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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Thursday, October 18, 1973
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by Cherin Chewning
Staff Writer
The University's Affirmative Action plan will be carried
out through attainment of goals, not fulfillment of quotas,
Affirmative Action Officer Douglass Hunt said-Tuesday
night.
Speaking to a general meeting of University Women for
Affirmative Action (UWAA) in the Great Hall, Hunt said
the plan cannot be achieved with the push of a button and the
University will not sacrifice employe quality in order to
comply with the plan more hurriedly.
Citing national executive orders, Hunt told the group of
about 75 men and women that quotas for sex, race, religion
and national origin are illegal in the implementation of the
affirmative action plan.
"The orders say instead of quotas we must have goals,"
Hunt said.
"We must look at the jobs likely to open up at all levels of
University employment, Hunt added. "Then we must look
at the members of minority groups who are available to fill
those jobs."
"Finally we establish a goal by estimating how many
minority group members we can employ within a certain
time period," Hunt said.
Hunt said UNC is working with a three-year timetable in
the areas of faculty and EPA (employes exempt from the
State Personnel Act) hiring and promotion. "Turnover and
hiring prevent achievement in one month in these areas,"
Hunt said.
"For our SPA (employes under the State Personnel Act)
plan we have found that an annual goal will be sufficient,"
Hunt said". "There is enough turnover in this area so that we
can employ different people each year.
"Any system subordinating sex, race or national origin is
not acceptable," Hunt said. "In a system of goals you list the
number of vacancies beside the number of possible employes
from minority groups. Then you choose a person for a job on
the basis of his or her qualifications.
"The goal system is consistent with the principles of merit
employment," he said.
Hunt said University officials met with representatives of
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
Sept. 26-27 to discuss HEW's reactions to the Affirmative
Action plan.
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by Bill Welch
Staff Writer
The Assistance Switchboard for students,
a service set up to help students solve
problems they have with the Univeristy,
began operation this semester.
The switchboard is a referral and problem
solving service started by the Student
Information Network and funded by the
executive branch of SG.
"It's a place where students can come and
not have to go through the bureaucratic red
tape of the University, Carolynn King,
chairman of the group said.
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The purpose of the service is to direct
students to the proper person in the
University who can discuss their problem.
But it also follows up on complaints received
and tries to help solve the problem with the
student.
The service keeps a file on people who can
assist others with common problems.
When new problems arise, the switchboard
does leg work for the student and finds out
who can help him.
Don Baer, Student Information Network
chairman, said the service is one visible
example of the benefits students receive from
SG.
"The whole idea is to fill that
communications void between what is called
Student Government and the student body,"
he said.
King stressed that no problem is too large
or too small for the switchboard. In one
instance, she said, they helped a student
whose light bulbs were too weak in her dorm
room.
Most of the complaints have dealt with
housing, maintenance and Physical Plant
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by Ellen Wiener
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Greg Turosak
Staff Writers
Despite an anti-Israel protest by 12 to IS
Black Student Movement (BSM) members,
the solidarity march and rally supporting
Israel's stance in the Middle East proceeded
smoothly.
Approximately 80 marchers left the Hillel
Foundation at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday on a
route through downtown Chapel Hill and
the campus to the Pit.
They sang Israeli songs, waved the Israeli
flag and carried posters to emphasize their
stand. "More U.S. aid to Israel" and "Yom
Kippur the fast that never ended" were
some of the signs carried.
The group included UNC students,
townspeople and members of the Duke
University community. Carol Meyers of
Durham, who brought her two pre-school
age daughters to the march, echoed the
sentiments of most of the marchers.
"We came to show our support of Israel
and to urge the United States to offer
support," she said.
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"HEW told us the plan was a good start but that it requires
more detail to measure up to national standards," Hunt said.
HEW is working jointly with the University to design an
acceptable plan.
Hunt, whose speech was repeatedly interrupted by
expressions of disagreement and disgust from the audience,
said he did not think his job as Affirmative Action officer
would conflict with his position as vice chancellor for
administration. HEW recommends the appointment of an
officer whose sole responsibility is Affirmative Action.
"I have only had one case when my two positions
conflicted," Hunt said. "On the whole, I feel it is impossible
to divorce the two jobs. I would still be making the same
decisions even if I only held one post."
Hunt said HEW was taking a "wait and see" attitude
concerning his ability to handle both jobs effectively.
"Chancellor Taylor considered the possibility of setting up
an independent Affirmative Action officer," Hunt said.
"However, he felt it was right for University administrators
to do what the plan called for so he gave the authority to
them."
When asked if the Chancellor followed Affirmative
Action procedures in appointing Hunt, he said no
Affirmative Action commitment had been made with respect
to administrative positions.
Hunt declined to say whether he favored student
representation on the 18-member Affirmative Action
Advisory Committee.
"Two members of the advisory group are writing up a
recommendation concerning student membership on the
committee and this will be forwarded to the Chancellor,"
Hunt said.
Hunt said Taylor felt students could aid the Affirmative
Action plan by recruiting more students and changing the
shape of the student profile.
Miriam Slifkin, president of the local chapter of the
National Organization for Women (NOW), complained to
Hunt about the lack of female role models at UNC.
"Any department at this University that does not employ
women on its faculty will be the first to be studied by my
office," Hunt said.
Hunt said he sees UWAA as having the ability to develop
and publicize opinions among University women and
pledged he would be responsive to and reasonable with
UWAA's demands.
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problems. Other complaints have been
concerned with academic, schedule, pass-fail
and student fees problems.
In one case, the service helped get the
administration to cancel the SS fee charged
for the return of confiscated bicycles. In
some other cases, they refer the student to
the Student Consumer Action Union or the
Legal Assistance Committee.
Sometimes, complaints about the
University are not valid. "Often the students
just aren't up on the information. Hopefully
we can smooth some of the
misunderstandings and poor
communications," King said.
Currently the service is helping get rides
for handicapped students and readers for the
blind. A separate switchboard to handle
handicapped students problems is being
planned.
Although they have received about 25
problems so far. King and Baer said they
hope thay can serve more students.
The organization is open from I to 5 p.m.
Monday through Thursday in Suite C of the
Union, and can be reached at 933-5203.'
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Upon reaching the Pit. the group sang the
Israeli national anthem. Rabbi Robert
Siegal of Hillel and Dr. Yehuda Katz. a
visiting professor from Israel at Duke, spoke
on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
and called for an end to the hostilities.
Steve Robkin. a UNC student, read a
statement written by 21 professors at
Hebrew University in Jerusalem advocating
a peaceful end to the war activities.
As the Jewish supporters listened quietly
to pro-Israel speeches the black students
demonstrated their opposition to Israel by
walking around the seated demonstrators
and carrying anti-Israeli signs.
The signs displayed slogans such as: "U.S.
Out of Mideast," "Capitalist Oil Dealers
Out.""Free Afrika.""No Support for Israel"
and "Peace in Mideast."
After circling the demonstrators several
times, the black protestors stood silently for
about ten minutes and then walked into the
Union single file.
During the black students march, a press
release was distributed by some of the
blacks, stating:
"The Black Student Movement protests
the UNC student rally in support of the
Israelis for the following reasons."
First, the U.S. is supporting Israel, which
is involved in taking lands from African
people;
Second, there is the danger of another'
Vietnam, which would involve black men
and other men in fighting for a cause in
which they do not believe. Another Vietnam
would further "immoral, exploitative
pursuits."
Third, "the mother land Afrika should
not be infiltrated and controlled by outside
forces.
"At present, the BSM is not decidedly pro
Arab." the statement continued. "Wc are.
Comservatioimnslts ask state
to huj ssrad dune fair park
by Nancy Kochuk
Staff Writer
The future of Jockeys Ridge, largest
sand dune on the East coast, is presently
in doubt.
A public drive, led by local jewelry
store owners Walter and Carolista
Baum, is underway to convince the state
to buy the 500-acre site fora state park.
Their efforts are directed against
private developers who are attempting
to build a resort housing complex in the
immediate area of the dune, just north
of Nags Head, N.C.
No one is actually planning to build
anything on the dune itself, but those
who support the creation of a park on
the dune's site say the development
would keep the tourists from climbing
to the top, Carolista Baum said.
She is concerned that the charm of the
area would be ruined by the developers.
Environmentalists say that
development might severely erode the
dune.
Jockey's Ridge conservationists are
optimistic because none of the 500 lots
have been sold.
Conservationists presented a petition
with 25,000 signatures to a meeting of
the Conservation and Development
committee at the beginning of October.
The N.C. State Parks Division agrees
with the proposal that the state buy the
dune for a park. The service presented a
report to the committee and will go
Sirica rejects
United Press International
WASHINGTON Chief U.S. District
Judge John J. Sirica dismissed Wednesday
the Senate Watergate committees suit to
obtain President Nixon's secret Watergate
tape recordings, ruling the court lacked
jurisdiction in the case.
In an 18-page decision, Sirica said:
"The case presents a battery of issues
including jurisdiction, invocation of the
declaratory judgment statute, executive
privilege, waiver of privilege, validity of the
Select Committee's investigation and
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however, anti-Israel. Despite historical
peace settlements (i.e., even if the Israelis
BOUGHT Arab land), liberation will come
only when people insist upon control of
themselves. Warfare for settlement of
problems which came about because of
imperialistic endeavors, is counter
revolutionary and by no means
sanctionable."
Mark Silver, one of the Israeli rally
organi7ers. urges supporters of Israel to sign
a petition to be sent to Washington on U.S.
aid to Israel. He requested that students offer
their money, their lime as volunteers in
civilian positions in Israel and their names as
before the full Board of Conservation
and Development when it meets Oct. 29
in Asheville. .
The board must approve the request
before it can be sent to the legislature for
action.
Carolista Baum said that Ridge
supporters expect the board to accept
the proposal.
"We have encountered no resistance
as such," she said. "If the Conservation
and Development board approve, it will
then be a matter of making the state
come forth with the necessary funds."
One report released last week
estimated that it could cost the state $2.5
million to buy the dune. Others believe
the price would be closer to $5 million.
Since February, 1972, bulldozers
have been chipping away the base in
preparation for the proposed residential
complex.
Nags Head Town Manager Herbert
Dugroo said, "Time is of the essence
because development is encroaching
from all sides and 1 don't know when it's
going to stop. I don't want another
Coney Island."
A folk trio who spent the summer at
the Outer Banks w ere concerned enough
about the situation to write a song about
it.
Russ Cunningham HI of "Russ and
Us" composed the "Ballad of Jockey's
Ridge." The song explains why North
Carolina's "granddaddy sand dune"
should be protected from commercial
development.
suit; court 'lacks jurisdiction'
authority of the Select Committee to
subpoena and bring suit against the
President.
"Because of its ruling, the court has found
it necessary to consider only one question,
that being whether the court has jurisdiction
to decide the case. The court has concluded
. . . that it lacks such jurisdiction and the
action is therefore dismissed with prejudice."
Sirica said Special Prosecutor Archibald
Cox's suit, in which the U.S. Court of
Appeals sustained his ruling that Nixon
must turn over the tapes for judicial review,
involved a subpoena issued by the grand
Staff photo by Tom Randolph
pro-Israel demonstration
blood donors at Hillel.
The rally, attended by about 125
spectators, ended with Israeli singing and
dancing.
"1 am pleased that so many students
showed up on such short notice." said Rabbi
Siegal. "Though I disagree with their
positions. I think the black protesters had
every right to attend, and I am only glad
there was no confrontation.
"However, I think their press release is a
pathetic statement ot historic
misunderstanding." he continued. l am sad
that their opinion of the conflict opposes
ours. 1 would hopewecould work together."
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Carolista Baum
"Climb the dunes and brush the sky.
Carolina scenery, the sound and the sea .
. . It will get you by. set you free." the
song goes.
Supporters of Jockey's Ridge made
the song into a record, available at the
Record and Tape Center and Carolista
Jewelers in Chapel Hill.
Carolista Baum said the drive needs
more support.
She asked all people supporting the
project to write to James E. Harrington,
chairman of the Natural and Economic
Resources, or to Tom Ellis, director of
state parks, in Raleigh.
jury.
"This present case, by contrast, is a civil
complaint, and in such actions particularly,
jurisdiction is a threshold issue," Sirica said.
Lawyers for the Senate committee who
were on hand to pick up the ruling in Sirica's
chambers refused immediate comment. A
lawyer for the White House also departed
with a copy of the ruling without comment.
"The court here has been requested to
invoke a jurisdiction which Congress only
can grant but which Congress has heretofore
withheld," Sirica said, adding that the
Committee was free to appeal the ruling.
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