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Founded February 23, 1893 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY,
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On Stadent Freedom
Chancellor J. Carlyle
Sitterson Saturday night took a
moderate administration stance
on student freedom here.
Speaking twice before
capacity crowds in Memorial
Hall in his annual orientation
address, Sitterson urged the
3500 new students to support
the University "wherever and
whenever opportunity arises.'
Student Body President Ken
Day, also addressing the
newcomers, offered a more
liberal plea of, "Don't ask what
you can do for your
government; ask what you can
do for yourselves."
Before each of the two
meetings, student workers for
the insurgent "Disorientation",
as opposed to the University
Orientation program,
distributed leaflets espousing
"a Free University in a Free
South."
Sitterson attributed the
Trustees
The visiting Committee
of the University's Board
of Trustees will be on
campus Friday and
Saturday, September
20-21. Student
appointments to meet
with the Trustees are
avail able by calling
933-2301.
Oh, The Horrible Pains Of Registering For Class
'Sew Coed Court
By REBEL GOOD
DTH News Editor
The institution of the Coed
Honor Court has brought many
no not honor and
changes to the non
judicial systems of the
""court will handle all
1 . the Honor Code
olte Men's and
CaTmbsdof the Men's and
Members oi Qn
Women's Co"1 uting
the new dy n d
basis. A quorum app
by the audert frfy
referendum April ,
university Opens Doors
JaK, about 3,000 will be at the
University for the first
tune approximately 2,100 are
freshmen and some 900
transfer students will enroll.
Combined with evening classes
and the extension division, the
total enrollment should reach
16,000-the largest ever.
lo accomodate this
approximately 150
rise,
new
ersoe,' Day Differ
virtual isolation of UNC from
recent campus ferment
throughout the nation and
world to -the legitimate
channels through which
students here have taken their
problems.
He cited students as
constituting a policy-making
force in student life as well as
being able to "participate in
the formulation of policies in '
many additional areas" of the
University.
Student unrest arises from
the "understandable and
commendable desire of
students" to help make the
policies "affecting their living
and learning on campus," he
said. J
The Chancellor commended
student here for their
"responsible exercise of
freedom" on this issue. 5
In addition to presenting a
list of University committees
on which students are"
represented, the Chancellor
said student participation on
University standing committees
is being steaily broadened.
He emphasized the
importance of assuring the
interests of the individual
student He praised the efforts
of the UNC Residence College
System here and the "Joint
Statement on Rights and
Freedoms of Students,"
endorsed this year by
educational groups throughout
consist of nine jurors, at least
three each from the Men's and
Women's Honor Courts.
The basis of the new court
is the "elimination of the
differences in philosophies, and
therefore in the penalties
handed down, between the
existing courts (MHC and
WHC)," according to Randy
Myer, last year's Attorney
General and one of the
founders of the court.
The Coed Court is
empowered to hand down
suspension penalties, as well as
all other penalties given by the
older courts. The Faculty
Review Board has final
appelate jurisdiction.
full-lime faculty members will
join the teaching force which
now numbers about 1,200.
The orientation program
which has been underway since
Friday, Sept. 13, is an annual
affair designed to aid students
in matriculation, to acquaint
him with academia at the
University through placement
tests and to introduce him with
the United States, in preserving
those interests.
"Students and student
organizations should be free to
examine and discuss all
questions of interest to them
and to express opinions
publicly and privately," the
Chancellor quoted from the
Joint Statement, but then
scored those who would
"congregate or assemble in any
manner so as to interfere with
the normal use of a public
building."
He expressed hope that
Carolina students exercise their
rights and freedom responsibly
and not deprive "others who
may disagree with them" of
their irghts.
Sitterson urged that "our
objective here is the optimum
development of each
individual, not the creation of
some homogenized,
standardized product"
"Diversity, differences,
conflicts of opinions and
values it is from these that
man learns," he explained.
Sitterson also asked that in
addition to carrying out the
basic responsibility of
academic endeavor, students
recognize the dependence of
student organizations on
student support.
President Day, in clear
contrast to the remarks of the
Chancellor, warned that the
needs of students today are not
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DTH Staff Photo By Tom Schnabel
Indicates
All violation of the Honor
and Campus Codes are handled
through the office of the
Attorney General, Dan
Stallings, and the Assistant
Attorney General for Women,
Susan Patterson. Their offices
are on the second floor of
Graham Memorial.
The Attorney General's
office investigates all alledged
violations of the Honor
System.
Should sufficient evidence
be found to warrant a trial, the
accused student is given a
summons and formally charged
with the violation.
The defendent may choose
his defense counsel from the
To Record -Enrollment Of 15,500
administration and student
leaders.
Orientation is schedule
last for five davs untu el
get underway on Thursday,
Sept. 19. ;
This marks the fourth
straight year the University has
admitted women students for
four years of undergraduate
study.. Approximately 400
SEPTEMBER 17, 1968
being met by present
institutions.
To remedy the situation,
Day urged a "fundamental
reordering of Student
Government and the nature of
participation in the University
community."
"There is no need for yew
to accept what you find," he
pressed the new students.
Day outlined a new plan to
more effectively involve
students in wielding the power
he said they possess.
He said a program of
interest groups would be set up
by and for any student with
any interest
The Disorientation . leaflets
distributed before each meeing
(Continued on page 5)
lie
- "We want to liberate
minds of freshmen from
the
the
idea that the University is run
solely by the administration
and cannot be run substantially
by students as well."
George Vlasits, a full time
field" worker for the Southern
Student Organizing
Committee, explained the
rationale behind the
"Disorientation" being held
here this week in competition
with the administration's
regularly scheduled orientation
program.
Disorientation is an attempt
to "counter the affect of the
'administration's orientation,"
Vlasits continued.
'. The goal of -the insurgent
program is to be accomplished
by first spurring debate on
some of the important issues of
the day, the former UNC
student and present full-time
outside agitator, as he calls
himself, explained.
Disorientation, which began
Sunday, will run through
Wednesday evening and include
seminars, movies, and
discussions.
Today, from 1
two seminars
conducted.
to 5 p.m.,
will be
A seminar on violence in
America, "White Racism vs.
Black Power," will be held in
room 203 led by Bill Coats,
UNC Episcopal chaplain;
William Pollard, graduate
student in the School of Social
Work; a speaker from the Black
Student Movement; and
Vlasits.
Chan
student body,
or
have one
Attorney
appointed from
General's staff.
The information collected
by investigators from the
Attorney General's staff is
turned over to the appropriate
court or council for use by the
prosecution.
The defendent has all rights
normally associated with the
judicial processes.
Attorney General Stallings
charged the freshmen to know
and understand the judicial
system. "You may be apathetic
toward student government.
but you must not be apathetic
toward the Carolina court
system," Stallings warned.
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ges
women went through sorority
rush last week, Sept. 8-14.
Rush was held early to alleviate
social and academic pressures
wnicn nave been prevalent
past years.
in
The school's
scholastic
program will be continued with
a record number of 265
Morehead Scholars enrolled
included 76 new freshmen
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DISORIENTATION "A Radical Analysis of American Society"
was one of the subjects discussed at disorientation proceedings
this week. George Vlasits sits in discussion of the subject which
liberate FreslimaDi Minds
Faculty members from
Duke and UNC will lead a
simultaneous in 205 Alumni on
"American Imperialism and
Revolution in the Third
World."
At 7:30 tonight, two more
seminars will be held.
"New Politics-'68 and
Beyond" will be the topic of
the seminar led by Louis
Lipsitz and Alden Lind,
faculty members in the
department of political science.
Alden was a delegate to the
1968 Democratic National
Convention.
A discussion on student
jTOiicy
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Thursday will mark the
withdrawal by Student
Legislature of its endorsement
of the procedures governing
the administrative-
faculty-student judicial board,
set up for hearing drug cases.
The event should provide
the final touches to the nine
months of confusion and
uncertainty on the matter
which have prevailed since
student acceptance of the
policy was urged last January
kv thp administration.
At that time an agreement
was reached by then Student
Body President Bob Travis and
University officials, which, if
approved by the trustees,
would allow drug offenders to
be tried by a five-man council
on which students would be
allowed to sit
Inclusion of students on the
judicial board was contingent
on Legislature's endorsement
of the policy.
The proposed policy held
that students apprehended for
only drug use be treated
medically for the first offense,
but that second offenses be
referred to the Administrative-Faculty-Student
Board for
action.
Evidence of illicit possession
and-or transfer of drugs, the
bill provided, would be
"transmitted to civil
authorities, and students
in dicated bv such evidence to
involved in possession and
or transfer of drugs will be
referred to the Baord."
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scholars. Also, approximately
25 graduate and professional
fellows, including nine just
beginning this year, are
enrolled for the upcoming
session.
The physical growth of the
University can be noted
throughout the campus with
four new buildings available
with other additions and
improvements scheduled.
New buildings open this
year will include the Robert B.
House Undergraduate Library,
the Book Exchange and the
Van Hecke-Wottach Law
School Buildings.
The new Frank Porter
Graham Student Union was
originally scheduled to open
with the beginning of the fall
semester but construction has
been delayed due to several
factors including a cave-in of
the building's roof last year.
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Disorientation
rebellions, entitled "Where Do
We Go From Here?", wifr be
led by junior Sam Austell,
Peter Fiiene of the history
department, and students from
Columbia and Duke.
The two evening seminars
will be held in 203 and 205
Alumni, respectively.
Two movies will be shown
in Carroll Hall Wednesday
evening beginning at 7. The
films will be followed by
discussions.
The movies are: "No
Handouts for Mrs. Hedgepeth,"
a film depicting the life of a
domestic worker, contrasting
ndoFsement Off
ixpires
It was not until May that
the policy was eventually
endorsed by SL, and even then
there were qualifications laid:
the support would be effective
only
for the summer and
would be withdrawn at the
commencement of classes in
the fall.
Rationale for Legislature's
decision was provided by
Student Party Floor Leader
John McMurray, in his
affirmative speech for the bill
before it was put to a vote. :
He termed passage of the
measure as providing a
"tangible safeguard to students
whose cases" were pending
consideration of the Baord at
the time.
He also said approval of the
bill would put SL in fee
New Pay Hikes Planned
A new minimum wage of
$L60 an hour which normally
wouldn't have been reached
until 1971 will go into effect
for all University employees on
Oct 1, according to Fred B.
Haskell, Director of PersonneL
The action was approved by
the State Personnel Board
earlier this summer and brings
the rate paid to UNC
employees, some of whom
were receiving as little as $L15
per hour, in line with the
Federal minimu m wage. :
Although it was intended to
The building is now scheduled"
to be completed in November.
Other improvements which
should be completed during
the year include the Dental
Educational Building, the
Nursing School, the Basic
Educational Facility for the
Medical School, the Health
Affairs Library and the
Ambulatory Patient Care
facility.
Plans are underway to begin
work on several other projects
during the year. These include
an addition to Bingham Hall,
the English building; an
addition to the Carolina Inn; a
new Physical Sciences-Chemistry
Building; an addition to
Carroll Hail, home of the
School of Business
Administration; and a new
Child development Center
consisting of a biological
sciences wing and a behavioral
DTH Staff Photo By Tom Schnabel
was a panel discussion of the New Left. Vlasits is on the field
staff of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC)
which staged the disorientation.
her'homelife-
the people
w o r ks,
with the life of
for whom she
and T h e
Troublemakers," a film,
sponsored by Students for a
Democratic Society, which
describes community
organizing in a Newark, New
Jersey, ghetto.
Vlasits, 26, who is presently
under indictment for refusing
induction into the armed
services, said the program was
aimed primarily at freshmen.
He cited two reasons.
He said freshmen comprise
one of the more receptive
groups on campus due to their
i janirsciav.
"strongest possible bargaining
position" when the bill expired
in the fall and a new one had
to be drawn up.
So the bill was approved,
students were added to the
Board, those with cases
pending and others in the
summer session were extended
the benefit of such a policy. ;
Charles Jeffress, University
Party representative, said last
May in debate on the bill that
the proposed policy was
"wrong."
"Pure use of drags, contrary
to the recent statement by
Dean (of Men James O.)
Cansler," he warned, "is not
detrimental to others or to the
educational process," :
The use of drugs was an
"individual matter" he said,
cover only non-academic
employees, university officials
decided to effect a blanket
increase in the minimum wage
for all employees including
faculty, part-time, and
temporary help.
Under the new salary rate,
"anyone paid less than $1.60
will be brought up to that
amount and everyone hired on
or after Oct 1 will be paid no
less than $L60, Haskell said.
The new increase provides
for a starting salary of $3336
Students
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Orientation
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sciences wing.
Other changes include the
renovation of Smith
Dormitory, formerly a
wo mens' form, for office
space. Manning Hall will be
renovated to be occupied by
the School of Library Science
and the Institute for Research
in the Social Sciences now that
the Law School will move into
a new structure.
With the move of the
Student Union into a new
building, the old structure will
house the Dramatic Arts
Department.
relative open-mindedness.
He also said freshmen would
provide a good base from
which to spread the movement
toward the left.
Copies of the Disorientation
schedule were distributed
Saturday, informing students
of the program. Posters were
also placed throughout the
campus as a publicity measure.
Disorientation, which began
Sunday, included seminars on
North Carolina politics and
labor unions and North
Carolina; and panel discussions
on student rebellions and the
New Left.
adding that the use of drugs in
North Carolina was not illegal
Cansler had urged SL
approval of the procedures
because he wished to work
within the framework of the
law.
"There is a difference
between protecting the
individual rights of students
and dealing with the state
law," he said.
'I think our concern
throughout this matter has
been to set up means by which
matters of drug involvement
can be handled within the
context of the law," he added.
The Dean said Monday
he was pleased with the policy
and the Baord, which he
termed equitable and
successful.
per year, up $312 from the
present $3024 which is
presently paid annually to new
employees.
Haskell expects a "very
favorable response" to the
increase and stressed that the
like will "put us on a level
. salary-wise which will be above
many of the employers on the
private sector.
He also said that "as the
year goes on there will be
further adjustments made to
people who are already at that
(the $L60) level or above it"
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