8 The Daily Tar Heel Friday. December 1, 1978
Lou Bilionis, Editor
.Chuck A lston, Managing Editor
Don Woodard, Associate Editor
D avid McKinnon, Associate Editor
Bernie Ransbottom, University Editor
Mary Annf. Umynf., City Uditor
Michael Wad., State and National liditor
Richard Barron, Xcws llditor '
Betsy Flagler, Features Editor
Mark Scandung, Arts Editor
Lee Pace, Sports Editor
Billy Nkwman, Photography Editor
letters to the editor
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86th year of editorial freedom
Craige grade and undergrade s no conflict
In the balance
More than eight years have passed since the director of HEW's Office
of Civil Rights wrote the heads of the state Board of Higher Education
and the UNC Board of Trustees charging that the state was maintaining
a racially dual system of colleges and universities.
The names and phrases are different today. "Unconstitutional
vestiges of de jure segregation" and "unnecessary duplication of
programs" have supplanted "racially dual system"; it's now the UNC
Board of Governors 32 men and women who oversee a 16-campus,
100,000-student system that many educators feel is one of the best in the
nation. But the issue that haunted North Carolina in the early 1970s,
even before U.S. District Judge John H. Pratt ordered the government
to demand compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
guarantee equal opportunity in federally funded programs, has not
changed.
Desegregation is still the task facing North Carolina. In the past, the
challenge led to a rejected plan of action, open battles between HEW
Secretary Joseph Califano and UNC President William C. Friday, and
an order to cut off the flow of federal money to the state's schools. As the
tempers mounted, the goal was blurred; bureaucratic haggling and
institutional chauvinism simply got in the way.
A desegregation plan that substituted UNCs pledge of "good faith"
for specific enrollment targets an anathema to the Board of
Governors finally won provisional approval irTMay of this year, but a
resolution of the eight-year dispute is still one major and uncertain
decision away. UNC is required to spell out for HEW before Dec. 31 its
methods for eliminating unnecessary duplication of programs beyond
the core level at predominantly black and white schools in the same area,
and UNC officials are fearful that their plan may go the way of those
from Virginia and Georgia, rejected by HEW in early November.
President Friday will unveil UNCs plan before the Board of
Governors' Committee on Educational Planning, Policies and
Programs today; it is a study that focuses on the schools in the
Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill and Winston-Salem Greensboro
areas the only regions in North Carolina that feature both historically
black and white schools.
While the details are presented and examined, the state's good faith
a quality suspect in some eyes will hang' in the balance. As will the
value of eight years of soul-searching and, more important, the course of
education in North Carolina for several years to come.
State of the arts
The state of the arts in the "State of the Arts" is, as most people
connected with it know, not quite all that it could be. And one of the
most telling examples of those shortcomings is located right here on
campus or rather, all over campus, and even off campus.
When most people think of UNCs art department, they think of the
Ackland Gallery. Many might have viewed an exhibition there at some
point; others might have learned the history of art in one of its lecture
halls. But the department actually operates in four separate building
and only three of them are on campus.
Plans are in the works, though, to alleviate that situation. In its next
session, the state legislature will take up a proposal for the funding of a
new 85,000-square-foot, $6.2 million building in which the academic
functions of the art department, currently housed in Caldwell, Lenoir
and Ackland, would be consolidated. The proposed building would still
leave some artists with a long bus ride or drive to the Studio Art Building
off Airport Road, but it would at least relieve the crowded conditions
that now exist in the department's scattered facilities, and giyesome
breathing space to the school's long-suffering galleries.
With help from the General Assembly in the coming months, North
Carolina might be able to measure up a little more closely to its claim.
To the editor:
The articles concerning the RHA
visitation recommendation ("Board OKs
new visitation rules." DTH, Nov. 1 5, and
"Craige visitation under review," DTH,
Nov. 30) have misrepresented the
situation in Craige Dorm. Up until now,
there have been no conflicts between the
graduate and undergraduate residents. In
the debate during the RHA meetings, 1
simply tried to tell what could happen if
two separate policies were strictly
enforced in the residence hall. To my
knowledge, there are no problems
between any of the residents of Craige
Hall with the current visitations policy.
I'm sorry if any graduate student feels
that 1 have not represented the total
population of the dorm. All of my
comments in the RHA meetings were
meant to help everyone, graduates as well
as undergraduates, and to avoid any
future problems that could develop
because of a change in visitation policy.
Dart Hemrick
President, Craige Residence College
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To the editor:
Re: Craig visitation under review,"
DTH, Nov. 30
Thee name of Dorme Craige
'Tis on its last legge,
(Thee DTH doth saye)
For the Head(lihe) it wrote
Craige lost its laste note
(Is't cause-we all are gaye?)
But the stone, you see.
Retained the famed 'E'
When Ihe paper was put to bedde.
We implore thou smarte folke
For funne, we'll not poke.
If you just give us all good head(lines).
Cynthia L. Prairie
109 Craige
Respectable research
To the editor:
I would like to disagree with a recent
letter by Elliot Cramer ("Disassociation,"
DTH, Nov. 20). The Physical Research
Foundation in Durham is engaged in
respectable scientific research and it has
rigorous scientific standards. 1 have been
aware, often in a first-hand fashion, of
their research for many years and know
this to be the case. I can only assume that
his opinion is based on something other
than what in fact is going on there.
David Price Rogers
. Department of Psychology,
UNC-CH
The horse's mouth
To the editor:
I wish to reply to some statements
made to the Tar Heel of a few weeks ago
regarding the Psychical Research
Foundation, and its Introduction to
. Parapsychology class:
The Psychical Research Foundation is
a Sponsored Program at Duke
University, and is located in facilities on
the West Campus of Duke. It is a research
and educational organization, and the
Introduction to Parapsychology course
provides an introduction to the
fundamentals of parapsychological
researchTor the general public. 1 was
invited to the class about which the Tar
Heel article was written to talk about
being psychic, and to share my personal
experiences with the class. I have been an
invited guest at classes in the UNC
psychology department and the medical
school for a similar purpose. I am only
willing to do this because I believe it can
be of benefit to others in understanding
human nature, and alternative modes of
looking at reality. My personal opinions
are in no way representative of a policy of
the Psychical Research Foundation nor
does the appearance of a psychic as a
guest speaker at a class or lecture at that
or any institution represent an
endorsement of that individual's
particular belief system.
Julia M. Hardy
Thanks for turkeys
To the editor:
The Chapel Hill office of the Orange
County Department of Social Services
wishes to express its appreciation and
gratitude to the fraternities, sororities
and other students for their donations of
turkeys and canned goods to needy
families in the area. Without the caring of
those who gave to this cause,, and
especially of Delta Tau Delta, which
organized the effort, many families would
not have been able to enjoy a
Thanksgiving meal. These families will
not soon forget that others have
remembered them during the holiday
season. Again, our most sincere thanks.
Chapel Hill office
Orange County Department
of Social Services
Bombs away
To the editor:
Besides being a student here I also
work two jobs, one of which is the task of
delivering pizzas for PTA; admittedly
this is not the classiest job in town but
money is money when you're trying to
survive school without some nice person
to pay all your expenses. On Tuesday
night I was delivering" to Ehringhaus
Dorm. As I was just about to enter the
building I heard and saw something flash
by my face and in the same instant the
oven holding the pizzas was nearly torn
from my hand. I looked down to see a
large plastic object weighing
approximately eight pounds lying on the
oven; it had missed my head by no more
.than two inches. I immediately ran to
where I could see the upper floors but the "
culprit had vanished, not unexpectedly. I
shouted at him to come out but he
remained hidden, no doubt laughing at
the funny little man in the red shirt.
Had this object struck me at the speed
it was traveling I would probably be over
in Memorial Hospital with a sheet over
my face. Now I value my life, and to think
it was so nearly damaged or terminated
by the utter and complete mindlessness of
some kid from Ehringhaus infuriates me
beyond measure. The person who did this
is a pathetic child, a third-grade intellect
in an adult body, the very picture of
ignorance. And this is not an isolated
incident. Monday water was thrown on a
driver, and earlier on Tuesday a bottle
was thrown at a girl and sand at a driver.
And several months ago a table was
thrown down on one of our cars. All done
by the flower of society, the intelligent
young men from Ehringhaus.
My question is, did it amuse you? Did
you enjoy it, and did you laugh long and
loud and elbow your beer-gutted friends
and point?
Well I say to hell with you and your
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Neither did you have the foresight to
consider your actions in the smallest
degree, nor did you have the guts to face
up to what you did. To the boy who threw
the object, "you are a coward and a
punk I invite you to meet me and prove
me wrong, or at least show that you can
accept some responsibility for your deed.
Yet I have no doubt that you are too
scared to face up to it. My contempt for
you knows no bounds -you and all like
you who take thought only for your own
immediate pleasure at the expense of
everything and everyone else, who feel
that life must be a continuous party no
matter who must be made to suffer. My
disgust for you is limited only by my
reluctance to dignify your existence with
hatred, or pollute my mind overmuch
with such feelings. But for your sake 1
hope we never meet.
Jason E. Dowdle
Route 8
. Chapel Hill
What's this I hear about...
To the editor:
As a diehard Carolina supporter and a
knowlegeable basketball fan, I would like
to protest the scheduling of the Detroit
basketball game this Monday. The Heels'
season schedule is difficult enough with
taking on NBA teams like the Pistons.
Granted, it is good experience for future
pros like Mike O'Koren to tangle with
some of the top NBA stars, but players
like Phil Ford, Walter Davis and Tommy
LaGarde have been faring well enough
without these matchups. A devastating
loss to these multi-millionaires this early
in the year could deliver a severe blow to
the welfare of this season. Please, Mr.
Cobey, let's stick to Duke and State, and
leave the Lakers and the Knicks alone.
Louis Head
407 E. Rosemary St.
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By MARK MURRELL
The city of San Francisco was shocked
Monday by the assassinations of Mayor
George Moscone and city Supervisor Harvey
Milk. Police arrested former supervisor Dan
White in connection with the slayings. White,
who had resigned earlier this month and then
asked Moscone to reappoint him, was
charged with the murders on Tuesday under a
law that calls for the death penalty.
District Attorney Joseph Freitas said at a
news conference that the two-count
complaint filed in Municipal Court cites
murder under "special circumstances" a
crime covered by the death penalty in
California.
Diane Feinstein, president of the Board of
Supervisors, tearfully announced the slayings
to a crowd in a corridor of San Francisco's
City Hall saying, "As president of the Board
of Supervisors it is my duty to make this
announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and
Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and
killed." As cries of anguish rose from the
gathered crowd, Feinstein added that the
suspect was former supervisor White.
President Carter issued a statement
Monday expressing a sense of outrage and
sadness concerning the killings. "In every
conversation with Mayor Moscone, I always
knew that the people of San Francisco and
California were uppermost in his mind and
heart," the president said. "He was a good
and kind man and he will be sorely missed."
Hundreds of citizens mourned their
mayor, gathering outside City Hall, some
bearing flowers, and others reading from the
Bible. Dozens of bouquets and a large
anonymous note were piaced "outside-the
building where the shootings had taken place.
The note at the wrought iron entrance
read, "Our mayor, Mayor George Moscone,
a man who kissed his daughtergoodnight and
barbecued chicken for his Armybuddies and
toasted fund-raising dinners and smiled,
smiled was our mayor until 45 minutes ago.
He has been shot."
Concern for the safety of public officials
swept the nation this week as a result of the
slayings, which came in the wake of the
shocking mass, suicide of members of the
People's Temple in Guyana, based in the
same city. Although police have determined
that the two events are not related in any way,
police in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and
some other cities have increased security
around their mayors since the San Francisco
killings. However, some other cities and
officials do not share the concern. As New
York City Mayor Edward I. Koch put it,
"There's no sense in being a prisoner in City
Hall orx at home."
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People's Temple cult of Jonestown, Guyana,
continued to shock the world as the last of the
911 corpses reached Dover Air Force Base in
Delaware last Saturday night. "No one has
ever been involved in something as massive
before, and it was a distasteful task," Col.
William 1. Gordon said.
Now that the chaos wrought' by the
incident ' is over, federal officials are
preparing to deal with the survivors of Jones'
cult should it be necessary! "Certainly we are
prepared," said U.S. Attorney Thomas E.
Lydon, whose task will be to file charges
against any of the survivors suspected in the
murder of Rep. Leo J. Ryan. Lydon said he
had received no indication that among the
returnees there might be any cult members
determined to carry out Jones' wish that all
members of his agricultural "socialist Utopia"
should die. The U.S. attorney said that only
the congressman's murder can be prosecuted
by U.S. authorities. Lydon said he expected
only people who had an active part in the
Ryan murder would be prosecuted under the
legal theory which holds "the hand of one is
the hand of all."
Survivors believed to have taken part in the
Ryan murder are to be questioned when they
arrive in the United States.
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On Tuesday night, 10,000 demonstrators
rallied in Peking's Tienanmen Square
demanding more political and economic
democracy in China, and the rehabilitation of
some purged leaders such as former
Chairman Liu Shao-Chi, who was fired
during the cultural revolution of the late '60s
because he disagreed with Mao over policy
matters. The demonstration followed
another in a series of wall posters which have
been put up attacking Mao Tse-tung.
Japan's Kyodo news agency said that most
of the demonstrators were youths who
shouted such slogans as "More people's
democracy for China" and "We oppose
feudalistic dictatorships."
Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping was quoted
by China's official Hsinhua news agency as
saying the wall posters were a "constitutional
Tight" and "if the masses feel some anger, we
must let them express it."
Mideast peace talks in Washington bogged
down this week over a timetable linking
progress in Egyptian-Israeli relations with
steps toward Palestinian autonomy in the
West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza
Strip.
Wednesday was declared Palestine Day by
the United Nations to mark the 31st
anniversary of the General Assembly vote
partitioning British-mandated Palestine into
Arab and Jewish states.
Many nations around the world simply
ignored Palestine Day, including the United
States, West Germany, Britain and France.
Not surprisingly, Israel objected to the day,
and Palestinian guerilla chief Yasser Arafat
vowed to sabotage American peace efforts in
the Mideast in a Palestine Day speech. He
told cheering crowds that Israel's autonomy
play for the West Bank of the Jordan River
and the Gaza Strip "would pass only on our
dead bodies."
U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young said the
U.N. committee that organized Palestine
Day "diverted attention from . the peace
processwithout doing anything effective to
help them achieve their legitimate goals."
Who says that having a craving for beer
can't come in handy? Here is one situation
even the most enthusiastic of UNCs now
famous suds lovers would have trouble
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imagining themselves in.
When Ralph Dorame picked up two
hitchhikers in Tucson, Ariz., they pulled a
gun on him and demanded to be laken to
Interstate 10. However, Dorame went the
wrong way and stopped at a bar. "Go ahead
and shoot me if you want," Dorame told the
men, "But I'm going inside to have a beer."
The pair watched in silence as Dorame took
his keys, walked inside the bar, and
postponing the beer, phoned the police.
"I didn't have much time to think so I just
did it," he said. "1 don't know why I did it, I
just did. What worried me was who else they
might do it to." Nevertheless, Dorame says he
feels that the pair probably thought that he
was crazy and fled, for when the police
arrived the pair was nowhere to be found.
Mark Murrell, a freshman journalism
major from Jacksonville, is a staff writer for
the Daily Tar Heel.