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POLITICS
Student Body President hopefuls announce candidacy
By LINDA A. BROWN
Features Editor
Of the three candidates planning to run
in the Feb. 13 student body president elec
tions, each has totally different ideas of
what he would like to see student govern
ment do in 1980.
Kevin Garrity, a junior history major
from Deal, New Jersey, has worked as
University services coordinator. His jobs
included working with financial aid, food
services, student stores and student
health. He is on the student health services
administrative board, was treasurer of the
eighth floor of Hinton James residence hall
and was editor of “The Southern Part of
Heaven,” a booklet published by the Stu
dent Consumer Action Union.
Garrity wants, “Through the use of the
chancellor’s committee, to have more stu
dent imput in administrative areas,” such
as the Thornton report and the Long
report, he said.
“I’d lik'e to set up an escorts servitiS that
would provide students with someone to
accompany them on late night labs,” he
said. Garrity said the escorts services has
been successful at other schools and he
feels it is needed at UNC.
Garrity would like to have student
government publish a report regularly of
what goes on in student government to be
distributed on a dorm level. “I would also
like to see more lights on University cam
pus. I’m looking into the kind that use less
energy,” he said.
“I would like to see schedules sent home
over the Christmas vacations and before
you come back to school,” Garrity said. “I
would like to fight unjust fee increases,”
he added.
Bob Saunders, a junior Economics and
Public Policy major from High Point, was
elections board chairperson, campus af-
Garrity
fairs coordinator, chancellor’s committees
coordinator and on the food services ad
visory committee. He has been chairman
of the t)0ard of directors of WXYC and
Lieutenant Governor of the North Carolina
Student I.«Rislator. He has also been on the
Campus G jverning council’s budget
evaluation committee.
“One of the things I’m trying to bring
across to students is the relationship bet
ween the University and the studentsj,’ he
said. “The University should serve as an
advisory committee and not as a super
visory committee,” he said.
The student health fee, he feels should be
nonmandatory. He wants to have the fees
broken up into small fees for basic health
needs and an optional fee for special health
needs.
Saunders would like to see an office of
minority and disadvantaged student af
fairs on campus or some for of system for
minorities and disadvantaged students.
SaiiiicierN
“I’ve already been working on a commit
tee for this. We’re going to have a new
chancellor next semester'ahd'this will bt
brought up again,” he said.
“I’ve been dealing with the policy
members and the administrators that the
student body president has to work with,”
he said. Saunders feels he has more prac
tical experience than the other candidates.
Clive Stafford Smith, a junior Political
Science and American Studies major from
Cambridge, England has been a member
of the executive policy committee, which
worked on the Thornton Report and the
tenure policy. He has written for The Daily
Tar Heel and The Black Ink, and was Pro
se editor of “The Cellar Door”. He is a
member of the Black Student Movement
and is fund raising officer of the Crew club.
Stafford Smith has three main areas he
plans to use in getting more students in
volved in student government. In order to
be sure that the students know the rules of
Smith
the honor code and its purpose he feels
students should be given a test on the
fi'oW system. Stafford Smith would also
like to visit various organizations and
possibly have dinner with them. He feels
activities such as dramma, sports or a
visit to the national collegiate finals could
also be used to get students involved.
“I do believe that South Campus has the
raw end of the deal at the moment. Firstly
I think the bus system should be made
free,” he said. “Secondly there has
previously been discussion revolving
around some kind of recreational activity
on campus,” he said.
As a means of improving the f''''d
system on campus Stafford Smith feels the
University should invite three external
coorporations on campus, such as
McDonald’s, K&W’s and something bet
ween the style of those two. “It’s not as if it
would be taking away from the University,
because Servomation is not University
funded,” he said.
Roberts and Shadroui announce for Tar Heel
Roberts
Ken Roberts, a senior history and jour
nalism major from Charlotte, is one of the
two candidates for The Daily Tar Heel
editorship. Roberts worked on the DTH
staff his first two years of school and on
The Chapel Hill Newspaper for the last one
and a half years.
“I think the students need to have a
stronger foundation of state, national and
world news,” he said. “1 think the campus
news needs to be more clearly focused,”
he added.
Shadroui
Roberts plans to put a great deal of em
phasis on Ombudsman. Having this per
son, designated to hear and investigate
complaints, to go out and see if the
students feel the paper is being done as
they would like to see it.
“1 think the advantage I’ve had over
George (Shadroui) is that I’ve had the ex
perience with a professional paper,” he
said. He said he sees this as his advantage
instead of a disadvantage. “My advantage
is so much stronger than that disad
vantage,” he said. “I’ve worked with the
Tar Heel and away from it, and I’ve seen
the University as the town sees it,” he
said.
“1 think Blacks and any other minorities
on campus should be able to get what they
want from the Tar Heel, but that doesn’t
eliminate the others. I think The Black Ink
has its audience and it tries to provide for
that audience as it sees fit and the Tar Heel
does the same,” he said.
George Shadroui, a senior hi.story and
journalism major, (with an emphasis in
creative writing) from Salisbury has
worked with the DTH and had a summei
internship with The Salisbury Evening
Post.
Shadroui does not plan to make any ma
jor changes in the paper. He said he would
like to strengthen some weaknes.ses in the
paper and “put more emphasis on issues
that directly affect the students,” he said.
“1 know every facet of The Daily Tar.
Heel. I’ve been at the Tar Heel, I know how
things work over there and he’s (Ken
Roberts) been kind of away from the Tar
Heel,” he said. “I think it’s imparitive that
people who are running the Tar Heel
should be perfectly knowledgeable of the
Tar Heel,” he said.
As far as student government or persons
running for the office of student body
president suggesting that The DTH and
The Black Ink merge (as one of the can
didates has done) he said, “I think it’s ab
surd for the student body president to be
messing around with student publica
tions.” He said the student body president
does not know the cost of such a change i/r
its effects on the paper.
“I think The Black Ink should be in
dependent of the DTH. 1 think the Black
students need a paper. It’s unfortunate
that more white students don’t read The
Black Ink, he said.
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can be
con verted
into words
and
pictures .. .
We intend to do it
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