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/The Daily Tar Heel/Friday, February 19, 1993
Clinton’s new economic formula meets with mixed reviews
By Stephanie Greer
Assistant State and National Editor
President Bill Clinton’s unveiling of
his economic plan to Congress Wednes
day introduced proposals to reduce the
nation’s deficit that have garnered both
warm and cold reviews from the Ameri
can public.
“(During the speech) there was no
doubt that Bill Clinton was the presi
dent, that he was talking about what
mattered and that he had a plan,” said
Marc Chimes, executive vice president
of Nordlinger Associates, a Washing
ton-based public relations and advertis
ing agency.
Chimes added that he thought Clinton
had made “the country confident.”
Stanley Black, a UNC economics
BOG
be an “either/or” decision involving
teaching and research.
“1 would hope that the BOG and the
BOT would show keen interest in teach
ing and its effectiveness on campus,”
Britt said.
Britt said none of the 16 schools sets
a precedent for others and added that
she did not believe that UNC-CH had
been a flagship for the system.
“Every institution is unique,” she said.
“From time to time, attention has been
focused on different places, so at differ
ent times, one university or college is
more high profile than another.”
Britt cited UNC-Asheville’s recent
recognition for having an outstanding
humanities program as one example.
The N.C. School of the Arts, based in
Winston-Salem, also received attention
for its new movie division, another ex
ample of the continually changing at
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professor who worked with the Carter
Administration, said he was fairly im
pressed with Clinton’s proposals. “This
proposal sounds to be a very serious
proposal, and one that confronts the
problems of the country head on,” he
said. Black added that he thought the
proposed tax increase would have a
“very minor” effect on the American
public and that he assumed the increase
would be “phased in when the economy
is on an upswing.”
Pete Sepp, director of communica
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disagreed with Black on the effect of a
tax increase. Sepp said an increase would
have a “dramatic” effect on the national
economy and stated that raising corpo
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personnel cuts or a rise in consumer
tention given to institutions within the
UNC system, Britt said.
Jordan: System needs money
Jordan, a reappointed BOG member
from Mount Gilead, said the largest
obstacle facing the UNC system, and
specifically UNC-CH, was money.
“The biggest problem is to keep
(UNC-CH) up and running as a first
class University and (maintain an) ex
cellent faculty and a good student body,”
Jordan said.
Jordan said aotherproblem was keep
ing the cost of University tuition afford
able. Jordan said the so-called “flag
ships” of the system included UNC
CH, N.C. State and UNC-Greensboro.
“They are the research institutions,
and they should maintain that role,” he
said.
Jordan said he couldn’t comment on
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prices. “It just hasn ’ t been demonstrated
that an increase in taxes helps the
economy,” he said.
Clinton’s proposed budget cuts drew
a slightly warmer response, but many
held that the cuts could have been much
more extensive.
“He could have cut things by one
third, and nobody would have missed
it,” said Vince Ryan, chairman of the
board of policy at the Liberty Lobby
group.
Sepp agreed with Ryan’s assessment.
“We thought that while the spending
cuts were a good start, more was
needed,” he said.
Ryan said he thought Clinton had not
been specific enough in his proposals.
He added that he was unsure how Clinton
would create more jobs for the country
tenure because he didn’t have enough
information on the subject.
“It’s one of those issues the general
public doesn’t understand, and those of
us on the Board of Trustees and the
Board of Governors don’t understand
as well as we should,” he said.
More study and research will be nec
essary before any new tenure policies
can be proposed, he said.
“After a certain amount of time and
study, (we) need to come up with a good
program so those who deserve (tenure)
get it, and those who don’t deserve
(tenure) don’t get it,” Jordan said. “Re
search institutions are going to put more
emphasis on research, but that’s not to
say good teaching won’t be rewarded.”
Culture
Lumberton, said he thought many times
the student body overlooked minority
groups and did not realize their impor
tance on campus.
“If we’re going to have a liberal
university, you have to have diversity,”
he said. “I think these groups can only
add to the University.
The Carolina Indian Circle, a 20-
year-old organization that currently has
about 30 members, tries to make Na
tive-American students feel more at
home and help them adjust to life at
UNC, Maynor said.
The group gets much of its funding
from student fees, which members use
to finance their annual Pow Wow and
fund speakers, Maynor said. The Pow
Wow, the group’s main program during
the year, costs between $2,000 and
$3,000, Maynor said.
“We have to be very particular about
what we spend our Student Congress
funds on,” he said. “We’re going to try
and “how (Clinton) is going to fund all
these programs he’s suggested.”
Aside from concerns about Clinton’s
proposals, many experts were worried
about the U.S. Congress’ reaction to the
new plan.
“One of the biggest problems is that
the cuts (will go into effect) in the
(administration’s) out years. That will
give time for Congress to pick apart the
spending cuts and nullify them,” Sepp
said.
Chimes said he thought Congress
would act slowly and inefficiently in
the following months.
“One of two things is going to hap
pen,” he said. “Either Congress is going
to get behind this onslaught of new
legislation, or (Clinton’s proposal) is
going to be picked to death.
Jordan said the University could need
a tuition increase to maintain its present
level of national prestige. “It’s going to
be share and sacrifice,” he said.
Aldridge: Funding is the problem
The primary problem the university
system has to deal with is funding, but
a tuition increase isn’t the only alterna
tive, Aldridge said.
“We want to make the entire system
something we can be proud of,” he said.
“(A tuition increase) is something I
think would be unfair to the people, so
I won’t comment until I am fully aware
of the facts on the issue.”
Aldridge said he liked to be prepared
for the issues he discussed and would
to get more funds this year.”
Making the campus more culturally
aware
Helen Song, Korean-American Stu
dent Association president, said she
thought students needed to be informed
of the different cultures of their peers.
“Our school is a big school,” she
said. “I think it’s very important for
people to be aware that people are dif
ferent and they come from different
cultures.”
The purpose of KASA has changed
in the past years from serving as a
primarily social organization educat
ing the campus about Korean culture,
Song, a junior, said.
“As we’re growing we realize we
need to do more,” she said. “It’s impor
tant to keep our culture and express our
culture. We are realizing we need to do
more than (sponsor social events).”
Song said she was concerned that
many Korean-American students would
forget their Korean heritage when they
were immersed in UNC’s American
culture.
One of KASA’s main programs this
year was Korean Night, an evening of
Korean culture and traditional enter
tainment open to the entire student body.
Song said KASA, which has been in
existence for seven years and has about
30 members, also was working to have
a Korean language class added to the
University’s curriculum. KASA also
receives congress funding.
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“I think (the proposal) will eventu
ally pass by a significant margin, but
(Congress) will talk (about the pro
posal) forever,” Chimes added.
Overall, Republican response to the
Democratic president’s economic plan
was negative. A statement released by
Republican National Committee Chair
man Haley Barbour aired the party’s
complaints concerning Clinton’s pack
age. The statement said Clinton’s pro
posals would only cause the economy
to worsen. “We cannot support higher
taxes and more government spending,
as they will choke off the recovery,” the
statement read.
Chimes said that he doubted the Re
publicans would produce an alternate
economic plan and that the party ’ s reac
tion would hurt its standing with the
not provide any in-depth plans until he
was well informed on the tuition issue.
“However, I don’t want to make tu
ition so high that my grandchildren can’t
afford to go,” he said. Aldridge added
that several of his children had gradu
ated from UNC-system schools.
O’Kelly: UNC-CH problems
similar to other schools
O’Kelly said the problems at UNC
CH were generic to the major state
universities, including the issues of fac
ulty salaries, purchasing library books
and tuition.
O’Kelly added that the debate over a
free-standing black cultural center had
divided UNC-CH.
One group can’t meet all cultural
needs
Alice Nkhoma-Wamunza, president
of the African Students Association,
said she thought the emergence of some
types of cultural groups might result
from the fact the Association of Interna
tional Students did not meet the needs
of specific cultural groups.
“When foreign students come to the
United States, they find it difficult to
penetrate the walls of the American
student,” she said. “It is easier for them
if they can find people of their own.”
Nkhoma-Wamunza said there were
very few African students at UNC and
most of them were graduate students.
The African Students Association is
a good place for African students to
build friendships among themselves,
and the group mainly holds informal
gatherings and discussions, she said.
The group, which has about 15 mem
bers and has existed for about seven
years, gives African students an oppor
tunity to meet and discuss issues per
taining to them, Nkhoma-Wamunza
said.
The African Students Association has
received congress funding in the past
but has not in recent years, she said.
Nkhoma-Wamunza said the group
planned to ask for funding in the future.
Funding requests trigger debate
Student Congress Rep. Mike Kolb,
Dist. 1, said he didn’t believe congress
should fund every cultural group re-
American public. “Instead, it looks kind
of like they’re just going to carp and
whine,” he said.
Regardless of the varying opinions
of his new economic plan, Clinton re
ceived approval from many camps.
“It’s refreshing to hear somebody
not pulling punches on the economic
outlook,” Black said.
Chimes heralded Clinton’s delivery
and the way the president had handled
the public. “He seemed connected in a
way that we never thought Reagan or
Bush was. He was very simple.
“He told the nation that Congress
was directly responsible (for what hap
pens to the economic package),” Chimes
said. “It was almost like he was winking
at the public and saying ‘You guys are
on the hot seat.’”
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“It has certainly been controversial,
and out of controversy can come prob
lems that go into academic areas. But,
good can also come out.”
She said that while a tuition increase
was necessary, students and BOG mem
bers should work to keep the hike as low
as possible.
Increasing tuition would decrease the
number of in-state students attending
the University,” she said.
“An educated population will en
hance the state, in terms of both its work
force and its progress. Unless there are
resources to put into the University,
maybe we will have to raise tuition,”
O’Kelly said.
“I still don’t like it,” she added.
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questing money because it would open
the door for any group based on culture
to ask for money. The campus doesn’t
need more polarization by ethnic back
ground, he said.
“It’s a trend we need to examine,”
Kolb, a law student, said. “I don’t think
we should be funding groups based on
race, religion, nationality or ethnic
group.
By funding more and more smaller
ethnic groups, we encourage more
groups to ally by ethnicity.”
Kolb said he thought funding all cul
tural groups would encourage “tribal
ism” on campus.
“This is anotherexample of Student
Congress making an offering to the
great god of multiculturalism,” he said.
But Rep. Philip Charles-Pierre, Dist.
17, said he thought these groups were
important to keeping University life
variegated.
“We have to realize that funding cul
tural groups not only enlightens us on
their culture but also those being af
fected by their culture,” he said. “By
putting it all together we can understand
how we all in a sense are bound together
in some kind of way.”
Charles-Pierre, a sophomore from
Jamaica, N. Y., said all campus cultural
groups had some kind of impact on the
University.
“Our country and our University are
made of different nations within a state,”
he said. “ ... all these nations affect the
state, no matter how small.”