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r-i 4 rr CAJ k77 Vol. 83, Mo. 31 I. ..far ' Staff photo by Charto Hardy The Union and surrounding buildings look different in the soft light of sunset. Athletic department agrees to release a simplified budget by Jane Albright Staff Writer Athletic department officials have agreed to release to the public a simplified version of their budget but not until it has been approved by the University administration, the Daily Tar Heel has recently learned. Each Carolina student pays the athletic department $25 a year in mandatory student fees. This guarantees the UNC Athletic Department more than $475,000 annually. Student fees constitute a small proportion of the athletic department's S3 million program, but the students increase the athletic department's income by buying tickets and attending games. They are also potential fund-raising alumni. Over a week ago, Assistant Athletic Director of Finance and Promotions, William Cobey prepared a simplified By Bob King Staff Writer First of a two-part series While the Department of University Housing is attempting to equalize men's and women's campus housing facilities, it faces a number of obstacles resulting from a decades-old philosophy that a woman's dormitory is her home. Women in the traditionally women's dorms Spencer, Whitehead, Cobb, J oyner. Alderman, Mclver, Kenan and Parker pay an average of S55 more per semester than men who live in all-male dorms. The room rent difference is based on facilities (parlors, kitchens and laundries) included in each dorm. When he took over the housing department in the summer of 1973, Director James Condie committed the department to a 10-year objective to "have all residence by Miriam Feldman Staff Writer Although South Carolina's Congaree Swamp is one of the last virgin hardwood forests remaining in the Southeast, a lumber products corporation, the Georgia-Pacific Corp., is logging the swamp at a rate of 500 acres a year. The Congaree Swamp National Preserve Association has been formed to save the swamp, even though the swamp's owners, the Beidler family, support the logging operations there and the congressman representing the swamp's district has taken no action in Congress to save the swamp. The swamp, located along the Congaree River southeast of Columbia, contains 24 state record size trees, including sweetgum, oak, tupelo, bald cypress, ash, sycamore and other water-tolerant trees. Some tree in the swamp, often called 5 Q ) 3 t? , - i i! budget summary for the athletic department. By simplifying the budget summary, Cobey said he was making the athletic department operation easier to understand. -The summary was then reviewed- by Athletic Director Homer Rice last Friday. Today Rice is meeting with Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor to get the final permission to release the budget. "It usually has to go through the (UNC) Athletic Council to get permission to release the budget," Rice said. "But Taylor can give his permission since the council meets only twice a year." Taylor said he knows nothing about the pending release of the athletic budget summary and would not comment until he has spoken with Rice. The Athletic Council is composed of representatives of the faculty, alumni, administrators and students. Each council halls, men's, women's and coeducational. North and South Campus, of equal quality and amenity and have the same price charged for equal facilities and services." Already, the department has installed kitchens in all North Campus men's buildings, and has established study rooms in most. But despite its efforts, the housing department may never be able to upgrade the men's facilities to the level of such North Campus dorms as Spencer and the Women's Triad dorms. "These dormitories were built at a time when the prevailing idea was for women to entertain in their homes, in living rooms," Associate Dean of Supportive Services Katherine Carmichael said recently. "So the permanent design of the buildings allowed the dormitory to be the girls' home." Carmichael served as Dean of Women from 1946 to 1970. "Girls would hold parties and functions in their dormitories, and they'd all take their Redwoods East, are 700 years old and are 25 feet in circumfrence. t The National Park Service attempted in 1963 to establish the swamp as the Congaree Swamp National Monument because the park service does not include an ecosystem like the swamp's. But South Carolinians did not support the project and nothing was done. Rep. Floyd Spence, R-S.C, is seen as the key to preserving the swamp because the National Park Service cannot buy the land until he introduces legislation to preserve it. Spence has been criticized for doing nothing to introduce legislation. Although Spence was unavailable for comment, his administrative assistant, W.A. Cook, said that despite recent pressure placed on him, Spence will not introduce legislation to save the swamp. Cook acknowledged the recent flurry of interest in saving the swamp but said that I f MSB S VJ W B rm bm km its m jrm v ma ma mm na t& mm ma u mm w ma a n km u mm . Servmg ze students and the University community since 1893 ungpei Miu, North Carolina, f : s i -Hi It member has access to a confidential copy of the budget. Rob Friedman, student-elected president of the Carolina Athletic Association, is a student representative on the Council but refused to release his copy of the budget. Friedman said he doesn't have a copy in his possession, but is satisfied with what he has seen. "I've had everything explained to me fully and nothing kept secret," Friedman said. "They (athletic department officials) have been perfectly open and frank and honest." Friedman said the athletic budget is on record in Raleigh and available to the public. No auditing has been done of the athletic department for public record, an official in the state auditor's office said. The athletic department budget is not required to be audited by the state because it does not receive state funds. meals there, too. It was a lovely tradition. "Men's buildings were no more than columns of rooms, with some small parlors where they played bridge and talked," she said. Only four buildings were constructed specifically for women: Spencer in 1924 and Alderman, Mclver and Kenan, all around 1938. All other buildings now housing women (Whitehead, Connor, 1 oyner, Cobb and Parker) were men's dorms and had to be remodeled. This remodeling and superior construction of the other women's dorms accounts for the present room rent differences. Created in 1970, the Department of University Housing assumed all housing affairs in a comprehensive agency. The goal of achieving equality among the dorms evolved during Condie's administration. The demand for more expensive, quality "it's rather a controversial issue, and some strongly oppose it, but some strongly favor it." . Swamp owner Francis Beidler II does not want even a portion of the land to be sold to the National Park Service. Of the 21,000 acres of swampland involved in the dispute, 14,000 are owned by the Beidler family and the remaining 7,000 acres are needed to buffer the Beidler tract. Beidler contends that his family has been preserving the swamp since they became owners of the land in the 1 890's. "Our family has been preserving it for approximately a century, so we have obviously considered it worth saving," he said. But Beidler said he does not think logging will destroy the land, describing it as "valuable for producing crops." He likened logging trees to any other kind of farming. The Beidler tract is now used as a private hunting and fishing club. But the Swamp Friday, October 10, 1975 r n n Q by Dan Fesperman Staff Writer The sale of two University-owned utilities to Duke Power and Southern Bell, opposed by several local consumer interest groups and town officials, faces another hurdle today when the UNC Board of Trustees decides whether or not to approve the sale contracts. The UNC Utilities Study Commission (the Church Commission) recommended Sept 12 that the Board of Trustees approve the sale of the electric utility to Duke Power for S 16 million and the telephone utility to Southern Bell for $24 million. if approved by the trustees, the sales must then be approved by the Governor's Council of State and the State Utilities Commission. The sale of the telephone utility must also be approved by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. UNC Utilities Director Grey Culbreth said Sunday the sale would result in an . immediate increase in local electric rates of 1 5 to 20 per cent, because of the recent 2 1 per cent rate increase granted to Duke Power by the State Utilities Commission. If the sale is approved Duke Power could be operating by March 31, 1976. Southern Bell could take over the telephone service by April 31, 1976, John Temple? UNC assistant vice-chancellor for business, has said. The Church Commission was established in 1971 when the utilities system grew too large for the University business office o handle. Members of the commission were appointed by Gov. Bob Scott. In 1972 the Church Commission voted to recommend that the electric and telephone - utilities.be sold. The recommendation was approved by the Board of Trustees and the UNC Board of Governors. The General Assembly said any negotiations recommended by the Church Commission would have to be "in the interests of the state of North Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, employees of the enterprises or projects involved and those served by the enterprises or projects." The commission then began accepting bids for the contracts from Duke Power, Central Telephone and Utilities Corp., Carolina Telephone and Telegraph and Southern Bell. women's housing still exists, J oyce Dagleish, chairperson of the Women's Residence Council, said recently. "People are aware of the prices, and all the North Campus women's halls are filled, so the demand is still there," she said. But "everybody has a right to equal facilities," Dagleish said, "and if enough women want cheaper facilities, they should be allowed to have them." Despite lower rents in coed dorms, these facilities are not the answer, she said, because "not everybody is ready for a coed situation." Housing may have to move more rapidly to equalize dorms because of federal pressure to conform to Title IX dictates prohibiting sex discrimination in federally assisted educational institutions. Monday: How the housing department will conform to Title IX guidelines. Association argues that if the land is turned over to the National Park Service it would provide outdoor recreation to everyone. Hikers, campers, canoeists, boaters and other nature enthusiasts would be able to use !t Hunting and fishing areas would also be opened up. The Swamp Association contends that the swamp would contribute to South Carolina's economy by attracting tourists and future generations will be able to enjoy near-virgin forest. The Swamp Association has urged citizens to write Spence and present their views. The organization is also campaigning to collect money for its cause. For each $1 collected, a key, symbolic of opening the swamp to the public, will be spent to Spence. S pence's assistant. Cook, said "Spence is not against preserving the swamp." The office has not kept track of its mail. But he estimated that the mail is even, for and g In response. Chapel Hill citizens formed the Consumers Utility Corporation, a public, non-profit organization, to buy the utilities. In the next Church Commission meeting, member Tom Eller suggested that the commission recommend to sell the telephone utility to Southern Bell and the electric utility to the consumer corporation. His motion was tabled when state Assistant Any. Gen. I. Beverly Lake Jr. questioned the legality of the corporation. At its next meeting, the Church Commission passed a resolution recommending the sale of the electric utility to Duke Power and the telephone utility to Southern Bell. This action was opposed by the Chapel Can c rinks still 30 P by " c Dz.iz recent r; J r. ivrxr pfices,', nationwide' prices of canned soft drinks sold in c:. .p'ls. vend in ' machines have not been rcj jc J. P..: iccordine to Bob Greer, vice r of Triangle Coin prevent and nv---j Ct.tcr.rs which 5 r and eperausr' ailiz sugar pr wire , ca nc in v .nding rr : s .ajor cat c list fall, f vX suga? elzoingi . e-3rP, iaerer seAo I lte zr -v- 'fere' t?''?' P equin tTB ' , nation cost incrcase of soft drir Prior to; the la machine soft drinks year, js suar pricj Caterers increased I: jU cents. s i: : : Greer saic sugar p; if t,.c ending i f : 25 cents! Last se, I riangle Coih t cf soffdnaklto ices are;stifl high, but thej recent sugar not shor soft d costs higri as di The 30-cc: ricei of soft4 price of As stilKn.ccvarvf because other i stirJUacreasina rapedK' he said. Ltc. t . v price c J ri n k sold i n v ending - fro; - l'i to 30 cents. Most ,1 ;: irjk fdf 25 cents, Jg r Roger Cooke Fvj VjieU.Coca- v. -m,.n c.eraid area t bcitlcd drinks are I drinks are 12 ounce.--, i e dfmks were 5 cents ; 4 i- - !,The University! : .n : 1 riangle Coin Caterers to b e tr. operation on campus. Greer University's opinion.;. we had t e i 'irttlxC e be.tfc'u a- total vending operatuM," Jtiz .said.- - ?"'" - af. - j Security being tightened at Sigma Nu and DKE Security measures at the fraternity on Columbia Street and Cameron Avenue are being tightened as a result of Monday morning's fires at the Sigma Nu and Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternities. Chip Graves of Sigma Nu said Wednesday. Fraternity members are patrolling the against the issue. However, Brion Blackw elder, executive director of the South Carolina Environmental Coalition (SCEC) and a spokesperson for the Swamp Association, said, "At one point Spence admitted receiving more mail on this issue than any other issue, including his mail on Watergate." Blackwelder said he "doubts that S pence's mail is 50-50 on this issue." Richard A. Good, public relations manager for the Augusta, Ga., branch of the Georgia-Pacific Corp., sees the issue differently. According to Good, the Beidler tract is not very different from any other forest in the country. He said he thinks the logging industry has lost valuable timberland in past env ironmental battles, and Congaree is just another forest that could be lost to the Please turn to Swamp, page 2 Weather: clear Id U V3 Hill Board of Aldermen, Mayor Howard Lee, the Orange County Citizens for Alternative Power and the Student Consumer Action Union. Despite the opposition, the Board of Trustees approved the sale resolution and sent it back to the commission, which began discussing contract terms. Because of a Chapel Hill franchise law. there is still a possibility that the Board of Aldermen can stop Duke Power from taking control of the electric utility. The law states that an electric utility must have a franchise before it can operate in Chapel Hill. If the Board of Aldermen denied Duke Power a franchise, the company could either seek legal action to force the town to grant the franchise or return the electric utility to the University. l . e ? I I u if fsi;y. y' friangie pin CatercftxaL-. drink vending machines at Dui North Carolina Central L!n . Durham Business College.' UNC is thinly scnooi in operations Caterers. the area withall ye ixdlnt supplied by :Trv CoinI. or for J ' ' i ' I want k bc$ lowet itors fn Itractsd because John Temple. UNC..vtc business affairs, said .the ' ' - iher, best.rrcrx:ce .coromi.v .n ard tth P f-Vc:o;i:re tajdiigih'ebic t n s wim i laneie ( v.oin ngle Coin' Caterers ovide substantially .he next five years. Tie ; ctive on ayr 15."" ig University - re, to ;hines, Tria 'qii 15 per cenf. prolix : le said. He .i;NT tjie . pproximateiyS4(I.OOO a nines before utility bill i u ' ' i t h ! mpr xontn.- In r.;.'. , locate vc: Caterert commission, i University? r: year fipra t are paid,-' ? The L'r.'. possibility xi ; prices witH Tr prices could nc "They vvasn v Y dicussetHtt!r .ringMrampu js Coin Cate e lowered. 7 o take anotf ut the allows Triani:ie ' C3 GJ v. aicieri o raise pneef to cover costs. Vifc-Xlfiourse th'e would havefojustify it to us. ixziimiCTdd we would nave to be convinced" that the ot think wher we have tole fair to them in oi lr.' them lofthaf ge prices to cov er cost - and get a reasonable return." area 24 hours a day. he said, adding that they are also keeping close watch on persons walking through the area. DKE President Bill Freiberg said fraternity members are staying up all night in two-man. two-hour shifts to watch the house. The Chapel Hill police hav e men posted at Fraternity Court. Chapel Hill Police Detective Ben Callahan said. But police are not patrolling other fraternities and sororities any more than usual, he said. Parking at Fraternity Court may also be restricted as a result of the fires. Graves said. Although the Fraternity Court parking lot was almost empty Monday morning, allowing fire trucks to reach the Sigma Nu party house, there is usually a bottleneck at its entrance. Assistant Fire Chief Robert Williams said. "I would love to see the fraternities turn that area into a fire lane, but they w ill have to do it on their own or through the Intrafraternity Council." he said. "It's private property, and there is no way we could enforce fire lane violations." The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is still investigating the possibility of arson in the Sigma Nu fire. Jack Thomas of the Raleigh SBI office said. He refused to comment on any aspect of the case. Callahan said no new leads have been uncovered in either case.