4lThe Tar HeelThursday, July 13, 1978
From here to fraternity
THE TAR HEEL
Robe4t Jasinkiewicz, Editor
Howard Troxler, Associate Editor ' Assistant Editor, Fatty Grebe
Vicki McQuay, Managing Editor Arts & Entertainment Editor, Marcia Decker
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Bus system will
be necessity
Carrboro, Chapel Hill's much maligned sister city, is without any bus service
connecting it to Chapel Hill. Last year, an experimental bus route was added to
the UNC-city bus system, connecting Carrboro to the town and University.
Carrboro and the University footed the $50,700 bill between them.
But in May, the original one-year contract for the "C" route expired, and
since then negotiators for the three parties have failed to reach an agreement
on the price for Carrboro bus service for the coming year.
As a result, Carrboro may enter the fall with no public transportation
linking it to the larger city. This may not seem to be of earthshaking
consequence; the town has been without a "C" route before and managed to
get along.
But for the students and residents of Carrboro who don't have easy access to
Chapel Hill, the prospect is discouraging. It seems that the three parties
involved in our ailing bus system are constantly bogged down in haggling over
money, apparently forgetting that in the long run, a bus system will become
more than a convenience it will be a necessity.
For even as the two cities grow, they are strangling themselves with the
automobile. The town of Chapel Hill and the University are eliminating more
and more parking spaces each year from an already severely limited parking
area. Provision must be made for public transportation in the long run; the
long run begins now.
Chapel Hill has just denied Carrboro the right to run its own bus service into
the University town on the grounds that there should be a single unified bus
system. Carrboro had tried to negotiate a contract with a separate bus
company, but had to have Chapel Hill's permission.
If the Chapel Hill city bosses are unwilling to have two separate bus systems,
fine. But all three parties Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the University should
make sure the one bus system they have gets enough support.
Chapel Hill is justified in not wanting to foot the entire bill for a bus system
Carrboro and the students will use. Both the University and Carrboro share
the same concerns. But in the long run, the transportation needs of the area
must supersede immediate financial concerns, and we hope negotiators for all
sides keep that in mind.
Represent us all
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a tower court's ruling that
struck down UNC student government regulations designed to insure
minority representation on the Campus Governing Council. The high court
instructed the lower court to re-examine its decision in light of the recent
"Bakke decision. s
Under student law, the student body president must appoint two blacks to
the 21-member council if at least two blacks are not elected to the CGC. The
rules were designed, in the words of a student government official, because
"minority representation is necessary so that all voices on the campus are
heard." C
But two UNC students in 1974 filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the
rules, and a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said blacks should not be specially
appointed just because they were not elected to the CGC.
We believe that steps must be taken to provide for adequate representation
of minorities in student government. In CGC elections, blacks are subject to an
inadvertent gerrymandering it is extremely difficult for a black candidate to
defeat a white candidate in any given district of the campus, no matter what
each candidate's qualifications are.
Regardless of the final outcome of the present legal dispute, student
government is obligated to seek out the minorities of this campus. This aim can
and should be accomplished in many ways other than by mere appointment to
a student council notoriously ineffective and bogged in its own paperwork.
Appointments to the council will not end but only begin an attempt to
represent all students of this campus.
A parody by T. DENTON
Pharr Billingsworth walked into
the party, his lustre dinyned only by a
layer of dust on his weejuns. He tried
not to sweat or wrinkle. Billy Stewart
wailed unmercifully from the jukebox
about living easy in the summer.
Suddenly Pharr say a phantom St.
Peter telling him that he, like Moses,
had been cast adrift in the rushes and
that he-Would be doomed to wander
for 40 'years frorrt 'house to house
without entering' the promised land.
Then he 'realised it wasn't paranoia,
either. St. Peter must have pledged
Beta Eta Sigma Tau!
Pharr couldn't decide whether he
felt more comfortable with the Bests,
the Gamma Omega Deltas, or the
Gods. The Gods, he found, were
always pulling the pledges to the
punch bowl and had a reputation of
wearing their pants short. But the
Bests had such fine younger sisters
clad in summertime whites against
Nassau tans; they looked so sweet in
their add-a-beads and Pharr swore
they all could make Pepsodent
commercials.
Suddenly a strange individual
wearing socks staggered in. Pharr
could see he was a Bore and he did a
little thinking. Invariably the Bore
will ask every girl there to dance. This
means the ugly girls will get asked to
dance and at least there will be
something to discuss at lunch the
next day. The confusion the Bore
causes can breath new life into your
party.
Pharr thought it would be nice to
have an "Adore a Bore" T-shirt.
Suzy Jane Parkinson (of the
disease) caught Pharr's eye.
Imperially polite, Pharr strolled her
way with Top Syder and Brillo
Paddington, two of the four new
pledges (even Jesus took twelve).
"Suzy Jane, I'd like you to meet Top
Syder and Brillo Paddington. Top and
Brillo, Suzy Jane Parkinson."
"Hi, are you brothers?"
"No. We're roommates."
"Uh. . .he means we're not brothers
yet. You see, my father grows lemons
in Florida. And that makes me. . ."
"What?"
"A lemon fresh pledge."
Brillo had gone in for the layup but
it was a rimmer. He wouldn't get the
ball for the rest of the night.
"Where's Mary Grace?"
"She had to leave early. She cut
herself on the crease of her date's
shirt."
"He should stop wearing those
shirts. Mary's a hemophiliac."
"He's such a great guy. You know
what he did? He gave all his old
Lacostes to CARE."
"How noble. And symbolic."
"When I think of those poor
starving children sporting those
sharp alligators. . ."
"More people should be that
unselfish."
"DearGod,! thinkCarla just hit the
floor!"
"I didn't notice. Gosh, this isgetMng
boring."
"Why don't we turn it into an all
nighter?" "Call up that Bore and get him over
here."
"Somebody break that Billy
Stewart record."
"Watch it, Mary Jane. Do you know
how hard it is to iron a pair of madra
pants?"
"I know how hard it is."
"If I hear that Billy Stewart record
one more time I'll scream!"
Pharr partied all night and would
be grubbin' with a cute blonde with
teeth like pearls. And the Bests?
Pharr found they had a good bedside
manner.
T. Denton is a pseudonym for a UNC
student who didn't want to be identified,
for painfully obvious reasons.
Legal advice
Apartment security
deposits
This advice is prepared by Student Legal Services which maintains an office in Suite C. of the
Carolina Union. UNC students have prepaid for this service and may obtain advice at no additional
charge.
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When a tenant gives the landlord
a security deposit to rent an apart
ment, North Carolina law restricts
what the landlord can do with the
money. The funds must be held in a
trust account with a North Carolina
bank or savings institution. The
landlord must then notify the te
nant "within 30 days after the
beginning of the lease term of the
name and address fo the bank or
institution where his deposit is
currently located...." When you rent
an apartment, you can demand that
the landlord tell you where your
deposit is located, but you are not
entitled to the interest on the
deposit.
If you are renting week to week,
the deposit may not exceed two weeks' rent; a month-to-month arrangement
cannot exceed one and one-half months' rent and longer rental periods cannot
command more than two months' rent. For example, if you sign a year's lease at
$150 per month, the security deposit cannot exceed $300.
When you vacate the apartment at the end of your lease, the landlord canapply
the security deposit to any repairs caused by your damage. However, he must
provide you with an itemized list of the damage. Damage does not include normal
wear and tera to the dwelling. If there has been no damage, the landlord must
return the deposit no later than 30 days after your lease ends.