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Monday, February 15, 1932
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'Heart 9y UNC win
Tough defense dominates
as Heels beat Georgia, 66-57
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By CLIFTON BARNES
Sport Editor
The way to North Carolina coach Dean
Smith's heart is through a good defense.
And his Tar Heels sent him the best
Valentine he could imagine with a 66-57
win over offensive power Georgia in
Greensboro Sunday.
"We were very sharp at times," Smith
said. "I thought our defense the beginn
ing thought of the second half especially
was outstanding."
The Tar Heels, ahead 33-32 at the half,
came out playing solid aggressive defense.
With James Worthy and Sam Perkins
handling the rebounding and Michael
Jordan coming up with a steal UNC
outscored the Bulldogs 11-3 to open up a
44-35 lead.
"Perkins and Worthy came to play the
second half," Smith said. "Worthy
played defense well. Georgia didn't look
comfortable handling the double-team."
But Bulldog superstar Dominique
Wilkins of Washington, N.C. can score
on anybody and he did. Wilkins, who
finished with an average 19-point day,
brought Georgia back to within three in
the second half, 50-47.
Then Smith decided it was time to br
ing the Bulldogs out of the zone defense
so he went to the delay game with 7:23 to
play.
Jordan, who had 12 points, drove the
lane in the Four Corners, scored and was
fouled. The three-point play with 6:18
left opened the lead to 53-47. From there,
Georgia would get no closer than four
.points.
Jordan, a freshman, had the nerves of
a senior in the delay. "We said if I get a
clear way to the basket in the delay I
should go ahead and take it," he said.
But Smith was not so impressed with
the offense, saying it needed to be
sharper. It was the defense that did it,
Jordan agreed.
"The defense led the spurt," he said.
"It was the only thing that kept us going.
We had a couple of big steals."
The biggest steals came from the big
man for the day, James Worthy, who had
seven steals.
Whenever the Tar Heels got flat. Wor
thy seemed to always be there with the big
defensive play.
"Worthy's steal and layup in the clos
ing minutes was important," Smith said.
"We had turned it over a couple of times
and that play gave us a lift." .
Georgia coach Hugh Durham men
tioned the same thing in his post-game
press conference. "When Carolina went
to the Four Corners, we forced a couple
of turnovers and had a chance to cut the
lead to two," he said. "It was a critical
trip down the floor, but we just didn't
cash in."
The Bulldogs had been cashing in their
comeback chips all day, especially in the
first half.
Worthy, who ended with 19 points, led
the Tar Heels to an early 20-7 lead but
Georgia turned the tables outscoring
UNC 20-7 themselves to tie the game at
27-27.
Wilkins put Georgia up for the first
time 29-27 before Jim- Braddock hit frm
the top of the key and Worthy drove the
baseline to give the Tar Heels a 33-32
halftime lead.
"It's hard to keep coming back time
after time," said Durham, whose
Bulldogs beat strong LSU Saturday. "If
you win, you've got to take charge.
That's what Carolina did today and
that's what we did yesterday against
LSU."
Smith said that the trip from Louisiana
to Greensboro may have left Georgia a
little tired, especially at the beginning of
the game.
"Early in the game our defense was
getting our fast break going," said Smith,
who also realized that it could not con
tinue. "You can't keep making every
shot. That's how we lost the lead. If
you're a good team, and Georgia is, you
come back from big deficits.
"But if we continue to play that way
defensively we'll be okay," he said.
"I think we're getting over our slump
now," Jordan said. "It was a defensive
slump, and now it is coming down to the
end of the season and everybody
understands the situation."
The situation is that the Tar Heels must
gel quickly to have a chance to win the
regular season or the conference tourna
ment and head into the NCAAs with con
fidence. See GAME on page 5
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...UNC sophomore scored 15 points and got 9 rebounds
Apartments converted to eomdos
By MICHELLE CHRISTENBURY
DTH Staff Writer
What exactly is condominium conver
sion? Translated, condo conversion means
that apartment property is purchased by
an individual or a group of investors,
who offer the units of the building for
sale and private ownership, rather than
for rent as apartments.
This was the definition that Chapel Hill
Town Planner Chris Berndt gave last
August when the issue of condominium
conversion first came up.
But, it has become questionable
whether this definition holds true for
Chapel Hill.
All living units at University Gardens
already have been sold as condominiums,
while about half of the units at Brookside
have been sold as condos.
Contrary to Berndt's definition of a
condominium conversion, most of the
apartments were purchased by investors
who are renting the units rather than of
fering the units for sale and private
ownership.
This discrepancy raises serious doubts
about any advantages condo conversion
might have for apartment dwellers or the
town of Chapel Hill.
According to a 1980 study by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the kinds of rental units
that are most likely to be candidates for
conversion are those in large projects
which are less than 20 years old and
which tend to serve a luxury rental
market.
Units selected generally are in good
condition and typically require only
minor repairs, the reported stated.
Purchasers of condos usually were
white, had professional or managerial oc
cupations with relatively high incomes
and tended to be smaller and younger
households, according to the study.
But, the nationwide trend for conver
sions does not seem to hold true for
Chapel Hill.
Although condominium conversion
may be a lucrative move for businessmen,
the results are often at the expense of
tenants. .
Because Chapel Hill is a university
community, affordable rental housing is
a necessity. Because of the relatively low
rent charges, Brookside and University
Gardens apartments were popular with
students. V
Now that the apartments are in
dividually owned by investors, tenants are
often unaware of who own their apart
ment, and there are inconsistencies in the
condition of each unit.
, See MANIA on page 2
Town Council seeks condo regulation
, By ANNA TATE
DTH Staff Writer
In response to public concern with the conversion of many
area apartments to condominiums, the Chapel Hill Town Coun
cil has asked town attorneys to prepare two different ordnances
which may help the town regulate the conversions.
An Analysis
"Neither of these ordinances will prevent conversion," said
Grainger Barrett, deputy town attorney. "However, they will
ensure that the town is notified of conversions and is able to
monitor adherence to a set of standards."
Since there are currently no state laws concerning con
dominium conversion, the Chapel Hill Town Council is forging
new ground with the proposed ordinances in North Carolina,
Barrett said.
"The basic question is whether cities have the authority or
not," said Richard Ducker of the Institute of Government.
"Any city or county has the autority to adopt ordinances to
deal with health, safety arid welfare. It's just that general," he
said. "But there is an inherent conservatism with the way this
operates." " .
Besides the two ordinances, the town council has the option
of piecing together enough provisions that are already within its
authority to bring some kind of control over conversion, Barrett
said.
See CONDO on page 3
By LIZ LUCAS
DTH Staff Writer
Following the advice of the "Report of
the Committee to Study the Creation of a
Department of Biological Sciences in the
College of Arts and Sciences at UNC
CH," Chancellor Christopher C. For
dham III has approved the merger of the
departments of zoology and botany into a
department of biology, effective July 1,
1982.
The assets, of the merger, according to
the report, would include an expert facul
ty of 39 members, with three new posi
tions open in the zoology field; a con
tinuation of the University's great tradi
tion in zoology and botany; "recognition
by both departments (botany and
zoology) that cellular and molecular
biology are imperative for future develop
ment; "recognition of the importance of
plant science in the future; and an in
crease in enrollment of undergraduate
majors in both zoology and botany.
The goal of the biology department,
according to the report, will be to "attain
excellence in teaching, research and
public services in the life sciences." A
new building has been proposed to help
the department meet this goal.
The committee report cities the sub
disciplines of the new biology department
as including "genetic 'and molecular
biology, cellular . and development
biology, systematic and evolutionary
biology and behavioral and ecological
biology.'
Despite the apparent assets of the
merger, several members of the botany
and zoology departments have expressed
doubts in the aspects of the merger work
ing successfully. In his "Minority Report
Concerning the Degree Program in
Botany," Max H. Hommersand, pro
fessor of botany arid a member of the
report committee, recommended that the
degree program in botany be retained. He
said that this proposal was "rejected by
the Committee over my urgent request."
In his report, Hommersand cited cases
where mergers of plant sciences and
biology departments had greatly weaken
ed the plant sciences fields, such as at
Johns Hopkins, Stanford and Yale
Universities.
"The real problem with the proposed
merger had to do with the future identity
of botany," Hommersand said Sunday.
"The administration has never discussed
the matter with the faculty. We have no
idea what the future of plant sciences will
be (for the University)." Because neither
the administration nor the Committee
will commit themselves, "we expect the
worse," he said.
Lawrence I. Gilbert, chairman of the
zoology department, said there would be
"some real hardships on the zoology and
botany departments," but that the
merger was "in the long-term interest of
the University."
Demonstrators jailed
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The Associated Press "
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Polish police
jailed 194 tlsmonstrators in he western
city of Poznan after a young crowd
screamed anti-government slogans to
mark two months of military rule.
Poland's official PAP news agency said
Sunday.
The dispatch received in Vienna said
162 of those arrested were punished by
misdemeanor courts following Saturday's
disturbance. The broadcast did not
elaborate on the punishments or report
any injuries.
. PAP also said a home-made time
bomb was found Saturday inside a sack
of potatoes behind a gasoline station bear
a hospital in the western city of Lublin.
The agency said the bomb contained
about 13 pounds of mining explosives
and was safely defused by police. It said
the bomb would have caused "a
massacre" if it had blown up.
Saturday's events came exactly two
months after the Communist govern
ment's Dec. 13 declaration of martial
law, which halted 16 months of labor
unrest and suspended the activities of the
independent Solidarity union. Military
authorities deployed tanks, troops and
riot police in several potential trouble
spots over the weekend in a massive show
of force to discourage demonstrations.
The Roman Catholic church said in its
weekly Sunday Mass broadcast over
Polish radio that Poles were praying "for
the afflicted nation, and people are sing
ing religious songs around small shrines
left from the Second World War."
The church has repeatedly denounced
the government for decreeing martial law
but has not urged Poles to defy military
rule.
No protests were reported in Warsaw
and Gdansk, where there were
widespread rumors that demonstrators
Polities wuy.&fMm-W
would dump copies of the Communist
Party daily newspaper Try buna Ludu in
front of party offices.
PAP said as a result of the Poznan
disturbance, the Poznan Province
Defense Committee would ban gasoline
sales and close theatres in the city starting
Monday. The restrictions had been lifted
earlier. Doctors and farmers with special
permits were exempted from the restric
tions, the agency said.
PAP said the Poznan demonstrators
converged in the center of the city and
1 were "provoked by leaflets inciting to
' demonstrations." It said the crowd
"shouted hostile slogans."
Police moved in and arrested the
demonstrators, mostly high school and
university students, when the crowd ig
nored orders to disperse, PAP said. The
agency also said the crowd included "per
sons who are neither employed nor study
ing anywhere." .
In Bonn, the West German newsweek
ly Der Spiegel published a speech by
Polish Vice Premier Mieczylsaw
Rakowski, who was quoted as saying
martial law "will certainly last a long
time, not just a month or two."
Rakowski was also quoted as saying
that Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was
"unhappy, because he is a very limited
man and it is a pity that so many politi
cians in the West put him on a pedestal."
Walesa, who has been nominated for the
Nobel Peace Prize and is widely respected
by Western labor unions, has been de
tained since martial law was declared: .
Der Spiegel said Rakowski delivered
the speech in a secret meeting with Com
munist functionaries in late December.
The magazine did not say how: it obtain
ed the speech.
By AMY EDWARDS
DTH Staff Writer
Anne Barnes grew up with an interest in politics.
"We talked about it a great deal at home," she
said. "When I got old enough to be involved, I
began to take part in local politics."
It was that involvement that led to her
December appointment to a seat in the North
Carolina House of Representatives, representing
the 17th House district, which includes Orange and
Chatham counties. Barnes was selected by the 17th
House of Representatives Executive Committee of
the Democratic Party and appointed by Gov. Jim
Hunt to replace Democrat Patricia S. Hunt, who
resigned her seat after being appointed by Gov.
Hunt as a District Court judge. .
Before her appointment, Barnes was chairman
of the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
Presently, she is a member of the Region J employ
ment Training Advisory Council and the North
Carolina Recreation and Parks Society. She has
served on numerous councils and commissions, in
cluding the Orange County Board of Social Ser
vices, the Orange County Council on Aging and
the Chapel Hill Recreation and Parks Commis
sion.
Barnes also has been very involved in the
Democratic Party, serving as a precinct officer for
three years, county executivefcosimittss ck?TTr,sn
for two years and as a state coaventioa &Sgig
for ten years. She worked for the 1980
CarterMondale campaign staff and coordinated
several local campaigns.
These activities made Barnes the leading can
didate for the vacant seat.. "We wanted to choose
someone who had shown some leadership in the
party," said Florrie Glasser, chairman of the four
member executive committee which selected
Barnes. "We wanted a leading vote-getter,"
Glasser said. "She had been selected by the county
commissioners as their leader."
Glasser and Barnes' understanding of county
government and her expertise in the social and
human services field were also important qualifica
tions. "We thought she could carry on it the
tradition of Trish Hunt," Glasser said.
Hunt though so, too, although she had no voice
in selecting her successor. "She (Barnes) and I
think a lot alike on a lot of issues. I would be very
surprised if her votes and my votes were not the
same on most things," she said.
. She described Barnes as energetic, determined
and a clear thinker. Hunt said it was not especially
important that a woman was selected to replace
her. "I think the imrxrtant'thing is that we have
good representation in the legislature," she said.
That is Barnes goal. She feels her strengths lie
in her local government experience, especially in
the human service area, "It appears there will be
changes in that area, and I think it's important
that there be someone who understands the impact,
of these funding shifts," she.said.
She also said her familiarity with property taxes,
gained in working with Orange County property
revaluation, would be an asset.
Barnes has been appointed to seven committees
in the House: Banks and Thrift Institutions, Con
gressional Redistricting, Finance, Health,
Judiciary III, Law Enforcement and the UNC
Board of Governors Nominating Committee.
Although her new job has been quite time
consuming, she said the job is actually part-time.
For that, reason she does not favor the proposal
now under consideration to extend the legislative
term from two to four years. "Unless we went to a
system that required full-time work, I think it's
better to have two-year terms. As long as we have a
citizen government, the people should elect their
legislators every two years," she said.
She has not yet decided her position on the pro
posal to raise the legal drinking age in the state
from 18 to 21 years of age. "I want input from
citizens on that," she said.
After getting settled into her job, Barnes will
have to begin working to keep it. Her term expires
in January, and she plans to run for re-election in
the November races. . .
Barnes, 49, didn't start as a professional politi
cian. She has no college degree, although she has
taken some courses. She started her career in dance
instead, and owned and operated a dance studio in
Atlanta before moving to Chapel Hill 17 years ago.
She still teaches folk dancing to girl scouts and
church groups in her spare time. She also enjoys
writing poetry, collecting shells and fossils and
calligraphy.
Barnes is married to Billy Barnes, a freelance
writer, photographer and film producer. They
have two adult children, Billy Jr. and Betsy. She
and her husband are members of Binkley Baptist
Church where they both have been ordained as
deacons.
Anna Barnes