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Amos Lawrence led the way in rushing yardage with 101 yards in 10 carries during
Carolina's 41-7 win over Northwestern Saturday in Evanston, III., including a 53-yard
breakaway touchdown run here. Photo by United Press International.
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Volume 85. Issue No. 21
Burn center
takes pride
in uniqueness
Stresses teamwork
By SYLVIA INGLE
DTH Contributor
Yancey, a 10-year-old Indian boy from
Lumberton, was brought to the burn unit at
N.C. Memorial Hospital with more than half
of his body covered with third degree burns
from a gasoline explosion. He was not
expected to live.
Yancey did live, however, because of the
efforts of doctors, nurses and therapists in
the specialized unit for children and adults
the only one of its kind in North Carolina.
The teamwork that saved Yancey's life
originates from the small, crowded facilities
on the third floor of NCMH. The burn unit
consists of only six beds, a treatment room
and a patient-staff lounge.
A team of doctors and nurses cluster
around the bed of an elderly black man. His
body is severely burned, exposing raw flesh.
Three people lift him gingerly and speak to
him soothingly while the doctor examines
his back and prescribes medication.
According to Dr. Roger E. Salisbury,
director of the burn unit, the key to
successful burn treatment is this teamwork.
"Little Yancey, and others like him, lived
because everyone on the staff gave 100 per
cent. They really do a great job."
The staff consists of three doctors, eight
registered nurses, three licensed practical
nurses and six aides. In addition, support
services offered by physical therapists,
occupational therapists and social workers
are part of the rehabilitative process.
Treatment for burn victims from North
Carolina and adjacent states will be
enhanced when the unit moves into a new 23
bed facility in the hospital addition now
under construction. The new center, called
the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center after
the principal fund raisers, will provide
16,000 square feet of floor space and will be
equipped to deal with a variety of medical
problems which burn patients face.
When a patient first enters the burn unit,
the most immediate problem is shock
because of damaged blood vessels. After the
first few days, Salisbury explained, the
greatest concern is the risk of infection.
"Your skin is the largest organ of your
body. It provides protection from the
State laws do prohibit such things
Albeit minor, living together has
By KEITH HOLLAR
Staff Writer
While the likelihood of being arrested for
cohabiting in Chapel Hill is small, an
unmarried couple living together may be
subject to a variety of other problems.
According to North Carolina lawif any
man and woman, not being married to each
other, shall lewdly and lasciviously
associate, bed and cohabit together, they
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
The maximum punishment for such an
offense, termed fornication, is $500, six
months imprisonment or both.
Circumstantial evidence is sufficient for
conviction.
U.S. Census Bureau figures indicate that
the number of persons cohabiting has
doubled since 1970, from 654,000 to 1.3
million, and experts say these figures are
extremely low.
Yet no arrests have been made in Chapel
Hill for fornication in about five years,
according to officer Ben Callahan of the
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Scott Vanderbilt, respiratory therapist, is just a part of the teamwork that makes up
the NCMH burn unit. The unit, now crowded with limited facilities, will eventually
move into the new North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center. Staff photo by Joseph
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external environment. When your skin is
burned off, you are highly susceptible to
infections," he said.
Thus, great care is taken to maintain
sterile conditions. Patients are bathed and
antibiotic dressings are changed daily. In
addition, everyone must wear sterile gloves
and gowns when handling the patients.
Nutrition, is another common problem of
burn victims, according to Salisbury.
Because water evaporates through the
exposed areas, a patient can become
nutritionally depleted. Knowing and
recognizing these problems requires
constant care and attention.
Debby Land is, a registered nurse in the
burn unit, said people don't realize that it
takes a long time for a burn to heal. Patients
have stayed in the unit from VA months to a
year.
Chapel Hill Police Department. The only
time the department makes investigations
concerning fornication is when it receives
complaints, usually from landlords.
Callahan said he knows of no such
investigations in the three years he has been a
detective with the force.
"It's not one of our high-priority
concerns," he said. "We don't go looking for
it."
Student Legal Services counselor
Dorothy Bernholz echoed Callahan's
statements.
"The climate is very good (in Chapel Hill)
not to have to worry about the police
knocking at your door."
But Callahan and Bernholz discussed
some of the problems associated with
cohabiting at a preventive legal workshop
last week in the Carolina Union.
One problem is that North Carola law
does not recognize common-law marriages,
so cohabiting lacks the legal protection
granted to marriages.
Common-law marriages, recognized in
several states, grant legal status, based on
By GENE I'PCHL'RCH
Sports Editor
EVANSTON, 111. - The wind which blew
through this Chicago suburb Saturday
brought with it an indication of things to
come for Carolina's football team.
People waited for a long time, but it still
was a surprise when it happened. With 1:54
left in the first quarter of Carolina's 4 1-7 win
over N orthwestern, Amos Lawrence, the Tar
Heels' highly billed freshman tailback, broke
away from Wildcat defenders at midfield
and outraced them for 53 yards for his first
collegiate touchdown. The first of many,
probably.
Lawrence, who picked up 101 yards to
lead all players in the game in rushing, put
together another show for the sparse crowd
in Northwestern's Dyche Stadium before the
game was over. Near the end of the third
quarter, he ran toward the left side on an
option play and passed the ball 20 yards to
tight end Brooks Williams, who ran into the
endzone.
"In high school, our quarterback wasn't a
good passer, so I threw a lot," Lawrence said
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"Our patients are in a great deal of
discomfort for a long time. They- have to
learn to cope with it, the nurse has to cope
with it, and the doctor has to cope with it,"
she said.
Salisbury feels that rehabilitation of burn
victims is just as important as the healing
process. Physical therapists begin exercising
the patients immediately to keep up their
strength. In addition, occupational
therapists make splints to keep the
extremities from contracting or curling up.
"In the new center, the stress will be on
burn reconstruction," said Salisbury, a
plastic surgeon. "I'm encouraging the
referral of patients who are crippled, as well
as disfigured, by burns. Not only do we want
to make people look better, but also function
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conduct, to relationships between persons
cohabiting for a specified number of years
without the benefit of a civil marriage
ceremony.
Unmarried couples often must face the
problem of identifying property and
deciding who owns it in the event of a
breakup, something Bernholz said happens
frequently with such relationships.
"If you purchase something, hang on to
something that shows you own it," she said.
Written antenuptial agreements, which
are similar to contracts, also may be used to
spell out property rights between the
partners.
Bernholz also said that wills are important
for cohabiting couples because, in the event
of the death of one partner, property would
be transferred to the deceased's relatives, not
to his partner.
Persons of the opposite sex who live
together but do not engage in sexual
intercourse may have difficulty defeating a
charge of fornication because such a charge
requires only circumstantial evidence.
"It's never essential for even a single act to
after the game. "We practiced the tailback
pass a lot last week."
Lawrence's 53-yard run was a normal off
tackle play.
"1 went off-tackle and cut inside. I got by a
couple of blockers, then I was away," he said.
Lawrence, who runs the 40 in 4.5 seconds,
used his speed to get away from the last
defender between him and the goal line on
his touchdown run.
"My speed helped a whole lot," he said.
"After I got hit, 1 was able to pick up my
speed again. I was able to get back on
balance."
Lawrence's debut was just part of a total
offensive show where Carolina was able to
move the ball on the Wildcats nearly at will.
Carolina took the first drive of the game 81
yards for a touchdown and scored again
twice, while allowing Northwestern into Tar
Heel territory only as far as the 45-yard line.
Northwestern picked up its first
touchdown of the season on a quick drive
down the field in the second quarter to make
the score 21-7. But Carolina put the game
out of reach with another touchdown before
halftime on a two-yard run by tailback Billy
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Governors
teacher-ed
By NANCY HART1S
Staff Writer
A study recommending the elimination of 53 of the 494
teacher-education programs in the UNC system, includingsix
at UNC, was adopted Friday by the UNC Board of
Governors' planning committee.
The study, which received the endorsement of UNC
President William C.Friday, will come before the UNC Board
of Governors at their Oct. 14 meeting.
The 1 54-page report makes general recommendations
regarding policy and specific recommendations on individual
programs at each of the 15 UNC campuses offering teacher
education programs.
Several staff members of the UNC General Administration,
led by Donald J . Stedman, a professor in the UNC-CH School
of Education, conducted the study, which took more than a
year to complete.
A decline in the demand for teachers, changes in the teacher
job market, the quality of teacher-education courses and
several other factors were taken into account by the report in
making the suggestions for program discontinuations.
In addition to the recommendations to discontinue the 53
programs, the study also calls for a moratorium on the
creation of any new teacher-education programs in the state.
Instead, UNC should direct its energies toward improving
AWS sponsors intercollegiate tri-state meet;
50 attend, representing N.C, S.C. and Va.
From Staff Reports
When a not-very-automotiveiy
inclined women's activist has car
trouble, should she accept help from a
member of the opposite sex who is so
inclined?
Certainly, Elizabeth Koontz told
approximately 50 women and at least
one man Friday at the opening of the
first Intercollegiate Association for
Women Students Tri-state Meet.
Koontz, assistant superintendent of
the N.C. State Department of Public
Instruction, U.S. delegate to the United
Nations Commission on the Status of
Women in 1975 and chairperson of the
legal pitfalls
be proven," Bernholz said.
Because landlords basically have the
freedom to select their tenants, Bernholz
said, unmarried couples may be refused
housing. And getting around this obstacle
may be difficult.
"Almost every lease requires that you list
who's going to live there, so you can't
smuggle somebody in," she said.
She said some landlords may attempt to
withhold security deposits if they discover
tenants cohabiting. But, she said, "I think
there will be legal grounds to challenge
landlords' keeping security deposits because
of fornication alone."
Callahan said unmarried couples also may
face problems when seeking employment,
especially with larger industries that do
extensive background checks, and when
applying for credit.
insurance companies may make persons
living together pay higher premiums because
of their unstable relationship. But Bernholz
said she advises anyone in this situation to
protest vigorously to the insurance
company.
Johnson.
Johnson did not start the game because of
a minor knee injury. He missed two days of
practice last week because of the injury, and
backup tailback Phil Farris started. Johnson
carried nine times for 15 yards while Farris
sparked the early Carolina scores and ended
the game rushing 19 times for 88 yards.
Lawrence's tailback pass was the climax of
a comedy of errors early in the third quarter.
Northwestern took the ball down to the
Carolina 31, but a pitchout by Wildcat
quarterback Scott Stranski went over the
head of tailback Sam Rushing and was
recovered by Carolina's Alan Caldwell.
Three plays later, UNC quarterback Matt
Rupee threw an interception .which was
. followed by an intercepted pass by Stranski
on the next play. Johnson fumbled the ball
away two plays later and, two plays after
that, Northwestern fullback Matt Rehzug
fumbled the ball away. Lawrence threw for
the touchdown three plays later.
Carolina finished the scoring for the
afternoon on a 28-yard pass from scrambling
backup quarterback Clyde Christensen to
split end Walker Lee in the end zone with
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N.C. International Women's Year
Coordinating Commission, used
personal experience to make her point.
On her way to Chapel Hill Friday
night, Koontz's car had overheated.
"Fortunately," she said, "a man came
by." Not only did he stop and offer
assistance, she added, he followed her to
Chapel Hill in case she had more
problems with the car.
"Had there been a woman who
passed. I would have felt just as safe and
easy," Koontz said.
But her point was this: "I hope that
you will help me try to negate whatever
there is that says women don't need men
or that the whole women's movement as
aimed at turning away from men."
In the speech that followed, Koontz
focusedpnJhe changing role of women
in society today. "An awful lot of young
women in the South are still being led to
believe t hat it's all magnolias and orange
blossoms, with a charming prince and
(happy) hereafters," she said.
"If you're not prepared today to be
able to take care of yourself, then you
need to start," she said . "Y ou drive a car,
but you can't change a tire. You drive at
high speed, but you don't have
insurance. You take awful chances, but
you say you have career goals.
"Be sure that what you're getting
develops what you can handle a skill,
goals, and an idea about who you are."
Koontz's speech was part of a meet
designed to discuss problems common
to women and possible solutions to
those concerns.
The tri-state meet was hosted by the
UNC chapter of the Association for
Women Students (AWS) and drew
representatives from eight colleges in
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia.
AWS Chairperson Betty Ausherman
said attendance at the meet was lower
than anticipated but that it represented
1:42 left in the game.
The Tar Heels ran up 507 yards in total
offense against the Wildcats and allowed
Northwestern only 180. Carolina rushed for
328 yards (Northwestern had 79) and
completed nine of 1 1 passes for 179 yards.
"I was pleased with our team's
performance," UNC coach Bill Dooley said.
"We lost the toss, and Northwestern elected
to kick with the wind, .knowing we'd be
backed up. That first drive was a tremendous
drive by our offensive football team and a
big lift for us."
Dooley and his assistants have worked
with Lawrence during the past weeks to help
him mature, instead of throwing him into a
critical game situation. And it paid off.
"Lawrence really did a tremendous job,"
Dooley said. "That was a great run he had.
His speed paid off."
The young offensive line is getting some
experience now after three games and is part
of the reason Carolina was able to move the
ball so well.
"I'm holding my breath about the second
offensive line," Dooley said. "They're so
young."
Monday Morning
Sports Editor Gene
Upchurch looks behind the
scenes after each football
game in his column
"Monday Morning." See
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existing teacher-education programs, the study says.
Of the programs recommended for discontinuation, six are
offered at UNC: elementary education, doctorate program;
special education, bachelor's program; social foundations,
master's program; health education, bachelor's program;
business, commerce and distributive education, master's
program; and school psychology, intermediate program.
The report also makes recommendations for improvement
of 108 teacher-education programs in the system. Three
programs at UNC-CH are named in that recommendation:
curriculum and instruction, master's program; student
personnel services in higher education, master's program; and
English education, bachelor's program.
. Two programs at Carolina are recommended for inventory
revision: administration and supervision, and school
psychology.
Twenty other teacher-education programs from other
campuses are also named for inventory revision.
The study's general recommendations include:
A University Council on teacher education should be
established as a liaison between the Board of Governors and
the N.C. State Board of Education.
A moratorium should be created on new programs at the
doctorate level.
should establish clear criteria for
requirements.
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"a good start."
"We've never done something like this
before at UNC," Ausherman said.
"There aren't too many AWS
organizations in the Southeast. The
turnout wasn't as large as we expected,
but it was a good start."
The focus of the meet was twofold: To
outline strategy for making women
more aware of and involved in the
woman's movement and to discuss
issues that are especially pertinent to
women today.
Osta Underwood, a noted Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA) advocate,
also spoke at the meet.
A series of workshops on current
women's issues covered the topics of
rape, ERA, battered women, day care,
women and alcohol, mental health,
continuing education and Title IX.
Excerpts from workshop lectures and
discussions appear in an article on page
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