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Because Talk Is Cheap,
It Cam Be Real Bargain
Talk, as cheap as it may be, can
be pretty valuable sometimes.
It all depends on what's being
said and by whom.
For instance, it is about time so
meone began getting students here
talking about their student govern
ment just as Charlie Mercer and
David Rigsby began doing this
week.
And it is also about time that
there be a forum on this campus
for debate of all sorts of con
temporary issues such as the
Debate Team will begin to provide
Tuesday with the institution of a
weekly Speak Out session in Y
court.
Both of these programs are very
good things to be coming to
Carolina.
The first will provide students
here with a more complete and
personal view of Student
Governmentinstead o f forcing
them to think of it as being esoteric
and removed from their lives.
Through these discussions,
students can voice their opinions
within hearing of Student Govern
UNC-C Unicorns: How Corny!
From The Charlotte
Observer
The athletic .teams of, the:
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte are still called
Forty Niners. For want of a
better name.
Visions of the gold rush,
California and San Fran
cisco's pro football team flit
before one's eyes upon
reading "Forty Niners".
There is scarcely a thought
for the fact that the name
refers to the state highway the
university is located on.
We thought for a moment
the other day that we had the
problem solved. Why not
Unicorns? The UNC-C
Unicorns. Not bad.
The unicorn, of course, is a
fabulous animal with one
horn, a right imposing beast.
The image would grace the
pennants, sweaters and let
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DTH Awards
KANGAROO COURT JUDGE OF
: THE WEEK-Tom S h e 1 1 e y ,
manager of the UNC Book Ex
change, who fired an entire
four-man shift from the Ehr
inghaus Canteen because hr
suspected thejvery there.
PRICE HIKER OF THE WEEK
Once again, to. . . you guessed
it, Tom Shetley, manager of the
: UNC Book Exchange, who jack-
ed cigaret vending machine
f prices up from 25 to 30 cents a
pack during the Thanksgiving
y break.
1IAPPY DAYS ARE HERE
: AGAIN AWARD To Satur
:: day, the opening of Carolina's
' basketball season.
TECHNICALITY OF THE
: WEEK- To the Women's
;J Residence Council's rule
. about to be changed before the
-Z semester ends that says all
women must abide by dormitory
::-: closing hours, and as yet makes
::.ho mention1 of what to 'do about
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Don Campbell, Associate Editor
Lytt Stamps, Managing Editor
Hunter George, News Editor
Brant Wansley, Advertising Manager
ment, which in turn will have a bet
ter idea of what its constituents
think and want.
The Speak Out series will pro
vide Chapel Hill with a minor
version of London's Hyde Park, in
which just about anyone can get up
on a soapbox and say just about
anything.
The Speak Outs will be a forum
for the discussion of controversial
issues, such as this week's topic of
"Gen. Hershey and the Draft" and
next week's, "The Black Man in
America."
By doing this, Speak Out will
provide everything that is needed
for some very healthy dialogue to
begin on this campus. It will make
possible University students' in
telligent discussion of important
issues with a wider range of
persons than you find in the normal
fraternity house or residence hall
bull session.
So, you see, there's nothing
wrong with talk's being cheap: in
fact, that just makes both the SG
information series and the Speak
Out more of a bargain.
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terheads nicely. The figure is
fierce enough for athletic
teams.
But, alas, there is the in
evitable tendency for fans to
shorten team names. We have
the Tar Heels at Chapel Hill
and the Blue Devils at Duke.
But it's "Go, Heels!" and
"Go, Devils!
Our ardor for the name
was dampened when we con
templated, for this urban
university, the almost certain
exhortation, 'Go, 'Corns!' "
We still might have ad
vanced the suggestion had we
not tried it our on a friend not
given to brash ex
perimentation. "Look, friend," he said,
"first time the opposition
hollers 'Here come the Unics,'
there's going to be the
durndest fight this section has
ever seen."
Go, Forty Niners.
Of The Week
senior coeds moving into
apartments next spring this
spring.
HEPP .E-GO-AGAIN AWARD
r THE WEEK To Stop the
Draft Week II, a replay ofthe
week of nationwide protest
against the war and the draft in
mid-October.
STATESMAN BF THE WEEK
Sen. Eugene MCarthy, D .
Minn., who will oppose Presi
dent Johnson in at least four
Democratic presidential
primaries, even though to do
this may be political suicide for
him.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK"This is
not a Republican rally."
James E. Holshouser Jr.,
chairman of the state GOP, as
he spoke to the Republican
span sored "Opportunities
Unlimited" seminar while
standing beneath a poster pic
turing an elephant carrying
GOP colors and raring back to
go.
President Robert M. Travis struck a
true note when he called for unity and
support on the part of the students in his
address to the Legislature Thursday
night. For if there is any point Li Student
Government it is that the student body
should support that institution. Without
that necessary interest, Student Govern
mest is worthless. Its value is negated
when those whom it should serve do not
care what is going on. And the efficiency
of Student Government is greatly im
paired by a lack of concern on the part of
the Student Body.
It is, however, very true that Student
Government can become remote and
aloof from the campus. It can easily
become a haven for bureaucrats who are
themselves uninterested in public support
or participation in the programs. These
people who work in Student Government, ,
primarily in appointive positions, can -develop
into a clique which is so inbred
and so contemptuous of student opinion -r.
that their actions and consequently the 4
The. UnorAi "Book .
Letters To The Editor
A Keply :1 Holmes On Honor
ToThe Editor:
Mr. Holmes you're.; beautiful! Of
course the Honor 'Court has no
jurisdiction over Carolina s t u d e n t s
visiting other colleges 'wihlle school is in,
session. The University may. lose a Ihard
won reputation it now enjoys. In fact, the
"Carolina Genillemani'! could become a
ithing of the past. We could even dismiss
the Honor Court and negate all the hard
work done to get the judiciary system in
student hands. But to quote you, Mr.
Holmes "too bad".
The Honor Court members have
anything but a holier-than-thou attitude.
They go out of their, way to be lenient
while "maintaining justice. The Court is
certainly ethical because it protests the
dignity and reputation of the Carolina
institution. H any other courts in. the :
United States are constitutional then so is
the Honor Court because, like other
courts, It protects society from those :
qneaihers -who refuse to obey the rules.
Saying the Court is "unhonorable" is
merely a shallow opinion which deserves J
no rebuttal. '
What - your letter really says, Mr.
Holmes, is that students should be
allowed to act ungentlemanly, in other
words, raise hell, while off campus
without being held responsible. You take
the liberty to call the Honor Court
members "hypocrites" and you imply
- that the Attorney General's staff consists
of "conniving waifs". Those two
statements are erroneous generalizations
and the two organizations deserve an
apology. Your letter was indeed bitter, as
a matter of fact it was a real lemon.
David Wynne
Vicious Statements, Or,
Who's Your Friend?
To The Editor:
Well, well, well. Some clever campus
politician has decided thar the time has
finally come to raise his libelous head
and start taking pot shots at the current
Presidential front-runner, Jed Dietz. I see
the Tar Heel reserves the right to edit
letters for libelous statements.
Apparently they decided not to exercise
that right in regard to Mr. Stephen's
letter, printed in the November 30
edition.
It's probably all for the best, however.
There's really no better way to get
students interested in campus elections
than to grab their attention with a few
vicious statements. It would be more fun,
though, if we could identify the
actions cf Sludent Government are made
with no regard for the public will or the
public good. When this happens, then the
hour has come for wholesale house-cleaning.
Then things must be shaken up, peo
ple must be moved out in order for
newer, fresher, more responsive officials
to come in. This dees not seem to be hap
pening in the Student Government here at
Carolina. Student Government of necessi
ty has problems, any institution of its size
and sort will, but it it is also able to deal
with these problems In a vigorous way.
And this is because there are people in
volved in Student Government who are
not only able but also vitally interested in
the success and preservation of Student
Government on this campus.
As the President noted, one of the
most pressing problems is one of com
munication. With almost fifteen thousand
students attending a university, just
keeping in touch is always a problem.
But there are ways to combat this situa
tion and people have lately organized a
3t$Wflvj ;.&V comfcVio"
t , , ti
opposition. Who, for instance, is George
Stephens? According to the Tar Heel,
Stephens listed his address as 1607 Main
Street, Garrboro. According to the
Chapel Hill police department, the
highest number on Main Street is 1128.
I'm certainly willing to identify cnyself.
I'm a friend of Jed Dietz's. Who's friend
are you,-Mr. Stephens?
John Sarratt
Carolina Avenue
In Defense Of
Women's Maids
To The Editor:
; We are writing to protect the cartoon
that appeared in last Tuesday's DTH,
concerning the maids In women's
dormitories. Those of us living on- second
floor, Spencer, have two wonderful
women as maids. They always offer bits
of - cheerful ' conversation quite a
remarkable thing, considering the task
they face. Nor do we find much fault with
their work. Frequently these ladies go
, beyond the requirements of their job to
;, take a phone message or recover a lost
article from the trash.
The Daily Tar Heel is
published by the University of
North Carolina Student
Publication's Board, daily
except Mondays, examinations
periods and vacations.
Offices are on the "second
floor of Graham Memorial.
Telephone numbers: editorial,
sports, n e ws 933-011;
business, circa lation,
advetising 933-1163. Address:
Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N.C.,
27514.
Second class postage paid at
U.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill,
N.C.
Subscription rates: $9 per
year; $5 per semester
etters
The Daily Tar Heei accepts all
letters for publication provided
they are typed, double - spaced
and signed. Letters should be no
longer than 300 words in length.
We. reserve the right to edit for
libelous statements
group to establish boll-sessions all over
campus on Student Government: what it
t does and why and what the student can
do to get involved. The Vice-president
initiated kst fall an ambitious speaking
schedule before freshmen orientation
groups in order to stimulate interest and
participation cn the part of new students.
Mr. Dietz was apparently successful for
this year saw a very large number of
freshmen to apply for committee
msenberships, legislative aid positions,
and ether Student Government posts. As
a matter of fact, there was a very large
and gratifying turnout by students in
terested in serving on a committee.
One of the prime functions of Student
Government is fee investigation of stu
dent problems which the administration
or faculty is either not intereseted in or
unable to perform. This year Student
Government is doing work in such highly
important areas as leadership training,
student mental health (the student stress
committee), discounting, the VIGAH pro-
or -VV.
rvict
'In short, we feel that the cartoon was
most unjust. Also, we are curious to know
when a male cartoonist has bad contact
with the maids in a women's
dormitory.
Sincerely,
Louise Glogau 4
Conny Fuller
Nancy Ford
Lucy Caldwell
Marsha Parker
Y Not Part Of
Book Ex 'Conspiracy9
To The Editor:
Although I am fully aware of the
catue of Mr. Hoffis's letter and that he
did not wish to implicate the YM-YWCA
in the Book Exchange conspiracy, I
would like to point out that the YM
YWCA is in no way connected with the
snack bar or Book Exchange. The funds
The Many Shades
Of Student Pom&r
From The Michigan State News
"Student power," Eke so many of the
rallying cries that have become so
recently popular in our nation, means a
great many different things to a great
many different people.
The National Student Association
(NSA) Student Power Conference at the
University of Minnesota two weeks ago
openly revealed the radical liberal split of
those interested in student power.
Through their ravnigs, the radicals
proved how undesirable their stand is,
and the liberals showed a pertinence
i which cannot be ignored.
Calling for complete student control of
the university, the radical stand is un
justifiable and unrealistic. Faculty and
administration are an important part of .
the academic community, and their
present position cannot, and should not,
be undermined to the extent radicals de
mand. .
The liberal stand is much more within
ths reaim. cf possibility; and is amenable
to the rights of all members of the
university cimmunity. Ed Schwartz, NSA
president and a self -described radical
who appeared liberal at the conference,
stated the most reasonable definition of
student power in his keynote address.
Students should have control of those
gram, The International Student Center,
and others. These programs win have: a
great effect on many areas of the student
Body and should not be ignored. With
enore active student interest and
participation, these programs can be
quite successful. Without it, the ccsa
mittees might as well disband.
The old cliche that "it's easy to
criticize" may be trite and some cf its
meaning may have been lost in excessive
usage, but the kernel of truth, contained
therein is still quite valid and especially
pertinent at this time. For right now the
chorus of critics is growing larger and
more frenzied. One wonders why such
critics are unwilling to contribute their
abundance or knowledge and wisdom to
the solution of the problems they so
gleefully point out. Not too long ago one
group sallied forth with a scathing attack
upon Student Government for cot doing
anything in the area of judicial reform.
They were ssningly oblivious to the fact
that ths WRC has been working for
almost a year on a liberalization of
women's rules, with notable and con
tinuing success, that the Presidential ad
hoc Commission on- Judicial Reform was
studying various proposals on the limita
tion of the Campus Code and judicial pro
cedure, and that the Student Legislative
Judicial Committee was considering bills
concerning administrative and election
reform. This information was not being
hidden from public view and anyone in
terested could have easily -found out
exactly what was being done and by
whom. But, as President Travis pointed
out "all too often (critics) make the
headlines, and hard work goes unreward
ed, either publicly or privately." It is also
true that critics, many but cot all, race
to the newspaper with a statement before
going anywhere else, even to search out
the truth. And, of course, the newspaper
is all too glad, it appears, to report what
seems to be dissension within the ranks
of Student Government.
This is not to say that all criticism is
irresponsible. Much of it is most
valuable. But at this time when the
criticism, of Student Government is
reaching a crescendo, it is good to pause
and examine the object of the criticism
which in this instance is cot deserving of
such derision. For Student Government
for all its faults is thoroughly engaged in
a noble and rewarding adventure.
Lonirt
for our program come from contributions
by students, faculty, alumni, and friends
of the Y. The only fund raising activity
that we operate is the International
Handicraft Bazaar, which is organized
and run by students.
Secondly, everything that goes on in
Y-court is not necessariliy sponsored by
or associated with the Y.
Another important point is that the Y
is not suffering from a lack of student
support. We have over 6C0 members and
over 600 people (not all members)
directly involved in our program,
whether as tutors or .volunteers in
various other areas. Our financial crisis
is the result of the removal of the Y
membership card from the matriculation
form. The problem is to readjust to new
methods of raising student contributions,
not to get aid from the campus
monopoly.
Jim Garrison
Pres., YMCA
areas which are uniquely student, such as
visitation, dress rules and other non
academic policies, but Schwartz ex
plained, the faculty and students should
share the control of curriculum and other
academic questions.
National columnist Max Lerner, a non
student, non-faculty and n o n - a d
ministrator, has proposed another
formula which could ease tensions. He
advocates a 7:5:3 ratio of administrators
to faculty to students on all decision-making
bodies of the university which
directly affect students.
Lerner would exempt students from
questions of budget, faculty appointments
and other issues in which they are Dot
directly affected. These exceptions are
certainly necessary considering the
transitory nature of the student body; the
majority of students remain only four
years on a single campus. Lerner's pro
posal suffers, however, because it main
tains faculty and administration powers
over the strictly student domain.
Lerner's conception of student power
is too limited, tha radicals' conception is
unfeasible and undesirable, but
Schwartz's ideas are the logical extension
of student, faculty and administration
rights, and they are -workable. It is this
ideal for which we should strive.
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