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'Chairperson' violates parliamentary law?
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Segregating the students
Bill Bayliss, a member of the Chapel Hill Planning Board, has proposed
that the town reword its zoning ordinance to define a family as "one person,
two unrelated persons or two of more persons related by blood, marriage,
legal adoption or guardianship and occupying a single family dwelling."
Webster would undoubtedly quarrel with this definition. University
students should quarrel with it as well. Itseffect is to keep groups of students
from renting houses in areas zoned for "single family dwellings." Bayliss
says that he is concerned that groups of students who can afford to divide
rent among themselves will take over housing needed by low-income
families. What he fails to recognize is that students are also frequently "low
income," and are affected by the trend of higher rent just as other segments
of the community.
If Bayliss proposal is accepted, it might interfere not only with students,
but also with families desiring to rent out rooms in their houses to unrelated
persons. Bayliss suggests that a special provision could be put into the
ordinance to allow such families to rent rooms. But in Bayliss proposal, a
single student qualifies as a "family," and therefore could, under such a
provision, rent a house and then sublet it to friends. Any such provision
would probably be exceedingly difficult to enforce.
Segregating the students from the rest of the town with exclusionary
zoning law will not serve the interests of the town or the students. We
certainly hope the town will decide against using its zoning ordinance to
achieve this segregation.
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Alan Murray
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To the editor:
1 plead with my favorite campus
newspaper to give up the usage
"chairperson" and go back the the first
principles so well stated by the National
Association of Parliamentarians:
"Whereas, Parliamentary Law has a
language all it own; and
"Whereas, In olden times the one
presiding was the only person provided
with a chair, while other sat on benches,
hence he was called the Chairman: and
"Whereas, No parliamentary law
authority or dictionary recognizes the
word "Chairperson": and
"Whereas, Since time immemorial the
term "Mister Chairman" or "Madam
Chairman" has always been employed
to differentiate between sexes; and
" Whereas, Further effort toward sex
differentiation is redundant and
contrived; now therefore be it
"Resolved: That organizations and
parliamentarians of the National
Association of Parliamentarians must
use the term Chairman instead of
"Chairperson" and be it Resolved: That
all N.AP. members should habitually
stress the principle that the work
Chairman belongs to the title of the
office the same as the title of President
or Secretary."
From The Trident
(of Delta, Delta, Delta sorority,
Winter, 1977)
Roy R. Kuebler, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Tar Heel fans praised
To the editor:
As an alumnus of UNC, 1 was
interested in a memeographed memo
that was distributed to the Wake Forest
crowd at the Wake Forest-N.C. State
basketball game in Winston-Salem
Saturday night. The letter read as
follows: -
"What is the difference between an
ACC basketball game in Winston
Salem as opposed to one in Chapel H ill?
This question can be answered in two
words: 'The Fans. Granted, Carmichael
holds more than the Winston-Salem
Coliseum. Why though is the average
Carolina fan more vocal than the
average. WFU student? Could this be
due to the success of the team? In past,
years you could have used this as an
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excuse, but this year you cannot! The
fans in Chapel Hill are true blue, but
fans at Wake Forest cannot truthfully
claim such loyalty. The vocal support of
the fans can be both an offensive and
defensive weapon, but during the games
this year in Winston-Salem, this has not
been the case. The past Clemson gajne
was a perfect example. If Carolina was
down by three at the half, their fans
would make it a point to get their team
fired up. The Deacon fans didn't
attempt to show any emotion until their
team finally tied the score. Simple
clapping of the hands and the chanting
of 'defense' motivates a team. These
have been nonexistent at Wake games
w hether the fans realize it or not. Also, if
Carolina had lost such a game, it would
have been 'We lost' instead of 'They lost"
(the attitude that most Wake fans take
after such a loss.)
The Deacs are No. 1 in the ACC, but
their fans are No. 7. Let's face it, you
aren't deserving of a team of such
quality! You may think we are too harsh
comparing you to Carolina tans. We
don't think so. If we can beat Carolina in
basketball, surelv we can beat them in
support! Deacon Fans, you have three
more chances to prove us wrong. Do it!"
The letter was signed. by "a group of
concerned Deacon fans." Looks like
word gets around about Tar Heel fans.
Congratulations.
George Howard
382 1 Country Club Rd.
Winston-Salem
it's good to give it away
To the edijtor:
To the 'three mimes in the Pit on
Tuesday: thanks once again for bringing
some wonder into my day. We are each a
wonder, and it is good to give it away, a
gift to whomever will accept it.
Mike Newton
210 Weaver Rd., Apt. 3
Give us a replay
To the editor:
A petty beef there are no replays
given on pinball machines in Chapel
Hill, only extra balls. Some bars say it's
because of a local ordinance against
activities akin to gambling. City Hall
says they know of none. Others say it's a
state law, but replays are given in other
parts of the state. Does the distributor
set the machines? He never answered.
The poor variety of machines in this
town is one thing to contend with. But
replays? Is it too much to ask to have
that smallj sporadic thrill of
accomplishment with a glass of beer?
P. R. Raiford
325 Barclay Rd.
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