2The Daily Tar HeelFriday. September 6. 1985
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By RACHEL STIFFLER
StaH Writer
Republicans continue to call the "Operation Open Door"
campaign a success despite charges from the Democratic
Party that the estimate of converts to the OOP is padded.
The Republican National Committee said in a press
conference Aug. 22 that the drive had resulted in 7.075 new
Republicans in North Carolina, while another 10,257
Democrats have made verbal committments to switch parties
but have not done so yet.
"Operation Open Door" was a 100-day drive that began
on May 7 and wrapped up on Aug. 15. Its goal was to
recruit 100.000 new voters into the GOP. In conjunction
with "Operation Switch," a statewide drive in North Carolina,
a goal was set to recruit 1 5,000 in the state alone.
Mary Mead, spokeswoman for the Republican National
Committee, said the figures were gathered from Board of
Elections and Republican Party offices in each county in
North Carolina. She said the national drive netted over
100,000 new voters, 98 percent of which were in Florida,
Louisiana, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Mead said all the figures were completely verifiable. During
the press conference on Aug. 22, reporters were provided
with a list of county Board of Elections offices and their
telephone numbers so the figures could be checked by any
doubters.
Democrats disputed the figures, citing two surveys
conducted by the Raleigh News and Observer and the
Charlotte Observer which estimated the number of converts
to be between 2,100 and 2,600.
Chris Shields, state GOP spokesman, called the drive a
success. "We were very pleased," he said in a telephone
interview Wednesday. "We did what we set out to do. All
I have to say (in response to the Democratic accusation)
is that that's their smoke screen to cover up the fact that
Republican numbers are going up and their numbers are
going down."
Shields was quoted in the Aug. 23 edition of the Durham
Mprning Herald as saying the GOP's figures were verified
by GOP workers who visited election offices in the state
and checked records. He said the newspaper surveys were
not as accurate because they were verified by telephone.
However, Anne Hubbard, press secretary for the N.C.
Democratic Party, said she has "a lot more confidence in
work done by objective reporters than in these boastful claims
of the Republicans.
"I don't believe that there are 7,075 Democrats in North
Carolina that would change," she said. There's-no point
in even considering the other 10,000." She said the
discrepancies in the surveys showed that the Republicans
were "overly confident" about voters who may switch. "They
fell far shou of what they predicted, so they're trying to
pump up those numbers," she said.
Hubbard conceded that the newspaper surveys are
probably an accurate representation of the number of
switches in party registration, but she said her party is "not
at all concerned." She said with the strength of a popular
Republican president, GOP numbers peaked in November
of 1984. "It s been downhill for them ever since," she said.
"The Democratic Party is becoming increasingly dynamic,"
she said. "We're being very aggressive holding onto voters,
we're fielding better candidates, and we're a lot more fun."
Alex Brock, executive director of the N.C. Board of
Elections, said the state office does not keep records of how
many voters changed their party registration. That, he said,
must be obtained by going to each county office individually
and asking for the figures, a task too massive for his available
manpower.
In response to the controversy, Brock said, "The only thing
1 can say is that I believe all of them. All of the political
parties and the News and Observer thrown in are going to
print what they want to print and say what they want to
say. I'm not saying that anybody's lying, it's just that that
kind of information is difficult (to verify).
"The real question is, 'What difference does it make?' "
he said. "It's how they vote that matters, not how they
register."
Thad Beyle, professor of political science at UNC, said
he believes that "a lot of people they (the GOP) are attracting
already vote Republican but are registered Democrat."
He said this is a result of a long heritage of being a
Democrat, particularly in the South, among people who grew
up in the eras of Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy.
The students currently at UNC, however, are the product
of a new trend, he said. "They're growing up Republican
and saying they're Republicans. They've grown up with
Nixon, Ford, and Reagan. Kids today have a strong fatherly
image of the GOP."
Beyle said the Democrats can attract new voters and keep
the ones already registered by running better candidates and
by putting more time between national and state elections.
"They need to get different people to run (nationally) so
no one (running for a state office) will get hurt by being
called a"Mondale Liberal" or a "Mondale Democrat" Beyle
said. He said some states have already started holding state
level elections during years in which national elections are
not being held so that this type of problem will not recur.
He said he believed that although the trend in voter
preference is currently toward the Republican Party, a
reversal could easily occur in the next several years.
ets warn U.S. against weapon test
From wire reports
MOSCOW The Soviet news agency Tass issued
a statement Wednesday warning the United States not
to go ahead with a planned testing of an anti-satellite
weapon.
The statement also said that Moscow would not
consider itself under obligation to bide by its 2-year-old
commitment not to deploy such weapons if the U.S. goes
ahead with its plan.
The Reagan administration dismissed the Tass
announcement as meaningless. White House officials
contend that space weapons are needed in order to
maintain a military balance.
Saudi Arabia offers installations
WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia has agreed to let
U.S. military forces use Saudi installations in case of Soviet
aggression or if the Middle East country is unable to
quell a Persian gulf crisis by itself. '
According to a State Department official, the Saudi
Arabian government was offering this last year when Iran
was threatening to attack Saudi oil sites.
However, the Saudi Arabian government was still
refusing to allow the U.S. joint planning for these
contingencies.
Mississippi declared disaster area
WASHINGTON Mississippi was declared a major
disaster area Wednesday by President Reagan due to the
extensive damage caused by Hurricane Elena.
This announcement will allow federal assistance from
news in brief
the President's Disaster Relief Fund to aid in the recovery
efforts in specific regions in the state.
A Civil Defense official estimated that Elena caused
more than a half-billion dollars worth of damage in
Mississippi alone.
Israeli planes strike base
BEIRUT Israeli planes retaliated with a strike over
a Palestine guerrilla base Wednesday after a car bomb
exploded in a Christian section of Syrian-controlled Bekaa
Valley, killing 14 people and wounding 46.
The Israeli military command said that the mission was
successful and all planes returned safely after hitting a
four-building complex of the Palestinian Arab Revolu
tionary Committee, a Libyan-backed guerrilla group.
The car bomb was the sixth in Lebanon in less than
a month. At least 140 people were killed and 250 were
wounded by the other five explosions.
S. African police wound 40
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa At least 40 people
were wounded by police firing live ammunition from
shotguns along with rubber bullets from rifle-like
launchers in Cape Town Wednesday as rioting continued.
Because of the political problems, South Africa's
currency dropped sharply, and monetary controls were
put on to avoid a financial crisis.
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Eyeiirag Seoafte, Huni gets mew polllsfteir
By JILL GERBER
Staff Writer
Former Gov. Jim Hunt has replaced
the polling firm he used in his 1984
campaign against Sen. Jesse Helms.
Hunt, currently a Raleigh lawyer,
dropped the Washington-based Peter
D. Hart Research Associates, which he
used in three previous state elections.
His new firm is Hickman-Maslin
Associates, also based in Washington,
said an article in the Charlotte Observer.
Hickman-Maslin has already con
ducted one poll for Hunt, who is
considering a bid for Republican Sen.
John East's seat.
Gary Pearce, Hunt's campaign direc
tor against Helms last year, would not
discuss the recent Hickman-Maslin poll.
He said Hunt was not displeased with
the Hart firm, which was also used last
year by defeated presidential candidate
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Walter Mondale.
"Peter Hart has always done our polls
before, and Gov. Hunt could use him
again if he chooses to run," said Pearce.
He also said Hunt switched pollsters
to provide a North Carolinian's pers
pective to his political research.
Harrison Hickman, the N.C. link of
Hickman-Maslin Associates, is from
Wake Forest.
Tricia Renner, an executive director
of Hickman-Maslin, declined to discuss
why Hunt changed polling services.
"We're not in the position to com
ment right now," she said. "Harrison
(Hickman) is an advisor to the gover
nor, but that's a private matter between
them."
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By GORDON RANKIN
Staff Writer
UNC students have the tuition
benefits of a state-supported school, but
students at private institutions must dig
deeper into their pockets to finance a
college education.
The cost at all American colleges and
universities rose an average of 7, 1
percent for the 1985-86 academic year,
according to the Collegiate Roster.
With the price of learning being
considerably higher at private schools,
today's high school seniors are putting
more thought into their choices of
colleges.
Students at Mars Hill College, a small
liberal arts school in the mountains of
North Carolina, pay approximately
$6,000 per year. This amount covers
tuition, room, board and fees.
According to Susan Ruark, director
of financial aid at Mars Hill, the only
cost a student will incur above the
$6,000 is the price of books.
"We make a serious attempt to
outline a complete budget for the
potential applicant, so that there are no
hidden costs," Ruark said.
Ruark said 69 percent of this year's
student body received some form of
financial aid. The average amount of
the financial awards are $2,900, or
roughly half the cost to attend Mars
Hill.
This year at Duke University, stu
dents will pay about $13,200. That
amount will cover all expenses with the
exception of textbooks and travel
between the university and home. Duke
represents the highest tuition of any
school in North Carolina, but admin
istrators insure that no accepted appli
cants are excluded for financial reasons.
"We at Duke have made a commit
ment to meeting exactly 100 percent of
a student's demonstrated need," said
James Belvin, financial aid director at
Duke.
Belvin said Duke didn't present any
hidden costs of unreasonable expense
and guaranteed four year of housing,
eliminating the need for off-campus
apartments or other expenses.
Tuition at Methodist College this
year will amount to $4,700 and about
75 percent of the students will receive
a financial aid package. Costs above
that amount would include books,
personal expenses and a nominal
indentification card fee.
Cost is not the only factor for
potential college applicants. Other
major concerns are the environment of
the college, the quality of life and the
quality of education. . ....
"We are proud of the fact that our
classes are relatively small, some with
less than ten members," M. Elton
Hendricks, president of Methodist
College, said.
He said all faculty members were
qualified, experienced people, and
graduate students were not permitted
to teach.
At UNC, students from North Carol
ina will pay $794 in tuition for 1985
86; out-of-state students will pay $3,7 14.
Room and board averages $1,156 for
all students, Eleanor Morris, UNC's
director of financial aid, said.
"We have calculated that between 35
and 40 percent of the students here
receive some form of scholarship, loan
or grant," Morris said.
The cost of personal expenses and
meals varies for each Carolina student,
as does that of books. Class size also
differs greatly, but unaccessible profes
sors are not a problem at UNC,
according to Morris.
None of the collegetatives surveyed
said their school, whether it be public
or private, was a better value than any
of the other institutions.
"It is up to the applicant to decide
which school and which degree suits
him," Morris said. -
NCBG sponsors wild flower workshop
By JANE MINTZ
Staff Writer
The N.C. Botanical Garden will
sponsor a wild flower workshop Sat
urday and a Mason Farm animal
program Saturday and Sunday.
The workshop, "Fall Wild Flowers,
or Don't be Afraid of the Goldenrod,"
will explain the basic parts of a flower
and how to use that information to
identify a flower. Participants will
attend an afternoon field trip, during
which they will identify fall wild flowers
in the area.
Ken Moore, assistant director of the
N.C. Botanical Garden and workshop
conductor, said participants should
wear comfortable walking clothes and
bring a sack lunch.
The session will be held from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Totten Center
at the Botanical Garden. The registra
tion fee includes the price of Cuthbert's
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