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81 Years Of Editorial Freedom
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Wednesday, Jsnusry 23, 1S74
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Classes moved outdoors Tuesday as temperatures soared
into the 70's once again. You never know what to expect next
from the weatherman around here, and Chapel Hillians take
advantage of every chance to get some sunshine.
(Staff photo by Bill Wrenn)
by Hsnry Fsrber
Staff Vritar
The original judicial reform bill was ap
proved Monday night by the Judicial Com
mittee of the Campus Governing Council
(CGC) without the changes suggested by
CGC member Bill Snodgrass.
CGC will consider the reform in a meeting
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The committee rejected a student bill of
rights and "almost 100 specific changes" in
cluded in an alternate judicial reform docu
ment submitted by Snodgrass.
However, Snodgrass said he would renew
his fight to change the original bill when it
goes before CGC.
Student Body President Ford Runge en
couraged passage of the origianal bill and
said he feared that any changes in the docu
ment as approved by Chancellor N. Ferebce
Taylor might cause the administration to
veto it.
Admitting that the bill is not ideal as far as
student interests are concerned, Runge said,
"1 think this document has tremendous ad-
Transit commission established
Carrboro to rule on referendum
by Janet Langston
Staff Writer
A public transportation commission will
rule within 30 days whether to hold a third
mass transit referendum in Carrboro. The
commission was established by the Carrboro
Board of Aldermen on Monday night.
The commission, originally proposed by
Alderman Fred Chamblee, will "study and
recommend possible plans for improving
and upgrading transportation within the
Town of Carrboro."
Transportation, as defined by Chamblee,
includes roads, sidewalks and a public bus
system.
The group was approved in a 4-2 vote,
with Board members Mary Riggsbee and
John Boone in opposition.
Beswick said he hoped the commission
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would study the minimum level of service for
Carrboro and the cost of such a service.
He noted that Chapel Hill will submit a
supplemental federal grant application to
expand its proposed system. If Carrboro
does not include itself in Chapel Hill's
application, Beswick believes Carrboro may
lose priority for federal funds.
He added that as demand and prices for
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by David Ennis
Staff Writer
Three UNC students representing the
Chapel Hill Student Consumer Action Un
ion (SC AU) attended a N.C. House subcom
mittee hearing Tuesday night in Raleigh to
lobby for passage of a strengthened bill con
cerning landlord and tenant relations.
Kathy Moore, sophomore history major,
presented a statement prepared by the
SCAU committee on landlord tenant
relations urging the passage of House Bill
673, noting that it is "stronger" than the so
called "Landlord Bill", H.B. 596.
The statement which Moore delivered to
the House subcommittee lists three basic
strengths of the Tenant Bill: the establish
ment of habitability standards, rules gover
ning landlords' use of security deposits and
rent abatement measures.
According to Janie Clark, project co
chairman, the habitability clause . would
allow the tenant to enforce a housing code,
since there is no state-wide minimum hous
ing code in North Carolina.
The clause concerning security deposits
Weather
TODAY: Fair and clear, with con
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high today Is expected In the Iow70's
and the low should be in the 40's.
would set up interest accounts in which the
deposit would earn interest for the tenant as
it would in a bank, Clark said.
She suggested that the bill could be
strenthened if it provided for punitive
damages against the landlord for
withholding deposits for poor excuses.
The Tenant Bill also allows a court to rule
that a landlord is charging outrageous rent
for a structure, Clark said.
"This clause is weak" Clark said, "because
it does not provide for retroactive rent abate
ment." This would allow the tenant to regain
the rent money overcharged, should the
court decide that the rent was too high.
The SCAU statement said that H.B. 673 is
actually a compromise of a Uniform
Landlord Tenant Act passed by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform
State Laws. The Tenant Bill excludes many
provisions of the original act, according to
the statement.
Clark also said that there was a good
chance that the bill could be strengthened,
noting the support xf the N.C. Consumer's
Council, Charlotte Legal Aid, and various
tenant organizations across the state.
The Landlord Bill was drawn up by a
lawyer representing the N.C. Realtors
Association. Clark said that the rationale for
leaving checks on landlords out of H.B. 596
was that it would be detrimental to the
landlords and they would lose money.
The hearing was held in the Raleigh City
Council Chambers. It was sponsored by the
Raleigh League of Women Voters and the
Raleigh Community Relations Council.
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buses increase, Carrboro may not be able to
afford a bus system when it finally decides it
wants one.
Alderman Mary Riggsbee said the matter,
in her mind, had been settled when a public
transit system was defeated in two previous
referendums. She believes any action to con
sider a bus system should be stifled.
Six citizens were nominated by the
Aldermen for the commission. Mayor
Robert J. Wells appointed a bus supporter,
Harriet Imrey, as chairman.
Three town government officials will serve
on the commission. Riggsbee, who has con
sistently opposed any referendums or tax in
creases for public mass transportation, was
elected to represent the aldermen on the
- commission. She defeated Braxton Foushee,
a bus advocate.
Chamblee remarked that the last time
public transportation was studied, "we were
in too much of a hurry." He added that to
look strictly at buses was not the way to ap
proach public transportation for Carrboro.
In other business, Beswick's motion to
drop the 1973 ordinance banning garbage
cans from curbs after 6 p.m. on the day of
collection was defeated 3 to 4. In presenting
the motion, Beswick said there is "no way to
legislate civic pride."
Ward said Beswick's action would be an
insult to the police department and it would
not become an elected official to violate a
previously approved ordinance without ade
quate study.
vantages over the present system, and if it is
bounced, the students are going to lose out in
a big way."
Runge listed several reforms made by the
bill that he believes advance student rights:
An illegal drug section that would place
drug offenses under the jurisdiction of stu
dent courts. Under the present judicial
system, drug offenders go before the five
member Judicial Board, comprised of no
more than two students.
A minority court system designed to im
prove the opportunity members of minority
races have to receive fair and just trials.
Elimination of the automatic F for un
dergraduates for honor code violations and
elimination of expulsion for grad students
convicted of academic violations.
A student appellate court for the three
lower student courts. Now students must
appeal to a board of three faculty members.
The illegal drug section, which Runge
predicted to be the most controversial issue
in the document when it faces a student
referendum, was the section the committee
was most hesitant to allow to remain in the
bill.
CGC law student representative and
Judicial Committee member Dennis Horn,
said. "It's wrong for the University to try a
student for a drug offense when he's already
been tried in the courts." as the bill allows.
"Practically, it's right to pass it."Horn said,
referring to the possibility that the ad
ministration could bounce the bill if any
changes were made. "But morally I can't
vote for it." he added.
Runge. who said he favored deletion of the
drug section last week, said at the meeting it
should be left as written. "The administra
tion set up the drug policy and they're as con
cerned now as much as they ever were." he
said.
"There is continuing pressure from the
people of this state and they're not going to
budge," Runge said. " The tradition started
four or five years ago when people started
turning on," he said.
Runge explained that the reform bill at
least transfers authority in drug cases to stu
dent courts. "Any movement in that direc
tion is an improvement." he said.
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State wins, 03-80; details in Thursday's DTH
er chants react to SCA U
Truckin' down Franklin Street In the
warm sunshine . . . It's just one of the
ways to enjoy a day like Tuesday.
by Gall Bronson
Staff Vrlter
Area merchants participating in the Stu
dent Consumer Action Union 10 per cent
discount program reported mixed student
response when contacted Wednesday.
Twenty-four stores are participating in the
program, which continues through Jan. 28.
Of the nine participating stores contacted
Wednesday, only one expressed an un
favorable opinion.
"It hasn't been that big of a deal," said
Terry Moore, manager of One Hour Mar
tinizing. "It's just causing confusion and has
sle." Moore said he doubted he would par
ticipate in the program again.
African Batik manager Robena
Egemonye said student response had not
been fantastic, but they would continue to
participate in the program as long as it is
only once a semester.
"I like the idea of the discount," said Bob
Christian, manager of Burgner Music. "We
wanted to do it for publicity and also to give
students a break."
Sales clerk Ted Bartlett of Jolie's Boutique
said many of their customers didn't know
about the discount.
"I think it's a good program for Chapel
Hill," he said.
Elliott Brummitt, manager of Sutton's
Drugs, said student response had been fairly
good.
He said if he participated again, he would
not be able to give a discount on everything
as he is now.
"I just don't make enough on cigarettes
and candy to give a discount," he said.
Mrs. Nelle Neal. owner of Neal's Pot
pourri, said they have had some response
from the program.
"The response has been better this week
than last," said Shelton Henderson, manager
of Shrunken Head.
Both Eastgate Hardware and Country
Craft Shop said a number of students had
asked for the discount.
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Ken Allen
and Janet Langston
University officials said Tuesday an order for
secret meetings Monday between student leaders
and Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
officials came from the HEW office in
Washington, D.C.
John Sanders, vice president of planning in the
UNC system, said Tuesday that Burton Taylor,
of the Civil Rights and Higher Education
Division of HEW, had requested no newspaper
publicity be connected with HEWs fact-finding
trip to North Carolina.
Seven HEW officials are visiting six campuses
of the University system to discuss
desegregation. They met separately with
University officials and student leaders of the
Chapel Hill campus on Monday.
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor, who arranged
the meetings, said Tuesday he gave no advance
publicity of the meetings because a letter dated
Jan. 1 1 from Sanders requested that HEW
officials meet with "faculty and students who
wish to talk with them (but no newspaper
publicity is desired).
Sanders said he made that stipulation on the
basis of a phone conversation between Burton
Taylor, University President- William Friday,
and himself.
Lilly Robbins, one of HEW officials who met
Monday with University officials and student
leaders, said Tuesday she knew of no request
from her department that the meetings be held in
secret.
Robbins also said, however, such an order
could have come from HEWs Washington office
without her knowledge.
Robbins refused to tell what was said in the
meeting because the officials were on what she
termed a fact-finding mission.
She said a final report will be made to the
HEW Department of Civil Rights and Higher
Education and will be used in consideration of
UNC's desegregation report to be filed Feb. 8.
Robbins denied deliberately excluding
reporters from the meetings, saying, I suppose
we could have had a reporter at the meeting. But
Robbins said no reporters would be allowed to
attend any future meetings with students or
University officials.
She said a possible reason for preventing
publicity of the meetings was the informal nature
of. the meetings.
Sam Solomon, another HEW official, said
however; In this type of meeting, a good public
awareness would be useful.
I have no idea why there was no publicity. Of
course, we do not take it upon ourselves to wage
a public relations campaign every time we go on
campus, Solomon said.
He said they wanted to meet with other
interested students on this campus and added
that their intent can "best be facilitated by open
meetings.
The HEW officials met with Amelia Bellows,
head of the Association of Women Students;
Evelyn Dove, student body secretary; Willie
Mebane, chairman of the Black Mudent
Movement; Ford Runge, president of the
student body; Bill Snodgrass, former president
of the Graduate and Professional Students
Association; and Janet Stephens, head of, the
Residence Hall Association.
Runge refused to discuss the meeting because
of its confidentiality. Bellows said she did not
contribute much to the meeting and would not
speak for the others.
HEW officials visited N.C. State University on
Tuesday. Robbins said members, of the team will
split up today, with some returning to Chapel
Hill and others going to State.