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From Staff Reports
Election day. Weeks and even
months of intense campaigning all
have been aimed at influencing the
direction of the voters' pencils on this all
important day.
With tight races shaping up for the
campuswide offices of student body and
Carolina Athletic Association president
and Daily Tar Heel editor, the candidates
declared Tuesday not a day of rest, but a
day of extra-intensive work.
CAA candidate Matt Judson, DTH
editor candidate David Stacks and
student body president candidate J.B.
Kelly each got an important boost
Monday night when they received the
endorsement of the Black Student
Movement. BSM chairman Allen
Johnson announced the endorsements
late Monday following a meet-the-candidates
forum held in Upendo.
The endorsements of Stacks and
Judson were unanimous, Johnson said.
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By ANNETTE FULLER
Staff Writer
Although the federal government has
decided to hire private collection agencies
to recover defaulted federally funded
student loans, UNC Financial Aid
Director William Geer says the agencies
will not get much business from former
UNC students.
The Department of Health Education
and Welfare announced recently that it
has hired private agencies for the first
time to collect from some 94,000 students
in the South and West who owe $121
million on federally backed loans. Geer
said Tuesday that UNC has "the best
collections record in the country" on such
loans. UNC's default rate is only 5.19
percent, while the entire state's is 22
percent, Geer said.
"Many colleges have used collection
agencies for years. They are nothing
new," Geer said.
UNC does not use a private collection
agency to collect defaulted loans. Geer
said there are three reasons a collection
agency is not needed. "First, our rate (of
default) was so good that a collection
agency is not necessary.
"Second, collection agencies charge
about one-third of what they collect.
Since we collect well, we would rather
collect all of what we lent out and lend it
out again. It would deny future students
that amount of money by paying it to
commercial profiteers who are profiting
with student defaults."
Third, Geer said some private
collection agencies are notorious for
methods of harassment, to such an extent
that Congress recently passed laws to
prevent them from using unethical
Crowd lobbies assembly in ERA hearin
By TERRI HUNT
Staff Writer
RALEIGH A crowd of almost 2,000 came to the
Legislative Building on Tuesday to persuade state
legislators to comply with their wishes in voting on the
Equal Rights Amendment, one of the most controversial
pieces of legislation in North Carolina history.
ERA supporters and opponents crowded into a 300
seat auditorium for a public hearing on the
constitutional amendment and roamed hallways
lobbying legislators. . ,
It was the last chance to voice opinions, and they made
the best of it. ERA opponents, who constituted most of
the crowd, wore large octagonal "Stop ERA" signs.
They came by the busloads, prayed and sang "God Bless
America" and gospel hymns outside the building's front
door. Supporters of the amendment, although fewer in
number, were as large in spirit as they displayed "ERA
Yes" signs and cheered wildly for cohorts who spoke at
the public hearing.
Former Sen. Sam Ervin began testimony against
ERA. Ervin urged North Carolina legislators to reject
the amendment for the fourth time, saying it is
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But the Kelly endorsement was a split .
decision.
"We make the endorsement of Kelly
with the reservation that we're not
entirely satisfied with some of the things
in his platform," Johnson said. "But we
do feel he is the best candidate.
"We were very impressed with his
public commitment to bring forth
answers from the administration to Dean
(Hayden B.) Renwick's charges
concerning black admissions. We were
also impressed with his past record and
experience."
The BSM endorsed Stacks because of
his emphasis on unbiased news coverage,
Johnson said.
"All of the Daily Tar Heel candidates
had good credentials," he said. 41 But we
felt that Stacks demonstrated the best
concern for good, balanced news stories."
Homecoming proposals gave Judson
the edge in the CAA endorsement,
Johnson said.
"We felt that (Ricky) May gears
methods of collection. "We did not want
to put our students, even those who
default, in the hands of such people,"
Geer said.
Geer said most Guaranteed Student
Loans, are given out by the College
Foundation in North Carolina. "The
College Foundation gives out GSL loans
to students attending public and private
institutions in this state. They send us a
report on our students, and their
collection rate is superb," Geer said.
In 1976, there was a total of 42 defaults,
constituting 1.8 percent of the borrowers.
HEW has hired Financial Collection
Agencies of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., to seek
$40 million from 36,000 persons with
delinquent accounts . in Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina
and South Carolina.
Payco-American Corp. of Milwaukee
will collect 58,000 defaulted loans for $8 1
million in California, Arizona, Hawaii
and Nevada.
Maurice Karmen, vice president of the
Pennsylvania firm, said his company
would first try to contact the delinquent
borrowers by telephone or letter.
"After our personal contact with the
student, we will relate the names of those
who still won't pay to the Office of
Education in Atlanta. We will collect
what we can, but what we can't collect we
will give to the Office of Education,"
Karmen said.
"We are mainly looking for students
who graduated three or four years ago,"
Karmen said. "The Office of Education
sends us a list of delinquent borrowers in
the Guaranteed Student Loan program."
See LOANS on page 2
unnecessary, unrealistic and destructive to our system of
government.
Carolyn Hunt, wife of Gov. Jim Hunt, made an
appeal for the homemaker. "I am here because I felt a
need to say that the passage of ERA would give new
dignity to the housewife," she said. "Once we insure
equalness as homemakers, we will be equal as people."
Speakers paraded to the podium as supporters and
opponents were each given one hour to speak. The
audience listened intently to more than a dozen
speakers.
"There are two reasons why ERA should be defeated,"
retired state Supreme Court Justice I. Beverly Lake said.
"First, it is utterly unnecessary and secondly, it is
extremely dangerous and will do great harm. 1 do not
know of one law that discriminates against women. If
you can show me a discriminatory law, I'll try and
change it."
William Aycock, a UNC law professor, attacked that
view. "The federal courts, at all levels, already exercise
jurisdiction involving cases of sex discrimination,"- he
said. "ERA will not put the federal courts in business.
They are already in business."
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homecoming more to the alumni than the
students," Johnson said. "But Judson
would like homecoming to be for both ;
students and alumni. His proposals were
realistic. They involved something for
everyone."
The four candidates for student body
president spent the day before the
election getting in some last-minute
campaigning and hoping.
Staff writers Ben Estes Pam
Hildebran and Eddie Marks
collaborated for this campaign ,
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Kelly and Chris Mackie said they were
going to go door-to-door the last day of
the campaign. They said they would try to
stay as visible as possible around campus
on election day.
Richard Klimkiewicz said he had spent
most of Tuesday jogging but did plan to
visit a dorm Tuesday night. He said he
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was going on a field trip today but might
make it to the vote count later on.
"I plan to get in some sleeping," Harold
Schmuck said of his pre-election plans.
"We've been trying to get people
motivated to vote," Kelly said. "Things
are looking good right now."
Kelly said he expects a higher voter
turnout this year. According to Elections
Board figures, 4.707 students voted in the
1978 election.
When asked where his greatest support
would come from, Kelly said, "1 think
we're equally strong in all areas. We
expect to do well."
Winning the high-rise dorms is very
important, however, Kelly said.
"With four candidates, there's a good
chance for a runoff," Kelly said.
"A runoff would be a great moral
victory for me." Mackie said.
"I'd like to get the people that my
opponent doesn't believe he has to win....
Nobody's given a damn about them in the
past,' Mackie said. "My efforts have to be
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Lisa Kazmierczak, a 14-year-old junior high student
from Raleigh, also spoke against ERA and said it would
force women to be eligible for a military draft and to
serve in combat. "Vietnam was a terrible waste of our
men," she said, "thank goodness not of our women."
Housewife Kay Seating aroused the audience when
she challenged the mythical practice of putting women
on a pedestal. "Let me dispel the pedestal myth," she
said. "Women do not scrub floors from a pedestal, and
women do not cook meals from a pedestal. Don't tell us
how much you appreciate us show us under the law."
Both supporters and opponents of the amendment in
the legislature said they would take no action until after
the public hearing. Supporters said they would decide
this week if they want to bring ERA to a vote in the
Senate during this legislative session. If supporters
decide to push a vote now, the issue could be decided as
early as Thursday.
Presently, there are 25 opponents and 22 supporters of
ERA in the Senate. The uncommitted votes of Sens.
Joseph Thomas, D-Craven, Joseph Palmer, D
Haywood, and Walter Cockerham, R-Guilford, will
prove the deciding factor. Thomas said earlier he will
announce his decision Wednesday.
DORM OR STUDENT GROUP POLLING PLACE
District 1 Graduate students Law school
Districts 2,3,6 Graduate students Carolina Union, Y Court,
Scuttlebutt, Wilson Library
District 5 Graduate students Medical school
District 7 Granville West and South Granville Cafeteria
District 8 Granville East Granville Cafeteria
Carr, Old East, Old West Y Court
Spencer Spencer
District 9 Kenan, Mclver, Alderman Mclver
Ehringhaus Ehringhaus
Craige undergraduates Craige
District 10 Hinton James Hinton James
District 11 Morrison Morrison
District 12 Avery, Teague, Parker Parker
Whitehead Whitehead
Joyner Joyner
District 13 Winston, Alexander, Connor Connor
Ruffin, Grimes, Manly Mangum Ruffin
District 14 Cobb - Cobb
Stacy, Lewis, Aycock, Everett
Graham, Everett
Off-campus undergraduates may vote
Court or Carolina Union.
directed at those students who are
favoring me but don't necessarily vote."
Mackie said he had spent part of
Tuesday "trying to recoup from the Tar
Heel endorsement."
Klimiewicz predicted a runoff between
Kelly and Mackie. He said he thought
that more students had become interested
in the elections this year.
"I'll do better on-campus than in
fraternities," Klimkiewicz said, summing
up what he thought his support would be.
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stands," Schmuck said. "Thus I will not
go door-to-door." However, Schmuck
said he probably would vote for himself
today.
Interviews with the candidates for
Daily Tar Heel editor Tuesday showed
that all three anticipate a close election
and each planned last-minute door-to-door
campaigning Tuesday nignt.
Stacks said he was going to patch up
some holes he had left and would
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By CAROL CARNEVALE
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
approved a new towing policy Monday
night which imposes a $10 fine for any of
14 parking violations that require the car
be towed.
The policy, a result of
recommendations by the Streets
Commission, also ends a $27 citation for
minimum court costs previously given to
persons who returned to their cars after a
tow truck was called, but before the truck
arrived.
In December, 56 cases were thrown out
of Orange County District Court. The
cases involved drivers who arrived before
the tow truck and would have had to pay
$27 fees.
The town will continue to pay half the
cost of the tow in cases where the driver
arrives before the tow truck.
The new policy is to increase the
effectiveness of Chapel Hill's towing
ordinances, not because the town has
been losing money on the half-tow costs,
Police Chief Herman Stone said Tuesday
at a press conference.
Stone said he hopes the new $10 ticket
will encourage more people to carpool
and ride buses.
The new policy, which took effect
Monday night, imposes a $10 ticket plus
towing costs on drivers whose cars are
actually towed and only the $ 10 ticket on
drivers who return before the tow truck
arrives. However, persons who take more
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