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U0 'iwni mm f i m mpimi'fm 'iif wf"" W tg' V" llrriNl ' Mlijj 7o regret t!i3 inconvenience Please stay tuned. High 55. Low 36. Xeepssig Olympic flame bo o4oiQoiig -Pages . Seen any leprechauns lately? We know what you've been drinking. para ranrrwi 51 m ; kj uu wj uu uu y ie2 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Copyright 1987 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 95, Issue 16 Tuesday, March 17, 1987 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 Business Advertising 962-1163 l -ujf1WujC """WW Mir" (Mw 11 1! x i tadeot leaders react to comiecil9 Bunreomit decision By KRISTEN GARDNER Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council ignored student concerns when it denied a special noise permit for the annual Burnout party sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, student leaders said Monday. Students should work together to voice their dissatisfaction with the council's decision and to fight for changes in the noise ordinance policy. Student Congress Speaker Rob Friedman said Monday. "Students should be furious about the way theyVe been treated," he said. "If students get involved, they (council members) are in trouble." America to toast St. Paddy By LEE ANN NECESSARY Staff Writer On this day of shamrocks, lepre chauns and Irish mischief, many people, Irish and non-Irish alike, will don various shades of green in keeping with the St. Patrick's Day traditions. St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's national holiday, is the feast day of St. Patrick, a Christian missionary to Ireland in the fifth century who founded many Irish churches and schools. Although the day is celebrated especially by the Irish and their descendants around the world, the. holiday has become popular among the non-Irish as a day full of parades, parties and beer consumption. In keeping with the holiday, many of the local bars will play hosts to the partying crowds with specials on traditional Irish beers. Others will have t-shirt and vacation give-aways. "It's usually a pretty big day," said Roger Meyland, owner and manager of 1 roll's Bar on Rosemary Street. Among their special activities, Troll's will be giving away t-shirts and having beer specials from open to close. He's Not Here Bar will also be giving away t-shirts, with specials on green beer and on Harp and Guiness beer, said Mark Burnett, manager of the bar. Guiness and Harp are traditional Irish beers. Corned beef and cabbage, tradi tional St. Patrick's dishes, will be placed on the menu at Spanky's for the occasion, along with specials on Irish beers, said Mickey Ewell, owner of the restaurant. See IRISH page 4 S eeaite Contra vote may toe symlboMc By MITRA LOTFI Staff Writer The U.S. Senate vote on whether to continue funding the contras in Nicaragua will be nothing more than a symbolic gesture since President Reagan is sure to veto the bill, said Tom Lawton, press secretary for Sen. Terry Sanford, D-N.C. "The president will veto anything that delays that money in the slightest," Lawton said. One of two proposals will come up for vote some time this week, possibly as early as today. One calls for a complete and immediate end to the remaining $40 million in funds for the contras, a group rebelling against the Sandi- Coirigress By DEBBIE RZASA Staff Writer The Student Supreme Court will determine Friday if the 68th Student Congress had the authority to pass a bill at its Feb. 18 meeting, which was held after the new congress members were inaugurated. According to a statement issued by the court, the plaintiff, Guy Lucas (Dist. 19), alleges that the old congress was not authorized to pass the bill, and that it was "improper" for Brian Bailey, the newly elected Only Friedman said that he and Student Body President Brian Bailey are trying to set up a meeting with Chapel Hill Mayor Jim Wallace to discuss alternatives to the revised noise ordinance. "The town seems to be ignoring that we're part of this town," Fried man said. "If it wasn't for this school, this town would be nothing. "They're treating us like nothing," he said. "They're ignoring half the population of the town." The council has been unwilling to cooperate with students and com promise in allowing Burnout to be held or in revising the town's noise ordinance. "The students bring a lot r , - - svO, Table tie-up Mr: l c ft ;r fvil3 t'- ,mm in... h Ji '"" ' ijjts r r " n,' i r it u l.a i i a i , w ii. IL.i N . j. v.: r: s f x r : V S, - SS W ss-'i s f. '-i-. f ' s v , .,...,,,;::a.ss,. " - ; , rf' -s-s s I-, ..s.-. r-: I v,--.v.v.-.-.v.. v..-..-...v.v..-.: :-:?C:'.w.V:ov Luu im.ii. n..i.rtrt;, !,. ,.Mi..-...iV.'.....v.wri.. Students returned from spring break to cold and windy weather. DeeDee Davis, a freshman nisia government in Nicaragua. Tne other proposal, which was passed in the House of Representatives last week, calls for a moratorium on the aid until there is an account of the aid that already has been dispensed. Since the deadline for a decision on these funds is Friday, it would be almost impossible for Congress to override the possible veto in such a short time, Lawton said. The $40 million is part of the $100 million in aid to the contras that Congress approved last year. Lawton said he is not sure how Sanford will vote. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, will support aid to the contras, said Barbara Lukans, his press secretary. bill question to be resolved Friday in student court student body president, to serve as a voting member of the old congress. A bill to bar congress members from voting on the funding of student organizations to which they belong would become invalid if the court ruies in Lucas' favor. Chief Justice Maria Baxter said Monday that the main issue in the case is the interpretation of the term "elected" in a clause of the Student Code that says congress members are uto serve one year, and until their half the lies they tell about the to this community, and the town doesn't give an inch," he said. "Maybe there's a compromise, but they (town council members) don't seem to want one," he said. Burnout chairman Scott Gerlach agreed. He said Monday that the council and the Chapel Hill Police Department have been reluctant to work with students. "We have made every effort to cooperate with the police station, to cooperate with town council," Ger lach said. "We realize it (Burnout) does create problems, but we've worked to alleviate these problems. At every turn we've run into opposition." ' iir:iifiiiiiiiiini lini'iMMMfiiiVin ----rff '.'"W"- "sS V - t f S s V"4?. 1 "l& ss-' S -- v. a,v . v .v.v '.WAV.', a,:-. j0.sc4:s';,'i TOW There is a chance Helms may fili buster when the proposal comes up for discussion, she said. "I think if we withhold the $40 million we're doing a lot of damage to the contras, but we're also doing damage to United States' credibi lity," said Bill Peaslee, chairman of the UNC College Republicans. Lukans said the United States should not turn back on its decision to give $100 million to the contras. "We've changed our minds several times since the policy was first initiated several years ago," Jim Townsend, president of the UNC . Young Democrats said. "That's not a strong enough argument to con tinue supporting aid fo the contras." successors are elected." Lucas wants the court to interpret the wording of the clause to mean that the term of new congress members begins when they take the oath of office. If Lucas wins the case, Baxter said congress will have to change its traditional method of tying up old business before new congress members begin to serve. But the case would have little effect on the defendants, Bailey and Jaye Sitton, speaker of the 68th The council openly expressed "tremendous animosity" toward the University at its meeting last week, Gerlach said. But Dean of Students Frederic Schroeder said Monday that the council is not ignoring students. "The town council is seeking to represent the best interests of the town and the citizens of the town," he said. "There has been a long-standing concern about this event on the part of many people in the community," Schroeder said. "The council's decision is a result of accumulated feelings on the part of the community." Schroeder said he did not think vi:vs . . , --i .w, .- Av.va-.v.v:-:v. itlii , S -S ,s4-' ' t ' s'.vrts- .......v:-;-.tvv:: i sX . s' sSS s S l .-.v.-.-.v.sf: 'M s " ss ss-sss s. X- v DTHCharlotte Cannon psychology major from Winston-Salem, leans on a few tables in the Pit to tie her shoe Monday. Keith Poston, chairman of Stu dents for America at UNC, said the Democrats maintain that funding should be reconsidered because of the controversy surrounding the diversion of money to the contras from arms sales to Iran. "But they're really using it as a political weapon to bash Reagan," he said. "It's a foreshadowing of what's going to happen later and that's a push by the Democrats to totally end aid to the contras." Peaslee and Poston both said that by denying aid to the contras the United States would be, in effect, giving Nicaragua and Central Amer- See SENATE page 4 congress. Naming the defendants in the case does not make them personally liable, no matter what the court decides, Baxter said. "Brian and Jaye were named because of the positions they occu pied," she said. "The Student Code specifically states who must be named. Guy's suit challenges the power they can execute in the capacity of their positions." If Lucas loses the case, Baxter said the Supreme Court can still clarify Irish are true. the council's decision would signi ficantly affect the relationship between the University and the town. "It shouldn't become a we-they issue, or an issue of non representation," Schroeder said. Gerlach said the fraternity's main concern is to continue to make money for the N.C. Burn Center, which received the proceeds from the Burnout benefits in the past. "They (council . members) have ruled out any possibility of our having any kind of outside party like weVe done before," he said. "It's unfortunate that the result of a fight between the University and the town of Chapel Hill is damaging to the dlffUH (SomMnttttee By JO FLEISCHER Assistant University Editor The UNC-system Board of Gov ernors formed a special committee at its Friday meeting to study the drug policies of the system's 16 campuses, in response to a proposal presented to the board which would have required all system schools to adopt a. drug education and disci pline policy for students and employees. CD. Spangler, UNC-system pres ident, presented the proposal to board members, but they voted to submit the statement to the chan cellors of individual campuses as a guideline, not a policy. The special committee will look into the feasibility of a mandatory system-wide drug policy, or an alternative, and report to the board, said Lloyd Hackley, vice president for student services. The board's action was prompted by a U.S. Department of Education order requiring all universities with students receiving federal aid to form "a drug-abuse-prevention policy for all officers, employees and students of the institution." Wyndham Robertson, vice pres ident of communication, said the program must be certified by April 15 and in place by July to ensure that student aid will not be jeopardized. The order does not define the required policy, Robertson said, and fl'.'.'!.7V T "V"i'iCgVsWs s Terry Sanford tne clause by: interpreting it in a "supplement" to the code. But if congress members disagree with the court's clarification of the "elected" clause, they can pass an amendment to overrule the court's decision. . "If we came out with an interpre tation of 'elected,' they (congress members) can directly overrule it by redefining the term," Baxter said. Before reaching a decision, the court must first determine if it has 1-8 Xs vs 4 sS 7 V i Walter O'Malley burn center." Fraternity members plan to sell t shirts so they can make a contribu tion to the burn center this year, but they said they don't expect to reach last year's fund-raising total of $6,000. Gerlach said he's not sure about the future of Burnout. "The sentiment right now is that it's going to have to start over," Gerlach said. "If there is anything next year, it'll have to be on a small scale." Any student who would like to help Student Government fight the noise ordinance should come by Suite C, Friedman said. T1 O "poimcy it is unclear whether a policy should include sanctions against drug users. That question of policy was the reason the board opted to have a committee review the drug policy issue further, before a program is set in place, Robertson said. The drug policy and guidelines adopted Friday as "guidelines for the chancellors" ask the individual campuses to form drug policies to "help prevent drug abuse through education . . . and discipline (drug offenders) appropriately." An earlier draft of the guidelines the board voted on Friday contained harsh penalties for students and employees suspected of drug offenses. The sanctions included expulsion of students who "sold, made or cultivated drugs," and probation for students caught possessing drugs. A second possession offense would have also resulted in expulsion. Susan B. Ehringhaus, assistant to the chancellor, said UNC now has provisions to deal with drug educa tion and punishment. The Student Code lists drug trafficking as an offense which would result in "expul sion, suspension or a lesser sanc tion." Possession of small amounts of drugs are not among those offenses, she said. UNC faculty and staff hiay be dismissed for broadly defined See DRUGS page 4 '.v.;.y.-Av. yyyyy ''W.'.'.v,'? Jv. VAV,w.y .'..'' ' :;isW : '- ' WW Jesse Helms jurisdiction to hear the case, and if Lucas has sufficient reason for questioning the authority of the old congress. The court will decide both factors by interpreting the Student Code. The court will hold a pretrial conference Tuesday to simplify the issues in the case, consider amend ments to Lucas' request and limit the number of witnesses to be heard in the trial Only Baxter, Lucas, the defendants and each side's student counsel may attend the meeting. ,X,$ t:M. vyyy.-yyyy.-Mf. Y m rTf iju.nu TTin r-riiYi" ffMi--Mr-i-jT:i n nYj rr- vfr'-'-ijir ) .? r