No Sun
Cloudy today with the high in
the 50s and only 10 percent
chance of rain. Lows in the
40s, with more of the same
Friday.
Instead of Weekender today,
the DTH has published a
special supplement called
Sights and Sounds. Enjoy.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volumg 87, Usua No. Ap
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By NORA WILKINSON
Staff Writer
Employees in at least six of eight Title 20 programs that will
lose federal funding Monday, probably will be able to keep their
jobs for an additional 30 days, Morton Teicher, dean of the
School of Social Work, said Wednesday.
Directors of the eight programs, which are supported by the
N.C. Department of Human Resources, were informed late
Monday that nearly $1.5 million would be cut off March 31.
University officials have been looking for alternate funding to
give their employees the standard 30-day notice of job
termination.
The six Title 20 programs which may be able to maintain
employees are all in the School of Social Work. Students in the
school which could be affected include nine students receiving
financial aid, and about 50 students involved in a part-time off
campus program involving two years of part-time study and a
final year at UNC.
"We now have reasonable assurance that we can maintain
these people for an additional 30 days by using our resources and
University resources," Teicher said.
"We're not cutting off any of the students; they will continue to
get their financial aid througlj the end of this academic year," he
said.
The Developmental Disabilities Training Institute, also
affected by the cutoff may not give its employees a 30-day notice,
director George Baroff said.
"We have eight professional people of whom at least four will
lose their jobs," he said. "We have an administrative assistant and
four secretaries, and three of the four secretaries will also lose
their jobs.
"I have had no communication with the University thus far as
to how the situation will be handled," he said. "We have no funds
to keep them on for 30 days."
Because the institute's program trains people all over the state
to work with mentally retarded children and adults, the effect of
the program's discontinuance is immeasurable.
"They're (the trainees) going to have to pray that something
happens on October 1, which is when new Title 20 money
becomes available," Baroff said.
' There are 1 1 people involved in the Title 20 program of the
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. It appears
that if additional money is not found these people will also lose
their jobs on March 31.
The FPG Child Development Center trains teachers of pre
school children across the state.
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...named University's new athletic director
By STEPHANIE B1RCHER
Staff Writer
UNC Assistant Athletic Director John D.
Swofford was named UNC director of athletics
Wednesday by Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham
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Swofford, 31, will succeed William W. Cobey Jr.,
who resigned in January to run for lieutenant
governor. His resignation becomes effective April 30.
"I am obviously a very fortunate person, and my
feelings currently include a double dose of happiness
and humbleness," Swofford said. "I am grateful for
the opportunity to serve the University in this
position."
Swofford said he foresaw no drastic changes in the
operation or in the direction of UNC athletics.
"I really feel that our program has been well
administered because of the outstanding job that
Cobey did," he said. "We have an outstanding
coaching; administrative and clerical staff, and with
their help our primary goal will be to. continue the
tradition of excellence that has been the trademark of
Carolina athletics."
Swofford listed inflation. Title IX compliance and
the need for a student athletic center as immediate
challenges and opportunities.
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"My feeling is that our university is now 53 percent
women. I think our athletic program should be
reflective of our University. I think we need a strong
women's athletics program," Swofford said.
"Hopefully, we can make that program without
breaking up any other program "that we have built up
over the years. 1 feel very positive about women's
athletics," he said.
"I feel we probably need to look at the ways on
how to make the public more aware of women's
athletics and we need to improve some of the
facilities. The completion of Fetzer Gymnasium will
be a tremendous asset," Swofford said.
Inflation and the need to conserve energy may
decrease the amount of traveling UNC athletes do, he
said.
"Traveling is a broadening experience for a team
to have, especially during college," he said. "It helps
them competitively, but at the same time, if that's an
area where we would have to make cuts, we will
certainly look at it."
Swofford also stressed that student-athletes are
UNC's greatest assets.
"We must be committed to their positive
development as individuals while they are a part of
Tuition rise not likely for 1 980-81 sc
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By PAM HILDEBRAN
Staff W riter
Although many colleges across the country
have had to raise their tuitions because of
inflation, UNC should escape a major increase
for the coming academic year, a University
official said this week.
Ellen Kepley, UNC vice president of finance,
said no tuition increase will be proposed for
1980-1981 when the N. C. General Assembly
meets this spring. A bill calling for a 10 percent
jump in in-state tuition and 25 percent jump for
out-of-state tuition was voted down in the
legislature last year.
"We here in the University will not be
proposing an increase for next year, but the
legislators can propose it of course," she said.
"We don't really have any control over it."
UNC has the lowest in-state tuition of any
state school in the Southeast. But on the
recommendation of the General Assembly
several years ago the University raised its out-of-state
tuition substantially and is one of the
more expensive schools in the region for out-of-state
students.
Double-digit increases in tuition rates have
already been set at several private colleges, with
some exceeding the 13 percent inflation rate
reported for the nation's economy during fiscal
year 1979.
One of the largest increases reported so far
for the academic year 1980 is a 17 percent rate
increase at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where tuition will go from $5,300
to $6,200. This figure does not include room,
board or books.
Tuition rates at public colleges and
universities in most states are still being
determined and depend on state
appropriations for higher education. But most
officials say there will be some increase because
of inflation.
Estimated costs for the 1979-1980 academic
year at UNC (including tuition, fees, room and
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board) were $2,371 for in-state students and
$4,051 for out-or-state students. Personal
expenses, books, supplies are not included in
the total.
Officials for the University Department of
Housing said dormitory rent for 1980-1981 will
increase an average 6.9 percent. Servomation
said its meal plan prices will not rise and may
decrease. Tuition and fees have not yet been
calculated.
In comparison with the 15 other UNC
campuses, UNC-Chapel Hill is the most
expensive. The N. C. School of the Arts is
second ($2,301 for in-state and $3,753 for out
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...local road requests heard Wednesday
By CINDY BOWERS
Staff Writer
State Department of Transportation officials heard
recommendations for area highway improvements,
including widening the U.S. 15-501 by-pass to four
lanes, in a public meeting in Carrboro Wednesday.
Representatives from town and counties in DOTs
seventh district, which includes Chapel Hill, Carrboro
and Orange County, packed the Carrboro Town Hall to
list their requests for road improvement projects to be
included in DOTs seven-year transportation plan.
Guilford, Alamance, Chatham and Randolph
counties also are in DOTs seventh district.
Chapel Hill Town Council member and Mayor Pro
Tern Jonathan Howes presented the town's list of
recommendations that were approved by the council
Monday. Chapel Hill's list is indentical to the one
submitted to DOT last year, except for the deletion of a
controversial proposal for a southern bypass around
Chapel Hill. The Town Council voted 6-3 Monday to
strike the bypass proposal from its list of requests
Southern Orange County and Chatham County
residents had criticized Chapel Hill's endorsement of the
southern bypass. The proposed bypass, which would
divert traffic from the town, probably would be routed
through southern Orange and Chatham counties.
Chapel H ill's first priority was a recommendation that
the 15-501 and N.C. 54 bypass be widened to four lanes.
"Chapel Hill asks to participate in the planning of
this," H owes said. "We're not eager to have an interstate
level highway through Chapel Hill."
The town also recommended four-laning Manning
Drive from Ehringhaus Dorm to the 15-501 bypass and
South Columbia Street from Manning Drive to the 15
501 bypass. Chapel Hill also asked DOT to widen Estes
Drive and to four-lane U.S. Highway 15-501 South to
the Orange-Chatham County line.
Chapel Hill, Orange County and Carrboro all
recommended improvements to Pittsboro Road,
especially improving the road's interchange with the 15
501 bypass.
Bikeway improvements also appeared on Chapel
Hill's list as did requests for increased funding for the
town's bus system.
Gordon Rutherford, University planning director,
read a letter to the DOT officials from Vice Chancellor
for Business and Finance John Temple stating the
University's support for Chapel Hill's
recommendations.
"The University is being significantly affected by a
lack of adequate roads," Rutherford said. "The need for
improvements is significant."
Temple had said Tuesday the Town Council's decision
to withdraw the southern bypass proposal could
complicate a University decision to support the town's
recommendations. The University had favored
construction of a bypass. Rutherford did not mention
the Southern bypass Wednesday.
In his presentation. Richard Whittcd, chairman ofthc
Orange County Board of Commissioners,
recommended several improvements that parallcd
Chapel Hill's recommendations.
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Heels hold wake for Deacs
By DAVID POOLE
Assistant Sports Editor ,
It started out like a track meet. It eventually
became more like a wake.
Fortunately, for the North Carolina baseball
team, the wake was for Wake Forest, as the Heels
whipped the Deacs 9-2 Wednesday in an Atlantic
Coast Conference game at Boshamer Stadium.
The Tar Heels scored seven times in the first inning
and from then on the Boshamer faithfuls experienced
a ho-hum afternoon as Carolina's Mark Ochal
stymied Deacon hitters en route to a four-hitter and
his fifth win of the season.
"It's a pleasure to pitch with a lead like that,"
Ochal said, "but it can also be a pain. Coach (Mike
Roberts) had me throwing a lot of fastballs and it was
like he had me on a leash."
"He wanted me to throw strikes and make them hit
the ball. Later, though, he let me loose and 1 had
command of five pitches. It's not hard to throw well
when you're in command of five pitches."
Carolina jumped on Wake starter Frank Warner
very quickly. Jim Rouse led off with a line-drive
single to left and Scott Bradley followed with a shot
that nearly took Warner, gold jersey and all, into
center field. Lloyd Brewer then sliced a double down
the left field line, scoring two runs.
Pete Kumiega followed Brewer with a double
down the right-field line to make it 3-0. Warner then
retired Dwight Lowry and P. J. Gay and walked
Greg Schuler. Craig Shumock then hit a booming
homer over the center-field and the score was
6-0:
Warner was around long enough after that to let
Chris Pittaro single. Matt Valtin then came in and
gave up an RBI single to Rouse. Bradley singled, but
Brewer was out on strikes to end theinning.
Wake got their runs on two homers. The first came
in the second by Allen Bumgarner, and Brick Smith
smashed another in the fourth. Except for those two
pitches, Ochal was in command the whole way.
"1 had to worry about stiffening up there in our
half of the first," Ochal said. "We were in the dugout
for about 20 minutes. I went underneath the
grandstand and ran, just to keep up a sweat."
"After the loss to Maryland, our players realize
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that nothing is ever in the bag," Roberts said. "1 told
Mark to just throw the ball over and make them hit
themselves around. 1 didn't want him experimenting
in a conference game."
After the big first inning, Carolina's bats went to
sleep and the Heels had only three more hits through
the seventh. In the eighth, however, Bradley got his
third single of the day and scored when Lloyd Brewer
got two more RBls on a homer to right. Brewer
finished the day with two doubles, a home run and
four RBIs.
"Mark's fastball had to be moving around a lot
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Modern dance pioneer reflects
By LAURA ELLIOTT
Arts Editor
"I have often had people come up to me and
say that 1 am a living legend and I never know
whether to be flattered or amused or what."
Whether she likes it or not, Pauline Koner, a
vibrant element of the dancing world for 52
years now, is a bit of a legend.
She began her career as a dancer in 1928.
She was active in the early experimentation
with modern dance in the '30s; one of the first
American artists to be invited to perform and
teach in Russia; a guest soloist with the Jose
Limon company for 15 years, the first artistic
company to receive a federal subsidy and a
pioneer in dance for television in the 1940s.
She herself performed for the last time eight
years ago at the age of 62. Yes. a bit of a
legend.
The Pauline Koner Dance Consort, which
Koner has been directing and choreographing
for since 1976. will perform today at 8 p.m. in
Memorial Hall. The program is exclusively
Koner compositions.
Even when denied her much-needed nap to
speak to the DTH. Koner was gregarious,
opinionated, charming and animated as she
described her career in vivid and often ironic
terms.
What was dancing like during the
depression?
"Very interesting. That was the beginning of
modern dance. They were beginning in the late
'20s and early '30s. There was much searching
and a great amount of individuality among
dancers. They were all trying very hard to
break away from ballet.
"It was a period of total denial." Koner said,
speaking of the modern dancers dogmatic
rejection of traditional ballet. "Then when you
finally achieved what you wanted you
accepted it. That is true of all art."
"It was very tough," she continued. "You
had to subsidize yourself, there were no
salaries. You didn't eat. You sold tickets,
made costumes, put up props, did
brochures you did the whole works. And
maybe you did two concerts and then worked
the rest of the year to pay it off. Basically all
dancers are masochists."
Koner did not begin in modern dance - the
genre did not exist until her career as a dancer
was 10 years old. She studied with Michel
Fokine but eventually decided ballet was not
for her. and joined Michio lto's company in
1928. She performed mostly ethnic dances.
Ito, himself appraised as a pioneer in modern
dance, influenced her a great deal.
Koner toured the Soviet Union as a recital
soloist in 1935 and 1936. "I was invited to
come because I was a student of Fokine and at
that time his name was a kind of carle blanche.
They took a chance and gave me a two month
contract with a six month option." She
laughed and said. "Since this was the
depression in the United Slates 1 thought.
why not.'
"Then they invited me to teach a year at
Leningrad's Physical Culture Institute. A far
as I know I was the first American dancer
there after Isadora Duncan.
"1 was the only one into modern dance." hc
said. "They liked it after a while. When I had
been accepted as an artist then I could give
them more."
When Koner returned to America ihc
continued as a soloist and married the Lite
conductor I rit Mahler, cousin of composer
Gustav Mahler
In the early '40 Koner danced and
choreographed for cloved circuit tekvuion.
which was then being developed
noncommercial!). "It was probably the first
Choreographs r Pcullne Koner
...company performs tonight
dance on TV." he aid. "When it became
commercialized, i left. I wasn't going to be
told what to do and not to do. If you arc an
artist. it very hard to be ucccvful
commercially and remain an individual "
"I've alwa followed my invtinct for what I
thought was good." ihc laid proudly.
Remaining independent in her opinions.
Koner condemn modvi n danee for its prevent
partiality to technique and ill trend to mesh
modern dance movement with
traditional uaitci.
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