Mild
Today will be partly
cloudy with the high
expected to reach 75.
Last night's low was 55.
There is a ten per cent
chance of rain through
tomorrow.
Water use
Total water consumption
Sunday
3.5 million gallons
From University Lake
none
From Durham
3.5 million gallons
Level of University Lake
on Monday
down 61 inches
Issue No. 23
Serving the students and the University community since 189 J'
Tuesday, October 5, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Volume No. 84
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BSM not consulted
on moving Upendo
by Laura Seism and
David Stacks
n Staff Writers'
Black Student Movement (BSM)
Chairperson Jackie Lucas said at a
press conference Monday the BSM was
not informed of a University decision to
move BSM-operated Upendo Lounge
from its Chase Cafeteria location.
"No one in the BSM was involved in
any way on the plans, procedures, and
decisions of the Space Committee,"
BSM Chairperson Jackie Lucas said.
The Upendo decision, approved Sept.
16 by the Space Committee, calls for
moving the Servomation cafeteria from
the second floor to the first floor of
Chase, thus pushing Upendo Lounge
from its present first floor location in
Chase.
The Space Committee is in charge of
allocating building space to University
organizations.
Dean of Student Affairs Donald
Boulton said he apologized to the BSM
Central Committee Sunday night,
assuring the BSM that space would be
provided for Upendo Lounge on the
second floor of Chase.
"Because we were not involved, we're
going to do whatever we can to reverse
the decision," Lucas said.
- "The Black Student Movement was
Vote on 3 CGC seats,
amendments Wednesday
Elections will be held Wednesday to choose three Campus Governing
Council (CGC) representatives. Included on the ballot are two
constitutional amendments that, require student body approval.
CGC representatives from Districts II, V and XVIV must be chosen to
replace members who resigned igipce last spring's election. Candidates for
each district are: District II, David Hackleman; District V, Darius G.C.
Moss; and District XVIV, Robin Wilkerson. Districts 11 and V are graduate
student districts and District XVIV is an off-campus district.
Although the three candidates are unopposed in their districts, a space
will be provided on the ballot for writen candidates.
The two constitutional amendments requiring approval involve the
student attorney general and the Elections Board. The first amendment calls
for provisions to insure that the student attorney general's office remains
unbiased and independent from student government politics.
The second amendment restricts Election Board power by giving the
student body president the authority to fire any Elections Board member
with the approval of CGC.
Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the following locations:
Granville Towers, Y-Court, Union, Parker, James, Morrison, Ehringhaus,
Craige, and the Public Health Library. North Campus students and
graduate students should vote in the Union or at the Y-Court.
One
by Julie Knight
Staff Writer
True or false? Vitamins provide eneigy.
Vitamin C prevents the common cold.
Vitamin E enhances sexual potency.
Vitamins improve heajth, so the more the
better. If a person taxes a multiple vitamin
each day all his ' or her nutritional
requirements are met.
All of these statements are false. They
represent a few of the many myths about
vitamins.
Vitamin supplements actually are not
needed in most cases, and they can be
dangerous. In 1974, FDA Consumer, a
monthly periodical published by the Food
and Drug Administration, noted that almost
4,000 cases of vitamin poisonings were
reported each year.
Department of Nutrition Instructor Terry
Bazzarre said that multiple vitamin pills
which claim to fulfill the U.S. recommended
daily allowance (U.S. RDA) are "probably
not bad, but you might consider that they are
a rip-off.
"Most people don't realize that if they
relied on a good variable diet, they would
meet their nutrient requirements. Sometimes
they think all they need are the vitamins or
minerals and forget there are other nutrients
they need (such as protein), Bazzarre said.
FDA Consumer reported in "Myths of
Vitamins" (MaTch, 1974) that
advertisements promoting vitamin-mineral
supplements as a good health insurance
policy had contributed to the myth that even
a balanced diet cannot provide adequate
nutrients.
Some people maintain that food no longer
contains adequate nutrients because modern
farming methods have depleted the soil.
"This is untrue," according to FDA
Consumer. "More is known about the
nutrient content of fodd today than ever
before. And more ijdone, through modern
farm practices, to protect and enrich the soil
than was even known about in the good old
days. In addition, the protein, carbohydrate,
fat, fiber and vitamins are controlled
primarily by the plant's genetic structure, not .
not involved in the decision that affects
the lives of at least 90 per cent of all
black students on this campus," Lucas
said.
Lucas said she first learned of the
decision by rumor Thursday and went
to the Office of Student Affairs to ask if
it was true.
"Someone had heard of a
conversation between administrative
officials. It was a matter of someone
being in the right place at the right
time," Lucas said.
"Our general concern is that students
on this campus do not have much
control over decisions made by the
University.
"Many decisions are made for
students by the administration without
consulting the students. By talking
about students, I mean all students,"
Lucas said.
"The building (Chase) has been about
half utilized," Vice Chancellor
Claiborne Jones, Space Committee
chairperson, said Monday.
Jones said the Servomation cafeteria
on the second floor of Chase will be
moved downstairs, opening up 5,400
square feet of additional space on the
second floor.
Upstairs space is to be allocated to the
Health Sciences Research Center and
a day not always heal
by the soil."
But people who limit their eating because
they are vegetarians or calorie counters may
not be getting a balance of nutrients.
Bazzarre said that a strict vegetarian who
does not accept milk in her or his diet might
need vitamin pills. But, if milk fortified with
vitamins A and D is included as part of a
balanced vegetarian diet, then supplements
usually are unnecessary.
John Anderson, Department of Nutrition
associate professor, Jtoted some definite
advantages of , tfie vegetarian diet.
"Americans could eat considerably less
meat. Vegetarians tend to have much lower
blood cholesterol levels, less fat, and lower
blood pressure."
People who limit their calorie intake to
800-1200 calories per day may also need
vitamin supplements. "It may be very
difficult to get in all your vitamins and
nutrients on an 800-calorie diet," Bazzarre
said.
"As far as deficiency goes, Americans are
deficient probably more in iron , than
anything else," Anderson noted. He added
that iron is the one element or nutrient that is
probably most difficult to get in the diet.
Bazzarre said there is not enough iron
available in the npfmal diet to meet a
woman's needs during her reproductive
period and vitamin pills would be beneficial
during these years.
"Megavitamins (large dosage vitamin
pills) may hold promise as a therapeutic
agent, but pharmalogical doses are not the
same as nutritional doses," Bazzarre said.
"People say 'if a little is good, more is
better, so I'm going to take a whole lot. They
don't know the toxic effects of vitamins.
"Toxic effects are known on several
vitamins and. are suspected on others.
Vitamins A and D are toxic," Bazzarre said.
He described a recent case in which a four-year-old
boy had been told that if he ate good
foods and took vitamin pills he would grow
to be big and strong. Xhe child decided to
rush things and tooR a whole bottle of
vitamins. Two days later he died.
Qf the 4,000 cases of vitamin poisonings
reported each year to FDA's National
the Institute of Speech and Hearing
Sciences.
Space will also go to the Office of
Student Affairs for possible use as a
South Campus student union.
A South Campus student union
would provide facilities for party and
social events, a photo darkroom, a
library, a reserve reading room, and
group meeting areas, Jones said.
"It would just mean that people (on
South Campus) wouldn't have to walk
all the way up to the Carolina. Union,"
Jones said.
"The South Campus population has
grown to the point where it (the
Carolina Union) is not centrally located
for the 3600 students who live in Teague, f
Parker, Avery, Morrison, Ehringhaus,
craigcanu nimonjano, juuwm.u. Lounge, during a press conference Monday.
UNC's budget proposal pending
by Tony Gunn
Staff Writer
Editor's note: This article is the first of a
two-part series examining the Consolidated
University's proposed budget request.
The general fund appropriations budget
for the next two years proposed Friday by
the UNC Board of Governors' Committee
on Budget and Finance requests an $188
million increase over last biennium's figure
of $836.7 million.
If the $1 -billion-plus budget is approved
Friday by the Board of Governors, UNC
system President William C. Friday will
present it that afternoon to the Advisory
Budget Commission.
The commission and the governor will
then present the proposals to the N.C.
General Assembly, which convenes the first
half of the year.
Shut-off failed as conservation measure
Woollen Gym's showers to he
by Chris Fuller
Staff Writer
The showers in Woollen Gym, which had
been turned off this semester because of the
water shortage, are scheduled to be turned
on this morning, Carl Blyth, Physical
Education Department chairperson, said
Monday.
, The authorization to turn the showers on
came from a memorandum signed by
Clair borne J ones, vice chancellor of business
and finance. Jones could not be reached for
Contrary to widely circulated myths, vitamins do not prevent the common cold,
improve one's sex life or meet all basic nutritional requirements.
Clearinghouse for Poison Control Centers,
some 3,200 involved children.
Anderson explained that fat-soluble
vitamins (such as A and D) are stored in the
body and when an excess is taken over a long
period of time, toxicity results.
Vitamin A poisoning symptoms are
headaches, nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes,
decalcification of bones and bone fragility,
Bazzarre said.
The toxic effects of Vitamin D are
vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, kidney
damage, and mental problems.
FDA Consumer reported in 1974 that it
was because of toxic effects that the FDA
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"The main thing we try to do is indicate to
the General Assembly what we need,"
Kennis R. Grogan, UNC associate vice
president of finance, said Monday.
The state legislature will either approve
the University system budget proposals as
requested or, more likely, alter the requested
amounts. The legislature's changes in the
budget will depend on state revenue
collection.
"We're optimistic," Grogan said. "We'll
have a much better view of the revenue
situation in May."
The recommended budget for the next two
years consists of four parts: requests for
university operations, requests for
agricultural programs, requests on behalf of
North Carolina Memorial Hospital and
recommendations for related educational
programs for which the board is responsible.
comment Monday afternoon.
The showers had been cut off to help
conserve water. Blyth said, however, that
little water was conserved because students
were returning to their rooms to shower.
Blyth said the showers will be policed to
prevent any waste of water. Attendants will
check the showers to make sure the water is
off when not in use, Blyth said.
"We are requesting students, faculty and
anyone using the facilities to take short
showers and to turn the showers off," Blyth
said.
Staff photo by M. Elm Dickers
prohibited, except by prescription, any daily
recommended intake of a tablet or capsule of
more than 1 0,000 1 nternational U nits (1 U ) of
vitamin A and 400 IU of vitamin D.
Anderson said that FDA limits the dosage
in each pill so people will not give themselves
an overdose. However, he added, there is
nothing to prevent a person from taking
more tablets than are recommended.
People often take megavitamins because
they believe the myths which imply success in
life, youth, beauty and strength, Bazzarre
said.
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University operations cover the basic
educational programs carried out by the 16
constituent institutions and the. General
Administration of the University.
UNC-CH received the largest allowance
for 1977-79, receiving $85 million for
academics, $57 million for health affairs and
$21 million for area health education
centers.
The total requests for university
operations for the next two years include
appropriations of $522. 1 million for current
programs, $49.7 million for academic salary
increases, $99.8 million for program changes
in current operations, and $178.6 million for
capital improvements.
For agricultural programs, the two-year
requests include: $44.5 million for current
programs, $3.9 million for academic salary
increases, $3.4 million for program changes
Though the shower problem has been
alleviated, the Physical Education
Department still has worries. "The real
problem is not having a swimming
program," Blyth said.
Frederick M ueller, director of services
and programs for the department, said that
for the first six weeks the swimming classes
have been doing land and safety drills.
A major problem with the. swimming
program, Mueller said, was with the scuba,
lifesaving and water safety instructor (WS I)
courses. He said students in these classes
receive certification as well as course credit
but must have a minimum amount of in-the-water
instruction to receive certification: ;
"The pool must open pretty quick" if they
are to get enough time in the pool for
certification, Mueller said.
If the pool does not open soonT students
will receive course credit but cannot be
certified, he said.
Blyth and M ueller expressed concern over
Butz resigns Monday
following racial slur
WASHINGTON (U PI) Agriculture
Secretary Earl L. Butz handed President
Ford his resignation Monday, saying it was
the price for "gross indiscretion" a racial
slur that was becoming an issue in the 1976
presidential campaign.
Butz apologized for his remarks about
blacks and said in a statement, "By taking
this action, I hope to remove even the
appearance of racism as an issue in the Ford
campaign."
Butz's controversial quote came after he
was asked why more blacks did not vote
Republican. He said that all "coloreds" want
are three things "a tight pussy, loose shoes,
and a warm place to shit. That's all!"
Butz said his decision was entirely
voluntary, and there was "no pressure" from
the White House. .
"President Ford is a decent man with high
moral values, who insists that every
American be treated equally and with
dignity," said Butz. "Every member of his
administration must and does subsciibe to
the same values."
Ford said his decision to accept Butz's
resignation was "one of the saddest" of his
presidency. He praised Butz's work in
agriculture and called him "a close personal
friend, who loves his country and all that it
represents."
Presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen
said Ford had not yet chosen a successor for
Butz, a former Purdue University professor
who was appointed agriculture secretary in
1971 by Richard Nixon. Agriculture
Undersecretary John Knebel said Ford
asked him to serve as acting secretary.
Staff photo by Allen Jamigan
unexpected movement of the Upendo
approval
in current operations and $11.4 million for
capital improvements.
Requests for N.C. Memorial Hospital for
the next two years involve $39.7 million for
current programs, $1,099 million for
academic salary increases, $4.6 million for
current operations, and $36.8 million for
capital improvements.
Seven educational programs are operated
through institutions and agencies external to
the UNC system for which the board has the
authority to request funds.
Total recommendations of $28.9 million
for current programs, $420,000 for program
changes and $456,000 for current operations
are proposed for the educational programs.
These funds will be used for enrollment
and rate increases, medical scholarships and
increased tuition costs in the Medical
Scholarships Program.
turned on
the possible inability to certify students
taking scuba, lifesaving and WSI because
they said students wait for a year or more to
get the courses and because some summer
jobs require certification.
"The real problem is that the pool is not
and will not use any city water," Mueller
said. He said if the filters needed cleaning,
water already in the outdoor pool could be
used for backwashing. "There would not be
one drop of city water used."
He added however, that a city ordinance
prohibits use of any pools and that the
University must abide by the ordinance.
Other physical education classes have
continued normally, Mueller said. He said
that at the first class meeting instructors gave
students the option of participating, wearing
their own or Woollen Gym clothing, or
observing.
Mueller said that some students who had
classes after physical education chose to
observe, but that most students chose to
participate.
Ford reprimanded Butz Friday for "highly
offensive" remarks made in a conversation
with former White House counsel John
Dean and actor Pat Boone on a plane as they
left the GOP National Convention in Kansas
City, Mo.
Dean, reporting for "Rolling Stone"
magazine, attributed the remarks to an
unidentified Cabinet member.
Teary-eyed after meeting with Ford
Monday, Butz read to reporters his
resignation letter saying, "I sincerely
apologize for any offense that may have been
caused by the unfortunate choice of
language used in a recent conversation and
reported publicly."
Besides his letter of resignation and fus
statement at the White House, Butz issued a
written statement saying; "This is the price I
pay for a gross indiscretion in a private
conversation. The use of a bad racial
commentary in no way reflects my real
attitude."
Then Ford, his face grim and aides
shielding him from reporters' questions,
entered the room and said Butz was wise and
courageous enough "to recognize that no
single individual... should cast a shadow
over the integrity and good will of American
government by his comments."
Butz had been reprimanded once before
by Ford in 1974 after he repeated a joke
about the Pope's position on birth control,
which caused an uproar in the Roman
Catholic community. Ford told him then to
apologize for commenting: He (the Pope)
no playa da game, he no raaka da rules."