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Vol. 80, No. 160
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Monday, April 24, 1972
Founded February 23. 1893
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by Ann Bennan
Staff Writer
Due to an alarming number of assaults
on campus, an escort system will begin
today at 8 p.m. in the Undergraduate
Library.
Steve Saunders, RCF (Residence
College Federation) chairman, calls the
security on campus "the greatest problem
on campus right now." RCF is sponsoring
the escort system.
"People don't know how big the
problem is," emphasized Saunders. "The
first step toward solving this problem,"
Saunders said, "is to get people
concerned."
The service will be located in the front
left corner of the library. Escorts will be
available from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Kate Whittington, who is working on
the escort project, asked all male students
who are interested in becoming escorts to
contact her or Steve Saunders at the RCF
cilice in Suite C of the Student Union.
A training session for the escorts was
held Sunday night. According to
Saunders, this training session educated
escorts about problems on campus and
gave suggestions of action for escorts to
take if any problems arise.
Saunders suggested three rules for all
women on campus to follow in order to
decrease the possibility of assault:
- Do not walk alone.
Walk in well lighted areas.
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by Lynn Lloyd
Staff Writer
A local day care center, the
Community School for People Under Six,
is searching for new quarters after having
been evicted by the church in which it
was housed.
The center, which was located in the
basement of the First Baptist Church of
Chapel Hill on Roberson Street, was
evicted by the Board of Deacons and
Trustees of the Church April 13.
The eviction came as a result of
difficulties concerning payment for the
use of the building and utilities, "and the
maintenance problems of a school
housing 40 active and happy children,"
said Patti Paddock, one of the school's
workers.
"The Chapel Hill - Durham
community is in desperate need of day
care facilities," she said. "As one of the
few federally approved day care centers
in Chapel Hill, the school responds to the
needs of the community by serving low
and moderate income families with a full
program of quality education.
"The school has faced repeated crises
since its inception; and despite our
mounting problems, we continue to
operate and to expand our present
programs."
The school was started in September
of 1970 as a result of a strike by cafeteria
workers on the UNC campus. A group of
women workers wrote a proposal asking
UNC for a day care center. When UNC
said it could not take the center as one of
its "top priorities," the women began
looking off-campus for a school "that
would serve people regardless of their
income," Paddock said.
Open daily from 7:45 until 5:15, the
school has one full time worker and five
working part time. Two work-study
students from UNC and other volunteers
are also part of the staff.
The Community School for People
Under Six is the only day care center in
town to serve breakfast, lunch and two
snacks to its children. Full health care
services for all the children in the school
has recently been negotiated with the
Orange-Chatham Comprehensive Health
Program.
"We are exploring the special
opportunities which arise from black and
white interaction among parents and staff
as well as the children in the school,"
Paddock continued.
"It's essential that we stay alive. We
will be leaving the church on or before
July 31, and we are appealing to the
community for help. We have no money
and few resources."
The center asks that anyone who
knows of facilities that might be used for
the center or has special skills to assist in
preparing for new facilities to contact the
school at 967-4096 cr write the
Community School for People Under Six,
P.O. Box 633, Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Report any attacks that do occur.
"All girls should walk with someone,
and not alone at night," stressed
Saunders. "If you want to use Jhe escort
system, that's what it's there for,"
Saunders said. "If you do not use it, then
walk with friends or in a group of
people."
The arboretum and the path leading
around Kenan Stadium have been found
to be highly dangerous areas, according to
Saunders. He urged coeds to "stay on the
well lighted paths." Interested groups are
working toward lighting poorly lit areas,
through the Student Affairs office,
Saunders added.
"An average of three assaults per week
are being reported, and we feel sure two
or three more assaults are also ocurring
which are not being reported."
Saunders urged all people who are
attacked to report it immediately.
Whittington added, "If the assault is
reported as soon as possible, the police
may be able to pick up suspects."
"The problem does not only concern
women but also men," Saunders added.
"Men should also be concerned. They
should realize the rate of assaults, and
instead of walking a girl only halfway
back to the dorm, they should take her
all the way to the dorm. Men can help
more than women can," he stressed.
"The escort system is not an answer to
all the problems," Saunders admitted, but
he thinks it will help. The system is on a
trial basis and will continue through the
end of the semester. "The system may be
expanded or changed later on," Saunders
added.
Any suggestions on the system should
be given to Whittington or Saunders at
the RCF office in Suite C of the Union.
"There has been too much covered up
about the assaults," Saunders noted.
Lately, however, the Dean of Women has
published a list containing the names of
those assaulted, he added.
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lows in the 40's;
of precipitation 10
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United Press International
One week after the U.S. bombing of
Hanoi and Haiphong, the strongest wave
of antiwar protest since the Cambodian
invasion still appeared to be in full swing
Sunday. More demonstrations, strikes and
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antiwar activities were being planned.
At the University of Maryland, where
some 175 were arrested in
demonstrations Monday through Friday,
the scene was relatively quiet. The
National Guard began pulling out
one-third of the 800 troops it stationed
on the campus.
In New York, the Student
Mobilization Committee hosted an
Emergency National Student Antiwar
Conference at New York University to
formulate plans for further action.
At- the University of Louisville,
students said they planned to persuade
other studenTs to boycott classes.
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Apple Chill Fair activities got underway Sunday with an
open air concert by the UNC concert band in Polk Place.
The band, directed by Major John Yesulaitis, will begin its
annual tour of the state today. (Staff Photo bv Tad Stewart)
Warren Carson
sel
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by Charles Jeffries
Staff Writer
yet when it comes to real business.
no mistake about it; he is
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a Black Student
we must do is
"After all, this is
Movement and what
move."
Warren Carson, 21, a junior English
and history major from Tryon, is the new
chairman of the Black Student Movement
(BSM). He used those words to describe
what he hopes to do in the coming year
as chairman of the BSM.
Carson ran unopposed in the BSM
elections March 8. He is a tall, medium
built fellow whose Afro makes him seem
even taller. His, belief in blackness extends
even further.
"As black people here in the
University, we must demand respect in
everything we participate in, and above
all, we must demand the respect of the
administration," he said.
Carson sees lack of communication as
the major factor in the inability of the
BSM to function more fully. He hopes he
can improve the communications gap that
exists in the group with some new
programs and increased discussion among
the members.
Carson says he ran for BSM chairman
because he could lead "the group to
better recognition," not in the sense of
limelight, but by being a more visible
group on the campus.
Most of the past chairmen of the BSM
have had to make priorities. Carson is no
different. He sees his priority as being the
development of better relations with the
off-campus blacks. This has been the
problem of past chairmen and seems to
be the most difficult to resolve.
"We want to make off-campus people
an integral part of the organization," h-3
added. -
Carson has a busir.ess-like manner that
has a certain degree of-warmth about ii,
there be
charge.
"Efficiency is my primary goal within
the organization. I would iike to see
members of the group in all of the
campus organizations. Not necessarily
those that concern us, but also the ones
which we feel we want to be a part of,"
he added.
Carson is not the only member ot the
BSM heirarchy who feels communication
is one of the major problems for next
year. His views are supported by the
newly appointed editor of the Black Ink,
Valerie Alayne Batts.
Batts' appointment came from the
BSM Central Committee after
recommendation from the Minister of
Information, Mary Lacewell.
After considerable experience as a
school reporter for the Rocky Mount
Evening Telegram and as the associate
editor of her high school paper, Batts
feels she can handle the job of Black Ink
editor.
"Since we have received more money
from Student Legislature for next year,
we hope to improve the paper. We also
hope to improve the effort and the sense
of responsibility that is needed to
produce a good newspaper," she said.
Batts thinks lack of funds and time
have been the prime reasons the paper has
not generated enough interest from
members of the BSM. She hopes by
attracting most of the balck journalism
majors she can stir up more interest in the
paper and improve its coverage of Mack
events at the same time.
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Warren Carson
Chairman
Valerie Batts
Editor
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With exams coming up soon, UNC students like this one are finding it necessary to
just stop and catch up on the semester's reading. (Staff Photo by Cliff Kolovson)
by Lynn Lloyd
Staff Writer
As facts, figures, reports, suggestions and compaints
continue to mount concerning the traffic congestion and
parking problems in the Chapel Hill area, the only
solution appears to be a bus transit system involving
Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the University of North
Carolina.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Transportation
Commission was created in 1969 by Mayor Howard Lee
to study various community bus systems, and to make a
final report to the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen of
their studies. Due to the lack of knowledge of transit
systems, the commission hired consultants to do the
study.
Time pressed as alternative systems were looked at,
and it was too late to present a final plan to the
community to vote on in the May 6 election. In August
of this year, three alternative plans will be presented to
the Aldermen from which the final plan will be chosen.
Earlier this year, a study was conducted by an
advisory committee to the commission to find out the
demands and needs of the local residents in relation to
transportation. The study showed there is a definite
need for a bus system in the whole area. Transporting
students to campus is one of the main problems. The
study also has shown that most traffic routes converge
on the campus.
The parking problems on campus have spread to
downtown Chapel Hill, creating further traffic
congestion and many angered peopl;. Students and
concerned citizens have submitted various plans of their
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own creation to the commission for study in hope of
finding a solution to the problem quickly.
In April of 1971, the Transportation Commission ran
a bus system that failed after three weeks because the
revenues were not paying for the cost of running the
buses. Lack of knowledge of the bus routes, high rates
and ihe desire that most people have to drive their own
car were the main reasqnsfew people rode the buses.
W1ienthe final plan is chosen by the Board of
Aldermen, it will be presented to ihe Chapel
Hill-Carrboro community as a referendum in September.
It will be left up to the people to approse it.
Members of the communities of Chapel Hill 2nd
Carrboro and representatives from UNC are serving on
the commission. It has taken input from all three to
work at solving parking and traffic problems, and it will
take all three to carry out the final plan that is chosen.
Terr)' Lathrop, chairman of the commission, said the
commission is 'looking at a transportation system for
both towns and the University. It's not likely we can
support two or three bus services in Chape! Hill. It will
cost too much."
The need is here, the solution is close at hand, and a
federal grant from the Department of Transportation are
all reasons why a bus transit system in Chape! Hill can be
successful.
But there is one obstacle - UNC has made the
statement that it does not want to get involved in
"non-University masters." The facts sre before our eyes
the University cannot say that parking problems,
traffic congestion and transportation are not University
matters. Most traffic routes converge on campus, and
most of the people needing transportation are students.
To alleviate parking problmes on campus and to avoid
the high costs of new lots, UNC needs a bus system.
It is essentia! that UNC get involved. Working alone
can only create more problems in relation to
transportation.
Workins together with the citizens of Chape! Hill and
Carrboro, the members of the University community
may solve one cf the biggest hazards now facing all three
areas.