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By BUDDY BURNISKE
Staff Writer
Tfiis is the second in a six-pert examination the
quality end variety of artistic opportunities on ccr.tpus ,
end in the community. 4 '
For media-minded scholars wro cream, of writing
television scripts for prirr; ? time c r producing movies in
the big time, the radio, televisr i and motion plctuics
deportment provides a 'stro .12 : ..:rtin point.
The department offers a bro J rnge of courses ard
recognizes the teaching of the creati and writirj;
aspects of communications as its spee!:.l strer.ths. -e .
"As best I can detf r une, ths ory j-iople who are
doing this (teaching rniU;-v:l::r skills) at thekcl we,
are doing it are USC, UCLA a-- - .1 few others" said
department chairman Riiard tl' -1. ' v .
Elam cited creative, r- , , i d documentary
writing as strengths, bu . . iht an emphasis on
concepts remains a constant concern. "What we want to
stress are concepts with a broad understanding so
that as technology advances the students can adapt. If
they relied on total operational ability they'd have a
toucher time with adjustments."
William Hardy, an RTVMP professor, said he agrees
with Elam. "The people who come to us with real writing
talent that will be realized in a major way are few and far
between. But there are a lot of people who have
' something to offer.".
Work in the department doesn't guarantee success in
s riting, added H ardy, who has taught in the department
for 16 years. v
' "Like any other writing it's an iffy proposition. They
s may not end up being writers," Hardy said, "but if
they're going to be working in TV or film in any capacity,
they're going to be dealing with writers and the problems
of writers. The fact that they have gone through some of
these troubles themselves will be helpful to them."
The department has difficulty accommodating the
needs of students interested in the technical aspect of
communications: Elam said respect for the department
v doesn't ensure the financial assistance necessary for
many hi the expenditures needed to provide quality
training.
"I'm not going to equate the fact that we don't have
allocations with respect, but we don't have the
equipment needed," he saUl.
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mrt ruling could affect Orange challenges
By MIKE COYNE
Staff Writer
An analysis
A
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on student voter
r Jjtrziion in Texas handed down Jan. 15 could have a
b zzxi"2 on the dispute over student voter registration in
Orar.s County. .;-
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned decision delivered
without opinion, upheld a Texas Supreme Court
decision that rejected the use of questionnaires by voter
registrars to determine students' eligibility. The Texas
court also ruled as unconstitutional the presumption
tht students are legally domiciled only at their parents's
residences.
The case ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court closely
parallels the voter challenge case now before the N.Q
Supreme Court between the Orange Count Board of
Elections and the Orange Committee.
The Orange Committee, a group of conservative
Orange County Democrats, challenged the voting rights
of more than 6,300 southern Orange County residents
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Tt: committee contended student voters were
illegally registered to vote in Orange County and sought
to have their (names purged, from the county's voting
rolls. Judge James H. Pou Bailey ordered the student
names stricken and designed a questionnaire to be
answered by votersTwhen registering. The questionnaires
were considered by many to be worded to exclude
student voters, so Bailey's order was appealed.
The N.C. Court of Appeals stayed Bailey's order, and
the N.C. Supreme Court affirmed the appeals court stay.
The state Supreme Court however, has yet to issue a full
decision in the case.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could bear
on the Orange County voter challenge case in two
areas: the use of special questionnaires to prevent
students from registering and the determination of
residency status for student. voters.
The U.S. District Court's decision, which was upheld
by the U.S. Supreme Court, stated, "The Texas voting
registrar's requirement that college dormitory residents
establish that they Jntendedto remain in the community
after graduation before they coula beirgtstemrtOvpte
violated the 26th Amendment."
The lower court also rejected the assumption that
students are to be considered domiciled at their parents'
homes for registration purposes, citing a California
Supreme Court decision in which such assumptions
were termed "hoary fictions."
Gerry Cohen, Orange County Democratic Party voter
registration chairman, said although it is still subject to
N.C. Supreme Court interpretation, the recent U.S.
Supreme Court decision should be favorable to the
student voters in Orange County.
"I would assume this (Supreme Court decision) would
mean that students cannot be asked questions other
voters are not asked," Cohen said. "I think this Supreme
Court case is very favorable for student voters."
Geoffrey Gledhill, the attorney representing the
Orange County Board of Elections, said he was unsure
what ramifications the U.S. Supreme Court decision
could have on the voter challenge case.
"What the (Supreme Court) decision means in North
Carolina e don't know," Gledhill said. He said the
Supreme Court ruling is based on Texas law and
therefore might' hot' be applicable'td North Carolina.
CiLirier grants clemency;
rlemrst release Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Carter, agreeing that newspaper heiress
Patricia Hearst "needs no further
rehabilitation" or punishment, acted
Monday to set her free this week.
Carter granted executive clemency to
Hearst, perhaps the nation's most
celebrated federal prisoner, and
commuted her seven-year sentence for
bank robbery.
An announcement of the president's
action, taken on the recommendation of
the Justice Department, said Hearst will
be freed Thursday from the federal prison
at Pleasanton, Calif. She has served 22
months of her sentence.
The White House said Hearst, who will
be 25 next month, "has been punished
substantially" for her part in the holdup
of a San Francisco bank two months after
. she was kidnapped by the Symbionese
Liberation Army in 1974.
The announcement said she "needs no
further rehabilitation, and it is the
consensus of all involved in her
proceedings and confinement that she is
no risk to the community and that, on the
contrary, she " will be" a law-abiding
citizen."
To win her freedom, Hearst had to
agree to a series of parole-like conditions
that she must observe for a one-year
period. Terry Adamson, a Justice
Department spokesman, said a
department official spoke to Hearst
earlier in the day and won her agreement.
The conditions include requirements
that she not leave the country without
permission of the attorney general, that
she avoid anyone who has a criminal
record, that she keep no firearms and that
she submit to possible unspecified
additional supervision by the attorney
general.
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In recommending that she be freed.
Deputy Attorney General Benjamin
Civiletti told Carter that Hearst had
suffered "degrading experiences... as a
victim" of her kidnappers, who abducted
her on the night of Feb. 4, 1974. .
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What it costs to keep Carolina teams athletically attired
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By EDDIE MARKS
Staff Writer
The Educational Policy Committee of
the Faculty Council voted 5-4 Monday
against recommending the four-week
drop period be extended to six weeks.
A final decision on the drop-period
extension will be made by the entire
Faculty Council. EPC will present its
report to the council in March, said EPC
chairman James Pruett.
"We will present a mixed report to the
Faculty Council," Pruett said. "Our
report will contain both the majority and
the minority opinions."
Student Body President Jim Phillips,
who has lobbied for the extension, said he
was disappointed by the committee's
action.
"I was not overjoyed by the vote," he
said. "I had hoped that EPC would report
favorably on the extension. But I think
the subject was discussed very
thoroughly.
"Even among the people , who voted
against the extension, I think our
arguments made a very good impression.
Between how and March we'll have to
talk to the members of the Faculty
Council and try to convince them to vote
favorably.
"The 5-4 vote was close. It's a lot closer
than it's been before."
EPC voted unanimously against
recommending a drop-period extension
in September 1977.
Craig Brown, Student Government
executive assistant, said 1 he was
encouraged by the vote Monday.
"By and large we're pretty pleased,"
Brown said. "I thought we got a fair
hearing. The fact that the vote was so
close means it could go well when it
comes before the Faculty Council."
But at the EPC meeting,-committe
member Mark'"Appelbaum safd
December survey showed that two-thirds
of the faculty favor leaving the four-week
drop period intact.
"About 90 percent of the faculty said
they feel they are able to represent their
course fairly in four weeks," Appelbaum
said. "About one-half also said they feel
they can evaluate students fairly in that
time. .
"One attitude is that the student's
decision to drop should be made simply
on what is in the course, not on the grades
he's getting. The fundamental substance
of the course, what is offered, the material
to be covered and the way it will be
covered can be represented in four weeks.
"Another attitude is that the student's
decision to drop should be based not on
what is in the course, but on how he is
doing."
EPC member Philip Stadter said an
extended drop period would weaken
students' commitments to their classes.
"The thing I find difficult about long
drop periods is that they make a professor
like a television show," Stadter said. "The
first moment you trip up, the student
drops you.
"I have to go all the way to the end. At
the end of six weeks, I can't drop the
course if the students are terrible."
Committee member H. Eugene
Lehman said a six-week drop period
would be fairer to students.
"A student has the right to know what
level of work will be expected of him "
Lehman said. "In some advanced courses
the first two weeks are redundant reviews
of previous courses. The student does not
know what the rest of the course will be
like.
"Therefore, if four weeks of new
knowledge is needed to make a decision,
then the request for a six-week drop
period is reasonable."
The longer drop period would give a
student a better opportunity to iud?e his
ability to compete TnTa class, Lehrharf
said.
Drawing dates set
Momsioi,
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Staff Writer
Students who wish to live in a
dorm next year need to have
applications turned into their
residence directors by 3 p.m. Feb. 9,
Peggy Gibbs, assistant director for
housing contracts, said Monday.
Students not meeting the deadline
will be treated as off-campus
students, Gibbs said.
Applications, distributed in the
Room to Live books on Jan. 22, must
be stamped by the University cashier
in Bynum Hall. A $75 deposit or a
waiver card must be turned in to the
cashier to have the application
stamped. The application is then
turned in to the RD, Gibbs said.
Students wishing to room together
must submit their applications to the
RD at the same time.
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A preliminary drawing for
students wanting to move to another
dorm will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 19 inCarr
Building, Gibbs said. The general
drawing will be at specified times
depending on the dorm on Feb. 21.
Students not chosen in the
preliminary drawing and not wanting
to be entered in the general drawing
must cancel their contracts on Feb.
20, she said.
The waiting-list drawing will be
held Feb. 27 and, the list will be
posted by March 1, Gibbs said.
If a student does not get a room
assignment, he may cancel the
contract at any time and still receive a
full refund of the $75 deposit. If a
student does get a space in the dorm,
he will be refunded $50 if he cancels
before June 15 and $25 if he cancels,
between J une 1 5 and the beginning of
the fall semester. -
Gibbs said she did not know what
percentage of students who want to
live on campus will be able to because
all contracts have not been turned in.
She did say that 52 percent of the
spaces in the dorms will go to
returning students, 3 percent to
transfer students and 45 percent to
freshmen.
This year's general lottery is being
held almost four weeks before the
March 17 lottery held last year.
Gibbs said there are several reasons
for the earlier date.
She said housing cannot make
freshman housing assignments until
after sign-up. Freshman applications
must be out by June 1 because rent is
due June 15. The later lottery date
did not give housing enough time to
get freshman assignments out, Gibbs
By SUDIE TAYLOR
Staff Writer
Carmichael 109 overflows with uniforms, sizes 4 to 16
shoes and a variety of sports equipment from tennis balls
to hockey sticks.
Unimpressive as it seems, the room holds nearly
$500,000 worth of equipment and uniforms for UNC's
25 collegiate sports.
"It's a situation where we must spend money to make
money," says John Swofford, assistant athletics
director, about the cost of the equipment. This fiscal
year the athletic department spent $145,000 for athletic
equipment.
Swofford must keep the budget in the black, fill the
coaches' requests and yet "maintain a quality program
and increase the women's program," he says.
Quality costs. It's Sarge Keller's job as athletic
facilities supervisor to see that coaches get the most for
the money.
"The expense is too great to buy new uniforms and
equipment each year," says Keller, who manages the
equipment room. "We simply keep what we have and
add to it."
Football, which comprises 18 percent of the annual
equipment budget, is the most expensive collegiate
sport. "It costs $254.86 to outfit each football player "
Keller says. "That's more than $25,000 for a 100-member
team."
Add to that the team laundry bill for the five-month
season more than $6,000.
Men's basketball is also expensive, comprising 10
percent of the total equipment budget. A plain
basketball jersey costs $14 and each additional insert,
emblem and number raises the price. "Usually it runs $6
$8 extra just for the trim," Keller says.
With 37 years experience Keller has learned to be
frugal by buying in large quantities. He must purchase
4,500 sweat suits for next year's athletes. "1 prorate them
(the bulk purchases), letting the coaches pay for them as
they use them," he says.
"It's cheaper to buy 14 jerseys even though there's only
nine players," he adds. Each basketball player has a
duplicate uniform and warm-up suit, just in case. "We
don't want them streaking on the court," he jokes. He
warns that uniform companies will charge $150 to
replace one needed warm-up suit.
Athletic shoes are also a big expense. "Varsity
basketball players go through four to six pairs of shoes
in a season," Keller says. The equipment room stocks
shoes from a woman's track size 4 to a man's size 1 6 for
basketball. For just one French-made spike shoe
required for high jumpers, Keller says the department
must pay $80.
But most of the equipment, though expensive, is
recycled including the tennis balls. Keller buys them by
the gross and after use by the tennis teams they are
handed down to the physical education classes.
This year the recycling process extended even farther
when the used tennis balls were sent overseas for
underprivileged children to play with. "They were really
wore out," Keller says. "But it was something they didn't
have."
Warm-up suit: valued at $95 each also were handed
down more times than usual this year when the men's
used varsity and jayvee suits were altered for the
women's basketball team. Keller says the suits the
women normally would have used, leftover from the
women's team last year, were too little for this year's
players. -
Whether dressed out in hand-me-downs or brand new
jerseys, women athletes receive their fair share of
equipment arid uniforms, Keller and Swofford agree.
The total operational budget for women's sports,
which excludes athletic scholarships, has increased from
$28,000 in 1973-74 to $275,000 in the current fiscal year,
Swofford says. The operational budget for men's non
revenue producing sports, which excludes basketball
and football; is $287,681 for the current fiscal year, he
adds.
A sport fielding both a men's and women's team, with
the same coach, tends to be equally budgeted. Swofford
uses fencing as an example: "Both teams have the same
coaching staff and are budgeted 50-50," he says.
Women's sports remain the least expensive to equip
and outfit, Keller says. Women's field hockey is the
cheapest UNC varsity sport. Swofford says the four
factors affecting the cost of a sport are its nature, the
number of participants, the equipment used and the
amount of travel required to find competition. ,
Equal funding of male and female sports is not a
moral question but a financial one, Swofford says. "No
one would dispute that women's athletics aren't good,
but it's not a question of what is right or wrong but the
financial difficulty of it."
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