Elections Board gets new system
By SCOTT DOLEJACK
Staff Writer
Voters going to the polls in this year's campus elections, Tuesday,
Feb. 8 will have a new ballot system from which to select their candi
dates, Elections Board chairman Stan Evans said last week.
Last year students marked the name of their choices for office and the
ballots were tabulated by a computer system which was sensitive to the
marks placed on the ballot, Evans said.
This year, students wiU punch a numbered hole on the ballot which
will correspond to a candidate's name, he said. A computer system will
then cast a beam of light on the ballot and register a vote each time light
passes through a hole in the card. There will also be a space at the top of
the ballot for write-in candidates.
. The change in the voting system was designed to save money and en
sure honesty in voting, Evans said.
"Last year all the names for CGC seats were on the same ballot," he
said. "Although when a person voted, they wrote their district number
by their name, there was nothing to keep them from voting for any CGC
candidate." -"
Students voting in the 1983 election will receive a set of voting instruc
tions pertaining to their district only, Evans said. Students may use the
instructions to vote, but must return them when they leave the polling
site.
The voting system being used this year is less expensive than the
system used in 1982, Evans said. The Elections Board spent nearly
$1,200 on the ballots last year, but the 1983 board plans to spend about
$600 on the whole system, he said.
Computer Election Systems of Virginia is providing, the Elections
Board with the ballots and is also furnishing the board with two elec
tronic co""ting machines free of charge. CES was considered for the job
last year, but at the time their election system was too costly, Evans, said.
The board will operate both counters at the same time, and will con
tinue to run one if the other breaks down, Evans said. If both counters
should happen to fail, Evans said the board would probably count the
ballots by hand.1' ' -
' The board is now recruiting poll tenders to work four- or five-hour
shifts on ejections day, Evans said. Campus service organizations, such as
APO, as well as residence hall presidents and fraternity and sorority
members are being asked to provide names and telephone numbers of
interested persons, Evans said.
On Feb. 8, students will vote for student body president, Daily Tar
Heel editor, Residence Hall Association president, Carolina Athletic
Association president, senior class officers, Campus Governing Coun
cil members and Graduate and Professional Student Federation presi
dent. Provisions have been made for students in the infirmary to vote and
students will be able to cast absentee ballots as well, Evans said.
Students wishing to cast an absentee ballot must inform the board in
writing, seven days before the election, Evans said.
'Gandhi ' takes Golden Globe awards
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By JEFF GROVE
Arts Editor
Gandhi, an epic film biography of Indian
leader Mohandas Gandhi, took top honors at
the 40th annual Golden Globe Awards
ceremony, held Saturday in Hollywood. The
Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted five
awards to the British film. .
Gandhi was named best foreign film of the
year. Tootsie, a film about an unemployed actor
who poses as a woman to get a job, was cited as
the best comedy or musical, and E.T., Steven
Spielberg's film about a boy who shelters a lost
alien, was selected as the best dramatic film.
Ben Kingsley won the award for best perfor
mance by an actor in a dramatic film for his
portrayal of the title role in Gandhi. Meryl
Streep won best actress honors in the drama
category for her performance as a concentration
camp survivor in Sophie's Choice. Dustin Hoff
man was chosen as the best actor in a comedy or
musical film for his performance in the leading
role of Tootsie, and Julie Andrews was named
best actress in a comedy or musical for portray
ing a down-and-out operetta star posing as a gay
female impersonator in VictorVictoria.
Lou Gossett Jr.. was named best supporting
actor for his performance as a drill sergeant in
An Officer and a Gentleman. Best supporting
actress honors went to Jessica Lange for her
portrayal of a soap opera star in Tootsie.
. Richard Attenborough was given the award
for best direction for his work on Gandhi, and
John 811168 screenplay forGandhi was named
the year's best. "
Boston Pops conductor John Williams pick
ed up the award for the best musical score for
E. T. "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer
and a Gentleman was named, best original song.
The Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime con
tribution to the film industry was given to
Laurence Olivier.
The Golden Globe Awards are often seen as
predictions of the Academy Awards, which are
presented in April. Many critics feel that the
Golden Globes more accurately honor achieve-
Professors say video games
may hinder personal growth
By JOHN TONKINSON
Staff Writer
Although you just may have saved the
Earth from alien invaders, playing video
games may be keeping you from more
important activities, Robert Wilson,
UNC professor of sociology, said at a
video symposium Wednesday.
Spending too much time with video
games may keep a person from the im
portant activities of meditation, fantasy,
daydreaming, reading and writing, Wil
son said. ; i vi
. These activities are necessary for the
continued growth of an individual, he .
added. . ,
Leisure! Impact ' and implications," 1
aeaii wun me enecis oi leisure acuvmes
possible because of electronic develop
ments. Other topics of the symposium
involved computers, physical fitness, the
arts and others.
"It's (technology) rapidly changing us
from an industrial society to an informa
tion society," said symposium coordi
nator Ronald Hyatt, a physical educa
tion professor at the University.
Video games are not necessarily a
hazard, and they may. even be helpful in
some cases, Wilson said. They increase
hand-eye coordination and help people
with similar interests to meet in a casual
environment, he added.
"But to me, these games are essential
ly trivial and frivolous, without con
tent," he said. "They also may bombard
the senses with too much data, he added.
Other leisure activities, such as read- .
ing or writing, which help build a per
son's character in a peaceful manner,
may be blocked out by playing video '
games too often, Wilson said.
Instead of developing a person, video
games are a more passive process which
involves no development, he added.
Video games are helpful in many
aspects, said Rob Frye, assistant in
tramural director, in a reaction period
following Wilson's speech.
The games keep kids off the streets,
they are accessible to handicapped peo
ple, they help promote greater familiari
ty with computers, they do not depend
on physical differences, and they have
none of the sexual connotations of pin
ball machines, Frye said.
On the other hand, video games may
overload the player's senses, promote
violent feelings, induce frustrations and
egotism, and facilitate drug use, he add-
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said. Already, $9 billion is spent on
video games annually, while only $3
billion is spent on movies, he said.
Video games introduced to Hills
borough recreation areas increased par
ticipation in those areas by 10 times its
former amount, said Wayne Weston of
the Orange County Recreation Depart
ment. In the end, it is hard to predict what
kind of changes the new electronic
developments will have, said Bibb
Letane of the University's Institute for
Research in Social Sciences.
When the automobile was first Intro
duced, people were worried about what
kinds of effects the invention would
have on society, he said. What will cer
tainly change is the quality of the nature
of human relationships, Letane said.
As we transform our society to a more
technological one, we will have to
answer the questions posed by this new
technology, Hyatt said.
Staff writer Rita Kostecke contributed
to the story.
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fall prey to both studio advertising campaigns
and the voters' personal sympathies.
Golden Globes were also presented Saturday
for outstanding television achievements. Fame
was named best comedy or musical series, HiU
Street Blues won the award for best drama
series, and Brideshead Revisited was chosen as
thS, best miniseries. .
; Alan Alda won the award for best actor in a
comedy or musical series (MASH), Debbie
Allen won the best actress award in that
category for Fame. John Forsythe and Joan
Collins, the stars of Dynasty, won the acting
awards for a dramatic series.
Anthony Andrews was named best actor in a
miniseries for Brideshead Revisited. Ingrid
Bergman won a posthumous award for best ac
tress in a miniseries for the title role in A
Woman Called Golda.
Lionel Stander of Hart to Hart and Shelley
Long of Cheers were named best supporting ac
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Professor plays jazz,
music
By MELISSA MOOI5E
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Like many professors, James Ketch teaches a large lecture class. Unlike
many professors, on weekends he plays solo trumpet at weddings and has
played in a jazz quintet at Hotel Europa.
James JB. Ketch, 30, is assistant professor of music at UNC. He teaches
trumpet, jazz ensemble and introduction to jazz. And he performs
redtaVand gigs, classical and jazz. '
"I can't picture myself doing anything else," Ketch said in an interview
last Tuesday. He described his life as busy but fulfilling and enjoyable.
Being both a performer and a teacher involves a certain sacrifice, he
said. "You have to be more of an organizer of your time (than does a per
former who does not teach). He must do this carefully because he needs
two or three hours of practice every day. It involves planning the year in
advance and saying no to some performances he would like to do.
But, he said, "I'm trying to make myself the best teacher I can be as
well as grow as a musician. I'm also an administrator. It's an interesting
mixture."
He likes both jazz and classical music. He is becoming a versatile musi
cian, competent at both, he said.
Ketch's days' sometimes begin by getting his six-month-old daughter
ready to go to a babysitter, since his wife works two days a week. He
teaches three or four private trumpet lessons every day in his office, which
has stereos, a piano and photographs of children.
The teaching he does involves being something of a coach; ideally, an
inspiration, and sometimes almost a psychiatrist, he said. "It's not an easy
job, but it's a fun one, a rewarding one." .
Three days a week he directs rehearsals for the UNC Jazz Band. On
weekends he usually performs.
' In addition, three days a week he teaches a lecture course, Introduction
to Jazz, which contains many non-music majors. The way he feels about
teaching this class varies from semester to semester, he said. "We can't
have the intimacy of a smaller class." One question is: Can he be in
teresting enough to keep 200 people interested for an hour?
"I feel like the class is trying to hang with me," he said. "That's gratify
ing. If they've been touched enough that they want to learn more by
themselves, that's gratifying."
When asked what job he would want if he were not a music professor,
he said, "I really fed some type of teaching is my niche. I'm sort of a peo
ple person. I can enjoy people."
Ketch played in a recital Sunday afternoon in HiU Hall. Since December
Ketch and three other musicians had been rehearsing the musk he
selected.
"There are appreciative audiences in Chapel Hill," he said. "It's grati
fying to know your efforts are appreciated." Also satisfying for Ketch is
knowing he has improved and is performing pieces that he would have
hesitated to perform five or six years ago.
The reason, he said, is that "the more you know, the more you realize
you don't know.
"Right now, it's sort of a love affair with what I do."
Courts require affidavits
Policy should reduce worthless
check
cases
By BOB KTMPLETON
Staff Writer
In an effort to reduce the number of wor
thless check cases in the court system and to
make merchants more careful in accepting per
sonal checks, Chief District Judge Stanley Peele
will announce a new worthless check policy to
local merchants today.
The new policy, which takes effect April 1,
will add the filing of an affidavit to the process
of taking a worthless check to a magistrate to
have a warrant drawn on the check writer.
"It has been estimated that each check which
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rchargej?f. worthless check, costs. $jrjerojr:
LNorth Carolina $200.'. Peek wrote in a letter -to ,
be sent to more than 500 Orange County mer
chants today.
"(If) a businessman is going to place this
burden on the taxpayers ... the merchant
should use proper identification procedures and
handle the matter in a serious and businesslike
manner."
There were 381 worthless check arrests made
by Chapd Hill police in 1982, a figure which
Master Officer Gregg Jarvies said was normal.
, Before taking a bad check to a magistrate,
merchants are required to send a letter certified
by the post office to the check writer which ex
plains the situation and asks that the check be
paid or that any bank errors be cleared up
within 10 days. If the check is not paid after IS
days from the date the letter was sent, the mer
chant can take the check along with a copy of
the letter and a post office reedpt to the magi
strate, who will issue a warrant on the check '
writer.
Then the check writer must pay the magi
strate the amount of the check plus $31 cost of
court. If the money is not paid, the case goes to
court.
Under the tiew policy, the required affidavit
wiilcViSInfa acceptance of .s
H theche
tification steps were taken by the merchant.
The identification steps, which are part of
' North Carolina's worthless check statute, call
for the merchant to do the following: to make
sure the name and address of the check writer .
appear on the check; to identify the check writer
either by a North Carolina driver's license or
other ID with a picture and serial number; and
to make sure the serial number of the iden
tification card is on the check.
Peele, magistrates and the district attorney
said that the new policies must be followed to '
the letter if merchants expect worthless check
cases to be resolved through the court system.
District Attorney Wade Barber said he pro
bably would not prosecute a worthless check
case which was not handled properly by the
merchant. "We need to discontinue the use of
the criminal process as a collection agency," he
said.'
However, Barber said there were a few "ex
ceptional cases" which he would prosecute such
as habitual bad check writers and private
citizens who, unlike merchants, could not be ex
pected to know what procedures to follow.
All Chapd Hill merchants contacted Wednes
day and Thursday said they presently f oHow the'
existing procedure for handling bad checks and
most said "they ask for identification when ac
cepting checks. -
"The only thing we take is a valid North
Carolina driver's license or a valid UNC picture
ID," said Keroine TidwelL assistant manager at
Fowler's Food Store. He added that Fowler's
began checking IDs closely about two years ago
and has since seen a two-thirds drop in the
number of worthless checks.
Since checking identification takes too much
time, Tom Resler, manager of Pizza Transit
Authority, does not require his drivers to ask for
identification with checks, and he said he would
not change his policy.
He said that almost all of PTA's checks were
from students and that he was pleased that few
checks (six or seven per month) bounced.
Mike ADred, manager of Food Lion (for
merly Food Town), said that students were not
the most notorious writers of bad checks at his
store. He said: he"" had Ifiore of a problem with
older customers. J
Bill Pisdtdlo, the owner of Breadmen's, said
that the added paperwork involved with filling
out an affidavit might result in taking fewer
worthless checks to the magistrate and collecting
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