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ft Positions open The Daily Tar Heel is accepting positions for news and feature writers,. for an editorial assistant, and for a photographer. Interested? See page 2. Sunny and warm Today will be sunny with a high of 70, and the low tonight will be in the 40s. The high Tuesday again should be in the 70s. 3 4 A Volume No. 84, Issue No. 110 Serving the .students and the University community since 1893 Monday, March 14, 1977, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Please call us: 933-0245 Outlook brigh for business, science jobs From staff and wire reports Job prospects are the brightest in several years for graduates in science, engineering and business, according to a report released last week by the College Placement Council. The council report, based on recruitment activity by company representatives at 160 colleges nationwide, showed 49 per cent more job offers have been made so far at the bachelor's degree level than at the same time a year ago. At the master's level, job offers were up 74 per cent and running 73 per cent higher at the doctoral level. According to Joe M. Galloway, director of Career Planning and Placement, job prospects for UNC graduates in technical fields will compare favorably with the statistics released by the council. "In the fall there was a IS per cent increase in recruitment on campus," Galloway said. "From the indications I have now, it's going to be a better year," he said.. Both the council and Galloway pointed out, though, that prospects for graduates in the nontechnical disciplines, especially the social sciences and humanities, will not be as good. "The increase will be smaller for liberal arts majors," Galloway said. "Things are better than last year, but until more of the spring recruiting season is completed we won't know for sure. We don't have enough placements yet for concrete facts." The average salary for new bachelor's degree holders in the humanities and social sciences dropped slightly from the figures of July 1976. The monthly dollar average for humanities was $762. For business majors the dollar average ranged from $865 for marketing and distribution to $1,064 for accounting. Scientific disciplines drew average salary bids varying from $85 1 a month for the biological sciences to $1,085 for computer science. "For two or three years the demand in chemistry was weak, but companies that haven't recruited for several years are coming back," Galloway said. Three reports are issued by the council each year in January, March and July based on job offers made to college students in various curricula from September to June. The latest report also showed an increase by the private sector in recruitment in five of 15 employer groups. rady Wyfifi: :; l-;w,v,v.v.w. ...:.vj... ( f f 4 4' t 4' M " 7 -':r"""T:,h m Vi ::. . : : if t) f ; " " i , I I : r" V I T - - i ! 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Staff W riter Dr. Christopher Fordham. dean of the II NC Medical School and vice chancellor of Health Affairs, has been nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health. Education and Welfare, according to a White House aide. The nomination was made Friday, and it must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. N.C. Sen. Robert Morgan said last week he would not give the appointment his approval as a protest against White House procedures in appointing North Carolinians. Political courtesy calls for the White House to confer with a potential appointee's home-state senator before a federal nomination is made. The President, however, does -have the right to make an appointment w ithout a home-state senator's approval. Morgan said the White House has not appointed politically active Democrats from North Carolina to federal positions, instead choosing . only professionals such as Fordham. Fordham has not been active in the North Carolina Democratic Party. "They haven't selected Bob Scott or a single working Democrat," Morgan said. Morgan wants former N.C. Governor Robert Scott to be appointed to. the Appalachian Regional Commission. Following Morgan's original protest of Fordham's nomination, the White House reported that it is "almost a certainty that Scott will be appointed federal cochairperson of either that commission or the Coastal Plains Regional Commission." I'NC student Susan Scott, the former governor's daughter, said reports concerning Scott's appointment are still speculation. "If keeps looking more definite." she said. I 11 A comedian who mixes humor with evangelism By MERTON VANCE Staff Writer Over in Louisville, Ky., there is a humorist named Grady Nutt. "The second 4t' is important without it I'm just like the rest of you," he is fond of saying. Right there in Louisville, the home ground of a college basketball team which was defeated by the UNC Tar Heels two weeks ago, Nutt drives a car with a bumper sticker which reads "If God is not a Tar Heel why is the sky Carolina blue?" Nutt is a long-time Carolina basketball fan and a friend of UNC Coach Dean S mith . Nutt is coming to UNC March 15 to deliver one of his zany speeches. He is an ordained Baptist minister with a master of divinity degree, but he likes to think of himself as a humorist. "A comedian invents humor and a humorist notices it. Instead of doing pantomimes about Martians talking to gas pumps, a humorist tells stories about life," Nutt said Tuesday in a telephone interview from his Louisville office. Nutt tells stories about his own life as a Southern Baptist, but he doesn't consider himself an evangelist. "I'm basically an entertainer, and I don't use entertainment to be an. evangelist. I'm just trying to be as honest as I can about the things I feel seriously about," he said. He likes to tell stories about growing up in Amarillo, Tex., under the watchful eye of staunch Baptist parents. "We weren't allowed to smoke, drink, dance or want to. You lived in mortal fear that you might do something and get caught." N utt decided to become a minister w hen he was 1 3 and was promptly licensed in the state of Texas to perform some of the functions of a minister preaching, marrying and burying. , But there were limits. "A license is like a learner's permit. You have to have another minister in the pulpit with you for the first 6,000 miles." So, while in high school, Nutt had fun being the only minister in the school, blessing hot rods and couples who were going steady. His parents would not allow him to. go to movies because they worried about what might happen in the dark, so Nutt and some of his friends used to drive up to the fire tower, a favorite necking spot for local teenagers and say things like "God sees you," or reach inside a car at a strategic moment and say "Bless you my child." After such mischief in high school, he went on to college. "1 went to a little Baptist college that was eight miles from the nearest known sin." Nutt graduated from Baylor University and got his master of divinity degree at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. After graduating in 1964. he spent five years as assistant to the president of the seminary. During that time, he appeared on a California television program where he was spotted by talk show host Mike Douglas. He has since appeared oh the Douglas show 1 1 times. In 1969. Nutt decided to become a full-time speaker and entertainer and now averages about 200 speeches a year to church groups, college groups and business meetings. Nutt is 6 feet 4 and speaks w ith a Texas draw l as he tells his stories. HeVthe kind of person who has an easy rapport w ith people he's talking to. and lately more people have become interested in the stories of a Southern Baptist humorist, now that a fellow Southern Baptist is in the White House. Nutt is not sure how Carter's election might affect him. but he says audiences do seem more interested in talking about Southern Baptists nowadays. "It makes it a far more popular topic." Nutt, billed as the "Prime Minister of Humor" will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Hall. It probably will be a nutty speech. T SI &tixtmi!mwmtmnmnxif? 4 '..Wy t XI The "Prime Minister of Humor," Grady Nutt, who is also a Baptist preacher and long-time Tar Heel basketball fan, will speak Tuesday night in Memorial Hall. Maligned honor code may undergo change By MERTON VANCE Staff Writer A serious move is afoot to revamp the UNC honor system, a system which recently has come under increasing criticism from students, faculty members and administrators. The Committee on Student Conduct has already begun research on the problem, and Student Body President Bill Moss has announced that he wants to appoint a special committee to discuss honor system problems. Moss said Sunday he wants to appoint a committee of approximately three to five members to discuss problems in the existing system and consider alternatives and possible changes. "We're just at the point now that we're trying to get some input," Moss said. The honor system has been criticized for not dealing effectively with cheating on campus. Some critics say the honor courts do not handle cases fairly, and there have been disputes recently over trial procedures and organization of the judicial system. Moss said he thinks the system has worked fairly well over the past three years since the new Instrument of Student Judicial Governance was adopted. The instrument is the constitution which sets up the organization and spells put procedures for the honor system. "The breakdown seems to be with the students themselves. Students just don't adhere to the honor code like they used to," Moss said. Donald Boulton. dean of Student Affairs, said he thinks the committee is a good idea. "What is needed is a real full-blown discussion on the part of both students and faculty," Boulton said in a telephone interview Sunday. Boulton said many people criticize the honor system but thus far no real alternatives have been fully discussed. He thinks that a critical analysis of the system might help lead to changes in the system. The committee on Student Conduct already has started research on the honor system, and the ad hoc committee appointed by Moss would increase the scope of the investigation. There seems to be little disagreement on the idea that the honor system has shortcomings and needs to be improved. But there is disagreement on what should be done to change it. Moss is hoping that Student Government, faculty members and administrators will be able to thrash out the problems and possible solutions. But the discussion is likely to be lengthy, so Moss is not expecting any quick answers. "1 really think the whole thing is going to come to a head in the fall," he said. Opposes funding favoritism Green sees no tuition hike moves By ELLIOTT POTTER City and State Editor Lt. Gov. James C. Green, whose views are regarded by many observers as a barometer of legislative opinion, said Thursday that he is unaware of any movement in the N.C. General Assembly to increase tuition at state universitites. "I have heard no conversations about altering tuition rates." Green said. The Bladen County native added. "Just as in the past, I will resist any proposed increase in tuition." As lieutenant governor. Green presently serves as president of the N.C. Senate. He served as speaker of the House from 1975 to 1976. Green said the tuition issue may be considered by the legislature if this year's revenue falls short of the $7 billion allotted in the budget for state programs. "We don't have any reading on what effects the energy crunch may have on revenue from state income taxes," he said. Green said the effect of widespread unemployment on revenue sources will be more defined after all the tax returns have been filed. State tax forms are due on April 15. The lieutenant governor said he has heard North Carolina retailers complain of slow sales during the cold winter and he feared revenue from the state's sales tax also may be down. "The budget is the big issue remaining before the legislature. We will be busy accommodating our positions with the revenue available to usJ Green does not believe UNC-CH should receive special consideration w hen financial appropriations f of-' the state University system are made. "I do not believe it was the intention of its founders to build only one top-flight school in the UNC system." he said. Green said that there should not be a mediocre school in the system. "The same tax dollar goes into the whole UNC system." "I don't believe UNC (at Chapel Hill) will be put in a less prestigious position. It will never lose its prestige." Green said he was in favor of extending state financial aid to North Carolina students who chose to attend private educational institutions. He said he favors making funds available to students instead of directly subsidizing private colleges. "It's not fair to citizens who pay taxes year al ter year for their children to have to give up state money just because they chose to attend a private university." Green said he believes private schools are an important addition to North Carolina's education opportunities. "It takes plenty of monev to operate private schools of the quality of those we have in this state." Court refuses another hearing on minority representation case The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by UNC officials asking the court to rehear a case in which guaranteed minority representation on the Campus Governing Council (CGC) and the Honor Court was declared unconstitutional. UNC has until April 5 to decide w hether to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The original ruling on Jan. 5 by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated two sections of the UNC Student Constitution. One section guaranteed that at least two students of a minority race, two males and two females would be CGC representatives. The other section gave minority students the option of requesting a jury composed .predominantly of minority jurors. The court said that these practices were in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Acts of 1871 and 1964. In the Feb. 28 denial, the order noted that the Student Constitution provision for the presidential appointment of at least two members of the rhinority race as CGC members "had been utilized and satisfied by an appointment of a black student as a Councilor after the decision of the District Court." District Court Judge Eugene Gordon originally allowed the disputed provisions to stand because at the time of his ruling, no student body president had used them to appoint CGC representatives. Former Student Body President Billy Richardson was the first president to use the appointment powers when he selected a minority representative to the council last spring. Tony Gunn Christopher Fordham ff ) I Morgan was in North Carolina this weekend talking with party leaders to help him decide whether he will give Fordham's nomination his clearance. He could not be reached for comment Sunday. Fordham said Sunday he had not been in touch with Morgan and that he did not know what decision the senator had reached. "I don't have anything new," Fordham said. "Anything would have to come from Washington. . .1 really have to stay in the posture of no comment." Fordham has been dean of the UNC Medical School since 1971. He was chosen as vice chancellor of health sciences following the resignation of Cecil Sheps in December. "Dr. Fordham is one of the leading health administrators in our nation today," said Chancellor N.Ferebee Taylor. "As dean, he has presided over a substantial growth in the scoope arid stature of our School of Medicine. He has also provided leadership in the development of our Area Health Education Center program, which has become a national model for extending health care and health education to all regions of our state." .Please" turn to page 5. Architect for library is selected Parking deck funds approved By TOM W ATKINS Staff Writer The UNC Board of Trustees selected an architect for the $22 million new central library Friday and also approved a project that will compensate for the 474 parking spaces that, will be lost because of the library. The board, after many months of study and discussion, unanimously chose the firm of Leslie N. Boney of Wilmington as architect, and nationally known Mitchell-Giurgola Associates of Philadelphia as consulting engineer. The library will be built on the present Carolina Union parking lot, but to compensate for the parking spaces lost the trustees approved an 800-space addition to the 621 -space parking deck on Manning Drive. The parking-deck expansion was approved despite the opposition of Student Body President Bill Moss, who cast the lone dissenting vote. Moss, attending his first meeting as a board member, asked the trustees to delay action because he felt there hadn't been adequate discussion among students concerning the addition. He was particulary concerned that money used to fund the project could be used to fund the town bus system. "No money that would go to the bus system would go to the construction of this parking deck," Trustee Thomas W. Lambeth assured Moss. The board approved the addition after hearing comments from Claiborne S. Jones, UNC vice chancellor for business and finance. "We're presently scheduled to break ground for the central library in spring 1979," he said. "If we don't have the new deck by then we'll be in serious trouble. The deck will take two years to complete, so we're on a tight schedule now." Lambeth recommended that Moss come back to the next board meeting in April with additional student input, but added, "1 doubt you'll be able to give us an alternative." Board members said the project would not be too far along by then for plans to be changed. Please turn to page 5.