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Student Audit Board:
lost in hibernation
The Student Audit Board was
established in 1932 by a vote of the
student body for the purpose of
supervising and disbursing student
activities fees. The audit board
assumed control of student fees that
year, enabling students to assume
the responsibility for their own self
imposed public monies.
The record of the Student Audit
Board and its subsidiary agency, the
Student Activities Fund Office, was
instrumental in the fight to retain
control of student fees in 1 970-71.
That year the administration moved
disbursement of the fees under the
jurisdiction of the vice chancellor for
finance. A long process of
negotiation and an appeal to the
Board of Trustees eventually led to
the restoration of student control of
the disbursement of student fees.
In 1975, the Student Audit Board
is dead.
Death of the board
No one has repealed the
legislation establishing and
governing the audit board. The
administration has not arbitrarily
disbanded it. Rather, two of its three
members resigned this summer
without informing the president of
the student body and without giving
the two months notice required by
the rules governing the board.
With only one member, the
Student Audit Board cannot obtain
a quorum and so has been officially
dormant this entire semester.
The Student Audit Board is
supposed to oversee the operations
of the Student Activities Fund
Office and its director. It is supposed
to inform the Campus Governing
Council about any suspicious
practices by any organization with
an account in the fund. In effect, it is
designed to serve as the general
accounting office of Carolina's
student government.
Because the board is dormant, jt
cannot supervise the SAFb
operation. It cannot release public
records to the campus media. It
cannot serve the CGC as it has been
designed to do.
In last spring's budget hearings,
outgoing CGC Finance Chairperson
Carl Fox recommended dissolution
of the Student Audit Board because
it was dormant even with three
members on the board. That
recommendation was not acted
upon, and the audit board is
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83rd Year of Editorial Freedom
Cols C. Campbell
Editor
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Tuesday, October 23, 1975
hibernating even more than before.
Resurrection
, If student government leaders are
anxious about the accountability of
those handling student monies, from
the student body treasurer to the
SAFO director to the individual
organizations with funds in SAFO,
they ought to stop playing around .
with the contrived notion of a CGC
dominated comptroller and should
revitalize the institution which has
historically served the legislative
branch as a source of information
and audits of student accounts.
Student Body President Bill Bates
must act immediately to nominate
two qualified individuals to serve on
the board and the CGC must
confirm two newi members so that
the audit board can fulfill its
purpose.
The recent discovery of around"
$178,000 in the General Surplus
should not have been a "discovery"
at all. The students ought to have
known about the size of this reserve
all along, and their leadership
should have been quite familiar with
the amount, purposes and
encumbrances of the fund.
That no one was certain about
these matters regarding the public
monies of the student body is a sad
comment upon the functioning of
the student government system
under which we operate. Our leaders
should not devote their time and
energies to political infighting,
personal squabbles or persecution of
wayward student- organizations.
Instead they should devote
themselves to learning about the
problems of the student body and
the resources available for solving
those problems.
That is the least we can expect
from those whom we elect to further
our collective wellbeing.
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Mayor a full-time job
By Gerry Cohen
I'm running for mayor of Chapel
Hill because 1 believe that I have the
knowledge and experience to be
effective. I am in contact will all
elements of Chapel Hill's diverse
population.
In my campaign, I have been
speaking out on many town issues,
such as the need for more bikeways
and recreational facilities, better
rush-hour bus service and opposing
plans to widen roads through older
neighborhoods. I have tried to
suggest solutions in a positive
fashion, to try and unify our town, a
town that has tripled in population in
just 15 years.
The mayor has multiple roles. The
mayor presides at aldermen
meetings, and must be prepared on
each issue on the agenda.
Under the charter, the mayor is the
representative of the town with the
state, federal and other local
governments. I have extensive
contacts in all these areas.
Importantly, the position also
functions as somewhat of an
ombudsman. Citizens are skeptical
about government.
The mayor receives dozens of calls,
letters and visits each week because
citizens believe that the mayor can
help.
Since Howard Lee's election, the
mayor has been a full-time position,
and we cannot afford to go back to
the days when the mayor was
accessible to only a few.
Our community is at a crossroads.
Will it have the vision to move
forward toward social and economic
justice?
One difference between the
candidates is the position of federal
funding. While I too believe in
caution, I realize that there are
hundreds out of work in Chapel Hill,
and Congress has provided funding
for many socially useful programs.
We are using federal funds to employ
bus drivers, carpenters to rehabilitate
housing, a social worker to aid
problem juveniles, and an extra
dogwarden. With the energy
problem, it is unlikely that mass
transit funding will be cut off.
Federal funds can help the
community meet its needs. If we can
put the unemployed to work in useful
programs, it is heartless to talk about
Bo&iSoir
Clarifying the "challenge" to
To the editor.
Apparently some sort of clarification is in
order concerning the proposed debate
between candidates Eric Locher and Dan
Besse. According to Greg Porter, Eric's reply
to Dan s challange was "a blatant attempt to
manipulate the -media to Locher's
advantage." A closer examination of Eric's
letter reveals that, in fact, he had no
intention of debating Dan, and he attempted
to utilize the DTH to make this fact clear.
Eric's contention is that all the residents of
Cobb and Lower Quad deserve a chance to
see the candidates, but that a debate at 2:30
in the afternoon or any other time would not
provide such an opportunity. It should not
be necessary for voters to go to the
candidates; the candidates should go to the
voters. Thus the statement that the debate
would be held "between now and next
Wednesday, October 29, 1975." As Eric
stated in his letter, the residents of M orehead
Confederation will decide the representation
issue at the polling places, i.e. the Cobb and
Everett lobbies. The candidates would
decide nothing in debate.
As stated by many on this page (including
Greg Porter) representation is the issue in
this election and this fact has been widely
publicized around Morehead
Confederation. For this reason a debate
between the candidates on the issue of
representation is unnecessary, and a debate
on any other issues would be superfluous.
At worst Eric's letter is a poorly worded
refusal to debate Dan Besse. At best Greg
Porter's article serves to perpetuate a
misconception which the DTH did not
adequately investigate. This is an
unfortunate departure from the fair and
comprehensive coverage which the DTH has
provided for this recall election. Hopefully
this letter has served to clarify and correct
this situation.
Bill Long
106 Stacy
Housing in the students' interest
To the editor
Dr. Condie's lack of decision this past
weekend about next year's room sign up
procedure is not in the best interests of the
Student Body. Solutions for Dr. Condie's
three objections to the persistence system
have been offered by a variety of students.
Only time and effort is needed to make this
system a workable one and one more week of j
delay only hampers the effort of concerned
students to have a viable and representative
system.
I strongly encourage Dr. Condie to
immediately accept the modified persistence!
system in order that a majority of the input
may come from the students. This system
"soft money and hard money.'" We
are talking about people money.
If funding ends, we can cut
programs. But we need the
commitment now to a community
with opportunity.
The issue is no longer whether
everyone can eat at the same lunch
counter. The issue must be whether
everyone can afford to pay for the
meal and whether everyone has a
decent house in a neighborhood with
pride.
I have experience in local
government, with two years of
elective service on the Board of
Aldermen. 1 attended all Board
meetings for two years before that. I
have worked on today's local
problems, not just those of the 1940's
and 1950's.
I have a clear voting record. 1 voted
to establish the bus system, but
against uniforms. I have voted for
reduced fares for the elderly, but
against free life-time bus passes for
Aldermen. I have voted to
rehabilitate housing in the lowest
income areas and to put the flower
ladies back on Franklin Street. I have
voted for day care centers and new
sidewalks.
When many young people said the
political system would not work, I
showed them how it could. I have
been active in involving all elements
in town government. I have worked
in voter registration drives and
political campaigns.
1 have lobbied in Raleigh and
Washington for important bills to
help tenants, to keep public control
of our electric system and to extend
absentee voting to students, just to
mention a few, as well as against the
death penalty.
There is a need for some of us to be
public citizens. I believe I have the
time and the leadership abilities to be
mayor.
When the leading candidate for
mayor of Carrboro says even that
town needs a full-time mayor, you
can appreciate the complexity of
local government.
I have put forward a positive and
specific program, without the
platitudes that many politicians bury
their campaigns in. Now, 1 ask for
your vote on November 4.
'MR. R)RD WAS
would be both wanted and approved by the
students, and University Housing would
truly be concerned with the students'
interest.
Brad Lamb
835 James
CGC Corepresentative
Out with Dooley
To the editor.
Re: Saturday afternoon's game.
There is a current feeling in management
circles that, without a significant change in
conditions, a management person outlives
his usefulness and uniqueness after a period
of about five years.
College football needs originality in
coaching. Quality in football in the ACC has
improved drastically over the past nine
years. The coach who brought us from
perennial losing to winning records is to be
commended for his outstanding progress in
building a solid football program here.
But we feel it is time for a change. New
innovations and better utilization of talent is
necessary if we are to restore Carolina's
leadership in the ACC.
We feel as thoueh our program is
beginning to fall behind other ACC schools,
and this is unnecessary as we have the talent
and the resources. Dooley has been coach
here for nine years, and since 1972 there has.
Preparing
By Jimmy Wallace
As you drive in from Durham and
the billboards shut out the view, you
notice that something happens at the
county line: no more billboards, just
signs, and small ones at that. And if
you are coming from Raleigh, and
you have once again survived NC
54, a similar transformation occurs:
just as you pass the sign that reads
"Orange County," the view ahead
and around you takes on an
uncommonly pleasant aspect. And as
you journey through this tranquil
setting toward the modest rise to the
west, you feel certain that you are
approaching a special place.
And you are right, and many,
many thousands have had that
feeling. Those with a poetic turn of
mind have called it"the southern part
of Heaven." Those who suffer from
political paranoia see it as a nest of
radicals. Those who value human
liberties view it as a great bastion of
freedom. In the academic world, the
words "Chapel Hill" are an
identifying tag that needs no zip
code, and they are taken as being
synonymous with the University of
North Carolina. To the people of the
State, those who have made it all
possible, it is their crowning
achievement. Though they often
disagree with what is said and done
here, they know that goals greater
than mere agreement are being
sought here.
I am running for Mayor of this
unique town. I'm running as an
independent, as a candidate with
experience and as a person with a
deep commitment to the University
community.
1 entered the University in 1940,
and with the exception of three years
that 1 taught mathematics and
science at Robersonville High
School, I have lived here ever since.
I cut my teeth writing for the Daily
Tar Heel and pushing for students
rights when I should have been
studying physics. In the 40's and 50's
it wasn't an easy thing to speak up for
civil rights, and in the early 60's one
couldn't get the time of day with a
catchy new word called
"environment."
But some of us persisted with these
new things, and now, in looking
back, we would not have had it any
other way. We know that there is a
WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE
been no discernable improvement in our
program. Stagnation has occurred, and we
feel a change is needed.
Chris Miller
714 Morrison
Mark Abashian
331 Cobblestone Court
Mac Gunter
331 Cobblestone Court
ECTC
To the editor
In light of the Tar Heel's rather
embarrassing showing this past weekend
against a powerful ECU team (For you older
sports fans that's ECTC), 1 have a suggestion
for the powers that be in the football office.
Recently, the team from my old alma mater,
the Davidson College Wildcats set a new
NCAA record for giving up the most yards
rushing in a single game. That football
powerhouse Lenoir Rhyne College scored
something in excess of 900 yards rushing
against a fired-up Wildcat defense.
It seems fitting that serious consideration
should be given to arranging a meeting
between these two record setting teams.
Coach Dooley could simply replace ECTC
with Davidson and besides, if the Heels lost
there are many fewer of us Davidson alumni!
for transition
subtle chemistry about Chapel Hill
that tends to lead the times, and we
are all the better for it.
For example, we fought for a
Public Accommodations Ordinance
for Chapel Hill prior to
Congressional action in that area.
We were able to stave off Duke
Power's plan to desecrate Laurel Hill
with a massive high-voltage line, and
we defeated the Highway
Commission's proposed four-lane
radial road through a portion of
Battle Park. And, in recent years,
under the leadership of Mayor Lee,
the battle for human dignity and
environmental integrity has
continued in such areas as housing,
public transportation and recreation.
But all these things can only serve
as prologue for what is to come, and
one might well ask: why run for
Mayor, w hy run now and why should
a member of the University
community support you?
I have offered as a candidate
because I believe that I am in as close
touch with the many elements of our
diverse community as anyone
presently living here. 1 feel that to be
a successful office-holder in such a
heterogeneously composed town
requires this characteristic;
otherwise, the lines between groups
become barriers to discussion and the
health of the whole community
suffers.
1 feel that we now have a rare
opportunity to plan fresh initiatives
while, at the same time, continuing
with the programs that have been so
well begun. We have a new charter, a
new manager, an essentially new
board, and we will have a new mayor.
I believe that I could contribute to the
maintenance of the necessary
equilibrium during this transitional
period.
In addition, it is vital, and
especially so in these days of
economic uncertainty, that Chapel
Hill be well represented in its many
dealings with other units of
government. This duty is rapidly
emerging as the mayor's principal
role, and it is a role that I feel
qualified to undertake.
Last of all, the human and physical
environment of our University town,
where youth and freedom dwell, is a
treasure to be preserved, not only for
ourselves, but for those who are yet
to come.
debate
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to have to take crap from for a whole year.
CM. Elliott
C-347 Kenan Labs
Pointless arrogance
To the editor
I have been disturbed with the attitude
expressed in some of the letters printed in the
DTH. It seems to me that too many people
are intolerant of, and even hostile towards
people expressing opinions contrary to their
own. In this letter I am specifically referring
to Donny Harrison's attack of Robert Katz
presentation of "Who Killed J FK?"
I thought that Katz' program brought out
many legitimate points to consider which
cast suspicion on the Warren Commission
report, including slides and eyewitness
reports. But this is not the point. In this
conspiracy no conspiracy controversy,
nothing has yet been conclusively proven,
and perhaps nothing ever will be. Why then
should Harrison's conclusion be "fact,
while the opposing opinion merely Idi
Amin rationality" and lies?
Donny Harrison has the right to believe
whatever he wants to believe. But he does not
have the right to call a person w ho disagrees
with him a lying "hypothesizing idiot." This
kind of arrogance is unnecessary and
pointless.
Doug Bush
6-M Royal Park