TO THE EDITOR:
The argument to admit more out-of-state students in UNC schools is completely ludicrous.
This editorial (Let Them In!"" March 30) infers that UNC should not be a university for North Carolinians and become a university paid for by Carolinians, for which few get to attend, and which allows out-of-state students to take the spots of rightly deserving in-state students.
The editorial's argument rests its case on the possibility that UNC would benefit"" from admitting more out-of-staters" but that is not the point. UNC stands not to benefit from anything because it was merely established to benefit tax-paying Tar Heels by giving them an education which they deserve.
Also the argument that competition for out-of-state spots is greater than resident spots is ridiculous. There are thousands of real Tar Heels who are more than qualified to attend UNC and don't get admitted because of the selectivity and because out-of-state students are taking their rightly paid-for and deserved spots.
In reality spots should be reversed and more real Tar Heels should be admitted in place of the out-of-state students. Think about it. Why should a university paid for by and established by Carolinians deny Carolinians admission in favor of out-of-state students?
In my opinion UNC should be reserved for North Carolinians only.
P.S. North Carolina doesn't need or want any more Yankees anyway.
J. K. Pettit
Junior
Political Science