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Secession
change met
with conflict
By PAM DUNCAN
Assistant University Editor
A proposal by a volunteer committee of
the Residence Hall Association Governing
Board to extend the time required for a
dormitory to leave a confederation met
with argument from residents of Grimes
Residence Hall Monday at a meeting of
the RHA Governing Board.
The proposal would change the time re
quired for a domitory to petition to secede
from a confederation from 30 days to
three semesters prior to completion of the
actual withdrawal.
The proposed changes, which were
scheduled to be voted on at Monday's
meeting, stemmed from RHA's concern
about allowing independent dormitory
governors to vote on the Governing
Board, said Terri Blackwood, governor of
the Olde Campus Confederation.
Four of the five parts of the proposal,
however, only deal with the petitioning
process for dormitories wishing to
withdraw from a confederation. The RHA
Governing Board voted to refer the pro
posal back to committee for further dis
cussion. Mike Murray, president of Grimes dor
mitory, said the presidents of Olde Cam
pus Confederation dormitories had not
been informed of the contents of the pro
posal until Sunday night, 24 hours before
RHA was scheduled to vote on the pro
posal. "The reason we're doing this is because
we weren't informed until last night,"
Murray said.
. "This new procedure (which also would
allow secession to begin only during a fall
semester) is questionable in and of itself,
but the true issue at stake is the fact that
the process of government could be
changed, thus changing the destiny of
Grimes Hall with less than 24 hours
notice," Murray's petition to secede
stated. "This in effect. . .negates the true
democratic process."
Blackwood said the main issue was how
to regulate independent dormitories.
"The whole idea of this is to make sure
that when a dormitory' goes independent,
they do so for the right reasons. It had
nothing whatsoever to do with Grimes
dormitory."
Blackwood said the proposal would
serve three purposes: to keep dormitories
from making rash decisions, to keep down
disputes between area and dormitory
governments and to give confederations
enough time to provide better program-1
ming for dormitories that have legitimate
complaints in order to prevent secession.
If dormitories are forced to wait until
fall semester to withdraw, the officers of
their confederation would have no incen
tive to improve programming for dor
mitories before they are replaced by new
officers, Murray said, arguing against the
three-semester plan.
"They put our backs to the wall and the
only thing we could do to gain time for
argument's sake was threaten to secede,"
he added.
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By CHARLOTTE HOLMES
Staff Writer
If anyone ever has the urge to read the minutes of a
Dialectic Society meeting from 1795, to browse
through transcripts of speeches by such UNC notables
as Edward Kidder Graham and Frances P. Venable, or
just to dig up the exact date of the Davie Poplar's
christening, Michael Martin is the man to see.
As University archivist, Martin is one of the few
people at the University who has authorized access to
all its records, documents and correspondence.
He organized the archives in 1970, after working in
the Southern Historical Collection since 1966. The in
formation housed in archives in Wilson Library, is
stored on microfilm and . in cardboard boxes
downstairs in a locked cage.
Researching answers to random inquiries from
UNC officials and the public is the most interesting
aspect of Martin's work, he said.
"We spend most of our time researching ad
ministrative questions. They often need personnel
records or dates of the enactment of certain policies
things like that. Twenty-five percent of our work is
dealing with the public's inquiries. People call to ask
me when something misht have happened pertaining
to the University but they have no idea who the
event deals with or a slight notion of what time period
it may have taken place.
"Or they call and ask me to bring them the file on
liberalism at UNC when no such file exists," he said '
with a laugh. "But all that makes the work interesting.
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By KYLE MARSHALL
Staff Writer'
Money management can be as impor
tant to a college student as an academic
career. In many respects the two aspects
of college life are dependent upon each
other you can't stay in school if you
can't afford it.
One way students pay for college ex
penses is through the use of credit, but
local business people, professors and
students don't all agree that college stu
dents should try to establish credit while
in school.
"Once a student gets started in the
credit market, the rest of it is easier," said
Mike Woody of North Carolina National
Bank in Chapel Hill. "It's not easy for
students to get credit in many cases,
especially if they don't have a regular job,
but those who do are generally serious
about it."
NCNB has a student Visa Card pro
gram to help people establish a credit
rating while still in school, Woody said.
The questions on the application are
school-related, and are designed to get in
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Archivist stays busy
You never know what questions will pop up from one
day to the next. '-
For 40 hours a week plus additional time on
weekends, Martin's life revolves around the University
of North Carolina in the past tense. v
Poring over records written with a quill pen, filing
University correspondence or answering questions
from South Building, Martin is well-versed in the
history of UNC and is trusted by authorities to retrieve
the correct information. '
"I've always been interested in the University," he
said. "But I sort of fell into this position. The library
started to get flooded with records and cor
respondence so they asked me to see what I could do
with it. That could have been a great mistake," he
added with a smile.
Martin admitted that knowing a good deal about
the history of North Carolina and UNC history has
made his job much easier.
University Archives files and processes all official
records from University agencies, with files ranging
from the Board of Governor's and Board of Trustee's
minutes to files on the International Fertility Program
and its relation to the University. The department con
tains more than 1 million "items" an item being a
paper, book or record, he said.
The archives , office is adjacent to the Southern
Historical Collection while its stacks of painstakingly
arranged files are downstairs in cardboard boxes in a
locked cage.
After having to unlock two gates before finally
reaching the archives, it becomes obvious that the in
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
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formation on the student's academic
standing, he said.
"Regular bank card facilities are a little
more difficult for students to obtain, so
the student card is designed to give them
their first entry into the credit market,"
Woody said. "But credit in general is
more difficult for all consumers, because
of the present state of the economy."
Alan Matthews, a counselor with Con
sumer Credit Counseling in Raleigh, said
the problem with , credit cards is that
students often don't realize how deep
they can get in using credit. '
"Students live on a lower budget than
families, so there's not as much access to
credit," he said. "The problems arise by
hot planning ahead when paying for ex
penses such as apartments and utilities.
'tThe main thing about a card is . that
you must pay it off at the end of the
month." .
Matthews said parents usually let their
children use their credit cards while in
school, instead of co-signing for the
students own cards.
In addition to credit cards, students
often receive either student loans or
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regular consumer loans. '
"Students should be cautious with stu
dent loans," Matthews said. "I've had
many clients who have had student loans
and were unable to repay them.
"They don't realize how hard it can be
to pay back loans, so its very important
to plan ahead when receiving a student
loan." Matthews said students were not
aware of how much money they might
make after graduation, and that the prob
lem was compounded because of the ease
in obtaining student loans.
One thing to remember is that each stu
dent's financial situation is different.
Off-campus students, for example, have
additional housing, utility and transpor
tation expenses.
"A student considering obtaining
credit should sit down wfth a bank repre
sentative to discuss it, because it's all bas
ed on an individual situation," Woody
said. "If there is someone in there to
counsel the student, he or she is better
off."
Another type of credit available to stu
dents is the department store credit card.
Becky Holmes, a credit authorization ex
formation stored within is not meant to be accessible
to just anyone.
"By and large, when requests are made, my assis
tant Frances Weaver and myself are the only people,
who look at the records or documents," Martin said,
standing in the locked room he calls his 'tiny little
cage. "Before we organized the archives department,
you could just check out anything, anytime."
' Martin said some records, like personnel files and
personal correspondence, were restricted to authorized
use only. Keeping tight security with the locked doors
helps Martin maintain order in the filing, he said.
The process of organizing archives information is
orderly but time-consuming. "We first get records or.
correspondence sent to us from departments, pro
fessors or the public, then reorganize the information
in temporary files until we can figure out which per
manent file it should go it," Martin said.
Martin said 50 percent of his time is spent making
additions to the existing files. .
Martin is worried about the low profile of Universi
ty Archives.
"Lots of students as well as departments don't even
know we exist," he said. "If people don't use the
records, there is no reason for us to be here."
Martin said he was satisfied with his office and his
tiny little cage downstairs, but he is anxious to move to
the third floor stacks when the Walter B. Davis
Library is completed next yhear. "We need more
space," Martin said. "On (the) third floor, we'll have
better storage conditions and more space. It will be
better for quicker reference work."
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Bess
Truman, the childhood sweetheart and
closest confidante of President Harry S.
Truman, died Monday at age 97.
"The old engine just ran out," said Dr.
Wallace Graham, the Truman family
physician since the mid-1940s. "We've
known for a while that the end was near."
The public knew her as Bess, but
Truman called her ""Boss" and looked to
her as his closest adviser.
Graham said Mrs. Truman died of con
gestive heart failure at the Truman home'
in Independence, where she was under
constant care of a private nurse. She was
pronounced dead at 4:38 a.m. in the
emergency room of Research Medical
Center in Kansas City.
: Mrs. Truman, who lived longer than
any other first lady, will be buried beside
her husband on the grounds of the
Truman Library in Independence. .
Benedict Zobrist, director of the library,
said funeral services were tentatively set for
11 a.m, Thursday at Trinity Episcopal
Church in Independence. Attendance will
be by invitation from the family, he said.
Mrs. Truman is survived by her only
child, Margaret Truman Daniel, the wife
of New York Times executive Clifton
Daniel, and four grandsons.
: Flags in Independence and Kansas City
were at half-staff as news of Mrs.
Truman's death spread.
ecutive for Belk-Leggett in Chapel Hill,
said students filled out a normal Belk
Leggett credit application. The applica
tion asks for information such as other
credit references and checking and sav
ings and loan accounts.
"The main Belk office. in Charlotte
screens applicants and sees if the student
can make the payments," Holmes said.
"But students can also use their parents'
card, if their parents authorize permis
sion." Holmes, a recent UNC graduate, said
it was better for students to have credit
while in school in order to establish a
credit reference. "There's generally not a
big problem with students paying their
accounts, so I highly recommend using
credit in college."
Woody also said there were not many
problems with student credit. "Students
who qualify are normally very good credit
risks," he said. And Matthews agreed,
saying he currently had only one student
client.
UNC professor of banking Robert
Eisenbeis said establishing credit while in
college was a good idea if the student felt
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"The people of Independence and the
country will be grieved, but they're all
richer for having had her," said Rufus
Burrus, the Truman family lawyer.
Tirst lady was not a role Mrs. Truman
sought. When Truman was nominated as
Franklin Roosevelt's running mate in
1944, she said she didn't want her husband
to be vice president but was "reconciled"
to the idea. The Democrats won and
within a few months Roosevelt was dead
and Truman was the nation's 33rd chief
executive.
"I've had several moments of great
joy , . . but the greatest joy of them all was
when my sweetheart from 6 years old con
sented to become Mrs. Truman," Truman
wrote in a 1958 letter to Arkansas Superior
Court Justice Edward McFaddin, pub
lished in Off the Record, the Private
Papers of Harry S. Truman.
Truman wrote that Mrs. Truman had
been willing to marry before the end of
World War I, "but I thought that I might
be legless, eyeless or under- some other
handicap and we put it off...." They
were wed June 28, 1919, after he returned
from wartime service in Europe.
By the time Truman died at age 88 on
Dec. 26, 1972, arthritis in Mrs. Truman's
right leg had advanced to the point where
she had curtailed her activities. '
Born on Feb. 13, 1885, Mrs. Truman
was the eldest of four children and the on
ly girl in a socially prominent In
dependence family. She was born in the
family mansion where she died.
he could meet his credit responsibilities.
"Presumably, it's difficult for students
without jobs to obtain credit," he said.
"But as a general matter, it's a good idea
for any individual, including the college
student, to establish a credit record
early."
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