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ft Bernie Oakley 9 Opinions of The Daily Tar IfteJ arc expressed on its ed itorul pse. A3 unsigned- editorials are the opinions of the editor and the staff. Letters tzd columns rrpresenj only the opinions of the individual contributors. Tom Gooding. Editor Tuesday, December 15. 1970 Grand Jury Report criticises University with eo inist reason It has become fashionable for those in high executive or judicial positions across the nation to gain popular approval by leveling criticism at what are labeled permissive university administrators. Now the Orange County Grand Jury has added its name to the growing list of attackers. The Grand Jury has issued a report attempting to fault the University for the brawl which resulted in the death of James Cates on this campus Nov. 21. It is true that the incident occurred on this campus at a student-sponsored, all-night dance. However, the involvement of the University community in the incident ends at those two circumstantial facts. Throughout its entire report the Grand Jury ignores the fact that the brawl was between residents of the towns of Durham and Chapel Hill. The Grand Jury neglects to report that no students were in any way involved in the incident and that the brawl grew out of an altercation between the two groups in a Chapel Hill bar earlier that night. The Grand Jury report states that allowing such a dance was "only asking for trouble." Whereas, in fact, the dance was a cooperative effort between the Student Union Activities Board and the Afro-American Cultural Affairs Committee. The dance was a successful attempt at improving 3 ,&p Dailu Bur tjid . 7V 'cars i "( trial h'rccJ mi Tom Gooding, Editor Rod Waldorf Managing Ed. Mike Pamell . . , . News Editor Rick Gray Associate Ed. Harry Bryan Associate Ed. Chris Cobbs Sports Editor Frank Parrish Feature Editor Ken Ripley National News Ed. John Gellman Photo Editor Terry Cheek Night Editor Doug Jewell . Frank Stewart Business Mgr. . . . Adv. Mgr. Tony Lentz II tie "iLimiie iDeMiiidme scee' You can fool some of the people all of the time and that's enough to make a decent living. The Wizard of Id. The wind wailed around the snow-tractor, the whistle piercing the rumble of the big diesal engine as it plowed through the ice. "Hey, Marvin, what time's it getting to be?" "Pretty close to noon, I think. Can't see my watch so good. Turn on the overhead light, willya?" Harry reached up, flipped the overhead on and then looked back out into the brief expanse of white stuff his headlights reached through the black of the arctic night. Marvin pulled back I he fur lining of bis relations and contacts between the races on this campus until outside forces disrupted the event. The Grand Jury also feels that "the University must assume some of the responsiblitiy for this tragic accident and should take appropriate action that such circumstances or similar assemblies not be allowed on the University of North Carolina campus again..." We wish to remind the members of the Grand Jury that members of the University community share the same responsibilities and freedoms as other citizens of Orange County. The University cannot erect walls between itself and the suirounding communities. It cannot regulate the movement of individuals across the campus at night any more than it can during the daylight hours. Students have held all-night functions on this campus in the past and violence has never occurred. The University had no reason to expect trouble at this particular gathering. University officials had no way of knowing that factions in the surrounding communities were looking for violence at the very time its students were seeking to improve relations between the races. The University must be aware that problems exist in society, but it cannot let those problems destroy constructive efforts to improve society. As we noted before, the police have said they feel the incident grew out of an altercation between Chapel Hill blacks and the Durham motorcycle gang downtown earlier in the evening of the brawl. The issue could have just as likely been resolved in an alleyway in Chapel Hill as on the campus at a student dance. The Grand Jury, which seems interested in preventing a reoccurance of such an event, failed to provide the University with any constructive alternatives in their report. In fact, copies of the report had not even been sent to. University officials by Monday afternoon. We, as students of this University, deplore and regret such incidents as the brawl that cost a human life. We encourage any rational study that might tend to prevent a reoccurance of such an event. However, we find such reports as the one issued by the Orange County Grand Jury to be an unfortunate, needless attack on University officials for problems reflective of society as a whole. coat, held his watch up to the light and yawned. "Yup. 'Bout noon." He yawned again. "Man, what is it about this darkness? I stay sleepy all the time." The two lapsed into silence as the yellow tractor roared through the icy darkness. The broad tracks of the whirring wheel assembly threw a fine spray of ice over the little "Ice Patrol" sign on the side of the tractor door. "Hey!". Harry said. "What's that up ahead?" "I dunno," Marvin said softly, his eyes bulging. "There isn't anything on the map. Only 'sposed to be ice and wind for five hundred miles, any direction you'd care to name." "It looks.Jeez, it is. .It's a big neon sign. My (lod. a big neon sign." "Il,rr. i M,-rr "l.risl Hi 'Moiiey Dear Friends. Tonight will be my bit r.:hi as a cheerleader for Carolina. Th:s decision w.as not reached hastily or easily. I've never nude so many friends nor have ! ever been treated so well. I feel like I need to offer an explanation to all those who supported me this year. I feel that we have lost all perpective so far as collegiate athletics are concerned. Tens of thousands of dollars are spent each year in promoting our various teams, and I can no longer justify to myself such an allocation of funds. As long as I am a cheerleader I feel as though I am endorsing the program. I just can't do it anymore. it seems to me that all the emphasis in sports has been shifted from participation and enjoyment to winning and economics. Those involved in sports are now little more than mercenaries and any compromise in standards for admittance only worsens the situation. The amount Letters UNC ir "ft To the Editor: We the women of the International Women's Hall, would like to protest our upcoming eviction from Winston Dormitory over the holidays. We have just received notice that those of us staying on campus over the holidays will have to reside in Morrison Dorm, pay rent of SI. 50 per night, be denied bus service to campus and town, and be without our own cooking facilities in Winston Dorm. When we were assigned originally to the I-Hall, we were promised that our dormitory would remain open during vaction periods, as most of us have no other place to go. This is an outright breach of promise. We were informed that one of the major reasons for closing the dorms was security. We were told before Thanksgiving that Winston was to remain open then also for security reasons. This switch to Morrison thus seems a contradiction of the basic premise. Morrison is remote, and any woman student desiring to use the facilities on the main campus after dark is forced to walk through unguarded and wooded areas witness the recently reported rape attempt of last weekend. There are various inconveniencies in addition to the lack of security in Morrison. With no bus service and the closure of downtown eating establishments, the students residing in Morrison will be faced with the difficulties of obtaining their food and other necessary items for the two-and-a-half week period. As foreign students, we ask the support of our fellow American students, and the concern of the administration towards our plight. Residents of the Women's I-Hall Tar Heel ignored Buckley's speech To The Editor: After only three months on this campus, we have come to the very evident conclusion that the staff of The Daily Tar Heel is concerned only with its own liberal opinions. This is clearly demonstrated by the lack of coverage of the December 9 speech of Mr. William F. Buckley, noted conservatist (sic). Whereas, columns were devoted to analyses of the speeches of Jane Fonda and Rennie Davis, there was no mention made in the December 10 Tar Heel of Mr. JV nfl help me God. 'S the snow, man, I been up here loo long." Marvin shook his head as Harry looked over at him. The two sat open-mouthed while the tractor slowed to a stop before what appeared to be a castle based on an A-frame design. "Hey, lookit," Harry breathed. "There's a teenie little guy in the door. With a tuxedo on. And he's wavin' us in." "Lookit the compass," Marvin said. "The North Pole." "Y'mean to tell me you been makin'a PROFIT on this stuff all these years?" "H6-ho-ho, yes SIR! 'S the American way, you know. Everybody's got to make a livin' somehow." "But what about all the kids." Marvin asked. "How'dja think they'd feel if they knew vu were living in this palace over 1-HaH women V V JJk -a .i-fc. JLL 4 L r- vl money sper.i en ihee really steering. I felt as though I hjJ to quit before the blzzcM offender of them all. the Bout Game. This pme fus stretched the season out for another month of regulations and practice for the play rrs. And for what? Lots of monev and pride. All the sports are based so much on physical prowess and deception and these do not seem to be particularly honorable to me. Our friends are getting hurt out there. When a guy comes limping off the field, we are more concerned that we might not win instead of whether he is seriously hurt. We cheer them on. day after day. in some sort of perverted rat race. And when it's all over, where are we? We lick our wounds and start over. Is it really worth it? What has happened to us when the most important even on campus is the big game? Probably every department in ihe University needs money and reforms, but no one seems to care. When will we start nieconeereed Buckley's speech which was attended by a capacity crowd. We feel that by ignoring Mr. Buckley's speech, The Daily Tar Heel has insulted the integrity of the students who do wish to be exposed to all viewpoints whether Fonda radicalism or Buckley conservatism. In case the staff would explain that the omission in the paper of Mr. Buckley's visit to the campus was due to the time element involved, we would mention that the freshman basketball game on the 9th was adequately covered in time to meet the press deadline for the December 10 paper. Markay Farmer Emmy Sanders 636 Morrison WMAT A B6WIFUL DAY? L-T'5 CUT CL-AS5 AMD Go on) A jSBJLS. TH'S SUE.b BEATS FRENCH CLASS instead of the little cottage they show in the TV commercials?" "Oh," Santa huffed, "we wouldn't want to destroy their little images of Christmas, would we? 1 mean, we want them to enjoy themselves and all that don't we? Besides. SOMKBODY's got to do it." "Sure," Harry said, "but how does that explain the heated swimming pool, the billiard room i and the girls I saw upstairs. What'd you do to Mrs. Claus?" "Ho-ho-ho! You mean you didn't hear about the little divorce in Reno? Whew. My Public Relations firm gets a bonus this year." He pulled a cigar from his red velvet jacket. "Ho-ho-ho. Well, sonny boy. we couldn'l have a sad of Santa sitting alone and blue at the North Polie. could we? iff Ml ii J m 1 e " 1 I I 9 . V - - i 1 I IT . " 8 f " . B n Ml TLjr W l -. i - a v w - v -i . o -v O besre mte concerned ?th impnnir mir educational proofs than inr baseball corn pi Our values scera fa be immensely chs!o:!ed- I had noble jtrnhitson at the befinnirts; of the ear of heirs able to do sorncthins abo it the situation while on t he but that ts loo unreasonable to assy? se. I Karen Jurgenson B ernie never lost of Bernie Oakley is one of those rare people who have the ability to stand back from a situation in which they are involved and see it for what it is. I admire him for his honesty. Earlier in the year when the controversy over the length of his hair was in full swing Bernie stood his ground because he believed that he was indeed representing a segment of the student body and that it was unjust for the alumni to use their financial support to manipulate the university. At that time Bernie still had hopes for the squad and the athletic department. Since then he has come to the realization that athletics on this campus boil down to nothing more or less than big business. He objects to the dehumanizing and brutal nature of the game and the pampering which the alumni receive(i.e. best seats). C'MON. AMP I'll 'U- 6 8 THE VERY WHAT THe sight 7i sC ;TUDtMT5? n ;sainiiL Depress all those little tykes, it would. No wirree! Santa's got to stay nice and cheerful. Ho-ho-ho-!" "I don't know." Harry sighed. "I just expected something a little different, that's all." "Ho-ho-ho. We just have to keep up with progress, you know. Specialization, and all that. It was inevitable. Wh3t with the Feds forcing me to pay the elves and ail..." "You have to pay the elves?" "Ho-ho-ho. It's been getting worse and worse ever since that fool Abraham Lincoln put out his silly Emancipation Proclamation. Now they're up to S3.25 an hour. Next thing you know they'll want a pension. Our friendly toy manufacturers are just going to have to come through, or Santa's official Seal of (ioo-tHul Toy making just won't make it si ii have ft.' ne t ih con. that I WOtk can K befk'f spent throuch other channel ve fuve a Iot.z way to Let's not continue !o fool oarvhrs. Just Jut e Jo;rg Be; With Love me OaU; A-15 t'rt;ers;;v GjrJcns integrity He felt that so lorn: as he remained on the squad he wjn endorsing "immensely distorted values." because "the emphasis in sports has been shifted from participation and enjoyment to winning and economies." Earlier in the year I asked head cheerleader Gunnar Fronum if the squad represented whoever supported them financially. Gumuir replied in the affirmative. The cheerleaders are supporting the big business, the alumni. ..forget about the students. Bernie is first and foremost a thinking individual who doesn't like politics and he feels that he is no longer supporting a positive diversion in cheering but rather playing a game whose ground rules are established for the wrong reasons by the wrong people. I am thankful that there is at least one person involved in university athletics who has not lost sight of his integrity. RN( YOUR FRISBEE BRING THE DoP oK- YOU TALKED H ie into it. ; tr no NEXT PAY. .77 cAti S DoE ABOUT OPPRESSION Claims out next time. It's those HT ol' royalties that have staved off the wage-price squeeze." "Inflation?" Harry asked. "Ho-ho-ho. Progress my boy, progress. But I'm forgetting my manners. Won't you stay with us for a few days? We don't get visitors up here very often. Tomorrow's Christmas Eve, you know, and we've got quite a spread fixed up. Filet mignon, a nice beaujolais, crepe suzettes..." "But what about the kids?" Marvin said. "What about the toys and all that? Don't you have to deliver them on Christmas Eve?" "Ho-ho-ho. Not this i nastmas." "You mean..?" "Yep. This year Santa goes on strike until the UV oV parents come across with a bigger kickback. Heh-heh-heh."
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