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Union presents
Dana Atchley's 'Roadshow'
will be presented at 8 p.m.
today in the Great Hall. See
story on page 7
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By MARK MURRELL (
Staff Writer
A winding network of treacherous tunnels
harbors, sorcerers, griffins, trolls, gnomes and
even death for players of "Dungeons and
Dragons," a fantasy game that is selling out of
stores here and attracting national attention.
At at least one northern university, steam and
drainage pipes are reportedly the real-life
setting for the medieval fantasy game that has
developed a cult following.
Playing "Dungeons and Dragons"
underground has aroused curiosity recently
with the disappearance of a Michigan State
University student, who some say made the
game as realistic as possible.
The much-publicized search for 16-year-old
genius James Dallas Egbert III, a computer
whiz at MSU who was last seen Aug. 15, has
centered around the game, which friends say
Egbert played constantly. Police say Egbert
may have disappeared while acting out the game
in an elaborate network of steam-pipe tunnels
running under the school. s
The popularity of the game, reportedly
inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's novels about a
make-believe underground world, has spawned
a collection of D&D accessories in Chapel Hill
which are snapped up as fast as the hit the
shelves.
"It's hard to keep the game in stock," an
employee at Billy Arthur Inc. at University Mall
said. It sells real well, mostly to college
students and 12-year-old boys."
For students, there is the standard
"Dungeons and Dragons" game, which sells for
See STUDENT'S on page 2
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Dragons work in computers
By ANN SMALLWOOD
Arts Editor
Inside the UNC Computation Center, in the
basement of Phillips Hall, two students are
earnestly discussing a treasure hunt.
"Did you get into the maze?"
The student at the terminal nods
affirmitavely.
"Without the pirate's chest?.:. Oh... there was
an empty chest there. That's terrible. And now
you can't find your way out."
The students are not really in danger, as s ome
players apparently were , as they took their
fantasy exploration into the real world at the
University of Michigan recently,Tut are playing
a computerized fantasy-simulation game called
"Adventure," available through the Triangle
Universities Computation Center, which serves
N.C. State and Duke as well as UNC.
Another system that obtained adventure was
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
where two students were inspired to design a
similar, but more complex game, Zork, which
UNC obtained just last week.
Both programs were modeled after a fantasy
game called "Dungeons and Dragons," which is
usually played on paper. One player would be
the "Dungeon Master," or the equivalent of the
computer program, who would design the
See DUNGEONS on page 2
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By SUSAN LADD
Staff W riter
Orange County Elections Board Chairperson Pat
Carpenter Wednesday agreed to schedule a special
meeting to review the board's policy on where special
voter registrations may be held.
The board angered several south Orange County
political leaders Tuesday night when it rejected three
separate requests for special registration activities to
be conducted apart from the regular registration
places.
After the board's decisions, North Carrboro
Precinct Chairman Tom Banks presented the board
with a hand-written petition requesting that it
schedule a special meeting Sept. 18 to reconsider the
denials.
The board's policy is to consider requests for
special registration from precinct registrars who say
the extra time is needed to meet demand. Registrars
may petition to hold special registrations in their
homes or in regular polling places.
"It seemed to me from the actions of the board that
the policy was that they could only have special
registration at the request of the registrar at their
home or a regular polling place," Banks said. "My
whole understanding of special registration is to get
the registrars out to the people, to go where the
regular registration places have not been before."
Banks requested the Sept. 18 date because of the
time necessary to gear up a voter-registration
campaign. Carpenter said the time of the special
meeting will be announced as soon as she arranges a
time that the board members can meet.
The board rejected requests for special registration
presented Tuesday night by Carrboro Alderman
Doug Sharer, N.C. College Democrats President
Scott Brewer and David Hinds, chairman of the
South Orange Black Caucus. Board members
Carpenter and Evelyn Lloyd said the proposed
registrations offered certain groups of citizens special
. advantages. They rejected the registrations because
many of the proposed special sites are on private
property.
The board did approve two special registrations
presented by Chapel Hill Town Council member
Gerry Cohen on behalf of two registrars. Special
registration will be held at the Community Church
on Purefoy Road Monday. Sept. 24 from 7-9 p.m.
and at the Ephesus Road School on Ephesus Church
Road on Monday, October 1, from 7-9 p.m.
The board also expanded registration hours at the
Chapel Hill Municipal Building and the Carrboro
Town Hall to include Wednesday nights from 7-9
p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Carpenter said Wednesday she thinks the
expanded registration approved Tuesday would
"spread the special registration commissioners thin
enough." She said she would consider expanding
registration even more if the demand is great enough.
Sharer and Carrboro attorney Steven Rose, who
was also involved in the special registration
proposals, said Wednesday they still are considering
See BANKS on page 3
Town 'gown conflict in
mayor s race
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By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff Writer
"Although Chapel Hill voters will go to the polls
oa Nov. 6 to elect a new mayor the University
Board of Trustees may cast the deciding vote long
before the polls open.
Before Jonathan Howes, who is director of the
University Urban Institute, can run for mayor he
must receive the permission of the trusteerto take
a partial leave of absence that would allow him to
run for and hold office.
An Analysis
Howes, a current member of the town council,
has not announced his candidacy for mayor, but
he is regarded as a strong contender for the
office especially since Mayor James Wallace
announced last week that he will not seek 're
election. But Howes must get permission from the
trustees.
Ticket system
changes again
By MELANIE SILL
Staff Writer
Pre-game distribution of tickets for the
UNC-Pittsburgh football game at Kenan
Stadium Sept.22 will follow a schedule
slightly different from that used for the
Tar Heels' season opener against South
Carolina, Carolina Athletic Association
president Matt Judson said Wednesday.
Only group block tickets will be
available on Tuesday, Sept. 19. the first
day of distribution. Groups wishing to
reserve blocks of 20 to 100 seats must
notify the ticket office Friday, Sept. 14 or
Monday, ' Sept. 18. Block tickets not
picked up Tuesday will go back into the
general student ticket allotment.
Individual student tickets will be
distributed Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept 20 and 21. All tickets remaining
Friday will be available for sale to the
general public.
Other changes designed to cut down on
ticket office lines, Judson said, include
splitting up the group ticket distribution
into three separate lines one each for
dormitories, Greek organizations and
other groups with blocks reserved.
Judson said ushers will be on hand to
monitor ticket lines.
"Also, all available gates at Kenan
Stadium will be open on game day,"
Judson said. "All the lanes at every gate
will be open."
Judson also said recommendations
had been made for a concession stand
selling soft drink to be located near the
end zone. Beverages at the UNC
South Carolina game were sold only in
the mam concession area.
Hours for distribution at the
Carmichael Auditorium ticketofJjce will
be 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday, and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday. Students must present a valid
athletic pass and ID when picking up
tickets.
Even though Howes said he does not expect
getting permission to be too difficult, if the trustees
deny his request, he would have to resign his job to
run for mayor. But he said he would rather give up
the idea of running than resign from his job. -But
if the trustees do give Howes their consent,
some local officials say, an even more interesting
problem arises. If Howes runs and wins, how much
influence will the University have over the mayor?
Some officials say they fear a serious conflict of
interest would arise, since Howes would hold the
office with the University's "blessing."
Council member Bill Thorpe, who has been
mentioned as a mayoral candidate himself, said
recently that he is concerned about the possiblity
of what could be called a University-approved
mayor.
"I don't know if that would be the healthiest
thing," he said.
The regulation that gives the trustees a potential
veto over Howes' candidacy was passed by the
Board of Governors in 1976. The guidelines
contain specific categories that are applied
differently for specific university jobs and political
offices.
The category that applies to H owes-is f or a part
time political office for which compensation is
more than nominal. The mayor of Chapel Hill
earns $10,000, a year.
This category requires the potential candidate to
first gain permission from his immediate superior.
In Howes' case, this is Charles J. Morrow, the
provost of the University. His recommendation,
with that of the chancellor, is sent to the trustees
for approval.
Howes says he has not yet decided whether to
petition the trustees for permission to run. But
when asked about which section of the regulations
would apply to the mayor of Chapel Hill, he was
able to cite the page and location of the passage.
Chancellor N. Ferebee Taylor said he has
discussed the Board of Governors' regulations
with one University employee, but he refused to
name which one.
Howes did say he will make an announcement
later this week on whether he will request formal
permission to run from the trustees.
Even though Howes' plans have not been
formally announced, some town officials have
already expressed their- concern over the
University's potential influence.
One town official, who asked not to be
identified, said the possible conflict of interest on
University-related issues should definitely be a
concern of voters.
But Howes said he does not feel the University's
power to block or approve candidates would
constitute a conflict of interest later on.
In his four years as a town jcouncil member,
Howes said, the University has never pressured
him, as an employee, to support its policies. He has
opposed some University proposals, he said.
But Howes did say that he could not rule out the
possibility that the University could exert pressure
on a mayor it had given permission to run. "It
could occur," he said.
The last University employee to serve as mayor
of Chapel Hill was Oliver Corwell, the head of the
physical education department, from 1954-1961.
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Jonathan Howes
hipmaii signature means year-roiindl service
By PAM KELLY
Staff Writer
Year-round bus service in Carrboro will become official
as soon as Chapel Hill Town Manager Gene Shipman
signs a contract for it, Carrboro alderman Ernie Patterson
said Tuesday.
The addition of summer service to Carrboro's C, F and
L routes was recommended by the board's transportation
committee last week. With sufficient funds already in the
transportation budget to pay for the additional service this
year, it was not necessary that the board approve the
proposal, Patterson said.
Year-round service will cost Carrboro approximately
$65,000, or about $30,000 more than it paid for nine-
month service. But because Carrboro received a federal
' grant this year, its share of the year-long service costs will
be the same, about $35,000.
Patterson told the board the transportation committee
has requested cost information for shared-ride taxi service
and Saturday bus service on the C route.
"We're also requesting information about any available
buses we could use on the C route. Even with the extra
buses, there are still times of the day when the buses have
severe capacity problems," he said. "The demand for used
buses is tremendous, and Chapel Hill literally doesn't have
an extra." The number of C route riders has increased 98
percent over last year's ridership, according to one report.
In other action, the board continued a public hearing on
an application for a conditional-use permit for the
construction of Sun Creek Apartments. The proposed 54
unit complex would be built near the intersection of North
Greensboro' and Hillview streets.' Public hearings have
been held on the project since last spring, when residents
living near the site said the extra traffic generated from the
proposed apartments would create severe problems.
The developer of the project, Southside Land Company,
complied with the town planning staffs recommendations
to change the apartment's main access drive from H illvicw
Street to North Greensboro Street and Tuesday the
company presented its altered plans to the board.
The board voted to continue the public hearing until
Oct. 9 to give the town's planning board, appearance
commission and administration a chance to review the
changes in the project.
BSM questions story
Crackers remark mis understood
By ROANN BISHOP
Stiff W riter
Leaders of the Black Student Movement said
this week that a quote in The Daily Tar Heel in
which Hayden B. Renwick, assistant dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, referred to whites
as "crackers" was misleading and taken out of
context.
In a story Aug. 27 about black student pre
orientation activities held Aug. 19, Renwick
was quoted as saying, "These crackers have
been taking affirmative action and trying to
shove it out the window." A letter to the editor
which appeared in the Sept. 4 DTH and an
editorial cartoon in the Sept. 5 edition also
referred to the quote.
BSM Chairperson William Bynum said
Tuesday he felt the story did not accurately
reflect what Renwick said.
"I was there at pre-orientation and 1 heard
Renwick speak," Bynum said. "The comment
about 'crackers was entirely out of context. He
was talking about the BSM at the beginning of
his speech. The term 'crackers' ca"me later in the
story. There were comments in between that
were left out.
"I don't think that the wording of this speech
should be an issue," Bynum said. "1 hope it's not
just another push in the face of Renwick
because of the charges he made last year.
Renwick said a lot of things like 'nigger' and
'crackers.' He's the type, of guy that if he
thinks that's the best way to get the point across,
he'll use those terms.
"I think that it was bad on the DTH reporter's
part to use one term without using any others,"
he said. "This way you get a one-sided view. I
also recognize the cartoonist's right to depict
what he sees when he draws his political
cartoons. But in this case I fail to understand the
humor."
In an interview Tuesday, Renwick said, "That
statement was taken completely out of context.
In one line of the story I'm commending the
Black Student Movement and urging the
incoming black students to join the BSM. Then
in the next line, this statement comes out with a
bang. My question is, what did this statement
have to do with the BSM?"
Renwick declined to comment on the entire
passage from which the statement was taken.
"I don't want to answer a" side issue, thus
getting aw ay from the charges 1 made a year ago
concerning the University rejecting qualified
black students." Renwick said. "I don't
particularly care how people see me. I'm
looking for positive results for black students on
campus."
Greg Cranford, BSM secretary and a
counselor at black student pre-orientation, said
Renwick has really done a lot to help the black
students and I appreciate the man. I was at the
speech and Renwick said a lot of things like
'crackers' and 'nigger But you have to realize
that he was speaking to a predominantly black
audience. 1 don't believe that he meant the
statement to be offensive."
BSM Vice Chairperson Jesse Cu ret on said he
believed Renw ick had intended for his remarks
to be understood in a joking manner.
"The way the article appeared in the paper, it
seemed like Renwick made a really radical
remark," Cureton said. "It wasn't anything like
that. Renwick wasn't trying to put anybody
down. He was just talking with the freshmen in a
joking tone of voice
"I do feel, however, since 'cracker was
printed in the story that 'nigger and some of I he
other terms should have been printed a1o "
Renwick cha'rgc3 last fall that qualified
blacks were dented admission in 1976 and 1977.
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