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Sunny and hot egaln today with a high of 88 and a low of 53. There will bo light winds and a 20 percent chance of rein. t if i i ) n i! ii 1 1 - - - ' :.- - ' --'1 ' ' V 1 J. K-: f I ' U Y- V V lei iiw M-. I For a glimpse into the process of fraternity initiation in various houses at UNC, read Rich's column on page 6. Serving the students and the University community since 1 893 Voiumo S3, Issua 2 3 Vdnssifsy, April 29, 1031 Chc3sl rd, tlzrth Ccrcllna WewSportaAil 933-0245 BuwMMAchmrtlsitig 933-1 183 1 Vi n v by 77T . ' Ey DALE JENKINS : , Staff Wilier The columns are coming, down at Playmakers Theatre. Major renovations on the theater began two weeks ago and should be completed by October, Gordon Rutherford, UNC director of planning, said Monday. The structure was built in 1&49 to serve as the University Ballroom, but was soon renamed Smith Hall after Benjamin Smith who pre sented the grant for the construction of the building. Funding for the rehabilitation $180,000 comes from a grant from the United States Department of the Interior and the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. ;' Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the theater is being restored under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. "The work involved is primarily restoration on the outside and some improvements on the basement," Rutherford said. "Rehabilitation and restoration of the columns, outside sur face and repairs on the roof area axe the major improvements." New York architect A.J. Davis modeled the theater using Greek classical architecture with help from a prisoner in the state peni tentiary in sculpting the wheat, ears of corn and tassels atop the columns. After the building was used as the ballroom for six years, the University decided to turn the structure into the University Library and use the basement as a chemistry laboratory and campus bathhouse. Change had become the noted quality of the building and would continue in the future. Next it housed an agricultural experiment sta tion and the law school. In 1925 Professor Frederick H. Koch sug- Student spotlight . Turner receive D key BSM award By DONNA WIOTAKER Features Editor He walks around campus with a briefcase in his hand and a smile on his face. Smith Turner IV is known for his cordial attitude and hard work. That's why the Black Stu&ct Move ment gave him the Outstanding Undergraduate Award at an awards ceremony Sunday. The sophomore industrial relations major from Charlotte was one of several to win an award Sun day. Although others won awards for their work, the BSM Awards Selection Committee thought that Turner represented an all-around BSM worker. As BSM representative of Morrison Dormitory, Turner spearheaded a gong show and cookout, and various bake sales and study breaks. Members of the Morrison Action Committee, a sublet of the BSM, have" also sung Christmas carols at various places. , ' Maybe Turner is best known for his efforts in or ganizing a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial program in January and a green ribbondonation drive for the slain black children in Atlanta. The. King pro gram drew a capacity crowd in Great Hall and the BSM gave out over 400 ribbons and raised at least $200 for the task force in Atlanta. Turner first heard of the BSM through Katherine Pointer II, Morrison's representative to the BSM, last year. He said Porter suggested all MAC mem bers join the ESM, so he did. 1 Ie even took Pointer's place. "After being involved in MAC projects, I enjoyed them so much that I wanted to do more," Turner said. "So, I talked to Allen (Russell) because Y thought we could do a good job. I also thought it would be fun and a good way to work with BSM and MAC." . Russell and Turner were Morrison representatives until April 1. ..vy'S ' : T! Aisiff sum Mfflsini'tBg ii .- 11 I i i if'' Cc!urnn Is being removed from Fbym-kcrs Theatre renovations on the 132-year-old structure began recently DTHScott bnar gested that the Carolina Playmakers, a student acting crew, occupy the building as a place to call "home" on the UNC campus. The Board of Trustees granted his wish and Playmaker's Theater became and has since served as the first state supported theater in the United States concerned with the performance of a native drama. Through the assistance of the N.C. Depart ment of Cultural Resources, the Division of Archives and History, the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, the money and sup port needed to renovate the theater was raised. (EDimciDLamiKB The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Reagan returned to the public stage Tuesday night and told Congress his tax and spending cuts were "the only answer we have left" for a sick economy. Reagan pronounced his own health much improved, thanks in part to the "friendship and yes, love" of his fellow citizens since he was shot March 30. He told the House and Senate they risked public wrath un less his economic package was quickly approved. It was his first public appearance since the assassi nation attempt. In a speech prepared for a joint session of the House and Senate and a national radio and television audience, the president called for swift passage of his economic package, saying inaction "will delay even longer and more painfully the cure which must come. . "The American people now want us to act, and not in half measures," he said in the address. "They de mand and they have earned - a full and compre hensive effort to clean up our economic mess.V Reagan thanked his listeners "for your messages, your flowers, and most of all, your prayers not only for me but for those others who fell beside me." Reagan said that "thanks to some very fine people, my health is much improved. I'd like to be able to say that with regard to the health of our economy. But the fundamental nature of our economic mess has not changed.". ..V' " Reagan pointed to inflation continuing "at a double-digit rate" in the nearly six months since he was elected, mortgage interest rates averaging almost 15 percent and an unemployment count of almost 8 million people. "Six months is long enough," he said. "Because of the extent of our economy's sickness, we know that the cure will not come quickly, and that even with out package, progress will come in inches and feet, not miles. "The old and comfortable way is to shave a little here and add a little there," he said. "Well, that's not acceptable anymore. - "All we need to do is act, and the time for action is now,' he said. Reagan received the most emotional welcome of any president in recent history when he stood before a Congress primed to shake the rafters in its greeting. "You wouldn't want to talk me into an encore," he said when three minutes of rousing cheers and applause quieted. "I have no words to express my appreciation for that greeting," he said. Reagan later quoted Theodore Roosevelt as saying that "the American people, are slow to. wrath", but when their wrath is once kindled, it burns like a con suming flame." Reagan said that "perhaps that kind of wrath will be deserved if our answer to these serious problems is to repeat the mistakes of the past." Recent vote counts in Congress show the president has more than enough support to win approval for his budget proposals. But the victory now within Reagan's grasp would be on the congressional budget resolution, a commitment easily breached if the president relaxed his tight-fisted vigilance when Congress takes up individual spending bills. Solid as the prospects appear for this first-round victory, the White House remains markedly cautious in its assessment. But Congress seemed to have gotten the message even before the president presented it. Earlier in the ' day, the Senate Budget Committee approved on a vote of 15-6 a budget blueprint. The plan calls for a deficit of $43.8 billion next year but envisions a balanced budget in 19S4, contingent on $44.7 billion in unspecified spending cuts. Some Democrats assailed the proposal as "wishful thinking" but all 12 Republicans on the panel sup ported it, as did Deomocrats Lawton Chiles of Florida, J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana and Jim Sasser of Tennessee. x In a written statement, Reagan called the committee vote "a welcome display of a strong bipartisan spirit" that "puts our economic recovery program firmly on track." Geiaiacil delay decisioim 'en moim law 'Mi , DTWJay Hvman Smith Turner IV . Turner tried to foster good dorm relations through MAC, and was partly responsible for defining MAC so that the organization could become an officially recognized dorm committee; thus, encouraging all Morrison residents to participate in MACs activities. He also said that MAC activities were not geared only toward black students, but that mostly blacks came to the activities. ' Being Morrison representative "was fun and worthwhile, but it was also hard work," Turner said. "And sometimes it bothered me when we had very low participation in the dorm." He attributed this low participation to apathy and culture differences between blacks and whites. But despite those problems, Turner has not be come discouraged. He and Russell are the BSM Membership Committee co-chairpersons for 1931-1932. Although Turner works diligently with the BSM, he seems to know that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, because he really does play the piano. Turner started taking piano lessons in the third grade. "After seeing so many people play the piano. See TURNER on page 2 By RACHEL PERHY - Staff Writer w After more than two hours of discussion, the Chapel Hill Town Council delayed action Monday night on the proposed noise ordinance. The or dinance missed passage, failing in a 4-to-4 vote, which automatically postponed the issue until the next council meeting. Council members Marilyn Boulton, Joe Straley, Bill Thorpe and Jim Wallace voted against the proposal. The excused absence of council member Bev Kawalec, who has advocated a stricter noise ordinance, was the crucial factor in the coun cil's split vote. - Council members questioned the ambiguous wording of the ordinance, length of time a group will be penalized for violating the ordinance, the distance noise should be measured from its source, and restrictions on obtaining noise permits.- Student Body President Scott Norberg, RHA President Robert Bianchi and Inter-Fraternity Council President Jim Maynard also voiced concerns over aspects of the proposed noise ordinance. Student Government plans to buy 6-8 noise meters for the Chapel Hill Police Department to let groups monitor themselves, Norberg said. "The problem with the current ordinance is that students have never known when they are vio lating the ordinance until police show up," he said. IFC President Maynard stressed students' willingness to work closely with the council and town on the noise issue. "The IFC is willing to tackle the noise prob lem with enthusiasm and dedication. We fully accept the citizens right to privacy," he said. But student leaders see the present penalty for violating the noise ordinance as too strict. As the proposed ordinance is now written, a fraternity or residence hall will have a noise permit application denied any time up to 12 months after first violation of the ordinance. "A year-long penalty is too strict," RHA president Robert Bianchi said. "This could 'tiucra lot of problems',- crpccklly for residence halls." The transiency of dorm residents would result in punishment of students not living in the dorm when the noise ordinance was violated, he said. Council members disagreed on the 12-month provision for denial of permits following a vio lation. "I don't think 12 months is too liberal. Par ' ties are often staggered that way," Mayor Nassif said. But council member Wallace said the 12-month penalty was unreasonable. "One year is quite artificial. One academic year makes a lot more sense to me." Norberg also expressed students' concern about the present ordinance's requirement that noise permits be obtained two days in advance of a party. "It would severely limit spontaneous parties," Norberg said. "We feel parties with live bands should have to request permits in advance, but other parties should be able to get the noise ' permit on the same' day.'"" Council member Boulton suggested stricter control of noise permit distribution. "Perhaps getting a permit should be more of a privilege than a right." Noise control could be achieved through rrrnit control, she said. "I don't see any way that is fair about decid ing who should and shouldn't get a noise per mit," Norberg said Tuesday. Boulton had suggested that permits be dis tributed on a first-come, first-served basis'. Town Manager Gene Shipman, who grants the permits, told the council that he would not grant more than three noise permits at the same time. The council also questioned the constitution ality of the present ordinance's requirement that noise be measured 75 feet away from its source, after Town Attorney Emery Denny expressed reservations about it. See COUNCIL on page 2 'EDeMy could lead to revision By RACHEL PERRY Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council's decision Monday night to delay action for two weeks on , the town's controversial noise ordinance evoked responses of cautious approval from student leaders and town officials Tuesday. "We were hoping it would be delayed there are too many problems with the hnguage and the purpose of the ordinance," Student Body President Scott Norberg said. The delay will give Student Government a chance to work closely with town officials on suggested amendments for the proposed ordi nance, he said. Town officials agreed that the extra time gained for revisions was needed. "Basically, the report in front of us was ac ceptable, but with a few delicate questions like the (violation) penalty and distance of measure ment to resolve," said council member Jona thon Howes. "With a lot of hard work from both students and council, an agreement equit able to all can be reached." But council member Marilyn Boulton criti cized Mayor Joe Nassifs lack of response to student Input. "He (Nassif) asked for student input, then ignored it," Boulton said. "I think the mayor was wrong in thinking that letting the students express their opinions would quiet them. In ef fect, he was just showing them the ordinance (Monday night), but really didn't care what their opinions were." , At the council meeting, Nassif spoke out against reducing the proposed 12-month penalty for violation of the ordinance, in spite of Nor berg's and some council members' statements that the proposed penalty was too strict. fflTTI By JIM SMITH No one knows for sure how many members the Carolina Gay Association has. Not even the chair person, Lee MuIUs, knows, "Obviously, for security reasons, we don't keep any kind of membership listlMu'lis said. "If a gay person had lo come to a CGA meeting and sijn any rcll or know he was on a list anyone mchl see, there would be very few peopte cominj to our meetings." HuiLnevj meetings usually draw 15-25 members. Fcr special programs around 50 pecrle attend. Sochi programs, Lie the annual Srrin Prcrn, often attract from 1CX) to 1 53 participants. Mollis said there crc a variety cf reasons why attendance at meetings was low. "It's part cf the tenor of the times," t e ?. "It's not cay lo H openly gay in the United States fit this tine." 1 hoe who do attend meetings are mostly rr MuHIi said that in the pau the CGA had 1 :: dcT.imaeJ by women, but that now, fay wcrr.en were not es vi-.iUe in the or.-raa4j.a. enotmmm Overall, CGA is made up of about 45 percent undergraduates, 45 percent graduate students and 10 percent townspeople. , "We decided to move our meetings out of the Union," Muilis said. "People feared corning cut of meetings and being identified as having come from a gay activity." One cf the purposes cf the CGA is to he!? gays overcome these fears of being exposed. As a sup port group for campus gays, the organization sponsors rap groups, meetings, and socials, and publishes a monthly newsletter, Lambda. "It is CGA's function to work not only with pc!l;1cal!y conscious gay aethhts, but a.1,0 to serve there people, who, fcr whatever reason, do not or cannot be publicly gay i this time," Muilis said. The ether primary function of CGA is to pro vide an educational service to both straights and gays. The main programs fcr aecotnplhhing this are outreach speakers and Gay Aarer.?i$ Week. Many speakers have httn offered to a variety of t Lit-rr-:- rj from soochy ar;J p to r.r;!.vh and ghihnophy. '9 edl UCd mmmm qubi The purp-i of fh outu'Svh frcjrams ha been to educate the straight community on guy lifestyle. "Dy educating non-gays, we would not simply come down to not having any differences there are great differences in lifestyle as well zs life ex perience in being gay," Muilis said. "Eut the dif ferences are not insuperable. We can still come to difference:!." The format of the outreach discu'i'cns ccnaicts of speakers answering questions on gay Lf;;t!e from t suiCnvC Peter, who has participated in the diseunbns, said there was nothing he had rot been asked. "Questions rang? from what is it Lie to lave another mauV to 'what do you in bed'," he said. Another method CGA has used to educate the community about gsy tfestjle ts Gay A'-varrr.eis Week. This con-u-.ts of a series of orishepj, tilt cuuiar.s and event i de .J;n; J to prcr.;:? d .! between ga$ and ttraijhts. hharcn, a r,.r,L:r cf the CGA, said few i?.'J.t pr.; !e &":?.. ;S the iL-etiuti-es, "lg they're gffcIJ tcm;or.iCl thlrA thry axe g y," the taid. "Il-t a let cf pec;'; h3aet not sure if they are gay come to lock around." Many CGA members said that just the fact that the group existed as a University-recognized crgaaalaa'-icn helped pec;!? to overcome their guilt and embarrassment about being gay. gay feelings it helps to legitimatize their lifestyle, said Dan, another member. This is one reason funding of the CGA has been a controversial Issue since it was formed over il years ego. Many students do not want part cf their V V ifew i V sw Mk V' a trotyl? with which they do net zz't:. Laat year, the CGA rr;-:r.'cd $2,003 from the Campus Goverrung Council budget. Tt ty received 51. C53; His year they laked for an inert aie to 52. CC2, but imsteii cf an bereave, their budget prepcadwas cut to J $73, only 33 percent cf their rcQu-i. Only tL iT ttrrc cul M Cb-.buuV. a good pert cf ih? butt waj g-.lng 1 3 1 C-ij C f fiLy C -t ! w ? t . , --. i y t v 2T tali. 'llever, t were cut ij li eicr,i cf, ether n wmi ivUi., iLJ not a,irce with CGA pro jams, and therefore voted scinst CGA funding, ot he added. Money is needed to pay for the newsletter, pub licity for activities and to pay other buls. I laa the ftmdlns increase been improved, the crfaniiation "1 tlink that there . ere ;;m? people nfu, cut r? w w ttnfM Ift tt?rt a erp.txn.eV'ti'f ttn'tcc for pavs. - . . . t Fund.ng cf CGA is net the crJy controvtnias aria g3 uiai vpci tuu n i not quite m cpen to alicnute lifestyles &s It might s-eem. "I'd like to think that in a tberal urivenlty at mojphcte, people would be allowed to pursue the lifestvle they want, at l .rg as h harms na cuae c!,-et without cb;ections by members of the com munity," Muilis taid. That'i r at true la Chapel Hil. htJZlt joU t.h cor.txoveriy items Umn the whvl? gooj-cle-toy trsd-tiont of the South. Until education end time remove the? feclmgs from the region, ttyt will have it hard time finding .'- f -