2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 9, 1990
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By DACIA TOLL
StaH Writer
As fund-raising efforts become in
creasingly central to major political
races, many politicians and analysts
worry that money may control cam
paigns. Candidates spend an increasing por
tion of their time trying to raise money,
and less on the issues and details of their
campaigns, said Thad Beyle, UNC po
litical science professor.
The time has come for finance reform
in political campaigns, said Craig
Shirley, a Washington, D.C., political
consultant.
"If finance reform is not enacted and
enforced in the immediate future, we
may as well turn over politics to the
private businessman," Shirley said.
"Dollars deliver."
Many experts point to "the extremely
crucial impact of finances on who is
victorious in an election," Shirley said.
"Who controls the purse in the election
will probably someday control the na
tional purse strings."
-Greg Hager, a political science
graduate student, said, "Virtually the
only way for a challenger to get their
name known is to spend a lot of money."
Incumbent candidate U.S. Sen. Jesse
Helms, R-N.C, raised more than $10
million for his 1990 campaign as of
June 30. His opponent, Harvey Gantt,
raised $700,000 before the June 30
cutoff date, according to Federal Elec
tion Commission (FEC) statistics. This
financial gap has been partially closed
since the last report, although new fig
ures are not available.
On average, each competitor for a
U.S. House of Representatives or U.S.
Senate seat spent $266,523 in their in
dividual races during 1988, totaling
close to $500 million for the 1,792
candidates, according to FEC statistics.
Political candidates receive these vast
sums from a wide variety of sources and
through a great diversity of fund-raising
techniques, each one drawing from their
individual areas of strength.
"Sources of funds are as varied as the
candidates themselves," Shirley said.
"You can observe one extreme and then
examine his competitor and find the
other."
In the 1988 House and Senate elec
tions, 55 percent of the total revenue of
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candidates came from the donations by
individuals who are limited to $1,000
per primary by FEC law. The second
major source of campaign cash came
from political action committees
(PACs), which donated 30 percent of
the total funds to candidates in chunks
of $5,000 or less, according to the FEC.
Other finance sources included rela
tively small amounts in the form of
individual candidates personal savings,
bank loans and support from the political
parties.
The FEC has the "responsibility to
monitor and enforce" campaign fund
raising regulations as they police the
political arena, said Fred Diland,
spokesman for the FEC.
Aside from obeying the monetary
limits on individual contributions,
candidates are forbidden by law to ac
cept corporate or foreign money.
However, corporations are allowed to
underwrite the overhead expenses of
PACs as long as the actual contributions
come from the voluntary donations of
employees.
Candidates are given great latitude
for Jiow they spend their funds provided
they disclose all expenditures. If the
expense exceeds $200, it must be indi
vidually itemized in a full report given
to the FEC every three and a hal f months.
If a candidate is found to have abused
an FEC regulation, they can be fined up
to $ 1 0,000 or 200 percent of the amount
of the violation.
"Besides the monetary aspect of the
punishment, great political repercus
sions will be felt among the voters if a
candidate cheats the FEC," Shirley said.
Candidates rely on a wide variety of
means to convince voters to contribute
to their campaign. The most popular
method mailings combine both
campaigning and fund raising in one,
giving the politician "a better bang for
their buck," Shirley said.
Politicians frequently use celebrities
to endorse or attend their fund-raising
events, drawing on the devotion of fans
for revenue. In addition, a new proposal
would allow candidates to use 900 phone
numbers to raise funds by having a
charge appear on the caller's phone bill.
Campaign fund-raising reform de
mands increasing attention in today's
financially-dominated political arena,
Diland said. In several crucial races
into functions that were state-appropriated,"
he said.
Some of the University 's professional
schools and sciences, especially health
professions, receive more research funds
and industry donations than humanities
departments, Hardin said.
"I think it's fair to say that the units
that are less adversely affected by the
state cuts than the others will be willing,
where there are no legal restrictions, to
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across the country, the politician's stance
on reform has served as a divisive issue.
"There is too much overall spend
ing," said Dave Holm, John Carrington's
press secretary. "We need to level out
the playing field."
Carrington is challenging U.S. Rep.
David Price, D-4th, in the November
election.
Rachel Perry, Price's press secretary,
said, "Campaigns have become far too
expensive with too much emphasis on
money."
Carrington has accepted a self-imposed
spending ceiling of $450,000 for
the time between Aug. 1 and election
day. He prides himself on being a vocal
supporter of campaign finance reform.
Holm said.
"Carrington is a Johnny-come-lately
to the issue of campaign reform," Perry
said. "Let the facts present themselves
Price put forth stricter spending limits
and restrictions which Carrington re
jected." North Carolina, especially the fourth
congressional district, is notoriously
competitive and expensive. In 1988,
North Carolina hosted three of the 20
most expensive races in the U.S. House
of Representatives.
The role and influence of PACs have
been the focus of great political debate.
"PACs have a very corrupting influence
on a campaign," Holm said, noting that
Carrington will not be accepting any
PAC or foreign money.
Carrington's campaign has criticized
Price for courting PACs and accepting
more than $1 million from special in
terests in his four-year career. Perry
denied the accusations, saying,
"Carrington speaks in innuendoes, dis
tortions and half-truths."
Holm said the savings and loan in
dustry is a shocking example of the
power of PAC money. Failing S&L
PACs gave $11 million to political
campaigns in the years preceding the
scandal to keep the industry afloat, Holm
said.
"PACs give a lot of money because
frequently incumbents pressure them to
do so," Hager said. "It's expected."
In a time of influential television
commercials bought at high prices,
"money can control the airwaves," said
David Wofford, assistant press secretary
to the Gantt campaign.
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help out in the crisis," he said.
Garland Hershey, vice chancellor of
health affairs, said his department was
suffering severely from the cuts, but
every part of the campus has to help
resolve the budget situation.
"Generally, all of our people are doing
more and more with less and less," he
said.
Hardin said future reductions were
unlikely: "I'm encouraged that the of
fices of state budget and management,
with the governor's encouragement, has
worked with us to try to give us some
predictability about the rest of this year."
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Gasoline prices continue to soar;
consumption expecte
By JENNIFER DAVIS
Staff Writer
As gas prices continue to climb in
North Carolina and in the United
States, some analysts anticipate a
decline in gasoline consumption.
According to a survey conducted
by the American Automobile Asso
ciation Carolina Motor Club, as of
Oct. 2, North Carolinians paid an
average of $1.35 per gallon for
gasoline a 26-cent per gallon in
crease from the day before Iraq in
vaded Kuwait, Aug. 1 .
The increase in price has had little
effect on consumption of gasoline in
North Carolina so far, said Larry
Goode, director of programs, policy
and budget for the state Department
of Transportation.
"We had no decline in consumption
for August," Goode said. "In fact, we
show a 2 percent increase from last
year's consumption for the month of
August."
But if gas prices continue to rise, a
decline in consumption is likely to
occur, he added
The average price of gasoline at
the pump in South Carolina as of Oct.
2 was $ 1 .286 a gallon, according to
the survey, which polled 81 service
Regional centers concern public schools
By KAREN DIETRICH
Staff Writer
Some N.C. public school adminis
trators said they are worried that re
ducing the number of regional education
centers across the state would damage
the quality of assistance available to
smaller school systems.
In the 1 970s, the Department of Public
Instruction established eight regional
education centers to provide consulta
tion services to public schools. The
centers provide help in areas such as
staff development, child nutrition, cur
riculum, media technology, testing,
vocational education and education of
exceptional children.
State Superintendent of Schools Bob
Etheridge's 20-Point Plan for Education,
announced Sept. 1 7, includes a proposal
to consolidate the existing eight centers
of this regional delivery system into
four technical assistance centers.
'The (new) centers will better meet
the needs of local school systems," said
DPI Media Consultant Kay Williams.
TUESDAY
10 a.m.: UNITAS will have a table in the Pit until
2p.m. UNITAS applications forthe 199 1-92 academic
year go out this week. Come and fight apathy on
campus!
11 a.m.: Human Rights Week will sell raffle
tickets in the Pit until 2 p.m. Win one of 15 prices for
just $1 ! The grand prizes are a VCR and a CD player.
12:30 p.m.: The Institute for Research in Social
Science presents "Carolina Polls," an IRSS Short
Course, in 2 Manning until 2 p.m.
Student Psychological Services of Student Health
announces a group to talk about coping with an
alcoholic parent. Come to the first meeting at the
Student Psychological Services in the Student Health
Building. Call 966-3658 for more info.
3 p.m.: Study Abroad announces that a Latin
American Information Session will be held for stu-
stations in 10 N.C. and S.C. cities.
Officials attribute the 7-cent differ
ence between gasoline prices in North
Carolina and South Carolina to the
difference in the two states' gasoline
tax. In North Carolina, the state tax on
gasoline is 22 cents per gallon, while in
South Carolina the state tax is 16 cents.
The national average price for gaso
line, as of Oct. 2, was $ 1 .346 a gallon
four-tenths of a cent lower than the
average in North Carolina.
The AAA survey was the first case in
which the national average was lower
than the North Carolina average since
the invasion of Kuwait. The survey also
found that motorists in Raleigh were
paying the most for their gas, while
motorists in Spartanburg were paying
the least.
It is not likely fuel prices will decline
in the near future, said Quentin Ander
son, a spokesman for the AAA.
"I do not see the possibility of the
OPEC nations lowering the price per
barrel, nor the possibil ity that American
drilling operations will resume to any
great extent," Anderson said. "It is not
practical for American oil companies to
pick up drilling, because it is not yet
profitable, even at these higher prices."
Goode said, "We anticipate that for
"All resources will go into four centers
instead of eight."
Some public school administrators
say they are hesitant to support the plan.
The change will affect primarily "the
smaller school systems which do not
have the resources the larger systems
have," said Palmer Friend, associate
superintendent for Forsyth County
General Administration. "They are the
ones who have really made use of the
program."
Millicent Rainey, active superinten
dent of Orange County schools, said, "It
will probably have more negative impact
on (school systems) further removed
from Raleigh and the centers."
Administrators of the smaller eastern
state school systems are especially
worried about the impending change.
"Reducing the number of centers
makes it hard for people in our area to
receive assistance when needed," said
F. Boyd Bailey, superintendent of
Martin County schools.
Ethel Matthews, superintendent of
dents interested in studying in Mexico or Argentina at
Study Abroad Office in Caldwell Hall.
3:30 p.m.: The Entrepreneurs Club will meet
until 4:30 p.m. in 21 1 Union. All students interested
in owning a business now or in the future are en
couraged to attend. For more info, please call our
office at 962-1512.
Career Planning and Placement Services will
hold Job Hunt 101: Basic information on how to use
the UCPPS office for seniors and graduate students in
210Hanes.
4 p.m.: UCPPS will hold a Career Planning
Workshop for freshmen through juniors in 209 Hanes.
4:45 p.m.: Public Policy Analysis Majors Union
will sponsor an open house for PUPA majors and any
interested students in 1 02 New East.
5 p.m.: The Juggling Club will meet in front of
Wilson Library.
6 p.m.: Students for the Advancement of Race
Relations (SARR) will meet in 224 Union to discuss
and plan upcoming events. All are welcome!
6:30 p.m.: The Senior Class reminds freshmen
and seniors that the first Senior Buddy Activity is
today. Please contact the Senior Office at 962-1 99 1 or
stop by for more info. All seniors and freshmen are
welcome.
UCPPS announces a presentation by the Peace
Corps in 209 Hanes.
7 p.m.: Carolina Fever will meet in 1 00 Hamilton.
We will be discussing Homecoming Week, so be
there!
7:30 p.m.: The College Republicans will meet in
1 04 1 lo well. The guest speaker wil I be John Carrington,
Dist. 4 candidate for U.S. Congress. All interested are
welcome.
The Student Government Tutoring Program
will have free tutoring in ECON 10. STAT 1 1 and 23.
Math 22, 30 and 31, Spanish 1-4 and French 1-4.
Come to third floorGreenlaw anytime until 9:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: The Young Democrats will meet in 21 1
Union. All are welcome!
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Precycling Week! Stop by the Pit to learn more about
what you can do to reduce waste and where you can
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every 10 percent increase in price, we
will see a 1 percent decline in con
sumption." The federal deficit-reducing budget,
which was voted down Friday night
by Congress, would have increased
the tax on oil by 1 2 cents. Ten cents of
the tax would have been paid at the
pumps, while the other two cents
would have affected processed petro
leum normally used in home heating.
The proposed two-cent tax on home
heating oil caused a great deal of up
roar in the northern states.
"If any deficit-reducing user taxes
on gases are approved by Congress,
the gas consumer will be hurt even
more," Goode said.
Chapel Hill Transit has not yet felt
the monetary effects of the increase in
fuel prices.
"We're paying more for fuel just
like everyone else," said Scott
McClellan, a spokesman for the sys
tem. "We will not know the long-term
effects for some time.
"However, in times when there is
an instability of gas prices, curtailing
services should not be one of our op
tions. The public will be looking more
at public transportation as a replace
ment for the car carrying one person."
Beaufort County schools, voiced simi
lar concerns. Matthews said the existing
system had worked extremely well in
Beaufort County, and she does not
support a change.
"The regional educational center ...
has been very convenient," Matthews
said. "We can get to it quickly and our
requests have never been turned down.
By consolidating eight centers into four,
it is obvious they could not be as close
to school systems as they presently are."
The plan, scheduled to take effect in
1992, would redivide the state's school
systems into four areas. Vanessa Jeter,
media consultant for the DPI, said the
change would be more of a bureaucratic
nature than anything else. She also said
the existing system was somewhat
outdated.
"A lot has changed since the regions
were established in 1955," Jeter said.
"At that time there were 172 school
systems now there are 1 34. It is not
economically feasible to have eight
centers."
recycle on campus.
The UNC Student Agencies will be having a
raffle to give away five free movie rentals through its
movie courier service. All students, staff and faculty
are encouraged to fill out a free raffle ticket. Tickets
can be picked up in the UNC Student Agencies office
or in the Pit all this week.
The Elections Board announces that candidate
petitions are due today.
UCPPS announces on-campus testing for Seniors
interested in careers with the Federal Government.
Test dates are Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. Registration
forms and information are available in 211 Hanes.
Registration deadline is Oct. 31 by 3 p.m.
The University Counseling Center announces
that an Interracial Relationships Support Group will
be offered beginning in October. The group will offer
a supportive, confidential and nonjudgmental envi
ronment to explore unique issues encountered in
interracial relationships (e.g. societal disapproval,
cultural differences and similarities, conflicting feel
ings, etc). For more information, call 962-2 1 75.
The Carolina Union Activities Board announces
that tickets for Nikki Meets the ilibachi are on sale at
the Union desk for $2. They will play Saturday, Oct.
1 3 at 9 p.m. in the Cabaret.
Play Makers Repertory Company will present
the Southeastern premiere of "Nothing Sacred," by
Canadian playwright George F. Walker, Oct. 24-Nov.
1 1 at the Paul Green Theatre. For more information,
call 962-PLAY.
The Carolina Union Gallery Committee present
Europe 1989-90: A Collage, the color photographs of
UNC Senior Stephen Culp, who spent last year in
Eastern and Western Europe and Morocco.
Senior Class 1991
The Senior Class
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whole, used towels in ihe collection boxes in the BCC,
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residence hall area off ces. Call Christy (933-6795 ) or
Chris (933-4301 ) for more info.
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