a i tha naiiv Tar Heel Tuesday. March 15. 1977 Edmisten clarifies pot stance By CHARLENE HAVNAER ' Staff Writer North Carolina Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten said Monday that he was not advocating the decriminalization of marijuana when he asked Gov. Jaines B. Hunt to commute the sentences of prisoners serving time for simple possess ion of the controlled substance. -.C- - f Edmisten said the release of the prisoners would ease overcrowding of the state's prison system. He made the request when he appeared March 3 before the General Assembly's committee on law enforcement-, and crime control. The attorney general said he feels the state is putting the wrong persons in prison and that the space should be made available for people who commit felonies rather than misdemeanors. Simple possession of marijuana, possession of less than one ounce, is a misdemeanor in North Carolina. Secretary of Corrections Amos Reed said last week that approximately 290 persons are now in state prisons for simple possession. The final decision on whether to act on Edmisten's proposal is up to Gov. H unt, who has the power to grant pardons and commute sentences. Hunt's press secretary, Gary Pearce, said Monday that Hunt has people in the prison Sex discrimination cited as reason UNC withholds sanction of athletic fraternity Rufus Edmisten system looking into the cases of persons . serving time for all types of misdemeanors, but has not made a decision on how to act. Pearce said there are several ways the Governor could act to relieve the overcrowded prisons. "He could set a policy to encourage the State Paroles Commission to grant these people early parole, or he could decide to commute their sentences." In either case, Pearce said, the cases of these persons would be reviewed individually to determine whether they merit release. Lee Bounds, director of the criminal justice program at UNC and former state prison director, said Monday that he highly supports Edmisten's proposal. "I'm not only very supportive of it; I feel it should go beyond not only to decriminalization, but it should be4egally controlled like alcohol," he said. There IS a difference!! i PREPARE FOR: Over 35 years of experience JVewMCAT nd succm : DAT Small classes LSAT Voluminous home J p study materials RM AT Courses that Vrf I w I r are constantly Z OCAT Uffted j VAT ape aci,ities r 0 reviews of class 9 AT lessons and for J FLEX supplementary T materials ; ECFMG 0 Make-ups for missed lessons NAT'L MED. B'DS ; NAT'L DENTAL B'DS 919-489-8720 EDUCATIONAL CNTE") Tl ST PREPARATION m SOCIALISTS SaNCt ISMl 7 1 r 2536 Chapel Hill Blvd. Durham Branches in Major U.S. Cities 1 ii 1 o .nr I f 4JU li 4:50 " or uv HELD OVER 2nd WEEK Ck nonmaTCD for His whole lift' was a million-to-one shot. 2:20 4:40 7:00 9:20 HELD OVER 4th WEEK Prepare wturoctf fcw R-rtUH (ultroneous motion pk.turv. NETyyORtt wrvr IMI.U1M irm MOCtllT I DUN AWAY MLMN nMM DUVUX w.,f ..... HMMM iR HELD OVER 3rd WEEK 9:15 UKi' lAAJJ 9 IPG) HELD OVER 2nd WEEK 2:15 4 XX) 5:45 7:30 9:15 PG .'HIHLtMlim HIXI'ICIMVH A RALPH BAKSH1 FILM By TONI GILBERT Staff Writer The status of the UNC chapter of a national honorary athletic fraternity is in limbo until it provides for female membership within its all-male ranks, according to Bill Lovingood, the group's founder and faculty adviser. The UNC chapter of Sigma Delta Psi was granted a charter by the national organization Jan. 1, 1977. Under its present bylaws, only men are eligible for membership. ' But Associate Dean of Student Affairs Frederic Schroeder Jr. informed Lovingood that the fraternity's bylaws violate the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Title IX by excluding female membership. South Campus to begin film series for new Union and therefore cannot receive the University's official recognition. Lovingood said he is working through the national organization to change the bylaws to include women and to establish a separate set of eligibility standards for women. Membership in the organization is based on the applicant's performance in a series of tests measuring physical skills. Lovingood said many of the present requirements are too difficult for women to meet. "Mr. Schroeder is right in calling this to our attention," Lovingood said. "The only thing we can do is try to be in compliance with all the rules and regulations of Title IX." Other campus chapters across the country are facing the same problem, Lovingood said, and he expects the national organization to discuss the situation at its national conference this month. He said he is looking forward to a positive response from the national organization and expects its decision within the next two months. "I am optimistic that something will occur to give women the opportunity to be a member of a very prestigious organization," Lovingood said. H e said that if the bylaws are not changed to include women, the UNC chapter must either form a splinter group to include women or move off campus. Either alternative would be less than satisfactory, Lovingood said, because the organization would lose both its prestige and its access to campus facilities. Delta Sigma Psi has one member, Randy Warrick. The South Campus Film Series will begin tonight with two showings of the Marx Brothers' "Horsefeathers" at 7:30 and 9:30 in Morrison Residence College. The f ilm is the first in a series of six to be shown Tuesday nights during March and April in an attempt to develop programming for the South Campus Union which will open in January 1978. Future plans for South Campus programming include the fourth annual South Campus Bash April 22. Merging Job recruiters to seek prospects The following corporate recruiters will be on campus to discuss job opportunities on the dates indicated. Students interested in meeting with the organizations should sign up for appointments at the Career Planning & Placement office in 21 1 Hanes. Information and assistance pertaining to summer and taxis Continued from page 1 . By using a shared-ride system, along with bus service on the U Route, the Transportation Board hopes to save fuel by eliminating less-used bus routes. He said the danger of the system would be its attractiveness and thus the possible excess demand for it. Bartosiewicz said fare prices could be altered to control such a problem. The use of such a taxi system would cut the marginal cost of a transportation system by $135 a week, he predicted. If such a system is not implemented, Bartosiewicz said, a cutback on bus service in accordance to rider demand may be the only way to maintain an economical bus system. MARY ANNE RHYNE 7T full-time employers not represented by on campus visits is also available. Tuesday, March 15 Ford Motor Credit Company Wednesday, March 16 Scott Paper Company Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co. Burlington Industries, Inc. Rockwell International Thursday, March 17 VPI - Division of Environmental & Urban Systems J. B. Ivey & Company Union Carbide Corporation Burroughs Corporation The Atlantic Companies Friday, March 18 Henes Knitwear S. D. Leidesdorf Ferguson Enterprises Traffic and'the Vandales will perform. Films to be shown in the series, which is free to .all UNC students, are as follows: "Horsefeathers" and two Roadrunner cartoons, March 15 at Morrison Dorm. "Rebel Without a Cause" and W. C. Fields in "Fatal Glass of Beer," March 22 at Ehringhaus Dorm. "High Noon" and Laurel and Hardy's "Music Box," March 29 at Avery Dorm. "Singing in the Rain" and three Walt Disney cartoons, April 5 at Chase Cafeteria. "From Here to Eternity" and two Abbott and Costello shorts, April 12 at Craige Dorm. "Great White Hope" and W. C. Fields in "The Barber Shop," April 19 at James Dorm. Taylor The new dean will replace Dean James R. Gaskin, who is resigning the post in June to resume teaching English full time. The new dean will serve for a five-year term. The process for selecting a new dean of arts and sciences began last fall when a search committee of 16 faculty members and three students 2.J I The fear is .j 4:3oi IV spreading 9:30 jT ' ; r .MiV . J Franklin Street . if T!j phew 942-3Q61 TT GEO 3AI HGE SEGAL m FONDA xmn men FRIDAY!! Agatha Christie's 10 Little Indians Homemade Chili Homemade Slaw All-meat Weiners WEEEEEEEEEEE DOGGIES! FINE ARTS FESTIVAL MARCH 16-27 T T T ! . i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 P I WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, ALLEN 7 GINSBERG AND PETER ORLOVSKY Three founding members of the Beat Generation give a poetry prose reading. 8 p.m. Memorial Hall S2.00, 1.00 with Student l.D. Fr,dy THE CONCORD QUARTET 1 One of America's premier quartets performs works 4 from Babbitt, Bartok and Beethoven. 8 p.m. Memorial Hall $2.00, 1.00 with Student l.D. Sunday JOHN CAGE AND GRETE SULTAN 2f Cage is considered one of the most important modern fi 1 artists. He and Sultan will perform 3 of his works for voice ancr piano. 2 p.m. Hill Hall $2.00, 1.00 with Student l.D. satu day THE BREAD AND PUPPET THEATRE 2f will perform their play, "Jeanne D'Arc." Bread and Puppet performances have elements of mime, puppetry and Commedia del' Arte. 8:30 p.m. Memorial Hall $2.00, 1.00 with Student l.D. Monday MEREDITH MONK 7.30 p.m. 2DANjCE CONCERT Memorial Hall, Contemporary dance performance by Monk and $2'00' ,-00 Wlth her troupe. Meredith is renowned for her dance Student l.D. form known as "operatic ballet." . I TICKETS FOR ALL THESE EVENTS ON SALE AT THE UNION DESK. SCHEDULE AT UNION DESK. MANY MORE EVENTS! Pizza Hut granted permit By LESLIE SC1SM Staff Writer A permit will be granted to the property owner at 112 W. Franklin St. to allow the construction of a Pizza H ut restaurant, despite object-ions by several Chapel H ill residents that the restaurant will threaten the town's quaintness. The Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment voted March 2 to uphold the building inspector's decision to grant a permit to Owen Gwym, the property owner. The permit will not be issued until 30 days after Gwym files an environmental impact statement. The permit allowing the construction of the Pizza Hut was appealed by Alderman Robert Epting, who said the restaurant would change the image of Franklin Street from pedestrian oriented to vehicle-oriented. Plans for the Pizza Hut call for a parking lot in front of the modernized, red-brick franchise. Despite the appeal's being overturned, Epting said he does net see the decision as a defeat for Chapel Hill residents who hope to preserve the town's quaintness. Approximately 75 persons, most of whom opposed the Pizza Hut's construction, attended the two-hour meeting. "The appeal gave us a chance to say this is horrible and that we want to change the (zoning) ordinance," Epting said Monday. Chapel Hill's zoning ordinance permits commercial development of any downtown property. A proposal to amend the zoning ordinance to require special-use permits for development of downtown property will be introduced by aldermen Epting and Gerry Cohen at a future meeting of the board, Epting said. Epting was co-sponsor of the ordinance that requires all persons applying for permits to file environmental impact statements. The ordinance was adopted by the Board of Aldermen Feb. 28, shortly after Gwym was granted his permit by the town's building inspector. Gwym could not be reached for comment. Bruce Holsten, assistant to Chapel Hill Mayor James C. Wallace, said the mayor's office was in "perfect agreement with Mr. Epting's position." "We support anything that will preserve the character of Chapel Hill. We cannot deny businesses the right to open up, but sometimes you reach a point that development is not in the best interests of the town," he said. began accepting nominations for the post. Eventually a list of 25 nominees was compiled, and the committee began narrowing down the list. On March 1, committee chairperson Claude George, associate dean of the School of Business Administration, sent the committee's final nominees to Continued from page 1. Taylor. According to Taylor's instructions, the list was to contain no fewer than three and no more than six names, to be listed in alphabetical order. George would not say how many names were on the list sent to Taylor, and he also declined to give the names of the nominees. CLARENCES BAR & GRILL, Home of the Cheapest Brew in Town, Announces the Best Hot D09 in Town. Prove it to Yourself. Today thru Sat. March 19, Buy 3 HOT DOGS for $1.00 or, if you prefer, 2 HOT DOGS and a GLASS OF BREW just $1.00 942-1172 M-SAT. CLARENCES BAR & GRILL no am ta i Pm Across from Carolina Grill SUN. 1 pm til midnight Classifieds Cost Only $1-50 aero ral Is it crazy to love marker pens that give you the smoothest, thinnest line in town. . .and feel so right in your hand? Is it mad to worship pens with clever little metal "collars" to keep their plastic points rrom getting squisnyr Not if the pen is a Pilot marker pen. Our Razor Point, at only 690. gives the kind of extra-fine delicate line you'll flip over. And for those times you want a little less line, have a fling with our fine point 590 Fineliner. 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