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2The Tar Heel Thursday, July 3. 1986 fadteiife lobby. &gstost'pFopb By CATHERINE COWAN Staff Writer Students got mixed results in their efforts to lobby state legislators against Gov. James G. Martin's proposed tuition hikes on June 17. said Student Body President Bryan Hassel. While some legislators were supportive enough to come to the student's press conference in Raleigh, others said they felt the state already spent too much on education, HasseK said. The University of North Carolina Association of Student Govern ments, or UNCASG, which is made up of members of student govern ments from all over North Carolina, gathered in Raleigh on Wednesday and Thursday June 18-19 to lobby N.C. state senators and representa tives on Martin's proposed tuition increases and education appropria tions in his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. The position the UNCASG took matched that of the UNC Board of Governors on most issues. In his budget, Martin had pro posed an in-state tuition hike of 3.2 College president suspended From Associated Press reports WESTFIELD. Mass. The trus tees of Westfield State College voted Monday night to suspend their president without pay because of his indictment on charges of sexually assaulting two male students. The 9-1 vote to suspend Francis J. Pilecki, 52, must be approved by state officials, who had criticized the college after it was revealed it paid a $10,000 settlement to one of the students who claimed he was assaulted by Pilecki in 1984. lip TRANSPORTATION NEEDS? Children's Bicycles from $49.00 Adult Bicycles from $135.00 Racing Bicycles from $375.00 Finest Selection of American, European, & Japanese Bicycles Complete Frame Shop Frame Repairs 4 Repainting Service The Most Complete Cycle Shop in the Triangle $20.00 Off Any Bicycle with this ad TUMBLEWEED CYCLERY 456 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 967-4874 "Bicycles for Everyone' percent and an out-of-state tuition hike of 12.3 percent. Students lobbied for no tuition hikes. The final budget proposal, put together by the Democratic-controlled Joint Appro priations Committee on June 23, did not include any in-state tuition increase, but did increase out-of-state tuition by Martin's proposed 12.3 percent. The Joint Appropriation Commit tee's final proposal included no funding for removal of barriers to handicapped students. Martin had proposed $2 million for handicapped barrier removal, while students had lobbied for $4 million. The final budget proposal also allocated $40.6 million for major construction projects on UNC system campuses, slightly more than Mar tin's proposal of $30 million, but far; short of the UNCASG and BOG proposal of $145,792,100. "The biggest disappointment was that they didnt allocate any money for handicapped barrier removal,' Hassel said. "$480,000 was allocated for 200 additional horse stalls in Asheboro. Not to say that that's not important, but handicapped barrier - removal has not been funded for five years in a row now." Hassel said that while many leg islators were sympathetic to not increasing in-state tuition, almost all wanted to raise out-of-state tuition. "The Democratic leadership seemed more willing in conversations than Martin to support education, but they were very much for an out-of- state tuition increase. They were very conscious that if they support edu cation more, other programs have to be cut." In a statement made during the UNCASG press conference, Hassel said, "The students of the University of North Carolina face a crisis situation in the area of government support of our education. On the Federal level, President Reagan has said that public education is the responsibility of the state govern ments, and he has launched a whole sale attack on the financial aid programs which allow many of us to attend school. "But if Governor Martin has his way, the North Carolina state govern ment will not pick up where the federal Government left off. Rather than increasing the state's support of higher education, Governor Martion has submitted a proposal to raise the costs of tuition by a substantial percentage." Also during the UNCASG press conference, UNCASG President and N.C. State Student Body Presdient Gary Mauney said, "Today, we, the elected representatives of the students of the University of North Carolina, have assembled to ensure that we do not become passive recipients of a future in which education is a commodity accessible only to those endowed with a fortunate economic status. "If education is indeed the instru ment by which our past is preserved, the present made productive, and the future given promise, then clearly our state and our citizenry all stand. to lose if the plans Governor Martin has for post-secondary education come to fruition." ) I . .' " ' ' s'--..i - Before You Go to the Beac Come to the Shrunken Head Boutique for the most fantastic bathing suit you ever had. We've got the largest selection of the funnest and most fashionable bathing suits in this area. Plus 20 off summer sportswear for men and ladies. Closed July 4th bpwHw wS3 WOT u too t. t-ranklln St. Writers get off your clouds; Mandatory meeting for staff Attention all Summer Tar Heel writers! This is your pilot speak ing. We're having a MANDA TORY meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. in the office. It's imperative that you come to get a story assignment, not only for the following week but for the mail home issue coming up. If you cant be there at three, come by as soon as possible. Tell your sick grandmother to watch a little "General Hospital," pump some air into that flat bike tire, tell your boss you're taking a lunch break, and come on over. If you don't attend, your name will be sludge on the lips of your editors, who will promptly begin chanting anti Pulitzer curses over your repor ter's notebooks as they smolder in a huge newsroom bonfire. As Jo so eloquently puts it, non attendance will insure one's cru cifixion, STH-wise. m ... i 1942-7544 VL ifttfton'g VJilcJ July Bitravangazal When the other stores have a sale, Milton gets mad and drops his prices to the impossible bottom. CLOSED JULY 4th ONLY. y 7,-y 4 ?h- Jerdacha Poplin and Pincord Suits $5990 Reg. $175 Creu? 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