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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Thursday, April 26, 1973
Founded February 23, 189?
Vol. 81, No. 146
BSM stops CGC?
by Bill Welch
Staff Writer
Members of the Black Student
Movement (BSM), demanding that their
group's appropriation be considered
immediately, disrupted and took over a
meeting of the Campus Governing
Council Tuesday night while the council
was considering the Student Government
budget for 1973-74.
The protests of the group, whose
appropriation was ultimately raised
$4,000, were quelled after a quick
motion was passed which allowed the
BSM budget to be considered 15 minutes
'Jubilee still possible'
.Restoration
by David Klinger
Staff Writer
Resurrection of the spring Jubilee
concert, discontinued in 1971 due to a
number of complications, remains a
strong possibility, according to Bill
Putnam, chairman of the Jubilee Study
Committee and member of the Campus
Governing Council (CGC).
In a speech delivered Tuesday before
the CGC, Putnam outlined the problems
which foreshadowed the demise of
Jubilee and recommended that the study
committee continue work on the
preparation of a formal report, to be
released in the early fall, on the status of
outdoor concerts.
Putnam voiced support for the
concept of a spring concert series and
stated, "The purpose of the spring
gathering was to provide a weekend of
relaxation and escape from the monotony
and grind of everyday student life. It
afforded students the opportunity to
associate on a more open and congenial
basis. It added a spark of life and joy to
the dreary term paper existence of most
Today's weather
Considerable cloudiness with an
eighty percent chance of
thundershowers. The high is expected
in the 70's and the low tonight is
expected in the 50's. Outlook:
sunshine.
Caldwell's observatory dream finally a
by Nancy Wood a rd
Feature Writer
After 135 years, the dream of Joseph Caldwell, a former
UNC president, of an observatory for the UNC -campus is
finally becoming a reality as the $2.5 million addition to the
Morehead Planetarium nears completion.
Caldwell, who introduced cosmic awareness to Chapel Hill
with the purchase of an altazimuth instrument from Europe in
1824, instigated the building of an observatory on the UNC
campus in 1 830-3 1 . However, the building burned in 1838 due
to a student prank.
Now an observatory is being built atop the fourth floor of
the new wing to the Planetarium, which was given by John
Motley Morehead and opened in May, 1949. Construction
which began in August 1971 on the new addition will be
completed ! soon. Assistant Director of the Morehead
Foundation (which is in charge of the construction) E.L.(Bo)
Bishop III, said, "It should be. finished by. midsummer or
Sunsetting on Graham Memorial at year's
later.
BSM Chairman Willie Mebane told the
DTH after the meeting that the BSM
obtained the increase because of the
disruption. Mebane also said the BSM had
planned to take over the meeting.
"We said before the meeting if we
were not heard as soon as possible, we
would disrupt the meeting," he said.
Connie Bullock, a member of the
BSM, said, "They (CGC) had turned a
cold ear to us before the disruption."
The take-over followed the 7 to 6
defeat of an earlier motion to change the
agenda and allow the BSM budget to be
considered at that time.
participants in the University educational
experience."
Foremost in the number of
complications that brought an early end
to Jubilee were "the damages to Kenan
Stadium and other campus locations
where the annual gatherings were held.
While acknowledging the damages
suffered by these areas in the form of turf
destruction and garbage disposal, Putnam
said that instituting stricter rules would
prevent similar problems from developing
in the future.
Putnam criticized the UNC Athletic
Department for its stand against Jubilee
as a result of damage to its facilities.
"Does the Athletic Department really
control this University?" he said. "The
Student Body is becoming more and
more alienated from the Athletic
Department. Exorbitant sums of money
are already being spent on basketball and
football from student fees. Students' fees
make the Athletic Department work.
"If the University is here primarily for
students and secondly for the Athletic
Department, then the Athletic
Department should be compliant with
student demands. This demand is
Jubilee," he continued.
Another major problem encountered
by Jubilee organizers in the past has been
gatecrashing by students from other
universities and high schools in the area.
Putnam feels that stricter admission
techniques and a system of student
volunteers as guards would have
prevented the problem of gatecrashing at
the 1971 Jubilee.
end
demands
Pushing tables and chairs aside,
Mebane and BSM On-Campus
Coordinator Phillip Geddie moved into
the center of the council and said they
were taking over the meeting.
"If you won't discuss the BSM now,
you aren't going to have a meeting,"
Geddie said.
" While a crowd of about 50 black
students who were attending the meeting
shouted and cheered, Mebane told the
council the BSM members were not going
to wait any longer.
"You can talk all you want but we're
taking over this meeting now," Mebane
said.
Putnam also criticized officials of the
Carolina Union for their part in
overseeing activities such as Jubilee. "A
basic holdback seems, to be that no one
person or group of persons within the
superstructure of the Union is willing to
assume organizational responsibility. A
second problem is the reluctance of
Union officials to appropriate such a large
sum of money for one concert."
At Putnam's suggestion, the CGC has
frozen $43,000 in appropriations from
the University's budget until the
feasibility of reinstituting Jubilee can be
established!
Putnam addressed himself to the
problem of the expense involved in
obtaining well-known bands to play at
Jubilee and advocated the use of regional
and newer groups for concerts.
"It is the opinion of the committee
that a concert can be held in good
conscience without the use of 'the top
names in rock music. The committee
recommends a new search for good
groups who would be willing to play
regardless of national standing," he
added.
Putnam concluded that the problems
encountered during past Jubilees can be
solved with better planning and an
attempt to avoid past mistakes.
"We urge such an attack, beginning
with the instigation of a committee to
develop and execute a spring concert. The
form is flexible. No rigid guidelines have
been prescribed. The student body wants
it, needs it, and we feel that they are
going to get it!" Putnam said.
September at the latest."
The structure will provide badly needed additional facilities
for the Department of Astronomy and Physics, the University
in general and the Morehead Foundation.
The first two floors will house the Morehead Foundation,
which is presently located in the Planetarium part of the
building. The Planetarium's business office will then move into
the foundation's former offices.
Space will be provided for interviews and conferences for
the Morehead scholarship program. "A large gameroom and
eight bedrooms for University guests are part of the plan." said
Bishop. -
On the third floor will be a 500-seat auditorium and a
banquet hall for general University use. Bishop said the
banquet hall will be as big as any on campus. He added.
"Kitchen facilities will also be provided for dinners."
The top floor will be used by the astronomy faculty and
students. W.A. Christiansen, assistant professor of astronomy,
said. "The offices of the faculty will remain in Phillips, but the
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by David Eskridge
Staff Writer
The Department of Residence Life
will be restructured this summer in an
effort to improve the efficiency and cut
the costs in University housing, the
administration announced Wednesday.
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
James O. Cansler, who made the
announcement, said, "What we're doing is
taking all the responsibilities for housing
and bringing them into a unified
operation."
The name of
department will be
University Housing,
of Married Student
hall staffing and
the restructured
the Department of
The responsibilities
Housing, residence
programming, and
physical management, maintenance and
operation will be incorporated into it.
"Heretofore, these responsibilities
have been shared by the Physical Plant
and the Department of Residence Life,"
nds
Student Body President Ford Runge
then moved to yield to the BSM. The
motion passed, although Runge abstained
on his own motion.
An amendment, introduced by CGC
member Elliot Stephenson to raise the
BSM Student Government appropriation
was defeated 15 minutes later.
The Stephenson amendment would
havelncreased the BSM's allocation from
the $6,000 in the Finance Committee's
proposed budget- to $10,250. The
amendment, was defeated by a vote of 8
to 1 0, with Runge again abstaining.
The council then passed, by a vote of
13 to 4 with one abstention, a
compromise amendment introduced by
CGC member Gerry Cohen which raised
the appropriation to $9,200. .
Council member Jim Becker objected
to the increase. "I don't think it's fair to
give black students $9 per student back
when they can use the Union and all
other facilities."
Mebane said the BSM deserved the
increase. "The membership of the BSM is
about 200 percent more than any other
See BSM, page 2
Campus buses will discontinue regular
service after this evening. The bus
schedule for exams is:
Friday, April 272 p.m. to 1 1 :3f p.m.
Monday, April 308 a.m. to
11:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 18 ajn. to 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28 a.m. to
11:30 p.m.
Buses will run between South Campus
and Wilson Library only until 3 p.m.
Town routes will start at 3 p.m.
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Greek awar
by Melinda Hickman
Staff Writer
Two fraternities tied for first place in
the Greek Week competition, which was
held the week of April 5-12.
Delta Upsilon and Phi Sigma Kappa
will both receive the Elizabeth M.
Beaumont Trophy, given annually to the
winner of Greek Week by campus police
chief Francis Beaumont in memory of his
wife.
The winner is determined by
accumulation of points in five categories.
The first category was APO Road
Rallye. The fraternities, one big house
laboratories will be held here.
"There is one classroom in the new addition which will
hold about 30 students," he added.
Open terraces to the north and south will be used for
astronomy laboratories. They will have eight 3'2-inch Questars,
a 5-inch refractor and a 10-inch Celestron Schmidt camera.
The new dome atop the fourth floor is 30 feet in diameter
and towers 80 feet above the ground. Covered with 316-inch
copper, the 14-ton structure was iifted into place by a large
derrick on June 14, 1972, with a large group of spectators
watching.
The main instrument of the observatory is a 24-inch Boiler
and Chivens Cassegrain reflector with digital input-output
capabilities. It also has Cer-Vit optics, a 4-by-5 camera,
Cassegrain spectograph and spectrocomparator, and a 6-inch
f1 5 guide telescope.
It is expected that a dual-channel photoelectric photometer
and a small digital computer will be added. The computer will
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Cansler said.
He explained that all dormitory
housekeeping functions, building
inspection and security and minor
maintenance operations will be
transferred from the Physical Plant to the
new department.
The restructured department will
remain in the Division of Student Affairs
and the director will still report to the
dean of student affairs, Cansler said.
The Department of University Housing
will be divided into four offices as
follows:
The manager of married student
housing will administer all married
student housing.
The assistant director for
operations will administer the basic
physical operation of the University
buildings. These operations include the
ones transferred from Physical Plant.
The assistant director of residence
life will essentially be in charge of all that
goes on within the buildings and the
people who live there. This will include
residence hall staffing, living-learning and
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With exams looming on the horizon, this student found time for some quiet
studying between classes. It may not be the traditional "all-nighter," but studying in
the open air has a charm all its own. (Staff photo by Tad Stewart)
and one small house, which collected the
most money received the highest number
of points. Delta Upsilon and Phi Sigma
Kappa won the Road Rallye in the large
and small house categories, respectively.
The second activity was a Fraternity
Clean-Up of Highway 15-501 from
University Mall to Eastgate, held on April
9. Frats were given points according to
amount of brothers participating.
The Greek Week Games was the third
activity. This event was mainly for pledge
classes, who gained points by competing
in relays, tug-of-war and other games.
Participation in the APO Carnival, held
April 1 2, was another factor. The amount
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social events in dormitories.
The director of housing will have
the responsibility of coordinating the
other three offices.
Cansler said that all present residence
life staff have been offered jobs in the
restructured department.
"We are now searching for a suitable
person to fulfill the position of
department head. I would say this is the
crucial issue at the moment," he said.
Cansler added that once the
department head is selected, the other
major positions will be filled. He also said
that representative students from the
Residence Hall Association and the
married student housing will meet with
all candidates for the position.
"We've known for sometime that for
the sake of efficiency in the operation, all
management should come into one office.
This has been culminating since 1969
with the creation of the Department of
Residence Life," Cansler said.
Cansler added, "There is no other way
I can see that this department can be
expanded."
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of money collected by a fraternity's
booth determined the points awarded.
Phi Sigma Kappa took the top points in
this category.
Alphi Phi Omega also gave awards for
fraternities who participated in Campus
Chest activities. Sigma Nu's trip to Beech
Mountain was judged most original
auction item, and Phi Sigma Kappa's beer
clocks brought in the most money.
Beta Theta Tau's "Beta Vegas"
gambling booth was chosen best Carnival
booth. Overall in Campus Chest activities,
the large and small houses that collected
the most money were Zeta Beta Tau and
Phi Sigma Kappa.
reality
automate telescope pointing and data interpretation.
The observatory will be used mainly for the educational
and research objectives of the astronomical program. Morris S.
Davis, who occupied the Morehead Chair of Astronomy,,
created in 1 969, is responsible for the designing and building
of the observatory. Davis is a former director of the Yale
Computation Center and of North Carolina's Triangle
Universities Computation Center.
A public observing night once a week in addition to the
regular viewing schedule at the Planetarium will probably be
instituted. Advanced student research and faculty and
graduate-student research will have equal time on the 24-inch
telescope.
Professor Davis will concentrate on positional astronomy,
and Christiansen will study nonperiodic phenomena in variable
stars. Instructor J.H. Baumert will be concerned with the
spectrophotometry of late-type stars.
Plans are presently unclear on the dedication ceremonies
which will be held next fall.