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Student Health Service Director Jemes A. Taylor talks to health board
...group discusses increase in Carolina's student health fee
By THOMAS JESSIMAN
Staff Writer
The Student Health Administration Board
voted Wednesday to recommend an increase in
student health fees of $7.50 per semester for
1980-81.
The recommendation passed by a 5-4 vote
with 4 out of 5 students on the board voting
against the increase. James A. Taylor, Student
Health Service director, said he was
disappointed by the close vote. The split decision
could cloud the future of the fee increase, he said.
The fee increase must now be considered by
the Office of Student Affairs, the chancellor, the
Board of Trustees, and the Board of Governors.
"I would take a guess that there might be some
hesitation in taking the matter forward if the
vote was this close," Taylor said.
The 1980-81 fee increase proposal is the result
of inflation, Taylor said. Without the fee
increase, either programs would have to be cut or
some services would have to be paid for
individually, he said.
Students paid a $25 fee increase this year
because the health service was "catching up" for
not increasing the fee during the previous four
years, Taylor said. Future increases are needed
because of inflation, he said.
"You can't expect to pay the same for a loaf of
bread five years in a row," Taylor said. "You
have to pay the inflationary increase.
Taylor said the students who voted against the
fee increases have the responsibility to find some
other way to avoid deficits for the health service
if the fees are not increased.
"It's all very well to vote against it (the
increase) but if you vote against it I think you
people have a responsibility to come up with
some concrete ideas, Taylor said.
Kevin Garrity, one of the student members on
the board who voted against the increase, said
the responsibility to deal with the deficit lay with
the health service officials and not with the
students. "We're not the professionals who have
all the figures to see where the cuts can be made,"
he said. "The justification lies with them and not
with us.
"The students don't want to pay another
increase," Garrity said. "We just had one
increase and now we'll get another. We'd like to
see some long-term cuts."
Garrity said he voted against the fee increase
because he had not seen enough alternative
budgets and plans for funding. The health
service should try balancing its budget rather
than cut services if the fee increase does not pass,
he said.
Student Body President J.B. Kelly said the
health services should make a greater effort to
contain costs before seeking more fee increases.
"I think the vote is pretty clear that the majority
of students on the board are not satisfied with
another increase of $15," he said.
Graduate
federation
gets funds
By THOMAS JESSIMAN
Staff Writer
Although the Campus Governing
Council appropriated $13,049 to the
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation Tuesday night, federation
officials say they still plan to push for a
referendum which would give them
complete financial independence.
The appropriation marked the end of a
prolonged attempt by the federation to
get funding from the CGC. Last spring,
citing an insufficiently detailed budget
request, CGC members awarded the
federation only $780 to cover office
expenses.
Federation President Roy Rocklin said
he was pleased with Tuesday night's
appropriation but added that without
financial autonomy the federation would
not be" able to sponsor needed social
activities.
A referendum proposal to give the
federation 15 percent (approximately
$18,000) of graduate student fees will be
submitted soon to Student Body
President J.B. Kelly, Rocklin said. The
referendum should be held sometime in
January, he said. Rocklin earlier had said
he hoped to hold the referendum Dec. 4.
"I am pleased that we got the money in
the appropriation but 1 am displeased
that we didn't get money for other things
we needed," Rocklin said.
The treasury laws of the CGC prohibit
funding student organizations for social
purposes. "They consider a lot of things
social that we don't," Rocklin said.
The federation senate voted prior to
the CGC meeting to submit the
referendum to. Kelly. Rocklin said he
believed that the federation should go
ahead with the referendum in an effort to
gain more control over its money.
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"We don't feel it's necessary to go
through the CGC," he said. "In a few
minor cases they give us what we want,
but we don't even ask for other things we
need. I think the CGC finance committee
admitted that they couldn't handle our
budget in the same way as they do other
budgets."
David Wright, CGC finance
committee chairperson, said he
disagreed with Rocklin over the validity
of a referendum. "I think the CGC has
demonstrated that they can handle the
budget of the GPSF in a responsible
way," Wright said. "That precludes the
need for any referendum.
"Even if they have the referendum
according to their treasury laws they can't
use money for expenditures that are
primarily social. The referendum would
not change their treasury laws," he said.
CGC speaker Rhonda Black said she
also did not see the need for the
referendum now that the federation has
been given its allocation. "I thing a
statutory appropriation to an
organization is a bad idea anyway," she
said. "But as far as funding for the GPSF
this term there is really no need for the
referendum."
Black said all the work done by the
federation and the CGC finance
committee since last spring should make
it less difficult for the federation to get
funding from the CGC in future years.
The federation should continue to go
through the same process for funding as
other student organizations, she said.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini replaced his acting
foreign minister Wednesday in what
appeared to be a toughening of Iran's line
in the confrontation with the United
States. The Moslem militants holding the
U.S. Embassy said Iran must not take
part in a United Nations debate on the
crisis.
In Washington, President Carter told
the nation he is determined to win the
release of the 49 American hostages at the
Tehran embassy.
"In thedays to come our determination
may be even more sorely tried," Carter
said in the opening statement of a
nationally televised news conference.
"We will continue to defend the security,
honor and freedom of Americans
everywhere. We will not yield to
blackmail."
Carter called the holding of hostages in
Iran "unprecedented in human history"
and said it "violates not only the most
fundamental precepts of international
law, but humanity's common ethical and
religious heritage."
The president said that while the
United States pursued a peaceful solution
"with grim determination, the
government of Iran must recognize the
gravity of the situation it has itself
created and the grave consequences
that will result if harm comes to any of the
hostages."
The president condemned the Iranian
regime as being outside civilized norms.
"There is no recognized religious faith on
earth which condones kidnapping,"
Carter said. "There is no recognized
religious faith which condones blackmail.
"There certainly is no religious faith on
earth which condones the sustained abuse
of innocent people."
Carter told the nation that the 49
hostages held at the U.S. Embassy were
being kept in inhuman and degrading
conditions.
"Any claims raised by Iran will ring
hollow while innocent people are bound,
abused and threatened," he said.
At the same time, he made it clear he
was reserving strong measures against
Iran if the hostages are harmed. "The
United States has other options available
to it...but I think it would not be well
advised to discuss them," Carter said.
He said he could not lay down a
deadline because to threaten military
action at this point might result in the
harm or death of the hostages.
Carter took full responsiblity for
admitting the deposed shah of Iran for
cancer treatment. And he said the ex
ruler would decide when to leave the
United States.
Carter said the decision to admit the
shah was made without pressure from
anyone, including former Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger, and that the
medical treatment the shah is receiving in
a New York hospital was necessary to
save his life.
"I have no regrets about it, no
apologies to make," Carter said, "because
it did help to save a man's life and was
compatible with the principles of our
country."
The president's condemnation of the
Iranian regime was his harshest since the
embassy takeover Nov. 4.
Abolhassan Bani Sadr was relieved of
his foreign affairs post earlier Wednesday
and replaced by Revolutionary Council
member Sadegh Ghotbzadeh after the
embassy militants denounced Bani Sadr's
plans to participate in a meeting this
weekend of the U.N. Security Council on
the Iran situation.
The militants, echoing Khomeini's own
rejection of any Security Council
decision, condemned the U.N. body as
the "Satanic Council" and "Carter's
mouthpiece" and once again refused to
consider diplomatic attempts to end the
25-day-old standoff.
The United States "must return the
fugitive criminal the shah and all the
wealth he has plundered," their statement
said, "...otherwise the trial of the hostages
will be a certainty.
Iran situation influenced
by religious convictions
By JONATHAN RICH
Staff Writer
The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's
refusal to free the American hostages is
the calculated decision of a man whose
actions are rooted in deep religious
convictions and a vision for the Islamic
world, two UNC faculty members have
said.
And an area Muslim students
organization says the Iranian crisis
reflects a new worldwide pride in the
Islamic faith and people.
"Khomeini's religious motives are very
important in terms of his leadership of
Iran," said Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, an
assistant professor of political science.
"He belongs to the Shi-ite Moslems,
which is the fundamentalist sect now in
power. The Ayatollah views America as a
symbol of imperialistic corruption."
According to Herbert Bodman, a
professor of Islamic history, it is
impossible to make a distinction between
political and religious motives in the
Moslem world. "Khomeini is a
traditional fundamentalist who will not
make a distinction between the political
and religious aspects of what he is doing,"
Bodman said.
The Muslim Students Association of
UNC supports Khomeini in his attempts
to bring Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
to trial, said Mohammad Buraey,
president of .the association, which
incorporates members from UNC, Duke
and other area schools.
"Our mother organization, the M uslim
Association of the United States and
Canada, officially supports the
extradition of the Shah to Iran," he said.
"Yet we do not support the Ayatollah's
tactics. The seizure of the American
embassy was done in the name of the
Iranian revolution and not in the name of
Islam."
Buraey said that the recent surge in
Muslim fervor around the world reflected
a recovery in Islamic identity. "Watching
the Islamic revolution in Iran succeed
against tyrannic powers, Moslem people
everywhere feel encouraged to proclaim
their faith and identity," he said.
Khomeini's primary reason for holding
the hostages is that he wants the shah to
return and face Islamic justice, which
Botman said would accomplish both
religious and political ends. The U.S.
Iranian conflict represents a moral
dilemma, he said, with each side
defending equally imperative positions.
Khomeini , has remained in control
because of the great support he enjoys in
Iran, Bodman said. "The ayatollah views
himself as the spiritual reviver and leader
of his people. So far he's gotten 90 percent
in active or passive support."
Although leftist groups such as the
Iranian National Front officially have
criticized the new consitution, Bodman
said they definitely were on the defensive.
"The momentum is certainly with the
fundamentalists. The question is how
long it will remain there," he said.
Bodman said the argument that
Khomeini was creating a diversion from
See ISLAM on page 2
Hiint freeze blocks UNC spendim
By JIM HUMMEL
Staff Writer
Several University officials have complained to
state officials about Gov. Jim Hunt's two-month-old
freeze on state expenditures, saying the halt of
funds restricts needed spending on hiring and
equipment. i
"The kind of arbitrary management coming
down from the top (Hunt's administration) is
making it impossible for us to shape our budget,"
said Thomas Isenhour, chairman of the chemistry
department. "Because of the way state spending is
structured' in North Carolina, long-range
planning is difficult. (The freeze) is going to hinder
us terribly."
Hunt announced a freeze Sept. 27 on all state
spending in an attempt to reduce state
government expenditures. The measure puts a cap
on all hiring, equipment expenditures and travel
expenses.
If a state-funded department feels it needs to fill
a critical position or make an essential purchase, it
must submit a request to the State Budget Office.
The request takes about three weeks to process,
but according to one official, the University has
not had much success in getting approval for
proposed exceptions.
"The equipment expenditure part is ludicrous
for us," Isenhour said. "I'm responsible for a $4
million annual budget, half of which comes from
the state, and they say we have to make special
requests for any piece of equipment over $500."
Donald Boulton, vice-chancellor for student
affairs, said the freeze on hiring would hurt the
most. "If you have a 25-30 percent turnover rate
and you can't hire any body, you're going to have
problems," Boulton said. "Whether it be
equipment or personnel, we have to propose why
it's essential. That's kind of hard to do when you
don't have any specific guidelines."
Boulton said the freeze might be in North
Carolina's best interests if the state can cut its
expenditures. It is too early to tell because of
many economic variables, he said. "What we're
fearful of is the unknown. This is a different kind
of freeze from what we've seen before."
In the spring of 1975, Gov. James E.
Holshouser instituted a similar freeze which lasted
for three months until the end of the fiscal year.
"The freeze in 1975 was needed because of the
recession and we were actually running out of
money," said Ken Flynt, economic adviser to
Hunt. "The freeze we have now is more
preventive."
Hunt administration officials say they have not
heard much negative response but have received
six letters complaining about lack of money from
various University departments.
"For the most part our response has been
favorable," said Marvin Dorman, deputy state
budget director. "The plan is flexible enough that
critical needs can be spoken to."
But Isenhour disagreed, saying, "The governor
feels the Department of Transportation, for
example, can survive by not buying a few trucks.
It just doesn't work that way here.
"This is especially true in trying to recruit
faculty," he said. "A person is going to want to go
somewhere he can practice his profession. No
good person is going to come here unless he can
get right into business in a stable atmosphere."
Because special requests must be submitted to
the State Budget Office, paperwork is piling up at
the University Office of Business and Finance,
according to one official.
"We are complying, but it remains to be seen
how we can function given our limitations," said
Wayne Jones, associate vice chancellor for
finance. "There are some things we feel are very
important, but the State Budget Office has the
final word. It comes down to how we plead our
case."
The University also has been forced tojuggle its
spending because of added pressure from the
freeze. UNC receives quarterly allotments from
the state but traditionally spends more in the first
and second quarters of the fiscal year.
"We make out OK in the end if we balance our
budget," one official said. "The freeze is making it
tougher, but things are still flexible. If the state
was hard and fast (forcing UNC to stay within the
allotments), we'd have to shut down."
State spending freezes have been used primarily
in times of economic hardship, which is one
reason many people were surprised by Hunt's
announcement in September.
"It came as a surprise to many people, but
actually we've been planning this thing for over a
year now," Flynt said. "We've been keeping close
track of the state's revenue.
"We looked at the costs and took a conservative
guess on how much we felt we'd have to cut back,
because in many cases inflation exceeds our
revenues."
Some people have questioned Hunt's authority
to impose such a freeze without the consent of the
legislature of the State Advisory Budget
Commission.
On the federal level. Congress holds the power
of the purse, a control given it through the
Impounding Control Act of 1974. The act states
that a U.S. President must alert Congress if he
does not wish to spend a full appropriation.
Congress has 30 days to decide whether it will
honor the president's request or force him to
spend the money.
But in North Carolina the governor directs the
budget and controls overall state spending. The
legislature passes a maximum allotment but does
not set a minimum amount.
Some officials have criticized the Hunt
administration for imposing the freeze, saying it is
unnecessary because the state is in good economic
shape.
For the first quarter of fiscal 1 979, state revenue
was up 16.7 percent from the same quarter of
1978.
"You have to be careful with that figure," Flynt
said. "One misleading fact that is hidden is the
corporate returns."
Dance of the hours?
MORRISON
Maybe
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DANCE
not MARATHON
By PHIL WELLS
Staff Writer
As the cliche goes, the show must go on.
It may run a little short, but it will go on.
The show is Morrison dorm's upcoming dance
marathon. It will run a little short eight hours
instead of 12 because of a North Carolina statute
prohibiting dance marathons and walkathons that
last more than eight hours.
The marathon originally was scheduled for 9
p.m. Friday until 9 a.m. Saturday in Morrison's
Recreation Room. When the meddling measure
was pointed out, the organizers of the dance
decided to end it at 5 a.m. to keep marathoners
from being marched off to jaiL
Each couple entered in the marathon gets
sponsors to pay for the number of hours danced
and the couple that raises the most money wins a
grand prie. All the money goes to the Jayccc Burn
Center, a non-prolit organization at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital.
The anti-marathon itatute, written in 1935,
prohibits a dance marathon or talkathon to
"continue for a period of more than eight
consecutive hours, whether or not an admission U
charged and or a prie is awarded, and it ha!l t
unlawful for any person to participate."
The law wai written during the Dcprcuton hcn
poor people entered dance marathon to get
money, said Michael Crowcll, anistant director of
the Institute of Government. Dancer would get
sick, faint and even die from heart atucki at
marathons that dragged onforday$,Crowelliakl.
Morriion's social committee pUnncd the
marathon as a service project, "We wanted to have
some fun and help someone at the saie time," taUJ
See DANCE on page 2