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The I Wouldn't Touch This One
With A Ten-Foot Pols Award to
Black Panther activist Joanne
Chosimard, who got pregnant while
being in jail for nine months.
The Can't You Hear My Stomach
Groan Award to journalism
professor Thomas Bowers, who
tantalized his 1 1 a.m. advertising
class with visions of food for the last
10 minutes of class. Dr. Bowers
made the understatement of the year
when he said: "Along about this time
everv day people get hungry." Eat it.
The Let Me Make This Perfectly
Clear Award to the sign that stated:
"This exit is for use only in case of
fire, disaster or other emergency."
The Now We Understand What
Administrators Are All About
Award to Dean of Student Affairs
Donald Boulton. According to a
story in The Charlotte Observer
about second floor Winston's room-by-room
coed living. "He said it
spawned sexual activity. 'Certainly
it has occurred. It's a basic drive and
it will be satisfied." Let the truth
shine?
The And If Impeached I Will Not
Resign Award to President Richard
Milhouse Nixon, who has apparent
ly gone crazy in office. One year may
be enough of Watergate but four
years was enough of Richard Nixon.
The Cookie Monster of the Week
Award to the gas station owner who
sold gas to customers only if they
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Susan F.'iller
Editor
Winston Cavin, Managing Editor
Bill Welch, News Editor
David Eskridge, Associate Editor
Nancy Pate, Associate Editor
Kevin McCarthy, Features Editor
Elliott Warnock, Sports Editor
Tom Randolph, Photo Editor
Ernie Pitt, Night Editor ,
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(Ed. note: The following is a statement from the residents of second floor
Winston.)
The cube in the Pit pronouncing a Save Second Floor Winston movement
has provoked curious comments and questions as to the specific merits of
the project that warrant such an action. So far, no coherent, organized
statement from the floor has been formulated. This column is an attempt to
let everyone know just what second floor is, who we are. and why we feel the
project is so important.
Second floor Winston was set up as one of a variety of living situations in
Henderson Residence College. Men and women live in separate,
alternating, non-adjoining rooms. There are separate, labeled bathrooms
two each for male and female on the floor.
This style of coed living has been officially cancelled by Donald A.
Boulton. dean of Student Affairs. Initially, Dean Boulton attempted to
justify his decision on the basis of "inadequate facilities" and "potential
adverse publicity" which might be damaging to the overall success of the
Living-Learning Center. These reasons seemed absurd at the time, and,
upon questioning in a meetingat Winston Tuesday night. Boulton conceded
that these reasons were not the true ones. He also disavowed his earlier claim
that the decision was his alone. He termed the cancellation of second floor
Winston "a University decision, and not just me."
Boulton cited "impending political pressure" that he could sense coming
from the North Carolina General Assembly. He said he had speculated that
members of the legislature might look at the present living situation on
second floor in a bad light and reflect their feelings by cutting the UNC
budget. Apparently he believes that by making the decision within the
University, he is "maintaining control" of the situation. Since when is
bowing to political pressure "taking control"? His reasoning here seems
shaky and paranoid.
So that is where we stand. We have been told that our cause has little
chance of success. So why fight it? We are fighting it because we feel the
second floor offers the best and most natural lifestyle offered by the
University Housing and because our hall is important to us for many
reasons.
The most important aspect of the living situation is that it helps break
February 1, 1974
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bought Girl Scout cookies. Food for
thought (and gas): It's a free
country. Sometimes.
The We Bet You Can't Pull This
One Off Award to all the guys who
planned the panty raid for Thursday
night in an attempt to bring back the
good ole days.
The Now Let's Get This Down
Pat or the Marie Antoinette Award
to Mrs. Nixon, who when asked
during a talk before the wives of the
National Religious Broadcasters if
the press is the cause of her
husband's problems responded,
"What problems?" with a
determined smile.
The Spare-us, Sparrow Award to
all the dorm treasurers who went to
Mrs. Frances Sparrow of the
Student Activities Fund Office and
found out that the figures on how
much money would be available for
the spring semester wouldn't be
ready till Feb. 7.
The Southern Belles Sure Can
Ring Their Chimes Award to the
Georgia state legislature, which
defeated the Equal Rights
Amendment this week.
The Sitting Duck I May Be, But
Stool Pigeon I Ain't Award to the
President's only vocal supporter.
Senate Republican Leader Hugh
Scott, who said this week, "I won't
be anybody's patsy."
The Because I Say So Award to
President Nixon for his statement
during the State of the Union
address: "There will be no
recession." How depressing. We
need evidence on that one. too.
The While Everybody Else Is
Taking Theirs Off, They're Putting
Theirs On Award to the blooming
dogwood trees beside the Y
building. Meanwhile students have
to discard their clothes because of
the warm weather. To both students
and trees, don't show everything
you've got. Spring's not here yet.
The We Don't Pay You To Think
Award to the Campus Police
Department, who installed new
metal boxes to collect parking fines,
and then left the box unlocked.
"Hey, I'll check ,that out. It's
supposed to be locked." one
policeman said. Wait till he sees it
there is no slot for the money either.
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A variety of problems are connected with
the current energy crisis. I'd like to examine
some of these, particularly in light of a recent
DTH editorial which claimed that supply
and demand no longer work and that profits
should be done away with.
One of the biggest problems we are
confronted with is the Arab oil embargo.
Stop and think about it for a minute.
Because of our support of Israel, we, along
with most of Europe and Japan are being
punished and blackmailed in an attempt to
change our foreign policy. It would be one
thing if the embargo was symbolic and of a
commodity like apricot leather. But needless
to say, oil ain't apricot leather and is instead
pretty close to being an essential for a
modern economy.
What are we doing about this action?
Basically, nothing. The other day, after three
months of embargo. Secretary of Defense
Schlesinger dared to -mention the words
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Yeh, hello is this the Exxaco Motor
lnr Yeh, you're speaking to the maitre d' in
the lobby. Look, if you want to get in touch
with one of our clients, it'll take a while. The
line's too long and we're real busy."
No. That's okay. I was calling about a
gasoline reservation."
Ah, a reservation, 1 see."
"Yes, I was told that it is now necessary to
reserve gas in advance of coming to the
station in order to make sure I get some."
"Yeh, that's right.. We're operating strictly
on a reservation system now."
Well, what's the procedure?"
"You ever bought gas here before buddy?
Got a credit card?"
No, I always used to buy at Bozo Gas on
the by-pass you know, that independent
dealer? But he's gone out of business."
"Well, then, Mr.
Jones ..."
" Mr. Jones, we put our credit card
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down the stereotyped views of male and female images and roles in society.
The men on the hall have become more aware of women's problems in
society and are more receptive to the Women's Liberation Movement. In
addition, the women have become aware of the problems that men face in
coping with the roles society expect them to play. Thislnevitably leads to a
friendlier and more open atmosphere. Honesty tends to replace contrived
images.
There has been little formal, dating within the group on the hall itself.
Instead, groups go to movies, concerts and basketball games together.
The living situation has promoted a sense of community through hall
dinners and pot-luck suppers. At one dinner, we invited faculty members
and we sat and talked informally long after the meal was over. We feel that
this sort of thing brings faculty and student together in an atmosphere
impossible in the classroom.
We adopted a North Campus tradition of exchanging Secret Santa gifts
the week before exams. Names were picked at random and residents
exchanged the final gifts at a Christmas dinner at the Colonial Inn in
Hillsborough.
Section-by-section coed living also exists in the living-learning center.
Residents of section-by-section floor complain that they don't meet
members of the other sections. On second floor, this is not the case. Almost
everyone knows everybody else on the hall. The community spirit is very
strong.
Residents of second floor feel strongly that we must comment on a
statement attributed to Dean Boulton in the Charlotte Observer (January
3 1 , 1974). We quote from the article: "He (Boulton) said it spawned sexually
activity. 'Certainly it has occurred. It is a drive and it will be satisfied.'
This seems to imply that second floor Winston has sexual activity of a
nature unique to this campus. This is a completely false and unfounded
implication.
Also, Boulton cited media reports as an example of the adverse publicity
he uses to help justify his decision. The massage class was not a second floor
institution. It was of the college, as a whole.
. In fact, it seems the only adverse publicity received so far has come from
Boulton, himself. Self-fulfilling prophecies, anyone?
"military action in a remark about the
embargo. But the idea didn't get too much
airplay and even Mr. Kissinger was shocked.
A real threat of force would, I suspect, be
eminently successful. But if real or veiled
threats are too difficult to stomach, how
about a complete trade embargo on our part
in conjunction with the other nations
concerned. A sort of reverse pro quid quo.
This hasn't been adopted either. Instead
we turn down our thermostats and wait in
line for gas on Friday afternoons.
Meanwhile Colonel Qadaffi threatens the
nation of France because some French
journalists had the chutzpah to write
something unfavorable about his lovely
regime, where if you're caught stealing they
chop your hand off.
Our decisiveness should set a lovely
precedent. If we're not willing to deal with
the Arabs then we must be willing to face an
aggravation of the oil shortage. Whether
no room
customers and other regular customers first
on the waiting list to get gasoline. So I'm
afraid they would get preference over you."
"What does that mean? Can't I get any
gas?"
"Well, we could book you on a late
afternoon slot and if there was still some gas
by the time you arrived, you would be
permitted to buy some gas."
"That's great."
"Of course, it all depends on how many of
the previous customers that day do not buy
up to the limited amount."
"And what's that?"
"$1.50."
"$1.50?! that's only 2 gallons worth!"
"That's better'n you'll get at a lot of
places."
"Gosh, I really got a lot shopping and
running around to do."
"I see, how soon did you plan on going
shopping?"
"Well, surely within the next week."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, but the earliest I
that shortage is legitimate is a question we'll
come back to. For the time being let's assume
that it is.
And yes my dear Virginia (or Seth as the
case may be) there is a law of supply and
demand. Simp'.istically it can be stated as
follows: The less there is of a commodity the
more valuable it is. The more there is of a
commodity, the less valuable it is. That's the
supply part. The demand side says: The more
a people desire a good, the more valuable it
is. The less a people desire a good, the less
valuable it is.
Both supply and demand then interact
with one another to determine a market price
where everybody is happy. And the beautiful
thing is that it works all by itself. All the
government has to do is to make sure
nobody is cheating by breaking the law.
We are currently faced with a decrease in
supply. This decrease coupled with an
increase in demand caused by more people.
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could book you would be February 12
at . . . let's see . . . 4:45 p.m." .
"February 12? are you crazy?"
"Of course, I could arrange a special deal
and perhaps find a slot as early as February
7."
"Special deal, huh? How much'll it cost
me?"
"$5 should suffice."
"You son-of-a-bitch."
"You do want gas don't you?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Now, Mr. Jones, what kind of gas would
you like? regular, lo-test or economy?"
"The cheapest."
"I see and how should , we make the
gasoline transfer? Would you like your car
towed in, or will you drive in, or can one of
our teenage hands bicycle a home delivery?"
"Well,, my tank is empty what is the
towing charge?"
"$15."
"$15, huh? Thanks, no. I'll push my car
in."
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bifger cars and bigger appetites in general,
accustomed to affluence, has driven up
prices.
The question is whether the oil industry is
"cheating," whether they have deliberately
withheld gas and oil to artifically cause a
supply shortage. But first another economic
digression.
Many economists prefer competition to
monopoly for a couple of reasons.
Competition inspires creativity and
invention and it can be demonstrated (and
has been in any Econ 32 "course) that a
perfectly competitive industry produces
more goods than a monopoly and sells them
at a cheaper price. The problem is, is that
perfect competition doesn't exist. So in
general, we try to get as close to it as we can.
The pil industry is an oligopoly (a few big
producers like the auto industry) that seems
to be behaving like a monopoly. An
oligopoly is somewhere between an industry
that is perfectly competitive and one that is
monopolistic. If collusion is involved then
the Justice Department should step in and
enforce the Taft-Hartley anti trust laws. In
other words, push the oil companies towards
competition not monopoly.
Hopefully all this technical garbage is
pointing towards the following solution. If
there's a legitimate shortage, let the market
handle it. Rationing is as inequitable as high
prices and creates a wasteful bureaucracy.
And as for nationalization, go talk to Mr.
Heath.
The market will bring about high prices
and temporarily, high profits. Some say
those profits are evil. In fact they are the key
to solving the shortage problem. The higher
profits will induce the oil companies to look
for more oil and to sell more of that oil.
Supply will increase and price will fall. It will
fall even further if we slow demand down by
not consuming as much as we have in the
past.
None of this will work if the oil companies
are colluding and withholdingtheir supplies.
It is the responsibility of the Justice
Department to insure that the oil companies
are not taking advantage of their oligopoly
status thereby taking advantage of the
consumer who has nowhere else to turn. And
hopefully that shall be the only necessary
action on the part of the federal government
in the current crisis.
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"And, Mr. Jones, you might like to know
you are entitled to a free four-piece place
setting if you do not buy the full amount of
gas."
"Thanks, I really appreciate that."
"Well, ...service is our business. And with
a smile."
"Yeh? What's the smile for?"
"Any other questions?"
"What if I don't make it on time?"
"I'm afraid if you don't make it within five
minutes of your appointment, we'll just have
to cancel your reservation. So. good luck."
"1 see."
"Well, Mr. Jones, thank you for shopping
Exxaco."
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Center? Yeh, my name is Joe Jones, and I
was wondering about how much your
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