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Page Two THE DAILY TAK HEEL :rlczy, Apni 17, 1970 Bill Blue 7f tH 'W Jf-rt If ff fit if O if JpM ' I I v a j fi fi i r p. & M L i S Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel unsigned editorials are the opinions columns represent only the opinions Tom Gooding, Editor La Active Policies Neede TT? o Ji.ii Con sol ida ted University President William C. Friday issued a reply Wednesday to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare recommendations on racial discrimination in the University.' The tone of President Friday's reply was encouraging but in the University system the words always go further than the actions. HEW recommended the University review and revise recruitment policies and programs to insure equal emphasis is placed on Negroes. Friday replied that all recruitment policies "have been and will continue to be conducted on a non-discriminatory basis." There are currently 360 Negro students on this campus. That total represents only 2 percent of the student body. Thus if the University's recruitment policies have been non-discriminatory in the past they have been a miserable failure. President Friday merely promised to continue the status-quo. We believe this is an inadequate response. HEW recommended the University increase its efforts to recruit additional Negro faculty members. Friday said the recruitment of black faculty members is conducted almost exclusively on a departmental basis and that ''-the University' administration will not "prescribe for the departments any faculty recruitment criteria." However, Friday added that each chancellor will remind the departments of their schools of the University's policy of non-discriminatory recruiting: We do not feel that a simple reminder of a policy that has proven to be ineffective is sufficient. The University should state that steps will be taken ion Hits D Poll lit From University Sources The University is polluting the quiet little village of Chapel Hill which is has fought so hard to create and protect. This past summer the University took a stand against the establishment of a Fiber Industries plant in Duke Forest because the pollution from the plant would destroy a valuable research site. And now we read that ECOS has conducted a survey which finds the University guilty of being about the only pollutant in the Chapel Hill area. That's a little hypocritical. We recommend strongly that everyone read Mark Perryman's article on page five of today's paper, and if you missed the first article of the series Thursday, go back and read it. It says the University is belching forth disgusting black coal smoke from the chimneys of its service plant operations on Cameron Avenue, a smoke which kills such things as green plants. The article today focuses on the chemical and radioactive wastes emitted by the chemistry building and Memorial Hospital. Carbon 14 is the chief pollutant coming from the hospital. It gets into green plants, and then it gets into human beings. Once inside the human body, the Carbon 14 picks out a cell or two and begins to rot it away. . Eventually, if enough Carbon 14 is absorbed, human beings are killed. are expressed on its editorial page. All of the editor and the stiff. Letters and of the Individual contributors. iscrimmation immediately to employ additional Negro faculty members and to guarantee that the non-discriminatory policy will be adhered to. HEW recommended the expansion of financial assistance and preparatory7 and remedial programs for "high risk" students and the amending of fellowships and scholarships which are discriminatory in "race, color or national origin." Friday responded that "plans are being developed for a limited, experimental program which will admit students who, while meeting the minimum requirements, would not ordinarily be admissible." We feel the University should provide more exact statements as to the size and intensity of this "limited" and "experimental" program. If the program is substantial the University should exert an effort to maintain the program on a permanent basis. However, we are glad the University has begun a program such as this and we commend them for this effort.' In response to charges that social organizations practice discriminatory policies, Friday said, "The administration will promptly investigate any student allegation that such organizations are in fact engaging in discriminatory practices." ' We thank President Friday for promising to take action when requested. Friday's response to all the HEW recommendations we found to be palatable but inadequate. The University has adopted a friendly but detached viewpoint toward Negro students and faculty students. The only way the problem can be solved is for the University to actively seek a justifiable status for Negroes in the state university. Chapel Mill The chemistry building dumps acid wastes into the stream that runs beneath Venable Hall. If a child were to fall into the creek anywhere near Venable, there wouldn't be a bone left to bury. The University must now, without any delay at all, move to clean up Chapel Hill, before the whole University has to leave what used to be a nice place to live. 78 Years of Editorial Freedom Tom Gooding, Editor Rod Waldorf Harry Bryan .... Rick Gray Laura White Chris Cobbs MaryBurch .... , Mike McGowan . . . . Managing Ed. . . . News Editor . . Associate Ed. . . Associate Ed. . . Sports Editor Arts Editor . . Photo Editor Bob WTilson Business Mgr. Frank Stewart . . . Adv. Mgr. Ken Smith Night Editor In an effort to keep the Student Body aware of the actions of the Student Legislature and the effect of these actions upon your life at the University, I plan to write occasional columns relating to matters which come before the Legislature. On Sunday night, the Student Government Budget for 1970-71 was passed by Student Legislature. Though there is controversy and while some very worthwhile organizations are not included, I am pleased with the finished product. When compared with budgets of past years, I believe this budget gives an accurate picture of the changing mood of W H 0M P5EJ r C'c2l pmuM - 1 ax Form New, Un-Improved The minute I pulled the envelope off of the shelf and looked at its contents, I knew I was in trouble. For two months the brand new, much improved Federal Income Tax Forms had been sitting on that shelf waiting to be filled out. Every day (I promised to do it that night,) but there was always something in the paper to scare me away a Herblock cartoon on the new form or a news story on how hard they were to fill out. The minute I started reading the new form, a feeling of pure panic started to sweep through my blood stream. Right in the upper left corner, in red ink, were the words, "Watch for Tax Law Changes." It wasn't the red ink that threw me. After all, all of the ink on the form was either red or blue on white paper. What got me was that I tried to remember what new tax laws had been passed since the forms were printed. And right away that led to the question, "WTien were the tax forms printed?" Chest Collectors Accost Students, Not Approach To The Editor: How many people are against charity? Not many. However, it seems there is a group of people on campus trying to arouse an attitude of contempt toward charity. The Campus Chest Fund money raisers are commiting a grave injustice to their goals by pursuing a policy of harassment in urging contributions. While walking down Franklin Street yesterday I was accosted not approached, accosted by a "DKE" pair with one of the grits hollering, "Hey, buddy, how about giving me some money for the Heart Fund. Smoking them (sic) cigarettes, you may need it some day." I simply looked at him and walked on. WTien he saw I wasn't going to stop, he yelled, "Well you've got your wallet on you!" This was not an isolated incident. Asa matter of fact, it appears to be the general attitude expressed in the collection activities of the people participating in the Campus Chest. It seems people would be more likely to want to contribute to the worthy causes if donations were requested of them instead of their being attacked. Terry Cheek 923 James the campus s. For exam pi i f h Lerislature has finally begun a meaningful financial contribution io the Residence College system. The Residence College Federation is going to receive S6.Q75 this year, while thev were given only $405 last year. A category for special projects has been established within their framework and was given S2.000. Increased commitments were also made to women students, including SI. 500 for a symposium under the authority of AWS. Married students in Victory Village received a large increase for the day care center that serves them. An appropriation RickGray The form didn't say. "Why didn't I take it to H&R Block this year?" I screamed to the blank walls. Block was out of the question. It was 2 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, and the deadline was only 22 hours away. Mr. Block would laugh in my face. "A Special Message to Taxpayers' caught my eye next. Trouble, obviously, since they have never bothered to print a special message on the forms before. In the past the only "special messages" from the Internal Revenue Service have been in the form of grand jury indictments. -Paragraph Seven of the Special Message read: "We have tried to write the instructions so that the great majority (Silent was omitted for some reason.) of taxpayers can fill out - the 1040 themselves. If, however, the instructions leave any of your questions unanswered, please call your local Internal Revenue Service office." Again, that sinking feeling as supper began to toss around in the pit of my stomach. "At 2 a.m. I'm going to call the IRS people?" I thought. "They're full of..." Undaunted, I pressed on. No more aversion to mathematics, higher or lower, was going to prevent me from getting my full two dollar return from the Internal Revenue Service. Besides, if I didn't file a return, that $2 would go to pay for something I most likely didn't believe in-war, Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, J. Edgar Hoover or even David Eisenhower's milk and cookies bill. And then, too, there was the time someone in Chamblee, Ga., would have to spend opening the envelope, sorting the contents, running the return through the computer and writing out the refund check. By filing I was costing the government money, and it was obviously a partriotic ' duty to foul up the bureaucratic operations in Chamblee. Lines One through 15a were easy, but on 15b the snag came, something about "adjusted gross income." Admittedly an income of minus $141 after deductions was gross, but why fill out a separate form showing how gross it is? Press on. Finally, at 3 a.m. the form was complete. All of the addition had been checked and re-checked. The med student from upstairs with the 7:30 a.m. class had been down twice to threaten to call the cops because of the obscenities which had been keeping him awake. My roommate had twice threatened to tear up the forms and flush them down the commode if I didn't keep my mouth shut. rferart mental use bv he Grad Student Association. A Student Legs! Aid Fund was set up. giving Student Government ready access to lezal counsel on matters concerns r.s IS. The report of the Adams Committee on Student Fees weighed heavily on the minds of the Legislature in final passage of the budget. Decreased funding of such activities as the Carolina Choir, the Men s Glee Cub. and the removal of the Marching Band from the budget reflects the Committee's conclusion that the Administration should bear increased responsibility for certain types of activities. It was the feeling of the Legislature that these organizations are largely public relations arms of the University and that the University should assume the major share of their support. Important to note in the budget is a request for an increase in student fees from $9 per semester to $10. This matter will be considered at a meeting of the Board of Trustees in November. The primary reason for the increase is the ever expanding number of agencies that are of benefit to the student body and deserve student support. In hopes of an ever broader and more comprehensive program in the future, I strongly urge that the increase be approved. At least one complaint has questioned the "circus" atmosphere that Dervaded the session. Much of this criticism, I believe, is unfair and unjust. The budget, while longer than last year's, was passed in half the time. For the most part, the for Pass -Fa il Biscrivn in a ies -Against Science Students Now that the Faculty Council has voted to make the Merzbacher reforms retroactive, perhaps it should look at the pass-fail regulations, which are also in need of change. Pass fail is a relatively new innovation in Chapel Hill. The first pass-fail option was begun just two-years ago. ...... There was nothing to eat in the refrigerator. No cigarettes left in what had been a full pack when the ordeal began. My bed with its bare mattress was beginning to look as if it were made with satin sheets. Classes were something to be forgotten until Thursday, but Form 1040 was complete. I opened the last Coke in the house and added a healthy shot of rum and a squirt of lemon juice. Perfect. I sat back to reflect on the chore just completed. "Aha," I thought, "that's what I can do." Gripping a pen in an exhausted hand I bent over the desk and wrote: "This new form is subversive. Form 1040-A was AIl-American. When will IRS regain its Ail-American form?" At" 11 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, I kicked the envelope as I walked in my front door. It went in the slot at the Post Office at 11:27 p.m. Finally. etters The Daily Tar Heel accepts all $: letters to, the editor, provided they are typed and limited to a :$ maximum of, 300 words. All letters must be signed and the address and : phone number of the writer must $ be included. The paper reserves the right to edit all letters for libelous : statements and good taste. ; Address letters to Associate $: Editor, The Daily Tar Heel, in care of the Student Union. The Daily Tar Heel is published y by the University of North Carolina : Student Publications Board, daily S except Monday, examination :i periods, vacations, and summer :$ periods. :$ Offices are at the Student Union ::-' B!dg., Univ. of North Carolina, il:! Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Telephone jiji Numbers: News, Sports-933-1011; :: Business, Circulation, ::j: Advertising 933-1163. Subscription rates: $10 per year; ; $5 per semester. :$ - Second class postage paid at U.S. S Post Office in Chaoel Hill. N.C. v and business C'JiCK. V. I am proud ot t? ccr.trhu eacr legislator made to the product and of the manner in which tr conducted t hemse! ves. There is a great deal of refc in the method of considering requests. Time is of the essence deliberations and some or:an!rat;nn slighted simp'v for lack of rv- Hearings are short and or ten explanation cannot be made. Effective lobbying by a cor.scier.tu-.;.,. group can be an important wpv'- . securing funds for various bodies. In the future, consideration by the Finav,. Committee vvi'd begin several months ;n advance. Increased publicity i-.a hopefully, an increase in stud,-.: awareness of legislative activities h;,; produce an even more representor uc budget. All of us need to remember that the budget is. in effect, only an cr..ib!,r-g document. Despite the provision of fur.d; for various activities, there can be r.o assurance that the activities themse'.ws will be a success. Instead, the success or failure .of Student Government and its goals depend upon the interest and participation of the Student Body at large. No amount of planning, no degree of legislation can compare with an. active and concerned Student Body. I hope ach of you will see fit to help us in the eftYri to make this the most successful of ail years. While other schools, such as Yale, have liberalized their rules, our policy has become snarled in a mass of sometimes illogical regulations. The current regulations allow any student to take four-hours of pass fail courses each semester. Sounds nice? Unfortunately, there are many restrictions which make the system a beaurocrat's dream. The limit of four hours allows a student to take a four-hour course . passrfail, or a three-hour plus a one-hour course. What of the student taking Chera 11 pass fail? He is not allowed to take phys-ed. ungraded, while a student taking Spanish 2 pass-fail is not uhder restriction. If the Faculty Council is wedded to the one academic course pass fail restriction, it could at least allow five hours per semester. Many seniors take only four courses their last semester, because of advanced placement. The Faculty Council rules, however, state a student must take at least twelve graded hours in order to even be eligible for pass-fail. It makes no sen: for the graduating senior. In order to make Dean's List, a student must take at least 15 hours of graded credit. A student who wants to take a course pass fail and still make dean's list must take six courses. One of the purposes of pass-fail is to encourage students who have good academic records to take courses in which they might get a C or a D. Why construct a rule which has the opposite tendency? Summer courses at Chapel Hill may not be taken pass fail. This is also dumb. If you take a summer course away from Chapel Hill, and make a C, you get three hours of ungraded credit, which is equivalent to a pass. Yet if the same course is taken here, a student must fight for a grade. There is also a 24-hour maximum on pass fail courses. This is fine for those who take three-hour courses pass-fail. Four times eight equal:; 32 (think). Who gets the raw deal here? Students taking science courses, again. A student carrying twelve graded hours and three pass-fail hours can not drop any of his graded courses, because he would then have an illegal pass-fai! course. Any other student is allowed to carry twelve hours (on request). I am also opposed to the one course a semester restriction. While I believe in grades, I do not believe they are an end to themselves. Restricting pass fail to one academic course is a value judgement that more than one ungraded course would be damaging to the student. The constant pressure to get good grades is just as damaging to many students. I would hope the Faculty Council would expand pass-fail into an alternative for those-students who wish to avoid the pressure of a low grade in a marginal course. Pass-fail is also an out for those students who might want to take a course totally unrelated to what they have taken before, without the threat of a D. I am going to permit myself to propose a new set of pass-fail regulations: 1) A student may take not more than 5 hours of pass-fail per semester, and net more than 40 pass-fail hours toward a degree. 2) A student must be taking a course load of at least fifteen hours in order to be entered on the Dean's List. -Gerry Cohen