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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 97, Issue 71
Tuesday, October 17, 1989
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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John Sllva speaks Monday afternoon at the Institute of Government on the future of the SRC
'Barbecue Plan' would
reorganize government
By JEFF D. HILL
Staff Writer
A plan under consideration by the
executive branch of student govern
ment could significantly change the
structure of the executive and legisla
tive branches of student government, if
approved by Student Congress and the
student body.
The "Barbecue Plan," as Student
Body President Brien Lewis calls it,
would link the legislative and execu
tive branches of government more
closely. Members of the president's
cabinet would be selected from mem
bers of a Student Senate, Lewis said.
The Student Senate would replace
Student Congress, but would be elected
in the same way.
- The plan, still in its formative stages,
would ideally allow a member of stu
dent government to follow a project
from start to finish, Lewis said, and
would reduce duplication between the
two branches. Senators would work on
proposals before and after they go to
the legislative branch and thus would
be more aware of the actions of the
executive branch, he said.
"What it does is meld what congress
committees do now and what executive
branch committees do now. It's not like
they are having to keep up with each
other or check on each other, because
they are all working together."
Lewis and Student Congress Speaker
Gene Davis (Dist. 16) designed the
Barbecue Plan, which takes its name
from a brainstorming session Lewis
and Davis had over barbecue in July.
Concerns about compromising the
existing system of checks and balances
appear to be this plan's biggest ob
DTH may abandon. quest '
for added board "members
By JUSTIN McGUIRE
University Editor
and AMY WAJDA
Assistant University Editor
A Student Supreme Court case tQ
determine the validity of last week's
referendum on the makeup of The
Daily Tar Heel Board of Directors
may be unnecessary after this
afternoon's board of directors meet
ing. Kevin Schwartz, DTH director and
general manager, said he would rec
ommend to the board of directors that
it write its bylaws based on the cur
rent makeup specified in the code
six members. The board now has 1 1
members, and the referendum would
have made the code reflect this so the
DTH could submit its bylaws to the
state and to the IRS for purposes of
incorporation.
But Schwartz said that the upcom
ing Supreme Court case on the refer
endum, initiated by Student Congress
Rep. Jeffrey Beall (Dist. 7), would
cause an uncertain delay and that he
would therefore suggest writing by
laws with six members, eliminating
the five members not mentioned in
the code.
"Now we're in a position where we
can't wait," Schwartz said. "We've
put this off long enough."
The DTH is in the process of incor
porating so it can give back student
fees it is now constitutionally guaran
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stacle, student government officials
said.
"Under this system, he (the SBP)
doesn't have carte blanche," Lewis said.
The SBP would still have veto power,
Student Senate could override a SBP's
veto, and Student Senate would still
have to approve the SBP's appoint
ments, he said.
Ruffin Hall, director of the execu
tive branch Academic Affairs Com
mittee, agreed that SBP power would
be adequately checked, but he expressed
concerns about placing so much power
in one body.
The plan is loosely based on the
British parliamentary system, but what
makes that system work is a loyal
opposition, Hall said. "The Barbecue
Plan puts more power in the hands of
one body. The Barbecue Plan cries out
for a party system to check itself and
since we don't have parties, just one
unified student interest, that lends itself
to not checking it (power)."
Davis said: "I'm not sure Mr. Lewis
should be taking action without having
the support of his cabinet. He should
consider it further when there are so
many people out there saying, No.' "
Student Congress Rep. Jiirgen Buch
enau (Dist. 3) said he believed that an
ad hoc party system would come about
under this system.
"It will come about through the in
formal understanding that surrounds
each student body president campaign.
There would be a tendency for people
running for Student Congress to coa
lesce around a certain candidate. They
will coalesce in order to get their inter
See BBQ, page 5
teed.
Beall has questioned the validity of
the referendum because Student Con
gress Speaker Gene Davis did not use
the proper procedure to notify congress
members of a special Oct. 8 meeting at
which congress voted to place the ref
erendum on the ballot, because Con
gress voted to place the referendum on
the ballot only two days not six as
required by the student code before
the election and because the Elections
Board did not have enough graduate
student representation.
The DTH Board of Directors posi
tions to be eliminated would be an
appointee of the editor; an outside
professional representative; a Student
Congress Finance Committee ap
pointee; a Student Congress speaker's
appointee; and a Graduate and Profes
sional Student Federation appointee.
Beall said Monday that he was inter
ested in uncovering the truth about the
case and would therefore not withdraw
his complaint even if board of direc
tors' action eliminated the necessity of
a referendum. "I think the constitution
was violated and I've sworn to uphold
the Student Constitution. We need to
follow the laws set out in the
constitution."
Davis said that Beall's actions were
not in the best interest of the student
body because they limit representation
on the student newspaper's board of
directors. "What he's doing is hurting
Activist receives orofoatioiro
By WILL SPEARS
Assistant University Editor
After more than three hours of
deliberation Monday night, the
Undergraduate Court sentenced CIA
Action Committee (CIAAC) mem
ber Jerry Jones to definite probation,
preventing him from representing the
University in extracurricular activi
ties for the remainder of the semester.
Jones pleaded guilty to trespassing
and interfering with the operations of
the University Career Planning and
Placement Services (UCPPS). Both
offenses occurred during a 1988 pro
test of CIA on-campus recruitment.
CIAAC members consider some of
the CIA's activities to be illegal and
immoral and do not think the Univer
sity should allow the organization to
use its facilities to recruit students.
Jones said the ruling would have
little effect on him. "I don't see it as
being relevant to my life in one way
or the other. If it is relevant to the lives
of the members of the court, then I
guess it serves its purpose."
During the protest, members of the
CIAAC, including Jones, entered the
UCPPS offices in Hanes Hall and
disrupted the operations of its work
ers for two and a half hours, accord
ing to a statement for the prosecution
issued by Sharon Wiatt, associate
UCPPS director.
The protest hindered the opera
tions of UCPPS in three ways, Wiatt
said in her statement. Many students
were unable to receive services dur
ing the time of the protest, and some
were too intimidated by the protest
ers to seek services; all UCPPS
employees were unable to perform
their jobs; and the University house
students it seems to be in line with
Mr. Beall's other actions this semes
ter." But Beall said that Davis, by vio
lating the constitution, was the one
who hurt students' interests in the
matter. He said he and other students
were not given enough time to re
search the issue and therefore were
voting blindly.
The DTH violates the constitution
by having the five additional board
members, and it has tried to hide this
from students, Beall said.
Davis said Sunday that the court's
decision to hear the case and Beall's
motives in initiating the case were
personal.
"The students overwhelmingly
adopted (the) referendum by a vote
of 190-61, a landslide by anyone's
definition. The student body should
be represented by the additional five
members of the DTH Board of Di
rectors, and this decision brings that
into jeopardy. It also brings into jeop
ardy $5 1 ,000 of student money which
could be charged as taxes to the DTH.
"Did the court rule on the basis of
what was best for students? Obvi
ously not.
"As for Mr. Beall, this is just
another example of his wild-eyed
approach to government," Davis
continued. "I don't understand why
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in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages. Irene Peter
By BILL TAGG ART
Staff Writer
The Building and Grounds Commit
tee approved the proposed site of the
Student Recreation Center (SRC)
Monday after more than an hour of
objections were voiced against the site
and design of the facility.
But opponents of the SRC site said
they would take the issue to the next
step in the approval process Chan
cellor Paul Hardin. If Hardin approves
the recommendation of the committee,
the proposal goes before the Board of
Trustees.
Student Congress member Jeffrey
Beall (Dist. 7), and John Silva, associ
ate professor in the physical education
department, presented the main oppo
sition. Silva presented petitions to commit
tee chairman John Sanders asking the
committee to "systematically consider
sites other than the proposed Fetzer
Courtyard location for the Student
Recreation Center and to systemati
cally reconsider the existing design of
the proposed Student Recreation Center."
keeping staff was called to clean the
debris left by the protesters.
About 12 students were denied help
because of the protest,, said UCPPS
secretary Julie Pendergraph in her state
ment for the prosecution. Wiatt asked
them to leave and then called the Uni
versity police, who carried them out of
the offices, she said in the statement.
The protesters didn't care that they
were disrupting the UCPPS operations,
she said.
The purpose of the protest was to
make students aware of the University's
association with the CIA, Jones said.
"We were intent on drawing awareness
to the CIA's atrocities across the world
and our University's link to them. I am
not a good civil libertarian when it
comes to people getting killed."
The protesters meant to obstruct the
operations of the UCPPS, Jones said. "I
did what I had to do."
Jones said he did not regret having
participated in the protest. "The CIAAC
made a lot of people angry and upset.
And that's not good; it's not our goal. I
feel I did the right thing. It was the only
thing in my ability to do."
Jones told the members of the court
that he had little interest in the student
code. "Whether what I did fits into your
student code is irrelevant. Your legal
opinion doesn't interest me, and it
doesn't interest God.
"I have no faith in your system of
justice. If you did, you'd be sitting on
this side (Jones' side of the table). I did
what I had to do; you'll do what you
have to do."
The case was not an appropriate one
for the honor court, Jones said. "I think
See JONES, page 3
Dotermiatioinial spotlight 00
environmental conference
By KENNY MONTEITH
Staff Writer
A national student environmental
conference to be held at UNC Oct. 27 to
29 has received much national and inter
national publicity over the past few
weeks, including an article in the Rus
sian newspaper Pravda.
Threshold, sponsored by the Cam
pus Y's Student Environmental Action
Coalition (SEAC), has been mentioned
in magazines such as Mother Jones and
Greenpeace, and also on MTV. Mi
chael Stipe, lead singer of R.E.M, has
even recorded a public service an
nouncement for the conference.
Other newspapers such as The New
York Times will attend, as well as the
Associated Press. Some major news
networks, including CBS, may also
cover what is considered to be the big
gest student environmental conference
ever.
"The response is incredible," said
James Langman, conference chairman
of SEAC. "It's really weird because
people in L. A. could hear about it from
four or five different sources.
"There are students coming from
Seattle; Dallas; Lincoln, Neb.; and St.
Paul, Minn. They want to join and be a
part of something big."
According to organizers, the confer
ence is expected to bring more than
1,000 students from more than 200
universities in 43 states. Langman said
More than 1,200 students, staff and
faculty at the University signed the
petition, Silva said.
Beall asked for a delay in the ap
proval of the SRC site to objectively
consider alternative sites and designs
for the facility.
The design does not include
restrooms or locker facilities, which
will make the SRC dependent on the
use of those facilities in Fetzer Gym,
Beall said.
"I question the present design
attaching the Student Recreation Cen
ter to Fetzer Gym. I fear that it (the
SRC) will piecemeal be taken from
student control.
"I fear that if it is in Fetzer Court
yard, it will come to be called only the
northwest corner of Fetzer Gym."
Silva also expressed concern about
the design. "The Fetzer Courtyard lo
cation and current design limitations
result in a $4.5 million addition to the
Fetzer Gym that will be limited to the
operating hours of the Fetzer Gym."
Concerns with the site focused pri
marily on the destruction of trees and
the existing courtyard and the loss of
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most of the people attending would be
college students, although he has heard
from some high school students and
even one sixth-grader.
"I got a call from a girl in Mississippi
who saw it advertised on TV, and she
wanted to know more about it."
SEAC Co-Chairwoman Ericka Kurz
said some local universities were plan
ning to attend. "We have a good com
mittee at Duke and two or three people
at State."
Alec Guettel, co-chairman of SEAC,
said the group hoped to educate stu
dents from all over the country on how
to have an impact on environmental
issues. "We also want to consolidate
SEAC and come up with some major
campaigns. This is the beginning of a
national student movement. There's
never been a unified student voice."
Threshold marks a major accom
plishment for SEAC, allowing the group
to bring environmental awareness not
only to the campus, but also to the
nation, members of the organization
aid.
Although many students from other
universities are attending, Kurz and
Langman emphasized that these uni
versities were not involved in the plan
ning stages of Threshold, and that SEAC
was the only environmental group
organizing this conference.
green space.
4The total green space around the
courtyard would be drastically reduced
if a new courtyard was built," Silva
said. "Furthermore, a new courtyard
would either be token in size or would
require the destruction of many mature
pine and hardwood trees."
Several members of the committee
questioned whether many trees would
be lost from the proposed site.
"The courtyard and trees are two
different issues," said Gordon Ruther
ford, director of Facilities Planning and
Design and an ex officio member of the
committee. "The advantage of the site
is that you don't have to cut any trees
down."
Melinda Meade, associate professor
in the geography department, said the
amount of trees that would be lost was
very low when compared to other sites
approved by the committee in the past.
Any lost trees in the courtyard were not
very old and could possibly even be
replanted, she said.
Support for the site came from Caro-;
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Threshold will showcase speeches
by environmental leaders from around
the country. The topics will include the
disappearing of tropical rain forests
and global warming. The conference is
holding workshops in recycling, gov
ernmental regulation, urban ecology
and grassroots activism. The Indigo
Girls will stage a benefit concert at 9
p.m. on Oct. 28 in Memorial Hall.
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