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The Red and Black, Wednesday. May 8, 1974
Allocations
In the past, relations between
the Student Senate Allocations
Committee and the University’s
Allocations Review Committee
have not been the best possible.
Some recent changes in the
structure of the Review Commit
tee should change that.
In what we consider a wise
move, Student Government Asso
ciation President J Walsh, Dean
of Student Affairs Louise McBee,
Associate Dean of Student Af
fairs Charles Kozoll and SGA
Executive Vice President Brent
Patrick met and decided to
increase student representation
on the review committee.
The addition of the chairperson
of the senate allocations commit
tee to the review committee
brings the number of student
members to three. An additional
faculty member is also being
added, making the breakdown
three students, three faculty
members and two administra
tors.
Also, Kozoll, who chairs the
review committee, will meet
with the senate committee in its
deliberations to increase com
munication between the two bod
ies and hopefully cut down on the
number of changes made by the
review committee in the senate’s
budget.
This move, plus having the
senate committee chairperson on
the review committee should
make this year’s allocations pro
cedure a lot smoother than last
year's, and that is welcome news
for all concerned.
Shockley
Dr. William Shockley is return
ing to campus Thursday night to
speak again on his views on
dysgenics. He is coming at his
own expense to speak with a
panel of students.
The Demosthenians are again
handling his speech and are
arranging the panel of students.
They have asked a black student
to participate, but have as of yet
received no answer.
We hope that a black student
will agree to participate. When
Shockley came last quarter, one
of the major complaints made by
black students was that he was
debating a white person and that
no blacks were asked to speak
their views. The Demosthenians
ED PARKER
are trying to avoid this com
plaint this tirfie by asking a
black student, and we hope they
are able to find someone inter
ested in speaking.
We also hftpe that no incidents
such as the one which occurred
last quarter interrupt Shockley’s
speech. As we emphasized last
time, we believe anyone, no
matter how unpopular his view,
should be allowed to speak.
Upholding the right to freedom
of speech speaks much better of
the University than being closed
minded to differing points of
view. We hope Shockley can
speak this time without hind
rance.
Communists up
to their old tricks'
Since Nixon's first election, we have
been told that the Communists had
changed — that they were now ready to
work with the west for an era of peace
and detente First the Soviets, and then
the Red Chinese became our friends — at
the expense of our allies in Europe and
the Pacific.
Two decades of war in Southeast Asia
made the idea of arms limitations
appealing, even when SALT gave the
Soviets a numerical, and then a strategic
advantage
But now the Communists have been
discovered at their old tricks The
discovery of a Soviet spy as one of Willy
Brandt's closest advisors two weeks ago.
and Brandt s resignation this week has
shaken a European Community which
was only beginning to recover from the
devisive influences of the selective Arab
oil boycott
By placing a man so close to the West
German chancellor, the communists un
dermined the man who had forshadowed
the U S. Soviet detente with his Ostpoli-
tik. It was under Brandt that both
Germanies were admitted to the U N.,
and it was under his leadership that the
border disputes from World War II were
settled.
There can be only one reason that the
Soviets were willing to take the risk of
placing an agent so close to the top of the
German government — fear.
They fear a united Europe which will
be unwilling to sit back and watch the
Soviets and the Americans divide up the
rest of the world.
The death of DeGaulle, with his French
nationalism, was a chance for the birth of
a Union of Europe which was not
dominated by any one country. The
communists needed to make sure that
Brandt did not turn his back on the East
to lead a European union.
The joke, however, is going to be on the
Soviets in this affair When the German
voters go to the polls, they will be likely
to support the candidates who warn of
the threats from the East. And the
Communists will lose what it has taken
them 25 years to gain
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ed Parker is Wire
Editor of The Red and Black.
While I am on the subject of European
unity. 1 will add a few comments on the
French elections. The run-off between
Francois Mitterand and Giscard d’Eas-
taing will be the first indication of the
effects of the spy scandal on the other
countries of the European Community.
While European unity is not the issue
that it was in the recent English
elections, the question of whether France
will seek closer ties with the U S or with
the Soviet Union is at stake DEastaing
will try to link Mitterand more closely
with his Communist supporters (and,
probably, with the events in Germany).
while Mitterand must try to keep
D Eastaing from getting the Gaullist
votes
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Society needs individualism'
The tone of the anti-gay letter on
yesterday's editorial page and the empha
sis on the interests of the majority in the
recent SGA elections reflect a growing
national trend. It seems that we are
experiencing a con
servative backlash
to the past decade's
move toward liberal
ism and toward a
society in which indi
vidual differences
are at least tolera
ted However half
hearted and superfi-
cial this acceptance of individualism was,
1 think it was a necessary move, and I
see the push to renew and strengthen the
tyranny of the majority as a social and
cultural disaster The structure of our
society does not really permit a return to
a single standard of morality, belief or
behavior.
The relationships between different
tasks is readily apparent in primitive
societies An individual usually performs
or at least lias knowledge of most of the
different tasks. The individual has more
or less direct access to the whole store of
knowledge held by his society, and he or
she is well-acquainted with all areas of
the culture Because this society is a
close-knit community, and because the
experiences (in work, social interaction,
etc.) are generally shared by everyone, a
great deal of social control can be
exerted. The members of the community
can be made to share the same value
system, to generally fit into a pre-defined
social role, and to hold the same world
view.
In our society, however, the trend is
toward specialization. Our store of know
ledge is fragmented and compartmental
ized, and each individual holds only a
tiny portion of it. We are all hanging out
On the very tips of different limbs, and
none of us knows what is happening on
the next limb, much less with the whole
tree The structure of our society is not
made up of fully integrated parts in the
sense that we have no overview.
With increased specialization have
come increased options in work, in
lifestyles, value systems and beliefs. It
seems apparent that the exposure we
have to view points, to education, to
types of training and career greatly
influences our perspective and the deve
lopment of our value system. Certainly
our position within the system helps to
determine our view of the system as a
whole and our ideas as to what is
important, what behavior is acceptable,
what is good, etc. Thus, it is inevitable
that we are going to have vast differences
of opinion on issues that are seemingly
fundamental. Furthermore, we are going
to have vast differences of opinion on
issues that are seemingly fundamental.
Furthermore, we are going to have vast
differences in temperament, in personali
ty. and, hence, in needs
In a society such as this, therefore, it
seems ridiculous to try and impose a
single standard of behavior or morality
— to take the standards of one segment
and impose them on all the other
segments. Our society has fostered
freedom of choice and expression as it
has fostered specialization and segmenta
tion.
Nevertheless, we seem to find it ’
incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to
leave behind the desire for uniformity in
favor of mere cohesiveness. We seem to
be suffering from two divergent streams •
of thought On the one hand, individual
differences in everything from beliefs to
needs and desires are encouraged by the
educational system, by the demands of, •
the job market, by mental health people,
and by the social structure itself.
On the other hand, there is an obvious
need for a sense of community, and for •
the knowledge that we are not so
different from everyone else — that we
are not alone. This need is demonstrated
by the reactionary outcry against people ,
who mess up individual notions of order,
or who fly in the face of individual values
— against homosexuals, intellectuals,
hardhats, career soldiers, etc Perhaps ,
wevire just suffering from a cultural lag
in that we are still attempting to apply
the values of an older society to this
society. ,
However, it seems more reasonable to
assume that man in fact does have a
need for community and a certain
amount of uniformity. The problem, then. t
is not to opt for rampant individualism
over a single, rigidly enforced standard
of behavior, but to reevaluate the
relationship of the need for individual ,
expression to the need for a sense of
solidarity and oneness. We need to
reopen the investigation of man himself,
of his needs, and of the common
underlying core of "humanness.”
A way must be sought to restructure
the system, to make it flexible enough to
tolerate and even encourage individual *
choice in such things as lifestyle and
sexual orientation at the same time that
it reaffirms our similarity to one another
These goals are not mutually exclusive. *
We must simple reexamine our ways of
relating to each other and to the society
as a whole. With such a reexamination,
we might see that older values and •
behavioral standards (eg. monogamy)
are no longer mandatory and thus
deviations from them should no longer be
a threat to the social order. We can no »
longer apply the standards of a pre-indus
trial society to a society with extreme
mobility, specialization and mass com
munication *
Thus, in a sense, the conservatives and
even the reactionaries are right in their
demand for uniformity. But they seem to ,
be wrong in their choice of areas — they
require solidarity and unanimity of
opinion in places where it cannot possibly
exist. ,
Ultimately I think it is possible (and
perhaps necessary) that we learn to
differentiate between values and morals.
That is, we can reach a state in which we *
can reject other people's value systems
without passing universal moral judge
ment on them — without rejecting their
right to hold those values.
At any rate, limiting the options
accomplishes nothing. Repressing those
who differ accomplishes nothing. The
resurging tyranny of the majority enfor
ces uniformity where it should allow for
differences Social solidarity and a sense
of community cannot be accomplished at #
this point by creating a nation of carbon
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'Newton column farcical'
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TO THE EDITOR:
Having just read the editorial page of
Thursday's newspaper, I feel the sudden
urge to regurgitate my lunch. I began
feeling ill as soon as I read the editorial
l?i on fishing by one "Fig" Newton.
After wading on through about half of
Miss Newton's superlatives and colloqui
alisms. 1 realized that this menagerie of
museful manure was nothing more than a
farcical attempt al story-telling Perhaps
Benjamin Franklin would have welcomed
such an article in “Poor Richard's
Almanac. " but in the twentieth century a
newspaper is no place for stories ot
barefoot grandfathers and vengeful fish
ermen When I want to read tales like
these. I dig out William Faulkner or
Mark Twain, not The Red and Black.
You may be a big hit in Griffin. Fig
Your relatives may be dancing circles
around "de fishin' pond " But please
discontinue this barrage of backwoods
yarns, before Perry White rolls over in
his grave.
TED SMITH
America ignores
doom prophets'
TO THE EDITOR:
America is like ancient Israel in that
we ignore the prophets We ignore the
prophets of doom, instead believing that
everything is and will be rosy What a
false illusion!
Starting a few years back. Americans
were told by the oil companies that "a
country that runs on oil can t afford to
run short ” Summer before last there
was talk of an impending energy crisis.
No one listened. One thing that stands out
in my mind is that Fletcher Thompson in
his senatorial campaign said that "within
the next three years you will be hearing
of an energy crisis." It came earlier than
he had predicted
Many people are just starting to wake
up to the possible economic consequences
of this energy crisis. Industries that use
petroleum products in their process,
especially the metals industry, will be
hard hit. Also industries which depend
indirectly on fuel such as the automobile
industry will be hard hit.
In agriculture the fuel shortage is
already causing problems Many fertili
zer plants which produce nitrogen are
being shut down due to the shortage ol
natural gas These plants use only two
percent of our supply of natural gas but
yet nitrogen fertilizers are important in
producing ample foodstuffs. Fuel is
needed for the machinery to plant and
harvest crops. This industry, which has
been attacked as being an inefficient user
of energy, uses only five percent of our
total energy.
All jobs depending on travel will be
drastically affected Air travel will have
to be lessened It seems to me to be
foolish to build a new airport if we are
not sure we will have the fuel necessary
to take care of this expansion.
The picture looks pretty bleak but
things can be done First we will need to
cut back demand. Many cars on the road
today carry only one passenger. Carpool
ing where possible will help to reduce gas
consumption and reduce traffic and
pollution Mass transit will have to be
developed and used to give us most
efficient useage of our fuel We will have
to get used to traveling slower This
might even decrease the rising rate of
heart attacks Each trip which we make
must accomplish more. In other words
we will need to combine all trips into one
In a final note airlines will need to
eliminate empty flights
As far as industry is concerned we will
have to allocate fuel to the essential ones
and cut back fuel to nonessential indus
tries We should make assurances that
we have ample fuel to produce food and
fiber.
A second solution to our energy
problems is to increase supply Holmes
Alexander noted in his column in the
Banner-Herald that if the environmental
ist had not been allowed to block the
Alaskan pipeline back in 1969, our energy
problems would not be as acute today.
The Alaskan pipeline must be built
despite opposition by environmentalists.
Nevertheless, it will be four years before
we begin to receive oil from Alaska
Tax credits must be given for the
expense of exploration for oil. Govern
mental action, such as the reduction of
the oil depletion allowance by Congress,
has hampered further exploration.
We can import more oil. However,
experience is showing us that this is a
precarious and dangerous solution. The
Arabs seek to use oil as political
blackmail against our support of Israel.
A heavy reliance on foreign oil is
dangerous in that our country would be
crippled if anything happened to that
source
Another possibility is that higher gas
prices will encourage exploration of oil
which is deeper in the earth's surface.
The energy crisis will cause Americans
to change their style of life. Things which
we consider essential will become luxu
ries. The tone of American life will
change from one of "getting ahead" to on
of “survival.” In order to lessen the
effects of this energy crisis, Americans
will have to make sacrifices voluntarily
or with governmental controls.
LARRY MOTSINGER
Tennis courts
hardly adequate'
TO THE EDITOR
At the present time I have been waiting
for over an hour and a half to engage in a
sport which is commonly known as
tennis Regarding the situation that
exists here at the University, this is not
hard to understand when one realizes
that there are only eleven tennis courts
available to the student population. This
is hardly adequate for a school of this '
size If the University does not see fit to
provide more courts for its students, then
some method should be devised to
regulate the little time that is available.
Perhaps a method by which students
could bd employed to sign in waiting
players and also limit othet* play to no
more than an hour might give more
people a chance to play and reduce the
long lines Any method devised would be
a vast improvement over the present
situation.
ELIZABETH McDARlS
LYNETTE TATUM
JIM WANSLY
JERRY HESTER
ANNA BUTLER