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Seesaw The veather's riding from one extreme to the other. Today's high will be up around 75. Copyright 1 985 The Daily Tar Heel ri Homecoming Ladies and gents, step right up and eye the homecoming queen candidates on page 5. Best of luck. o Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 93, Issue 85 Thursday, October 24, 1S35 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 n f(BW nT) it 1 . f paw -i ' ""' i ' ' '-"n J'" " " '"' n ,. mi t,.j.p 1 . 1 .1. 1 j ....iiu, NX ; V - f7 v ' 1 - DTHLarry Childress Jim Lampley speaking in Memorial Hall Wednesday night .ammpDey cjrnftndzes coDDege attlhilettncs By LINDA MONTANARI Staff Writer The hypocritical premise on which the National Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation is built prevents athletes from C functioning honestly in college athletics, ABC Sports commentator Jim Lam pley said last night. Lampley spoke to a crowd of about 275 in Memorial Hall. His speech was the first major event of the Rampage 85 Homecoming campaign. Recruited 18-year-olds are expected to excel not only in academics but in highly publicized and time consuming sports, while facing the usual . college adjustments such as apartment hunting and finding money to live on, Lampley said. "This is the premise of our present system of intercollegiate athletics. It is flawed to the point of being unworkable. "1 think there is little point in asking what should be done about the NCAA," he said. "The people sitting in South Building".... those people are the NCAA." Turning to open professionalism in college sports would eliminate the dilemma, Lampley said." "Admit that universities operate semi-professional sports systems for their own public relations benefit and pay (the athletes) what they're worth," he said. But Lampley said he favored return By JOY THOMPSON Staff Writer The African and Afro-American Curriculum is introducing three new courses on Africa in an effort to increase student understanding about well-publicized African issues such as South African apartheid and the drought in the South Saharan region and Eastern Africa, said curriculum Chairman Colin Palmer. These courses reflect the curriculum's placing much of its resources in the study of Africa, Palmer said in an interview Wednesday. He said, he and some of the curriculum's professors decided the increased news coverage of Africa warranted a deeper understanding of the politics, economics and sociology of Africa. "I hope the offering of these courses will stimulate debate for understanding Africa and promote the study of Africa on campus," Palmer said. The lecture courses fall under three sections of Afri 60 titled "Topics in African Studies." Section one, titled "Contemporary Africa: Issues in Health, Population and Environment," will allow students to examine the social, demographic and environmental factors that influence current human conditions like the drought in Africa. Curriculum Professor Karen Shelly will teach the course. In a course description, Shelley said students would examine specific case studies where cultural and environmental factors "pose dilemmas for both local peoples and for those national and international agencies which attempt to give assistance." Section one will be taught on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Section two, titled "The Politics of Apartheid in South Africa," will focus on the origin and evolution of apartheid in South Africa and the emergence and nature of black opposition to white rule. The course will be taught on .Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. by Sheridan Johns, a political science professor from Duke University. Section three, to be taught by curriculum professor Julius A ing to strict amateurism in college athletics "Eliminate all athletic scholarships . . . , I dont think we are accepting any t moral failing, .if. ;we .ajlow 1 8-year-olds -tcrplay with the NBA or the NFL. "That system could help place the emphasis in American educational institutions back on education, where it obviously belongs." Although people claim to be offended that college athletes can't read or write, they savor such accounts with the same "delicious revulsion and dread" they feel when reading a Stephen King novel, Lampley said. "American education is unwilling to honestly admit what it wants from . intercollegiate athletics, which is basi cally what it has a semi-professional system . . . apologizing weakly for itself," he said. Lampley also spoke about his expe riences covering the 1976, 1980, and 1984 Olympic Games. The 1976 Montreal Olympics showed him the comradery and spirit that could be generated by international athletic competition, but the Lake Placid games in 1980 did just the opposite, Lampley said. "The Olympics are much more a political event than a sports event," he said. "That experience (Lake Placid), particularly of the boycott, made me See LAMPLEY page 9 free society is one where it is safe By GUY LUCAS Assistant University Editor Today's Yure Nmomma party avoided financial problems when the Campus Governing Council voted 11 0 Wednesday to override Student Body President Patricia Wallace's veto of a bill giving the party $650 from Student Government. Wallace had said giving the party Student Government funds was incon sistent with the treasury laws and past actions of the CGC. Last month, the CGC's Finance Committee voted not to allow the judicial branch to transfer $50 from the secretarial category of its budget to its social category. The money was to be used for a welcoming reception for the Undergraduate Honor Court's new judicial programs officer. The treasury laws also prohibit spending Student Government funds for parties, ban quets, picnics, social events or entertain ment, though the CGC is allowed to make exceptions. The Yure Nmomma party is part of Homecoming week activities. It is sponsored by the Carolina Athletic Caught playing By GRANT PARSONS Staff Writer UNC-CH has lost its voting rights in the UNC Association of Student Governments because of excessive absences, UNCASG President Todd Campbell said Wednesday. The UNCASG, composed of the 16 student body presidents in the UNC system and two delegates from each of the schools, stripped UNC-CH of voting rights during its meeting last weekend in Charlotte. "It's just a procedural thing," said Todd Campbell, student body, president at Appalachain State University. "It's an incentive to get people to go to the conferences." UNC-CH missed the two most recent meetings: one held in September and one held last weekend in Charlotte. Student Body President Patricia Wallace said she was unable to attend the first conference and had appointed a delegate to take her place. "Something fell through, and he couldn't make it," she said. She said she did not find out about the second IFeao pirooinipfe cose np By RHESAVERSOLA Staff Writer Stun guns may become more popular as a self defense weapon in the Triangle, if sales continue at their present rate. The Four Farms Co. in Raleigh has sold over 100 stun guns to residents in the Chapel Hill area within the past month, said stun gun salesman Keith Norman. Six hundred to 700 orders have been placed within the Triangle, he said. Most orders are made for women. Men usually buy stun guns for their wives, girlfriends or daughters. The murder of UNC co-ed Sharon Stewart has caused sales to increase, especially for women between the ages of 20 and 35, said Macy Burke, a salesman for Davidson Law Enforce ment (DLE), another stun gun distributor. Burke said 50 to 60 orders were placed in the past six months. In one Nyangoro, is titled "The State and Economic Development in Africa." "This course is geared toward making sense of the two different arguments concerning the state (government) of Africa and its economic and political development," Nyangoro said in an interview Wednesday. Since the colonial period, the African government has "occupied a central position in determining the nature and progress of economic development," Nyangoro said . "However, in past decades, there has been a significant decline in economic performance in African countries," he said. Critics such as the World Bank and the International , Monetary Fund say this poor economic performance is caused by the government's centrality, which makes it incompetent to deal with the tasks of economic development, he said. , "Others argue that the problem of the state of Africa goes beyond simple incompetence of the bureaucracy," Nyangoro said. " The course will examine both sides of the argument. These three courses will strenthen the study of Africa in the curriculum, Palmer said. Other African courses offered by the curriculum include two sections of Afri 40, "Introduction to African Civilizations," which satisfies the non-western historical perspective for both General College and B.A. levels; Afri 64, "African Art and Culture," which satisfies the B.A. level aesthetic perspective; and Afri 61, "African Women." The curriculum is also reintroducing an Afro-American Studies course Afam 58, "The Civil Rights Movement" which discusses the search for social justice in America since the 1945 Brown vs. The Topeka Board of Education Supreme Court decision. The decision outlawed racial segregation as an unequal way of organizing society. Harold Woodard, who inaugurated the course four years ago, will teach it, Palmer said. Students who want more information about these and the new courses can talk to the professors in the African and Afro-American curriculum located in 401 Alumni Hall. Association, Residence Hall Associa tion, Campus Governing Council, Granville Towers, Stow Residence College, Morrison Residence College and Scott Residence College. . CGC Finance Committee Chairman David Brady (Dist. 12) said he opposed Wallace's veto but felt the Finance Committee needed to be more consistent. Bill Peaslee (Dist. 9), a member of the Finance Committee, said the treas ury laws were never used as a reason for denying the judicial branch's transfer of funds as Wallace claimed. , "At no time did anyone say anything about the treasury laws," he said. The judicial branch's request was denied because the reception was for a small group of people, but the Yure Nmomma party is an all-campus event, he said. "Far more people will be served by this party than the (Undergraduate Court) picnic," he said. Those involved in the picnic could have pitched in since the cost would have come out to $1 to $2 per person Peaslee said. hooky mpped M M&M mttlimg dgMs meeting until just before the conference and had already made plans for Fall Break that couldn't be canceled. "I feel really bad about it," Wallace said. "But these things do happen." In the first meeting, the members set their agenda and discussed their purpose for the coming year, Campbell said. During the second meeting, the UNCASG decided where it would send the legislation it makes in the coming months. A formal vote was taken and UNC CH was not represented, he said. "There was also a lengthy discussion of collegiate athletics and where we would stand on it," Campbell said. "But a formal vote was tabled until the next meeting." Wallace said she had not been notified that UNC CH had lost its voting rights. "Well, well have to get them back, she said. ; "It's- kind of embarrassing,." Wallace said. "I feel that our student government should play more of a leadership role (in the UNCASG). We're closer, shipment unit to DLE, there are about 500 stun guns. According to both representatives from the stun gun companies, the devices operate on a nine-volt battery or a rechargeable battery. The "price ranges between $50 to $80 per stun gun. Asst. N.C. attorney general Dale Talbert said stun guns are not consi dered firearms by law because they are not barreled weapons with a powder discharged projectile. However, concealment of a stun gun is a legal offense, said Talbert.. The carrier must have the gun in plain view by wearing the device on a belt, holster or carrying it in hand. The type of stun gun sold by the two-year-old Four Farms Co. can deliver a 40-thousand volt charge to the body, said Norman. Such a charge can cause temporary paralysis and incapacitation with pain, said the associate chief 'medical exa miner for North Carolina. "It could produce a fatal event," said Dr. John Butts in a telephone interview. " Book-breaking Marguerite Arnold, a (reshman from Blowing Rock, catching up on some reading outside Davis Libraiy to be unpopular Wallace said social expenditures for small events had been approved in the past, while expenditures for larger events such as the Black Student Movement's Coronation Ball had not. .. "I can see the logic in funding the Yure Nmomma party because it could potentially reach the whole student body, if your criterion is accessibility to students," she said. Peaslee said he opposed guidelines for approving social spending because they would cut out individual judgement. - . :", ' ;; - ',; " ' : ' .; - "We're elected representatives. Peo ple have put the trust in us to find the wisest way to spend money," he said. "I like for a body of us to be decision makers, not to be boxed in." Wallace said a set of guidelines would not have to be strict and inflexible any more than would be necessary to remove personal bias from the decision. "We have by-laws which seem pretty rigid, but they allow flexibility," she said, i CGC Speaker Wyatt Closs (Dist. 10) sfrLDirn gun "Abnormal heart rhythm could cause a person to die." Norman said a blue arc of electricity is held in place between two electro magnetic poles in the stun gun. Upon activation, the arc will jump from a third pole from inside the gun onto the opposite, larger pole (person being charged). The electricity will pass through almost any type of clothing material. A second type of stun gun called a TASER actually discharges a barb carrying the charge of electricity, said Capt. Ralph Pendergraph of the Chapel Hill police. "This one, in my opinion, is a firearm because it uses a projectile propelled by a powder charge," Pendergraph said. "The other one, the electrodes do not use a projectile." "We (Chapel Hill police) don't advocate the procurement of this weapon (any stun gun)," said Pender graph. "Nor do we have any intentions of acquiring them. "It's the times more people want to i -ft V i Adlai Stevenson said he didn't think the argument that the CGC was being inconsistent had any merit "I think you're talking apples and oranges," he said. "It's a value judge ment in terms of figuring out what's best for students." : - . Closs said he would have preferred Wallace voicing her opposition two weeks ago when the bill was approved, but was glad she didn't use another of her alternatives. "Patricia could have pocket-vetoed the thing on us," he said. "At least she aired her views and gave the CGC time." Wallace said she had not thought of how the bill was inconsistent until after it had passed. Closs said he now was afraid of students thinking the party was canceled. "Something like this you hate to have happen the day before the event," he said. The party was never in jeopardy since the Student Government money was less than 20 percent of the total budget and an emergency loan from RHA had been arranged, he said. physically, to the seats of power in Raleigh. It looks bad on us. It is a simple procedure for UNC-CH to get its voting rights back, Campbell said in a telephone interview. "All you have to do is to write a letter explaining why the meetings were missed and requesting that voting rights be reinstated," he said. "I'm not as concerned with voting rights per se, as I am with missing the meetings," Wallace said. "That's worse." She said she would write the letter to get UNC-CH's voting rights reinstated. She also said she did not know why she had not been told of the UNCASG decision and speculated that the notice was held up in the mail. The UNCASG was started in 1973 by UNC President William C. Friday to discuss student issues such as the recent tuition increase, Campbell said. "It serves a dual role," he said. "With Friday, we're in the advisory position, but we also sit with the Board of Governors once a month."- w-,.,;.,-; . The next meeting will be at the beginning of November at UNC-CH, Campbell said. poptui buy something that makes them feel safer," said Pendergraph. Sgt. Ned Comar, Crime Prevention Officer on the UNC campus said, "This is something that falls in the cracks of the law." Comar advises extreme caution with the possession of a stun gun. "To have it would probably mean to use it," he said. "I would recommend it," he said. "And use it (stun gun) as a sword to counter (the attacker's) every action." Norman said in order to properly deliver the charge, the stun gun must make skin contact or be no more than two inches away from the body. The duration-of the charge should be about one to two seconds. He said if the duration is three to four seconds then the attacker would be brought down. According to Norman, the charge will stun the recipient for five to 10 minutes and cause disorientation and lack of neuromuscular coordination. He said no permanent tissue damage could occur. -ST. H If D 111 J.IMft J.tMH.IIl uairifly Wednesday Ihe book. "Adaptations of Life." seems appropriate amid the concrete world of bikes and bricks.