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Volume 96, Issue 55
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as one of the most significant writers of the 20th
Groine lobbies flegislatuire to erodl
By AMY VAJDA
Staff Writer
Campus Watch, an organization
founded' In 'late August tff" Oppose
campus radicalism, is lobbying the
N.C. General Assembly to pass
legislation prohibiting the use of
student fees for Carolina Gay and
Lesbian Association (CGLA) fund
ing, according to its founder.
Police officer files appea
charges 'discriminafio'in
By HELEN JONES
Staff Writer
A black University police officer
filed an appeal Monday with UNC's
Employee Relations Department in
response to what he called an incident
of racial discrimination within the
police department.
Officer Charles Jackson said he is
dissatisfied with the disciplinary
action taken against him in a dispute
over an improperly completed time
sheet.
Officer Keith Edwards, who is also
black, said Monday that she will
discuss racism within the department
with Chancellor Paul Hardin this
afternoon.
Jackson submitted a time sheet on
Monday, Feb. 29to his supervisor,
Lt. Marcus Perry, showing that he
had worked eight hours on Saturday,
Feb. 27, when he had only worked
five, Jackson said.
He had only worked five hours
because he went home when his water
heater unexpectedly broke, Jackson
said. The three-hour error on the time
sheet, which he had filled out before
the water heater emergency arose,
was an oversight, he said.
: Edwards said officers often fill out
their time sheets early because they
know the hours they plan to work,
and they have to turn in the sheets
early for Perry to check.
Jackson said that when Perry
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Editor's note: This is the first of
two articles examining, the implica
tions of the different admissions
standards for in-state and out-of-state
students at UNC.
By JENNY CLONINGER
Assistant University Editor
The highly competitive admissions
requirements for out-of-state appli
cants to UNC has created an aca
demic elite within the student body,
some students and administrators
say.
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But representatives in the General
Assembly said Monday that they do
not plan to interfere with internal
IJruvlty'appfopriationf.
Edward Cottingham, Campus
Watch acting chairman and UNC
alumnus, said the legislature should
be concerned about student activities.
"Ultimately the legislature has
authority and responsibility for the
advised him to correct his time sheet
discrepancy, Perry's attitude made
him defensive. Although he told
Perry he wasn't going to change the
sheet, he had every intention of doing
so, Jackson said.
The letter of warning sent to
Jackson by Perry's supervisor, Maj.
Sherman Edmonds, said Jackson
used "unacceptable, abusive and
inflammatory language" in speaking
to Perry.
Perry, the supervisor who reported
Jackson's time sheet error to the
police department heads, later sub
mitted a time sheet of his own that
did not record three hours he had
spent at the dentist, Edwards said.
Jackson, who has worked more
than 25 years for University police,
was given a written warning that he
would be fired for any future mis
conduct. Perry, a white supervisor,
received only a verbal warning for a
similar time sheet violation, Edwards
said.
Officer Ollie Bowler, who is white,
said: "If that ain't discrimination,
God Almighty knows what is. That
is so blatant. I just cant believe they're
letting this happen."
Bowler said the time frame in
which the incidents occurred is also
important, because it raises the
question of when a time sheet error
should be considered a falsification
rather than a mistake.
- state - students at UNC in a class by themselves?
Only 18 percent of UNC students
are from out of state, Anthony
Strickland, assistant director of
Undergraduate Admissions, said. But
there are about 3,000 more applicants
from out-of-state students each year
than from in-state students. That
means there are about three appli
cations for each in-state resident
space and 12 to 14 for each out-of-state
space, he said.
The average SAT score for out-of-state
students who are denied admis
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University," he said.
But, Marvin Ward (D-20th), state
senate education appropriations
"committee chairman, said" the
General Assembly does not usually
interfere with student fee appropri
ations. "The custom has been to let
the University and the Board of
Governors decide how funds will be
used at the University," Ward said.
Perry's time sheet was signed by
his supervisor, Edmonds, and was on
its way to processing before the
mistake was found, Bowler said.
Perry was paid for the three hours
he did not work, he said.
But Jackson's time sheet never left
the department and was not signed
by a supervisor while it was incorrect,
Bowler said.
Edwards said, "Black officers are
getting the death penalty, and white
officers are getting spanked on the
hand."
Bowler said Perry should have
received more severe punishment
because he is a supervisor, and he
should not continue to check the time
sheets because of the incident. "He
abused his authority," Bowler said.
Officer Lonnie Sexton, who is
white, agreed. "He (Perry) is sup
posed to set an example for other
officers."
' Edwards said Jackson's experience
is proof of racial discrimination
within the University police depart
ment and that the majority of officers,
black and white, support Jackson's
grievance.
"We're all very upset with this, but
we can't just let it rest," Edwards said.
Jackson said he is also concerned
because of the way the grievance
process in his case was handled.
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sion is 1300, he said. The average
score for this year's freshman class
is just over 1100.
Although out-of-state students
constitute less than 20 percent of the
student body, half of all Morehead
Scholars and 30 percent of the
participants in the honors program
are from out of state.
Some administrators and students
said they are concerned that the
competition for out-of-state students
creates an academically elite group.
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By JUSTIN McGUIRE
Assistant University Editor
UNC was ranked third among
public universities and 23rd overall
among 204 national universities in a
U.S. News and World Report survey
on "America's Best Colleges."
Last year, UNO ranked 11 th
overall in the same survey.
Betsy Bauer, editor of the survey,
said Monday that the criteria used
to determine the rankings are so
different this year that comparing
them is impossible.
"This year's survey is so dramat
ically different, you can't possibly
make comparisons," she said. "It
would be like comparing football and
basketball."
In past years, the rankings have
been based on a survey of college and
university presidents. In this year's
edition, the judgments of academic
deans, admissions officers and objec
tive rankings have been added, Bauer
said.
The objective rankings gathered
mainly from The Annual Survey of
Colleges, compiled by the College
Board include quality of a school's
Martin Nesbitt (D-51st), chairman
of the N.C. house education appro
priations expansion budget commit
tee, agreed. While Nesbitt atknowl-;
edged that the General Assembly has
ultimate responsibility over what
happens in the state, he noted that
the General Assembly often works by
custom. "Traditionally, . we Ve never
gotten into student fees," he said.
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Students can visit several poll sites
on and off campus today to vote to
fill 12 vacant Student Congress seats
in 11 districts.
These seats are empty either
because they have never been filled
or their representative has resigned.
The students who are elected will
serve the rest of the 70th Congress
term.
Three of the seats have no official
candidates, but can be filled by write
in votes. Two of the districts represent
graduate students and the other
represents a segment of off-campus
"I don't think it creates an aca
demic elite," Donald Boulton, vice
chancellor and dean of Student
Affairs, said. "I know it does.",
But UNC-system officials consider
it important that state residents have
priority at N.C. universities, Boulton
said.
"It belongs to the taxpayers, and
they have to have the first crack at
it," he said. "I dont know of a
formula that wouldn't create some
form of academic elite. I think it's
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student body as determined by
admissions selectivity, quality of its
faculty, resources available for edu
cational program resources and its
graduation rate. ;
Among public universities, only the
University of Virginia and the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles
ranked higher than UNC. UVA was
ranked 20th overall and UCLA was
21st. '
Harry Gooder, chairman of the
Faculty Council, said UNC should be
proud of the ranking, particularly
because it was the third-ranked public
university in the survey.
"The faculty can take great pride
in this ranking, particularly because
we're competing among universities
with much larger resources," Gooder
said. "This is a significant ranking and
the people of North Carolina should
be proud of what's going on in Chapel
Hill."
Bauer said all the colleges and
universities ranked in the survey haye
a right to be proud.
"All the schools ranked in the top
25 should be glad to be there," Bauer
said. "When you look closely, it's a
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People of the state do not expect
the legislature to interfere in student
affairs, Nesbitt said. "There will be
sbme: shock -and there might be some'
outcry but.it will be directed towards
the University," he said. "People
would expect the University to handle
matters like this."
Cottingham said he was aware of
the legislature's appropriations tradi
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undergraduates. Neil Riemann, Stu
dent Congress speaker, has said the
graduate districts will probably be
filled.
"I think historically a lot " of
graduate districts are filled by write
in campaigns," he said last week.
Students may vote either in the
district where they live or, for those
who live off campus, in central
locations like the Student Union,
Campus Y or professional schools.
Jurgen Buchenau, speaker pro
tempore, has said that filling these
seats is in students' best interests, but
a reality we have to live with."
Students attending UNC from
outside the state say the University's
reputation and low tuition led them
to apply, but they sometimes feel
socially or academically separated
from in-state students, especially
when they're new to UNC.
"There's so few out-of-state stu
dents here," said Carol Geer, a senior
from New York who is also president
of the Carolina Athletic Association,
said. "Anything you do, there's going
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very good reflection on that school."
The U.S. News and World Report
survey divided 1,337 colleges and
universities included in the report into
five categories.
In addition to the listings of the
top 25 national universities, the
survey ranks the top 25 schools in
liberal arts, comprehensive colleges
and universities, small comprehensive
colleges and regional liberal arts
colleges.
Yale University was the top rank
ing school in the national university
category.
UNC ranked 20th among national
universities in a survey of national
college officials to determine a
school's reputation for academic
excellence.
Four other North Carolina schools
ranked in the survey. Duke was listed
12th among national universities,
Wake Forest was ranked first among
comprehensive colleges, Davidson
College was 20th among national
liberal arts colleges and Meredith
College was 15th among small com
prehensive colleges.
tion, but it could still have a say in
University affairs. "I think that they
jean write some legislation even
"though they have hot typically done'
that before," he said. , .;
Campus Watch sent a question
naire to all legislators and candidates
in this fall's election asking them
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lack 01 student mvolvement and lack
of information have always been
problems.
"I think a lot of people are very
unclear as to what we're doing," he
said. "There's a lack of information
about what is currently going on in
congress. They dont see what they
have to do with it."
Students are cyclically aware of
Congress issues, Riemann said. Aside
from elections and budget hearings,
"we're not highly visible the rest of
the year," he said.
to be a whole bunch of in-state
students.
"You get here, and you don't know
a single person at this school. I would
guess that most in-state students
know somebody. When you do meet
someone from out of state, that's a
common ground between you. You
almost look for someone from out
of state."
Bill Rubin, a freshman from Mary-
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