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" SSyiSSSS" Hunker Ou didn't do' .AGO women's Jooia! Rod SS-jSr $!S In concert -Page 5 . wiiliioyil E"3eei8-,page6 .pJSZm . Copyright 1987 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 95, Issue 11 Amid protest 9 tirastees shoot do we 'coMciotuis tomyie By JEAN LUTES Univeisify Editor Willi anti-apartheid protesters standing beside them holding signs and Hags, members of UNC's Board of Trustees defeated a resolution 7 to 3 Friday that would have res tricted "wherever possible" Univer sity purchases of goods made by companies doing business in South Africa. After the meeting, trustee William Parity, who introduced the "con scious buying" resolution, said it was defeated before the trustees began to debate. " I heir minds were made up before they got here." he said. "I could hardly get a second for the motion (to discuss the resolution). And this UNC scores 'TV victory over Tech By BOB YOUNG Assistant Sports Editor ATLANTA The North Carolina-Georgia lech game was a made-for-television affair from the beginning. The execs at NBC had shoe-horned it into the networks weekend schedule, which meant that UNC didn't finish the ACC season with Duke, which is usually the case. But not even NBC's head honcho (irant l inker could have hoped for a better sitcom of a game than the Tar Heels' 92-76 victory at the Omni. It had everything an American viewing audience could want: D There were stars (Sports Illus trated coverboy J.R. Reid. to name one). There were surprise heroics (provided by Ranino Smith and Scott Williams). O There was the tragic hero (lech's Bruce Dalrymple). And, like all the good shows (Three's Company, Punky Brewster, et al). the outcome was apparent before the plot was half through. Yes, everything network TV could want, except Dick Clark although the Yellow Jackets had their share of Bloops and Blunders. The program opened in the usual manner. Both squads missed a shot or two before Joe Wolf picked off an errant Tech pass and fed Kenny Smith for a layup on the other end. (read: Janet, Chrissy and Jack are late with the rent again.) The teams traded baskets until the first commercial, at which time UNC led, 1 2-9. When the Coors Light ad left the screen, the game resumed with a familiar scene as Reid hit a turnaround from the baseline. Then the foreshadowing . . . The Jackets' next possession was bleeped out because of three consec utive missed layups and tip-ins by Dalrymple and Brian Oliver. The next time down, Oliver commited an offensive foul. Duane Ferrell then missed another shot in the lane. Dalrymple fudged a breakaway layup. Hammonds threw up an ait ball (which Ferrell grabbed and eventually dunked). Hammonds missed again from within five feet. Kenny Smith made a steal and Reid slammed it home on the tail end of the break. (ieorgia Tech, having been out scored 9-2 in that run, asked for another commercial. The Jackets made the most of the timeout, getting back to within three at 3 1 -28. Then, the unexpected hero (read: the handsome stranger whom Punky befriended), Ranzino Smith, hit a 3-point goal with 6:04 to go. Kenny Smith followed by canning three free throws. Ranino then hit a pull-up jumper on a fastbreak, hit a long, long 3 pointer and sliced through the lane lor another jumper. He scored 10 of the far Heels' final 1 9 points of the half. Kenny Smith got the other nine. Meanwhile, lech was shut out because of missed free throws, "botched layups and a ball-hungry North Carolina defense that kept the Jackets scoreless for more than six minutes. Ferrell hit a baseline jumpshot wilh four seconds remain See TECH page 6 eltflp is probably one of the mildest issues we've discussed." When Darity moved to discuss his proposal, no board members seconded his motion; then. Student Body President Brian Bailey, who had just been sworn in as an ex officio member of the board, seconded Darin's motion. The board's discussion of the resolution centered on div estment. A clause in the resolution calling for the total divestment was eliminated by a trustee committee Thursday. The proposal called for restric tions on University purchases of goods made by companies doing business in South Africa wherever possible; for a list of those companies to be prepared and circulated among What a weekend! " ms - . . ' A 4hx In unexpected snow Friday, senior Scott Ruth Below, on Sunday, sophomore KelliOgburn and and graduate Pamela Rice cross-campus ski. freshman Pam Ayers catch a pre-break tan. unit 4o qunesltioe leeglh off congressional 4ctim By NANCY HARRINGTON Staff Writer The 68th Student Congress over stepped its authority by passing three bills after the 69th congress was elected, and the new bills should be nullified, says a suit that will be filed with the Student Supreme Court this week. The lawsuit, scheduled to be filed by Guy Lucas (Dist. 19), is in response to a disagreement between the 68th congress and Lucas about whether congress members give up their power when the new congress is elected or when all the congress' old business is completed. Stuidemt Government to research.', otlner noise limits By KRISTEN GARDNER Staff Writer Before taking action against the Chapel Hill Town Council's new noise ordinance, UNC's Student (iovernment plans to research how other college towns regulate noise levels and meet with town officials. The council revised a 1981 ordi nance at its Feb. 9 meeting, lowering the acceptable noise level from 85 to 75 decibels, and moving the cut- The work I refer to is my recent quintet for eight instruments. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Monday, March 2, 1987 students and faculty members; and for that list to be sent to colleges and universities across the country. Bailey, Darity and J. Clint New ton Jr. voted for the resolution. Newton, who had originally questi oned the difficulty of implementing the conscious buying resolution, said he had changed his mind because the board's discussion had turned into an emotional debate on divestment. "So 1 won't be misinterpreted (as opposing divestment), I am going to come down on the side of Darity." Newton said. Trustee George Ragsdale called the resolution "cruel and unusual punishment for innocent blacks in South Africa." Black workers in South Africa will suffer if the - f The lawsuit involves a student constitution clause that states con gress members shall "serve one year and until their successor is elected." Lucas contends that the actions of the old congress at its Feb. 18 meeting are invalid because the new congress had alreadv been sworn in Feb. 16. In the last meeting of the 68th Congress, the congress voted 9 to 4 to pass a bill prohibiting congress members from voting on the funding of organizations to which they belong. Student Supreme Court Justice Maria Baxter said the lawsuit was ofl time for 75-decibel noise from I a.m. to midnight. Student Body President Brian Bailey said he wants to investigate schools with environments similar to Chapel Hill's to determine the best course of action. "We want to find out how other towns are dealing with it (the noise problem), and see what Chapel Hill's alternatives are," Bailey said. Rob Friedman, Student Congress m r ::: yi'.:-.-. -.-.-x- 'A'.i'. -.-.ox-.- k . w. .co. . ........ -.-- Chapel Hill, North Carolina University divests, he said. "The University should have no part in resolutions such as this," Ragsdale said. Bailey disagreed. "I think it's a good proposal," he said. "Everybody needs to know about the problem and know what companies are still there (in South Africa)." The proposal would only make students and faculty more aware of buying certain products, not stop them from doing so. Bailey said. "1 don't think this proposal is going to hurt anybody," he said. "This is not a substitute for divest ment." Students around the board's meeting room in the Carolina Inn broke into applause. Alter the trustees defeated Dar- IS. t -at vZ- - y DTHTony Deife" DTHTony Deifell based on the interpretation of how long a person is "elected." "The issue is how do we interpret the law," she said. "Do we look at the literal language? In the past, the outgoing congress has always met to take care of 'old business.' " The suit will name Jaye Sitton as a defendant, Lucas said, because of her role as speaker of the 68th congress. Robert Friedman, speaker of the 69th congress, said that however the court rules, the language of the constitution needed to be interpreted clearly. "1 think Guv should do it because speaker, said the Student Affairs committee and other congress members will call campuses in small town settings, such as the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and the University of Georgia in Athens, to see how those towns reguiate noise levels. Although a congressional bill condemning the noise ordinance has been proposed, Friedman said the bill's sponsors decided that no action 4 4 4 ity's resolution. Bailey said he was surprised with the decision. "This was a very watered-down version," he said. "We were asking that students be conscious of buying -we could have been a leader in the nation. I think now is the right time to do it. I'm just disappointed." Bryan Hassel, former student body president, said he wasn't surprised by the trustees' decision. Hassel served as an ex-officio member of the board for a year. Members of the three-week-old Action Against Apartheid group (AAA) stood with white paint and red tears on their faces before a camera-filled room in the Carolina Inn, holding signs saying "BOE and The Klan Go Hand In Hand," and Signals task force alive "Bomiltoini ay By LAURA PEARLMAN Staff Writer Donald Boulton. vice chancellor and dean of Student Affairs, said Sunday that he and Director of University Housing Wayne Kuncl had their signals crossed when Kuncl told two Residence Hall Association representatives that the Old East Old West Task Force would be disbanded. "We need the same group," Boul ton said. "Continuity is important to the task force's ability to recommend to me what thev think would be the best use of Old East and Old West." Last week, Kuncl had informed Ray Jones, Residence Hall Associ ation president, and Kelly Clark. RHA president-elect, that the task force would be disbanded. The student-faculty task force was to discuss possible uses for the dormitories, which are historical landmarks, and then make recom mendations to Boulton. who would relay them to Chancellor Chris topher Fordham and the Board of Trustees. Jones said Sunday that he brought up Kuncl's abolition of the task force at Friday's Board of Trustees meeting. "The trustees were pretty upset," Jones said. But Boulton approached Jones at the meeting, and told him that the task force had not been disbanded. Jones said. Junior J aye Sitton, a task force member, said Sunday that she had not heard officially of the break-up of the task force. it's something that needs to be done," Friedman said. "(Regardless of the outcome) a committee is working on the interpretation because I don't want this to happen again." The student attorney general will act as legal counsel for the congress, Baxter said. Jeff Parsons, a second year law student, will represent Lucas. And if the court does not hear the case before for the congress' final budget hearing tentatively sche duled for April II Lucas said he might seek an injunction to stop the budget process. But that is unlikely, he said. should be taken until the issue had been thoroughly researched, and an appropriate response to it had been prepared. "We don't want to do anything really hasty." Friedman said. Bailey said he plans to meet with Chapel Hill Mayor Jim Wallace to determine how much effect student opinion had in the council's decision. Friedman said he plans to set up a meeting between students and town NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 9 "IBM By Any Other Name Is Still IBM." The Anti-Apartheid Support Group, another student protest group, staged 24 hours of protest before the meeting, and held an overnight vigil on the steps of Morehead Planetarium Thursday night. While the board was discussing the conscious buying proposal Fri day, graduate student Dale McKin ley, a member of Action Against Apartheid, interrupted the debate to ask the trustees to move up the scheduled May 15 meeting of the Endowment Board. The students had not been informed when the See TRUSTEES page 3 CF O 9 "This exhibits a communication problem within the administration," Sitton said. "The principal issue is the fact that we weren't told. The task force is still needed to make recommendations about how Old East and Old West can be used to augment the academic atmos phere at UNC, Boulton said. The task force will discuss a proposal by Gillian Cell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Genera! College, to make Old East and Old West into living areas for outstanding seniors. Boulton said the residence halls could be used to improve UNC's academic atmosphere. "After they're renovated, they'll probably be male halls," he said. "But I'd like to see them go co-ed." The task force will definitely not be disbanded, Boulton said. He said he talked to Kuncl about the group Friday afternoon. "Our (his and Kuncl's) signals were crossed," he said. Kuncl had said Friday that he wanted to replace the existing task force with a Housing Advisory Council because many of the task force members no longer hold the positions they held when they were first appointed. But when contacted Sunday. Kuncl said he hoped that the original task force would meet as soon as possible, probably after spring break. Although Kuncl said he wasn't sure about the eventual fate of the buildings, he said they will remain as all-male residence halls. In the suit, Lucas wants to: a invalidate the three bills passed by the 68th congress after the 69th congress had been sworn in. B change the clause of the con gress' constitution to read "until the successor is inaugurated," instead of "until the successor is elected." B add a clause to the constitution preventing an inaugurated student body president who is also a member of the previous congress from serving on that congress. Lucas said he felt he had a good chance of winning his case, because See LAWSUIT page 3 council members to come up with an acceptable solution for both the town and the students. "The Congress and excecutive branch together can work out alter natives." Bailey said. "Well use any pressure we can to make the town council see they've made the wrong decision." Students should remain aware of See NOISE page 3 Henry Reed
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