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Vol.81, No. 31
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by William March
Staff Writer
In preparation for tonight's Student
Legislature (SL) meeting, the Rules
Committee Wednesday reported without
prejudice the campaign spending limit
bill. -
The Finance committee, meeting for
the first time under its new chairman
Gary Rendsburg, tabled the Residence
Unit Grant and Loan Fund bill and two
bills to provide Student Government
check-cashing and small loan service for
students, sponsored by Student Body
President Richard Epps.
The campaign spending bill, authored
by Rep. Dave Gephart and others, would
set spending ceilings on campaigns for
student body offices. Presidential
campaigns would be limited to $175, and
groups campaigning for referendums
would be limited to $200. A fine
amounting to 50 per cent of the excess
money spent would be charged to
violating candidates, who would not be
RCF asks student input
Rent increases proposed
by Amy O'Neal
Staff Writer
A proposal by the Department of
Residence Life to increase room rent for
the second time in two years has moved
the Residence College Federation (RCF)
to ask for student input into the
formation of the residence hall budget.
The policy asks first that students be
involved not only in the determination of
rent levels and the funding of major
programs, but also in the annual planning
and the overall regular management of
the budget.
The second part of the policy asks for
an evaluation of residence hall budgets
and the recommended evaluation of the
Physical Plant.
"We have input in virtually every other
area of the University," Steve Saunders,
RCF chairman, said.' ''What we are trying
for here is a committee of a few students
to meet with John Temple, assistant to
the chancellor on Budgetary Affairs,
every other week to know where the
budget stands and to voice opinions on
the policies being considered."
Director of Residence Life Robert
Kepner tentatively responded to the
proposal. "I feel it's an entirely valid
viewpoint that students should be
meaningfully involved in residence hall
matters," he said. "Secondly, I think
there is meaningful involvement in the
residence life decision-making process, as
evidence by a CURL (Committee on
University Residential Living) student
subcommittee that has been set up to
advise on the budget."
Issuance of the policy statement
Jiinged on three major issues.
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allowed to take office until the fine was
paid in the Student Government (SG)
general surplus.
A. motion by committee member
Rusty Davis to increase the ceiling on
campuswide campaigns, providing, for
example, a $500 limit for presidential
campaigns, was defeated in the
committee on a tie vote. The total limit
for any group of candidates running
together is $200.
"UNC is the only campus in North
Carolina where anyone spends more than
$100 on student campaigns," commented
Gephart. "To raise the limits would have
made the bill a farce, when most
candidates are spending less than $200."
Also defeated was a move to nullify
the bill in the case of a DTH endorsement
of a candidate immediately prior to the
election.'
The Residence Unit Grant and Loan
Fund bill, an attempt to allow residence
houses to borrow or be granted Student
Government funds for buying furniture
First, RCF feels students should have
been involved in the early stages of the
room rate analysis and that stronger
efforts should be made to increase
efficiency and decrease financial waste in
residence halls.
Second, a decision was made because
of pressing budgetary concerns to stop
funding of the residential counseling
program last year, without asking student
opinion. Student opinion eventually led
to reversal of the decision.
Third, a resolution was passed by RCF
last spring calling for an investigation of
the operations of the Physical Plant in
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by Jill Williams
Staff Writer
Residents of Craige dormitory are up
in arms against the University Physical
-Plant. '
Concerned students have drawn up a
petition of grievances and plan to send it
to Physical Plant Director Walter
Hamilton, UNC President William Friday,
Gov. Bob Scott, the State Board of
Health and state senators.
The students believe all South Campus
residents have similar complaints and
they are circulating the petition in
Morrison, Ehringhaus and Hinton James.
More than half of the Craige residents
have signed the petition and the
organizers expect the other dorms to
comply.
Similar petitions are being circulated
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and making physical improvements, was
tabled in the Finance committee as
difficulties in the wording of the complex
document dragged into lengthy
controversy.
Two separate versions of this bill have
been offered for consideration. The
committee considered the format of the
bill written by Steve Saunders, Residence
College Federation chairman, working in
amendments from a bill written by Rep.
Richard Robertson which has been before
the committee since last spring.
If passed, the bill will allow residence
units to borrow SG funds on terms
determined in the financial committee
and to receive grants on a maximum per
capita basis. The bill was tabled until such
time as its provisions and wording can be
clarified. At issue, among other things, is
the question of whether the residence
unit or Student Government will own
appliances bought under the terms of the
loan.
Also tabled during the meeting were
two bills sponsored by the Epps
University residence halls. The resolution
was similar to the one passed by Student
Legislature last week. No action has been
taken to initiate such an investigation.
The RCF request to be included in the
decision-making process is part of a long
history of student demands for input.
Basically, most of the demands centered
on the principle that students should help
decide those matters that will affect them
most.
A recent effect of this demand was the
restructuring of the Division of Student
Affairs to include student channels of
communication.
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in North Campus dormitories.
Several complaints are listed in the
petition:
O the bureaucratic and inefficient
structure of Physical Plant, which wastes
money, time and resources;
s O infestation of dormitories with
insects, including ants, roaches and
fruitflies;
O infestation of dormitories with
mice (and reported cases of rats being
sighted);
O the delay of routine changing of
light bulbs for up to two weeks for
attention by an electrician when this
might more quickly and inexpensively be
done by the custodial staff (which itself is
inadequate);
O inadequate garbage collection,
which normally causes a 72 hour pile-up
on weekends (a 96 hour pile-up over
Labor Day);
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administration, the Student Government
Instant Loan Fund bill and a bill
providing weekend checkcashing services
for UNC students.
Introducing the two bills, Student
Body Vice President Fred Davenport said,
"It's time the Student Government
started providing some real services to the
students on this campus. This is the
platform we were elected on, and that's
what we took our jobs for. These bills
might be a lot of work to implement, but
I think we need to take on that
responsibility."
The Instant Loan Fund bill would
provide for immediate cash loans on
request of SG funds to students, in
amounts of $15 or less. The loans, to be
repaid within ten days, would be subject
to collection through the civil courts if
defaulted.
Members of the committee found
objections to the bill because of
accounting procedures and appearances in
court which SG officials would need to
undertake, and the possibility of large
loss of SG funds. The only strong
objections to eventual passage of the
experimental program, however, came
from Robertson.
The bill was tabled for two weeks on a
suggestion by Rep. Dick Baker that
Davenport investigate the possibility that
the University administration could "be
talked into running such a service, or
could take part in the enforcement side
of our program by withholding grades or
' providing other sanctions against
; defaulters." The administration already
has a loan service for students, but any
loan requires at least three days to be
a ppr oted.
i Also tabled was a companion bill
, sponsored by Epps to provide weekend
check-cashing service, with a $25
maximum per student per weekend. Both
services could be used by any registered
student. The bill was tabled until
Davenport could provide evidence
concerning the amount of money the
service might be expected to lose on bad
checks.
faulted
O lack of privacy in bathrooms which
are without locks, shower curtains and
commode privacy;
inadequate and extremely slow
completion of general repairs and routine
maintenance which are now scheduled
once a month;
faulty seasonal maintenance of
individual heating units;
the cleaning of bathrooms serving
eight people only once each week.
At least one student opposes the
petition. Anne Dutton, office assistant in
Craige, said, 'The petition is poorly
written. It sounds like we're in a really
bad situation and we're not. Many of the
complaints are valid, but this thing makes
it sound like we're living in sub-human
conditions."
But, she said, "The Physical Plant does
need someone to jump on them. They are
terrible at getting things done."
'Jfust hit 'em and run
Coeds learn art of defense
by Harriet Sugar
Feature Writer
"The first lesson in self-defense is not to be there. The
second is to run. Then if you can't do that, just hit them and
run," asserts Steve Campbell, teacher of the University's first
course in women's self-defense.
Approximately 30 determined freshman coeds ranging from
a petite 5 foot brunette to a tall 5'8" blonde file into the
wrestling room at Woollen Gym every Monday and Wednesday
from 7 to 9 p.mj Their goal to learn how to "hit them and
run."
Beginning with warm-up exercises (perhaps a few rotations
of the neck or twists of the body), these able-bodied broads
advance to learning some basic self-defense moves. These
include two judo kicks ("You know where to kick them,"
claims Steve) and three variations of the elbow-clobber.
The course is basically designed as a combination of judo,
karate and falling and throwing techniques. Much class time,
however, is spent discussing various and sundry other items, all
supposedly pertaining to the skill of self-defense.
"What should you do if a guy has got you on the ground,
attempting to rape you?" "What is the best position to get in
if you feel the elevator brakes giving way?"
Failing to know a definite reply to the second question,
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Deadline
for SG petitions
Petitions for student offices to be
filled in the fall elections are due by
midnight Sunday.
According to student election law,
each prospective candidate must present a
petition in order for his name to appear
on the November ballot.
According to Leo Gordon, chairman
of the Elections Board, the offices to be
filled include all vacant . Student
Legislature (SL) and Men's and Women's
Honor Court seats, as well as the
freshman class officers. .
Vacancies for SL include the
following: MEN'S DISTRICT I (including
all students living off-campus, outside of
the Chapel Hill city limits) 3 vacant seats;
MD II (Granville Towers) three seats; MD
III (including all off-campus students
living south of Franklin Street but within
the Chapel Hill city limits) five seats; MD
IV (off-campus students living north of
Franklin Street within Chapel Hill city
limits) two seats; MD V (Old East and
Old West) one seat; MD VI (Ruffin,
Grimes, Manly, Mangum and Winston)
two seats; MD VII (Alexander, Graham,
Aycock, Everett, Lewis and Stacy) one
seat; MD VIII (Teague and Avery) one
seat; MD IX (Morrison) one seat; MD X
(Craige) two seats; MD XI (Ehringhaus)
one seat; and MC XII (James) one seat.
WOMEN'S DISTRICT I (all
off-campus) one seat; WD II (Alderman,
Mclver and Kenan) one seat; WD IV
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(James and Morrison) two seats; WD VI
(Connor and Joyner) one seat; WD VII
(Granville Towers) one seat; and WD VIII
(Craige) one seat.
HONOR COURT vacancies include a
seat in each men's district. Women's
districts having vacancies include: WD I,
one seat; WD III (Parker, Spencer and
Whitehead) one seat;' WD IV, one seat;
WD V (Cobb) one seat; WD VI, one seat;
and WD VII, two seats.
In addition, there are two seats from
WD VII which are now vacant. Anyone
wishing to fill these seats until the
November election should seek an
appointment from Freda Cobb, chairman
of the Women's Honor Court.
In order to get on the ballot for Honor
Court, a candidate must also be
interviewed by Cobb of the Women's
Court or chairman Doug Reynolds of the
Men's Honor Court.
TODAY: Variable cloudiness, chance
of showers and thundershowers; high in
the upper 60s, low in the 50s; probability
of precipitation 40 per cent today, 60 per
cent tonight.
Weather
Steve offered a clever response for the first: "Play along with
him for a while, then when the appropriate time comes, bite
his tongue and scratch out his eyeballs."
Steve also has numerous other pranks to make any
would-be molester beware: "If a man knocks at your door and '
asks to come in, say you've got to ask your husband, who is in
the back rxm sleeping. Even if you don't have a husband, this
should work," he said.
The intentions of the majority of the students in the class
are expectable. Scared to wander around campus after dark,
they now feel a need for more security.
Most girls do not yet feel fully capable of defending
themselves if confronted with the necessity. But, as usual,
there are always dissenters. One coed, claiming she can
probably handle any harrasser, said working out with two
karate students has improved her skill tremendously.
As a first grade black belt in judo and a second grade black
belt in karate, Steve modestly admits he has never actually
been involved in a fight. "I've just had to ward off a couple of
attackers," he declared.
Perhaps with practice these amateurs will effectively master
the art of self-defense.
And instead of some poor girl running to the police saying,
"I've been molested!" we'll see a succession of battered and
bruised men crawling to the hospital saying, "I've been
attacked!"