10The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, November 19, 1986
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94th year of editorial freedom
JlMZOOK, Editor
Randy Farmer, Managing Editor
ED BRACKETT, Associate Editor
DEWEY MESSER, Associate Editor
Tracy Hill, News Editor
GRANT PARSONS, University Editor
LINDA MONTANARI, City Editor
JILL GERBER, State and National Editor
Scott Fowler, sports Editor
KATHY PETERS, Features Editor
ROBERT KEEFE, Business Editor
Elizabeth Ellen, Arts Editor
DAN CHARLSON, Photography Editor
HdlSSoirSiDs
Preserve valuable student views
Chancellor Christopher Fordharrfs
revision of the policy on student
appointments to advisory committees
is little more than clever maintenance
of the status quo. The changes will be
of marginal worth, considering that
nominees can be rejected without
explanation.
The former policy calls for admin
istrators overseeing advisory commit
tees to justify any rejections. Not so
with the new policy, which allows the
student body president to nominate
one-and-a-half times as many students
as there are committee vacancies.
When Fordham and other admin
istrators narrow the field of acceptable
representatives, they need not explain
why one nominee was chosen over
another. The new approach could
prove harmful, especially if rejections
tend to be based on the nominee's
personality. Because the personal traits
of nominees differ, it would soon
become impossible to distinguish
which idiosyncracies are favorable and
which are taboo.
Fordham has thus fortified the
administration's role in the process.
Being able to reject without substantial
documentation any nominee who is
deemed nonconformist, the commit
tees can maintain a pleasant discourse
free of vehement dissent.
But what if the prevailing opinion
among students conflicts with that of
the administration? On those occa
sions, controversial student sentiments
would in no way threaten to override
the opinion of faculty members, who
constitute a majority in committee
membership. Rather, such representa
tion would foster enlightened debate
and discussion of the issues, which
cannot be faulted.
The advisory committees are cru
cial, elementary forums for expressing
student concerns about University
affairs. Student appointees have the
duty and opportunity to inject much
needed student perspectives into the
University's management. It follows
that the student body should be
allowed to choose its own represen
tatives rather than accept the admin
istration's selection guidelines.
Selection by the student body is
most easily accomplished by proxy.
The student body president has the
time and resources to interview appli
cants and make nominations. The
committee chairmen cannot hope to
know as many students, or to devote
as much time to interviewing
applicants.
The chancellor has not satisfactorily
dealt with this point, even in allowing
Hassel to submit a pool of nominees.
Indeed, the new policy is no different
from the old: Nominations are offered,
and if they aren't acceptable, the
committee asks for more.
Politics no place for grudge
After tough campaigning by Gov.
Jim Martin, some N.C. General
Assembly members are warning that
the relationship between Martin and
the Democratic legislature may be
strained. The warning sounds like an
excuse for political pettiness.
Martin did actively campaign for
party members he recruited to run
against some General Assembly
Democrats. In his effort to strengthen
Republican representation in the
Legislature, he ran television ads
encouraging voters to replace Demo
cratic legislators. Martin also attacked
the tight Democratic control in the
state House and Senate, calling party
leaders the "Gang of Eight."
The governor lost his gamble; the
Republicans lost four General Assem
bly seats. Some Democrats are angry.
For example, Martin recruited a
Republican candidate and made five
campaign appearances in an unsuc
cessful attempt to unseat state Sen.
Aaron W. Pyler. Pyler, chairman of
a powerful budget committee, accused
Martin of trying to eliminate him and
asked how a governor could do such
a thing and still expect to work with
the legislature. Lt. Gov. Robert Jordan
has said the governor made an
"unprecedented effort" to unseat
legislative leaders.
Martin's opponents are in fact
saying politicians will find it difficult
to set aside grudges for the state's
good. Differences are expected. But
when personal anger is an excuse for
a poor working relationship, voters
should get angry.
Martin is expected to be foremost
a governor, but he is also a Republican
Party leader. It should be no surprise
to Democrats he campaigned for
Republicans. Martin has made no
secret his hope to use his influence and
popularity to increase Republican
strength in state government.
Democratic governors have regu
larly campaigned on behalf of their
party's candidates. To begrudge Mar
tin's efforts on behalf of his party bears
no benefit for this state.
The Daily Tar Heel
Editorial Writer: Kathy Nanney
Staff Columnist: Pierre Tristam
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Elisa Turner, Nicki Weisensee, Beth Williams, Robert Wilderman and Bruce Wood. Jo Fleischer and
Jean Lutes, assistant university editors. Donna Leinwand, assistant state and national editor. Cindy
Clark, Ruth Davis and Michael Jordan, wire editors.
Sports: Mike Berardino, James Surowiecki and Bob Young, assistant sports editors. Bonnie Bishop,
Greg Cook, Phyllis Fair, Laura Grimmer, Clay Hodges, Greg Humphreys, Lorna Khalil, Eddy Landreth,
Mike Mackay, Jill Shaw and Wendy Stringfellow.
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Frost, Jennifer Harley, Jeanie Mamo, Corin Ortlam, Lynn Phillips, Katie White, Mollie Womble and
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. Arts: James Burrus, David Hester, Alexandra Mann, Rene Meyer, Beth Rhea, Kelly Rhodes and Rob
Sherman.
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Murray, Marielle Stachura and Joy Thompson.
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Printing: The Chapel Hill Newspaper
Symbolism fits intellectual pygmies
Ehave been looking for a myth or symbol
that could help me understand Ronald
Reagan and his administration. People
need symbols to help them make sense out
of things that otherwise don't make any
sense at all.
For example, not too many people can
make sense out of a bunch of criminals and
mercenaries brought together, paid and
directed by the CIA to commit acts of terror
against the people of Nicaragua. But by
using the symbol of "freedom fighters,"
President Reagan and his people convinced
a whole lot of folks that we had to support
those boys' killing and raping down in
Nicaragua.
So, like President Reagan, I needed a
symbol, and I found one that's been so useful
I thought 1 should share it with other Daily
Tar Heel readers. Some of them might find
it as useful as I have.
Theologian Mary Daly tells a story in one
of her books about Copper Woman. I think
it's a story from the Vancouver Island
Indians. Well, Copper Woman was lone
some and wanted some company, someone
to talk to and hang out with, so to speak.
So Copper Woman took the tears and
mucus that ran from her eyes and nose and
shaped them into a little male figure, and
she called this little person "Snot Boy."
But Snot Boy wasn't too bright. He was
incomplete sort of half-baked, you might
say. And because of his incompleteness, he
really wasn't much fun to hang out with
and never amounted to much; His thinking
was incomplete, and he just couldn't see
beyond his own little incomplete world view.
Snot Boy lacked empathy and compassion,
and I guess what you might call passion.
Well, Daly doesn't tell what happened to
Snot Boy, but she implies that he is alive
and well in all the incomplete, half-baked
men around today. You know the ones she's
talking about: like those men who make a
big fuss about not making deals with
terrorists for Americans being held hostage,
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who then turn around and trade U.S. arms
for the hostages.
And I guess she's talking about all those
half-baked men who make such a stir about
a "war on terrorists" while funding a bunch
of them down in Nicaragua and calling them
freedom fighters. I reckon she's even talking
about all the half-baked women who do that
kind of thing. I guess if there are Snot Boys,
there are probably also Snot Girls.
So this Snot Boy symbol has really helped
me understand and explain Reagan. I mean,
he really does seem to be incomplete and
half-baked. And maybe it's not Teflon that
makes it so hard to stick the blame for such
boo-boo's as the Iranian hostage deal, the
Libyan "disinformation program" or the
botched Iceland summit (that wasn ' a
summit) on him. Have you ever thought
about that?
I have a 65 year-old friend who found
his own symbol for Reagan and his deeds.
The way he puts it, Reagan is a "moral
pygmy." Now, I don't know whether I could 1
make that judgment, even though it is
appealing. I might be more likely to conclude
that he is an intellectual pygmy.
Anyway, I hope other readers find this
Snot Boy symbol useful. It has helped me
an awful lot and I thought I should pass
it on.
John Cook is a graduate student in city
and regional planning from Chapel Hill.
Ticket athletes
To the editor:
Although athletic depart
ment officials denv there is a
parking problem at Ehring
haus, we beg to differ! Many
athletes who live in neighboring
dorms can park without fear of
being ticketed between 11:15
a.m. and 2 p.m.
This flood of extra cars
forces legitimate K-permit
holders to resort to illegal
spaces (fire lanes, handicapped
spaces, or other parking lots),
effectively rendering a $90.00
permit useless during these
hours. Since K-lot is monitored
29 percent less than other lots,
the permit could be changed to
cost 29 percent less, or $63.90.
A more logical alternative
would be to ticket Ehringhaus
spaces just like any other lot.
Since most athletes who eat at
the training table live on South
Campus, it should be no great
inconvenience for them to
make the short walk to
Ehringhaus. It would be con
sidered ridiculous for Ehring
haus residents to park at Mor
rison in order to eat at Chase
Hall!
Athletes who live off campus
should already have permits to
park in commuter lots on
campus during morning
classes, so why shouldn't they
leave their cars there during
training table hours, rather
than move them to E-haus lot?
Obviously, exceptions could
be made in special cases, such
as injured athletes, but the vast
majority have no reason or
right to park at Ehringhaus. We
don't mind athletes and coach
ing staff having some special
privileges, as long as it doesn't
infringe on the rights of other
students.
BILL MOORE
Senior
Pharmacy
BRYAN M1KELS
Junior
Economics
Infringement
To the editor:
I am writing in response to
Amy Pritchard and Nancy
Page's letter concerning the
Ehringhaus parking situation
("Not all games," Nov. 13). I
disagree with them on several
counts. They contend that
"being allowed to park for
lunch seems but a small
reward." Let's face it, our
athletes are growing boys and
girls. They don't just eat lunch,
they eat breakfast, lunch and
dinner. Let's revise the three
hour lunch time parking prob
lem to a seven-hour problem.
They also feel The Daily Tar
Heel wrongly directed the
blame at just athletes. They feel
that coaches, doctors, physical
therapists and managers are
also benefitting from this deal.
The reason we do not direct our
attack on these people is
because they possess an all
campus parking permit, and
are parked legally.
UUEV LEWIS
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Pritchard and Page wrote
that none of the athletes they
had talked with were aware of
the agreement between the
traffic office and the athletic
department. They would lead
us to believe that our athletes
have been risking $10 and $25
tickets daily to park in Ehringh
aus. I don't think so. As an
Ehringhaus resident of four
years, I have known about this
policy all along and it doesn't
benefit me.
The bottom line is that there
is a problem. I am a K-Lot
permit holder and this week
alone 1 have received $35 in
parking tickets in the Ehring
haus lot! I had to park in no
parking zones because I could
not find a parking space during
training table hours. On a
random count at lunch time last
week, we counted 29 cars
parked without a K-Lot park
ing permit, and another six all
campus permits (i.e., coaches,
doctors, etc.). Of the 29 cars
without Ehringhaus permits,
we saw F-Lot, Craige, Kenan
Stadium and Hinton James
parking permits! And a fifth of
those cars were parked in fire
lanes.
1 do agree with one point
Pritchard and Page made
the policy is unfair to Ehringh
aus residents. I have nothing
against the "pampered" treat
ment athletes get for the sac
rifices they make for the Uni
versity. But when these
privileges impose on others'
rights, then I have a problem.
JOAN KELLY
Senior
Geology
Exemplify UN C's accessibility
The author is student body
president:
To the editor:
You hear a lot about Caro
lina's high academic standards,
its nationally-ranked athletic
teams and its beautiful campus.
But there's one characteristic
that makes all these benefits
possible: the University's acces
sibility. One of the great things
about UN C's excellent faculty,
exciting extra-curriculars and
magnificent setting is that all
of them are available to a wide
sector of our population.
The access we pride ourselves
on should never be taken for
granted. The entire University
must not only be on the lookout
for threats to the accessibility
we now enjoy, but also for
opportunities to increase it in
areas where it is lacking.
In this spring's state legisla
tive session, we are likely to see
both. On one hand, there will
'be an effort to pass a tuition
increase for . students, a move
that would clearly undermine
UN C's accessibility. With the
cost of books, room and board
all rising, a tuition hike would
prevent many qualified stu
dents from attending school.
On the other hand, the leg
islation has an opportunity to
allocate funds to remove archi
tectural barriers to handi
capped individuals. Such an
appropriation would be a crit
ical factor, in increasing the
University's accessibility. Since
1982, the General Assembly has
provided no funds for this
purpose. This spring is our
chance to reverse this trend and
open the doors of UNC to all.
As students, we need to start
now if we hope to have influ
ence on either of these issues.
Students, in combination with
the whole community, can have
a great effect on what goes on
in Raleigh.
Last summer, student
government at UNC teamed up
with other schools in the state
to lobby against tuition hikes.
In the final appropriation, in
state students faced no tuition
increases for the current aca
demic year. The key to achiev
ing this kind of success again
is for students to get organized
now and exercise their vote.
This week, student govern
ment is beginning this process
by with a petition drive on these
two issues. Our goal is to make
students and others aware of
the need to act on our concerns
next spring. Furthermore, a
large number of signatures will
demonstrate the importance of
these issues to students. Please
look for our petition in the Pit
this week, and show your access
to UNC.
BRYAN HASSEL
History
Junior