Mm Vol. 81, No. 117 advocated! Iby by Greg Turosak Staff Writer Five important positions within the University administration should be created or retained and be filled by a member of a minority group, according to recommendations made by a majority of the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of the Minorities and Disadvantaged. The recommendations will presented as resolutions before the be the Faculty Council at their meeting March 23. A copy of these and other recommendations and a copy of a minority report of the committee were being sent to the secretary of the Faculty Council, Henry C. Boren, Wednesday. if TCP ssjtaiui Faculty to reconsider by William March Staff Writer The Faculty Council Agenda Committee decided Wednesday to place re-consideration of the faculty's recent decisions on the pass-fail option on the agenda for the next Council meetin on . March 23. The committee heard arguments from former student body president Richard Epps and new , president Ford Runge before making its decision. The meeting was closed, but Chairman of the Faculty George V. Taylor announced afterwards that the pass-fail regulations would be re-considered and that the Council would hear from a representative of the student body and a representative of James Gaskin, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, before making its decision. The administrative boards of the General College and the College of Arts and Sciences have, since 1969, submitted proposals for regulations about the pass-fail option to the Faculty Council. Four such proposals have been submitted, the first in 1 969, which established the pass-fail option for the fall of that year. In every case, the boards have asked that the limit of one pass-fail course per semester for any student be . imposed. Last year, for the first time, the Faculty Council voted to lift this Weather TODAY: Partly cloudy, 40 per cent chance of rain. High in the 60's. Cloudy tonight, low in the 40's. -v jt y i ii 1 1 , i . At the end of the week, especially before Spring break, everyone seems to be a little hyper, down, obsessive, itty adieiiiiiistlFatoirs - The following positions should be filled by minority members: a vice chancellor for Minority Affairs, an associate dean of Student Affairs, an assistant vice chancellor for Health Affairs, an associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and an assistant to the provost. Dean of Student Affairs Donald Boulton has been involved in efforts to create the associate dean of Student Affairs position and fill it with a minority group member. Other recommendations are that every effort be made to recruit American Indian students who presently comprise about 0.1 per cent of the UNC-Chapel Hill student population and that the University sponsor a tutorial service and an academic skills center to be used by all restriction. The proposal submitted this year for the Feb. 16 meeting included the same restriction and the faculty voted it back into effect. "The Agenda Committee felt that there had been very little discussion about the matter at the council meeting when the regulations were adopted, and that there should be discussion about it," Runge said after the committee meeting. "At least one committee member thought that the council discussion was apathetic and that there were insufficient questions and answers." At the Feb. 16 meeting, the council adopted an eight-point schedule of regulations concerning the pass-fail option. The second item, which has aroused controversy, is the one which required that no student shall take more Animal tranquilizer . PCP ciite street by Amy O'Neal Staff Writer PCP (Phencyclidine) has come to North Carolina in a big way. Chemists at the State Bureau of Investigation estimate that one-half of the street drugs being . sold in the state as mescaline, THC or psylocibin are really a mixture of LSD and PCP. PCP is a veterinary -tranquilizer used on monkeys and chimpanzees. When taken by humans, the drug acts as a hallucinogen. Paranoia and preoccupation with death may result if a large dose is Manic? Chapei mii. North Carolina, committee students, regardless of racial status. . A minority report of the 1 1 -member committee, drawn up and signed by Lawrence Slifkin, Kenneth Brown and William Straughn, all faculty members and Bonnie Wexler, a student, states that the initial appointment of one minority official, rather than several, would be better. The minority report says that "consideration of further appointments might well await evaluation of the situation as experienced by this first coordinator." The three black members of the committee, faculty member Hortense McClinton, graduate student Humphrey Cummings and undergraduate student Leonard Lee, all supported the majority opinion of the committee. hours limit than four hours on a pass-fail basis in one semester. Taylor said, "The Agenda Committee felt that the student leaders who appeared before the committee (Epps and Runge) made some valuable points which the faculty's earlier decision did not take into accouunt, and this is why we decided to re-schedule the matter. "The re-consideration will, be completely open. The council may decide" to discuss, take a new vote, offer new amendments or anything they wish." The faculty will have the choice to repeal, modify or confirm the requirements. Runge said, "I don't know where we'll come out on this. The Campus Governing Council asked for repeal of the second point." taken. "Switchboard first heard of the drug being in town last summer," Mike, one of the volunteers, reported. "When used as a tranquilizer it acts on the central nervous system, distracting from pain rather than blocking it. That's what produces hallucinations." The PCP and LSD substitutions are occurring because the drugs are cheap to produce and can be made in any chemistry lab. The N.C. Drug Authority in Raleigh has said that one level teaspoon of mescaline contains 16 safe hits and will earn $8. compulsive, energetic, repressive . . . you choose one. But time always passes. Yuk, yuk. (Staff photo by Cliff Kolovson) Thursday, March 8, 1973 These recommendations will be brought to the attention of the Faculty Council although not as resolutions: The committee strongly endorses the efforts presently being made by the Committee on the Recruitment of Black Faculty to increase the small proportion of blacks currently on the faculty staff; That greater coordination be undertaken between the committee, the black faculty committee ' and the Committee on the Status of Women; " That greater efforts be made to recruit minority graduate students; That the remedy of certain disruptive activities in South Campus dorms be performed by the dorm officials themselves, but within the general University guidelines; That efforts should be made to have minority students take part in the planning and implementation of Freshman Orientation Week; That minority students be given significant input regarding the planning and decision-making of University-wide social events (especially advertisement to blacks of vacancies on the various Carolina Union committees); ' That the creation of the Upendo Lounge, which provides a meeting and social area for black students, is a step in the right direction toward meeting the needs of blacks as expressed in the committee's survey. The survey upon which the committee bases its"recommendations was conducted by David Kleinbaum of the Biostatistics Department last spring with questionnaires mailed to all minority students and a control group of white ! students. The most important findings of the committee through the survey were that blacks and other minority students were not satisfied with their overall experience at UNC, that the greatest source of discontent concerned social life and social activities, and that blacks were almost unanimously concerned with the small number of black faculty members and advisers. drM One level teaspoon of LSD contains 1 92,000 one-way hits and will bring the dealer $96,000. The dealer has the upper hand, if even he knows what he is selling, because the PCP and LSD mixtures appear in many colors and numerous shapes and sizes. Parke, Davis and Co. legally market PCP under the name Sernyl. Street names for the drug are hog, peace pill, animal trank, horse trank and angel dust. A high dose of PCP may last 24 hours and produce paranoia and death flashes while small doses produce numbness, euphoria and an increase in heart rate and blood pressure and moderate doses produce anesthesia when the drug takes total effect. Runge Says credibility of Student Government at stake Wednesday, on his 20th birthday, Ford Runge took the oath of office and became president of the UNC student body. The oath was administered by Chief Justice David Crump. The short inaugural ceremony was held in the Carolina Union and was attended by several University officials including Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor, Dean Donald A. Boulton and Dean James Cansler. Out-going President Richard Epps stated that he was pleased that race was not a factor in his administration. He felt that he did not lose a single issue because he is black. "We have set a precedent that student government must follow. Student government cannot go back to being passive on the issues of human and race relations." Lpps said. "Student government must be a leader in these areas from this point forward." 'n his inaugural address. Runge emphasized that the credibility of student government is at slake. Runge said that the 2,000 students who voted for Blue- v" r I Clearly Something for all of you to think about now, with a little freedom from classes, deadlines and all. just to be up there close to the sky and the sun with nothing to do but think about all that space. (Staff photo by Cliff Kolovson) Dorm rent rise expected by Stella Morgan Staff Writer A raise in room rent beginning in the fall of 1973 appears necessary, according to Janet Stephens, president of the Resident Hall Association (RHA). Stephens and RHA staff assistant Chip Black met with representatives of the Office of Residence Life and the Business Office Wednesday afternoon to discuss the rent question. Another meeting with the RHA Board has been scheduled for Monday, March 19, at which time the facts and figures will be presented for full discussion. Stephens said Dean of Student Affairs Donald Boulton will send letters to all dorm students concerning the proposed room rent increase as soon as a decision is reached. In their weekly meeting Tuesday night, the RHA Governing Board approved the by-laws for the RHA. The new provisions limit the number of absences permitted each member to four per semester. The board will decide whether or not an absence is an excused one. Another provision allows a representative to appoint a substitute to vote for him if he cannot attend at a meeting. A written statement authorizing the proxy vote must be delivered to the takes official oath Sky party candidate Pitt Dickey should not be taken lightly. "I think it is important to note that students make Chapel Hill and the University,". Runge said. "If they choose to do something and are prepared to say so, it will be done. Silence in the face of exploitation is tantamount to acceptance." In addition to the long range consumer programs he outlined, Runge announced that he and former president Epps were going to meet with the Faculty Agenda Committee to request repeal, or at least modification, of the new pass-fail ruling. Runge revealed that "he is stepping down as the head of the Student Consumer Action Union (SCAU). Ted Clayhorn will be the new chairman. At the close of the ceremony. Jack Dalton, a second year med student, stood up and announced to those assembled that he was contributing a dollar to help Student Government deal with the problems of students living in town and encouraged others to follow his example. Founded February 23, 1893 J KS fat secretary before the vote is taken. The board decided that an article concerning provisions for elections in informal areas should be added to the by-laws. Stephens said she would provide such an article to be approved by the board at the next meeting. The board was informed that the distribution of the Village Advocate and the Town and Gown on campus is in violation of the Umstead Act prohibiting commercial business on campus, with few exceptions. Stephens -indicated she would request that the shoppers guides either be left in the lobbies of residence halls or put on racks for students to collect rather than the present practice of delivery to individual rooms. DTH error The statement in The Daily Tar Heel on March 2 concerning Mrs. Nellie Carrington's dismissal and re-instatement as housemother of Joyner dormitory was a mistake. Mrs. Cairington's plans and request for retirement preceded the housemother incident. The Tar Heel apologizes for the error. He A' J r Ford Runge for i f

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