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Rain likely The highs today and Friday will be around 60. The low tonight will be in the mid 30s. The chance of rain is 60 percent today and 20 per cent tonight. Volume 85, Issue No. 58 if Female sports stipends down for next year AIAW sets new rule; UNC opposes change By BETSY FLAGLER StafT Writer Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on the cutback in women's athletic scholarships. The value of women's athletic scholarships will be reduced next fall, but neither the athletic department nor the University is responsible. With each step made in women's athletic grants at UNC, the athletic department must answer to the regulations set down by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). Although the department has moved ahead according to these rules since the first scholarship was awarded in 1974, AIAW has now changed the rules of the game. And that means $478 instead of $2,300 for the in-state woman athlete and $2,122 instead of $3,944 for the out-of-state woman on a full athletic grant. Renewal awards will not be affected by the regulation, which will be implemented nationally among AIAW member institutions in the 1978-79 academic year. AIAW organizes and governs local, state and regional competition and conducts national championships for its members, including the women's athletic department at UNC. UNC voted against the cutback passed at AIAW's national convention in January, which reduced the full grant based on athletic ability to tuition and fees, thereby eliminating room and board from the definition of a full scholarship for women athletes. Fearing a "super-power section of membership" in which the richer universities are able to attract the more talented athletes, AIAW said in an addendum in its 1976-77 regulations that eliminating room and board from a full athletic scholarship would make member institutions more comparable. "AIAW is fighting a tidal wave they can't stop," says William Cobey, UNC athletic director. "The majority of athletes will go to the stronger athletic programs with the best facilities, regardless of this legislation," he says. See WOMEN on page 5. Major attractions proposal By MEREDITH CREWS Staff Writer The Carolina Union Board of Directors today will consider a proposal to establish a major attractions committee at UNC. The sole function of the proposed committee would be to sponsor large-scale entertainment and to upgrade the quality of campus attractions. The Carolina Union Activities Board, which correlates activities of all Carolina Union committees and formulates social, cultural .and educational programs, presented the proposal to the Board of Directors with an unfavorable recommendation. Carolina Union President Eric Locher, who presides at meetings of the activities board, said the board reported the proposal unfavorably for technical reasons. "It was not within our jurisdiction," Locher said. "Structural changes (within the Carolina Union) are required to go before the Board of Directors." Lang has quiet visit to propose revolution It seemed to come and go. Slogans, shouts, the Chicago convention. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and the Rolling Stone. And even the Beatles. Somehow, it all seemed to fit together; the times they were a changin'. At least for a while. Firebombs flew at ROTC buildings, protests seemed an everyday affair and phrases like sit-in, four dead in Ohio and Students for a Democratic Society became part of the common vernacular. A mood possessed students like never before. It was a youth that questioned, a youth that refused to take excuses lying down, a youth that wanted change. Now. And the "system" the "establishment" bore the brunt. "They" caught the full fury unleashed by a youth bitter against a system it didn't like. But things have changed. Tom Hayden wears suits these days and runs for the U.S. Senate. Mark Rudd turned himself in to the system he once abhorred and probably still does. Perhaps the only remnants hang on the wall of the local Post Office, where a few FBI "Most Wanted" posters still hang for a couple of Weathermen still at large. And apathy reigns supreme. Enter Bill Lang. "In the late 1960s the mood challenged the way society was based," he says. "It's no doubt that the mood has changed. But it ain't the '50s. People ain't walking around saying this country is great. They think it's messed up. The so called apathy of today will change." J ust what direction that change takes is what Bill Lang is all about. The 23-year-old UNC-Greensbor o student is a cadre in the Revolutionary Student Brigade (RSB), a group that's been working for three and one half years toward building a nationwide youth organization to challenge a system they label "repressive." Lang sits back in a booth in the Carolina Union snack bar, sometimes gesticulating and often smiling as he explains what the RSB is about. "Our basic orientation is Marxist-Leninist," he says. "We're 11 u "M"'1M VgtVv , I y XxYt i I'' ami iff-i V: nf, A i . J, , - ..L.OIlM . . . . . l .I I ' j I .I, The first Carney Timberlake, the first female to receive an athletic scholarship, and 46 other athletically funded women athletes face a reduction in their stipend because of a new Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women ruling limiting scholarships to tuition and fees. Photo by David Dalton. Student Body President Bill Moss expressed support for the proposal. "I think it's a very good idea and long overdue," Moss said. "I'm a little surprised that the activities board is hesitant to support it." The proposal also was submitted to Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, by a group of students including Carolyn Jack, chairperson of the Carolina Union Performing Arts Committee. "I feel strongly that there is an interest in getting concerts going again, so 1 supported the idea to go before the Board of Directors," Boulton said. "I felt they should work within the framework of the Carolina Union as opposed to being a free-standing committee." Boulton said the proposal was sound, but he would not predict the board's decision. If the proposal is approved, the committee's immediate expenses would be funded by a primary budget requested of the sponsoring organization. Committee monies Bill Lang trying to develop a student and youth movement in this country." And he talks about things like the Bakke case, education cutbacks and South Africa. "We're offering a revolutionary analysis of what's going on in the U.S.," Lang says. "We believe that electoral and any other kinds of means that will help the struggle can and should be used." But he quietly explains, "It won't work through the electoral system." Lang doesn't get upset and flail about when he talks about change and the "struggle." Nor does he take to the Pit with a megaphone and try to rally support. Just as the times have changed, it seems, so have the methods. And on this quiet Friday afternoon Lang has come to UNC from Greensboro to meet with a few prospective members of the brigade. This weekend, he will be heading to Kent State for a RSB convention which "is going to bring together students and youth from across the nation to build one revolutionary youth organization." See REVOLUTIONARY on page 2. . 1 C I-llj' Serving the students and the Thursday, November 17, 1977, Chapel Hill, North Carolina recipient presented to board would be separate from the sponsoring organization. Most programming would be on a no-risk basis through a promoter, and any profits would be reserved for general expenses or for the purchase of a production. One reason for establishing the committee, according to the proposal, is to relieve the Carolina Union from the burden of providing large-scale entertainment with a budget primarily geared to smaller-scale programs. The proposal also calls for the removal of the activities board's autonomous jurisdiction to choose, promote and produce major entertainment. Membership of the committee would not be restricted, and any interested student could join. Vice Chancellor Boulton said questions should be raised as to whether the committee could be supported by students willing to pay expensive prices for tickets to major attractions. University community since 189 By B ERNIE RANSBOTTOM Staff Writer UNC students approved a $2.50 per semester student fee increase Wednesday by a vote of 2.073 to 1.251. Of the 17 polling places, votes against the increase outnumbered votes lor the increase at only two: the law and medical schools. "This is a great victory for me," Student Body President Bill Moss said as he danced around Room 217 of the Carolina Union, where the tabulation of the vote had just been completed. "This makes it very clear with over 60 percent that students believe it is time to increase our fees," Moss said. "I'm pleased for us (the Daily Tar Heel) and a lot of other organizations, but I'm concerned about the usage of the monies." DTH editor Greg Porter said about the approval of the fee increase. "The student lee increase was a dire necessity, but budgetary reform is just as necessary now. It should not be forgotten because it is no longer politically expedient." But the results of the vote surprised Bruce Tindall, a law student who campagigned extensively against the increase. "I really don't understand why the increase passed at all." Tindall said. "But even with these figures, more than 17,000 students did not vote for it (the increase), so they're being taxed by the 2,100 who did. "The most significant result remains that 17,000 students did not vote for the increase." "A lot of people apparently believed that an increase was needed," Moss said, "and a lot of people worked very hard at it. A number of people in Student Government did, and a lot of people not connected w ith Student Government did. "I guess they decided that 23 years is long enough to go without a fee increase and that we need to keep up with prices." Approximately 17 percent of the student "Large sums of money are involved with this kind of thing," Boulton said. "There is a certain amount of risk that goes with it, and the question must be raised whether we can afford to take the risk or if the market is there." Locher said the activities board tried to schedule main attractions at UNC this semester but ran into a great deal of difficulty. "We had Lynyrd Skynyrd. Joan Baez and Firefall booked, but they all pulled out," Locher said. "We're trying to get concerts but it is frustrating. "The committee (if approved) would be in charge of booking concerts, symphonies and theater productions." Duke University's Major Attractions Committee this year booked Count Basie and Ella Fitgerald. and the noted comedy team. Proctor and Bergam. In the past,. Duke's committee has brought Joni Mitchell. Robert Flack, Richard Pryorand the Allman Brothers Band to Duke. Jr ee rex Honor violationreports By JAC1 HUGHES Stuff W riter The reporting of Honor Code violations this semester has increased substantially over last year, according to UNC Assistant Attorney General Reggie Gillespie. Gillespie attributed the rise in reported violations to increased student awareness of the Honor Code. "We (the attorney general's office) have been busier this semester than we were last spring and fall," Gillespie said. "I feel confident that there is some relationship between higher instances of reporting and the Honor Code's moving to the forefront." Dean Ben Rollins, judicial programs officer in the Division of Student Affairs, agreed. "The discussion about the Honor Code has brought increased awareness about the Honor Code and that we are, in fact, under one." George Lyons, also an assistant student attorney general, said he doesn't know exactly how many Honor Code violations have been reported this semester because the office compiles its figures on a yearly June to May basis. But Lyons said a high percentage of the cases coming before the Honor Court this semester were reported by students. "I n the past, that (students reporting other students) was almost non-existent." Lyons said. "We (theCommittee on Student Conduct) have said all along that there has to be strong education for students and faculty for any honor system to work," said James O. Cansler, vice chancellor for student affairs and chairperson of tfie Committee on Student Conduct (COSC). Representatives of the student affairs office and the student attorney general's erendum victory5 body oted in the balloting, an unusually high turnout for an off-year ballot. "Why, only 19 percent voted v. hen he (Moss) was running for president last spring." Campus Governing Council member Chip Cox said. "The on-campus turnout was excellent and highly supportive," Moss said. "I was very surprised by the turnout and a little worried at first. I didn't know w hat it meant. "I hope that with the increase Student Government will accept increased responsibility. I hope there will be a great increase in student interest in Student Government. "Instead of the $160,000 we had this year. Abduction of Rameses just a bunch of C.R.A.P. While Tar Heels 'round the world waited breathlessly tor word of the whereabouts and condition of Rameses IX, the abducted UNC mascot, the Daily Tar Heel received a detailed message from Dook's heartless ramnappers. The letter, which was a reasonable facsimile of a press release, was sent by "the Men of Operation C.R.A.P." (Carolina Ram Abduction Plot), archnemesis of the A.S.P.C., and Bob Hogan, the ram's trusty caretaker. A picture of the incarcerated mascot accompanied the letter. Hogan said the ram was taken last week after he was given a bath. Though the ram smelled great upon his abduction, Rameses-lovers fear the widely respected animal now smells like CRAP (or Dook, if you, prefer). 5 t i i , I i iffrTfffiPvf?' '1MBHMMrr mn ' nrti nmiiiii I I I J " rrnir Miiwmr u .. A note sent by the abductors of our sacred mascot, Rameses IX, Informs the worried Tar Heels that he is in good health and hands. The sleuths of C.R.A.P. also have included the above picture of our blasphemed ram to prove his well being. office explained the Honor Code to freshmen in English I and 2 sections this semester. "We need to continue doing that, but it's my own feeling that it's not going to be sufficient," Cansler said. Cansler said changes in the code itself would be necessary to control cheating. "My feeling is that we must ultimately get to a place where students and faculty see academic integrity as a shared responsibility," he said. Cansler said a system of faculty proctoring would be necessary to meet that goal. "A system where faculty is not involved would Ex-WXYC staffer charged with threat on SEB member former W'XYC M usic Director id Speigncr was arrested by University Police Tuesday and charged w ith communicating a threat to another ex-WXYC staffer. former Business Manager David Madison took out a warrant for Speigner's arrest with Magistrate Newell Cogdell. Police reported that Madison said he was threatened during an argument with Speigner Monday afternoon in the WXYC offices in the Carolina Lnion. The arrest warrant charges Speigner with threatening to punch Madison or have him assaulted by a third party. Communicating a threat is a misdemeanor, punishable by a 30-day sentence. Speigner was released on his own recognizance. His trial is set for Nov. 29 in Orange County District Court in Chapel Hill. Madison is treaMirer of Student Educational Broadcasting. Inc., VsMC's hoard of directors. Amos does it again ...And the awards keep rolling for UNO's Famous Amos Lawrence. Sports Illustrated this week has voted Amos as its offensive player of the week. See story on page 7. Please call us: 933-0245 pas we will have SIOO.OOO to allocate," Moss said. "That's a lot of money. I hope the students will be very careful next year in whom they select in the CGC election. "This vote will have given Student Government a quantum lead, and I hope this momentum will continue. We were very fortunate in that this was an issue which was very defensible and had a lot of good people to work for it. "This shows that people believed in the concept behind the increase, the concept that we can tax ourselves to support the programs and organizations which the students want," Moss said. The following is the text of the release: "Crappers" Cop Carolina Mascot Five Duke University undergraduates, calling themselves The Men of Operation: C.R.A.P., culminated many long hours of planning and surveillance in the foggy, early morning darkness of Monday, Nov. 7 by liberating the University of North Carolina's prize mascot, Rameses IX. "C.R.A.P." is an acronym for Carolina Ram Abduction Plot. In place of the ram, the "Crappers" left behind a note which said, in part, "Please be assured that your prized animal is in compassionate hands and that he will be treated with the utmost respect and care. He has been 'borrowed' and will be returned at the appropiately (sic) deemed See RAM on page 4. on the rise not work," Cansler said. "The faculty must be written into the code as having overt responsibility for academic integrity." But the faculty's Educational Policy Committee (EPC), which is studying the proposed Honor Code changes, will recommend in its December report to the Faculty Council that faculty proctoring not be included in the Honor Code. EPC also will recommend deletion of the "rat clause" from the Honor Code. "We should eliminate the legal requirement (that students report the violations of others) for reasons independent of anything about the See CODE on page 3. Speigner apparently has maintained an undesignated position on the WXYC music staff. Speigner and Madison have disagreed openly on certain management-level decisions affecting WXYC. According to an incident report filed by L' niversity Police, Madison told police he resigned from WXYC because he could not work in the atmosphere at the station created by Speigner. "According to Madison, Speigner has officially resigned his staff positron but stays on at the station in a Rasputin-life role, wresting station decision making from Manager Don Moore," the report said. According to Speigner's version detailed in the report, "Madison resigned from WXYC staff in A ugust due to pressure from Speigner and others on the basis that Madison was incompetent and possessed of questionable ethics." Speigner maintained that Madison is seeking revenge, the report said. ses;
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