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1 V v.v-v.'..w-:- 4 Vt 3 f- --i r i i f i : ' I I I I -L. ! I-"'' ft i I! I f if M i II HI ' I ir : s It a if tin mmpiP Omiuniulf m.,, v, -..y.- y fiYifidimmrii r- -r --, -m-ir i---r-Tiiiiiiimiiiiniiirnmiiu-r-Ti -r-m unnvif w .mr m m .-.i p-n . nim nn n ; j --i T-ff Renovation is currently underway in geography departments. For a story on Proposal would merge districts by Art Eisenstadt Associate News Editor . Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County planning officials have given mixed reactions to an informal proposal by Chapel Hill Mayor-elect Jimmy Wallace to merge the planning districts of the two towns and a portion of the county district. Planning specialists in Chapel Hill and Orange County favored the idea, while Carrboro officials were either noncommital or opposed to it. During an interview with the Daily Tar Heel last week, Wallace recommended having only one planning board to serve an approximately eight-mile square area in southeastern Orange County instead of the three boards which now exist. Chapel Hill Planning Director Mike Jennings said, "As a purely technical issue, and staying out of politics, whenever you have two or more different development standards, land use regulations and density Law students petition for more involvement by Dwight Ferguson Staff Writer A petition is now being circulated among UNC law students demanding more student involvement in planning class schedules for the law school. The petition is sponsored by a group of students who organized recently to obtain better student-faculty relations and more student input into law school decision making. Mark Wilson, an organizer of the petition, said that although students were on the Curriculum Committee, which was responsible for preparing the class schedule, no students were on the subcommittee that actually planned the schedule. Dan Dobbs, chairperson of the Curriculum Committee said the schedule was not actually planned by the subcommittee. "Usually scheduling is very complex in the law school," he said, adding that a tentative schedule was given to all Curriculum Committee members, including three students. Committee members then obtained reactions from students and faculty members and suggested possible schedule changes. "We kept on doing it (working with the schedule) until we got what people needed," Dobbs said. He said, "No person among the students or faculty has come to me about this," referring to the petition and the problems causing it. The petition was drawn up after some students anticipated class conflicts with the spring schedule, and because first year students were not specifically informed of the spring schedule when they arrived in the fall, although the schedule was prepared last spring. The petition demands that "students be more significantly represented in a voting capacity on all committees and subcommittees deciding scheduling, and that students be informed by the Administration as far in advance as possible of scheduling decisions." Law school Dean Robert Byrd said he has not seen the petition and he would not Staff photo by Steve Causey Saunders Hal!, home of the religion and the renovation, please see page 2. levels, it will be a bit confusing. "By having more standardized ordinances and development approaches, it will make planning easier." Jennings said the town has the power to extend its planning district borders as far as three miles past the corporate limits, subject to approval by the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Chapel Hill Alderman-elect .. Jonathon Howes, the outgoing town Planning Board Chairperson, said, "I think (the merger) is desirable. Given Jimmy's predictions in this area, and the new Carrboro board, 1 think we'll see some movement in this area." However! Suellen Veaulieu, Carrboro planning and zoning administrator, said she does not support a merger at this time. "Chapel Hill is not Carrboro nor is it Orange County," Veaulieu said. "Each has its own character and its own interests. It seems to me that the citizens of Carrboro don't want a merged planning board." Carrboro Mayor-elect Ruth West would comment until, he does see it. But he said students were represented on the Curriculum Committee. "We have students on most of our committees," he added. Wilson said organizers of the petition have not decided where to send it. "Probably it will go the the dean (of the law school). I think that the petition shows that this dissatisfaction is more serious than might otherwise be thought," he said, noting that over 180 signatures have been collected so far. In addition to circulating the petition, the student group is sponsoring an organizational luncheon at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Chapel of the Cross, 304 L:. Franklin St. by Laura Toler DTH Contributor Second of a two-part series WASHINGTON, D.C.-In a mock Congressional committee hearing at Critical Mass '75 a gathering of nuclear power opponents held here Nov. 16-17 scientists and consumer advocates warned politicians to heed warnings about nuclear power and emphasize development of other energy sources. The witnesses testified before six U.S. Representatives and Sen. Mike Gravel, D Alaska, who is perhaps the congressman most opposed to nuclear power. Scott Skinner, former director of Vermont's Public Interest Research Group, said almost $30 billion of taxpayers' money has been poured into developing nuclear power while safer energy technologies such as solar power were neglected. Dr. John Edsall of the Harvard Biological Laboratory said nuclear wastes are too harmful to allow their accumulation when there is still no known means to dispose of them. "We have no business leaving this problem for solution by future generations Vol. 83, No. 69 HousS RO for more by Bob King Staff Writer University Housing Director James Condie said this week he is planning to request more University money for the housing department to keep room rent rates from increasing a possible 7 per cent. The money, which must be granted by the University's General Administration, would be used to pay the residence hall staff, including residence directors, assistant residence directors and residence assistants to release funds for other housing areas, Condie said. This would reduce rent rates, he added. Only $85,000, or 2 per cent of Housing's $3.5 million budget, comes from the University this year. This money is the greatest amount of aid ever received by the department, but it pays only for a small percentage of departmental employee salaries, Condie said. The remainder of the department's funds come from students' room rents. Money received for room rent pays for a wider range of services here than any other state college housing program provides, according to a study done last year by the housing department. Few other housing departments pay for security services, grounds maintenance and operations vehicle purchases, as UNC-Chapel Hill's department does. The annual bill for these items is over $200,000, Condie said. On other campuses, the school's administrations allocate money for these services, rather than use room rents, he said. The main reason for the housing department's past inability to collect more University funds is a rather obscure 1967 recommendation from the state Budget Advisory Committee to the state legislature that all non-academic not comment on Wallace's proposal. "I'm going to have to consult with the board (of aldermen) on that," West said. "My thoughts might be different from theirs." Norm Gustaveson, an Orange County commissioner, urged formation of a central countywide planning authority which initially would have no statutory power but would advise individual planning distrjcts. on overlapping and major planning concerns. Chapel Hill and Carrboro had a joint planning board in the 1950s, but the board dissolved when Chapel Hill members urged a slow growth policy, and Carrboro members recommended less restrictive growth. "These kinds of traditions are still present," Howes said. "But that might change with the new board Carrboro just elected." But Veaulieu said, "Chapel Hill indicated they want a zero-growth policy. I would think Carrboro citizens want to take a good look and develop what they have." & V Ernie Whitley (right) and Doug Smith play chess in the soft light of the Union basement. Whitley was the eventual victor in the match. when we don't know how to solve it ourselves." Rep. Hamilton Fish, R-N.Y., admitted that Congress' views on nuclear power have been shaped largely by nuclear industrialists, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). "We must listen to citizens, and not just the high-paid lobbyists of industry," Fish said. One reason for opposition to nuclear power, cited by Critical Mass speaker Russel Ayers, a Harvard law student, is the danger that accumulation of the nuclear waste plutonium may present to civil liberties. The nuclear industry proposes to separate plutonium from other nuclear wastes for use as fuel in a more advanced type of reactor, the breeder, which has yet to be developed. Large amounts of plutonium in storage and circulation would increase possibility of its theft by terrorists, Ayers said. And only 20 pounds of the fissionable plutonium is needed to construct an atomic bomb. In the event of plutonium theft, Ayers said, the government would have to allow unrestricted searching and wiretapping until the material was recovered. Serving the students and the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, campus enterprises must be self-supporting, Condie said. But Condie says that housing should receive more University funds (which come from the legislature), since campus housing is educationally beneficial. The University bases its freshmen residency requirement on these educational benefits. In a recent Residence Hall Association (RHA) survey, a large majority of campus residents polled said they benefited from living on campus their freshman year. Describing the educational benefits a student derives from living on campus, Condie said, "He has opportunities to participate in residence hall government, naturally meets a number of people from different backgrounds, and becomes a part of the University community. He learns to live a kind of small society, and all the research I've seen says this is beneficial." The residence hall staff is the "basis of housing's educational program" because of their proximity and effect on many first-year students, Condie said. He added that his department has been trying to point out the educational value of campus housing to justify getting more University funds. "When you go in with an open hand, you have to have something in the other hand to offer," he said. In addition, he does not discount the possibility of lobbying against the Advisory Budget Committee's recommendation to increase chances for the budget request's approval. "Maybe I'm naive about North Carolina politics," Condie, a transplanted Mid westerner, said, "but 1 think a reverse recommendation by the budget committee which might take this freeze off educational programs in residence life programs is possible. Of course, the programs would have to be shown as effective and beneficial to the student." Comptroller veto overridden by CGC Student Body President Bill Bates' veto of a bill to establish a student body comptroller was over-ridden by the Campus Governing Council Tuesday night with a vote of 9-8-2. Student Body Treasurer Graham Bullard was immediately nominated hy Dick-Pt;pr ftrr.The positidn: Bates" opposed the nomination saying he thinks Bullard was incapable of handling the position. Bates explained that he had received several complaints from student organizations about Bullard's efficiency as treasurer. Nominations for the post were tabled until the next CGC meeting after Rep. Greg Reid said he did not think nominations were fair to other students who may be interested in the position. Another danger of nuclear power emphasized at the power conference is the possibility of a nuclear catastrophe a meltdown of the reactor core that, would release a cloud of radioactivity causing death and genetic damage within a 100-mile radius. A meltdown would occur if the reactor core cooling system water circulated through the reactor to prevent its overheating and all back-up cooling systems failed, causing the core to heat rapidly and melt the entire reactor. Although the fission within a reactor can be stopped, the core will overheat rapidly without the cooling water. The 1974 Reactor Safety Study, directed for the now-defunct Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) by Professor Norman Rasmussen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported that such a nuclear disaster is far less likely than other types of catastrophies, such as plane crashes or hurricanes. The report said there would be approximately one accident per 100 nuclear plants every 2,500 years which would cause 10 or more deaths. "Non-nuclear events are about 10.000 times more likely to produce large numbers of fatalities than nuclear v ''wiweotW" 'w''" , . - I V J85SJ:?? V -.v K t V ' & J fc i l a. ' - J.. iJw...N., : V .WMV A ViRBO TOP.. i : '. tJ i .. ..- .'.-:-:'......-. rc n i 15" 5 la University community since 1893 Wednesday, December 3, 1975 CIA recruiter says organization is more than just espionage by Sam Fulwood 111 Staff Writer "This is a public visit. I've been here before last January it was," Charles L. Shaffer said, as he lit a cigarette, "we make a few college visits in the course of a year, but mostly we interview people who write in to us looking for jobs with the agency. The college campus is the place to go." Shaffer, a personnel recruiter for the Central Intelligence Agency, was at UNC Tuesday, seeking economics majors as prospective agency employees. He is also recruiting this week at Duke University and North Carolina State University. "I prefer you don't use the term 'agent' with respect to me," he said. "I'm a personnel recruiter." "We are involved in international economic research, we follow the economic situation in other countries," Shaffer said explaining his visit to the UNC campus. "The agency has a great deal of mystique, and most applicants -are not aware of or understand what we want when we are recruiting on college campuses." The job description on the applicant sign up sheet explains that the CIA wants people to fulfill "professional positions in foreign intelligence emphasizing collection, analysis and evaluation of political, economic and scientific developments in foreign countries." The media has given the CIA a James Bond image, Shaffer said. "But this is not the total picture of what we do. "I don't deny clandestine or covert operations being done by the agency. However, many people are involved in research, information collection and distribution." plants," an NRC summary of the report reads. But on March 22, a nuclear accident almost happened. A fire raged out of control for seven hours at the Browns Ferry plant near Athens, Ala., causing it to be shut down until January 1976. The following summary of the accident is taken from an August Chicago Tribune article by David D. Comey, a speaker at Critical Mass and director of environmental research for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a Chicago based group. According to an August Chicago Tribune article on the accident, plant workers were checking for air leaks in the wall of a control cables room surrounding the reactor. They held a lighted candle beside each recently insulated spot to see if the flame wavered. About 12:30 p.m., the insulation caught fire from the candle flame. As flames spread among the cables, a series of errors took place. The main and three reserve cooling systems were lost, and control-room instruments monitoring the reactor failed. The Athens fire department extinguished the blaze at 7:45 p.m., but plant employees Weather: clear end warmer James Condie, director of University housing, plans to request a budget increase in order to offset a possible seven per cent increase in room rent. L. Felix Joyner, the University's vice president for finance, defined the two areas under which Housing might ask for more funds. "In one approach, the department may say that its counseling programs and grounds maintenance programs, say, are not legitimate charges for residents to pay. Or they might say that students just plain shouldn't have to bear all the costs of campus housing." Although Joyner said a budget request would definitely be entertained, he said action on any request would depend on the priority assigned to it by the Chancellor. Because, the agency s Jnyo.lyed in covert activities, Shaffer said, the less sensational aspects have not been given equal coverage, and the public remains largely ignorant of the CIA's daily activities. Despite the recent criticisms of the CIA for its involvement in undercover operations, Shaffer does not believe the organization should be disbanded. "There is a definite need for the agency," he said proudly. "Much of the work we do is appreciated by policy makers." Criticism of the CIA has not hurt the morale of the agency, Shaffer said. "The question that comes up most recently in interviewing college students is 'What effect does the publicity hav e?' The answer is none. On a day to day basis, I'm still as busy as ever." Shaffer has been with the CIA since 1967 when he was recruited from Xavier University in New Orleans. He worked as a record analyst for five years and has been a recruiter for four years. Shaffer, who is black, said he would like to interview more blacks on his college visits. "There are very few blacks in professional positions in the agency," he said. "We by no means have the number of black employees we would like." The starting CIA salary for an economics major is SI 1.046. Shaffer said. And although he was only recruiting economics majors Tuesday, the agency also needs chemistry, engineering, accounting, psychology and math majors. People want to work for the CIA for the same reasons as someone would want to work anywhere else, he said. But, "patriotic reasons cause some people to write us for jobs." were not able to restart the cooling systems until sometime during the night. By 4:10 a.m., the danger was over. The local sheriff, who is responsible for cairying out an evacuation if a nuclear disaster threatens, did not learn of the fire until two days later. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission imposed a news blackout for four months after the fire. "No pipe rupture occurred during the accident so that the failure of almost a dozen subsystems of the plant's emergency core cooling system made little difference," the article said. "Had there been such a rupture, however, the reactor core w ould have melted down in a matter of minutes." In addition to misgivings aroused by the Browns Ferry accident, a year-long study directed by Harold W. Lewis of the University of California at Santa Barbara, stated that it is impossible to evaluate the reliability of reactor emergency (back-up) core cooling systems. The Lewis study also estimated that a nuclear plant accident would cause 10,000 to 20,000 cancer deaths, rather than the 300 Please turn to page 2