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Budget
by Woody Doster
: Staff Writer
- The 1971-72 Student Activities budget
appears to be 16 of the most unpopular
pages to come out of Student Legislature
(SL) in a long time.
Finanace Committee Chairman Robert
Grady, whose committee authored the
original proposed budget, said he would
veto the budget if he could.
: "I disagree with some of the
organizations which received funds and I
think some worthwhile organizations
were left out," Grady said.
- Student Body President Joe Stallings
said he is "deeply disturbed with the
action of Legislature and the general tone
of the budget.V
"None of the programs I was elected
on were approved," he complained.
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by Lou Bonds
News Editor
v The ' Residence College Federation
(RCF) voted Saturday to postpone
decision on a proposed Physical Plant
.investigation until next fall.
According to RCF chairman Steve
Saunders, the move to table the
resolution calling for extensive study of
the Physical Plant operations was made
. because of -restructuring- taking place in
the Office of Residence Life.
"With everything up in the air, the
resolution would be. outdated when
budgetary control over room rent is
shifted to the Office of Residence Life,"
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Former Carolina Ail-American Larry Miller donned number 44 again Friday night and
poured in 32 points in the UNC-Duke alumni game. UNC lost, however, 138-1 19. See
story, page 4. (Staff photo by John Gellman)
Vl! Changes have been made in two of the
seven bus routes serving Chapel Hill and
Carrboro in an effort by the
Transportation Commission to improve
patronage on the two least-used routes.
The changes in the routes essentially
provide service to the apartments on N.C.
' 54 Bypass and eliminate service to the
' University Service Plants. -
',' In two other main topics of discussion
at' last week's commission meeting, a
slight uptrend in the patronage of all of
e the bus system's routes was noted and the '
1 possibility of terminating the contract
1 ; with the present carrier to obtain a more
I "beneficial one was brought out.
l. Commission Chairman George Lallrrop
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Legislator Joe Beard, half seriously,
half jokingly, introduced a bill in
Thursday's SL meeting "to allow Student
Government to begin bankruptcy
proceedings" because the $259,815.44
budget may more than deplete Student
Government's expected income. The
motion, however, was not considered
News analysis
Twenty-six agencies and groups were
funded by the budget. .The largest
appropriations were $87,333.34 for the
Carolina Union, $43,448.00 for The
Daily Tar Heel and $29,284.10 for the
Graduate . and Professional Student
Federation.
Saunders said. "We will just have to wait
until that shift."
Saunders first made the proposal in
answer to student grievances concerning
Physical Plant inefficiency.
He said students had complained to
RCF about the "existent time lag in
getting anything done" by the Physical
Plant, the lack of . repair work on
malfunctioning dorm equipment, the
invasion of privacy by dorm room
inspectors hired by the Plant , and
"exorbitant prices; ' ' '
"Some of the students complained
about the attitude of some Physical Plant
employees," Saunders added. "Some
cases were reported of employes being
discourteous to students."
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reported a . slightly better average
patronage than had been previously
reported.
The average daily patronage for the
week ending April 10 was 386. Average
use of the system for the first two weeks
of operation had been 310 passengers
daily.
At the present rate of use the subsidy
provided by the two towns for the bus
system, a total of $12,000, will run out
sometime early in May.
The voters of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro will decide in the municipal
elections on May 4 whether to raise the
current tax rates 8 cents per $100 of
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Several new wrinkles were included in
this budget.
An access clause was included, which
would allow any student to examine the
financial records of any organization
funded by this budget.
Article VII, section five states "All
financial records of Student Government
or organizations funded wholly or in part,
at any time, whall be considered a matter
of student record during office hours, and
shall be .made availablr by the treasurers
of the varied agencies."
Section five continues, "An action of
any treasurer failing to comply twith this
section may be appealed to the Student
Audit Board."
"I think this is basically a good idea,"
said Legislator Gerry Cohen. 'These
organizations are getting student money
and students should be able to see how
The resolution called for the
investigation to be made by an outside
efficiency agency or a student-faculty
study group.
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Business
John Temple spoke against the proposed
investigation at the last RCF meeting
saying "a total investigation would be
unfeasible."
Temple estimated the cost of an
outside efficiency agency at $25,000, a
xOSt jfcie-.ai(L-WjCMiid prove.: too. expensive "
for students,
The vice-chancellor further 'hit
suggestion for a student-faculty
investigating team indicating the results
'from such a group would be minimal at
best.
"I do not think two or three people
could come in and spend three' days and
tell you much," he commented.
Bob Kepner, director of the Office of
Residence Life, suggested the problems
possibly arose from communication gaps
between students and the Office of
Residence Life instead of with the
Physical Plant.
Kepner advised RCF to investigate his
office and not "to wade into this deeper
than one wants to."
Saunders agreed that communication
was a problem because "students don't
know who they should go talk to in order
to file a complaint."
He added that students see the
Physical Plant as very much removed
from day to day activities of dorm
operation and feel alienated from its
management.
"Building inspectors are supposed to
report damage in the dormitories,"
Saunders claimed. "But they're more
interested in finding hot plates than
reporting a light burned out."
One suggestion' Saunders made to
correct the damage-report system wha to
have students file their own reports on
malfunctioning equipment with the
Office of Residence Life and be billed for
it at the end of the year.
He added he would know more about
the feasibility of this plan after finding
out how the, line of authority are worked
out in the Office of Residence Life.
TODAY: sunny and a little cooler;
temperatures in the low 70's; zero
chance of precipitation through
tonight; gusty winds expected.
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property evaluation to support the
system. " - -
If the referendum on the tax hike is
approved, there is some expectation that
the Boards of Aldermen will terminate
the contract with R.L. Deaton's Raleigh
City Coach Lines. A new, more favorable
contract is expected to be sought from
several bus companies which have
expressed an interest in the local system.
Another schedule change was put into
effect in the bus system's operation on
Saturday. The system's operation on
Saturdays will be from 7:45 a.m.-12:15
p.m. and 12:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. The
30-minute break will be utilized by the
drivers as their lunch break.
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their money is being spent.
"The Black Student Movement (BSM),
left out of the two previous SL budgets,
was given $5,500.
"I'm not happy with this
appropriation," said BSM chairman
Ashley Davis. "I think its a minimal
thing."
Davis said the BSM is considering
trying to get their original appropriation
of $6,000 from the new legislature.
After much deliberation, SL included
a $9,000 appropriation to hire a lawyer
for StudentGovernment on a retainer
basis.
The original appropriation for legal
counsel was $15,000 to hire a full-time
lawyer. However, that amount was
reduced to $9,000, due mainly to
persuasion by Rep. George Blackburn.
"I don't think the amount of work
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Two brothers of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity pick up some of
the 527,000 odd pennies that were collected in ZBT's mile of
Almost a mile
by Sue English
Staff Writer '
A total of $527 was donated to
Campus Chest as the result of the Zeta
Beta Tau's (ZBT) "mile of Pennies"
project held on Franklin Street Saturday.
Although the stretch was not quite a
complete mile, the pennies did run from
Vance Hall to University Square and
back.
The total distance covered was 3,180
feet. A total of 52,700 pennies or $527
was collected. A total of $19.25 was
subtracted for expenses, such as gas, the
printing of door prize tickets and the tape
on which the pennies were placed.
Mike Stegall, ZBT brother and
chairman of the project, said the pennies
were counted out in bags, and Alpha Phi
Omega, service fraternity will take the
pennies to the bank to be converted into
bills and then added to the collection that
will be donated to charities.
' Stegall said the public's reaction to the
project was "fantastic," and there was
good cooperation from everyone
involved.
"We were very pleased with the
cooperation of the Merchants
Association," Stegall said. "WCHL was a
great help in advertising the event every
half-hour on Saturday."
Several door prizes were given away at
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The route changes which were made in
the system's operation last week are as
follows:
Route D (Colonial Heights) -begin at
downtown terminal down Franklin
Street, out Hillsborough Street, up
Airport Road, in Colonial Heights via
Barclay Road, then through the
residential area on Weiner Street, Severn
Street, Bradley Street, to Umstead Drive,
to .Airport Road and into town via
Airport Road and Columbia Street.
Route M (Merritt Mill Road)-begin at
downtown terminal on Columbia Street,
to Cameron Avenue, to Merritt Mill
Road, to N.C. 54 Bypass to Jones Ferry
Road, to .Main Street in Carrboro, and
into town via Rosemary Street.
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here would be sufficient to expend
$15,000 on a full-time lawyer," he said.
Blackburn also disagrees with the idea
of a Student Government lawyer. 'The
difficulty encountered by students in
their dealings with the administration is
largely the fault of the students," he said.
"A lawyer isn't going to find any hid i en,
secret powers of Student Government to
make administration bend to our will."
SL's cutting of the legal counsel funs
angered Stallings most. 'Teh only part of
my program that was put through the
Finanace Committee was changed on the
floor," he said.
'The effect of this change is that each
time an issue that needs counseling comes
up, we have to look for a lawyer who is
willing to spend time, is interested and
will work for us," he continued.
S tailing's programs which died in the
pennies fund raising
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the drawing held at 5 p.m. in front of
Vance Hall. Among the bigger prizes were
a water bed, donated by Water Beds,
Unlimited, a $25 gift certificate from
Belk's, and a $25 gift certificate from
Owen's Town Shop.
There were several $10 gift
certificates, donated by Franklin Street
merchants, as well as free meals from
downtown restaurants and free theatre
passes.
The 3,180-foot stretch was completed
at 4:45 p.m. Stegall said the busiest
period for contributions was after 4 p.m.
Quiz Bow J iiiea
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After 80 games, six weeks of
play and over 4,100 questions, the
83 teams competing in the Carolina
Union Quiz Bowl have been
reduced to two finalists who will
meet for the title tonight at 8 p.m.
in the Great Hall of the Union.
Each of the teams, "DUNC"
from Delta Upsilon fraternity, and
'Trivia," a team of independents,
has a score to settle with the other
from last year's Quiz Bowl.
-The "Trivia" team consists of
Chet Shields, Marc Shapiro, Tom
Bauer and Allison Ramsey. Two
members, Shapiro and Bauer, were
on the ZBT team knocked out by
this same "DUNC" team in last
year's round of eight.
On the other hand, "DUNC"
was bumped out of the tournament
the next night in the semifinals by
the eventual Quiz Bowl champions,
Manly Dormitory, which included
Chet Shields. Tonight the "DUNC"
team of Dan Murray. Andy Ringie,
Rick Finger and Mike Kelly get a
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Finance Committee included an
information and complaint bureau, a
student co-op operating on funds from
SL and a teacher evaluation booklet for
student information for signing up for
classes.
Stallings attacked SL, saying it is
"completely absurd that a president who
has been just elected to office has to live
by a budget passed by an old legislature."
Stallings attack raises the question of
whether or not this revelation would have
come to Stallings if his programs had
been passed.
Stallings is placing his hopes for a
revised budget in the hands of the new
legislature, who may amend the budget at
any time.
It remains to be seen whether or not
the newly elected legislature can pull off
small miracle and please everybody.
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when there was only about a block to go.
One factor contributing to the success
of the money-making project was the art
display that was being held on the same
day. Not only did it attract people who
contributed, but several of those who
were in the show also made
contributions, said Stegall.
ZBT pledges and brothers took turns
collecting money in several different
shifts throughout the day.
Stegall considered the project a big
success, and said there will be more
service projects next year.
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chance to gain a measure of
revenge.
From the start the two teams
have been considered among the
strongest in the field and have
proved it. Falling before "DUNC"
were six teams, "Help from Dixie,"
"Tri Delt I," "D.U.I. " "Neichs,"
"FFA" and "Echupple" in a
semifinal match decided on the last
question.
'Trivia," turning in scores like
,475-50 and 545-146, beat "Beta
Cycles," "Stacy's Men's Trust,"
"Savants," "Craige" and "Di Phi"
on its road to the finals.
Just as "DUNC" had to do, so
did 'Trivia" have to win its
semifinal game on the last question.
It will all be decided tonight at 8
p.m. in Great Hall. WCAR-radio
will broadcast the match.
Moderator for the match will be
Dr. Richard litis of the department
of mathematics. Assisting him will
be Rich Gary, judge; and Alan
Mann, scorer.
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