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8 The' Daily Tar Heel Wednesday. Or.tobr 25. 1978 Lou Bilionis, Editor Chuck Alston, Managing Editor Don Woodard, Associate Editor David McKinnon, Associate Editor Bernie Ransbottom, University Editor Mary Anne Rhyne, City Editor Uavid Stacks, State and National Editor Richard Barron, News Editor Betsy Flagler, Features Editor Mark Scandling, Editor Lee Pace, Sports Editor Allen Jernigan, Photography Editor laxly alar HM 86th year of editorial freedom Cutting the tape Critcism of the undergraduate advising program has lallen at last on attentive ears. When it became increasingly apparent last year that the system needed revamping. Samuel K. Williamson, dean ol the College of Arts and Sciences, took the initiative and formed the 18-member Committee on Undergraduate Advising. That committee came out with its report this fall, and students and administrators had reason to hone for improvements in a program that touches ever undergraduate enrolled at this University. Now it appears that, for the most part, those hopes were well based. Complaints directed toward the advising system are all too familiar. From the students' point ol view, advisers offer limited and short office hours, due largely to ratios of advisee to advisor as high as 400-to-l. Many upperclassmen feel thy are experiencing the bureaucratic runaround between Arts and Sciences advisers and departmental ones. One adviser will say one thing; the other will say something else. Advisers, meanwhile, complain of apathy on the part ol a '.good number of their students. Necessary paperwork, they add. lakes time that might otherwise be spent advising. After months, of surveying and interviewing, the Committee on Undergraduate Advising gathered these and many more insights. I he result was a report offering 2 1 specific solutions to pending problems solutions which the General College and the College ol Arts and Sciences now are considering. According to James McCoy, assistant dean of the General College, his school is making an effort to require a l()-miriute minimum length for appointments. Schedules are being staggered. McCoy claims, so that advisors will offer both morning and afternoon oil ice hours. If the student still finds it difficult to see his adviser, a dean w ill be available for consultation. And additional advisers alreadv have been hired at the General College level, reducing the average student-adviser ratio to more reasonable 2()()-to-1. . Though a better developed training program. Arts and Sciences administrators and departmental advisers also will be less apt to contradict themselves. Other promising enterprises include the creation ol clear and simply put student handbook, dev oid of the institutional jargon that generally accompanies academic bulletins. Also, both the General College and Arts and Sciences have begun to utilize a computer system that should eliminate much of the burdensome paperwork. All of these improvements present what maybe the greatest step forward for the advising system in' its long history. The long-term success of the University's efforts, however, will depend on student participation the undergraduate's willingness to take the initiative and use the advising system lor his or her benefit. A faculty raise The Daily Tar Heel Assistant Managing Editors: John, Hoke, George Shadroui Ombudsman: Chris Lambert Weekender Editor: Michele Mecke News: Laura Alexander, Joan Brafford. Shannon Brcnnan. Michael L. Brown, Chris Burritt. Carol Carnevale, Mike Coyne, Kathy Curry, Dru Dowdy. Anne-Marie Downey, Ben Estes Annette Fuller, Carol Hanner, Pam Hildebran. Jaci Hughes. Jim Hummel. Terri Hunt. Dinita James, Thomas Jes&iman, George Jeter. Cam Johnson. Ramona Jones. Pam Kelley. Keith Kine. Lisa King, Susan Ladd.Tony Mace. Eddie Marks. Ruth McGaw. Kathy Morrill. Debbie Moose, Mark Murrell, Diane Norman. Laura Phelps. Melanie Sill. David Snyder. Katha Treanor, Michael Wade, Martha Waggoner, Sarah West and Carolyn Worsley. NevmBesks Chuck BurnUsa Cartwright, Bernie Cook, Pat Daugherty, Sue Doctor, Mary Gibbs, Jere Link, Cathy McJunkin, Debbie MooseXaraine Ryan, Mary Beth Starr, David Stephenson and Mary Thomas. Sports: Pete Mitchell, assistant editor; Evan Appel. George Benedict. Alan Boyette. Norman Cannada, Bill Fields. John Fish, David McNeill, Brian Putnam. Rick Scoppe, Frank Snyder and Isabel Worthy. ' . " ". . ;7 " Features: Debbie Arnold, Vikki Broughton, Cheryl Carpenter, Terri Garrard, Debra King, Bob Knowles, Margaret Lee, Bill McGowan, Mary Ann Rickert, Cathy Robinson, Donna Tompkins and Pat Wood. - Arts: Ann Smallwood, assistant editor; Buddy Burniske, Gregory Clay, Marianne Hansen, Steve Jackson, Jere Link, Melanie Modlin, Mark Peel, Judith Schoolman and Anthony Seideman. ' v " Graphic Arte: Dan Brady, Alan Edwards, Bob Fulghum, G. Douglas Govus, Kathy Harris, Jeff Lynch, Jocelyn Pettibone, Eric Roberts and John Tomlinson, artists; Andy James, Ann McLaughlin, Billy Newman, Will Owens and Kim Snooks, "photographers. , Business: Claire H. Bagley, business manager, Linda L. Allred. secretary receptionist; Kim Armstrong, Chuck Lovelace and William Skinner, accounting; Julia Breeden, circulation and distribution manager. Advertising: Neal Kimball, advertising manager; Nancy McKenzie, advertising coordinator; Arje Brown, classifieds; Andy Davis, Betty Ferebe, Linsey Gray, Wendy Haithcock, Julie. Plot, Lynn Timber lake and" Jerita Wright, sales. The pains and pleasures of mixed drinks Don W iUHlanl's X . Paradox Lost - "1 remember a time." you might say to yourself in the near future, "when we used to go to Breadman's to dry ourselves out." Liquor by the drink is coming to Chapel Hill. And even though it may be served in a dirty glass, a waitress at your favorite greasy spoon will be able to bring you a Singapore Sling just as easily as a cool plate of home fries. " For a lot of us. culture shock will set in. Local hars have been so simple up to this point. You might have one heck of a time deciding your course selection next spring, but the decision-making process ends when you enter a bar. "Gimme a beer." Sure, there are a thousand varieties of the brew, and some of you claim you can discern one beer from another by dipping your finger into the foam. But whether we'll admit it in public or not. for most of us.. .beer is beer. ' Ah. the complexities of life. With mixed drinks available, dating becomes potentially more embarrassing. "Would either of you care for a cocktail before dinner?" the waitress asks. "Urn, yes," I reply. TU have a Long Island... I mcan...a letters to the editor "Gimme a beer " Soon bars will be to bourbon and water as Baskin Robbms ,s to vanilla. I will not be intimidated: 1 like vanilla. Co ahead and order Hurricanes. Daiquiris. Grasshoppers and Pina Coladas: bored bartenders will jump at the chance to break out of the liquor-over-the-rocs rut. But don't call me when vou wake up the next morning with two pounds of dissolved sugar in vour bloodstream and a longing lor the hair of the dog. Some bars will inevitably serve colloquial drinks Count on seeing these in the near future: The Dick Crum Cooler. Never tastes as good as vou think it will. S The Campus Groundscrew driver. Three parts brick to one part sod. The Sloe Kenan Stadium Fizz. Most ol vou will have to stand up to drink this one. The Campus Housing Crunch Punch. Purchase your drink, with a lottery ticket. (Note: every third buver gets a screwdriver, instead.) The Chancellor. One drink and vou're totally oblivious to everything. One thing many of us haven't considered is the probable legally established age for purchasing mixed drinks. A great deal of freshmen, sophomores, juniors even a few seniors- will be found standing outside ol bars looking for "adults" to buy them a drink. If bars in other 21 18-liquor beer states are any indication, those under 21 will have a degrading "IX" stamped on their hand as they enter. You'll recognize the' 20-year-olds: they're the folks standing in the dark corners of the bar with their hands tucked in their armpits. Another consideration: resting your Mint Julep on the glass of the pinball machine somehow doesn't seem the same. (One assumes R.W.'s will have to mop their game area floor with beer when liquor arrives. lest they lose that moon-walk effect their customers get when wearing gum-soled shoes.) Still, with all of its drawbacks (I suppose the heathen shall rage even more), liquor by the'drink affords the ever-American way of freedom pf choice. But I guess my comments are sentimentally based. "Gee, Dad, you mean all you could order was beer?" "That's right, son. Beer...and maybe a glass of Gallo." And someday, when I'm back for a homecoming or passing through Chapel Hill along my vacuum cleaner sales route. I'm going to stroll into a bar and order a pitcher of beer. - . "It'll be a few minutes," the bartender will say. "Hey, Fred, haven't we got some pitchers in storage up in the attic?" Then, in the truest of cliches, I will cry in my beer. And for old times' sake, that beer had better be a warm one. Don Woodard. a senior RTVMP major from Fort Worth, Texas, is associate editor for the Daily Tar Heel. Ask a handful of professors why they came to Chapel Hill and you'll probably receive a variety of answers. One or two might remark that the facilities and scholarly env ironment of the medical center are ideally suited to the research to which they are committed. A professor in the humanities might note that the libraries at UNC as well as those at neighboring Duke offer the wealth of information one needsto pursue his writings. And ol course, not a lew would comment on North Carolina's pleasant climate and pace ol living: How many, though, would cite pay? Barely a soul. Educators across the country agree that North Carolina's 1 6-cam pus university system ranks among the nation's best. But those same educators would most likely agree that professors in North Carolina are not being paid to a tune competitive with that at other line schools. And therein lies the irony of a faculty pay raise. North Carolina always has pointed to its institutions of higher education with pride, a prtde based also in the beliel that the entire state ultimately will benefit from the sound education of its people. And the state always has demonstrated a willingness to commit the resources both physical and financial to bring as many programs and fixtures to its campuses as are necessary or wanted. But those same resources are rarely freed without a fight when they are needed to attract qualified professors to the state and keep them here. President William C. Friday has asked the Advisory Budget Commission .to recommend a 10 percent pay raise for faculty for both years of the 1979-8 1 biennium in an effort not only to keep those salaries in line with inflation (as they have barely done in recent years) but to increase them relative to salaries around the country. However. Friday must realize that the 10 percent figure will be shaved in this budget conscious and inflation-fearing day. and has offered to settle lor whatever increase is recommended for all state employees. Perhaps the economic constraints as well as the poor track record ol faculty pay-raise proposals demand such a compromise. But the state's universities, faculty and citizens deserve better. Firestone moved by self -interest in recall To the editor: In reference to your editorial ("Follow the lead," DTH, Oct. 23) concerning the voluntary recall ol the Firestone 5(M) by the manufacturer, who do you think you're fooling? It seems obvious enough that somebody indeed, Firestone has fooled you. The "myth" of consumer safety and satisfaction coming before the profit margin is quite accurately labelled, it is folly to attribute the Firestone move to'"' anything but a .maneuver to save big bucks. The corporation is struggling to save face in the wake of being caught peddling faulty merchandise. In addition to the "voluntary" recall, Firestone has employed the eternally trustworthy Jimmy Stewart in a series of down-to-earth, honest-to-gosh television advertisements carefully designed to restore a respectable image and simultaneously push the steel-belted 721. I certainly don't criticize Firestone lor their redemptive efforts, and no doubt consumer awareness is much indebted to Mr. Nader's fine work, but Nader has succeeded because he has held on to his ideals while viewing the world quite realistically. Let's celebrate the "people's victory," if that's what you wish to call it. but let's understand big business's motives as well. Danny McKciihen 313 Stacy Ditto To the editor: Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. did not agree to a recall of 10 million "500" tires until it was clear that the recall agreement was the. only alternative to a protracted court battle. -A protracted court battle would have dragged the company through months of adverse publicity. I he American motorists already had been informed I think correctly- of the defect in Firestone's product. The applause should go to Brock Adams and the relentlessness, of the Department of -Transportation in their efforts to keep garbage off of the comsumer market. Yes, public accountability does seem to be back in vogue in the government sector. Maybe business will follow the feds' lead. Wayne Rack off A friend of a friend of a... To the editor: Imagine my surprise and consternation upon learning ("U.S. Senate candidates reach out to black votes." DTH. Oct. 23) mm ' ll eat . mnfmit Nra. ' wSfWmm' L . that a former partner, of Sen. Helms' employer had, 18 and 14 years formerly, campaigned for governor on a segregationist platform! Please, Mr. Stacks, don't fail to continue your keen investigations. Don't let the passing of years or the lack ol direct connections deter you. Perhaps you'll discover that some former friend of a friend of John Ingram supported the war in 1966. Or perhaps a friend of Helms' former dentist encouraged McCarthy in the '50s. Or maybe a former fishing buddy of Jimmy Carter's former... Bart Bacon 150 Ehringhaus Defacing the Cube To the editor: The kind of mentality behind the defacing of the Cube and CGA posters around campus is just as dangerous as. and far more insidious than, the threat of nuclear meltdown at the Shearon Harris plant, awesome as that threat is. What is that type of mentality doing in this U niversity in the first place? . The incident shows that a lot of people, even in Chapel Hill, need the kind of understanding of humanity and the right to free self-expression that CGA must be trying to provide in Gay Awareness Week, along with the academic departments here who still believe in a liberal education. Please don't tolerate this kind of thing if you see it in the future. I feel as a member of this majoritarian "straight" society that we owe an apology to the people running Gay Awareness Week, and to the community as a whole. Richard WhisnarU 208 Manly Positively To the editor: I think that the use of a designation like "ombudsman" in 1978 is positively copacetic. Robert France Philosophy department In the Emily Littela tradition To the editor. I just don't understand all the fuss Mr. Hayden Renwick and Mr. Allen Johnson are making about facial discrimination here at Chapel Hill. I mean, why would anyone in his right mind want to facially discriminate against someone who's got the grades to get in? As I see it. anyone 'who's got a face and grades ought to be allowed in. They shouldn't judge by whether or not they've got their hair cut right or (if they're female) they've got their makeup on properly. One good idea. The way to make sure no one is facially discriminated against is to stop making applicants send in photos of themselves as well as all that facial information! ... n "n . ' ' " Adrian R. Halpern 1514 Granville West The Daily Tar Heel welcomes contributions and letters to the editor. Letters must be signed, typed on a 60 space line, double-spaced and accompanied by a return address. State responsible for sad state of prisons By J A S )X DOW 1)1.1. On Tuesday, Oct. 17. Thomas Funderburk was sent to prison tor his second sexual offense. His mother felt that had he received the psychiatric care that was needed and ordered during his first imprisonment, the second never would have happened. While probably true, that point is not the real issue here. The real issue is that Thomas did not receive more than a modicum of such care, although it was ordered at his first sentencing. 1 knew Thomas while he was at Polk Youth Center and I know the conditions there; the idea of psychiatric care there verges on the laughable. Probably no morex than one percent of all the inmates receive more than a cursory testing on arrival, and anything beyond that is; limited to the barest minimum. To think tHat Thomas would be helped by being sent to Polk is simply ridiculous. , V . ": ' But I don't mean to draw undue attention to Polk Youth Center. The case with Funderburk only points up a larger situation the ap between , the public conception of prison and its actual reality. And this is a large : gap. As a general rule, in the state prisons psychiatric help real help is almost non-existent, despite the many jobs filled wider the heading of rehabilitation. The total domination of the prisons by the custodial stall, whose sole aim is to oppress the inmates and-keep them contained, prevents any real attempts to use the . system to benefit those subject to it. Psychiatric care for Funderburk at Polk meant being allowed to stay in a less violent dormatory and be one of the ten or so inmates allowed to see the single psychiatrist (when he was there and had time). Otherwise he , was just another of 520 dismally overcrowded men. 1 must assume that judges are victims of this knowledge gap also. .; U nless Funderbruk is sent to Butner or Dorothea Dix Hospital he will receive no more care than he received before. Do the judges really believe that when they send someone to prison with the conjunct of psychiatric care Hhat they are doing more than expressing a hope or wish that such care is possible? Do they ereally believe that the inmates, receive valid psychiatric care in the state prisons? I think that they do believe it, and are thus demonstrating ignorance about their own position and powers. They might as well sentence men to life on the ' moon, and yet they do it 1 continually, and in apparent good faith. v I While there are many exampks-of- this know lege gap about the prisons such as the amount ol violence within prisons and the ways certain types of sentences actually operate While there are many examples of this knowledge gap about the prisons (such as the amount, of violence within prisons and the ways certain types of sentences actually operate), the area of psychiatric care is probably the most extreme. But while it is extreme, it is but one instance of the larger problem. The prison system exists in a vacuum. It is answerable to no one but itself because it controls access to the facts about itself. . A state derives its power from the people, however, and the people give the state power and authority to act on their behalf. Everything that does or does not happen in state prisons is the responsibility of the state, and thus of the people. If we allow someone tp act on our behalf but don't know or attempt to be aware of what is done, we do"not show either responsibility or sense. The German people living around Auschwitz claimed ingorance of what was going on inside, too. Yet history has judged,. them guilty. How will it judge us? Jason Don-die is a senior anthropology major from Winston-Salem. sow . 5 .X. 2. 4 X W JL v y f. r v. i TffliRwnimKE .' TOW VA" y- 1 u)Sji);; w i 1 Polk Youth Center reflects prison cyctrra,8 vrcca
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