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Tuesday, September 22, 1 970
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Grover B. Procter Jr.
atlg of
DTH Editorial Study
Judicial Reforms Offenses
With Penalty Of
The Judicial Reform Report
contains a Code of Student
Conduct designed to delineate the
various offenses to be heard by the
new court structure and to establish
maximum penalties for each
offense.
The code is composed of a
lengthy list of offenses many of
which we feel are needlessly obtuse.
There are 15 offenses which can
carry the penalty of expulsion, a
penalty which permanently severs a
student's relationship with the
University and does not currently
exist. Among those offenses are:
"Furnishing of false information
to the University with intent to
deceive."
Letter
Marrieds
Must Have
Housing
To The Editor:
Victory Village is in the process of
being destroyed by the University.
Further,, a highly placed University
official has revealed that there are no
plans to erect low-cost housing units to
replace those razed in the Village. His
supposed justification for this failure to
act is that the University has no
responsibility to provide housing for any
of its students. His statement is, of
course, misdirecting. One need only look
about, at the dorms or even Odum
Village, to see that the University has
indeed felt it necessary to assume this
responsibility. The real issue concerns the
kind of housing provided. If the
University supplies housing for married
students, should this include some
low-cost housing?
The amswer is a most definite yes! The
University of North Carolina is a state
university, not a private one. This means
that its major financial support comes
from taxes paid by the residents of North
Carolina. Since all people share this tax
burden, it is presumed that all should
have an equal opportunity to attend the
University. However, the absence of
low-cost housing will insure that this
public institution will become a "private"
one, serving only the limited minority of
the well-to-do.
Decisions to attend college as based
not only on interests and abilities, but
upon finances. For many, the important
ability is the ability to pay. Housing costs
are of pre-eminent importance in these
financial decisions because housing is the
largest single expense in obtaining a
college education. For many then, the
existence of inexpensive housing is the
major determinant of a positive decision
to attend college. Naturally, this kind of
problem does not fall on the sons and
daughters of the economic elite, but on
the children of the working class. Thus
the University of North Carolina is going
to fail in its obligation to the common
people of North Carolina. By not
providing low-cost housing, it will
discriminate in favor of the rich.
The important question is what we,
the students and faculty, can do, or will
do, to influence the University to provide
low-cost housing. I have little faith in the
faculty taking positive action in this
matter, or, in truth, in any other matter.
Therefore, action must come from the
students. The Student Legislature should
act, or, in its failure to act, lapse again
into mickey-mousedom. The most active
should be the married students in Victory
Village, who may or may not realize that
many of them will be looking for
non-existant housing in Chapel Hill next
year. As for the rest of the student body,
this is another opportunity to
demonstrate that their concern for the
University and its role in society is
something more than vacuous
conversation. Any person who can help,
or who wishes to work with others who
are striving to obtain low-cost housing
should contact the Victory Village Board
of Aldermen.
Lou Miller
137 Jackson Cr.
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Tom Goodirg. Editor
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Exactly which officials compose
the University? Does this group
include all administrative personnel,
staff and the faculty? Does the
above offense simply mean lying,
and if so to whom and about what?
"Forgery, falsification, or other
misuse of University documents,
records, or identification cards."
If this offense isn't altered a
student could be expelled for
loaning an I.D. for use in obtaining
tickets to concerts or games.
"Physical abuse or hazing of any
member or guest of the University
community on institutional
premises or in University-related
activity."
This statute closely resembles a
misplaced of the University
disruption policy. Under this
offense a student could be expelled
for heckling a speaker.
"Intentionally placing a person
in fear of imminent physical
danger."
fflF YOU THINK -SORJ3SUTY Rii-SH.
YOU 3HoaiP
Glenn Brank
Throwing Wet Blankets On A Myth
Once upon a time, long ago, there was
a kingdom in a far off land called
Hillchapel. Hillchapel was, like most
kingdoms, full of larger than life type
characters who were brave and bold and
did deeds of daring do that legends and
myths like this one are written about.
But Sir Joe had figured out a way to
use the poor, and misguided people to
help slay the dragon.
First, he would invite all the people of
Hillchapel to a summer picnic party. And
after they had all come, he gave them all
the ice cream they could eat, so much
that they were too bloated to get up and
walk away. Then, he quickly pulled out a
hugh block of ice and froze all the people
inside! And they couldn't move!
i Not even the noblemen could move.
King Bellow the Brave stood inside the
block of ice and yelled, "We are not
frozen!"
No good myth
complete without
of yore would be
brave knights, evil
Expulsion
This section is so vague it should
place all students in fear of being
expelled. (
"The knowing abuse of a
position of trust or responsibility
within the University community."
Can this offense be interpreted
to mean that a student in a position
of responsibility who lead a student
strike could be expelled?
"The refusal to identify oneself
to University officials."
For what reasons and to what
officials should students be
required to identify themselves?
(A drug policy is embodied in
this section but will be examined in
depth in a subsequent editorial.)
We do not intend to say that
these offenses will be stretched or
abused. However, we do feel the
students should be aware of the ,
potential for misinterpretation in
these statutes.
This is especially importatn since
these offenses carry the maximum
penalty of expulsion.
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dragons and princesses in distress, and of
course, the best myth of Hillchapel is no
exception.
First, the brave knight. He was tall,
brave, and carried his chin in a noble
manner. His title was Sir Joe the Bored,
but his good friends called him Bored for
whort.
Next was the evil dragon. The dragon
had been particularly vexing in Hillchapel
for as long as anyone could remember. Its
name was Liberal. And although brave
knights from as far away as the kingdom
of Raleigh had fought the dragon, it
could not be killed.
Lastly, there were princesses and ladies
for the dragon to distress. As a matter of
fact, the Dragon Liberal wasn't too
partial-he would grab up all the men and
boys too. So all told, there were 17,000
hardy souls endangered by Liberal. (When
we make up a myth, we think big.)
Anyway, the feud between Sir Joe the
Bored and the Dragon Liberal had been a
long time coming.
One of the first battles had involved
Sir Joe and his sidekick the Count of
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For those of you who might have
missed the mammoth orientation issue. I
had best be honest and tell you that this
is going to be a Conservative editorial. I
shall be interested in hearing from as
many readers as possible concerning what
I write, whether or not they agree.
Every student on campus received a
copy of the proposed new Disruptions
Policy, currently before the Board of
Trustees for final action. As I left the
gym after picking up my schedule, I saw
the ground littered with discarded copies
of the policy-Ecologists of the world,
unite! Sacrilege! -thereby assuring me
that few, if any, students really took time
to examine it.
This is an important document,
however, and I feel we need to take an
honest look at what it will mean so far as
our campus is concerned.
On the whole, I find the intent of the
code satisfactory, but as I look closer,
and imagine possible situations in which
it might have to be employed, there
emerge large, gaping holes, through which
it seems guilty parties may pass free.
In its first section it stipulates that any
individual student, faculty member, or
anyone else associated with the
University may be suspended or
discharged from the campus upon
conviction of one of any number of
offences, such as disruption of school
functions, damage to the physical plant,
bodily harm to a student or other
member of the University community
and prevention of the conduct of normal
activities.
Even though this sounds quite rigid, it
still clings to the antiquated idea of the
necessity of individual proof of an
individual offense by an individual
person, resulting in an individual
conviction. This is so much rubbish in the
light of modern-day, mass-scale riots,
such as have occurred on campuses
throughout the nation. To collect enough
evidence to gain a conviction in the time
of turbulence is almost impossible.
Alternative? You get there is. And, in
all honesty, a quite sound one. The
French government has enacted a new
law which states that anyone who
voluntarily takes part in an assembly that
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FaggV. It seemed that Joe and Faggy had
decided to practice up before they met
Liberal for the main event. They chose a
smaller dragonette to challenge first (the
dragonette's name was Heeltar) and
proceeded to do him battle in knightly
manner.
But the battle was lost. And to make
matters worse, the Count of Faggy, who
had been running for King to strenghten
the fight against Heeltar, got in trouble.
But to get on with the business at
hand, Sir Joe was taking a much more
crafty approach this time.
His plan had been complicated,
however, by the attitude of the
endangered people of Hillchapel. It
seems they didn't recognize the Dragon
Liberal as their enemy. As a matter of
fact, most of them kind of liked him, to
some extent.
But it didn't do any good, because
nobody could hear him except Waddgill,
the Royal Moneykeeper. Unfortunately
Waddgill had really stuffed himself with
ice cream, and he couldn't even sit up,
must less answer.
Has Maw
perpetrates illegal acts thereby becomes
subject to criminal prosecution and to
financial liability for any damage done.
The Trustees might well examine this
foreign precedent and see that, while in it
there is no conflict with their policy of
free dissent but no violence, it also
reduces the chances of large,
uncontrollable, violent assemblages. The
plan we received has never really worked
before, anywhere, and perhaps a change
in this line would be in order.
Also in this proposed plan of the
Trustees is a provision that the Chancellor
shall have the authority to expel anyone
over whom he has jurisdiction (i.e.,
everyone except the William Kunstlers
and the Jerry Rubins who come from
outside and actually start the trouble
brewing) from the campus until said
person can be brought back for trial by
student courts. This, of course, has one
stipulation attached to it. The Chancellor
must summon together or contact by
telephone a quorum of a so-called
Emergency Consultative Panel, consisting
from three to five faculty members and
three to five students. This quorum must
be in majority agreement with the
proposed action.
Howie Carr
2 Campos In-Crowds:
Them, Everybody Else
DIVIDED HIGHWAY ENDS
PAVEMENT NARROWS
WELCOME TO NORTH CAROLINA
Those are the signs that greet the
unsuspecting motorist coming out of
Danville on US 29 south. Not that it has
much to do with this column, but don't
worry about it.
So you've been at Carolina for over a
week, and you're still not Making It in a
Big Way. Probably the reason is that you
don't know what to say to the two major
groups on campus, Them and Everybody
Else.
You know who Them are; you've
probably seen them throwing up in the
men's rooms at Kenan Stadium.
Everybody Else are sedentary creatures,
spending most of their time perched on
stone walls under the watchful eye of
Silent Sam.
Now read carefully (It's not too long,
so you won't have to strain you lip) and
you'll soon be Making It in a Big Way.
DRUGS: Whether you've tried them
or not, you can be like Everybody Else
by saying about somebody you don't
like, "I'd like to start him off on speed,
and just watch him fade away."
Or, "Acid. The most beautiful
experience of my life." "All the heroin
addicts started on milk, too." "Don't
knock it til you've tried it." "Coke. It's
the real thing."
If you go in for subtlety, just leave a
hash pipe lying around your room.
For one of Them a good idea would be
condemn all the "dope-smoking
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And Sir Joe sat behind a tree with a
smug little grin on his face waiting for
Liberal. He knew that dragon would
come. He knew it would use all its fiery
breath to melt the ice and free all the
Hillchapellians. And then, while it lay
exhausted and defenseless, it could be
slain.
Everything went perfectly according
to Sir Joe's plan. The people yelled. They
were tired and hungry and cold, and they
were frozen so tightly, they couldn't even
move around in the block of ice and visit
each other.
Finally, the Dragon Liberal came to
the rescue. With his fiery breath, he
melted the ice almost instantly. The
people were free.
Suddenly, Sir Joe jumped from his
hiding place, ready to pounce upon the
resting reptile.
But the quick-thinking Hillchapelians,
their picnic blankets still soaking from
the melting ice, threw them over Sir Joe
and allowed Liberal to escape unharmed.
Poor Sir Joe was heartbroken. The
dragon escaped again.
o pinoles
I fsnd the same fault here as before. It
limits the Administration's traditional
right -not so. really a duty- to act
swiftly and authoritatively in times of
campus unrest. Such bureaucratic
stumbling-blocks could seriously hamper
the decisive action needed to quell
uprisings before they can spread.
Campus unrest, as we know it now.
may trace its ancestry back to Berkeley m
il64 when students seized and held
Sproul Hail. The faculty refused to
condemn it. And as the Vice President
said recently. "American higher
education has never been the same since...
Campus anarchy that might have been
nipped in the bud at Berkeley with a
single act of administrative decisiveness
and faculty courage can now be
contained only at considerable cost."
My question is this: From what can be
seen of this new policy, are we trying to
meet that "considerable cost," or are we
letting ourselves be backed into a corner
of ineptitude by Leftist students and
faculty who want full leeway for their
ramblings? Mr. Agnew was quite correct
about the cost being high. Dig a little
deeper. Trustees.
faggots," while at the same time you
down your third dex of the day, and brag
that you haven't slept in 48 hours.
ALCOHOL: Handy expressions for
Everybody Else: "I only drink wine." "I
don't drink. Alcohol is a depressant, and
man, I want my mind to be stimulated."
If you'd like to press home the point
that you come from the Right side of the
Mason-Dixon line, just say, "The first
thing I'm gonna do when I get back to
New York (or Boston or Chicago) is go to
a real bar and have a mixed drink.
(Related ploy: When someone asks you
what you're taking, tell them, "I'm taking
1-85 north, soon.")
Things get simpler for the aspiring grit.
Just stagger somewhere, and tell everyone
Boy, am I drunk." or "Boy, am I hung
over."
MUSIC: If you yearn to be like
Everybody Else, you've got to play
oneupsmanship. This mean you get an
album no one else has ever heard, and
play if for your friends, all the time
boring them with your recollections of
how you first heard the album.
For example, you buy a Garfield
Loade album. Your friends won't know
what to think, and as they, one by one,
fall asleep or start grabbing for the
nearest National Geographic you say,
"This is heavy. Loade used to be Vito
Fatzarelli's back-up. The first time I
heard this was on WBCN-FM-man, why
don't they have any good FM stations
down here-I was so zonked. You have to
be really stoned to appreciate this."
For a hopeful Them, just ask the
casual question, "When are they gonna
start having some good groups here like
the Tarns?"
The most effective tactic is to buy
James ; Taylor's first album. Come into
your room really drunk, play "Carolina
On My Mind" five times in succession,
yell "Hot damn," and throw up in your
wastebasket. (Guaranteed to net you at
least five invitations to rush parties.)
CLOTHES: This subject has been
beaten into the ground, and I won't dwell
on it. Just one word of advice for the
potential Them: when the cold weather
comes, always remember to keep that
monogrammed alpace sweater tucked in.
Qlftr iattu. Sar 4qtti
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