THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Friday, December 6, 1968
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76 Years of Editorial Freedom
Wayne Hurder, Editor '
041 1 Staton, Business Manager
95 Per Cent Markup:
Is It Necessary?
Thursday in our lead editorial we
wondered why Tom Shetley
wouldn't release the wholesale
prices of items sold in the Book
Exchange to members of the
Student Stores Committee.
That same day we found out
perhaps one reason he isn't
releasing those figures: they are too
embarrassing-for instance, an
average of 95 per cent markup over
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the wholesale price on 30 selected
items that the DTH was able to find
out the wholesale price for. The
markup ranged from 196 per cent
for art pencils to a "mere" 56 per
cent on gym shoes.
This 95 per cent is about twice
what persons in the Business
Administration School say is the
average markup for retail items.
In the Book Exchange's favor, it
is possible that these items are
Visitation Policy Good
The visitation policy that
students have been pushing for all
this fall has finally been approved
by the Administration.
What has finally come out of the
Visitation Committee is a fairly
liberal policy, more liberal than
what most colleges and universitites
across the country have, if they
have any policy at all.
For this the students have several
groups to thank:
the Administration, for not
getting hung up in paranoidal fear
of what the reaction of the state
and the parents of students would
be, and for not delaying the policy
any longer than was necessary to be
able to give it thoughtful
Sat. March
To Support
Free Speech
The United Anti-War
Mobilization Front
(UAWMF) will sponsor a
march down Franklin St.
to Carrboro Saturday
morning in support of
the right of soldiers to
freedom of speech.
The march promises to
be an orderly expression
of support since the
UAWMF has gotten
permission from the
police to march down
Franklin St. even to the
point of having police car
leading the way. We
encourage you to take
your time to exercise
your rights of expression
so that others might do
likewise.
Dale Gibson, Managing Editor
Rebel Good, News Editor
Harvey Elliott, Features Editor
Owen Davis, Sports Editor
Scott Gcodfellow, Associate Editor
Kermit Buckner, Jr, Advertising Manager
marked up so grossly in order that
they might sell other items cheaply
to students.
However, if this is the case, the
Book Exchange should not be
revealing their wholesale prices.
They should tell the Student Stores
Committee what they are paying
for wholesale items and what their
average markup is.
Shetley, the head of the Book
Ex, seems to forget that the Book
Exchange is supposed to be a'
student store; that it is built for the
benefit of the students and that it is
supposed to benefit them by
offering them lower prices than
they could get from Chapel Hill
merchants and by turning over
what profits they get to the
Scholarship Fund.
He seems to forget that the big,
beautiful building in which students
are presently being fleeced was
built by the profits reaped off
student buyers, and therefore,
should be considered even more the
students' store.
As it is now, he is acting as if he
were a Franklin St. Merchant, free
to jack up hi prices at will, to hide
from the buyers the financial
details of his operation, and to
otherwixe trample over the
students. That is not the case; he is
the manager of the students stores
at a public institution and should
begin acting as such.
For a start, we suggest that he
reveal to the Student Stores
Committee all of Ijis wholesale
prices so that the committee and
students can tell whether he is
unjustly fleecing the students.
consideration;
Student Government
(particularly Bill Darrah, Bob
Forbes, and Charles Jeffress,
student members of the Visitation
Committee) which did a lot of the
research to show that visitation was
needed on campus;
and, the Southern Student
Organizing Committee, which built
up strong student support for the
policy and provided students with a
means of expressing their opinion
through their petition and two
marches.
No faction can be considered
more resoponsible for getting the
policy than any other; all equally
deserve credit despite the fact that
members of each group will
probably tell you that their group is
actually more responsible for the
policy. ,
The plan that has-been approved
is merely experimental, subject to
revision this spring. That's good,
because, while the policy is good, it
could be better; it could give dorm
residents more control over
themselves than is now allowed.
While the program gives the
students substantial freedom, we
feel it is too restrictive in setting
the number of times per month
there can be open hours and in
setting the number of hours per day
when it can be held. We feel this
should be left up to students.
We hope that dormitory
residents will do their utmost to
make the experimental policy work
out well so they cen get increased
responsibility for the ' program at
the end of the spring.
Likewise, we hope members of
the Administration will remember
this is merely an experimental
program and will leave themselves
open for changes in the program
this spring.
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Chase Saunders
"We don't have enough time to
premeditate our actions." (Vauvenargues)
This statement can be applied to
campus , activist groups,, i.e., student -government,
SSOC, and the anti-war sect. '
Application is largely a question of
degree. In this respect, there are
significant contrasts.
Student Government may premeditate'
too much, if at all, but at least they
examine an issue from several sides. As a
result, their efforts have brought
improvement to he campus this year.
Under the leadership of Ken Day, who
puts over forty hours a week into his job,
things are being done: a. the bus system
has been put into action by John
McMurray and Bill Darrah; thousands of
footsore men are no more; b. women's
hours have been altered through
. cooperation with the Dean of Women's
Office, the WRC, and the WHC; c. the
Honor Code and Campus Code are being
revised by Harry Diffendal, Charles
Mercer, and Rafael Perez; and d. the
SSOC P
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I Draft Topics Expanded
The following is the first of several
articles concerning the draft. Future
articles will cover the following topics
connected with the draft: Channeling,
Psychological Effects of the draft,
Conscientious Objection, Draft Dodging,
Draft Resistance, "Is the draft
necessary?", etc. These articles are
prepared by the North Carolina Draft
Resistors Union, which is supported by
the New University Conference (NUC)
and the Southern Students' Organizing
Committee (SSOC).
No American male between the ages of
19 and 26 need fulfill his military
obligation obligation' by actually serving
in the armed forces; in fact, the
provisions of the Selective Service Law
concerning obligations and duties may
prevent it. Most men do not realize this
and are inducted, possibly illegally.
Counseling about obligations under the
law can keep you out.
The Selective Service Law, like the
Federal Income Tax Law, is designed to
limit your liability under law. The tax
laws require you to pay your fair share of
taxes, but no more than your fair share.
Similarly, in its "Channeling" memo, the
Selective Service describes how the draft
is to function and what its goals are when
you try to limit your liability. Reprints of
this memorandum are available at the
SSOC draft table in Y-Court on Mondays
and Thursdays from 10 to 2.
In order to fulfill your military
obligation you should know the Selective
Service Law and how it affects you. For
this it is helpful to discuss your situation
with a draft counselor who knows the
latest information on the Selective
Service and pertinent Army regulations,
and the results of recent court cases.
Ken Ripley
Code A
With all the harsh criticism of the
Campus Code emerging around the
campus, there are some good points to
the illustrious statute which its detractors
would do well to consider.
First, through the recognition and
attempted practice of the code, students
are thus able to participate in the
traditional aspects of college life which
they might otherwise miss.
Faced with the immense bliss and
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Course Evaluation Book, for the first
time in four years, has been distributed.
And some policy of visitation will be
declared in the fu ture.
The degree of premeditation of our
activist student government may not be
sufficeint enough, but it has made a good
record for itself so far this year.
SSOC, another activist group, when
regarded in light of the quote, provides a
paradox. On the surface the organization
appears to be concerned with campus
issues because it organizes
demonstrations. Unfortunately, a
demonstration does not provide any
solution much less a negotiator to work
out a change in a bad system. It serves
only as an emotional gathering.
The posting of signs is the only effort
necessary. Yet SSOC seems to be
concerned with "the issues". Perhaps this
concern arises from the fact that they'
realize a political party must give token
support to the issues.
If they are a new party, it is inevitable
Classifications
Very shortly after receiving your
academic degree you will be reclassified
and probably inducted unless you know
what to and then do it. The classifications
of interest are:
1-A You will be inducted when your
number comes up, oldest first.
1-A-O A conscientious objector who
serves in the Army as a noncombatant,
usually a medic. It is worth nothing that a
medic must treat only those whom the
officers order treated, which may not
include women and children. Two out of
five conscientious objectors are 1-A-0.
1- 0 A conscientious objector who does
not serve in the armed forces, but when
called, performs two years of alternative
service. This service must be acceptable to
his draft board, and, of course,
conscientiously acceptable to him. Such
work might be in a hospital or in
something like the Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Center.
2- A An occupational deferment
obtainable if your draft board decides
your work is critical to the national
security or essential for community
needs.
2- S The student deferment obtainable
by undergraduates, by law, if you ask for
it and you are making "normal progress."
What constitutes normal progress is
written into the law.
3- A You are a father, or someone
dependent upon you would suffer
extreme hardship if you served. Hardship
need not necessarily be financial. If you
have recently received your 2-S and lose
it (by graduating, dropping out, etc.) you
probably cannot obtain a 3-A deferment
merely by being a father, although the
law is not clear on this point. You must
show that military service would cause
extreme hardship to one of your
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gloriously high standard that comes of
being a Carolina Gentleman, the average
UNC Gentleman is entitled to enjoy the
frustrations, the nagging guilt feelings, the
confusion, and the wondrous shattering
disillusionment of knowing that he can
never be equal to the responsibility laid
upon him.
Such warm feelings would be horribly
missed by students who have come to
expect them as their just due. For
without the Campus Code, there is
that they will deal with the problems at
hand, get the administration to back
down from major stances, and save the
students. This is reminiscent, oddly
enough, of the days of the UP and the SP.
But- as someone1 stated the other day,
"The two extra letters must make the
difference."
Our final group of premeditators are
the anti-war folk. These people do not see
that the leaders of the United States are
against war. They constantly pour sand
on the Sahara by handing out the same
old literature, rallying, and playing skits.
They ought to premeditate a little more,
because there are worthwhile activities.
- If the energy spent by two of the three
activist group were focused upon
legitimate goals, such as improving the
image of the University on the State
Affairs Committee, or working to lower
prices at the Book Ex, true change would
be imminent. The work done by the
members of student government will be
remembered when demonstrations are
long forgotten.
dependents unless you are willing to test
the case in court.
4-F Physically, mentally, or morally
unfit for military service.
1-Y Unfit according to present
standards and your current physical,
mental, or moral health. You may be
re-examined later to see if you are fit. If
' the standards change both 4-F and 1-Y
registrants may be reclassified 1-A.
Besides knowing the Selective service
Law and regulations, each young man
should know his own position vis-a-vis
war. Many men are conscientious
objectors without realizing it. For
example, a conscientious objector is not
necessarily an absolute pacifist who
eschews all forms of violence. It is
sufficient to be conscientiously opposed
to war.
A draft counselor can help you find
your own stand on the issue as well as
help you understand your obligations
under the law. A list of counselors is
available at the SSOC draft table. Some
of these counselors are mainly interested
in aiding objectors, others in other draft
problems. The counselors are not lawyers.
If you have technical legal questions or
find yourself in trouble, get a lawyer.
Draft counselors can direct you to
lawyers experienced in draft law.
Obtaining the services of a lwayer need
not be financially disastrous. The North
Carolina Legal Defense Fund is
established to aid in the legal defense of
those who allegedly refuse induction. The
Central Committee for Conscientious
Objectors aids, gratis, everyone with
serious draft problems, conscientious
objector or other. The American Friends
Service Committee in High Point has a
Conscientious Objectors' Fund for any
who need use of it.
Let
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nothing to rebel against by drinking
lustily and maintaining individuality and
identity be proclaiming these obvious
attributes to all on Franklin Street.
Second, the Campus Code as it has
been carefully preserved from its medival
collegiates beginnings is a marvelously
practical code for the busy students on
campus.
Under the present system, a student
can spend the whole summer setting into
trouble, come back to school in the fall,
and get into trouble all over again
without having to do anything. This
obvious advantage allows students to get
their serious play finished in the summer
and frees them for study during the year
without sacrificing any of the recognition
and excitement of being tried for public
displays, drinking, and whatever. For the
minimum of work, the student now gets
the maximum of publicity, as well as cuts
both time and money spent by half.
Third, the code is a practical remedy
for fellow students to please friends or
enemies without having to do much.
Simply by reporting holiday or summer
infractions of the code, the obliging
student can set the judicial process in
motion for the offending student.
With these distinct advantages to the
Campus Code, why change now a code
that if removed will leave UNC freer,
more just, and much more dull for
everyone?
Letters
Students Protest
Nasty Reprimand
To the Editor:
As another indication of the town
merchants' abuse of their student
patronage, several of us were verbally
attacked, without provocation, at the
Carolina Theater on Tuesday afternoon.
While waiting quietly in the lobby for
the next feature, we were told twice to
"shut up" (a direct quote). Although the
lobby was quite noisy, the disturbance
was caused mostly by local elementary,
and junior and senior high school kids.
Had we been contributing to the noise,
we would have accepted the reprimand.
We could even have dismissed the first
warning as a mistake on the part of the
management; however, the second
warning was totally unjustified, as a word
had not passed among us since the first.
Upon our attempt to explain our
innocence, the employee turned away
without listening. Those causing the
disturbance, prevalently and obviously
denizens of Chapel Hill, were not
similarly spoken to.
True, there are only two theaters in
town, but such rudeness is unexcusable
anytime.
Sincerely,
Marilyn Bishop
Marsha Cude
Linda Fox
Evelyn Lewis
Donna Lipshitz
Third floor, East Cobb
Ads Stir Up
DTH Reader
To the Editor:
Everyone who has had any economics
at all knows that most advertising costs
the consumer but has relatively little
benefit to him especially uninformative
advertising. And that is exactly what the
Student Stores' advertising
is uninformative.
What good does a picture and some
biographical information on the Student
Store Employee of the week do the
consumer? No . one gives a damn not
even the employee. In fact, the
advertisement does the employee no
good.
Why not just give him the money it
costs for the advert isment? He would
probably rather have it, and it would
serve as just as good as incentive.
Now I do not propose that the Student
Stores' (which are not really the students'
stores at all but rather the administration
and athletic departments' stores) stop
advertising. The Tar Heel needs the
business so they can afford to print
attacks like this. They should though
begin to advertise in such a way as to
inform the students of something like
their outrageous prices. Or they could
advertise a sale. But then they never have
any sales. But then again neither does
Julian's. Who needs to have a sale in a
captive market?
Sincerely,
John E. Kelly
108 Cameron
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