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Friday, February 17,1995
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Cut Our Money; Cut Our Future
Bring on the cuts. As if inadequate faculty
salary increases, and a skyrocketing out-of-state
tuition are not enough for Gov. Hunt’s fiscal
proposals, he hasn’t forgotten to include UNC
system schools in the government cutbacks be
ing implemented across the state. UNC schools
cannot hope to be protected from state-wide
budget cuts at all times, but year after year they
continue to suffer a beating. This year is no
exception: included in Governor Hunt’s budget
proposal are across the board reductions in non
faculty positions, a $3.8 million reduction in
equipment (library books are spared), and yet
another cut of $1.2 million for the UNC-CH
Hospitals.
Perhaps the only initiative truly supporting
the system in recent years occurred in the 1993
election when voters, not lawmakers, registered
their support for a $3lO bond for the UNC
system. It is our governors and legislators who
are having a tough time backing state programs
in the face of mounting criticism of anything
associated with governments and bureaucra
cies. That UNC-Chapel Hill and the other 15
schools in the system have provided for much of
our state’s progress and prosperity in the second
half of this century seems of little consequence
when uninformed voters elect blinded legisla-
Visitation Revisited
Working together, students can make a dif
ference.
Last year, organized student protests at UNC
over the lack of 24-hour visitation in the dorms
grabbed the attention of more than just the
media, it also made an impact with the Board of
Trustees. So great was this impact that members
of the BOT rolled up their sleeves and got into
the planning process right alongside students,
parents, Housing officials, the Residence Hall
Association and faculty members. By working
together to assess the needs and concerns of the
student body, alumni, parents and everyone this
change would affect, they arrived at a compro
mise that everyone could live with.
In the end, the effort involved more than 25
people who formed a committee that not only
managed to plan the implementation of 24-hour
visitation, but came up with a questionnaire to
deal with basic issues of roommate rights to help
diffuse a whole range of roommate problems
that students face when they share a room.
Tar Heel Quotables
“You have a year when prosperity in the state
will be unparalleled. Are we to tell our faculty,
‘You can’t share in the benefits; you’re not
included?’ I think that’s not fair.”
CJ>. SPANGLER, UNC-system president
On the proposed decrease in funding throughout the
UNC system
“This is going to make us pale in comparison
to other universities. We will not be able to
compete for the cream of the crop.”
SIEVE HOFFMANN, Graduate and Professional Student
Federation president-elect
On the effect that Gov. Jim Hunt's proposed tuition
hike for out-of-state students will have on graduate
programs at UNC
“We all know what happened in the Second
World War in Germany. Now it is happening
again, and people just bow their heads and
keep sleeping.”
GENERAL HAUL PUKSAR, president of Bosnian Relief
Fnnd USA Inc.
Giving a speech to the UNC Muslim Students'
Association depicting the atrocities currently occurring
in Bosnia
Valentine's and voting don't mix
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tors willing to cut anything in the name of Rush
Limbaugh.
UNC-CH has been struggling for years to
retain its academic integrity, yet it constantly
faces a barrage of opposition from lawmakers in
North Carolina. Our school’s woes are not sim
ply related to the silly reports published in U.S.
News and World Report every year (though it
offers an interesting perspective). Indeed, there
is no doubt that UNC-CH remains highly re
garded among the nations top academicians,
employers, and prospective college students. But
as our embattled ramparts continuously suffer
from the lack of foresight from our governor and
others, the excellence once associated with UNC
CH will dwindle into obscurity.
Why does it really matter? Certainly those at
this school still have opportunities awaiting them
following graduation. The most disheartening
aspect of these annual budget cuts is their almost
undetectable dangers: the loss of some comput
ers, an inadequate pay raise, the sunset on an
administrative position. They occur and are for
gotten. And what else is forgotten—slowly and
imperceptibly is the intellectual prosperity
that should abound in our departments and
halls. Our expectations for greatness diminish,
and the whole of our state suffers.
The resulting plan includes three housing
options for students to choose from: 24-hour
visitation, weekend visitation and the current
limited visitation policy. At this time, six dorms
feature open visitation, and eight more will be
added to the program within the next year. Three
dorms —Parker, Whitehead and Ehringhaus—
will have weekend visitation programs in the
fall. The goal is to have 63 percent ofthe campus
with either 24-hour or weekend visitation by
1996 to offer students the best option.
The new visitation policy is a landmark for
reasons beyond the need for more choice.
Through organized and mature student protest
over a legitimate issue, the students of this uni
versity brought about a positive change, and
gained the respect and even the genuine interest
of the BOT. There is no need to allow this to
remain an isolated accomplishment. If the BOT
could be reached in this way, then why not the
Board of Governors? or the General Assembly?
or better yet... Gov. Hunt?
“I can’t imagine Planned Parenthood going
forward with this thing, and I’m speaking for
myself, but there is big business involved.”
JEAN O'CONNOR, St Thomas Mon Catholic Church
Respect Life committee worker
Questioning why a town the size of Chapel Hill, which
already has abortion clinics, would need another new
abortion facility
“It’s a terribly important issue because the
radical anti-abortion activists are actually
killing people now”
ROBERT GWYN, member of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom
Explaining why he chose to participate in a Franklin
Street vigil to protest the use of violence in anti
abortion protests
“The Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to
make sure that history is not rewritten and
changed by modem historians and Northern
textbooks.”
TODD GOODSON, camp commander of
the Chapel Hill Sons of Confederate Veterans
On the aims the group hopes to accomplish by starting
a chapter in Chapel Hill
EDITORIAL
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The Tar Heel Tales: An Old Classic Made Modem
Time once again to plunder the classics. This
time it’s Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury
Tales.” He felt the need to immortalize the
character types he saw around him in the Nth
century —and so do we. Originally the General
Prologue to the Tales described 31 pilgrims, but
in our age of reduction we have been forced to
make some labor cuts. This modem sequel will,
unfortunately, have only 14. By the way, the
beat is du-duh du-duh du-duh du-duh du-duh.
DUH!!!
The General Prologue:
When February ends at UNC,
March Madness in the near vicinity,
Each Tar Heel heart soon feels the urge to roam,
And make the pilgrimage to yonder Dome.
There are no secrets, nor any myst’ries,
Why coming March is for the Ram, Aries.
The end of March points each Tar Heel home
To join its kind and walk down to the Dome.
It befell that once upon my way,
Hoping to forget lunch at Chick-Fil-A,
1 came upon the land they call “The Pit"
And found that I just had to have a sit.
Uncanny sights and people I did see.
I’ll try and paint my gruesome company.
Of those I call the Wheelers, there are many.
Of common sense, I don’t think they have any.
Their bikes and Rolleiblades are truly great,
But when they’re near, it’s quite a dangerous
state.
I see that where they go, they must go fast;
But yesterday they gave my friend a cast.
Now, I do think when next I see these folks,
That I shall hurl yon stick betwixt their spokes.
That time of year has come ’round,
When ’Tidans begging votes surely abound.
Their faces, posters, everywhere I walk,
Who knows, perhaps they’ll choke on sidewalk
chalk.
Among them was a Merchant of the Greeks,
Selling his wares to rubes throughout the week
He said that he had just the thing for me,
A shirt he was sure would fit me to a “T.”
Loud of voice and stout of gut, he was.
Most here bathe, but I don’t think he does.
He guaranteed the garb would cure my funk,
Reminding me that I had gotten drunk
Upon the eve I saw all Jerry’s dunks.
It could be mine for "Only 10 small bucks!"
UNC Striving to Build Exemplary Greek System
During the last several years, amajor change
in the relationship between UNC and its
Greek organizations has been underway,
culminating last summer with the Board ofTrust
ees’ passage of a resolution “endorsing the value
and worth of Greek organizations on the UNC
campus” and establishing the Greek Affairs
Office. Until the early 19905, the relationship
between Greeks and UNC had been one of
distance. In the late 1970 sand early 1980s uni
versities struggled with their relationships with
student groups and Greek organizations. Col
leges were abandoning the idea of in loco parentis,
a doctrine that had ruled American higher edu
cation for over 200 years.
This was also a time when lawsuits were filed
against student organizations, and Greeks, in
record numbers. The first major one was at the
University of Texas where a young man was
severely injured as a result of a drunk driving
crash after consuming alcohol from a keg. The
lawsuit was settled for s2l million! UVa and
Penn State were also involved in major lawsuits.
The prevailing opinion was that universities
could insulate themselves from lawsuits if they
severed their ties with these organizations. UVa
prohibited groups from using its name and many
institutions abandoned deans ofGreek life. UVa,
Michigan, Texas, UNC, as well as others, fol
lowed this pattern.
By the late 1980s, the problems facing all
student organizations, and Greeks in particular,
were increasing dramatically lawsuits were
multiplying, social host liability laws were
adopted, hazing statutes were being passed and
the legal age to drink alcohol was raised to 21
while universities were offering little support.
Many campuses began to question the policy
of distancing in light of the fact that Greek
organizations, like other organizations, had a
right to be on public college campuses. On many
campuses this re-examination yielded the
thought that it is better to work with student
groups to prevent problems, particularly since
FRANK GOTH & DOM CASUAL
A Stair Master ran by to young men’s sighs.
Fresh she was from toning and sculpting thighs.
Some multicolored spandex she did wear,
And always had some scrunchie in her hair.
She knew a dirty word, and it was “fat.”
She’s seen when Oprah put it in a vat.
I thought to gawk, but feared that she might see.
I had no doubt that she could pummel me.
A pack of HaddeSquires were by the tree;
Their fascination quite astounded me.
Odd dressed they were in stripes and plaids and
checks,
The poster folk of “Generation X.”
The game they played appeared to be hypnotic,
I feared that some of them were quite psychotic.
A girl I call The Wife of Math was there,
She had her book, but all she did was stare.
I’ve seen her Week-by-Week; she does a lot.
Her grades are great, but man her nerves are
shot.
"My work is never done ...my life’s a mess."
She’s riding high upon a wave of stress.
Her GPA may make her career boom,
But I’m afraid she’ll need a rubber room.
At noon, you’ll see, the Summoners abound,
Hailing loudly “friends” from all around.
They shout and gesture right across the Pit.
A layman thinks that they must be the “shit.”
They seem to know each person within sight,
And if you’re there, they’ll call with all their
might.
In saying this, I don’t wish to be rude,
I’d rather they just point and call me, “Dude! ”
The Fashion Cops were there; they love to pick.
The clothing people wear just makes them sick.
"I can’t believe that he still wears those shirts!"
“Isee that dress of hers; oh my! It hurts!”
“The Gap is old. The Limited is nasty. ”
GUEST COLUMNIST
these organizations
represent such a large
segment of the stu
dent population (at
UNC Greeks make
up over 20 percent of
the undergraduate
student population,
orroughlyhalfofstu
dents in UNC hous
ing). Over the past
three years, UNChas
gone through a re
examination, with
the Board of Trustees affirming its support.
UNC’s approach has been to create an iden
tifiable office in support of Greeks that works
with students, faculty, chapter advisors, alumni
and nationals to develop these organizations to
their greatest potential and to prevent problems.
Each relationship is viewed as having four com
ponents: students, alumni, nationals and the
University (faculty and staff). In order to suc
ceed, all four parts are needed.
We view Greeks as focusing on five major
areas: 1) Scholarship, 2) Community Service, 3)
Campus Involvement, 4) Education and 5) Sis
terhood/Brotherhood.
We work with the 41 Greek oiganizations
and the three councils (Inter-Fraternity Council,
Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic
Council) to provide University services and re
sources to fraternities and sororities to accom
plish these goals.
We encourage our chapters to place academ
ics first, to perform community service, to in
volve their members in other student groups at
Carolina, to educate their members on issues
college students face (i.e. risk management, al
cohol and other drug education, date rape and
eating disorders) and to provide the environ
ment that makes it all possible.
We collect basic information such as grades,
community service hours performed, campus
QHjr Bails (Far Hrrl
“That girl there just needs some Rhinoplasty!"
In order to prevent being their snack,
The only hope is simply wearing black.
I heard the cry, “You’re going to bum in Hell!”
To girls in skirts the Preacher must this yell.
Once he starts on gays, he never stops,
Until someone gets pissed and calls the cops.
I saw a Wanderer each place I looked.
It seemed to be a role that many took.
There are quite a few of this ilk, you see,
Clueless about when and where they should be.
“The Pit is cool, but so’s the Wall, I guess.
But if I’m here, not there, what will I miss?”
Not knowing where to be’s a cause of strife,
I wish these lost ones would just get a life.
Consider them cousins to the HackieSquire,
But Crosswords like to think theirvocab’shigher.
They cannot live without their DTH,
And quickly turn right to the comics page.
“Four across is ‘oboe.’ How "bout you?"
"You’re kidding. 15down is ‘Timbuktu’?!?"
Solve it once, they’re hooked and must repeat;
I’ve noticed, though, that all they do is cheat.
Without Minstrels, no Pit would be complete.
They sing and bop and generally look neat.
You’ve heard the songs before, "But theirs are
better!”
I’m sorry, pal, but you’re not Eddie Vedder.
They love to sing, and they do it quite well,
But something they do better is to sell.
“Ifyou ’re a friend of mine, you ’U buy a ticket."
OK. I’ll go. Here’s money. Now go stick it!
An odder, stranger sight, you’ll never see.
The Strappers seek to solve a mystery.
I’m not sure that anyone has a clue,
If bookbag straps should strap one arm or two.
And lastly here we have our faithful scribes.
That’s Dom and Frank, boy we love to gibe.
We’ve had our fun, but sadly must confess,
That we, ourselves, are like this jumbled mess.
Guilty of these things, we most truly are.
To these poor people, we are not that far.
We must admit, this end kind of dangles;
But off we are to find our olde Bojangles.
These two are English majors don’t you see.
One’s a junior, a senior must the other be.
Dom is from Matthews; Frank is from Charlotte,
Give one a call if you be a harlot.
involvement levels of each chapter and the
amount of education chapters provide to their
members, so that we can make the case that
Greek organizations are relevant groups on the
UNC campus today. We also assist our groups in
making their accomplishments known.
Finally, we work with our groups to uphold
polices that ensure our organizations are safe,
particularly given the litigious society we live in.
Above all, we want our students to have a satis
fying, quality, safe, undergraduate, fraternal ex
perience.
Our mission is a tall one but one that Carolina
is capable of achieving. We are trying to build
upon the solid foundation that already exists.
For example: Greek GPA’s are higher than non-
Greek GPA’s, Greeks perform a substantial
amount of community service in the Chapel Hill
community and raise large sums for charities,
Greeks are heavily involved on the UNC campus
providing leadership to many student organiza
tions and chapters are providing a host of educa
tional seminars for their members.
We need to build upon this foundation so that
“we prepare our members for life beyond Caro
lina.”
We may not achieve our goal overnight, but if
we focus on constantly improving our Greek
community, we will get there. We welcome
input on how best we can achieve our goals.
Ron Binder is the director of Greek affairs. This
column is the second in a series on topics of concern
for the Greek and University community.
For the Record
The author of the Feb. 16 letter, 'Wilson's
World Without Racial Distinction' Unrealistic,' was
mistakenly identified as Zachary Smith.
The author of the letter was Leon Fink, the
Zachary Smith professor of history.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.