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KVThe Daily Tar HeelFriday, February 18, 1983 OJfre laiig alar ut unseriously folks . .. . .year o editorial freedom ' John Drescher. Editor Ann Peters, Managing Editor KEN MlNGIS, !arii4f EJior Rachel Perry, university Editor Lucy Hood, cuy Editor JIM WRINN. State and National Editor S.L. Price, spons Editor LAURA SEIFERT. News Editor GELAREH ASAYESH, Contribution Editor Linda Robertson. Associate Editor ELAINE MCCLATCHEY, Projects Editor . TERESA CUKRY, Features Editor Jeff Grove. Am Editor Jane Calloway, Weekend Editor AL STEELE, Photography Editor Tradition and change A year ago, an inexperienced group of editors took over The Daily Tar Heel with its own vision for how the paper should be. Each was eager to contribute to upholding the tradition of quality that is a part of working for this paper, yet each had his own idea for how he could improve his aspect of the paper. They knew that their predecessors men like Thomas Wolfe, Lou Harris, Edwin Yoder and Charles Kuralt made the DTH and themselves great by challenging set ways of thinking, both inside and outside the DTH. Now, one year and 135 papers later, they have the opportunity to sit back and reflect on a job well done. Not all the goals have been met for the ambitious and idealistic, they never can be but they approached their jobs with visions of excellence and service. Many of the goals indeed have been met. Too often, however, the credit for producing the DTH goes to the editor, when, in fact, his role in the paper is small and insignificant when compared to the efforts of re porters, copy editors, photographers and, most of all, desk editors. This issue marks the conclusion of careers at the DTH for a number of talented and dedicated editors who were largely responsible for producing the paper in the past year. Often they operate anonymously, never re ceiving the recognition they deserve. Now, with the publication of their last issue, seems an appropriate time to recognize the people who made this paper go. Ann Peters, managing editor, responsible for running the newsroom and giving the paper a new look. Ken Mingis, associate editor, right-hand man on the editorial page and stabilizing force in the newsroom. Linda Robertson, associate editor, sports editor, the finest writer in recent DTH history. Rachel Perry, University editor, an excellent editor, the heart and soul of this paper's news coverage and future city desk editor of which ever paper she chooses. Elaine McClatchey, projects editor, whose optimistic demeanor is a blessing to a newsroom; started a new desk that will continue to contri bute to the paper for years to come. Lucy Hood, city editor, a DTHct since her freshman year; returned from a year studying in Spain to make a valuable contribution to the paper this year. Teresa Curry, features editor, Weekend editor, a selfless contributor whose tireless consistency is a valued virtue. Jim Wrinn, state and national editor, "The Pride of Franklin, N.C.," a small-town boy with big-time talent, a good desk editor and hero to his writers. Jane Calloway, Weekend editor, whose spark and creativity have pushecyfte .new Weekend, page off to a good start. . . Laura Seifert, news editor, ran the copy desk with a skill and effi ciency that insiders value tremendously. Gelareh Asayesh, contributions editor, also started a new position and was responsible for acquiring many of the fine editorial page col umns written by students and faculty members outside the community. Scott Sharpe, former photography editor, a prime reason for the outstanding photography appearing in the DTH over the past four years. S.L. Price, "You say you like sports?" editor, a fine writer whose boundless energy has livened the office; he will return for a semester. Special recognition goes to Al Steele, photography editor who will be returning for a year; an excellent photographer best known for catching The Shot That Won The Championship. Today these editors join Alan Chappie, Nissen Ritter and Leah Talley, who have left the staff before them. Their service has been a credit to the paper,, and to the University. DTH staffs come and go every year; mysteriously something stays the same. That something is a long and great tradition of producing the high quality newspaper that this University deserves. That tradition should be valued, but tradition cannot produce the DTH. That challenge is given to the new staff. Although we depart with some hesitation, we know we leave the paper in the good hands of Kerry DeRochi and her staff. The torch has been passed; the page has been turned. The new staff, like those before it, should keep in mind this paper's long tradition of excellence; yet only by combining that tradition with an ability to change will the DTH continue to grow and improve. By KEN SLING US and LINDA SNOBERTSON Rarely a day has gone by in the past year that we at The Daily Tar Heel haven't dished out criticism of some one or something whether it be Student Government, the Reagan administration or campus organizations. Just to show that we aren't all bad, we've decided to hand out a few awards as well. Some of our kudos go to: Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Donald Boulton gets our "Better Homes and Gardens" award for home improvements. To Hugh G. Reckshun, everybody's favorite non caring candidate, we sent the DTH "Stiff Competition" award. He didn't win, but he sure gave everybody a scare. Get off like a big dog, Hugh. To all those UNC students who didn't care enough to vote for the candidate that didn't care, we give the . inn nil ' ? :'iWa.L Johnny Valentine "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee" award. To Kevin Monroe, the winner in the student body presidential election, we give the "Sexual Encounter Group" award for being Responsive In Touch. To Jon Reckford, we give the "Nice Guys Finish Last" award. Maybe next time, Jon. To those students who supported the divestment ref erendum, we give the "Referendum That Will Make a Big Difference" award. It won't. To Frank Winstead, who wanted to fight Southern Bell, University Housing and do away with RAs, we give the book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People." He'll need it. To Mr. Potatohead, who didn't do too well in his campaign for RHA president, we give a Spudweiser, hold the fries. ' , - To John Altschuler, the man who edited his third grade newspaper, we give the Pulitzer Prize for excel lence in journalism. To members of the Association of Women Students, who have given Playboy magazine more publicity than it could ever have dreamed possible, we give the "Play mates of the Year" award. To Wende Watson we send the "Al Haig I'm in Control Here" award. To Student Government, we give Hugh G. Reckshun. It's just what they need. To Mike Vandenbergh, we give a pair of platform shoes, so he can stand up to the administration if he has to. To The Phoenix, for their outstanding coverage of the media, we give the "Fair and Unbiased Reporting" award. To the UNC Football team, we send the "Even Keel" award." They were listing heavily but never sunk. To Kerry DeRochi, who wanted to get the DTH out of the Student Union, we give a new office in the Pit. To Todd Davis, we send the "Jimmy Cagney Slap 'Em Around Some" award. To anyplace but the Pine Room, we give the "K&W Award for Good Food at a Reasonable Price." It's not good and it costs a lot. To the Carolina Free Press, the "Silence is Golden" award. To RHA and University Housing, we give the "Julia . Child Dorm Room Cookbook." It won't do any good because students can't cook in their rooms, but it might make everyone feel better. To Bobby Vogler, the man who moved from Granville Towers to the Chi Psi lodge, we give the "United Van Lines Moving" award, along with a change of address card to send to the CGC. ' . To Mike Vandenbergh and Scott Templeton, for their continuing work on the cooking policy, we give the " Represent Students on This Issue" award. Neither one did a whole lot of good. To a majority of the CGC we give the "Perfect Atten- '"h, 1 I A A girl from the ACC? dance and Competency in Office" award. No comment needed. To Dah Bryson, we send, with warm regards, a dic tionary. To Ike Andrews., whose DUI arrests should have cost him re-election, we give the "I Only Had One Drink" award. He didn't. To Lefty Driesell, for his never-ending commitment to sportsmanship and class, the "I Wanta Shake Your Hand, Dean" award. To Ronald Reagan we send, by telegram, the "Gre cian Formula, Who's In Charge Here" award. And finally to the out-going Daily Tar Heel editors, we give a return to a normal life. To those just starting, we leave late nights, numerous complaints from students who don't know what the hell they're talking about, and no money to work with. Ken Slingus and Linda Snobertson are Ken Mingis and Linda Robertson, former associate editors-to-be of The Daily Tar Heel. Bye. UNG should break ties with South Africa To the editor: On Feb. 8 students of UNC voted on a referendum asking the University to divest itself of South American-related invest ments. The referendum passed by a wide margin, indicating students want no part of the oppression of blacks under apar theid. In passing the referendum, stu dents have expressed their desire for the Board of Trustees of the Endorsement Fund to remove investments in corpora tions that do business in South Africa. Today members of UNC-PIRG will make a 10-minute presentation to the board. I sincerely hope, and expect, that by the end of business today the Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund will put' into effect the program of divestment stu dents have requested. The board was ask ed in October to take necessary measures to enable them to make a proposal for di vestment at their meeting today. The meeting will be open and I urge all in terested to be there. It is being held in the Carolina Lounge at the Carolina Inn at 2:15 this afternoon. Divestment has been shown to be the most effective means of applying pressure on South Africa. By divesting UNC will break all ties to South Africa as well as apply pressure to corporations to discon tinue their operations in South Africa. We will be the first university in the South to divest and live up to our reputation as a progressive force. Beau Mills Chapel Hill Quiz theft wrong To the editor: This semester, we have the good for tune to be taking Dr. Robert Cox's Speech 61 Rhetoric of Contemporary Affairs. So far in the class, we have read and discussed typis of moral injustice, such as the Civil Rights movement and the student movements of the sixties. Both groups consisted of individuals who . made personal sacrifices for an ideal in which they believed, the ideal that moral law overrides civil law. Our first quiz on these subjects was scheduled for last . Thursday. Most students put extra effort into preparing . for the quiz. However, a member of the class decided to take an unfair shortcut. Before the questions were typed up, they were written on index cards which sud denly and unaccountably disappeared. After a lengthy deliberation, Dr. Cox and his staff could only surmise that the cards had been stolen. In keeping with the honor code, Dr. Cox had to administer a different quiz Tuesday. The overall feeling of the class, in cluding the teaching staff, was a combi nation of shock, disbelief and anger. We too, as we left the room, felt very angry with the person(s) that did this. But as we talked it over, our anger turned to pity; there is no possible way that anyone who had sincerely thought about the material discussed in class and in our reading could have been so self-centered. In this letter, we wish to apologize to Dr. Cox and his teaching staff for what happened. Neither of us has experienced a teacher who cares more about the material he teaches and his interaction with the class especially a class of our size. Secondly, to the person(s) who took this unfair advantage, we hope you rea lize how your actions have affected Dr. Cox, his staff arid your fellow students. We hope that some day you take the time to read the class material and think about what it means. We hope you drop our class so we can reclaim our trust with Dr. Cox and we hope to God that neither of us has you, or anyone who thinks like you, in one "of our classes again. Kevin Hiscock Mark Donahue Morrison The beautiful village To the editor: Once upon a time there was a beautiful village named Blue where the golden nec tar flowed. It was considered by its resi dents to be heavenly. The people there were happily ruled by the Chosen People (C.P.s), one of whom was elected every year to be Special Blue Person (SBP). One year an Outsider ran for Special Blue Person against two of the Chosen People. During the first election, those Devoted To Honesty (DTH) tried to equally represent the views of all the can didates. The Outsider looked and spoke differently than the Chosen People but to those Devoted To Honesty it mattered not. However, during the first election dis aster struck. One of the Chosen People was defeated and a new election was nec essary. Those Devoted To Honesty con tinued to follow their duty. They ob jectively asked the Chosen People and their followers to explain the Outsider's views. They searched far and wide for magical quotes and articles from the Chosen People and their followers to ex plain the Outsider to the villagers of Blue Heaven. The Outsider was said by the Chosen People to desire all of the trea sures of Special Blue Person to be turned into golden nectar and not just his private part. The Chosen also said that the Out sider's views were wrong and if he were elected Special Blue Person he. would des troy the ideals of Blue Heaven. Those Devoted To Honesty knew that the Out sider's opinions could be better stated by the Chosen People and thus they were happy. A Chosen Person has ascended to Special Blue Person in the village of Blue once again. The Outsider has been for-. gotten and the villagers of Blue Heaven continue to live happily ever after know ing they can trust those Devoted to Honesty and the Chosen People. Avery Abernethy Chapel Hill The greatest job in the world By JOHN DRESCHER Editor's note: Beginning Monday, Kerry DeRochi assumes the editorship oj "The Daily Tar Heel. I have the greatest office in the whole wide world. " Or at least at UNC anyway. It's hard to beat an of fice that sports a 1952 vintage picture of young Mickey Mantle in his Yankee uniform, which hangs across from a picture of the 1895 Tar Heel staff, which hangs above the table where my coloring books and crayons sit. Bet Chancellor Fordham can't beat that. . Certain members of the staff still like to give me grief about my office though. They call it "The Neat, White Cubicle." They point to my desk as the prime example: each piece of paper is neatly in its place, with the oversized bottle of aspirin always in the same place, within quick reaching distance. They say you can tell a lot about a person by how his desk looks. One famous columnist even wrote a piece called, "Never Trust a Guy With a Neat Desk." Neat desks signify compulsive types that iron their socks and keep their closets perfect. Don't trust them, he said. Messy desks are a sign of open minded and cheerful people, compassionate lovers of humanity. It is said that each afternoon, before he went out to play golf. President Eisenhower swept everything on top of his desk into an open drawer. That way he got the best of both worlds. My staff doesn't know it, but I do the same thing. Being DTH editor often means trying to get the best of both worlds, trying to keep everybody hap py. I can't say I've done a very good job of that. At one time or another this year, the CGC, BSM, IFC, CAA, AWS, CGA and any organization with three letters would have liked to see me hanged in the P at high noon, not to mention other groups like Student Government, the administration, debutantes, sorority leaders, Young Democrats, College Republicans and virtually any other group that has appeared in the DTH. I've been called racist, sexist, liberal, conservative, elitist, common, pro-Greek, anti-Greek and a host of other things. Oh well. Nobody's perfect. Yet even with all that yelling going on you could never convince me that being DTH editor wasn't the greatest job in the world. Given my often surly de meanor around the office, the staff probably has lit tle idea of that, or of the tremendous sense of satisfaction I have received from being editor. I never once not from my first day until my last day regretted being editor. There are a couple of reasons why I've enjoyed it so much. One is the DTH that you pick up on the way to class to do the crossword puzzle and read the personals, comics and maybe even a few stories. Producing a daily newspaper takes a large amount of time from all involved; as editor, I found it ex tremely demanding, yet equally rewarding. Seeing a good DTH in the morning gives me a satisfaction that nothing else has. I am, of course, a little biased, but I like the DTH. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see it changed some. But I believe it is a good paper and, in some strange way, a special paper because of its long tradition of being a part of going to school at Carolina. Look at the letters to the editor each day and you see a student involvement with the paper that occurs at few other schools. That's nice to see, and one of the main reasons that putting out the DTH you pick up has been so enjoyable. There is another reason why I have liked the job so much and that is whai one editor called "the DTH that you can't hold in your hands." To you, the Tar Heel is a newspaper; to me it's also a group of people. Working with these people has added a dimension to my life that I never expected to occur. I basically was an outsider when I took over the DTH, the frat boy that got elected because he knew the right people, not because the staff wanted him. I had never been a DTH groupie. I had no close friends there. I did my work, wrote my columns and editorials and left, off to something else. The Tar Heel was just something I did. Then one day, by accident of nature perhaps, I was editor. A former editor once wrote that "the shoes of a DTH editor are never removed," mean ing that the DTH becomes a constant way of life for 1 - Lii - ' to I Ub-il the editor, a privilege and responsibility that the editor can never escape during his year-long term. From the start I was determined to prove him wrong, to show that I could keep a balance in my life and that the DTH was still just something to do. A funny thing happened on the way to proving my independence from the DTH. The shoes started to fit better and better and they seemed to stay on longer and longes until it got to the point thatT never took them off. And why would I want to? The DTH became more than putting out a newspaper. I finally rea lized staff members were more than employees per forming a function. The DTH began to mean late night conversations with my friend, confidante and managing editor Ann Peters, who would soothe my bruised ego and assure me that everything would be OK. It meant fully grown editors coloring in my coloring book when they could have been some where else. It meant my office, once occupied only by me, full of people at 12:30 a.m. It meant pulling together to help fight one person's problem that hurt us all. It mean! walking into my office, looking at my typewriter, and finding a note frem that per son that concluded, "GOD I CARE FOR YOU!" That is what it's all about. So unlike other editors who have left bitter or cynical and anxious to depart, I leave enjoying more and more the position and all that comes with it. In his book. The Breaks of the Game, David Haiberstam describes a professional basketball team after one long, hard, grueling, grinding season filled wjth laughter and sorrow and highs and lows and everything in between. After the final game, a loss, the players linger and talk and laugh. No one wants to Lave. Tonight, after the last editorial is written, the last picture taken down and the last desk drawer finally emptied, I won't want to leave. John Drescher is editor of The Daily Tar Heel.
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