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the daily Xar heel Page 2 Saturday, February 17, 19 S3 Groan w CO 1$ M i ff i r 1 n near i I f ke II. f 5 Ycsrj c EdorM Freedom EIH Anions T&isr 1 1 77HT Circus floor! rreoJ 2f Sale 1- . m Someday They Won't Call It 'Experiimeiita The apparent success with which the Experimental College has begun the second semester is a tribute to both its founders Buck Goldstein, Jed dietz, David Kiel and the UNC student body. Carolina's program, which has been a model for universities all over the nation has brought deserv ed recognition to the University in this field of educational reform. The most significant conclusion which can be drawn from the more than 700 persons who registered for the coming session is that students do not require the threat of grades to pursue an area of study. Many students who have previously participated in the pro gram have said that these courses were more valuable, more in teresting and more inspiring than their classroom credit courses. Mere And From the Michigan State News For roughly $16.90, 40 girls in a sorority house could come and go under the no-hours system whenever they please.? - - - ' And responsibility could be handed the individuals by le vying a fine for losing a key equal to the cost of replacing the lock and keys. Pan-Hellenic Council ap proved that measure last November, but a "study" was requested, thus delaying im plementation at least one more term. In December a committee studied the key system at the : University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. Another page of rationale was j; prepared and should have $ been presented to Pan-Hel I Feb. 7. Somehow, without any : Drug Vote's Message There's a new way of looking at drug use. That's the message which should be seen in the acceptance by Carolina students of the National Student Association's resolution on drug usage. Students voted 1,000-800 in favor of the resolution in the NSA Major Issues referendum Thursday. By doing so, they endorsed the NSA policy which asks for a reevalua tion of drug laws, the legalization of marijuana use, and the treat ment of all drug abuse as a. medical rather than a crirninal manner. And in so doing, students here spelled out rather clearly, it would seem, just what they think of the A d m i nistration-endorsed drug policy proposal before Student Legislature. The only similarity between the NSA resolution and the Administration's proposal is that both say drug usage should be treated as a medical problem and even those points aren't en tirely parallel: the University says it will treat the first offense as a medical case, but the second as a disciplinary one. The rest of the resolution, however, is as directly opposed to the drug policy proposal as it can be. Pamela Hawkins, 'Associate Editor Wayne Hurder, Managing Editor Rebel Good, iVetrs Editor Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager The informal manner in which the classes are conducted and the lack of pressure have given many students the incentive to do the outside work in preference to their graded studies. On the other hand, the re quirements of credited courses have proven so time consuming that even those who desire to take Experimental College courses do not feel that they can spare the time. The enthusiasm for ungraded study, and the sacrifices which are made to take 'the additional courses would seem to pose both a threat and a challenge to the present educational structure. Maybe one of these days the Ex perimental College won't have to be experimental. There. Too specific reason, it was not discussed at Pan-Hel, but j may be next week. And it may i even by handled as a new mo- ; tion. The houses have accepted ithe proposal : and want it sent ito : A SMSU - immediately. There is no reason for Pan Hel to look at it again it is the same proposal, plus one more page of rationale. If, however, the change is again channeled through Pan Hel, it will be an extra week before the key question reaches ASMSU. In view of the steps for approval that lie between the proposal and im plementation, even a week's delay and spring term sorority sisters will find themselves still taking turns at the door. At this point, further pro crastination is absurd. First, it asks all authorities to stop prosecuting persons for use of cannibis (marijuana, for ex ample.) The resolution also asks for a reevaluation of laws con cerning psychedellic drugs, in light of current scientific research. The Administration, however, takes the stand that since all drug use is illegal, all drug use is bad, and therefore should be prosecuted both by the state and by the University. Student Legislators should weigh the results of this referen dum when they are considering the drug policy proposal, for it has been made clear now, that the stu dents here will not embrace such a policy. If Student Legislature adopts it, then, it will be clearly selling out is constituency. 73 The Daily Tar Heel accepts all letters fofr 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. J. J . 1 Tetters To The Editor G&zza Accused Concerning Mike Oozza's fantastic display of irresponsible journalism depic ting a recent Mens' Residency Council Court trial, we would only like to state that a host of his statements are com pletely without basis and are absolutely ! false. ' Since trial proceedings can be reveal- ' ed only by the defendant, we are not at liberty to print specific statements made during the trial, but we would like to ask Mr. Cozza this question. If your desire is . to "prevent injustice" as you have stated, why not print the truth and print the whole truth for the student body to read? If your desire is to write fiction, label it as such. The only things we can. find thah ; rivals your irresponsible journalism is f your behavior which precipitated the tiral '.' in the first place. Bob Taylor, Chairman Cline Comer, Vice-chairman V Men's Residence Council Court James Program 0 Gets Comment ' To The Editor: Having read the article in the February 13, DTH written by Txxid Cohen entitled "James' Goals Not Unique' ", I feel it necessary to clarify to the reader what I said concerning the James ex periment. Not included in ithe article and necessary for comprehension of my "negative response" is my statement that the experiment is excellent for the enrichment of the individual resident's life in a large university, but I asked if it was not also possible to obtain this same involvement , from the individual by stressing the represntative role of the senator? I said that ithe benefit of the senate system over that of James' was the socialization of an 'individual to socialiation of an individual to Ameri ca's existing ; representative system, prepare the individual for attaining his goals. He must be cognizant of the fact that he will have to work with and through other peoole to realize"f ulfillment of his goals. , . Now, as far as individual involvement is concerned, there is do barrier present in the senate system. . In fact, residence college would be otiose power structures if inclMauals were not also the initiators of ideas. The senatesystem manifests its superiority to the James experiment by developing leadership and internatlzation of the representative system. A. Leonard Tubbs 302 Grimes Governor, King R.C. V it it To the Editor: Having read the opinions erf :.kA various residence college governors in regard , to the James a number of things are evidenVto me and deserve comment. na The purpose of the James Experiment seems clear enough. Simply, we hoS to convey to the students in a method n?ver before feasible within the ritTt framework of the old system the nL portunity to engage in Jd"e Z form of activity that they are Mr. Tubbs seems to fear "fo v individual freedom." Howler u- "Ch possible for me to believe that 'wUMn It framework of the University ,1, tions any degree of student liberty 1 residence college svstem a! me Perhaos Out 0a1? amm. ii they t they snculd be, stacHSeM mvo vementtatteUniverktvul l . .. me samp. resident o1W i0i ,y te Qt the , D uis ions Wn student needs and interests have in th past been incompletely represented But primarily, & emphasis ot 0ur 1 ml tA s ft 1 &r mi : program is on freedom. The basic poten tial creativity of most of our students has simply not been realized. It can only be realized in the innovative spirit that freedom creates. I would say finally that admittedly there is a large gap between what we hope to accomplish and the actual realization of that goal. However, in view of James' progress these past weeks, I am confident the experiment will be a ' success. Bill Darrah Governor, James Residence College - Yogler Explains UNC Exchange To The Editor: Sunday's DTH article on the Johnson Administration's proposal to discourage student-faculty travel abroad needs one important claiu'ficatioh.' While f the Treasury Department's scheme would in deed cripple nearly all independent travel and study abroad as ell as alT organized summer tours and seminars, a few UNC programs would escape the new tax because of their unusual duration: ( UNC Year-at-Lyon (ten months), UNC-Paris Exchange (ten months), UNC-Goettingen Exchange (ten months), UNC Classics Dept. Semesterat-5Rome (four and a half months). Another article, describing the new UN!C International Student Center, con tained a paragraph wThich might well be misleading: "The Center is working on 'getting academic credit extended by UNC to students on foreign exchanges. At present there are only two foreign study programs which give a student academic credit for his year abroad. These pro grams are not exchanges." While I cer tainly have no intention of belittling Stu dent Government's excellent exchange programs (Paris, Gqettingen, and Medellin), there is a question here of pro per perspective in that the "two foreign study programs" vaiguely referrejdi to ac tually involve a considerably more signifi cant number of UNC students. Whereas the UNGParis Exchange is available to Bryan Cumming The Antics Of A History Prof You are one of two hundred students who attends this history, lecture in the Journalism building twice a week. From your experience with this particular in structor, you know that you can't predict what will happen in his lecture. There seems to be something strange about today. The bell has rung, class has begun, yes but the lecture, hasn't. Hmmm you wonder, where is that music coming' from? Good Lord, it's Beethoven's "Appasionata! !" It plays on for about ten minutes as the instructorsite on the stage with has feet slung up on the desk, casually direc--tin the concerto with his pencil. ' This is strange, you say, because he usually begins with-the H': ' throated announcement that its a beautiful day in Chapel Hill. And yet, it's not so strange after all, because you have become anfomed the various idiosyncracies of this m Sructor Yes, he is quite a personality vmf reemberthe first day, when he said II teaching at Chapel Hill for tZdye. ht really " " ziorii rn recorded your name, Slimes, occupation, , around those mue names, our pro- ;ir favorite movie star -SfSSrf'tScSpaste etc You had you brand ot p 'thf hlSckey Mouse stuff and begin out of thto CK you remember ro lecture on mstory. x a only one UNC student each year and the UNC-Goettingen to only two, the UNC Semester-at-Rome sends five or more to Italy and the UNC Year-at-Lyon can ac commodate up to forty this next year. Furthermore, the Lyon Program does include student-faculty ec changes, although not controlled by Student Government. Each year two University of Lyon faculty members teach at UNC for a semester, and two French students from Lyon are able to spend an entire year here with tuition scholarships and assistantshap aid. This fact has generally gone unmentioned in Student Government publicity. Incidentally, Lyon Program members retain their UNC student status for finan cial aid and draft deferment purposes. On the contrary, winners of the Paris and Goettingen exchanges are subject to the whim of their local draft board, as was unfortunately proved last spring when an intrasigent local board refused to allow the Paris Exchange designee to leave the because he would technically no longer be . a UNC student It may be of interest to DTH-readers to learn that UNC is a member of the Council on International Educational Ex change, which among other services pro vides student-ship charter sailings to and from Europe ail summer long every year. Information on this very popular minimum-rate transportation is available in 219 Dey Hall. Frederick W. Vogler Director, UNC Year-at-Lyon 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 w s 933-1011; business, circu lation; ad vetising 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 Xear; $5 per semester. how vrong you were. The next time, he asked you to write, of all things, yes, an autobiography. And he made it quite plain that he wanted your name on the upper right hand corner. And he wanted it either' typed (double-spaced of course) or writ ten in ink (fountain pen, no ball-points allowed.) And dont let me catch anybody turning in a sheet of paper torn from a spiral notebook. To make sure you understood this point, he proceded to pan tomine all thehorrors that befall a paper grader when he must confront all those hundreds of tiny pieces of paper that come off the edges. His theatrical portrayal of this drama reddened his face and rumpled the sheet of paper he was demonstrating with. So you said to yourself after that day, "Well surely next time he'll get out of all this Mickey Mouse stuff and begin to lec ture on history." And you were wrong again. He asked for a second essay, "Is Modern Civilization A Benefit to Mankind?""- To make sure you understood the title, he flashed it on a screen in front of the class with an overhead projector. Then he read it out loud a few more times. You said to yourself once again, but "not quite so convincingly "Well surely next time he'll get out of this Mickey Mouse stuff and begin to lecture in history." You were wrong that time too. The following "lecture" consisted of a detailed explanation of how to use the To The Editor: I have read with L-erest Mr. Terry Gingras comments on the selection of the editor of the Tar Hetl and wholeheariedly that a campus-wide dec" Uon cf indeed a poonsethod for selects?" the most tehcnically qualiSed candidate However, I f eei he has overlooked an ei tremely important factor: the opinions of the "subscribers." Undpr normal nmimru... . i - v.icauwes, me cv- iviauai nas tne option of discenSsuis? auvnpuuu 10 a puDucaUori if he disagrees with its editorial policies Carolina students have the option of not reading Lhe Tar Heel, but they must con tinue to pay for a subscription, since its cost is included in the fees assessed by the University. The election of the editor of the college paper is the only means whereby a student may have a voice ia its editorial policies. Granted, he may write a letter criticizing these policies, and that letter will usually be printed, but such criticism is in no way binding even if the majority of the students disagree with editorial policies. This fact, however, is no reason to continue the present policy of election of the editor. He should be selected by a more qualified body, perhaps one of thoee suggested by Mr. Gingras. But at the same time, I feel the Tar Heel should be sold to the students, either on a dialy or a subscription basis. If circulation falls drastically, it will be obvious that the editor (or at any rate, his policies) must be ch angle in order to reflect the view of the subsedbers. A newspaper has a social obligation to present opposing views on any matter. However, it also has an obligation to its subscribers: to endorse their views. Placing the newspaper on a buy-it-if-you-like-it basis is the quickest way of finding out thse opinions. Brantlez Clairis 109 Smith Dorm Don't Restrict Cigaret Sales To the Editor: I was very gratified to see the swift reactions of Representative Gardner and Senator Ervin to the recent attempt by the federal government to place anti smoking propaganda on U.S. mail trucks. This is just one more outrageous example of the presumptuous uses of power to which the administration continues to subject the people of this country. Cer tainly, it is no insignificant matter when a product so vital to the economy of tins state is viciously maligned on the flim siest of evidence. As Senator Ervin, the. North Carolina branch of the American Cancer Society and others have so aptly pointed out, there has been no positive link establish ed between smoking and cancer. In light of this, I suggest that we allow cigarettes to be sold to anyone including children " under eighteen years of age. Such groundless and discriminatory age restrictions are just another means of stifling the tobacco industry in North Carolina. . George S. Flink Chapel Hill, N.C. syllabus for the course, as if you didn't know. So when, today, he turns off the Beethoven, you sit back prepared for anything. His lecture style is unique; to put it mildly, he gets carried away every now and then. His theatrical interludes range from jovial, Skelton-esque pan tomimes, to sarcastic comments on the morning headlines. One minute he's talk " ing . about "us grits. . . we's all right, ain't we?. . . Un's got cul-toor down heeah." Next thing you know, he's a super patriot, shouting slowly, '"Glory! George Washington!" as his trembling arms reach towards heaven. You say to yourself, I may not be learning much history, but this guy sure has got-an imagination. Next thing you know, he's recalling the good old days with contrived nostalgia: "Over the river and through the -woods, to Grandmother's house we go. Grandmother!" he sighs blissfully, with glazed eyes and trembling hands. He keeps up this stage presentation until the disbelieving audience begins to laugh. Then he returns to his serious mood. If only I didn't have to waste my time here, you say. But then you remember his attendance clicy un fortunately, it is consistant with his other Mickey Mouse doctrines. Only written ex cuses to get out. So finally the bell rings, and -you are thankful that you are out of high school. L a
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