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  • rayo *\i i nt vveo i ct-tiN ommuliinimin/ tviay ji, ta/a The Western Carolinian OPINION AND COMMENTARY Killer Bees fight the system It will be one of the most remembered manhunts in the history of the state of Texas. A 102 hour marathon in search of 12 men known as the "Killer Bees." They were not your ordinary Texas outlaws, in met they were The Western Carolinian AlLagano David Curtis Mark Wilkins Eddie Yandle 'Lane Gardner Chip Hammond Charlie Lawing Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Managing Editor Associate Editor News Editor Columnist Art Editor All editorials are from the desk of the! editor-in-chief unless signed. All opinions expressed in signed editorials, letters and columns are not necessarily those of the editor-in-chief or the newspaper. All letters to the Western Carolinian must be signed although names will be withheld upon request. Each letter must be typed or neatly printed, double-spaced and received by mail or delivered in person to the Western Carolinian offices by 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Unsigned letters will not be printed. Offices are in Joyner 10 and our mailing address in Post Office Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723. Telephone is [704] 227-7267. Editor is ready for some Improvements It is summertime in Cullowhee! A time for just about anything from tubing, to fishing, to lying in the sun, to sitting in a classroom wishing you could do the above. As each of you began your first week of classes, the Western Carolinian staff, some new faces and some old, put together this summers first newspaper and my first paper as editor. We moved the editorial to page two and three to make room for additional editorials, columns and "Letters to the Editor," which we hope will be numerous in the weeks to come. Newsbriefs and the Calendar went to page four and faculty of WCU and hope to add various additions to run Classified Ads free of charge to the students and faculty of WCU and hope to add various additions to the newspaper as the summer progresses. We will try to run a twelve naee pape this summer as Ions as we have the advertisement to warrant it. Eddie Yandle, Mark Wilkins and myself will write editorials and Chip Hammond will hopefully begin a column in the near future. Charlie Lawing is back in the paper with "Acomicstrip" and two new political cartoonist have joined the paper. In addition we have an almost completely new production staff and writing staff. In the weeks to come, the Editorial Staff of the Western Carolinian will throw around a number of suggestions concerning the future of the newspape, including enlarging it to a full size paper, changing the name of the paper and returning to twice weekly. We will have nine editions this summer to experiment with the layout of the newspaper and initiate any possible changes, but In order to produce a paper favorable to the students of WCU we need to hear from you. The Western Carolinian has long been called "The Voice of the Students" and can only retain that title if you, the students, voice your opinions through your letters to the editor. We welcome all letters, but request that they are signed, neatly written and on the editors desk by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Our address Is Post Ofice Box66, Cullowhee and our telephone number is 227-7267. Our offices are located In room ten of Joyner building. Any student who would like to learn about the Western Carolinian are encouraged to come by our offices after 1 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Bring us your suggestions, any ideas you have for a.story, your bitches, or just your Interest. It is your newspaper, you help pay for it and it is up to you to help make it the best paper possible. WHO I? "CAPrHtNCOB" MPHlHVI* ne iifieARCM of ne PWMROIH. track a fed, shaM't*/e?17 R-i OJU«iVM£)f AA4l»i<*OO^p2£iPOCTlOW^ir4c. J^E&WfilCAPTAiMCOB'S //" CH£piBlSspac£ shOwi? Ai rr STZAPIU/APPMACHeS/13 C00H66- th£ Ash&oip ''fhwkA&riaAir rue vAuam cm*iAi it> iaTssazcm OF The PRIMORDIAL ^UBSTAAJC^ Mich onm hi cau fiaIp : SUPPeHlM JV6 QfiPTAlMSPC?*, A TeRKj&l£ mLFl/AlCT)0Al.'Hi6 Fl I6HT 15 Afar TAHlHb W^ C0UR6B'CHAmp1. iNSTBAQjne 6HM£ 16 VBBKIAJ6- UNCOtfTZOUABLV FlUM PHAtlptS- -Fical '.'■•■ &eemiz'.Goun'.6c6H-'. &ssxml^^^^^^^°^- tuba/... coBsee& rr.'A biach HOLB-A SOTTCfML^S VACCUM /A/ SPACJ*'tfA6NeTiCAUHPiyiA//Aj6m pePTHi'.! &Ot>2lUA '■'. lA//IATP0tlUH& &Je.wi*> AWAircaftaiaJCos?'■'?/ *lfl» *; WITH AM iHOZ£DiBl£ FY-PlASiye ForcjF we SHonttr /-s gw«vx) 73 sAAnHEtootM>, Ae> cAPtai/J Cob it> VioieAlTWstJC*£P8&odp. TneOMBesG-iikro -rmurow N&ieR BGHtSwWMAai'.'. WHAT WILL HAPP6*J'.->.:??H6it/cAHH£ <=><JBS/IV£<'?! WlllLTU<i> •STOW EveR.G£r8enEK.i".fiMJ}<,toxui far from it. They were 12 liberal-to-moderate Democrats from the Texas State Legislature attempting to block the passage of a primary bill backed by Lieutenant Governor William Hobbv. The bill would have set an early presidential primary on March 11, 1980 in Texas, thus assuring former Texas Governor John Connally an early boost in the Republican presidential nomination race. The Bees were not as opposed to the early primary as they were to a second and separate general election to be held at the regular election date in May. This would set up two elections in Texas. Thus the bill would have allowed Conservative Democrats to vote first for Connally under that state's crossover law on March 11 and then against Liberal Democrats in May. Hobby, a conservative Democrat, wanted exactly that. In fact, it was Hobby who pinned the name "Killer Bees" on the 12 earlier in the year because they constantly opposed his legislation. Hobby, realizing that the election bill may fail decided to introduce an additional election funding bill that could be amended to include two primaries. At this point the Killer Bees made their move. Instead of opposing, lobbying, and voting against the two bills, the Bees, ten of them [two left the state], simply went into hiding In a 12-foot by 20-foot room with two beds, one shower, one toilet and one sink. The 31 seat Texas senate, which requires 21 members present for a quorum, simply could not meet. Over SO lawmen searched from one end of the state to the other for the Killer Bees while the Bees played cards, watched soap operas on television and consumed over $350 worth of liquor and food. Finally, after five days of unsuccessfully searching, Hobby agreed to stop his efforts for an early primary, the measure was defeated and the Bees returned, greeted by applause and cheers from spectators in the senate chambers. Where was their hideout? Just three miles from the state capitol building. A unique way to oppose a piece of legislation perhaps, but then again, sometimes the best form of government [in Texas anyway] may well be—no government at all. Guest editorials Iran a joke Revolutions in the world are not always what they are drummed up to be. Take Iran for instance. Here was a ii it sv^tf.,'iCoroliniQn revolution which was to bring about the dawn of a new age for the Iranian people. No longer were the people to be subjected to the arbitrary justice of the SAVAK or Iranian military. What a cruel, misfortunate joke the Ayatollah Khomeini pulled on the people of that country. The so-called revolutionary trials, endorsed by the Ayatollah, have proved to be nothing but a farce. There are no appeals, executions are immediate, the judges are prejudiced and evidence is questionable, at the least. How lucky we are to have established judicial procedures, no matter how cumbersome. WILKINS Nuclear energy is the solution Califomians aren't the only ones whose tempers are growing shorter as the gas lines grow longer as even North Carolinians [yes, Cullowhee too] are feeling the teething pains of less gas at ever skyrocketing prices. The answers to the problem seem to be as numerous as there are congressmen in the White House, but the most obvious solution to the energy crisis still appears to be nuclear energy. Dissidents to nuclear energy say that the risks involved in nuclear energy are too high and such forms of energy as solar, wind, coal, shale and gasoline by-products are the answsers to our nation's energy needs. The main problem with this argument is that solar and wind [particularly wind] are several years in the future before they can become practical forms of energy. Nuclear energy has already been proven to be a relatively economical form of power and the technology has already been refined enough to allow nuclear energy to become a practical part of American life. While coal, shale and gasoline by-products [eg. gasahol] are already technologically feasible, the costs involved in refining shale and coal are astronomical in comparison with nuclear power and their resources are finite while nuclear energy, If fusion becomes a reality, Is infinite. Through Increasing nuclear power plants throughout the U.S., the crunch that consumers are currently feeling at the gas pumps will be lessened because there will be less of a strain upon the natural gas supplies to heat homes, run factories, etc... Undoubtedly, the nuclear power situation is contro- Turn to Page 3, Please. A SPORTS EDITOR Steve Surles STAFF WRITERS Ed Doran Taylor Sisk John Van Tassel F ii Walker Kyle Wooten Tim Young The Western Carolinian is published every Thursday throughout the academic year and summer sessions by the students of Western Carolina University. Pr E ,0 EDITOR McDaniel HOTOGRAPHERS Jeanette Beaudry Rebecca L. Johnson AD SALESMAN Leon Brit STAFF ARTISTS Pat Lockwood Jenny Hall AD/COMP DESIGN Margo Crawford PRODUCTION Rosalia Alvarado Bethany Baldwin Lane Gardner Jenny Hall Kathy Messina FACULTY ADVISOR Gerry Schwartz
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