4 ; Th3 Dally Cc'J Wi-ds Skies will be clear today, but it wi!l be breezy and cold. High today near 40, low tonight in the mid-teens. No chance of rain. i. i...4 t r r y i. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Oiit.nj c.u j If you're looking for fun end excitement, why not look in to the Outing Club? Club acti vities range from hang gliding to kayaking. Story on page 7. -5 T- Thursday, February 12, 1001 Chspci Hill, f.'orth Carolina NwSpfts'Art 933 0245 Businass, Advancing 933-1 163 ill j j f fcJ !!y M'M M ,7- o , o fr"" "'! ipr"' I j j ,Ba iip111 '-Tt ! ! t j : i t : ! i o ! ? f 1 f 1 71 . T iilllliuliii) CED T? 77 rt Is) ! i ; '9 ' ' .-77 - Cy MELCBEE AIYES , Staff Writer Several irreckrities in this year's clsction procedures have placed The Dally TcrHzcl and student body presi dent races in limbo for another day. The Elections Board Wednesday niht appointed two of its members to investigate complaints and to report back to the board tonight. At this point, Jim Hummel has won 50.1 percent of the votes for DTH editor and Joe Buckner was leading in the student body presiden tial race with 49.1 percent. DTH candidate Thomas Jessiman filed a complaint with the Elections Board last night protesting the clos ing of the Craige Dorm polls 30 minutes before the offi cial closing time of 7 p.m. He also said that Hummel supporters allegedly were handing out brochures within the 50 feet limit of the election polls in Hinton James. "We took Craige by 2 to i vote," Jessiman said. "With that box staying open the full time and with other election violations corrected, we could have won outright." . The Craige poll was closed at 6:15 p.m. because of personal problems involving the poll tender, said Deana Williamson, Elections Board executive assistant, who spoke with the Craige poll tender. I DTH Wilt Owens 'DTH' candidates Hummel (laft) end Jossimsn during Elections Board hearing ... Jessiman filed complaint alleging polling irregularities at Craige dorm In response to the charge that some of his workers were in violation of the 50 feet limit, Hummel said it was up to the Elections Board to determine whether any wrongdoing had taken place. "There are people working for me who I don't even know," he said. "I had no knowledge that this was tak ing place." If the Elections Board determines that the closing of the Craige polls would make a difference in the out come, a runoff is possible, said Gregg James, Elections n Board chairperson. ' i Jessiman said that his campaign manager has 42 sig natures from people in Craige who said they would have voted for him had the polls remained opened. "To have that happen in my strongest dorm is more than enough to force a runoff," he said. Hummel responded by saying, "We can start playing the numbers game. I can get people to sign petitions, too-"- ' See PROBLEMS on pag3 3 ITT) Tt TT V if n mi m n i - 1 i if m ! -ir likely to aee FumdlFif. Ey KATIIEHINE LONG i SUtt Writer After counting results of ballots from Hinton James and Wilson Library, un certified results shows there will be a runoff for student body president between Joe Buckner and Scott Norberg on Feb. 17. The uncertified count was: Buckner, 3,205 votes (49.1 percent); Norberg, 2,710 votes (41.5 percent); Tim Smith, 239 votes (4.4 percent); Mark Eozynski, 230 votes (3.5 percent), and write-ins 91 (1.4 percent). Counting stopped for a while Tuesday night when Norberg questioned an agree ment the candidates signed which stated they would accept results from Hinton James although registration sheets were not used there. Norberg said he wanted to make sure the agreement would not invalidate the candidates' rights to dis agree with any other irregularities in the voting process. Buckner said he started campaigning again Wednesday night. "We can't let up," he said. "We have to redouble our efforts." Norberg said he thought the added time would give him a chance to empha size the work he has done in Student Government. "It is a whole new ball game," he said. Both Bozymski and Smith had asked that their votes be voided, throwing the election to Buckner. However, the Elec tions Board denied their request. Buck ner said that voiding the votes would be "unethical" and that he advised them to withdraw their request. Smith said he had not talked with either candidate directly about throwing them his support and that he wanted to remain neutral at this time. A runoff also will be held between Carolina Athletic Association presidential candidates Jake Kelly and Steve Theriot. The uncertified vote count was: Kelly, 1,955 votes (31.8 percent); Harold Cooley, 335 votes (5 J percent); Chuck Gardiner, 1,850 votes (30.1 percent); and Theriot, 1,910 votes (31.1 percent); and write-ins, 91 (1.5 percent). Kelly said the runoff made her more nervous than the first election. "A lot of places where Gardiner did real well, so did Steve I'll have to work real hard," Kelly said. "I think I'll run strong in a runoff," Theriot said, but added, "It's going to be another squeaker." See ELECTION on page 2 ILsight to oppose r&tMEke-- request Ey DAVID POOLE .. . .' Sports editor ' ,;r : ar.i CLIFTON BARNES A&isisat Sports Editor Wake Forest came into Carmichael Auditorium Wednesday night and beat the North Carolina Tar Heels badly. It was that simple. "It was embarrassing, it was embarrassing to all of us," Al Wood said of Wake's 84-63 thrashing of the Tar Heels. The defeat marked the first time since 1973 thai Carolina has lost two consecutive games in Chapel Hill. "I can't remember us being dominated like that, especially here," Carolina coach Dean Smith said. "We weren't ready to play, and that's my fault." Whatever the reason, North Carolina was nearly out of the ball game before the fans had settled in their scats. The seventh-ranked Deacons came out nearly as sluggish as UNC and neither team scored in the game's first 2:57, but Wake managed to shake its slow .start while the Tar Heels did not. All five Wake starters had a hand in the early rally that staked the Deacons to a 24-6 lead midway through ;he half. The big guns, though, were Jim Johnstone, Frank Johnson and Alvis Rogers, each of whom had 6 points in the game's first 10 . minutes. "They jumped on us early," Wood said. "We were fiat-footed while they were moving and .executing." ... After the Deacons' initial burst, the Tar Heels ""finally began having some success on offense and managed to keep the Deacs from opening the lead much further. Wake took its biggest lead of the first half at 40-18 when Mike Helms hit a 15-footer at the 1:36 mark. Wake led 44-23 at intermission. Any hope of a North Carolina comeback then suffered a serious setback in the early moments of the second half when Guy Morgan, Johnson and Rogers hit the first three baskets of the half to extend the lead to 49-22. "We thought the first five minutes of the second half would be very important in any comeback at tempt they might make," said Wake Forest coach Carl Tacy. "We knew we were going to be hard pressed in the second half and that we would have to do a good job of protecting the ball."- "We came out and they opened up the lead even more," Wood said. "We were still flat-footed for five minutes." "Our main objective was to get the tap and score quickly for motivation," James Worthy said. But the tap was knocked out of bounds by Sam Perkins and Wake began pushing the margin wider. "I thought at the half we still had a chance to win the game," Smith said. "But, we had to get off to a better start than we did." See HEELS on page 6 J h i v. t v ..,..4 Frsnk Johnson (14) end Jamss Wbrthy fight for tha bc!I .. Wake's Jim Johnstone and UNC's Matt Doherty look on o 71. ' o ,71 may Qm.a.we pevemmae wanim ceMiiuiies Cy MONICA MALPAS3 Suff Writer North Carolina legislators are considering the establishment of a state revenue sharing program modeled after a federal program that would return millions of dollars in state taxes to towns and counties.' . During the first year, the measure would send S3 million to the 100 counties and about $2.7 million to towns and cities depending on Sen. Robert Jordan, D-Mt, GUead, who supports the till, emphasized the counties . ,,.1 IWi kwuiilvn.1 lvtu. Vl Sunt' mandates requiring social services and health The S3 million is already in the budget as part of the general fund, he said. This fund is supplied by sales and Income taxes, so it grows as inflation increases. "This is just one way we can give them (counties) some growth income," Jordan said. "Further legislative sessions could raise the amounts as they see fit." But opponents of the bill are concerned that local governments might become so de pendent cn the state that their programs could collapse if funding ever ceased. Sen. Sam Noble, D-Lumberton, expressed another concern. "Why have them send money up here, through taxes, and then we send it tack?" h; asked "They'll never get back v hat they send up here, after it has been all through the bureaucracy." Noble said he preferred that regulation of local programs be loosened and that state ad ministrative expenses be reduced so more money could go directly to counties. The exact refund amount for Orange County depends on which of several propo sals concerning revenue sharing eventually is passed. Rep, Joe Hackney, D-Orange, said since - revenue sharing was a pilot proposal invol ving little money at present, it would make little difference in Orange County's current financial problems. He said even if the proposal passed, it may not be put into effect this year, since the state budget may be trimmed. Rep. Patricia Hunt, D-Orange, said the state would wait to see what cuts President Reagan made before deciding where general fund money would go. It may be necessary to fund Medicaid or highway construction in stead of giving a refund to counties, she said. Hunt said she did not support revenue sharing but preferred that the state pay coun ty expenses cn schools and services and let the local governments be responsible for rais ing their own taxes. ; Presently, counties and cities rely cn pro perty taxes, which are unresponsive to infla tion, to fund social services that the state mandates, she said. If th tU parses later t.s spnng, fu. 5 By MARX SCIIOEN Staff Writer Petitions signed by more than 5,000 students protesting Southern Bell's request to raise its rates 128 percent will be pre sented to the N.C. Utilities Commission when Residence Hall Association President Peggy Leight testifies before the commission in Raleigh this morning. ' Leight said in addition to presenting the petitions, she plan ned to make it clear to the commission that students felt the proposed rate hikes were exorbitant and needed to be reduced. "The petitions are a way to say that there are students who are upset (about the proposal)," she said. Southern Bell requested on Sept. 4 that the charge for central office work wiring work involved in phone connections be raised from $5.85 to $23.25, an increase of 239 percent. The company also requested that the primary service charge of $11.35 be increased to $16.85 and the current rebate of $3.00 fee Increased to $5.35. The new total proposed bill would be $34.75. The present charge is $15.20. In September, representatives from Student Government, RHA and the Student Consumer Action Union toured the Southern Bell Chapel Hill facilities, and said they were uncon vinced the rate hike was justified. Leight said that when she testified, she would probably re iterate UNC's stance on the issue. In January, Robert Peake, director of the UNC Utilities Di vision, testified before the commission that central office work was essentially the same as reconnecting a phone that had been in operation (a restoration fee), and neither the $5.85 charge nor the proposed $23.25 fee was acceptable. During his testimony, Peake proposed that Southern Bell charge $15.35 for installation. That would include a central office charge of $3.85, a primary service charge of $16,85 and a rebate of $5.35. Leight said she expected the commission to approve a fee close to the commission's Public Staff recommendation. The staff proposed a $15.35 charge for installation, including a $7.90 central office fee, a primary service charge of $13.00 and a rebate cf $5.35. " Southern Bell has said the merer. e was needed to offset the .effects cif Inflation and to meet the requirements of an gntl inHation program. The proposed increase would generate an extra 5 C3.2 million in revenue. lx:;ht said the commhsion planned to make its decision in I '" " ' J I i ' I i i """n r? f ; .' t , . w .. n ,- i i : ' J mm n a n By RAcnrx rnnnv r - Ir.'rrcst Q;ecl:ng. Banus ChecV in?.. C:eciir- Plus Fhe and & i Quarter. N'OV. What? The rew- ; est t:rr.:r.c!y cf Feci 31? Actually, theie catchy phrases r- tm t rv ri . ; local tanks have chouen for th;lr ver.i "ns cf intereit-hearing checa- - Ih: Ecccur.ts, cal!:d KOV cr Vrm tky.ihll: Ordrr cf Withirail, was autl.crif J fcr t ath tavi,-s tai I -s : . j ca::::r.rrcL! Iz-.li ty s faiar-J Saw r: !a-.t je-r. The NOW tauats t-en cn the .' ilft t:-e fa: a. 31. . a:t : " ; t (. : - r : 1 1 i M i :.Un, r a' lie rr. p: a e to the interest-bearing checking accounts nas teen gooJ. "We've teen r'aa;antl pleased ty the response," sa!J ' Eddie Mann, Orarae Savings and Lean president. Hoi ever, most taalrrs did say that UNC students did not seem to be coaverting their c!d ch:;ling ac counts to NOW accounts, prinaarily tecause cf the h';h rr.iainaani ta'ances required. "It's a r:p-cff for Studants," said c.ae NCNO cra-'ayce ho v.lcS tJ "I don't know if students aren't aw -re, da n't have that extra tit cf rr.rr.ey c: t:.;-.'t ; d . 1 : I Dad, tut very few !ta ':?. ere c .-::: !. t' .': a; counts," sai4J'riV:,'-:s. t.CUlis ;; . ' Met student in:rv;.-rt; J i It',. " d: : h d a NOW chetkir. : ;:;ca .at. j t d 1 ; ' ' ' 1 efrcc-aeyiheyl-.er icdf.Mtl et ' : ' . " SI Jantt Steve as ?? I '"it . r '.; i - li.it. said. "NOV account? Wish I had cne," said sophomore Chris Bl$. hopp, a political seknee major from Charlotte. "It requires a lot more money than 1 ha e," he said. C :rl ?:;r.:-rr:y, a f:e hrr.an r i'i r ' ' t frr n .) .:::-i:'r, r d, "V.i I to 1 a l't tf rse--y f f it NOV e a:) to to i; -f : t' ht .t r "'-" -. J- -t I l :t t a i i i 1 d di ra ' " di fa.:a t t. . ' t t ; c e t.er sr.; Cr:: -.-" . ( - V . . J t: :. . i Atr? : : -: ?t ' f.V.i .t;.v rcrr:l 0- :t I if 4 C.ue.-ni. Ct-fik WUh trxttri S JcD lU lU r,t A V?.. -n. Ccvlir.2 f1y Sti NOV $ 3) - - SSf XUt N .-fn, I.-.rrrfti C $ 5-f - Ji . O-.-tU ;i4Uii. ?-i.V A.. ? - $- M.H) a- tlr -'.rx Cfci i L'i.n. V. nuJ--rf,tO.:al;"J 5..XJ ir.UI - 5J"

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