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THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Thursday March 8, 1973 page 7 $25 Million Vet Ed Funds Not Available? While the Nixon administration is making a national issue of its concern for the returning POWs, its policy toward the thousands of Vietnam vets who have been returning quietly to the US is strikingly different. The National Association of Collegiate Veterans has filed suit in Washington, D.C. Federal Court in efforts to "unlock" $25 million in federal funds. The money had been earmarked for colleges that recruit and help Vietnam veterans as students. The $25 million had been approved by Congress as a special effort to provide college education for men who had fought in Vietnam. However, every last penny of the money was impounded by the White House's Office of Management and Budget. James Mayer, president of the Veterans Association, termed the freezing of Vietnam veteran educational funds "pathetic." President Nixon's 1974 budget submitted to Congress is clear on the veteran education subsidy. It calls on Congress to cancel the $25 million which has already been approved, and it further asks that Congress scrap the entire $180 million which was proposed for the program next year, R.A. Applications Now Available Applications for positions as residence hall Resident Assistants (R.A.'s) can be obtained from any hall '•oordinator or R.A., the WCU Housing Office has announced. Completed applications can be returned to any coordinator by Friday, March 16. Interviews for prospective R.A.»s will be held with all candidates, and applicants will be notified as to results by April 20. A candidate must have a current and cumulative Q.P.R. of at least 2.00. R.A.'s are required to maintain a 2,00 each quarter they serve. Applications for positions as assistant hall coordinators can also be obtained from any hall coordinator. Dates for interviews will be announced. o * Memdevings Wild Cv^y Harry ooo • o oo Much has been said about WCU's crowning glory, Brown Cafeteria, and much of it has been atrocious and, in all respects to the employees there, untrue. Certainly the food is terrible and indi- gestable (it's the only cafeteria in the Carolina's with furry meat) and the service leaves a bit to be desired ("Would you like your beans in your soup or in your pudding?), but after all, they do try, Just try to realize the hardships the employees endure hunting for only the best of the rabid dogs on campus, and lest we forget that intrepid burger-siinger Palmer Mandip, who while dissecting a horse for the noon meal, fell into a pressure cooker and was broiled toa golden brown, turned once, lightly basted, and served with candlelight. Vessir, Palmer was a dedicated employee right to the end. So the next time you leave the infirmary and enter Brown, bow your head in silent prayer for those who died in the field of battle either serving or being served at Brown - WCU's only waste re-cycling plant, serving you every time it dares. Many wonder why the Chancellor has been so disgruntled and ill-at-ease. Well, I can only say and from some very realiable sources at that, that the Chancellor has been miserable ever since Eva Braun left him, I'm not going to ask how- many of our intrepid readers out there in Disneyland went to the 5th Dimension Concert Monday night, because it would o be a foolish question, since everyone in the entire world went. I'd never seen three layers of human beings stacked one on top of another before, but as I entered our illustrious gym, there it was, a sea of rancid, human flesh risingabove my head for a height of at least 75 feet, and I'm not lying because I never lie and I am always right. In accordance with my usual run of non-luck, I was seated with a group of escapees from the Washington Zoo, The ball of love was just setting there on my left, in fact, all over my left, A little closer and when we left the concert I would have to get grounds for divorce just to leave her. The girl on my right and I became very close friends ( how could we not become good buddies? She had one breast on my knee and the other stuck in my right hear.) Up above, there were two mongoloids disguised as students (aren't we all?). One kept making a racket akin to the sound the DC-8 makes when it is giving birth, kind of a CHUG-BRRRR-CHUG BRRR-STOP. When I inquired as to what he was up to, he answered something to the effecthe was flying the Hump, The other told me quite matter of factly that his "Pappy" was coming to get me. When I asked just what "Pappy" would do with me when he absconded my person, he said something about going to a great golden out house in the woods and living in everlasting constipation and love, When I asked him to leave and he didn't, I did, Oh joy. I'm a Cullowhee boy! Equal Rights Amendment Pros And Cons (CPS)—At the end of 1972, supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) felt certain of imminent victory. Now, three months later, massive anti-Equal Rights Amendment forces have organized in an effort which puts easy and immediate ratification of the 26th Amendment in serious doubt. Early last year, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, which would outlaw all forms of sex discrimination that are based on law or governmental action. With little opposition, 23 of the 38 states necessary to ratify the amendment, granted their full approval. Women's groups and other supporters of the ERA felt confident of an easy victory. Now, while supporters do not admit defeat, they agree with opponents that ratification will be a long, hard struggle. Doris Meissner, executive director of the National Women's Political Caucus, explained that "the momentum for passage of the amendment has sort of worn out, because it has already gone through in most of the states where SBI .... FROM Page 1 tification, but Maxey was unable to release information on it at press time. A hearing has been set for May 4 in District Court in Sylva. Jackson County Sheriff's deputies and SBI agents participated in the raid. it was a natural." "Also," she continued, "it's going to be tougher to get the last 15 states we need because there's a natural backlash setting in toward the gains that women are making." In most of the unratified states, this backlash has taken the form of an organization entitled "Stop-ERA." "Stop- ERA" claims several thousand members over an area of 26 states. The organization is reportedly strong in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio,; Oklahoma and Virginia, Phyllis Schlafly, leader of "Stop-ERA" and formerly an important figure in the Republican party, does not yet admit the certainty of defeating the Equal Rights Amendment. She explained, "If we got an adequate public debate whereby the issues were presented, I think it would be defeated. Getting that debate will provide a lot of work and effort on the part of a lot of people, because the women's libbers are people who like to agitate and the women I deal with are not the kind who normally like to make themselves obnoxious." "In addition," she stated, "the business and professional women who are for the amendment can get time off to go and lobby, whereas women who are taking care of their husbands and families can't," Opponents of the Equal Right? Amendment make two main objections to its ratification. They claim that passage of the ERA would make women eligible for the draft, and that it would release men from their obligations to support a family. Jacqueline G, Gutwillig, chairwoman of the Citizen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women, labelled opponents' arguments irrelevant. She commented that if a draft is reactivated, "It would only be in a serious national emergency that would undoubtedly expose women to dangers as great as combat—and most women would want to defend their country in such circumstances." As for the opponents' second argument, releasing men from financial responsibility of their family, Gutwillig explained that a court never intervenes in a stable family situation. Therefore, families would continue to make individual and personal decisions affecting their lives. In cases of separation or divorce, according to Gutwillig, the court would take into consideration the economic situations of both husband and wife before granting any financial settlements. Opponents also claim that "equal rights" would be a step backward for women "who already have the status of special privilege," Recently, dissension over the merits of the Equal Rights Amendment has taken a second place to the accusations hurled by both the opposition and supporters of the ERA, Schafly has accused advocates of the ERA of maintaining an unfair financial advantage. Referring to the Citi zen's Advisory Council on the Status of Women, she stated, "They send their people all over the country at taxpayer's expense." Gutwillig denied the charges, explaining that the Council maintains only two paid employees whose expenses for speaking engagements are paid by the organizations which invite them. She also stated that collecting materials pertaining to the Equal Rights A- mendment makes up only a "tiny part of the Council's responsibilities," Supporters of the ERA claim that they too are suffering from lack of financial resources and accuse "Stop-ERA" of accepting money from extreme right- wing organizations, In a nationally circulated appeal for funds, Wilma Scott Heide, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW) said that behind the opposition's group is "a group of right-wing organizations that see this as another important opportunity to move the country away from 'liberalism.' We believe there is John Birch and Christian Crusade money involved, and other similar organizations are apparently contributing," Schafly denied the charges, stating that she had not received "one dime of John Birch money," Tactics of ER\- opponents have also been questioned by NOW. A barrage of mail to various state legislators denouncing the Equal Rights A- . mendment has led supporters of the ERA to offer their services in sorting mail from constituents out-of-state and out- of-district. These supporters of the amendment also charge that "Stop-ERA" members are involved in an "inspired" mail campaign, using form letters and letters with identical wording, As organized opposition grows stronger, supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment nervously turn to a grass roots campaign in the remaining states in order to insure a ratification, although undoubtedly a very narrow one, of the amendment which will finally give women equal rights under law. Privacy Bill , . ., FROM Page 3 it is quite evident that students are becoming a very significant power in Montana politics," added Vice President Kurt Krueger. FEELING DOWN? PRE-REGISTRATION BLUES?,? NEED TO TALK TO HER? NEED A STUDY BREAK? Livingston A. Kelly Photographic Studio e a?P/feat Son Vhofos Jk irt SYLVA* SMI INK AFTERl^ COFFEE HOUSE ATMOSPHERE Spaghetti Alfredo JecUUCKC: Pizza ' By /\ ■ Expresso Coffee ring Tour Own Liquids Garlic Bread WINE BEER LIQUOR In Shopping Center Above Intersection of 107 & 19A-23 GOT SPIDER WEBS IN YER MAILBOX? JUST BOUGHT A LID OF TEA?? GRUB MOUNTAIN IS FULL?

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1973-03-08;
  • Date digitized: 2017-11-21
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 12 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1973-03-08_Vol38_No42
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library