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. , Harry Bryan, Editor
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Student Legislature unanimously
passed a resolution Thursday night
asking the North 'Carolina General
Assembly to allow students to vote
by "absentee ballot in next year's
primary elections.
As introduced by Legislator
Gerry Cohen, the resolution asks
the General Assembly to extend the
absentee vote to students and,
spouses of students attending
public and private high schools,
preparatory schools and colleges if
they will be out of their county
during next year's May 2 primary.
That resolution is one the
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- Well it's bne, two, three, what are we
fightin' for...."
-"Country Joe and the Fish"
"Twice a week, midshipmen of the
Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps
(NROTC) have to deck out in short
sleeved kaiki shirts and gaberdine trousers
or the tropical white uniform to attend
naval science leadership lab, commonly
known as drill.
The purpose, they are told, is to train
the seniors to give orders and for all
others to. learn how to tuck in a shirt the
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legislators in Raleigh should
definitely consider.
As Cohen pointed out, the
primary is all important in North
Carolina since it is primarily a
one-party state."
And next year's primary will be
even more important since it will
include " presidential, senatorial,
congressional, gubernatorial and
North Carolina General Assembly
candidates.
Withoug the requested change in
N.C. election laws, students will be
practically powerless in state
politics.
Final examinations will be in
progress next year on the
Consolidated University campuses
at Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Asheville
and Raleigh as well as Duke
University, and it will be impossible
for students to travel to their home
counties to vote.
At present N.C. election laws
allow students outside their county
of residence to vote by absentee
ballot in general elections but
extends the absentee vote only to
members of the armed forces in
primaries.
The General Assembly has given
a vote of confidence to students by
recently passing, a bill calling for a
referendum on the 18-year-pld,
vote. The legislators should be
commended for passing this bill and
allowing North Carolina voters to
decide the question.
But if the legislators fail to give
students the right to vote by
absentee ballot in primaries, the
18-year-old vote will prove to make
little difference in giving youth a
voice in government in North
Carolina.
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Navy way. However, it is not much fun
for the middies to spend an hour getting a,
mirror shine on their shoes or making
sure their nametags are not upside-down.
As a freshman, a midshipman is as
military as a garden club president. The
first day he is told how his uniform is
supposed to fit together, but it never
comes out looking right the first time he
wears it. Red socks with a kaiki uniform
just do not make it.
Sophomores and juniors have little
trouble marching correctly if they try,
but even they sometimes turn left when
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and
Dr. Takey Crist
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There are many laws in North Carolina
that are vague or totally unfamiliar to
residents of the state. Many youH find
axe pretty wild and antiquated, . "wnEe
others are reasonable and sound. :
Here are just a few of the criminal laws' -listed
under Article 26, Offenses against
Public Morality and Decency, Chapter 14,
of the General Statutes of North Carolina
as amended 1969.
14-177. Crime against nature. If any
person shall commit the crime against
nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be
guilty of a felony, and shall be fined or
imprisoned in the discretion of the court.
14-180. Seduction. If any man shall
seduce an innocent and virtuous woman
under promise of marriage, he shall be
fined or imprisoned at the discretion of
the court, and may be imprisoned in the
State prison not. exceeding the term of
five years: Provided, the unsupported
testimony of the woman shall not be
sufficient to convict; Provided further,
that marriage between the parties shall be
a bar to further prosecution
hereunder .
14-181. Miscegnation. All marriages
between a white person and a negro, or
between a white person and a person of
negro descent to the third generation
inclusive, are forever prohibited, and shall
be void. Any person violating this section
shall be guilty of an infamous crime, and
shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail or State's prison for not less
than four months nor more than ten
years, and may also be fined, in the
discretion of the court.
14-184. Fornication and adultery. If
any man and woman, not being married
to each other, shall lewdly and
lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit
together, they shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor: Provided, that the
admissions or confessions of one shall not
be received in evidence against the other.
Any person violating any provision of this
section shall be punishable by a fine not
to exceed five hundred dollars,
imprisonment for not. more than six
months, or both.
14-185. Inducing female persons to
enter hotels or boardinghouses for
immoral purposes. Any person who shall
knowingly persuade, induce or entice, or .
cause to be persuaded, induced or
enticed, any woman or girl to enter a
hotel, public inn or boardinghouse for the
purpose of prostitution or debauchery or
for any other immoral purpose, shall bte
deemed guilty of a- misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction, shall be punished in the
discretion of the court. :-
14-186. Opposite sexes occupying
same bedroom at hotel for immoral
purposes; falsely registering as husband
anH wif -Anv man and woman found
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ordered to do a . column right, crashing
into a fellow middie.
After three years experience, the
senior midshipman designated as officers
on the drill field are not free of
mistakes. In fact, if anyone is like!y.tOV
err, it is a senior. And a platoon leader
usually produces the most amusing
mistakes. '
Most platoon leaders pride themselves J
in being able to tell a dozen or so gtiysj .;
where to go, but moments do come wh'eo'
they just cannot think of the proper
order. V.
occupying ths same bedroom in any
hotel, public inn or boardinghouse for
any immoral purpose, or any man 'and
woman falsely registering as, or otherwise
representing themselves to be, husband
and wife in any hotel, public inn or
boardinghouse, shaS oe deemed guilty of
'a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not
to exceed five hundred dollars,
imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both.
14-192. Cutting or painting obscene
words or pictures near public places. It
$hzl be unlawful for any person to write,
cut or carve any indecent word, or to
paint, cut or carve any obscene or lewd
picture or representation, on any tree or
other object near the public highways or
other public places. Any person guilty of
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Finally, there is the plight of those
unfortunate souls who committed the
horrendous crime of being born on the
wrong side of an arbitrary parallel
negotiated thousands of .miles away. We
have no way of knowing how many tens
of thousands of innocent North
Vietnamese civilians our massive bombing
raids of the Johnson years killed we can
only hope they suffered less at our hands
than did our "friends" to the South.
The 'most important thing to keep in
mind when considering Indochina's
civilian deaths is the statistical
uncertainty involved. A government
which has the remarkable capability to
count every last grain of rice scooped
from Cambodian sanctuaries, and which
has introduced a whole new dimension in
warfare Instant Enemy Body Count is
somehow reduced, to bumbling
. incompetence when confronted with the
minor problem of civilian deaths. How
many? Three hundred thousand? Five
hundred thousand? A million or more?
All of these have been advanced as serious
possibilities, although the first is seldom
heard any more. '
How pleased the Pentagon would be to
know that there are student editors about
who, while professing sharp opposition to
U.S. war policies, fail to use the damning
figures of the government itself,
preferring to circulate much nicer ones
instead!
It is states like North Carolina that are
keeping this war going. But as long as
UNC students remain apathetic how can
we ' ever hope to see war' opposition
radiating outward from Chapel Hill? The
only way we will eliminate apathy'on this
campus is through an informed student
body. An informed DTH editorial staff
would represent a good start; so would an
occasional informative article on Vietnam
Letters
to the Editor: 1 .
Howie Carr missed the point in his
editorial criticizing "male" magazines. A
college journalist could hardly be justified
in criticizing this kind of material for
being sensational. It's not meant for
college students.
. The sad thing about these magazines is
their stereotyping the he-mari male and
submissive female roles, not their raw sex.
Sex is OK but exploiting women is not.
Gwen Chappell
Chapel Hill
Parking Iiass
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just 2 solutions
To the editor:
It has long been obvious that the
traffic problem in Chapel Hill has only
two possible solutions. There must either
be a more severe limitation of the number
of student-driven cars or a multi-level
parking facility must be built.
The only, other possible
solution large, out-or-town parking lots
serviced by buses would be too
What are you supposed to say to three
columns of men who are about to crash
headlong into the fence unless you are
quick enough to avert disaster? The
simple words "platoon, halt" are easy to
forget. More than once, a platoon leader
got over his panic enough to shout,
"Stop, you fools."
The platoon leader learns much from
his first few days at the helm. If he
is good, he is able to masterfully march a
platoon within six inches of the fence
without causing total panic. Contests
eventually evolve when two midshipmen
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violating this section 'shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned not
more than thirty days.
14-195. Using profane or indecent
language on passenger trains. It shall be,
unlawful for any person to curse or use
profane or indecent language on any
passenger train. Any person so offending
shall upon conviction be fined not more
than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more
than thirty days.
14-198. Lewd women within three
miles of colleges and boarding schools. If
any loose woman or woman of ill fame
shall commit any act of lewdness with or
in the presence of any student, who is
under twenty-one years old, of any
boarding house or college, within three
miles of such school or college, she shall
eaths underestimated
(maybe once every month!). .
The Vietnamese people could really
use a few friends over here right now. It is
hard to contemplate the bitterness they
would feel toward American students
were they aware of our continuing
collective self -righteousness regarding pur
response to the war. There is no excuse
for self-righteous feeling simply because
our response has been less despicable than
that of the nation at large.
The war is continuing full-steam;
American involvement is causing as many
deaths now as it was before; only those
regarding Orientals as subhuman can take
pleasure in the decrease in American
deaths.
..If the contrast in local student
anti-war activity between last spiing and
this one is any indication, there are a few
conclusions we should be reaching about
ourselves. Perhaps all that marching
around last May really was over nothing
more than Kent State.
On April 16, The Daily Tar Heel
printed an editorial concerning Indochina
war deaths and student apathy, which
illustrated beautifully how this apathy
has resulted in (or from) widespread
ignorance of the most basic information
concerning the conflict.
It began by reporting the recent
Administration announcement that
battlefield deaths in the war since 1961
have passed 900,000.
Next it pointed out that this figure
includes neither battlefield deaths prior
to 1961 nor civilian deaths. Then came
the incredible: it was reasoned that, The
number of deaths not counted in the
'official' figures would probably send the
total deaths attributable to the war to
around one million."
Since the average UNC student accepts
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expensive, inconvenient and would
require the destruction by asphalt of too
much countryside.
The residents of Teague and Avery
dormitories have recently been
petitioning the chancellor's committee on
traffice for a rezoning of the parking
spaces in front of their dorms.
The spaces are presently zoned "C"
for commuting students. The dorm
residents want the spaces zoned "G" for
general parking so that they may park
their cars near their dorms.
A DTH columnist has condemned the
Traffic Committee as "unresponsive" for
its refusal to recommend this rezoning.
The columnist contends that the only
meritous argument advanced for the
maintenence of "C" zoning is that the
spaces are needed for mothers who must
get their children to nurseries in time to
make class.
While the columnist's sympathy for
the plight of the Scott College residents
conscionable, his indifference to the
parking needs of the commuting student
are not. .
A basic truism about campus parking
has, been largely ignored: a car is a
necessity for the commuting student; it is
ensigns test themselves against one
another to see who can get their men.
closest to the fence.
When the order is given to stand at
attention, it usually not considered
proper to grin. But a few weeks ago, the
adjutant yelled, "Batallion . . --at-ten
..." and then his voice cracked
on "hut." Over 270 midshipmen broke
up.
After the troops are brought to
attention, orders are passed and the
seniors in command positions salute each
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upn
conviction shall be fbied not exceeding
fifty dollars cr imprisoned sot exceeding
thirty days
14-201. Permitting stone-horses tsd
stone-mules to run at large. If iry
person shall let any stone-horse or
stone-mule of two years old cr upwards
run at large, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be fined not
exceeding fifty dollars or imprisoned not
exceeding thirty days.
14-202. Secretly peeping into room
occupied by female person. Any person
who shall peep secretly into any room
occupied by a female person shall te
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined or imprisoned in
the discretion of the court.
this as Divine Truth, I will try to do a
little educating.
First, il tne United States fought the
war in the same manner as . the
Communists fight it, there probably
would be fewer than 100,000 civilian
deaths: as of last summer, the total
number of South Vietnamese civilians
killed by the enemy since the war began
was placed at 29,000 by most official
U.S. spokesmen, while President Nixon
quoted the figure of 40,000 Li a speech.
We , may be certain that the true figure
was not much higher American officials
would auickly have snapped this up.
Unfortunately, our technological
capability has permitted us to fight a
different kind of war, one providing
minimum risk for American soldiers, at
the cost of maximum risk for Vietnamese
civilians. The result, as calculated from
the incomplete official figures -of the
Agency for International Development
(AID), has been between 50,000 and
60,000 South Vietnamese civilian deaths
per year every year since U.S. bombing
and "search and destroy" missions began
in 1965. That comes to about 300,000 or
so there alone ....
Next we might consider the thousands
of civilian deaths we know have occurred
in Cambodia since American intervention
there led to the initiation of hostility.
(We must never forget that this
phenomena was absent during the
previous Viet Cong occupation of the
country). And there is Laos: Republican
Congressman Paul McCloskey of
California, upon returning recently from
a guided tour of th3t country, stated that
there are 9,400 villages in all of Laos, and
that the U.S. Air Force has destroyed
.'thousands" of them. He made cleaj that
this was not simply a "figure of speech."
"How many more civilian deaths in these
two countries?
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a convenience for the on-campus student.
A student in Avery or Teague is not
forced every morning to frantically search
for a parking space in order to make it to
class.
Instead of attempting to make it more
difficult for the commuting student to
attend classes, the dorm residents should
pressure Chancellor Sitterson to work for
an increase in the overall number of
spaces available the multi-level parking
facility. The only other possible ultimate
solution will be the removal of car
privileges from all dorm residents.
Al Moore
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other with swords-a tricky task at best.
Two years ago, on member of the
batallion staff bad slashes in the back of
his shirt from the back lint coming a little
too close. Not long ago a platoon leader
knocked his hat off during a parade with
.his sword. Errol Flynn he is not.
Some midshipmen, even at the end of
the year, continue to show up in the
wrong uniform, turn left instead of right,
and create a menace to society by
drawing a sword. But drill! will continue
to be an integral part of a midshipman's
training. It's tht Navy way.
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