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Norberg is
appointed
as justice
By DAVID SCHMIDT
StafT Writer
The appointment of Scott Norberg,
former student body president, as
Student Supreme Court chief justice
won Campus Governing Council appro
val yesterday, surpassing the two-thirds
majority vote required.
A vote of 12 to 2, with four absten
tions, ended three weeks of controversy
over Student Body President Paul
Parker's appointment of Norberg.
"The council I think was just being
careful," Norberg said after the meeting.
"I'm happy that it's behind me."
In a related bill the CGC confirmed
the appointments of James Exum and
Maria Baxter as associate justices and
Brian Dalton, John Diamantstein,
Charlie Madison, Robin Thompson
and Robyn Hadley as emergency
justices.
Debate over Norberg in the CGC
Rules and Judiciary Committee meet
ing Monday questioned whether he was
the most qualified for the position. But
Parker opened yesterday's discussion
saying, "It's not whether you like the
appointment or dislike the appoint
ment, it's whether he's qualified or not."
When asked about his experience,
Norberg said he worked in Student
Government for three years and learned
what goes into passing laws and how
student organizations inter-relate. He
also said experience with campaigns
would help him judge elections cases,
which he said constitute most of the
Supreme Court's workload.
Ideally there would be no workload,
Norberg said. "By no means would I
ever encourage a case to come to the
Court. I think I would be a conservative
justice the sense that I'm using that
word is that I don't think the Court
should be free to make up law."
The CGC defeated an amendment
from Doug Berger (Dist. 1) that would
have altered the chief justice selection
process. Berger said he wanted those
appointed to serve one year on the
Court and judge at least one case.
"There are many on this council who
call into question the procedure Scott
was selected in," he said. "In the future
we need some sort of criteria set forth."
Other members agreed but said the
amendment did not relate to the bill
appointing Norberg. "I think it's not
germane to the appointment of the
Supreme Court chief justice at all,"
Wyatt Closs (Dist. 10) said. "I think
we're setting bad precedents."
New dorm plans
Housing to increase number of rooms for women
By KEVIN WASHINGTON
Staff Writer
The rising number of women students
at UNC has forced University housing
to propose two plans for the allotment
of space to female students in the new
dormitory under construction on Sta
dium Drive, according to Wayne Kuncl,
housing director.
One plan would dedicate all 496
spaces in the new dormitory to women
and convert Avery dormitory to an all
male hall, while the other would
dedicate 240 spaces in the new hall to
men and 256 to women and convert
Joyner to all male and Everett and
Graham to all female.
The first plan would create 368 more
spaces for women while the second plan
would add 286 spaces.
In addition, Kuncl said some floors
in Hinton James might be converted
to all female no matter which plan was
Troupe brings
Taiwan culture
A Chinese goodwill mission group
scheduled to perform in Memorial Hall
Tuesday at 8 p.m. will offer a different
glimpse of Chinese culture to those who
know the Mysterious East only from
the limited variety of Chinese food
served on Franklin Street.
The Youth Goodwill Mission Group
from Taiwan, making its 10th annual
tour around the United States this fall,
includes six male students and eight
female students. Selected from among
106 universities in iaiwaii, un, uuupe
will introduce Chinese culture through
dances and songs under the theme
"Love An Adventure in Chinese
Songs and Dances." UNC Chinese
Students Association, the Carolina
Union and the International Center are
sponsoring the performance.
Tickets for the performance are $2
for UNC students and $3 for the general
public. Tickets are available at the
Union box office and at the door on
the day of performance.
Nailing the problem
Douglas Dupree of Raleigh repairs worn roofing at Towne House Apartments.
Winging it home can be a problem
By LAURA VAN SANT
Staff Writer
For the average UNC student, going
home means little more than throwing
a suitcase in the truck and thinking of
the home-cooked meal that will be on
the table in a few hours. But for out-of-state
students who have to take a
plane, getting home isn't so easy.
Because of the cost of flying, some
students only make it hore two or three
times a year.
"I go home for Christmas, Thanks
giving and Spring Break," said Marc
Huber, a sophomore from Jackson,
N.J. "I told my parents, 'If you want
me home, you pay.' It's too expensive
for me."
Cost is the last of graduate student
Connie Molter's problems. She and her
husband are visiting in-laws at Christ
mas. Even though they booked a flight
in September, all that was available was
a 7 a.m. plane that gives Molter less
implemented.
During the last two years, requests
by 400 women who wanted to live in
all-female dormitorieswere denied
because of insufficient space.
"At the beginning of the academic
semester, we had both male and female
over-assignment," he said. "Now we just
have female over-assignment.
Kuncl said there may be other
options.
Although residence hall governors
only received the proposals Monday,
Mark Stafford, Residence Hall Asso
ciation president, wrote an evaluation
of the two proposals last week. He said
he favored the split male-female new
dormitory option over the all-female
option because it allowed male students
to share one of the better dormitories.
"IVe had a personal concern that the
best physical facilities on campus have
been dedicated to women students like
College Republicans, Young Democrats spar
By JOAN CLIFFORD
Staff Writer
Determined to sway student votes
and underline key issues distinguishing
incumbent Republican President
Ronald Reagan with Democratic pre
sidential candidate Walter Mondale,
four-member debate teams from the
Young Democrats and UNC College
Republicans sparred through eight
rounds of questions on domestic issues
before a sparse audience of 50 last night
in Hamilton 100.
The debate, sponsored by The Pho
enix, Young Democrats and UNC
College Republicans, featured discus
sions of the environment, the federal
buget deficit, the Equal Rights Amend
ment, racial and sexual discrimination,
merit pay for teachers, student loans
and other economic issues.
Chairman of the Democrat debate
team, third-year law student Richard
Nordan, said the 1981 Reagan tax cuts
favored the rich, while leaving the
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than two days to grade 80 exams.
"Holiday flights are difficult. All the
cheap seats are taken," she said.
Some students find ways to avoid the
hassles and costs of flying. They have
cars and drive themselves or they get
rides. Hundreds of students have signed
up at the Student Union "ride board"
to try and get home for Fall Break, and
many are already looking for rides later
in the year.
- Kiki Vaandrager, a sophomore from
Garland, Texas, is advertising in the
Student Union for a ride home at
Christmas.
"Last year I didnt sign up (on the
ride board) until after Thanksgiving,
and as time went on I got real nervous
about it," she said.
Vaandrager did find a ride last year,
but this time she's not taking any
chances. "If I dont find a ride, IVe got
to get a plane. And that costs at least
$350."
Spencer and the Triad," he said, "while
men's dorms have basically been
thought of as a place to sleep."
The new dormitory, scheduled to
open in fall 1985, will be the only air
conditioned dormitory.
Stafford said the practice of giving
the best dormitories to females began
years ago when female students needed
courting parlors. He said, "Today,
women just dont need them any more
than men."
"To make (the new dormitory) totally
female would exclude the possibility of
any males ever having the opportunity
to live there," he said. "Males, like
females, have over the years in many
ways paid through their rents to build
the new hall."
Kuncl said giving all spaces to women
would be easier to implement but agreed
the split sex plan would be more
middle class and poor out in the cold.
"Here's one (a question of the budget
deficit) that's asking the people to bite
the bullet," he said.
CR Doug Turpin, a senior political
science major, said Mondale's tax
increase plan was not a deficit-reduction
plan. "Mondale could not cut the
mustard when it comes to cutting the
deficit," Turpin said, quoting former
Democratic President Franklin Roose
velt. "You cannot get the government
out of the red by putting red into the
government," he said of Mondale's plan
which would increase taxes above the
$25,000 income level.
On the Reagan administration's
commitment to the student loan pro
gram, YD Jaye Sitton, a freshman
English major, said Reagan tried to
eliminate the Pell Grant. She said
Reagan had not denied blacks jobs, but
was committed to providing jobs, not
on the basis of quotas, but ability. "The
plan is to judge a person according to
DTHLarry Childress
Airline prices are high, especially for
a student's budget. But Lee Hoenig, a
travel agent for Continental Travel
Agency in Chapel Hill, said that
deregulation has kept fare increases to
about 30 percent over the past four
years.
Hoenig said competition between
USAir, Piedmont Aviation, New York
Air and Delta Air Lines for Raleigh-Durham-to-New
York passengers has
meant an even lower rate of increase
for those flights. And students are
taking advantage of these low rates
during Fall Break. "A lot of students
are flying up to New York to shop,"
Hoenig said.
Most students dont spend a lot of
time comparing prices of different
airlines.
"IH fly any plane as long as anybody
else pays," Crystal Darvin, a freshman
from Cincinnatti, said.
equitable.
Although the first plan would allot
82 more spaces for women than the
second plan, he said the second plan
could be improved, by allowing three
full floors of 96 spaces for females in
the new hall and making the 112 spaces
on first and second floors all male. This
plan would increase the number of
spaces set aside for women from 256
to 288.
Nevertheless, Stafford said the split
sex plan would uproot many students
in North Campus dormitories. He said
he would like to see some type of
guarantee that studetns returning in fall
1985 would receive housing through the
lottery.
Kuncl said a decision on the options
needed to be made by Oct. 26 if
University housing is to provide correct
information to incoming students.
'Mondale could not cut the mustard when it
comes to cutting the deficit. You cannot get
the government out of the red by putting red
into the government. ' College Republican
Doug Turpin
his ability, not because he's black,"
Turpin said.
On merit pay for teachers, the
Republicans said they supported it and
asked why the Democrats were against
it.
"Teachers are against merit pay."
Nordan responded.
On other issues, the Republicans
cited the destruction the Carter
Mondale administration had done to
the federal park system, while Nordan
answered, "If you call helping the
federal park system putting sidewalks
yourself S. J.
udent
computer sales
Co-op to delay legal action
By LEIGH WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
Pascal and Associates Inc. of Chapel
Hill will not take legal action against
UNC Student Stores until attorneys
from the N.C. attorney general's office
respond to Pascal's complaints about
the stores' pricing and selling of
computer equipment, said James Tar
vid, general manager of Pascal.
The local computer cooperative
presented its complaints to representa
tives from the attorney general's office
Monday after examining the financial
records of the Student Stores.
The complaints, which focus on the
Umstead Act authorizing the operation
of student stores, ask for an outline of
the proper structure of student stores,
a specific definition of supplies and
materials covered under the act and
guidelines on competition between
student stores and area morkets, Tarvid
said.
Pascal contends that by selling
computer equipment at prices below
area market prices, Student Stores
violates a state law prohibiting state
run organizations from pricing mer
chandise to compete with local retailers.
Only students, faculty and staff of
UNC are allowed to buy computers in
the Student Stores.
In an earlier letter to the general
manager of the Student Stores, Tarvid
asked the Student Stores to either stop
selling computer equipment or to sell
computer equipment at "normal retail
list prices."
The Student Stores can sell compu
ters at a reduced price because IBM and
Apple Computer companies give edu
cational discounts to student stores who
carry their lines, said Charles Antle,
associate vice chancellor of business and
finance.
This constitutes a "conspiracy in
restraint of trade" according to Tarvid's
letter. The letter also contends that the
Professor to analyze
Ferraro-Bush debate
By MARK POWELL
Staff Writer
William Balthrop, an assistant speech
professor at UNC, will join a panel of
experts tomorrow on "CBS Morning
News" to analyze results of tonight's
Ferraro-Bush debate.
Balthrop was contacted by a CBS
News staff member to judge the debate
in New York for a segment to be aired
sometime between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
He said CBS chose him because of his
nine years in the department of speech
communication as a professor and
director of augmentation and debate.
Balthrop, who advises UNC's fore
nsics team, will pick the winner of the
debate using forensics criteria. This
includes presentation of the material
used to support arguments, the ability
to analyze and attack a position and
display of rhetorical skills. Also impor
tant are having a single, consistent
theme and appearing competent.
"Issues and the image the politicians
project are important," he said.
The sex of the candidates will play
an important role in the debate,
according to Balthrop. Ferraro cannot
be too aggressive and masculine, nor
can she be too feminine, he said.
"Ferraro cannot come across as being
excessively aggressive because it will
turn off voters," Balthrop said, adding
down, you're crazy." attributing the
destruction of the environment to the
Reagan-Bush administration.
The debate was moderated by asso
ciate Phoenix editor John Deville, who
asked each team four questions.
"Both sides had good questions,"
Deville said. "The Republicans seemed
more prepared.
"The Republican questions were
more focused on specifics while the
Democrats focused on broad issues of
the campaign." he added.
Perelman
Store
operation of profit-making student
stores is inconsistent with UNC's
charter.
As of July 30, however, Student
Stores' computer sales resulted in about
a $14,000 loss, said Antle. He attributed
the- loss to the start-up costs of the
computer department.
Tarvid said, "If they (Student Stores'
management) treated computers like
they treat textbooks, we could com
pete," he said. "If they arent giving
students a break on textbooks, they
shouldn't give them a break on
computers."
Tarvid said he is also concerned that
Student Stores do not stand behind the
computers they sell. He said that there
is not a repair shop within the Student
Stores to service the computers they sell.
An electrical repair shop is being set
up to repair personal computers, Antle
said. "As part of our agreement with
Apple, we had to guarantee that
someone would have the expertise to
service the computers," he said.
Choices about what Student Stores
can sell under the Umstead Act are
made on an item-by-item basis, said
Antle. The decision is usually based on
what has been sold in the past. Student
Stores asked University attorneys and
the attorney general's office for appro
val before deciding to sell computers,
he said.
Although Pascal has received no
response from the attorney general yet,
Tarvid said he expected to take some
legal action.
Most of Student Store's computer
sales are to departments within the
University, said Rutledge Tufts, assist
ant manager of Student Stores. "We
have sold fewer to students than we
would like," he said. Student Stores is
currently trying to identify sources of
financing for students so that computers
will be more affordable, he said.
'Ferraro cannot come
across as being
excessivly aggressive
. . . Bush cannot
patronize her. '
Professor William
Balthrop
that Bush could also run into problems
during the debate.
He can't treat Ferraro too gently, but
he also can't be extremely tough on her,
he said. Bush has to ride a fine line.
"Bush cannot patronize her; if he goes
too hard on her, he will be perceived
as picking on her," Balthrop said.
A Bush victory over Ferraro in the
debate won't be easy, he said, because
of Ferraro 's proven ability as a public
speaker and her ability to respond
effectively to aggressive questioning.
Balthrop also said Bush would run the
risk of proving feminist claims that the
Reagan administration is against
women if he treats Ferraro like a
woman.
.Citing Bush 's public speaking expe
rience and former positions as U.N.
ambassador and ambassador to China,
Balthrop said that Bush will use his
extensive foreign policy resume to set
the agenda of the debate.
Ferraro's experience in foreign rela
tions comes from her two terms as a
congresswoman from New York. She
traveled to the Middle East and Italy
on various trips for congressional
committees.
Balthrop said the debate will not
influence voters who have already made
up their minds. However, he said the
debate may spark undecided voters to
examine the candidates' differences on
the issues more closely.
While he would not speculate on who
would come out ahead in tonight's
debate, Balthrop said both candidates
were equally qualified.
"1 have no preconceptions," he said.
The Ferraro-Bush debate will be
aired from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Thursday night on ABC, CBS and
NBC.