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Volume 97, Issue 116
Monday, January 29, 1990
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University police chief announces plan to step down
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By MARCIE BAILEY
Staff Writer
University police Chief Charles
Mauer has turned in a retirement re
quest that should become effective in
April, Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for
business and finance, said Sunday.
Charles Antle, associate vice chan
cellor for business said he knew for
some time that Mauer had been consid
ering retirement.
Mauer, who has been absent with
illness for part of the grievance hearing
of Officer Keith Edwards, had pre
sented a physician's note that would
keep him from testifying for at least six
months.
Edwards, a black woman, had filed a
grievance saying she was passed over
for promotion during a 1987 depart
mental reorganization in favor of a less
qualified white man.
Several witnesses have testified in
Edwards' hearing before an adminis
trative law judge that Mauer is racist.
Sherri Toler, assistant to Alan
McSurely, Edwards' attorney, said that
Hooors
Officials discuss expanding offices to on-campus facility
By DEBBIE BAKER
Staff Writer
Honors program officials met with
the building and grounds committee
last week to discuss possible locations
for an honors building.
"Over the last few years we've sim
ply outgrown the space we've had in
third floor Steele Building," said Robert
Allen, dean of the honors program.
"The amount of work and the amount
of interaction has made our office a
crowded place."
One suggested site was between
Manly and Grimes residence halls, said
John Sanders, the committee chairman.
The committee, made up of students
and faculty members, advises Chancel
lor Paul Hardin on building matters
such as locations for new facilities.
The committee decided that another
Architect leads
By ELIZABETH BYRD
Staff Writer
Blending with the Fetzer Gym com
plex and a flexible floor plan were
among concerns about the Student
Recreation Center (SRC) discussed at a
Friday meeting.
Architect Norma Burns, of Bumstu
dio in Raleigh, and her consultant,
William Webb of Charlotte, led the
Fly epidemic sweeping across campus
By ANDRE HAUSER
Staff Writer
A nationwide influenza epidemic has
caused real problems for North Caro
linians as state hospitals have reported
an increase in the number of patients
with flu-like symptoms in the last few
weeks, according to Jon Ross, a spokes
man for North Carolina Memorial
Hospital.
Flu season usually occurs in early to
mid-February, but this winter there has
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"He (Mauer) has been a scapegoat by
the higher-ups, and they have dumped
everything on him like they had noth
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Attorney Alan McSurely
the subpoena Mauer is under is not
regulated by his employment with the
University. Because the hearing is now
outside the University, his sickness is
probably the only determining factor as
far as testifying is concerned, she said.
Mauer, who has been with Univer
sity police since 1965, declined to
comment about the hearing or his re
tirement announcement.
Edwards said neither she nor any
other officer could comment on the
retirement.
McSurely said both parties in Ed
wards grievance would have a tele
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building between the residence halls
would crowd the area, Sanders said.
"There isn't enough space between the
two dorms for a building of that size."
Brien Lewis, committee member and
student body president, said he was
concerned about the proposal. "I think
the facilities for an honors program is
important and appropriate. However,
whether it's in its own building and on
that site I have severe reservations
about."
Lewis will meet with Allen this week
to discuss the history of the proposal
and what the plan involves.
Allen said the proposal was still at a
preliminary stage. "We're not antici
pating breaking ground any time soon."
There are about 600 freshmen, sopho
mores and juniors in the honors pro
gram. There are also between 200 and
group of SRC board members, faculty
and students in a discussion of the SRC
project.
"We haven't started a design yet,"
Burns said at the beginning of the
meeting. "We're going to use your input
to establish a design, then bring it back
to you for more advice."
The group of 20 divided into three
smaller groups to discuss different parts
been a national increase in the number
of cases reported in late December and
throughout January. There have been
outbreaks of influenza in 48 states so
far this year, and the most common
strain has been the A-Shanghai flu vi
rus. Although no definite figures for the
entire state are available, an official
from the N.C. Division of Health Serv
ices said that there had been 427 cases
reported on 1 1 college campuses and
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phone conference with Administrative
Law Judge Delores Nesnow on Wed
nesday morning to get an update on
Mauer's medical prognosis. Nesnow
will then decide how long she will
allow Mauer before he has to testify
and how they will work around his
illness, McSurely said.
"Mauer is under subpoena and could
be found in contempt of court if he
doesn't answer it. The judge doesn't
want that to happen."
Nesnow will ask for a prognosis from
Mauer's private doctor, and if it is still
six months, then Nesnow will decide if
300 students who take honors courses
but are not in the program. About 120
honors courses are offered each year.
Students can enter the program in
several ways. The University some
times invites students because of their
high school achievements. Students
who are not invited but have a 3.0 or
higher grade point average are encour
aged to sign up for honors courses,
Allen said.
The office also has a program for
seniors who want to graduate with
honors. Students who have at least a 3.2
grade point average at the end of their
junior year can participate in the pro
gram. After completing a thesis, a stu
dent can be recommended for gradu
ation with honors. There are about 225
students participating in the senior
honors program.
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of the SRC plan and to rework ideas
that had been suggested at an earlier
meeting.
"We're not asking for solutions,"
Burns said. "We want your personal
ideas, what you think the building needs
to be as a part of the University commu
nity." Construction should start in 1991,
she said.
that some deaths in nursing homes had
been attributed to the flu.
UNC-system hospitals and Duke
University's Student Health Service
have reported a drastic increase in the
number of patients with respiratory
problems and flu-like symptoms.
Howard Eisenson, director of Duke's
student health, said it looked like it
might be an epidemic.
Some of the people getting tested
may have a common cold but are nerv-
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she will close the case without his tes
timony, McSurely said.
McSurely said he believed Mauer's
retirement announcement may have
come at this time for a variety of rea
sons. "Mauer did not get resounding notes
of confidence from the chancellor or
the last three grievance committees (that
had heard University police employ
ees' grievances), and Hardin's testi
mony has not been helpful to the chiefs
authority or ability.
"He is turning 55, he is able to retire,
and so I think the reasons for his retire
ment are a mixture of push and pull."
Tuchi said he did not know if Mauer's
retirement would affect the hearing,
but he agreed that by legal right Mauer
was entitled to it.
McSurely said he and Edwards were
sympathetic to the chiefs position and
illness. "He has been a scapegoat by the
higher-ups, and they have dumped eve
rything on him like they had nothing to
do with it."
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Allen said UNC, when compared to
other universities, serves a high num
ber of honors students per undergradu
ate. UNC has about 1 4,500 undergradu
ates and has about 1,000 students in its
program, he said.
The University of Texas has about
47,000 undergraduates but only accepts
150 students into the honors program
each year, Allen said. The University
of Michigan has about 37,000 under
graduates and about 1,200 students in
its program, he said.
"We serve the highest proportion of
students in our honors program as any
research university in the country.
"If we were a department, we'd be
the largest department in the College of
Arts and Sciences. If our students stay
in for three years, they'd take as many
courses as they'd take in their major."
After a short meeting of the small
groups, the entire group reconvened to
discuss ideas. The group's concerns
included how to create a building that
would "fit in" with Fetzer Gym and yet
make up for what students perceive to
be some of the gym's shortcomings.
"(We think it should be) airy, light,
the antithesis of Fetzer," said Gene
Davis, member of the SRC Board of
ous about the flu epidemic, according
to Ross.
Symptoms of the flu include chills, a
fever of up to 1 04 degrees, a sore throat,
coughing, muscle aches and breathing
problems. The best prevention is a flu
vaccine shot, which is available from
UNC's Student Health Service. It is
best to be vaccinated in late fall or early
winter, but the vaccine would still be
effective if a person has not yet exhib
ited symptoms.
Stephen Ostroff of the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta said
the exact number of cases was not
known because influenza is not viewed
the same way as other communicable
diseases and there are no government
regulations requiring that all cases be
reported. Because as much as 20 per
cent to 25 percent of the population get
mild cases each year, it would be al
most impossible to gather information
on all cases, he said.
It is not the flu itself that is danger
ous, but the complications arising from
it that cause problems.
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speaker. But the building should be
integrated as much as possible with the
existing gym, he added.
Davis, speaking for his small group,
also stressed the need for harmony
between the utility and beauty of the
center. "We think function and aesthet
ics should go hand in hand."
The group also supported the instal
Bradford in running
for CAA president
By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
Staff Writer
Demp Bradford, a sophomore
sports management major from Eden,
has announced his candidacy for
Carolina Athletic Association (CAA)
president.
Bradford said his campaign would
center on changing the ticket distri
bution policy, distributing more in
formation to students about the Stu
dent Recreational Center (SRC), in
creasing support for non-revenue
sports and football and "giving a new
twist" to homecoming.
He said he would establish a com
mittee of representatives from each
residence college and two or more
off-campus representatives to formu
late a new ticket distribution policy.
"I'm in the process of writing other
universities and getting their plans.
The committee would study the cur
rent policy and take what we feel are
the best ideas.
"We would have meetings in each
area and get students' input. We would
take the consensus and develop a
policy the students want. We would
have a definite time for when we
would hand out numbers."
He said he hoped to increase sup
port for non-revenue sports through
better advertising of times and events.
This would be accomplished by
working with The Daily Tar Heel
sports and advertisement staffs and
posting the information weekly on
the cubes in the Pit and South Cam
pus. To increase student support for
football, Bradford plans to hold
"Carolina Kickoff '90: A New Dec
ade in Carolina Football," a large-
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he said. He suggested a system that
could be controlled independently by
rooms, so the music in the center would
"not (be) all hard-driving rock V roll."
Other concerns discussed involved
the flexibility of the center. The need
for adequate storage space was noted.
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scale pep rally that would take place
the Thursday before the first football
game.
Bradford said he wanted to publi
cize information meetings for the
SRC several days in advance so stu
dents could make plans to attend.
He said his main goal was to rep
resent the students. "My hard work
and dedication will make up for my
inexperience."
Bradford is a member of the
Marching Tar Heel Band and the Pep
Band and is co-president of the fifth
floor of Ehringhaus Residence Hall.
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