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At Finance Committee meeting are (from left): Jimmy Everhart, Bill Parmalee,
Meg Milroy, Ralph Aubry, Steve Jacobson, Jim Phillips and Rhonda Black
By BEN ESTES ,
Staff Writer
The CGC Finance Committee
approved by acclamation a proposal to
appropriate $100,000 from the Campus
Governing Council's general surplus to
be used to help finance concerts by four
big-name bands during Springfest. This
proposal now will go before the CGC for
final approval.
If the money is appropriated, it will be
combined with $80,000 put up by
promoter Tom Purdie to bring in the
bands. Some of the names being
mentioned as possibilities for the two
night affair in Kenan Stadium are
Boston, Fleetwood Mac. Linda
Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Earth, Wind
and Fire, the Commodores and Donna
Summer.
"We would provide the type of
entertainment that we haven't had since
I've been a student," said Student Body
President Jim Phillips. He said it would
be a good project to show the students
how their general surplus is being used.
Td like to see the big weekend' come
back to the University," said promoter
and local merchant Tom Purdie.
Purdie is to receive a $10,000 fee for
promoting the concert, and said he isn't
charging more because he is doing it for
the exposure. "It does not hurt my
reputation at all to promote such a
project," Purdie said.
"Originally, we hoped we could do it
alone, but we had to find outside
funding," Phillips said. According to the
agreement with Purdie, the CGC will risk
losing no more than $20,000 on the
concerts. Also, the CGC gets to keep all
profits from the concerts.
"I'm not going to go in this thing with
any chance of losing money," Phillips
said. "I want to break even, that's all."
The Springfest expense budget breaks
down into slightly inflated
approximations as follows: $ 120,000 for
the bands; $20,000 for lights and sound
systems; $15,500 for promotion; $5,000
for security; $5,000 for rain insurance;
$1,500 for outside toilets; $7,500 for
outside lighting and $10,500 for
miscellaneous items.
If approved by the CGC, the concerts
will.be held on the nights of April 20 and
21 with two bands playing in Kenan
Stadium each night. Rock n' roll bands
will be featured the first night, and a
combination such as the Commodores
and Donna Summer will -play on
Saturday night, Phillips said.
The bands will be chosen by the
promoter with the advice of the CGC,
Phillips said. Phillips said the groups
must be chosen soon because, "We need
to be ready to sign contracts by the end of
the year."
Tickets for the concerts will be $4 for
students and possibly $6 for non-students
for each night, Phillips said.
In addition to the big nightly concerts,
See CONCERT on page 4
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WASHINGTON (AP) President
Carter, asserting his anti-inflation
program "is exactly what the American
people want," vowed Thursday that he is
determined to curb inflation even if it
proves politically disastrous.
Carter was asked at his nationally
broadcast news conference whether he
would risk being a one-term president by
advocating government actions that
could alienate many groups. . . .
"I would maintain the fight against
inflation," he said, adding that "I believe
this is exactly what the American people
want."
Then, when later asked if the nation's
economic problems meant Americans
might have to accept a lower standard of
living, he said, "I see no reason for despair
at all."
Carter also said the mass murder
suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, was
atypical of American life.
And he acknowledged he has been
somewhat discouraged by the inability of
Egypt and Israel to agree on a peace
treaty.
Of the nation's economic woes, the
president said, "We don't anticipate a
recession or depression next year."
A number of prominent economists
have predicted a recession in 1979 as a
result of Carter's wage and price
guidelines which would generally limit
wage and benefit increases to 7 percent
and price increases to an average of
roughly 5.75 percent.
Carter said details of his wage and price
guidlines still have not been made final
and that, while he has not yet made any
changes in his overall program, "With a
thousand different decisions to be made,
there will be some flexibility."
Carter also commented publicly about
the deaths of more than 900 members of
the Peoples Temple cult in Jonestown,
Guyana, saying he didn't think the cult
"was typical in any way of America.
"I don't think we ought to have an
overreaction because of the Jonestown
tragedy by injecting government into
trying to control people's religious
beliefs," Carter added.
Turning to the Middle East, Carter
said "temporary setbacks" experienced in
the Egyptian-Israeli negotiations were no
more serious than those that occurred
during the Camp David meetings that
produced a framework for future
accords.
However, he said he was "somewhat
discouraged" by the talks' slowdown and
said that a lot of the negotiations between
Israel and Egypt were "unfortunately
conducted through the, press."
Carter also said, in response to a
gC5ion about Mig-23 aircraft in Cuba,
that "We have no evidence at all, no
allegations, that atomic weapons are
present in Cuba."
He said the United States has been
observing a model of the aircraft in Cuba
since last spring, but had received
assurances from the Soviet Union
through diplomatic channels that no
weapons shipments to Cuba will violate
the 4962 agreement growing out of the
Cuban missile crisis. The agreement
prohibits the Soviets from introducing
offensive nuclear weapons into Cuba.
Carter also acknowledged that he was
"very concerned" about the trend to gain
intelligence information through
electronic channels to the detriment of
other means. On other topics, Carter
said:
The United States will maintian
"basically a deterrent policy"- where
defense issues are concerned. And he
vowed that the new budget under
preparation for fiscal 1980 will meet
social and domestic as well as military
needs.
The administration has no plans to
sell any weapons to either China or the
Soviet Union.
He did not believe new efforts to
upgrade U.S. civil defense systems are a
kind of response to . the country's
protracted negotiations with Russia on a
new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.
Former President Richard M. Nixon
"has the same right, to speak out as any
other American and it doesn't cause me
any concern."
He supports efforts by the Shah of
Iran "to change Iran in a progressive way
and trust Iranian people to make
decisions on their own leadership."
The administration has made
progress in making the bureaucracy more
efficient.
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By TERRI HUNT
Staff Writer
North Carolinians have little reason to fear that a
cult leader like the Rev. Jim Jones could get the kind
of following in this state that led to the recent mass
suicide of more than 900 members of his People's
Temple in Guyana, a UNC cult expert says.
Ralph Locke, a visiting sociology professor from
H Australia who has been: studying'": the ' cult
phenomenon for 10 years, said in a recent interview
that cults like the one Jones commanded are not
likelv to exist in North Carolina.
"You could talk about the cultic expressions in the
people going to see the film Rocky Horror Picture
Show here in Chapel Hill, because they go through
this ritual of dressing up, dancing in the aisles and
throwing rice.
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Ralph Locke, visiting sociology professor
...state sects 'too small and informal'
"You might say there are some localized religious
cults, but they are not truly religious sects because
they are too small and informal. These supposedly
religious cults in this area are simply people meeting
to discuss religious prophecies, but their
organizations aren't really formed into a church.
They aren't as organied or as large as the cults we
find in California."
The definition of a cult may vary, but Locke
describes it as a loosely organized social grouping
with a loosely correlated belief system allowing
spontaneity in the interpretation and expression of
those beliefs.
: "There are a variety of reasons for the formation of
cults," Locke said. "Cults are a system of adaptation
of an oppressive system due to social or political
means."
, Locke said people usually join a cult because they
experience a feeling of powerlessness, a loss of
iderttity orfa feeling of inequality. He also said the
personal background of individuals entering cults
must be examined to understand why they joined.
Often individuals join cults to meet psychological
needs such as friendship, dependency, sexual release
and emotional support, he added.
"It also depends on the type of cult they are trying
to join," Locke said. "Certainly, some cult
expressions are more authoritarian than others. This
was true with the cult in Guyana. It didn't start out
with-an authoritarian rule, but subtle changes
occurred and that is the way it ended."
According to Locke, the argument that people try
to escape the oppression of the capitalistic system by
joining cults doesn't explain the existence of
numerous middle-class cults.
In a recently published journal of the National
Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals, Dr.
See CULT on page 4
Crammiias a semester off work into a week
By CHUCK BURNS
: ; . Staff Writer
Friday, Dec 1. You've just skipped your 82nd class
of the semester and you're headed uptown to
celebrate ,the successful survival of another week
when the sickening realization hits:
Only one more week of classes before finals and
you haven't even bought the textbooks let alone
browsed through the reserve readings An endless
stream of all-night no-doze nightmares stretches
before you. But panic is notthe answer.
Cramming is not the only way to pass that final
exam. Many study methods are available and, if you
start now, there is a good chance your final won't be
as hard as yotr anticipate. :
Although there are many study formulas, all of
them have two recommendations in common: Go
back and attempt to put the material into your own
words immediately after reading it, and try to reduce
the material to a few key or encoded words.
None of this will be useful, however, if you don't
start to review now. Advance planning combined
with constant review is the only method that results
in consistently high grades on exams. All-night
cramming of new material that has been put off the
entire semester will have no positive results because
the shoi t-term memory won't hold it all.
"Good reading and lecture notes "are essential,"
says Hank Powell, director of, the UNC reading
program. "Notes show an active effort to reduce
learning into key words. "Once key words are
written," he says, "many ideas are understood. After
that, details fall into place." .
Powell tells students in the reading program not to
worry about details as much as the main ideas. He
says that many students have trouble determining
what are the main points and what are simply
supporting details.
The program emphasizes reading and
comprehension skills. Through the use of time skills,
comprehension tests and other methods, the students
in the program learn to understand wir. u they read
and to read faster.
Although the reading program m;iy not he fcr
everyone, many could benefit from some of the
methods it teaches.
Start by glancing through the text as a whole.Then,
coordinate your class notes with the reading
assignments. While you're reading, ask sourself
questions about what the author meant. Ask
questions in class so you can fully understand the
material.
See STUDY on page 4
Town misses Christmas lights
By MIKE COYNE
Staff Writer
Twas the month before Christmas and
all through the town, not a decoration
was hanging, not one could be found.
"What's this," ask the shopkeepers,
"not even a light?"
They're all in a huff, they want their
street bright.
Such is the situation facing a grimly
bare Franklin Street this year, as the
traditional center of town will go unlit
during the Chirstmas season and local
business are not happy about that.
"It's supposed to be a happy time, but
you look out here on Franklin Street and
it's pitch black," said Mary Henderson,
co-owner of The-Shrunken Head. "What
do you say to a 7-year-old when she looks
'at you and says, 'Mama, where are all the
Christmas lights? "
Henderson said she and several
downtown merchants were surprised to
hear there would be no decorations this
year. i
"We read in the paper there Was a
possibility that there would be no
Chrsitmas lights this year, but we all said
they wouldn't do that," Henderson said.
She said a number of people have come
into her store and asked her why there are
no decorations up. i
In the past, the street decorations have
been put up by theChapel Hill-Carrboro
"Chamber of Commerce, who rented them
on a three-year basis. Last year was the
third year of the rental agreement, so this
year the chamber had to' secure an
agreement for new decorations.
The Chapel Hill Appearance
Commission rejected in September
designs for new decorations submitted by
the Chamber of CommerceCommission
member Lamar Cecil said the reason the
decorations were rejected was because
they were "Tacky" and used electricity.
He said the commission wanted to have
unlit decorations this year to conserve
energy. He said the proposed designs
used "the usual cheap plastic and tinsel
you see in every town.
"If we're a special kind of town, we
should have a special kind of decoration,"
Cecil said. I
Lou Marchisio, executive director of
the Chamber of Commerce, doesn't think
the decorations were unattractive.
"As 1 recall, the designs we submitted
were of very high quality and very nice,"
Marchisio said. "I guess it was just
someone's personal opinion.
"The time element Was the factor in the
situation that made it impossible for us to
have lights this year," Marchisio said. He
said the commission rejected the
proposed designs too late for the chamber
to secure new designs in time for the
holiday season.
Jim Campbell of Mayor Jimmy
Wallace's office; said the Board of
Aldermen drew up a petition at its Oct. 30
meeting encouraging individuals and
groups to'put up their own decorations in
lieu of the chamber's decorations.
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$10,000 surplus spurs 6Yack9 rebate
Free money. Get your free money
here. Limit one handout to a
customer, please.
It may sound too good to be true
during this festive season when bank
balances are growing proportionally
slimmer to the length of your gift list,
but the 1978 . Yackety Yack staff
Tuesday will be hawking just such a
special offer to 1978 subscribers.
Each student who subscribed to the
19J8 book is entitled to come by the
South Gallery Meeting Room,
Carolina Union Tuesday and claim
$2, Yack editor Ted Kyle announced
Thursday.
Each subscriber must present his
student ID as identification, and his
name will be checked against a master
subscriber list.
The giveaway will be held from 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday only and is
limited to those subscribers who
picked up tneir books in person last
month.
Seniors and other students who
paid to have their books mailed to
them may apply for $2 by mail. They
should write to the 1978 Yackety Yack
Cash Giveaway, Box 13, Carolina
Union, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 and
include a stamped, self-addressed
envelope. Requests must be
postmarked before Jan. 31, 1979.
Business Manager Betsy Gillette
said the giveaway was made possible
by an unprecedented surplus of more
than $10,000. '
The surplus is the largest ever from
any volume of the Yack. The Yack
receives most of its income from
subscriptions. Students paid $8, $9 or
$10 for the book last year, depending
on how early they subscribed. A total
of 4,900 books were sold.