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i (m hi M P i mm ibwib. c 3 rT? 11 IT ' 1 in j ri ir it Let it in Let the sunshine in most of the day. high around 42. Partly cloudy tonight with lows dipping down in the teens. Copyright 1985 The Daily Tar Heel Spring Break All we ever wanted. And the DTH tells you what's hot and what's not on page 5. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 92, Issue 121 Thursday, February 7, 1985 Chapel Hill. North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 Sectio ove rtnms BSM. IS r I - it f Vv " 5 fr $15,000 an hour That's the kind of money that the Carolina Union was taking in as tickets for the Eddie Murphy show were distributed. Not bad. Berger gets By JANET OLSON . Staff Writer After being knocked out of the student body president race Tuesday night, four candidates yesterday endorsed runoff candidate Doug Berger forSBP. At a press conference last night, former candidates Max Lloyd, Fetzer Mills, Reggie Holley and Joe Stewart endorsed Berger, joining the Black Student Movement and Tom Terrell, president of the Graduate and Profes sional Student Foundation. After hearing of the endorsements, STV referendum passes; questions over By KATY FRIDL Staff Writer Student Television members were relieved and happy yesterday afternoon when they learned that the referendum which will guarantee STV funding from a 50-cent-per-student fee increase for two semesters had officially passed. "I'm really pleased the students showed the kind of support they did," said STV Production Director Walt Boyle yesterday. "There's no way in hell they're going to regret standing behind us." Final results on the referendum could not be obtained Tuesday night because No more Purdy 's on Franklin, but Taylor's makes debut tonight By MELANIE WELLS City Editor Purdy's on Franklin is dead just two weeks before its sixth anniversary as Chapel Hill's Only downtown, private nightclub. It has fallen by the wayside, along with John Travolta, neon dance floors and the disco revolution. A new club, Taylor's, has moved up the staircase and taken over 159 Vi Franklin Street. Taylor's grand opening is tonight at 8 p.m. and new owner Richard Taylor said yesterday that it's going to be big. Taylor said he would start a mem bership drive next week. Current Purdy's memberships will be accepted, however, and then renewed as Taylor's memberships. New memberships will be ) $10. Taylor, 31; of New Bern, purchased Purdy's Jan. 17 from Consolidated Entertainment Inc. for "a lot of money," and has been making plans for the club, his second, ever since. One of the first things at Purdy's to go was the name. "The image, the day of Purdy's, is over," Taylor said, "It's time for a change and part of that change starts with the name." Visible changes include a new dance floor, expanded from about 625 square feet to 750 square feet, and an updated sound and light system wTVAVi'.,.V.'wVi' t f ) " vvw. DTH Charles Ledford r ina iiiiMMiirr ------ j ti,tM,rifr endorsement of 4 candidates; Wallace 2 Brad Ives and Dirk Marshall, also former SBP candidates, said they were endorsing Patricia Wallace, Berger's opponent in the SBP runoff race. In endorsing Berger, Lloyd said he was disappointed that both Berger and Wallace had said they supported Student Government involvement in national politics, but added that he wanted to support the candidate who would do the most for South Campus. "I am no longer a candidate; I am a voter," Lloyd said. "I have a choice to make." Lloyd said Berger's cabinet and questions arose over the exact rules for determining a majority of UNC stu dents eligible to vote on the issue. For the referendum to be valid, 20 percent of fee paying students had to vote. "Election laws say that all fee paying students are eligible to vote for fee increases," said Elections Board Chair man Edwin Fountain. According to an official count of fee-paying UNC students, 18,998 students were eligible to vote on the STV fee increase Tuesday, Fountain said. "Of that number, 4,017 students voted one way or the other on the Brian Gallagher, a disc jockey and bartender at Taylor's who worked at Purdy's for five years, said 24 eggstrobe lights, as well as rotating and rain lights had been added. In improving the atmosphere of the club, Gallagher said more changes would be made over the next four to six weeks. "We're doing it gradually so we don't have to close down for a long period of time or over a weekend," he said. Gallagher said that by next weekend patrons would notice a difference behind the bar. "Richard brought in a lot of improvements, like adding another bartender and improving things behind the scene that will make it easier to get a drink and get in (the club) faster." While the only other private club in Chapel Hill, Elliot's Nest on Elliot Road, attracts an older crowd, Taylor said his club would cater to the college crowd. "We're not trying to compete with Elliot's, a smaller club, that's geared for an older crowd," Taylor said. "I'm gearing for what's across the street." In an attempt to attract more students and get away from the Purdy's stigma, Taylor said he was open to ideas that students had about what they wanted from a private club. See PURDY'S page 8 The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion By KELLY SIMMONS University Editor Another referendum for BSM con stitutional funding will go before the students on Tuesday's run-off ballot, the Elections Board ruled last night. BSM funding was defeated in Tues day's election, 2,261 to 2,203. Because of disparity in polling site procedures and defective ballots, Elec tions Board Chairman Edwin Fountain said he felt it would be fair to put the referendum back on the ballot. "Well leave it to the responsibility of the students to decide (whether they want the funding or not)," Fountain said. The controversy arose Tuesday when the Elections Board was told Granville Towers polls were kept open 30 minutes late, allowing about 20 to 30 students to vote, while about that many were turned away from Hinton James polls at 6 p.m. Reagan praises economic recovery By VANCE TREFETHEN State and National Editor Praising economic prosperity, free dom and a return to traditional values, President Ronald Reagan delivered the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress last night. "I'm pleased to report that after four years of united effort, we the people have brought forth a nation stronger, freer, and more secure than ever before," Reagan said. He said his promises of a return to free enterprise and lower taxes had brought about the economic recovery. "We did what we promised and a great industrial giant was reborn . . . pushing down tax rates has vaulted our economy to record growth." Reagan also called for adoption of his tax simplification proposals, includ ing elimination of the mortgage interest deduction, a maximum tax rate of 35 percent, lower business taxes, elimina administration would be stronger than Wallace's, and Berger would accomp lish more. Mills said he endorsed Berger because he would stand up for the students' best interests. "Doug has an immense amount of integrity," Mills said. "Throughout this campaign, he has stood up for what he believes in no matter who opposed him, and he will continue to do that in office." But Ives said electing Berger SBP would be dangerous for the University because his radical ideas would bring the campus negative publicity similar reterendum, which is well over 20 percent," Fountain said. Unofficial election results last night showed students voted 2,696 to 1,321 in favor of the bill. "It was a drag last night because we were expecting to have the same victory party as last year, but this time the big question of the bill's passage loomed over our heads," Boyle said. "Probably more than most can conceive, the bill is a huge leap forward for STV," he said. "Last year, we got off the ground. This year, when students voted yes for the referendum, we're established as a solid, on-going organization." lL mi .t i'.iVii.i. . 1 JU-o f c N . ) ; ( k ) Also, problems with some of the ballots were not straightened out until noon, two hours after voting began. According to a prepared statement by BSM President Sherrod Banks, number 5 on the ballot which corres ponded to "for support" was illegible. "While some students suggest it most closely resembles an "8," others have also pointed out that upon a quick glance, the diagonal line through the "number" makes it resemble a "7," the number corresponding- to "do. not support," the statement said. Although Elections Board members had the problem corrected by making the 5 more legible on the ballots before noon, Banks said, "we believe we were unfairly affected by this lack of clarity and the two-hour period it took to resolve the ambiguity." Fountain said that each of the BSM's complaints alone would not be enough tion of many tax preferences, and exemption of the poor from federal income tax. "One thing that tax reform will not be is a tax increase in disguise," he said. The deficit should be reduced, Rea gan , said, by expanding the economy rather than by increasing taxes. "The best way to reduce deficits is through economic growth," he said, claiming higher levels of investment and business development would create more jobs and increased revenue without raising taxes. "We must also lighten government's claim on our total economy." On social issues, Reagan praised increased religious involvement and patriotism among Americans, denounced abortion, and called for voluntary school prayer in public schools. "We ask you again, give children back to that which surrounded Brown University's plan to issue suicide pills to students in the event of a nuclear missile attack. "I think Doug Berger would be a detriment to the University," Ives said. "Patricia will be more concerned with things that will improve life on campus." After speaking to both campaigns yesterday, Holley said he endorsed Berger becau'se student government needed some direction and Berger already had offered the campus an agenda. As speaker of the Campus Governing Council, Holley has worked voter eligibility cleared "Now that the dirty work's done, we can get down to advancing our pro gramming," he said. Most of all, Boyle said, the increase will help STV to utilize the equipment they have obtained through donations. "We wouldn't be in the same position with this referendum if we hadn't done a lot of independent fundraising for equipment and money ourselves," he said. In the past year, STV has obtained $17,000 worth of equipment, Boyle said. That equipment includes a switcher, a machine which when combined with a TjT 17 I - A :.''.: :::: Jv' i A-tW ' '' , - - ' Wayne Stephenson puts in the lights for the new dance floor at Taylor's. to convince him another referendum was needed. "If only one of the things had happened, it probably would not have been put back on the ballot," he said. Elections Board members discussed in a meeting yesterday the need for a consistent policy on when to close the polls. Fountain said the informal policy was to allow everyone in line by 6 to vote. The problem at James arose because polltenders thought they were supposed to close the polls at 6, cutting off even those 20 to 30 students who were in line before then. Polltenders at Granville allowed people to vote past 6, however, because no Elections Board member had arrived to pick up the ballot box. When board member Karen Humphries got there at 6:20 she let the 20 to 30 people waiting in line vote before taking the box. "We're talking about as many as 60 a right they had for a century and a half or more in this country," he said. He also said increased efforts need to be made to stop crime and put more emphasis on the rights of the victim. "We do not seek to violate the rights of defendents, but shouldn't we feel more compassion for the victims than those who commit crimes?" he said. Reagan pledged to preserve "social safety net" programs, such as Medicare and Social Security, and said he had made significant cuts in his planned levels of military spending over the last four years. He asked Congress for passage of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, presidential line-item veto authority, an end to Amtrak subsidies and reform of farm support programs. He also promised to dereg ulate busing, railroads, trucking and the with both Berger and Wallace on the CGC. "Doug is a mover; he knows how to make things happen," Holley said. Stewart also said he endorsed Berger because of his specific agenda and ideas. Berger has a firm idea about the direction Student Government should take, Stewart said, and he would be active and remain active as president. "He would bring a new enthusiasm and charisma to the office," Stewart said. "He's someone who would step See ENDORSEMENTS page 9 special console will enable STV to conduct interviews, skits and cover sports events using unique filming techniques. "Our filming techniques will be much more efficient, while our flexibility has quadrupled," he said. STV elections held Wednesday after noon will also play an important role in the development of the station in the next year, Boyle said. "If we don't have good people taking over, it won't make a damn bit of difference," he said. "There's a lot of great talent which will help the station improve and develop even more." J 'I ...,..V.,..X ;; DTHClimieb Leoiutu James Russell to 70 people," Fountain said. "The differential in votes was 58." Although he said there was no way to know whether all the people at Granville voted against the funding and all those at James would have voted for it, the small difference in votes was enough reason to consider putting the funding back on the ballot. What polltenders at Granville should have done, Fountain said, was stop the line at 6, letting only those in line before then vote. "It's a failure on my part, basically," he said. Banks was pleased with the Elections Board's decision. "I think the Elections Board was extremely fair and extremely profes sional," he said. "I'm more confident now than I ever have been that BSM constitutional funding will pass by a comfortable margin." in address natural gas industry. In the area of foreign policy, Reagan called for "mutual and verifiable arms reductions," and looked forward to "the day when nuclear weapons are banned from the earth forever." A space defense program is essential, he said, because the U.S. is behind the Soviet Union in developing nuclear defense systems, and the program offers a way of preventing nuclear war. Reagan also endorsed more liberal foreign trade policies and condemned import barriers. "WeVe seen the benef its of free trade and lived through the disasters of protectionism," he said. Economic and military assistance to U.S. allies in the Third World is also important, Reagan said, to encourage democracy there and make America more secure. "History is asking us again to be a force in the world for good," he said. Zimmerman remembered by friends as energetic By LEIGH WILLIAMS Staff Writer UNC senior Thomas Perry Zimmer man, 21, who was shot and killed Monday night at a friend's house, is remembered by several of his friends as an "energetic, responsible person" who was "eccentric in a positive way." "It's really hard to find suitable material to describe someone like Perry," said Preston Roberts, a senior zoology major from Gastonia. "He was on the move all the time. You'd see him running to class and he'd hit you with something off-the-wall. "It was a big mental shock (to learn of Zimmerman's death) that jostled your sense of mortality," Roberts said. "He was someone who seemed so alive." Zimmerman was killed Monday night during a visit with friends at Hilltop Trailer Court, Lot 35, outside Chapel Hill, according to the Orange County Sheriffs Department. The three residents of the trailer, UNC junior James Robert Youngman, 22, of Raleigh, William H. Bullock and Robert Wimberly III, 22, told the sheriffs department that two men in ski masks entered the trailer at about 8:30 p.m., demanded money, then beat the four men, shooting Zimmerman as they left. The cause of death was confirmed today as a gunshot wound to the mid torso by N.C. Medical Examiner Dr. John Butts. The Orange County Sheriffs Depart ment is awaiting an analysis of materials found at the trailer and is continuing to interview witnesses to eliminate possible suspects, according to a spokesman for the sheriffs department. David Sawyer, a senior industrial major from Plymouth, was Zimmer man's roommate their freshman year. Sawyer said Zimmerman was "a typical freshman" in some ways, but very different in others. Zimmerman "went beyond his classes," Sawyer said. "He was fasci nated by learning. He used to go to the library and get all kinds of extra stuff for his classes. He loved astronomy and creative writing. He wrote good stories, long ones, some as long as 20 or 30 pages." Roberts and Sawyer said they remem bered Zimmerman as someone who always stood out from the crowd. During his freshman orientation. Saw yer said, Zimmerman hated the name tags they had to wear, so he nut Captain Zap on his. "He said he could meet more people that way, and it worked." Sawyer said. See ZIMMERMAN page 8 Lowell
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