10The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, November 3, 1988
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96 th year of editorial freedom
Karen Bell, News Editor
MATT BlVENS, Associate Editor
KlMBERLY EDENS, University Editor
JON K. RUST, Managing Editor
Will Lingo, City Editor
Kelly Rhodes, Arts Editor
CATHY McHUGH, Omnibus Editor
SHELLEY ERBLAND, Design Editor
NCAA lets Coach Brown walk
November brings the beginning of
the college basketball season and, as
any fan will attest, plenty of specu
lation. Who will reign as the 1988-89
NCAA champion? Will it be George
town, or maybe Michigan? Duke
(heaven forbid) or our own beloved
Tar Heels?
Surprisingly enough, the experts can
now eliminate one team from the list
of possibilities: the Kansas University
Jayhawks will not be defending their
national title this year.
On Tuesday, the NCAA slapped
Kansas with a three-year probation for
violations in the recruitment of former
Memphis State player Vincent Askew.
The probation bars Kansas from post
season play, takes away one scholar
ship and disallows paid recruiting visits
for 1989.
NCAA officials indicated that the
violations were nearly enough to
warrant the so-called "death penalty,"
because they occurred so soon after
the 1983-85 probation of the Kansas
football program. Last year, Southern
Methodist University's football pro
gram received such a sentence, sus
pending the sport for one year.
"Kansas was on the bubble, so to speak
... It was a tough decision," said
David Berst, NCAA assistant director
Our own little
The Japanese already dominate in
the banking and electronic fields
worldwide, but now they want their
own university in the United States to
train their geniuses.
The N.C. Association of Independ
ent Colleges and Universities has been
questioned about two of the state's
private institutions of higher learning
recently. North Carolina Wesleyan
College has received an inquiry from
an unnamed Japanese university about
buying the college.
But Wesleyan President Leslie
Garner said the college was not for
sale, to the Japanese or anybody else.
"While we would be happy to explore
the possibility of establishing an
exchange program with the Japanese
university, that would be the limit to
any interest on our part in a relation
ship with the Japanese university."
Apparently, the Japanese admire
the American university system and
want to buy a private college in
financial trouble because it's so
expensive to attend Japanese univer
sities. Also, Japanese universities are
much easier than those in other
countries, according to experts like
Noriko Nagai, assistant professor of
Asian languages at Duke University,
and the Japanese hope to improve
their future leaders' communication
skills by placing them in the United
States.
Nagai said Japanese students at an
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for enforcement.
Just seven months ago, Danny
Manning and Co. were running and
dunking their way to a national
championship, under the direction of
Coach Larry Brown. Now Manning
is in Los Angeles preparing to enjoy
the comforts of a multi-million dollar
contract, while Coach Brown, the
National Basketball Association's
highest-paid coach in his new position
with the San Antonio Spurs, is getting
his own taste of the high life.
In these times, corruption in ama
teur sports is not rare. It is perturbing,
however, to see those responsible in
such cases go unpunished. While the
Kansas basketball program is effec
tively crippled, Coach Brown has been
rewarded with big bucks and a pro
motion to the NBA. Is it fair for Brown
to shirk his responsibility in this
matter? Why should Kansas players,
fans and students suffer for what best
can be described as ineptitude on the
part of a coach?
Admittedly, a university is ulti
mately responsible for the actions of
its employees. But if the NCAA truly
seeks to provide a deterrent against
such infractions in the future, it must
begin punishing the guilty rather than
the victims. Louis Bissette
slice of Japan
American university typically must
spend their first few months just
working on the English language. "But
at a Japanese university here, they
could work on their communication,
skills while continuing their studies."
But if a Japanese university owns
a college in North Carolina and puts
Japanese students and faculty in it,
won't it still be a Japanese university?
At this point, it doesn't look like
the buyout will ever come to pass,
because the state's college leaders insist
the campuses simply are not for sale.
But it's hard to resist speculating about
the possibilities of having a foreign
university in the United States.
Just think of the advantages. If a
teaching assistant didn't speak English,
it wouldn't matter, because the stu
dents wouldn't either. And students
wouldn't have to trek into town to get
real Japanese food they could just
go to the cafeteria on campus. And
not only would students be more
respectful and put away their news
papers when the professor entered the
class, but they would also bow. Sounds
idyllic, doesn't it?
But the real adjustment would come
with the foreigners adjusting to Amer
ican (and more specifically, North
Carolinian) culture. Would they fit in
with the rest of the ACC? Do Japanese
students like football? How does
sound in Japanese?
Sandy Dimsdale
1 ,000 bad words uttered at
The picture on my new driver's license
is not flattering, to say the least. I
was blessed with my grandmother
Cora's smile, so unphotogenic she would
only pose for painters, who in turn would
paint her a new mouth.
So the other day I was short of cash
at Food Lion, and was forced to write a
check thus the fear I might have to show
the picture. After sprawling out my cart's
contents, I hoped maybe I could get by
without showing the ID. But Thelma the
cashier jerked that little microphone and
reverberated through the aisles, "DRIV
ER'S LICENSE!" I pulled it out, keeping
it a good five feet from her and my thumb
over the picture. She snatched it from me
though, and as she eyed the picture, a look
of disbelief came over her face. She looked
at it from varying distances. And then came
the laughter, which also went into the
microphone and reverberated through the
aisles.
This brought the bag boy over. He was
one of those high school kids who takes
his job very seriously, and answers only
to the title of "bagging maintenance
supervisor." He peered over Thelma's
shoulder for a closer look. His face
tightened.
great pains of humiliation and my ice
cream was losing its shape. An impatient
mob began to form behind me.
Cater to
blind students
To the editor:
This weekend thousands of
Tar Heel and Maryland fans
flooded Kenan stadium. They
cheered, socialized and enjoyed
another Carolina football
game. The next time you are
in Kenan Stadium or the Smith
Center, amid those thousands
of fans who are moving around
and making noise, try an exper
iment. Close your eyes. Then
try to find the restroom or the
concession stand. Better yet,
walk into either arena with
your eyes closed and try to find
your seat.
You may give a sarcastic
snort at the ludicrousness of the
thought, but for the blind
students of this campus, finding
their way around at football
and basketball games is no
laughing matter. Blind students
who function independently in
life are lost in large crowds. To
attend an event at an arena such
as Kenan Stadium or the Smith
Center, these students require
a sighted escort.
The UNC Athletic Associa
tion has no special policy
dealing with blind students (or
other impaired students who
require escorts), so a blind
student must find an escort who
is also a student to get a ticket
on his (the escort's) I.D., or he
(the student) must buy a guest
pass for his escort. If a student
escort for some reason cannot
attend the game, the blind
person must find another stu
dent to accompany him. He
cannot ask his apartment
roommate or an acquaintance
to accompany him because that
person cannot get into the game
on a student ticket. If he cannot
find another student, the blind
student cannot attend the
game. If he buys a guest pass,
he ensures that he can go to
a football game with anyone,
but he must pay $17 for a
privilege all other students
receive for free the right to
attend Carolina football
games. Guest passes are not
sold for basketball games.
Liberal' means innovation
Dne of the many things that bothers
me this election is the use by George
Bush and others of the word
"liberal" as an inflammatory label to pin
on their opponents. They apparently use
this label without any thought as to what
it actually means. These "anti-liberals" cast
the word about carelessly as a derogatory
epithet in attempts to conjure negative
images in the minds of the voting public.
Yet, at the same time, they do not hesitate
to advocate popular liberal causes such as
child day care, social security and envir
onmental protection. They appear to be
more concerned about public perceptions
and their own popularity than about the
truth or their own consciences. Michael
Dukakis has only assisted them by failing
to explain what it means to be a "liberal."
The Random House Dictionary defines
"liberal" as "a political philosophy advo
cating the freedom of the individual,
representative systems of government,
unrestricted development of all spheres of
human endeavor and governmental gua
rantees of individual rights and civil
liberties." This definition, however, is only
a starting point; it does not capture its
meaning when embodied by a leader.
To me, a "liberal" is a person with a
vision of the future; someone who is not
satisfied with the status quo; someone who
thinks who knows we can do better.
A liberal is someone who will greet
tomorrow with open arms; someone with
the strength of conviction and character
who will not shirk the challenges of change,
but instead will work to guide progress for
the common good.
David Rowell
Pardon Me
"I can't take this check," Thelma said
to me.
"But that damn well is me," I demanded, -and
insisted on seeing the manager. Art
the bag boy went to get him. In a minute
this stocky man in a full body apron came
up to the register.
"What's the problem?" he asked them,
and then he saw the license. After a minute
of deliberation he muttered, "Hard to tell."
Now at this point I had all the dignity
of a mass murderer. I wanted out, but I
had already been rung up. So I looked
at the picture and, as they studied it and
conferred among themselves, tried to
resume the look, squinching my entire face
to get that exact, horrible expression.
"Maybe," the manager said. "Try it
again."
f went through a series of de-arranging
my face, as if I was trying to amuse some
little kid. But I wasnt. I lowered my eyelids,
stretched my nose, made sneezing faces.
Suggestions were even offered. "Cross your
eyes!" "Can you sneer any more?" Then
someone yelled about the hair. I fluffed
it up like it looks in the picture, then tried
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The UNC Athletic Associa
tion (not the same as the
Carolina Athletic Association)
should adopt a policy to enable
a blind student to receive an
extra ticket (a guest pass or a
specially marked ticket) with
his athletic pass. There is not
an enormous blind population
at UNC, so I doubt that such
a policy would overcrowd
either stadium or that the lack
of less than a dozen payments
of $17 for guest passes will
break the UNCAAV piggy
bank. Such a policy would
provide blind students more
options when attempting to
attend Carolina athletic events
a right they deserve.
STEPHANIE EMBRY
Junior
International studies
Battle injustice
in Middle East
To the editor:
As a citizen of the United
States, you enjoy the comfort
that it is very unlikely that a
military soldier would break
into your house, beat the hands
of every male in sight, grab you
by the arms, and drag you into
a holding cell. At this point you
are beaten to make a confession
of an unheard of crime, and
then detained for six months
without a trial or even a visit
from a lawyer or relatives. If
such a thing did happen in the
U.S., it would shock the public
and news media. However, in
Israel, a "democratic" country,
over 35 percent of the popu
lation under its rule are subject
to such an arrest.
The fact is that it happens
every day in the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip, where 1.5
million Palestinians live with
out even the most basic human
rights because the Israeli
government refuses to
acknowledge their existence.
But my biggest objection is with
the U.S. government, who,
with blind ignorance, gives
Israel three billion dollars in
unconditional aid a year. This
amounts to $700 per Israeli
citizen per year. The U.S. has
a chance to make restitution
very soon by helping the Pales
tinians in their fight for self
determination in encouraging
the U.N. and other countries
to recognize the state of Pales
tine when it is proclaimed next
month.
In the last 11 months, the
spirit of the Intefedah (Upris
ing) has not been broken even
Gray Styers
Guest Writer
A "liberal" is someone who is willing
to exercise bold leadership with an
understanding of the world as it is, a vision
of the world as it should be, and the
willingness to work to make that vision
a reality. A liberal is willing to take bold
initiatives to address not avoid the
problems of poverty, racism and violence;
to propose new ideas to broaden educa
tional opportunities, to provide needed
health care to the newborn and the elderly,
to protect and conserve our environment
and our natural resources; to perceive
subtle changes in international relations
and to take advantage of those changes
for peace and cooperation.
A "liberal" is someone who believes
"justice," "liberty" and "equality" are more
than just words that sound appealing on
30-second commercials or in speeches
written by someone else. He understands
that these are values to cherish and goals
to strive for for everyone, not just for
a select few; that these values are challenges
that face each of us whenever they are
missing; that .these values are worth
fighting for and defending; and that
organizations that do defend them are to
be praised rather than ridiculed and
attacked themselves.
A "liberal" is someone who takes the
Bill of Rights seriously; someone who
believes that "due process" and "equal
the Food Lion
the face again.
"I saw it," a man two back yelled. Still
others disagreed. Finally, after a long
debate from a crowd of about 40 or so,
they decided to accept my check.
"Jesus, kid," some guy came over to
say "that's the worst thing I ever seen." I
thanked him, and with my one small bag
of groceries, went out into the parking lot
to dispose of the license in the first gutter
I could find. But then I worried it might
resurface somehow, and that if I were ever
reported as missing, or dead, this would
be the picture all the newspapers would
carry. The editor might put it next to my
last column.
No. I had to burn it. And now that I
did, I worry that the License Bureau keeps
negatives. IH bet there's some guy named
Taggert who keeps showing it to the people
who are having their pictures made so that
he gets a big smile. Then, after the flash,
they go into hysterics. I worry that if I
do make it as a writer, and someday my
biography comes out, at the last minute
they will substitute the original cover with
my driver's license, and theyH change the
title to "They Called Him Quasimodo." No
doubt about it. I'm ruined.
David Rowell is a senior R TV MP major
from Fayetteville.
Makes a decision
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after 300 deaths, thousands of
arrests under administrative
detention, and thousands more
of "routine" interrogations and
beatings. After hundreds of
large-scale curfews, the
nationalism has not gone away.
"With or without Israeli coop
eration a Palestinian nation will
form in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip. Please join us in
a candlelight vigil in front of
the Franklin Street post office
every Thursday night until the
gross violation of Palestinian
human rights has ended.
CHARLES HANNA
Carolina Association of Pales
tinian Human Rights
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vigor
protection under the law" have real,
substantive meaning; someone who insists
upon the right of privacy and freedom of
conscience. At one time, all of these ideas
were "liberal" if not radical.
Much of what Americans enjoy (and
take for granted) today were once the
visions of "liberals" the Bill of Rights,
the right to vote, civil rights, public
education, national parks, environmental
protection, child labor laws and the
minimum wage, Social Security and
Medicare ... the list goes on.
Likewise, the list of "liberals" men
and women of vision and energy is long.
Any list would be woefully incomplete, but
a reminder of some of them may illustrate
our indebtedness to them: in our nation's
history, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson to Franklin Roosevelt and John
Kennedy; Susan B. Anthony to Martin
Luther King. In our own state, Archibald
DeBow Murphey, John Motley More
head, Zebulon Vance, William Lewis
Poteat, Irving Carlisle, Kerr Scott, Frank
Porter Graham and Terry Sanford. "All
these were honored in their generations,
and were the glory of their times."
This is what the word "liberal" means,
Only someone who understands and
appreciates its heritage, who recognizes its
promise, and who considers it a badge of
honor rather than a derogatory label has
the vision and the strength to lead this
country and to serve as its next president
Gray Styers is a graduate student in law
and business from Hickory.
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