s
Clearing
Skies will be clearing
today, with a 30 per
cent chance of
precipitation- The high
should be in the low- to
mid-50s.
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Everyone's a critic
The Carolina
Playmakers production
of Our Town opened
this weekend, and
Earth, Wind and Fire
performed at Duke. For
a critical opinion on
both shows, see page 5.
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Monday, November 15, 1976, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Volume No. 84, Issue No
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Penny shortage
Non-cents: brown buggers disappear
by Bob King
DTH Contributor
Something's rotten at the U.S. Treasury. A penny
saved is no longer a penny earned, contrary to the
Franklin maxim It is a penny lost. 'And if we
Americans save too many more, we may find ourselves
doing without them in 15 years.
Consider these tidbits of information:
For each man, woman and child in the United
Staes, there are more than 200 pennies in circulation.
By various measures, the penny buys between
one-tenth and one-third of what it could buy when it
was introduced in 1917.
Largely because of the need to replace pennies
people have taken out of circulation, the production
requirements for the coin have risen 1,000 per cent in
the last 16 years.
80 per cent of all the coins in circulation or in
people's collections are pennies.
It is all true. Economists at the Treasury Department
have become so jittery, in fact, that they hired Research
Triangle Institute (RTI) to study the problem and give
them suggestions for a solution.
Managerial economist David Stewart, an RTI
researcher, was put-in charge of the study. He discussed
the fate of the average penny: "We found that most
people just keep them when they get them in change for
a cash transaction and set them aside. It's inconvenient
to carry them around they weigh folks down."
Indeed, people are piling up pennies in poker pots
and cookie containers at the rate of six billion (that's
6,000 million) coins a year. If that continues, the
Treasury and the Congress might decide before too
Staff photo by David Dalton
long that it's no longer worth making all those shiny
little things after all.
"When the price of copper get to $1.50 a pound,"
Stewart said, "that's when the copper in each coin is
worth a cent." That, more or less, is the time the
Treasury will probably start fretting on a public scale,
because when production costs are added, the penny
will cost a cent and a half to produce.
Stewart figures that will happen by 1990, when a
whopping 90 per cent of the coins in circulation will be
the brown buggers. "If there's no change in the present
rate of growth of coinage, we'll have to increase our
coin production from 12.5 billion coins per year we
now produce to 40 billion by 1990."
Another worry for the Treasury is "the volatile price
of copper over the past few years," Stewart said. "For a
long time, before the recession, it stayed around 65
cents a pound on the world market. It rose to $1.40 for
a while in 1973, and now it's back to 70 cents again. But
the fluctuations are hard to predict.
"There's plenty of concern that if the price gets to
$ 1 .50 that people, or more likely industries, might start
melting down the coins for industrial use," thereby
exploitng the American marketplace as a terribly
efficient copper mine. A bill passed in 1973 during the
penny shortage made this a felony, he noted.
Still, if present needs continue, the nation's coin
production capacity will be so overtaxed that it will
require substantial expansion by 1980. Needless to say,
Uncle Sam isn't excited about building more penny
factories. By then, each penny will cost the economy
1.8 cents 1.5 for production and the rest for storage
and handling. The consumer will foot the bill either
through taxes or increased costs at the bank, Stewart
said.
RTFs suggested solutions:
Abolish the. penny. Phase it out. Or, somehow, get
Americans to return their pennies to banks, or
otherwise keep them in circulation.
Easier said than done, according to Stewart. "That
solution of phasing out the penny and eventually
abolishing it was quite unpopular in all the surveys we
did. First of all, people think it would be automatically
inflationary because business would round up to the
nearest nickel, even on small transactions. Of course,
we can't be sure this would happen.
"We've also run into objections from the state
Department of Revenue. They think if people have to
pay a few extra cents for an item, they'd think it was
just extra tax money and that they (the revenue
department) would get sort of a bad rap because of it."
Despite objections, the Treasury and the Congress
seem to be taking the report seriously, with an eye
toward the future. The requirement for producing
nickels and dimes would double if the penny were
discontinued today, Stewart noted, and the mints at
Philadelphia and Denver are easily convertible to
making more of these coins. In addition,' nickels and
dimes are less likely to fall out of circulation.
Efforts to get people to return their coins have been
moderately successful, Stewart said. "It worked for a
while during he penny shortage two years ago, whan
banks asked people to return their saved-up pennies. It
could conceivably work on a larger scale, especially if
people realize they end up paying for coins anyway."
Please turn to page 2
ST U
private
univ
by Chip Ensslin
Staff Writer
WINSTON-SALEM The Board of
Governors of the University of - North
Carolina voted Friday to recommend that
state aid to North Carolina residents
attending private colleges and universities in
the state be increased by $100 dollars per
student next year.
This recommendation will be submitted to
the N.C. General Assembly for approval in
January.
North Carolina students now receive $400
from the state to attend private schools. The
increase approved by the board represents a
25 per cent increase a figure presented and
defended by consolidated University
President William C. Friday.
Friday's proposal was endorsed
overwhelmingly by the board. The amount
fell short of the total sought by the North
Carolina Association of Independent
Colleges and Universities (NCAICU). The
NCAICU requested an increase of $200 per
student in 1977-78, an amount which,
according to their proposal, would be
increased by an additional $200 in 1978-79.
Samuel R. Spencer Jr., chairperson of the
NCAICU board of directors and president
of Davidson College, said his request would
increase student choice among private
institutions and more fully utilize resources
of private colleges and institutions.
Spencer charged that the amount
approved by the board was "the bare
minimum" and would only offset inflation
costs and maintain the current level of choice
amonstudents. -. - ... . ...
In the meeting at the North Carolina
School of the Arts, Friday argued that the
state does not have enough money to meet
the full request of private schools. He agreed,
however, that the state should provide aid to
students attending private institutions.
Friday termed his plan for a 25 per cent
increase or $100 per student "a fair and
reasonable proposal."
According to state law, private schools
seeking funds under North Carolina's
Contract Grant Program and Tuition
Program first must submit a request to the
Board of Governors. If the board fails to
satisfy the request, the private schools may
approach the legislature independently.
Spencer indicated that the NCAUCU
might go to the legislature.
But he told the board, "We can go to the
General Assembly together without any
need for argument, without any need for
division. I would urge you not to pass up that
opportunity."
NCAICU President Cameron P. West
said that the group would continue working
for additional increases and would take its
case to the Advisory Budget Commission
and the General Assembly.
Spencer said that past decisions to
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supplement grants to residents attending
private schools have resulted in an increase
of the percentage of in-state students at
private schools.
In 1976-77, 22,70 1 N.C. resident attended
the state's 38 private schools, an increase of
almost four per cent (more than 850
students), according to Spencer's figures.
The number of residents in the freshman
classes at private schools increased by eight
per cent.
In a letter to the board, Spencer said that
for the first time in a decade this increase
reverses the downward trend in the
percentage of undergraduate North
Carolinians choosing an independent
college.
If the legislature accepts the Board of
Governors' recommendation, state
appropriations to private colleges and
universities will increase from $9.2 million in
1976-77 to $11.1 mUlion in 1977-78 and to
$13.4 million in 1978-79.
The governors rejected an NCAICU
recommended proposal that North Carolina
provide aid levels to private-school students
equal to up to one-half of its average per
capita cost for each full-time undergraduate
student enrolled in the state's university
system.
In other business, the board approved
cutting its proposed budget request by $5.2
million for 1977-78 and $6.5 million for
1978-79.
Staff photo by Rouse Wilson
Parks voted homecoming queen
Sheri Parks, a 20-year-old junior from Asheville, is the first black homecoming queen
in UNC history. Parks ran for the title saying that "blacks and whites need to see a
positive black figure" and that she wanted to be that type of figure. Parks was
sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha, and her escort was Walter Egerton III.
Voight,
high-powered offense lead Heels over UVa
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Staff photo by Rouse Wilson
Senior Mike Voight gained 190 yards on 31 carries Saturday against Virginia and
moved up to 10th place on the NCAA career list with 3,710 yards.
By Gene Upchurch
Assistant Sports Editor
It was a long afternoon for Virginia's
football team, and a long-awaited afternoon
for Carolina's football team.
The Cavaliers returned to Charlottesville
Saturday night with a 2-8 record after being
able to generate enough offense for only one
touchdown in a 31-6 loss.
But Carolina's story was different. The
Tar Heels, now 8-2, had waited all season for
a game like this. They handily defeated
Wake Forest and Clemson, but impressed
the near-capacity Homecoming crowd and
handful of bowl scouts with the rout over the
Cavaliers. The Tar Heels put together a
complete game of consistent offense and
solid defense after suffering a letdown during
almost every game this season.
It was a game of record setting and record
breaking for the Tar Heels.
UNC Coach Bill Dooley became the
winningest coach in Tar Heel history with 60
victories, breaking Carl Snavely's record of
59. Kicking specialist Tom Biddle set a
school record for field goals in one season.
The 23-yard field goal he kicked against
Virginia was his 12th this season, breaking
Ken Craven's record.
And tailback Mike Voight is only two
touchdowns away from becoming the player
with the most touchdowns in Carolina
history. He has scored 38 touchdowns in his
collegiate career. The legendary Charlie
"Choo Choo" Justice scored 39.
Voight became1 only the ninth player in
collegiate history and the first in the Atlantic
Coast Conference to rush for over 1,000
yards in three different seasons. He rushed
for 190 yards against the Cavaliers, boosting
his total yardage to 1,146 for this season.
Voight rushed for 1,033 yards as a
sophomore and for 1,250 last year. In
addition, Voight is now the 10th leading
rusher in college football history. His total
rushing record while at Carolina is 3,710,
putting him one yard ahead of Wisconsin's
Bill Marek.
"Mike Voight again ran like Mike
Voight," Dooley said. "It's really a shame he
was bothered by that Achilles tendon in the
first part of the year."
Carolina's domination of the game began
early and lasted most of the afternoon. The
two teams traded possessions at the
beginning of the game, but a fumble by
Virginia running back Dave Sloan was
recovered by Tar Heel free safety Ronny
Johnson at the Virginia six-yard line. Two
plays later, Voight scored from eight yards
out and Biddle kicked the extra point to put
the Heels ahead 7-0. Again, Virginia was
unable to move the ball, and Carolina took
over and moved the ball 76 yards in 13 plays
for another score with 2:53 left in the first
quarter.
Carolina's defense then ended two
consecutive Virginia drives with
interceptions. Ronny Johnson snagged the
first and Bobby Cale pulled down the next.
Carolina took over and moved the ball to the
Virginia six, and Biddle kicked the field goal
to put the Tar Heels ahead 17-0.
With 1:49 left in the half, Virginia began a
drive that moved to the Carolina 43, but Hitt
threw another interception, this one picked
off by linebacker Buddy Curry. The half
ended when Kupec threw an interception
that was returned 63 yards down the
sidelines by Tony Blount as the clock ran
out.
Despite the huge lead, Carolina's .offense
refused to let up in the second half. On the
opening drive of the half, Carolina moved
the ball 69 yards in 1 1 plays for the score,
with freshman fullback Billy Johnson
driving the ball in from six yards out,
dragging most of the Virginia defensive line
with him. ' ,
With the Tar Heels leading 24-0, the
defense came onto the field and allowed the
Cavaliers to move out to their own 41 -yard
line, and no further. The offense moved the
ball 84 yards for the final Carolina TD of the
afternoon, which came on a 30-yard
breakaway run by Voight.
Virginia finally scored early in the fourth
quarter. The score came on a five-yard run
by running back Raymond Keys.
Carolina quarterback Kupec showed
confidence that had been lacking in the
freshman's other four starts this season.
Kupec had trouble earlier in the season
quickly analyzing defensive alignments, and
was called for several delay-of-game
penalties. But he had no trouble against
Virginia's complex defensive setup. In
addition to passing 13 times for 72 yards,
Kupec showed his versatility by running nine
times for 46 yards.
I didn't anticipate running so much," he
said. "But, the run was there, so 1 had to take
it. I didn't have any trouble calling audibles.
In fact, Voight's last touchdown was an
audible I called a linebacker blitz. The
other teams have to respect my running now,
and that puts pressure on the secondary."
Reorientation
vie ws value
o f education
by Jeff Cohen
Staff Writer
Student Government will sponsor a
Reorientation program today through
Friday, examining the valves of an
undergraduate education and its relation to
graduate school, the job market and a
meaningful vocation.
- - :-This-is the first such programs at UNC.
Reorientation entitled "Preparation B.A.,
To What Degree?", will include a series of
speeches and panel discussions by various
faculty members.
According to Reorientation
Cochairperson Nick Herman, the program
will inform students on how to enter a
particular profession and how an
undergraduate degree will help.
Herman said the program will examine
the competitiveness of both graduate schools
and specific job markets.
"The Reorientation program is designed
to address the most fundamental concerns of
all students," Herman said.
"Its purpose is to promote a student
faculty partnership to discuss openly and
frankly what we are doing here at college and
where we are going."
Reorientation will begin at 4 p.m. today in
Room 202-204 of the Carolina Union with a
panel discussion on "Business as a
Profession." Panel members will include
business Profs. Harold Langenderfer, Rollie
Tillman and Isaac Reynolds. Dan Lindley, a
graduate student, will also sit on the panel.
At 8 p.m. in 100 Hamilton Hall, education
Prof. Bart Sobel, winner of the Nicholas
Salgo Teacher-of-the-Year Award last year,
will examine the problems of student apathy
in "Why the Campus Sleeps."
"College students in the 1970s
predominantly want to be left to the luxuries
that college life provides," Sobel said
Sunday. "People in the '70s are more willing,
if necessary, to dispel with questions of ethics
so that they might attain high prestige jobs,"
Sobel said.
Panel discussions during the rest of the
week will deal with law, education,
journalism, liberal arts, medicine and
government.
There also will be discussions on "The
Role of the Sciences and Humanities in
Man's Future," "How to Choose a Major
Field of Study and Why" and "The Role of
Higher Education Through the 1970s."
Students will be encouraged to ask
questions following the informal discussion
by the panel members.
The Reorientation program has received
the unanimous support of the Faculty
Council, the YMCA-YWCA, the Carolina
Colloquium and Senior Class President Hill
Carrow, Herman said.
Blacks admitted
PLAINS, Ga. (UPI) The
congregation of the Plains Baptist
Church averted a personal and political
crisis for Jimmy Carter Sunday by
opening its membership to all persons
including blacks "who want to worship
Jesus Christ."
The vote, taken behind closed doors,
cleared the way for a new attempt by the
Rev. Clennon King, a black minister
from Albany, Ga., to seek membership in
the all-white church where Carter and his
family worship. King said he would make
his try next Sunday.