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by Lou Bonds
Staff Writer
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson has consented to
co-sponsor a committee favoring an end to the Vietnam
war and planning to use political means to accomplish
that goal.
The committee was formed recently in
Winston-Salem and lists several college officials among
its sponsors. -
Joining with Sitterson as sponsors are Terry Sanford,
president of Duke University; Dr. James Ralph Scales,
president of Wake Forest University; Dr. Kenneth R.
Williams, president of Winston-Salem State University;
Dr. Robert Ward, president of the North Carolina School
of the Arts and Charles B. Wade Jr., senior vice president
of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Sitterson was
quick to point out his decision to join the group was a
Vol. 79, No. 3
by Bob Chapman
Staff Writer
Student leaders are meeting today at 9
a.m. with State Auditor Henry Bridges in
Raleigh to discover first hand what
specific changes the state auditor felt
necessary in the accounting of student
activity funds.
Comprising the student delegation are
Tom Bello, student body president; John
Brooks, Student Government lawyer;
Of student body
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James C. Geddie announced his
dindidacy Wednesday for student body
president with a pledge that his
idministration would pursue a policy of
"compromise and conciliation" with the
University hierarchy whenever possible,
oui ."firm action" whenever necessary.
The ' junior business administration
major, from Louisburg, who lists
membership on the Student Legislature's
Judicial Committee as well as various
positions in Ehringhaus dorm, expressed
an intention to "direct all of my
attention and energies to the problems
confronting students."
This "has not been done in the past,"
he charged. "I think students are fed up
enough with presidents who are more
concerned with their future in state
politics than with student affairs."
Emphasizing that he was running as an
"independent -not associated with the
Suite C elite from which my main
jfrpiponents will come. For years we have
iad presidents who were members of the
Suite C bureaucracy who promised to do
certain things but who never came
through."
Students' most urgent need, according
to Geddie, is to "prove to the trustees
and the administration that we are
mature adults who should and will
assume the right of self-determination.
"The issue of self-determination," he
asserts, "is dying out. We have to assert
our right to control our own fees or. we
might lose these rights."
. Concerning student fees, Geddie
"definitely supports the hiring of a
'lawyer to continue the fight to preserve
student control of student fees."
. The hassle over student fees is "tied in
with the controversy over whether
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Staff Writer
Student Legislature (SL) will vote on
whether or not to set up a Bad Check
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ts committee to meet
Students and faculty members will
have an opportunity to voice their
opinions to the Chancellor's Committee
on Student Rights in an open meeting
tonight at 8 in 1 1 1 Murphey Hall.
"We are particularly anxious to hear
from students," Dr. Gordon Cleveland,
chairman of the committee, said
Wednesday.
Cleveland and his student-faculty
committee have been compiling
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personal one and in no way relfected the opinions of the
University.
"In my own opinion, I should not make any decisions
for the Universiy on matters of public policy," the
Chancellor said Wednesday. "I was asked if I would be
willing to join and I accepted.
"I am glad to associate with such fine gentlemen in a
cause of this sort," he added.
Sitterson said the committee has not planned a
specific course of action yet and an organizational
meeting is planned for March 5 in Winston-Salem.
"I am sure there will be individual differences of
opinion on details," Sitterson commented, "but we will
be united on the fundamental objective of bringing
peace to Indochina."
According to reports, the group plans to employ
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Tom Gooding, editor of The Daily Tar
Heel; and Guil Waddell, student body
treasurer. The meeting, Bello said, is a
vital step in efforts to return to the
historic tradition of student disbursement
of self-imposed funds.
The reason for the meeting with
Bridges is to find out exactly what
statutes caused the change in control of
student funds, Bello said.
The student body president said in a
meeting concerning student fees,
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graduate students should have a separate
government," Geddie continued. "I don't
think that UNC should have two
governments and two presidents the
graduates might decide that they don't
want to give their money to the
International Student Center, the choir,
the glee club, or the bus system because
they don't get enough use out of them.
This would," he reasoned, "force the
Student Government (SG) portion of
their funds to support these programs at
the expense of something else.
Geddie added "the graduated students
should have their own courts system, and
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Committee at its 6:30 p.m. meeting
today.
The committee would be set up to
implement the new bad check policy of
the Student Stores. "When a bad check
information during the last four months.
They were charged by the Chancellor to
take a look at the University as a whole
and determine the areas in which power
should be delegated to the students.
The committee was asked furthermore
to determine those areas where students
already participate in decision-making
processes, where they have competency
to participate and do not and where they
are not competent to make decisions but
should be present in an advisory capacity i
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University Budget Officer Victor Bowles
said the projected Student Government
General Budget for the present fiscal year
will be $256,000.
In September, Bello recalled, Treasurer
Waddell inquired about the projected
budget and received an estimate by
Bowles that the maximum would be
$270,000, assuming normal attrition in
enrollment between fall and spring
semesters.
Bowles continued to say a more
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any other organs needed to administer
any other affairs, so long as it affects only
them."
He feels that "students don't need any
more reports from student consumer
groups telling us we are being charged
unfair prices by local merchants. I plan to
ask area merchants to halt all flagrant
of price controls, and if they don't
respond, I will organize and lead student
boycotts of the stores involved. Stores
depend on student business. They will
listen to our demands."
If elected, Geddie plans "a program to
inform students of the laws concerning
drugs and their rights in case of a bust.
"I don't know if any University
officials are exposing student drug users
to the police, but if they are, they should
stop. The administrators' first obligation
is to the students and they should not
divulge any information about student
use of drugs to the police if it is not
information that is "accessible to the
general public."
Geddie also favors an investigation as
to the feasibility of lessening the
Athletics Association dependence on
obligatory student athletic fees, "but I
don't think that students would support
stopping the fees."
"Also," I favor a financially
independent Daily Tar Heel which would
be our only voice against 'the
administration in the event of a fund
cut-off," he maintained.
"Sophomores and junior transfers
should not be forced to live in dorms. I'm
not sure about freshmen."
Geddie concluded by saying that
"Student Legislature should not be a
closed shop, and it must become more
responsive to student needs."
comes back to the Student Stores,"
Legislator Gerry Cohen said Wednesday,
"a notice will be sent to the Bad Check
Committee and then to the student."
If the check is not made good within
seven days, notices are sent by registered
mail to the student and to the Deans of
Men and Women.
"We believe this system would be
better (than the old), because the first
contact with the offending student would
be made by other students," Cohen said.
4The president of the student body
will appoint as many members to the
committee as he deems necessary," he
continued.
Although something like the proposed
committee presently exists, it hasn't been
a viable group for "three or four years,",
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political contact, education programs and legislative
activities to accomplish its aim.
"We believe strongly in protecting the right to
petition in natters of world organization and peace,"
Sitterson added.
Co-cimrtn of the committee Irving Carlyle, a
Winston-Salem lawyer, said political contact means
direct contact with elected officials.
"It seems responsible, thoughtful adults have been
seeking an effective way to express growing
dissatisfaction with sustained VS. involvement in this
war of never-ending death and destruction," Carlyle said.
"For too long a time now, it has been the students
who have been our conscience in the ever-widening
Vietnam war. It was they who took the initiative, and
theirs has been the stongest single voice of protest.
"Surely it is time now for adults to do their share and
provide support and leadership," Carlyle said.
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conservative estimate of $265,000 should
be used to base a projected budget.
Basing a budget on Bowles' advice and
advice from the Student Legislature
Finance Committee, a budget projection
of $260,000 , was made, some $14,000
lower than Bowles first reasonable
estimate and $9,000 lower than his
lowest estimate.
'Today, when we (Waddell and
Finaance Committee Chairman Robert
Grady) asked the reasoning behind the
$9,000 (from $265,000 to $256,000)
change we were informed that a alight
computational error had necessitated the
change," Waddell said. "For this reason
StMdent CJovefnment is .now r $4,OOQ
overbudgeted" for j the fiscal year
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Waddell criticized the administration,
saying, "It is our opinion that if mistakes
of this magnitude are possible in all
University projections then the University
should seek changes in many of its
present business staff positions and,
second, possibly seek additional help
either from the State Treasurer or State
Auditor in making future projections of
this magnitude."
Waddell and Grady agreed Student
Government cannot continue under the
present system in which projections are
altered in $9,000 amounts "and leaves
Student .Government holding the
proverbial bag."
"Unfortunately, Student Government
cannot dip into Student Stores and snack
bar profits, or other non-academic fee
sources, and cover their losses," Waddell
charged.
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Pete Tripodi, sophomore from Erwin,
announced his candidacy for president of
the student body as an independent
Wednesday.
" I am running as a true independent,"
said the pre-law major, "so that I can
appeal to and work for every student
rather than make deals to my committed
backers."
Although he admitted that past
winning candidates have been rising
seniors, Tripodi explained his reasons for
choosing to run now rather than next
year. "Since I will be here during my
Legislature is also expected to discuss
the possibility of conducting a
referendum on March 16 to advise the
University how students wish officials to
vote their 6,100 shares of General Motors
stock.
The stock must be voted with the
status quo GM management or the
reform-minded Project .on Corporate
Responsibility.
SL will also consider making the office
of secretary of the student body an
appointed rather than elected one.
"The secretary would be appointed by
the student ' body president, with the
approval of two-thirds of Student
Legislature," said Judicial Committee
Chairman Judy Friedman Wednesday.
"We feel this would be more in
; keeping with her "duties," she continued.
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Former employes of Harry's restaurant picketed the restaurant Wednesday
afternoon. The picket line was set up to protest the firing of the assistant manager
and to call for higher wages. (Staff photo by John Gellman)
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A group of picket ers marched in front
of Harry's Restaurant during lunch and
supper hours Wednesday in protest of the
firing of the assistant manager and of
wages paid Waiters.
Jerry Robinson, who has worked at
Harry's for the past year and has been
assistant manager for the past several
months, claimed he was fired Tuesday
night for refusing induction into the
armed forces last month.
Ralph Macklin, owner of Harry's and
Der Deli in Beech Mountain, denied
Robinson's charge.
"That is completely without
foundation," Macklin said. "Jerry knows
why he was fired, and it has nothing to
do with his refusal to go into the service."
On the charges of unfair wages,
Macklin said his pay scale was "well
within the standards of the State of
North Carolina."
Tom K rones and Dave Morris,
coordinators of the strike, said they plan
to continue their picket lines today and
senior year, I will be able to help the
incoming president if needed. As it is
now, the president has to learn all over
wihtout the benefit of past presidents'
help."
The candidate pointed out, 'There are
a great many things that need to be
changed that everyone knows aobut. But
there are also a great number of other
problems that need to be corrected which
are just as important but don't get as
much attention."
One of the unnoticed problems he
.noted is the lack of fire alarms in men's
dorms. He also added the fire
extinguishers available are not workable
for electrical fires.
"They charge S20 for having a hot
plate in a dorm room because it might
start an electrical fire, but they don't
have the adequate means to put out the
fire it might create."
Tripodi proposed a new plan to let
students decide what fees they will or will
not pay. 'They could have a plan
whereby students would pay all fees
unless they specifically asked not to pay
for a certain fee, like The Daily Tar
Heel or athletic fees.
"Some of the fees, like the one for the
hot plate, could be used for
improvements or protection," he added.
The presidential candidate said he
would like to find out through
referendums how students feel about
student fees and to have the money put
where it would do the most good.
"Students are left out of the decisions,
but the students, if they use it, have the
power to make changes."
Tripodi wTuld like to set up a
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responses concerning wage increases.
- They sald the present wages at Harry's
vary from 90 cents. to k$ 1. 50 an hour for
waiters. Beginning waiters, they said, are
given a choice of 90 cents an hour and
meals at half price or 75 cents an hour
and free meals.
Krones and Morris are asking pay
raises to 51.25 minimum for waiters and
$2 for non-waiters.
Also included in the employe demands
are free meals, reparation of part salary
effort, weekly management worker
meetings, mandatory arbitration of
disputes, one week notice on firings,
guaranteed work hours and profit sharing.
Morris said prospects for winning the
dispute are "excellent. I think we can
shut down the place," he said.
Macklin said only two waiters had quit
as a result of the dispute and that most of
the picketers were not waiters.
"Many of them have never worked for
us before," he said, i
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communication committee with the
administration to discuss actions affecting
students before they are made.
The candidate stressed his effect as a
.non-organizational independent in favor
of the students. "I'm not running just for
the students and for no one else," he
emphasized. "Running as a sophomore
speaks for my sincerity to do something
for students."
Tripodi resigned his position on the
Men's Honor Court Wednesday in order
to devote time and energy to the
preside n i ul campaign.
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