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The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, November 25, 13363 pesaker coinideinnies By TERESA KRIEGSMAN Staff Writer On June 4, a cross was burned on a field of East Montgomery High School while graduating seniors were filing out of the stadium. It was the fourth cross-burning in Mont gomery County in 1986. On June 14 in Macon County, a security guard at the Church of the Creator, an American Nazi com pound in the mountains near the Georgia border, fired a dozen rounds from a rifle into the car of a Georgia couple who had stopped on church property. Racially motivated incidents like these are not uncommon in North Carolina, according to Christina Davis-McCoy of North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Vio lence (NCARRV). Davis-McCoy, who spoke to a group of students Tuesday in a forum sponsored by Black Student Movement, said North Carolina had been designated the "most Klan- tmrvey of bus ridership helps to route funds By SUSAN JENSEN Staff Writer Results of a Chapel Hill Transit transportation survey taken last month show that about 10,000 riders use the town's bus system daily, David Bonk, transportation planner for Chapel Hill, said last week. Of the routes serviced by the system, the U route, which runs through campus, and the J route, which services U.S. 15-501 Bypass and various apartments in Carrboro, have the highest number of riders, Bonk said. "We really haven't seen any shifts in these routes from last year's survey," he said. The results of the survey will be presented to the Chapel Hill Trans portation Board in December or -January. More complete conclusions from the survey will come in a few weeks. Alpha Phi Omega fraternity members gathered most of the ridership information, riding the various routes at peak and non-peak hours. For years, the highest passenger usage has been on the U route, since it runs more often than any of the other routes, said Robert Godding of Chapel Hill Transit. The transit system operates under a joint cost allocation program Chamber lines up parade to Christmas tree lighting By DAN MORRISON Staff Writer Although it has resolved the problem of where to put Chapel Hill's first town Christmas tree, the Chamber of Commerce has not yet decided who will light the 12-foot live evergreen. "We haven't really discussed who will be lighting the tree as of yet," Sherri Powell, a spokeswoman for the chamber, said Monday. The tree-lighting ceremony will highlight the weekend's festivities, which include the 1986 Chapel Hill Carrboro Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6. The evergreen, complete with ornaments, will be placed at the corner of West Franklin and Church streets in Chapel Hill. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Christmas tree will be lit at 7:30 Friday night, and the ceremony will last until 9. The Downtown Merchants Association of Chapel Hill will provide apple cider and cookies. The tree, donated by the Amity United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, will stand from Dec. 4 to Dec. 27. The decision to mount it at the Franklin and Church streets location came after much debate among chamber members, Chapel Hill and ATTENTION STUDENTS Carolina Basketball Tickets Student tickets are still avail able for the season opener against Stetson on Wednesday, December 3th and the game against Miami on Saturday afternoon, December 6th. Present your student I.D. and athletic pass at the Smith Center Box Office between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. active", state in the nation by the National Anti-Klan Network. "There is a wave of permission that is currently happening in this state that bigoted violence is all right . . . she said. uWeVe learned here in North Carolina that silence means permission. But the KKK is not the only active white supremacy group. Many new groups are emerging in the nation and taking hold in North Carolina. These include the Southern National Front, which was formed by leaders of the now-defunct White Patriot Party; and the Arian Nations, which is a national, church-based group that uses religion to support its racial views. Davis-McCoy said these groups are especially dangerous because they recruit youths into their ranks. Since 1979, NCARRV has doc umented over 400 racially motivated incidents. These include legal activ ities, such as KKK rallies, and illegal between the University, Chapel Hill and Carrboro to determine how many people board in these areas, Bonk said. "This is done to determine the fair share of cost that these areas should pay for the service," he said. "The survey is primarily used for our budgeting purposes," Godding said. "We use it to determine what subsidies are required to support the particular routes." The survey results show which routes are more productive, pinpoint any shifts in usage and check the accuracy of the daily counts taken by the drivers as passengers board, Bonk said. Chapel Hill Transit established two new routes oyer the summer, the P route and the L route, because of apparent needs uncovered in last year's ridership survey. The transit system has also worked with Mary Clayton, the director of transportation at the University, to relay the S route on campus, Bonk said. It will reconsider its reduced and mid-day routes, he said. As the University expands, the number of employees, who would need to use the bus system at times when the students are not here, will also increase, so route schedules will Carrboro town merchants anu WCHL-FM radio station. The chamber originally sought to close off the main block of Franklin Street, but the idea was rejected because it would create traffic flow problems. WCHL then offered to mount the tree on its land near Eastgate Shopping Center, but Chapel Hill and Carrboro merchants com plained that it needed to be placed in the downtown district of one of the two towns. The chamber finally agreed Nov. 12 to put the tree at the present site. Sylvia Butler, organizer of this year's parade, said she was excited about the new addition to the traditional Christmas event. "We have invited nine area church choirs to sing for us; the University Methodist Church will perform a handbell ceremony, and the Binkley Baptist Church will be doing a brass ensemble," Butler said Monday. This will be the first year Chapel Hill has anything like a tree cerem ony, Butler explained. "It was an idea I came up with after last year's Christmas parade," she said. "I thought it would be nice to have some type of community event at this time of the year, and I brought my idea to the Chamber of Commerce." wMte snnpremsfe activities, such as harassment and , intimidation. Davis-McCoy said North Carol ina has the most Klan activity because the government allows it. "Whenever the government takes a strong enough stand on this, it's going to stop, she said. Government officials have taken some steps to ensure more involve ment with this issue. Gov. James Martin signed an executive order in October establishing an 11 -member task force to examine the problem of extremist activity in North Carol ina, but the group has not met yet. Davis-McCoy said the governor's task i force would concentrate on many of the same areas dealt with by NCARRV. She said both groups were concerned with raising the level of public consciousness about racial violence, monitoring the activities of extremist organizations and devel oping a uniform reporting and recording system for violent acts. need to be re-evaluated, Bonk said. "We really have to wait and see in terms of what the University might request and the on-going develop ment of Chapel Hill," he said. Rumor has it that the Greenfields housing development will be asking for services in the future as well, said Bonk. Student Congress spending nears advised funding limit By KIMBERLY EDEHS . . a; miter Approx. Student c,rS Congress spending for student activities, but the April-November spending shortage will have no effect on 1 g82 $1 0,1 95 the operations of Student tioo7n Government, according to John 1983 $19,270 W. Williams, student body 1984 $5,704 treasurer. 1 985 $5,656 "There is no danger; there is 1986 "UuShf advised S,u- eaftodate 33-" dent Congress last May that it organizations were turned down could allocate $35,819.12 for last year for equipment that was student activities. This estimate desperately needed," he said, was based on the net worth of The congress appropriated the government at the end of the $14,540 to WXYC and $8,324 to last fiscal year, minus a $40,000 the UNC Marching Tar Heels, cushion required by treasury law. Williams said. "Our total expen- It was then up to the congress ditures probably wouldn't have members to decide how much of been so high if we hadn't given the money they would actually so much to the band and spend and how they would spend WXYC," he said, it, Williams said. Organizations that request The congress had spent $33,921 money will be little affected by as of Nov. 7, leaving their advised the theoretical lack of funds, balance at $1,898.12. Williams according to Jaye Sitton, Student said that the balance is not Congress speaker. "We're not binding and that there is more going to be able to allocate large money which congress members sums of money to any organiza- can appropriate if they decide it tion," she said, "but we certainly is necessary. have enough money to operate The balance is supposed to last successfully. We should be able until the end of the fiscal year, to meet needs as they arise." Williams said. The fiscal year Beasley agreed. "In very few ends May 15, but the Student cases, it may cause the congress Government account will not to be more conservative," Beasley realize the new student fees until said. August, he said. The congress has invested "That is a direct reflection of about $15,000 in a Raleigh self- a fiscally irresponsible congress," help credit union. This money can Williams said. "In my opinion, be withdrawn if it is needed, what they should have done is Sitton said. "In effect, we have allocate $20,000 this fall, and $17,000 that can be allocated if leave $ 1 5,000 for the spring. Now necessary," she said, when people come up for money Williams said that some of the next spring, they're not going to money was going to be pulled out be able to get it." of the credit union, but not simply Jody Beasley, chairman of so it can be allocated. "If the Student Congress's finance com- Student Congress directed me to mittee, said the large amount of turn over the money, I would appropriations was because of have to do it," he said, "but I great need on the part of student would advise them not to spend organizations. "Many student it." r. i i i i . a i "Escape the Get It Fresh Willow Creek Shopping Center Carrboro 929-2288 Downtown Chapel Hill 967-5400 TODAY Help meet the critical shortage of plasma by making your life-saving donation, Your donation helps expectant mothers, hertsbphiliacs, and many others. 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