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The feds are coming. The feds are
here. The feds were here.
Sssssssshhhhhh. It's all a big
secret.
Officials from the U.S.
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare early this week visited
the Chapel Hill branch of UNC to
discuss desegregation of UNC's 16
institutions.
Somewhere in the planning of the
discussion with students, faculty and
administration, someone either in
the University or HEW decided that
these meetings should not be
publicized.
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor
told the DTH that HEW had
requested the meetings be kept
secret; however, according to an
HEW official, no such request was
made. Taylor said the reason for the
secret meeting was that the
University president's office had
said "no newspaper publicity was
desired."
Yet according to the same memo,
HEW's reason for coming was to
discuss desegregation with faculty
and students "who wish to talk with
them."
Russell Roberts
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Dylan made lots
When I lived in Israel you came to that country. I was
going to the American International School and when we
heard you were staying at the Sharon Hotel we called you up
from school but we couldn't talk to you. Some people even
went to the hotel but they didn't see you. The Sharon was just
a few blocks from my house and on the ocean. And when I
found out that you had walked along the beach at 6 a.m. I
was excited because you had walked where I had walked and
where I would walk again. But I was also sad that I was not
up that morning with you to watch the sunrise.
I saw you the other night though in Charlotte with your
three guitars and your backup Band. You know it's funny
that you would play with the Band. There was once a rumor
that you would tour with the Grateful Dead. But the Band
looked calm and competent beside you not flashy and
commercial the way the Dead would have looked. You
looked good up there together.
And you stood up there sort of crouching while you played
as if you were sitting on the edge of a stool. You made lots of
magic that night. Did you really think for a minute that this
tour might be like Newport or that we'd all forgotten? No
Lazarus, we are still hungry for superstars.
For the most part you did not play very well. You sounded
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How are students or faculty
members "who wish to talk with
them" going to know that they can
talk with them, unless there is
publicity about the feds being here.
The only thing that sticks out in
all this confusion is that the
University Chancellor Taylor and
his subordinates chose the
students that HEW was going to see,
contrary to the desire expressed by
HEW to talk with those who had
something to say to them.
The only students informed of
these meetings were the leaders of
various campus organizations. At
least one of these was not interested
in talking with them.
No students on the Chancellor's
Committee on the Status of
Minority and Disadvantaged
Students were asked to talk with
HEW officials or informed by the
University of the opportunity to do
so.
If HEW really did want the
meetings not to be publicized, why
did it pretend to invite comments
from those "who wish to talk with
them"? Why was the discussion
limited to just the select few picked
by the University administration?
like you were trying to imitate some mediocre Swedish or
Danish folk singer with those incredibly vocal swings, more
exaggerated than ever, that you ended your lines with. And
perhaps you ought to learn a different type of strum for your
guitar. But of course it didn't matter at all. Even when you
played that lousy new song on the piano sounding like some
cheap self-parody. Even then we cheered.
I remember reading about how this tour was supposed to
test some new material. That was quite a joke. As if we would
have sat silently if you played some garbage. You could have
brought the house down with "Tea for Two."
For a while you played alone. You played the harmonica
so badly and your guitar work was so uninspired that I could
have laughed if 1 hadn't been so awed just seeing you standing
there. Watching you I wondered what it's like to be 32 and
such a goddamned legend in your time. What it's like to
simply speak and drive them crazy, you messianic prophet
you.
Excuse me Mr. Marx but it has come to pass that music is
the opiate of the masses. Or more correctly the religion of the
masses. O we still need someone to believe in with all our
everything and you Mr. Dylan fill the bill so admirably with
your gaunt face and gleaming glance. We came like weary
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To the editor
The Pine Room has screwed its "meal
plan customers again. Although the
mimeographed menus distributed last
August indicated a "Choice of Hot or Cold
Sandwich Plate for the supper meal, the
manager rather edgy, perhaps because of
his frequent run-ins with customers and
employees informed me that he had
decided to stop serving sandwiches after S
p.m.. allegedly because of lack of demand.
of magic
Therefore, in addition to horrible service,
hostile (understandably so) employees,
unsanitary food, and poorly prepared and
meager servings, customers are now
confronted with the arbitrary exclusion of an
item originally promised for the price of a
meal plan ticket.
Unfortunately, aside from occasional
jokes and a PR story last semester extolling
the "Servomation philosophy." the Daily
Tar Heel has taken no stand against this
that night
pilgrims to your silver shrine at $8.50 a head and you knew
you could have gotten $12 or more. -
And when you finally played "Like a Rolling Stone" the
voices of the crowd surged upward like a choir. It reminded
me of Billy Graham. When he is finished preaching he calls
for the crowd to come unto him to be saved.
And so it was the other night when you started in on "Like
a Rolling Stone." Slowly the crowd drew near to you but not
like a crowd that comes to boogey. For there was wonder in
our eyes and a prayer of passion on our lips. There was so
much salvation in the air that I could almost taste it.
I moved closer too. What a sea of joy we were! I felt like
those girls at Shea Stadium when the Beatles played. There
you stood, maybe twenty feet away and it was really you
singing those words that brought us to our feet. We
screamed, we roared, we waved frantically trying to span the
gap between you and us.
I looked at Robbie Robertson of the Band and his
expression was one of amazement at the tumult at his feet.
And what did you think of the frenzy you provoked, of that
sea of holy rollers, of that magic swirling ship you led? Yes
tell me Mr. Tambourine Man, how did it feel?
oppression of students. Nor has Student
Government acted. The University
administration itself is tarnishing the
favorable reputation of this august
institution by allowing Scrvomation
Mathsas to use its name and facilities.
The DTH should take an editorial stand
against this abuse. Student Government
should obtain names and addresses of
prospective students in order to warn them
explicitly against "meal plan" advertising
they receive by mail. An investigation of the
relationships established between the
agazine
To the editor
Robert Lorance presented a reasonable
criticism of the Cellar Door in his letter of
January 18. But, in reply. I would like to
remind him of the anonymous selection
process to which all manuscripts were
submitted. The staff of the magazine
received no special consideration. Their
works were judged on the same grounds as
those of all other contributors.
Also, I would encourage students to
consider the extent to which the Cellar Door
solicited student participation for this first
issue. The deadline date was extended twice
to allow fair consideration to latecomers,
although that extension resulted in the
technical staff working through exams
on layout and proof-reading.
If Mr. Lorance or any other student finds
this explanation unsatisfactory. I welcome
any further questions. And. if he or any other
student wishes to invest his time as a critic or
staff member of Cellar Door, I invite him to
interview for a staff position.
Lee Harris
Coordinator. Cellar Door
Box 22, Student Union
P.S. The majority of funding for Cellar
Door was obtained through advertising and
patronage. The CGC allocation was
approximately one third of the magazine's
budget.
Reader seeks
end to drought
To the editor:
Being in the midst of perhaps the greatest
concert drought ever and with no relief in
sight, I would like to propose a possible
solution. Why not create" a Major
Attractions committee as a' part of the
Carolina Union?
Duke has a Major Attractions committee
and as a result they have several very good
concerts each semester. We have the
Carolina Union and have a great drought
every year.
If a committee was formed whose only
responsibility was scheduling major
speakers and bands, then perhaps we would
have a few good concerts (even one would be
better than what we've had this year.)
The Carolina Union would like us to
believe that they can not schedule top bands
- because of Carmichael Auditorium.
Granted. Carmichael is a handicap but not
that big of one. Western Carolina,
Appalachian State, and other universities
with small auditoriums have good concerts.
Abortion is
To the editor.
1 support legalized abortions. However,
the arguments that have been appearing
lately in The Daily Tar Heel against Senator
Helms' amendments are weak at best. At
worst they are malicious and show a
complete lack of empathy. A letter to the
editor by Bill Wall and Phil Wuch tried to
satirize Helms' position, but only succeeded
in demonstrating the immaturity of the
authors. 1 find nothing funny or silly or
stupid about someone speaking out against
abortions. The question of abortion is
serious and it is not deserving of flippant
editorials or sick humor. If a person believes
that life begins at conception, then abortion
is murder. This is not going to be changed by
an editorial comment like. "Helms
amendments are based on the unproved
belief that life begins at conception." The
editor should realize that a belief is
something that is assumed to be true or
accepted to be true. It is not something that
can be proven like a problem in geometry. If
it could be proved, it would no longer be a
belief, it would be a fact. For a belief to be
accepted as true it has to have been accepted
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University of North Carolina and the
managers of Servomation-Mathias should
be undertaken. Nor should a boycott be
ruled cut.
Finally students and others with
indigestion should write directly to Philip T.
Yochum. president of Servomation
Mathias, Inc. at the following address:
Scrvomation Mathias Inc.
803 Gleneagles Ct.
Towson, Md. 21204
Sam Goad
212 Andrews Lane
defended
Our big problem is the Carolina Union
which, by their own admission, arc dc
emphasizing major concerts. My reply to
this is bullshit!
Students here want concerts so I can't see
why they are de-cmphasizing them. I say let's
get a Major Attraction committee and start
getting something for our student funds
besides some fluke reading poetry.
David Jamison
105 Mangum
P.S. I'm not against poetry readings or
social-educational-cultural programs." but
I think it is about time we put things in the
right perspective.
Student attacks
ill Snodgrass
To the editor:
1 read your article in Thursday's Tar Heel
concerning the Campus Governing Council
with Finance Committee Chairman Bill
Snodgrass plotting to shutdown WCAR
radio. Mr. Snodgrass, what do you mean by
"poor management, and "incompetent'
you failed to cite any concrete examples - just
big arbitrary generalizations. 1 spoke with
some members of the WCAR staff and they
don't remember seeing you come down and
talk or observe. You just sit in your throne at
CGC and pass out unsupported
declarations.
Mr. Snodgrass, did you see the other
article in the Daily Tar Heel citing that the
Yackety Yack budget was in deficit of
$2,000? Also there was a red $1,000 from a
fine arts festival. If you want to close WCAR
for being ahead $193. why not close
an organization that is $2,000 in the red?
Doe$At this show poor management and
incompetency? Comparing, it seems you
must have a personal thing against WCAR.
Tell us the TRUTH, Mr. Snodgrass.
It would seem that you would have talked
first to WCAR and THEN propose a bill
not BEFORE.
One more question. You said you would
halt broadcasting unless the station is run
properly. Sir, what puts you in such a lofty
position to determine whether or not a radio
station is being run properly, when' only
those directly involved can make such
claims. Answer, please.
When I read of actions such as this it
makes me really wonder what kind of people
are in control of our government and
money.
Ralph W. Nixon
1042 James
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as true by the majority of the people. To keep
the majority believing in the Tightness of
abortion, I would advise the student paper to
start publicizing the strong arguments for
abortions, rather than attach another
person's beliefs or rant and rage about the
fate of unemployed sperms.
Thorn Cavanaugh
021 Mitchell Hall
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