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'Copyright 1987 The Da;7y Tar Hee
Volume 95, Issue 66
Thursday, October 1, 1987
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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UNC police officers coetinrae grievance toattle
By JUSTIN McGUIRE
Staff Writer
The 14 UNC police officers who
have filed grievances against the
University have decided to take their
complaint one step further, the
officers attorney said Wednesday.
Steven Bernholtz, a lawyer repres
enting all 14 officers, said they
decided to reject the University
Personnel Department's response to
the second phase of their grievance,
.Fraternity
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eennomiinices
By NICKI WEISENSEE
Staff Writer
Kappa Alpha fraternity members
finally spoke up Wednesday to
challenge the proposed Pittsboro
Street Extension, which would level
their house and others in Little
Fraternity Court if approved by the
town.
About 100 people attended the
public hearing held by the N.C.
Department of Transportation at
Grey Culbreth Junior High School.
"I'm here to ask for two things,"
said Garth Dunklin, a member of the
KA Order of Alumni Housing Cor
poration, which owns the KA house.
"First, make a firm and final decision
about the Pittsboro Street Extension.
And second, let that decision be to
drop the extension from the Tho
roughfare Plan."
The Pittsboro Street Extension
would run through Little Fraternity
Court, past Granville Towers to
Franklin and Rosemary streets and
intersect with Airport Road.
Kappa Alpha, Kappa Sigma and
Zeta Psi are the three fraternities in
Little Fraternity Court.
Dunklin said the extension would
not solve current traffic congestion
problems, but create more.
"The problem right now sup
posedly is the congestion at Columbia
and Franklin (streets)," he said. "But
extending Pittsboro Street would
only create more congestion at the
intersections of Pittsboro Street and
Cameron Avenue, Pittsboro and
Franklin streets and Pittsboro and
Rosemary streets."
Dunklin also said the Kappa Alpha
Computerized drop-add
is convememit, colleges say
By CHAR LA PRICE
Staff Writer
The registrar at Texas A&M
University calls it the "greatest
renovation that has occurred as far
as student registration goes."
"You can lie in your oorm room,
sip a beer, listen to the radio and
register for your classes," said
Registrar Donald Carter of tele
phone registration systems.
University students and faculty
across the United States seem to
agree with Carter. Those contacted
this week had nothing but praise
Executive BFaecli addresses
By MARK FOLK
Staff Writer
Most students have probably heard
of or read about the Student Govern
ment's Executive Branch, but chances
are they would fail a pop quiz on
what it does.
Few realize the range of projects
being worked on by the students in
the Executive Branch's office in Suite
C of the Student Union.
For starters, it is headed by Student'
Body President Brian Bailey and
comprised of three presidental aides,
30 executive assistants, a secretary
Never try
moving on to step three of the
grievance process.
The officers' grievance charges the
UNC police department with racism
and favoritism in the granting of 12
promotions in June. It contends that
more qualified officers were not told
the positions were available, and asks
that the promotions be rescinded.
The University's proposal, pres
ented to the officers Sept. 17, would
have established six open positions:
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fraternity is spending between
$60,000 and $75,000 to renovate the
house, which might be destroyed
anyway.
"You keep saying that pedestrian
traffic is a problem on North Colum
bia (Street)," he said. "Well, one of
the largest dorms on campus
Granville Towers will be on the
other side of the extended Pittsboro
Street and they'd have to cross it every
day.
"The character of Chapel Hill is
what draws growth here, and I don't
think the solution to our problem is
to tear up Chapel Hill so we can get
to it," he said.
Robert Page, who represented
University Square owner Frank
Kenan, also opposes the extension.
"For one thing, it would destroy
three fraternity houses," he said. "I'm
sure a lot of you don't care, but they're
an important part of Chapel Hill."
Page also said University Square
would lose 60 parking spaces if the
extension is approved, when there
aren't enough now.
"I think putting that extension
through would destroy the character
of Chapel Hill," he said. "We have
always been a pedestrian-oriented
downtown. Having two major tho
roughfares that close to each other
would destroy that."
Other people voiced their objec
tions to the extension and changes
in Durham roads.
In a study released by the N.C.
Department of Transportation, the
Pittsboro Street Extension was listed
See EXTENSION page 2
for the systems, which are revolu
tionizing student registration.
Students can call into the system
to register for classes, pay bills and
obtain information about grades
and administrative policies.
On Oct. 6, UNC students will
vote on a referendum to raise
student fees $5 to help buy a
telephone registration system. If
passed, the system would go into
effect in the spring of 1990.
The University of Utah, which
has an enrollment of 25,000,
installed a registration system that
and a treasurer.
The purpose of the Executive
Branch is to ensure that students have
an effective voice in any decision
made by administrators, Bailey said.
"Our purpose is to make sure that
students play an important role in
decisions that are going to affect
them," Bailey said. "We're here to
represent students effectively."
Most of the Executive Branch's
work gets done through committees,
Bailey said. Each of the branch's 22
committees is headed by one or two
executive assistants.
to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time. Norman Ford
two majors, one captain, one lieu
tenant and two sergeants.
Bernholtz said the officers decided
to reject the proposal because it
doesn't remedy the problem.
"The officers are united in their
determination to get redress of their
grievance," he said. "This proposal
doesn't do that."
The proposal is good as far as it
goes, he said, but it has three major
problems:
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UNC's Donald Cogsville (No. 1 2), a junior fullback from Trenton, N.J.,
battles for the ball with Belmont Abbey midfielder Jeff Johnson (No.
students agreed
is
real
convenience.
"IVe only been here three days,"
said Fred Falcon, a junior transfer
at the University of Utah, "but it
seems simple enough."
Chris Hudson, also a student at
the University of Utah, agreed.
"The new system has been in for
a couple of years, and it's a real
bonus," he said. "I haven't heard
any complaints."
Texas A&M installed a tele
See DROP-ADD page 5
Besides leading the committees, the
executive assistants also serve on the
Executive Cabinet. This is a board
which frequently meets with Bailey
to discuss upcoming events, projects
and issues.
The assistants are vital to the
Executive Branch, Bailey said.
"Since I'm kept so busy with other
projects, I really rely on the executive
assistants," Bailey said. "They have
a great deal of flexibility as far as
how they run their committees."
Some of the more important
committees include:
B The six officers who were pro
moted in June will keep their posi
tions, giving them an advantage over
other applicants. "They can attribute
the experience they've had in the job
as a qualification for getting the job,"
.Bernholtz said.
n The final decision on promotions
will be made by Robert Sherman,
UNC director of security services.
Sherman approved the original
promotions.
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MaFtiii stands mo to chair ses
off false
By SHARON KEBSCHULL
Staff Writer
Despite being accused of claiming
false achievements, Republican Gov.
Jim Martin stands by the current
copy of his resume, said Tim Pittman,
the governor's press secretary.
The resume, which has been used
since March, was reported by the
Greensboro News and Record to give
credit to Martin for program initi
atives that weren't his.
"The resume is accurate," Pittman
said. "The Greensboro story was
politically motivated and triggered by
the state Democratic Party."
The resume, prepared by former
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B Academic Regulations This
six-member committee, chaired by
Stacie Kleinhen and Lisa Madry,
deals with academic policies.
Projects include generating student
support for the proposal to allow
target grades in pass fail classes and
pushing for a better program to train
teaching assistants.
"A lot of TA's are teaching without
proper teaching methods," Madry
said. "We want to set up a better
program to screen the TA's before
they get into the classroom."
B Drug and Alcohol Outreach
B The other six appointments
being questioned will not be changed.
"There is no reasonable distinction
between the positions," Bernholtz
said.
Keith Edwards, one of the officers
who has filed a grievance, agreed that
the proposal, made by a University
employee relations official, was
unsatisfactory.
"The name of employee relations
should be changed to employer
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1 2), in the midst of the Tar Heels' 7-0 victory Wednesday afternoon.
UNC will have a three-day rest before it plays N.C. State on Sunday.
claims in
speech writer Vernon Morton, says
two new education programs the
Basic Education Program and a
teacher development pilot program
were put into effect this year with
the cooperation of the N.C. General
Assembly. The Greensboro paper
said the resume gave Martin credit
for initiating the programs.
"Nowhere is there any reference to
the governor saying these programs
are his," Pittman said. They are
mentioned in the resume because
Martin supported the issues after
looking into the proposals and
questioning them, Pittman said.
Martin did not support the Basic
This eight-member committee is
headed by Robin Kimmelman and
Sunjay Shah. Its purpose is to raise
the awareness of drug and alcohol
abuse on campus and in the
community.
Projects include raising funds for
a charity to prevent drug and alcohol
abuse and publishing a student
oriented information booklet.
"We really want to emphasize to
students the effects of alcohol,"
Kimmelman said. "Our goal is to raise
awareness about responsible
drinking."
relations," she said. "It's a waste of
any employee's time to go to
employee relations because they're
pro-superviser."
The University admitted the pro--motion
process was wrong but still
only gave the officers half of what
they wanted, Edwards said.
The grievance will now be reviewed
by a chancellor's faculty committee,
See POLICE page 4 ',
DTHCharlotte Cannon
resmime
Education Program until this year,
when it became clear that the legis
lature was likely to pass it even
without his support.
Martin's resume had been used to
give school children information for
reports and was distributed to speak
ers before they introduced Martin at
political functions and speeches.
The resume also claims Martin
ended a decline in state educational
spending that occurred over the last
24 years, with the exception of 1966
and 1984. State spending for educa
tion actually increased each year but
See MARTIN page 2
concerns
B Grievance Task Force This
12-member committee is chaired by
Kim Chen and Neal McKnight. It
recognizes student concerns and tries'
to form solutions to their problems.
Projects range from determining if
Marriott food prices are comparable
to those of K&W cafeteria, to asking
that double majors be allowed to list
both majors on their diplomas instead
of the present system of listing one
major, to pushing to get the trash cans
in the Pit cleaned. - i
See GOVERNMENT page 3