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Volume 78, Number 27
78 Years Of Editorial Freedom
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Friday, October 16. 1970
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Louis Harris (right) chats with members of TEP and Chi Psi fraternities Wednesday night. (Staff photo by John Geiiman)
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U.S. Is A Collection Of Minorities
by Karen Jurgensen
. . Staff Writer
The challenge of the 1970s is to close
the gaps of alienation, said pollster Louis
Harris.
Harris spoke in Hill Hall as part of a
program entitled "Students and Politics:
the Elections of 1970." The program is
sponsored by the Carolina Fonim and the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Alienation, said Harris, is shown by
the fact the country is split asunder.
Some groups see change as a necessity for
survival and others fear change, Harris
added.
"Today this country is a collection of
minorities. There is no such thing as a real
majority. The basic tendency is to attack
each other as groups rather than attack
common problems," he said.
The minorities that make up the
pro-change coalition are the blacks, the
young, the Spanish-speaking, the affluent
and the educators. They are the least and
the most privileged, Harris said.
He said the anti-change minorities are
the older people, the deep south and
border city whites, the traditional
conservatives and the people of
lower-middle income in the industrial
north.
Those for change want restrictions on
U. S. power and the use of that power
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abroad, efforts for peace and stiff
penalties for pollution, Harris said. They
back desegregation and want law and
order but only with equal justice for all
and believe in frankness and candor in the
arts, he added.
Those against change said Harris, are
hardliners on the war, bitter-enders on
race, violently anti-student and worried
about crime. They abide with
environmental pollution as a trade off for
jobs in the community and are bitter
about drugs and pornography.
The people want and need strong
leadership to face and cope with the
problems, said Harris. In response to a
question from the audience, Harris said
he believes New York Mayor John
Lindsay best fits the need for leadership.
In 1968 the no-change coalition was
made up of 55 per cent of American
voters. Today it is about 50 per cent, he
said. The pro-change coalition has gained
five per cent in two years and Harris
predicted that in another two years it
may gain ascendency.
He said neither coalition fits the
patterns of old politics, but most political
leaders today are following those old
patterns.
Earlier, in his speech Harris explained
- what, in his opinion, has led students to
become one of the major critics of
American society. He used figures from a
poll he took of U. S. students late last
May.
Fundamentally students polled want a
change in the values of society from
materialism. They wnat peace not war, an
end of establishment hypocrisy and racial
equality.
Harris said 63 per cent said the
solution to problems is to work within
the political system. Still more, 93 per
cent, are dedicated to the use of
non-violent means and 70 per cent want
definite action taken against those who
create violence. Alienation is termed a
critical problem by 81 per cent.
Random statistics show 80 per cent of
the students said conflict will continue
until the older generation comes to
understand the new priorities and life
styles of the young.
Also, 80 per cent said there is too
much pressure in education and too much
of education is not relevant.
Four out of five said the real trouble
with American society is that it lacks a
real sense of values, is too conformist and
too materialistic.
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UNCNews Bureau
"Newsweek" columnist Stewart Alsop
will speak at the University at 8 p.m.
Monday in Carroll Hall.
Alsop is the third speaker in the
"Students and Politics the Elections of
1970" forum, which is bringing well
known political authorities to campus to
discuss the issues of the 1970 election.
Alsop is best known for his weekly
column on the last page of "Newsweek"
magazine.
He wrote for the "Saturday Evening
Post" before joining the staff of the
weekly news magazine. Alsop came to
nationally syndicated new column
"Matter of Fact."
born in New York City in 1914, Alsop
attended Groton School and was
graduated from Yale in 1936. He now
lives in Washington, D. C.
The special election year forum was
organized by Dean Raymond Dawson of
the College of Arts and Sciences, Student
Body President Tom Bello, Carolina
Forum chairman Peter Brown and
Student Government.
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by Bill Pope
Staff Writer
A private group called
"Education-Uninterrupted" has been
formed in Raleigh to act as a watchdog
over teacners and officials of the
Consolidated University who "interrupt"
classes "for political or non-academic
involvements."
The group was organized this summer
apparently in response to the university's
policy of letting students out of classes to
participate in political campaigns.
A mimeographed letter from the group
says it intends "to formulate legal actions
for reversing the present trends where it is
felt necessary and effective."
J. S. Kovic of Raleigh, chairman of the
group, said members will "take whatever
action the law would permit" if any
classes fail to meet for any non-academic
reasons.
This summer the group sent two
letters, one to each of the Trustees of the
Consolidated University, another to the
members of the Andrew Committee,
formed to select a successor to retiring
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson.
The purpose of the group as stated in
the Aug. 3 letter to the trustees is "to
audit and protect the principles and
policies enumerated in the charters
granted to the universities and colleges
supported by taxpayer funds.
"And to make sure that students are
delivered an uninterrupted education
contracted between the school andor
parents or guardian."
The group has been in contact with
several trustees and administrators of the
Consolidated University.
President William Friday said
Thursday it has contacted him twice.
He said Hal Thompson, a member of
the group's board of directors, "talked
with the Consultative Committee and the
sub-committee of the executive
committee (of the board of -trustees) this
summer.
Both committees were meeting to
discuss revisions of the disruptions policy.
Thompson informed the committees
about his organization and asked some
questions about last May's strike, said
Friday.
During July, three women on the
board of directors of Fducation
Uninterrupted met with Friday.
"They wanted to know what
happened here during last May's strike."
said Friday. "I answered their questions
and gave them any material they
wanted." Friday commented.
Friday said he has not heard from
Education Uninterrupted since then.
Kovic said in a telephone interview he
would not comment on the organization
other than what is in the letters.
Other officers of Education
Uninterrupted are listed as: secretary,
Nancy P. Holloway and treasurer, E. N.
Pope.
The group's board of directors are
Garland Bobbitt, Sue Tucker Briggs, Sally
Crockett, Hal Thompson, Ben Herrin and
Lorraine G. Simms.
A mimeographed letter sent to anyone
inquiring about the organization suggests
the formation of local chapters of
Education Uninterrupted which "would
further insure that our objectives and
purpose are championed in you local
community."
"We wish to assure," the letter
continues, "that the traditional mission
of education by tax-supported
universities and colleges is not obstructed
by political or non-academic
involvements by school faculty or
administrators."
The letter says Sitterson's statement
on July 29 that " 'He believed that all
faculty and staff should meet their
regularly assigned duties is disturbing.
Faculty and staff must meet their
assigned duties as part of their
contractual obligations to the people of
North Carolina."
The letter said the group has no
political affiliations or interests but is
only . interested in uninterrupted
education.
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Nick Galifianakis talks with ROTC cadets here on campus
campaigning in the Chapel Hill Area. (Staff photo by Cliff
Beard Quits Conservative
Party
Rainy days in Chapel Hill are days to stay in bed late and just forget about
slushing your way across campus to class, but this couple found Thursday that one
of the best things about rainy days in Chapel Hill is that it brings couples closer
together. (Staff photo by Cliff Kolovson)
by Lou Bonds
Staff Writer
Conservative Party member Joe Beard
has resigned from the party's executive
committee, possibly shaking the
conservative faction's unity.
Beard, one of the party's organizers,
said his resignation resulted from his
disappointment with party members'
goals and lack of time to devote to
student politics.
"It isn't worth anybody's time if you
don't do anything," Beard said of his
party membership.
Beard added he still maintains friendly
relationships with other conservative
members, but "they want to do things I
haven't got time to do."
Other reasons he gave for resigning
were employment interests and his
third-year enrollment in Law School here.
Fellow conservative Charles Gilliam
said Beard has been trying to quit student
Politics for some time now, "but he just
couldn't get out.
"He tried to narrow down his political
activities and eventually pull out of
Politics. He just quit sooner than we
expected him to," said Gilliam.
Beard has had an active and
controversial relationship in student
politics on campus.
He was appointed to Student
Legislature in December of 1968 and
later elected to a year-long term in March,
1969. In May of the same year, he was
appointed Rules Committee Chairman.
Beard's chairmanship met opposition
in October, 1969 when some legislators
moved for his impeachment on grounds
of non-performance of duty. Beard was
charged with calling three rules
committee meetings for the single day of
the October Moratorium after legislature
had adopted a resolution recognizing the
right of students to participate in peace
activities.
Beard was readmitted to legislature
after a student court aquitted him of the
charge. However, in the next legislative
elections, he was defeated by an opposing
candidate by a wide margin.
Last spring Beard was a primary
contributor in the proposed revision of
legislative by-laws. Although his bill of
proposed by-law changes were defeated
last spring, a similar version is being
considered by the current Rules
Committee.
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