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Budget hearings
The schedule of budget
hearings by the CGC is on
page 2.
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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 90, Issue J fj
Thursday, March 25, 1982
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Budget cuts will
terminate some
instructing posts
Fourth of four parts.
By LISBETH LEVINE
Staff Writer
Six part-time creative writing faculty
members will not be returning in the fall
because of line budget cuts. As a result,
the diversity of the creative writing pro
gram may be seriously challenged.
Lee Smith, Maryann Gingher, Bland
Simpson, Loyd Little, John Adler and
James Reston, Jr. are the teachers who
will not be back. The only remaining
part-time teacher will be Daphne Athas.
"To me, Chapel Hill has the best un
dergraduate creative writing program in
the country because of its diversity. The
diversity is possible because of the part
time faculty. When students have a
number of teachers, they evolve their own -style,"
Smith said.
Joseph Flora, chairman of the English
department, felt that in the future it
might be possible to increase the number
of part-time teachers. "I don't know
what we'll be offering one year from
now," Flora said. "There won't neces
sarily be a change in the diversity.
"We pay the part-time teachers out of
lapsed salary funds; there's not as much
money this year," Flora said. "It's all
contingent on the availability of funds."
Steele felt the program was getting too
large and that it needed trimming.
"We're cutting back to the size we were
in 1967," he said.
To compensate for the teacher cuts,
Flora said that the full-time faculty's
schedules will be reassigned so that they
will be teaching more creative writing
classes. Most of the faculty had pre
viously taught courses outside of creative
writing.
"I don't think that the cuts will affect
the students that much. We will still be
able to accommodate the really talented
ones. We may not be able to keep the
ones who take it as a social course. The
worst effect will be on the teachers, be
cause they won't be able to teach litera
ture courses juiy more. They need to
creative
writing
teach literature to keep their senses of
quality and language," Steele said.
Steele said that he hopes to help coun
teract this problem by incorporating an
thologies, into the writing classes.
Of the six teachers not returning next,
year, three were already on leave. Reston
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News Briefs
Inmates release four hostages
RALEIGH, (AP) Three inmates at North Carolina's maximum security prison
released four of eight men they held captive more than a day Wednesday and told
authorities of demands which must be met before they would release the other
hostages. -
Authorities refused to give any details about the demands.
The inmates freed two prison employees and two other inmates from a small
counselor's office at about noon in exchange for food, water and cigarettes. Then,
because of a lack of activity in the room, prison officials suspected the inmates may .
have slept.
As the ordeal at Central Prison, which began Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. reached its
31st hour, Department of Corrections spokesman Stuart Shadbolt said negotiations
were continuing and that the inmates were acting rationally.
Officials have taken a hard-line approach during negotiations. Shadbolt had said
the inmates would not be able to bargain their way out of prison.
Negotiators talked with the inmates through a hole they punched in the door
leading into the office where the captives were being held.
A total of 1,310 male inmates are housed at Central Prison, which was built in
1884 for 950 prisoners. It is located near downtown Raleigh.
Poll: Voters favor Hunt over Helms
CHAPEL HILL (AP) The fading popularity of Republican President Ronald
Reagan may account for a boost in Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt's popularity as a
potential candidate for Jesse Helms' Senate seat in 1984, according to a University
of North Carolina poll.
A statewide scientific survey known as the Carolina Poll, conducted by the UNC
School of Journalism, showed Hunt would beat Helms if the Senate election were
held today.
The poll, a random computer survey conducted between Feb. 28 and March 4,
showed 52 percent of the 593 people surveyed would vote for Hunt while 33 percent
said they would vote for Helms.
General stages coup in Bangladesh
CALCUTTA, India (AP) Bangladesh's army chief seized power Wednesday
in an apparently bloodless coup after pressuring the civilian government for months
to oust corrupt officials, Radio Bangladesh reported. .
Lt. Gen. Hussain Mohammad Ershad clamped martial law oh the impoverished
country of 90 million people and proclaimed himself head of the government, the
official radio in the capital city of Dacca said.
Guatemalan junta: Respect rights
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) The new military junta threw put Guatemala's
constitution Wednesday and suspended all political party activities but promised to
respect human rights, the state radio said.
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... says it is 'cutting back to the size we were in 1967.'
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had asked for an extension, and Gingher velop their curriculum. "It will be fun to
just had a baby, which led Steele to be- get it going," Smith said,
lieve that she would probably not mind Adler was only hired for one year. He
being at home next year, he said. plans to enter forestry school when his
job at UNC has ended.
Smith recently accepted a job in the . Although Simpson and Little had
creative writing program at N.C. State ho t0 retum nfxt they botfh
University. She said she is looking for- working on novels 311(1 appreaate
ward to it and hopes to increase and de- the extra time to work on them, Steele
said.
Steele is even optimistic for the future
of the creative writing program. "Often,
when students have to work to get into a
course, they work harder once they're in
it," he said. .
As for diversity, Steele chuckled as he
said, "I guess each of us will have to be a
little more diverse in ourselves."
Evans stresses a sense of the past
for social movements to occur
' ; - By SCOTT BOLEJACK - H"
Staff Writer
A social movement cannot occur without some sense of the
past, feminist author Sara Evans told an audience in Gerrard
Hall Wednesday night.
Evans, a professor of history from the University of Min
nesota and author of Personal Politics, spoke to a crowd of
about 80 people as part of the 1982 Carolina Symposium.
"A sense of the past can provide explanations for (existing
problems) and can be a powerful tool (in any social
movement)," Evans said. "Contemporary feminists have
followed all the other feminists in taking a look at history.
Evans identified three historial visions that have helped shape
the women's movement of today.
"The" first of these visions assumes that man may have made
history, but women have contributed to . every historical
process," Evans said. "The problem.with this approach often
referred to as the contributionist approach is that tends to
identify only the extraordinary and the exceptional women of
history."
The branch of the women's movement most often identified
with the contributionist vision is moderate feminism and Evans
criticized these particular feminists as being too much on the
defensive and too narrow in scopes "' : - "
"The second story line goes something like this," Evans said.
"Women have been brutalized and dehumanized by every socie
ty throughout history. This historical vision is often refered to as
the 'oppression approach.' ..
"The perspective of this approach is that of men affecting
women. The history that results is 'victim history'."
Evans criticized the oppression approach to history, because
she said it demanded that women be viewed in history as passive
victims and not as actors.
"The third approach is a little more satisfying," Evans said.
"This approach can be called 'A women centered history. "
"It assumes that women can be the subjects not just the ob
jects of history. It assumes that gender is a force in history."
The politics that result from this particular vision of history
are what Evans called the "politics of organizing" and she said
this particular vision put women "back into agenda the setting
role."
The movement among clerical workers in the United States in
the last decade is the best example of feminism that had denied
from the women centered history vision, Evans said.
"They emphasize teaching people things," she said. "You
don't have to know everything before you arrive. They teach
you how to write a leaflet or draw up a petition.
CGC allots
fund
to concert
By ALISON DAVIS
Staff Writer
The Campus Governing Council passed
a bill with a 18-1 vote (with one absten
tion) Wednesday night, alloting an addi
tional $17,257 to the Chapel Thrill Com
mittee for costs of producing the concert
such as lights, stage and sound.
: Members of the CGC debated the bill
for about 30 minutes, questioning the '
costs involved and expressing concern
about , a possible financial loss if the
money spent is not gotten back from
revenues from ticket sales.
Several members questioned the addi
tional costs and asked if they could be
cut. Chapel Thrill Committee chairman
Wes Wright said they could not cut the
bill and still have enough to cover the
costs of the concert.
"I would like to have it (the money)
appropriated so it's there. Almost three
fourths of the money will never be touch
ed. We will, more or less, generate our
own funds," he said.
Wright said $12,756 had already been
made on tickets during the five days they
have been on sale.
"On paper, this leaves us $4,000 in the
hole," said Finance Committee Chair
person Charlie Madison (District 23).
"But the. money is not being spent, it's
being invested."
The additional costs are "normal" for
bands, Wright said.
"Do you want to continue with Chapel
Thrill?" he asked the CGC. "Or do I call
the people tomorrow and say 'We want to
back out' and more or less never have
another Chapel Thrill again?"
"Seventeen thousand dollars over what
we expected doesn't seem very normal to
me," said CGC member Garth Dunklin
(District 11). "I've seen paper debts ma
terialize. We need to see if we could get
under our limit."
"I don't know whether you realize how
much money that (the total Chapel Thrill
allotment of $146,257) is," said Student
Body, Jfceasurer Rochelle Tucker." "If all
the money fails and we don't raise any we
will be left with only $15,000 to our name
if you all don't pass this bill."
Dunklin abstained from voting. "I
think we could have negotiated the
funds," he said.
"The problem is that we're on a paper
deficit. If it materializes, it could have big
ramifications."
CGC member Lori Dostal (District 5)
voted against alloting the additional
money for the concert.
"I had to because I voted against the
original bill to have a Chapel Thrill or
not," she said.
Student Body President Mike Vanden
bergh said he would not sign the contracts
for the concert until the extra money had
, been allotted.
"In order to sign a contract, I need to
be sure that there's enough money appro
See CGC on page 2
Proposal for Midway Airport gets mixed reactions
By JOHN CONWAY
Staff Writer
The Orange County Planning Board concluded public
hearings Monday night on a proposed new airport to be
located in Orange County. It also scheduled a meeting
for April 6, at which time the board will make its recom
mendations to the county commissioners.
The proposed Midway Airport and Airpark has been
the subject of both praise and criticism by area citizens.
Occupying 232 acres of land nine miles west of Carrboro
in Bingham Township, the project would consist of a
5,000-foot runway and an airpark with 32 commercial
zoned lots, ranging from two to five acres.
Residents from both Chapel Hill and Bingham
Township presented their views for oyer four hours at a
public hearing March 8. Citizens of the township ex
pressed their concern about the projected airpark, which
residents feel may attract industrial development to the
largely agricultural community.
"I don't see any advantages for Bingham Township,"
said Edward Johnson, member of the Bingham
Township Advisory Council. "It would almost double
the existing office and warehouse space in Chapel Hill
and Carrboro." The land use and zoning goals for the
county include preservation of agricultural and rural
residence land, Johnson said.
Orange County Planner Susan Smith said the plann
ing staff recommended the airport but not the airpark.
She said she questioned the need for the exceptional
amount of officeinstitutional space proposed by
developers.
But project architect Lee Mehler, representing Buck
Mountain Developers, said the airpack was essential to
the success of the privately-funded airport.
"There are problems inherent in operating and main
taining an airport," Mehler said. With no other
businesses within the township the airpack would fulfill
service needs.
"This site wiH affect as few people as any site in the
county," he said.
A study on airport need and sites, prepared by the
Orange County Planning Department, recommended
that a new general aviation airport be located in Orange
County south of Hillsborough. The survey cited
projected-need figures and problems associated with the
use of Horace Williams Airport as justification for a new
airport.
Julie Andresen, chairman of Citizens for Airport
Planning, said that although her group had no official
position on Midway she was optimistic about the
possibilities of a new airport to serve Chapel Hill and
surrounding areas. ( '
"It looks like it (Midway) is going to be extremely
safe," she( said. "Personally, I iiope Midway is suc
cessful." '
Andresen said the proximity of Horace Williams Air
port to local schools was the major safety problem at the
airport. In the past year two accidents have occurred at
See AIRPORT on page 4
Student Spotlight
Joliiisoii Mas; Mad little study tiiiie
By SONYA WEAKLEY
Staff Writer .
Although Bert Johnson is a senior this
year, he has kept himself so busy for the
last four years that he has decided to re
main at UNC for another year to find
time for academics.
Johnson, an English and american
studies major from Durham, has served
as Orientation Commission chairperson
1981-82 Chapel Thrill Cofnmittee
chairperson and special assistant to
former Student' Body President Scott
Norberg and is a current member of Stu
dent Education Broadcasting and the Chi
Psi fraternity. .
"I haven't given it (academic work) as '
much as I could have," Johnson said. "I
feel I haven't gotten enough out of
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Carolina academically."
. It's, easy to see why he has had little
time to study. As chairperson of the
Orientation Commission last year,
Johnson coordinated projects for . an
organization of 650 people. He headed a
committee of 10 persons who were in
charge of different aspects of orientation.
- Johnson expressed enthusiasm about
the orientation program here. He has
. looked at other programs and feels that
this one is the best he has seen.
"It really is," he said. "I'm saying this
from experience, and it's getting better
and better every year."
"It gives freshmen and junior transfers
a good feeling about the University that
keeps growing."
The person in student affairs who
worked with orientation left during the
summer, and Johnson had to assume
many of her responsibilities as well as
keeping up with his own.
"It is one of the best experiences I've
ever had," he said. "Orientation covers
so much, I really got to know the Univer
sity." With the knowledge of the University
he gained from his experience with the
orientation commission, Johnson decided
to apply for Chapel Thrill committee
Chairperson last year. ;
"I thought it would be interesting and
fun, and it was interesting."
Although Chapel Thrill was not a suc
cess last year, Johnson regards his work
with the committee as a learning ex
perience. See SPOTLIGHT on page 2
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