Tourney time
Throw out the stats and
standings because this is it
for the Tar Heels and the six
other ACC teams. It's
tourney time. See page 7 for
details.
Serving the students and the University community since 1X93
Volume C3, Issue No. t15j ()
Thursday, March 1, 1979, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Energy Secretary James Schlesinger said
Wednesday the government may have to force
service stations to close on summer weekends, and
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
approved price hikes announced by several members
taking advantage of the supply squeeze as prospects
of a serious U.S. energy problem increased.
In a statement released at its Vienna, Austria,
headquarters, OPEC said "conference decisions in
setting crude oil prices do not prevent member
countries from making an upward adjustment in the
light of their prevailing circumstances."
Several OPEC members have raised crude oil
prices above the cartel's base price of $13.35 a barrel
in an attempt to take advantage of the supply squeeze
brought on by the loss of Iranian oil.
That supply tightness has caused many oil
companies to limit the amount of fuel they sell
customers. The companies insist they can handle the
current fuel supply squeeze without government
rationing, but Schlesinger warned Wednesday the
government may have to force service stations, to
close on weekends by this summer.
Schlesinger also raised the spectre of mandatory
temperature controls in public buildings and $1 per
gallon unleaded gasoline "within a year or so."
Alice M. Rivlin, the director of the Congressional
Budget office, told a Senate hearing the Iranian crisis
could trigger a major round of price hikes by oil
exporting nations, raising the possiblity of a
worldwide recession in 1980.
The top congressional exonomist told a Senate
Governmental Affairs subcommittee that if the
current 500,000 barrel-a-day impact on U.S. oil
supplies continues for a year, it would increase
unemployment by 200,000 jobs and increase the
inflation rate 0.4 percent.
.Meanwhile, Iran said it would sell its oil to the
highest bidder when it resumes exports, rather than
to the group of companies that had been its
customers.
Schelsinger told the Senate Energy Committee
that if Congress approves the standby energy
conservation measures submitted by President
Carter Tuesday, "it is possible that at some time we
may have to invoke temperature controls or weekend
closing before summer."
The Carter program includes several possible steps
to conserve energy, from spot closings to rationing.
Schlesinger said rationing "represents a last resort."
The threat of another gasoline shortage already
has officials in North Carolina and other states that
thrive on tourism nervous. The North Carolina
Travel Council has adopted a resolution opposing
weekend closing of gas stations and plans to write
letters to President Carter and Gov. Jim Hunt'
voicing its objections.
And William V. Arnold, director of the state's
travel and tourism division, said when weekend
closings were suggested more than two years ago, the
proposal was abandoned because it was determined
that vacation travel accounted for only 10 percent of
gas usage. .
"Nationally, we would save a drop in the bucket
but cause economic chaos " he said of the proposed
closings.
Florida Gov. Bob Graham was given a report
which estimates losses of $880 million in tourist
dollars if weekend closings are implemented.
Schlesinger had predicted on Tuesday that
gasoline prices could rise by 10 cents a gallon before
the end of the year. On Wednesday, however, he told
the Senate Government Operations Committee that
unleaded fuel prices would rise even faster because
demand for that particular fuel is high and supplies
are short. That could push prices over $1 a gallon by
this time next year, he said.
The oil companies say they could afford to build
new refineries for unleaded gas if government price
controls were lifted. But Schlesinger said decontrol
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By BEN ESTES
' Staff Writer .
The Elections Board Wednesday night" voted to certify the
results of the Feb. 21 runoff election for Daily Tar Heel editor,
overturning its previous decision not to certify the election.
David Stacks was the winner of the Feb. 21 runoff for DTH
editor, over Allen Jernigan.
after it decided not to certify the election. When asked if she had
felt much political pressure since the first decision. Linker said,
"The only pressure I felt that 1 was under was that within my own
mind." '
Craig Brown, who represented Stacks at Wednesday night's
meeting, said the board reversed its decision due to Supreme
Court laws affecting elections cases.
"They made their verdict on the basis of the evidence as
Elections Board Chairperson Jil Linker said she felt the board opposed to what they felt was a moral obligation to hold a fair
should not have refused to certify the election because it had election," Brown said.
judged its own performance in handling the runoff.
"1 feel that rather than make a ruling on our own errors, it
would have been wiser to let the matter be taken to the higher
authority, the (Student) Supreme Court," Linker said
Wednesday, urging the board to overturn its decision.
"1 don't think we were on real safe ground passing judgment on
ourselves," she said.
The board made its original decision Feb. 23 after Jernigan
presented evidence which he said showed that students were
Linker said the information on the Supreme Court laws was
not available to the board when it made its original decision.
Before the board's Wednesday night ruling, Stacks had been
prepared to go before the Supreme Court to attempt to overturn
the board's original decision. Now Jernigan must file an appeal
to the court if he wishes to have the election voided.
But Jernigan said Wednesday night he had not decided if he
would appeal.
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r denied the opportunity to vote at the Carolina Union, the Y mismanaged the election," Jernigan said. "The Supreme Court
Court and Scuttlebutt because the polls were opened behind ought to hear it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to appeal."
schedule. Jernigan has 48 hours from the time the election was certified
The jittery Elections Board debated Wednesday night for more to appeal the board's decision,
than two hours before voting 5-3 to certify the election. If Jernigan does not appeal. Stacks said he would take over as
Linker said she thought the board had become a political tool DTH editor the week after spring break.
By BEN ESTES
Staff Writer
Jimmy Buffet will headline a Springfest concert in Kenan
Stadium Saturday night, April 21, Student Body President Jim
Phillips announced Wednesday. Buffett will be joined by two as
yet unnamed bands for the Kenan concert, he said.
Student Government should sign contracts with Beach Club
Promotions, Buffett and the two other bands by next week,
Phillips said.
Originally, the Springfest concerts were planned for two nights
with two bands appearing each night. Because of a lack of
finances, a one-night, three-band concert had to be arranged,
Phillips said.
"We didn't have enough money to do two nights," Phillips
said. "Every major band costs at least $50,000."
Phillips said Buffett probably would receive $50,000 for his
appearance but not receive a percentage of the total ticket sales.
The other two bands are not as expensive as Buffett, Phillips
said.
"I think that Jimmy Buffett will appeal to a lot of different
people," Phillips said.
For Student Government to break even on the concert, it will
have to sell almost all of the 20,000 tickets available for the
concert, Phillips said.
Concert tickets will be $4 for UNC students with anID.
Phillips said. Other tickets will be $8.
Tickets will go on sale soon after spring break, about five
weeks before the concert, Phillips said. Student prices will stay at
$4 until about one week before the show.
Tuesday, a student committee on Springfest met with a
representative from Beach Club Promotions to discuss the
concert. "They (Beach Club) are going to send a blank contract
within a day or two." said committee member Jay Tervo.
Chief Deputy State Attorney General Andrew Vanore, Jr. and
a representative of the Carolina Union will look over the contract
before it is signed, Tervo said.
A representative from Beach Club will meet with Athletic
Director William Cobey later to discuss the concert, Tervo said.
"The promoter will prov ide the lighting and the stage," Phillips
said.
Student Government will work with the Carolina Union and
the Athletic Department on ticket sales, said Lyndon Fuller.
Springfest committee members. Tickets probably will be sold at
either the Union or Carmichael Auditorium.
The rain date for the concert is'Sunday. April 27.
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A stay of judgment filed with the 4th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by Andrew
Vanore, chief deputy state attorney, will
enable Campus Governing Council
representative Pam Edwards to retain her
seat on the council, Vanore said
Wednesday.
Although Vanore has begun the appeal
process on a federal appeals court ruling
that found UNC guilty of reverse
discrimination for mandating black
representation on the CGC and the
Honor Court, the office has until late
spring to decide whether the case actually
will be appealed.
"We filed a motion last Thursday with
the Circuit Court of Appeals to stay
j udgment until we file a petition to ask the
U.S. Supreme Court to review the case,"
Vanore said. He said until the motion is
ruled on by the Court of Appeals,
Edwards will be allowed to keep her CGC
seat.
"We have 90 days from Feb. 2 to file a
petition with the (U.S.) Supreme Court,
but before that time is up, the decision
might be made not to appeal," Vanore
said.
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By ROANN BISHOP
Staff Writer
The Black Student Movement has
adopted a new symbol to protest what
they say are "evil injustices" on the UNC
campus and within the UNC system.
Several members of the BSM are
wearing black hearts pinned to their
shirts this week as a reminder of issues
such as UNC admissions policy, tenure of
black faculty members, minority
representation on the UNC Board of
Governors, segregation and differences
between black and white campuses in the
UNC system.
"The black heart is an attempt to let
people know of the concerns of the black
student," said Allen Johnson, BSM
chairman. "The Black Heart was worn
during Friday's demonstration (while
HEW officials toured the UNC campus
to illustrate our protests of the injustices
within the UNC system and to prove to
the administration that we have the
power to voice our concerns.
"The BSM is generally perceived as a
radical organization," Johnson said. "We
are primarily a service organization
designed to protect the academic.
cultural, political and social interests of
the black students at UNC."
Johnson said the Black Heart symbol is
. not expected to last long, however.
- "The Black Heart is a symbol of our
concern," he said. "The impact of these
hearts will soon fade, but our concern of
these issues will not. When the interest
that the Black Heart has stimulated dies,
we will create something else.
"It is our goal to provide a sense of
black community to the black students on
the UNC campus and to deal with the
problems of the black on a
predominantly white university as a
group."
As a group, the BSM has taken stands
on several issues, including questions
raised by Dean Hayden B. Renwick
about the UNC admissions policy. The
BSM does not support lowering UNC
admission standards, but the group does
want the standard to be fairer, Johnson
said.
"It is a myth that the black student has
equal chances of being admitted to
Carolina as the white student on the basis
of academic standing," Johnson said.
"Black students that have won merit
awards and that have, been National
Achievement winners have been turned
down in favor of a white with less
academic ability.
"If we all start at the same point with
the same opportunities and the same
educational background, there would be
no need of adjusting or modifying
admission standards. However, this is an
ideal situation and everyone doesn't have
the same opportunities or the same
connections," Johnson said.
When HEW officials visited the
campus Friday, the BSM also expressed
concerns that the University has failed to
carry out its advocation of equality for all
state universities in the 16-campus
system. Johnson said the HEW officials
listened politely to the black students'
viewpoints, but he expects no immediate
action on the UNC-HEW conflict.
"We will decide further action after the
March 15 decision by HEW," Johnson
said.
But the main action the BSM is taking
now is to educate people, he said. The
organization plans to contact other
schools in the UNC system to get their
views and consolidate their concerns.
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By CAROL HANNER
Staff Writer
Wake County Superior Court Judge E.
Maurice Braswell dismissed a suit
Wednesday against construction of an
Interstate 40 link east of Chapel Hill.
The suit, filed in August 1978 by
Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange
County against the N.C. Department of
Transportation, may be appealed by
Carrboro and Orange County in the next
few weeks.
The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
voted 7-2 Monday to withdraw from the
suit. Mayor James C. Wallace suggested
in January that DOT might cooperate on
a southern bypass around Chapel Hill
and a northern extension of the planning
district if the town dropped out of the 1-40
suit.
Roger Bernholz, attorney for tne
plaintiffs, said the judge dismissed the
case on the grounds that state agencies
are immune from suit.
He said he did not expect Braswell to
give a formal opinion in the written form
of the dismissal the judge will deliver next
week.
The lawsuit consists of three charges:
that DOT approved the 1-40 project
based :on a draft environmental impact
statement when state law requires a final
statement; that legislation setting up
DOT fails to provide sufficient guidelines
for making highway decisions; and that
DOT acted unlawfully when it denied the
plaintiffs the right to speak at a Sept. 9,
1977 meeting choosing the 1-40 route.
B.B. Olive of Durham, coordinator of
1-40 opposition, said he was not surprised
by the case's dismissal at the lower court
level.
"The case deals with fundamental
issues that have never been brought up
before," Olive said. "It should be heard
on appeal because it is a decision of
tremendous magnitude."
Olive said the case was important
because if it is successful, every highway
project in North Carolina would have to
stop until DOT'S procedures were
corrected.
Olive said he was disappointed with
Chapel Hill's decision to withdraw from
the case.
"I didn't hear a single -reason given
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