Warming
It will warm up today with the
high in the 50s and the low in
the 20s. There is no chance
of rain.
Migraines?
For those of you who plan to
bang your heads against a
wall during exams, the new
headache clinic at Memorial
Hospital may be for you.
Story on page 3.
Serving the students and the University community since 1 893
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The Iranian people, in a vast show of
support for the Moslem elder who has made the holding of
American hostages part of a holy crusade, voted overwhelmingly
Monday to make Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini their political
overlord for life.
The Khomeini regime, meanwhile, stepped up public readiness
for an eventual U.S. military attack expected by many Iranians.
It posted more guards at the U.S. Embassy, where 50 Americans
entered their 30th day of captivity in the hands of Moslem
militants demanding that the United States hand over the
deposed Shah of Iran.
For the first time, some of the guards were dressed in green
army fatigues and boots.
In an unexplained development, an ambulance was seen
moving from point to point within the embassy compound. A
student spokesman contacted by telephone said the hostages
were all well but would not say why the ambulance went to the
embassy.
At U.N. headquarters in New.York, the Security Council was
still seeking diplomatic ways-out of the month-long U.S.-Iran
crisis. Among the alternatives under consideration was
launching an international inquiry into the ex-shah's regime and
sending a council mediation mission to Iran.
Initial returns of a two-day referendum that ended Monday
showed Iranians voting 60-to-l in favor of a new constitution
that Khomeini's political critics say will make him a theocratic
dictator.
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...presents arguments for shortening pass-fail period
By GEORGE JETER
Staff Writer
In a surprise move Monday afternoon, the Facult
Council Educational Policy Committee
recommended that the pass-fail declaration remain
at six weeks next semester.
At an open hearing on the subject Monday,
. committee members said neither the arguments for
keeping the period at six .weeks or those for
shortening it to four weeks were particularly strong,
but they felt there was no justification for changing
the pass-fail declaration period back to four weeks.
"I'm not sure it will make a hell of a lot of
difference," said Mark Appelbaum, committee
chairperson. "It's hard to get enthusiastic over either
recommendation.. It's a convenience to leave it like it
is. I don't like to change policy halfway through the
year."
Last week, the committee members had said they
did not plan to make any recommendation at
Monday's meeting". The members had said they
would present both sides of the question to the full
Faculty Council. Two members declined to vote for
keeping the declaration period at six weeks, saying
the committee should have remained neutral.
Arguments to shorten the period from six to four
weeks were made by Gordon Whitaker, assistant
dean of the' College of Arts and Sciences. "We still
believe a number of faculty members not just
members of the dean's office feel four weeks is
ample time," he said.
Whitaker said six weeks for declaring pass-fail
would allow students to "shop for grades" by letting
them wait until after their first tests to sec which
courses they are having trouble in. Whitaker added
that pass-fail originally was established to let
students take courses outside of their area and not to
encourage grade jumping.
"We don't believe that's sound academic
procedure," he said. "We don't believe that should be
encouraged."
But Debbie Gray, educational policy adviser for
Student Government, said a six-week period was
needed.
"Students are overwhelmingly for having a six
week pass-fail period," she said. "It just makes sense
to have it the same as the drop-add time."
Gray said that six weeks gave students time to
become comfortable with a strange course so that
they might take it pass-fail rather than dropping it
altogether. Under the Arts and Sciences proposal, a
student could drop the course up to six weeks but
could not declare it pass-fail after four.
Student Body President J.B. Kelly also argued
against limiting pass-fail to four weeks. "Changes
like this always seem to occur when students are the
most vulnerable," Kelly said. The Faculty Council
will be voting on the pass-fail option Dec. 14, when
most students will be busy with exams and The Daily
Tar Heel is not publishing, he said.
Although the committee voted to keep the time at
six weeks, several members said they did so more
because Whitaker failed to convince them that four
weeks would make any real difference, rather than
because of arguments by Student Government.
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Voting power
Awareness brings change, King says
By CAROLYN WORSLEY
Staff Writer
Students must exercise their voting
power and keep abreast of current
affairs to ensure the protection of
human rights for all peopfe, Coretta
Scott King, widow of slain civil rights
leader Martin Luther King Jr., said
Monday night.
Speaking to an audience of
approximately 800 in Memorial Hall,
King said voters must be informed to
use their power adequately.
"You can vote and be blind and not
meet the changes needed to be made,"
King said. Voters should use their
power to benefit people who are
disadvantaged, unable to vote or not
motivated to vote, she said.
Voters also must be aware of
pending congressional legislation and
the effect it can have on their lives.
"We should watch the voting
records of our representatives and
senators in our districts and if not
representative of our point of view, let
them know through letters, telegrams
and telephone calls," she said.
King said persons who want to see
change in their society are usually less
organized and less audible than
persons who desire to preserve the
status quo. If a person cannot find an
organization that will push for human
rights then he should establish one,
she said.
In response to a question from the
audience concerning President
Carter's silence on the Wilmington 10,
who have been called political
prisoners by some observers, King
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Major crimes increasing in Chapel Hi
By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
nd PETE KUEHNE
Staff Writers
Major crimes in Chapel Hill, including robbery,
burglary and rape, increased by 13 percent in the first
fiscal quarter, from July to September 1979, over the
same period last year.
"Crime is definitely up," Ben Callahan, police
administative assistant, said Monday.
Major crimes are a specific classification used by the
Chapel Hill Police Department and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in gathering crime statistics. Robbery,
.burglary, homicides, assaults, larceny, rape and auto
'theft are major crimes.
While there have been no homicides in Chapel Hill
this year, Callhan said burglaries had increased by 23
percent. There were 95 burglaries in the first quarter of
fiscal 1979, but in fiscal 1980 there were 1 17 burglaries in
the first quarter.
Callahan said some increase was expected in
burglaries because of the town's growth, but he said the
drastic increase in robberies and armed robberies was of
Cobey gives funds
to women's team
By PAM HILDEBRAN
Staff Writer
The UNC Athletic department will pay the $5,000 difference
needed to send the Tar Heel women's basketball team to the
London Invitational Tournament Dec. 28, Director of Athletics
William Cobey said Monday.
Although Cobey said, last week that there was no guarantee
that the athletic department would help fund the $ 1 5,000 trip, the
discovery of unexpected revenue changed his mind. Cobey
previously said that the department had no money for a non-revenue-producing
sport.
"They (the athletic department) were able to put $5,000
together that they weren't going to use in their budget," Cobey
said. "We know a lot more now about how we're going to do
financially. I know we're going to come out ahead."
Nancy Woodside, assistant women's basketball coach, said the
team had raised $ 10,000 for the trip. Cobey informed the team of
the decision to pay the difference at armeeting Friday, she said.
"I was surprised because we had gone under the beliet all along
that there was just no extra money for the trip," Woodside said. '
"It was a blessing in disguise."
Cobey said the extra money in the budget and the success of
the team's fund-raising efforts influenced his decision.
"I felt like they (the women's team) showed a lot of
determination in their fund-raising efforts," Cobey said. "I
wanted them to get back to studying, classes and playing
basketball so they wouldn't have this hanging over their heads."
Woodside said three players received full sponsorships for the
trip. The rest of the money came in small contributions to
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particular concern to the police department.
The number of robberies that have occurred in fiscal
1980 is double the total number reported in fiscal 1979.
Callahan said there were only 10 robberies all last year.
There have been 22 this year and 1 1 since Sept. 1 1.
Rapes also have increased this year over last year, he
said, although the total number reported three
remains small.
Callahan said he could not be sure why crime had
shown such a significant increase in Chapel Hill, but he
said he thought the economic situation could be a factor.
"In violent crimes, people's frustration level is up," he
said. Tin property. xrimes-people just need money".
Callahan said the polictf department also has stepped
up its investigation of narcotic crimes in response to an
increase in narcotic complaints received by police.
"It (the problem of narcotics) went away for a while,"
Callahan said. "But now there's more out there to do."
Most burglaries in Chapel Hill occur in apartment
complexes and duplexes, Callahan said. Transient
apartment dwellers, mostly students, are easier victims
than those in residential communities, he explained.
Callahan said that most crimes in Chapel Hill arc
committed by non-residents.
Callahan said police usually catch those involved in
burglaries, but violent crimes present a more difficult
problem.
"It's the crimes of violence that are worrying us," he
said.
The shortage of police officers in Chapel Hill
reported last spring is not related to the increase in
crime, Callahan said.
He said there was "a shortage of men on the streets,"
but he said this problem should be alleviated when "12
new public safety officers, now in training, join the
department in December.
Four of the new officers will fill existing vacancies and
four will be used to patrol the areas north of Chapel H ill
that will be annexed into the town in January. The other
four actually will increase the manpower strength of the
department, Callahan said.
"We are hoping it (the increased manpower) will allow
us to concentrate our efforts more," he said. "We will be
able to work without spreading ourselves so thin."
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WUNC-TV celebrating 25th year
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Staff Writer
WUNC-TV went on the air almost 25 years
ago with three studios and one transmitter
station in Chapel Hill. Today there are eight
transmitter stations in the UNC-TV network
that reach all but the farthest eastern and
western parts of the state.
UNC-TV started the public broadcasting
network in North Carolina when it first went on
the air Jan. 8, 1955. One of its shows that day
was the UNC-Wakc Forest basketball game,
which Carolina won 95-78.
Jan. 8. 1980, UNC-TV will begin the
celebration of its 25th annivei iry with a live
performance by the North Carolii. Symphony.
The theme of the 25th anniversary is "UNC
Celebrates North Carolina," said Linda Haac,
public information manager for the station.
Thus, much of the 1980 season's special
programming will be produced by or about
people in North Carolina.
When WUNC first went on the air, the
programs were not so specialized. Besides the
basketball game, other programs on the first
day of broadcast included a film presentation, a
live song and dance program and a news show.
The air hours for the station were only 6 p.m.-10
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When the FCCs 1 948 freeze of all TV channel
allocations was lifted in 1952, one station,
Channel 4, was reserved on the VHF dial for
non-commercial stations. The University
applied for a permit to run that station in 1953,
and in 1955. WUNC broadcast its first
programs.
Channel 4 remained the state's only public
broadcasting station until 1962, when Congress
passed the Educational Television Facilities
Act. The bill appropriated $32 million in
matching funds for the construction of new
educational TV stations. In 1965, an
educational TV network was established.
Transmitters were built to set up seven other
educational TV stations in North Carolinain
Columbia, Linville, Asheville, Concord,
Wilmington, Greenville and Winston-Salem.
UNC-TV has three production studios, one
each on the campuses of N.C. State, UN C
Greensboro and Carolina. Network offices are
in Chapel Hill.
Vicwership of public TV has been increasing,
Haac said. A UNC-TV survey showed that in
October 1978, 20 percent of the households
surveyed watched public TV weekly. By March
1979, this figure had risen to 27 percent.
Many of the early programs included music,
church services and educational extension
services. Today, he programming includes such
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By BILL FIELDS
AMitUni Sport Editor
ST. PETERSBURG. FLA. The University of
South Florida pep band entertained the home town
fans to a few bars of the Mickey Mouse theme when
North Carolina took the floor at Bayfront Center
Arena Monday night, but, when the game was over,
one Tar Heel in particular had done anything but
Mickey Mouse with the Brahman Bulls.
UNC junior forward Al Wood scored a carter
high 34 points, and a trapping Carolina defense kept
a scrappy USF squad from coming back when it had
a chance to rally, and the Tar Heels took a 93-62
victory.
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Wood scored from every point on the court
including several slam dunks on breakawaysas an
Arena record crowd of 5.710 looked on.
Many of Woods points came when he beat the
Bulls defense downcourt after a Tar Heel rebounded
the ball. "When we get a rebound, we get out and
, run," Wood said. "When we got rebounds tonight, I
took off and ran."
South Florida, a member of the Sun Belt
Conference, provided the Tar Heels with a tuff test
early behind the shooting of guards Tony Crier, who
had 22 points, and Tony Washam. who tallied 21.
"I felt that we played the best we've played thU
young year," UNC coach Dean Smith said. "We put
Al on the end of a lot of breaks. He got a lot of good
passes from O'Korcn."
The first half began with South Florida jumping
on top 2-0 before Wood began his offensive how.
W'ood scored the f rst eight Tar Heel points, but USF
stiUheld the lead until the 13:55 mark, when UNC
freshman James Worthy hit a 15-footer to put
Carolina ahead 14-12.
After that point, Carolina began to pull ahead a
its trapping defense intercepted cveral South
Florida passes. Wood, who tallied 20 firt-half
points, scored on a dunk at 3 00 to give the Tar IleeU
their first double-digit lead at 36-25,
South Florida, kd in the firit half by guard Grier,
again turned the ball over several ttmci. enabling
UNC to go out at halftimc ahead 44-28.
Smith said he was impresed vuth the way USF
coach Chip Connor got the most out of hi
undermanned team. "His team dJ see North
Carolina play its hot game of the caon so far,"
Smith said.
The Bulls slowed down the tempo at the outKt of
the second half and cut the Tar Heel margin to 10 at
56-46 with 13; 16 remaining, "I thought e showed
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