Mm CSJtfl? More umbrella weather: Rainy today Cloudy and windy Wednesday It's voting time again Most campus polls open until 7 p.m. Volume 97, Issue 2 1 Jeffrey Hayden, award-winning television producer and director Producer recalls' 1960s television By KAREN ENTRIKEN Staff Writer Television will never recapture the sweet feeling of the 1960s family sitcom because American attitudes changed during the '60s and because of complex TV network economics, award-winning .producerdirector-, and UNC alumnus Jeffrey Hayden told about 25 students in Gerrard Hall Monday. "Television in the '60s was a last gasp at a sweet and friendly America when America was anything but sweet and friendly," said Hayden, who spoke as part of the 1989 Fine Arts Festival. Looking back ; , L ' ,)IIWIIIMI"''M - t Earle Brown (pointing), a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, participates in a panel discussion Monday night at Hanes Art own council bears parks By BLAKE DICKINSON Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council heard from residents in favor of a proposed $9 million bond referendum calling for the acquisition and devel opment of parks and open space conservation. Town Manager David Taylor presented a bond package that would include $1.5 million for neighbor hood park purchases, $1.2 million for neighborhood park development, $1.3 million for other park improve ments and $5 million for additional public land uses. 1 .The town council's key concerns with the bond package were to retain Chapel Hill's unique character and 16 meet specific land use needs. One disadvantage of having nothing to do is that you can't stop i .. : :: : f t L.j.lgn"l1"W" DTHDave Surowiecki Fine Arts Festival Television shows in the 1960s were pleasant, comfortable family situa tion comedies that put no demands -on the audience,- said -Hayden, .who: directed shows like "The Donna Reed Show," "Leave It To Beaver" and "The Andy Griffith Show," which fit this description. Hayden also directed TV shows such as "Batman," "That Girl," "Knight Rider," "Dennis the Menace" See HAYDEN page 4 The council also wants to promote the purchase of larger parcels of land for parks, which could be difficult if the town became more urbanized. Herschel Slater, chairman of the Parks and Recreation Commission, said, "We believe it is apparent and imperative to take such action and to take it soon. "The population growth, the land price inflation and the needs are extremely well-documented." Passing the bond would mean the addition of 75 to 100 acres to 366 acres of public open space currently owned by Chapel Hill in parks, greenways and entranceways, Slater said. If the bond were passed the town "., n , , . Serving the students and the Universiiy community since 1893 Tuesday, February 28, 1989 c OTTO POT) 0 ttft fl L0)yj By NANCY WYKLE Staff Writer " The Student Congress Finance Committee recommended during its annual budget hearings that the Yackety Yack get almost one-third less funding from student activities fees than it1 did last year. The Yack requested $10,240 from congress, and the committee recom mended the yearbook get $6,640. Last year, the Yack received $9,340. The finance committee held its hearings last week and recommended funding for 24 of the 27 student groups that requested congress funds. The full congress will vote on funding for these groups March 4. Student Congress is responsible for allocating student activities fees to student groups each year. Groups Ry on Iff By RHETA LOGAN Staff Writer Students will go to the polls today to vote in runoff elections for student body president, senior class offices and Student Congress seats. Juniors Brien Lewis and Trey Loughran are competing in a runoff election for student body president. Bobby Ferris and Greg Zeeman, write-in candidates in last week's election, will oppose Danny Rosin and Bryan Brayboy in a runoff for senior class president and vice pres ident; Anna Baird and George Saad will compete in a runoff for senior class treasurer. Donnie Esposito and Deanna Ramey will compete in a runoff for the District 10 Student Congress seat All runoff elections are necessary because none of the candidates received at least 50 percent of the vote in the Feb. 2 1 election. ' Tom Elliot and Ram Ramachan dran, Student Congress candidates for District 6, will face each other in a re-election because of a problem with the Health Sciences Library pollsite. Miscommunication caused a three hour delay in opening the pollsite, &O0WL' - :-.-.-.-r- - - -r . : : - --: -" Center. The panel met to discuss the fate of the arts in the 1 960s and the changes that occurred during that time. could purchase three or four neigh borhood parks, build bridges and trails and renovate the 10-year-old community center on Estes Drive, he said. ' - Council member David Godschalk said, "WeVe heard from the advo cates of open space," and brought up the question of the cost to the taxpayer of the proposed bond package. Taylor said the bond package would result in an $80 tax increase for a person owning a house valued at $100,000. The town council moved to discuss a possible public hearing on the bond package to their March 6 meeting. In other business, Town Planner Chapel Hill, North Carolina a p p Proposed allocations 4 first make requests of the finance committee, which then recommends an amount of funding to the full congress. Congress has $174,520 to allocate, and the committee recommended $139,563 in allocations. Kelly Sherrill, business manager of the Yack, said she believed the cuts over the past two years had been a general move to take funds away from the Yack. The staff is trying to raise the number of subscriptions to increase revenues. - "It's going to be extremely tough," she said. "We're trying to raise money basically any way we can. We would hate for there not to be a yearbook." The Yack has to charge students e 1 ect o mi Elections 9 and polltenders will be better organ ized for today's election, said Martha Borden, elections board member. Various campus groups, such as the Order of the Bell Tower and Alpha Phi Omega, have been recruited to work at the polishes, she said. "Voter turnout today should be about the same as last week's," said Wilborn Roberson, Elections Board Chairman. Roberson said he expected about 5,200 students to vote today, only 238 students fewer than the turnout of 5,438 last Tuesday. All-campus and district polishes will open at 10 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m., except for the Morehead Sundial site, which .wjlj oss,at,5:30 p.m and the law school site, which will close at 6 p.m. Election returns should begin coming into Room 220 of the Student Union about 7:30 p.m. and will be posted in 209 Manning Hall, Rob erson said. The Elections Board should finish counting the votes earlier than they DTHDave Surowiecki fl V package concerns Roger Waldon presented a report on growth management to the council. He recommended that the council call a public hearing to consider amend ments to the adequate public facilities ordinance. Proposals include limiting the number of building permits or devel opment approvals allowed each year and a reduction in auto traffic caused by new development in Chapel Hill. Godschalk expressed concern about the proposed cap on the number of building permits or devel opment approvals granted in a year. "It seems to me that the staff have already taken it upon themselves that a cap ... is a good idea," he said. "Yet the idea in many places has proven to be simplistic, cumbersome u r p T d at d (0) Dm because it is not completely funded, she said. At most universities the yearbooks are completely funded by student fees, she said. Future finance committees will decide if the Yack should be funded, said finance committee member Jurgen Buchenau (Dist. 3). "We didn't want to make students pay twice for something that expen sive," he said. Funding the Yack is not one of Student Congress' top priorities, Buchenau said. "Past congresses haven't looked at things the proper way in the past," Buchenau said. Student governments at most universities don't fund yearbooks, he said. The yearbook mainly focuses on undergraduates and UNC's Greek system, which represents a small portion of the 1 ate All-Campus Sites; 10 a Jtv7 p.m Campus Y - Craige Davis Student Union Health Sciences Library Morehead Sundial 10-5:30 pro District Sites 10 a.m7 pm: Carmichael 12 Connor (11) Granivilte Towers 8 Lewis (10) Mclver (9) Spencer (9) Law School 1 did last Tuesday because there will be fewer winners to tally, Borden said. The absence of write-in candidates on the ballots will also make the count ing process go quicker, Roberson said. ; The pollsite at Manly Residence Hall was not running during the Feb. Goimgiress expiai&Tis appeals decisooinis By AMY WAJDA Staff Writer The Black Student Movement (BSM) was not absolved of its duty to meet Student Congress budget deadlines because of its "failure to maintain accurate watches," accord ing to a statement released by the congress appeals committee Monday. The three-person committee ruled Feb. 20 that the BSM and four other groups that missed budget deadlines had no grounds for appeal and could not participate in the budget process. Committee members did not state their reasons for denying the appeals until Monday's written opinion was released. The BSM's opinion said its treas urer, Chanda Douglas, would have submitted the group's budget request on time according to her watch, but no Student Congress members were in Suite C. Douglas left" the 'Student Congress office to correct a mistake in the request, BSM members said. The request was then refused when and not effective." Godschalk added, "I am very disappointed to see this come forward as a direct request without it coming first to the council." The town council moved to have the town manager set up a work session to discuss the report. The fate of neon signs in Chapel Hill was summed up in a statement by Cassandra Sloop, chairman of the Chapel Hill Appearance Commission and the neon sign committee, calling for the public to consider changes to the development ordinance that would allow neon signs. "They (the neon sign committee) wish to avoid the look that charac terizes Fayetteville and Las Vegas." and take a break. F.P. Jones News Sports Arts ' 962-0245 Business Advertising 962-1163 student body, he said. Buchenau said he would favor eventually funding the Yack only for administrative expenses. In other business, the finance committee recommended that three group's requesting student fees not be funded. : The UNC Soviet Exchange Pro gram did hot submit a complete budget because members weren't sure about program dates or costs, he said. The exchange program requested $3,650. The committee recommended that the program; present a more concrete budget to congress in the fall. The Student Health Action Com mittee requested $446 for a clinic to See BUDGET page 4 to lay v Cobb (11) Ehrioghaus (I3r Hinton James 13 .Manly (10 Morrison 14 Whitehead (12) 10 a,nv6 p.m. 21 election but will be open today, she said. ' Some students who voted for Ferris and Zeeman in the Feb. 2 1 election caused confusion when they wrote in one candidate and not the See RUNOFFS page 4 she tried to submit it after the deadline. , According to the. committee's statement, the office was manned from the timelhe BSM said Douglas first tried to submit the request until she returned after the deadline. The committee took this as suffi cient reason to disqualify the BSM's appeal. BSM President Kenneth Perry said he was considering appealing the decision to the Student Supreme Court. The BSM general body would vote on any such appeal at its March 8 meeting, he said. The incident was "just a big misunderstanding," Perry said. "I back my treasurer," he said. "But I don't think Student Congress would falsify anything or that the guy would leave and not tell anyone." : Perry said it was not that important for the BSM to be included in the spring budget process because the See APPEALS page 2 yllSSCiS : ';;' x"'S;;';''x;'is; xw ! w xx;;'&'X ;xx xxxx x xXs Toll roads considered in North Carolina .3 Daughter of Malcolm X to speak...:....... ...4 APO to hold auction ...........4 AIDS benefit concert 5 Lyle Lovett review 5 Women's basketball team breaks losing streak ...........6 Spring sports extravaganza insert

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