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The new transportation system
will have several interesting side
effects, some of which are already
becoming apparent. The traffic
office has been overwhelmed with
phone-calls and visits from
concerned students, faculty and
employes, most of whom have
legitimate questions or grievances.
But the brunt of the new system's
many implications is just beginning
to be felt.
While a general priority system
has been established for parking
(carpooling and seniority coming
first), there will probably be
controversy over the specific
parking pecking-order in the
departments and in student
government. We encourage all
department chairmen to be as
democratic as possible in assigning
places, basing all decisions on
frequency and need of access to
buildings and whether the person
can use the bus system instead of
commuting. Janitors and junior
professors with heavy loads deserve
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If you're registered to vote in
Orange County, and you've been
thinking about voting by absentee
ballot in the May 7 Democratic or
Republican primaries, you'd better
mail in your request for an absentee
ballot application over the weekend.
The best thing to do is to pick up
an absentee ballot application at the
Union Desk. Today is last day they
will be available at the Union. After
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Another reminder this one to
be read before you stock up on the
weekend alcohol. Two weeks ago we
ran an editorial supporting the new
United Farm Workers Union
boycott. Besides grapes and lettuce,
there are several brands of wine
which you are requested to boycott.
The wines to boycott are the
following: Gallo wines (Gallo,
Paisano, Thunderbird, Ripple,
Boones Farm, Carlo Russi, Eden
Roc, Red Mountain and Triple
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Editor's Note: This is the jirst oj a week
long series, Jeaturing Jive seniors who are
expressing a "Final Thought."
I am waiting for the summer.
I am waiting for all the leaves to come out
and the grass to grow up green and strong
and wet. 1 am waiting for the weather to get
hot enough so the campus water sprinklers
drip down on the grass. There is a special
innocence people have when they play in the
water sprinklers.
I have seen that crystaliztd innocence and
I have seen it when my friends grinned,
watermelon juice dripping down their chins,
seeds spit out on the grass or on each other.
The summer moments are held still in my
mind, like special picture frames, frozen in
time.
I may stay here for awhile.
I may stay here for a long while. The
col!ee business has become a kind of
horns to me. I have stayed here longer than I
have stayed almost anywhere. I suppose the
luckiest students across the nation are not
those who zzt the grades or the honors or the
appointments.
The lucky students are the ones who find a
home.
It is a slow process, finding a home.
iy be the first time I ever felt that way was
I was eating a hot dog in Kenan
Staiium, My friend and I had sold programs
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parking places more
professors who live
than senior
nearby and
teach only one class a day
Student government is certain to
have a big uproar over which
politico gets which place, the idea
being that he should be closer to the
Union than lesser mortals.
Lower forms of pond life such as
editors and politicos should ride the
bus with everybody else.
Department chairmen and
student leaders should be an
example to others by riding the bus
with everyone else.
Aside from an expected increase
in bicycle and skateboard sales (it's a
good time to buy rollerskate stock),
there will be greater incentive to join
fraternities. Greeks will provide
some of the most convenient off
campus parking.
And land values will probably
change along bus routes. If rent
increases are levied they should be
paid to the bus system, not to the
landlord. Credit where credit is due.
that, voters must write to Orange
County Board of Elections,
Hillsborough, N.C., 27278, and
request an application. So, if you go
to the Union Desk today, you'll save
yourself a stamp.
Also, the longer you wait, the
greater risk you are taking that your
ballot won't get in on time (May 6).
So if you're voting absentee, it's time
to get movin'.
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boycott
Jack), Franzia Brothers wines and
Guild wines.
Plenty of other brands of wine are
available. The purpose of the
boycott is to put economic pressure
on California wine producers to
force them to follow the' workers'
preferences on which union they
want to represent themselves.
So, this is just a handy reminder
for those who intend to be
conscientious about the boycott.
thought: maybe summer
and we were resting just then, eating hot dogs
with too much mustard on them.
I was thinking the hot dogs had cost too
much and I was looking at the older people
who had come to the game and I remember
thinking with scorn they could afford the
price.
And I suddenly felt like telling them to get
out of my stadium. It was my school and the
members of the football team were my class
mates and I felt very secure and angry
at the same time with the knowledge that the
stadium was mine and all the other people
were just visiting. They couldn't come back
at night and play in the shadows of the
campus, because they didn't belong here.
I did.
I had been rattling around the East Coast
of the nation all my life. My family had split,
all three older kids going off to college at the
same time; my parents were planning to
move again. And for a while, Kenan
Stadium was the first place in Chapel Hill 1
felt belonged to me.
But then there was an autumn day when I
was dragging myself out of my bed in the
dorm. My friend was keeping a careful eye
on me to make sure I didn't crawl back under
the covers, for the morning was dark and
damp and I needed the covers to keep the
clamminess from crawling under my skin.
I stomped around a lot in the morning
Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., a member of the
Watergate committee, announced last week that the
Nixon administration used the Internal Revenue
Service in attempts to control political enemies and aid
its friends. Weicker released a memo, written by John
Dean, stating that the White. House intervened in
audits of the tax returns of Nixon cronies John Wayne
and Billy Graham. Questions have arisen about what
these two men had to do in return for the favors. The
conversations about these considerations might, have
gone something like this:
"Mr. President, I have Mr. Wayne on the phone."
"Thank you, Rose Mary. Ill take the call in the Oval
Office. And make sure the tape recorders are
inoperative."
"Hellor
"Hello, Duke. This is your President speaking. I'd
like to talk to you about a matter of grave importance."
"Listen, Dick, if it's about. that plan of yours to have
me drive down Pennsylvania Avenue in a tank yelling
'Kill the commies in Congress,' I'm not so sure ..."
"Forget about that, John. This is about your taxes.
The IRS is auditing your returns, and I hear that
they're pretty suspicious about that $500,000
deduction you took for donating your old cowboy hats
to the Smithsonian."
Letters to the editors
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To the editors:
Sandra Millers' letter of April 4 disturbs
me deeply. I feel that her self-righteous
indignation at the students who chose not to
bother with her article is totally unjustified.
She seems to believe that this literature
would be these students' only exposure to
Christianity. I can assure her that this is not
so, as street-corner evangelism has been long
popular on this campus.
She charges that "to say Christianity is
bunk solely on the basis of hearsay,
subjective opinion and personal prejudices is
to deny the central process of education
objective investigation of the facts."
Facts? Since when was Christianity based
on facts, Ms. Millers? It is based on faith.
Faith, not facts. I advise you to look these
words up in a good dictionary, in order that
you not confuse them in the future.
The letter also contains the two dubious
statements "it is objective, historical,
testable, provable" and also, "the rational
evidence is there." I could here embark on a
long philosophical discourse concerning the
relationships between "rational evidence,"
objectivity, history and Christianity, but in
the interests of brevity and clarity I will sum
it up with one word. Bullshit (a well-worn
cliche but descriptive).
I would like, before closing, to suggest to
Ms. Miller that perhaps, just perhaps, the
students she condemns have not rejected v
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then. My friend was grinning. And then she
asked me if I wouldn't like to move in with
her and her roommate in the small shack that
lived in the shadow of the big house facing
Rosemary Street. I looked at her for a long
time and said I would have to think about it.
Two days later I had agreed. I had been
confused by the idea of staying in the same
place for more than a couple of weeks. But
the idea finally became secure in my mind
and 1 like it.
I think now it was a kind of decision to put
down some roots here. 1 grew with those
roots. And I stabilized my life.
It had not always been that way. After
Kent State, I thought college was a place to
be frustrated; a chance to get away from
home, a chance to be independent. I think
most students have felt that way. It has
become a national phenomena, this going
away to college.
And maybe my classmates and I came at
the wrong time, with schools filled and angry
and restless. Most of those feelings have
gone underground, even underground in our
souls. Everything has been too crowded, too
many rootless, restless people.
But then, I was one of the lucky ones,
because there was an end to my restlessness
and the rootlessness; I found a home.
And7 1 think I might stay here and wait for
the summer.
"Well hell, Dick, i got that idea from you."
"That's what you get for taking tax advice from the
President. Now I'm in a position to halt that audit, if
you'll do me just one small favor."
"What is itr
"I want you to go on the Johnny Carson Show and
say that you think that anyone w ho favors impeaching
the President should be shot as a traitor."
"Hell, Dick, don't you think that's going a little too
farr
"Would you rather make your next movie from
inside San Quentin, John?"
"Uh, now that you mention it, Dick, I've been
thinking about going on the Johnny Carson Show and
saying that anyone who favors impeachment should be
shot as a traitor."
"That's a good idea, John. Now don't you worry
about those taxes. So long, cowboy. CLICK. Miss
Woods, is Mr. Graham here yet?"
"Yes, Mr. President."
"Well show him in . . . Hello, Billy boy."
"Good afternoon, Mr. President, and God bless
you."
"Can the religion, Billy. The tape recorders aren't on
. . . I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, Billy."
corner evangelist
Christianity on the basis of hearsay and
personal prejudices. Is it not conceivable
that they have weighed the merits of
Christianity and have made a well-thought
and considered decision that Christanity
held nothing for them? To deny this
possibility is to become guilty of your own
charge of narrow mindedness. I ask you to
consider these points before reacting
emotionally to this letter.
Wingo C. Johnson
133-B Johnson Street
P.S. Please do not hand me a copy of your
article. I have seen the movie twice.
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To the editors:
The following is a response to your
editorial on April 17. We feel that your
appraisal of Mr. Jerry C. Cashion as a
teacher at this University is definitely unjust.
Although Mr. Cashion has been working
on his dissertation since 1968, it is not
because of a lack of effort on his part that it is
incomplete. Having been given permission
to by-pass the M.A., he has completed all
other requirements for his degree. Mr.
Joel Brink lev
The returns are in from Saginaw,
Michigan and with them many
interpretations. It is not clear what the
Democratic victory meant for President
Nixon, certain impeachment or nothing
at all, but for everyone else the outcome
meant only one thing partisan
politics as usual.
Republicans claimed they only lost a
seat in the House, nothing more, while
Democrats said the victory their first
in this district in 40 years was also a
call for impeachment. Political
explanations were abundant and varied
but among all the claims and disclaimers
one pattern could be seen; everyone
interpreted the outcome only in light of
their own hopes, dreams and fears.
"This was not a referendum on
impeachment," Presidential advisor
Dean Burch said. "The President will
not be impeached on the basis of a poll
taken on the Bad Axe, Michigan
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Cashion's work load is extremely large. In
addition to 600 students he teaches here at
the University, he also teaches over 100
persons by correspondence. The statement
that one third of his students are freshman
and therefore have no choice in whether or
not they take his course is untrue. In History
22, he teaches 54 freshmen out of 198
students. The sections in North Carolina
History 162 (1835- ) are closed to freshmen.
The DTITs comment on the glut of Ph. D.s
is quite true but finding an authority is no
easy task. They are not picked up; they are
made. Mr. Cashion has been groomed since
day one of his time at this university for the
job by the renowned authority. Dr. Hugh T.
Lefler. He still considers Mr. Cashion as the
man for the position. The editors also
mention that Mr. Cashion's predecessor. Dr.
Lefler, has published 15 books on North
Carolina history. It must be remembered Dr.
Lefler is 73 years old, Mr. Cashion is 32.
He inspires in his students a reverence for
their state and its past. He is enlightening,
authoritative and dedicated. In our opinion,
students need and desire such men on the
faculty. It is apparent that the editors have
never had a class under Mr. Cashion or their
opinions would be drastically changed.
In. conclusion, we would like to
respectfully recommend that the history
courthouse steps." It is hard to imagine
Burch making the same speech had.
Republican Sparling won.
Traxler, the winner, said the
Michigan voters were sending a message
to Washington, telling Congress they
were fed up with Nixon and wanted him
impeached. This was hardly a surprise;
Traxler based his entire campaign on
impeachment.
Sparling, who invited Nixon to
campaign with him, said he lost because
the voters made their choice between he
and Traxler, and for no other reason. "I
think we should be proud that the
President of the United States came to
the Eighth District ... He helped us,
but unfortunately not quite enough."
Even Gerald Ford had an
interpretation. "The election was not a
referendum on impeachment," he said
as Nixon's Vice-President. But as the
possible successor to President Nixon,
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"Oh no! Don't tell me someone finally found out
that I'm really Jewish."
"No, it's worse than that. Billy. The IRS got hold of
your tax returns and found out that you've been
claiming God as a dependent."
"Well God damn! What am I going to do. DickT
"Well, I can stop that tax audit, if you'll just do one
small favor for me."
"What is it, Dick? I don't want to give up all those
Cadillacs and Brooks Brothers suits."
"All I want you to do is go on another nationwide
crusade and tell all those suckers, 1 mean people, that
come to see you that you've been talking to God, and
that He told you that anyone who wants the President
impeached will go straight to hell."
"But Dick, that would be a lie."
"How would you like to go back to hustling
aluminum siding and baby pictures, Billy?"
"Actually, Dick, 1 think it's a great idea. Is there
anything else I can do for you?"
"Yes, Billy. Pray for me. And while you're at it. how
about praying for a plague of locusts to descend on
the Congress?"
"1 don't know, Dick ..."
"Well you work on it, and let me know. Goodbye,
Billy. Okay Miss Woods. Send in Howard Hughes."
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department reconsider its position on Mr.
Cashion. If the department feels Mr.
Cashion is unqualified it is a reflection on
themselves; for Mr. Cashion is totally a
product of this University. The department
trained him and, if they feel he is unfit, it is
because they failed in their job. We hope that
the department will hire faculty members as
dedicated, enlightening and as qualified as
Mr. Jerry C. Cashion.
William R. Bracey
1902 Granville West
Clay Canady
1918 Granville West
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trying to be his own man, he added,
"Well, I'll have to be honest. It did hurt
us."
There were other election result
interpretations and most were equally
partisan. But none of them really
matter. The only important
interpretations are those made by the
members of the House Judiciary
Committee and, eventually, the entire
House of Representatives.
The Judiciary Committee's recent
vote to subpoena Nixon showed that its
members can vote without partisan
considerations, but a vote for actual
impeachment could be another matter.
In order to maintain the respect they
have recently gained, the Judiciary
Committee will have to ignore partisan
considerations. They will have to vote as
impartial prosecutors considering only
the evidence, and ignore their personal
hopes, dreams and fears.
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