6The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, April 27, 1983
Students assume power roles m city government s
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By MARY LEVENSON
Special lo the DTH
At age 20, Dan Zachary is mayor of a city. Six
of his peers are city councilors.
Joel Barrier, a UNC senior, is a police chief.
Doug McKinney, a senior, is a city manager.
Marilyn Ellison, a junior, is the president of a uni
versity. In all, 51 students have new jobs as politicians
and citizen representatives in Camelot, an im
aginary city of 120,000 people. Their jobs are part
of a five-week role-playing simulation of political
decision-making that is being conducted by Robert
E. Worden's urban government class.
In the simulation, students have assumed realis
tic roles as citizens of Camelot. The students on
the city council abide by the rules of a city charter.
Proposals are made and bills are debated and
voted on as they would be in a real council
meeting. Even the issues discussed by the council
are realistic. The issues include the city budget, ur
ban renewal and city growth rates.
"The simulation is an exercise in which the stu
dents take on roles commonly found in the politi
cal arena," Worden said. "It gives them the
opportunity to see in a very concrete case many of
the things we have been talking about in the ab
stract." ;
The students prepared for the simulation by
spending the first part of the semester studying
how city governments operate and how people ex
ercise political power.
"1 think the simulation is helpful because it's
realistic," Zachary said. "Camelot is filled with
people who have different interests and different
abilities to express those interests," he said.
As mayor of Camelot, Zachary has spent hours
outside of class preparing for his role.
"I spent a very .large bulk of time preparing for
the first four of five sessions," Zachary said.;"I
was genuinely nervous and concerned because I
wanted to have a well-run council meeting. I
wanted to be fair. I wanted people to like me," he
said. "I wanted to be knowledgeable of the issues."
Several of the councilmen have spent extra hours
doing research on proposals and writing bills.
Spending hours working on bills is one way the
students' roles resemble the job of Chapel Hill's
councilors.
"I'm absolutely flabbergasted at the time it
takes to keep up with things you have to do,"
Winston Broadfoot, a Chapel Hill town councilor,
said.
Broadfoot said he spends about 40 hours a week
studying the council's agenda, doing research,
reading memos, corresponding with constituents
and keeping his files up to date.
Rory Young, a former councilor in the simula
tion, said preparation for meetings was essential.
People who know the issues and the rules of the
game are the most successful, he said, noting his
victory in defeating an urban renewal project by
using a procedural rule that the other councilors
weren't familiar with. '
"I've learned a lot about the way city govern
ments operate," Young said. "You learn where
power rests."
Young, who lost his seat in a recall election, said
the Camelot newspaper was one power that in
fluenced his defeat. The Camelot Daily News,
which is published three times a week for the simu
lation, criticized Young's character and effective
, ness as a councilor.
"The newspaper editor is certainly giving us a
good example of how the media interprets
events,'' Worden said.
In the real world of politics, Broadfoot said the
biggest disappointment in his political career is the
negative attitude and lack of accuracy of the press.
"There's no such thing as an elected official be
ing a friend with a member of the press," Broad
foot said. "They highlight news in a trivial way."
Broadfoot said he believes that the press over
emphasizes personality clashes, instead of concen
trating on the issues.
"Disagreements should be mentioned," he said.
But, "you find quotations that are the most
quotable, not the most informative."
Although the press has been an important factor
in the Camelot simulation, Broadfoot said the
press has no influence on Chapel Hill's councilors.
"We ignore it," he said.
; The simulation helps teach the student politi
cians how to interact with other councilors and
constituents. ,
"If you want to be effective politically, you have
to compromise," Zachary said. "If your ideolo
gies aren't mainstream, it's harder to accomplish
what you want without compromising."
"I realize now it's a lot harder to get anything
done when there's such a wide range of interests,
and goals," he said.
As a city councilor in Camelot, Young said he
learned an important lesson in politics.
"There's no way to please the people all the
time," Young said. "The people elect you to do
your job. I have my conscience, to fight with
then you have the people's sentiment.
"When you're involved in the political process,
you realize the give and take involved."
Young said he least expected the backlash from
the citizens of Camelot when he took an un
favorable stand on an urban renewal project.
Young, who played the role of a strong conser
vative councilor, took a stand on the issue and
worked for that stand.
"I could point to a lot of things that Jesse Helms
does," Young said, explaining that Helms takes a
stand on issues and shows the people he's working
to get the job done.
"He's a very hard-core conservative," Young
said of Helms. "Yet, when it comes to election
time, he seems to always get the voters out."
Broadfoot has experienced some of the same
political situations that the student councilors are
learning about.
"The way to handle yourself while in office is to
do that which will guarantee your re-election,"
Broadfoot said. He explained that thinking about
re-election keeps politicians aware of their consti
tuents and pushes them to do a good job.
, "To look for re-election is a sound and ethical
way to conduct yourself while in office. You run
like hell every minute for re-election.
"You try to reach out and be agreeable,"
Broadfoot said. "But you don't let agreeableness
be misunderstood to mean you agree....
"A certain firmness is needed. You can't sit
there and be nothing but agreeable."
He also said it is important for politicians to
vote in a manner consistent with the beliefs that
they express to their constituents. It's not a good
idea to surprise voters, he said.
Worden said the simulation of city government's
decision-making process is a favorite part of the
urban government course.
"It's easy to talk about, but you only acquire an
appreciation for how decisions are made when you
become involved in the process," Worden said.
'Hothouse' show not convincing
By JO ELLEN MEEK1NS '
Staff Writer
Hothouse, a production of the UNC Laboratory Theatre, Was
performed Monday and Tuesday in Graham Memorial Hall. The
play tells the story of three generations of women under one roof
who are trying to find happiness with men and with themselves.
Although the play itself includes interesting characterizations and
many hilarious lines, the production failed to be convincing.
Ashley DImmette had a few good moments as Roz Duncan, a
young mother who still wants to curl up in her mother's lap
and be a little girl again. Roz's teen-age daughter Jody was played
by Dina Kaler, whose performance steadily improved throughout
the show. The pairing of Dimmette and Kaler as mother and
daughter was excellent because of their physical resemblance. In
contrast, Alton W. Parker Jr. as Jack Duncan was not convincing
due to his somewhat immature portrayal of a character who,
before his entrance, is depicted as strong and manly by other
characters.
J.M. Fitzgerald III was a little stiff as David Gordon, a
stereotypical "college man" who falls in love with Jody but can
not win her away from the "hothouse." Allison Heartinger as Ma
Sweetlove had some hilarious lines, but her young lover Banty
(David Collier) was hilarious himself, as was the drunken Andy
(Jonas Rolett). Penny A. Hager as Doll Jensen was ap
propriately sickly sweet as Roz's "best friend," who tries to
steal Jack and testify against Roz in divorce court.
Hothouse deals with many controversial themes, such as incest,
premarital sex, extramarital affairs, spouse abuse and abortion.
The characters are victims of war, poverty and unfortunate living
conditions. However, the emotions of these desperate and
helpless people were generally not very convincingjy portrayed by
the cast. .
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