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All too often, the bureaucratic
tendencies of an institution harm
the constituency it should be
directly responsible to. In many
instances, this cannot be helped or
avoided. However, as the gravity
of the problem becomes greater,
certain changes, no matter how
far-reaching, have to be con
sidered and implemented.
Theoretically, each student at
this University has an equal right
to attend any sporting event the
school has to offer. This is the
reason for the athletic fee, and can
be easily accomplished in a foot
ball stadium which seats more
than 50,000 people.
However, such is not the case at
the Carolina Coliseum. The
numbers restriction placed on
student basketball tickets has been
here since the Coliseum was built.
There are more than 5,800 students
at Carolina; in most cases, less
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YOU C04LD P
Nixon-Li]
It was reported in the Feb.
Charlotte Observer that Presi
inspired by the courage of Abr
as well he might. le went furtl
himself to Lincoln in the "lhar,
criticism they both had receh
The parallel thus drawn is v
and deserves to be taken
similarities are so great betwe<
that all will be astonished.
Consider their education. Ab~
educated himself to a great ext
his f avorite authors wer(
Shakespeare. Nixon was educ
sLchools,and his favorite autho
Nicer>lo Machiavelli.
Consider also their career
lawyers, bo0th legislator:
presidents. Another amazing
Nixon, as quoted in the Obse
"Lincoln was possibly the
criticized president in1 history.
great strength of character n
(his feelings)...no matter h
unfair the criticism might 1
"This particular fact is ani
today."
It is very obvious that Nixo
Lincoln's silence, and emula
own.
Lincoln's speech and his di<
and terse. Nixon's are so plai
television c'Omlment ators mi
-speeches to the publ)1ic.
Lincoln is said to have
temp)er and( to have been hig
fortunately, the para lle can:
to Nixon. because he is nots<(
for' the public to decide on ti
Mir. lincoln had a great rc
I )eclarat ion of I ndependen1c1W
st ituitionl. So has Nixon. In fat
than 5,800 have any scathing desire
to attend a basketball game. So the
major problem arises against such
opponents as Notre Dame and
Marquette. And the complaints
against distribution methods
always falls on the shoulders of
student government.
The system is definitely unfair;
the only people losing are the
students. Suggestions as to
changes have flourished since
Wednesday; everything from
giving each student a coupon en
titling him to get in the gate, but
assigning no specified seat,
making it a first-come-first-serve
proposition to guaranteeing closed
circuit televison to anyone who is
denied a ticket.
Many suggestions are valid.
But, as is the case at thi:
University, some administrative
ineffectual committee would un
doubtedly have to be created t
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13 issue of the of the Leciar
dent Nixon is pears to have
aham Lincoln, has to refer i
ier to comn pare PreI'si(ent
sh and unfair" greed. Presi
ed. his willing do
cry interesting to the Watert
urther. The has recently
m the two men tapes, but
remaining ta
raham Lincoln Watergate, a
ent, and two of the prosecuti
Burns and L,incolni wa
ated in fine often amuse
r' seems to be is an even
(easily be pro
s. Both were his as "The(
,. and both "State of th<
par :lel! hath no man
rver , sai that entire Unite<
most heavily . Iothi mnn
but he had that interesting e
ever to display the war end
ow harsh andl election.(
*e. problemsU in
aspirat ion to us about tour y
peace. Lini
n is nspired by between the
tes him by his wouIld have
p)ossible.
:tion were p)la in lThe slight
n and terse that are no) dou
ist explain his years5 in in
Thd a c'heerIflI Th'is is not 1
hlv s;ocial. tin- (lay Lincoh!
'i be ext endled pol1ities lu ha
'en often enough p)lexit y hi rt
lese points, have anothe
verence' for the bult we can
and the ('on- Hi(hard' Ni
SNixon's studv dIiffterent fn
SGA Shou
ToLUSC A
opinion
'It is a newspaper's duty to print
the news,and raise hell."
--Wilbur F. Storey,
The Chicago Times, 1861
study the problem before
recommendations are made. If
past experiences are any in
dications, it could be 1980 before
anything constructive occurs.
One thing is definite: Student
government has got to get out of
the business of ticket distribution.
Granted, student senators might
be relegated to the status of an
average student sitting on the top
row of the corner section. But at
least SGA would not have to sub
jected to the verbal abuse it has
taken in the last five days.
The Athletic Department would
ro COOPERATE BUT SURELY
VALNlJE....n
> Likeness
tion and the Constitution ap
been so great that he no longer
o them.
.incoln despised trickery and
lent Nixon does, also. Witness
cation of certain specified tapes
ate p)rosecution. Of course, he
refused to turn over anymore
surely this is because the
>es have nothing more to (10 with
id he is merely trtying to control
an's greed.
;a great story-teller, and would
iis friends with his yarns. Nixon
treater story -teller. This can
een b)y rega rding such works of
heekers Speech"' and the recent
Union"' Address. Greater wit
than that he couldl fake out the
l States.
here p)residents in war t ime. An
>incidence is that, in both cases
dI arouInd the time of their re
if course. Nixon had greater
riegotiat ing a truce. It took him
ars to come to a good,. honlorable'
*oln was ale to end the War
States with little negotiation. Hie
endedl it earlier if it had been
di ifferences between the two imen
>t account able to the hundred1
1' between''i them andl the coin
l.pmn t s in Amnerican politics.
suggest t hatI Nixon is a modern-m
but mely( to p)oint out that
a cqui red a sub)tletyv and1( co n
i'.rt o unknown W\e mayV never
r'presidt 'e like Abrahami I,incoln.
look forv~.' rd to mnany more like
~on unless polities takes a path1
in that which it has now.
id Return I
thietic De
then, obviously, take over a
distribution. However, to insure a
that USC students would not be
getting constant bad deals, a
watchdog committee should be n,
established to observe the process si
and know where every ticket to ft
every sporting event has gone. c
This serves two important n
functions. First, there would be no b
doubt as to where the tickets are g
going. Rumors such as those s(
circulating Wednesday morning gl
Solomon Blatt getting anywhere
from 90-1,000 tickets) could be
either denied or cor,firmed. I
Second, and perha- more im- C
portant, is the fact that any C
problems with distribution and r
pickuv would be traced back to
where they originate in the athletic r
department. Then, instead of t
using SGA to carry out its s
legwork and bear the abuse, the a
Athletic Department would have to
Satire
Let Legi8
Hand On
BY BILL OUTLAW
A recent fee receipt check
taken at the Coliseum during
ticket pickup for the Notre
Dame game reveals some
startling statistics about the
number of students enrolled in
each class. The Poll indicates
that 60 per cent of all students at.
Carolina are graduate students,
25 per cent are seniors, 10
percent are juniors, 3 per cent
are sophomores, I per cent are
freshmen and I per cent do not
know what they are. These
figures give an accurate picture
of what the lines looked like at
the Colisieum Wednesday.
It is time that the University
established a much fairer and
more workable method of t
distributing tickets. The fairest
and easiest method of doing this
would be to give all of the f
student tickets to members of
the General Assembly and let
them distribute them at their
own discretion. Each student t
could contact his local
representative and get tickets
from him for the game.
This would accomplish two
important things. First, it
wouldl enable the student and
the legislators to get to know ;
each other better. Secondly, it
wouldl enable the student to
really find out what great guys t
are ini the Genera'~l Assem bly
andl it gives the members of the
Ge(neral Assem ly a chance to
start buying votes at a younger
age than ever before.
If that dloesn' t work out thient
the univer'sity c'ouldI resort tot
handling out ticke'ts at times
based on G Pi's. St udents
having a GPit of 2.0 and below
w~ouldl get their tickets for every '
game at 8:00. a 2.01 would go at;
Letters I
Alt hough t he G:; \ \1E'( 't('K
dfl0yflVlOus- lett(I'rS, alt houghl
hetter's w\ill bE' rw'ed. W(.
'rob1ems
artment
nswer to the students for its own
ctions.
The membership of this com
iittee would be open to both
udents and faculty. Perhaps the
culty and student athletic
mmittees could designate
embers, or the two bodies could
merged into a single working
oup. However, input from every
)urce possible ought to be
aaranteed.
In too many cases, the spheres of
nfluence of one University
epartment dip into too many
ther student entities. Students,
ot administrators, end up suf
ering. Student government should
ot be a part of this if it is to con
inue working for the good of
tudents. Put the responsibility
nd the blame, if necessary, where
t belongs. And do it now.
0lators
t Tickets
:05 etc. This is fair because
hose students with the low
sPIRs aren't here for the
'ducational benefits anyway
md therefore they should be the
)mes that get to go to the games.
the students with the higher
:Pls are more interested in
;tudying than in basketball
ames anyway, and would not
et upset about being excluded
rom ticket distribution.
Another alternative would be
o have a line standing contest
it the start of each semester.
\1l interested students would be
nvolved in a stand-off with the
;tudents standing the longest in
ine getting the best tickets.
Perhaps a line-busting con
est would be even fairer. All of
he students could be placed in
ines and when a whistle blows
vervone could start busting in
ront of each other. When a
Ohistle is blown again everyone
nust freeze where they are and
100 tickets would be handed out
o the people at the front of the
inc.
Once the 500 tickets are
manded out, another whistle
could blow and once again the
tudents start jockeying for
>osition until the whistle blows
gain andt another 500 would be
Ianded out. This p)rocedure
'.outld continue until all of the
ickets have been distributed.
All of the above systems
nent ioned are equallyv as fair as
he one in use at the present
imne. Something nleedts to be
lone, either a total revision of
he present process or a more
horough ap)pl icat ion of the
on trots that thiiis current
ystem calls for.. If this isn't
lone we could let all students
vith green eves go in at 8:00
will be given to those
is. W\e Will not run
we cant witIhhold names('
1e tryV to gular'antee t hat
l() not guartI8!l(E whe(n