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Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson refused
to meet Wednesday with Student Body,
President Joe Stallings on the issue of
graduate student government if Student
Government attorney John Brooks was
present at the meeting.
"It is unfortunate the Chancellor was
unable to meet with John Brooks and
myself today on the graduate student
situation," Stallings said.
"It is my feeling, however, that John
Brooks should accompany me in any
discussion concerning graduate students
For Morehead RC
Vmwemily demies check
by Jessica Hanchar
Staff Writer
The University Trust .Fund Office
Wednesday refused to issue a check
requested by Morehead Residence College
to cover social expenses incurred by the
college.
The reason behind the refusal,
according to Student Body President Joe
Stallings, was "no substantiating
documents" behind the requisition.
"Apparently, we are back to an item
by item system for requesting funds,"
Stallings said. 'This makes the fourth
system we've been operating under since
the new calendar year."
Recent Student Activities Fund
requisitions under block grants have been
issued by the trust fund office. A block .
grant is one in which the requisition
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by Jim Minor
Staff Writer
The University Traffic and Parking
Committee approved Wednesday a
request that Odum and Victory Villages,
be zoned for parking.
The recommendation was presented in
the form of a petition by Gerd Bartsch,
mayor of the villages.
The petition said in part that the
signers were resolved that "parking areas
in Odum and Victory Villages be zoned
and that the "T" sticker be replaced with
an "M" sticker ("M" for married student
housing)."
A provision to allow wives who are
University employes to keep their A-l
and A-2 parking stickers in addition to
the "M" sticker was also approved.
A visitors parking area was also
established by a commitee vote of 10-0.
"We needed the zone because of
parking problems we had with our
unlimited parking spaces," Bartsch said.
'Too many unregistered cars were taking
up the villagers' spaces.
'This meant that we could not park in
front of our houses," he said. 'This
wasinconvenient especially for wives with
groceries and small children. On many
occasions, they are forced to walk a block
or more to get to their house."
The vote marked the end of the
one-and-a-half year fight by the villagers.
A similar recommendation was made Oct.
7, 1970.
"We had wanted something to be done
for a long time," Bartsch said. 'The
committee approved the M-zone parking
in 1970 but, according to the
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by Sue English
Staff Writer
The Junior Transfer Housing Forum
voted Wednesday to recommend to the
University, administration five proposals
that would virtually abolish the junior
transfer housing requirement. -
The most important resolution is the
proposal to lift-Jaousing requirements for
transfer students who" have lived in
dormitories for two years on other
campuses.
In addition, the resolution suggests
that one year of residency in other
because he will provide continuity from
the past student administration and help
on the legal problems," he continued.
Chancellor Sitterson could not be
reached for comment.
The meeting over which the problems
arose was to have included Sitterson;
Stallings; Walter Baggett, head of the
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation (GPSF); Dr. Claiborne Jones,
assistant to Sitterson; and Dean of
Student Affairs CO. Cathey.
The purpose of the meeting, according
states "for the operating expenses
of..." '
In the Morehead College request, the
expenses were listed as "social and other
expenses outstanding and to be incurred
by the houses of Morehead Residence
College during the spring semester,
1971," and listed each dorm in the
college and its expense sum.
The system apparently required by the
trust fund office requires itemized
expenses, such as "refreshments."
"Eighteen of these block requests have
gone through since the change in
January," stated Steve Saunders, former
governor of Morehead and present
chairman of Residence College
Federation. "In the past week they have
turned down nine that were no different
from the others." .
The "student fees controversy has
Gerd Bartsch
committee's report, the Chancellor sent
back the request. Today's vote should be
final.
"It really feels good to win finally,"
Bartsch said. "I was afraid the proposed
visitor's area might not be approved."
"It helped that someone actually
involved in the situation presented the
petition," Bailey Cobb, student
representative on the committee, said
Wednesday.
The committee's proposal must be
approved by the Chancellor before it
becomes final.
college dormitories be counted as one
semester in UNC housing.
The second proposal states that one or
more sessions of summer school in any
university housing is equal to one
semester of required residency.
The third proposal asks that a student
transferring with 75 hours or more be
exempt from having to live in University
housing.
- A fourth proposal suggests the old
housing policy be waived for students
desiring off-campus housing over
university housing for financial reasons,
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to Baggett, was for Sitterson to hear both
sides of the issue on the separation of
graduate students from the existing
student government.
According to Stallings, the problem
over Brooks' attendance at the meeting
arose when Stallings called Jones
secretary to inform the administrators, as
a matter of courtesy, that the attorney
was going to accompany him to the
meeting.
"Brooks was present at an earlier
meeting on the graduate student issue
continued since January 28 when the
administration announced that student
organizations were to requisition funds
from the Trust Fund Office on an
item-by-item basis. Previously, the
organizations requisitioned funds directly
from the Student Activities Fund Office.
On February 19, March 4 and March
8, the Trust Fund Office honored block
requests from the Daily Tar Heel,
Carolina Union and Student Government.
Several residence colleges and dorms
sent similar block requisitions on April 8
to the trust fund office. Five days later,
on April 13, all the requests were refused.
"It took them five days to decide what
to do with the requests," charged Cam
West, special assistant to Stallings. .
The Trust Fund Office suggested that
the f,' requisitions . did not meet the .
requirements. They added,' "We were
mistaken in allowing the other (three)
similar block requests previously
submitted to be processed."
The recent action concerning
Morehead College "is just one more of
the many inconsistencies in the whole
matter," charged Saunders.
"It makes us mad and annoyed how
they turned down the request under
those pretenses," added Don Dale,
treasurer of the Residence College
v. Federation.
Dale and Robert Grady, chairman of
Student Legislature finance committee,
presented the trust fund office with the
request and stayed until an answer was
given.
In answer to the most recent change,
Stallings said, It seems that once again
: the University administration without
consulting appropriate student leaders has
changed its system of honoring
r requisitions. Just as in late January, there
was no previous notice give to the
Student Activity Fund Office advising it
of the change. .
"Frankly, I am thoroughly confused,"
1 he added.
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by Doug Hall
Staff Writer
Four persons, including incumbent
Mayor Howard Lee and two UNC
students, have filed as candidates for
mayor of Chapel Hill.
The most recent candidate, John W.
(Jack) Maultsby, co-owner and operator
of the Farm House restaurant, filed just a
few minutes before deadline Friday.
Lee, the first black man to be elected
mayor of a predominantly white southern
town since Reconstruction, is seeking his
second two-year term in the May 4
elections.
The other two candidates are Douglas
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when financial need is essential to the
student's remaining in school.
Finally, a proposal was passed that
would expand the Housing Appeals
Committee's membership to five, with
the two new members being students.
One of the new members would be the
president of the junior class, and the
other, a representative of the opposite sex
from the Residence College Federation. A
quorum shall consist of four committee
members or representatives.
Lee Hood Capps, Junior Cbss
president and president-elect of the
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with (former Student Body President)
Bello and Sitterson," Stallings said.
Shortly after his call to South
Building, Stallings' office received a call
from Jones' secretary. When Stallings
returned the call, he was told that the
permission for Brooks to attend the
meeting could come only from Sitterson.
Stallings said Sitterson was unavailable
at the time. -
Upon contact with Sitterson Stallings
reported, the Chancellor requested the
meeting be a "friendly, informal" one. He
further said no decisions would be made
at the meeting.
Stallings replied he wished to have
Brooks present to provide the necessary
continuity from the SG position.
According to Stallings, Sitterson said
he felt the presence of the attorney
would "before the fact, suggest there was
to be conflict over the issue."
"I don't want any conflict over the
issue," Sitterson reportedly replied.
The exchange between the Chancellor
and Stallings then turned to the actual
issue of the meeting itself.
Stallings said Sitterson asked if he
would not meet without the lawyer, to
which the SG president answered that on
the graduate student issue, he would not.
Stallings reported he told the
Chancellor he (Stallings) was more than
willing to talk on the issue.
Following another brief conversation
in which it became obvious that Stallings
would not attend the meeting held
Wednesday, Stallings reported, Sitterson
said the Administration would find a
lawyer to represent it -at consultations
before another meeting was held.
'According to Baggett, Sitterson did
hold the meeting although its purpose
was somewhat changed by the events.
Baggett said he presented to the
Chancellor and the other administrators
at the meeting his side of the separation
of the graduate students from the present
Student Government.- "But the
Chancellor did not hear the SG side,"
Bagget added.
According to Baggett Sitterson said
that there would be another meeting, but
at the next meeting the Administration
would have a lawyer present to represent
its interests.
TODAY: cloudy and cooler;
temperatures in the low 70's; 20
per cent chance of precipitation;
FRIDAY: decreasing cloudiness;
temperatures in the upper 60's; 10
per cent chance of precipitation.
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Holmes, a third-year law student at the
University, and John W. Fox, Jr., a
26-year-old student and street vendor on
Franklin Street.
Fox was recently arrested and charged
with possession of narcotics after police
said they found a quantity, of marijuana
at his home.
Lee, appointed last November as State
Democratic Party vice-chairman for
minority affairs, said that if reelected he
will "continue to vigorously identify
those issues that must be dealt with,
continue to seek solutions to the pressing
problems that are before us, and continue
to work to build the kind of government
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Senior Class, was very pleased with the
actions of the committee because they
"virtually abolish the requirements for
junior transfers to live in dorms."
Robert F. Kepner, director of
Residence Life, and Capps, the
co-chairmen of the forum, will present
the Junior Transfer Housing Forum
proposals to CO. Cathey, dean of men.
Cathey will make the recommendation to
Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson.
The new policy will go into effect next
fall if approved.' -
Capps said he hopes the proposals will
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Rainshowers plagued Chapel Hill residents Wednesday but this threesome managed
to conquer the problem. What else is a bicycle basket for, if not an umbrella carrier.
(Staff photo by Leslie Todd)
Film festival heads
Earth Day activity
by Pam Jones
Staff Writer
Today is Earth Day; ECOS chapters across the nation will hold various
activities to inform the American public about environmental problems.
Earth Day is part of National Earth Week, which officially began
Wednesday and will end Friday.
The UNC chapter of ECOS and the Bureau of Audiovisual Education
are sponsoring an Earth Day Film Festival. The Bureau of Audiovisual
Education received a grant from the Environmental Education Program
for North Carolina to fund this activity.
"We have three objectives in holding this film festival," said Sandy Pait,
ECOS Earth Day chairman, "to present natural beauty of the earth, to
show damage being done by pollution and overpopulation and to show
people what they can do to be a part of the solution rather than a part of
the problem."
The films are produced by major television networks as well as the
Smithsonian Institute. The films will cover five environmental problem
areas: air-water pollution, urbanization, pesticides and population. One
film will deal with the problems of environment in North Carolina.
The film schedules are: Thursday 3-5 p.m. at 104 Howell 'The World
Around Us", "Our Endangered Wildlife," 'The Water Is So Clear That A
Blind, Man Could See" and "Environmental Health in North Carolina:
Some Problems and Priorities". Thursday 7-10:30 p.m. at the Great
Hall "Silent Spring of Rachel Carson", ' Of Broccoli and Pelicans and
Seals" "Santa Barbara: Everybody's Mistake", "Which Is My World" and
"Conservation: A Job for Young America".
Friday 3-5 p.m. at the Great Hall "Environment", "Pollution is a
Matter of Choice", "Poisoned Air" and "We're on Our Way".
Friday 7-10:30 p.m. at Carroll Hall -"The American Wilderness",
"Multiply and Subdue the Earth" and "The Sense of Wonder".
mayor's
that can be both responsive and open to
the citizens of the Town."
He said he hopes "to capitalize on the
foundation laid the first two years, and
many of the dreams and programs we
have talked about can begin to be turned
into realities."
Maultsby, a native of Jones County,
has been a resident of Chapel Hill since
1942. He attended Chapel Hill High
School and the University here where he
was a football and baseball star.
He is a member of the Chamber of
Commerce and is making his first attempt
to gain a public office. He declined
comment on the race, saying he would
have a statement at a later date.
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be applied to the old policy immediately,
so that incoming junior transfers will be
able to start looking for off-campus
housing.
"There will be a dorm shortage next
fall. All of the dorms are already filled
with the exception of James and
Ehringhaus," Capps said. "With this
shortage, there will not be enough dorm
space for the transfers and they should be
told as soon as possible that they wfll be
able to look for off-campus housing."
Capps said the new housing policy has
the support of Student Legislature, me
Residence College Federation, tuc
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Fox, of 31 Barclay Rd., was arrested
early this month after police raided his
home, according to Chapel Hill Police
Capt. C.E. Durham.
Durham said police found more than a
gram of marijuana and more than a gram
of hashish at Fox's home, making the
charge a felony. Fox was released two
days after his arrest from Hillsborough
Jail on 51,500 bond.
The charge is still pending in Orange
County District Court in Hillsborough.
Efforts to reach Holmes for comment
were unsuccessful.
The Mayor's post pays S 1 ,200 a year,
plus $200 for travel expenses. He has an
office in Town Hall and one full-time
administrative assistant.
Association of Women Students and
4,000 University students. They endorsed
the policy through petitions.
The Junior Transfer Housing Forum
that established the new policy is
composed of the following students: the
newly-elected senior class officers, a
representative from the Committee on
Urban Residence Life, a member of
Student Legislature, and the Chairman of
the Residence College Federation.
Faculty representatives include the
Assistant Deans of Men and Women, a
professor of art, and the Director of