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Summer cedent Today will be mostly sunny, but cool with a high near 60. No chance of rain in forecast. rr O I I i Finsl exsms' ; For any student who is still un sure when when he has a final exam, the exam box is on p. 3. 7 i i r ! ! V tin i i j i tin" Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Vc!uma 09, Issua Tussday, April 21. 1981 Chaps! Hi!!, North Carolina NewsSportsArtt 933-0245 BusissAdvrtrslng 933-1163 If f ' i I - 1 i r f if j i ' o 77 Bu WH(& Editor's note: This is the first installment of a two-part series on media in Chapel Hill and Carr boro. Today 's story is a genera! survey of the local media. 'Tomorrow's will deal with the financial situation confronting those media. Dy NANCY DAVIS Staff Writer As a university community, Chapel Hill is known for its intellectual and cultural image. But it's also known for its diverse media. Whether you're looking for news, music, enter tainment or shopping information, you'll pro bably be able to make a choice between at least two sources. For example, Chapel Hill's four radio stations offer music programming from country to classical and jazz, and each attracts a different audience. VVCHL (1360 AM) targets an audience between 25 and 54 years of age and plays mainly current hits. But because of its strong commitment to news and sports coverage, the station also attracts younger and older listeners, General Manager Lee Hauser said. WCHL actively pursues a responsiveness to the community, Hauser said. "We open our doors to any organization we can assist in promoting their events. And we try to stay involved in various com munity activities such as the United Fund. "For a long time, before The Chapel Hill News paper went to a daily, there was no local news. So we instituted a strong commitment to local news. Even now, we're the only morning news source," Hauser said. Chapel Hill's other commercial station is WRBX (1530 AM). A country music station, WRBX aims at an audience between 25 and 55 years old. WRBX started in Carrboro in 1973 with a power output of 1,000 watts, moved to Rosemary Street at 5,000 watts and is now on the Chapel Hill-Durham Boulevard at 10,000 watts. "Last year, country music (nationwide) out billed rock for the first time. That's just an unheard of thing. The audience for country is growing fast," WRBX owner Hugh Johnson said. On the lower end of the FM dial are Chapel Hill's two noncommercial radio stations. But WUNC (91.5 MHz) and WXYC (89.2 MHz) are about as far apart in music programming as they could get. WUNC plays primarily classical and jazz. "Our mission is to interpret and reflect the human ex perience through attention to human beings as cre ative people and as performing artists," Director Gary Shivers said. While some people would call WUNC elitist, Shivers said there was a conflict in that observation. "There's nothing elitist about WUNC or public radio. We have a lot of confidence in people. But saying WUNC is elitist, we would be saying the people in North Carolina are too stupid to enjoy the station. Our programming strives to reflect the intelligence of human beings. We wouldn't exclude . anybody in North Carolina from being interested in our programming." But Bill Burton, station manager of WXYC, UNC's student-operated station, says WUNC is usually associated with a highbrow image, wealthy backers and a high class reputation. "I try to avoid that image for us and make it (WXYC) an active listening station and an active learning experience. We try to give listeners a wide view of what's happening in contemporary music," Burton said. UNC dethrones reig JOF mug Wake ACC By CLIFTON BARNES Sports Editor golf title ROCKY MOUNT "We've turned a mediocre season into a hell of a season," individual champion John Spelman said Sunday after his UNC team dethroned perennial champion Wake Forest by five strokes in the Atlantic Coast Conference Golf Tournament at Northgreen Country Club in Rocky Mount. The Tar Heels were criticized all year for being inconsis tent but the Carolina squad put together three days of its best performances of the year. Golf coach Devon Brouse said that perserverence and determination led to the victory. "This relieves a lot of frustration," Brouse said. "I thought we had the best team in '7? and '79 but we didn't win the conference. This year I thought we-v.'cre the best -team and we won it." Spelman's final round 67, five under par, was the high light of the tourney, but each day it was a different UNC golfer who carried the weight on his shoulders. Friday day one ... Jt was senior Frank Fuhrer's three-under-par 69 that led the Tar Heels to a three-stroke lead over the Deacons in what immediately turned out to be a two-team tournament. Saturday day two ... Junior Billy Williford fired a second round four-under-par 63 to keep the Tar Heels three strokes ahead of Wake. Williford took the individual lead over Fuhrer and Deacon Robert Wrenn going into the final round. Sunday day three. The final round belonged to Spel man. He birdied the first hole and the seventh before bogeying the tenth. He came back to birdie 12, 13, 15 and 17 to finish the tournament with a championship score of 214, two under par. "Three guys whining for us on three days shows good depth," Brouse said. "I think the good balance on our team has something to do with us winning it. Potentially this team is the best we've ever had." "We had two or three guys play well everyday," Spelman said. "Our goal this year has been to play well and improve every week. We're definitely starting to mesh. I think we are peaking now." Spelman is certainly peaking now. "Today (Sunday) I was just trying to take care of myself and not worry about the others," Spelman said. "When John's playing well he's not afraid," Brouse said. "He'll hit the ball. He never backs off." "Golf is an individual skill sport and things like this are going to happen in this sport," veteran Deacon coach Jesse 1 i 'i ,4 Rocky Mount Tottsgranv Tumof Senior golfer Frank Fuhrer on 1 5th hole; ... he was first-round leader in ACC tourney Haddock said. "You're gonna get beat sooner or later." Haddock coached Wake to 14 league titles. The Deacons won the ACC title every year since 1967 except 1977 when UNC won after Haddock had left for the year in a contract dispute. "1 thought we'd do it again," he said. "We've been for tunate to win as many as we have. 1 realized a day would come when it would be someone else's time to win." Coach Devon Brouse said he thinks it may be his team's turn to win not just the ACC but the nation. "I would be greatly surprised if this team doesn't contend for the na tional championship." The Tar Heels are not assured of a berth to the NCAA Tournament but their chances are tremendous. A new rule states that if the NCAA selection committee wants another team from a conference say Wake Forest from the ACC it must first choose the conference champion. "We're definitely looking for a bid to the NCAAs," Spelman said. "We didn't get to go last year we had a good season, then messed up in the tournament. You might say we reversed the roles this year." Team totals are as follows: UNC 871; Wake Forest 876; Duke 886; N.C. State 890; Clemson 902; Virginia 920; Maryland 924; Georgia Tech 952. Burton describes WXYC's music programming as contemporary rock, jazz, new wave, as well as a broad range of music from the past. The 75 WXYC student disc jockeys can play whatever they want from a collection of 6,000 to 7,000 albums. To that extent, Burton said, the students determine what is played. Instead of playing Steeley Dan's "Hey Nine teen" eight times in one day, WXYC plays it once and then plays different songs off the album, Burton said. He compared WXYC to WQDR in Raleigh, where he used to work. Like most noncommercial stations, WXYC has a problem with not enough people being aware of it. "We have a reputation of being obscure. But we're the best of contemporary music with no commercials," Burton said. "And, we're located at the far end of the dial. People are brainwashed to listen to what they've always listened to. We're an alternative to com mercial stations." Public television similarly offers an alternative to commercial television stations. WUNC-TV is the lead station in an eight-station statewide net , work of public television. 71 "We feel the statewide network is bringing to the people of North Carolina programs of excel lence in the cultural arts, sciences, public affairs and adult learning which aren't available on com merical television," said Jack Dunlop, Director of the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television. While the station does not attempt to appeal to a large audience with any single program, Dunlop said the station tries to offer something for each viewer every week. "We hope there's something for everyone, whether it's in depth news, Masterpiece Theatre, country-western music, gospel or ballet." Cable television also offers viewers a wider va riety of programming. Alert Cable obtained the franchise for Carrboro in 1978 and 1,800 homes now receive the service. In 1980, Village Cable began serving Chapel Hill. Having gotten cable later than most towns its size, Chapel Hill now has 4,500 homes receiving cable. , See MEDIA on page 2 two (DicHlVS ffoMimd! in Atlanta Fih The Associated Press ATLANTA The second body in two days was found Monday afternoon in the Chattahoochee River at the boundary be tween Fulton and Douglas Counties, authorities said. Officer R.W. Denison of the Fulton County Police Department said the body was discovered about 4 p.m. in the river. He said it had not been determined whether the body was that of an adult or a child. Jimmy Brown, who spotted the body while clearing a field on the river bank with his son, said the body was black, but he refused to say whether it was that of a t child or an adult, or whether it was maie " or female. Brown said police told him not to com ment on the size of the body, but he did say that the body was naked from the waist up. He said he could hot tell from the river bank whether the body was ' clothed below the waist. At least five young blacks found slain this year were wearing only undershorts when their bodies were found. Clarification needed On Sunday, the badly decomposed body of 15-year-old Joseph Bell was pull ed from the South River in DeKalb Coun ty, bringing the number of victims to 25 in a string of slayings of young blacks that began in July 1979. The disappearance, of one other black youngster, 10-year-old Darron Glass, is being investigated by the special police task force in charge of the slayings. He was last seen in September. Bell, who lived in the same neighbor hood as two of the other 24 young vic tims, was last seen at a restaurant in southwest Atlanta where he occasionally w did odd jobs. - ; The manager of the restaurant, Richard Harp, told police recently that the day after Bell was last seen, he received a tele phone call from someone claiming to be . Bell who said, "I'm almost dead.' Authorities also said they believed that a number of the cases are isolated killings not related to the others. But in all 25 of the slayings, authorities said the victims were killed and their bodies dumped elsewhere. Prior to the Dec. 8 discovery of the body of 16-year-old Patrick Rogers in the Chattahoochee River, however, none of the victims had been dumped in water. With the finding of the body Monday, six victims now have been fished out of area rivers, including five of the last six. Authorities have speculated that the killer or killers may have started dumping the victims in rivers in order to wash away any clues that might have been left behind on the bodies. DeKalb County Public Safety Com missioner Dick Hand said Bell's body ap parently had been dumped off the Klon dike Bridge about three-fourths of a mile upstream from where it was found in the . water lodged in a tree in the river. He refused to say how the body was clothed. DeKalb County Medical Examiner Dr. Joseph Burton said Sunday night that the condition of Bell's body "was not incon sistent with him being dead since the day he disappeared." Noise ordinmuee raises questions By ELAINE MCCLATCIIEY Staff Writer Vice Chancellor fftr Student Affairs Donald A. Boulton and Student Body President Scott Norbcrg sent recommendations, disagreements and questions on the final draft of the proposed Chapel Hill Noise Ordinance to Chapel Hill Mayor Joe Nassif Friday. - Norberg said Monday that he felt certain sections of the final draft needed to be clarified and that he hoped to get other sec tions changed before the noise ordinance was proposed at the April 27 Chapel Hill Town Council meeting. "One of the biggest problems in past years in controlling noise has been that there hasn't been a very effective means for enforcing the current noise ordinance," he said. "The current Of . 77 ID ii iL OH 'an o tindFct cuto -reduce -'coiiepco tinanciai aid By KEN SIMAN Staff Writer If Many of the 8,000 UNC-Chapcl Hill stu dents receiving financial aid will be affected by President Ronald Reason's austere budget, said Dcsncr Morris, Director of Student Aid, Thursday night. Morris sdd that about l.tOO of the 3.300 students receiving aid frcp the Basic Educa- JV tior.il Opportunity Grant program faced some kind of reduction in what they could have received for the 1931 -1932 school year. The Uenc-n administration's refusal to consi der the inflation index trJ rising ecl'ece costs though no specific proposals have emerged, Morris said Education Secretary Terrell Bell had expressed a desire to reduce loans, parti cularly to students whose parents earned over $25,000 annually. Morris objected to exten sive reductions in the program, and said "It ts not always true that all upper- middle-class families can afford all college costs." Morris said there would be a delay in noti fying students about their financial aid this year, particularly t hose V ho applied after the March 1 deadline. She said undergraduates who applied before the deadline should re ceive the aid they qualified for, but students responding late might encounter difficulties in obtaining the aid they requested. Morris expressed concern about the re duced federal aid to higher education, and said that one long term effect might be "going back to the days when only elites went to college." ates effects oj butilgei TJ IfTI Of lly PAMELA MARLEY Surf VtUtr when awarcmg ersnrs rus maintained me maximum grant for 51,100, she said. Morris said she had hoped would have t een increased to in-state students at the cei differs lUtle the c ut $1,750, Scaueaucnaicoas, from thme set from 1972 to IV CO, when the fronts were limhed to $1,000 to $1,100. she saJd. Morris u!J becay.c of the Reajin simini itrslion's refuval to increase the f.rants, cid would be supplemented by the Univcnity. She salJ aid to graduate Mudenis would be rcdo'eed and O.ilted to unJerrraduste stu- infu-ilon of "There v..l! Ic no fie;;! hi d money, jua a different 1 he 4,im Mudcnu the Gmnmtctd Studen rr.3y cfkoi-mer rvw'vkt ttM mh Said. ifuivii',,: cun from nl I o2fi Prelim d o Ions, Morm s.;' J. A!-. The pros and cons of President Ronald P.er..Vs proposed budget cuts were discussed by a pjir.el of four UNC protests Thursday r.:bt at Gardner I laU. The discussion, co-sponsored by the UNC Young Democrats, Coalition for Social Justice, Americans for Ccrr.rr.cn Sense, Llock Student Movement and Democratic Socialists Organ izing Committee, was part of a series of pro grams imejtiatir4! the effects of bud'et cut tins on le-:al sen ices, student aid and oil er federally-funded programs. MUud Halemi, Nell Painter, Daniel VoZn and Paul Mailt!! were pandiH. 1 .3 pfofev.or ViAl.n told a itnatl audience that !he .lcr5ioi say that f'r: ;an;.m care p!e before they are torn and after plan and limited spending on 83 programs. "The child will not receive a quality educa tion because of the aid cuts to education. At lunchtime he w ill find there is nothing to eat," Poliitt said. "And they (the government) say they arc neutral on health. 1 don't believe it. They have burned brown lung posters, cut out Medicare and public health departments that gives ease the cde." Salcmi, who is an aLu CI fesior, said that "no chars; ,nl economic pro is not very attrac tive," and said that t!ternatin to the budget cuts were higher taxes, inflation rates or in terest rates. "Since resource in this country are limited, ... there arc no such thirds as fret lanches," he -J. A more radaa! rrdactia.n and program by the problem," Sa'cmi said. Nell Painter, a history professor, said that if ' the toscrnment was going to cut acres the board, dek'Uc vM.tatwiv itvw -eluded., "Spending $1.5 trillion on defence how much, how high is that?" she a.lcd, "An interesting aside Is that the iwerpmcnt lays that the Pentagon budget Is a life death question. Pood stamps are certair question of hunger," Painter said. IfaAcll. a I: prcfev.:-r. sa.J the c bad :t deficit ws c-a -ad hy the irtr-r and the scxiJ rrcv-"- .r-'.lated d-:n: tbe .-en l A', j and 'y a r r t Y.:r noise ordinance sets specific decibel limits but a decibel limit doesn't mean anything until the people know how loud they can be." Student Government plans to buy six to right sound level meters at a cost of $40 apiece so that an individual or organiza tion that gets a noise permit can also get a sound level meter so they can monitor themselves, he said. Norberg added that Student Government planned to sponsor demonstrations of the sound level meter for individuals and organizations at the first of each semester. At the Henderson Residence College Springfest concert held April 1 1, the sound level machines were tested to examine the possibility of self monitoring and to find out just how loud 70, 80 and 85 decibel performances were, he said. A major section of the proposed noise ordinance sets decibel levels for different times of the day. Nighttime sound levels (11 p.m.-8 a.m.) may not exceed 50 decibels except on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the times specified below. Daytimeevening sound levels (8 a.m.-l 1 p.m.) may not ex ceed CO decibels except on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the following times: 5-1 1 p.m. Thursday at 70 decibels without a permit and 85 decibels with a permit. 5 p.m.-l a.m. Friday at 70 decibels without a permit and 85 decibels with a permit. 10-1 a.m. Saturday at 70 decibels without a permit and 85 decibels with a permit. In the letter to Nassif, Norbcrg and Boulton expressed con cern over how the decibel limits were set. According to the proposal the sound level could not exceed the proposed limits at its peaks. This would mean that a performance that carries an average of 80-82 decibels would still be in violation of the code if it had peaks above 85 Norbcrg said, adding that at the Springfest concert the average was E0-S2 decibels but at times it did peak as high as 90 decibels. In order to obtain a permit, the noise ordinance code calls for two days notice. Norbcrg said he would like to see this charged because it would rule out spontaneous celebrations. In the letter to Nanif, Norberg and Boulton called for a higher prkc to be charged tct tin applications for permits. The fee set for a regular permit is $5, Ihc letter suggested than an ad ditional fee (e.g. $15) he Uurrd for fate errl'eatkiris, Norbcrg said that on of his major disagreements with the proposal was with the penalty for violating the set ceca p )sfrr..T:; wr s cj.:: s:. cf ii-O-J rrr Tarns rer; r. tb.-rj a 1 lie and hmits. The penalty far siolatmg the decibel hrnU is to deny in individual cr ergumation a mi pcrrr.il to go above 70 devi t .! f. r a year. He said he fell that a warrunj system ought to he set up io that a formal arr,inj would bcfivrn to a student vic'atirj the code before v... they are dead." I la St ?4 liM.i .. ! if the ruvcfr.mcnt tnitlar dd would tvjftcvtcd 'd the budget cuuir prorram invcstljatkri of th: ct the current proposals mot t sect "I or special tr.ferr.i groups to say 'the are j-rcat fer vou, r. l for me is r,o art !s would rr.skc j . t -' $-- cuts Acr t in f. r ii e li.i 15 v t - .. . . t fi , ' Cur tl e-. ;t f, r t! e fede: i:.. :.e I T - ' isth-U.5 ed L ars," he said. the penalty went into effect. He added that there was some confirms over whether th actions of one l.nJivtdaal . a . 4 - t - s m tales out nc Mind wuij jeoparjie the mm;! 2rraa- fights ftJf an cmire fucrnity, sororify, or rriidena? kll. w V.: lit. .r.'.i t, 'ti. s. ;;'.! -r- it H e w-y v-,1 1: eJH.. l.i t." ! : A? i t 1 - Jf. th ,a i irui merr.:7i oi is ma lilvAsuUclH-an of Stu dent life I rrJikhroedef UnU.-rw th t'O up UH ih revojr.mendations far iti dull.
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