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  • CAROLINIAN EDITORIALS Athletics, Athletics The results of the athletic poll were gratifying, et we expected students to be in favor of the fees ncrease, IF certain changes came about, We anticipated the large vote in "poor" and could be improved" categories of our present thletic program. However, certain statements attached to many f the questionnaires cannot be overlooked. Several tadents strongly urged the firing of Dan Robinson, 3ad football coach as well as the firing of director f athletics Tom Young. We agree. In our opinion, if Western's athletic program is i progress, these two men must be dismissed. We must Doint aeain to the fact that these opinions re obviously not ours alone, evidenced from com- ients evoked by the athletic poll. We have heard the cries of "no football material." ye have heard the cries of "We are too restricted a scholarships by the Carolinas Conference," but lore than that we have heard the cries of "down rith Robinson and Young." Students we have talked with seem to believe hat our program here cannot go forward until ne or both of these men are removed completely r are removed from the capacities they now hold. Restrictions on scholarships by the Carolinas Con- jrence are just that—restrictive. But look what oach Jim Gudger has done with his allotted nine cholarships in basketball. As The Asheville Citizen ointed out, Gudger will be great,long after Logan has one. Gudger has lost only two seasons since his entire areer at Western. On the other hand, Robinson, who has been at Western 1 the capacity of head coach since 1956, has a record of 7 games won, 60 LOST and 5 tied. Western Carolina eserves more than this! While both Coach Robinson and Coach Tom Young ave given long years of faithful service, we feel it is ime for both men to take a back seat. Obviously Coach oung was an all time great, but that time has passed, e believe. The proposals for a new athletic program are excel- mt, and we agree with every recommendation pre- ented. All these recommendations if initiated, along ith a fee increase, can aid Western Carolina's athletic rogram tremendously. We need to increase our scho- irship offerings, add minor sports and improve and xpand the athletic facilities. Yet, in addition, we must withdraw immediately from le Carolinas Conference and remove those individuals ho hinder the progress of the athletic program at Astern Carolina University. TheWESTERN CAROLINIAN VOIC1 OF THE 5Tl'DKKTS Published semi-weekly by Uie students of Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N. C Member of: Associated Collegiate Press; Collegiate Press Service; Carolinas Collegiate Press Association; tnited States Student Press Association. EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER CHARLOTTE A. WISE JAMES S. CHAPPELL Managing ift-ir, News Editor Dsvld Wstson Feature Editor Jay Certi Sports Editors Gary Tyler, Ken Ball Copy Editors Linda Norwood, Sue Turney Circ'ilation Manager Ed Cooks St etary Vicki Jackson Columnists David Watson, Freeman D. Jones, Bill Biggers, Steve Guimond, Jerry Conner, The Paw II, Jay Gerti. Writers Janice Monteith, Patti Johnson, Gary Tyler, Ken Ball Jane Burrow, Patsy Warren, Patrick Boykln, Doug Sebring, Jerry Conner, Sharon Ellerbe, Jay Gertz, Cartoonist Larry C. B. Whiteside Photographer T. C. Fender Typists Ann Disbrow, Leslie Joy charon Shook, Patti Johnson, Judi DeCarlo Sponsor Steven P. Beck Editor Emeritus J. Nicholas Taylor National advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc. Local advertising rates available upon request. Phone 293-7267 Monday or Wednesday nights. Offices, second floor Joyner; Phone, 293-7267; Mailing Address, P. O. Box 317, Cullowhee, N. r 2H723: Sbusrriotlon rate. S4.nu ner ve.r -Ob, •Tr\e Tiwe vo£ i»*.<ot — 5TOPei^TS. /|L \PWTL*. 1M M<AAiu .. . X'rvt \-> J^ OF TH-C Sights And Insights What is the value in war. I hat seems to be the question asked again and again by civilians, service men, and especially students. Shakespeare gave three answers: "A nation which fights for an unworthy cause puts too higli a value on war. Regardless of cause, once the war starts Uie honor and Glory of the nation becomes its true value. The value of war is that it is the test of strength. Since war devours both the conquered and the con (merer, its value lies in Uie discovery and correction of one's weakness." Regardless of whether you believe in this philosophy or not, to quote an old saying "War is Hell!" As Americans wc are faced with a type of trying times that no civilization has ever faced before. The threat of Nuclear warfare.. With the war in Vietnam getting more envolved each day and the added pressure of the Korean crisis, Uiere exists a question that everyone asks each oUier. Will weuse nuclear weapons in Vietnam or not? Let's take a look back in time to 1945. The place was Hiroshima, Japan. The subject was the first atmoic bomb. The bomb was so devastating that a devoutly religious person concluded when the bomb fell that "there is no God, no Buddha." At Uie time, there seemed no way out but to prove to Japan ■ and Uie rest of Uie world that the United States would not put up with any more playing around and wanted to put an end to Uie War. However, it was a mistake, due to the fact that Truman was misinformed on Japan's strength. We have found Uiat same mode of thought appearing today. With Uie increase of casulties and Uie scope of Uie war widening, U.S. officials are contemplating this course of action. No one wants to see Uiis war end more than I do, but is Uiis Uie right method? You say there is no other choice. Maybe not, but look what happened to Uiose inhabitants in Hiroshima. Although these people are foreign there is in them a quality and nearness -that is like By Jerry Conner a next door neighbor. Professor Lifton just recently published a book in which he interviewed many of the Survivors. "What impressed me throughout the work was the vividness of recall (of Uie persons being interviewed), the sense conveyed that the bomb was falling right there in my office. He discovered that the survivor is doomed to wander "through the eerie psychic terrain of death in life," The figures that made their way out of the blast were grotesque in appearance.. Their hair singed, their skin blackened by burns, and an imprint of death was experienced on their persons. In place of the natural pattern of living and dying there is, for the survivor, the unnatural pattern of life dominated by deaUi. Most of these people had a "survivor guilt" which they felt that Uiey purchased their survival at the cost of another's. One woman recalled vividly the bomb and Uie dying people around her. She seeks to pacify as well as console her soul of Uie "homeless dead" who died without the proper death rites. She went from monument to monument in Peace Park, sprinkling water from beer bottles over the monuments' flower offerings. At the time of the bomb she es= plained, she had denied the pleas of dying people for water as instructed by the authorities; now, after performing a ritual of purification at a shrine water fall, she was asking the apologies of the dead by offering them water. Now there is the question of why should we care about these people who don't care about blowing up us or sticking a knife in our soldier's back. To those of us away from the battle fronts, they are a sneaky, dirty type of people who should be wiped off the earth. Yet, does the end justify the means. A popular question raised many times in conversation. Many will argue yes and many no. The ultimate answer is up to you. There is the supreme question that one must ask when pondering over the use of nuclear weapons. Russia, for the most part, has stayed out of the limelight with the exception of supplies which the North Vietnamese have received from China. However, if a nuclear war should develop out of a second Asian war, will Russia stay out? It is almost certain Uiat China will enter and she has nuclear weapons. They may not be as powerful as ours but they still carry the same effects. And who is to say if Russia will not help out? I don't think that Russia will, but we can never tell when a situation as serious as this arises. Is the value of war worth the superimposed honor and glory, or will we learn in time to correct our weakness and divert an even bigger price. That price is human lives. Flee -The-Draft Railway Traffic Increases Ottawa, Canada (CPS-CUP) The Pueblo incident has increased traffic on Uie underground flee-the-draft railway into Toronto andoUierCanadian border points. Canadian draft resister groups traditionally report an influx of draft dodgers from American universities this time of year, but Uiis has been swelled by Uiose students fearing additional drafting for a possible war with North Korea. Students are. often reclassified at the end of semesters, accounting for Uie spurt of refugees to Canada. Groups in Toronto, the most active, and Montreal and Vancouver all report more inquiries for information within Uie past week, but none can provide statistics on numbers of American student draft evaders who might have crossed tiiebor- der. In Toronto, Mark Satin, head of Uie local committee aiding draft dodgers, says requests for help have been coming in at, the rate of five a day for the past week. He explained his organization prepares booklets' explaining how to emigrate to Canada, and advises on Canadian immigration iaws. The group also helps students find suitable work, he said. He said it is easier for U. S. students to find work in Toronto than it is in Montreal, where so many jobs require a knowledge of French. In Vancouver, Local custom and immigration officials said an increase in Uie influx of American students during Uiis same period is unlikely, but they said this could not be determined until Uie end of Uie year.
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