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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Vol. 83, No. 93
cnapei Hill, North Carolina, Friday, February 6, 1976
Weather: cool and rain
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Staff photo by David Dalton
Jeff Boak (left), Bill Moss and Cole Campbell at the meeting of the Media Board
held Thursday.
Daily Tar Heel seeks
hew emergency loan
An editorial
Daily Advertiser
For the second time this academic
year, the Daily Tar Heel comes to you
not as a student newspaper but as a
student advertising throwaway, with
just enough copy to disguise slightly
the dominance of ads.
The first time, the four page issue
was precipitated by an artificial freeze
on cash flow by the student body
treasurer who withheld student
government monies allocated to the
Tar Heel. This time the tiny issue is due
to a misunderstanding that the Media
Board dictated that nonpublishing
liabilities be met before publishing
costs are met, which would take all
available cash and preclude a Monday
paper. (A four page issue was a
compromise to ensure that at least
some paper came out today.) The
Media Board, t turns out, had not
mandated such priority payments, but
tight cash flow in general has
necessitated the invocation of the DTH
emergency loan fund by the Media
Board to ensure publication without
penalty for late requisition.
That sounds very confusing, but
there is little space to explain it
thoroughly in this issue. If nothing else,
tight four page papers reduce the
possibility of "long-winded rhetorical
editorials."
What it indicates, however, is that the
Daily Tar Heel continues to face cash
flow problems, that the requisition
system and ban on borrowing imposed
by student government law
exacerbates the cash flow situation
and that the Media Board's proposals
to solve these problems, are first,
unfinished, and second, not oriented to
the major changes needed in treasury
law and financia! policy.
And what that means to you is that
occasional tight times may continue to
force issues with little copy in them.
The Oa7y Tar Heel is the only vehicle
for transmitting much information of
interest to all students. No other
medium has the frequency, circulation
or sense of public service to publish the
array of information the DTH offers,
including the non-glamorous, non
chic, non-gonzo information in
"Campus Calendar" and group
announcements.
The. DTH cannot continue to serve
this purpose, nor can it properly train
journalists, if it continues to be an
advertiser, not a newspaper. Those
responsible for treasury law, budget
allocations and publication-related
matters must decide whether they want
a purposeful paper or a profitable
paper.
This is the kind of paper that makes
money.
by Julie Knight
Staff Writer
Director of University Housing James
Condie said Thursday that Victory Village
Day Care Center needs over $9,000 worth of
repairs, although it is not known how they
will be financed.
The day care center is located in Odum
Village "(married student housing) and
provides care for UNC students' children.
Center Director Mary Bridgers said the
roof of the facility has been leaking for two
years despite occasional temporary repairs.
A new roof would cost approximately $3,1 OOj
according to housing department estimates. ;
Other needed repairs include correcting a
sag in the building, building a fence and
painted the entire structure. But Bridgers
said she does not know how the funds will be '
raised.
"We are not in the housing department's
budget as such," Bridgers said, adding, "the
by Dan Fesperman
Staff Writer
The Daily Tar Heel has requested an
emergency loan of $2,500 to $5,000 because
of financial difficulties similar to the ones
encountered last September.
The difficulties caused the DTH to
shorten today's issue to four pages and put
advertisements on what is usually the
editorial page.
Student Body Treasurer Graham Bullard,
Media Board Chairperson John Hanford
and Campus Governing Council Finance
Committee Chairperson Doug Smith must
approve the loan before it can be granted.
They will meet at 3 p. m. today with DTH
Business Manager Reynolds Bailey, who
submitted his resignation earlier this month.
The money for the loan would come from
a special DTH emergency loan fund
established last spring by CGC.
This would be the third time that the DTH
has used the fund. -Emergency loans-were
also issued last spring and shortly before
Christmas break last semester.
Bailey, whose resignation will be effective
in two weeks, said Thursday that financial
problems will continue to plague the DTH as
long as it has to requisition operating funds
daily.
An adequate amount of cash on hand is
required before a requisition for money to
publish will be granted, Bailey explained.
"We have enough income to publish in our
accounts receivable (advertising revenue
that is uncollected), but we can't possibly
have enough cash on hand on a day-to-day
basis.
"In essence, we are paying our bills on a
day-to-day basis, while the merchants
(advertisers) are paying theirs on a monthly
basis. We are working with two
incompatible systems."
Bailey said the situation involves "the
basic problems that cropped up last time (in
September)."
At that time, the DTH was unable to
publish two issues because of insufficient
funds, and was forced to shorten three other
issues. However, the fall crisis was created
after former Student Body Treasurer Mike
Q'Neal refused to release CGC funds already
allocated to the DTH.
The DTH may have to continue
publishing small issues periodically for the
remainder of the year, Bailey said.
He said he was hopeful that a Media
Board investigation of DTH standard
operating procedures, began last September,
would result in the board's recommending
changes in the requisition system. But he also
criticized the board for taking so long to
complete their recommendations.
Apparently, though, the Media Board is
not going to offer recommendations
concerning the requisition system.
"Doing something like that would be up to
the CGC or maybe even University
administration," he said.
center comes under Odum Village in the
housing department's budget. There, is
nothing specifically for day care.
"Most of our money is from fees paid by
parents," Bridges added. "It is difficult to
keep up to standards and maintain a cost
that married students can afford."
Students pay between $85 and $100 per
month for day care, depending on whether
they live in Odum Village and on the age of
the child, Bridgers said.
She added that the center receives CGC
funds ($21,000 this year) which help finance
equipment and art supplies.
Bridgers said that until now, the center has
"never had any trouble at all when we called
housing for plumbing, electrical or outside
maintenance."
Russell Perry, UNC assistant director of
housing operations, said, "We are trying to
get the students of Odum Village and the
center's board of directors to help us in
making a decision" on funding the repairs. .
by Russell Gardner
Staff Writer
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen rejected
a request from the town's Transportation
Committee for an April 23 referendum on
whether to extend the Chapel Hill bus
system into Carrboro.
Alderman Ernest Patterson said there is a
possibility that the transportation
committee will request the board to vote
again next week on the referendum.
Aldermen Lacy Farrell, John Boone and
George Beswick voted against the
referendum, while Aldermen Robert
Drakeford, Patterson and Braxton Foushee
voted for it.
Mayor Ruth West, who supported public
transportation in her campaign, broke the tie
by voting against the referendum.
"I voted against the referendum because
Chapel Hill has not presented a tangible
proposal. I still support the idea of public
transportation and would like to see it
started soon for those living in apartment
complexes," West said Thursday.
After the meeting, Drakeford, a member
of the Transportation Committee,
announced his resignation from it.
"I felt the denial was a vote of no
confidence in my ability, since I was the one
who prepared the referendum proposal. The
best thing to do was to get out and let
another alderman take my place. Obviously,
my concept of public transportation differs
from that of some of my fellow Aldermen,"
Drakeford said Thursday.
In the referendum, Carrboro residents
would have been voting on whether to
authorize a tax of up to 10 cents per $100
property value to finance operating costs of
the system. Capital costs would be financed
by bond sales, to be determined in a future
referendum.
The referendum proposal was based on a
hypothetical revenue figure, involving a
possible increase in the price of UNC bus
passes from $24 to $40.
If such an increase took place, it would
reduce the annual non-capital cost of the
extension to approximately $77,000 from an
original figure of up to $158,000.
If such, an increase .took , placeit .would
reduce the annual non-capital cost of the
extension to approximately $77,000 from an
Athletes in academics:
Playing a sport and maintaining good grades
by Grant Vosburgh
Staff Writer
Second of a two-part series
As the star tailback rambles 60 yards to
score the winning touchdown, or the
swingman hits a 30-foot jumper at the
buzzer, few spectators are aware of the
sacrifices student-athletes must make.
The most common problem for athletes is
finding time for academics and socializing.
"Athletes probably get a lot less sleep than
everybody else," tennis player Jon Kraut
said. "Half the time, after you get back from
practice, you're so exhausted you just
collapse on your bed for a while. Then you
have to study late."
"It's tough getting everything done," said
Danny Hamrick, whose 3.63 grade point
average is the highest on the football team.
"It's especially tough if you can't start
studying until 7 or 8 o'clock and everybody
else is heading to Kirkpatrick's. But you've
just got to discipline yourself."
Tommy Smith, a varsity football player,
illustrated the time factor more concretely.
"I once read an article in a magazine about
football scholarships. Some- math major
from Harvard, I think, had figured out what
the average football player would earn if you
considered his time spent on football as a job
and his scholarship as pay. It came out to be
something like $ 1 .40 an hour. I mean, you've
really got to love the game for that.
Especially, the guys who don't play much."
Other athletes echoed Smith's contention
Condie said the Married Student Housing
Board of Aldermen conducted a survey of
Odum Village residents two weeks ago to
determine their attitude toward the center
and their willingness to support maintenance
costs of the facility.
The results of the survey are being
tabulated and should be complete in a few
weeks, Condie said.
Perry said housing department officials
are questioning whether it is actually "a
University function to provide care for
children of students."
Condie indicated that the results of the
housing board's survey will be a large factor
in determining the level of support given by
housing department.
He further explained that "housing is an
auxiliary service of the state. We have to
generate all of our income through student
rents."
For the past three years, the housing
department has supported the center from
original figure of up to $158,000.
Drakeford called the figure "a starting
point for negotiations."
Drakeford and Patterson, also a
Transportation Committee member, said
they were requesting the referendum so
Carrboro would have tax dollars available in
the next fiscal year to finance the extension,
provided a suitable agreement can be made
with Chapel Hill.
Although a definite plan has not been
developed by Chapel Hill, Drakeford said,
final cost figures should be available by April
23 after Chapel Hill completes,
transportation contract negotiations with
the University.
At Wednesday's meeting, Foushee said
the board did not have a definite idea of what
the system should involve and that it should
solicit public opinion.
Drakeford replied that the citizens could
either support or reject the extension
Shoplifting losses force
snack bar changeover
Snack bars in five south campus
dormitories are in the process of being
changed from a self-service to an over-the-counter
sales system due to losses from
shoplifting, Thomas Shetley, general
manager of Student Stores, said Thursday.
The snack bars are in Avery, Craige,
Ehringhaus, James and Morrison
dormitories.
Shetley said the estimated losses from
shoplifting in the five snack bars between
July 1 and Dec. 31 were approximately
$14,000. "They were either operating at a
loss or at an income level far' below
reasonable expectations," Shetley said.
Instead of self-service, there will be "old
fashioned country store service" for 90 per
cent of the items on sale, he said. Shoppers
will tell a clerk what item they want, and the
clerk will get it for them. Under the current
system, students pick the items they want
va.nd takethem tojhe clerk Jo JjaVi.
The new systenT will not diminish service,
Shetley said, adding that the snack bars will
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Members of the UNC varsity basketball team, like other UNC athletes face the
problem of maintaining good grades while participating in a time-consuming sport.
Jeff Crompton, shown at left, was recently declared academically ineligible to play.
that while the time involved was extensive, it
was a worthy sacrifice.
"I really like playing," field hockey player
Bashi Buba said. "For me, the time spent is
worth it."
Junior varsity soccer player Tony Hall
said that most players are able to adjust to
the demands of their sport in the off-season,
when the time commitment is lessened.
Field hockey and soccer have no
scholarship players. "If they started offering
scholarships, I'd try to get one," Hall said,
married student housing rents, Condie said.
He added that the department has paid
approximately $3,500 annually for utilities
and maintenance.
"We are trying to determine at what level
married students can and should support the
day care center," Condie said. He added that
although there are 306 apartments in Odum
Village, the day care facility is certified for
only 60 children.
Condie said that a $1 monthly fee charged
to Odum Village families to support the
center would have to be raised to $4 to meet
its repair and utility costs.
It is difficult to measure the balance
between community good and the drain on
the community, Condie noted. He said the
balance must be "measured in human,
societal and economic terms."
Since the. center is federally certified,
federal funds are available for it. Bridgers
said that part or all of the day care for 20
Odum Village families is already being
through the referendum.
"If the referendum fails, there will be no
public transportation system because the
voters (will have) turned it down, but if it
passes, it means we'll have citizen support,"
Drakeford said.
Beswick said Thursday that a referendum
is not necessary for the town to contract for
bus service. Under a contract, the town
would lease bus service for a specified period
but not provide capital for the purchase of
buses, bus garages and other capital
improvements.
Patterson said that leasing bus service on a
contract basis would be the town's only
option if the referendum is not held April 23.
"If we contract for bus service, the town
will not benefit from its student population.
The revenue collected from the sale of bus
passes to students reduces the annual non
capital costs of the system, so we cannot
benefit unless we are partners in the system,"
continue to sell the same items they have in
the past. However, he predicted that the new
system will decrease shoplifting.
Such items as cookies, bread, potato chips
and fountain drinks will still be sold self
service, Shetley said.
"This is not a decision we have unilaterally
made," Shetley remarked. "We met with
many members of the student community
and they understand our problem. It's an
open secret that there is high pilferage in the
snack bars.
"If it looks like service is impeded by the
new system, we will have to add staff," he
continued. However, he said that the
managerial staff will"play it by ear. If we can
get by with the number of clerks we have, we
will."
Shetley said that the new system should
not affect sales levels one way or the other.
"The snack bars are convenience stores. Our
very nature makes a loss , of business
unlikely," he explained..-
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"but I'd play regardless. I just like it."
Public misbeliefs of an athlete's academic
life represent another problem for campus
sports figures.
"1 think the most common misconception
is that athletes get everything," football
plyaer Mark Cantrell said. "It's funny how
some students think we get things so easy.
Yet, I would guess that for every one time
that we get something, we probably get four
kicks in the butt."
As an example, Cantrell cited the belief
funded by this source.
To be eligible for both types of funds, the
center must maintain certain standards,
Bridgers said.
She explained that there are guidelines for
child development programs, health and
safety standards, nutrition and the size of the
staff in relation to the number of children.
"If there is to be no increase in support
from the housing department for the day
care center, then we have to find money from
other sources," Condie said.
Alternatives include requesting grants
from ' private or public individuals and
agencies. Condie said. The center may also
have to resort to volunteer help for
maintenance, according to Bridgers.
Condie said he hoped the service would
not have to be terminated, although other
day care facilities are available at costs
, identical to or less than those charged by the
Victory Village Center.
Patterson said.
If a referendum is held after April, a
majority of the students and faculty in
Carrboro who would support the system w ill
-be gone for the summer, Drakeford said.
"If we have a referendum, it should be held
when a majority of the citizens are present to
vote," Patterson added.
Patterson said public transportation
"cannot be contracted for like sewage." He
said the town runs the risk of cancellation of
the bus system after citizens have come to
expect it.
A joint transportation meeting between
Carrboro and Chapel Hill will be held at 4
p.m. Monday. Patterson said Carrboro
officials have requested cost figures for
contracted bus service by Monday.
"We will then be able to compare the costs
of joint ownership with the costs of a
contract basis," Patterson said.
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Shoplifting in South Campus snack bars
is causing yet another change in the
stores which are currently being
changed from self-service to over-the-counter
stores.
simultaneously
that being an athlete helps in getting better
grades from professors.
"The idea that we get preferential
treatment is a farce," he said. 'Td say
probably seven out of 10 times it's a
disadvantage to let on you're an athlete."
"If you miss a test, some teachers refuse to
give a makeup," tennis player Kraut said.
"Either your remaining tests count more or
you get an 'F.
"I talked to one chemistry teacher," he
said. "This guy was telling me, Mf you're
going pre-dental, then you can't play a sport.
There is no way that you can do both.' I
wasn't even asking for special treatment. I
was just wanting him to realize the problem I
was having."
Some athletes said they try to keep their
professors from knowing they play a sport
because of the "dumb jock" stigma that is
attached to the student-athlete. But such a
stereotype is an unjustified one.
"I've found that athletes constitute a good
cross-section of the student body." said
history Prof. James R. Caldwell. General
College advisor to many athletes.
Swimmer Ken Kennedy said that the
overall grade-point average of the men's
swim team was a 2.9 last fall, while the
women's team posted a 3.3.
Football player Smith, who worked with
academic advisor Bill Cannell, before
Cannell's resignation last month, spoke of
another misconception that some students
have concerning the roles of tutors provided
for the football team.
"If you bring, say. an English paper to the
tutor and ask him to help you with it." S mith
said, "he'll go over thegrammar or structure,
that type of thing. But don't expect him to
rewrite it for you. He wouldn't do it and the
athletic department wouldn't hire him if they
thought he might."
Smith said that the tutors are a mixture
of graduate and undergraduate students,
professors and high school teachers. Each
applicant is screened carefully by the team's
academic advisor before being hired as a
tutor.
"Essentially, the tutors are there because
football practice goes on during the
afternoon help sessions that professors
provide," he said.
The campus life of the student-athlete has
two sides. Although it varies from sport to
sport and athlete to athlete, scholarships,
free tickets, class exemption and possibly
slackened admissions are some benefits one
might enjoy. But such benefits do not come
without sacrifice.
The cost of being an athlete in college
ranges from finding time to be both student
and athlete to having to live with
stereotypical generalizations and even
resentment from other members of the
student body.