T Poor maintenance Local car servicemen say students generally tend to neglect , their cars; ma'es more so than females. See story on page 4. Coolin' the Gang Mostly sunny and cold today with a high in the mid 40s, low in the mid teens. i )0O Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 90, Issue Thursday, February 25, 1982 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSport sV Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 Growth, emeo u raged to s tay ii mil Tiingiir nmi"nin 1 in lii LM Til ffiA-nJ: 1 "' tyf( " v ( hX 'V '' y v , ' ' ' t 1 ' f i j fate,. a. x t ' ' '' x 'if Sia. , i si M Li....Mill...,....llli.h.,lti.,il11im., Aw A within Chapel Mill city limit DTHAI SteeU James Vorthy out-muscles Tech's Brook Steppe for rebound ... All-America candidate had 20 points in Carolina's 77-54 win ma core"wm over confused, Tech By JOHN ROYSTER Staff Writer Yep, it was Georgia Tech all right. The team that went 0-14 in the Atlantic Coast Conference last year and entered Carmichael Auditorium Wednesday night last in the conference, left it as 77-54 losers to Carolina. But the real story of the game was the style with which Tech lost. They had eight of their shots blocked in the first half. They failed to score a field goal until nearly eight minutes into the game, on their tenth shot from the field. Those first nine misses included four blocked shots. They somehow managed to get a team turnover. Their leading scorer, Brook Steppe, went 1 -for-11 from the field in the first half. Their starting center, Lee Goza, opened the second half by scoring on a nice drive to the basket only it was the wrong basket. "I hope my mom saw that," Goza said later of his adventure. "She likes to see me score." "1 knew (Goza) was too open," Carolina forward James Worthy said. "We didn't have a man back there. I was on my way to attempt to block the shot and then it hit me he was going to the wrong basket. "It was a mishap," can't take credit for it. Worthy said. Georgia Tech's bad night overshadow ed a solid game by the Tar Heels.. "The game was probably the offensive boards and defense," UNC coach Dean Smith said. "Sam's (Perkins) defense on Brook Steppe was great. We put Perkins (6-foot-9) on Steppe (6-5) because Brook goes inside a lot. Sam is also quick enough to stay with him outside." Those factors led to a rout from the beginning. Carolina built a 10-1 lead and led by as many as 30 in the second half before Smith cleared his bench with eight minutes remaining. "I'll make this very short," Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins said in open-. ing his post-game press conference. "We played horrible." Neither team shot well. Both were under 40 percent in the first half, Georgia Tech at 30 percent exactly. The Yellow Jackets finished the game at 37.9 percent from the field, the Tar Heels 42.9. , No player had more of an off night than Steppe. The conference's leading scorer managed sixteen points, but he went only 6-for-20 from the field. He had hit 25 of his last 30 shots, scoring 61 points in his last two games, j.. ' ' ' It was the most embarrassing moment of my life," Steppe said of the game. ; "Dean Smith is a class person," Cremins said. "I really appreciate the fact that he substituted tonight, because the score could have been a lot worse than it was." Carolina player Chris Brust was sitting on the bench when Goza's error occur red. i "I heard someone behind me say that they wished he would have dunked it," he said. ''I'm glad it happened to him and not to me." Cause not known Georgia Tech (54) Byrd 18, Steepe 16, Goza 8, Thomas 6, Bradford 2, Howard 2, Lyoti 2. North Carolina (77) Worthy 20, Daughtery 12, Brust 11, Jordan 10, Black 6, Perkins 6, Brownlee 4, Martin 2, Perterson 2, Robinson 2. 1 UNC basket by Georgia Tech. Team Georgia Tech North Carolina 1 20 34 2 34 43 Total 54 77 By JOHN CONWAY Staff Writer Editor's note: This is fourth in a Jive-part series con cerning future growth in Chapel Hill. Development in Chapel Hill has been a delicate issue for many years. For some homeowners, development brings the fear of high-density apartment complexes built in their neighborhoods. Others view growth as a means for in creasing the tax base and stabilizing the economy of the town. Looking toward the future, it is certain that develop ment will take place, but the extent, location and character of expansion depends on a number of variables, and town officials agree. ' "I think it (development) is going to happen," said Chapel Hill Town Council member Bev Kawalec. "It is really impossible for us to live in the center of one of the largest growth areas in the United States and act as though we can build a wall around the city and isblate ourselves from the growth that is coming to the Triangle area." The community traditionally has resisted the idea of development. "In my opinion, that's just like sticking your head in the sand and not dealing with what is going to happen," Kawalec said. Chairman of the Sociology Department John Kasarda said that he expected "slow but steady growth" in both commercial and housing development in Chapel Hill. Freshmen to have choice By LYNN EARLEY Assistant Managing Editor UNC Chancellor Christopher. C. Ford ' ham III and Donald Boulton, vice-chancellor for student affairs, agreed on a pro posal Tuesday which will give students a choice of on- or off-campus housing for their.first-ye.ar at UNC; - - : Fordham decided, to support the new r policy developed by acting Director of Housing Boulton and the Department of University Housing. The housing policy will no longer require freshmen to live on campus or in University-approved hous ing. "I've talked with the chancellor and I think we're in basic agreement that this seems to be the basic way to move," Boulton said. "The chancellor did not make a deci sion; he said 'okay' to mine," he said, ad ding that they have not drafted official guidelines yet. Boulton and University housing phras ed the proposal to retain guaranteed housing for freshmen who want to live on campus, but to eliminate the current mandatory policy, said Robert Bianchi, former Residence Hall Association presi dent. . Bianchi said RHA supported the recommendation. "Most of us (RHA Board of Gover nors) are in favor because basically we don't see it as going against the philo sophy of housing." Bianchi defined that philosophy, nur tured by former Housing Director James D. Condie, as treating students as mature individuals with the right of choice. "The whole philosophy that Dr. Con die had espoused and had run through the whole housing policy is that you're treated like an adult," he said. "We're not going to change anything,' ' Boulton said. "We're only going to do something which we've been saying for a long time. If you believe in a philosophy, then your procedures ought to reflect it." Although RHA will not actively pro mote the proposal since the association encourages on-campus living more than off-campus, it will not oppose the pro posal, Bianchi said. "In essence, who are we to prejudge that you have to live on campus?" The recommendation might provide a few more spaces for students who want to live on campus, said Associate Director for Housing Contracts Phyllis Graham. This will combine with the recent decision See HOUSING on page 2 Smaller to moderate-sized communities like Chapel Hill will experience development in the 1980s, he said. The town council hopes that this growth will manifest itself through infill development, Kawalec said. With the adoption of the new zoning ordinance, the council has been encouraging growth to be infill, . Development by infill is improving on existing urban property before seeking development of land outside the town limits. The new zoning ordinance allows for in creased intensity development within the town limits. Kawalec said there were a number of general misconceptions about the infill concept. Infill is not ac complished through dense, urban development and sprawled growth on the fringes of town, she said. "I think we have to strike a balance. There are many people in Chapel Hill who are saying, we really don't want people packed in ' here bumper-to-bumper," Kawalec said. Developing one house per acre is infill as much as if there were 100 houses per acre, she said. Looking at the downtown district, land on which to . (0 News Briefs Court to decide school tax issue WASHINGTON (AP) The Reagan administration will make an about-face and ask the Supreme Court to decide the controversial question of whether schools which practice racial discrimination can be given federal tax exemptions, Justice Department sources said Wednesday. The sources, who asked not to be identified, said the department would file r papers with the Supreme Court on Thursday asking it not to dismiss a case involving 'Bob Jones' University and the Goldsboi'oT'N.C, Christian Schools". Until now; the : administration had said that the case was moot because it intended to give tax ex emptions to those two schools. The disclosure came as lawyers for the two schools asked the court for special help in getting their tax exemptions. 7 Caribbean aid draws opposition WASHINGTON (AP) President Ronald Reagan's development plan for the Caribbean appeared Wednesday to be headed for a fight in Congress, partly be cause of growing voter resistance to foreign aid at a time of heavy domestic budget cuts. " Moreover, farm-belt senators expressed concern about the president's proposal to permit duty-free exports of Caribbean foodstuffs to the United States. The plan, outlined by Reagan at a midday speech Wednesday to the Organization of American States, drew expressions of skepticism from some Democrats who questioned Reagan's bid to increase military aid to the civilian-military junta ruling El Salvador. Khomeini's successor discussed BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Iran's ruling clergy are debating who will succeed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and opposition leaders in exile suggest there are, deep divisions that foreshadow a power struggle. Government spokesman Ahmad Tavakoli was quoted by the official Islamic Republic News Agency earlier this month as saying a council of experts would choose a three-to-five man council to lead the nation. Candidates would be ap proved in a referendum, he said. . The announcement came amid persistent rumors that the 81-year-old Khomeini, who suffered a heart attack in January 1980, was seriously ill or possibly dead. Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution that toppled the monarchy three years ago, cut short a two-week period of seclusion this week to deny that he was ill as suggested by Western press reports. ' accomplish infill seems scarce. But Chapel Hill Planning Director Mike Jennings said there was more undeveloped property in that area than most people think. "You would be surprised how much vacant land there is within the urban area," he said. As much as 40 percent of Chapel Hill's planning area was undeveloped, accor ding to a 1977 study conducted by the Planning Board, he said. The single-family housing development of a 30-acre tract north of Boundary Street, known as the Coker property, is a recent example of the council's en couragement of infill development. Roscoe Reeve, chairman of the Chapel Hill Planning Board, said there were many opportunities for infill, but few within the town's center. Future areas of infill development include land along Airport Road toward Weaver Dairy Road, land north of Hotel Europa on 15-501 bypass and land on the south side of town near Culbreth Junior High School. - Completion of the Interstate 40 link through Chapel -Hill is predicted to spur growth on the northern fringes of town. "I think the biggest pressure we'll see will be along 1-40," Kawalec said. "The state has now got the 1-40 link through Orange County in its five-year plan, and I expect pressure from commercial developers there." A spokesman for the North Carolina Department of Transportation said acquisition of the right-of-way lands would begin in fiscal year 1983 and paving would begin in 1988. - See GROWTH on page 3 University to protest cuts in aid By STEPHEN STOCK Staff Writer The University will announce plans next week to involve students and parents in a protest against President Ronald Reagan's proposed cuts in student finan cial aid, Director of Student Aid Eleanor Morris said Tuesday. If approved, the administration's cuts would mean a reduction of more than $600,000 in federal appropriations that would be available to the University financial aid office over the next two years. The real concern will come during the 1983-84 school year when the federal ad ministration plans to eliminate state and supplemental grants. This would mean the financial aid office would only receive appropriations totaling $4.2 million, a re duction of more than $2.8 million in one year. The administration also has proposed to eliminate Guaranteed Student Loans for graduate students. This would place an undue hardship on graduate students, Morris said. , But students should not "read the newspaper and panic," she added. Instead, students should further plan to attend college or graduate school. But they should be aware that there will be difficulties that they might have to work See AID on page 6 Fire strikes public; housing By STEPHEN STOCK Staff Writer An apartment in the Ridgefield public housing project on Estes Drive was gut ted by fire Wednesday night. Five Public Safety Officers' cars, two Chapel Hill Fire Department trucks and three ambulances from the South Orange Rescue Squad responded to the blaze. CHFD officials said the fire began at ap proximately 6:30 p.m. The fire apparently broke out in the living room of Nathaniel French, a for mer University employee. It quickly spread to the upper floor of the apart ment, he said. French, who is confined to a wheel chair, was outside his apartment when the fire started. "It went up just like that. There wasn't anything but flames," he said. "We were just sitting outside the front door and it started in the living room," he said. "Everything in the living room is gone," French's daughter said. French's two daughters, two sons and three grandchildren also occupied the four-bedroom dwelling. French said his apartment was not covered by fire insurance because it was part of a public housing project. . The apartments are inspected twice a year to determine compliance with local and state fire codes, said Lee Biggar, a development officer with the Chapel Hill Housing Authority. The Ridgefield.com plex was built by the housing authority in 1971. Firefighters on the scene confirmed that the fire began downstairs and spread to the second floor before it could be con trolled. The cause of the fire is not known, and an investigation is pending. ::v:::::v:.::::;. .'iff: i . : ' : ";-:-x-'- '4 "i - ..mff"' ' .yMMttX" vfsw ' " ' .muffin Chapel Hill fireman chops through roof of apartment to got to flro . . .no injuries were reported in the 6:30 p.m. blaze at Ridgefield Apartments

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