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Tom Gooding. Editor
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Chancellor .Sitterson has
announced that the University will
"make every possible effort to see
that no student is denied an
education because of financial
need."
We commend Chancellor
Sitterson for taking this stand and
hope these words will be translated
into action.
UNC is a state-supported
institution and should be open to
all residents of the state regardless'
of their financial status. It's easy to
claim non-discriminatory
admissions polices and then exclude
people because they cannot affort
to attend the school.
Sitterson's statement came in
response to an announcement that
the amount of loan money available
to students would be drastically
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According to Sitterspn the
budget : hals r been prearranged to
provide tir.-uiiditional 520,000 for :
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oday 9s Teach-in Gives
Chance To Learn
An Environmental Teach-in
intended to "show students
meaningful ways -to contribute to
the solution of the ecology
problem" will be held on campus
today and Wednesday.
The Teach-in, sponsored by the
Chapel Hill ECOS group, is part of
a two-day Earth Day being
observed nationally.
The problems concerning the
environment were clearly discussed
and illustrated during the Carolina "
Symposium last month. Few people
doubt that mankind is in for serious
problems with his environment.
Thus the scheduled events will be
attempting not only to- focus
attention on environmental
problems but also to show people
how to help improve the situation.
Six workshops will be held;
sensitivity projects will include a
water pollution survey, the results
of the ECOS poster contest, an
ecology store, a demonstration of
air pollution sampling techniques;
and films and slides will be shown.
A "trash-in" will be held at Polk
Place where students are
encouraged to bring any litter they ""
have and dump it.
We feel that the Teach-in is a
very necessary step to make people
more aware of the environmental
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are expressed on its editorial page. All
of the editor and the stiff. Letters and
of the individual contributors.
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to the Athletic Association.
If not, then we suggest that the
Chancellor could obtain an
additional S45,000 a year to
supplement student scholarship
funds.
In addition to the increase of
funds from the Student Stores
profits, other budgetary changes
announced by Sitterson were an
increase in this year's Alumni
Annual Giving goal and -a study of
the possibility of a fund drive to
solicit funds from students, staff
and faculty of the University.
We hope the Chancellor will
carry through these programs in an
effort to obtain additional funds
for student financial aid.
The cost of an education is rising
every year and is far outstripping
the income increases in the lower
income classes. Because of this it
will be even more difficult for -students
from economically .
deprived families to attend UNC.
' Therefore, we encourage " all
factions of the. . University
community to assist the Chancellor .
,in making more money available for
financial aid. '.; : '.
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problems and how they can go
about solving them.
Thus we hope that students will
attend the planned events and that
more people Will begin doing
something besides talking to help
improve our environment.
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Tom Gooding, Editor
P.od Waldorf Managing Ed.
Harry Bryan .News Editor
Rick Gray Associate Ed.
Laura White Associate Ed.
Chris Cobbs ... Sports Editor
MaryBurch Arts Editor
Mike McGowan .... Photo Editor
Bob Wilson Business Mgr.
Frank Stewart Adv. Mgr.
Ken Srr ith . . .
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There is reason to believe the student
body is in danger of being short-changed
once again in its request for a realistic
open house policy.
In the Fall of 1968, when students
began collectively demanding the right to
visit with one another, all the arguments
for visitation were presented. Marches on
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson's house
and thousands of names on petitions
along with countless hours of
behind-the-scenes hard work on the part
of student leaders demonstrated the need
for a real change in the quality of life for
the students here.
What we gained from our efforts was a
begrudged token from the administration.
The unwilling concession of the
administrators was to allow a complicated
Earth Day Rhetoric
Hundreds of bright-eyed students here
and thousands across, the country will
undoubtedly participate in Wednesday's
much-heralded "Earth Day" activities.
By piling beer cans into aluminum
mountains, as they will do here, and
roaring disapproving notes about the
souring of the environment, many firmly
believe something will be accomplished.
The sad and somewhat tragic truth is,
however, it probably won't.
Rhetoric and mass demonstrations by
college students don't even raise the
bushy eyebrows of many of today's
dedicated politicians.
When college students, for the most
part, marched and sang and wrote letters
during October's . Vietnam War r
Moratorium, little was accomplished..
When college students, for the most part,
participated in November's moratorium ,
march in the nation's capital, the result .
was negative. ; . s .-
If these and other peace rallies during .
the last year have proven anything, it. is ,
that mass demonstrations by college ,
students seldom enhance a cause and may.
end up alienating the average American .
voter.
Somehow, some of the leaders of the
peace movement have recognized ' the
political facts of . American life ,and are
calling for the peace movement to move "
6ttte campus"- and1 intb-1' the' business
community 'and neighborhoods'.' Only -there,
they reason, can any advance really;
be made. , ;
The work which will bring more
lasting profits for the peace
movement and the ecological
movement is not particularly glorious.
Informing the average voter on the need
for peace or the need for an improved
environment doesn't leave much room for
anyone to perform or win the applause of
a group of people who already think the
way he does anyway. ..
As was dramatically proven in the
1968 Kennedy and McCarthy campaigns,
doorbells need to be rung. Canvassing
brings the public on a one-to-one basis
with someone who has at least some of
the answers. It also shows dedication
because the canvasser is giving up his time
without being able to expect instant
applause.
The local news media, not just in '
Chapel Hill but in Wilson, Charlotte and
Wendell, needs to be shown constantly
what is happening to the environment in
the state.
Local governments, from the boards of
aldermen to the planning boards, need to
be approached.
All of this and more is needed for
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of dating.
The Board of Trustees, the chancel'or
of the Consolidated University, the
offices of the Dean of Men and the Dean
of Women and the Dean of Student
Affairs apparently view the reaction
between men and women on this campus
solely and exclusively as a "dating"
situation.
Although it is a ciiche to refer to the
"generation gap," this appears to be one
situation wherein it would not be
impertinent to point out to these people
that the days of the "big dance' in the
Tin Can are gone.
It is inconsistent and regrettable that
one student is allowed to visit with
another only on certain appointed days
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success in dealing with environmental
problems in a society which is politically
oriented. Even then, success won't
necessarily come quickly.
It" takes time to establish a group as a
viable and lasting political force, one
which politicians have to take seriously.
To be effective, the ecological
movement will" have to shift its
concentration and try to grip the souls
and voting hands of the public.
i.While the upcoming teach-ins and
demonstrations for ecology may prove
.Planners' Forum Backs
Female Lib's Demands
Dear Sir:
:0n March 9, 1970 a set of demands
concerning the rights of women students
on this campus was presented to
Chancellor Sitterson by the members of
the Female Liberation Group. On March
25, 1970 a letter of reply to these
demands was transmitted to the group
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letter '-' ignored the major part of the
demands, including the most important
ones, and carried an implication that his
office would rather not be further
disturbed by such requests. In fact, the
April 6 meeting with the group's
representatives was cancelled by
Sitterson's office.
In light of these actions the Planners'
Forum, the association of graduate
students in City and Regional Planning
Voted at its meeting of April 13 to
approve the following resolution:
- 1. Planners' Forum - substantially
supports the womens' demands of March
9. We especially emphasize the
importance of eliminating discriminatory
admissions policies, hiring more women
faculty and administrative personnel at
salary levels equal to those of men,
establishment of a University -sponsorea
daycare center and addition of a course in
physical self-defense.
2. We respectfully request that the
Chancellor give these demands more
serious and thorough consideration than
has been shown to date, in the spirit of
cooperation which should characterize
relations between students and
administration.
In addition, we offer our cooperation
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visitation and open house to be a right.
The student body has reluctantly
found it necessary to abide by the open
house "agreement" presently in
operation. The research of Sitterson's
Committee on University Residential Life
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more effective than those which exalted
the dove, the chances are not very good.
Perhaps in a year or so those who
earnestly desire an improved environment
will recognize the lack of political punch
a campus demonstration carries.
The only problem is that a year's delay
caused by a preference for campus pomp
instead of political gut-fighting could
make a victory of sorts even more
difficult to achieve and that would make
it about impossible.
in efforts to find solutions' to
problems as quickly as possible.
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.4i .. . . Yours,
. ..Michael O'Brien
Ecology. Study Group
Feels Misinterpreted
Dear Editor,
lYaur, editorial , about 'iUniversiiy
pollution which appeared in the1 FrPd ay,
April 17 Tar Heel was (presumably)
derived from a study by ECOS, part of
which appeared in the same issue. You
said "... ECOS has conducted a survey
which finds the University guilty of being
about the only; pollutant (sic) in the
Chapel Hill area." This is a gross
overstatement of the; ' findings of the
ECOS study. You went on to describe "
. . . disgusting black coal smoke . . . which
kills such things as green plants," and to
say that if a child fell into the creek near
gerry
Rick Gray's talk of problems with the
Chapel Hill Telephone Company brings
back fond memories of my own struggle
with bureaucracy.
My pet theory is most bureaucrats are
neither inherently evil nor stupid. Most
decisions are made in order to minimize
the number of decisions which must be
made.
Bureaucrats, the UNC Administration
included, have three answers to any
question, either "It's never been done
before," "It's always been done that
way," or "Dean X has left for the
weekend." Employing rational arguments
will not work, because the prime
motivation behind executive decision is
to lessen potential work. If they don't see
you, the problem has vanished.
The solution, of course, is to bother
them until they give in just to get rid of
you.
If you are bothered by some minor
rule, you must realize that changing one
word in one rule will probably require
weeks and months of sub-committee
meetings. Of course they will reject your
notion.
If however, you make their not acting
an unpleasant alternative, results may
happen. If Dean Cansler's secretary says
he is not in, wait outside the office. He is
actually in, and is not going to leave
through the window to avoid you.
Occasionally, strategy can back fire.
Back in the winter of 1967, I applied
for and received a Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
Third Class Radio License.
Upon receiving the document in the
mail, I noticed it said I had blue eyes and
blue hair. Ah, said I, easy enough to
change. I drove the 100 miles to Boston
and presented myself at the FCC office,
inaccurate license in hand.
I asked the desk officer to please
change the license. He looked at my eyes
and hair, and said, "Since you and the
license are not the same, I need a
notarized affidavit". I tried to persuade
him if 1 was lying, an affidavit would not
change the situation. He would not listen.
In April of 1968, 1 applied for a
passport, and presented the clerk at
District court with a S10 bill. "We don't
accept cash," she said.
After reminding her it was the U.S.
Government which issued tho bill, I
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house What could we do hi.:
accept it;
The members of CURL know bot;
than anyone else what kind of pol.cy
students want and what kind of policy u
most practical and practicable. Stiu, tnen
the recommendations of the Chancellor's
own advisory committee cannot assure
the students of an acceptable open hou
policy.
CURL has acted wisely and in the btst
interests of the University community a
a whole in making a thorough and factual
analysis of open house, but we cannot
and should not depend solely on their
competancy and integrity to establish
what we all want and need. Again, as !a.-.t
year, we must be our own advocates.
As CURL chairman Dr. John
Schnorrenberg said, CURL has finished
its work on open house it has done all it
can.
Student Body President Tommy Hello
is performing great service to the students
in his active advocacy of the CURL
recommendations. We should all help.
If you have something to say say it. If
you have access to someone in a
decision-making position, let him know
what you think. If nothing else, send a
letter to the editor of the DTH.
Let's not get short-changed again.
Venable "... there wouldn't be a bone
left to bury." Your editorial implies that,
these are the findings of the ECOS study.
As the Board of Directors of ECOS"
we are eager that the dangers, of pollution
be brought before the public eye.
However, our firm belief, is that this
should be done, in ah honest and
responsible manner. We do not feel that
your editorial is a responsible use of the
information which this ECOS group
collected. We donQtjargue with your
right" to - express 'ydut "news on the
editorial page; however, we do feel that
your use of ECOS' name implies that we
agree with those views. On the contrary,
we feel that sensational and irresponsible
reporting will create credibility blocks
which will hinder our efforts. :
' 'Sincerely,
; Kirsten Canoy
Ron Outen
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Board of Directors
ECOS
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ureaucracy"
walked the ten blocks in the rain to get a'
money order.
I wrote letters to my congressman, and
the unofficial policy of not accepting
cash has now been officially written into
the regulations of the Department of
State.
I should have kept my mouth shut.
This, added to my many other
problems with the government, persuaded
me in August, 1968 while in Chicago, to
mail in my license for cancellation, with a
letter accusing the FCC with complicity
in the Vietnam War, hoping to confuse
them into issuing me a new license.
Several weeks later, I received a
certified, air mail letter demanding my
license, which I ignored.
Last August, I sent a notarized letter
saying I was myself, an application form,
photostat of my license, and $2 to the
FCC in Boston.
I then received an official letter
informing me I was to immediately
appear for a personal interview with the
FCC Engineer-In Charge. I again ignored
the letter, and am waiting for the U.S.
Marshal.
They kept the $2.00.
I am at a loss for what to do.
I plan to join the growing movement
overpaying all bills by exactly one cent
. . . Perhaps the system will crumble
under as millions of computers across the
land begin to explode.
Join me.
-Gerry Cohen
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