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Unfair proposal
Chapel Hill has got a crime problem, and
the task force on violent crime and illegal
drug use is going to solve it. And they're
not going to let reality get in the way.
At a task force meeting last month, some
town residents thought the cause of the
town's high crime rate was the fault of its
homeless population, but at the Sept. 21
meeting District Attorney Carl Fox blamed
something equally ridiculous. He thinks
the town's high crime rate is due to local
employers hiring college students instead
of high school students, and that the way to
solve this is to give high school students
preferential treatment in hiring.
When did it become the district attorney 's
job to tell employers who to hire or not to
hire? Employers should only have to con
sider one thing when deciding who to hire
who is the best person for the job.
Fox presented a number of reasons to
hire high school students instead of Uni
versity students, but few, if any, hold up to
any serious examination.
College students have better transporta
tion than high school students, allowing
them to get jobs outside of Chapel Hill, Fox
claims. This ignores the fact that very few
on-campus students have cars, and most of
the ones who do must keep them in off
campus lots that are hard to get to quickly.
Most high school students, on the other
hand, either have acar or parents with a car,
and if they need to work, transportation is
available. After all, the bus lines run for
high school students as well as for college
students.
Another reason to hire high school stu
dents, Fox says, is that college students are
only temporary residents, while high school
Political persuasion kills study
Funny how bullying doesn't stop when
puberty ends especially when it comes
to politicians.
In June, the University of Chicago Dean
of Social Sciences was told he would re
ceive a $ 1 million grant to conduct a study
on what makes adults choose the sexual
partners they do. The study, which re
ceived high ratings throughout its evalua
tion process, sought to examine how fac
tors like child abuse, economic status and
peer pressure affect why people have sex
with one person instead of another.
Ultimately, the study's results would
have helped health off ic ial s to learn enough
about people's sexual habits so the offi
cials might better target information about
sexually transmitted diseases. Ultimately,
the study could have saved lives.
That won't happen now, because the
group funding the study became scared for
its pocketbook and bowed to political pres
sure. Thanks to several ill-informed sena
tors, including our own Jesse Helms, Dean
Edward Laumann's grant was canceled
two weeks ago.
Helms and his peers, in early September,
made it clear they would not support any
study focusing on human sexual behavior.
The reasoning behind their disapproval? In
Helms' own words, any such survey is
intended solely to "legitimize homosexual
lifestyles."
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won't curb crime
students are here for good. This makes very
little sense. Although Fox might see people
who live here for four or five years as
temporary residents, this is at least as long
as many of the town's "permanent" resi
dents have been here or intend to stay.
How long a person has lived in your
town or when they will be leaving are
ridiculous yardsticks for hiring in most
jobs college students apply for, and a high
school student who leaves for college is
just as gone as a college graduate who
moves out of town.
Fox is worried that high school students
are getting only low-skilled jobs, but he
ignores the fact that without the advanced
training college students are receiving or
the years of experience some college stu
dents bring to a job, that is all that is
available. High school students angry that
they can't run the cash register or the bar
should realize that the college student do
ing these jobs today started out stocking
the shelves or washing the pots in these
same establishments. Good jobs are earned,
not deserved.
One thing Fox forgot to mention is that
most college students who work do not do
it as a way to keep busy, they do it because
they must work to stay in school. Most high
school students have their rent, utilities and
groceries paid for by their parents, and they
receive a good education for free, but many
college students must work to provide them
selves with these basics.
It's good that Fox is trying to solve the
town's crime problems, but blaming them
on hard-working college students is no
way to do it.
Please.
Although Helms' ignorance of the
study's real merits is distressing in itself,
the worst effect of his unwarranted criti
cism occurred when the national organiza
tion providing Laumann ' s grant heard about
the senators' negative reaction to sexual
behavior studies.
The leaders of this respected group, the
National Institutes of Health, started feel
ing a little uneasy. Six days after Helms'
speech, they called Laumann to tell him
they would not recommend funding his
study because it would be "political sui
cide." The problem arises because the NIH gets
its own funding each year from Congress.
And should certain legislative members
become displeased with the way the NIH is
spending its monies ... who's to say what
could happen in the appropriations process
next year.
With the back-handed pressure of a few
politicians comes the loss of a worthy study
already lauded by respected scientists,
health officials and study panels. No poli
tician should be able to flex his or her
muscles and intimidate a group like the
NIH into changing its mind like it did with
Laumann's study.
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Serving you a sample column for a study in style
Like most of frat court, I was at the Cradle
Saturday night joining in the Reivers-mania
that seemed to arise coincidentally
with rumors that Peter Buck had been sighted at
Sutton's. For those of you who missed the
show, the opening band, REN, was incredible.
Their play list included "Television Free Eu
rope," "Please go back to Rockville," and the
show's highlight, "Losing my Pretension." Who
could forget the lyrics:
"My lifeIt's biggerIt's bigger than you
'cause you are not me."
That brings me to my point: I've written for
three weeks and haven't yet bored you with the
details of my personal life, and, if history teaches
us anything, it's that Daily Tar Heel columnists
must talk about themselves. Perhaps it's the
result of the dual influences of modern literary
criticism and "behind the scenes" mania of the
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "The
Making of Lethal Weapon 2" variety. That is,
my humor column cannot truly be called art
unless you understand where I'm coining from,
the cosmic issues of why I write and who to ask
to explain the private jokes I'll put in here.
The beauty of personal columns is that they
require no effort. All you do is write down what
happened to you last week, and, unless you lead
a particularly boring life, funny stuff is bound
to have happened to you. Even if it hasn't, you
can always spice it up with the DTH humor
column standards: a wacky title, zany phrases
like"flaming (unfunny detail) from
hell" and "get real, cheese eaterheadbal letc."
and agonizingly detailed descriptionsof writer's
block. Thus, the mundane details of how I'm
unable to get a date, how my mom dressed me
funny during the '70s and how I got a parking
ticket become transformed into humor. The
medium is the message.
Study the following sample column as a
guide. Notice that the delivery is the most
important element and can save even the dullest
Center teaches reading
skills to disabled people
To the editor:
Robin Lowe's article in the Sept.
18 Daily Tar Heel ("Volunteer
agencies work to illuminate illit
eracy tunnel") presented a nice
overview of some issues and local
responses to adult illiteracy. I am
writing briefly to inform you of
another population that has been
virtually unaffected locally and
nationally by literacy agencies,
programs, or policy, i.e., people
withseveredisabilities. Severe dis
abilities include deaf-blindness,
multiple disabilities, autism, cere
bral palsy, neurological impair
ments and mental retardation. In
dividuals with severe disabilities
are less likely than any otherpopu
lation in America to receive educa
tion in mainstream classes, tocom
plete a high school education or to
find employment.
Literacy is not less, but rather
more, important to these individu
als. Literacy skills enhance com
munication, foster independence,
broaden vocational opportunities
and increase the likelihood that
individuals with disabilities can
successfully compete in main
stream America.
Why should students at UNC
care? Enlightened self-interest.
Unemployed persons with disabili
ties survive on government benefit
programs (read your tax dollar).
These costs will continue to in
crease throughout your working
years. Education of persons with
disabilities is almost twice ascostly
as educating non-disabled childten,
but it is much cheaper than sup
porting that person for life. Benefit
programs are an expense. Educa
tion is an investment.
There is currently one organiza
tion addressing this problem, the
Carolina Literacy Center (CLC) at
UNC-Chapel Hill. The CLC is the
C David Ball
All You I
' Eat
of plots. Use weird-sounding words (spatula,
cornucopia), apostrophesdown-home dialogue
(this here, ftxin', highfalutin') and lots of self
aware "don't forget, it's me writing this col
umn" parenthetical statements (like if I were to
mention that I've used several parenthetical
comments in this paragraph). Practice this here
style and you, too, can regale your friends with
witty banter (note vocab usage: banter, regale).
7:30 a.m. Yucky. I've got the flaming 8
o'clock from hell today, and, of course, I haven ' t
done the homework, and my TA, who doesn't
speak English, is going to collect it. Did I
mention that I was hung over even though my
fake I.D. was rejected at Spanky's? When will
the hilarity end?
9:30 a.m. Wanted to ask a cute girl out for
tonight; vomited on her instead. The last time
I vomited was in fourth grade when my mom
dressed me up in a sailor suit, but because I was
fashion-blind, I didn't notice and was the sub
ject of ridicule. During snack I was pelted
repeatedly with half-empty Sip-ups boxes. Even
though you've all heard every single story of
my childhood in the Midwest, I'll continue to
tell you more about getting carsick and wetting
the bed. Keep on laffin'.
Noon. I'm eating lunch isn't digestion
weird? Seriously, though, Lenoir food is so
bad. Mystery meat city. This, of course, calls to
mind yet another Wonder Years-esque elemen
tary school dyspepsia story when I was dressed
in yet another typical '70s costume. I think it
was a Partridge Family jump suit. Wild!
5 p.m. My dorm burned down, all my home
first and only center worldwide
focused on literacy and disabili
ties. It was established in Septem
ber 1990 with a grant from the
Kate B. Reynolds Health Care
Trust to address the literacy diffi
culties of children and adults with
severe speech or physical impair
ments. The CLC engages in re
search and development of instruc
tional methods and materials, trains
parents and teachers.provides tech
nical assistance to instructional
programs and serves as an infor
mation clearinghouse.
DAVID A. KOPPENHAVER
Associate Director
Carolina Literacy Center
Use cameras, not rifles
to shoot wild animals
To the editor:
I would like to respond to some
of the pro-hunting rhetoric I've
been reading in the Readers' Fo
rum. Sounds like all the money the
NRA is spending on brainwashing
is paying off. Unfortunately, most
of the arguments in favor of hunt
ing are absolute rubbish.
Huntingdoes not promote wild
life "management." In fact, wild
life is "managed" by state and na
tional agencies specifically for
hunters, who make up less than 10
percent of the population. The
money paid for hunting licenses
and duck stamps does not even
cover thecost of hunting programs
and game wardens. By clear cut
ting and burning thousands of acres
of land, the populations of animals
that hunters are particularly inter
ested in are artificially inflated,
creating the sort of overpopulation
mentioned in some of the letters.
Classic marketing, right? Cre
ate the need and then fill it. Even
without human-created overpopu
lation from hunting programs and
overdevelopment, using hunting
as population control is just bad
biology. If the number of animals
in an area grows too large to be
supported, the excess will either
move on (if there is some place to
move to), or the weakest will die.
Basic biology, Charlie ("Gun own
ers, hunters care for wildlife, set up
reserves," Sept. 23). Hunters, how
ever, are less discriminating than
Mother Nature and will, in fact, try
to take the strongest and most fit
(gotta get that rack). This is most
definitely not sound management.
All of this rather begs the real
question do we have the right to
hunt animals in the first place?
Does the fact that we can take a
high-powered rifle out into the
woods and snuff out the life of
another creature make it OK? I am
quite cettain that it does not and
that the "sport" of hunting is noth
ing more than another way for a
small segment of the population to
satisfy some sick blood lust in a
way that won't get it thrown into
jail. If you have to watch some
thing die to get your jollies, then
you're a real sicko, babe.
If you want sport, try picking up
a 35mm camera instead of a 9mm
rifle, and get the same shot. It's a
hell of a lot harder, but you can
shoot the same deer over and over,
and I don't have to worry about
you plugging me as I walk behind
my house to hang some clothes on
the line.
TONY PATTERSON
Class of '82
The Carolina Critic
welcomes Libertarians
Editor's note: the writer is pub
lisher of The Carolina Critic.
To the editor:
I was incredibly pleased to read
Dave Meesters' "Libertarians call
for freedom in market, bedroom"
in the Daily Tar Heel Sept. 26.
Libertarianism is an ideology that
many of us innately uphold, but
work was stolen and I went to Granville
cheese o' rama! I haven't yet mentioned my
roommate problems, my never-understanding
and square parents and how everyone around
me is completely shallow and fails to realize
that what seems like petulant whining is really
(a) deep and (b) utterly hilarious. I know every
one says, "No one understands me," but no one
understands that I really mean it.
8 p.m. I went to work in an information booth
in James, and, bel ieve it or not, people asked me
questions! I mean, give me a break! When I
lived in James my freshman year I, too, was
miserable and clueless and had the standard
authoritarian RA, more digestion problems and
was always late to class, but now it's different.
Who doesn't know how to get to the post
office? Talk about know-nothing freshmen from
hell. What total cheese-melters!
Midnight. I had writer's block as usual and
decided to write a rambling, incoherent public
diary so you could find me endearing and
deserving of pity. I wrote this and was able to
say absolutely nothing out of the ordinary, but
the paper will publish it anyway. Thanks, Jen
Wing.
This column isn't perfect, because it leaves
out the usual dumb questions summary section
("Why is Caroline's voice female if it's a com
puter?" "Why aren't there more beers in a six
pack?"), but you have the rough idea. Now that
I've explained myself, why don't you show me
what you've learned? Write in, and tell me if
you want me to go with the personal style, or,
better yet, write your own. There are some
changes coming in the world of humor, and, if
Ganesh Gunasekaran will permit my saying
this, the revolution starts next week.
David Ball is a senior history major from
Atlanta who thanks Matt MiMicltaels and
apologizes to lan Williams.
few consider to be a legitimate
political camp in today's biparti
san America.
"Common Sense" seems to have
great potential for increasing the
quality of political debate on cam
pus. I'd also like to invite any stu
dent who identified with Meesters'
column toconsider joining the staff
of the Carolina Critic student news
and opinion journal.
Although we are open to sub
missions expressing a wide vari
ety of political ideologies, the Critic
emphasizes the "classical liberal"
thinking that many libertarians
espouse.
Anyone interested can feel free
to drop by our office in Student
Union Suite Cordrop a note in our
mailbox at 01 Steele Building.
ELLIOT FUS
Senior
JOMC
Theta needs support,
empathy of Panhellenic
To the editor:
The support and warm thoughts
extended by the sororities to the
sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta were
indeed a kind gesture; an integral
trait of Panhellenic, as it definitely
should be.
However, I am appalled by the
callous nature of several members
of Panhellenic in reveling in the
demise of a sister chapter.
It frightens me that the future
leaders of our society are being
groomed in the art of "Taking Care
of Number One" and "Let's kick
him; he's down."
Once again, let me thank those
for their love and caring. As for the
others: "Do not ask for whom the
bell tolls."
DOROTHY MAYER
House Director
Kappa Alpha Theta