you being funny, Congressman?
Are you merely seeking re-election?
Or are you seeking to be re-elected by
trying to be funny?
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