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j""- (p IS""" ""-'B' JjO-- Books it MT TicUu TtcU:. For the NIT tf.1 rot jrrn? m time for dU::;bu:!on yesterday. They w;!J h araiUble this morning, however, a the C'inrrchKl Pox Office. Ticker for Saturday only are priced at $S30. A f s rA . ,A A- I I I "TP Today is the last day students can claim books left for the APO Book Exchange in the Student Union. 7? Year. Of Editorial Freedom Volume 78, Number 14 CHAPEL HILL. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11. 1970 Founded February 23. IS 93 I i Ne wspaper Fi 77 'kit O -! in n ifTi T f 1 1 5 J f t k ill Gets Ne it t M ' I yljjPh ji t it h. ft i s I s f j 1 1 ji I VJt I! 7R n ill I i s 77B 27 iff o By AL THOMAS DTH Staff Writer The N.C. Civil Liberties Union joined forces with an 11 -year old boy here Monday night in challenging the local school board over what they feel is his constitutional right to sell newspapers in schoof. Danny Cloak, a student at Grey-Cuibreth Junior High, had been trying since October to obtain premission tojell newspapers, particularly . the underground, radical "ProteanRadish," in school. He met no sucess, however, because a school board regulation forbids the selling of anything on school grounds except for fund-raising for student groups, when approved by the principal arid superintendent. Danny formed a "Free Press" club in December but was still forbidden to sell papers. . Prof. Dan Pollitt of the UNC Law School and Prof. Hal Lieberman of North Carolina Central University appeared before the school board Monday night in Danny's behalf. They presented the board with a memorandum of court cases they said were relevant to Danny's case with the board giving the memorandum to their lawyer for examination. Dr. Wilmer Cody, superintendent of schools here, said no decision would be made by the board at least until their next regularly scheduled -meeting on April 6. Cody said the lawyer would review the memorandum carefully and then pool his own findings with it to present to the board. Cody said he had no personal feelings on the case but added, "The constitutional issue here is a very interesting one. Danny and the Civil Liberties Union asked that the Free Press club be allowed to sell newspapers next to a refreshement stand located on school grounds. The papers, according to 'olhtt, would include the adish, the Anvil, the Chapel Hill Weekly, the Raleigh News and Observer, the Daily Tar heel and the Carolina Times. Politt said the paper would be sold at cost. The Civil Liberty Union's memorandum included several points, including: the fact the club proposes to sell the (the newspapers) rather than distribute (them) without charge, makes no legal significance. Merely because newspapers are available ielsewhere is no reason for barring them from sale on school premises. there is no allegation that any of the publication the club sought permission to sell are obscene, and if some or any of them do on occasion contain four letter words... By GLENN BRANK DTH Staff Writer Due to the length of Tuesday's article, several candidates' remarks were inadvertently deleted due to printing errors. Here are the corrections (yesterday's question concenrned candidates' plan for DTH operation): BRYAN CUMMING: As far as letters to the editor go, I wouldn't interrupt them (the letters) with editorial comment. STEVE ENFEELD-DENNIS BENFIELD (Benfield): As much as space allows, we will try to use letters on as many viewpoints as we can and quality will get priority. Our columns (on the editorial page) will embrace a myriad of philosophies. We feel religious comment, or in the Ed it would be inherently unfair and a denial of due process to punish Danny if the same four letter words are in any assigned or optional reading (the Catcher in the Rye was cited as an example). the school board may not deny the rights of , the club because "a mere desire to avoid discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint." The memorandum continued for eight pages, listing seven court cases as examples. Danny's first attempt to obtain permission from the board to sell papers failed in October. Danny sold the Radish the next day, despite instuctions not to, however, and was suspended for three days. 6 By STEVE PLAISANCE DTH Staff Writer "In the United Nations, the three dimensions of the coming decade of the 1970's are decolonization, disarmament and development," U.N. General Assembly President Angie Brooks said Monday night. Miss Brooks, a native of Liberia, graduated from Shaw University with a degree in Social Science, and later from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Law. She was appointed president of the U.N. Trustee Conuncil in 1966, where she worked to aid many colonies in their bids for independence. "A great deal has been accomplished toward dismantling the colonial system," she said, "but the impetus for this movement must not be allowed to dwindle." Miss Brooks added she would like to see the "micro-nations" of South Africa receiving the cultural Leonard Richie Leonard, a junior political science honors major, has been named President of the Carolina Union for the year 1970-71 by the Union Board of Directors. John Haber, who has served as president of the Union for the past two years, said Leonard has experience in all phases of Union activity and "has proven himself many times as to his leadership ability. "He is a very dynamic What Is Faces 71 jTi case of the DTH sacreligious comment, should be reserved for the pulpit. TOM GOODING: There would be a place for national-international news in summary under a particular column set aside for such a purpose. ANDY SCHORR-RUSTY CARTER: (Carter) Writh the implementation of these policies, we hope to gain the support of discontented past advertisers and readers and put the DTH on sound financial footing. TODAY'S QUESTION: What is the student's role in this University? DOUGLAS CAMPBELL: A great many of the problems that students are currently facing within the University center around the following abstract question: How does c.ie create a community that, will J. R. Caskin General and health benefits of the U.N. "without having to bear the brunt of their costs." "The United Nations has acted with unforseen speed in aiding smaller nations of the world in their struggle to attain freedom and independence," she commented. On the subject of world disarmament, she was "appalled" at world arms expenditures of over 200 billion dollars. "Less than one per cent of the gross national product of the developed nations in being spent to help the underveloped nations," she said. "But the U.N. has found its most powerful ally in he world public opinion she noted. "A new generation is growing up and coming to power, and they don't care for the vast gap which is maintained between expendatures for killing and those for saving lives." Miss Brooks indicated a strong desire that the 1970's be declared as the "decade of disarmament", and reasoned 3 JED Named President person in a time when the Union is rapidly growing," Haber said. He said Leonard feels the Union is "responsible for giving the campus a better atmosphere for students out of the classroom through leisure and cultural activities." The president of the Union serves as president of the Union activities group and coordinates the work of all the committee chairmen. The Student JL(UiallL(Ci balance a person's desire for freedom with the group's need for stability and order? W7ith the continued change of the external conditions of our world, students will continue to find themselves trying to rebalance these two separate goals of personal freedom and social stability. BRYAN CUMMING: To many people, the University is set up with competing factions, like a large corporation. This puts the student in the role of a contestant, struggling against allegedly oppressive administration and faculty. I think this is the wrong approach. The proper concept of a University is an organic one in which students, faculty, and administration are all parts of a functioning total. Under this concept, academic reform and legal and moral issues can Assembly President Says imeiisioiDial Decade that decreased arms expenditures would free international funds for improvements in health, education, and general world living conditions. "The great challenge of the human environment must be met and overcome," said Miss Brooks on the topic of world development. "The problems of a nation seeking development in a developing world are vast, and living standards must be maintained on a level compatable with human dignity." She indicated the impetus for development in the lesser nations must come from within and based on helping hands from the rest of the world "rather than handouts." "In the United Nations, efforts have been and will continue to be made to promote sustained economic growth in the underdeveloped nations of the world," she added. "The theme of the 25th anniversary of the United Leonard is a Richardson Fellow, a Morehead Scholar, former speaker of the Student Legislature, member of the Consultative Forum, former men's co-ordinator for orientation, co-chairman of the National Merit Scholarship Committee, and member of the Chancellor's Committee on Scholarships. Haber, looking back on his two terms as president, said the Union's programs have Role? be decided through reasonable discussion rather than conflict. This could also restore optimism and comradship to the student body. An editor's note in Tuesday's article about the editorial candidates said Steve Enfield was fired from the Tar Heel. Enfield was fired from his position as Associate Managing Editor. He then resigned from the newspaper. We apologize for the error. STEVE ENFIELD-DENNIS BENFIELD (Benfield) The role of the student in the University should be what he wants it to be and nothing else. (Enfield) What appears to be the striving for an education to some might not make the same impression to someone TTT By BOB CHAPMAN DTH Assoc Managing Editor Recruitment of more black students to the UNC campus was discussed in depth at the Consultative Forum Tuesday in a three-hour session. J. R. Gaskin, chairman of the steering committee, termed the race problem in the community and in the University "an emotional issue." Gaskin said five Negros registered in the summer of 1951 in the School of Law here as the first black students. In 1955, he said, the first Black undergraduates were admitted. Gaskin said even though there has been no admissions denial due to race since the Nations is 'Peace, Prosperity, and Productivity' for the coming decade," she noted. "I hope that we can look back at the end of this decade and say that these, goals have been reached." In a question and answer period preceding her address, Miss Brooks commented on a query about the U.S. involvement in Vietnam: "I don't, think that any Ooe Criticizes Gaskim Calls UNC Plantation Emmett Doe, international representative of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union, called the University a "modern plantation" Tuesday and said the local union will step up its efforts to receive its demands. Doe announced . a meeting for all non-academic employees Of Union "expanded widely in that time, especially the recreation and film activities. "When I became president two years ago, we were cramped in Graham Memorial and most students didn't even know what the student union was. Now the Union is just flooded with activity through one or two in the "norning every day." The Carolina Union is financed by student fees. else. Certainly, students on this campus should not look at the way things are and ask "why". Rather, they should ask t4why not?" TOM GOODING: The students must play a more active role in the life of the University. They must be brought into policy-making tokenism. The theory of in loco parentis under which the University acts as the student's parent, is being done away with across the nation. The University must adjust to this change and allow students a more active voice in the administration of the University. Students are an integral part of the University community and can not be placed in a secondary position. BOBBY NO WELL: Students generally have a little (Continued on Page 6), .LL mid '50 s, only about 320 Black students are now enrolled in the university. Only about half of the Black students who are accepted at UNC choose to come, according to Gaskin. Very little recruiting is done outside of this state for Black students, he added. Attended by students, faculty, administration officials, alumni and trustees, the Forum discussed the problems of attracting black students to the UNC Campus and providing financial aid for those in need. It was pointed out about half of the black students here are currently on some type of financial aid. The question of admitting blacks under a high-risk policy nation has the right to go into another country and cause people to be killed, wounded or maimed." On the question of U.N. involvement in the internal conflicts of nations, she answered: "Any violation of human rights should -become a part of the United Nations' agenda." - will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Carolina Union. He said the meeting will be held to discuss further efforts against the University. Doe also charged University Registrar J.R. Gaskin's statements in Sunday's Daily Tar Heel were a "bad joke." The U n i v e rsi ty is conducting its affairs in the manner of old Southern plantations and its non-academic employees are "slaves," according to Doe. He said Gaskin's statements that the University had "fulfilled a moral obligation" and shown "sincere interest" by re-employing 45 workers was "another indication of the total disregard of employee's welfare" shown by the University. If the University had really been interested in the employes' welfare, it would have paid unemployment insurance tax to the state, which it has not done. Because the University is a J was raised when Dr. Gaskin asked members of the forum if they would propose and accept such a prop-am. , He alluded to Mt. Hohoke College where 11 black girls were admitted without regard to academic achieement or dass standing. Billy Harrison, an alumni from Rocky Mount, suggested the voters of North Carolina would not like to see such discriminatory practices of admission. Harrison said some white students would also be included into a high-risk program, should it be initiated. H. Bentley Renvvick, assistant director of admissions, pointed out blacks also pay taxes. "You say this is reverse integration. I would agree. But you have had segregation for 300 years, give us30,"Renwicksaid. Renwick said he was not interested "just in satisfying HEW." "Rather," he said, "we must help the black students." William Geer, director of student aid, said federal funds, a major source of money for scholarships, have been reduced in the last three years from about $900,000 to about $550,000. University Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson told the group "all non-academic buildings built are built with non-state funds." He added most of the money now comes from the profits of the Student non-profit-institution, it is not required by law to pay the tax, which provides benefits for laid-off employees until they "get their feet on the ground," said Doe. He charged, however, if the University was really concerned, as Gaskins said, it would have paid the tax to protect the employees. Gaskins also said Sunday that several employees had turned down jobs "because they did not pay but $1.80 an hour." Doe said, "It is a shame there are places a person can work but can't even be paid $1.80 an hour." A pamphlet will be distributed on campus today calling for the workers to attend Sunday's meeting. The pamphlet is entitled "Are You Happy On The Plantation" and condemns the low wages, poor working conditions, and the University's inconsistency in paying for overtime work. V i r It's only March 10 Stores. "Die Upward Program at UNC was explained by Dae Ketl, a student coordinator of the prop-am. He said the summer program desired to encourage them to go on to college after graduation "must be maintained at the t-.ihest knel" Agreeing that the procram was valuable in htlpinj black students to decide to go to college. Dr. Charles Morrow disap-eed wish Keel about the purpose of the program. He 'said Upward Bound should serve as a bridge between the University and students still in high school. Renwick said although it was good to get black students at UNC during the summer, it is more important to attract them to the University for the regular year. "We must convince them that they are a part of the University," Renwick said. He added the administration must prove it is sincere in what it tells the prospective students. "Now is the time to start," Renwick said. "Unless you come up with some money, they won't come. They will go to a black college where they can identify." The question of raising more money brought comments from Dr. Joseph Sloan on alumni support, lie said presently only about a quarter of a million dollars is contributed by alumni. Speaking about another problem of blacks on the UNC campus, Dr. Maynard Adams said .black students have the problem of identifying with the whole University. "Blacks need to have a place on this campus," he said. Dr. John Graham, a faculty member, suggested the l orur.i establish for the purpose of investigating the que:;tij-.s raised about student aid fi.-r disadvantaged students. Dr. Maurice Lee was selected to head up the committee.. Keel, said the University must show black students the Forum wants to help them. Harrison asked whether th Forum had the power to do anything significant to make progress in attracting black students. Alan Albright, student body president, said "the cry is a cry for action." He added the forum could be "tremendous in its impact." One suggestion called for money to be authorized for 50 black students under the high-risk policy for students with lower S.A.T. scores, but with high potential. Chancellor Sitterson suggested the Upward Bound program, which at one time included whites, could be more effective. Dili SlJtj ft so to by Cliff K
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