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Serving the student and the University community since 1X93
Thursday, April 19, 1979, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Three dorms
vote to leave
Morehead
Dy MARTHA WAGGONER
Staff Writer
The necessary two-thirds majority of
residents in Lewis, Aycock and Everett
dorms voted Wednesday in favor of
withdrawing from the Morehead
Confederation.
Graham and Stacy residents voted
against remaining in Morehead, but did
not provide the necessary two-thirds
majority. Residents of Joynerand Cobb
voted in favor of remaining in Morehead.
The Aycock vote was 73-2 in favor of
withdrawal. The Lewis vote was 81 in
favor of withdrawal. Everett voted 68-1
for withdrawal, with one vote
unaccounted for.
Graham residents voted 33-23 for
withdrawal. The Stacy vote was 28-25 in
favor of leaving the confederation. Cobb
residents voted 97-8 to remain in the
confederation and Joyner residents voted
66-5 against withdrawal.
The referendum was held in Lower
Quad, Joyner and Cobb to determine
whether or not residents wished to remain
in the confederation. The referendum is
not binding. The Residence Hall
Association Board of Governors will
make a final decision tonight on the
possibility of dissolving the
confederation.
RHA President William Porterfield
said the Board of Governors probably
will abide by the referendum results. "It
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has never been the intention of the board
to go against what the majority of
students want," Porterfield said. "In my
opinion, and I cannot speak for the entire
board, to ignore the substantial number
of people who voted and the substantial
number of people who voted in favor of
withdrawal, would be to ignore student
opinion."
Porterfield said he was satisfied with
the process the board used to determine
resident opinion on the issue. "1 am
confident the Residence Hall Association
provided every opportunity for residents
to express their opinion on more than one
occasion," he said.
Morehead Gov. McRay Simmons,
said he does not expect the confederation
to be weakened by the withdrawal of the
three dorms. "The group that voted to
remain in Morehead is the group that will
work for a stronger residence college," he
said.
The dorms which voted to withdraw
will be declared independent before they
can join another confederation,
Porterfield said. "These dorms will have
an interim type of representation on the
governing board itself," he said.
The RHA board will vote on the
Morehead issue at 7:30 p.m. today in
Suite A "of the Carolina Union.
By THOMAS JESS1MAN
Staff Writer ,
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation and the
Black Ink were among the major losers Tuesday at the Campus
Governing Council Finance Committee meeting.
Tuesday was the first of three Finance Committee meetings
that continued Wednesday night. The committee will propose a
budget bill to the full CGC for final decisions April 24.
The Finance Committee decided Tuesday not to give GPSF
any money for next year. GPSF received $18,200 from last year's
CGC.
"Basically the graduate students get just as much out of the
campus-wide organizations as the undergraduates," said Rep.
David Wright, committee chairperson.
The finance committee did not receive a sufficiently detailed
budget request from GPSF, said CGC Speaker Rhonda Black, a
member of the committee.
"If we don't get a good budget for them by next Tuesday they
won't be getting any funding for next year," Black said. "We've
given them every opportunity to do it but they haven't done a
thing."
"The things they itemized did not appeal to a substantial
amount of students that should get money," Wright said. "Last
year the CGC gave approximately $1.90 per graduate student
back to their departments. Tuesday the committee rejected those
departmental allocations.
"The reason we did this was that we had no idea where the
money was actually going," he said. "We felt the GPSF needed to
justify their expenses and they only partially detailed what they
wanted."
GPSF President Rob Shafer said he feels the committee was
unreasonable in its action. "I think the extreme degree to which
they want things itemized is ridiculous," he said. "We provided.
$105,000 of funds this year for student activities and it's
ridiculous that graduate students won't get any of that back.
"The undergraduates control the CGC so they don't want to
fund the graduate students," Shafer said. "We're under their heel.
Graduate students have a right to control the use of their own
funds, and the CGC simply ignores that."
See BUDGET on page 2
Man killed on Franklin;
apparent hit and run
A man was killed Wednesday night, apparently by a hit-and-run
driver, on East Franklin Street between Elizabeth
Street and Plant Road, police said.
Investigating officer Capt. Amos Home said the accident
occurred between 8:10-8:15 p.m. He said he has no witnesses
to the death, which he said was reported to the police by
telephone.
Police are withholding the victim's name pending
notification of his relatives.
CAROL HANNER
Placement service helps
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By CAROLYN WORSLEY
Staff Writer
This is the first in a three-part series dealing with
the problems of finding a job after graduation.
If you're starting to panic because school's
almost over and you haven't found a job, you might
be interested to know that approximately 80
percent of all job openings are filled through
personal contacts and word-of-mouth
information.
Of the remaining jobs, 2 percent are filled by
direct applications to personnel offices, 8 percent
through classified advertising and 10 percent
through college placement offices, University
Placement Services counselor Pat Carpenter said.
"Job hunting is really not a question of who you
know but of who knows you," she said.
The job hunting process involves not only
making valuable contacts, however, but also
researching job possibilities and focusing the job
hunt. Carpenter said.
"There's too much work in job hunting to have
time and energy to spend on it unless you focus
contacts
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what you are doing. Carpenter said. he focusing
process involves determining one s own special
skills and interests and then the job types and
geographic areas one would like to work in, she
said.
The job-hunter also should determine his own
work values, such as personal contact, incentive
rewards and working hours. Carpenter said.
"All of these work values are perfectly legitimate
to have," she said. "Around 90,000 hours of a
person's life is spent in a job. A person who doesn't
like his job is a pretty miserable person."
Time and money factors involved in job-hunting
make determining geographic preferences a
necessity. Carpenter said. Most job searches take
an average of 1 15 days, she said, during which the
job-hunter must assume living expenses, making it
necessary to restrict the area being considered.
"It may also be a question of taking something
part-time to keep yourself going until you can find
a more suitable job," she said.
Before interviewing for any job, the job-hunter
should learn as much as possible about the field.
Carpenter said.. The applicant should know details
about salary, advancement opportunities.
positions and trends in the business, she said. Job
hunters can research a particular field by reading
about it in libraries and placement offices, talking
with people in the field and by gaining experience
through summer jobs, internships and volunteer
work.
The U PS office maintains career information in
208 Hanes. The BABS section of Wilson Library
also stores annual reports from businesses. Other
places which handle information about businesses
include stock brokerage firms, chambers of
commerce and local newspapers.
Job-hunters also can use the Alumni Contacts
File in the UPS resource library to get names of
alumni who are willing to talk to students about
their jobs.
After researching a particular field, the job
hunter should schedule an information interview
with a person in the business. Carpenter said. He
should ask that person about how he got into the
field, salary ranges, background requirements and
his likes or dislikes about the field, she said.
The information interview puts the job-hunter in
a good spot. Carpenter said. The job-hunter
flatters someone by seeking him out for advice and
knowledge, thus establishing contacts in the field,
she said. The situation also helps the job-hunter
identify and solve problems and needs in a
particular field, she said.
"Every employer you
interview with is going to
look to see what you can
do for him," Carpenter
said.
"Occasionally an
information interview
turns into an
employment interview so
be prepared to be able to
talk about your own
skills and interests if
asked," she said.
Do not take a resume
to an information
interview, Carpenter
said. If asked for one, say
you will send one in a few
days and then draw one
up which will present
yourself most favorably
to that particular
company, she said.
"Always write a thank-
you note, trying to make
a reference to a comment
the person made or
something concrete that interested you," Carpenter
said.
Job-hunters should be careful when dealing with
professional employment agencies, she said.
"Read carefully any contract you may be asked
to sign," Carpenter said. If you quit a job within a
year, you may be stuck with paying a fee to an
employment agency, she said.
Employment agencies, however, should not be
overlooked. Carpenter said. "Most reputable
places will allow you to take a contract out of the
office to read it over carefully before you sign it,'
she said.
The UPS office also brings job recruiters to
campus every semester to interview job-hunting
students. .
Of the 5,831 stuucnis who used the UPS
interviewing services last year, however, it is not
known how many actually found jobs through he
service, Bourdeaux said. Students using the service
are not required to fill out any forms or to send in
any follow-up information to UPS. "The system is
very open, she said.
l nere reauy isn t one single maior tnat is
leading off in job demands," Bordeaux said.
Marketing, accounting, chemistry, math and
computer science are traditionally high-demand
areas, she said. Liberal Arts majors tend to suffer
more when there is an economic recession, she said.
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Hunt offers $40 million
to improve black campuses
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By MARK MURRELL
Staff W riter
Gov. Jim Hunt told federal officials Wednesday
that North Carolina is willing to commit an
additional $40 million to-improve black UNC
campuses, sources close to the governor reported.
Hunt and UNC President William C. Friday met
Wednesday afternoon with David Tatel, head of
HEW's Office of Civil Rights and Richard Beattie,
executive assistant to HEW Secretary Joseph
Califano. None of the participants would comment
on details of the meeting.
"The governor went to get the meeting started
from his perspective," a Hunt aide said. The
governor is reported to be considering abandoning
his tax-cut package for this year, and using the state
surplus to upgrade North Carolina's predominantly
black universities and settle UNC's dispute with
HEW.
Federal sources had indicated that H EW would be
willing to settle the dispute if $50 million were
earmarked by the legislature for improvements on
the predominantly black campuses over the next five
years.
Friday is the deadlineTor.major new bills to be
introduced in the legislature.
However, Gary Pearce, Hunt's press secretary,
quoted the governor on Wednesday as saying, "It's
an overstatement to say that I'm considering it. It's
an option I'm aware of."
Friday said he would wait until the Friday meeting
of the UNC Board of Governors to discuss the details
of the Wednesday meeting. He said the discussion
centered around the University's willingness to add
graduate programs at the black campuses and aid
efforts the University is willing to make to enhance
other programs on the campuses.
See HEW on page 2
Business almost as usual
emmer stamp hits bars hare
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By CAROL HANNER
Staff W riter
Tumbleweeds blow along the sidewalks of
Franklin Street. Merchants try to fill the idle
hours by tidying up their stores or serving the
few customers who drift in occasionally.
Is this what happens to Chapel Hill in the
summer when the student population drops
from 18,000 to the summer-school size of 5,000?
No, the Village doesn't become a ghost town
in the summer. Several local retail store
managers say business stays about the same,
though the lowered UNC population does
create a pinch for bars and .restaurants who rely
heavily on student patronage.
Milton Julian of M ilton's Clothing Store said
business in summer months approximates that
of February, which he calls "semi-quiet."
"We have been less affected by students being
out of town in the last five years," Julian said.
"The town has grown enough and we draw from
the Triangle area more and more."
The manager of Town and Campus, another
clothing store on Franklin Street, said sales stay
the same through the summer, with little change
evident from missing student customers.
Farther from campus. University Mall
promotional manager Susan Moore said a chart
of mall sales stays more or less steady, even
though traffic goes down.
"We sell as much merchandise, though there
are fewer people buying it," Moore said.
Ivey's at University Mall seems to fit the
pattern suggested by Moore. Manager Bill
Arrington said, "I'd always heard that Chapel
Hill dies in the summer, but I don't think that's
as true as it used to be. My guess is that student
buyers are not as much a factor as people
think."
For the merchant whose livelihood depends
on his restaurant or bar business, summer
doldrums often to settle in.
Mickey Ewell, owner of Spanky's and
Harrison's restaurants and bars, said business
drops off from 10-20 percent in the summer. He
said the drop is more dramatic at Harrison's,
which caters more to students than Spanky's.
The managers of Sadlack's and Blimpie Base
said they suffer with poor business during
summer, too as much as a 50 percent decrease
in volume.
"Darryl's and Shoney's, who serve a more
general crowd than students, might fare better,"
he said.
Troll's bar manager Sam Shaffer said at least
half his business drops off in the summer.
"You plan for it. You save during the winter,"
he said. "We also cut down on enployees and
make repairs then."
in spite of the problems encountered by
restaurants and bars during the summer, with
reduced student population, Chapel Hill's other
businesses seem to carry on at a normal pace.
Mel Rashkis, president of the Chapel Hill
Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, made this
observation: "Maybe we are not quite as.
dependent on student body purchasing power
as we used to be, but we still want and
appreciate students."
Return of stolen signs asked by police
By BETSY STEPHENSON
Staff W riter
If a Chapel Hill street sign has somehow managed to find its
way into your dorm room this, year, the University Police are
giving you a chance to return it, no questions asked.
April 16-20 has been designated Sign Amnesty Week. All
stolen signs may be returned without penalty, to residence
directors or the University Police in the Campus Y basement.
University Police Lt. C.E. Mauer said Sign Amnesty Week is
being held because of the high cost of replacing the signs. "Very
seldom a week goes by without a sign being taken," Mauer said.
"That gets expensive when the cost of replacing a stop sign is
around $30 plus two men to put it up."
The most popular signs to take are STOP, DO NOT ENTER,
RESERVED and NO PARKING. Mauer said. "Students really
like to get the RESERVED-AT-ALL-TIMES signs too," he
said.
Most of the sign snatching takes place at night but Mauer said
he wouldn't be surprised if a few were taken during daylight
hours.
So far the police have not had any signs returned, but Mauer
said he hopes some will show up when he contacts dorm
residence directors Monday.
Persons caught stealing signs can be charged with stealing state
property, a misdemeanor. People who have the signs in their
rooms for decorations also can be charged with receiving stolen
property, but Mauer said he will not search the dorms for them.
"I don't intend to get that started," he said. "We just want the
signs back."
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