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Tuesday, April 10, 1979, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Stops taken
Athletic mrants
uTnay lose funds
By PAM HILDEBRAN
SUfT Writer
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor has taken preliminary steps to
eliminate funding for athletic-grants-in-aid derived from Student
Stores scholarship funds, Student Body President J.B. Kelly
said.
Taylor has approached the Educational Foundation to ask its
members to increase their donations to make up the $25,000 that
would be lost to athletic grants if Student Stores funding is cut
off, Kelly said. The Educational Foundation is a private
organization that provides the bulk of funding for athletic
scholarships at UNC.
Taylor said Monday the matter will be discussed at the
Educational Foundation's budget meeting in May. He would not
comment on the proposal's chances for approval.
The amount being contributed to athletic grants from Student
Stores funds has been reduced gradually over the past four years
but has not been eliminated because of the possibility of future
athletic department deficits, Taylor said.
This year, $25,000 will go to athletic grants from $350,000 in
Student Stores earnings. The remaining funds will go to
academic scholarships.
Kelly said he thinks Taylor's proposal will be approved by the
Educational Foundation. "I'm sure the alumni can come up with
$25,000," he said. "If not this year, over the next two years they
should increase their funding."
But Ernest W. Williamson, executive vice president of the
foundation, said UNC Athletic Director William Cobey should
be the person to request additional funds from the foundation.
"This money is not University money," Williamson said. "It
does not belong to the University of North Carolina. They (the
athletic department) request funds from us. These funds are
contributions that the alumni donate."
Cobey said he does not know if the foundation will be able to
make up the $25,000 difference.
"The foundation feels pretty strapped right now," Cobey said.
"They would like to have a full year's scholarship money in
reserve, but that won't happen because we're spending so much
now in women's athletics."
The athletic department will probably increase its funding of
women's athletics by $50,000 next year, Cobey said. "If they (the
foundation) are called upon to replace the $25,000 plus the extra
$50,000 for women's athletics plus inflation, it will be really
hard," he said.
If the foundation cannot replace the $25,000, the athletic
department may be forced to reduce its commitment to athletic
scholarships, Cobey said. But varsity football and men's
basketball would not be affected, he said.
"Practically all the money given is because of those two
sports," Cobey said. "The more successful we are, the more
money they (UNC alumni) will give."
Cobey said he does not see any conflict with Student Stores
money being used for athletic grants rather than academic
scholarships.
"That's what athletic scholarships are all about competing
with other institutions for the best athletes," Cobey said. "It's just
like academic scholarships competing with big-name
institutions for the best scholars."
The proposal to eliminate Student Stores funding for athletic
grants originally was introduced by former Student Body
President Jim Phillips at a board of trustees meeting in October
1978. Trustee regulations in effect since 1952 say all profits from
campus merchandising "shall be devoted to grants-in-aid to
students selected on the basis of character, citizenship and
leadership."
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This may be the gas pump of the near future
. .August 1979
By RENEE MCRARY
Staff Writer
When students fill up their cars' gas tanks in
Chapel Hill this fall, they can expect to pay about a
dollar for each gallon they pump, a spot check of area
service station managers showed Monday.
Most managers in the Chapel Hill Carrboro area
anticipate a $1 per gallon price for gasoline by
August. Ken Blackwood, owner of Blackwood
Service and Grocery in Chapel Hill, said his
distributor, Ervin Oil of Durham, told him prices
would reach "the dollar margin" by the end of this
summer.
George Witham, manager of Tar Heel '66 in
Chapel Hill, said he attended a meeting with his
distributor a month ago and "they told us to look for
that (price)." Several other managers also predicted
drivers will pay a dollar per gallon by August, and
two others predicted prices would rise 10 cents from
present prices.
With distributor price increases, consumer gas
prices have risen between 4 and 7.9 cents during the
past month. Witham said prices per gallon at Tar
Heel '66 have gone up about 4 cents for unleaded,
regular and super gasoline. Prices at Gerald's Shell
Service on Airport Road and East Franklin Union
76 have also increased 4 cents per gallon, bringing
the price of a gallon of unleaded gas to 78.9 and 79.8
respectively.
McFarling's Exxon on West Franklin Street and
Brinkley's East Gate Gulf reported increases of 5
cents per gallon during the last 30 days, and
Blackwood, said three price increases during the last
month have driven his prices up 7.9 cents. The
manager of Riggsbee's Service in Carrboro, said
prices at his pumps have risen 7 cents per gallon,
bringing the price of a gallon of regular gas to 69
cents.
In addition to higher gas prices, consumers face
the possibility of a gas shortage. Managers said gas
allocations have been cut 10 to 30 precent compared
to last year's allocations.
The reduced allocations have caused several
stations in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area to have
some problems getting unleaded gasoline toward the
end of each month. While some managers said they
have had no problems getting gasoline, several said
they expect some shortage problems in the near
future. One Carrboro manager said his gas supply
will be "very close-cut" by the end of April because
his distributor is "not guaranteeing."
There was no consensus among managers on how
much the higher prices have affected driving and gas
buying habits. Witham said his sales have "slowed
down a little except for weekend business." People
are not driving as much during the week, he said.
Witham also said weekend drivers, especially
students going home, tend to load their cars heavily,
with "more people getting into one car."
Gerald Talbert, owner of Gerald's Shell Service,
said people are now "more aware of the price of gas,"
and are no longer "just riding to be riding." But other
managers said rising gas prices have had little effect
on drivers. C.H. McFarling owner of McFarling's
Exxon, said increased prices have affected his sales
"not a bit we're selling all we can get."
Most of the managers have noticed people are
driving smaller cars in response to the higher gas
prices. Some drivers have removed catalytic
converters from new cars, which allows them to use
regular gas.
If gas prices do reach $1 a gallon, pumps will have
to be changed in order to accommodate the new price
figures. Pumps now only register two digits for
prices. "They're going to have to re-do some pumps,"'
one manager said. He said prices may be set at 50
cents and the indicated price doubled. Another
manager said he would have to change the computers
inside the pumps. Talbert said his distributor would
need to revamp the pumps. "I'm sure it can be done
without too much trouble," he said.
If a driver wants to get the most for his gasoline
money, the managers all suggest the same thing, of
course: that he have his car tuned regularly, change
oil and air filters and keep tires inflated to proper
levels.
Crisis ends; area near nuke plant declared safe
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Gov. Dick Thornburgh told pre
school children and pregnant women Monday it was safe to
return to homes within five miles of the Three Mile Island nuclear
plant. A top federal official said the crisis is over at the crippled
facility.
"I consider the crisis is over today with regard to the status of
the core," said Harold Denton, the 'Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's chief of operations.
Denton added, however, it would be several more days before
the plant would be brought to cold shutdown.
Thornburgh made the announcement that the evacuation of
the two groups considered most endangered by radiation could
end after 1 1 days and said the news means the reactor now is
considered safe.
At the height of the crisis, spawned by a nuclear accident which
officials had difficulty bringing under control, Thornburgh had
advised pregnant women and young children to leave an area
within five miles of the plant.
On Monday, m addition to ending the advice to evacuate, the
governor said schools and state offices may reopen, and the Civil
Defense may descend from full alert to on-call status.
Thornburgh also said there is no threat to public health from
milk or drinking water in the area.
However, he added, "This does not mean that we will relax our
vigil. We will continue to monitor the entire situation on a 24
hour basis."
Authorities were still finding traces of radioactive material,
but they have dropped off to near the normal background levels.
Meanwhile, technicians battled one final obstacle blocking the
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April 4 march unproductive
Taylor powerless to meet
April 4 DSM marched on South Building
. . .results not very satisfactory
DTHAndy James
By ROANN BISHOP
Staff Writer
Members of the Black Student Movement are not
satisfied with the results of the April 4 march on South
Building to protest the policy of the UNC
administration, BSM Chairman William Bynum said.
"We made several mistakes in the demonstration
because we hadn't thoroughly planned it," Bynum said.
"I feel that we made a point to the administration about
how the students feel. But in the future we are going to
plan more and be better prepared."
The demonstration was staged to protest several
issues including the departmentalization of the Afro
American Studies curriculum and the denial of tenure to
Sonja Stone, director of the Afro-American Studies
curriculum.
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor said Monday he
supports the methods by which the BSM staged the
demonstration. But he said as chancellor, he has no
control over the outcome of the issues the BSM is
protesting.
"People have the right to express their opinions,"
Taylor said. "It has been a tradition oi this University to
respect the right to protest peacefully. As chancellor of
this University, I will see that this tradition is
continued."
"However, students are under the impression that the
conferral or non-conferral of tenure is made by me. It is
not. It is a decision made by the departmental chairman
or the dean of the school.
"If the faculty member feels that he is denied
reappointment or tenure based on factors such as
discrimination, he can appeal to the superior of the
person who made the decision. It this case. Dean
Williamson made the decision, and Dr. Stone appealed
the decision to Provost Morrow," Taylor said.
During the April 4 demonstration. Provost J. Charles
Morrow refused to answer questions concerning the
tenure of Stone and the departmentalization of the
Afro-American curriculum.
"The leaders of the BSM met with me in my office and
told me their concerns about the departmentalization of
the Afro-American curriculum and they expressed their
support of the tenure of Sonja Stone." Morrow said. "I
told them that I had no comment yet on the issue of Dr.
delicate task of cooling down the crippled nuclear plant's
simmering reactor.
Denton said more attempts may be made to reduce gas pockets
from the primary cooling system before an attempt is made to
bring the reactor to cold shutdown.
"The next step would be to lower the temperature of the
primary system. That step won't be taken for several more days,"
Denton said at a joint news conference with Thornburgh.
NRC officials said it will take at least five days to bring the
reactor to cold shutdown once the delicate process begins.
Robert Bernero, of the NRC, a decontamination expert, said
he did not know when engineers would start lowering the core's
280-degree temperature.
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Stone because the matter is still under review. As for the
Afro-American issue, I don't believe that it is necessary
to form a department to accomplish the goals of this
curriculum.
"The leaders of the BSM had arranged in advance to
see me. I heard what they had to tell me. 1 felt that it was
a better situation to have a discussion in my office than
for me to confront the crowd outside. But I asked the
leaders to convey the results of the meeting to the
students outside," Morrow said.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Donald Boulton
said the issues which concern the BSM are being
studied.
"All of these issues are important," Boulton said.
"We're struggling to find the right answers. I don't have
the answer. Nobody does. But we're working to find the
answers in an atmosphere of no fear or emotion."
The question of tenure is largely decided by faculty
members, Boulton said.
"The faculty decides among them who merits
promotion and tenure," Boulton said. "It is the faculty
then that is concerned with the tenure process. It must be
handled by that group."
Inflation lessened
Provost examines grades
By BEN ESTES
Staff Writer
Grade statistics for the fall semester
from nine departments are being studied
to see if these departments have lowered
the percentage of As and Bs given as they
were requested to do in October, UNC
Provost J. Charles Morrow said
Monday.
The grade figures being studied are
from American studies, comparative
literature, dramatic arts, music, physical
education, political science, RTVMP,
sociology and speech communications.
The Spanish curriculum of the
department of Romance Language also is
being studied.'
Last October, Samuel R. Williamson,
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,
announced a crackdown on high grade
point averages in those departments. Last
fall's percentages of As and Bs are being
compared with percentages from other
semesters to determine if there has been a
difference since the crackdown, Morrow
said.
Morrow said he hopes to have
complete comparative information on
the figures soon to determine if there has
been a substantial change in grade-point
averages.
An undergraduate grade distribution
report released Wednesday showed last
fall's percentages of As and Bs and total
grade-point averages for the departments
being studied. These figures will be
1 slightly different from ones which will be
released later because they include
incompletes and absences.
Here is a summary of the grade
distribution information:
American studies: 1 1 percent A or A
, 51 percent B, B, or B-; and a total
grade-point average of 2.977.
Comparative literature: 22 percent A
or A-, 39 percent B, B or B-; and a total
grade-point average of 2.786.
Dramatic arts: 27 percent A or A-, 28
percent B, B or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.628.
Music: 46 percent A or A-, 28
percent B, B, or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.944.
Physical education: 60 percent A or
A-, 31 percent B, B or B-; and a total
grade-point average of 3.446.
Political science: 18 percent A or A-,
63 percent B, B or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.618.
RTVMP: 14 percent A or A-, 31
percent B, B or B-; and a total grades
point average of 2.559.
Sociology: 18 percent A or A-, 36
percent B, B or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.599.
Spanish: 28 percent A or A-, 39
percent B, B, or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.808.
Speech: 22 percent A or A-, 45
percent B, B or B-; and a total grade
point average of 2.838.
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Town basketball resolution presented
Mayor Wallace (left) with Bill Guthridge
Heels, Smith receive
town congratulations
By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff W riter
UNC basketball coach Dean Smith and his Tar Heels have
received acclaim iroin the hour Corners of the world. This
year, the team surprised the experts and pulled down the
ACC Championship. And Smith was the National
Basketball Writers Coach of the Year for 1979.
But Monday night the Tar Heels and Coach Smith got one
award that was a long time in coming. They were honored by
the hometown crowd.
In an unprecedented action, the Chapel Hill Board of
Aldermen passed a resolution on behalf of all town citizens
congratulating the team and their coach for an outstanding
record.
The resolution, signed by Mayor James Wallace and all
the aldermen, was accepted by Assistant Basketball Coach
William W. Guthridge.
Basketball players John Virgil and Al Wood had planned
to accept the board's congratulations, but Guthridge said
theywere unable to attend.
Mayor Wallace seemed satisfied when Guthridge assured
See AWARDS on page 2