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Buckley Speaks on Politics and Reality
By BILL HOLDEN
Staff Writer
"Conservatism is the politics of
reality," was Author/Columnist
William F. Buckley's opening
statement when he addressed the
overflow crowd of some 2,400
students, alumni, and area residents
Tuesday night in Aycock
Auditorium. Mr. Buckley's
appearance was made possible
through the Catherine Price Bryan
Lecture Series and the Department
of Business and Economics.
Buckley, founder and Editor of
the National Review, srJoke on
"The Problems of Freedom" and
its ramifications, though his topics
topics ranged from tax reform to Ted Kennedy's chances for nominaton
in 1980. •
An increasing popular knowledge of some of the unrealities of popular
economics was the second point Buckley made, which he defended by
citing an example of Senator George McGovern's campaign pledge to see
that every family with an income of less than 12,000 dollars would be
given an additional thousand dollars per year, which would come from
progressively taxing those families earning over 13,000 thousand dollars.
"Little did Senator MeGovern realize," said Buckley, "that those
families who earned in excess of 13,000 thousand dollars were not
readying themselves to become philanthropists." In another example to
illustrate his point, Buckley used Figures from the Rolling Stones 1972
Tour, when each of the Five band members cleared 500 thousand dollars
for three weeks work. Mr. Buckley said that Senator MeGovern would
have risked losing the votes of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, or the young-liberal/
intellectual constituency had he criticized, so therefore avoided
mentioning them in the context of his proposal.
Buckley's third proposal was that the "Mechanics of Income
Redistribution" be reexamined. "We are engaged in facing everybody
for the benefit of everybody," was his opening comment. "If we taxed
one hundred percent of those people in this country who make over one
million dollars per year," said Buckley, "the revenue collected would
Finance the operation of the federal government for Vj of one day. His
proposal on this point was that states be left to individually determine
their priorities concerning income redistribution.
Mr. Buckley also said that only nine percent of the money now taken
from the 31 state whose per capita income is greater than the national
average actually Finds its way into the other 19 states as it is supposed to.
His recommendation that 91 percent of these welfare taxes be eliminated
or examined.
"There are those who would call this transfer a federal subsidy of the
national superstition," Buckley stated, "and they're right! Thus, my
fourth proposal is that as recognition of economic realities decreases
there will be a point at which capitalization on the ignorance of public
affairs reaches so inflated a level as to endanger the idea of a responsible
government."
The Fifth proposal in Mr. Buckley's address was the statement that,
"It is ultimately useless for us to depend on utilitarian arguments;" a
departure from his first four premises. This view is not "fashionable"
according to Buckley, and as a result will not gain much popular
support. The "liberal influence" has lasted long enough to keep people
from seeing things in true perspective, asserted Buckley, though he
predicted a conservative swing to become apparent.
The final proposal Mr. Buckley made was that, "By way of reform,
what we need mostly is the elimination of the progressive feature of the
income tax." According to Buckley, "The system places artificial
restrictions on the amounts of taxed income, but because of the present
rate of inflation, the system is unfeasable because of the amount of
income tax decided on is predetermined percentages, without
consideration for inflation.
Questions from the audience after the lecture were widely varied,
ranging from Mr. Buckley's opinion on abortion to who he feels will be
selected as presidential candidates in 1980. His response to this question
was, "I think that Ted Kennedy will win the Democratic nomination, but
I also think that he will lose." He predicted Reagan to win the
Republican nomination, citing figures showing him with thirty percent of
the vote among those party members interviewed.
In response to a query of whether or not he would favor a
constitutional convention to balance the Federal Budget, Mr. Buckley
replied, "No, I don't favor it. I don't forsee *ny ammendment, but there
will be Congressionally backed action. It's the threat of a convention
that will catalyze them into action."
When asked if he felt freedom was secure in the United States today,
Buckley replied, "If the government gets 100 percent of the benefits
from its citizens' work, the citizens could be considered slaves. In the
U.S. today, the government receives about 44 percent of the industrial
benefits, anytime I see this, no, I don't think freedom is in good shape."
Financial Aid Increases
By PHILLIP CATES
News Editor
"Everything has increased so
drastically this year; the financial
resources we have available, the
procedures students go through,
and even the size of our staff," said
Student Financial Aid Office
Director Eleanor Morris in a recent
interview. "Last year, '78-'79, we
gave out over one million dollars in
Enrollment Increases
By MARLA HART
Staff Writer
According to Dr. Hoyt Price,
Registrar at UNC-G. "The increase
in student enrollment has lead to a
decreased budget at the Universtiy,
which is good as long as UNC-G can
maintain the budget as well as space
for the students enrolled."
Enrollment figures over the past
year indicate that the number of
students attending UNC-G has
gradually been increasing.
Although many students believed
that the increase at the University
was great, the total enrollment for
this fall will be somewhere around
9,900, compared to last fall's
enrollment ot 9,855, which is only
an increase of 50 students this
semester.
Overcrowded residence halls lead
many students to believe UNC-G
experienced a rapid increase in its
enrollment. The increase was in the
number of students living on
campus this year, not in the total
enrollment.
The figures for the increase in
minority students attending the
University have not yet been
finalized. According to Dr. Price,
an increase is expected not because
it was necessary, but because the
enrollment of minority groups will
increase gradually along with the
increase of the total enrollment at
the University.
News Briefs
BALTIMORE. Md. —The
woman who underwent the first
known operation to replace part of
the lower spine with a metal device
was taken off her respirator today.
"Jessie Thomas is* not listed in
fair condition," said Terre
Sullivant. a spokesman for the
University of Maryland Hospital.
Mrs. Thomas, 33, underwent a 16
hour operation Friday in which
surgeons implanted a 6-inch metal
prosthesis in place of four vertebrae
removed with a cancerous tumor in
mid-July.
RALEIGH. N.C. —Debbie
(Shook, deposed Miss North
Carolina 1978, will file a suit in the
Superior Court today seeking the
restoration of her title and more
than $85,000 in damages.
Miss Shook lost her title one night
before the 1979 Miss North
Carolina was to be selected. The
North Carolina Jaycees. sponsors of
the event, said that the reason for
her removal was that she had
complained publicly earlier in the
Pageant that she had not yet
received all of her prizes, including a
S3.000 wardrobe and a $10,000
scholarship.
The suit alleges that the loss of the
title has severely damaged Miss
Shook's future ability to earn
income. The N.C. Jaycees have
made no comment and the Jaycee's
attorney. Charlie Brown, will file a
counter suit.
HAVANA. Cuba-President
Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia called
for all Third World countries to
maintain their independence from
either world power Mock, east or
west. He warned against "foreign
influences" that were trying to
divide the Third World.
For the first time during his i Hi
to Cuba for the conference of Non-
Aligned Nations, Tito leveled a
direct accusation at Cuba for trying
to force the conference into an
endorsement of the Soviet Union's
actions in Africa.
President of Cuba, Fidel Castro,
defended the "fraternal
relationship" that Cuba and the
Soviet Union, fiercely attacked the
United States for its imperialistic
role in the Third World.
As of yet. no common consensus
has been reached by the conference
concerning the Cuba proposals that
would in all practically endorse
Soviet intervention into non-aligned
nation's internal affairs. The
conference will continue for another
week.
SAVANNAH. Ci.-North
Carolina and Virginia will receive
the brunt of what remains of
Hurricane David, heavy rains and
flooding. David, the worst
hurricane of this decade, left
thousands homeless in the
Caribbean and more than 80 dead
before hitting central Florida, losing
much of its power. Tuesday evening
at 12:00 p.m. the storm blasted into
Savannah, Ga.. with 70 mph winds.
The evacuation of the coastal area
of North and South Carolina took
place earlier this week in
anticipation left those recreation
areas desolate. Waves were reported
as high as 12 feet at Hilton Head.
S.C. A portion of the Fishing pier at
Holden's Beach was washed away
early Wednesday morning.
North Carolina Civil
Preparedness Officials have ordered
the closing of several coastal couni>
schools and is using these facilities
to house ihose displaced b> floods.
The Weather Bureau reports that
heavy inins will continue
throughout North Carolina today.
assistance from state and federal aid
sources, this year, '79-'80, so far
we've given out just under eight
hundred thousand."
Mrs. Morris, who has been
Director of the Student Aid Office
for ten years, state that the reasons
for the increased resources to
students could be traced to the
Middle Income Assistance Act
passed by Congress last year. "It
ysed to be that if you were a member
of a family of four with a fifteen
thousand dollar a year income, you
were eligible. Now, you arc eligible
for the BEOG, depending upon
your family's assets, if you are from
a family of four with an income of
twenty-five thousand dollars a
year." Mrs. Morris believes that
almost 85^o of the UNC-G student
population meets that rule-of-thumb,
and she also believes that
"an awful lot of those eligible have
not even applied."
The College Foundation,
administrator of the Federal
Guaranteed Loan Program, also got
a boost from Congress last year
when all income qualifications for
the loan were removed. Federal
Guaranteed loans are eligible to
anyone taking at least six hours, no
interest is added while the recipient
is in school, and the rate of interest
is seven percent.
"Because these two programs.,
BEOG and the Guaranteed Loan,
are federal in nature, we will not run
out of funds for eligible students,"
said Mrs. Morris; but added, "our
other resources are finite though."
Several new faces will be seen this
year in the Student Aid Office, and
among them will be Ms. Shirley
Rascoe. Her position. Financial Aid
Counselor, is a new one to UNC-G.
(continued on page 4)
Carpooling:
Conservation
at Work
By MARLA HART
Staff Writer
UNC-G and the City of
Greensboro are in the process of
sponsoring a carpooling program
which could lead to more on
campus parking spaces, energy
conservation, and substantial
savings for students involved.
According to Clarence O.
Shipton, Dean of Student Services,
many commuting UNC-G students
drive as many as fifteen or more
miles a day to the campus. UNC-G
has students commuting from
Chapel Hill. Winsion-Salem. and
beyond.
The commuting services could
lead to more on-campus parking
spaces as well as cut down on the
number of vehicles being used or
driven by students to the campus. It
would also help conserve energy by
using less gas.
The most important benefit the
service has to offer students to a
substantial savings. If 2 people
carpool to the campus they each
would save as much as SO percent.
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Hurricane David Douses UNC-G
By DAVID OSBORNE
What remains of Hurricane David,
the worst tropical storm in five
years, is now centered over the
Chesapeake Bay area. After leaving
thousands homeless and over 800
dead in the Carribean, blasting into
(the central Florida coast, and
reenterinj? the East Coast at
Savannah on Tuesday, the storm is
now causing flash floods from
Charleston, South Carolina, to
Richmond, Virginia.
The now infamous hurricane
David hit the coast of Florida
Sunday with the first unofficial
estimates of damage totaling over
*I60 million. The storm left nearly
50,000 people in the Dade County
area with no electricity.
photo by Hoby Lowt
Fortunately the storm lost much
of its power before hitting the
coastal city of Savannah, Georgia
on Tuesday and the damage was
lessened to scattered power outages
and flooding in low lying areas.
The residents of Mytle Beach, S.
C. were evacuated from low lying
areas around noon on Tuesday, but
officials later said the evacuation
was probably unnecessary after
Hurricane David took a more
westerly route than had been
expected.
At 3:00 Wednesday afternoon,
there were gail warnings in effect
along the coast form Savannah,
Georgia, to Chincoteague. Virginia,
including the mouth of the]
Cheasapeake Bay. The center of
David was near the Greensboro area
of North Carolina around 3:00
Wednesday, and then began moving
Northeast at 12 m.p.h. David was
forecasted to begin picking up speed
in a northeasterly direction through!
the night and into Thursday.
There were threats of tornadoes
across the eastern and central
portions of the state and heavy rains
spreading inland caused the threat
of serious flooding east of the
mountains of North Carolina.
Here on campus, David left wet
bodies, rumors of class cancellation,
and floodings. It was announced
that classes would not be cancelled.
There was a blowout Wednesday
morning at the main substation
which left Forney Building without
sower. H. S. Odom, the director of
he physical plant, had this to say ab
>ut the power outage,"We can't be
.ure what caused it. We do suspect
hat the increase in moisture was the
ontributing factor."
Although there was no major
looding on campus, there were roof
eaks in the Life Science Building,
he Library and several other
ampus facilities The leaks did not
cause any damage and classes will
not be cancelled
Sculpture May Be Hazardous to Your Health
GREENSBORO-A three-day
conference on safety hazards facing
artists in the field of sculpture will
be held Oct. 4-6 at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Entitled "Safety. Health and the
Sculptor," the conference is
designed to acquaint sculptors and
other artists from North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia with
existing and potential health
hazards in their an form.
Highlighting the list of speakers
and panelists - will be Michael
McCann. an industrial hygenist who
is president of the Center for
Occupational Hazards in New York
City, who will speak on "Art
Hazards to Sculptors ''
L.A.Weaver, acting director of
North Carolina's office of the U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHAi, will
discuss "OSHA Requirements for
Sculptors." Both Weaver and
McCann will speak on Friday
morning. Oct S.
In addition to the lectures and
panel discussions, the conference*
will feature safety films and
demonstrations of welding, foundry
casting and plastics in sculpture.
Registration at the conference still
be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on
Thursday. Oct. 4. in Weatherspoon
Art Gallery.
Sponsored by UNC-G's
Department of Art. the conference
will center us actismes in the
department's facilities located in the
Mclver Classroom Building The
deadline for pre-registranon is
Thursday. Sept. 20. through LM
G's Office of Continuing
Education. A fee will be charged.
"There's an untold number of
artists in the lield of sculpture lodas
who may be exposing ihemsetses to
potential health hazards." said
John Spring, a UNC <• art facuhs
member, who is directing the
conference "The hazards are
widespread, ranging not onl> from
materials but to methodsgfl well
"The conference is designed to
provide some of the most recent
information on potential and recent
hazards to artists who are working
in sculpture."
The following demonstrations
will take place on Friday afternoon.
Oct. 5: welding, with Jim Galluca.
UNC-G art faculty member,
foundry casting, with John Spring
and his brother. Bob Spring,
president of the Modern Art
Foundry in New York City; and
plastics with Jeff Samson, an
assistant professor in the
Department of Design in I'M
School of Home Economics, and
Roger Tornero. vice president of the
Chemical Chair House of
Greensboro
That nighi. participants still
a'tend a preview of the shots.
"North C aroiina Sculpture '79." MI
Weatherspoon Gaiters
At the conclusion of the sessions
on Saturday. Oct rV ihe trusts still
consider the formation of » new
sculpture group. •»• be known at ihc
I ri Stair Sculmors Guild
(