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8The Dally Tar HeelThursday, February 3, 1983 Elections ?85 0 m tig 0ar 90th year of editorial freedom v John Drescher. eJuot Ann Peters. Mana Edit KENMMGIS, Associate Editor LlNDA ROBERTSON, Associate Editor RACHEL PERRY, University Editor ELAINE MCCLATCHEY, Projects Editor Lucy Hood. CuyEditor Teresa Curry. Features Edu JIMWRINN. State and National Editor jEFF GROVE. Arts Editor S.L.VUCM. Sports Editor ' . , JANE CALLOWAY. Weekend Editor LAURA SEIFERT, Nnw EViiwr - AL STEELE, Photography Editor GELAREH ASAYESH. Contributions Editor Tilegate The fog surrounding Tilegate has not yet cleared and many questions remain ' unanswered. But Monday's decision by UNC Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III to suspend Vice Chancellor for Student Af fairs Donald Boulton for one month without pay was a justified move to reprimand Boulton for negligent conduct and to uphold the integrity of the University. The incident began Sept. 9 when Boulton hired two University housing employees to install kitchen tile in his home on their own time. Boulton paid them for the work on Sept. 20, after contacting Russell Perry, the assistant director of operations for University housing. Though the tile was ordered through the University, Boulton attempted to find out how much he should reimburse the University when he talked to Perry that, day. Perry, who was unsure of the price, saidfhe would get back in touch with Boulton. There the matter rested until Nov. 1, when Boulton wrote a check to International Carpet Outlet, for $311.12, the day after he was confronted by Bob Windsor, publisher of The N.C. Landmark. Boulton had told Windsor on Oct. 31 that the carpet had already been paid for. When International Carpet Outlet received Boulton's check on Nov. 2, the University was given a $331.12 credit. Shortly thereafter, Fordham requested that the State Bureau of Investi gation look into the matter and make a full report. The SBI concluded there was no criminal intent on Boulton's part. District Attorney Wade Barber said, "(Boulton's) contention that he did not 'knowingly and willfully' intend for the University to pay for the vinyl placed on his floor cannot be disproved." But the issue now has become one not of criminal actions, but of whether Boulton acted ethically and in good judgment in his position as the second highest official at the University. Clearly, he did not. Boulton himself said in a statement released to the press last month that "... the nature of our employment with this University makes it extremely im portant that our conduct ... must always be contemplated in the light of the public trust which we serve Boulton should have exercised better judgment about any actions which could endanger that public trust. His failure to do so by allowing Perry to order the tile was cause for the chancellor's harsh reprimand. Fordham, in his statement, pointed out that University procedures and practices had been disregarded. He had no choice but to act decisively. The blame, however should not fall entirely on Boulton. Perry stepped over ethical bounds by allowing the University to purchase the linoleum. He was also negligent in allowing the workers who installed the tile to be paid by both Boulton and the University. Perry and the two employees, Mike Biackwelder and Allen Manning, all received written warnings from the chancellor, Perry should have been given the same punishment as Boulton. Fordham has been criticized by some for suspending Boulton after he had been cleared of any criminal activity by the SBI. But Fordham's cen sure of Boulton centers on the question of poor judgment, not criminal intent. Fordham simply waited until the SBI's investigation was closed so the University could take action on its own. The chancellor's punitive ac tion was also meant to reinforce his commitment to the integrity of the University. Fordham also added that he hoped his actions would "... en able those individuals who were regretably involved to resume effective service to the people of North Carolina." Boulton's suspension, along with Fordham's decision to audit the department of housing, should convey the strong message that the chancellor will not tolerate misconduct on any administrative level. It is unfortunate that Boulton's suspension comesat a crucial time of the year. He has been an effective administrator and leader during his 11 years at UNC. If anyone has suffered from the entire incident, it is Boulton who has suffered most. "That some neglectful oversight, and mistakes in judgment may have occurred and caused damage to the reputations of honest men and this University, which we all. seek to serve," Boulton said, "will cause me regret and sorrow for time to come." RHA ndid Ccl By MARK DAL TON Each year students are inundated with new issues and new candidates. I am a new candidate with better ideas for some old issues and new ideas for moving in dif ferent directions! Among the issues at hand are the cooking policy, student government-RHA relations, enhancement and RHA awareness. The new cooking policy has been imple mented and I don't see any reversal of that decision. There are safe solutions, however, that RHA should look into for taking some appliances off the unap proved appliance list. The next step is im proving the existing kitchen facilities. Each area should use its own enhancement in addition to housing's enhancement budget. Funds could be solicited from out side sources when possible. This policy, however, is one issue in which RHA and SG need to work together. Student government and RHA need to be able to work cohesively on issues that are important to their common consti tuents. I plan to establish a direct link with SG by meeting with the student body president weekly and sitting in on his cabi net. We need to build a solid base on which to work for success in dealing, with other groups. Another area of concern is enhance ment. Enhancement funds are provided for in your room rent. I'd like to see RHA become more involved in the spending of these funds. Better records, such as copies of the enhancement requisitions that hous ing approves, will give RHA more leverage in dealing with University housing. One way to make RHA a successful or- By FRANK T. WINSTEAD Contrary to many rumors I am a serious candidate for the office of Resi dence Hall Association president. I wish to use this column to clarify the objec tives I would seek to accomplish as RHA president. The primary objective of my campaign is to make the students on this campus aware that there is someone who is con- citCS IOOCL iortnought ganization is to make its constituents aware of its purpose and projects. I'd like . to do this in two ways. The first is an RHA awareness week early in the fall semester. During this week there would be individual area events in addition to all campus events sponsored by RHA. Secondly, I plan to publish an RHA newsletter which . would cover policy issues and discussions, and would contain a residence hall pro gramming calendar. It would also recog nize outstanding events that take place in an area. I plan to stay in touch with my residents by attending various floor meetings across campus. This will keep me in touch with "real" people." My experience includes serving as gover nor of Ehringhaus this year and as presi dent of my floor my freshman year. I've established good working relationships . with University housing and the adminis tration. Concluding, I feel that I am the best candidate for the office of RHA president. A letter of evaluation sent to RHA govern ing board by the academic committee of RHA stated, "Mark Dalton seems to be the most articulate candidate for the of fice, freely but concisely willing to relay in formation and opinions. Dalton also holds a strength in his knowledge of specific facts and in his willingness to research issues, particularly in housing department financial matters." I would very much appreciate your sup- port. Mark Dalton is a sophomore political science major from Kannapolis, N.C cerned enough about them to stand up for not just a principle but also for' a means of physical and fiscal survival. The housing department is attempting to simultaneously starve and bankrupt the population of this campus. I am referring to the housing department's new cooking policy. I admit the housing department was compelled to modify its cooking reg ulations due to the recommendation and intimidation of one of this state's more powerful governmental bodies, the In surance Commission. ; By HENRY MILES My campaign philosophy is working together. This means working together with student government, working to gether with University housing, and working together with the different areas on campus. Working with Student Government would mean meeting with the student body president once a week and also being the liaison between RHA Governing Board and Student Govern ment. This would make sure that nothing gets misunderstood between us and we can be a unified force when dealing with the administration. Working together with University housing would allow RHA to be like a review board. This would let us review any new policies before they are definite, therefore, allowing us to provide a pro posal for the students, and also give us time to fight for the best of the students. Working together with the areas I would increase the all-campus program ming. This would unify North campus with South campus and Granville Towers. It will work with good programming and good advertising. 1 have already done this on a smaller scale planning Henderson Residence College mixers this year with . Craige dorm and with Granville South. Also, I have been planning Springfest, HRC's spring concert. It has been turned from a , one-day event to a two-day event ' with a tripled budget, which will definite ly make it an all-campus event. On two specific topics," the $100 meal plan and the "frozen" enhancement ' funds, I have two very good plans. RHA should become a liaison between people I hope that a majority of the student body agrees with me on the absurdity of this new policy. We need to unify our ef forts and show the housing department and the Insurance Cornmission that we will not accept the cooking policy. , I propose that students returning from spring break bring back their "illegal" cooking appliances. If a significant per centage of the students carry out this ac tion it will force the housing department to re-evaluate their enforcement pro cedure. . wanting to sell their meal plans and peo ple wanting to buy more than $100 worth of food. This has been tentatively ap proved by Howard Sutherland, Director of ARA Food Service. RHA should also work to get enhancement funds into the Student Activities Fund Office and away from the University's budgeting process. We should still work with University housing to make siure that nothing is du plicated in the dorms by RHA and Uni versity housing. My experience in the residence halls in cludes being a hall representative to HRC's legislative body last year and the Governor of HRC this year. In these jobs I have worked with many campus ad ministrators and also with the CGC. I hav also attended SAACURH, a resi dence hall conference for colleges and universities in the South Atlantic region. This has taught me very much as I have learned how to program for crowds from 60 to 60,000 and also how to raise money for the programs. Also, this weekend on our campus, I will not only be attending the N.C. state conference of residence halls, but I will also be working on the running of the conference. This will take up the whole weekend (in which I could be campaigning), but I feel it will benefit our campus. My good relationship with the admini stration, my experience in the residence hall systems and attendance of residence hall conferences make me the best candi date for RHA president. Henry Miles is a junior industrial rela tions major from Hartville, Ohio. If the housing department utilized their resident assistants as enforcers, I am con fident that the RAs' effectiveness in other areas of concern to the housing depart ment would be seriously jeopardized. Students are not going to cooperate with a housing official who takes away their means of cooking and then threatens them with fines, contract probation, and possibly contract termination. Frank Winstead is a sophomore political science major from Rocky Mount. GAA candidates want tickets By PADRAIC BAXTER The position of the Carolina Athletic Association president does not concern just one or two jobs but a variety of jobs. He is the chairman of the Intramural Re creation Council and he is a member of the UNC Athletic Council. The president is in charge of basketball and football ticket distribution and is the voice of the students in proposals for the new Student Activities Center. The president's position is a full time job. Ticket distribution begins in the fall and runs well into March while in tramurals run all year long. There are many significant issues to be dealt with in this campaign. I think the . main issue is strong representation. , Student seating in the new Student Ac tivities Center is top priority. The final decision for seating could be made within the next two months. Additional student seating has been promised to the students. As president I would make sure the students' position was well represented and not forgotten. For basketball ticket distribution I sug gest a possible balance between a lottery system and the present system. Approx imately three thousand tickets are allotted to students. Under the lottery plan, eight hundred tickets would be available on a sign-up drawing basis. The remainder of the tickets would be distributed as they are now. This would give those students un able to wait in line for tickets an oppor tunity to attend a game. Under my block seating plan for foot ball, block seats would continue to be drawn from a barrel on a random basis by the students. However, if a block is not chosen for a certain week, then that block receives an extra ticket in the barrel for the next drawing. This would give those blocks not previously drawn an increased chance to get a block while not eliminating any block from the drawing. I would like to set up a Homecoming committee to focus just on Homecoming activities. I would like to make Homecom ing a week-long celebration. The commit tee would be responsible for coordinating club-sponsored activities. Homecoming week would consist of a comedy film festi val, a forum with a representative from the Alumni Association speaking on Homecomings of the past, a bar crawl on Franklin Street with reduced prices at dif ferent times, the Homecoming parade, the Germans Dance and the BSM Coronation Ball. In order for Homecoming to become a successful week-long event, the CAA needs people who will begin work in the spring and work throughout the fall. As a student who's waited in line for a variety of tickets, I know how students feel and I think it's time to propose some im provements. Padraic Baxter is a junior business ad ministration major from Chapel Hill. - the Intramural-Recreation Council. The students don't realize they have a voice through the CAA in the running of the in tramural system. Intramurals play an in tegral part of the campus and students should voice their grievances. My experience extends through these three areas of CAA. My freshman year I worked directly with the intramural system as an official.' T was awarded the first "Athlete of the Month" for my services. My sophomore year I began working with the Sweet Carolines. This gave me direct contact with alumni, administration and the coaching staff. This past year I served as the first vice president of CAA. If elected, I realize I would be the first woman ever to take this office, but keep in l .... .. r The CAA deak with thr r,c c 1111110 1 wa5 mc tirst vice president ever ar them is ticket distribution. I propose a or tJls.0rgamzatl0n- 1 know the mini-block svstem fbr hacWv,aii m,ior auimuuduun ana town coun - w-MMvim fcMAAMMU By DEBBY FLOWERS I am running for CAA president be cause I am genuinely concerned for the future legitimacy of the organization. Last spring, Perry Morrison appointed me the first vice president of the CAA because I had "innovative ideas and extensive work ing experience in the Athletic Department during the last three years." The CAA lacked four things last year; a constitution; adequate records from past presidents; a working staff and committee; and, funds. This year we established all these things including a percentage of the student fees given to us by John Swofford due to "our increase in respectability and rapid growth within the last year.' to that of the present football system. For football, I propose 1:3 guaranteed block system. Both of my opponents have sys tems that do not guarantee blocks. There fore, a group can still go eight times with out getting a block. The second area of the cfl. It was I who had to face CGC last year wnen CAA fund; were frozen; it was I who had to convince the chief of police and town council that you would not drink during the first Homecoming Parade down Franklin Street in 15 years. And CAA is Homecoming. My two opponents WPS I had to convince mer are makine nronok that i chants OI Franklin Street to buy ads for taken place. I worked as Homecoming Jonieaming program, which chairman last fall. And yes. we had a float ' nused 5900 to firiance Homecoming. On Feb. 8, you're gcir to have a chance to vote on the quality of the education you're going to get here at jUNCt Forget about closes ar.d candidates for a moment and concentrate en the numerous programs and activities offered to you by a larse number of campus organiza tions. I'm tzlVs.z about the rr.cvies and speakers spon sored by the Carolina Union, the various campus publi cations (including the one you are holding), and a lot of other organizations such as the Toronto Exchange and Student Leral Services. Evervcne of thnsa FTnnrrc !nne with 23 others has cne thins in common they all re ceive money collected frc:n student fees. Because of a ..vets by th; Campus Governing Council Wednesday er.!;t, even student at UNC uiii have the chance to dridj whether the;; crcr.mi-ions will receive more s : money to operate en in future years. Th2 rrcro:a!, uh'ch fc- en the Feb. 8 ballot, I. would rd;c studmt Lzs 2.50 rrr vr?r. if ?mv Kv , I ""jwuy vi siu-;:ms. a izi i:as txen sard recently about I the need for seme tyre of fee increase. There's a cood I1V77. Th:t m:d-s that wrd? the cost of everything else ;r.::5 rer.e ur? a: c;. t - J rcrrrr.t. th rrrt nf m.-,. .rus err animations has crown on!v a avaJc'r'jfcr 32 can (fast as th; :h:r cf UNC students. Think about it for miramum hourly v.:.-? that vcar hovered around $2.43. Today it's $3.35. r ;ca-,e everything costs The niore you make mere r;-:y r:r hour than you did six yean ejo, encujh to tartly kcra vo with inflation. :niations haven't had th-t r-ri.. of inn.:ic;.i t! quality rnd c-y on tor i:uJ;:.ts u i ii.- c: ::: -;c ci : fr, , . . . . . .. .. i .3 th:t h Z f:cn i:r.s mensv to t ecu;"; of years the "T) and activities put ry oft!.: t: f :C: -j c.;r Umcn Free Cicks, t ; ., v . ..;u: . n r PfVJS. . CJ..,S,X..Cal tais, 13...; :ys reduced to four-page status. That's because they don't have the money the need, (Today's paper is an excep tion. Because the DTH was lucky enough to pick up some additional ads, today's eight-page paper was possi ble.) " ' . Both the Carolina Union and the DTH receive a set amount of all student fees collected; the Union-gets 33 percent, the DTH, 16 percent. Other organizations are allocated money by the CGC based on the total amount of money they have to spend. The DTH and the Union are partially lucky, they are guaranteed a certain per centage of all student fees; other campus groups aren't. So when the newspaper and the Union have trouble ' making ends meet, it's clear thai other organizations are in trouble as well. Because of the wide variety of programs sponsored by the Carolina Union, it' is a good example of the problems facing all campus organizations. "Film costs have gone up in the past two or three years," said Wayne Plummer, Carolina Union presi . dent. "But the total Union budget has stayed the same. The same is true for the people who give lectures. Prices have gone up significantly in just the past year and a . half. They cost $2,500 two or three years aao, now they cost 54,500. "Students ask, 'why don't we have more concerts,' " Plummer said. "It's because we can't do it without some outside promoter now." Still, Plummer said that the Union had been able to provide a large number of activities to students. But without a fee increase that time may soon come to an end. "The money (from a fee increase) would he?p post pone the day when we have a charge for all our films " he said. "If the student fee stays the same and costs go up, students are going to see the number of activities shrink year by year. It's a gradual thing that people don't notice. "A student activities fee is just that, it's for student activities Plummer said. "Pcorie don't iw there's a lot a student should experience outside th an increase every year, but it n haa t oeen raised since t 1977, that's a long time' ' Often, when the question about higher fees is arucd I about the spring concert issue crops up. There doesn't sm to be much doubt that UNC students like the idea ; of a concert. What many don't realize, however, is that 1 that concert is possible because money was set aside eah -year by the CGC. In J977, the CGC had $145,000 to allocate to various campus groups. It spent about ! $125,000 and set the remaining $20,000 aside in the 1 General Surplus (now called the General Reserve). That I happened for three or four vears. eventu'fv Wn - -General Reserve to about $190,000. That's the money that will go for this year's spring concert, if it is held. contest, a full week of events, and for the first time a Homecoming committee. Since we have had a decline in school spirit in the past years, I would like to propose next year that "any student organization who promotes school spirit during football sea son should get privileged seating." This would encourage more student participa tion from all campus organizations, such as Beat Dook Parade, Beat State Extra vaganza, Homecoming events, float con tests, banner contest, etc. The third area is Other areas we deal with are Parcourse renovations, new cards for the card sec tions, and enhancing governing council for the monogram club. If elected on Feb. 8, 1 can begin making improvements on Feb. 9. Don't waste a spring semester orienting a new president with no experience. By then the alumni could have taken over our seating in section I and maybe more! Debby Flowers is a junior political science major from Hickory, N.C. By BRAD IVES I decided to run for the presidency of the Carolina Athletic Association because I think, all students deserve a stronger voice in University athletic affairs. As CAA president I would be concerned classroom. The way I look it it, v.e dort have to have. But last year, for the first time, the CGC took $20 000 I ticket distribution, Homecoming, idling in uic new oiuaent Ac tivities Center and athletic affairs involv ing all major and minor sports. The CAA is a student organization and because of this I have decided to let you decide which type of block seating system we should have next year for football games. I plan to sponsor a referendum where students can votejorjtoejmof their choice. I also feel that most of the distribution days for basketball tickets should be moved to weekends so students would not miss as many classes we are here to learn as well as to support our teams. I also want to say that I am open to suggestions about improvements in either of the systems. - One of the jobs of the CAA is that it organizes the Homecoming events for the football season. This fall we will face Clemson on Nov. 5th and I want to make it a spirit-filled weekend. To accomplish this, I plan to start out with an all-campus band party on the Thursday before the game. Friday I would like to have a parade on Franklin Street which would include an improved float contest. That night 1 piopvav mat we have an old- out of the General Reserve and spent it on campus or ganizations. No damage was done because $40,000 was t returned to the CGC in May from groups who had ) money that had not yet been spent. That means that 1 though the CGC was forced to puU money out of the i General Reserve for campus organizations, that money ? was more than replaced at the end cf the year. CGC Finance Committee Chairman Charlie Madison S explained that campus organizations often raise more money than expected. If they have leftover money at the end of the year, they send it back to the CGC. CII, so far $ so good. The danaer to future spring concerts will come I if the CGC ever has to pull out a large amount of money at one time, or if campus organizations don't have any money to return at the end of the year. - A fee increase would mean that the CGC would have a larger budget to work from, could allocate more money to various student croups, and could more confident! 3 count on the return of money that occurs at the end cf 1 the year. Campus groups would have mors to spend, ' and the General Reserve rr.cney used for spririj concerts would be in less danger. ' f It would mean another $2.50 out of your pocket; r ' cu!J probably be S2.5D veil spent. . Ken Mir.gis, a sc?::r major from Rc.':!-h, iscz .n c.rJ p f,j!- ..1 fashioned pep rdly with a well known entertainer. I would also like to involve President William C. Friday, Athletic Director John Swofford, and Head Foot ball Coach Dick Crum. This type of weekend would emphasize the spirit building role of the CAA. The student seating in the new Student Activities Center is also a major concern of the CAA. If elected I vow to do everything possible to get all the seats that we can in sectioia I. To do this I would work closely with the student body presi dent, the athletic department, and the EducationaTFoundation. I give you my promise to do everything I can to get those seats. As I mentioned, the CAA is more than these individual issues and I plan to make sure that student interests are kept in mind with respect to all sports and athletic affairs. This means insuring that minor and major sports all receive our support and attention - sports like lacrosse, soccer, baseball, swimming and tennis, just to name a few. In conclusion, I would like to say that as CAA president I will provide all the students with a s trong voice that will echo their views about athletics here. I think it is very important that the president is concerned about all pf the various com ponents of the CAA. If 1 am elected, this is exactly the type of president I plan to be. ?ro"The0.: Brad Ives b a freshman political science and economics major from Brevard,
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