Reactions vary on NBS issue

              Letters lo the editor
Reactions-vary on-NBS issue
As* member of the Baha'i
Faith which teaches the unity of
the races and that justice is'
paramount and as a white person
who. has tried to weigh the
evtdencTHrvolvinjpthe£feo*Blaek
Society: fairly since the Monday
night Senate heai^vl conclude
that:    .-.' •' -, '
TjThe Senate decision to
change the' Neo-Black to a No.l
status, thus cutting off funds,
was a decision made--with so
called factsr that were not proven
to be true. In other words it was
unsupported evidence.
university .that..would let this     Legislature passed a resolution
~ 2)The fierceness with which
certain SGA Senators have been
attaclcing the Neo-bkck society
"has only resulted in intense
bitterness and frustration on the
• part   of  Black   Studepts. This
aa|jiBe;ges$ c.ciniti result in great
happen. Unity is the key.
a '.''-■       -        a   QreggSuhm
Editor, The Carolinian
Monday evening in Cone
Ballroom was one of the saddest
evenings Lharo known at The„
-IMversity. t do not refer to the
decision reached at 2 a.m. the
following morning, though from
noa^vidence at the hearing I do
not understand,, the bases for
thatldecision. Nor do I refer to
the reported fact that: Senators
originally involved in the
charges, Senators who clearly
joined  the  prosecution  in the
that-students be admitted to this
University on the. - basis - of
qualification alone without
■regard to race or religion. Acting
before the Supreme Court
decision of 1954, Acting Before
JBlacks- were ^admitted, to athe
University, those students were
creating the future. It isN
discouraging to think that the
Senate hearing might be a
harbinger of a campus polarized-
with insensitive disrespect. That
, need notte if, responding to the/"
quality of much of the Black
leadership ' exhibited Monday
evening,  students  and   faculty
hearings,   did   not ; disqualify
themselves-from the voting thus
^embody atha—commitment   to _
truth'and the respect for persons
TEaTlsthe. basis of this, as' oF
every, University."
Warren Ashby
becoming ^both~proseeuteF8--'aiid
jurors. I do refer to the quality
of the Hearings: to the- vague;
charges,,  to   the   absence   of
violence on campus unless the
Chancellor and his committee
makeJ quick moves to hear all the -
facts involving the issue. It is'my'
belief there was no substantial
evidence as of Monday night's
Senate meeting" to cut funds
from the NBS. '■
3)Therei,seems to be. a .wide
consensus" by students on
campus that the Senate's
decision concerning NBS was
unfair. IT; is - up to ? the
Chancellor's ^committee to,do
everything in theiF~pow,er to
unify the races first by
re-classifying the NBSJto its
rightful No. 2 classification_and
to work out realistic "plani 'to.
icWTRIttmVcampusTrrrot-ou^
to ~usurp~1h^:TighVT'f:~Black -
students.Jf.il doefnot do-tfus, I-
feel ashamed to be a student at a
prepared   justification-   of   or-—AN OPEN LETTER-
witnesses to the charges, to the
many irrelevant questions, to the
repetition . of   questions-
.TO THE STUDENT BODY
Last Monday night the Senate
indicating' that  Senators  were
not   listening   to   or   did   not
JfeUeve Jhe. spokesman, 'for the
Neo-Black Society.
After three long hours I came
to the sad conclusion, solely on
the basis of what I had heard
and seen at the hearing, that
much of what was going on was
the result of ignorance or malice
or both. Ihope very much this is
a. fake conclusion. For the
university is>^tsed upon a desire
for truth, the! careful sifting of
evidence arid jupon respect for
those with differing views."The
^apparent-^^bs^nce of these" in.
Ctme-rB^heW—wa*—jeasefr
.enough for sadtaess.
Two decades ago the Student
"of SGA-voted by a 2/3 majority
to. reclassify the NBS. When this
.decision.was given to the NBS.,.
the Senate floor was invaded by
NBS members bent on
disruption and doing bodily
harm to YOUR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES for voting
their convictions. One senator
was treated for-a head injury at
Cone Hospital. The chancellor's
residence was marched upon by
NBS members at 2:30 a,m.
Members of' Senate and other
students have been threatened
with bodily harm. The
admrnistr/tlorTsaanswer to iliis -
abuse of the rights of individuals
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