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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 92, Issue 46
Wednesday, September 19, 1984
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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nations for tickets not deductible
By JANET OLSON
Staff Writer
Members of the Rams Club and other
collegiate booster clubs who "give to
the college of their choice" so that they
can receive athletic tickets might not
receive tax write-offs for their dona
tions, the Internal Revenue Service
ruled last week.
According to Kathleen Fletcher, an
IRS spokeswoman in Greensboro, the
IRS has decided that the benefit of
receiving preferential tickets, in return
for a donation, equals the amount of
the contribution. In other words, the
donation is payment for a privilege and
cannot be considered charity, she said.
But Educational Foundation attor
ney Ralph Strayhorn said the IRS rule
did not apply to the Rams Club or to
the seating situation in the Student
Activities Center.
Strayhorn referred to a section of the
IRS statement that addresses a situation
in which a charitable foundation had
a waiting list of people wanting to gain
membership so they could receive
tickets to athletic events. Because the
people on the waiting list could not get
Jackson
to speak
tomorrow
Former Democratic presidential
candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak
tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in Memorial
Auditorium as part of a voter registra
tion drive on campus.
Students are asked to bring their
driver's license or student I.D.
Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic
candidate for vice president, will visit
Raleigh and Greensboro Oct. 1, the
N.C. Mondale-Ferraro headquarters
announced yesterday.
"There will be events at both cities
where the public will get to meet her,"
said spokesman Joseph Berryhill. "As
for her schedule, we're trying hard to
get things nailed down."
Rep. Ferraro is scheduled to attend
a $500-a-couple reception in Raleigh at
the home of Jeanette D. Carl, state
Department of Transportation board
member, and a $100-a-ticket fund-raiser
for North Carolina Democrats at the
Mission Valley Inn at 7 p.m.
Carter to
deliver
Weil lecture
By MARK POWELL
Staff Writer
Former President Jimmy Carter will
speak in Memorial Hall Oct. 23, despite
the effort of some students and faculty
to schedule the event in Carmichael
Auditorium.
Carter was selected to give the annual
Weil Lecture on American Citizenship
by the Chancellor's Established Lec
tures Committee.
Epidemiology professor Bert Kaplan,
who chairs the committee, cited cost and
security as the reasons for holding the
lecture in Memorial Hall instead of in
Carmichael.
Kaplan said estimates prepared by
the office of Chancellor Christopher C.
Fordham III showed, that a Carter
appearance in Carmichael would cost
around $4,000 because installation of
a public address system and seating
would cost $1,500 to $2,000 each.
Only $4,300 is available for the Weil
Lecture, Kaplan said, noting that if
Carmichael were chosen as the location,
Carter's lecturer's fee could not be paid
within the $4,300 limit. While he would
not disclose the portion of the $4,300
Carter will receive for his speech,
Kaplan said it was one-third less than
the amount Carter usually charges for
a speaking engagement.
"I dont think any public lectureship
could afford Carmichael Auditorium,"
he said.
Kaplan also said Memorial Hall
would pose fewer security problems
than Carmichael.
Memorial Hall seats approximately
2,000 while Carmichael seats 10,000. To
reach students who cannot be seated in
Memorial Hall, Kaplan said WUNC
TV will broadcast Carter's lecture Nov.
11. Allowing students to watch the
lecture on closed-circuit television was
considered, but the Lectures Committee
decided the $4,000 cost was prohibitive,
Kaplan said.
Harry Kaplan, 'get-out-the-vote'
coordinator at Orange County Demo
cratic Headquarters, said the party
would work to give Carter a large
turnout and added that the Memorial
Hall location would make little
difference.
Carter's lecture will begin at 8 p.m.
tickets, the statement said, those people
who received tickets in return for a
donation to the athletic program were
in effect purchasing tickets rather than
contributing charitably.
Because the Educational Foundation
does not have a waiting list for mem
bership, Strayhorn said, the IRS ruling
did not apply to the situation at UNC.
"Our facts are not similar to any of
these rulings," Strayhorn said. "There
fore, I feel that our members can deduct
their contributions without worrying
about it."
But Fletcher said the waiting list
example was only part of the IRS
statement. Taxpayers must also be sure
that donating to an athletic program
is not the only way that a person can
obtain a seat in a particular area of a
stadium or arena, she said.
"If contributing to a particular fund
was the only way you could get a ticket,
then we don't see that as a contribution
that can be claimed as a deduction at
the end of the tax year," Fletcher said.
UNC Athletic Director John Swof
ford said the vague wording of the IRS
ruling left many questions to taxpayers,
Student Stores pricing called unfair
By LISA BRANTLEY
Staff Writer
A local computer cooperative has
threatened legal action against UNC
Student Stores in connection with a
possible violation of state law concern
ing the sale of merchandise by state
governmental units.
According to the general manager of
Pascal and Associates Inc. of Chapel
Hill, Student Stores is able to sell
computer equipment at prices below
those of the area market because of
substantial discounts offered to Student
Stores by the computer industry, which
violates a state law prohibiting govern
mental units from pricing merchandise
so as to compete with local retailers.
In a letter distributed last Friday to
UNC Chancellor Christopher Fordham
III, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Farris Womack and the management
of Student Stores, Pascal and Asso
ciates manager James Tarvid asked that
Student Stores either stop selling
computers or sell them at prices
comparable to those of "normal"
commercial enterprises.
Unless the UNC administration
responds by Friday, Pascal and Asso
ciates has requested access to Student
Stores sales records in order to deter
mine whether its computer sales are
making such significant inroads in area
computer equipment sales that legal
action against the University is
warranted.
Most residence halls to close for Fall
By KATY FRIDL
Staff Writer
Most UNC residence halls will be
closed for fall break, which begins Oct.
12 and ends Oct. 16, but interim housing
will be provided by the university for
those students who wish to remain on
campus, according to Wayne Kuncl,
director of University housing.
"Last year we had some problems
because the university policy for resi
dence hall closings was unclear," Kuncl
said. "So this year we added a calender
of official university vacations to the
Housing Contract Book for Undergrad
uates which clearly states the periods
SERT reacts to unusual Chapel
By LISA BRANTLEY
Staff Writer
What do traffic victims, missing
persons, gas leaks on construction sites
and small crashed airplanes have in
common? They all involve emergency
situations that call for the specially
trained officers in the Chapel Hill Police
Department's Special Emergency
Response Team (SERT).
Although the police department has
always had officers trained to meet
special emergency situations, it is only
in the past year that these officers have
been organized into a team, according
to ERT coordinator Maj. Arnold Gold.
Currently SERT includes
approximately 12 officers of the Chapel
Hill Police Department, but the group's
size fluctuates because of the its
volunteer nature. The officers partici
pate in extra training programs and
retreats to learn diverse skills such as
map and compass reading, repelling,
rock climbing and evacuation
techniques.
Although Gold acknowledged that
Chapel Hill is not a community where
high risk situations occur frequently, he
said that it is always good to be prepared
because the worst feeling to have in an
emergency situation is a sense of
helplessness.
Money often costs too much. Ralph Waldo Emerson
but added he didnt think the statement
would have a huge impact on fundrais
ing efforts for University athletic
programs.
"If the impact were great enough, this
could mean cutbacks in our athletic
programs," Swofford said, "but I
personally don't think it will come to
that because a lot of the people who
donate to our programs do so for
reasons other than the tax benefit
involved."
But Ernie Williamson, vice president
of the Educational Foundation, said if
the IRS strictly enforced the ruling,
most charitable organizations would
suffer.
"Just about every charitable organ
ization uses this policy of offering tickets
in exchange for a donation," William
son said. "In order to get people to
contribute, youVe got to keep them
coming back to campus. Giving them
tickets accomplishes that."
Williamson agreed with Swofford
that although IRS enforcement could
hurt fundraising for UNC sports, many
Educational Foundation members
would still contribute despite being
Student Stores has carried computer
hardware and software for almost a year
and sells mainly the IBM, Apple
Mclntosh and Digital brands of
computers.
Pascal and Associates, which con
tracts to several University depart
ments, sells computer hardware and
software and does programming, repair
and other services. It sells mainly Sanyo
and ENC computers and has been
operating in Chapel Hill since Sep
tember 1980.
The sale of merchandise in state
governmental units, agencies and
departments is regulated under North
Carolina's Umstead Law. According to
this law, UNC Student Stores is to be
"operated for the purpose of assuring
the availability of merchandise (to
students) and not for the purpose of
competing with the stores operated in
communities surrounding the
campuses."
Although the computer brands car
ried by the two stores are different,
Tarvid said he suspected that the
business Student Stores diverted from
its competition was significant since
computers are largely "generic devices."
"In general, the sale of a particular
type (of computer) affects the compe
tition's sales of a different type," Tarvid
said, adding that a computer's price
range was more significant than its
brand when assessing market compe
tition. Both Pascal and Associates and
residence halls will be open and closed,"
he said. "Last year I was new to UNC
and that may have been part of the
problem, but hopefully we can respond
effectively to the needs of students with
legitimate reason to remain on campus
during fall break.
"The cost of operating the residence
halls during vacation periods is not
included in student rental fees, so there
is a slight charge for those who opt to
stay in Craige or other areas open for
the break."
Craige Residence hall is open year
round, and in the past students who
were unable to travel or go home for
"People want to know that we can
be counted on to come and do the job
right in an emergency situation," said
Gold. "WeVe had plane crashes where
it was important to bring people in
quickly and safely."
Although downed aircraft troubles
are uncommon in Chapel Hill, the same
map and compass skills which come in
handy in finding crashed airplanes aid
in locating missing persons a situa
tion which Gold said SERT handles on
a much more frequent basis.
According to Officer Gregg Jarvies,
a SERT member, the last search and
rescue the team performed occurred
about a month and a half ago when
a man in his 90s wandered from an area
rest home. SERT officers spent all night
searching and eventually found the man
within a quarter of a mile of the rest
home.
The terrain of Chapel Hill plays some
part in the special training which SERT
members receive, Gold said. Various
members of the team also receive
slightly different training according to
their special interests.
For example, said Gold, several years
ago a group of Chapel Hill teenagers
capsized on the Haw River, necessitat
ing an all night search by rescue
workers. "We dont have any raging
unable to deduct their contributions
from their income taxes. He cited a
study from a former UNC student's
master's thesis which revealed that 48
percent of the foundation members
polled felt the tax deduction was an
unimportant factor in their decisions to
contribute to UNC athletics. Ninety-one
percent said the opportunity to obtain
tickets for UNC athletic events was an
important or very important factor in
their decisions to contribute.
Williamson said UNC would work
to find alternative funding if Educa
tional Foundation contributions
sharply decreased. He said money raised
through concessions sales and dona
tions from UNC Student Stores were
possibile sources of funds. Both of these
fundraising methods were used in the
past before the Foundation raised
enough money to fund all athletic
scholarships and sports facility
improvements.
According to Fletcher, the IRS
statement issued last week was not a
new ruling but a clarification of laws
See IRS on page 3
Student Stores sell computers in the
$ 1 ,000 to $5,000 price range.
Tarvid's letter also said Student
Stores had violated federal laws such
as the Sherman Antitrust Act by
"engaging in a conspiracy in restraint
of trade" in its purchasing agreements
with computer manufacturers.
According to Tarvid, Student Stores
is in a condition of "unfair advantage"
relative to area competition. He added
that under a broad interpretation of the
Umstead Act, this market advantage
could be considered to extend into
Durham.
James Cansler, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said in an interview that
complaints from local merchants were
not unprecedented in the history of the
University.
"It has not been unusual over the
years for merchants in the surrounding
community to raise questions over
merchandising at the UNC Student
Stores," Cansler said, adding that N.C.
State University was taken to court
several years ago by a local bookstore
in a similar case involving the sale of
textbooks.
Cansler said he felt Student Stores'
first responsibility was to serve the
student.
"It's always a difficult question to
determine at what point that becomes
unfair competition with local agencies,"
Cansler said. "There's been a careful
concern on the part of the University
not to cross that line."
the break, especially athletes and out-of-staters,
have been accomodated in
Craige's lounges. Steve Luber, area
director for Craige, said temporary
residents were issued keys to the
lounges, which are off-limits to current
residents at that time. The lounges are
carpeted, air-conditioned and equipped
with color television, while kitchen,
shower and restroom facilities are
nearby on the halls.
Luber said less than a dozen students
sought refuge in Craige over last year's
fall break. "Some of the international
students stayed, or those with a sports
affiliation," he said. "Most people found
rivers in Chapel Hill," he said, "but we
do have water...University Lake for
instance."
Map and compass training is also
particularly valuable to Chapel Hill
officers because Chapel Hill is a fairly
wooded area and there is more pressure
to find missing persons quickly as cold
weather approaches.
In October, said Gold, SERT officers
will hold special training exercises in the
mountains to learn how to use Stokes
baskets and other emergency equipment
which aid in removing people from
ledges.
"The joke," said Gold, "is that there
are no mountains in Chapel Hill, but
there are lots of high rise buildings."
Another skill that is taught to SERT
officers is special building entrance
techniques in tricky situations.
"We've never had a hostage situation
in Chapel Hill, but by the law of
averages, it could happen," said Gold.
Gold cited a Chapel Hill bank
robbery of two weeks ago as an
example. "Most alarms we receive of
this type are false alarms," he said, "but
if people arent trained and don't have
a good system, then they get careless
they just burst through the door and
say Everything all right here?' "
According to SERT Officer Jarvies,
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Senior Rob Williams from Thomasville finds an alternative to the
steps and ramp leading from Davis Library to Raleigh Street as
he balances his way down the handrail yesterday afternoon.
other accomodations if they remained
in Chapel Hill."
Two major problems with leaving
residence halls open during vacations
are security and operating expenses,
Kuncl said. "The Housing Department
is self-maintaining and it has to have
money to operate the residence halls,"
he said. "The cost for operating student
housing during vacations is not paid by
students, so it is hard to justify the
expense of keeping every hall open for
a relatively small number of people."
Security was another factor in the
decision to close most dormitories
during vacations.
Hill emergencies
membership on the team both sharpens
officer's skills and teaches them new
skills. Italso promotes spirit in the
department. Recently, said Jarvies,
there has been a large rookie class of
14 officers at the police department,
some of whom have joined SERT.
The Chapel Hill Police Department
also likes to share its special training.
Last month they offered a class at the
police lodge to teach officers from other
stations compass and map reading
skills. According to Gold, the depart
ment was pleased with the response of
the 30 officers who participated.
SERT is. not an entity that functions
by itself, said Gold, but is part of a much
bigger emergency preparedness
umbrella organization called the
Orange County Command Team. This
organization consists of sheriffs and
county and local emergency officials.
These different agencies meet every
three months on a rotating basis to
improve the relationship and cooper
ation between county rescue services.
The University Police will host the next
meeting.
"If you dont train and work together
on emergencies," said Gold, "you end
up looking like the Keystone Cops."
Gold said that the biggest problems
in a situation where many rescue
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Kuncl emphasized that the Housing
Department is concerned about stu
dents who need a place to stay during
fall break and that a meeting of UNC
area directors tomorrow would deter
mine which halls will be open. "Cer
tainly the university will try to accom
odate out-of-state students and athletes
who are required to be here for games,
such as the football team," Kuncl said.
Granville East and West will also be
closed during break, but Granville
South will remain open and students
from the other two towers may stay
there if a South-dweller agrees and signs
a consent form.
agencies are involved tend to be
logistical questions of authority such as
"who to call, when to call" and problems
of when people got in each others way.
"We teach people not to get in the
way...not to become part of the prob
lem," said Gold. The Orange County
Command System, which involves the
county's key rescue people has learned
a lot from doing "intelligence work" in
other districts to see what type of
problems occurred with rescue opera
tions connected with last spring's
tornado in the eastern part of the state.
Part of Orange County Command's
training for area rescue groups included
setting up a hypothetical critical rescue
situation about two months ago and
then critiquing the response.
The most recent mock situation
occurred on New Hope Church Road
and involved a supposed collision
between a truck carrying hazardous gas
and a school activity bus. The scenario
was set up and dispatched as if it was
real. Orange County Command leaders
could gauge the speed of the first
response and the effectiveness of the
rescue communications process
between groups.
Working on the "what ifs" has done
a lot to improve emergency rescue in
both jurisdictions, said Gold.
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