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Mmln NOWASHA Mostly sunny today and Fri day with highs near 90 and lows dropping to the mid 60s. No rain in sight. Football For the complete scoop on the 1983 Tar Heel football team, don't miss today's football preview. 4 a Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Copyright 1983 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 91, Issue 50 Thursday, September 8, 1983 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 HIT Boycott set on flights to Moscow The Associated Press Airline pilots in Britain, Australia, France and Denmark agreed Wednesday to boycott flights to Moscow in retaliation for the downing of a South Korean jumbo jetliner, and Soviet Foreign Minister An drei A. Gromyko said the plane was at tacked after it "tried to escape." The British pilots' association asked its 5,000 members to start a 60-day boycott on Friday, and airline captains in other European nations indicated they too would join the protest. NATO countries were considering back ing the pilots' action with a formal em bargo. British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe told reporters after a morning meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Madrid that the West was determined to respond forcefully to the Sept. 1 shooting down of a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 by a Soviet fighter. All 269 people on board were presumed killed. But "almost nothing that can be de signed in this field can match the scale of punishment that is necessary for the ex tinction of 269 people's lives," he said. Howe said the countries were consider ing "restricting flights to the Soviet Union or restricting flights by the Soviet airline, or both, for a stated period of time." The details of the boycotts by Aus tralian, French and Danish pilots had not been spelled out, but the French didn't ex pect their action to take effect until next week. A regular Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Havana landed in Mexico City on Wed nesday, and Mexican officials gave no in dication they would go along with sanc tions against the Soviet airline. In Seoul, South Korea, more than 100,000 mourners, many screaming in grief, packed a stadium Wednesday to de nounce the Soviets. Prime Minister Kim Sang-hyup told the mourners that "retri bution and curse will fall upon them for the crime they have committed." Gromyko, attending the concluding ses sion of the 35-nation Madrid Conference on European Security and Cooperation along with Howe and U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, charged Wednes day that the South Korean airliner was on "special duty" for the United States. See PLANE on page 5 Administrators: UNC a bargain for its quality By JOSEPH BERRYHILL - Staff Writer Editor's note: This story is one in a three-part look at financing education at UNC. For related stories, please see page 5. UNC administrators who sometimes disagree on matters concerning the University are in agreement on one issue: UNC is a quality school, especially for its price. "I don't think there is a better education value anywhere," said Fred Schroeder, director of the department of student life. "You have to think that if we're high on quality and low on the dollar side, we have to be one of the best of all institutions," said Wayne Jones, associate vice chancellor for business and finance. UNC's quality has been confirmed by various polls, surveys and rankings. A recent nationwide poll of college deans conducted by Family Circle magazine ranks UNC among the top 1 1 public uni versities and colleges in the country. A recent edition of Change magazine ranked UNC 18th among Ph.D.-granting institutions in the arts, sciences and engineering. UNC does not offer degrees in engineering and had to depend upon its strength in the other two disciplines to achieve its ranking. And UNC is the only five-star academic uni versity listed in the $4,000-and-under yearly tuition category of Edward B. Fiske's Selected Guide to Colleges, 1984-85. Five stars constitutes the highest possible academic score under Fiske's rating system. Most students interviewed, while unaware of the exact tuition they pay to attend UNC, said they thought UNC is a quality school. "I think it stands up with just about any major university for the price," said David Allison, a junior from Statesville. Jamie Cowart, a freshman from Canton, agreed. "I think it (the quality) is pretty good," she said. "It's probably the best in the state." Jean Marshall, a senior from Mt. Airy, said that quality and price together make UNC a good school. "I think we're getting a pretty good deal here," she said. "This is really an inexpensive school com pared to most." Tuition and fees at UNC are $766 for residents of the state and $3,128 for non-residents for the 1983-84 academic year. Most public institutions of UNC's caliber have higher tuition and fees than ft X it f,,. ; Hfe Wva v v- pj -f - ''-"'ifTiTf fjt tAMl ty ' - , y. y yif-'f ,, , y - ' v v' v - x. i & f, K ' . I 1 ' v ' I f a f . DTMChailes Led ford Barefoot and . Susan Epps, a sophomore from Concord, kicked off her shoes to study English literature on Monday afternoon. Now that everyone is settled in their classes and back from their Labor Day break, it's time for students all across campus to start hitting the books once again. , ''tS t I, ' ; k y I v frmwwami iinnniiiiiiiiifiitfiiiiniiiiiiriiiinri Fanis Womack UNC, according to statistics from the UNC Office of Institutional Research. Of the public institutions belonging to the Association of American Universities, a select or ganization of 25 public and 25 private institutions, UNC has the second lowest undergraduate tuition and fee level for its residents for the present academic year. Only the University of Texas, with an annual tuition and fee rate of $462, ranks lower than UNC. The University of Virginia and the University of Maryland, both members of AAU, have tuition and fees of $1 ,586 and $1 ,332 for in-state students this year. Pennsylvania State University's tuition and fees are $2,312 this year. Only five AAU public institutions have lower non-resident levels of tuition and fees than UNC this year. They are Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Kansas, the University of Nebraska, and the University of Texas. UNC's quality can be directly attributed to its faculty, said Farris Womack, vice chancellor for business and finance. "I'm persuaded that you don't attract and re tain high quality people without paying them com petitively," Womack said. "And lately we haven't had the money to do that." Jones agreed, citing salary increases that have been few and far between recently. "We've lost some good faculty members already," Jones said, but added at this stage the lack of money to competitively recruit faculty is still a potential problem. . See BARGAIN on page 5 Heat forces area schools to close early By SUZANNE EVANS Staff Writer Hot. Hotter. Will it ever end? Classrooms have been transformed into saunas. You sweat. You suffer. You use The Daily Tar Heel as a fan. The excessive heat that has been plaguing the Triangle this week has forced some area public schools to dismiss students early and has caused some businesses to curtail operations. As the mercury climbed into the upper 90s for the third consecutive day this week, area school superintendents closed school facilities that were without air conditioning and that had poor ven tilation. Guy B. Phillips Jr. High School in Chapel Hill, the only school in the system that is not air conditioned, closed at 1 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. School officials at Phillips reported that several students have become ill from the excessive heat in the classrooms. "We have students come to the of fice feeling very drowsy and faint," said Pamela Tedder, an aide at Phillips. "The heat is definitely not good for them." Cleveland Hammonds, superintendent of Durham City schools, said neither of the two high schools in his system had air conditioning, and on ly one of the four middle schools did. All the elementary schools have window air conditioners and have not had to close early, he said. Hammonds said that he has not heard any reports of students becoming ill from the heat. Reverse-discrimination trial comes ByJIMZOOK Staff Writer DURHAM Testimony concluded Wednesday in U.S. District Court in a nine-year-old reverse-discrimination suit brought against UNC by a group of former and present UNC students. A final decision, however, is not expected from U.S. District Court Judge Frank Bullock for at least one month. The students claim that three UNC Student Government and student judicial provisions are un constitutional. One of those, they say, is the Student Government Constitution requirement that at least two minority students serve on the Campus Govern ing Council. The plaintiffs also charge that a provision within the Instrument of Judicial Governance requiring that 14 of the 42 members of the Undergraduate Court be minorities is unconstitutional. Also being challenged is a requirement allowing a minority stu dent on trial before the Undergraduate Court to re quest that four of the seven members of the panel be minorities. rench ebanon fishtin The Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon American and French jet fighters roared over Lebanon for the first time Wednesday,, and their navies moved closer to shore after Druse gunners blasted U.S. Marine and French positions in west Beirut. Informed sources reported three French peacekeepers killed and four wounded. The shelling also killed 1 1 Lebanese and wounded 38, and a car bomb killed six people and wounded 27 near a mosque a mile from the French compound, police said. No Marine casualties were reported at the aiqrt, but the Marines went on the highest state of alert and dived into bunkers. v A U.S. F-14 Tomcat, apparently from the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower off the Lebanese coast, flew low over Beirut, and two Super Etendard jets from the French carrier Foch swept across the central mountains searching for Druse artillery batteries. As the shelling raged, ships from the American, French and Italian navies moved to within a few hundred yards of the Beirut shoreline. A French destroyer and one Italian fri gate were seen offshore from the airport, and an American destroyer and guided missile carrier were posted opposite down town Beirut. As darkness fell, at least nine shells landed at the airport, and a new fire sta tion at the field was set ablaze. The Marines dived into bunkers under Condi tion One, their highest state of alert, according to Associated Press photographer Don Mell, who was with the Marines. The Marines said the firing was coming from Druse-controlled areas east of the airport, Mell reported by telephone. The Lebanese army was trying to push through the Druse-controlled area at the airport's southern tip to drive out the gun ners.. An officer saicf the army force in cluded 350 men, nine tanks and 20 ar mored personnel carrers. In Paris, French Defense Minister Charles Hernu declared the French jet fighters would knock out the Druse moun tain batteries if they did not stop firing at French troops. The French Defense Ministry said one "But this is probably because we send out caution notices to teachers, especially those who teach physical education, warning them to reduce their schedules," he said. Wednesday was the second day that schools without cooling systems in the Durham City School system closed early. Hammonds said that he usually decides between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. whether to close early the next day. "So far we have not had to close the elementary schools since they have air conditioning, but because of the tremendous rise in power usage late ly, we may eventually have to close them too," he said. ' -" Of the 22 Durham County schools, only one, Eno Valley School, has air conditioning. The other schools are only partially air-conditioned. Students are advised to listen to local radio sta tions for school-closing information. All three school systems have followed this modified schedule in past heat waves during late August and September. The school systems do not plan to air-condition the schools that have been forced to close early. Dick Drake, maintenance worker for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools, said that it would be too expensive to put air conditioning in Phillips. "We get our funding from the County Commissioners, but right now the money is just not available." Hammonds said that his system has been in vestigating ceiling fans rather than air condi tioners. "Since the hot weather does not last very University oiticiab maintain that the Student Government and student judicial provisions are lawful exercises of the University's academic freedom. The University also maintains that the provisions are a means of fulfilling the consent decree reached between the state and the- U.S. Department of Education in 1981. Throughout the nine-year history of the case, there have been a number of "intervening" plain tiffs who have sustained the suit since it was originally filed in June 1974 by Lawrence Uzzell and Robert Lane Arrington, then students at UNC. The intervening plaintiffs are necessary because plain tiffs are required to be enrolled at the time of trial. The representative of the current plaintiffs is Donald Lewis Elmore, a senior from Gastonia. During Wednesday's proceedings, James Cansler, associate vice chancellor of student affairs, testified that four student body presidents in the last 10 school years have been forced to act on a clause added to the Student Body Constitution in 1972. That clause states that if there is not the minimum number of minorities on the CGC as required by the Constitution, the student body president can ap killed in officer was killed and two soldiers were wounded in a barrage that hit the down town Beirut headquarters of the French contingent to the multinational peacekeep ing force. However, reliable sources with the force said three French soldiers, including a paratroop lieutenant colonel, were killed and four others wounded in two shelling attacks on the French compound. The Marines dived into bunkers under Condition One their highest state of alert. AP photographer Don Mell On Tuesday, two U.S. Marines were killed and three other Marines and six Italian soldiers were wounded by rocket and mortar fire. The Druse have been fighting both the Christian Phalange forces and the Lebanese army since Israel pulled back from the Aley and Chouf Mountains on Sunday. The Druse sect is an offshoot of Islam. Sources in the Lebanese government who asked not to be named said contacts were under way in Syria to try to bring about a cease-fire. The Syrians have been backing the Druse. U.S. presidential envoy Robert C. Mc Farlane met for Wi hours in Damascus with President Hafez Assad, but no re ports were issued after the meeting. One Lebanese government source said "the Saudis are really helping" in the ef fort to arrange a cease-fire. But Saudi In formation Minister Ali al-Shaer told re porters in Jidda the kingdom has decided to freeze all its mediation efforts because its efforts have failed. Israel invaded Lebanon 15 months ago ta crush the Palestine Liberation Organi zation and decided to redeploy to positions in the south in hopes of cutting its casualties. Israel has said it will pull out of Lebanon entirely under a U.S.-mediated agreement, but only if the Syrians with draw. The Syrians, who have been in the country since snuffing out the 1975-76 civil war, have refused. long, it would not be worth the expense to air condition those schools," he said. Fortunately for the students, school officials said the hours missed due to early dismissals would not have to be made up later. The heat wave and associated dry weather has also caused a water shortage in the Chapel Hill area. Orange Water and Sewer Authority imposed mandatory restrictions on water use Tuesday. Re strictions prohibit residents from washing cars or outdoor areas such as sidewalks, patios or drive ways with OWASA-provided water. Watering lawns, shrubbery and flower and vegetable gardens has been limited to Saturdays between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Local businesses such as car washes and laun dromats are also feeling the adverse effects of the heat wave. If dependent on OWASA-provided water, businesses are required to cut back on their water usage. J. Wade Degraffenreidt, owner of Sparkle Car Wash in Carrboro, said that past water shortages prompted him to install his own water system in 1967. "When the weather was hot like it is now, business always slacked off," he said. "We even had to close once for three months in 1967." Carey McCloskey, manager of Soap's on West Franklin Street, said that she had not been notified of the water restrictions. "I heard about it through a friend," she said. "I guess now I'll have to cut down on the hours that I'm open." to a close point students to the remaining positions to fulfill the requirement. Another motion was made during Wednesday's proceedings to remove UNC President William C. Friday from the list of defendants on the grounds that none of the testimony or evidence directly in volved Friday. No decision was reached on the mo tion. There are three teams of lawyers involved in the case. Richard Voorhees of Gastonia is representing the original plaintiffs. Deputy N.C. Attorney General Elizabeth Bunting is representing UNC. The plaintiffs who have stepped in since 1974 are represented by Jim Fuller of Charlotte, and Napoleon Williams of New York, who is a repre sentative of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Fuller said Wednesday that the provisions in the student Constitution are an attempt "to provide a lull range of experiences to blacks. "That type of experience was denied for 200 ,ears by law, and for a long time after that by prac tice," he said. Voorhees said that the key issue in the case was . whether the quotas are legal.
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