6The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, February 4, 1SC3
READER FORUM
Zook for 'DTH'
mjp Saily (Har Itel
To the editors:
With a combined total of 10 years'
experience at The Daily Tar Heel,
we know the kind of personality,
abilities and know-how it takes to
be a strong DTH editor. Among this
year's candidates, only Jim Zook
has these qualities.
Each of us has worked extensively
with Jim since he joined the DTH
staff in fall 1983. Since then, we have
come to respect him professionally
93rd year of editorial freedom
and like him as a person. He has
proved himself to be both a capable
reporter and a responsible leader.
The features Jim will introduce
to the DTH reflect what students
want and should expect from their
newspaper more state and national
news, an arts and entertainment
section, increased recognition of
student achievement, intramural
coverage'and a stimulating editorial
page featuring a regularly scheduled
campus editorial cartoonist,-topical
debates and faculty-written
columns on issues affecting
students.
Five years of experience in stu
dent and professional journalism
have prepared Jim to implement
these ideas. He's been UNC's cor
respondent for Newsweek On Cam
pus. : His professional experience
also includes an internship with the
Arkansas Gazette, the state's lead
ing daily.
The Daily Tar Heel has a long
and distinguished history and
requires a leader with the knowledge
and the foresight to keep that
tradition alive. A quick glance over
the three candidacies leads one to
go with Jim. An in-depth look
reaffirms that hunch. Vote for Jim
Zook Tuesday as DTH editor.
Arne Rickert and David Schmidt
Editor Editor
Anjetta McQueen
Janet Olson
Jami White
Jill Gerber
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Production Editor
University Editor
News Editor
State and National Editor
City Editor
Tom Camp
Lorry Williams
Lee Roberts
Elizabeth Ellen
Marymelda Hall
Larry Childress
Business Editor
Sports Editor
Arts Editor
Features Editor
Photography Editor
Dick Anderson
Frank Brum"
Ben Perkowski
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A mock Tuttle?
In a large field of
Campus Govern- bOcird
ing Council candi- . .
dates from various O p I PI I O PI
districts this year,
one stands out from the rest: John
Tuttle, of District 21.
Despite having never attended a CGC
meeting and having only the vaguest idea
of what the council does, Tuttle said he
would work hard and could learn. But
hell wait until he's elected.
This amazing drive and resourceful
ness isn't just apparent in his desire to
gain experience. He also promises to
publish a newsletter to educate his
constituents. In four years of such
promises, weVe seen maybe one or two
newsletters, but we're confident that
Tuttle is just the man to revive them.
In another move to maintain contact
with his constituents, hell attend dorm
and residence-area meetings. This is
refreshing, seeing that so many of his
predecessors can't even make it to CGC
meetings.
But Tuttle, no mere dabbler, is a man
of sweeping vision. Hell get the Rams
Club to donate a parking deck for
student use on game days. Hell lower
the drinking age. And hell bring back
Chapel Thrill, with a big-name act
oh, like U2.
Another distinguishing characteristic
is his originality, as he supports better
campus security and opposes the meal
plan. He promises to devise a plan to
Great Hall more dramatic
The Elections Board recently
announced that, for the first time in
recent memory, returns will not be
tabulated in the Great Hall rather,
returns on today's elections will be
tabulated across the Union lobby, in the
smaller old Fastbreak area. One of the
explanations given for this move is that
there was too much room in Great Hall.
But the atmosphere in the Great Hall
is quintessential to elections returns on
this campus. High ceilings and the
balcony seating lend the hall an exciting
open-spiritedness that will never be
matched by filthy old quarters such as
the old Fastbreak area. And Great Hall
was capable of offering privacy as well
something which the dark and
claustrophobic Fastbreak-turned-lounge
cannot offer.
For instance, what would returns have
been like two years ago if they had been
held in the Fastbreak area? You may
remember that one of the candidates had
We would like to thank U-desk editor Janet Olson
and her entire staff especially Randy Farmer,
Edwin Fountain, Linda Montanari, Rachel Orr,
Grant Parsons and Karen Youngblood for sticking
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deal with both, but things like that take
time.
Tuttle is fair. We feel he wont alienate
his constituents, because he's middle-of-the-road
and can see both sides of an
issue. Moreover, Tuttle wants student
fees to go to groups that serve the
greatest number of students, yet he wants
to ensure that minority groups aren't
discriminated against during the funding
process.
His financial flair goes even further.
He doesn't quite know how this year's
$30,000 surplus came about, but he's
willing to cut student fees after years of
efforts to get them raised. For the people
behind that ridiculous effort, Tuttle has
a solid answer: Sell more doughnuts.
A political science major, Tuttle
emphasizes that he's in the race for the
love of democracy. A real humanitarian,
this Tuttle guy.
Finally, we are impressed with Tuttle's
determination to rid his district of the
apathy and ignorance he found while
campaigning. By providing his constit
uents with effective leadership and
keeping them informed of CGC deci
sions, he will create a strong student
voice. It could get so strong that he'd
have to speak up at a CGC meeting.
So vote for John Tuttle. But if you're
not as enthusiastic about him as we are,
remember what Tuttle says: Even if you
don't vote for him, go out and vote for
someone, because it's important.
turned in his financial statement 45
minutes after the 5 p.m. deadline. He
and Elections Board Chairman Andy
Sutherland met to discuss matters at the
great dividing point in Great Hall
a stern row of tables standing end to
end, preventing candidates from reach
ing the tabulations area on stage. The
drama was heightened by the environ
ment. People who attended election
night returns that year will not soon
forget the mixed feelings of the large
crowd the expectation of Sutherland's
decision.
I don't believe that such dramatic
tension will be matched in the new,
smaller location. Celebrations become
crasser in close quarters, while grief
becomes more unbearable. It may seem
like no big deal to -the Elections Board
but they haven't put as much self
esteem on the line.
ARNE RICKERT
it out these past few weeks on elections coverage.
Thanks also to the photo staff for putting such time
into getting mugshots and forum coverage.
ARNE and DAVE
Tar Heel
Venable Killough for
To the editors:
The election of Senior Class
officers is a race with heavy debate.
After attending some of the forums
offered, it is clear that the best
choice is the team of David Venable
and Michelle Killough.
One of the most important qual
ities necessary for operating a group
as large as the Senior Class is
organization. This quality is exem
plified in the quick, organized and
efficient way Venable and Killough
present themselves. They are con
cerned with the issues. Much crit
icism hs been cast on this year's
officers and their choice of a class
gift and class trip. I would like to
point out that under the leadership
of John Kennedy, the Senior Class
has become a visible and active
organization. It is necessary for the
current administration to be suc
ceeded by a strong team like Vena
ble and Killough if this is to
continue.
Don Courtney and Jane Miskav
age do not show that they have the
strong, knowledgeable and adminis
trative abilities that are necessary to
achieve a working, viable adminis
tration. First, most seniors want a
class gift that is noticeable and in
the favor of the majority of the class.
Venable and Killough, with their
"open mind" policy, want to work
with seniors to have a class gift that
is feasible and representative oif
most of the class. It has been
stressed that Courtney and Miskav
age feel strongly in favor of fixing
the Bell Tower. It has also been
pointed out that a large sum of
money would be necessary to
achieve and maintain this.
Secondly, Courtney, in Miskavage's
absence at the Granville Forum,
stressed the importance of an
affordable class gift. Don, what do
you want? A day trip to Carowinds
or Six Flags, ice skating, or perhaps
a sight-seeing trip to N.C. State. I'm
thinking that most seniors are
willing to pay for something more
memorable and exciting. "You get
what you pay for." Not to be
"cliche."
If you want strong, effective
leaders who you and the adrninis
tration would work with and
respect, then the choice is made
much easier. David Venable and
Michelle Killlough, with their
willingness to work with seniors,
can bring intelligent and improved
views to the offices of the Senior
Class. Please cast vour vote.
PLATFORMS: STUDENT
David Brady
I began this campaign with two premises: to have
specific realistic goals and to meet as many students as
possible. On this Monday, before the elections, I can say
I have met both of these goals. In my pamphlet, I clearly
defined all the specific items of policy I hape to accomplish
in the coming year. I chose to be specific for two reasons:
to give the students a choice rather than a vague and
ambiguous platform and to use the momentum of my
election to accomplish these goals in a quick manner.
Below are my ideas. for the coming year and, as I have
said while seeking student body president: "You- decide"
if you feel these are proper goals for the coming year
If you think so, then vote David Brady for student body
president. If not, then you should not vote for me because
I feel my role should be to improve campus life by tackling
specific campus problems with appropriate, practical
solutions."
Jimmy Greene
Being actively involved in Student Government for the
past two years at UNC has allowed me to witness the
problems of Student Government at a first-hand basis.
Problems such as low student input, low student
involvement and weak student representation are evident
in Suite C As student body president, I would like to
correct these problems and create a more trusted and
more effective Student Government, constantly working
on student concerns.
As president, I will work to get as many different people,
Bryan Hassel
As election time rolls around, all the student body
president candidates start to blur together in people's
minds. The same old issues keep coming up, and all the
prospective SBPs seem to be saying about the same thing.
So what I want to do is to use this space to point out
why I am different and why I should be your choice
for Student Body President. Here are the reasons:
am the only candidate who offers a Student
Government that will be truly responsive to your concerns.
It makes no sense to be an "advocate of the students"
if you don't know what these students are concerned about.
What I want to do is set up a Grievance Task-Force
whose sole purpose is to be in touch with students on
a day-to-day basis. UNC is a big school, but this task
force can cut through the size by working with dorm
governments, with campus organizations and with
individuals to find out what problems there are on this
campus and what can be done to solve them. The task
force will go beyond an "open-door policy" to allow
Student Government to seek student input actively, not
accept it passively.
Ryke Longest
IVe never liked the idea of having a platform in a
campaign. Something about the word makes me think
that candidates are supposed to stand on some kind of
stage like in a talent show. I was never good at talent
shows. But I have spoken with a strong voice, and will
continue to do so whether or not Irn elected.
During the course of the campaign, IVe tried to make
people around campus aware of some decisions being
made now and in the future that would affect them and
explain how I would try to influence those decisions. I
have shown that we can make a better campus by making
a better student government A student government that
is helping students by getting involved in the planning
stages of administrative decision making and by being
Jack Zemp
(Knock, knock, knock)
"Who is it?"
"Jack Zemp, a student body president candidate, and
I promise to represent the students and voice the students
opinions."
"But HOW?"
So many of you who have opened the door to the
various candidates and have looked as though you wanted
to ask this question but didn't. I would like to take this
opportunity to answer that question and provide some
explanation.
When I became governor of Hinton James last year,
I assumed leadership of a government that was tired,
disorganized and ineffective. In looking at Student
Government today, I see many parallels to the Hinton
James government of a year ago. lackadaisical attend
ance, low visibility and failure to adequately represent
the students have characterized the CGC this past year.
Student Government is badly in need: of some new people
and ideas that will both strengthen it and bring it closer
seniors
CowanGreenhill for 'DTH'
To the editors:
The Daily Tar Heel is the primary
source of campus news and infor
mation. It serves the students and
University community by providing
an effective forum for their views
and concerns. We support the
candidacy of Catherine Cowan and
Jim Greenhill for DTH co-editors
because we feel they have presented
the best proposals for extending the
service functions of the paper. Some
of these proposals include expanded
coverage of sports and arts and
entertainment, more feature series
on topics such as University
research, and detailed ideas for
working with campus organizations
and increasing their visibility. Let's
not forget their intention to move .
the crossword to the back page on
a permanent basis so that it is easier
to contemplate during class!
Good ideas are certainly desira
ble, but successful editorship of the
DTH requires sufficient experience
and competence to implement them.
We believe that Cathy and Jim more
than satisfy this requisite as well.
Cathy has wide experience involv
ing campus media, from the pers
pective of both editor and writer.
She has also been involved with
many interests outside the media,
including the Twti-f " mittee
William Worley
Greg Griggs
Michael Home
BODY PRESIDENCY Candidate Billy Warden did not turn in a platform
Try to rid our campus from ABA food service by
seeking another company in the contract negotiations this
summer that will have lower prices and better service.
Form a meal plan co-op, organizing it through the
Residence Hall Association to allow students who choose
not to buy the mandatory meal plan to sell their $100
to another student planning to buy more than $100. This
service will allow those students who choose to, to get
out of the obligation.
Build a parking deck on South Campus or on the
previously proposed site of the Bell Tower Parking Lot
with monies left over from alumni contributions to the
Smith Center to be used by students during the week
and by alumni on the weekends. Make more parking
spaces in key areas Student Union, libraries, etc.
-available-to students. ?. v '
initiated weekly article in the DTH to: report my
meetings with the administration, provide a calendar of
events and cover key projects SG is doing and how you
can become involved, especially freshmen.
Work to provide for the funding of the Chapel Thrill
concert, a once annual tradition lor our campus. (Also,
from diverse areas, involved in Student Government as"
possible. Having a government made up of students from
different parts on campus will better represent each area
and each group on campus, as well as better educating
all of the University on Student Government doings.
To also better educate the University on Student
Government concerns, I will have a biweekly publicized
forum in the Union for all students. At these forums,
I will let the students know about the work of Student
Government, plus open the floor up for student
suggestions, ideas and concerns. Thus, the forums serve
a two-fold purpose: One, to better educate the University
on Student Government doings and two, getting more
student input on ideas to more actively concentrate on
student problems.
am the only candidate who plans a major
reorganization of Student Government. It does no good
to know what students are concerned about unless you
have a Student Government that can effectively deal with
these problems. I want to eliminate a lot of the bureaucracy
in Student Government by replacing committees that push
papers with a large team of executive assistants. These
people will serve as a "cabinet" of sorts with wide freedom
to act. This kind of independent action and flexibility
will give the people in the executive branch the latitude
they need to work for your interests.
will bring a fresh approach and a new type of
leadership to Student Government. My involvement on
this campus and elsewhere has been primarily outside
Student Government, working on such efforts as the
campaign to rehire George Gamble last semester. It is
this kind of active advocacy of student interests that stands
behind all of the experience that I will bring to Student
Government. Such an approach will give Suite C the
direction it needs to be an effective body on campus.
offer the "student empowerment" platform.
Underlying all of the traditional campaign issues (the meal
plan, the Campus Y, etc.) is the fundamental fact that
administrators are ignoring student opinions on crucial
concerns. All of these ideas that constitute my "platform"
advocates of student interest. My experience has given
mc iii. necessary tools for building sucn a government.
I need your vote to get it started. I need your participation
to get it going. I need your belief to make it last.
I have worked under three student body presidents.
IVe seen how they organized their governments and IVe
got a lot of fresh ideas about how to do things they never
could do. I want to give executive assistants more freedom
to act and more power to act with. I want to establish
standing committees to comb the campus looking for
issues in their fields to debate. In short, I want to see
a government that is active, not reactive.
Too often in student government we face issues that
were decided before we were in school here. The student
body president needs to speak out not only for the rights
of the students who are currently enrolled, but also for
those students who will enroll here next year and the
year after that. We need a president who can tell you
not only what's gone on in. the past and what's going
to the students it represents. My goal is to bring legitimacy
back to Student Government.
Toward this end, I first want three things: a bill requiring
CGC members attend at least half of the area government
meetings; two general constituent meetings per area per
semester with funds allocated for incentives, to encourage
attendance; and a stricter enforcement of the attendance
policy.
Another important issue is our inefficient food service.
A service should be arranged with maximum student input
and internal control. Proven successful at other
universities, a career program integrated into the food
service would help bring down labor costs, through such
methods as hiring students for room and board credits,
cash incentives to promote managerial efficiency and an
internship program coordinated with the Business School.
An issue which is important not only here but at many
colleges is rising the drinking age and its effects on college
drinking. A leniency policy for onampus drinking would
keep students safely in or near their dorms, where they
are less likely to drive. In hopes of achieving an exception
for students at University-sponsored functions, I have been
in contact with Bill Cobey. Joe Hagney and the mayoi
of the Campus Y. Jim also has wide
experience in working with the
DTH. He is a member of the Board
of Directors and was editor of The
Tar Heel this past summer, when
Cathy was his managing editor.
Furthermore, we know Cathy to
be a person of fairness and honesty.
In a tough situation, she will strive
to gain an understanding of all
aspects of a story before making a
judgment. She is concerned not with
titles or pwer, but with carrying out
her vision for the paper. We find
Jim to be a person of thoroughness
and objectivity. He knows the
difference between fact and opinion,
a quality necessary for any news
paper editor.
The idea of a co-editorship is a
particular strength of their candi
dacy. Not only does it split the great
work load, but it also provides the
perspectives of two people instead
of just one. We believe Catherine
Cowan and Jim Greenhill can best
improve student involvement with
the DTH and campus coverage by
the DTH with integrity and
objectivity.
Bryan Grote
Marion Presler
Chapel Hill
I will work with the Union and the Smith Center to provide
more concert dates, in addition to Kenny Rogers, that
students can enjoy!)
will petition for a minimum-use textbook policy,
' which would require professors to use the same textbook
at least two semesters in a row. This will allow students
to sell more new books back, and it will make available
more used books, which means lower textbook costs.
Midterm exam policy. I will present this to the Faculty
Council and the University administration. It would serve
the same purpose as the final exam policy: Permit students
with more than two scheduled exams in 24 hours to
schedule alternates.
In conclusion, I have given you seven concrete, realistic,
specific and workable ideas. By accomplishing these, my
presidency would be a Success.' I have spent eight hours
a day for a month knocking on doors and speaking with
fellow students about my ideas. Now, you must decide
if these ideas are right for UNC-CH. The choice is yours.
The duty to vote is yours. Please exercise this freedom
and vote for the student who you think best deserves
your vote. Thank you.
As president, I will work on student problems and
concerns. I will improve campus security through better
lighting and rejuvenation of the Campus Watch Program,
which I organized. I will work to create a Minority
Cultural Center to better educate the University on all
minorities. I will work to bring back the Chapel Thrill
in the Smith Centeft I will work to keep student fees
down and work to improve campus beautification. Most
of all, as president, I will be the student voice into the
administration policy-making process and a president who
represents the students, not the administration.
The platform I am running on for student body
president is both clear and realistic. My goals are student
oriented and very obtainable. If I am elected president,
the problems of student government can will be solved.
the Grievance Task-Force, the revitalized Student
Government, the role of active advocacy are geared
toward empowering students, giving them a role in the
decisions that affect their daily lives.
So when ARA's contract comes up for renewal this
spring, I will use all the diverse resources available to
Student Government to ensure that students have voice
in constructing a new contract for a new food service.
I will also work to guarantee that students have a role
in managing that new food service. That is what student
empowerment is all about
All other issues fall into the same pattern of
empowerment and advocacy. When the proposal for a
Black Cultural Center is completed, I will strongly support
its implementation without delay and without modifida
tions that dilute its purpose. When cables are being
installed on campus, my concern will be to ensure that
STV has access to that service. And so on. The point
is that whatever the issue, I will approach it with the
same basic goal: to guarantee that students are allowed
to participate in the decisions that affect them. Above
all else, that is the role of Student Government on this
campus. And that is the role that I will pursue from the
day I take office.
on now, but also can see what's around the corner lor
students. My long involvement in Student Government
has given me this ability to see what is likely to happen
in the future.
As a CGC member, I saw the coming implementation
of the Mandatory Meal Plan and fought against it by
authoring legislation in the CGC outlining reasons why
the CGC opposed the plan. By doing this, I brought the
issue to the attention of Doug Berger and Patricia Wallace
and got the debate started. This is the kind of thing I
would try to do as student body president.
In conclusion, I want to say that regardless of who
wins the election, we need more people working in Student
Government. We need freshmen and graduate students
and everybody in between to participate in government.
We need you to get involved early and try to give Student
Government a new direction and a new purpose to be
the first agency to speak up for student rights, and the
last one to stop fighting for them.
of Chapel Hill, who all have been receptive to our idea.
Inc uiivor has given concrete support in the promise
of a free weekend bus service for intoxicated students.
Another plan I propose is the creation of a Campus
Minority Council, composed of representatives both from
established minority groups and from traditionally
unrepresented minorities. This organization would receive
CGC funds which would be allocated for minority events.
Other important goals include the establishment of
bimonthly meetings between representatives from the
bodies of the CGC. RH A and CAA to coordinate activities
such as Chapel Thrill; the implementation of Campus
Watch program to its full extent, including installing
permanent metal signs; the extension of library hour
during the midterms and through the final three weeks
of exams, the bonding of the Greek system's treasurers
to $75 a week so they avoid the long process of receiving
their funds through SAFO. Lastly. I will initiate a campus
beautification campaign which will include more trash
cans placed across campus.
With those ideas implemented. I feel that Student
Government will be well on its way toward paining
legitimacy both with students and administrators.