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Jtltdtit't Hvquvsig Kepresentatives of organizations not now included in the student government budget who would like to receive funds in the 1968-69 budget should pick up Budget Request forms from Don Milbrath, Treasurer of the Student Body, in the Student Government offices. Mm V ' mtm Jr SL Meets Student Lesbliturr wi3 elect the speaker pro ten tonight at its meeting at 7:30 in room 202 of the new Student I'nron. if. 76 Years of Editorial Fnrihim Volume 7G, Number 82 CHAPEL HILL. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1G. llGii Founded February 2. IS?" rKrTV U LS I I I I I II II N. C. Budget Lays Emphasis On Education RALEIGH (UPl-North Carolina's History-making $3.35 billion budget recommended to the 1969 General Assembly Wednesday emphasized education, but slashed requests for capital improvements to their lowest level since the 1965-67 biennium. The Advisory Budget Commission recommended spending 48 per cent of the entire budget including state, federal and other funds for continuing, expanding and improving public school, higher education and community college programs. Very few state agencies could be happy with recommendations for capital improvement appropriations. The Budget Commission recommended only $55 million in improvements. During the 1967-69 biennium, the state spent $110 million. The largest single outlay recommended in the budget was for salary increases for teachers and other state government employes. The commission recommended $58.7 million for public school personnel and $26 million for general government employes covered by the personnel act. This would amount to a 10 per cent across the board increase during the biennium, five per cent each year. The commission said teacher salary increase would bring wages nearly in line with the national average for 1968. What it did not project was the national average for 1971. In a proposal to help higher education institutions to implement new programs between sessions of the General Assembly, the commission recommended reserving approximately $2.34 million to be administered by the Advisory Budget Commission. tuident Tops Giim Record. Chews 165 Pieces Jim Renfrow became the world champion chewing gum chewer last Friday night by simultaneously masticating 165 pieces of gum. The gum selected for the chewing consisted of seven packs of Cinnamint, 12 packs of Spearmint, ten packs of Juicy Fruit, two packs of Beech-Nut and two packs of Teaberry. "It all happened about 11 o'clock. We were just sitting around the dorm and somebody mentioned the article about the student who chewed 150 pieces of gum. Then a friend of mine, Sean Riperton, said 4if anybody can beat that record you can, Jim." Possible Change Discussed The consolidated University Calendar Committee will hold its second meeting today to discuss a possible change in the academic calendar of the Consolidated University. This committee is composed Two Students Convicted In Drug Case Two UNC students were' convicted of possession of marijuana Wednesday in the superior court in Hillsborough. The convicted students are Robert James Bottomly III and George Yachan. Both received two-year suspended sentences and were placed on probation for three years. Bottomly, a resident of Chapel Hill, was arrested in a midnight raid by Chapel Hill police on the night of Oct. 22. Arrested along with Bottomly at his residence at 322 West Rosemary St. were six other persons, including four other UNC students. Three of those students also listed 322 West Rosemary Street as their local residence. Arresting officers confiscated six and a half blocks of hashish and a $5 bag of marijuana in the raid. Yachan, a sophomore from Durham, was arrested last summer and tried on June 17, 1968, by the student-faculty-administration judicial board which was created last year by student legislature to handle student violations involving the use of drugs. Yachan was placed on indefinite probation by the board. So Renfrow told him that if he were "fool" enough to purchase the gum, "I'll be glad to try." Riperton left to purchase the gum. "I really didn't think he was serious until he came back with all that gum." After that, it was only a matter of time before Jim Renfrow, a sophomore Business Administration major, rewrote the record books. "When I had gotten ten packs of gum in, only one side of my mouth was full, so I just kept putting it in. When I reached the 25 pack mark, I knew that I could break the record," the Champ calmly remarked. Realizing that the record Calendar of a top academic officer, a top officer in the division of student affairs and the student body president from each branch of the Consolidated University or his representative. The committee, chaired by Vice President of the University Dr. A. K. King, was organized before Christmas to deal with the question of changing the calendar so that exams for the fall term would come before Christmas. As of this fall, either the student body or the faculty of each branch of the Consolidated University, with the exception of Chapel Hill, had expressed the desire for a calendar reform. This fall, the Chapel Hill student body, in an opinion referendum held in conjunction with an election referendum, indicated a preference for a reorganized calendar which would allow for exams to fall before Christmas. Thus, with' interest expressed on all campuses of the Consolidated University, the feasibility of changing the calendar has been examined. According to Student Body President Ken Day, the meeting which will be held today will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of starting the fall semester earlier in order to accomodate the scheduling of exams before Christmas. Another idea concerning reform which Day hoped would be fully explored concerned a 4-1-4 set up. This would mean that each semester would be four months with the month in the middle applied to independent study and seminars covering wide areas of topics. n mm it S t r"" .--!". -. i u ' -V J J """" '"' "" rl"g '--- 1 was within his grasp, the champ "just kept putting it in and chewing it as fast as the two boys who were helping could unwrap it." The Champ admitted, however, that after he had broken the other boys' record, he felt that it was time to stop. "However, the other boys just kept handing more gum to me. I really wasn't sure exactly how much gum I was chewing until they told me that I had reached the 165 piece mark." The Champ chewed the last piece for about two minutes before he began the task of removing the lump from his mouth. "If I hadn't taken it out Union Open House Listed below are the activities scheduled for the open house today in the new Frank Porter Graham Student Union. 6:00-8:00 p.m. 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 8:00 p.m. 7:00-9:30 p.m. 7:00-9:30 p.m. Jazz Jam Session Our Man Flint 20 Century Music Free billiards for coeds and couples Chess Club 5 minute games open Student Art Show Kallabash Corporation 9:30-12:30 ' i rv - fii v 7 "'Ml'' ( i V -:- v. .. If - t i :'' -w- X": .. -V- STUDY. STUDY, STUDY-Whether you are searching (DTH Photo bv Tom Schnabel) BOTTOMS UP? when I did, it would have taken me out. I had to put my hand in my mouth and take it out a little at a time." The Champ did feel confident that "now that I have my technique down, 1 could go another pack or two." - The Champ . ruled out the possibility of a contest or of another attempt should someone else top his record. "If anybody breaks my record, they can have it. I won't try it again." In a note of encouragement to any challengers, the Champ said, "If you pace yourself and don't worry, I believe almost anybody who tried could do it." Main Floor Room 207-209 Great Hall Billiards Room Games Lounge The Shop (ground level) i. i s - v t Hon The Women's Residence Council (YRC) rejected a "check-in" restriction on self-limiting hours and passed a recommendation to allow junior women to live off campus at Tuesday night's meeting in the new student union. The proposal calling for a 7 a.m. "check-in" time for coeds on self-limiting hours was made by the Chancellor's S e 1 f -L i mi t i n g Hours Committee, chaired by WRC President Libby Idol and Dean of Women Katherine Carmichael. TThe Council did, however, irpake a new recommendation Tor the self-limitins hours program. Coeds on self-limiting hours may voluntarily sign out leaving an emergency telephone number. If the coed desires, the card may be placed in a sealed envelope. The Council emphasized that this be a voluntary measure, and expressed the hope that responsibility and maturity would be guiding factors. :To be eligible for self-limiting hours, a coed must be 21 years old or have completed 60 academic hours, a 2.0 quality point average for the preceding semester and parental permission. The recommendation to allow junior women to live off campus stemmed from a three-week old proposal to allow both sophomore and junior women to live off campus. The section of the proposal pertaining to sophomores was defeated. . - - The new regulation states that "Women 21 years old or bonafide seniors and juniors (at least 60 hours of academic credit) may reside in off-campus housing with parental permission." Among other actions, the Council lifted the WRC restriction prohibiting women students from having alcoholic beverages in their dormitories. There had never been a University ruling prohibiting alcoholic . beverages. The previous restriction had been implemented by the WRC itself. The recommendation to lift this restriction was approved by Dean Carmichael. The clause in the women's rules book limiting girls to visiting sororities, residence halls and apartments only on Friday and Saturday evening was changed from a limitation to a recommendation. In addition, a motion was passed stating that where existing rules are in conflict with the self-limiting hour policy, the policy take for words, snuggling with ising Asks precedence for eligible girls. Miss Idol announced the installation of alarm systems in wren's dormitories. Each alarm system is individually tailored to the dormitory and will be activated " and deactivated by a key in the possession ol housemothers and guards. In some dorms, the alarm will sound in the housemother's room,, and in Professors Pledge Support To Black Student Demands The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) drafted a resolution Tuesday night supporting the Black Student Movement (BSM) demands. In the lounge of The Commadore Club, faculty members and graduate students unanimously voted to have this resolution sent to the Chancellor to emphasize the urgency of the situation. The meeting, led by a panel of faculty members and student representatives of the BSM, discussed four of six areas of the demands. Under the topic of university admission procedure, the BSM demands that the school cease using SAT scores, begin active recruitment of black athletes and increase the amount of financial aid to blacks. Panel member Professor Daniel Okun commented that these demands parallel suggestions formulated by a faculty committee created earlier this year. The need for similar changes State House Members Urged To Aid Cozza Student Body President Ken Day has sent letters urging all members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation to aid in securing a Presidential Pardon for DTH reporter Mike Cozza. Cozza, convicted of passing out anti-war literature at Ft. Bragg had appealed to the President for a pardon on the grounds that he was only covering the story for the DTH and did not participate in the distribution of the anti-war literature. Earlier this week, North Carolina Senator Sam J. Ervin, your study-mate, or just looking for a place to snooze, the 3f f "( others it will be a general alarm. Each housemother will have a direct emergency phone line to the Campus Police. Guards, hired from the Bums Agency, will be on duty from 1 1 p.m. to 7 a.m. Two of the guard positions will be in complexes, the rest at individual dorms. The first complex is made up of Mclver, Kenan. Alderman and Spencer; the in admissions and financial aid procedure on the graduate school level was brought up by a member ohe audience and acknowledged by panel member Professor Richard Cramer of the Sociology Department. Ideas on how to recruit blacks and how to gauge the potential of black high school students resulted in a suggestion to create a research team in the Psychology Department to work on a means. The second main demand of the BSM is the creation of a Department of Black Studies. The curriculum would include courses in economics of the black community, the art and literature of blackness and black history leading to a major in African Studies. Dr. John Dixon, who originated the resolution to form a faculty committee, commented that a Black Studies program would not be inconsistent with existing courses on other cultures. The desire of the BSM for Jr. announced his intention to aid Cozza in his appeal. Day said that he wrote the letters on the advice of Robert Pace, a friend of Cozza's who first urged Cozza to seek a Presidential Pardon. The letters were written in full consultation with Mr. Pace for the most effective means by which to aid the drive for a pardon for Cozza. "J would urge all members of fhe University community who are in sympathy with the efforts to secure this pardon to write their own congressman to aid in the drive," Day stated. I L 1 ainus second of Joyner. Conner and Winston. The guard will be stationed at a point where he can see the door in use at each of the dorms in his complex. The guards will rotate their positions and will work in conjunction with the campus police. According to Heather Ness, assistant to the Dean of Women "the campus police (Continued on pas:e f black faculty members was supported by a similar conclusion of the faculty committee. The hesitancy of the assembled faculty to wholeheartedly support the BSM demands provoked the black students to respond that the time of begging was over and that they didn't care how the AAUP decided to act. BSM panel member Jack McLean expressed no surprise at the outcome of the meeting. "I didn't expect more than we got. The burden for action rests with the black students." Sorority Rush Schedule Coeds interested in spring rush may sign up now in the Dean of Women's office, according to Panhellenic Rush Chairman Barb Barrett. All eight sorority houses are participating in informal rush this year creating a greater number of openings than in previous years. Only a few girls have signed up to date, according to Miss Barrett, but the sororities are enthusiastically encouraging interested girls to participate in rush. The deadline for registration is February 7. Rush will begin on February 10 and bids will be issued on February 17. Since spring rush is informal, as opposed to formal rush to the fall, rushees will be invited to informal gatherings at the sorority houses throughout the week. All sophomore, junior, senior and transfer coeds with a 2.0 grade point average are eligible to participate. I new library is the place to go. J 1 f I 3 ft 4
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