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Retains post
CanrlbiDFo Town Manager Hunter
OTrvives close vote of confidence
By LAURENCE POLLOCK
Staff Writer
" While most students were dut'of school
this summer, Carrboro Town Manager
Richard Hunter was fighting to preserve
his professional integrity and job.
He faced allegations by a group of in
dividuals in Carrboro that he misused a
town car, did not live in the town and had
been paid unjustifiable moving expenses
by the council when he first took his post.
A June 16 vote of confidence by the
Board of Aldermen saw the members split
3-3 along party and faction lines (the
Association for a Better Carrboro and the
Carrboro Community Coalition). Break
ing the tie, Mayor Robert Drakeford voted
to retain Hunter. ,
Hunter vigorously denied all the allega
tions and added that his moving expenses,
use of the car and residence (he bought
property in both Chatham County and
Carrboro) were all approved by the coun
cil. 'I would like to see a return to more
practical issues, the sort of things which af
fect students who make up about half of
the town's population," he said.
But Charles Riggsbee, a town resident
who made the original charges, said he still
thinks there should be some outside in
vestigation into the affair.
"I feel the vote was not an indication of
whether Hunter had done anything wrong,
it was an indication of who was backing
whom," he said. "I am interested in seeing
By MARY EVANS
Staff Writer
. Impact.
Each new academic year brings changes and developments in
University policy, and students want their opinions to impact on
administrative decisions.
At UNC, chancellor's committees provide a means for student-faculty-administrative
deliberation on issues that affect the
University community.
The Food Service Advisory Committee, the Housing Advisory
Board, the Parking and Transportation Committee and other
committees provide a meeting ground for students, faculty and
administrators to exchange information and viewpoints about dif
ferent issues to assist in the actual policymaking for the Univer
sity. But various , problems within the committees may hinder
them from achieving their full potential.
Problems of time constraints, absence of rates, meeting agen
das and what effect committee findings really have on University
policy are several questions in the minds of student chancellor's
committee members.
Students appointed to chancellor's committees are selected
through applications that must be approved by Student Govern
ment, Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, and
Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham. ,
The question, "How much do these committees really ac
complish?" varies from committee to committee, Fordham said.
"Some make a real contribution, some don't do much," he
said.
Students in general make very positive, contributions to the
committees, and the faculty are sensitive to student opinions,
Fordham said. "The chancellor's committees are a way that dif
ferent people can get together and wrestle out their problems."
The committees are a "theoretically, indispensable policy
making structure of the university," said Student Body President
Mike Vandenbergh. The committees can serve as either
information-generating bodies or as review boards for policy, he
said.
"Both situations are valuable," he said. "But to ensure student
involvement, the committees need to be aware of the short and
long term agendas of the administration."
One problem is the lack of focus for policymaking in commit
tee meetings," student committee members agreed. "It would be .
helpful if each committee had an agenda in the fall, and a pledge
from the administration not to introduce policy changes beyond
the agenda," Vandenbergh said.
While there are certain issues which cannot be handled by agen
da, "for foreseeable decisions the chancellor's committees should
know what they're dealing with," he added.
Students serving on the advisory committees need to act as in
dependent representatives of the student body, Vandenbergh said.
"It's very difficult to look an administrator in the eye and say, 'I
understand your reasoning, but I disagree. "
Controversy surrounding the issues of food service, tripling and
the new cooking policy point to the need for more effective stu
dent input from chancellor's committees, Vandenbergh said.
"The students need a commitment on the part of the adrninistra-
See COMMITTEES on page 3
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Student appointments to the ChanorHor committees have not yet
Seen approved. , .
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return to more practical
issues, the sort of
things which affect stu
dents who make up
about half of the town's
population."
Richard Hunter
Carrboro town manager
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ter."
Hunter still believes the allegations were
made by a small and unrepresentative
group in the town. He said the group
which opposed him thought he was too
identified with the influential CCC, which
controlled the Board of Aldermen before
the election last November.
"I do not take any sides," he said. "The
board, whoever they are, give me my in
structions and I put them into effect," he
Alderman Steve Rose, who was one of
Hunter's supporters in the vote, said the
campaign against. Hunter was politically
motivated.
"There is a group of people in the com
munity who would like to see Mr. Hunter
go, and this was a way of attempting to
put pressure on him," Rose said.
Those who opposed Hunter have
stressed that their criticisms are based en
tirely on his alleged misconduct.
By DAVH) McHUGH
Staff Writer
Want to see a lot of stars and pretty colors without running up
a big pharmacy bill?
If so, you can put your head into a lot of space at the Morehead
Planetarium on Franklin Street.
The planetarium, if you didn't know already, is one of the best
around. NASA trains its astronauts in celestial navigation there,
and the dome is one of the world's largest.
But you don't have to be an astronaut to enjoy it.
Backed by state-of-the-art gizmos, Morehead's small band of
media technicians and astronomy educators put on nightly shows
for high-tech buffs, earnest people seeking self-improvement and
those who just want to stare at all the nice whirling lights.
For Star Trek rerun addicts, there's Juggernaut, a multi-media
show featuring the voice of Captain Kirk himself, William
Shatner.
Shatner narrates the story of a mysterious blob from beyond
Neptune that threatens to destroy Earth.
Written by Morehead Assistant Director Jim Manning and
coordinated by planetarium artists and sound technicians, the
program stars the Morehead's Model VI Zeiss planetarium pro
jector, one of nine in the world.
Controlled by a computer, the' projector whirls and shines,
throwing the cosmos onto Morehead's 44-feet-high dome ceiling.
The million-dollar contraption' looks like a big dumbbell en
crusted with optical barnacles and features split screens, exploding
meteors and its very own rogue asteroid.
But despite the technological frufru, the show is a little cheesy.
The story is a little corny, stars peek through ostensibly solid
buildings and planets, and the spaceships don't really look like
they're flying.
But don't worry it has plenty of satisfying zoom and flash,
plus an expensive-sounding stereo system playing Vangelis. Just
don't go home in a huff if its not tike Star Wars.
Hie monster projector also jtars in Sky Rambles, a guided tour
of whatever the Friday night sky looks like.
Educational Assistant Terry Gibson plays a God-like role as she
hunches over the faintly glowing console in the planetarium's con
trol center. But she's gotten a little bored.
"It gets pretty routine, turning the universe off and on for
every show," she sighs.
Juggernaut shows at 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 1 a.m.,
1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 8
p.m. Sundays. Sky Rambles is presented every Friday at 7 p.m.
Admission for students is $2 for either show. As Ambassador
Duke from "Doonesbury" would say, you can't get prescription
blanks that cheap.
Mteraatiojial students offer unique views of Chapel Mill and United States
By LUCY HOOD
Staff Writer
Students often get caught up in the grind of
classes, tests, papers, football and basketball
games, happy hours and fraternity parties,
and they forget that life exists beyond the
boundaries of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
But 375 foreign students study at the Uni
versity, reminding students that Chapel Hill is
a way of life, but not the only way of life. In
addition students from the University studied
abroad last year and have returned with new
ideas they acquired from countries all around
the world including France, Spain, Germany
and the United Kingdom.
Djuhertati (Tati) Imam-Muhni, an English
professor at the University of Gad j ah Madu in
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is studying American
literature on a Fullbright Scholarship at the
University for a year.
University comparisons
Imam-Muhni found Chapel Hill's lifestyle
similar to university life in Yogyakarta.
"Yogyakarta is a university town and the Uni
versity of Gahjah Mada is the oldest in Indo
nesia. Chapel Hill is really like my city. All the
people speak on one wave length. I mean the
professor-student wave length, not the mer
chant wave length."
Concerning the classes and work, she said
the students in Indonesia protest when they
think the professor has given them too much
work. -
"The teachers here are really very good, but
they give us too much work. Here, you just ac
cept it, but my students are rebellious and pro
test," she said.
An English graduate student from. Seville,
Spain noted another difference between the
University of North Carolina and the Univer
sity of Seville where he graduated with a
bachelor's degree in English.
Jesus Lerate de Costro, a teaching assistant
in the Department of Romance Languages,
came to Chapel Hill as an exchange student
last year. He said that students in Spain are
given more freedom concerning homework
and class attendance. Students are given a
syllabus at the beginning of the year, and it is
their responsibility to keep up until the exam.
There is no mandatory attendance, he said.
However, he commended the American
system for the freedom that exists between the
students and the professors. The professors
place themselves at more of a distance in
Spain, he said.
Fritz Tiffenbrunner, a graduate from the
University of Vienna, Austria, said the
Austrian school system is following the
American system by directing studies away
from the classical curriculum which includes
an emphasis on Greek and Latin.
American influences
"We are very influenced by America," he
said. "That's something Europeans don't
realize until they've been here.".
The influence can be seen in the architec
ture, the technology, fast food chains and the
recent American , music craze that spreads
through all of Europe, he said.
He said that fast food chains were beginning
to convert meals into a biological function
rather than a time to relax and enjoy the food.
Later, he emphasized again that the
American influence is very strong, and he
cited two American products that set trends in
Europe but not in the United States.
"Fruit of the Loom T-shirts were a fad at
one time and so were UCLA T-shirts," he
said. He said the UCLA T-shirt fad was amus
ing since most people did not know what
UCLA was.
Views on America
Not only are these world travelers able to
share their experiences in Europe, Asia or
other continents, they are able to reflect upon
the American lifestyle and culture from a dif
ferent point of view.
Friendliness and freedom were the strong
points of the American culture and society
most frequently mentioned by foreign
students and by Americans who studied
abroad.
"I think the first thing I noticed (when I got
back) is how nice and friendly everybody is,"
Linda Eglin said. The senior international
studies and French major studied in France
last year on UNC's-Year-At-Montpellier pro
gram. "I appreciate American life more," she
said. "There is nothing like America for hav
ing the best of everything."
Rosa Maria Lopez-Canete is an exchange
student from Seville, Spain who graduated
from the University of Seville. She said that
parents generally are more strict in Spain and
that students are more dependent on the fami
ly since they usually do not leave home to at
tend college. The university system is or
ganized so that students must attend the uni
versity in their region of the country unless
that university does not offer their field of
study.
Lopez-Canete has been in the country since
the beginning of August, and she said, "I
prefer the way you live here. I appreciate the
freedom. Perhaps, it is too early for me to see
the failures."
Although America was praised for its
friendly people and its freedom, the govern
ment was criticized for its naive attitude
toward international politics and the people
for their ethnocentric attitude toward the rest
of the world.
Tiffenbrunner said the president of the
United States changes every four years and is
elected on the basis of good intention. There
fore, the president is not capable of gaining a
full understanding of international politics.
"Germany has an old warrior (Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt) who has been around for
years, and (Soviet Premier Leonid) Brezhnev
has been around for years," he said. "He
knows his stuff inside and out.
"As well-intentioned as people are, inter
national politics do not work like that. You
have to be able to forgive, forget, and you
can't expect anything good. You cannot ex
pect gratitude on the international politics
level."
Lori Massey , a senior who spent last year on
the. UNC-Year-At-Seville program, said she
learned to appreciate the more relaxed
lifestyle. "I felt like I had time to enjoy my
friends and to do the things I wanted to do. I
enjoyed the lifestyle, and if I had my choice, I
would go back now.
"I hate the American attitude we, us,
we're great. Others have made an effort to
learn English and to understand the United
States," she said.