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By Mike Parnell
Staff Writer
"Students are far more involved now than when I
became Chancellor" and "a very significant factor in
this change has been the mainstream of national
currents."
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson made these comments
Tuesday in a personal interview in which he discussed
the change in student attitudes in the five years that he
has been Chancellor.
Sitterson, 59, has been Chancellor of the University
since 1966. Before his appointment by the Board of
Trustees, Sitterson served as vice-chancellor (1965),
dean of the General College (1961-65), and dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences (1955-65).
He is the only man in the history of the University
who has simultaneously held the posts of dean of the
General College and College of Arts and Sciences.
Born in Kinston, Sitterson entered the University in
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By Lou Bonds
Staff Writer
Student Body President
Tom Bello annouced
Wednesday that John
McDowell is his nominee to the
office of attorney general of
the student body.
The nomination will be
'presented to the Student
Legislature tonight and will be
probably considered in the
following meeting next week.
; McDowell . was previously
co?ch airman of the
Consultative Forum and
judicial affairs advisor to Alan
Albright, former president of
the student body.
r The Morehead scholar was
formerly on the University
Judicial Reform Committee
and served as the only student
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Curuival Gets Underway Today
By Jessica Hanchar
Staff Writer
The Campus Chest Carnival
gets underway at 4 p.m. today
on Ehringhaus Field.
Highlighting the festivities will
be a parade through downtown
Chapel Hill at 5:30 p.m.
-Students will be able to ride
to the field free of charge on
campus buses after 4 p.m.
:The charity drive will
feature the Ugly Man on
Campus contestants, Campus
Chest Queen contestants and
Beauties and the Beasts.
Among features of the
carnival are more than 45 game
booths. Many booths will have
ring, penny, ball and beer can
toss games.
There will also be a water
dunking booth.
Kappa Alpha will donate
their pledges for pie throws.
Other fraternities will have
dart throw booths. Some have
set up small gambling casinos
with roulette games and pledge
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member of the State Drug
Study Committee.
Honors won by McDowell
include recent induction into
the Order of the Golden
Fleece, member of Phi Beta
Kappa honorary fraternity and
selection to the Order of the
Grail.
Bello added that McDowell
has received the full support of
Mosteller and that he has
worked in the attorney
general's office for the past
;week to gain experience in tht
"position.
In a post-nomination
interview, McDowell cited
judicial responsibilty as ths
attorney general's focus point.
"The primary concern of
the position is to examiao
every case so that maintenance
and insurance of student rights
can be upheld."
McDowell also mentioned
an additional responsibility to
insure the Judicial Committee
and student courts of
maximum autonomy.
"Students should be aware
at all times of what the
University rules are, what the
violations are and what their
rights are," McDowell said.
Robert Mosteller added his
support to McDowell by
acknowleging the latter's
ability to uphold the attorney
general's responsibilities.
To Be Highlighted By Parade
burlesque shows.
Fhi Kappa Sigma will have a
go-go dance and floor show.
Scott Residence College has
set up a walk-through maze.
Most of the prizes at the
booths are cold beer or money.
Cost of the games and
contests are from 10 to 25
cents. ,
Other booths will sell hot
dogs, fried chicken, popcorn,
cotton candy, corn on the cob,
candied apples and soft drinks.
Mixers will also be sold.
One of the booths will
protest the inhumane treatment
of American prisoners of war
held captive in North Viet
nam.
The booth will provide
airgrams in which a person can
write a message of protest to
the prime minister of North
Vietnam and other officials.
According to Wofford
Humphries, the booth is not
politically oriented. It is a
protest against the treatment
of prisoners, not against the
war itself.
1927 and graduated in 1931 with a B.A. degree in
American History. He joined the faculty here in 1935,
and except for four years, he has been here ever since.
Obviously, this man, who has been a student, taught,
done research, written books, and been an administrator
at this University, Ls well acquainted with the changes
that have taken place here.
During the interview, Sitterson agreed the most
far-reaching changes had come during his tenure as
Chancellor.
He attributed the great changes to the national events
which have occurred during the past few years: the
Vietnam war, the concern for the disadvantaged and the
interest in preserving the earth's natural environment.
Sitterson said these events have been a catalyst which
has made students more aware and more concerned
about their life at the University and their role as
citizens of the United States.
This awareness and concern has produced a
re-analysis of the University's role in society. What does
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Bob Newell rests atop the trash-in pile of beer cans and other
junk. The trash in was part of yesterday's Earth Day activities.
(Staff Photo by John Gellman)
The Mad Bonilber
By Glenn Brank
Staff Writer
Another bomb hoax
interrupted students dining in
Lenoir Hall Wednesday night.
The cafeteria was emptied at
approximately 6:25 pjn. when
an anonymous phone call
warned the building was to be
Humphries emphasized that
all political persuasions can
participate in the booth with a
clear conscience.
The residence college,
fraternity and sorority bringing
in the most money from their
booths will receive trophies.
Booths will also be judged on
the basis of originality,
participation and overall
quality.
Gerald Austin and the New
Imperials will funish live
musical entertainment.
A fraternity pledge class
chariot race will climax the
carnival. Betting on the chariot
races will be available at the
Catrance to the carnival.
The firing of the guns at 10
"p.m. for the chariot race trial
heats will also signal the
drawing of door prizes.
Assistant to the Dean of
Men Dick Baddour and Chief
Arthur Beaumont, UNC
security officer, will draw the
winning raffle tickets. The
drawing will end about 11 p.m.
Among the door prizes are a
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blown up.
The handful of students
eating at Lenoir sat on the
south entrance steps as campus
police searched the dining hall.
Many had trays of food with
them, finishing the interrupted
meal.
The series of bomb threats
began last month. Students
sailboat, color television, Sony
500 tape recorder and several
autographed Carolina Cougar
basketballs.
WCAR campus radio will
broadcast live from the field.
Tickets for the carnival are
on sale on campus today and at
the entrance gate. The tickets,
which cost 25 cents,
automatically make the holder
eligible for a door prize.
There is no limit to the
number of tickets one may
buy. It is not necessary to be
present at the drawing to win.
According to Vince
Townsend, Campus Chest
chairman, no cancellations due
to possible rain will be
announced until 4 p.m. ;
The carnival is the tjand
finale of UNC's annual student
drive to raise money for
charities.
The carnival is co-sponsored
by Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity and Gamma Gigma
Sigma service colony.
- David Putnam of APO is
carnival chairman.
Sitterson think the role of the University is?
"The University has three basic functions," he said,
"to transmit knowledge, to discover knowledge and to
apply knowledge to the affairs of society. No other
institution has the necessary assemblage of talent to do
this."
To achieve this objective, the University "must be
free so everyone in it can express his views, Sitterson
said.
However, he did not think UNC "should take
institutional positions on issues about which there is a
legitimate difference of opinion" because freedom of
opinion must be preserved.
Sitterson discussed some of the issues which have
been raised on campus this past year.
The first was the theory of "in loco parentis," in
which the University assumes parental responsibility
over students. .
There is a national trend toward liberalization and
even abandonment of this theory, said the Chancellor,
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By Lou Bonds
' Staff Writer
A bill to eliminate women's
rules passed the Judiciary
Committee Wednesday and will
be considered by Student
Legislature tonight.
Legislator Judi Friedman
said certain passages of the bill
were reworded but that the
context remains basically the
same as t the ; original copy
introduced last week.
The bill, which was"
presented to Legislature last
Thursday, calls upon the
University to cease all
discrimination on the basis of
sex.
Section Four of the bill
states that "no lawv rule,
regulation, custom or usage
which is discriminatory as to
sex, or which applies to one
sex, shall be enforceable in any
student court or other
University body."
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greeted the hoaxes happily at
first as they were able to cut
classes or avoid tests.
However, most are
becoming tired of the joke.
The following conversations
were heard outside Lenoir after
the scare:
"These bomb threats are
getting ridiculous."
"Every time there's a big
exam, somebody calls one in
and empties the building."
"I'm getting sick and tired
of this. I wouldn't have left if
they hadn't made me."
"Isn't it a felony to do this
kind of stuff?"
"Somebody put
nitro-glycerine in the green
peas."
Students were allowed to
return to Lenoir after campus
police searched the area for 20
minutes without finding a
bomb.
A previous bomb scare took
place last Tuesday when
Howell Hall 'and Alumni Hall
were threatened with
anonymous calls. They raised
the number of bomb scares to
six this month.
Campus Security Chief
Arthur Beaumont reported last
week a rash of threats took
place several years ago. He said
the calls were eventually traced
to high school pranksters.
The latest calls could have
been made by a University
student wanting to avoid
classes or tests, according to
Beaumont.
Whatever the reason, at least
one member of the University
community profited by the
scare. A dog was seen cleaning
the food trays left by students
on the steps.
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Section Five of the bill
reads "all laws, rules,
regulations, customs and usages
under the jurisdiction of this
legislature which are
discriminatory as to sex, such
as so-called "women's rules' are
hereby repealed by this
legislature in exercise of its
supreme legislative power
outlined in the student
constitution."
If passed, the bill would
affect University admissions,
policy, women's housing rules
and other sex-based rules
through Student Legislature
resistance to such rules.
Miss Friedman said the bill
came out of the Judiciary
Committee with a favorable
recommendation behind it.
Legislator Gerry Cohen,
author of the bill, said the bill
is designated to "guarantee
equal opportunity to all
students regardless qf sex."
"I consider the University
admissions policy to be both
legally and morally wrong,"
SP Caucus
Set Tonight
The Student Party
will hold a caucus
Thursday evening at 6 in
the legislative chamber
on the third floor of New
West dorm.
According to Charlie
Dean, speaker pro
tempore of the student
body, the party's
committee chairmen will
be nominated.
In addition to party
members, all indepen
dents are invited to
attend the meeting, said
Dean.
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By Steve Plaisance
Staff Writer
- "I hope that the Residence
College Federation can become
the central impetus for all
residence college programs,"
commented the new Residence
College Federation chairman,
Mark Evens.
Evens, a junior history
major from Richmond, Va.,
said no major changes in
general RCF structure are
forthcoming but added he
would like to see RCF work
more closely with Student
Legislature and Student Body
President Tom Bello.
"I think we can get a lot
more done and be much more
effective if we work together,
with all areas involving student
and UNC has seen "considerable modification.
The changes here have been orderly because the
University has been able to persuade the community
"this is the way to go," said Sitterson.
Does the Chancellor see eventual abandonment of
the University's parental outlook?
"Yes," said Sitterson, "but as a result of societal
changes rather than the University leading the way."
A related question concerns the recent change in
University policy which requires students to live in
dormitories for both their freshman and sophomore
years.
The new dorms were built during a period of "great
demand," said Sitterson, and the University had to
borrow money to finance the buildings."
With a 40-year lease, there was "no alternative
considering the volume of vacancies and the present
flight from dorm living everywhere in America," he said.
It is the University's responsibility to make the
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Cohen stated.
Two co-sponsors of the bill
are Susan Case and Fred-Eric
Houk, legislators. Miss Case
termed the bill as a "vote of
confidence to the Association
of Women Students."
By Henry H inkle
Staff Writer
A trash-in in Polk Place
highlighted "Earth DAy"
activities here but it ended
unceremoniously when an
argument broke out between
angry students and an ECOS
leader over who was supposed
to pick up the garbage.
Thousands of beer cans
from sorority and fraternity
houses were dumped on the
ground in the quadrangle. A
$50 prize was awarded to
Alpha Delta Phi sorority for
donating the most.
A number of students and
faculty members asked ECOS
to pick up the beer cans rather
than leave them there to be
picked up by black
maintenance workers.
One of the students, Judy
Weinberg, said members of
ECOS were supposed to meet
the concerned students at the
garbage pile at 4:30 p.m. but
failed to show up.
The students, most of
whom had attended a
discussion sponsored by the
New University Conference on
"A Socialist Perspective of the
Ecology Movement," picked
up the garbage and put it into a
U-Haul truck which had been
rented by ECOS to pickup the
beer cans at the fraternities and
sororities.
When the students and
faculty members were finished,
representation in University
life," Evens explained.
A legislator for two years
and floor leader for a year and
a half, Evens participated in
the University Consultative
Forum and was a member of
the Student Publications
Board.
He emphasized the
Immediate goal of the RCF is
to aid Morehead Residence
College in its efforts to obtain
use of the Faculty Club.
"A residence college needs a
central place to meet and to
have social activities," he
explained. "The Faculty Club
would prove to be an ideal
location for such a facility for
Morehead, and it could be used
by other residence colleges on
occasion as well."
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In last week's meeting of
Student Legislature, Miss Case
also introduced a bill calling
for the abolition of women's
closing hours on the basis of
absence of women's closing
hours at UNC at Charlotte
two of.them took a box of
no-deposit, no-return beer cans
to the ECOS office in the
Student Union and deposited
them there.
Shortly, Jeff Richey, one of
the ECOS directors, came up
to Polk Place and said the
ECOS trash pick-up contingent
was simply late.
"How many times have you
gone to a rally and waited for
an hour until it started?" he
asked later.
Another member of ECOS
said the students, whom he
identified as SDS members,
were trying to "get to the
garbage first so they could pick
up the credit."
Miss Weinburg said later she
thought ECOS's actions were
"a scandal."
In other Earth Day activities
crowds of about 125 people
attended afternoon teach-ins
sponsored by ECOS, at the Pit.
According to ECOS member
Bill Snodgrass, the 1:15 pjn.
workshop centered around a
discussion of the relationship
of ecology to the peace
movements and other social
movements.
In the 3:30 p.m. workshop
J.A. Johnson, vice president of
the Carolina Power and Light
Co., discussed how ecological
problems could not be
overcome by technology alone.
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problem facing the new RCF
administration, according to
Evens, is the amount of red
tape involved in making
necessary changes in University
structure and policy.
He indicated, in light of the
CURL Committee
recommendations to the
Chancellor, residence colleges
should mobilize support for
self-determination in visitation
in a manner similar to that
which gave impetus to the
origional visitation agreement.
"We're trying to get every
floor president to mobilize his
floor in support of the
recommended policy," he
explained. "This is the same
kind of action that got us the
visitation policy to be-in
with."
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