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40 chance of rain High in mid-80s Weekend: Showers . High in mid-80s Volume 98, Issue 61 o e a 7 Iraq may use terrorist attacks on U.S. targets NICOSIA, Cyprus Iraq warned the United States today of possible ter rorist attacks against American targets in retaliation for what it called "crimes" and "insults" against the Arab and Is lamic nations. The warning came in a memorandum handed to the U.S. charge d'affaires in Baghdad, the official Iraqi News Agency reported. The agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the Iraqi memorandum was in re sponse to a message given to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad on Wednesday. The report said the message was from the U.S. government and was delivered by the U.S. charge d'affaires. The U.S. message "claimed that certain terrorist groups which have bases in Iraq and are supported by Iraq are preparing for attacks against targets of the United States and its friends," INA said. According to the news agency, the U.S. message warned: "In the event of an attack of that sort, President Saddam Hussein should know that the United States will hold him personally re sponsible." Soviet adviser calls for market economy MOSCOW A top adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev called Thursday for the creation of an emergency council with power to scrap decades of Com munist central planning and to switch to a market economy. Nikolai Petrakov, the president's assistant for economic affairs, said the council would coordinate a 500-day radical reform program throughout the country. However, the economic package called the Shatalin Plan for its principal author, economist Stanislav Shatal in would in theory transfer most economic control from the central government to the 15 republics. Gorbachev has not spoken publicly on Petrakov's proposal for an emergency council. But on Tuesday, he endorsed the 500-day plan, which was adopted the same day by the pari iament of Russia, the largest of the Soviet's republics. The main alternative plan, proposed Tuesday by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, calls for continued central control of the economy and m uch slower moves toward a market system. Troops clear 1,000 from Doe's mansion MONROVIA, Liberia West Afri can troops on Thursday evacuated 1 ,000 people holed up in the mansion of slain President Samuel Doe, but two members of the five-nation task force said they were reconsidering their role in the multinational body. Tribal reprisal killings continued Thursday, with witnesses reporting that rebels loyal to rival leaders Prince John son and Charles Taylor were hunting down and shooting members of Doe's Krahn tribe and Mandingos accused of supporting Doe. Nigeria and Ghana expressed un certainty about their leading role in the task force after reports surfaced that some members stood by while rebels wounded Doe and slaughtered dozens of his aides at the army's headquarters. From Associated Press reports JlCJJLL Spending the night out Morrison, Alpha Phi Alpha to spon sor sleep-out for IFC shelter 3 Your autograph, please? Renowned writer and UIMC alumnus to hold autobiography signing 4 Hookin' Heels Field hockey team ravages Radford Highlanders 10-0 5 Local 3 Arts and Features.......... 4 Sports Friday 5 Classifieds 6 Comics 7 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. mm Em Friday, September 14, 1990 Memos mm ante may force layolBfs By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON Assistant University Editor University divisions that receive state-appropriated funds were told in a memo from administrators Thursday to prepare for further budget reductions which may include layoffs. University officials said they have been warned that the next allotment may be cut 3 percent to 3.5 percent. The allotment will be given the first week in October. Deans, directors and department heads received the memo that stated vice chancellors would work with their units to develop possible reduction ar eas. The memo listed guidelines for the possible cuts. The guidelines mentioned layoffs as a possible means of trimming the units' budgets. A second set of guidelines, distributed by the associate vice chan Libraries By BRIAN LYNNE Staff Writer The University's libraries are having to cut back drastically in response to rising prices and decreasing funds, ac cording to a recently released study. The report, compiled by the library collection and development office, said the financial crunch is eliminating funds for new materials. James Govan, University librarian, said the libraries are hanging on to shreds. "The thing that I find really shatter ing is the drop in book acquisitions," he said. "But all materials are being cut drastically. This is not cutting out the fat we're going from the major leagues to the minor leagues." John Shipman, a UNC library bibli ographer who compiled the report's information, said, "Since money has already been spent for the periodicals ordered, book acquisition is harmed more in the short term, which is done on a day-to-day basis." Govan said more of the budget would be transferred from books to periodicals, which could harm certain studies. "Generally speaking, the sciences Knee-motional ...... U -am ' - w-C-. - ' . , Beth Alford, a freshman biological studies major from Goldsboro, sweats it out in her aerobics class in Woollen Gym Thursday afternoon. Yobba Dabba Doo. WmM Serving the students and the deeper cellor for human resources, specified stipulations for layoffs of employees covered by the State Personnel Act (SPA). The appropriate vice chancellor and the employee relations department must be consulted before SPA layoff notices can be given to any employee. SPA employees include almost the entire staff on campus, such as admin istrative assistants, technicians, em ployees in the buildings and grounds department and housekeepers, said Provost Dennis O'Connor. Some employees, such as faculty members and senior administrators, are exempt from the State Personnel Act, so it is unlikely that they would be affected by layoffs. The memo also stated that adminis- See MEMO, page 3 m si bimd depend more upon journals than do the humanities, which rely more upon books," he said. "So, because of the shift in money going to periodicals, it is humanities which are being hurt more than the sciences right now. However, all areas are suffering." "The effect is not hitting just one area, it is quite pervasive," Shipman agreed. Library officials said more periodi cals would have to be cut at the begin ning of the next fiscal year. "The only thing we can do is to make sure that the serials we are receiving are the most important and useful ones, and eliminate the less important ones," said Shipman. According to the report's findings: Purchases of books fell 8 percent in the 1989-90 fiscal year, and were down 56 percent from the 1984-85 fiscal year. During the 1989-90 fiscal year, more than 1,000 serial titles were can celed. Over the last four years, serial prices have risen more than 40 percent and standing order prices and book prices have risen almost 30 percent. State funding has risen only 4.9 percent for DTHJonathan Grubbs The King is gone, and so are you. George Strait Star University community since 1893 Chapel Kill, ,ja.j BV-'' &X&jS.. fl m.ml 2 Five Crew Malcolm Aaron and Rick Greenlee, members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, exchange high-fives in front of as cuts abridge Bwchasim allocated materials. From the 1 984-85 fiscal year to the 1990-91 fiscal year, there has been a shift in allocation of money for serials from 29 percent to 44.5 percent of the library's total budget. During the same time period, allocations for books dropped from 42 percent to 24 percent. Library officials said that both alumni and non-alumni contributors have be come aware of the increased need and have responded. Michele Fletcher, director of devel opment for Academic Affairs, said, "From the fiscal year 1987-88 to the fiscal year ending in 1 990, donations to the library have tripled to $600,000. In the past year or so we have had a lot of exposure. "Not just the alumni have increased their support; both faculty and students, too, have been giving more," she said. Govan said the large amount of con tributions cannot make up. for what the University is losing from the state. "So much money is required to keep a library first-rate that you can't depend on private money," he said. "You can't do it without the state." Loft maker criticizes housiii department stance By MARCIE BAILEY Staff Writer University housing officials singled out Sturdy Boy Loft Co. when they decided not to allow students who or dered the metal lofts to assemble them, said Dave Clanton, Sturdy Boy Loft Co. president, Thursday. . Housing officials told him they would consider metal lofts when he called to ask about restrictions last year, he said. Clanton then placed an advertise ment in a summer edition of The Daily Tar Heel that claimed the loft was per mitted by the University. "They said that if it was better than wood, they would certainly entertain that," he said. "I was assured by housing that metal lofts would be given special Registrar's Office calls on students for final test of registration system By APRIL DRAUGHN Staff Writer The final testing on Monday of Caroline, the University's new tele phonic registration system, will deter mine whether Southern Bell can handle the thousands of students who will register for spring classes, University Registrar David Lanier said. A telephone stress test was done this summer, and the telephone company was able to handle 300 calls in the first half hour, he said. Three other tests were conducted over the summer to prepare the telephonic system for spring registration. Caroline will allow students to reg ister for classes by calling a special University number and punching in 4 North Carolina '"w' V " joii 1ft,. ? 1 Academic Affairs Library Materials Purchased, 1984-90 6.1 22.8 80 H 81,489 76.533I to I 60- o 40 H ra 20 H 198485 198586 198687 198788 198889 198990 Data supplied by Acquisitions Department DTH Graphic consideration. I would think they would be happy to see a metal loft because it can hold more than a ton of dead weight." Wayne Kuncl, University housing director, said he did not think Clanton's statements were true because he talked to him on the phone last semester and then mailed Clanton the policy specifi cations, which say nothing about metal lofts. University housing officials also are discouraging students from accepting the lofts when they are mailed to them. None of the lofts are being accepted at residence hall desks because of lack of space and legal constrictions. The housing department is waiting for the delivery of one of the company's lofts to inspect. Clanton and Kuncl said certain code numbers. Associate Registrar Donna Redmon said students will receive registration notices in October that list the call-in appointment dates. She said instructions on the telephone registration process will be provided in the Directory of Classes. Monday's testing will be conducted 3-5 p.m. Registrar officials said in order for the test to be worthwhile, they need as many students as possible to partici pate. Instructions on how to participate will be in Monday's Daily Tar Heel. Although the idea for a telephonic system began in 1985, the lack of state funds for the project prevented actual installation until 1988, Lanier said. Hardship parking appeals posted today 4 p.m., Suite C and Parking and Transportation Department NewsSportsArts BusinessAdvertising 962-0245 962-1163 DTHDeena Deese Phillips Hall Thursday afternoon as they discuss prepa rations for the fraternity's party. Reductions 37.5 52.0 55.9 50,943 39,099 35,910 as unfair the sample loft was mailed more than a week ago. Clanton said he could not understand why housing officials were restricting students from receiving the lofts, putting them up and then having them approved. "Why is he (Kuncl) putting out a directorate on who can receive lofts?" he asked. "I have a right to sell lofts and students have the right to receive them; it really is none of his business." . Kuncl said when the sample loft ar rives, he and his staff will determine whether it is safe enough for students to use and whether the existing loft policy could be modified to allow metal lofts. A metal loft could be sturdy; but See LOFTS, page 2 : The Registrar's Office borrowed $500,000 from the University Endow ment Fund to pay for the installation because the state refused to provide funds. The loan will take about 1 0 years to repay, Lanier said. ' - Students have to pay a $5 registration fee, which will cover maintenance and installation costs, Lanier said. Mainte nance of the system will cost $200,000 a year, he said. Lanier said he was excited about the new system. "We feel pretty confident that this is going to work. It's going to be a much better system than our old system." It may take students some time to; See CAROLINE, page 2
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