Swu.. Students shot put oS Drama Lab to hunt; ; irr::s,s-"rj UNC system -i,. 2 .historical witchespil mo,Kia,Ai?'n:a gos i p.m., y.ou p.m. Copyright 1986 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 94, Issue 79 cialptare falls prey to vaedals By JO FLEISCHER Assistant University Editor A large modern sculpture was mangled by vandals Wednesday night on the first day of its outdoor exhibition on the lawn between Howell and Alumni Halls. The three pieces, made of square piping welded in circular patterns, were put on display to represent UNC for President CD. Spangler's inauguration Friday, Oct 17, said Marvin Saltzman, a professor in the art department who serves on the inauguration committee. "I'm disap pointed," he said. "It could have represented us well." The largest piece was left undis turbed, but another was turned over breaking the welds holding it together. A third piece was also damaged. All three were insured by the University for $5,000 each, said sculptor James Miller. Miller, a UNC alumnus, said he had expressed reservations when first asked to show the sculpture outside for the inauguration, but he put them aside because he wanted sculpture on-campus. "I was afraid something would happen to it," he said. "I have a gallery show at the end of the month, and now I have a lack of sculpture." The sculpture was to be shown at the Southeastern Center for Con temporary Art after the inauguration. Miller said he was unsure whether the pieces would be reparable in time for his exhibition at the end of the month. The three sculptures are an inte grated conceptual piece, titled "Aspects of Time," which Miller considers as one unit. The vandal's mentality, Miller said, "is like a bunch of monkeys in the same room. If you put something in that they don't under- - stand, they just destroy it." Saltzman said the sculpture would have been a good representative of UNC during the inauguration. "The grounds people set aside time, trucks and their people to bring it here," he said. "UNC is not conducive to visual improvement. I will know better in the future. "Other campuses and public pla ces can display art outdoors without having it destroyed," he said. As an undergraduate, Miller created the sculpture displayed in front of Davis Library. He said he has lobbied for sculpture at UNC in the past, but that his latest experience has changed his mind. "I have always been pushing sculpture on this campus," he said. "I thought it would be good for the University and for the students to show it here, but I guess I shouldn't have." But Miller said the vandalism was not only directed at his art. "It's almost become a tradition to deface Silent Sam," he said. "It's just pell mell vandalism." Saltzam agreed, calling it "a tragic situation." He said students appar ently feel free to destroy other people's property. "Its a lark," he said. "They say, we can do it, and then we can have another beer." "De&coo offense vs. By SCOTT FOWLER Sports Editor Dredge up all the cliches about the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object, the wrecking ball clanging into a doubly reinforced brick building, the K-Mart shoppers blasting carts together while fighting to get at another blue light special on Garanimal clothing. The second-rated offense in the country in total yardage, Wake Forest at 471.2 yards per game, will face the fifth-rated scoring defense, UNC at 11 points per game, when the Tar Heels travel to Winston Salem Saturday to face the Demon Deacons at 1 p.m. It's been a verbal one downsmanship match all week among the two schools that are separated by about 90 miles of 1-85 and 1-40 four-lane highway. "The "VVt X7, if n n " "mmur Getting it down Pat Lead guitarist Pat Metheny picked out a few sets of songs that The Pat Metheny Group played an uninterrupted two-and-arhalf-stunned his audience in Memorial Auditorium Wednesday night. hour concert for a near capacity crowd. See story on Page 5. !RetMeg By JENNIFER ESSEN Staff Writer Not only did he begin an insti tution on-campus, but he's become one. As-the first permanent director of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, Howard Henry has been the silent backbone of the organization for almost 30 years. Henry will retire next semester, but his contributions to the campus will remain. "Howard has done more for student life and sanity than any other administrator of the Univer sity," according to 1985-86 Union president Walt Boyle. Henry came to UNC in 1958 from the University of Wisconsin, where he was assistant to the director of the student union. Wisconsin's union differed from UNC's, because it was primarily a food organization and not a headquarters for student organizations, he said. Born in Viroqua, Wis., Henry graduated from high school in 1935, and at age 16, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin. His father owned a grocery store, but with the Depression still rampant, money was scarce. "My primary goal was survival, not school, to be honest," Henry said. He worked in the student union as a dishwasher and then as a waiter. Henry said he learned about the guts of a student union's operations when he worked at Wisconsin for the summer. "I began seeing things UNC defense is awesome in terms of size," said Wake Forest coach Al Groh. "They've solved the riddle of 'Where's the beef.' We're working on crawling underneath their legs." UNC coach Dick Crum, whose team is 3-0-1 and 20th-ranked by UP1, was quick to counter. "Wake can really score, they can really move the ball. Their attack is balanced, and if they've been playing hard, they will double their efforts against us." The Demon Deacons are 3-2 this season, having lost two conference heartbreakers this season. A pass intercepted in the end zone with no time remaining put the lid on a 42 38 loss at N.C. State, and a missed 29- yard field goal last week by kicker Wilson Hoyle snatched a defeat from the jaws of victory against Virginia, 30- 28. "Wake could very well be sitting in Winston with a 5-0 record," Art hath an enemy called Serving the students and the University community since J 893 Friday, October 10, 1986 f 9 f" director 'Unionized9 UNC that needed doing and carved out summer jobs for myself." There were 21 directors of UNC's union before Henry, but they were college seniors or graduate students, who served as part-time directors for one or two years. "At first, there was no spot for me at (UNC)," Henry said. Later, the dean of Student Affairs placed the postion of union director under Student Affairs, giving Henry a permanent job. Henry said he turned down the position of director at first, because he had another offer working with Student Government. But he said the stability of the director's position appealed to him because he had four children. "That's how it all got started," Henry said. "It's been my life, that's all I've done what I wanted to do." Henry developed the concept behind the Student Union, said Archie Copeland, associate director, who has worked with Henry since 196 1 . Henry's plan resulted in a small professional staff that allowed greater student involvement. Copeland said there were three faculty members working at the original Graham Memorial Student Union in the early 1960s. "It's hard to imagine it back in those days," Henry said. The ticket office served as the main campus information desk from Monday to Saturday, and a student lived Tair Heel Crum said. The Deacons are led by quarter back Mike Elkins, younger brother of former UNC quarterback Rod Elkins. The younger Elkins paces the conference in almost every offensive category, and is ranked seventh in the nation in total offense with a 266.4 yard average. "I don't think IVe really done anything special except for the State game, though," the redshirt sopho more said. In that contest, he completed 35 of 58 passes for 429 yards and three touchdowns to firmly establish himself as a new star on the ACC horizon. Elkins' cheer ing section Saturday will include brother Rod, who said earlier this week he would be a happy man if Wake won 50-0. That won't happen. Not that Wake isn't incapable of scoring 50 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 4' it upstairs to answer the phone at night. The original student union was not highly accessible to students because it was located near Franklin Street not in the heart of the campus. Also, because of a growing student population, the present union opened January 6, 1969. Named in honor of Frank Porter Graham, the University's president from 1930 to 1949, the new building was five times the size of Graham Memorial, but Henry said the building was still "underbuilt." More office space was added to the Union in 1980, adding 20,000 square feet to the existing 100,000 square feet, including a 400-seat auditorium. "Howard fought tooth and nail to get the auditorium," Copeland said. Previously, Union free flicks had to be shown in Carroll and Great Halls, which were not always available for union use. "I think we could build another 20 (buildings for) student organiza tions, and we could fill them," Henry said. However, no student organi zation makes better use of space than the Student Union, he said. Besides his contributions close to home, Henry is a founder of the National Association of Campus Activities. About 800 universities are members of this organization, formed to aid students and faculty in running a student union. Union programs have become defense points, but the Deacon defense is incapable of shutting out many teams. The defense is allowing more than 364 yards per game, and should be vulnerable to the run-Fenner-up-the-middle attack that the Tar Heels have concentrated on lately. Give it credit, it's worked. Derrick Fenner is tied for third in the country in rushing with a 140-yard average. Jonathan Hall will start for UNC at quarterback after his late-game heroics against Georgia Tech, as the Tar Heels will try to do their part to set up a showdown of epic, or at least miniseries, proportions, next week against N.C. State, also 3-0-1. Teams have had success passing on Wake as well the defense is giving up nearly 200 yards per game in the air. See WAKE page 4 ignorance. Ben Johnson T 41 pp' DTHJulie Stovall Howard Henry much more complex in recent years, Copeland said. "It was pretty infor mal . . . those were happy times." The Union Board of Directors met, at most, three times a year. Now, they meet a minimum of two hours ' each week, he said. Concerts were free because bands were willing to tour, Copeland said. Now, music has become a big money-making business, and it's hard to book groups. "The first time we even charged admission was in Memorial Hall," See HENRY page 3 , Sfc f I i - ' ' South Africa regime cuts off group's funds From Associated Press reports .JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The government decreed Thursday that South Africa's largest anti-apartheid coalition cannot receive foreign funds. The group said it expects to be outlawed within months. President P. W. Botha issued the order against the United Democratic Front under the Affected Organizations Act, which allows him to prohibit foreign funding of political organ izations considered to be under foreign influence. Botha's action froze 100,000 rands ($45,000) in UDF bank accounts, said Azhar Cachalia, NewsSportsArts 962-0245 Business Advertising 962-1163 Kirttlhday:: to 'recall'.:;1 UNC past From staff reports UNC will celebrate its 193rd birthday on Sunday with a public ceremony and birthday party with all the trimmings, according to John H. Harrison, associate provost. "Everyone is invited," Harrison said. The celebration, University Day, commemorates the Oct. 12, 1793 laying of the cornerstone of Old East dormitory, UNC's oldest building and the country's oldest state uni versity building. " "This year the celebration has kind of a double meaning, actually," said Ted Bonus, director of public infor mation. "It's the day we celebrate our birthday, and it also more or less coincides with Frank Porter Gra ham's birthday." As they have for the past 20 years, the Tar Heel band will play ceremon ial music to begin the ceremony 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Old Well, said Marianne Smythe, assistant provost A faculty procession from South Building to Memorial Hall will begin at 12:50 p.m. The convocation will begin at 1 p.m. William B. Aycock, former UNC. chancellor and professor emeritus of law, will deliver a speech about former UNC president Frank Porter Graham, entitled A Tribute to the Founding Father and Beloved Son." Aycock's speech is part of the "Crisis In American Liberalism" conference that is being held on campus in honor of Graham's 100th birthday. After the speech, Chancellor Christopher Fordham will present five Distinguished Alumni Awards. Fordham is also scheduled to make a special announcement. The UNC Wind Symphony, the Carolina Choir and the University Chamber Singers will perform dur ing the convocation. "The celebration of University Day as part of the Carolina heritage has been with us from the very beginning," said Smythe. Sometime around the Civil War and the temporary closing of the University, the celebration lapsed, she said. In the late 1800s UNC began to observe University Day again. . : 'It is a way of paying homage to the people who founded the Univer sity and the greatness of the Uni versity over a 200-year period," she said. "It was a great day in the history of the United States." An "informal, pleasant and friendly birthday party with ice cream and cake" will follow the convocation, Smythe said. The five men who will receive Distinguished Alumnus Awards are Henry E. Frye, state Supreme Court justice; Jeff MacNelly, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist; John A. Montgomery, pioneer cancer researcher; Rolfe Neill, publisher of the Charlotte Observer; and Banks C. Talley Jr., executive director of the N.C. Symphony Society, Inc. Missing from the ceremony, will be Silent Sam, the University's statue of a Civil War soldier. Sam was taken to a Cincinnati refurbisher in the spring to have his oxidized copper coating cleaned. the group's national treasurer. He said more than half the annual budget of "millions of rands" comes from abroad, most of it from Scandinavia and none frou. the United States or Soviet Union. Cachalia told reporters the multiracial coalition, formed three years ago, will challenge the order in court next week. He and the UDF president, Albertina Sisulu, are the only members of the 15-member national executive who have not gone into hiding or been jailed under the national state of emer- See S. AFRICA page 6

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