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Sat Partly cloudy High in upper 70s Wednesday: Cloudy High near 60 ModernExtension Spring Concert 8 p.m., Memorial Hall z A Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume S3, Issue 31 Tuesday, April 17, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts BusinessAdvertising 962-0245 962-1163 iT M d ir U V Silver screen starlet Greta Garbo dies at 84 NEW YORK Greta Garbo will be buried as she lived: privately and in all likelihood without fanfare. Officials at New York Hospital said Monday that funeral services would be private. Spokeswoman Myrna Manners said the film great had been a dialysis patient at the hospital but she released no other information at the family's request. '"Private means private and every one should respect her wishes," said longtime friend and neighbor Ben Buttenweiser. "It makes sense that she would have wanted it that way, other wise you'd need the whole, entire United States Army on hand to keep everybody out." The Swedish beauty, whose sculpted face and throaty, con tralto voice helped make her an interna tional star and one of the world's most famous recluses, died Sunday at New York Hospital. She was 84. Indian commuter train fire kills 80, wounds 65 ; NEW DELHI, India A leaking gas. cylinder exploded in a moving commuter train on Monday and set off a fire that left at least 80 people dead and 65 others wounded, news reports and officials said. Reporters at the scene said the ex plosion and fire killed at least 100 people. Fire swept through two of the train's 1 6 cars as it traveled near Kumrahar in Bihar state, 500 miles southeast of New Delhi. The fire began at 9:30 a.m. Firefighters eventually extinguished the blaze, but "the heat was so intense no one dared to enter the train for at least a half-hour after the fire," said S.K. Sharma, the top civil administra tor in the region. Sharma said a cylinder of oxyacety lene gas, used in welding, was found in one of the gutted cars. American space mission with Soviets too risky WASHINGTON Joint missions to Mars by the United States and the Soviet Union are too risky now, a panel said Monday, recommending instead that the two nations follow "a graceful path" of coordinated but independent exploration. "The United States and U.S.S.R. have no prior experience with the degree of cooperation necessary to carry out a technical project of this complexity or magnitude," said a committee of the National Research Council. . , The committee said it was concerned "about relying on the consistency of the relationship oveF a period of a decade or more into the future." The panel's report appeared to chill the idea fre quently expressed by many experts that Mars would be explored jointly by the Soviets and Americans, doing together what would be too expensive for either nation to do alone. The United States and the Soviet Union have cooperated in space in the past, most notably in 1975 when three Apollo astronauts joined their space craft with a Soviet Soyuz and exchanged bear hugs in orbit with two cosmo nauts. - From Associated Press reports I Off their rockers Delta Phi Epsilon sorority rocks the day away for cystic fibrosis ;..3 To the outer limits ModernExtension dancers to perform tpnight in Memorial Hall 4 Pay to play Series spotlights (monetary) contri butions to ACC athletics 5 Campus and city 3 State 4 Features A Sports .. 5 Classifieds 6 Comics .... 7 In mm " . J X ft.. 't-V .1 I r . ,..1 ..s.- . -. : 'K-y..: irmn-fifrilMii -i iff L 1 I Singing for seniors Clapping their hands and stamping their feet, the UNC Clef Hangers perform "For the Longest Time" by Billy ;Lower ppdget cMlleiiiges TUNC to maimtaii!! services By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON Assistant University Editor UNC administrators are trying to implement budget cuts in a way that both meets state requirements and maintains the University's services and level of quality, several officials said Monday. Once the office of state budgets al lots money to UNC-system schools, pol icy decisions about budget cuts origi nate within individual universities, said Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for business and finance. "The legislature doesn't act on UNC CH, UNC-W, N.C. State," he said. 'There's one budget. Essentially it's divided among the schools by the of fice of state budget in conjunction with the general administration of the (UNC) system." The budget is not only divided among schools; but is further distributed into smaller categories, Tuchi said. "The beginning of the matrix would be aca demic affairs, health affairs and area health education sectors. In addition, (the budget) is line-item described. There are many categories of operating expenses." The schools do not receive money in Graduates' salaries slashed By JENNIFER PILLA Staff Writer Graduate students in economics are the newest victims of the recent wave of state budget cuts because their de partment can no longer offer salaries to graduate students who assist profes sors with research projects in the sum mer. "We have been fortunate enough to receive funds from the dean's office in the last couple of years permitting us to pay research assistants during the summer," said Stanley Black, chair man of the department. "What has happened is that those funds have been frozen by the State Budget Office." Graduate students received between $1,500 and $3,000 last year for assist ing in economics research projects during the summer. Black said research assistant positions have been widely sought in the past. "We usually have excess demand for these positions." Fewer students will be able to take positions as research assistants this year, Black said. "This situation is unfortu nate because some of them will have to take other jobs or go home and not have as much ability to study," he said. "Faculty members will also probably make less progress in their research than they originally planned to." David Blau, the department's direc tor of graduate studies, also said he See CUTS, page 4 wildness is the v. .... . :.w.v . y- 1 J.'W.'.'Wsfli " -. . .. . I .a i1hiiAnWiW(imiri one lump sum, but receive quarterly payments, Tuchi said. "If the quarterly allotment is less than expected, you have to turn around and pass the cuts along." Two statewide budget limitations that UNC now faces are a freeze on hiring and a freeze xn expenditures for non essential items, Provost Dennis O'Connor said. But deciding which categories to cut can be a problem, Tuchi said. "A com mittee makes the decision. The chan cellor functions as the chief executive officer of the committee." The Univer sity may, however, make suggestions to the office of state budgets concern ing areas of its budgets which need to be increased, he said. University administrators expressed little hope that next year 's budget would improve. "I don't think next year there is going to be some sort of windfall," O'Connor said. "I'm not overly optimistic." Gillian Cell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said judging by the news, the state government was ex pecting another revenue shortage next year. "We'll also carry over some (Tropical) paradise r Wm. -''...;. ;. - - If v 1 , 1 Thfirwirt-iw ir ir imiiiimrn-r nirnrtiTfit Twnmm'-n ' ""-r-J","nmrirrr-i mmmn irvnTin -iiniiiiMMnmiaiiiMrntia "f'v' Freshman Kathleen Lowreyand graduate student Anne Winn paint a tropical rainforest for SEAC outside the Union Auditorium Monday. preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau x..--v UJv. jjai, . l.-ifei,... ... 1 DTHTodd Diggs Joel in the Pit Monday afternoon to kick off Senior Week festivities. unpaid bills from this year." Tuchi said departments have some means of combating the budget cuts. Some departments, especially those with research facilities, have budgeted allowances for overhead costs, he said. "That raises the question of using overhead funds for basic institutional purposes," he said. "Some departments have fees. Normally departments that don't have research facilities have very few options." Cell said the College of Arts and Sciences has a small amount of non state money to use for absolute neces sities, such as paper. 'The faculty are paying for an awful lot of things," she said. Larry Alford, assistant University librarian for planning and finance, said the libraries have had to cut back on some expenses as a result of the budget cuts. "I don't think we've cut out any services," he said. "We've limited the number of long-distance phone calls the staff can make. We've cut down on photocopying. We haven't hired any additional students on state funds. We're in the process of trying to find other means. I'm not optimistic that there will be any budget increases next year." found DTHTodd Diggs Committee favors YMik i for VP iDost By MYRON B. PITTS Assistant University Editor The appointment of Grant Vinik as student body vice president was ap proved by the Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee Monday despite criticism from some student government members concerning the reasons for his appointment. The committee sent favorable con firmation of Vinik to the full congress with five affirmative votes, one oppos ing vote and two abstentions, including the chairman, who votes only in case of a tie. The full congress meets Wednes day. Its approval would be the final step in confirming Student Body President (SBP) Bill Hildebolt's decision to appoint Vinik as his second in com mand. Hildebolt announced Sunday that he would recommend Vinik to the Rules and Judiciary Committee. But former Student Congress representative Jef frey Beall, a member of the search committee that submitted the names of three nominees to Hildebolt, questioned the president's reasons for choosing Vinik. The committee's three nomi nees, in order of preference, were sopho mores Mark Bibbs and Meridith Rentz and junior Vinik. Beall accused Hildebolt of discrimi nating against sophomores by nomi nating the committee's third choice, the only candidate who is not a sopho more. He also said Hildebolt had gone against his promise to diversify student government by passing over a black and a woman. Rules and Judiciary Committee member Tonya Alford (Dist. 12) said she voted in opposition to Vinik be cause after talking with several stu dents, she was not sure whether Hildebolt's decision was in the best interests of gaining minority support. "(But) I think Grant will be an excellent candidate," she said. "He will get my support through the year." Hildebolt said at the Rules and Judi ciary Committee meeting that he chose Vinik because he was a well-qualified rising senior. "My decision to choose Grant had a lot of factors involved. Grant is a rising senior that would have had an im pact no matter what names came to me in what order," he said. Because sophomores could use the position of vice president as a stepping stone in a student body president cam paign, they would not be the best choice for the position, Hildebolt said. The office is only two years old and a prece- Difffenidal focuse KHA on By DI0NNE L0Y Staff Writer In an interview for an Orientation Commissioner position in fall 1988, Gretchan Diffendal, Residence Hall Association (RHA) president, said her goal was not to be a lawyer, but a judge, and a Supreme Court judge at that, said Shirley Hunter, director of orientation. This directness exemplifies the way Diffendal approaches relationships, her role as RHA president, participation in other extracurricular activities and academics, Hunter said. "She's very focused on what she wants in this life and on the way to pursue these goals." Anna WitterrMerithew, Diffendal 's mother, said dedication and hard work are the main components of her daughter's personality. "She's not afraid of working hard," she said. "She tries to share with society the fruits of her tal ents. She's willing to give back to the world through volunteering and hard work." Diffendal displays hard work and talent in all of her activities, her mother said. A junior, Diffendal has partici pated at almost every level of residence hall government. She served as Spencer Residence Hall president and STOW area governor before taking the office of RHA president. Diffendal also worked as an Orien tation Commissioner last summer and is now serving as junior-transfer orien tation program coordinator. She served as co-chairwoman for the Student Elderly Exchange, a committee of the 1L dent of appointing junior vice presi dents should be set during its early; years, he said. Hildebolt noted that in former SBP Brien Lewis' administra tion, only junior students had applied; for the position. "I think that was a step in the right, direction," he said. Hildebolt's decision hinged on an interpretation of the bill that created the position of vice president, he said. While; creating the post last year, student government officials generally agreed that juniors would be preferable to fill the office. "Right now, we're still set ting precedent," he said. Bibbs said a preference for juniors to serve as vice president was written into neither the Code of Student Govern ment nor any other document. The fact that he was the search committee's number one choice, but was passed over by the SBP disappointed him, he said. ; "I think sophomore discrimination is wrong," Bibbs said. "The search committee didn't think classification was a problem. To be number one and not get picked because you're a sopho more really hurts." The intent of the campus leaders who designed the vice president's bill could not be known, Bibbs said. "The framers did not explicitly state that a sophomore could not be vice president. This is not something open for interpre tation." Rentz declined comment on the matter. Both Lewis, a search committee member, and former vice president Joe Andronaco said a vice president who was not a sophomore would be prefer able, as long as he or she were quali fied. More debate on the issue surrounded Beall's decision to release the names of the search committee's top three choices, contrary to a prior agreement between Hildebolt and the committee. Gene Davis, author of the original vice-presidential bill, said Sunday the business of the search committee is public information. "The entire student body is entitled to know the results of the search committee." Asa Bell, Student Supreme Court chief justice and chairman of the search committee, said those on the commit tee had agreed to keep the information private to protect the candidates and to prevent interest groups from trying to influence Hildebolt. "We wanted to keep that kind of pressure off of him." QMS Gret Diffendal Campus Leaders' Campus Y, and worked for Habitat for Humanity. She has also participated in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship.- -Betsy Blackwell, a junior from Sal isbury who became friends with Dif fendal during her freshman year, said Diffendal had a strong commitment .to being responsible in whatever job she See DIFFENDAL, page 7 Me g : : ' ' '"1 ft-'' .'-:.. n so. j 1" V" H mm iii 4
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