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'Medea' Move over, Broadway! Female inmates enrolled in a drama workshop perform in the Triangle area. See story on page 5. Partly cloudy Saturday will be partly cloudy and mild. Today will be cloudy with showers expected and highs in the upper 60s. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Friday, March 18, 1977, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Volume No. 84, Issue No. 114 Please call us: 933-0245 Ford f , v&.u;; ril 1JJ1 7 f Pnoto Dy David Dalton North Carolina's Phil Ford penetrates against Virginia in the recent Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Ford scored 29 points and was named Most Valuable Player Thursday night as the Tar Heels came from 14 down to beat Notre Dame 79-77. UNC students to staff new station By GRANT VOSBURGH Staff Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md Despite a sore elbow, a national television audience, two Notre Dame timeouts with two seconds left and the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day, UNC All America guard Phil Ford calmly stepped up to the foul line and swished two game-winning free throws to give the fourth ranked Tar Heels a 79-77 NCAA Eastern Regional semifinal victory over lOth-ranked Notre Dame. The Heels' victory places them in the final game of the Eastern Regionals to be played Saturday at noon against third-ranked Kentucky. The Wildcats downed Virginia Military Institute 93-78 in the other semifinal game Thursday night. With 27 seconds remaining in Carolina's game, the Irish's Don"Duck" Williams hit a field goal to knot the score at 77. Carolina then came down the court and held the ball for one shot. Ford's jumper with two seconds left bounced off the front of the rim, but the referee whistled a crucial foul on Notre Dame's Bruce Flowers. That set up Ford's heroics. "I had the ball and I saw that there were three or four seconds left, so 1 decided to take the shot," the Rocky Mount junior explained. "Williams tapped the ball up, and I got the foul. My arm didn't bother me. 1 forgot all about it. It cn be ready by Saturday." Ford had crashed to the floor with 1:18 left, coming up holding his right elbow. UNC Head Coach Dean Smith said after the game he knew Ford's injury was bothering him. "When Phil says his elbow hurts," Smith said, "it must really hurt. We didn't know if he would be able to extend it fully on the foul shot." It was not smooth sailing for the Tar Heels, whose record now stands at 26-4. They spent the entire game playing catch-up basketball. It took three separate rallies to keep the Heels within grasp of the win. Notre Dame sped. off to a 16-8 lead with only five minutes gone in the game. Carolina battled back and tied the score 26-26. Another Irish surge, however, put them up by 10, 40-30, at the half. Notre Dame immediately added four more points on two dunks by Toby Knight in the first 40 seconds of he second half. Down by 14, the Tar Heels proceeded to put on the finest comeback of the season, applying smothering full-court pressure o handlers. In less than four minutes out-scored Notre Dame 18-4, tying when Rich Yonakor pulled down an and hit a follow shot. A persistent Notre Dame squ snaked out to an eight-point lead 60 had to struggle to remain in the gam minutes. But lo and behold, the Fighting I Four Corners with 5:42 left and a 70- which is accustomed to being on th the spread, effectively defensed Not turnovers and jump balls. n the Irish ball of play, the Heels the score at 48 all offensive rebound ad methodically 52. The Tar Heels ic for the next five rish went into the 65 lead. Carolina, : offensive side of re Dame, causing Smith credited the Irish with a fine job against UNC's tight defense. "Notre Dame handled our pressure better than any team we faced this year," he said. Ford led all scorers with 29 points, as he hit nine of nine from the foul line. The Tar, Heels' foul shooting was perfect in the second half, hitting 1 7 of 1 7 attempts. Mike O'Koren scored 16 points before picking up his fifth foul with 3:27 left. Kuester scored 14 points while dishing out a game-high seven assists. Walter Davis, who played in his first game since breaking his right index finger two weeks ago, scored eight point, but more importantly, led UNC with eight rebounds. Morgan approves Fordham as HEW assistant secretary By MERTON VANCE Staff Writer N.C. Sen. Robert Morgan gave Ihis approval Wednesday to the appointment of Dr. Christopher Fordham, dean of the UNC medical school, to be assistant secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). President Jimmy Carter gave his ap proval to the Fordham appointment last week but w;as waiting for Morgan to give his approval. Under so-called "senatorial courtesy" the President confers with the potential appointee's home-state senat or before the nomination to a federal post is made. Morgan said he delayed giving approval to the Fordham appointment because he thinks Carter is not appointing active N.C. Democraits to other government positions. Morgan said Carter is appointing proifessionals like Fordham but not active Democrats in the state. Morgan has specifically mentioned farmer governor Robert Scott, whom Morgan wants to be appointed to the Appalachian Regional Commission . Following Morgan's protests last week, White House spokespersons said that Scott pr obably would be appointed to either the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Coastal Plains Regional Commission. Morgan was in North Carolina over the weekend to talk to party leaders about Fordham's nomination. The nomination now goes to the Senate for confirmation. Fordham became dean of the UNC Medical School in 1971 and was appointed vice chancellor of health affairs in December 1976. If the appointment is approved by the Senate, Fordham will become chief federal health affairs officer under HEW Secretary Joseph A. Caiifano. Fordham's jurisdiction in that post would include the Public Health Service, the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration. Now that Morgan has given his approval to the selection of Fordham, a formal nomination probably will be made by Carter within the next few days. UNC Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor said earlier this week he does not yet know who will replace Fordham if he goes to Washington. Morgan could not be reached for comment Thursday. WX g tod y By NANCY HARTIS Staff Writer VXYC, a progressive-rock FM radio station staffed by UNC students, was scheduled to sign on the air at 5 a.m. today. The noncommercial, educational station replaces the student-run WCAR, whjch signed off the air last spring. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigned WXYC a stereo 89.3 FM wave. "We'll be playing popular artists, only not in a Top 40 format," station manager Robb lrosswhite said Thursday. "We'll also be p laying new artists anQ' probably some of the la ss-famous bands that we think deserve listening." i Inlike WCAR, which operated on carrier curr ents and was received only by dorms on camt. us, WXYC will serve the entire Chapel Hill-C "arrboro area as well as Durham and parts i Raleigh. Air time each day will run from 5 a-m- to 2:30 a.m. Static "n offices are located in the Union basemen t. The no nsalaried staff of about 65 has been restructured and trained to produce close-to-professional programming. "Even though most of the people on our staff are new, we're not really nervous," Crosswhite said. "We're ready to go, and we're excited." Locally produced news shows will be aired about six times a day along with women's shows, sports and Sunday night features on various rock stars. Interviews with Tim Weisberg, the Beach Boys, Montrose and Kansas have already been taped and are ready to be. aired, Crosswhite said. Live coverage is planned for the New York Yankees-Tar Heels baseball game scheduled for April 2, with Lou Bello as sportscaster. Approximately $35,000 was spent to make the physical conversion from carrier current to independent station. The money came from a 1973 student referendum. WXYC will be supported by student government funds and grants from local merchants. In addition to producing programs, training new personnel and fulfilling all the FCC requirements for a new station, the staff also has been busy publicizing WXYC from a promotions budget of approximately $2,000 with bumper stickers, posters, handbills and ads. T-shirts with the station call letters printed on them are being produced, and album give-aways are planned. "But hopefully our best promotion will be word of mouth," Crosswhite said. The new station, originally scheduled to go on the air in January, was delayed, according to Crosswhite, by a series of problems and just plain bad luck. "The freezing weather kept us from getting our transmitter installed on the water tower on South Campus," he said. "It also slowed down the people digging ditches for the cables.' Misunderstandings with equipment manufacturers and mix-ups with the postal service and the FCC also slowed down the process. "It took a few trips to Washington to get things straight with the. government," Crosswhite said. limijjimjoijMWjj)iQiji.it.i8WJjmMgiMiiiwM8?iinL mining ii.iiiijiiiiiiji..mijwiinuiuii.iim I r - 'P Cre w team equipment theft may cut season 4-6 weeks WXYC Staff photo by Ailtn Jvrntgan . on the air. Bjy MERTON VANCE Staff Writer The seats from the UNC Crew Club's crew shells disappeared Tuesday night, and if they cannot be found both the men's and women's crew teams may be out of action for at least a month, according to Paul McDonald, president o f the UNC Crew Club. A total o:f 17 seats were taken, including all of the seat s from both of the UNC team's eight-man shells and one seat from an eight man shell owned by the Duke University crew teanti. All of the boats were at University Lake. McDonald said he at first thought the seats may, have been taken as a prank, but so far the seats have not been returned. McDonald has reported the theft to the University police who are investigating. The seats are made of wood and are just wide enough for a person to sit on. The crew members call the seats "slides" because they can be adjusted by sliding the wheels, which are located under each side of the scat, along a track o n each side of the shell. McDonald said he suspects the disappearance may have been a prank because "you have to know a little bit about crew to take them out. There is a trick to it." He said other crew-club equipment stored at the lake was not taken. He also said the slides in a four-man shell owned by the club were untouched. Despite the fact that the slides are of little use for anything besides crew racing, McDonald estimates it may cost $50 each to replace the 17 slides. Without the slides, McDonald said the UNC women's crew team will not be able to compete this weekend against the University of Tennessee. The Tennessee team is not bringing its own boats and had planned to borrow a shell from Duke. McDonald said the club may not be able to find replacement slides in time for the men's team to compete in the University of Virginia regatta next weekend. "Without the slides 1 think the crew team won't be able to compete for another month to six weeks," McDonald said. A 11V A V Spoaking at Chase Cafeteria mich el: socialism for Ah By DARR. ELL SHARPLESS St .tf Writer Black activist Stokely Carmichael advocated a social ist government for the liberation of Afr.ica and its people during a discussion in Upendo Lounge in Chase Cafeteria Thursday . Carmichael sought support for the African People's Rev olutionary Party from blacks at UNC. He organized the socialist party as anx underground movement, but since has . sought su pport overtly internationally. The par.ty is attempting to make tUe American government aware that Afr. ica should be governed by Africans for the liberation of all African people, he sai d. The party also concentrates on enlightening more Afro-Ame ricans to the need for liberation of African people. Members of this party lTiust all know and understand what they are doing, for we have no need for ro bots." Carmichael sought support only from blacks. One student asked him if hewas racist. He denied being a racist, add'ing that to liberate African people is to do good for all of humanity. He said Qnly blacks should work to liberate their people because they are the only people with that primary goal. MCI -im t:!'" ilk Stall photos by Allen Jernigan Stokely Carmichael, speaking at UNC Thursday, advocated a socialist government for Africa and its people. Carmichael is a former member of the Black Panthers and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Others without that primary goal could only take away from its full realization, he said. Speaking on the oppression of African people, Carmichael said, "The only solution is revolution." He went on to say that two objects cannot occupy the same place at once. To bring about change would require revolution, he said. , Carmichael then led discussion about socialism's being the best form of government in comparison to capitalism. In capitalism, the fruits of labor are not enjoyed by those who labor. He said, instead, the profits are enjoyed by the owners of corporations. "The real viciousness of capitalism is that those who labor do not enjoy the fruits of their labor," he said. Carmichael said this, in essence, is slavery when the. slav e does the work and the owner enjoys all the profits. Capitalism has; competition, oppression of the wea.k, selfishness and corruption as underlying forces, hesaid, to the point that Amer icans think man is inherently selfish and corrupt. Under socialism, the masses equally share the profits, so there an: no weak to be oppressed and then; is no need for competition, selfishness or corruption, he said. ; "Dr. Martin Luther King advocated socialism whether, he knew it or not," he said. During the 1960s. Carmichael was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Carmichael is making a three-day visit to the Triangle area. He spoke Wednesday at North Carolina State University and earlier Thursday at Duke University. Cola firm expected FDA saccharin ban By TONY GUNN Staff Writer The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week that it will. ban the artificial sweetener saccharin was not a complete surprise to Coca-Cola, the general manager of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Durham said Wednesday. "lit was not totally out of the blue," Charlie B. Bagley said of the ban. "We've known that saccharin might be banned for some time." Saccharin is the- artificial sweetener used in many, if not all, diet soft drinks. Bagley was not sure when the ban would take effect, but he estimated that it might not be until July. "If it becomes effective at that time," Bagley said, "we will let it (the drinks containing saccharin) work itself out," instead of pulling the products off the market. !Tab. Fresca and Sugar-free Dr. Pepper are diet soft drinks made by Coca-Cola. , i Bagley said the company was working on an additive to substitute I'C'j saccharin. Coca-Cola, he said. has been looking for a substitute ever since cyclamates were banned a few years ago. One problem might be getting the FDA to approve the substitute, he said, an action that could take some time. If the saccharin ban were put into effect before the FDA approval, then the company would have to replace saccharin with sugar, Bagley said. Tab, for example, would have fewer calories than Coke, he said, but not as few as it did before the ban went into effect. Bagley said he had no idea what the new additive would be. The company, he added, has not made a final decision on what they are going to use. Clyde Ferguson, the plant manager of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Durham, said the announcement of the ban caught him by surprise. The Pepsi company, he said, had not told him much about it. "We're still producing and selling it (diet soft drinks)." , ' Pepsi's soft drinks that contain saccharin are Diet Pepsi, Sugar-free Seven-Up and Pepsi light.
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