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Chapel Hilt's Morning Newspaper
Chape! Hill, North Carolina, Kondsy, Asiil 1, 1S74
Foundad February 23. 1093
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by Dill Welch
Ctaff Writer
The Faculty Council took the long
awaited final step to restructure the student
court system Friday by approving
unanimously the plan for judicial reform.
The reform, which has been through nine
drafts since it was initiated in 1969, makes
sweeping changes in the judicial system and
for the first time puts students on the
Appeals Board.
The new judicial system will go into effect
next fall. The document, called the
Instrument of Student Judicial Goverance,
was approved by Chancellor N. Ferebee
Taylor in December and by the student body
in a Feb. 27 referendum.
Presenting the 42-page document to the
council, Associate Dean of Student Affairs;
James O. Cansler said the measure "provides
one document where one can turn, as
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opposed to now, where jurisdicition is
scattered."
The reform abolishes the Men's Court, the
Women's Court, and the Honor Court, and
replaces them with with one Undergraduate
Court. The new court will consist of 42
members 28 elected by the student body
and 14 appointed by the Student
Government president seven will sit as
judges in each trial. Fourteen of the members
must be minority students.
The new court plan also has a minority
court provision, under which defendants
may request special consideration for race
and sex.
If requested, at least four of the seven
member panel of judges must be of the same
race and sex as the defendant.
On the appelate level, the new plan
replaces the Faculty Review Board with a
University Hearings Board. The board,
which will hear appeals from the
Undergraduate and Graduate courts, will
consist of two faculty members, two students
and one administration representative.
Under the old system, all appeals were
heard only by faculty members.
The reform plan establishes a Supervisory
Board, which Cansler said will oversee the
day-to-day functioning of the judiciary
system. The board will consist of
representatives of the faculty,
administration and the student body.
There will also be an undergraduate court
administrator who will select the members of
the court panel to sit as judges in individual
trials.
Calling student participation the biggest
improvement of the judicial reform plan,
Cansler said, "There are now no students in
the appelate or overseeing levels. This
provides for student participation in all
levels."
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panel hears protest
Treasurer vote delayed
by Art Eisenstadt
Staff Writer.
Three of Student Body President Marcus
Williams major appointments were
approved by the Campus Governing Council
Appointments Committee -Thursday night,
but the committee tabled the nomination for
treasurer following two closed discussions.
The committee favorably recommended
the nominations of Pat Timmons for
secretary, Nita Mitchell for attorney general
and Darrell Hancock for chief justice of the
Supreme Court. The nominations of Murray
Fogler for assistant to the president, Alston
Garnner and Ed Rodman for the Elections
Board and Trey Doak for notary public were
approved.
All nominations must be confirmed by the
entire CGC membership on Tuesday night
before becoming official.
No objections were filed to any
appointment until the nomination of Tim
Dugan came before the committee. At that
point, a spectator. Bob Kelley, a Ph.D.
candidate here who had applied for the post
of treasurer arose saying that he had
information to give to the committee, and
requested a private meeting.
John Sawyer, chairman of the
Appointments , Committee, responded by
saying that the CGC constitution specifies
that all CGC meetings remain open.
However; committee member Robin Dorff
cited Section 4-C of the constitution as
saying that meetings dealing with persons
Don Luce, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; Arthur Smithies, Harvard
economist and Douglas Eyre, UNC professor of geography will discuss "The '
Reconstruction of Vietnam" at 4p.m. in 100 Hamilton Hall. Sponsored by the
Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense.
Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam, author of 'The Best and the
Brightest,' will discuss American Blunders in Southeast Asia at 8 p.m. in
Memorial Hall.
may be closed by majority vote.
The committee voted 5-0 to meet privately
with Kelley. After talking with him for about
15 minutes, the meeting was re-opened.
Saywer announced that the committee had
decided to table Dugan's nomination for
treasurer pending a meeting with Williams.
That meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. this
afternoon.
Dugan then requested that the committee
meet privately with him, and was granted a
private session.
Kelley, one of four students to apply for .
treasurer, contacted The Daily Tar Heel on
Sunday. "I was told that I had the best
qualifications for the job after I was
interviewed," he said.
Kelley, who is black, said that Williams
later called him and said, "We will have to
appoint someone else. I don't want to
appoint too many blacks." 1
Williams denied ever telling Kelley he was
the best candidate, and said, "I deny the
accusation that my decision was based on
any racial issue."
Kelley said that he would fight for his
appointment through the attorney general's
office, the Black Student Movement and the
Student Supreme Court, if necessary. "I do
not intend to back down," he said. I
When asked if he would support the
decision of the CGC committee, Williams
said, "We'll just have to wait and see."
, Committee chairman Sawyer said
Sunday, "Kelley made a charge which we
thought could not be ignored," but added
that the committee retains a neutral attitude
towards the validity of Kelley's complaint.
He added that he doubted the issue would
be settled in time for the CGC to vote on
Dugan's nomination one way or the other on
Tuesday night.
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In his prepared statements on the new
plan, Cansler said the document represents
"hard work, inspiringly good work and
hours of effort by students."
"It's passage' will not provide the
judiciary's automatic improvement, but it
will provide the mechanism for progress," he
said, urging the proposal's approval.
The document contains a four-page
section on student rights of privacy and
expression, which sets down circumstances
for searching dorm rooms and establishes
terms of access to student records.
Under the new plan, a student may request
his records not be shown to anyone other
than authorized University personnel. If
such a request is made, the University will
not show the records to state and federal
investigatiors except when legally compelled
to.
The new judicial plan also lists a new set of
sanctions which may be used against
students convicted of Honor Code
violations.
Cansler said the expanded range of
sanctions provide a middle ground between
mild sanctions and suspension.
The document contains a code of student
conduct, which Cansler said, "retains and
strengthens the Honor Code."
The code provides sanctions for
trafficking of narcotics and marijuana and
for possession the the drugs "in quantities
sufficient to indicate intent other than
personal use."
The document does not specify the
quantity needed to indicate such intent.
In a final section, the document replaces
the current Faculty Committee on Student
Discipline with a Committee on Student
Conduct. The new committee will consist of
six students, three faculty members and
three persons appointed by the chancellor.
The committee's purpose will be to
oversee the entire judicial system and
recommend changes in its structure.
CGC feeds si
All campus organizations requesting
funds fromt he Campus Governing Council
(CGC) should sign up today in Suite C for
budget hearings, to be held April 2-5,
Finance Committee Chairman Carl Fox
said.
Organization heads are to sign up
according to the following appointments
schedule:
Tuesday, 3:30-5 p.m. Student
Government's executive branch.
Wednesday, 2-4:30 p.m. Publications
Board organizations; and joint Student
Government University organizations,
which include the UNC Lab Theater, the
UNC Sports Club Council, the Concert
Weather
Mostly fair today, tonight and
tomorrow. Highs today In mid to
upper 60's, lows tonight in the upper
40's. Chance of rain: 20 per cent.
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Kung Fu Grand Master Daniel Kane Pal displays his ability during a demonstration
of martial arts Sunday as part of the East Asian Symposium.
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claims O'Neal lyinug
by Robert Petersen
Staff Writer
Former Residence Hall Association
(RH A) President Janet Stephens has labeled
newly-elected President Mike O'Neal's
Friday statement concerning his eligibility
"an out and out lie."
O'Neal a graduate student, said he had no
knowledge until last month's elections that
Housing policy did not allow graduate
students to sign up for undergraduate
residence halls.
The RHA constitution stipulates that all
executive officers must live in undergraduate
dormitories.
Stephens said, Mike and I discussed the
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Band, the Glee Club, the debate team and the
individual events team.
Fox emphasized the importance of the
appearance of the Parachute Club and the
Sailing Club, which have questionable
financial status regarding loans, and the
Men's Glee Club and the Student-Alumni
Awareness Program, which have not
submitted budget requests.
Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Semi-independent
agencies and programs, which include the
Association of Women Students, the Black
Student Movement, the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation, the N.C.
Student Legislature, Human Sexuality
Counselling, the Odom Village Day Care
Center, the Residence Hall Association, the
Student Consumer Action Union and the
Toronto Exchange.
Two semi-independent organizations, the
Carolina Readers and the Inter-Fraternity
Council, have not submitted budget
requests.
Friday, 2-5 p.m. New programs.
housing ruling for graduate students last
spring when he was elected president of the
Men's Residence Association. As directly as
I can remember, he said then, 'Don't worry,
I've got it finessed.' "
Stephens said O'Neal had received special
permission from Housing Director Robert
Kepner to remain in Avery dorm.
She said Dr. James Condie, current
housing director, was upset over the decision
when he took over, but decided against his
option to reverse it because the move would
inconvenience O'Neal.
"Condie met with Mike last semester,
though," Stephens continued, "and
informed him that the policy would allow no
exceptions for next year."
Stephens said she had talked about the
matter with O'Neal two or three times since
the initial conversation.
"When he decided to run for RHA
president," she said, "I said, 'You know
you'll have to live in Granville, don't you?'
He didn't say anything."
O'Neal must live in off-campus RHA
member Granville Towers to meet the
residency requirement.
O'Neal said Sunday, "I did not know of
the -housing policy until I paid my
room deposit. After I was turned' away at
Avery signup, I checked Granville, but they
were filled up."
Stephens said O'Neal was attempting to .
place the Housing Department at fault for
his present dilemma and using his position as
RHA president to gain privileges.
"There is a reason for the ruling," she said.
"Housing has a responsibility to house
undergraduates.
"He's trying to pressure Housing to make
a special case. He could have applied to
Granville earlier. By waiting, he ruled out
that option."
O'Neal has appealed the Housingdecision
not to allow him to return to Avery dorm to
Dean of Student Affairs Donald Boulton.
Boulton's decision is due today.
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Preventive steps can thwart increasing rate of assaults
by DS&ns King .
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The lock on the back door of the dress shop clicked
shut and Kathi walked to the parking lot, searching
through her handbag for her car keys. That's when she
heard thejootsteps heavy, shuffling, as if the person
wore cumbersome hiking boots. Out of the corner of
her eye, she saw the man in a ski mask reaching for her.
She ran, but his shadow clung to her, his feet pounded
the wet asphalt at her heels. She stumbled, fell, rolled
against he curb and then lay mute. She didn't have a
The circumstances of this story are true. Kathi could
be one of the 500,000 women subjected to the terror of
rape each year. If she is lucky, a few hours after the end
of the story she will be in a police station or hospital
getting sympathetic help. If she is not so lucky, her
lifeless body will be found by police or, terrorized by
the threats of her attacker, she will keep the rape a
secret and live alone with the trauma.
But Kathi should not have to fit into any of these
categories, because the attack recounted in the story
need never have occurred. Kathi, like many women,
didn't understand what she could have done to avoid
her situation and wasn't aware of the weapons she had
at hand when she found herself trapped by an attacker.
According to an FBI survey, rapes have increased
70 per cent in. the last five years. Rape isn't the only
crime increasing, but because it is highly personal, it
has attracted more attention than oiher crimes.
At one time, people said the immodesty of women
was the cause of rape. The average American believed
women who wore short skirts and showed their knees
deserved the trouble they invited.
Dr. Ingeborg Casey, a psychiatrist who works with
rapists, believes enticement has little to do with rape.
"I think this myth has grown out of a part of our
cultural history the tendency to project the origin of
sexuality to women and not to men," he said. "This is
ridiculous because sexuality resides in both male and
female human beings."
A more recent theory is that the increasing
independence of women is a factor in rising incidents
of rape. The increase in rapes on college campuses may
uphold the theory. Women are much more likely
today to attend night classes, to go to labs and lectures
alone and to be professors.
Herbert T. Voye, editor of the Campus Law
Enforcement Journal, told the Associated Press last
fall that rapes have risen on every campus he has
contact with.
"It's not just a case of more women reporting it," he
said. "It has happened."
Some campus security officers blame liberal
visitation policies and coed dorms for the rapes on
college campuses, because they allow people to
wander in living areas without looking suspicious.
Students at some colleges have demanded tighter,
dormitory security. Two hundred women staged a sit
in at the University of Pennsylvania after several rapes
there.
Other schools have taken action to protect coeds
who must walk alone at night Tufts University near
Boston has spent $30,000 to improve outdoor lighting,
hs a trained female security officer at a rape crisis
center and has guards stationed in all women's
dormitories.
On the Bloomington campus of Indiana University,
a feminist group called Women Against Rape urges
women to carry whistles and has set up a safe house on
every block as a refuge for women who are followed or
harrassed. The precautions were taken after 15 rapes
and 20 assaults in an eight-month period.
Colleges do not have to be large to have a rape
problem. The UNC campus is not immense and the
town is not considered a metropolis. Yet UNC, like the
metropolitan universities, is plagued by rape.
Chapel Hill Police Chief William Blake said rapes
and rape attempts are increasing in Chapel Hill.
According to police figures, there were nine rapes and
nine attempted rapes from July, 1973, through
January, 1974. This means that Chapel Hill averaged
more than two rape-related incidents a month.
Chief Blake believes failure to report rapes may be
,causing the increase. (The FBI has estimated that only
one in 10 rapes is reported.)
"Girls don't realize that when they fail to report a
rape they may cause another girl to lose her life," he
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Chapel Hill police do not believe there is a rapist for
every rape wandering around Chapel Hill. They
believe that often the same man may rape several
times, encouraged each time his victim doesn't report
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If a woman in Chapel Mill calls the police station
and reports that she has been raped, policemen and the
department's female social worker will go to the
woman's home if she doesn't want to come to the
station. Chapel Hill women are lucky in this respect
because the local police are sensitive to the trauma that
a woman feels when she has been attacked.
Some law enforcement experts believe that rapes
are not reported because of the ordeal women often
endure after they report a rape. Women find that
though they were the ones who were forcibly raped,
they must defend their integrity from attacks by
police, hospital personnel and the courts.
The National Locksmith, a security journal, cited
the example of one woman who was abducted at
gunpoint by four men and driven to an apartment
where she was gang-raped. The defense lawyer
defended one of the alleged rapists on the grounds that
he was a known playboy and that the woman was also
known to "enjoy a good time." He convinced the jury
that she was a "licentious opportunist and unfit
mother."
The jury let the accused rapist go, even though there
was medical evidence that the woman was raped and a
little black book with the woman's name crossed off
was found in the defendant's apartment.
Chief Blake said one jury acquitted a defendent
because the rape victim lived with her boyfriend.
According to the 1972 Uniform Crime Reports
compiled by the FBI, of 46,430 reported rapes, only
about 25,000 albged rapists were charged. Of these,
only 12,000 were found guilty and sentenced. The
statistics are much better than that for Chapel Hill. Of
the nine rapes reported between July and January,
seven were cleared. Of the nine reported attempts, nine
were cleared.
Most men commit rape only once, but many men
rape often and for a variety of reasons. Dr. Casey
believes that most of the reasons are related to the
. masculine stereotype.
"We encourags men to the dominant, to show their
dominance over women," he said. "When you have a
man who feels very inadequate, interpersonally or
professionally, rape is one way he can show that he can
live up to the masculine ideal." He added that rape can
also be a way of expressing anger toward women, or,
for people who are uncomfortable with intimacy, a
way of getting close to someone.
There is no way to look at a person and tell if he is a
possible rapist. A study of 646 rape cases in
Philadelphia showed that sex offenders are not crazy
they were no more pathological than the study
control groups. Rapists are not confined to long-hairs
or short-hairs or to any particular social class or
income bracket. Rapists are equally divided between
blacks and whites. Rapists are not even entirely
confined to the male sex. Women have been convicted
to rape because they lured female victims to their male
attackers and assisted in the attacks.
No woman in Chapel Hill is immune from the
violence of rape. Women who walk alone in the Kenan
Stadium area and women who live in apartments have
been particularly susceptible to rape, the police said.
Only one attack has ever occurred in a campus
dormitory.
"A couple of years ago, nearly every rape we had
was related to hitch-hiking," Chief Blake said. Today
the hitch-hiking is down but the rapes are up,
indicating that other activities also attract rapists.
Now, rather than campaigning against hitch-hiking,
the police concentrate on showing rape-prevention
films and sending warnings to students through the
University administration.
"Ever since the 1965 murder of Sue Ellen Evans in
Coker Arboretum in broad daylight, the
administration has worked with us to get messages to
the students," Chief Blake said. He added that police
and administrators have worked together to improve
lighting and increase patrols in the stadium area.
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