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By JIM HUMMEL
Staff Writer
Andrew Vanore, chief deputy state
attorney general, said Thursday he hopes
to discuss with University officials on
Monday a court decision this week that
found the University guilty of reverse
discrimination.
"We (Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor
and President William Friday) are
already meeting at 9:30 Monday morning
in President Friday's office to discuss
another matter," Vanore said. "If we have
time I'd like to talk about the case.
Otherwise, I'd like to set up a time to meet
sometime later next week."
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled the University was guilty of reverse
discrimination by requiring minority
representation on the Honor Court and
on the CampUs Governing Council.
The suit was filed in 1974 by two white -students,
Lawrence Uzzell and Robert
Arrington, before the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled in the Bakke reverse
discrimination case.
Vanore said if the University decides to
appeal the case, its next step would be to
file a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court,
asking that the high court hear the
appeal. He said he has not yet discussed
the possibility of an appeal with Friday or
Taylor.
The University w ill ask for a stay of the
appeals court's ruling if it appeals,
Vanore said. "The judgment of the court
does not become law until 21 days after
the ruling. Therefore, we have until Feb.
25."
Vanore said if the stay were granted the
Honor Court and Student Government
could continue to operate as they do now.
"It can take anywhere from two to
eight months for the Supreme Court to
decide whether or not they will even hear
the case," Vanore said. "Then it could
take another nine months after that to
decide."
Friday said he felt the court's decision
would be strictly applicable to the specific
case and would not affect other areas of
the University.
Vanore said, "Very few of these cases
spill over into other areas. I don't know
much about what could happen with the
University, but it could have effect on the
public schools in general."
Vanore said there are public
elementary and secondary school
minority representation provisions in a
number of areas.
Daniel Pollitt, Kenan professor of law,
said such cases are appearing as a result of
the Bakke decision.
"One case leads to another," Pollitt
said. "Because it was a split decision there
could be grounds for appeal."
Pam Edwards, who was appointed
CGC minority representative by Student
Body President Jim Phillips, will have to
resign her position if a stay of the ruling is
not granted.
The seven-judge appeals court relied
heavily on the U.S. Supreme Court's
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iGy C AA presidential races heat up
By BERNIE RANSBOTTOM
University Editor
Henderson Residence College residents turned out in force
Thursday night for a meet-the-candidates forum in Connor, and
their attention was rewarded with lively discussion on two of the
major races.
The most animated discussion of the evening centered on the
Carolina Athletic Association race between Matt Judson and
Ricky May and the issue of whether students should be charged
for tickets to home basketball games played at Greensboro and
Charlotte. The current policy is to charge students $3 per ticket
for these games.
Judson strongly advocated elimination of the charges.
"Athletics is a business," Judson said, "but I think we need to
remember it also is an amateur sport. The athletic department
has a multi million dollar budget, and they certainly can afford to
absorb the $9,000 or at most $12,000 that is generated by these
tickets."
May disagreed. "I'm not one to jump on the bandwagon that
quickly," he said. "I was over to the athletic department to check
on it and they told me that because we didn't go to a bowl game
this year, 'we can't afford to eliminate that fee. If not going to a
bowl game one year can put us in such financial straits, 1 think we
had better be careful what we do."
But both candidates agreed Student Stores profits probably
should not go to fund athletic scholarships. Currently, $25,000
from Student Stores is diverted into athletic grants-in-aid.
The discussion between the student body president candidates
also revealed new twists in their respective platforms. Three of
the four candidates, J. B. Kelly, Chris Mackie and Richard
Klimkiewicz, attended, but Harold Schmuck did not. The
discussion centered on how Student Government can best deal
with the administration.
"Student Government is like the only legitimate campus
organization in the eyes of the administration," Kelly said. "The
student body president can speak with force 'whereas the
president of RHA doesn't have the opening. Jim Phillips has
delegated duty but not authority. 1 propose to delegate both,
broadening the base of student input to the administration."
"If the administration wants something, it appoints a
committee," Mackie said. "Student Government often gets
involved too late to affect the process. It needs to be collecting its
own information. It's not doing that now as much as it should be.
Jim Phillips, has shown that this can work when it (Student
Government) does."
"Student Government needs a larger amount of participation
in decision-making than it has now, and it needs it earlier,"
Klimkiewicz said.
By CHUCK ALSTON
Managing Kditor
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor said
Thursday night he will probably
recommend an increase of $20 per
.semester in the student health fee.
The fee hike, to take effect by the fall,
would bring the total amount students
pay for the University-operated Student
.Health Service to $63.50 per semester, a
68.5 percent increase. Students now pay
$43.50 per semester.
Taylor said he must still receive final
recommendations from John Temple,
vice chancellor for business and finance,
and Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for
student affairs, this . weekend before
forwarding his decision to UNC
President William Friday.
Taylor said he talked with Boulton and
Temple Thursday and the $20 fee hike
was discussed, but, he added, he doubts
that figure will change over the weekend.
"I guess the real question is whether or
not they (Temple and Boulton) might
recommend something different but , I
doubt they will," Taylor said.
"It appears that this is the lowest
increase that could continue to operate a
good Student Health Service."
The increase will come despite the
objections of Student Government and
the Student Consumer Action Union,
who have lobbied for a lower increase of
$3 per semester.
"I think that's way out of line," said
Student Body President Jim Phillips,
contacted Thursday night.
Phillips said the increase is not in
compliance with President Carter's 7
percent price increase guidelines.
"The governor and the president have
recommended a 7 percent ceiling; if state
institutions aren't going to abide by it,
who willT' Phillips said.
Dr. James Taylor, Student Health
Service director, contends the large
increase is necessary to run the new
student infirmary, which will open this
summer, to pay for increased space,
services and personnel. He had requested
a $25 fee hike per semester.
Brad Lamb, a SCAU member, had
spoken with Boulton about holding the
line on increases by hiring more physician
extenders, medical technicians and
nurses rather than doctors. Lamb said
many of the duties necessary to handle
students problems could be performed
easily by these personnel.
Lamb said Phillips plans to introduce a
resolution at the UNC board of trustees
meeting today calling for the University
to follow President Carter's guidelines.
The apparent intention of Phillips'
resolution would be to block the health
fee hike. In the past, however, student
body presidents have had difficulty
getting recognition at trustees' meetings
for such resolutions.
Chancellor Taylor must have his
recommendation on President Friday's
desk Monday morning Taylor said he
anticipates that the fee-hike request
would come before the UNC Board of
Governor's at their March meeting. He
said he expects no trouble getting
approval.
QommiUee attorney, like ly ' to " drop voter cfoalle nges . r ...
By MIKE COYNE
Staff Writer
Orange Committee member Lucius- Cheshire said
Thursday the committee's suit against the Orange
County Board of Elections probably will be allowed to
die in the lower courts.
Cheshire's comments may signal the end of a year
long battle by the conservative Orange Committee to
curtail registration of student voters in Orange County.
Cheshire said the recent state Supreme Court ruling
on the Orange Committee's suit, "completely
emasculates" an earlier court decision on student voting
and makes further action on the suit "an exercise in
futility."
The Orange Committee filed suit against the Orange
County Board of Elections in February 1978. In March
1978, Superior Court Judge James H. Pou Bailey
ordered Orange County voting rolls purged of all
students who listed home addresses outside the county..
He also designed a questionnaire to establish a student's
residency. Bailey's order would have eliminated an
estimated 2,000 student voters from county rolls.
The N.C. Court of Appeals stayed Bailey's order in
April 1978, and that stay was appealed to the state
Supreme Court by the Orange Committee.
In a unanimous decision handed down Monday, the
high court vacated most of Bailey's order. The decision,
written by Justice James G. Exum, also ruled that a
student who intends to stay in the community until
completion of his schooling may be registered to vote if
he has abandoned his prior home and plans to make the
college town his present home.
The Supreme Court's decision may require
modification of its 1972 ruling in Hall v. Wake County
Board of Elections, which has served as the guiding
decision on student voter registration.
The Hall decision, written by now-Chief Justice Susie
M. Sharpe, held there is a presumption that a student
who lives in a community only to attend school is not
domiciled in that community for voting purposes. That
presumption was upheld by the court in its Monday
decision but may be rebutted in light of a recent U.S.
Supreme Court ruling on a similar case which held such
a presumption is unconstitutional.
Cheshire said the Orange Committee's suit was based
on the findings in Hall. He said the suit is pointless now
because the modifications imposed by the more recent
state Supreme Court decision "drastically alter" the
criteria for registering student voters
"I simply wanted (the Orange County Board, of.
Elections) to comply with the law," Cheshire said. "I
have been saying all along that people should comply
with the law and now I'm going to follow what I said."
Cheshire said he will advise other committee members
that the Orange Committee withdraw its suit against the
Board of Elections.
Joseph Nassif, Orange County elections board
chairman, said be will not be surprised if the Orange
Committee drops its suit. He said the suit charged
improprieties in the registration of student voters, in the
county, but "no evidence was put forward to prove that.
They didn't have a case in this regard."
Nassif said he felt the process for challenging voters
should be changed in the state. He said because there is
no limit on the number of voters one person can
challenge, massive voter challenges are possible. He said
such large scale challenges could make it possible for one
group to rig an entire election.
Rep. Trish Hunt, D-Chapel Hill, has introduced a bill
in the General Assembly that would make it more
difficult for someone to challenge large numbers of
voters indiscriminately.
The bill, if passed, will put the burden of proof of the
challenge on the challenger, as opposed to the current
law, which puts the burden on the challenged voter.
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By BETH PARSONS -Staff
Writer
Student Body President Jim Phillips will propose a 3.5 percent
transfer in funds from the Athletic Department budget to the
Sports Club Council in a meeting of the University board of
trustees today. .
"Sports clubs are in financial trouble," Phillips said. "I think
it's the responsibility of the Athletic Department, which
shouldn't be just a varsity athletic department, to provide means
for all students to seek varsity athletics." ;
Sports Club Council Treasurer Phil Dickey said the Athletic
Department now receives $700,000 from student fees. A 3.5
percent transfer from that amount would mean aproximately
$27,000 in additional funds for the Sports Club Council.
SCC already receives funds from the Campus Governing
Council. This year's appropriation was approximately $7,000.
Dickey said the CGC funding is not sufficient to maintain the
current clubs or to create new ones.
SCC is made up of 22 sports clubs with a total of 1,500
members. The clubs are open to all students, and dues range from
$5 per year for volleyball to $80 per year for football.
Phillips said he sees only three ways to add needed money to
the SCC budget: "We can either take a percentage of the athletic
fund, we can take money from the Student Stores and their
scholarships or we can increase student fees for sports." Phillips
said he opposes an increase in student fees: "At this point, 1 think
we have enough fees."
Phillips said a transfer from the Athletic Department is the
only solution. "We've tried other ways," he said, "this is what
we've worked up to."
Trustees chairman Tom Lambeth will recognize Phillips in
today's meeting. Phillips said he asked Lambeth to allow him to
present the proposal because Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor has
refused in the past to put it on the agenda.
Phillips said he hopes to make the board aware of the problem
and added he expects support from the trustees. "They're at a
disadvantage because they only meet every two months so they
really can't keep up with the problems on campus," he said.
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100 years of medicine
As seen in this aerial photograph, the medical complex
at the University has grown a lot-since the early 1950s
when MacNider Hall (upper left) dominated "pill hill."
Dr. Thomas W. Harris (lower right), the f irdean of the
School of Medicine, would find the changes in medical
education even more astonishing as would Dr. Richard
H. Whitehead's f irst-year anatomy students (lower left)
who worked outside in 1890.
Med school can still cut it
after a century of operation
By PAM KELLEY
Staff Writer
The UNC School of Medicine has come a long way since
its inauspicious beginning in 1879.
As the school celebrates its 100th birthday this week, it
includes a full-time faculty of 600 serving 630 students
enrolled in the four-year program and 400 residents and
fellows in training at North Carolina Memorial Hospital.
The school also serves nearly 200 graduate students in the
basic medical sciences and 150 undergraduate and graduate
students in allied-health fields. .
When the School of Medicine opened its doors in 1879, its
three-man faculty was headed by Dr. Thomas West Harris, a
Civil War veteran officer who had studied medicine in New
York and Paris. He was not paid for his job as dean of the
school with 10 students so he relied on his private medical
practice for income. He resigned in 1886 because of financial
reasons, and the school closed for four years.
The school offered only a two-year program until 1947,
when the N.C. General Assembly appropriated funds for
expansion. The first class in the new four-year program was
graduated in 1954.
Today the school receives about $20 million annually,
mostly from the federal government, for research purposes,
medical school Dean Christopher Fordham 111 said
Wednesday. "The medical school has, 1 think, achieved a
clear role as one of the distinguished schools in the country,
and certainly one of the youngest distinguished schools in the
country," he said.
"We've given up a fair number of our faculty who have
taken leadership roles in other medical institutions,"
Fordham said. "The School of Medicine is one of the world's
centers in hemophilia and blood-clotting research. It also
enjoys international fame in kidney physiology."
The medicat school has continued to grow and improve.
Currently a new student health center and Jaycee Burn
Center are under construction. A nine-story faculty
laboratory-office building was completed recently, along
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