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Volume No. 84
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Thursday, September 9, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Cheers
Tipping the glass, the
mug and the bottle
have been favorite
pastimes of Carolina
students since the
University opened,
particularly when their
contents have been
alcoholic. See story on
page 5.
Issue No. 10
Dean
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by Chuck Alston
Staff Writer
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Dean Robert. Byrd of the School of Law Wednesday denied
students permission to speak at today's law faculty meeting on a
proposal that would strip the Student Bar Association (SB A)
Board of Governors' right to appoint students to faculty
committees.
President of the Board of Governors, Ran Coble, requested
permission Wednesday for him or any former committee member
to speak at today's meeting.
"Basically, faculty meetings are for conducting faculty business,"
,Byrd said. He also said that students have never been allowed to
speak at faculty meetings in the law school.
The faculty meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. today in the faculty
lounge of the law school.
.The proposal, sponsored by Jon Eddy, Peter Glenn, John Martin
and Dickson Phillips of the law school faculty, would give to the
dean the power of appointing students to faculty committees.
Approximately 135 law students attended a meeting yesterday to
discuss student action on the proposal. In an informal meeting of
the SB A Board of Governors held afterwards, suggestions brought
up at the meeting were adopted.
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A letter to be sent to the dean today will express the SBA's
opposition to the proposal'and request a postponement of faculty
consideration of it, according to Coble. -
' "We are not requesting any definite time on the postponement,"
said Coble. "I'm hoping for any period of time greater than one
week."
Other measures taken by the SBA include the circulation of
petitions stating the students' disapproval with the proposal and a
suggestion that students speak to faculty members whom they
know about the proposal.
Law students' are also being encouraged by the SBA Board of
Governors to attend today's faculty meeting, the first open meeting
of the law school faculty.
In a letter sent to Dean Byrd yesterday, Student Government
Association President Billy Richardson and Administrative Affairs
Director AndromedaMonroe expressed their support of the SBA
Board of Governors opposition to the proposal.
"The Student Government Association is very concerned about
student representation on faculty committees and feels strongly
.that students should have the responsibility to select their
representatives," the letter stated. "In a truly representative system,
those who are to be represented should have the opportunity to
select their representatives in order to insure that their
representatives express their interests and views."
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The lack of rainfall this year has turned the Union parking lot
into a dustbowl. Drivers who park in the lot must wash their
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windshields daily. According to the National Weather
Service, little relief is expected from the dry conditions.
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Universi
voluntari
pays $100
by Chip Pearsall
Staff Writer
UNC Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor, after
conferring with Chapel Hill Mayor James C.
Wallace Wednesday morning, directed UNC
Athletic Director William Cobey to have a
$100 check drawn from the athletic
department's account as voluntary payment
for the watering of Navy Field on Aug. 31
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Chapel H ill Town Attorney Emery Denny
said Wednesday night that the check had
been received by the town. When asked if the
U niversity had been charged with a violation
of the water ordinance, Denny said, "No, not
to my knowledge."
"The University has made a voluntary
payment in recognition of the fact that some
of the members of the governing board of the
town felt that such a payment should be
made," Denny said.
At a special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen Tuesday night, Aldermen Ed
Vickery and R.D. Smith said that some
action should be taken regarding the
watering incident, but the meeting was
adjourned without reaching a decision.
Chapel Hill Mayor James C. Wallace said
at that meeting that he considered
Chancellor Taylor's apology sufficient and .
that continued concern about the issue by
the Board of Aldermen would detract from
citizens conservation efforts.
After the meeting, Wallace told Vickery
. that the University had offered to pay ailne
for the violation if it would serve any useful'
purpose. Vickery said that he thought the
University should take the action to show
that the water ordinance was being enforced.
Wallace said Wednesday morning that he
was "trying to find a mechanism whereby
funds could be paid to the appropriate
authority." He said he was satisfied that the
University would pay for the violation.
Wallace, out of town at a meeting in
Raleigh, could not be reached for comment
late Wednesday.
The watering of Navy Field, advised by
Sports Medicine officials to combat dust,
was done with water from the UNC system.
"The watering was the result of a
misunderstanding," according to Athletic
Director William Cobey. Cobey learned of
the incident from the .Chapel Hill
Newspaper. The Newspaper had been
'contacted by a student asleep on an adjacent
field when the watering took place at 4 a.m.
Sept. I.
Chancellor Taylor said Wednesday that
, b& iwd . reminded. U niversity .employees in
areas that use. water regularly the botany
department, N.C. Botanical Gardens,
Physical Plant and grounds to ensure that
there was "scrupulous compliance with the
water ordinance."
Nearby areas suffer most
Drought affects entire state
Vandalism 50 per cent higher
by Laura Byrd
Staff Writer
Reported vandalism cases at UNC have
risen 50 per cent in the past two years.Ted
Marvin, director of UNC's security services,
said.
Forty-six cases of vandalism were
reported two years ago with property loss
amounting to $1300. A year ago 68 cases
were reported with property loss at $4300.
Marvin said the figUresdo not represent an
increase in actual vandalism cases, but that
they indicate better reporting of the crimes.
The most common kind of campus
vandalism is the destruction of state
property breaking windows and smashing
sidewalk lights, Marvin said. He added that
the most common motive is "vandalism for
vandalism's sake."
"Most of the vandalism inside of dorms is
caused by students who come in slightly
inebriated and try to rip water coolers off the
wall," said Russ Perry, assistant director of
operations for the Department of University
Housing. ,
Vandalism directed toward an individual
usually takes the form of slashed tires or
broken car antennas, Marvin said. Much of
the campus vandalism is motivated by
school spirit and occurs during football and
basketball seasons, Marvin said. He said
such instances increase during N.C: State
UNC contests.
If a pattern is discovered in vandalism
cases officers are stationed in the problem
area for several nights, Marvin said.
To prevent vandalism in Kenan Stadium,
two officers are placed in the stadium the
night before a home game, he said.
To help prevent and identify vandalism,
25 emergency call boxes are being placed on
campus, Marvin said. The call boxes are
yellow in color and look like miniature
phone booths.
Students can help prevent vandalism by
reporting to the security office anything that
looks suspicious. "The faster a person
reports an act of vandalism the quicker we
can respond and have a better chance of
catching the suspect," Marvin said.
Perry and Marvin agree that the
University has a relatively Jow amount of
vandalism. "The potential for vandalism is
there. It is so easy to walk up to a building on
this campus and destroy," Marvin said.
by Chip Ensslin and
Tony Gunn
Staff Writers
Although drought conditions in the
Triangle area have received much attention,
the lack of rainfall has caused severe
problems for other nearby areas in the state.
. The drought has been the worst in an area
extending -from Forsyth County to Wake
and Gates counties, according to William
Parham, N.C. deputy commissioner of
agriculture.
He said that the state usually got rain
from hurricanes at this time of the year.
"This year we didn't," Parham said. "It was
just the way it happened. Moisture for most
of the summer has been very short."
According to the National Weather
Services Raleigh-Durham Airport Bureau,
every month except May this year had less
rain than normal. Recorded rainfall this year
is 18 inches, 1 1.3 inches below the average of
29.3 inches.
It appears as though ths water shortage
will not end soon. For the past three years,
autumn has been the area's driest season.
Only two inches of rain were recorded
between Sept. 9 and Nov. 16, 1974. Fall 1973
was one of the driest periods ever recorded.
A stationary Bermuda high-pressure
system off the North Carolina coast has
caused the present drought. The system has
not allowed cold fronts to penetrate past the
mountains:
"In the northeastern and coastal parts of
the state we have had very adequate rain,"
Parham said.
Other parts of the state have not had
sufficient rain. The unexpected dryness has
caused severe damage to agricultural areas.
"Tobacco and corn have been hurt badly,"
Parham said. "Farmers in Wake County
have given up on the soybean crop."
Parham said the corn crop in the
, Piedmont area "is lpst. ; i .
"The Jate corn has grown to five feet arid"
shrunk. The early corn has a stalk with no
ear which is of very little value to the farmer.
"A good rain would help pastures grow
rapidly," he added. "The tobacco in some of
this area needs a good rain to fill out the
crop."
Parham said that help from federal and
state sources was very limited. Eight
counties Caswell, Forsyth, Granville,
Orange, Rockingham, Stokes, Vance and
Wake have qualified for federal disaster
aid under the Emergency Livestock Feed
Program. Farmers in these counties will be
able to purhcase oats at a reduced rate.
Raymond Green, assistant director of the
Triangle Council of Governors, said there is
reasonable concern in all of the counties in
this region (Chatham, Durham, Johnston,
Lee, Orange andWake), but Raleigh is the
only city near crisis conditions besides
Chapel Hill.
"The level of water is dropping in
everybody's reservoir," Green said, "but of
the six counties, Durham is the best with
respect to water."
Durham uses the Lake Michie reservoir'
on the Flat River, which is still effective after
50 years. ,
The Neuse River is Raleigh's main source
of water, usually providing 400 million
gallons per day. The daily flow is now only
10 million gallons, less than half of what is
needed.
i -,The Wake, County Commission;! s have
spent almost $4 million in federal revenue
sharing money to build a major water line
connecting Apex, Cary, Garner and
Fuquay-Varina to the Raleigh system.
In August the commissioners approved a
$1.6 million contract to build a water line
linking Wendell and Knightdale to Raleigh.
They also authorized a $50,000 emergency
project to supply Feltonsville with water
from Apex and allocated another $547,0 to
connect Wake Forest to Raleiglj.
The proposed Falls of the Neuse reservoir
was designated as the source of water for the
regional system.
The Falls project, now under construction
north of Raleigh, will dam the Neuse River
near the Falls Village. A 22-mile-long lake
will be created, providing water for the area,
in addition to flood control and recreation
benefits.
Congress has appropriated $30 million for
the $84 million project. More funding likely
will come next year, when the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers is expected to ask for $20
million to $30 million.
W son
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career
by Tim Smith
Staff Writer
To Louis Round Wilson, there is nothing
unusual about writing a book at the age of
99.
Wilson, the retired Kenan professor
emeritus whose namesake is Wilson Library,
has just finished a book entitled, Louis R.
Wilson's Historical Sketches.
"I wrote it because I felt there were many
things that the University has done for this
state that no one has ever heard of,"
explained Wilson.
While he remains the oldest living
alumnus of UNC, Wilson is also believed to
be the oldest living retired professor in the
United States.
"I work now principally at doing
nothing," he smiled. "But not completely
nothing."
At almost 100 years of age, Wilson readily
concedes several physical ailments, a
malfunctioning bladder and a weak pair of
legs among them. But his eyes still shine, and
his voice, though broken, still speaks with
sharpness and wit.
Storytelling is one of Wilson's favorite
occupations these days.
One of his favorite stories deals with his
early career in college.
"I was going to Haverford College, near
Philadelphia, when I caught a bad cold one
year. The doctor told me to get back South
and not to come up North again.
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"So I went to see the president of the
college to tell him I was leaving. Well, he was
an old Quaker, and he didn't have any sense
of humor. So when I told him 1 was leaving,
he just looked at me and said, 'Wilson, Thee
knows the college can run without thee.'
"And I never have known whether he was
griped at me or whether it was that Quaker
indifference," laughed Wilson.
A sense of humor is important, according
to Wilson and has become as much a part of
his character as his shrewdness and
sharpness of wit.
Sitting at the head of a large table, (which
is "Papa.'s favorite seat" according to one of
his daughters), Wilson recalled engineering
his Own professorship at the University of
Chicago.
"1 had received a telegram from the
president of the university, saying that I had
just been elected dean of the school of
library. N
"But I knew that being a member of the
administration presented certain financial
losses, since administrators had just had
their salaries cut below that of the faculty.
"And I also knew that the president was
hieh-temnered and very demanding, so I
wasn't about to put my head in that noose.
"So I sent a 25-cent telegram, saying when
and if 1 became a faculty member of the
university, I would accept the job."
Needless to say, Wilson was accepted.
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Bern holz proposes
recording trial results
by Mark Lazenby
Staff Writer
In an attempt to challenge the Chapel Hill Police Department policy of maintaining and
distributing citizen arrest records without trial results, Student Legal Services Counselor
Dorothy Bernholz said she will offer a proposal Ihis fall to the Chapel Hill Board of
Aldermen to require the recording of all trial results on arrest records.
As a matter of policy the police department distributes its arrest records, without the
results of the trial, to regional and municipal records agencies and the FBI.
These agencies frequently provide arrest record files to federal agencies, state civil service
' commissions and licensing boards from employment or credit reasons Bernholz said.
She believes a "damaging situation" could result with the circulation of arrest records
which do not contain the trial results, particularly for a student seeking employment.
"If you have been charged with a crime and subsequently acquitted, your employer won't
have the additional information on the not guilty verdict," she said.
Because the trial results are a function of the courts and not the police, they are kept in
Hillsborough by the clerk of the court. The police tell any agencies it provides with arrest
records that all results are available in the clerk's office.
Although the results are available to the FBI, explained Bernholz, they generally do not
collect them unless they are supplied by the local agency. 1
The police policy of maintaining separate arrest charges is more convenient .for the
department, Bernholz said, adding that paperwork problems plague the police department s
attempts to supply trial records. ..." . . .. ,A u'
"They make the arrest and have nothing to do with it afterward, she said. It would be
more paperwork for them to have to show the dispositions of the trial."
Although the police department's attorney said that a funding allocation for improvement
of its records system will not be used to include trial results with arrest records, Bernholz said
she expects cooperation from the department when she introduces her proposal.
In addition to requiring the listing of trial results on the arrest records, Bernholz said she
will propose a law allowing all citizens to examine their arrest records for errors. Such a law
would give citizens the right to appeal for the removal of an unfair or erroneous charge.
She cited streaking as an example of a charge that a student mignt want to appeal. "11 a
student was charged with streaking in 1973 1 don't think it would serve any purpose to have
the record in 1976," Bernholz said. "When streaking shows up later on down the pike, it is
indecent exposure." - .
Bernholz, who is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, also believes old arrest
records of students should be destroyed in order to prevent the overburdening which plagues
the department's records system and to prevent a person from being damaged by events
which took place in the past.