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.1 "" f 4 - V Ml ) ! t ' Gold rlcry Today wl'.l b3 sunny with a high in tha upper 80s end a 1 0 per cent chance of rain. The low will be in tha 60s. Squirrel chzza Having difficulty finding exsm tlma amassment? Road today's Bottom Line on page 6 for a little insight. .1 . .t- r k y Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Vcluma CO,. IcsuaV I Tuesday; April 281001 Chspc! HID, f.'crth Corc'ina WtwSpwtsArti 933X245 EuunaAdvrtisin9 833-1163 o P P 77' fT77 - ' '77- TTTTHT! yffS T TV T"""- Tf -Si yTTN TVr TT r i it (j f "7 i i ; j f f ! I : ! h u An m Ey JII I SMITH Special to Tht Dally Tar lied First of a two-part series. James, Diane, Peter End Sharon have a lot in common. Three are recent Carolina graduates working in the Triangle area. A fourth is student teaching ind will graduate in the spring. They are all intelligent, articulate and humorous the type of people everyone likes to meet at parties. All four are gay. James and Peter are lovers. Diane has a monogo mous relationship with another woman. Sharon said she had not yet found a single lover. These are not their real names. They asked to remain anonymous to protect their jobs, their families and their friends. Many people think they don't know any gays, and most would not think of their close friends as gay. But statistics show that, nationwide, one per son in ten is gay. That's just the national average. Peter said that in a place like Chapel Hill, which is considered more liberal than most North Carolina communities, the percentage is much higher. "I would say close to 18 percent," he said. "A lot of gay people stay here after they graduate be cause of the more liberal atmosphere." The reason people think they don't know any gays is that their gay friends have not yet "come out" to them. Coming out is the term gays use to describe becoming public about their sexual and emotional feelings. Three stages are involved in coming out: coming out to yourself, coming out to family and friends, and coming out at work and in public. All four said it was easier for them to come out in Chapel Hill than it would be for them at home. In Chapel Hill, they can not only remain anony mous, but they feel more accepted in this liberal community. Two are from small North Carolina towns, one is from a large city in the state and the other is from a small town near New York City. Gays may take years before coming out to them selves. James came out to himself when he was 13, while Sharon has, only acknowledged her gay feelings for about 18 months. "It was a thing people didn't talk about, on the seedy side," James said. "The only gay people who were known hung out in New York City, and that's not where I was." Diane agreed. "You never take it seriously, be cause it's never shown as an option. It's never de fined, so you don't really know it exists until eventually the feelings get so strong you can't hide them from yourself anymore," she said. All four had had some emotional or sexual ex perience with people of the opposite sex. Peter had been dating a woman for three years when, as a sophomore living in Avery dorm, he came out to himself. "I kept expecting that once I got her bra and panties off, it would be an incredible experience to be there I would be in heaven," he joked. "But, I was bored." When he did come out to himself, at first he had negative feelings.. . "I kept thinking I was a child molester, or a hairdresser," he said, laughing. "I was sitting on street corners looking for people with French poodles as gay men. A lot of those men turned out to be straight." James said his first realization of his sexuality was not that he didn't like girls; he just liked boys better. ' - The first time Sharon went to a gay meeting (during Gay Awareness Week), she said she was so embarrassed she almost wore sunglasses and a big, floppy hat. For Diane, coming out meant losing her best friend. When she told her friend she was gay, the girl broke off their relationship. "She never really said to me 'You're disgusting, I don't want to be your friend anymore,' but she went on her own way," she said. "I imagine she felt threatened like I was going to attack her or something." James, Sharon and Peter have come out to their parents. "My family is passively supportive," James said. "They see my happiness as a prime concern. They don't want me to get hurt, the same as they don't want to any of my hetero- Tim i Tf Tf acfeo to jm hi tor sexual brothers and sisters get hurt." "One of the first reactions my father had was 'why do you want to be female?, and being gay has nothing to do with being masculine or femi nine," Peter said. Diane has not told her family. "My father would disown me, and my mother would be very hurt," she explained. "I have several brothers and sisters. They wouldn't like it, but they could handle it." Diane is, however, out with most of her friends and co-workers. She said her work environment was more liberal than most, made up of young college graduates. "Most of the people I know at work pretty much figured it out for themselves," she said. "My lover calls me at work, we go to things together and they pretty much started seeing us as a couple." Sharon, too, is out with most of her friends. Only, two weeks ago, she found out that almost everyone in her major department knew about her lifestyle, and was very supportive. Sea GAYS on psga 2 W(DTU)(D)g(B(Dl equitable system v Ey COD KNOWLES Special to the Daily Tar lied Political activist and former Black Panthers party leader Stokely Carmichael spoke in the Pit Monday afternoon and advocated black organization for the destruction of capitalism and freedom from its oppressions. He said the job of organizing against injustice should be a normal task for oppressed people, but that it had been made abnormal because Americans lived in an abnormal society. "Capitalism confused people and the system keeps people happy in their confusion," he said. "Ninety percent of the American people are against communism and the men or women who hate it the most are the ones who know the least about it." In his appearance, sponsored by the UNC 'Black Student Movement, Carmichael stressed that black students had a key role in using. their, knowledge to .organize pgoplg for a more equitable society. "Everything we learn, we learn from the people ... and the student should use that knowledge as a means to become doctors to help the masses, not to buy a Cadillac. "Capitalism disconnects everything," Carmichael said. "An African student who uses his seat in the university class room must use it for the people because he is in the people's seat." Carmichael said he was neither Christian nor Muslim and was not a very religious man. "Most Africans in America who are Christian are hypocritical Christians because they have not read the Bible through," he said. "It is ironic that they take it (the Bible) out to church with them every Sunday under their arms and display it prominently in their homes." Carmichael said that Jesus could have been any color except white, since Christianity did not begin in Europe. . Carmichael told black students they should not be ashamed of their African heritage. He said shame of an African heritage came from an ignorance of Africa. Carmichael said his All-African Peoples Revolutionary Par ty was against Democrats and Republicans alike and that their organizational goal was to destroy the capitalistic system. Sea CARMICHAEL on pegs 3 V .. J DTK Matt Coopw Former Dlsck Psnthcr party Isadsr Stokely CermlchacI spoko In Fit Monday ... advocated black organization for the destruction of capitalistic system i -n UOD AMk- iiii The Associated Press RALEIGH Gov. Jim Hunt proposed a 3-cents-per-gailon increase in the state tax on gasoline Monday and coupled it with an income tax credit of up to $22.50 a year aimed at offsetting the higher levy for individuals and families. Hunt also recommended an unspecified . increase in the state tax on alcoholic bev erages and increased fees for truck regis tration, driver's licenses and various other highway-related fees. The increase in North Carolina's 9V-cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline was the central element in a package proposed by the governor to raise more than $200 mil lion a year for the state's highway program.-" v; "V '""- "To get the amount of money essential for our roads and continued economic growth, we must increase the gas tax," Hunt said. "North Carolina needs to reaffirm the commitment that has long seen us called 'the good roads state, " he said. "We should pay a little more money now to keep our roads and highways in good repair." 1 The governor will address a joint ses sion of the General Assembly today to formally present his package. Hunt proposed an eight-part package that the administration said would gene rate a total of $207.8 million in new reve nue for the state's financially troubled highway fund next year. It would amount to $213.8 million in fiscal 1S33. The gas tax increase he proposed would be the state's first increase since a 2-cent increase passed by the General Assembly in 1969. US mwaw c Hunt said the accompanying income tax credit would remove the burden of higher taxes from individuals and place it on business and tourists. The credit would be for 3 cents per gal lon of gas used during the year, up to 750 gallons. That would provide a maximum of $22.50 credit for any family or indivi dual. The gas tax increase would provide about $90 million to the state's highway program, and the credit would reduce about $11 million from the state's general tax collections. Although he did not spell out details in presenting his package, Hunt said he would recommend some type of increase in the tax on alcoholic beverr;es. Ad--rrlnbtr&tion'"Oflki'laiJ d3iU6rthat ' proposed increase would be announced later. The alcohol tax increase would go into the state's general tax fund, apart from the highway tax fund. It would be aimed at reimbursing the general fund for a transfer (amounting to $59 million next year) of sales taxes collected on automo bile parts and accessories. Hunt's recommendation for higher fees would increase the cost of a driver's license from $4 to $ 10, and increase truck registration costs by 25 percent to 35 per cent, depending on the size of the truck. Transportation officials have said their program is caught in a squeeze between climbing construction costs and dwindling gasoline tax revenues due to decreased consumption. The budget sent by Hunt to legislators in January would end most new construction and force the layoffs of more than 3,000 workers unless new money is found. 77 ' 77 mm mm W Nhar mf W ,m u Tl iddim Univeroity job.faocinating to Crowe 9 landlea eomplaiiito and inquiries By MAXUt SCIIOEN " ' Staff WrUer When asked to name the president of The Uni versity of North Carolina or the chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, most students would not have trouble answering. But, the same students probably would be hard-pressed to name the University's ombudsman Ed Crowe. Crowe, whose official title b Asdstr.t to the Secretary of the University, said that f' did not make his job any less taf)-ir. " -' "I think it's a fsscinitir jcb," sdd f ling compbints to assisting with Beard cf Thistcts nx)lnLT.:!;ti. "It's a t I ! mendous opportunity to observe deci sions bcL"!g rnii and see how a Lire- , can be rerpendve." Crowe, who beia working for Ths ' UrJvcrUy cf North CircUra Grr.m! Adrrinbtratien h 1979, b rcrpcmlltj Vl I st w about the cense!" tcJ UNC fi:cni. In Edition, as tsditant secretary, he phy fr',, fr's- m 4 V a rr' in rff.;LJ rrccrd-i td Crcwa mcritcring the N.C Grr.crd A::trr.t!y for tlon that affects thi Univcniry. "My jcb is mostly ed.r,!r.!strtive,M he tati. "Over half drals with rcr!e ouUiJe the Univer sity syitem. Most cf the requests are Inquiries tz'.1:t than ccmrhir.ts." Crowe salJ, for enample, he received numerous qurttkm from parents enj stud.r.ts last summer v,ho v anted to know when they were fettlnj de h)zi fmr;dJ til awards. Another mzn wanted to know where he could go to business school at night. "There's no set procedure (for handling requests)," he said. "For instance, if a person wants to know about a program, I'll go to the academic affairs office where a record of the UNC system's pro grams are kept.' From there, Crowe said, he could tell the person what school would best serve his needs and how he could enroll. , . r "I think that's one of the virtues of ; - ? the small system we have here," he said. "You can get the answer you need In a very short time." I Crow e, who works under Secretary of ths University John P. Kennedy, said he f felt that the General AdmLnUtiat ion has . a fkxible and responsive organization. f "The main responsibility is now with the campus," he said. "The idea of consolidation is to ' economize and Evoid unnecessary duplication. The system has a lot of diversity, each school has its own area. I thank that w 111 j help us deal with the problems cf the ! future." Crovie said he was happy kb jcb and hoped to keep it. "The pcr' I VV0T w VC'-U" hi said. "And the perrle I meet are lr.terc.tirg. Thai's the ttrerth cf UNC and North Carolina the caliber cf pcer'e cm meet." Crowe thinks his job is a vJaat !e one, i think my job docs have v!ue, because it .!hvn us ta hive f.oo .;,k,M he taid. "The tampuv b very winj to vocrcratc with people and their problem, ResidemilG prQteQt building mllowmnce Q By DIANE LUPTON Staff Writer Chapel Hill residents protested the higher . building density allowances in the proposed town zoning ordinance at a public hearing held by the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday night. The ordinance, a rewrite of the entire Chapel Hill zoning layout will go to the town Planning Board for recommendation hUy 5 and then to the council May 1 1. It contains provisions for higher densities in all six proposed residential dbtricts. Most of the concerns raised by individuals at the hearing were about the allowed density for zones in which they owned property, or neigh borhoods they lived in. BJestle Ibavcott "There's not much protection for existing neighborhoods (under the proposed ordinance)," citizen Margaret Taylor said. "You're turning to planning theory without considering how people feel about their homes." Taylor expressed concens that the town was changing from family-oriented to transit-oriented, "The quality (of neighborhoods) will change. People don't want to live plowed up on top of each other." Gerry Barrett, who said he had grown up in. Chapel Hill, agreed with Taylor that allowing more dwellings per unit of land was not good for existing neighborhoods. "You're talking about changing the feel of variious neighborhoods," he said. Barrett proposed changing to higher densities on undeveloped property on- the outskirts of town and leaving the existing residential zonings virtually unchanged. Another area of the ordinance which received criticism was its propoJed flood hazard district, which would cover most of Eastgaie Shopping Center, as well as the Tar 1 lee! Mote! and ether buildings on the U.S. 15-501 bypass. The ordinance would de the density of property in this district. David Frankstone suggested that the council allow seme exceptions for density in the flood hazard district, especially in the R-I (lowest density residential) district, Sc3 COUNCIL cn pzgo 2 iiilCU ViiiiJl, effect By SCOTT PUILLirS' - A nationwide boycott pretesting the market- ing cf infant formulas in Third World countries by the Nestle Co. b having an effect, said Lew Church, state coordinator cf the North Carolina Infant Formula Action Coalition. Cat a random survey cf area retailers cfNest!: products showed that all store managers said the boycott had no effect, and several cf them knew nothing about it. The bojectt. begun in Minnesota in July 1977, protested Nettle's promotion and marketing cf formulas in Third World countries. Theie coun tries b:k the faoil.tiet to prepare the formulas adequately, whioh usually leois to contamina tion. Ne'.tle, however, cc.-.tlnues to promote the fo:muh:i as tomg benef.oial to infants, a.urvh n,:f J cn the Wofli H:ohh Orgruaiicti't cstLmation cf annual cates cf rr:ara.trr.us sod di anh.ra, approvimately 10 rolHi n ca-rs are the result cf uroooo-ry tx;ile fcea... Out of this, j et i Tliria Hoaths wSjzi era crdy soma tCj bsyccttsd t ccr.:trrr.:r3 ... effort pretexting thi rn.trkctlng of Infsnt formulas in Th'rd V.bftd It can hf r.tlr.ztti t'- .! a o.t 3 r. ::. n ir.f- where t! ere w r t a reavooatte teve! cf hmhh vrfC e."s.'J Dr. l).rr.,k J. at t e UCLA by; iene and where there Is an t-de.-paate level !,.f lef VJ H. i h. cf parental edatlo." Jeliffe tali. "TU C 'i in I f,' "i i -i It t t un- 1htre tboul $ Utzt compares w tkh sU x-' .J;-ie -e. U:rAr 'cftl ; ef.rr the Ictmt, cf wti,h Nr.tli b the Largr.t, t . in c i t Vil .! i ; .. .' ! i . ;-'e r i f."..r-i tit r- f t4 ? f. ' 'i, ici.lf; said.
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