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Vol. 81, No. 91
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wednesday, January 31, 1973
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by Ken Allen
and Linda Livengood
Staff Writers
The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
agreed Tuesday to look into the purchase
of the University Utilities as a cooperative
venture by Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and
Orange County. .
The move followed a recommendation
by the Citizens' Task Force on the
University Utilities.
The decision came during a special
session of the Board Tuesday afternoon,
called to consider nominations for the
seat vacated when George Coxhead
resigned.
George Watts Hill and former Mayor
Sandy McClamrock, both of the Task
Force, went to the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen early Tuesday afternoon. The
Carrboro Aldermen voted to look into
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by Linda Livengood
Staff Writer
Thomas Gardner was unanimously
appointed Tuesday to replace George '
Coxhead on the Chapel Hill Board of
Aldermen.
Prior to nominating Gardner, alderman
Joseph Nassif stated the criteria for
selection of Coxhead's replacement. He
said "it was necessary to analyze
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the purchase of the utilities as a
cooperative venture.
Hill and McClamrock then went to the
Chapel Hill Board to get their approval.
Only the approval of the county
commissioners is now necessary.
The University decided to sell the
utilities following a recommendation
from the State Utilities Study
Commission that the University divest
itself of the electric, water, sewer, and
telephone utilities.
The University said that it would
either sell the utilities separately or as a
package, dependent on the buyer's
wishes.
Presently, the University buys
electricity in wholesale lots with the
major part coming from Duke Power Co.
The Task Force recommended viewing
the utilities as a non-proftt system with
the people having control over them
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Coxhead" and find someone equivalent
to Coxhead as a replacement.
Gardner is a past member of the
Chapel Hill Recreation Commission. He
has served on the Human Relations
Commission of Chapel Hill.
Alderman R.D. Smith said, "Gardner
is concerned with the growth of ChapeJ
Hill." He felt Gardner would "put effort
and work in Chapel Hill as the town
grows. He knows the needs of Chapel
Hill. He has lived here a long time."
Gardner came to Chapel Hill in 1939
and is a graduate of UNC. He owns Quick
Food Mart and is a part owner of Huggins
Hardware Store.
The new alderman is a past president
and secretary of the Chapel Hill Jaycees.
He is a recipient of the Jaycee
Distinguished Service Award, the highest
award given to members of the Javcees.
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Hill said that the Task Force feels that
the present employees can be kept on
"almost 100 per cent." Also, the
University would be assured of receiving
utility service at the cost of providing
these services.
Maryl Levine, interim town manager,
knew nothing of the recommendation
prior to the meeting Tuesday. However,
she said "This is just a very first step,"
with none of the details coming under
consideration at this time.
Levine said that if the county
commissioners agree, the next step will
probably be a study committee with
representatives from each of the three
boards.
On Oct. 2, 1972, the county
commissioners expressed a desire to
purchase the electric, water, and sewer
utilities: but they were not interested in
the telephone company. The Chapel Hill
Task Force's proposal includes the
telephone utility.
At the time, County Chairman Harvey
Bennet said that the County could
operate the utilities best, ". . .providing
service for the county, Chapel Hill,
Carrboro without squabbling between the
municipalities."
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by Greg Fulton
Staff Writer
Robert Kepner, director of Residence
Life, announced that the required
University housing rule for sophomores
and junior transfers would be waived for
the third consecutive year. However, he
stressed that the policy would be
reviewed annually.
The Committee on Residence Life
(CURL) discussed the University policy
of charging for single and double rooms
for most of their meeting, following
Kepner's announcement.
Mrs.' L.R. Cheek explains proper tax filing procedure to a
couple at the Carrboro town hall. All Orange county residents
residency
Members of the committee questioned
Kepner about the discrepancies in the
room rent system that allow some
students to live in single rooms and pay
the single rate, while others in single'
rooms pay only the double rate.
6 Kepner said the present policy
required that a student with a single room
during the first week of each semester
must either pay the single rate or find a
roommate. This rule applies only to the
South Campus dorms.
"This is a difficult policy," said
Kepner, "because we end up with two
inequalities: students in doubles who
want single rooms, and students in single
rooms by default." He also said that the
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by Amy O'Neal
Staff Writer
The Residence Hall Association (RHA)
constitution has been approved by the
Residence College Federation (RCF), the
Men's Residence Council (MRC),
Association of Women Students (AWS)
and Craige Graduate Center. Final
approval comes next week when students
will vote on the referendum in the
student elections.
Two questions will be on the ballot.
The entire student body will vote on a
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amnesty
A panel discussion on amnesty will be
presented at 8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. I, in
the Great Hall of the Carolina Union. The
public is invited.
The discussion is being sponsored by
the Curriculum of Peace, War and
Defense.
Samuel Williamson, associate professor
of history and director of the Curriculum,
said, with the signing of peace on
Saturday, amnesty "is no longer
hypothetical but is now ari inescapable
political issue."
Acting as moderator will be former
Wall Street Journal editor and Kenan
Professor of Journalism - Vermont
Royster. - -
The panel , will consist of Kenneth J.
Coffey, Selective Service System
information officer; Daniel Pollitt, Kenan
Professor of Law; John Semonche,
associate professor history and lecturer in
law; and James Reston, Jr., author and
lecturer in creative writing.
Specific topics to be discussed will
include how many men left the country
to avoid the draft; how many soldiers are
AWOL; the social and . economic
characteristics of those involved; the legal
conditions surrounding the issue; and the.
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fee.
Finite
burden is now on the student to find a
roommate if he does not want to pay a
single rate.
When asked why this policy applied
only to South Campus, Kepner explained
that North Campus space is at a premium,
and, by not allowing a double room to be
rented as a single on North Campus, the
waste of valuable space is avoided.
However, several members of the
committee told Kepner that they knew of
numerous instances of students in
adjoining single rooms paying different
rents, of students on North Campus
paying a single rate for a double room
and of students who were forced to pay
the single rate when their roommates
approve
change of RCF to FHA in the student
body constitution.
The residents of University-owned or
approved residence halls vote on
acceptance of the new constitution which
is to collectivize and centralize student
self-government.
The new constitution, if passed, will
create the Women's Residence Council
(WRC). It will be the equivalent of the
MRC now in existence.
Executive power under the
constitution will be vested in the
president of RHA (formerly chairman of
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impact if amnesty is granted.
Coffey is the fifth-ranking official of
the 40,000 employe Selective Service
system.
Pollitt, a member of the law school
staff here since 1957, has been president
of the N.C. Civil Liberties Union since
1968.
Semonche joined the UNC faculty in
1961. He studied under a Hearst
Fellowship at Duke University and
received his LL.B. from Duke.
Reston is the author of "The Amnesty
of John David Herndon." The book is the
story of a young soldier who went AWOL
in 1970 and returned to the U.S. in 1972
to face the charge of desertion.
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The signing of a peace agreement for the Vietnam War has
brought sighs of relief across the world. The DTH today remembers
in a photo essay on page seven some of the horrors of the war.
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waived
moved out after the first week of the
semester. ;
Kepner agreed that the present system
had many problems and asked the
committee for suggestions for change.
The committee generally agreed that
students Jn double rooms whoje
roommates, move should not have to pay
the single rate,- and that there should be
no distinction between the -dorms on
North and South Campus.
After the committee made its
suggestions, Kepner stated that nothing
could be done for students this semester
and gave the problem to CURL's
subcommittee on housing policies and
procedures for further study.
RMA
RCF), the heads of the MRC and WRC
and the head of the Program Board.
The MRC and WRC heads will be
elected by the respective councils,
although not necessarily from within
them. The RHA president will appoint
the Program Board head.
A Governing Board will be composed
of the three main officers and one
representative from each residential area.
These areas will be created by the
Executive Board of RHA and officers of
the areas involved.
The Governing Board will establish
procedures for distributing money for
dorms in accordance with the wishes of
residents and will adopt or reject the
recommendations for undergraduate
residential conduct regulations.
The rules clause is not meant to
jeopardize the autonomy of Women's
Forum and AWS in the development of
women's rules.
RHA Tribunals will be established on a
temporary ' basis when needed to hear
cases involving executive and legislative
action in residence halls. Three people
will be appointed by the president tc
serve on the Tribunal. An appeal of a
decision may be made to the Student
Supreme Court.
All undergraduate residential units will
be autonomous in their internal operation
and expenditure of funds, except in the
case of the powers specifically granted to
RHA in the constitution.
The traditional constitutional
provisions for impeachment, replacement
of officers and amendments are included.
Ratification requires a two-thirds
majority vote of University owned and
approved residence hall residents.
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