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48 nil if 43 KFf 1 a 52 JVcr. Q Eklitorial Freedom Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed on its editorial page. All unsigned editorials are the opinion of the editor. Letters and columns represent only the opinions of the individual contributors. Susan Miller, Editor 7! A nmeenc 1 1 i) it i i The UNC Board of Governors, the body with authority over all 16 state supported institutions of higher learning in North Carolina including East Carolina University, apparently has little or no influence upon the crucial issue of medical education in North Carolina. Politics is now the name of the game on the medical education issue and it seems that the legislature has completely ignored the decision and reasons for the decision of the Board of Governors not to expand in the East Carolina med school. The ECU med school issue is the first controversial issue that has faced the board as well as the first issue in which all power and authority has been transplanted from the hands of the board into the hands of the political state legislature. While the board carefully commissioned an out-of-state body of medical experts to study and make recommendations on the problem of increasing the number of doctors in North Carolina and improving N.C. health care, legislators govern their decisions under the threat of the purse strings of the Joint Appropriations Committee. In turn for assurances that (HI)? atlg (5ar Susan Miller Editor Cathy Farrell, Managing Editor Dill Welch, News Editor David Eskridge, Associate Editor Ksncy Rata, Associate Editor Kevin McCarthy, Features Editor ElSictt Varnock, Sports Editor Tom Randolph, Photo Editor Ernie Pitt, Night Editor fj CoEaeEi The filing deadline for local and state offices in the May 7 Democratic and Republican primaries has passed, and the' Democratic race for Orange Count Commissioners will draw the most interest. Seven Democrats are in the race for three seats on the five member board. In 1972, Flo Garrett, a 29 year old housewife, and Richard Whitted, a 27 year old black accountant led a narrow liberal victory in the primary, Whitted winning by 43 votes out of 1 2,000. The two then swept to a two-to one victory over the GOP candidates. The County Commissioners have responsibility for health and welfare, in the entire county, and police, water, sewer, and zoning outside of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. So far, oniy one progressive candidate has emerged in the race, UNC YMCA director Norm Gustaveson. Gustaveson will center his campaign around better planning and zoning, and better fiscal control over ttie . county budget. Voters can use up to three votes in the race, although they can use one or two if they feel there are less than three candidates thev can vote for. Several other candidates have some promise. Melvin Whitfield, a conservative dairy farmer and an incumbent is no intellectual, but he is fair and open minded. Jan Pinney, owner of a country store, is also fairly conservative, but will probably be able to work well on the Board. Two other Chapel Hill candidates are running besides Gustaveson. George Sprar.sy, co-owner of Huggins Hardware on; Franklin Street, has been good on planning issues in his 10 years on the Chapel Hill' Planning Board, but conservative on most other issues. Sam Holton, a member of the Chapel Hill School board, is regarded by many as fairly moderate, but it is not known how much' support he will be able to get. Board Chirman Norman Walker has Local March 4, 1974 Tl n o nnne pet projects be kept in or added to the state budget, legislators one by one join the proponents of ECU medical school expansion. The "compromise" proposal on the East Carolina medical school issue is really not a compromise with the Board of Governors or with those against immediate expansion of the ECU med school. The bill goes directly against the decision of the Board of Governors not to expand the med school, as it calls for increasing the number of students at the one-year program now at ECU, adding a second-year class and constructing a $15 million basic science building. The only leeway given the board in this "compromise" is setting the dates for this expansion. It is difficult to tell whether UNC could have done more to safeguard its position on expansion of the ECU med school and the improvement of medical care in North Carolina. Perhaps it could have done more, but it is apparent that the "compromise" of the Joint Appropriations Committee was reached only to have the appearance of compromise. ECU proponents did not have to compromise because the board has had no power to wield in preserving its stand. The issue of how best to improve health care and increase the number of doctors in all parts of the state, including rural eastern North Carolina, has fallen by the wayside. The Board of Governors' study outlined the least expensive and the fastest ways to solve this problem yet its recommendations have been ignored. Meanwhile the role of the Board of Governors as a body to make decisions on higher education in North Carolina is in serious jeopardy. But worse, because politics has taken over educational decision-making, the improvement of health care all over North Carolina is also in serious jeopardy. (Editor's note: Tuesday's editorial will compare the Board of Governors' plan with the ECU med school plan.) t 9 race offers opposed much legislation on the County Board that Garrett and Whitted have been pushing for, but he has supported Orange County bidding oh the UNC utilities. Tom Bacon is a plumbing contractor from Hillsborough who ran unsuccessful races for the County Board in 1970 and 1972. His only chance is probably in a runoff a month later. With seven candidates running for three seats, there is the possibility of no candidate getting a majority, or only one or two getting the magic one sixth of all the votes cast. Another factor is the student vote. The primary is on May 7, the next to last day of exams, and many students may have already left town. A big absentee ballot drive may have to be undertaken. Voter registration for the primary, which also includes the important U.S. Senate race will end April 8. Those already registered don't have to re-register unless they have, moved out of their precinct. Norm Gustaveson has been a friend to young people since he came to Chapel Hill. He was active in many progressive causes, from Civil Rights, Vietnam, Food Worker's Strike, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. Norm has on many occasions bailed young people out of jail who were charged with serious crimes. At the "Y" he has been a constant, counselor to many "generations" of UNC students, and a friend to all. I hope students who are voting in Orange County will pay attention to the election campaign for County Commissioner. It is an important race for the future of the County. In the next few months, I will try to discuss the issues in depth, and try to comment on other primary races such as State Senate and U.S. Senate, (the only Republican primaries arc for State Senate and State Supreme Court). by Lena Stemes end Dr. Takty CrUt (Editor's Note: seventh in a series on contraception.) There are a number of new methods of birth control now available to women in North Carolina. Among these are: Pills. Low dosage estrogen pills, containing only 20 to 30 milligrams of estrogen, and the "mini pills' containing no estrogen, are now being prescribed. The low dosage and no estrogen pills cause none of the side effects associated with the higher estrogen pills headaches, nausea, vomiting, weight gain and mastalgia. Many women who could not take the higher doasage pills will find that they can take the newer ones. On the other hand, as the estrogen dosage is decreased or eliminated altogether, certain other side effects appear in some women. The higher estrogen pills helped control a woman's mestrual cycle making periods quite predictable. With the new pills new problems may appear: Breakthrough m i : ; - .: is T : i cma - 1 - ..... , r V:: 'i 'NOW YOU KNOW WHAT Brent Mc Knight Class A student government office which contributes nothing to the well-being of students does not, in my opinion, deserve to exist. It is a rather common allegation that class officers contribute nothing to student life. If valid, such an allegation justifies the discontinuation of these offices. The charge is not valid in the case of Senior Class officers (President, Brent McKnight; Vice President, Ellanor Graves; Secretary, Carol Ripley; and Treasurer, Fred Kiger), and we feel the interest Round one of the student elections are over, and the dust has not yet settled. Assuming the Presidential runoff is between Marcus Williams and El Libre, I believe that Marcus Williams will be able to deal effectively with the issues that face his office. I think he will be able to work with White as well as Black students. In the editor's race, the Cooper-Turosak vs. Campbell duel is also coming up, although a possible suit charging Campbell with over-spending may postpone the election. No matter who wins, the paper will not collapse. But 1 believe that Cooper-Turosak show more promise at being able to put together a well-functioning staff. Turosak's coverage of the Brookside miner's strike was some of the most effective reporting I have seen in a longtime, and he is dedicated to the newspaper business.' Cooper will be able to bring a good balance to the overrall editorial board. I don't believe people should write off Cole Campbell because he has no journalistic experience. He did a good job with his DTH Alternative, and with some conscientious conciliating efforts can probably put the paper back together again. The issue of overspending is an important one, however, because the credibility of the editor is one of his her most important assets. Whether the candidates liked it or not, a $200 spending limit was put on this race over a year ago, and if a candidate did not like the limit, he did not have to run. Persons interested in working to help Duke Power's Brookside Miners and those interested in working to make sure Duke Power doesn't buy U.N.C.'s utilities, should attend a meeting oj Orange County Citizens for Alternate Power, tonight at 7p.m. in 217 Union. : bleeding, amenorrhea and heavier menstrual flow. These side effects are only minor and may eventually disappear after several months. In a small number of women, they are bothersome enough that resort to the higher estrogen pills is advised. The failure rate of the higher dosage pills is less than one percent. The low dosage estrogen pills show only a slight increase in pregnancy rates. With the mini pills, however, the pregnancy rate is two to four percent, equivalent to the IUD in effectiveness. Deproprovera. Another method which; holds promise for the future is the injection of hormones. Recently the Food and Drug Administration approved deproprovera, a progesterone preparation, for limited prescription use. Deproprovera is given as an injection about every three months or so. It works much like the pill in making the musuous unreceptive to sperm. Some uncertainty exist however, in the fact that we do not THE PEASANTS THINK OF YOUR HOUR OF MORNING!' officers time has arrived for clarification of our work. With this in mind, we outline the projects with which we have been most concerned. In response to a desire expressed by many students, we, along with the Student Union, the Alumni Association, and the Music Department, have organized a spring festival for the final two weeks before exams. Known as Springfest, the celebration will include concerts by Sha-Na-Na, Mission Mountain Wood Band, the Fiori Baroque Ensemble of Boston, the University Symphony and Choir, and other groups to be announced. Springfest will provide an opportunity to relax and enjoy Carolina before exams. Work on Springfest exemplifies the type of contribution class officers can make. We have exerted every effort to voice the desire for a spring festival and to stir the support of organizations which could make it a reality. Our second major negotiating effort has involved graduation. Seniors expressed the need for re-evaluation of various aspects of the traditional ceremony. We, in turn, took these suggestions to Administration officials. letters to the editor A A euuer mnsrepireseraecii mcus To the editor: In response to Bob Hupman's letter concerning amnesty. I believe that a few facts must be corrected that were presented in your letter. First, you put the total of those in need of amnesty at 14 million and critized the editorial for greatly exaggerating. The government put its figures like this: 52,000-plus draft resisters known, 100,000-plus never registered, 32,557 AWOL or desertedw,20,000 draft age men admitted to Canada, and 450,000 Vietnam Veterans discharged with less than Honorable Discharge. That makes over 534,700-plus, which means that the editorial didn't exaggerate as much as you underestimated. In your next paragraph you said, "they had that chance back home when they could have secured a CO. status, fled to Canada or gone to jail for any lofty principals." The fact is, Bob, that many local draft boards reject many claims without even giving consideration or reason. Many did not attempt to gain CO. status simply because they thought it hopeless and did not wish to submit to it's harassments. Still others did not possess the education or accessibility that is necessary when asking for a CO. status. Years ago, itwas nearimpossible for anyone tb gain a CO. status, and those people are still suffering. You wish to have punishment. Bob, for know how long it Lasts. Menstrual cycles tend to be irregular if not totally unpredictable with this method, but again there are none of the estrogen related side effects. Deproprovera is not entirely new method by the way. It has been used very sucessfully in the past as a temporary means of birth control, especially on women for a short period after delivery. Research is still being done to perfect an injection that would act over a period of six months, a year or even longer but at present the three month injection is available for women who can not use other methods. Morning after pill. The Food and Drug Administration in 1973 approved the use of estrogen diethyistilbestrol (DES) as a "morning after" pill. There are, however, very strict limitations as to its use. It is not a means of contraception and should be used only as an emergency measure. It must be taken in high dosages within 72 (preferably 24) hours after exposure and then taken for five days. DAYLIGHT SAVING AT THIS clarify work Our discussion dealth with changes in music and robe color, although we also sought input into the choice ot a speaker. The results: additions to the music program at graduation are under evaluation by the Music Department and the Administration. The color of the robes has been changed from black to Carolina blue. And the Administration has expressed willingness to consider future speaker choices. We have attempted to encourage communication among Seniors byt publishing a newsletter outlining our projects and news items of common interest. Funds allowed the printing of only 300 copies per edition, and we found the circulation to be inadequate. We sought the help of the Alumni. Association, and Alumni officials agreed to devote the first page of the Alumni Newsletter to the articles we would normally have printed in our own newsletter and to mail a copy to each Senior. This edition has been printed and is being mailed. As the end of the year approaches, we plan to publish another edition in this manner. A fourth major project we have organized is a series of debates on the Energy Crisis. In the first debate, the A these deserters. You say a dodger did "go back on his oath to the Constitution of these United States." Since over 70 of the American people favored withdrawal from Vietnam, wasn't it those who went to fight who did not follow their roles as Americans? The problem of dying should not be directed to those who are trying to achieve amnesty, but to the U.S. government who has been unable to answer that question. No one who resisted the draft forced another to go in his place. It was the government who forced this, and it ought to be the government who ought to be responsible for this problem, not those who followed their conscience and defied the law. Finally Bob, you look to Roosevelt, Truman, Wilson, and Eisenhower to say what heroic ideas they had by not issuing amnesty. The fact is, that Truman issued amnesty on 4 different occasions including some 1,523 individuals for evasion in W.W. II, and a number convicted for desertion between August 15, 1945 and June 25, 1950. Wilson issued amnesty of some type on 2 occasions, Roosevelt one occasion, and even George Washington issue amnesty. No, Bob. You have many of the facts misrepresented. Many believe these individuals not to be cowards, but to be braver than others simply because of the situtations they subjected themselves to. The "morning after" pill is very effective, but should not be used repeatedly. It is not recommended for women with a family history of breast or gential cancer, or a personal history of certain heart diseases, blood clots, hepatitis or migraine headaches. The only reported side effects to the "morning after" pill include vomiting and nausea. Menstrual extraction. A new and promising method of birth control somewhere between "foresight contraception" and "hindsight abortion" is menstrual extraction, also known as menstrual planning, menstrual regulation or menstrual induction. This procedure involves the vacuum aspiration of the uterine lining with a few weeks after a late menstrual period. (Up to 50 days of amenorrhea.) This procedure itself is similiar to the insertion of an IUD. The physician pushes a small tube through the cervix into the uterus, applies a vacuum at the proximal end of the tube and pulls outs or aspirates the lining of the uterus which is normally shed in menstruation. The menstural extraction is simple and safe. A paracervical block is used and the whole procedure takes about two hours. Determination of pregnancy is not necessary and there are no complications. Side effects are minimal or non-existent. Menstrual extractions are done at N.C. Memorial Hospital in the Menstrual Regulation Clinic on Monday afternoons. Appointments are made through the hospital by calling 966-2135. Cost is $75. Prostaglandins. The use of prostaglandins for abortion has become widespread. Eventually it may replace the saline injection entirely. It is a safe and reliable abortion technique performed during the First 12 weeks of pregnancy. The prostaglandins work by causing uterine contractions which are strong enough to expel the pregnancy tissue. There are only a few side effects, including nausea and vomiting. NEXT: Future methods oj birth control, including the male pill, the plug, releasing hormones, and others. (A special thanks to Dr. James R. Ding) elder Jor his help in the preparation oj this column.) COPYRIGHT (C) 1974 by Lana Starnes and Dr. Takey Crist. All rights reserved. nation's second ranked debate team Tom Dillard and Cole Campbell met Jeff Allred and Walker Smith ranked by at least one expert a the fourth best team nationwide. In the second debate, on Feb. 27, coaches Robert Cox and Robert Branham faced Allred and Smith in a discussion of strip mining. By sponsoring these events we hope to provide an opportunity to hear excellent debating and thus to contribute to the intellectual life of Carolina students. Our work has not been limited to these projects. We have sponsored a forum for discussion of drop-add problems, presented the movie, "Raisin in the Sun," helped publicize the work of the YMCA tutoring program, considered proposals for restructuring class offices, explored the possibilities of obtaining blocks of tickets to sports events for Seniors, and begun preparation for the Senior class gift. In these efforts we have tried to contribute to the betterment of student life for Seniors, as well as students of other classes. We are confident our work has not been in vain, and we hope the newly-elected Senior Class officers will carry forward and expand upon the projects we have organized. Tl fl I do not claim to know the answer to tis difficult question. But it is important that we understand the facts. Douglas Schuch Granville Towers Extend hours for Woollen gym To the editor: 13 Bravo Miss Boyce! I heartily agree with your, suggestion that squash courts be reserved on a first come, first serve basis. The women squash players I've seen need all the practice that they can get! But I would like to go even further since I also have spent many mornings calling from 7:45 to 8:00 only to be told that all courts are full. Woollen gym should also abolish reserved faculty courts as well. And since virtually all of the facilities in the gym are in constant use, ' I propose that it be kept open until 11:00. I'm sure that many students would make use of the extended hours. The plans for a new gymnasium complex is good news for those planning to come to UNC in 1977, but corrective action should be taken now to alleviate this critical shortage of space. Robert L. Kunka Bolinwood Apts