Bloodmobile today and tomorrow Upstairs Union 10a.m.-3p.m. 40 chance of showers High in mid-70s Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 97, Issue 52 Tuesday, September 19, 1989 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 n ira By BILLTAGGART Managing Editor ; Graduate Students United (GSU) members and supporters rallied in the Pit Monday, calling for a "living wage" and better benefits for teaching and research assistants. : In a press conference before the rally, Scott Philyaw, a member of the GSU research committee, compared the level of salaries at UNC to similar universi ties, including UCLA, Stanford, Cor nell, Penn State and the University of Virginia. UNC ranked above only Vir gina in the social sciences and humani ties salaries, and was last in the sci ences salaries. "UNC typically ranks near the bot tom when it comes to salaries, yet the cost of living (in Chapel Hill) is much higher than the average in the state and nation," Philyaw said. He said GSU would like a baseline stipend for all graduate assistants. "$4,000 per semester, as a minimum, we feel would be a living wage" Phi lyaw said. : GSU'sfourmaingoalsarethe$4,000 minimum salary, child care for all members of the University commu nity, a reduction in tuition to the in state level for all assistants and a health insurance plan. ; - Between 20 and 25 percent of gradu ate assistants cannot afford health in surance, Philyaw said. ; "GSU is circulating petitions listing the four goals of the organization within Cable hookups may be possible So dorm rooms By CATHY APGAR Staff Writer Campus residents may have the option to have cable television in their rooms next fall, depending on the cost of installation, said Norman Vogel, communications director for the Uni versity. The decision will ultimately rest with students, after approval from the Hous ing Advisory Board and student affairs, said Donald Boulton, vice chancellor and dean of student affairs. The offi cials are waiting for an estimate of installation costs from Carolina Cable. The estimate is expected by Oct. 1, Royal pain r U ; if 'v I , A " $ 1 1 if a ' f If 4' 4- i hi - n&j , I i . Melinda Farrington wrestles with a vacuum cleaner outside Ruffin Residence Hall Monday afternoon. departments and among graduate and undergraduate students. A joint graduate student-administration committee was suggested by Joel Sipress, a third-year graduate student in history. The purpose of the commit tee would be to set up a plan and time table for implementing GSU objectives. The graduate students would be chosen by GSU and the Graduate and Professional Student Federation, while Chancellor Paul Hardin would choose the administrators. According to Cindy Hahamovitch, GSU chairwoman, Provost Dennis O'Connor agreed after the rally to the formation of the committee suggested by Sipress. He will meet with GSU leaders during the second week of October either to form the committee or "get down to business," Haham ovitch said. O'Connor has expressed optimism that some progress can be made by the next academic year, especially in the area of health insurance, Hahamovitch said. The provost already arranged this fall for $200 raises for graduate assis tants in the history department as a result of meetings with GSU represen tatives. The main source of added funds for graduate assistants will have to be the state, Hahamovitch said. "We'll just have to work out with them what we think is fair." The legislature will "have to recog nize (the assistants) as a group that has 1989. If the University decides that install ing cable is feasible, installation would begin during the summer of 1 990, when residence halls are empty, said Liz Jackson, Residence Hall Association president. When the University decided to have data cables installed for computer in formation systems, installing video cables simultaneously became a possi bility, Vogel said. If routing cable to each residence hall room is too expensive, cable may See CABLE, page 2 DTHCatherine Pinckert No one can needs," O'Connor said. ' O'Connor, who has listed raising assistant stipends as one of his top priorities, stressed the important role graduate students serve at UNC. "I support GSU because graduate students are a critical, indeed essential, part of the twin missions of instruction and research at this university." For UNC to continue to attract the best and brightest graduate students, the school must create an attractive environment, including the financial package offered to students, O'Conner said. "$6,000 a year for a TA is insuffi ciently attractive," O'Connor said. Hahamovitch opened the rally by describing the difficulties graduate assistants face. "As research and teaching assistants, we labor under conditions that prevent us from doing our best," Hahamovitch said. Many graduate students must take second and even third jobs to supple ment their stipends. GSU is concerned about how the quality of education at UNC will be affected, she said. "We must juggle our studies, stu dents, research and part-time jobs. Every hour we spend at a second job is an hour lost to our students and our preparations," Hahamovitch said. Harry Gooder, chairman of the Fac ulty Council, pledged faculty support See GSU, page 2 PettnttDODi By WILL SPEARS Assistant University Editor Two students have scrapped plans to circulate a petition for a recall election of Student Congress mem ber Mark Bibbs (Dist. 12) because they did not thoroughly research their claim that he voted on the budgets of two groups they thought he belonged to. The two students, freshman Scott Wilkens of St. Louis and junior Jimmy Burns of Asheville, claimed in their petition that Bibbs committed "ethi cal violations at the (Sept. 13) con gress meeting," by voting on the budgets of the Black Student Move ment (BSM) and the N.C. Student Legislature (NCSL) and that his constituents were dissatisfied with his representation. But The Daily Tar Heel confirmed UNC By SIMONE PAM Staff Writer University faculty and students are working together to increase Native American student enrollment at UNC and attract Native American faculty to the University, according to Carolina Indian Circle officials. Last semester Native American en rollment for undergraduates and gradu ates was 137, Indian Circle President Cedric Woods said. "There is a real lack of Native American students here." Woods said the administration had been very supportive of the Indian Circle's efforts to increase its Native goal Tree protection plan debated By CHARLES BRITTAIN City Editor Developers and builders squared off against environmentalists before the Chapel Hill Town Council and a stand ing room only crowd Monday at a public hearing over a proposed tree protection ordinance. Chapel Hill residents ar d represen tatives from the Chapel Hill-Durham Homebuilders Association and from the Sierra Club presented their opin ions on a draft ordinance created by the town's Tree Protection Task Force to preserve trees and other vegetation. The ordinance regulates tree man agement and development through tree work permits and encouraging tree growth education. It also grants special protection to rare trees and requires inspections of construction sites to enforce the ordinance. Bill Kalchof, president of the Chapel Hill-Durham Homebuilders Associa tion, said the manditory guidelines of the task force proposal were unneces sary because land developers and home builders did a good job protecting trees on work sites. The manditory ordinance should be abandoned for a voluntary program that would allow developers to decide whether to participate in tree protec tell me that V m Students applaud during a Graduate Students United against Monday evening that, although Bibbs was a member of both groups last year, he is no longer a member of either. BSM Membership Chairwoman Ediedra Coble said that Bibbs was not a member of the BSM this year and that he has not paid his dues. And Gale - Moore, chairwoman of the NCSL, said Bibbs has not paid dues for the group and has not indicated that he wants to be a member this year. The petitioners were also mistaken in their claim that it was a violation of congress' ethics code for a member to vote on a group of which he is a mem ber. Ethics Committee Chairman Jur gen Buchenau (Dist. 3) said it was not a violation of the code. "We right now do not have a statute that I, as Ethics chair, could refer to. The problem is one of principle." Burns said he was sorry he had be More American student enrollment. "We've had several meetings with them to dis cuss the brochure. And the brochure will help, but a sign the administration is behind us is when a faculty member is hired. "We'd like to see faculty teach courses in religion, contemporary his tory and Native American culture," Woods continued. "As far as faculty goes, nothing has been done. Things are looking positive, though. I am hoping something will be done this semester." Woods said he would also like to see a Native American studies program tion, Kalchof said. Most developers and builders would participate in a voluntary program because "it's good business to protect trees," he said. The ordinance cost to developers and builders would also threaten the availability of affordable housing in Chapel Hill, Kalchof said. Training a supervisor to inspect the developer's plans and the work site to ensure tree protection would result in additional building costs that would be passed on to the home buyer, he said. Kalchof said the cost to the devel oper could increase from $10,000 to $20,000, depending on the value placed on a tree damaged during development. The need for additional town staff to enforce the ordinance would also mean an increased cost to the town, he said. Peter Thorn, a former president of the Chapel Hill-Durham Homebuilders Association, said he wanted to present "the views of builders trying to build affordable housing in Chapel Hill." The cost of the tree protection ordi nance to developers and builders would place an affordable home out of reach for many people, Thorn said. "New homeowners can barely afford a house in Chapel Hill now." The new ordinace would increase doing wrong. ill l J y Boobs dropped gun the petition. "If it is not an ethical breach, I have deep regrets. This sounds like a really tragic mistake. It's a dead issue;! have no grounds to stand on." Before Burns and Wilkens aban doned their petition drive Monday evening, they had gathered more than 200 signatures, Burns said. Even before the petitioners decided to withdraw their petition, Bibbs said in an official statement that he was not a member of the groups. "At this time I am not a member of either organiza tion," he said. "The insinuation that I am a member of the BSM simply be cause I am black is one of the most racist and narrow-minded statements that I have heard." Burns was surprised Bibbs consid ered the allegations racist. "I am terri fied to respond to that," he said. "If I had known he wasn't a member of the Native Americans established at UNC. Donald Boulton, vice chancellor and dean of student affairs, said that he had met with the Indian Circle members, and that the University was trying to address a number of the group's con cerns. "We, ourselves, are not in any posi tion to hire or fire any faculty. That is done through the departments. But we do share the copcerns they have and feel we need to recruit a diverse fac ulty." The Carolina Indian Circle, a sup port group for Native American stu the cost of the average home by 1 percent, he said. The town should consider a "con structive penalty" to replace the ordinance's penalty of 1.5 times the estimated value of any tree that dies on a development site, Thorn said. A constructive penalty would allow developers a chance to correct any mistakes made during construction by replacing damaged trees, he said. Claire Cooperstein, a member of the task force and a Sierra Club representa tive, said the cost to home owners, if the ordinance is not passed, could be greater than the cost to developers and build ers. Trees damaged during construction could take two years to die, and then the cost of removal arid replacement falls on the home owner, Cooperstein said. "It is the homeowner whose prop erty is devalued by every large tree that dies." Recommendations from the Chapel Hill Planning Board, the Appearance Commission and other town groups said a provision in the ordinace that would exempt University property from the ordinace should be removed. , Town Manager David Taylor rec ommended the draft ordinance be re ferred to the town staff for further study. James Taylor DTHCatherine Pinckert rally Monday in the Pit BSM I wouldn't have gone out and done that. There was no racism in volved." Wilkens' and Burns' allegations are "totally unfounded and untrue," Bibbs said before the petition was withdrawn. Bibbs said he believed Wilkens and Burns conspired with other members of congress to remove him. "It has come to my attention that several members of the congress are involved in this plan, mainly for per sonal gain and for future campus political aspirations," Bibbs said. "It has come to my attention that my district mate Mindy Friedman is in volved. It is my belief that certain people see me as a threat to their future campus political aspirations See PETITION, PAGE 5 dents at UNC, attempts to lessen the transition from tribal communities to the University while creating a sense of identity for UNC Native Americans, Woods said. This year the University published a brochure, designed by Indian Circle, targeted at Native American high school seniors, he said. The brochure includes pictures and information about the University. It will be distributed later this semester at certain high schools in North Carolina that have a majority of Native Ameri can students. 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