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for Sty demit Store
By DAVE GLENN
Editor
The recent controversy surround
ing the UNC Student Stores left all
sides with questions unanswered
Wednesday.
Student Stores officials, having
already surrendered the right to sell
many items, are wondering which
product is going to be taken away
from them next.
It is still unresolved as to whether
or not the sale of T-shirts and com
puters by the stores is in violation of
Tuition may increase in '89
By SARAH CAGLE
Assistant Editor
and PAUL BREDDERMAN
Staff Writer
A House Subcommittee has pro
posed a 20 percent increase in in
state tuition and a 15 percent increase
in out-of-state tuition for the Univer
sity of North Carolina system in the
1989-90 academic year, and Univer
sity officials are stunned.
The UNC Board of Governers
recommended a 8.5 percent tuition
increase for out-of-state students and
no tuition increase for in-state stu
dents. Rep. John Tart, co-chairman of
the House Appropriations Education
Subcommittee, said that the House
plan would keep the tuition rate more
in line with other state institutions.
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North Carolina's Umstead Act, a state
statute that attempts to set a limit on
the merchandise that can be sold le
gally by campus stores.
A group of downtown Chapel Hill
merchants got things rolling in March
when they signed a petition that said
the University was violating the
Umstead Act. They claimed that Stu
dent Stores illegally hampered their
business opportunities by selling items
at cheaper prices.
Student government officials
wanted to know where the Univer
"We want to keep the cost as low
as possible," Tart said. "But we have
n't had an increase in four years, and
it was only five percent then."
The 20 percent increase for in
state students in the University sys
tem was designed to parallel the same
increase for N.C. students in the
community college system, accord
ing to Jim Newlin, fiscal analyst with
the General Assembly.
University officials and student
leaders said the increase is too much,
too soon. They are concerned that
some students will not be able to re
turn in the fall if the increase is passed.
'To increase tuition at this time is
to put a tax on students and their
parents at a time when they can least
afford it," said CD. Spangler, UNC
system president.
No relief
Freeze on
By SARAH CAGLE
Assistant Editor
Although the legislature gave the
University a $1.7 million supplement
in May, and University officials are
hoping for an additional allotment
this month of almost $2 million, the
non-personnel spending freeze has not
been lifted, according to Neal Berry
man, University controller and direc
tor of finance.
Wayne Jones, associate vice-chancellor
for finance, said summer school
should not be as affected by the cuts
because it is not as dependent on state
appropriated funds.
Summer school Dean Jim Murphy
disagrees. When the budget cuts took
effect, the summer school still had
40 percent of its budget left to spend,
and as a result, the cuts have affected
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sity is going to come up with $500,000
the amount of Student Stores prof
its last year that went to a university
scholarship fund now that the
store's revenue-producing ability is
in doubt.
Meanwhile, Chapel Hill merchants
said that the latest restrictions on what
the Student Stores can sell do not go
far enough.
Chuck Helpingstine, owner of
Johnny T-Shirt, a Chapel Hill store
See STORES, page 5
The proposal would increase tui
tion for in-state students from $504
to $604, and from $4,458 to $5,127
for out-of-state students.
'The increase is not very much
money," Tart said. "I'm inclined to
believe we should raise out-of-state
tuition even more."
The subcommittee recommended
that $4 million of the revenue go to
financial aid. Tart said this would
help those who can't afford the tui
tion increase.
Spangler said the increases would
narrow the economic strata of stu
dents in the UNC-system. 'This is
certainly not conducive to a good state
university," he said.
'The mission of the University of
See TUITION, page 8
from budget cots
non-personnel spendi
summer school more than was ex
pected, he said.
"While it is only a five percent cut
for the system, we are unable to spend
40 percent of our annual budget,"
Murphy said.
Individual departments are coping
with the problem differently, but sup
plies are running low across the board.
"We have only enough paper for
final exams none for syllabi or
handouts," said Stanley Black, chair
man of the economics department.
Instructors are being asked to pro
vide their own paper for anything other
than final exams. "They're put in a
difficult position," Black said. "It's
effectively a salary reduction for
them."
Many department officials are
anxious for the administration to lift
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Graduate student Vicky Valancius-Mangel catches some rays
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the spending freeze in light of the
additional money the University is
expecting.
"We're hoping that with the new
fiscal year beginning July 1, money
will be freed up, but we have not
gotten any new directives," said Jo
seph Flora, chairman of the English
department.
According to Berryman, there will
be no more new spending until all
outstanding bills are paid. "The high
est priority is paying outstanding
bills."
Unless the University receives
another supplement this month, the
deficit will have to be offset with
next year's funds and the University
will begin the fall semester in debt,
Jones said.
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"That will resolve itself pretty
quickly, but it's not a nice way to
start out," he said.
The library has been able to re
store some of the services that it origi
nally cut because of the supplemen
tal allotments, according to Larry
Alford, assistant University librarian.
When the budget cuts were an
nounced, inter-library loan and book
purchases were put on hold, but the
$340,000 outstanding in April book
purchases put the library on the ad
ministration's high priority list, Al
ford said.
The library still owes money for
other equipment that was ordered
before the budget cut announcement.
"We may have to dip into next year's
funds," he said.
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