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Chapel HiWs Morning Newspaper
Vol. 83, No. 122
Chspsl HSU, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 25, 1975
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by Art Eisenstadt and Jim Roberts
Staff Writers
Bill Bates and Cole Campbell have
won decisively in their respective races
for president of the student body and
editor of the Daily Tar Heel. With all of
the 18 districts reporting, Bates beat
opponent Jamie Ellis, 2,377 to 1,452.
Campbell beat co-candidates Don Baer
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Housing
by Henry Farber -Staff
Writer
Events leading to Barbara Earnheart's Si
million law suit against the University
Housing Department were released last
weekend by Earnhart and her attorney, but a
"no comment" policy imposed by Director
of University Housing James D. Condie
continues to squelch disclosure of some facts
and opinions.
The suit was filed March 17 in U.S.
Middle District Court in Greensboro by
Gene Dodd. Earnheart's attorney and
boyfriend, after Condie told Earnheart she
was not authorized to live in214McIver,the
room specified on her housing application.
Earnheart, a junior, from Doylestown,
Pa., said she moved into the room from the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the
beginning of this semester.
If she wins everything requested, the
Housing Department will have to start
contracting with students for the specific
rooms they choose, rather than for any
available dorm space.
. When asked how the $1 million requested
for personal damages was determined, Dodd
said, "You figure it by the seat of your pants.
When dealing with a person's emotions,
who's to say what's a large and small
amount?"
Dodd said Earnheart's father, a
Pennsylvania attorney who assisted with the
suit, helped decide the amount.
The controversy began Dec. 17, 1974, the
date Earnheart says she received a letter
from the Housing Department confirming
her request to live in 214 Mclver. Condie
personally confirmed her request on Jan. 5,
she said. '
But the following day, the suit says,
Condie "capriciously and without good
cause refused to recognize" her right to the
room. Condie told Earnheart and her
roommate, GJenda Slack, he would send a
letter of explanation, Earnheart said.
The suit does not mention that two other
women had signed up for the same room.
Susan East and Jody Weber, both freshmen
lrom Winston-Salem, said they arranged
with their resident advisor last semester to
move from 210 Mclver to room 214.
Condie's letter, sent to all four women in
the two rooms, arrived around Jan. 29,
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and Harriet Sugar 2,473 to 1,432.
Voter turnout was moderate with
3,926 or 20.1 per cent of the student
body casting ballots. In the February 26
general election 5,871 votes (30.1 per
cent) were cast.
By 10:30 p.m. Monday night Baer,
Sugar and Ellis conceded the election to
their opponents.
At press time, Bates had won every
adopt
s 'no comment' policy
Earnheart said. She said that until that time,
she was unable to unpack her suitcases for
want of Condie's official response.
The letter, signed by Condie, states:
"The option of exercising the priority (of
taking room 214) rests with Jody and Susan
if they want the room. If Jody and Susan
want 214 Mclver, Barbara and Glenda need
to move to 210 Mclver or see if Mrs.
(Debbie) Gaskins, (a resident director for
M elver's dorm group), has other spaces..."
Condie also said in the letter he responded
as late as he did because of "the need to have
the case reviewed by our attorneys."
About two weeks after the women
received the letter, one of the two women in .
room 210 asked Earnheart and Slack to
move out, Dodd said.
- - Jean Mayer, professor of nutrition at HafVard University, will begin today's session of the Survival
Symposium with a speech on "How Can the World be Fed?" at 11 a.m. in the Great Hall.
Neville Karakaratne, ambassador to the United States from Sri Lanka, will speak on "Population,
Development and Environment in the Third World" at 4 p.m. in the Great Hall.
At 8 p.m. in the Great Hall, a debate on "Limiting Population Growth" will feature Stephanie
Mills, former director of Planned Parenthood and author of The Joy of Birth Control; Michael
Carder, editor of Concerned Demography; and Edgar Chasteen author of A Case for Compulsory
Birth Control.
Offensive
by Charles R. Smith
United Press International
DA NANG, Vietnam The Communist
spring offensive chopped South Vietnam in
two Monday.
The defenses of the city of Hue in the
northern section crumbled under an
onslaught of North Vietnamese troops and
tanks. The offensive also struck hard at
coastal strongholds to the south.
The government deployed troops along an
arc 15 miles north of Saigon as the threat to
Tornadoes hit Southeast;
local damage reported
from Staff and Wire Reports
ATLANTA A tornado howling out
of the western sky at daybreak Monday
struck Atlanta eight times, sowing death,
and destruction in a path that included
the governor's mansion, small industries
and public housing developments.
At leasMhree persons were killed and .
more thn 50 injured. It. was feared the
Gale winds sweeping across North
Carolina Tuesday tore up a tree near
Joyner dormitory, (I.) Below,
Georgia's governor's msaslon Is
devastated by Atlanta tomsda.
on-campus polling place reporting
except Craige, an all graduate students
dorm. His most decisive victory was in
Granville Towers, where he won, 409
1 85. Ellis led only in Craige, the Y-Court
and the Union.
"I'm just very, very grateful, and I
hope I can live up to the trust that was
placed in me, Bates said. The president
elect will probably be inaugurated on
. Dodd said he was in the room at the time.
"She was under the impression she could
have the campus police move them out," he
said. "But we told them peacefully they
couldn't have the. room," explaining that
Earnheart was contesting Condie's decision.
East and Weber said they had been told by
their resident advisor to say "no comment"
to press questions. East also expressed fears
of getting tangled in the suit.
Condie, the only defendant named
individually in the suit, said Monday the "no
comment" directive came from the state
Justice Department, which is handling the
University's defense. He said 'pre-trial
publicity might be detrimental to the case.
Condie said he would answer questions
only after the case is brought to court.
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symposium
splits South
the capital city itself increased.
For the first time Communist armored
units Russian-made amphibious tanks
were spotted south of Saigon in the swampy
Mekong Delta.
South Vietnam was sliced in half when the
North Vietnamese overran the coastal city of
Tam Ky, 40 miles south of Da Nang and
capital of Quang Tin Province the ninth
province to fall.
The Communists now hold an unbroken
line across South Vietnam from the coast to.
Laos.
death toll would climb as emergency!:::
crews pored over the rubble of dozens of
buildings and wrecked cars. !;:
At least 1,000 persons were left ::
homeless. ::
In North Carolina Monday, tornadoes
hopscotched across the central portion of
the state, overturning house trailers and
toppling trees and power lines from the
south-central section to the northeast.
One minor injury was reported in
Union County when an occupied house
trailer toppled onto a car.
Minor damage was reported in ::
northern Wake County and and here at
University Mall. Paul Dubey, manager of $
Dubey's Pet World in the Mall said high
winds blew a hole in the roof of the store
and six inches of water covered the floor, g:
In Chatham County, tornados
damaged a number of outbuildings,
' including chicken houses, and U.S. 15- j::
501 north of Pittsboro was blocked as
trees fell across the road. Loaded school
buses in Pittsboro were held about 15
minutes until the storm front passed. jjj:
The National Weather Service issued a
tornado watch from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
across the central portion of the state,
severe thunderstorm warnings in the
central and eastern sections and a flash ::
flood watch for mountain areas. ji;
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson
proclaimed the city in a state of
emergency, ordered police out to control ijij
looting and urged Gov. George Busbee to
seek immediate federal aid. The Red
Cross set up emergency shelters in the
hardest hit areas.
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either Wednesday or Thursday
morning.
Ellis said, MI appreciate all the people
who got out to vote for me." She
refrained from making any further
comment on the presidential race.
Outgoing Student Body President
Marcus Williams could not be reached
for comment.
Campbell won a dramatic victory,
winning every polling place except the
School of Public Health, where he tied
Sugar and Baer, 13-13.
"I'm obviously pleased with the
results," Campbell said. "I intend to.
make very clear in the early issues of the
Daily Tar Heel under my editorship the
approach to the job that I intend to take,
so that I can be held accountable to the
readers for the proposals I have put
forth."
Baer conceded, I wish Cole all the
luck in the world, and hope that he
really uses the newspaper to strive for
campus reform and innovation. I hope,
that anyone who supported us w.ill do
anything they can towards this end."
Sugar, Baer's running mate said, "I
have a lot of confidence in Cole and I
think he'll do a good job."
Outgoing co-editor Greg Turosak
said, "Cole was not our first Choice, but
I'm sure that he is well qualified to take
over the editor's office. I wish Cole the
very best of luck. I'm sure he'll put out a
fine newspaper next year."
In races for the Campus Governing
Council (CGC), Jay Tannen defeated
Carlton Dallas, 252-174 in on-campus
District V (Morrison).
Tally Lassiter beat Charlie
Highsmith, 282-104 in on-campus VI
(Avery, Parker, Teague, Joyner and
Whitehead dorms).
A referendum proposal to raise
dormitory social fees from $5 to $6 was
defeated, 1,638 against to 1,405 for. A
proposal to allocate 50 cents from
women's social fees to an intramurals
program passed, 919-438.
Vietnam
Tam Ky's defenses collapsed in a surprise
four-hour blitzkrieg when an armored
infantry and artillery assault routed the
poorly-trained militia defenders.
Quang Ngai, a provincial capital 22 miles
to the south of Tam My, came under heavy
Communist bombardment and was isolated,
military sources said, but a telephone report
from the city Monday night said it was still
holding out. .
Government defenders in Hue, the
nation's cultural center, blew up bridges and
retreated into the city after Communist
troops overran four district capitals in Thua
Thien province, poised for a final assault.
Most civilians had fled; only a few soldiers,
civil servants and refugees were left.
In Saigon Monday, authorities
reactivated the Capital Military District;
placed it under the command of Lt. Gen.
Nguyen Van Minn, who deployed 20,000
troops within a 15-mile perimeter to guard
against possible Communist assault,
military sources said. Self-defense forces in
the city were on maximum alert.
Hardin
by Greg Nye
Staff Writer
A world faced with a scarcity of resources
and a growing population has few
.alternatives, Dr. Garrett Hardin, nationally
known biologist, told a capacity audience at
Memorial Hall Monday. Hardin advocates
triage letting those people beyond help
die as a solution.
Dr. Dennis Pirages, co-author of Ark ,
in an earlier speech disagreed with Hardin.
Pirages, in contrast to Hardin, believes that
the solution to such problems as exponential
population growth and consumption and the
limited carrying capacity of the world must
be solved on an international level.
Hardin has developed the "Life Boat"
theory which views nations as boats which
cannot be expected to take on more people
than they can safely transport.
"The 'Life Boat theory makes no
judgment on whether people are worthy of
help," Hardin said. "It only judges the
situation of how many people a nation can
support."
Hardin said that the idea of triage is.
opposed by the Christian tradition, as well as
Marxist ideology which claims "to each
according to his ability, and to . each
according to his need." 1
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Students count ballots in Murphey Hall after Monday's elections
Residents shut out
in weekend sign-up
by Jim Buie
Staff Writer
Two hundred twenty-three current dorm
residents 120 men and 103 women who
requested rooms in University housing for
the 1 975-76 academic year will not get them,
the Housing Department announced
Monday.
Across campus, students waited in long
lines, in some cases for as many as 30 hours,
before being allowed to sign up during the
weekend.
Out of approximately 6500 dorm spaces
available, 2900 are reserved for incoming
freshmen; 270 for junior transfers, and the
rest for upperclassmen. University
regulations require that freshmen live on
campus.
Morrison dormitory had the largest
number of men closed out of rooms 35,
while James had the largest number of
women closed out 31.
Connie Nelson, assistant housing director
lor contracts, said Monday University
housing "would rather accept current
residents because we feel closer to them, but
we must abide by quotas resulting from
admission policies.".
Nelson emphasized, however, that she felt
it was important for freshmen to live on
campus because they are less acquainted
with the University.
"Although we had a large number of
individual problems, 1 think sign-up
generally went a lot smoother this year.
Students realized space was really limited.
The staff did a good job of informing
residents of everything they needed to
know."
Quotas in each dormitory were
determined by informal surveys by residence
predicts grim ffptare
But, Hardin said, greed human nature
destroys the argument of both the Christians
and Marxists. "There can only be a family of
man in the poetic sense," he said.
Hardin said the foreign aid programs of
the West to underdeveloped countries was
counter-productive. "Giving food to poor
countries only enables families to have more
children the population grows, arid the
country becomes poorer."
"Each country must accept the
responsibility of overpopulation." Hardin
said. "It is not the duty of the rich countries
to support the poor." '
In his earlier speech, Pirages said that "A
good portion of the human race has spent the
last 300 years learning how to commit
suicide."
"There can be no simple solutions to the
problems of human survival," Pirages said.
"Technological changes alone will not be
enough there must be changes in our
values and way of living."
Pirages said he sees Third World countries
playing an increasingly large role in
international politics. "Third World
countries are shifting emphasis from birth
control to wealth control forcing prices of
their natural resources to rise because
cutbacks in population growth have not led i
to economic progress."
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directors to compare the desire of
upperclassmen to return with the space
needed for freshmen. Nelson said.
Residents of Whitehead and Mclver
- dorms were-the most outspoken in their
criticism 'of sign-up procedures. Whitehead
women began waiting in line at 4:30 p.m.
Friday although signup did not actually
begin until 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
"This has to be the biggest bunch of
hogwash I've ever had to put up with," Page
Forbes, a sophomore from Miami, Fla. and
a. Whitehead resident said.
The women also complained about
missing classes, unequal application of
university fire regulations which they said
prevented them from bringing their
mattresses into the hall.
A similar situation developed in Mclver
dorm where residents lined up when a fire
alarm was sounded at 6:30 p.m. Friday for a
7 a.m. Saturday sign-up.
"There was a mad rush to line up. Girls
were pushing each other out of the way with
triends against friends in some cases."
Jeanne Gardner, a sophomore from
Salisbury, said.
When asked to comment. Nelson said "the
girls just panicked at the thought of not
getting housing. The lines were not
necessary."
Betsey Jones, outgoing Residence Hall
Association (RH A) president, said the only
real solution to the sign up problem is for the
state Legislature to allocate funds for a new
dorm.
Jay Levin, who begins his term as RHA
co-president this week, called a meeting for
Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 at the RHA
oltice in the Union to hear residents'
complaints and suggestions for future sign
up policies.
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