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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Wednesday, April 20, 1977, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Volume No. 84, Issue No. 135
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By MERTON
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Staff Writer
Daniel H. Pollitt,
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subcommittee and several major union
leaders.
Pollitt said Tuesday that he has not yet
been formally contacted by the Carter
administration, but he has been nominated
for the position by Leonard Woodcock,
President of the United Auto Workers; Jerry
Wurf, president of the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employees;
and Robert Georgine, president of the
Building and Construction Trades
department of the AFL-CIO.
Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. D-N.J.,
chairperson of the labor-management
subcommittee of the House Education and
Labor Committee, has also recommended
Pollitt.
Pollitt met informally in February with
Labor Secretary Raymond Marshall, who is'
an old friend of Pollitt's. During that
meeting the possibility of an appointment
was mentioned.
Pollitt served as a special assistant to the
chairperson of the NLRB in 1961 and has
served as a part-time consultant to the House
Labor and Education Committee.
Pollitt said he is waiting, but not with
bated breath, to see if he will get the
appointment. "It could be anytime in the
next six months" before a decision is
reached, he said.
At least two other candidates are under
consideration for the post an NLRB
official in Atlanta and Charles Morris, a law
professor at Southern Methodist University
in Dallas.
The NLRB administers the National
Labor Relations Act which includes
supervising labor-union elections and
deciding labor disputes.
Members of the five-member board
usually serve five-year terms, but if
appointed Pollitt would take the place of
Peter D. Walther, a Republican who
recently resigned from the board.
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Staff photos by Bruce Clarke
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Wayahsti dancers perform in the Pit Tuesday dressed in traditional tribal attire as a
part of Indian Culture Week, which is being held this week to help dispel some of the
fear and misunderstanding of the Indian by white people.
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student lobby bill
By KATHY HART and BEVERLY MILLS
Staff Wrlfpr.
A bill prohibiting North Carolina's state-supported universities from
collecting student fees to fund lobbying organizations received an
unfavorable vote of 4 to 0 by the Senate Higher Education Committee
Tuesday, killing any chance of the bill's being passed this session.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Robert V. Somers, R-Rowan, would prohibit
any organization from receiving student fees if a substantial part of its
activities includes propagandizing or otherwise attempting to influence
legislation. An organization that either tries to influence state agencies or
initiate litigation in the courts on public issues also could not collect student
fees.
Robert W. Wynne, D-Raleigh, chairperson of the Senate Higher Educaton
Committee, expected the legislation to receive an unfavorable report. "My
feeling is that this is about the extent of the lobbying bill for this session. Most
of the committee feels the Board of Governors and local administrators can
take care of the situation without legislation.
"The legislation is too broad and general." he said. "It would hurt
organizations that have been on campuses for years doing a good job."
Steve Rader, a law student at Wake Forest who is a member of an informal
coalition in favor of the bill, said the opposition, which included N.C. Public
Interest Research Group (P1RG), used phoney arguments to defeat the bill.
The legislation is designed primarily to prohibit such organizations as
PIRG from receiving student fees. PIRG lobbies on public-interest issues and
receives its funds automatically from the university, which collects them
directly from the student.
Student funding of PIRG was defeated at UNC two years ago.
"PIRG claimed the bill would affect organizations other than PIRG in a
rebuttal," Rader said. "If you read the bill and think through it, you will see
that it does not affect anybody but PIRG.
"Another phoney argument they used was that by having the PI RG funding
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"There is no difference in the number of riots in schools that have PIRG and
those who don't. Besides, schools don't have riots any more."
Indian Cultural Week dispels white fears
By BERNIE RANSBOTTOM
Staff Writer
A colorful presentation by Wayahsti
Indian dancers in the Pit Tuesday
attracted the attention of many UNC
students to this aspect of Indian culture.
TheHancers wore traditional leather
costumes and brightly colored beads.
Many carried gourd rattles, which they
shook to the beat of drums and
rhythmical chanting.
Many of the dancers were UNC
students, but most were professional
dancers from Warren and Halifax
counties and members of the Haliwa
tribe.
Several hundred spectators lined the
Pit, and for certain dances many were
invited to join in and dance. About a
dozen were drawn into the ring dance, a
symbol of unity.
The youngest dancer the
overwhelming favorite of the UNC
crowd was 4-year-old Wayasti
Richards. He performed several solo
dances and allowed his mother to swing
him around as her partner in several
others.
The dancing went on for two and a
half hours and included a war dance, an
alligator dance and a robin dance, which
symbolized the mating of robins and the
care of the young by the mother robin.
Most of the dances were symbolic
CGC grants Yack
increase of $2,900
By LESLIE SCISM
Staff Writer
The Yackety Yack received a $2,900 increase in its 1977-78 budget
allocation from the Campus Governing Council (CGC) Wednesday
following an hour-long debate in which several CGC members
maintained the yearbook catered to a limited number of students.
The Yack's budget was on e of 35 voted on at the annual CGC
budget meeting. The members voted to increase the yearbook's
allocation from $4,000 to $6,900, but only after Yack editor George
Bacso persuaded the 19 members present that the 1978 publication
was "not just a white, middle class, high school yearbook." The Yack
had requested $7,675, a decrease from the $9,658 granted last year.
uWe invest $5,000 and come up with $55,000," managing editor
Jim Roberts told the council and a crowd of approximately 200
persons. "I think any businessman would agree that's pretty good."
The cuts recommended by the CGC Finance Committee came in
the Yack's salaried positions.
Other recommendations, the result of more than three weeks of
budget hearings, also were presented to the CGC for approval, but by
10 p.m. the council members had approved only the Student
Government publication budgets.
The Finance Committee recommendations totaled $142,871, but
CGC members voted to eliminate $250 from the Student Health
Advocate position and to add $500 to the Cellar Door's budget, $500
to the Alchemist's, $750 to the publication of the International
Students, and $300 to radio station WXYC.
Other amendments were expected to be introduced for budget
increases for the Association for Women Students, the Student
Consumer Action Union, the summer YM-YWCA, the Sports Club
Council and the Graduate and Professional Students Federation.
The Black Student Movement also was expected to ask for an
increase. A delegation numbering approximately 100 blacks was
present at the meeting, with members carrying posters demanding
budget increases.
celebrations of simple occurrences in
nature.
The dancers were here as part of
Indian Cultural Week, sponsored by the
Carolina Indian Circle. The purpose of
the week is to help dispel some of the
fear and misunderstanding of the Indian
felt by white people, said Kevin
Maynor, administrative chief of the
Indian Circle.
"White people look down on Indians
because they don't like Indians and
because they're afraid of Indians,"
Maynor said. "Really, it's the white
person who loses out.
"Fear is a product of
misunderstanding, and Indians are
$4-a-pound habit
misunderstood. The white mart puts a
barrier around himself, isolates himself,
and he strikes out because of that. He
puts himself in a shell and it does him no
good."
The Carolina Indian Circle held its
first meeting in the spring of 1975. The
purpose of the circle, Maynor said, is to
add to the education of UNC students.
"There are many Indians all around
us in North Carolina, but most white
people don't know it won't admit it,"
Maynor said. "Hopefully, we can
increase awareness in the richness and
existence of American Indian culture
right in their society."
Applications available
for parking permits
The deadline for parking permit
applications for 1977-78 is April 29 for
faculty and employees and May 6 for
students.
William Locke, administrative director
of the Traffic Office, urged allstudents to
preregister their vehicles before leaving
this spring in order to avoid long lines and
paperwork next fall. Applications are
available at the Traffic Office, Housing
Office, Carolina Union and in all
dormitories.
Permits will be sold for 1 10 per cent of
all parking spaces, making 3,416 permits
available for student use. A total of 6,788
permits will be available to faculty and
employees.
Coffee substitute hunt goes on
From staff and wire reports
Americans are searching for an eriatz.
drink that will satisfy the national addiction
to coffee and cut the cost of what has become
a $4-a-pound caffeine habit.
Coffee roasters and consumers are touting
java surrogates ranging from natural grains
to soybeans now that coffee is the
champagne of the U.S. breakfast table.
The United States consumes more coffee
than any other nation. Shoppers now pay
between $2.89 and $3.49 a pound, but there
is no relief in sight with retail prices expected
to hit $4.50 a pound by early summer.
Coffee prices in the Chapel Hill area
coincide with national figures. Fowler's
Food Store reports that the average price per
pound on their brew is $3.49. "We've noticed
a definite drop in ground coffee sales," the
assistant store manager said. "More
customers are buying instant coffee because
it's cheaper to use."
At A & P the cheapest coffee available is
the house brand, which is currently selling
for $2.89 per pound. Randy Senzig, Winn
Dixie Store Manager, said, "I've noticed a
significant switch from name brands to
house brands. People are also buying more
tea." The Winn Dixie house brand sells for
$3.29 per pound, the same as Maxwell
House. Chase and Sanborn is $3.09 per
pound.
"1 have noticed that in the past the trend
has been about $.20 per week increase in the
price per pound," Senzig said. "The last two
weeks there has been no such increase."
General Foods Corp. of White Plains,
N.Y., the No. 1 coffee roaster, has invented
Mellow Roast a blend of coffee beans and
natural grains for a "smooth, mild coffee
flavor" that is substantially cheaper than
its traditional ground and instant brands.
Folger Coffee Col, the No. 2 roaster based
in Cincinnati, is test marketing flaked coffee
to extend the amount of coffee extracted per
pound. The product offers a 15 per cent
savings per cup.
Cusumer resistance to record high coffee
prices already has cut shelf sales by 10 to 15
per cent and prompted retailers to take a
serious look at ersatz brews developed by
enterprising Americans.
In Callender, Iowa, Daniel Shirbroun,
manager of Roberts Cooperative Elevator
Co., has concocted a drink from soybeans he
can sell at $1.50 a pound.
A national food chain wants to buy the
rights "for a little under" $1 million, he said.
"But I'm holding out for more. It's so much
like coffee, it'll scare you to death."
In Orlando, Fla., George Sarantakos
retreated to his kitchen and came up with
"Bravo," a blend of roots, weeds and other
natural ingredients. .
A national food chain and a local firm are
interested in his secret formula, he said,
which "tastes better than coffee and doesn't
get stale."
Stewart says time for decisions
Staff photo by Rouse Wilson
It happens every year; some group gets squeezed in the CGC
Finance Committee hearings. Approximately 200 members of
the Black Student Movement watched as the CGC
considered and approved its request for $10,495.
Summer courses cut because of money
By STEVE HUETTEL
Staff Writer
The number of course offerings for the
summer session this year has been cut to 760
from approximately 800 last year because of
financial difficulties, summer school director
Donald Tarbet said.
"It just plain costs more to offer a course
than it did a few years ago," Tarbet said. He
cited increased staff salaries and costs for
educational materials.
Deans, and department chairpersons
polled their students to find 'out which
courses were most popular and necessary for
their programs, Tarbet said.
"The courses that have been cut are classes
which have had consistently low
enrollment the ones that have had only two
or three students," Tarbet said.
Summer-school enrollment in 1976 fell 2.8
per cent from the 1975 session, but Tarbet
explained that the drop was due primarily to
an exceptionally high enrollment in the 1975
session. He said he expects enrollment this
year to be close to the enrollment of
approximately 12,000 last year.
The department hit hardest by decreasing
enrollment has been the School of
Education, Tarbet said. The school
previously was used by some North Carolina
teachers to fulfill the requirements of their
teaching-certificate renewals every five
years, he said.
But fewer teachers attend summer school
now because they can get the necessary
credits in workshops in their own schools.
Alsox mdst public schools do not close for
summer 'until June 10, so that teachers
cannot a'ttend the first summer-school
session which begins May 23, Tarbet said.
Some departments have experienced
increased enrollment in recent years, Tarbet
said. Business administration and economics
enrollments have increased steadily because
job opportunities are good in business and
accounting, he said.
Also, the physical education department
has a good enrollment. Tarbet said he
believes this is because students wish to get
some physical activity. "We have to keep
adding sections to the tennis classes,"-he
said.
; Students should preregister for summer
classes with their adviser during
preregistration for fall classes. The first
summer session begins on May 23 with
registration and classes on the following day.
Registration for the second session begins on
July 5 with classes starting the next day.
By ELLIOTT POTTER
City and State Editor
Speaking informally to a small group
of UNC Young Democrats, N.C,
Speaker of the House Carl Stewart, D
Gaston, said the time has come for the
General Assembly to reach decisions on
key state issues.
"Only now are members of the
legislature beginning to get a real grasp
of the budgetary decisions that have to
be made," he said.
Stewart said proposed legislation
from Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. has been
delayed because the governor has had to
concern himself with the enormous task
of appointing . officers in his new
administration and with the energy
crisis.
. "What I'm saying is the General
Assembly probably shouldn't convene
on Jan. 12 in a year when a new
governor is taking office."
The Duke graduate said that most of
Hunt's proposed legislation seems likely
to receive legislative approval, but he
added, "There's going to be some
modifications.
"The governor doesn't seem to want
his bills tampered with. In fact, his
position has been a bit intolerable to
some of us who believe bills can be
improved in the legislature," Stewart
said.
Included in Hunt's package of bills is
legislation that would allow North
Carolina governors to succeed
themselves.
"My guess is the gubernatorial
succession bill will pass in the House
and will be placed before the people in
the next statewide election," Stewart
said. The legislation already has
received the overwhelming approval of
the Senate "much to the chagrin of the
lieutenant governor (James C. Green)."
"There has been a good bit of in
fighting. If they (the state's democratic
politicians) do not have Republicans to
scrap with they will scrap among
themselves."
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