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by Art Eisenstadt
Staff Writer
Campus runoff elections will be held"
Monday, March 24, Student Supreme Court
Chief Justice Darrell Hancock announced
Monday afternoon. '
Hancock authorized the postponed runoff
election to be held after deciding presidential
candidate Bill Bates did not violate the
Honor Code and spending limitations
during his campaign.
Although Hancock did not expect to issue
a written decision until sometime today, he
announced on March 6 the court had not
found evidence of any' violations by Bates or
his staff. ;
. The charges, which the court had heard
the previous night, were filed by Tim Dugarff
Jerry Askew and Keith wBozo" Edwards,
three unsuccessful candidates for president.
Bates, who won a plurality in the original
Feb. 26 election, will face second-place
finisher Jamie Ellis in the runoff.
Runoffs for Daily Tar Heel editor between
Cole C. Campbell and co-candidates Don
Baer and Harriet Sugar and 10 Campus
Governing Council (CGC) seats, in addition
to two referenda, will also be voted on
Monday.
The suit against Bates centered on two
issues. -
First, Bates was charged with an Honor
Code violation after CGC Speaker Johnny
Kaleel, a Bates campaign worker, mailed 150
campaign letters through the campus mail
system. '
Dugan's suit charged that this procedure
violated an Honor Code provision
prohibiting private use of campus facilities.
However, this part, of the suit was
withdrawn earlier in the day of the trial after
Dr. Claiborne S. Jones, vice-chancellor for
business and finance, told Kaleel that the
mailing was a legitimate campus function.
However, Bates did include the cost of the
mailing on his financial statement.
The second part of the suit charged that
Bates should have listed the cost of a special
elections edition of Xht Avery Advocate, the
Avery dormitory newspaper, as a campaign
expense after the paper endorsed Bates.
During the trial, the prosecution
Board okays private taitioe aid
by Greg Nye
Staff Writer
RALEIGH The Board of Governors of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina voted Friday to recommend a
centralized tuition aid program for private colleges and universities
to the state General Assembly.
The vote came after the board's Planning Committee submitted its
report recommending the aid program. The committee had voted
four to three late Thursday night to submit its report.
The program would offer scholarships of up to Si, 300 to needy
North Carolina students to be used to meet rising tuition costs.
Students would apply to a central state office for the scholarship
money and be considered on the basis of their family's net earnings,
taking into account assets and obligations. . .
The Board's program would be funded by the $200 in state funds
currently given to private schools for each North Carolina student.
At present, the $200 per student adding up to $4.6 million in state
aid is distributed to private schools and they award their own
scholarships, without state intervention.
John Sanders, vice-president in charge of planning for the
Consolidated University, said Monday that the present system hasn't
worked well. "I can see where the present program hasn't
accomplished much," Sanders said. "It hasn't increased private
school enrollment. It's not a very soundly conceived program."
Another proposal for state aid to private schools is also being
considered by the General Assembly. A program introduced by the
legislature's Advisory Budget Commission and supported by
Governor James Holshouser, calls for an increase in state funding
from $200 per student to $400, making the total state fundign to
private colleges $9.2 million.
Under the budget commission's program, financial vwould be
awarded by each private college, as is done in the present system.
Representatives for North Carolina private colleges and
universities went before the Planning Committee Thursday to
propose that the Board of Governors support the program of
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attempted to show that Bates had made a
' previous agreement with Mike O'Neal,
associate editor of the Advocate and a
personal friend of Bates, to get the
endorsement. .
Bates testified that he had not known of or
seen the endorsement until after the papers
were printed, although he said he had sought
the endorsement of all campus newspapers.
Defense counsel Joe Stallings, a former
student body president and now a UNC law
student, also questioned Advocate editor
Kelly Summey, who said that special
election issues of the Advocate had been
printed in two previous years and that the
paper was financed by Avery residents and
advertising revenue.
; "The main issue waswhether the Avery
AdvtfTate was a bona-fide campus
publication, and the court decided that it
was," Hancock said.
"Therefore, it had the right to endorse
Nixomite'
by Elizabeth George and Mike Home
Staff Writers
Charges of "Nixonite" crimes in the
Chiirch Commission's investigation and
recommendation for the University utilities
sale to Duke Power Co. erupted in an
otherwise orderly public hearing before
North Carolina Attorney General Rufus
Edmisten Wednesday, March 5.
Over 30 persons voiced adamant
opposition to the sale before a capacity
crowd in the Institute of Government
auditorium.
No one spoke in favor of the sale during
the two and one-half hour hearing.
Edmisten called the public hearing to
consider any irregularities Orange County
residents had noted in the proceedings
between the University and Duke Power.
Several irregularities were suggested, but .
mainly the speakers pleaded with Edmisten
increased financial aid proposed by the legislature's Advisory
Commission.
The Planning Committee refused and approved the centralized aid
program.
"The board has shown an amazing lack of understanding of the
needs of the private sector," Dr. Cameron West, president of the
Independent Colleges and Universities-of North Carolina, told the
Planning Committee after their vote. .
One of the main objections to the board's proposal is that it will
offer aid only to the poor, and not to the middle-income families,
because it doesn't increase financial aid to private schools.
Board member W.W. Taylor, a member of the planning committee
who voted against the proposal, told his fellow board members
that "This program would allow only the very rich and very poor to
attend private institutions."
But Sanders does not feel that the state should finance middle
income students in private schools. "The Board of Governors is
aiming to help financially needy students," Sanders said.
"Private schools receive $$22 million in scholarship aid," Sanders
said. "Only about $4.6 million comes from state funds. If there are
still needy students after the state money is gone, other scholarships
shouhj be available."
Another objection private shcools have to the board's proposal is
that the board's central system would dispense scholarships solely on
an income analysis of the family, not taking into account the needs of
an individual student such as more than one college student in the
family. .
"The Budget Commission's proposal (which allows private schools
to award the scholarships) is far more flexible than the Board of
Governors proposal," West said.
West said that in a survey of private colleges, the 1 3 schools which
have responded so far do not favor a centralized aid program and feel
their students would be better off under the current system.
"The mechanics of the board's program are so unclear that it is
difficult to tell exactly how it would affect private colleges," West
said. "It could be even more restrictive than we think."
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candidates. It can do anything the Tar Heel
can do," Hancock said.
The court denied an appeal by Bates for a
public apology from the three candidates
who filed the suit.
Tin ready to campaign again," Bates said
Monday. Tm glad this came to court so it
could get things cleared up. 1 just hope it
won't hurt the turnout."
Dugan said he had no comment to make
on the case until after he saw the opinion. "If
he (Hancock) writes a lousy opinion, there's
a chance I might issue my counter-opinion
on the opinion."
Bates' opponent in the runoff, Ellis, said
she thought it would be inappropriate to
comment on the case. She said before the
hearing that she hoped it "would clear up a
lot a questions in the air." " -
The court will hear a case against George
Bacso " and Brad Lamb,. CGC co-representatives-elect,
this afternoon at 3:30.
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30 speakers oppose utilities sale
to halt the utilities sale.
The tranquil climate changed quickly as
Hugh Wilson, a member of the State
Democratic Executive Committee who was
introduced as "the jolly green giant" of the
local Democratic Party, stepped forward.
"1 charge that there has been collusion,
and there has been a crime committed of a
Nixonite type. It might be just in power, or it
may be for cash or for future position, but
for whatever reason, there is collusion as
shown in the minority report of the Church
Commission. And 1 say if we have a John
Dean here, if we have a Haldeman,
Ehrlichman, if we have a Pontius Pilate or a
Nixon, put him in the slammer," he shouted,
waving his fist in the air.
Edmisten has two options if he decides to
prevent the sale. First, as attorney general,
he can block the sale and investigate the most
beneficial course of action for the state.
Second, as a member of the Council of State,
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by Jim Buie
Staff Writer
Barbara Earnheart, a sophomore
from Doylestown, Pa., has filed a $1
million damage suit in U.S. Middle
District Court in Greensboro, charging
the University Housing Department
and its director, Dr. James D. Condie,
with an "anticipatory breach of
contract."
The suit seeks an injunction to
prevent the University from displacing
Earnheart from her room, 214 Mclver
Dormitory.
Such a move, Earnheart claims,
would cost her time from her studies as
well as money and would mean a loss of
social life and create mental anguish.
Earnheart's attorney, Gene Dodd,
said she was assigned to the room for
this semester, but returned to school
after the semester break to find that two
other women had been "authorized" to
live there.
Although the two other women never
actually forced. Earnhart out of the
room, she was left "in limbo" about
where she would live for about two
weeks, and still does not know if she is.
"authorized" to live there, Dodd said.
The suit is based on two legal points
of view, Dodd said. Treating Earnhart
individually, the suit would prevent
others from moving into the room.
From a class action standpoint, it
seeks to prevent the Housing
Department from displacing students
"in a capricious manner without due
cause." The suit would prohibit the1
University from using a contractual 1
agreement that assigns room space
instead of an individual room.
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which also must approve any sale, he has a
voice in that decision.
Sporting a "Stop the Sale" button,
Edmisten stated that he was present to listen
and not to judge whether the sale is j ustified.
Following the hearing, Edmisten said he
intended to finish reading the minutes of the
Church Commission meeting and to consult
with state senators Charles Vickery and
Russell Walker, who also were present.
In reference to the alleged irregularities in
the Church Commission proceedings,
Edmisten said, "1 don't know what my legal
capacity is because I don't know all the facts
yet."
Larry Wilkerson, a UNC student and a
member of the University Budget Advisory
Committee, said over half of next year's
dormitory room rent hike is a result of
current utility rate increases.
Gary Thomas, representing the Campus
Governing Council (CGC), said "Student
Government fears that with the sale of the
utilities to Duke Power, which already has
higher rates than the UNC system, students
would not be able to live at school and at
worst would have to drop out because of
financial burdens."
Betsey Jones, president of Residence
Housing Association (RHA), said there has
been a 1 15 rise in utility rates in the past
year. "Over 13 of the student body lives in
university residence halls...we do not want
this (rent hikes) worsened by a sale to Duke,"
she said.
Ralph Patrick, a representative of the
Orange County Citizens for Alternative
Power (OCCAP), presented a petition to
Edmisten with over 3,000 signatures, asking
for a halt of the sale to Duke Power.
"The sale to Duke will mean higher rates
for Orange County citizens, job and benefit
losses for those presently working for our
utilities system, a rate hike across the state
for all Duke Power customers, the loss of a
valuable source of revenue for the future in
the state and a tax hike ofr North Carolina
taxpayers because of this," he said. .
Len Stanley, leading spokesman for
OCCAP, charged violation of the state
legislative act which established the Church
Commission. She claimed that the
commission has not operated in the citizen's
best interest, as mandated by the Legislature.
"We conclude," Stanley said, "that no
feasibility study was undertaken to
determine which of the alternatives (selling,
renting, leasing, transferring, or retaining of
the electric system) would be appropriate.
"We conclude that the University
administration engineered the sale from the
beginning, sacrificing even the vestiges of
proper procedure for their own ends," she'
said.
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The class action, if upheld by the
court, would have a direct impact on
consolidation decisions made by the
Housing Department, odd said.
Condie refused comment on the suit
itself. He did say, however, that the
Housing Department contract clearly
states that residents are contracting for
spaces, not rooms.
Betsey Jones, Residence Hall
Association President, defended the
Housing Department.
"If students contracted for a room
instead of a space and the number of
students in University housing
decreased considerably, the Housing
Department would have to operate half
empty dorms in some cases," Jones said.
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Dorm policy changes
affect room sign-up
by Jim Buie
Staff Writer
Students begin to sign-up for 1975-76
dorm rooms this week following major
changes in housing policy announced two
days before spring break by Dr. James D.
Condie, director of University Housing.
Condie announced March 6 that Ruffin
dormitory will become an all-women's
dormitory, suite-by-suite coed living will be
permitted on the fourth floor of 'Morrisdrf'
dormitory, and residents of single rooms in
James dormitory must pay half the pro-rated
cost of the room, or approximately $35-$37.
International students can be assigned to
any room on campus, Condie said. Special
arrangements have been made in Carr and
Mclver dorms for international students
who request housing with other
international residents.
Handicapped students also may live in any
dorm they request, Condie said. Special
ramps and other facilities will be provided
for them in Ruffin, Grimes, and Craige
dormitories.
the reasons for the delays in the decisions
were due to difficult coordination between
different departments involved in making
the changes, Condie said. "Some people call
it red tape," he said.
The conversion of Ruffin to an all-female
dormitory was necessitated by a large
increase in the number of women students
admitted to the University, Condie said.
Present Ruffin residents will be given
priority over all students living outside north
campus buildings in obtaining rooms on
north-campus, although the assignment of
more than 10 Ruffin residents to any other
building would be impossible, Condie said.
On the issue of room consolidation.
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Franklin Street restaurant
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the building suffered smoke and water damage. Zeus and Sons, the Art Qa!!ery and
Owen's Towns Shop, ell adjacent to Hector's, were elso filled with smoke.
Owner Peter Gallflanakla. estimated damages at $S5,CC0, but the restaraunt was
declared a tqtsl loss. GsllflsneMs ssld there would be a six-week to thrca-mcnti)
delay in reopening.
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Condie announced that dorm residents,
primarily in James, whose roommates
moved out before February I would have the
choice of moving in with someone else or
paying 50 per cent of the pro-rated cost from
February 2 to the end of the semester,
approximately $35-$37.
If the roommate moved out between
February 1 and March 17, residents are
responsible for half the pro-rated amount
from the day the roommate moved out.
If the roommate who vacated is
"financially able" (determined by the
Housing Department), he is responsible for a
portion of the cost of the room, Condie said.
Condie encouraged roommates to work
out costs between themselves.
If the roommate moved out from after
February 1 7, neither resident is responsible
for any added cost.
The consolidation decision initially
affected 86 students whose roomates had
vacated mainly for financial, academic, and
health reasons.
The fourth floor coed living arrangement
for Morrison dormitory has been approved
on a trial basis for one year, Condie said. The
success of the program will then be
evaluated.
Participants in the program must first be
approved by their resident director and be
committed to the academic program, Condie'
said.
Residents of Connor, Winston, and
Alexander dormitories (Henderson
Residence College) should see their
residence directors today about signing up
for a room for the fall semester.
Sign-up for other dorms begins Friday
and continues through Sunday. Residence
directors will post signs announcing the
exact times in each dormitory.
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