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i L. .Saturday, March 18. 196? age 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Peter Harris Site atlg ar tt Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its editorials. All un signed editorials are written by the editor. Letters and columns reflect only the personal views of their contributors. SCOTT GOODFELLOW, EDITOR DTH Awards Of The Week Lizard of the Week Anyone connected in any way with cam paign posters, brochures, litera ture, etc. Breathlessly Waited For An nouncement of the Week To the surprise revelation that the re port on ECC recommended it be kept as a nice normal college. Nice Try Of The Week Award To Alan Banov, past loser in the DTH editorship race and present supporter of student legislator Dick Levy's bid for that position, for handing in a long sheet of copy on the Fine Arts Festival with "Scott Goodfellow is a fink" bur ied deep in a sentence in the mid dle. Housewives Grab Your Signs Award Jointly to the Pine Room and Hardee's for raising their prices. Distraction of the Week Award To the seyeral anti-peace vigil vi gilants who last Wednesday walk ed down the line of vigilists shoot ing each one with a cap pistol. Clean-up of the WeeTo To Lilla bulero, which had no girlie pic tures in its portfolio this week. Good News of the Week To the Duke humor group who put out their own edition of the Durham Mornin' Herald with the lead head line, "Duke ROTC Unit First Call ed To Serve by President." Inhumanity Award Of The Weefc To the South Campus room inspec tor (popularly known as Chubby the Checker) who informed the mem bers of one suite that he would report them to the Dean of Men's Office if they didn't remove the magazine rack which was set up in the bathroom. SEarly Morning 'Upset' of the Week To the DTH"s green edi tion on St." Patrick's Day. Nice Reception Award To College Park, Maryland, which promptly upon the arrival of the Heels began to snow. Everyone Take His Place In The Great Car Shuffle It had to happen. Next Monday Emerson Field will be cleared in preparation for the construction of the $2.5 million student union. Good? Of course ! But hang on where will all those cars go that used to cover the field all day? i The answer was obvious even before the change was announced. Te nearest possible . place is the 1A stretch of Raleigh Road from We", Bell Tower to the entrance of North Kenan Stadium. And where will the commutors go who now park there? To the Rams Head lot. We had been awaiting this an nouncement for a long time and were not particularly surprised No, You Cannot Hire A Staff! One of the most popular falla cies which has surfaced during campaign discussions this spring is that anyone can hire b. staff for the Daily Tar Heel. The highest paid staff writers receive only half what a bus-boy in Lenoir Hall would get for the same amount of time. ' The point is (ignoring the cam paign) that the students who work on the DTH do so because they love the work, respect the quality of, the DTH, and because they enjoy being a part of the DTH organiza tion. For no other reasons would a number of staff members night ly come down to the Weekly, where we print the DTH, to see how things are coming along. For no other reason than pride and enjoy ment would Sandy Treadwell and Drummond Bell have driven 1,000 miles round-trip to cover the Ken tucky game. For no other reason would Ernest Robl and Mike Mc Gowen have gone to Raleigh on late right runs just to obtain a UPI telephoto picture of an away game for the front page. It is due to the personal dedi cation of the members of the DTH staff that the DTH has been able to compete with the best college newspapers in the country pap ers with budgets for greater than ours and papers with hundreds of journalism students forced to work on them. No, you cannot hire a staff, you must build one. Such is the way with all dedication stories. Personnally, we don't like to hear a dedication story. But it sure is nice to be part of one. when it came. Nevertheless, it places greater pressure than ever upon the parking problem, which is presently being solved through designation shifts. The solution which should come from the traffic survey group's findings in May will obviously cost a great deal of money. When the report is released, recommen .dations will .be made , as to where r , theneeded money '"can come from. In other words, it will be a long time before the desired solution is realized. Candidates for almost every position in Student Government are campaigning on promises of' solving the parking problem. Unfortunately the actual solution is far beyond them. However, their continual pressure could easily be a vital factor in seeing the situation alleviated within two years instead of four. Meanwhile back at home some commuting students are being shoved out of an area which was designated just for them a few months ago. Ironically, the signs over the area read "Parking for Staff .and Administrative Help Only." They were never changed. ' Elattg QJar 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Scott Goodfellow, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Sandy Treadwell, Manag. Ed. John Askew . .. .. Ad. Mgr. Peter Harris ..... Associate Ed. Don Campbell News Editor Donna Reifsnider .... Feature Ed. Jeff MacNelly .... ... Sports Editor Owen Davis .. Asst. Spts. Ed. Jock Lauterer . . ....'Photo Editor David Garvin Night Editor Mike McGowan . .. Photographer Wayne Hurder Copy Editor Ernest Robl, Steve Knowlton, N Carol Wonsavage, Diane Ellis, Karen Freeman, Hunter George, Drummond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders, Joe Saunders, Penny Raynor, Jim Fields. Donna Reifsnider Joe Coltrane, Julie Parker" CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly. The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of 1 North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. Second class- postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel" Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C. itterson, Moore Breed Ap Si (Editor's Note: This column is a follow - up to yesterday's article on Gov.- Moore). Politics are in the main stream of American life. It is through politics that the most important decisions are made; it is through politics that we have the most efficient and stable democracy in the world. This columnist believes that America has much to be proud of in its political heritage at times. There have' been a thousand mediocre do-nothings for every energetic, dedi cated statesman. Yet, America has had great leaders in times of stress. Even Lyndon John son, despite bis abhorred im age, has done a tremendous amount of good for domestic America. The tradition only suffers when , the people allow it to disintegrate into support of sluggish machine candidates. Machine politics, in some sit uations, have done much good for the people in a particular boss's district. The tales of ward captains helping immi grants find jobs or helping them to pay hospital bills are all true and moving stories. The problem with machine politics is that they do not real ly help the entire community. Through graft and collusion, they often destroy any good they create. In the end, they are often extremely harmful to the democratic process through destroying one's ini tiative to become an indepen dent political candidate. In the somewhat organized politics of North Carolina the road for an aspiring candidate is not closed. It is, really, ra ther open. The problem comes in t h e inspiration which the state gives to dedicated citizens to run for office. When the so cietv hecomes wrecked by in difference or apathetic toler ance, then it is only natural to wonder what kind of future candidates will aspire to of fice. In a closed society, or a closing society, apathy can only generate alienation from the political scene. The atmosphere generated by indifference is destructive to the state. This applies no matter how large the "state" be, whether it is all of North Carolina or merely, let's say, Chapel Hill. A lack of in sightful leader ship is a dilemma currently running rampant in North Ca rolina. Governor Dan Moore is the epitomy of backward ness in politics; he shows no insight into the future and seems to profess the beliefs which were "in" during the Metternich era. Not far from Raleigh, in the . coy little town of Chapel Hill, a similar situation exists. The administration of the state's university fumbles and mumbles through years of academic restriction. Ap parently castrated by the op pressive legislators in Raleigh, the UNC administration is de termined to remain only an echo of their own fears about the consequences of indepen dent decision. At the head of this mute body is the Chancellor who has an uncanny propensity for fumbling and then mumbling. His infamous routines include the confused Paull case and the failure to come through with a satisfactory budget from the State legislature. The poor man he is being pelted from all sides! But the real victims of this hodge-podge are the innocent students at UNC. Frustrated by years of inadequate ac tion, they, too, may soon be come mute. The drive to re cruit forceful, progressive stu dents into influential positions in student government is be coming an increasing prob lem. These poor young people are beginning to walk around in a daze wondering if their actions are futile; after they talk with Dean Long or if they get a chance to talk to Dean Cathey, they may wonder whe ther their four years at col lege are a big joke. The circus goes on and on until it catches itself by the tail. Then the Big Top comes tumbling down and everyone beneath is smothered. Those who survive will be few, un less they do something now. It is ridiculous to have to play around with people in po sitions of responsibility. We must be allowed to work with people living in the 20th cen tury, ready to progress at a 20th century rate. They must be ready to in spire the sons of the 20th cen tury in order that our future leaders will have the fore sight so sorely lacking today. 'What a waste. No nude photographs.9 f r- JJu u Twr & i t wit n ;4 -. if viz -bil I Mi f i " oik ..JS$P'J! . '.Mem .John Greenbacker Foreign Policy Must Be Aware By DON CHAMBERS On the evening of March 13th, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield delivered a major foreign pol icy address before the Carolina Forum in Chapel Hill. The most disturbing statement in that address was Mansfield's assumption that the question of how or why the United States became involved in Vietnam is no longer relevant. It is of the utmost relevance. This nation cannot continue its policy of involvement in Europe, in Lat in America and, especially now, in Asia merely on the basis of tacit or signed treaty agreements. That we are involved in Vietnam is, of course, important: it effects the lives of millions of people, it determines the expenditure of billions of dollars, and it effects the relationship between the United States and every other influential nation in the world; but more im portant than the fact of our involvement are the questions of how .and why we are involved. The United States' reluctance to recognize the ever-changing nature of international relations is evi dent in our military presence in Europe. Referring to our over-all commitment, in light of the easing of east-west tensions, Mansfield said that "the contrast in performance between ourselves and Western Eur ope regarding commitment to NATO is becoming al most embarfassmeni'This country's relationship with other nations must be determined by more than past necessities: our commitments abroad must also reflect an understanding of present requirements and how these requirements may change in the fu ture. We seem to attempt to compensate in hindsight for what we lack in foresight. What- effects us now is not just when and where a commitment was made, but how and for what reason it was made. For when the nature of a commitment changes, national policy must quickly change with it. An understanding of history and an awareness of current events is of no value unless this nation can use such insight to shape the future. Any other for eign policy is blind and extremely dangerous. 1 raYii mppoFted A Best' Man Tie the tie And button the vest Shake those hands s And do your best. Grin and smile And lie some, too, Tell those students What you'll do. At the polls v They'll 'X' your name Then, by God, You've won the game. You've got the office And the cheer Now sit back And sip a beer. Boy, you're cool You know;you are, And you'll do less Than you did before. Frank Serra Frank Serra, a former UP campaign worker who has giv en up politics altogether, has entitled' the above lives "Student Government." They are a candid appraisal of the fruits of campus politics, be cause though officeholders come and go few accomplish anything of note for those who voted them in. These servants of the people cap all the glory, but they are the first of the human chaff that the winds of time blow away here in Chapel Hill. For this reason, anyone who cares about student govern ment must do his utmost to ascertain which of the candi dates in each election is most likely to accomplish some thing of lasting significance during his term in office. In the nearly eight semes ters I have spent in this town, I have seen many politicans, good and bad. For two and a half years I covered student government as a reporter be fore moving successfully into the associate editorship and then a hospital bed. Intro spection and reflection come cheaply now, more than ever before. ' In this spring election, I have decided to make an un . qualified endorsement. Many of those whom I know and respect have divorced themselves from the most im portant campaign on this cam pus the race for' student body President. They dislike supporting either UP nominee Bill Purdy or SP nominee Bob Travis. I am backing Tra vis for these reasons: Since Bill Purdy came to this campus he has been a successful candidate. Don Car son and others did their best to push the image over. It was a good one because Purdy had rare talent. Handsome, in telligent, a Morehead scholar and a cool dresser, Purdy charmed them all. He was the golden boy of his class. But after each victory at the polls, nothing was tabulated in the final results column. Those Juniors on campus may. remember when they were freshman and Bill Purdy was their class "president. In his campaign that year, Pur dy promised to deliver many things from a class newsletter and a class headquarters to a big freshman weekend. What the freshman got was something different: one dance in Durham that they did not have cars to get to, and one newsletter at the year's end, explaining that Purdy and his Officers were too busy to de- liver on his promises. As a sophomore, he came to Student Legislature. He was unusually quiet, very rarely standing to speak on an is sue. The most he did was serve as chaplain of the body, read ing carefully selected pass- ages from the Bible before each session that were design ed to put the fear of God's wrath into the SP caucus. As a legislator, he introduc ed two bills; one asked for money to finance a legislative newsletter that no one has since seen. The other appro priated $100 to pay for legis lative clerical expenses. In his Junior year, Purdy has been Vice-President of the student body and Speaker of the Legislature. In the speak ers chair he ran meetings smoothly and colorlessly. He came into his office in Graham Memorial infrequently, usual ly to make telephone calls. He would joke around that mem bers of the office were work ing too hard. Recrently, in fact several weeks before this election, Purdy had three bills introduc ed in his name. This was more than all those introduced in his prior legislative career. Two of these bills were bi-partisan measures; the third bill introduced solely by the UP on Purdy 's behalf, was a reso lution calling for no examina tions after the. Christmas break. Purdy's timing in the. introduction of these meas ures indicates that he was be ginning to realize that election time was once again around the corner. Of his Vice - Presidential campaign promises, only one was acted upon. A few weeks agd he sent a proposal to Dean Cathey to check into the possibility of installing shower heat regulations in' residence halls. So there is the sum of ac complishment by this man. The causes he claims to cham pion even now are those in which he has shown little in terest in the past. When education reform was proposed at the beginning of the year, Purdy was asked to attend one of the education seminars. He came to the first one and never returned for the others. Now he promises sup port of the program. m When the final legislation for judicial reform was being put together by legislator George Krischbaum, Purdy came around only once to take a look at the legislation. In many ways, then, Bill iPurdy is a light that failed. After nearly three years, it is difficult to believe that he will be a driving force behind any administration. BOB TRAVIS . Travis, as opposed to Purdy, has never held an elected of fice. He, too, is intelligent, good-looking, and a cool dress er, but he has never been a candidate. For two years he was a campaign worker for the SP. The candidates came to rely heavily on him to get the work done. He is a fantastic organizer. He never thought about running for office until last November, when several friends started him thinking about it. Bob Powell's assistant, Tra vis was the most ubiquitous man in student government. Appointed Director of Admin istrative Affairs, he did a lot of grind without seeking any glory. Travis fought desperately to get Powell's budget thrcjigh Student Legislature without cuts in funds. He was always willing to scrape up votes for key legislative floor fights. He served as chairman of the dis count commission, accomplish ing the pioneer work that led to fuel oil discounts for fra ternities, and solidifed legal entertainment contracts in the residence halls. And as 'head of the Student Audit Board, in which he ini tiated a procedure of student government financing that in sured against fund misappro priation. He watched over the student secretariat, compiling a manual pf practices and procedures for office workers. Travis worked hard at all the grind jobs. He was even called upon to run the SP, and there again he delivered. A CHOICE Let us have no misunder standing about these candi dates. Purdy is able and a friendly fellow, not an ogre. His problem is that he has done almost nothing for the campus in each job he held, important as they were. Travis, also, is no saint. He gets angry once in a while and paces the floor. He uses strong words to those who do not perform the job he expects. But no one has ever accused him of not doing his job. In a way, we might draw parallels between these two candidates to two former stu dent body Presidents. Inman Allen ran a quiet administra tion that never offended any one, and never accomplished anything. When he left office, the only thing he left behind : was a half - empty whiskey bottle in the President's desk. Paul Dickson was always in trouble. First with the Men's. Honor Council and second with the press and South Buildmg. But his a(Iministra-: tion delivered the money for and formed a working resi dence college system and : .Dickson personally led the ; fight against the Speaker Ban Law in Federal Court. . . - The students may vote as! they choose, but from this van-; 'fjf Pfkt, activity is always better than lethargy and there : never be a substitution : for progress.
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