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by Joel Drlnkley
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LOOKINGGLASS, Ore. Until recently, Lookingglass,
population 165, consisted of a few houses, a store and a gas
station. But when Norm Niblett became mayor last year, he
decided it was time for change. In an effort to modernize the
town, he acquired a phone booth, a parking meter, a fire
hydrant and a manhole cover donated to Lookingglass by
the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Steel and Iron Works.
Now, six months later, Niblett regrets these changes and
wishes Lookingglass could once again be as it was.
"The town's growing too fast now," he says. "It's getting
crowded. We had eight people move in here just last year!
That's way too many I can't get to know them all."
Niblett thinks the town's rapid growth is causing an
increase in the social ills normally found in big cities.
"The crime rate is up," he says. "Somebody threw a rock
through the window of our store last month and that's never
happened before. I'm expecting someone to tear up the
phone booth anytime."
A concerned politician, Niblett is now running for county
commissioner. If elected, he intends to stop all growth in
Douglass County. "I won't issue any building permits," he
says. "We've got to keep people out I want to be able to know
everyone on a first name basis who lives in a ten mile radius."
Although Niblett is only one of ten candidates for the
commissioner's post, he feels he has a good chance to win.
"I'm running on my record. I've not only been mayor, but
I've been president of the Chamber of Commerce and head
of the Merchant's Association." Niblett owns
Lookingglass's only store and gas station. "I've also worked
as a veterinarian," he said.
Niblett and the other candidates differ on many campaign
issues. "Most of my opponents say they want to give the
county schools inside toilets. I disagree. The kids don't have
inside toilets at home, so why should they have them at
school?"
Although he hasn't made any speeches yet, the mayor is
working hard to attract votes. He printed 500 bumper
stickers reading "KEEP THEM OUT."
He has also made the two picnic tables behind his store
available to the public, free of charge with the benches.
Formerly only the tables were free; he rented the benches for
$1 an hour.
Niblett has another campaign tactic which he is sure will
attract votes. If he loses, he says, he will close down the
Lookingglass gas station.
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by Htnry Ferber
Staff Writer
Newly elected members of the Campus
Governing Council (CGC) were sworn in at
the first meeting of the 1974-75 legislative
body Tuesday night, and swiftly took action
on housing problems resulting from the
Department of Housing's new dormitory
sign-up policy.
Johnny Kaleel, who was elected speaker
by consent as one of the first orders of
business, introduced the housing bill,
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entitled "A Resolution Supporting The
Right To Live For All Residence Hall
Students." It passed unopposed.
The bill, introduced in behalf of Residence
Hall Association President Mike O'Neal,
requests that returning upperclassmen be
given space in their residence halls, even if
tripling results.
The "Whereas" clause of the bill states:
"The Department of University Housing, in
its commitment to end over-crowding in
University residence halls for 1974-7538
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Sign-up has apparently not gone as smoothly as authorities were anticipating.
"The sign-up problem is that the Housing Department did not inform residence
directors of their quotas in time for them to survey their areas and prepare their
residents," commented one residence director Wednesday afternoon. "As a result
the residents panicked."
Alderman dorm residents, who had previously met and decided not to form lines
in the lobby before sign-up, amassed in the hallways, then dashed free-for-all across
the lobby to the residence director's desk at sign-up time. Only two residents were
closed out.
Scott Residence College personnel, after opening a three-day sign-up period at 9
a.m. Monday, had reached their quota and were closing out at 2 p.m. Monday. At
least 40 people were closed out.
In Henderson Residence College, Alexander dorm residents occupied the
Winston sign-up lobby as early as Tuesday afternoon for their Thursday sign-up.
There are no anticipated closeouts.
As of Wednesday afternoon, 60 current residents had been closed out of their
rooms as a result of the first-come, first-served system being employed in sign-up.
Joyner dorm reported 1 7 close-outs. Scott Residence College had 28 close-outs in
Teague and 12 close-outs in Avery. Mclver dorm had 6. Aycock and Whitehead
both closed out 3 residents. . '
The decision to hold dorm room sign-up by first-come, first-served was made last
December after the lottery method was rejected because it did not provide any
advantage to students expressing a greater desire to remain in their rooms.
Residents occupying Winston for the Alexander sign-up, however, saw no
advantage in the present system.
"It's as bad as last year, maybe worse," grumbled a card player during a deal.
Michael Hill, second in the line, concurred.
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poor freshman admission practices."
O'Neal said late Tuesday an initial check
had revealed fewer cases of upperclassmen
being closed out of their dorms by the quota
plan than had been anticipated. According
to the plan, no more than about 60 per cent
of the campus' dorm space is to be occupied
by upperclassmen.
O'Neal said he found an average of about
five close-outs in each general residence area
and that he hoped the Housing Department
could be persuaded to allow these students to
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by Art Eissnstadt
Staff Writer
Student Government President
Marcus Williams announced
appointments to four key positions in
his week-old administration
Wednesday. The four nominees are Tim
Dugan, treasurer; Pat Timmons.
secretary, Nita Mitchell, attorney
general; and Darrell Hancock; chief
justice.
Williams is expected to name two
appointees to the Publications Board
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today. All nominations must be
approved by the Campus Governing
Council (CGC) before becoming
official. The CGC Appointments
Committee will begin open hearings
tonight at 8:00 in room 215 of the
Union.
Williams declined to comment on any.
of the appointments, saying, "I don't
want to say anything that would
prejudice their hearings before the
committee." However, he did add, "I
want to get my appointments through so
that we can hurry up and get working."
Committee Chairman John Sawyer
said he does not expect to interview all
nominees tonight. "We'll start with the
most important positions, such as
treasurer and attorney general," he said.
The five-member committee serves as an
advisory board to the CGC.
Mitchell, a junior Latin education
major, has worked with the attorney
general's office since her arrival at
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Hancock is currently an associate
justice on the Supreme Court.Theljunior
journalism major will succeed David
Crump as chief justice. Crump, who is
graduating from law school, had
intended to resign several weeks ago,
but remained with the court to hear the
recent Carolina Athletic Association
election case. Hancock worked in the
attorney general's office prior to his
appointment to the court.
Timmons, a sophomore economics
major, is also an associate Supreme
Court justice. She has previously
worked with President Williams on the
Affirmative Action Advisory
Committee.
Dugan is a sophomore accounting
major. He will succeed Steve Jones as
student body treasurer.
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remain in their dorms.
In other legislation, the council decided by
consent to approve the by-laws of the
Student Academic Advisory Committee and
to allocate about $400 for the committee's
use. Student Body President . Marcus
Williams sponsored the bill.
Another funding bill concerned an
anonymous $10,000 contribution for a
course-teacher evaluation. The donation
was made on the condition that the CGC
supplement it with a $5,000 allocation. The
council voted to include the $5,000 in the
new budget.
Mike Johnson, chairman of the Course
Teacher Evaluation Commission, said the
total funds of $15,000 should carry the
commission through three semesters.
Two other bills passed by consent. One
allows the UNC Concert Band to use its
budget to purchase instruments and the
other enables the Carolina Symposium to
buy meals for speakers and their escorts.
Newly elected Finance Committee
Chairman Carl Fox said after the meeting
that all organizations planning to request
CGC funds for next year must turn in their
requests by tomorrow at 5 p.m. Requests not
made by then will have to wait until next fall,
he said. Request forms may be obtained
from the treasurer's office in Suite C.
Fox also said all organizations submitting
budget requests are required to attend
budget hearings to be held next week.
Organization heads should sign up for
hearings on an appointment sheet ' to be
posted Monday in Suite C.
Each year the speaker also serves as vice
president of the Student Body. Laura
Dickerson was elected speaker pro tern.
All CGC chairmen were elected
unanimously. They are: Larry Meisner,
rules; Carl Fox, finance; Paul Stam,
judiciary, and John Sawyer, appointments.
Robert Daniel was elected CGC clerk
after Gerri Wernicki stepped down from the
clerk's position to become assistant clerk.
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He said, "I've been here since 10:30 Tuesday night. I've gotten 45 minutes sleep.
Even favoritism is better than this."
Another student in line, after agreeing, said, "1 don't think the lottery system
would have been fair either. 1 think that if upperclassmen have lived in a dorm, they
should have some priority. I went through tripling, and I think that freshmen
should be tripled if necessary."
Alexander resident Paul Faulk, first in the constantly increasing sign-up line, said
he had been there since 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.,
"I just want a single," he said. "This whole sign-up thing is ridiculous. I don't
mind a few hours wait; I expect that with what I'm asking. Some people that have
been here almost as long as me afe'just trying to get their rooms back."
Not all the residents in line were angry, though. One junior, after explaining why
he didn't feel the system was fair, said, "I don't agree with this, but it's fair for
freshmen. If I'm closed-out, I'll understand."
UNC's Smith signs
cage star Phil Ford
by Elliott Warnock
Sports Editor
With all the hoopla, brick-throwing and
general pandemonium raging up and down
Hillsborough Street in Raleigh following
North Carolina State's first NCAA
basketball championship, afficionados of
Tar Heel basketball can quietly console
themselves with the knowledge that the
country's premier high school guard, Phil
Ford, has signed a grant-in-aid to play
basketball at UNC.
The game is won in the kitchen" has fast
taken its place among all-time sports cliches,
but Carolina's Dean Smith paid no heed to
the dangers of the culinary corner and
charged down to Rocky Mount Wednesday
night to get the 6-2, 170-lb. basketball -wizard's
signature on the dotted line in a
letter of intent.
Ford, sought after by over 300 different
schools and universities, told N.C. State
officials Tuesday that he would not be taking
the offer from State's athletic department
and would soon be signing with North
Carolina.
The major factor in Ford's decision was
the scholastic difference between North
Carolina nd North Carolina State.
Ford is an academic as well as athletic
leader at Rocky Mount, maintaining a high
B' average and scoring well on his college
board exam, but fell short of the Morehead
scholarship he sought while in high school.
As a senior. Ford averaged 33.7 points a
game while blazing away at the basket with a
64 per cent field goal average and hitting 80
per cent of his shots from the free throw line.
He has scored over 40 points in nine
games, including his record high of 54 this
year.
A versatile player. Ford was good for an
average 10 rebounds and 10 assists, plus
eight steals a game.
With Ford at the helm, Rocky Mount
High School swept both its conference and
district tournaments, eventually finishing
third in the final round of play-offs.
William Malm of the Michigan School of Music will initiate his audience
into a whole new world of musical experience, the intricate world of the Noh
flute.
The topic of Professor Malm's talk is "There's No Music Like Noh Music."
This event will take place at 4 p.m. today in Hamilton Hall.
Gourmet cook and television personality, Joyce Ch'en, will bring the flavor
of Chinese food to Chapel Hill. She will prepare one of her famous dishes and
show slides of her visit to her homeland, China.
This demonstration and talk will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Great Hall
of the Carolina Union.
The Symposium is honored to present one of our nation's most respected
authorities on East Asia, the Honorable Edwin O. Reischauer.
Having served as Ambassador to Japan under Presidents Johnson and
Kennedy, he will provide forceful insight into the future of U.S.-Japanese
relations.
Reischauer's topic will be The U.S. and Japan: Divergent Paths?' The talk
will be given this evening at 8:00 in Memorial Hall.
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