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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1976-07-15_Vol42_No05_06

THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1976 TEENAGE WASTE LAND W®fam@Sm by Greg L. Teetsell Consternation and Resentment In Summer School Part II Almost Supreme Court Justice G. Harold Carswell Gets Busted For Soliciting An "Unnatural Act" Or "Would You Let Your Little Brother Go To Court Alone?" by Vegomatic Blank My Attorney rolls over and says "These old people, these pompous Christians, judges and policemen, criticize and suspect the worst and yet when it happens to one of their own kind, silence. "Yeah, I thought, battling the mosquitoes, what gives? Going to the library I pull out a copy of my favorite, because it is my hometown, newspaper, and there it is in big bold print: NIXON COURT APPOINTEE ARESSTED ON MORALS CHARGE- FLORIDA POLICE ARREST CARSWELL FOR "UNNATURAL ACT" So the Associated Press is screaming what I've suspected for a long time about conservative judges -- they're screaming in their closets. It's like this: anyone who would choose a profession in which he had direct and sole control over another person's destiny, and then goes and gets hypocritical about it is obviously a bent and criminal case alone. I'm sure that there are plenty of good and fair judges, but the one example of a well known "Law and Order" type that Nixon favored getting the finger (sorry about the pun, it just stuck there) for being a homosexual (something that the man should never have been busted for in the first place but "Law and Order" says we've got to keep our restrooms and lockerooms safe for young boys) is sufficient comment in itself. But Martha Mitchell did not die in vain. While the repressed homosexuals in the Nixon cabinet were plotting to kill or jail drug users and non-Republican queens, the words of the late and sorely missed Lenny Bruce were still there on vinyl and in print- "Man, I dig what we do to homosexuals in the country- we put them in jail with other homosexuals, now that's progress." I hope San Clemente Dick gets that down his throat. Gulp. My attorney nudges me and says that I should go to sleep and leave all of the Nixon rage to the past. But I can't. Not as long as Spiro Agnew can still get a forum in the conservative and pro-Christian Washington Star (Agnew, it may be remembered shortly after Easter made a comment to the effect that Jewish bankers and broadcasters are having an undue influence on American public opinion but that he has many Jewish friends. Keep that up Ted and they'll build a Synagogue next door.J I can't rest well. No way. I do, however, propose that all of the homosexuals and drug users that the Honorable G. Harold Carswell jailed chip in to get the old boy a young boy. I bet those long Florida nights full of mosquitoes and lice will pass a lot quicker for him. Natch, and I'll bet for every pothead and basement chemist that G. Harold Carswell put behind bars, there are at least three rapists walking free. But my Attorney says that to a conservative, drugs are the devil and rapists, after all, are Christian. Doesn't the Old Testament talk of women as the spoils of war? Isn't it true that rape was quasi-condoned in Old Testament Society? And what about the Crusades? And I'll bet more than a few Christian (Read that good guys in your grammar school texts) got high on Palistinian hash. And I'll bet that at least a few of those Christians who fought in the Crusades got a little action by force. Chivalry, natch, catch a snatch, she'll only scratch. "An Unnatural Act," like any number of activities which even the most respected members of the community engage in, is unnatural only because of the church. My position is not that of the missionary persuasion. Gifted Program Gathered on our Western Carolina campus this summer we have an unprecedented amount of talent in the form of 458 kids attending this year's program for gifted children. The program is a special four-week effort sponsored at Camp Lab each year for the benefit of students from grades five through 10 possessing exceptional mental abilities. iCIasses are designed to challenge students and to help them develop their abilities to the fullest. Assignments are made interesting and challenging with a minimum amount of inhibition. Students are encouraged to speak freely, offering opinions or asking questions, while learning about such things as independent research and Appalachian heritage. Generously mixed with classroom curriculum are field trips to area historical sites and tourist attractions, thus enabling students to combine learning with The kids in this program are not the only ones who possess talent. The teachers, too, are of an uncommonly high calibre. Included in this year's special North Carolina Department of Education-recommended group is the reigning National Teacher of the Year Ruby Murchison. Every once in awhile I'm invited to share a cup of "imported" wine with friends here in Jackson County. To my dismay this wine is often a Gallo wine "imported " from California via Asheville. People seem to forget the fact that the United Farm Workers under the leadership of Cesar Chavez still need our boycott support to preserve gains made under California's new farm-labor law. The boycott by the UFW against Gallo Wines continues since, though the agents, a combination of grower and Teamster pressure has largely nullified application of this right. Also included in this AFL/CIO supported boycott are Sunmaid- Sunsweet products and non-UFW lettuce and grapes. Closer to home the J.P. Stevens Company, one of the South's most anti-union manufacturers, has been found guilty of fifteen violations by the NLRB. The 46,000 Stevens employees who may seek affiliation with the newly merged Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union also need our support. J.P. Stevens is an employer who, according to AFL/CIO President George Meany, "...lives in the past; an employer who willfully, maliciously laws; an employer who says no' to the 20th century, ' desire of its employees — lawbreaker in America, the J.P. Stevens Co. As progressive residents in the textile heartland of America we should be the first to join the new massive nationwide boycott of J.P. Stevens. Furthermore we should continue to support the UFW boycott and to be prepared to join continuing boycotts of Russell Stover Candies and Firestone products. The Stover candy boycott by the Bakery and Confectionery Workers, was called to protest anti-union tactics, including the withdrawal of a wage increase previously promised workers by the company. The Rubber Workers call for a boycott of Firestone products in protest of the company's lack of good-faith bargaining. Finally, if you think that unions don't deserve this support because they are "too powerful", then tell me why over 50 per cent of all corporate stock in America is owned by 1 per cent of the nation's population! Winston July Fourth concert is reviewed Aerosmith Black Oak Arkansas Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer Bob Seeger and Silver Bullet Band As the first major quadruple billing outdoors at Groves Stadium in Winston-Salem, this event was quite successful and expertly produced and arranged. Rain at the first of the show was, along with occasional PA troubles, the only truely marring part of an otherwise fine event and happily, the rain disappeared half-way through Jeff Beck's set. Bob Seeger, an act will known and loved in the mid-west and the northeast, opened the afternoon (ON TIME!) with an expertly executed set of a close approximation to Southern Boogie, but he added a distinct Little Richard Vocal Touch not found in the generally bland vocalizations of the Capricorn bands. Seeger's band, on the whole, are good club men but lack any discernable charisma above the state of being faceless backup men to the strong voiced and passionately happy Bob Seeger. Seeger, it may be remembered, had a hit with Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1969 on Capitol and has remained a second billing favorite for these many years. His performance on Sunday was almost enough to lift his to his rightful place as a headliner and one strong hit single and a solid album would be his ticket home. The only recommendation I could make to Seeger would be to either rent some new clothes for his back-up band or find a hot-shot lead guitarist. Coupled with the intermittent showers and bottle rockets was a notable absence of police beyond that of a contingent of patrolmen to insure passage of ambulance service. The city of Winston is to be congratulated for their foresight and intelligence. One pot bust and that place could have blown up bigger than any fireworks display, but fortunately, the city fathers know the city children well enough not to be fools. For once I was benevolent to the normally asinine directions of a city vice squad. Jan Hammer, former keyboards for John McLaughlin, opened his part of the set with what could be described best as "Techno-boogie" or highly commercial jazz. This, though well played, was marred by a distorting PA system and the peak of the rain showers. Jan Hammer is basically a jazzman and was politely recieved by the crowd and only moderately interested Yours The Reviewer. However, Jeff Beck's appearance after the second number was a revelation. Jeff Beck, the Yardbirds. Jeff Beck, charter member of the Guitar Idols' Fraternity and Major Influence on just about every important Anglo-American Rock and Roll guitarist since the Yardbirds lost Clapton. Jeff Back is nearly religious in his playing. And every bit of the alchemy that really is Rock and Roll guitar playing came home. The numbers which especially stood out were The Main Theme From Taxi Driver and the encore of Train Kept A-Rollin' And Beck must have pleased the Muses for the clouds blew off to South Carolina where they could help the police wallow in their graft. As for Black Oak, I bought a Barbeque sandwich during their set and sat behind the bleachers and watched the beautiful pine trees that the city of Winston-Salem provided for my viewing pleasure. Aerosmith appeared towards sundown. This being my first opportunity to see Aerosmith I was anxious to see if they had the goods to back up their most massively excellent LP's. And I was not disappointed. While Steven Tyler and Company did look a hell of a lot like a poor man's Rolling Stones, there was a youthful vitality and intrinsically American Suburban quality there that no American Metal band since the Doors have even come close to. Tyler posesses a fine voice and looks just like Mick Jagger, although he moves more like a puppet than a dancer, and lead guitarist Joe Perry is a classic Stylist with a capital S. I found their set far too short (it ran, save the 45 minute fireworks display, only an hour and a half) and I could have stood up for at least an hour more. The rks display was at least as good as billed, lasting 45 minutes, and was very loud. In addition, the crowd supplemented the display all day with flares, bottle-rockets and Roman Candles. But I must say that only the City of Pittsburgh, Pa. in my mind, ever matched the display arranged by the promoters of this concert. Aerosmith returned after the fireworks to end the show on a very good note. My only real disappointment was that the radio antenna on my car got ripped-off in the parking lot. Someone must have wanted a zip gun awful bad.

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
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  • Date original: 1976-07-15
  • Date digitized: 2018-06-21
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  • Dimension: 16.5" x 11.5"
  • Pages: 8 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1976-07-15_Vol42_No05
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library