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Need we say it? Yeah, guess so. Sunny today with highs near 92. Lows tonight around 70. Copyright 1985 The D.vly Tat Heel Foot(boll) in mouth We'll see, as DTH sports writers try to predict college games. Please see page 6. J x J x. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 93, Issue 55 i-nciaytbeptember6,lSS5 Chanel HiH. North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-024$ BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 mm m ft ' a if f xCO O x vnm (D)DTfQ(D)U( te' p i x ! i x X 4- X s i I XS o X X V 1 w V . I V w ' o- " w...v. . .v. v- . . t -v. .tf . . . X " ft 1 I ' I t A X w Si:! h. v - s illlliliil J DTH Larry Childress No jacket required: President Reagan, flanked by men in white, spoke to a crowd of 13,000 in NC State's Reynolds Coliseum Thursday morning. By ANDY TRINCIA State and National Editor RALEIGH Aiming to help fam ilies, spur economic growth and reduce tax rates for all Americans, President Reagan announced the details of his tax overhaul Thursday, speaking to an audience of 13,000 in N.C. State's Reynolds Coliseum. Reagan, in his second major appear ance since surgery for colon cancer, joined several North Carolina dignitar ies on stage including Sen. Jesse Helms, Gov. Jim Martin, Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, Congressmen Alex McMillan, William Cobey, James Broyhill and UNC President William Friday. Reagahspoke for 24 minutes in sweltering heat as thousands fanned themselves. The president removed his khaki blazer shortly after Martin introduced him, setting the pattern for others on the platform. Reagan also turned around and acknowledged his "fraternity brothers," a group of NCSU Tau Kappa Epsilon members. While Reagan received applause on the inside of the coliseum, protesters outside criticized his foreign policy. Approximately 200 anti-apartheid demonstrators lined outside Reynolds along Dunn Avenue for the duration of the speech. Campus police said the protest went without major incident. Reagan plans to take his tax pres entation to several areas of the country, hoping to win the nation's approval. He launched the campaign Monday in Independence, Mo., where Harry S Truman began his political career. The tax reform plan, Reagan said, is designed to put more money in the pockets of Americans and less in the hands of Uncle Sam. Fairness is one of the plan's essential elements, he said. "Many of you, I'm sure, have already had your first job which means youVe had your first experience with the Incredible Shrinking Paycheck," Reagan said. "You may have wondered at that point whether you were working for yourself or the government:" V Reagan said his administration's first 25-percent, across-the-board tax rate cut had given the country 32 consecutive months of growth and created 8 million new jobs. "On the theory that you can't have too much of a good thing, we're going to cut taxes again," he said. "Our goal is a decade of economic expansion and 10 million more jobs in the next four years." Reagan said he would veto any tax increase that came across his desk. Continuing his theme of fairness, Reagan said his plan would give relief to suffering American families by raising the standard deduction to $4,000 and would nearly double the personal exemption to $2,000. "A family of four with two wage earners will pay no tax on the first $12,000 of earnings," Reagan said. The president said his plan received a good report card during the summer from the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, coming out on top of several other tax plans, "And what's especially important is that the report card came from the Democratically-controlled House, not my own party," he said. "1 believe this can be one of those great moments when we stop being Democrats and Repub licans and are just Americans." " The nation's working poor, blind and elderly citizens would also benefit from the plan, Reagan said. Those living at or below the poverty level would be taken off the federal tax roles and would pay no taxes. Reagan asked the crowd if they wanted a tax system which is fairer and simpler for all Americans. He also asked if they desired a decade of prosperity and 10 million new jobs by 1990. Thirdly, he asked if record growth, record business starts and entrepreneur ial renaissance were appealing to the crowd to keep America first in world competition. Finally, the president asked if the audience wanted "America's Tax Plan." To all four questions, the audience responded in unison: "Yes." Reagan said the current income tax system has 14 brackets but under the new plan there will be only three: 15, 25 and 35 percent. "An earner will keep 85 cents out of each taxable dollar up to $29,000," he said. "From there up to $70,000 you keep 75 cents out of each taxable dollar earned, and above $70,000 you keep 65 cents of every dollar that you earn." Reagan challenged the audience to "dream big dreams," claiming there's never been a better time to start new businesses. r NCSU Student Body President' Jay Everett presented Reagan with a school basketball jersey which read on back: "The Gipper No. 1 Tax Champ." Reagan then looked behind him to read two messages flashed by the audience with cards, "N.C. State is Behind You" and "The Pack is Glad You're Back." Following the speech, Reagan ate lunch ,with 25 NCSU students in the University Student Center. Shortly after lunch, the president was flown by helicopter to the Raleigh-Durham Airport. His visit to Raleigh lasted about 2V2 hours. esWeimtts. protefi secyiritty.dloor Dimsftaflflafirom) By LINDA MONTANARI Stall Writer Despite protests from many resi dents, installation of eight automatic lock security doors will continue in Avery and Teague dormitories. Director of University Housing Wayne Kuncl said, "I felt compelled to proceed with that project because of security concerns on campus." Kuncl said he approved the decision to begin work on the doors this summer, although former Avery Dorm President Robin Kaminsky had met with him last spring to present arguments and a signed petition stating the doors were unnecessary. "As the director of housing, I have the responsibility for the buildings and I have to take all reasonable steps to meet those security and safety require ments," Kuncl said. "I was also looking at it as a liability question." Two doors will be placed at each side entrance of Avery and Teague, Kuncl said. 1 One door will be set into the open archway, barring entrance to the whole dorm. The other will block off the bottom-floor facilities such as laundry rooms, study rooms and social rooms once a person has entered the first door. The students' room keys will open the security doors, Kuncl said, and only residents, area directors and other authorized persons will have keys. He said the doors will not be equipped with alarms and will lock automatically after the dorms' normal visiting hours of 10 a.m. -1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Current Avery President Ray Jones said he was still angry about the doors. "If something's going to happen, it's going to happen outside on Stadium Drive or in the wooded areas," Jones said. "And where are you going to run? Into locked doors, now." Jones said the Avery House Council requested an emergency appearance by Kuncl at a dorm budget meeting after construction began without warning Aug. 26. Jones said that Kuncl had told last year's dorm president that he would inform residents of his decision before installing the doors. By not doing that, Jones said, Kuncl showed a lack of respect for the residents. "(Area Director L. ,D. Newman) didn't even know the doors were going up," he said. "If they dont even let your area director know ... that's (pretty bad)." Kuncl also noted the lack of com munication between Avery and Teague residents and the Department of Housing. "I think the mistake that I made is that I did not communicate to the students last year that we were going to proceed," Kuncl said. "It may not have been necessary to hold this meeting in Avery this year." Kuncl said the question of personal safety wasn't as pressing for all-male Teague dorm as for co-ed Avery, but that both dorms needed protection against theft from lounges, kitchens and individual rooms. See SECURITY page 4 So AMc&ud poifcy By ANDY TRINCIA State and National Editor RALEIGH While 13,000 lis tened to a speech by President Reagan Thursday in N.C. State's Reynolds Coliseum, about 200 demonstrators combed Dunn Avenue outside, protesting the Reagan administration's policies toward apartheid in South Africa and U.S. intervention in Central America. Citizens Against Apartheid was created especially to protest Rea gan's policies during his visit to Raleigh, said organizer Bill Young, a State alumnus employed in Raleigh. The group was not out to ridicule Reagan but wanted to inform him of their beliefs, he said. "We weren't out here to embarrass the president," Young said. "That's not what we're all about. We felt that we, as his constituents, should let him know where we stand." The protest group comprised 20 to 30 Triangle groups and one group from Winston-Salem, Young said. Although the demonstration was meant to be peaceful, he said words were exchanged between people exiting the coliseum and demonstrators. "I was a little unhappy about that," Young said. "A few confron tations took place." Most of the demonstrators carried signs protesting both apartheid and U.S. intervention in Central Amer ica. Young said the protest was designed to attack Reagan's policy of constructive engagement with South Africa and would have been more effective if there had been only one protest target. But Young said he had no control over other protesters. Some of the signs read: "Apar theid is Racism," "Botha: Racist Not Reformist" and "Sanctions Now." A small group of women were chant ing, "Free Nelson Mandela." Mandela is an imprisoned black South African dissident. Lisa Levine, a Duke University senior from Cincinnati, Ohio, was protesting with other members of the Duke South African Coalition. "A lot of what Ronald Reagan says is doublespeak," Levine said. "A lot of people in there (Reynolds Coliseum) don't realize that. He says apartheid is repulsive but his actions dont support that." ' Tom O'Connor, a UNC public health student from Durham, was protesting both the lack of self determination in South Africa and U.S. policy in Central America. "We need a fundamental shift in policy toward those two areas," he said. O'Connor said people came out of the speech waving flags . at the protesters. "They were waving flags as if to say, 'We're patriotic and you're not,' he said. "We're as patriotic as they are." k x , t 1st : : s mrtir.rmifn'.iw im.it 'v.'.i 1 A! a; J J t, ? -l HI y A$ . . ;; x i 1 n ;' death toll i Mfc J-! t , - . ! .,- i v - $ s ' -rf-'O f., u-, j? ir? I x - - , I j r - t" -1 ;:. - K ' ' , ' V' si. . . t ' J DTHLarry Childress Apartheid protesters: Reagan needs to be informed of foes' beliefs University breaking ground ior continued construction across the campus By LORRY WILLIAMS Staff Writer A public health and environmental sciences center, an alumni center, a security services building and a new medical facility join the growing list of construction projects at the University. The $16.3 million public health and environ mental sciences center will be along Pittsboro Street, behind the Schoo . of Public Health. Offices, research labs and classrooms for the School of Public Health will be in the center. The classrooms will be in a wing connecting the center to the current public health building. The new building is needed because the current public health building is too small, said S.N. Bryant, director of the campus engineering office. . The center was authorized several years ago but received funding only recently, he said. "It will double our capacity," said Michel A. Ibrahim, dean of the School of Public Health. "It will help us greatly." The School of Public Health has been scattered in 15 or more buildings in Chapel Hill and the surrounding ' area for several years, Ibrahim said. The 126,000-square-foot center will bring the programs under one roof, said Gordon Ruther ford, director of the campus planning office. "The School of Public Health has lived in the existing building for 25 years," he said. During that period, the facilities have deteriorated endangering the school's accreditation in one instance. "Our labs have deteriorated so badly, we're at risk of losing our accreditation," Ibrahim said. The labs in the new center will allow for research on hazardous waste disposal and contaminated air and water. ! "Well be able to help the state by doing research in these areas," Ibrahim said, adding that the new facility also could help attract good faculty, students, and federal grants and contracts. Construction on the project could begin in spring 1986, Rutherford said. The facility probably will be finished in about three years. Also in the planning stages is the $7 million alumni center. The center, which will be funded by the Alumni Association, will be next to the Kenan Center near the Student Activities Center. The three-story structure will house the Alumni Association's offices. It also will contain meeting rooms, a faculty dining room and a memorabilia library. Plans to begin construction in the fall of 1986 depend on the association's success in obtaining funds, Rutherford said. If construction on the building begins in 1986, it could be completed in 1989. South Campus also will be the site for the $800,000 security services building. The building will house the University Police and the traffic and parking operations. An exact location for the 10,000-square-foot structure has not been, established, but the building probably will be near the residence halls on Manning Drive, Rutherford said. Bryant said a probable location was near Morrison dormitory. "That's going to be the main entrance to campus," Bryant said. The South Campus area will be a major entrance because of the Student Activities Center, he said. The building will be a police and information center, Bryant said. Facilities in the new building will be similar to those in University Police headquarters. "We plan to get a site settled and move," Rutherford said, adding that construction should begin in June or July 1986. University police operate out of three facilities: the bottom of the YMCA building, an office on the floor above the main offices in the YMCA building and an office on Franklin Street. The new security services building would consolidate the offices. Security services have operated out of the present building for several years and haven't had much room for expansion, said Maj. Charles Mauer of the University Police. The security building will have an updated communications system in addition to increased space. "The way it (the communications system) is now, it's been added to," he said. "But the new facility will allow us to put a brand new one in." Mauer said the new structure should be suitable for years to come. "That's what we tried to project when it was planned," he said. Parking funds and other operational funds from the campus security services will provide the money for the building. The $1.2 million magnetic resonance imaging facility is under construction. The 2,000-square-foot structure is an addition to the Swing building near the N.C. Memorial Hospital. Although the building is relatively small, doctors will be able to use newer methods to look into and through the body, Rutherford said.: The facility will allow doctors to study disease processes and pathological developments through the body. MR1 facilities are not new. Duke and other hospitals in the state already have such facilities; Having such a facility at the University will enable doctors to better diagnose and treat problems patients may encounter, said Dr. William Huffines, associate dean of pathology. - "It certainly enables patients to be better taken care of," he said. Renovations of the YMCA building, New West and New East also are scheduled. The exterior renovations involve replacing the plaster on the bricks and painting. The renovations aren't designed to alter the look of the buildings. "They're historic buildings," Bryant said, adding that the renovations, which have begun, should be completed in 1986. . Politics is the art of human happiness Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher
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