4 The Daily Tar Heel Thursday. October 28.
For UNC couple
Job possi bi I ities slim
by Karen Millers
Staff Writer
It was the first day of school. Typically,
the room was quiet, and the students tried
not to be noticed as they glanced shyly at
their classmates.
But Pat and Anne did notice each other.
They met, fell madly in love, got married and
are living happily ever after.
It's your real-life fairy tale of romance or
higher education's version of it.
But Pat Wright and Anne Embrie are
graduate students in the English department
at UNC. When they both earn Ph.D.s and
start searching for teaching positions, they
might face some unique problems that won't
quite fit into the hearts and flowers of the
fairy tale.
They'll have to try to find two jobs, in a
very tight job market, at the same school or
at schools within commuting distance of
each other. They may have to be separated if
they find jobs located far apart.
If only one finds a job, the other may have
to go along and hope to find a position
nearby. Or, the couple may have to take one
position together, splitting the hours and the
salary.
A few years ago Pat and Anne would have
had to eliminate the possibility of teaching at
the same school. Employment policies at
most universities did not allow hiring of
relatives or husbands and wives in the same
department. Such a policy, called a nepotism
clause, was adopted by the UNC Board of
Trustees in 1952.
It was revised by the Affirmative Action
Plan in 1973. The policy now states that
relatives and spouses may be employed by
the University unless one would be in a
supervisory position over the other. The
University must also demonstrate that the
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Sarah Ramsey, assistant to the vice
chancellor for administration, said all
.universities in the country may not have a
similar, revised nepotism policy, since it is
determined by individual schools.
Ramsey added that most discriminatory
nepotism clauses would be overruled by
federal regulations under the Department of
Health Education and Welfare's Title IX,
prohibiting discrimination on the basis of
sex.
The revised Affirmative Action policy
gives another option to the growing numbers
of graduate student couples working toward
degrees in the same field.
"It seems like there are a lot of couples in
the graduate program," Pat said. "It's more
common."
The couple agreed that it is natural for
graduate students to develop relationships
because of their common area of special
interest.
MWe have a built-in compatibility," Anne
said.
She said couples with one person in
graduate school and one working to provide
support tend to have problems, a possible
reason for high divorce rates among
graduate students. She said it's difficult to
sympathize with the pressures and work load
students face, especially when those things
take away time that could be devoted to the
marriage.
"There's more sympathy between us
because we've been through the same thing,"
Anne said.
Anne and Pat hope to find positions at
different schools in the same area. Since Pat
will receive his degree this year and Anne has
another year of school, they are willing to
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The Affirmative Action Plan, adopted in 1973, revised the University's employment
policy to allow couples such as Anne Embrie and Pat Wright to work simultaneously
at UNC.
job.
"But we're not disillusioned," Pat said.
"At least I'm not. Anne will probably get the
job because women are in a better position
now to find jobs." If that happens. Pat said
he will go with her and work in something
other than teaching.
The couple have no hopes of teaching at
the same school, and would prefer not to do
so.
"The chances of getting in the same
department in the same school are just about
nil," Pat said.
The two noted that there would be no
competition between them for a teaching job
since they specialized in different areas of
Ehringhaus, APO sponsor swing
by Chris Fuller
Staff Writer
Ehringhaus and the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) service fraternity push off a
marathon swing for charity Friday with ceremonies on the Ehringhaus lawn.
Members of APO and the Ehringhaus "Colony," a group of ground and first
floor residents, will attempt to swing non-stop for 240 hours. Students are pledging
money for each hour that is swung. All proceeds will be givei. to the Chapel Hill
United Fund. APO will collect the pledges.
On hand for the opening ceremonies, scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, will be such
local personalities as Chapel Hill Mayor Jimmy Wallace, Director of University
Housing James Condie, Dean of Student Affairs Donald Boulton and Chairperson
of the United Fund Dennis Barry.
"It will be a type of ribbon-cutting ceremony," said Steve Ellis, Ehringhaus
residence adviser and organizer of the Swing-a-thon.
Other personalities visiting the Swing-a-thon during the 10 days are sportscaster
Lou Bello, Athletic Director Bill Cobey, football coach Bill Dooley, UNC running
back Mike Voight and members of the UNC basketball team.
English Pat is in modern literature and
Anne in Renaissance.
Looking toward the future, the couple
would consider splitting a single position to
allow for care of children, but they would
rather keep two jobs.
"The academic field is one of the few
professions where you can spend time with
your children," Anne said, pointing to time
off for Christmas vacations, summers and
weekends.
"It's not difficult to arrange your time
schedules so you can teach on opposite days
or alternate mornings and afternoons," Pat
added. He said most universities are willing
to be flexible.
Drug enforcement here
fits mood of Chapel Hill
by Pete Masterman
Staff Writer
A student charged with marijuana
possession in Chapel Hill is likely to
receive a lesser penalty than he would in
most other North Carolina towns,
according to John A. Little, a local
assistant district attorney.
Little, two local attorneys, a detective
and a patrolman from the Chapel Hill
Police Department were participants in
a panel discussion Wednesday on local
law enforcement, sponsored by UNC
Student Legal Services.
"Punishment should fit the crime but
it should also fit the person," Little said.
He said that Chapel Hill's drug
enforcement policy is liberal and that
the policy is appropriate for the
community.
"I don't see it (drug enforcement) as
important here as some communities. I
think too much money across the nation
is being spent on drug enforcement,"
Little said.
Little said discretionary justice
(individual, communities using their
own discretion in matters of law
enforcement) in Chapel Hill fits the
general attitude of the community.
Other examples of discretionary
justice include a police officer taking a
drunken student home rather than
downtown to be charged with public
drunkenness.
Ellis said that the dormitory, fraternity or sorority with the highest pledge per
capita will Teceive a trophy.
Ellis said that Ehringhaus is taking the endeavor seriously. At the swing site will
be a warm-up circle, recovery tent and a "gopher" who will go for cokes or go for
blankets.
Ellis said the floor social chairpersons have nightly social events planned,
including a swing-n-sing.
All the materials needed for the swing-a-thon have been donated, Ellis said.
The $350 swing was donated by Game Time International of Litchfield, Mich,
through Cunningham Associates Inc. of Charlotte.
Fitch Lumber Co. donated lumber for signs and Sherwin Williams Co. donated
paint.
The United Fund provided postage, stationery and envelopes for publicity.
And Constructor Supply Co. of Durham donated the concrete for cementing the
swing into the ground.
Assistant Director of Operations for University Housing Russ Perry and his staff ,
set up the swing.
Ford expects new momentum
will give him victory Tuesday
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built up momentum much like Harry
Truman's 1948 campaign and expects to
win the presidential election next Tuesday.
Jimmy Carter devoted his time
Wednesday to solidifying his slim lead over
Ford in New York by meeting with state
Democratic leaders and Cardinal Terence
Cooke. He criticized Ford at a Democratic
rally in New York's garment district for
indifference toward the nation's urban areas.
Ford arrived in Atlantic City, N.J. from
Chicago and told reporters, "I think we've
got lots of momentum. This is the same kind
of momentum as one of my idols, Harry S.
Truman, a Democrat, had in his campaign"
in 1948 in upsetting Republican Thomas E.
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Should a student driving drunk be
given a break just because he is a
student?
"It is completely up to the arresting
officer," local attorney Joe Hackney
said. He added that if the student is
obnoxious, he will probably be taken
downtown.
"The number one rule (when
encountering a police officer) is to be
polite," Hackney said.
The panel also discussed individual
rights such as showing a police officer
identification if asked.
According to the lawyers, a person
does not have to show a police officer
identification except when operating a
motor vehicle.
Lt. Tom Snips of the Chapel Hill
Police Department said that a police
officer usually has a good reason for
asking to see a student's identification.
Detective Ben Callahan of the police
department said that a police officer
cannot take an individual to jail without
the suspect's consent, unless that
individual has been arrested or the
officer has probable cause that he has
committed a crime.
"No matter what the situation is, do
what is necessary not to get arrested,"
Hackney said.
Hackney noted that once an arrest
record is made on a student, the record
stands as a permanent notation.
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"We are going to surprise some people,"
he predicted.
Carter, who also spent Tuesday night in
Chicago, said in remarks prepared for the
garment rally that election day "offers us a
chance to affirm the principle that people
who live in our large cities are Americans
and that no American, however humble his
position, should ever be beneath the concern
of the president of the United States.
Carter's running mate, Sen. Walter
Mondale, defended his voting record on
defense issues, saying GOP charges that he
consistently has supported Pentagon
spending cuts prove the Republican ticket
has become desperate.
At a news conference in Dayton, Ohio,
Mondale said he had "a very good record on
defense. I supported a strong defense in this
country. My opponent knows that."
Republican vice presidential candidate
Robert Dole has told campaign crowds that
Mondale, his Democratic counterpart,
voted in Congress only to slash the defense
budget.
Mondale said he supported a $6 billion
"real increase" in national defense spending
this year, and Jimmy Carter would not
permit "this nation's defense to deteriorate
or be in any doubt at all."
It is an example of the "desperation" of
President Ford and Dole that their ticket is
resorting to distortion in the final weeks of
the campaign, he said.
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