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Copyright 1 985 The Daily Tar Heel
Volume S3, Issue 42
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texttlbook policies
By RUTHIE PIPKIN
Staff Writer
Students often complain about rising
textbook prices and wonder what
happens to the money they spend
buying books at the Student Stores.
Last year, the textbook department
of the UNC Student Stores made a
profit of $351,000, said William Scar
borough Jr., director of accounting for
the Stores. Of the Stores total profits.
Student Aid received $503,000 for
scholarships, but Scarborough said he
could not determine what percentage of
that came from textbook profit, because
the amount was determined from a
lump sum.
"Some departments break even, some
lose a little, and others make a profit,"
Scarborough said, adding that since the
bookstore was one of the largest
departments, it provided more scholar
ship money than most. "We don't say
80 percent will come from the textbook
department and 40 percent from the
sales floor," he said. "Our overall
contribution is based on what the
University needs and what we can
afford to give."
Rutledge Tufts Jr., assistant general
manager for merchandising for Student
Stores, said much of the profit made
from textbooks was put back into the
business. Since the state doesn't cover
any of the store's operating costs, Tufts
said the money had to come from
somewhere.
"The theory is the people using the
toll roads are the ones who should pay
the tolls," he said.
Students can usually buy texts for
retail price, Tufts said. The Stores will
only mark a book above retail price if
it can't buy it at a discount (generally
20 percent). "But I dont think that has
happened more than once in the past
several years," he said.
The bookstores at North Carolina
State University and the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte will also
sell texts above retail price if they can't
buy them at a discount, representatives
said.
Tufts said the UNC bookstore tried
to help students by buying and selling
used textbooks, adding that the number
of used books available in the campus
bookstore has increased over the past
years from about 20 to 28 percent. By
shopping with wholesale bookdealers,
the Store can sometimes find used
copies of texts that are new to the
campus, Tufts said.
"What that represents is a dramatic
savings to the students $1.5 million
over the past three semesters," he said.
But used books bring a trade-off in
education, often restricting a student
from learning the most recent material,
Tufts said. Because of this, the book
store's used stock won't grow beyond
30 percent. "At an institution of higher
quality academics, there has to be some
limit at which used books are viable to
maintain the level of quality," he said.
About 50 percent of the texts sold
at the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro and NCSU are used, as are
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New nuhemam chosen
By RANDY FARMER
Staff Writer
The mikeman for the 1985-86 aca
demic year will be Jeff Taylor, a
sophomore from Charlotte.
Taylor was selected unanimously
from a field of 1 1 applicants Monday
night by a panel of 25 students who
were selected randomly from the
University community.
"I will try to work more with the
cheerleaders and band while trying to
be myself," Taylor said.
He said he naturally would work
toward the success of former mikeman
Greg "Lump" Lunsford because their
humor was similar, but Taylor added
that he would not copy Lump.
Taylor said he wanted to be mikeman
after watching Lump and mikemen at
other universities. "I remember looking
at Lump and could tell he was having
fun," Taylor said. "Also, I like getting
fired up at football games."
The competition was keen for mike
man this year, said Toni Branner, senior
captain of the cheerleaders. "I was really
impressed," she said. "We had 1 1 great
guys. But Jeff was the unanimous
choice. He really stood out because he
communicated with the crowd."
Taylor said: "I didnt have anything
on the rest of the applicants. I just made
sure I had a lot of people supporting
me. My supporters were really great."
As for Taylor's previous experience,
he said, "I have spoken in front of
people before at student council meet
ings and did the morning announce
ments on closed-circuit television in
high school."
Taylor said he had not decided on
his format for next year.
The Office of Student Affairs decided
to change the mikeman selection
process after mikeman Kenny Ward
was fired two years ago because people
considered his jokes insulting.
Branner said the committee was
looking for someone who wasn't merely
a stand-up comic, because next year the
mikeman will have to work well with
the band and cheerleaders at football
games. In addition, he will serve as an
extra spotter for cheerleaders at bas
ketball games.
Taylor will have to attend a one-week
summer camp in August to learn spirit
leading techniques with mikemen from
other leading universities and colleges.
He will also attend a number of band
rehearsals and cheerleading practices to
promote more cohesion among the
mikeman, band and cheerleaders,
Branner said.
The mikeman position was open to
male and female students with a
minimum 2.0 grade point average.
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By MELANIE WELLS
Special to the 'DTH'
Taylor's nightclub on Franklin Street has been sold, and
attempts are being made this week to reopen the club as
Purdy's.
Chapel Hill police are still searching for Richard N. Taylor,
32, former owner of the club, to serve a warrant for his
arrest on charges of writing worthless checks.
When contacted Tuesday night through a friend in Raleigh,
Taylor said he was in Charlotte but that he was planning
to go to South Carolina today.
John Kelly of Consolidated Entertainment and manager
of Elliot's Nest said last week that Ray McCotter of
Consolidated Entertainment repurchased the club in the
absence of Taylor, who bought the club from McCotter in
January. Kelly said the sale had been transpiring during the
past few weeks.
Brian Gallagher, manager of the club, said Purdy's would
open if its new liquor license was approved by the Alcohol
Beverage Control board.
Kelly said they would apply for the license today.
Gallagher said he didn't anticipate any problems with the
license because Consolidated Entertainment already holds
a liquor license for its Elliot's Nest.
Durham Distributing Co. obtained a warrant for Taylor's
arrest in March after three of his checks, totalling $1,065,
were returned to the company because of insufficient funds
in Taylor's account.
Taylor said he knew around the first part of March that
the club was going downhill. "It's a long, drawn-out affair,
and I wouldn't want to go into it," he said.
Taylor said he was doing contract-type work that was
"in the nightclub business in a roundabout way."
Taylor is also scheduled to appear in court May 2 in New
Bern on seven different charges, said Mary Morris, deputy
court clerk for Craven County District Court.
Morris said Taylor faced three charges of failing to file
sales and tax reports, two charges of failing to file and pay
withholding tax, one charge of failure to file an employer's
quarterly contribution report and wage summary, as well
as one charge of writing a worthless check to the N.C.
Department of Revenue for the amount of $14,086.
The warrants were filed between July 15 and Nov. 27,
1984, Morris said, but they weren't served until Feb. 8. "It
took us a while to find him," she said.
Taylor was served with the warrants at his residence, 124
Brookwood Apartments in Chapel Hill, and Morris said
he had been under a $3,000 unsecured bond since that time.
Taylor said he knew about the warrants against him in
New Bern before he came to Chapel Hill but wasn't aware
of how serious they were.
Lyle Byrd, one of Taylor's former employees in Chapel
Hill and New Bern, where Taylor had owned another
nightclub, said he had spoken with Taylor on the telephone
two weeks ago.
"He wouldn't say where he was. He just said he wasn't
stationary and that he was looking for a job in South
Carolina," Byrd said Monday. "I told him about the warrants
in Chapel Hill, and he said that he hadn't heard of any
of them."
Taylor said Tuesday that he was completely unaware of
the warrants against him in Chapel Hill. "Hopefully, my
lawyers will tie up my loose ends there," he said.
Leigh Williams c ontributed to this story.
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Sen
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From United Press International reports
Former North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin, a central
figure in the Watergate investigation and an elder
statesman of the state died in Winston-Salem Tuesday
at the age of 88.
He was hospitalized late last month for abdominal
pain, emphysema and an infected gall bladder.
"I have never known a more remarkable American,"
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C, said Tuesday after the death
was announced.
Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker said
Ervin "loved his country and served it with selfless
devotion for many years. His stewardship as chairman
of the Senate Watergate Committee has established
his place in history."
Gov. Jim Martin asked for a moment of silence
at a town meeting in Raleigh when told of the former
senator's death. He called Ervin an outstanding native
son of North Carolina.
Ervin, who received a B.A. from the University
of North Carolina in 1917, went on to receive a law
degree from Harvard and was a lawyer, a judge, a
state legislator and member of the U.S. House of
Representatives before entering the Senate in 1954.
Ervin, a strong advocate of individual liberties,
served on the Senate committee that recommended
censuring Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1954. He gained
national recognition when he chaired the nationally
televised hearings of the Senate Watergate Committee
in 1974, which investigated the scandal that led to
the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. Ervin
retired in 1975.
Student leaders from UNC, NCSU hold
rally iFuMaleigh against state tuition hikes
ByTOMCONLON
Staff Writer
RALEIGH - Protesting proposed
tuition hikes for the 16-member Uni
versity of North Carolina system, about
25 students from UNC and N.C. State
gathered Tuesday morning at a rally
outside the State Legislative Building
to address the issue and answer
questions.
Student Body President Patricia
Wallace, Graduate and Professional
Student Federation President Brad
Torgan and NCSU SBP Jay Everette
gave speeches and participated with
other students in lobbying meetings
with Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, House
Speaker Liston Ramsey (D-Madison),
Senate Minority Leader Bill Redman
(R-Iredell) and other General Assembly
Members.
Wallace began her speech by praising
North Carolina's university system and
its contribution to the state and nation.
"North Carolina's investment in its
university system has paid off," she said.
"New industries are attracted to North
Carolina by our well-trained, well
educated work force . . . All across
North Carolina, graduates of our state
university system are getting good jobs
in their fields and contributing to the
growth and progress of our state.
"North Carolina has always placed
a high premium on putting a college
education within the reach of any young
person with talent regardless of their
parents' incomes," she said. "Our state
constitution provides that 'the benefits
of the University of North Carolina and
other public institutions of high edu
cation, as far as practicable, be extended
to the people of the state free of
expense. "
Recent years of tuition hikes, federal
education cutbacks and inflation have
had an effect on the number of students
able to attend college, Wallace said.
"The in-state tuition at state univer
sities has increased 25 percent over the
last four years," she said. "Tuition for
out-of-state students has jumped over
45 percent for the same period . . .
Students are feeling the pinch; many
have had to drop out. Other young
people have had to abandon their
dreams of going to college at all."
Calling on senators and representa
tives to defeat Gov. Jim Martin's
proposed tuition increase, Wallace said
educational opportunity was the reason
students are protesting.
"Now Governor Martin has
announced his intention to increase
tuition at state schools by another 10
percent," she said. "This additional
increase, coupled with cuts in federal
financial aid, could put an education
out of the grasp of thousands of
deserving students. We're here today to
call on the legislature to stand by its
commitment to keeping our state
university system open to all North
Carolinians not just the well to do."
Torgan said 45 percent of UNC
graduate students chose cost as a factor
in attending UNC. "Tuition hikes will
have a detrimental effect on public
education," he said. "One of six UNC
graduate students admits to having
problems in financing their education.
One in three are financed through
fellowships, scholarships or student
loans."
In a press conference following the
speeches, Everette told reporters that
out-of-state students were hurt most by
the increases and that such students
brought different perspectives and
cultures to North Carolina, many of
whom will contribute to the state
economy by settling in the state after
graduation.
N.C. Sen. Wanda Hunt (D-Moore)
and UNC System President Bill Friday
listened to the speeches and questions.
Hunt said she would support education
and state funding as much as possible
and said she felt students could be an
effective lobby against the governor's
proposed tuition hikes if they were
determined enough.
From 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m., students met
with about 20 different legislators
individually and stated their opposition.
Lt. Gov. Jordan listened to students'
positions, thanked them for their input
and said the outcome of tuition hike
legislation would probably depend on
how tax cut legislation fared in the
General Assembly.
"Every year there has been an
increase, and it's been because of need,"
Jordan said. "I'm very hopeful we can
maintain the tuition as it is. (Federal)
Pell Grants will or may change, and
we're not sure of the impact it will have
yet."
Wallace told Jordan that tuition
hikes would go along with already
raised dorm rent, health costs and other
support areas. "With this tuition hike,
tuition and costs will rise to $5,000 per
student," she said. "Three thousand
students at UNC have parents earning
less than $15,000 a year. It would affect
a lot of students."
Everette said he had the same concern
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GPSF President Brad Torgan speaks outside N.C. Legislature Building Tuesday during rally against tuition hikes.
about NCSU. "Ie had a couple
students come up and tell me they will
not have enough money to come back
to school next fall . . . and that's
alarming."
Torgan, who met with Senate Minor
ity Leader Bill Redman (R-Iredell) and
Rep. Ray Warren (R-Mecklenburg),
said both expressed concern over raising
tuition hikes but had not taken a
position on the issue at this time.
"I have no problems at all with
freezing tuition . . . but the press does
not pick up on the losses and abuses
of student loans at the expense of the
less fortunate," Redman said. "One can
take another look at it. Private colleges
in North Carolina are complaining
because of the decrease in students,
wluie L.NC are complaining
because of a tuition increase. We have
to find a balance."
Redman serves on the Board of
Trustees for Gardner Webb College, a
small liberal arts college in Boiling
Springs faced with declining enrol
lments because of more competitive
tuition rates at state universities.
I organ told Redman that in addition
to tuition increases, UNC students
would likely have a mandatory meal
plan in additon to other rising school
expenses. "Medical school students who
live in the dorms and eat at the hospital
will have to purchase a mandatory meal
plan," he said.
Redman said that such a plan was
ridiculous and that he would question
four new Board of Governors nominees
on the issue. "If they can't justify their
action, they won't get my support," he
said.
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty Edward R. Murrow