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  • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1976 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Perhaps one of the greatest shocks that faces well meaning liberals is the realization that contact between different human societies does not necessarily lead to understanding. When the British began in earnest to occupy southeastern Nigeria they found the local Igbo people incapable of taking orders. The British District Commissioners had no control over the Igbo villages. British appointed village heads were ultimately dependent upon persuasion, which often as not was unsuccessful. Individual Igbo made their own decisions about whether to follow a given order, worked out their own strategy of doing it, and "dropped out" when they chose. The contact between the British and the Igbo provided the British with detailed information on Igbo ways-information they noted scornfully in their journals and official reports, sometimes sputtering in rage and frustration. The behavior they described was incomprehensible to them. The British were able to see Igbo behavior only in the light of their own hierarchial social system, where it seemed natural for the few to command and the many to follow. Social systems that worked on other principles were literally unimaginable. It is one thing to have some knowledge of the world condition. The air around us is saturated with such information. It is another thing to comprehend and accept the consequences of the basic human capacity for creating unique cultures—with the resultant profound differences in outlook and practice manifested among societies. At the level of myth, prejudice and everyday conversation such differences are widely known. But in spite of more than thirty years of liberal exhortation to "understand others," differences between human societies are not deeply and truly understood. We seem to have built in psycho-social barriers against fundamental acceptance of the diversity of practices which make up the world around us. Attainment of the cross-cultural awareness and empathy that I'm suggesting this quarter will require methods that circumvent or otherwise counter those resisting forces within our own psyche. As a WCU Community, let us think afresh about what such methods might be and remain willing to discard ideas that don't work. Progress is our most important product. Remember that one? Well, if the tearing up of parking facilities is progress, then WCU must be one of the most progressive places this side of Capitalist Heaven. It seems that all of the bureaucratic forces around have teamed up to insure a continuing traffic problem at WCU. At first during summer school there was not too much hassle about parking. Most people around campus looked with reserved amusement at the big holes in front of the Post Office and at the site of the new music and english building. But now, along with the state (new road in front of the Post Office), the university (the new building), seems again to be out to do the number on the poor student, especially the commuter. If you are a commuter you have probably noticed those nice parallel cuts in the asphalt at the entrance to the commuter parking lot behind the Baptist Church. Those cuts mean a pipeline is being laid and by the end of the week one end of the lot will effectively be closed. The nebulous "They" have struck again. Ian Fleming once had Goldfinger observe that "once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and three times is enemy action." Well it seems that if three times is enemy action, then "They" have declared war on commuters. And that's not all. Ray Culp, at the university physical plant, said that the same type of thing will be happening soon at the end of Walker Dorm, forcing traffic on Long Branch Road to detour around behind the university. Come on. You Guys, "They", or whatever your collective name is. Give us a break. B-l production delayed NEW YORK (LNS)-"We just had a great success." said Robert Brammer. coordinator of the campaign to stop the B-l Bomber. A compromise reached in Septmeber by House-Senate conferees will delay a decision on production of the military's $IOO-billion bomber until the next presidential inauguration. Environmentalists have waged a long fight against the bomber, warning of the harm the high-flying, supersonic planes would do to the earth's ozone layer, which helps to shield the earth from excessive radiation. Since B-l research and development began, estimates of the cost per plane have tripled to $88 million. The cost of buying, maintaining, and using a fleet of 241 bombers for 20 years, as planned by Rockwell International and the U.S. Air Force, would average about $500 per American, according to the Michigan Free Press. Some B-l opponents are counting on Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter to oppose the bomber in February if he is elected. However, although Carter criticized the bomber in June before the Democratic platform committee. Carter aides are now saying that he has made no decision to either support or oppose the bomber. lould delay such a controversial decision until after the election. hi ihe meantime, although full-scale production has been postpones at least until February, the House-Senate conferees agreed to authorize $86 million per month so that Rockwell International can maintain its B-l bomber engineering staff and continue research-part of which will be aimed at ironing out some of the bomber's serious defects. For more information, contact the Campaign to Stop the B-l Bomber. 318 Massachusetts Ave. N.E.. Washington. D.C. 20002. Phone (202) 547-2202. Theme contest The Homecoming Committee would like to announce that it will be holding a contest October 10 through 15 for students to give their suggestions for the homecoming theme. A fifty dollar prize will be given to the winner. Themes must be brief, relate to WCU. relate to the other team (Lenoir Rhyne) and be flexible. Boxes will be located in Brown and Dodson cafeterias to receive suggestions. The winning suggestion will be chosen at the committee's meeting on October 19. DIAL-A-MOVIE 586-2816 Wed. — Sat. Oct. 13, 14, 15, 16 SUMMi; '■ur • Special Thur..Oct. 14 ONLY WCU Students ADMITTED $1 SPECIAL Friday, Saturday Oct. 15, 16 11:00 p.m. "HAPPY DAYS" ADULTS ONLY! RATED X
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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 Carolin...

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