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  • page 2 The Western Carolinian Thursday, July 5, 1973 Editorial Comment Editorials are from the Editor's desk unless otherwise indicated by the author's initials. Opinions expressed by the columnists do not necessarily reflect those of the newspaper. Address correspondence to P. O. Box 66, Cullowhee, N. C. 28723. Another Type of Damnation Cullowhee may be dammed within the next ten years if Carolina Power and Light Company has its way. Plans are now underway for two large reservoirs to be built in the Caney Fork area, a move which, if carried out, would uproot dozens of families and destory acres of productive farmland. These aspirations of CP&L are still in preliminary stages and hopefully they will remain there. If a three-year intensive study is allowed to take place, as CP&L is requesting, there will be little or no chance of turning back a company that has spent so large an amount of time and effort in research. CP&L must be stopped now, before they get too deeply involved. The dams and generating plant proposed by Carolina Power and Light are superfluous to our needs, both ecologically and practically, according to several WCU specialists. The Cullowhee plant would only be used as an alternate source of power for the company, and when utilized would lose more generated energy than it could transmit due to the long distances of transmission. And that's another thing—the proposed plant would not even serve Jackson County but would be used for cities outside the Cullowhee area. These mountains are being raped every day by bulldozers for a new highway or a new trailer park. We realize that the problem of our disappearing forests is coming from all sides—from the little man trying to make a buck to the big businesses trying to expand their millions—the problem is indiscreet use of land. But when such a tremendous crime as the drowning of the upper Caney Fork community confronts us, we can't afford to remain innocent bystanders. We, being part of the land we occupy, are being raped along with the earth, and in the case of CP&L in Caney Fork, it's death as well. Published twice weekly through the academic year and weekly during the summer by the students of Western Carolina University. Member: Collegiate Press Service, Intercollegiate Service. BUSINESS MANAGER ......... MIKE KILLAM Staff Writers .........Jim Barden, Ted Bugg William Howel Copy Editor . .......... Phyllis Pechmann Layout . .............. .Terry Roueche Typist............... .Elizabeth Mortimer Cartoonist . . . ........ .Larry Whiteside Photographers .......Steven Cook, Bill Mc&ityre Editor Emeritus ........... Brooks Sanders Advisor . , • e o o o o « o i o ooeeeee«. .Gerry Schwartz Offices, first floor Joyner, phone 293-7267. Mailing address, Box 66, Cullowhee, NC 28723. Subscription rates, $4.00 per year. UEL1VERAMCE? ? ? Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the WCU Community for the lack of fireworks during the July 4th celebration in front of the University Center. I feel that by way of explanation I must share with you the background information leading up to July 4th. Three and a half weeks ago I wrote Mr. Bruce Wike, Jackson County Commissioner, requesting that the county commission issue a fireworks permit to me for this July 4th (in the fall of 1971 the commission had issue a permit to me for a much larger display at Homecoming). On June 27 I called Mr. Wike and was informed that he and the commission were waiting to receive a legal opinion regarding the permit from their legal counsel Mr. Orville Coward. During the next four working days I tried on nine occasions to reach Mr. Coward by phone but was unsuccessful. I again called Mr. Wike on Tuesday, July 3 and was told by his secretary that the commission had met that day but had not received the opinion from Mr. Coward and had, then, not issued the permit. I again extend my apologies to you for any disappointment the lack of fireworks might have caused. I was evidently incorrect in thinking that three and a half weeks wasenough time for our elective officials to act. Sincerely, Robert Dawson - Dean of Student Activities The results of such a policy are striking. Blacks make up about 70% of the population in South Africa but are allowed to claim only a marginal 13% of the land. Black per capita income is less than $200 a year while whites average over $2,000 a year. Black pupils receive less than $50 a year government support while whites receive over $200. Sixty to 70% of the black children on their reserves suffer from malnutrition. These facts tell the story of what life is like for most black people in South Africa. This may not disturb you too much since it seems far removed. But perhaps there is a less remote involvement for those of us who live here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Growing investments of American corporations give strength to the white-controlled economy. As one South African businessman put it, "So long as United States banks back us, we can proceed with our white- supremacy policies." The current issue of "Africa News" reveals a very direct support for "apartheid here on campus. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company has granted a $2 million credit to the South African government controlled South Africa Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation. It is obvious, then, that Wachovia is directly contributing to a regime whose avowed policy is to deny life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to many black people. In terms of the U.S. this means that Wachovia directly helps a white population smaller than Virginia's to hold political and economic power over a black population as large as all of the southern U„S„ east of the Mississippi River! Stop in at the friendly bank on the corner and ask them about their down home racist policies! Thomas O'Toole Assistant Professor of History Focus, Dutch Quartet Has Blend Of Rock To The Editor: Are you in favor of the South African government's official policy of "apartheid" (pronounced apart-hate)? This policy calls for the complete separation of the races, separate housing areas, separate schools, universities and public accommodations. The goal is to maintain a reservoir of cheap black labor to run the industries and mines, to clean and cook in white homes, to garden and to care for white children while black children grow up in racially segregated reserves often without the benefit of either parent. by William Howell One of the nice things about Focus-a quartet of Dutchmen- is that they play a soft rock. "Moving waves", their first LP to be released in this country, blends an easy, beckoning instrumentation with sparse and understated lyrics. "Hocus Pocus" runs over six minutes and is probably the best cut on the disc. Jan Akkerman's bass guitar powers this song and lovely yodeling drifts in and evanesces as quietly as fog, and the unobtrusive nature of the songtakes our trust and draws us in. A soft, slow, moody, pensive, and sweet song featuring the electronic equivalent of strings is "le Clochard," whose calm and restraint summon images of loneliness and solitude. The intriuging beauty of "Janis" derives mainly from Thijs van Leer's tender alto flute and Cy= riel Haverman's steady deep guitar. The title tune, "Moving Waves", has voice, though the ly= recs may be a shade too explicit. Side two is all one cut, "Erup tion," which attempts to recreate the Orpheus / Euricide myth. But despite its moving lyrics it doesn't entirely com? to fruition, and we're left with a broken-up piece of work. Those passages that do succeed include a humming chorus and the heavy, dirgeful ending. Jazz Musician .... FROM Page 1 We also try to make friends with other people who aren't Early Birds." That hasn't been hard for Banks, who has his assignments read out loud for him by his roommate and a big following of jazz fans. The organist for "The Demolitions," a Winston- Salem band, Banks has been composing music for 11 years. "I never touched a piano until I lost my sight," he said. Banks rubbed his beard with one one hand, tapped out a beat with the other, and pondered, "You know, sometimes I think I've done more since I lost my sight than when I had it."
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