Prep's cooler
Cooling off today, with a 50
percent chance of rain and
high in the mid-70s. Low to
night in the upper 50s.
Pep rally
A marching pep rally will be
gin at 7:30 p.m. today at Bo
shamer Stadium. The rally
will proceed to North Cam
pus and end at HintorrJames.
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. It only takes five seconds to toss those little white cards
in the air at halftone.
But it takes Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity nearly ninety
man-hours to prepare for the card-section show Satur
day afternoons.
Since the fraternity brothers handle the time-consuming
details of arranging message displays, other stu
dents do nothing except sit in the proper section of
Kenan Stadium and hold up the cards.
Steve Scott, sometimes called "looter Tooter, the
Computer Rooter," is a fifth-year computer science
major who works out the configurations on a computer
program. He then feeds the program to the computer,
which maps it out.
"I used to plot it out on big boards and figure out
which colors went where for each of the five stunts,"
Scott sa'd. "It was real complicated, but now I just map
it out, and the computer draws it up."
"It's worked out a lot better with the computer," Pre
sident Joey Robefson said.
Yet Scott still spends eight to 10 hours alone working
on the project for each Saturday. Scott said his job was
even more difficult because the University has cards for
only 26 rows of students. The card section in the stadium
is large enough to accommodate 36 rows.
"That equals a whole extra word," Scott said. "I have
trouble spelling stuff, so I have to run words together."
He said the card section was relatively small because the
University has had the same cards for 10 years.
Roberson spends about five hours a week on the pro
ject, while the rest of the brothers contribute two to
three hours of their spare time.
Roberson said the brothers sorted the 1,326 cards in
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Students in the card section hold up cards during halftime of the ECU game Saturday
... this part of game tradition means hard work for some, involvement for many .
packs of four according to the colors of the program for
that particular week. ' .
"For instance, this week we didn't use purple and
gold, because if an ECU fan got the chance, he would
hold up those colors everytime," Roberson said. Then
the men put 51 packs into 26 boxes for each of the 26
Roberson said the brothers then cut up the computer
printout rules and glue them on to 1,326 small pieces of
cardboard.
"It takes about 30 guys three hours to do that,"
Roberson said. The instructions are different for many
of the sets of cards.
"On Saturday morning, the brothers get up at 8 a.m.
to go to Kenan to put the cards under the seats,"
Roberson said. At the game, he announces the instruc
tions and holds up diagrams of what messages the stu
dents will display, he said. At the end of the stunt, the
brothers collect the big cards.
Scott said he tried to think of original sayings to use at
the games to go along with the traditional "Go to Hell,
State.". '
"We try to please the crowd," Scott said. "The school
has been pretty lenient about what we can do." V
This oast Saturday the card section performed four
stunts besides the traditional "Go to Hell, State." They
did "Welcome Back," "Tarheels," "Lacrosse 1" and
"EZU." .
Students say they enjoy sitting in the card section:
Mike Stout, a sophomore English major, sat in the card
section last Saturday. . .
"If I can, I try to get seats in the card section, because
they are the best student seats you can get," Stout said.
He said he liked doing the stunts and did not think it
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON President Ronald
Reagan will propose that the depart
ments of Education and Energy be eli
minated next year, and is resurrecting a
controversial plan to delay cost-of-living
raises for Social Security recipients for
three months, administration sources
said Wednesday night.
The sources, who asked not to be
named, ' said Reagan was scheduled to
announce the proposals early next week
as part of his latest blueprint for making
additional cuts in the budget for fiscal
1982, which begins Oct. 1.
The administration also has signaled
Congress that Reagan would not be op
posed if the House and Senate voted to
trim military spending by . slightly more
than" the $2 billion Reagan seeks for the
coming fiscal year;
In addition, Reagan will propose de
ferring automatic cost-of-living increases
in other entitlement programs, such as
veterans benefits, food stamps and civi
lian and military pay raises.
Reagan's1 budget director, David A.
Stockman, briefed key Republican sena
tors on the administration's new budget
cutting proposals Wednesday night At
tending the meeting were Senate Majo
rity Leader Howard Baker, Budget
Committee Chairman Pete Domenici,
Appropriations Committee Chairman
Mark Hatfield and Finance Committee
Chairman Bob Dole.
The new cuts, coming on the heels of
$35 billion in reductions approved by
Congress this summer, was prompted by
new estimates that high interest rates
were driving the projected deficit for
1982 well beyond the $42.5 billion target
set by Reagan.
Reagan pledged repeatedly during his
campaign and. after taking office to
abolish the Energy and Education de
partments. Last spring, the president proposed
cutting Social Security benefits, a move
that would save $3.8 billion in 1982. But
the proposals drew so much political fire
in Congress that they have lain dormant
ever since. : " ;
Sources said Reagan had decided to
propose anew one major Social Security
proposal deferral of the annual cost-of-living
increase in monthly benefits
from July 1, 1982, until Oct. 1, 1982.
The move would save an estimated $2.8
billion in 1982.
As cancellations occur
Mo using
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By DAVE KR1NSXY
DTH Staff Writer
At the beginning of the semester, 127 stu
dents were living as the third person in a room v
designed for two people.
But by the beginning of this week that num
ber has been reduced to 33 people through re
location efforts of University Housing.
The remaining tripled students will be relo
cated as more cancellations are made, Phyllis
Graham, associate director of housing, said
this week. '
Graham said it was hard to predict when
more cancellations would be made, but five
cancellations were made last week.
Students who are tripled receive a 20 percent
discount on their housing bills for the amount
of time they were tripled, even if it is for only
one day, she said.
This discount applies to all three students
who were in the room, not just the student
forced to relocate.
The discount is in the form of credit on the
student's account, Graham said.
Jane Sommers, a freshman from Washing
ton, D.C., was tripled in Winston Residence
Hall until Friday, when she moved down one
floor.
"I was supposed to move on the seventh (of
September) to Hinton James," she said. "A
whole new dorm would have been the hardest
part," she said, explaining that she decided to
wait until an opening could be found in
Winston.
Although she saidshe felt that her reloca
tion should have been quicker, Sommers said
that on a personal level everyone was very
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Jane said it felt "great" to move into her
new room. "It was fine when we were working
together," she said, referring to her former
roommates, but when space began to become
cramped, "it could be just awful."
"It was a luxury to have a closet to myself,"
Sommers said.
Robin Renn, a freshman from Coral Gables,
Fla., said she was worried when she was in
formed that she would be part of a triple,
mainly because her two roommates were al
ready friends. But by the time Renn moved
out on Labor Day weekend, her feelings had
changed.
"I was so upset," she said. "I cried for an-
rooms
hour." ' '
Renn's roommates, Mary Alice Resch and
Kim Buckner, both freshmen from Siler City,
had little or no reservations about being tripled.
"I was glad," Resch said. "It didn't bother
me." J:.V-
Resch said there were no major problems
until Renn moved out. "It's hard after you've
been living together for three weeks."
"I was worried about it at first, Buckner
said, referring to fears that her studying would
. suffer from living in a triple. But all three girls
said that studying was no problem.
These women were so happy together that
they decided to try to remain a triple. But the
best that could be arranged was to have Renn
move down the hall in Winston.
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By ALAN CHAPPLE
DTH Staff Writer
North Carolina tobacco farmers are
worried that they might lose federal price
supports if an amendment to eliminate
the program is passed by Congress this
month.
The federal price-support program cur
rently guarantees growers a minimum
price for their crop and limits the crop's
size through allotments and quotas. The
amendment to the 1981 farm bill, spon
sored by Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore.,
and being considered by the Senate this
week, would eliminate the program.
Proponents of tobacco supports fear
that elimination would have a harmful
effect throughout the state.
"It would completely disrupt the to
bacco industry in North Carolina," said
Brent Hackney, deputy press secretary
for Gov. Jim Hunt, "Price supports have
cost the government very little, and the
gains have been very high. It would have
a weakening effect for some years."
Rep. Charles Whitley, D-N.C, said,
"If we lose the tobacco program, big bus
iness will take over the farms and will buy
pesticides, fertilizer and other things
needed for farming on the wholesale mar
ket,' which will mean the loss of local
sales." -
Whitley's press aide, Skip Smith, said,
"It would cause economic chaos in North
Carolina. It would destroy the whole, tobacco-based
economy."
Opponents to tobacco supports dis
agree, saying the industry is strong enough
to support itself . ,
"Tobacco is one commodity, a strong
commodity, which will survive very
nicely," said Jeff Arnold, staff assistant
for Hatfield. "The demand for tobacco is
inelastic, and cutting federal supports
should have little effect.'V
One reason tobacco price supports
have come under attack is because the
crop is a non-food item. "With all of the
budget cuts school lunches, food
stamps, food supports it's not fair that
we allow a non-food item to be suppor
ted," Arnold said. "Tobacco is the only
.commodity not coming up for periodic
review. Federal support is automatic each
year." "
Price supports also have faced opposi
tion from congressmen who find pro
grams in their own districts being cut.
Arnold said most oi the . budget cuts
seemed to be coming from the same areas
and that congressmen were willing to sa
crifice the tobacco program to save pro
grams they supported.
A third reason for opposing price sup
ports is the health factor linked to to
bacco. Arnold said Hatfield found it illo
gical to spend millions of federal dollars
to inform the public of the dangers of the
plant's byproducts while providing aid
for its production.
Advocates of price supports argue that
opponents of the program are incorrectly
informed about its importance.
"This is mainly a North Carolina
issue,'' Hackney said. "I expect Sen.
Hatfield would feel differently if they
grew tobacco in Oregon."
The continuation of price supports is
important, Whitley said. He said the sup
ports had worked better than any govern
ment agriculture program because they
controlled tobacco supply and kept prices
high for growers. ' ' '
"Without price supports, the small and
medium-sized tobacco farmer will not
survive," Arnold said. "It would result in
corporations buying out North Carolina
tobacco farms."
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By LYNNE THOMSON
DTH Staff Writer
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The 4,500 members of the Ram's Club gave
$3 million last year, providing all scholarship
money for varsity athletics. '
In return, the members get Club benefits in
cluding football and basketball tickets, park
ing privileges and access to the Club Room in
Kenan" Field . House, depending on their level
of membership.
Ernie Williamson, executive vice president
of the Educational Foundation, the formal
name of the Ram's Gub, described how the
benefits were awarded.
The club is divided into levels of member
ship based on the amount of contributions
members have made. A member of the highest
category is called a "super ram." He must give
at least $1,500 per year, and he receives four,
season home football tickets and access to a
parking space in the Ram's Head parking lot
outside Kenan Stadium on football Saturdays!
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Basketball tickets are more scarce, and the
Ram's Club uses a point system for deciding
which of its members will be able to buy the
2,800 Carmichael Auditorium tickets alloted
to the club, Williamson said.
The system gives a member two points for
every year he has been in the club. Minimum
membership is $150 per year. The member also
receives one point for every $100 he has given
to the club. -
Williamson said that last year 160 points en
titled a member to buy four of the $97 tickets,
while 106 points allowed him to buy two.
This same system is used in allocating ACC
tournament tickets. v
Other Ram's Club categories are less expen
sive than the "super ram." A "big ram" is
one who gives $750 a year. He also receives
four football tickets, but these seats are behind
j thoe of the "super ram."
I A regular Ram's Club membership entitles
the member to buy four football tickets. They
are $63 apiece. The "regular ram" does not
Ram's Club members get other benefits for
their contributions, Williamson said. They
have the use of the Ram's Club Room in Kenan
Field House at the south end of the stadium '
where soft drinks -and snacks are provided to
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They also receive football and basketball :
brochures and periodic letters from coaches
Dick Crum and Dean Smith and Athletic Di
rector John Swofford. ' '
The Ram's Club holds an annual meeting at
the time of the Blue-White football game in
the spring. The members then get to meet the
coaches and players, Williamson said.
Further, Smith held a basketball clinic for
the children of club members last spring, Wil
liamson said.
Of the $3 million raised, $1.4 million went
to pay for athletic scholarships, he said. The
athletic department and the University Scho
lastic Committee decided on the allocation of
the money.
Williamson said that the National Collegiate
arships. The University gives the athletes the
maximum the NCAA will allow.
The Ram's Club is running the fund raising
for the new student activities center that will
house future Tar Heel basketball teams. "
, The center will cost $30 million, and Wil
liamson said that his. organization was halfway
to raising that amount, .
The club is using the present scarcity of bas
ketball tickets to entice members to contribute.
If a member of the Ram's Qub gives $5 J000 to
the athletic center fund, he will receive two
tickets when the new center opens, he said.
For $10,000, he will receive four seats and
access to a parking space. He will get four box
seats and parking access for $25,000 and six
box seats for $37,500. For $50,000, a member
of the club will receive eight box seats and ac
cess to two parking spaces.
Athletic center donations are not made in a
lump sum, but are spread out over seven years
to allow the contributer to take full advantage
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Residents use crosswalk at Franklin Street
... pedestrian safety has become an issue
Muny pedestrians
unaware;, of laws
By ANNA TATE
DTH Staff Writer
Every weekday afternoon downtown Chapel Hill becomes a
veritable sea of pedestrians. ,
Thousands of people cross Franklin Street and other down
town streets daily to run errands, reach classes, mail letters or
withdraw cash. -
Safe passage via crosswalks is essential to Chapel Hill residents,
but many of 20 people interviewed by The Daily Tar Heel show
ed a lack of knowledge about pedestrian laws.
A public outcry for improvements to area crosswalks, espe
cially at the crossing in front of the NCNB plaza on Franklin
Street, followed a series of well-publicized pedestrian accidents
during the spring of 1980. -
The Chapel Hill Town Council recently ordered the town
Department of Transportation to install "walk" and "don't
walk" signs at the NCNB plaza crossing. The new signs were in
stalled Monday, and plans have been made to add a crossing in
front of the Morehead Planetarium.
Many Chapel Hill residents, including several UNC students,
said they were basically ignorant of pedestrian laws in Chapel
''Hill. ' ' ''..
Some said, for instance, that they did not realire pedestrians
have the right of way at all white-lined crosswalks whether signs
are present or not. '
Fifteen of the 20 people interviewed said they looked both
ways before crossing in a crosswalk, but only five said they did
so at the crossing at the NCNB plaza.
"The NCNB crosswalk is what you call a liberal crosswalk,"
student Kathy Moore said. "You can usually just go right across
without any problem."
One man who asked not to be identified said that as a driver
he did not like to stop at night at the NCNB plaza crossing be
cause his car was often hit or slapped by passing bar-hoppers.
Another pedestrian said she was .often forced to walk out of
the white lines by cars and city buses that stopped within the
crosswalk.
All agreed that the new signs in the downtown area should
help both drivers and pedestrians move along easier. But the
other crossings, such as the one on Raleigh Street across from