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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 98, Issue 71
Friday, September 28, 1990
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Bush says Democrats
delaying agreement
WASHINGTON President Bush
resumed his attack on congressional
Democrats today, saying they had de
layed a budget deal that would avoid
deep spending cuts. Congressional
leaders, however, expressed optimism
that a compromise may be near.
While Bush spoke at a campaign
breakfast for Republicans in Minne
apolis, leading lawmakers said progress
was being made in the 4-month-old
budget negotiations.
"We're a little bit in the precincts of
reaching a conclusion, rather than at the
wrap-up stage," said House Speaker
Thomas Foley, D-Wash.
"They're basically there outside of
capital gains," said Rep. Silvio Conte,
R-Mass. "Get rid of that darned thing,
we're home free."
Bush has eased his demand for a
lower capital gains tax rate, the major
obstacle to a budget pact.
Bush asked to exempt
airlines from layoffs
WASHINGTON The airline in
dustry Thursday asked President Bush
to exempt air traffic controllers from
furloughs if a budget agreement isn't
reached by Monday.
"Your action would ensure continu
ity in the day-to-day operation of our air
traffic control system," Robert
Aaronson, president of the Air Transport
Association of America, said in a letter
to the president.
Aaronson said traffic controllers,
maintenance technicians, safety in
spectors and weather personnel are "vital
to the safe and efficient operation of the
nation's air traffic control system."
"This is essential to protect the overall
public interest as well as the continuing
viability of the nation's airline industry
and the many other industries which
depend on it," he said.
One administration official, speak
ing on condition he not be identified,
said the air traffic controllers were likely
to be exempted even if an agreement
isn't reached.
Iraq tightens grip
on captive foreigners
Western governments reacted with
outrage Thursday to Iraq's threat to
execute diplomats who shelter foreign
ers, but Baghdad sought to portray it as
a misunderstanding, saying the warning
was aimed at its own citizens.
Eight weeks to the day after Kuwait
was overrun by Iraq, its exiled emir
addressed the United Nations General
Assembly, decrying the "rape, destruc
tion and terror" inflicted by Saddam
Hussein's armies and appealing for a
withdrawal of Iraqi troops.
But Iraq tightened its grip on the
conquered emirate, ordering Kuwaiti
nationals to apply for Iraqi citizenship.
Oil prices advanced again Thursday,
briefly breaking the $40-a-barrel mark,
a day after President Bush ordered the
sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve to fight soaring prices.
International finance officials,
meanwhile, expressed new concerns
about long-term financial consequences
of the Persian Gulf crisis. The head of
the World Bank said he might be forced
to call on wealthy nations to boost their
support for the international lending
institution by early next year.
From Associated Press reports
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By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
Assistant University Editor
Students soon may be reaching out to
touch the University.
Herbert Paul, Physical Plant director,
presented two new University-controlled
phone options to members of the
Residence Hall Association Thursday
night. Members voted unanimously to
support the options.
Under both options, the University
Physical Plant would administer resi
dence hall telephone service. UNC
would lease the telephone serv ices from
Most housekeepers expected to receive raise
By BETH MAJOR
Stan Writer
Evaluations indicate that about 74
percent of more than 400 University
housekeepers will receive merit pay
raises based on evaluations, said Charles
Davis, housekeeping superintendent.
Housing pr oMbits
biiildiiig metal lofts
By MARCIE BAILEY
Staff Writer
Sturdy Boy metal lofts were not ap
proved for construction in University
residence halls.
After several days of inspection, the
University housing department decided
the lofts were not safe enough for resi
dence halls, and the department will not
include metal lofts in its loft policy, said
Wayne Kuncl, director of University
housing, Thursday.
Maintenance staff assembled a
sample loft from Sturdy Boy in the
basement of Teague Residence Hall
Friday to test its strength, accessibility
and safety, he said.
"We do not feel the loft meets our
guidelines based on the maintenance
undreds
e
to protest budget cuts
By NANCY VYKLE
University Editor
Students and University staff mem
bers will protest the University budget
cuts and proposed State Personnel Act
layoffs Saturday at 1 1 a.m. in the Pit.
The protest will take place while
members of the Board of Governors,
Board of Trustees, General Alumni
Association, General Administration
and N.C. General Assembly are eating
lunch in the Student Union.
"It's a rare chance for us to present to
them our feelings about what's going
on," said Matt Heyd, Student Congress
speaker.
The Order of the Bell Tower is
holding the lunch for the UNC vs. N.C.
State football game.
Idolized
Rock star Billy Idol, now recovered
sustained in a motorcycle accident
Why is there so much month left at
Southern Bell.
The Physical Plant presently handles
all University telephone services except
residence hall service.
One option Paul described would
include connection and local charges in
the dormitory room rent, while under
the second option students would re
ceive a separate telephone bill.
Under Physical Plant operation, tele
phone service would not cost students
more than what students pay now under
Southern Bell and possibly would be
less, Paul said. If adopted, the new ser
Some members of the housekeeping
staff complained Tuesday about prob
lems with favoritism and bias in the new
merit pay system.
Herbert Paul, director of the Physical
Plant, said favoritism did not influence
the evaluations, although any time
staff's inspection of this particular loft,"
Kuncl said. "We do not want to gener
alize this to all of their (Sturdy Boy Loft
Co.) products."
The prototype the company sent to
the housing department was the same
loft offered to students in the ad
supplement in the summer edition of
The Daily Tar Heel.
Gretchan Diffendal, Residence Hall
Association president, said she agreed
with Kuncl's decision not to accept the
metal loft.
"Dr. Kuncl told me that because the
lofts are all metal, they can conduct
electricity," she said. "This is a definite
concern, but its (the decision) not just
See LOFT, page 8
exnected
Graduate students, University staff
employees and student leaders have been
"networking quietly" for several weeks,
said Student Body President Bill
Hildebolt.
Hundreds of people are expected at
the protest, he said. Student Environ
mental Action Coalition and staff em
ployees have been particularly effec
tive in getting people involved, he said.
The protest organizers have tried to
keep the event quiet, Hildebolt said.
"We didn't want it to be splashed
across all the papers," he said. "We
want to catch them a little off guard."
Speakers will not be present at the
meeting and most of the demonstration
will consist of picketing, he said .
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vice would begin in the fall of 1992.
Granville Towers would not be in
cluded in the new service because UNC
does not own the Granville buildings,
he said.
Students' long-distance service
would be provided by a carrier service
contracted by the University. UNC
would solicit bids from all of the long
distance services and offer a contract to
the one with the best service at the least
cost, he said.
"(Cost) would be guaranteed to be 1 0
percent less than AT&T, maybe more,"
people conduct evaluations there is a
chance of encountering biases.
"We have stressed to them (supervi
sors) that they need to be fair in these
evaluations," he said. "If in fact some
one has a complaint of bias, we need to
know about it."
Streak tradition renude at UNC
despite warnings from officials
By SHANNON 0'GRADY
Staff Writer
About 10 naked men were seen
running through North Campus with
bags over their heads Wednesday
night, said women living in Kenan
and Mclver residence halls.
Some spectators said the incident
might have been a continuation of the
traditional Lewis Streak, which Uni
versity administrators have tried to
abolish because it violates the sexual
harassment section of the Student
Code.
Mclver resident Tracy Soles said
she saw the streakers. "I don't think it
was offensive," she said. "Last night,
I thought the dorm was falling down
because all the people were running
downstairs to see it."
Kenan resident Amy Smith said
she also witnessed the streak. "It was
funny," she said. "I looked over at
Mclver and Alderman and all I could
see were girls flying out of the doors."
Ruth Ann Woodley, another
Mclver resident, said she heard the
streakers chant, "We're the boys from
Lewis." After they chanted, they ran
around the porches of Mclver, Kenan
and Alderman residence halls, she
said.
Although viewers associated the
incident with the Lewis Streak, Uni
versity officials said they were unsure
who the men were.
"I know that males were apparently
streaking, but there is no information
that they were Lewis students," said
Wayne Kuncl, housing director. "We
don't know who the people are at this
point."
Gretchan Diffendal, resident hall
association president, agreed with
Kuncl that Lewis residents probably
did not participate in the streak.
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Paul said.
Students must apply to have long
distance service but would not have to
pay for the application fee.
Although students would not have a
choice in the selection of a long-distance
carrier, the 10 percent discount
would make up for their lack of choice,
Paul said. The University could offer
the discount because the volume of long
distance calls would generate large
profits.
Roommates could choose to have
their long-distance bills split between
Davis said the housekeeping staff
still were not satisfied with their salaries,
despite the potential pay increase. "The
biggest complaint is that most (house
keepers) feel, and rightly so, that they
do not get paid enough regardless of
these raises."
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were not Lewis residents," she said.
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Campus where the streak took place, is
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Drug abuse indiscriminate
in choice of victims touched
by traumatic consequences
Editor's note: This is the seventh in a
series of articles examining the issues
of drug abuse on campus and across the
nation. Please see the related story on
page 4.
By ERIC LUSK
Stan Writer
Drug abuse thought by some to be
common only in the ghettos and poor
neighborhoods of America exists
even in professional environments, in
cluding such "esteemed" fields as law,
medicine and politics.
"Addiction is an equal opportunity
employer,'- said Larry Pittman, a
counselor at the Carolina Manor
Treatment Center in Lumberton. "It
affects all genders, all races and all
nationalities.
"We treat everybody from the desti
tute to lawyers, physicians and families
of famous politicians."
Lee Dogoloff, executive director for
the American Council for Drug Edu
cation, said more than 70 percent of the
drug users in this country are employed.
For this reason, a growing number of
businesses now sponsor drug-free
workplace programs designed to help
abusers deal with their addiction with
out the hazard of losing their jobs.
Such programs can benefit both
jjtarie
callers, Paul said. Each occupant would
receive an authorization code to use
when placing a long-distance call. Each
roommate would receive a separate
long-distance bill.
"Students wouldn't have the hassle
of who made the call," Paul said. "Stu
dents would have to apply (for authori
zation codes)."
Although students would not have
the option of plans such as AT&T's
Reach Out America, Paul said he thought
See PHONE, page 11
Employees must compensate for 60
to 70 vacancies in housekeeping, but
the pay does not reflect the added work,
Davis said. .
"I would like to see extended raises
See RAISE, page 8
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North Campus Wednesday night
responsible for compiling a report
about the incident to submit to the ' -
See STREAK, page 5
companies and their employees.
While drug users may feel uneasy
about admitting they have a problem,
it's cheaper for the user and the com
pany to deal with it now and break the
abuse cycle, said Ray Rappold, a UNC
geography professor.
Permanent full- and part-time Uni
versity employees who admit they have
substance abuse problems can receive
monetary assistance from one of two
UNC-approved health plans, said Mike ;
Lewis, a UNC employee relations of-!
fleer. :
Under either of the two plans, em-!
ployees can receive full coverage for up !
to 30 calendar days of in-patient care:
and partial coverage for out-patient care.
"The key is the employee needs to!
come forward and say, 'Help,'" Lewis!
said. "Upon successful completioa of !
the program, employees can come back
See REHAB, page 4