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Kaeim Rovvliy, News Ediicr
Pam Kxxley, University Editor
Marti ia Vaggc:::2, City Editor .
Jim Hummxl, S&r&r ni Natior.il Editor
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Mark Mujlsxu., Features Editor
Tom Moose, rts Editor
Scott Shame", Photography Editor
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Noisemakers
Chapel Hill can be a noisy town. Juke boxes blare from the front
porches of fraternity houses, bands play on the lawns of Mclver and
Connor, and houses on McCauley Street throw parties every Friday
night. . ' "
Since the beginning of the semester, though, people have had to be
more careful about how much noise they make and when they make it.
Police have begun to enforce the existing noise ordinance more often
and Town Manager Gene Shipman is scrambling to come up with a new
and stricter law. The amendments to the ordinance proposed by
Shipman would give Chief Herman Stone an undue amount of
discretion, and would not make the town's muddled noise ordinance any
clearer.
The amendment lists several conditions which the chief of police may
require party-goers and -throwers to adhere to. The chief may or may
not enforce these requirements, apparently, at his whim. One would
permit him to shut down sources of amplified noise after excessive noise
permits expire at midnight on Thursdays and 1 a.m. on weekends. At
present, only those bands and jukeboxes that exceed 55 decibels when
measured can be shut down; the amendment would end parties not
because they were too loud, but simply because, in the chief s view, they
were too late.
Another clause in the proposed amendment would require sponsors
of events "likely to cause litter to be deposited upon public rights of
way," to deposit $75 to cover potential clean-up by the city. This could
be applied to any event from the Georgia Tech game to a picnic on a
windy day, again at the chiefs discretion. The chief would also
determine who was responsible for what litter, a task which might prove
difficult. After these Saturday afternoon postgame parties around Little
Fraternity Court, for instance, which fraternity is responsible for which
pile of beer cans? The case could baffle police for weeks.
Most distressingly, the amendment could, at the chief s discretion,
require people asking for permits to hire "security persons" meaning
ofT-duty Chapel Hill police to be present at these noisy functions. The
correlation between loud music and violence is not clear here, at least
not clear enough to mandate the presence of security guards at every
dorm, fraternity or sorority party.
Plainly, those who make noise are responsible to others who may be
disturbed by it. A noise ordinance is needed in Chapel Hill; one that sets
clear decibel limits and hours for excessive noise permits. The proposed
amendment, however, would only complicate the existing permit
process while adding, clauses that are nigh unenforceable. Worse, it
'places responsibility for controlling noise on the town's police chief
instead of holding more accountable those who make the noise and
wake the neighbors. . ,
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By THOMAS JESS1MAN
D right lights glared at the podium,
cameras whined and clicked as the
photographers tested their gear, a leisure
suited man checked the microphones,
"Testing, one, two, three." The two Secret
Service men moved into position on both
sides of the podium; their eyes scanned
the press conference crowd as if they were
looking for a friend in the seats of a movie
theater. "Here he comes," someone
whispered, and the presidential candidate
took his place.
He looked shorter than he does on
television. His glasses were not as big as
they appear in all the cartoons. His shirt
collar was too wide in the back, making
him look like he had shrunk some during
the six months he has been on the
independent campaign trail, and the lines
on his face were deeper than they look in
the magazine photographs. His voice was
a touch hoarse, obviously affected by the .
thousands of speeches he has made.
But he handled the press conference
with impressive aplomb. Unlike fourth
grade where people raise their hands to' '
draw the attention of their teacher, here
the process involved shouting
"Congressman, congressman" as loud as
possible and immediately launching into
the question regardless of the fact that
four other people also were asking
questions. At one point the speaker took
six napkins out of his back pocket and,
separating two, wiped his brow this was
when one reporter caught him off guard
with a question about tobacco.
A reporter from the back row asked the
candidate if he would continue the
campaign of the Department of Health
and Human Services against the tobacco
growers. The candidate paused for a
moment and looked down at the podium.'
"I gave up smoking some time back and
have felt much better since," he said and
supported the work of the department
lie ventured farther into No Man's Land
when he announced he would phase out
tobacco price supports and that farmers
would have to sacrifice. It was much the
same type of honest message, one the
locals would not savor hearing, that he
gave months ago when he backed gun
controls in the heart of New Hampshire
. or supported the grain embargo during
the debates in Idaho. Later when another
reporter asked the candidate how he
expected the North Carolina farmers to
react to his statements, he replied, "I hope
with great understanding." lie could not
keep himself from smiling and looking
. back down at the podium. '
The whole time, the Secret Service men
stood and scanned. None of the talk,
meant anything to them, their eyes never
stopped and although they never looked
at anyone for more than a second, one
- could not help thinking they were always
' watching. The tense and humorous
moments brushed by them, never with
any. expression of . emotion. After tb;
press conference, ens reporter walked
over to the candidate as he was leavbrj
and, in asking a question, almost bumped
into him. He caught a hird elbow in the
stomach from one cf the E:;rtt Service
men who said, "Get back, buddy." The
reporter still asked his question and the
candidate replied with a one-liner and
suddenly .was cut the door. A few seconds
later there was no sign of him in the long
hallway and no one knew where he had -gone.
Students ran around looking for
him, but the seasoned press packed up.
their gear and headed over to Memorial
HalL For them, catching a glimpse of a
presidential candidate was no big thrill.
While the audience waited for the
candidate to speak in Memorial Hall, the
press set. up their giant cameras and
bright lights, their bazooka microphones
and gaudy tape recorders. Down in the
front row, a photographer from one of
the national magazines conversed with a
Carolina co-ed. He was wearing a fishing
vest that was filled not with lures and
fishing reels, but with camera gadgetry.
"In New York when I have to take a really
tough shot, I'll just attach this lens and
presto," he said, handing her the camera.
"Take a peek." She pointed the camera up ,
at the podium where the candidate would
speak. "This will probably be a lot like the
snot I took in Detroit at the convention,"
he said, reaching his arm around her to
help her focus. "Were you really -in
Detroit?" she asked she had awfully big
eyes. -- '
The crowd began to get restless, and
anyone walking across the stags drew a
wild cheer. Finally, the two Secret Service
men took their place. on each side of the
podium. They were greeted with a hiss
from the crowd. It was the same hiss
Darth Vader gets when he makes his
appearance in The Empire Strikes Back
and at least one of the Secret Service men
broke into a wide smile. The ice was
broken.
Before the candidate made his
appearance some students sounded a
charge on trumpets and bugles. The
crowd screamed and swayed. Some of the
windows in Memorial were open and
faces peered in the rain could be seen
bouncing off their raincoat hoods. Others
who could not open the windows
plastered themselves up against the glass
to see they looked like bugs on a
windshield.
The candidate walked onto the stage.
He was greeted with cheers and chants of
"We want John." The cameras clicked
and the bright lights focused on the
podium. Visions of Harry Truman
dancing through "his head, the candidate
held aloft a copy of The Daily Tar Heel
and pointed to the headline heralding his
win in a mock election. "It's a well-known
fact that as Chapel Hill goes, so goes the
nation," he said.- The cheers were
deafening although few believed him. He
claimed that he was not wasting his time
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.white candidata, far right, speaks to press
campaigning on college campusesi that
the idealism and optimism of the younger
generation would not be lost under his
administration, that he recognized the
strong legacy of political giants like
Frcnklin D. Roosevelt and John F.
Kennedy who had come to Carolina to
speak to the interests of the young. "I
believe that a better future is within our
grasp if only we dare to reach for it," the
candidate said. "I have the feeling in my
heart that in this watershed year young
Americans are going to prove that they
can make the difference."
Afterward, the candidate was served
some quiche from a fancy restaurant, in
the Frank Porter Graham lounge on the
second floor of the' Carolina Union.
Rumor had it that he spoke in there with
his media wizard-campaign strategist
John Garth.
In the press room, the press was eating
Kentucky Fried chicken ajid rolls. Some
of them were filing their stories to New
York or maybe the West Coast. When
asked if the candidate always made the
same speech to crowds, if maybe thb time
he had said something very different and
special for North Carolina, a reporter
with the New York Times responded that
the candidate never varies his speech a
great deal. The head press agent came in
and announced that the press busvould
be leaving in two minutes, and the
reporters straggled out the door.
Later, a cheer arose from down the
hall. The candidate had left his hideaway.
In his trail out to the limo he left students
staring at their hands and muttering, "I
shook his hand." The bus and other cars
pulled out of the parking lot. Someone
said the candidate was flying to Miami
and would speak there at'7 that night.
Back in the Frank Porter Graham
lounge, his quiche had barely been
touched.
Thomas Jessiman, a Junior English major
from Newton, Mass., h associate editor
for The Daily Tar Heel. ,
Don't be alarmed this Thursday when women with Greek letters
emblazoned across their sweatshirts chase men wearing derby hats ail
across campus. It looks nutty and it is but if the chase scene goes as
some hope, the Greek system may earn more than $18,000 for charity
this fall.
Derby Week involves 12 sororities on campus and is sponsored and
organized by the brothers of the Sigma Chi fraternity house. Each year
at this time the money goes to a different charity and the North Carolina
Heart Association has been selected to receive any money earned this
week.
The brunt of the work is done by the sororities and actually begins a
week before the official Derby Week. The women organize quiche
dinners, deliver coronations, wash cars and sell doughnuts all in an
effort to earn points for their sorority in an informal competition and to
stir up interest and money for Derby Week.
In addition to raising money, the various activities of Derby Week
serve to improve relations between Greeks and the community.
Tuesday, brothers of Sigma Chi and some sorority sisters visited
children at N.C. Memorial Hospital.
It is the nature of the newspaper business that many times good works
go unnoticed as crimes and injustices and other unfortunate news make
the headlines. No doubt, this has been the case with, the Greeks on
occasion. This week is a good time to congratulate them for their
ongoing work for charity and to encourage the rest of the campus to
contribute to the cause as well as supporting Derby Week.
At tho speech in Memorial Hall, tho
crowd of moro than 2.000 stopped at
nothing to catch a glimpeD or hear a
word from tha candidate. Hero, despite
tho rain, students stood outslda end
cheered with tho others when he walk
ed on stage.
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By JONATHAN RICH
Iktwccn Iran, the upccmir.3 presidential
elections and a host cf domestic problems, most
Americar-4 have ilttl - time for concern over the
$urroundir-3 woild. Yet when compared with the
j:cre difficulties ficir.3 many Third World
countries, our own problems steri relatively
in':nificar.t. Hew cuny art aware cf the 23
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Last week the Southeastern Dialogue on the
Changing World Economy featured Moses
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irxrease public -.awareness of the UN New'
International Economic Order declaration.
Originally from Nigeria, Adebar.jo is presently the
chief of the U.N. Conference on Trade and
Development.
"The pressing issue cf the moment is the need to
restructure international relations in the area cf
trade and economic development Adeb3r.;o said
"We nd to restructure the mternrnion
rnonctary sitern and to develop trade between the
developing countries so that they nay attain a
collective stir-rchar.ee he said. "It all bolls do n
to a more just and cquiutle economic order."
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reccgr.led the need for a new crd :r, many w e :
na'ions hive net i:j imp!:r.er.ta!
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foreign exchange, he said.
This situation is made more pathetic by these
countries socioeconomic system, Adebar.jo said.
"When prices or demand falls, individual citizens
have no security provided by the fovcrnmcnl.
Adcbanjo said, he was gratified by a recent
agreement for an international commod.tiesfund.
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produeirg countries, it is more a c;ue.ti -;n cf
financial security than security cfacom.tjr.t w of'i
demand. Adebar.jo s-id. There is a :v.:n tj te
learned from OPLC, he said. "It resulted from an
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take into account the r.ceds and prf.urc facing
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