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10The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, March 30, 1988 (Fit? latlg ufar Hn 96th year of editorial freedom J fan Lutes. Editor KATHY PlTl RS. Ma tiagmg Editor Kari:n Bfi i.. t u s ijaor Matt Bivmns. Auoiian- Editor KlMBERLY EDENS, I 'niiersity Editor SHARON KERSCHULL, State and National Editor Mike Berardino, Sports Editor Kelly Rhodes, Arts Editor MANDY SPENCE, Design Editor Jon Rust. Managing Editor KAARIN TlSUE, Neur Editor AMY HAMILTON. Associate Editor KRISTEN GARDNER. Vnuersity Editor Will Lingo, ca E0r Leigh ann Mcdonald, Features Editor Cathy McHUgh, Omnibus Editor DAVID MINTON, Photography Editor Address women faculty issues A report presented to the Faculty Council by the Committee on the Status of Women highlights some very disturbing information. The numbers cited in the report reveal that a majority of the female faculty surveyed has experienced some form of sexual harassment on this campus in the last two years. They are condescended to, stereotyped and subjected to double standards. The strength of UNC's faculty is tied to its diversity. The University cannot attract and keep qualified women faculty if it does not actively address their specific concerns and work to provide adequate support systems. The Faculty Council apparently agrees. During its meeting, council members passed five resolutions which specifically addressed issues of sexual harassment, career development, salary parity, day care and continued detailed study and documentation of the status of women. These resolutions will be forwarded to the chancellor's office for further action. However, this is far from reassuring. These issues will not take care of themselves if left to die in committees. The current survey was a follow-up to a 1985 survey of women in Health Affairs. That report found that more than two-thirds of the respondents had experienced some form of sexual harassment. Now, two years later, more than 56 percent of the respond ents are still affected by this problem. They have been conveniently ignored by the administration long enough. The female faculty have spoken out about their concerns. We should listen to them, as well as to the female students who have voiced their own concerns, focusing on many of the same issues. Students and faculty will have several opportunities to show support for these changes in the upcoming weeks. Next week there will be a protest calling for improved day care facilities for University employees. On April 7, Campus Y Women's Forum is sponsoring a Take Back the Night March at 8 p.m. next to the arboretum. The problems of sexual harassment, salary parity, day care availability and campus security are broad in scope. They can only be addressed by coor dinated visible efforts from the entire University community. Students need to be active partic ipants in this process. Students and faculty are often on the same side of campus issues, but they never think to combine forces. The administration has perfected a method of playing us off against each other. However, this strategy can only work when we allow ourselves to be divided. Bill Yelverton Town shouldn't tax U NC events The idea of imposing a $1 enter tainment tax on Smith Center and Kenan Center events is enough to make Chapel Hill Town Council members rub their hands together in glee. But it has University officials shaking their heads. By adding an extra dollar to ticket prices for concerts, football and basketball games and other events, the controversial tax, which has been debated for more than five years, would raise an estimated $660,000 per year. But before the town could impose such a tax on state-owned facilities, the General Assembly would have to authorize the action. On Monday night, the council referred a draft of a bill that would provide such author ization to the town manager. Proponents of the tax say it would help pay for the extra services such as the shuttle bus service and litter cleanup that the town provides for large, out-of-town crowds drawn by campus events. Also, they argue that it would spare Chapel Hill residents since the tax would be paid by people from outside the area who come to town for certain events. From the council's viewpoint, this is an advantage; it's always safe to raise money by taxing people who can't vote against you in the next election. But the people who attend basket ball games or concerts in Chapel Hill don't just drive in and leave. They spend money in restaurants, motels and shops, supporting local businesses and paying sales taxes. Also, UNC reimburses the town for some extra services that must be provided, such as the police officers who work overtime during concerts. Raising ticket prices could lower sales, decreasing the University's revenue. It's hardly fair to force the University, which stands to gain nothing from the tax (except perhaps better town relations), to run such a financial risk. And even if the tax would not decrease ticket sales, its legal implica tions are far from simple. The proposal brings up the tricky problem of allowing a town government to tax state-owned facilities or state sponsored events. After all, the people of North Carolina are already helping to sup port UNC with their taxes. The town and the University should be willing to work together to accom modate visitors to Chapel Hill. How ever, imposing an entertainment tax is unfair to both the University and those visitors. Jean Lutes The Daily Tar Heel Editorial Writers: Kelly Clark, Stuart Hathaway and Bill Yelverton. Editorial Assistants: Laura Pearlman and Becky Riddick. Assistant Managing Editors: Hannah Drum, Barbara Linn, Felisa Neuringer, Laura Pearlman and Clay Thorp. Assistant Design Editors: Cara Bonnett and Teresa Kriegsman. Design Assistants: Ashley Campbell, Katherine Hortenstine and Laura Ross. News: Kari Barlow, Jeanna Baxter, Katie Beck, Crystal Bell, Laura Bennett, James Benton, Tammy Blackard, Patricia Brown, Brenda Campbell, Lacy Churchill, Jenny Cloninger, Staci Cox, Robin Curtis, Jackie Douglas, Carrie Dove Laura Francis, Eric Gnbbin, Amy Grubbs, William Hildebolt, Kyle Hudson, Sonya Jackson, Helen Jones, Patrice Jones, Chris Landgraff, Barbara Linn, Laura Mayfield, Brian McCollum, Rebecca Nesbit, Helle Nielsen, Susan Odenkirchen, Laura Peay, Cheryl Pond, Beth Rhea, Mark Shaver, Christopher Sontchi, William Taggart, Clay Thorp and Amy Weisner. Laura DiGiano, assistant city editor. Amy Winslow, assistant state and national editor. Mark Folk and Justin McGuire, senior writers. Peter Lineberry, Lisa Poole and Juliellen Sarver, wire editors. Sports: Patton McDowell, Jim Muse and Chris Spencer, assistant sports editors. James Surowiecki, senior writer. Robert D'Arruda, Chris Chapman, Steve Giles, Dave Glenn, Dave Hall, Clay Hodges, Ginger Jonas, Brendan Mathews Patton McDowell, Keith Parsons, Andy Podolsky and Langston Wertz. ' Features: Jo Lee Credle, Myrna Miller, Jim Mock, Corin Ortlam, Leigh Pressley, Carole Southern, Ellen Thornton, Linda van den Berg, Julie Woods and Holly Young. Arts: James Burrus, senior writer. Scott Cowen, Stephanie Dean, Kim Donehower, Elizabeth Ellen, David Hester Julie Olson, Alston Russell and Michael Spirtas. Photography: Christie Blom, Amy Hamilton, Janet Jarman, Elizabeth Morrah, Jeff Shuler and Julie Stovall. Copy Editors: Frank Bragg, Cara Bonnett, Carrie Burgin, Toni Creech, Yvette Cook, Julia Coon Whitney Cork Bert Hackney, Beth Harding, Danny Hornfeck, Anne Isenhower, Sherry Miller and Nick Montgomery. Cartoonists: Bill Cokas, Jeff Christian and Greg Humphreys. Campus ( alendar: Mindelle Rosenberg and David Starnes. Business and Advertising: Anne Fulcher, director; Patricia Glance, advertising director; Joan Worth, advertising coordinator; Peggy Smith, advertising manager; Sheila Baker, business manager; Rita Galloway accounts receivable cletV Michael Benf.eld, Ashley Hinton, Kellie McElhaney, Amy McGuirt, Chrissy Mennitt, Stacey Montford Lesley Renwrick, Julie Settle, Dave Slovensky, Dean Thompson, Amanda Tilley and Wendy Wegner, display advertising representatives; Diane Cheek, Stephanie Chesson, Tina Perry and Lisa Poole, classified advertising representatives Ana Jelf Carlson and Kris Carlson, secretaries. Subscriptions: Tucker Stevens, manager; Cody McKinney, assistant Distribution: David Econopouly, manager; Cindy Cowan and Billy Owens, assistants. Production: Bill Leslie and Stacy Wynn. Genevieve Halkett, Leslie Humphrey, Stephanie Locklear and Tammy Sheldon production assistants. Printing: The Chapel Hill Newspaper. Pop music has always been irritating A gain and again I hear people eettine A all nostalgic about music, saying JLlLthat it's nothing like the old days and that we have to get back to the values of good old rock and roll. I'm not even sure when the old days were, and "values of rock and roll" sounds pretty stupid upon a little reflection. But I will agree that popular, music on the radio right now is calculated, insipid and unpleasing. Everyone acts as though this is some horrible new thing that this age of materialism and thoughtlessness has brought on. Well, why don't we turn back to the good old days and see what they had to say about the state of popular music? By "good old days" 111 assume we mean right about the time that we, in college, started taking the radio seriously - about 10 years ago. In 1978, we were mostly between the ages of nine and 11, beginning to realize that we had opinions too, just before puberty hit us over the head with a plank. Exactly 10 years ago today, the Bee Gees hit number one with "Night Fever." Not only that, but "Night Fever" stayed at the very top of the charts for eight weeks. A few days before, the late Andy Gibb scored with "(Love is) Thicker Than Water," and before that, Debby Boone had the biggest song of the entire decade with "You Light Up My Life." Ah yes, this was the golden age of radio, the salad days of rock and roll, when guys were guys, and girls cooed over the Hardy Boys. We laugh now, but this music was serious. "What possessed anyone to buy that stuff?" may well be the thought running through our minds, but chances are Leo Sayer would have thought Debbie Gibson sucked if he had heard her back then too. It's wise to be wary of people who pretend to know more than you do, especially critics of art and music who may sway your opinion by using words no one understands and making you feel as though you missed a crucial day in sixth-grade art class. I'm a music and psychology major, which I guess means that by the time I Ian Williams Wednesday's Child get out of here, 111 be able to play a wonderful sonata and then tell you why you liked it. Or at least, I can put up for consideration my 10 Worst Modern Popular Songs in Existence. 10. "Makin' Love Out Of Nothing At AH" Air Supply This romantic love ballad was so bad that I avoided girls all through 10th grade for fear that my feelings would sound like this song. I'm more rational now, but the title still makes my tummy churn. 9. "In the Navy" The Village People What's a Top 10 Worst list without The Village People? Of all their campy disco efforts, this was the cheesiest. Just what were those boys getting at? 8. "Wild Boys" - Duran Duran From the folks who brought you cool songs like "Is There Something I Should Know?" and "Rio" suddenly came this synthesized, moussed, processed non-dairy product. Sounding like the Velveeta of the musical world, Duran Duran lost all the spirit of their "Girls On Film" days. How the mighty have fallen . . . 7. "Shake Your Booty" KC and the Sunshine Band I guess this song typifies the 70s for me, and I hated the 70s. Try spending 1975 under a snowbank in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and you'd hate "Shake Your Booty" too. 6. All I Need" Jack Wagner This one shot up the list purely through its heart-searing poetry: This may be a chance we're taking But it always comes down to this If this isn't love we're making Then I don't know what it is. If the top 40 were a basketball tournament, I'd call a technical foul. 5. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Houston Whitney has taken a chord progression that has been recycled to the point of being a federal offense and somehow made it even more meaningless. I'm not denying she has a great voice, but I am charging that her writers may be autistic. 4. "Angel of the Morning" Juice Newton What can you say about a terrible, terrible song? That it is aesthetically repulsive? That it stops traffic? That it shoots 32 percent from the floor? 3. "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco Falco tried to implement his own geolog ical "Age of Crud " with this song, and some would say he succeeded. The worst part is in the middle when he croaks, "August, 1791: Mozart writes 'The Magic Flute' . . . Fall of 1985: Austrian rock star Falco records 'Rock Me Amadeus'!" Mentioning Falco in the same breath as Mozart is like parking a purple AMC Gremlin next to a Mercedes. 2. "Cum On Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot I like a good thrashing time as much as the next guy, but this jubilant outcry of the metal youth is more like an anthem for the lobotomized. In fact, it sounds like lead singer Kevin DuBrow has his hand stuck in a Cuisinart. Perhaps someone should also give him a thesaurus. 1. "Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant Yes, this is my least favorite pop song in existence, and unless someone records their gastrointestinal problems and puts it on a single, then it shall always remain so. It only has one chord, and Eddy flogs the listener with it for over four minutes. When this song comes on while I'm driving, I not only turn off the radio, but I pull off the road, get out of the car and wait for the thunderclouds to pass. So what's the point of all this? Although there are a few breakthroughs on the radio, the American listener was and is musically bankrupt. Whether your Debbies are Boone or Gibson, or if you're shaking either your love or your booty, a lot of pop music has always been rotten. Ian Williams is a junior music and psychology major from Los Angeles who actually owns the Falco album. Readers5 Forum A step toward racial harmony To the editor: The members of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and Tri Delt would like to thank all the students who came to watch our step-show in the pit last Thursday. The idea for the event originated last fall when Kappa Alpha Psi and Tri Delt met to talk about race relations at UNC. The talk went so well that we decided to co-sponsor an event illustrating to the school that the racial segrega tion which characterizes the Greek system can be overcome. Although it only lasted 15 minutes, the show took months of preparation, and involved a great deal of determination on the part of the Tri Delts. The experience was a great one for all the participants made even greater by your enthusiasm. We know this one event will not break down all the barriers of misunderstanding and lack of communication between the two systems, but hopefully it will encourage more interac tion among the black and white Greek organizations. Both organizations would also like to thank SARR, Students for the Advancement of Race Relations, for bringing us together last fall. LEE LATIMER Sophomore Business JIM GIBBS Junior Business U.S. right to help Honduras To the editor: In the last five days, protes ters have reacted against Pres ident Reagan's decision to send troops to Honduras. Protesters continue to say that the U.S. presence in Honduras is another Vietnam; however, the troops are not fighting. Furthermore, the Hondurans asked the U.S. to send troops, to warn the Sandinistas. In the past, the U.S. has made an effort to prevent the economic and military growth of communism. The tumor that TheCpniepMan is communism has still been able to grow. The main goal of communism is to control the world. Communism has moved into Cuba and Nicaragua, is now trying to enter Honduras. Honduras is the second poorest nation in Central America, and for that reason vulnerable to communism unless the U.S. helps. I remember learning in his tory class that a small group of rebels fought a revolution with the help of the French, creating the United States of America and all the rights that we have today. What if the French had taken the position of Susan Edelstein, a spokes woman for the Carolina Com mittee on Central America, who said, "Basically we just don't believe we should be sending our troops down there." Where would we be today? I have nothing against the protesters. But if they think people should be made to live in a communist country with out help from a democratic country, then let them trade places with the Contras and then watch to see who is fight ing the Sandinistas. JAMES LOFLIN Freshman Biology Blacks aren't whining for handouts I am tired of the contorted perception many students have of the Black Student Movement as a bunch of militant left-wing black students out to destroy the Southern part of Heaven. I am tired of the twisted belief that the BSM seeks to antagonize the administration by constantly whining about what's wrong with our great University. I am tired of this misinformed point of view that black students here want a handout and preferred treatment in other words, a "welfare education." I wonder if William Lampley ("UNC blacks must help themselves," March 28) took the time to find out what is actually going on with black student issues before making himself the target of vituperative (which means "severely abusive," for those of us who did not know) backlash. Did any of you who may hold the same views take the time? I find it mighty ironic that Lampley advocates self-help to a people who have a long history of attempts at self-help: "You must pool your resources to provide for yourselves that which the system cannot or will not provide." Correct me if I am wrong in undertaking such a tremendous logical process, but is that not what black students here were attempting to do, by fighting to retain the services which the Office for Student Counseling provides? This is what the Minority Advisory Cedric Brown Guest Writer Program gives to incoming freshmen. This is what the student-run minority recruit ment program seeks to do by going out to high schools. This is what the Black Greek system gives to the community. This is what the Black Student Movement, the Opeyo Dancers, the "Black Ink," the Ebony Readers and the BSM Gospel Choir do; that is, provide an atmosphere stim ulating for the tastes of the majority of black students. The counseling services provided by the Office for Student Counseling not only encompass academic work, but social adjustment and network ing within the black student community as well. Where else can these three services be provided on this campus? Nowhere. This is what really got me: "Making veiled threats if the system does not bend to your exclusive will is immature, counterproductive and antagonistic." Now, I have only been in Chapel Hill for three years. And during that time I have heard this administration say numerous times that they are committed to the recruitment, matriculation, retention and graduation of black students. And they have gone on to prove the strength of this commitment by dragging their feet on the development of the Black Cultural Center and literally shoving a list of requests and concerns of black students under a book! There comes a time when talking is not enough. Black student leaders have talked to the administration until they were brown and blue in the face. Last Tuesday, not only were we thinking of ourselves, but the future of other black students who enroll at UNC-Chapel Hill as well. If actions speak louder than words, then we were screaming how about listening to us? We were striving to save the Office of Student Counseling from restructuring, and therefore diluting the services it offers (as we saw this move). 1 haven't the time to directly address other statements in your letter which offended me, William. Although I must commend you for some of the compliments which you paid the Afro-American race, I want to say in closing to you and everyone else in this community: my grandmother used to tell me, "If you don't know what you are talking about, then you shouldn't have anything to say." Heed this advice before making such uninformed judg ments. Thank you. Cedric Brown is a junior public policy analysis major from Winston-Salem.
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