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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 99, Issue 17
Tuesday, March 19, 1991
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
NewsSportsArts 962-0245
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By Ashley Fogle
Staff Writer
The $400 meal plan benefit will be
reinstated for newly hired resident as
sistants, according to a letter University
Housing Department officials sent to
all RAs last week.
Al Calarco, associate housing direc
tor, stated in the letter that the
department's office hours would be cut
next year instead of the meal card ben
efits for new RAs.
"I believe we can tighten the use of
our desk hours without severely af
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By Jennifer Dunlap
Assistant University Editor
Two federal agencies recently began
investigations into possible discrimi
nation at the University and will continue
talking with employees this week.
The Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission in Raleigh sent an inves
tigator to the University on Thursday.
Zena Anderson, an EEOC investigator,
has met with some University employees
about alleged acts of discrimination and
will meet with other employees later
this week.
The U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Civil Rights (OCR) began its
investigation Monday. An investigator
from OCR will be on campus until
Thursday.
The investigations stemmed from
grievances filed against the University
by Officer Keith Edwards of the Uni
versity Police. The grievances allege
that police officials racially and sexually
discriminated against Edwards. She sent
letters to both federal agencies re
questing the investigations.
Joyce Marshall-Williams said it was
against policy to comment on a specific
TUNC Hospitals rated sliglitly
above avera
By JoAnn Rodak
StaffWriter
UNC Hospitals rated slightly above
average in categories such as employee
communication and physical working
conditions, according to the results of
an employee survey.
John Stokes, director of institutional :
relations at UNC Hospitals, managed
the survey, which was conducted by
the Gallup Organization.
The hospitals conducted the survey
to establish a baseline of the hospitals '
status by which to measure change
and improvement with subsequent
surveys, Stokes said.
"We needed to know the prevailing
attitudes and expectations," he said.
"It's good to keep a finger on the work
force to make a better environment for
patients and visitors."
The survey, in which about 2,700
hospital employees participated, will
also guide administrators in imple
menting a new employee training
program during the next three years,
he said.
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Associated Press report
MOSCOW Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev and his maverick
rival Boris Yeltsin on Monday both
emerged from the first referendum in
Soviet history able to claim victory.
In the non-binding election held
Sunday in 11 time zones across the
Soviet Union, Gorbachev won over
whelming support for preserving a re
newed federation with the majority of
the population.
But partial returns showed Yeltsin
winning on a question that has been
opposed by Gorbachev: creating a strong
presidency for the Russian federation,
fecting our availability and service," he
stated in the letter.
"In the past, these extra hours have
been used for operating (residence hall)
desks over breaks, extra staffing during
the contract acceptance and assignments
procedures, additional help to handle
opening and closing the halls, and
flexibility in case of emergencies."
Calarco and Housing Director Wayne
Kuncl were out of town Monday and
could not be reached for comment.
Mia Smith, a newly hired RA, said
she was pleased with the decision, but
she objected to the way housing offi
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investigation. Marshall-Williams is
charge receipt technical information unit
supervisor at the Raleigh EEOC office.
Rodger Murphey, OCR spokesman,
said his group was conducting a Title 6
investigation of the University. A Title
6 investigation looks for possible dis
crimination on the basis of race or na
tional origin. He said he could not
comment on the investigation while it is
in progress.
Susan Ehringhaus, senior University
counsel, said she had not met with EEOC
officials, but had met with the OCR
investigator.
Ehringhaus said she was helping
coordinate support services for the OCR
investigator, such as providing rooms
for interviews and helping to arrange
interviews with University administra
tors. But the investigator also is conduct
ing other interviews she has not ar
ranged, she said. "It's his investigation,"
Ehringhaus said. "We're just trying to
help. It's in everybody's interest that
the investigation is thorough and accu
rate." See INVESTIGATIONS, page 4
The poll, which cost UNC Hospitals
about $29,000, was more of an audit
than a survey because about 74 percent
of employees participated, Stokes said.
The hospitals surveyed its employees in
November 1990, taking three workdays
and covering all three shifts.
The results, released about a week
ago, showed that in the 10 major cat
egories listed by Gallup, "UNC Hospi
; tals scored higher than the middle of the
pack," Stokes said. "We know where
we are and can measure change."
Some results surprised hospital ad
ministrators, Stokes said. Employees
gave physical working conditions
equipment and materials a lower rating
despite $12 million spent on new
equipment last year, he said.
Communication between employees
and their supervisors received a favor
able rating. Stokes said many employ
ees read internal publications regularly.
"We realized a lot of communication
takes place qualitycommunication."
Employees were somewhat dissatis
fied with parking facilities and cafeteria
food, Stokes said.
Yeltsi
and filling it by direct election.
Yeltsin was elected chairman by
Russia's legislature in May.
Known as the Russian president, he
is in danger of losing that job in a no
confidence vote on March 28 proposed
by hard-line members of Russia's
Congress. Even if Yeltsin lost that vote,
he would be favored strongly in a popular
election.
Gorbachev's referendum won by
margins of 70 percent to 95 percent in
seven of the 15 republics: the Ukraine,
Byelorussia, and in the five republics of
Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Tadzhikistan, Turkmenia and Kirgizia.
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Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf.
cials had handled the issue.
"At the organizational meeting they
said some RA benefits may be changed,
so I wasn't really surprised when they
took (the meal card) away," she said. "I
would have wanted them to be
straightforward and honest. We're all
adults. They really did scoot around the
issue."
Smith said new RAs should have
been told about the elimination of the
meal card benefits before they accepted
their positions.
"If they had said, 'We're changing
some benefits. If you want to withdraw
Native commentary
Dr. Yvonne Jackson, a registered dietician and chief of the nutrition and dietetics section
of the Indian Health Service, gives a keynote address on federal Indian policies Monday
mployeei
"We realize that parking facilities
are deficient, and we're moving rap
idly to fix that," he said. "The survey
told us what we already know."
The survey consisted of about 160
questions, and employees rated the
questions on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5
being the highest rating. The ratings,
arranged by category, are;
O 3.64 on future orientation, which
relates to the stability, faith and strength
of the hospital organization. "This told
us we had ahigh degree of confidence,"
Stokes said,
3,62 on patient service,
3.57. on the hospitals' image.
Stokes said the hospitals' departments
could do a better job of working to
gether for the benefit of the patients.
O 3.54 on whether supervisors ful
fill promises and keep commitments.
3.48 on whether employees are
knowledgeable of job expectations and
are justly rewarded.
D 3.12 on whether they are paid
fairly. Employee satisfaction with
See HOSPITALS, page 4
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There were no final totals for Russia
and Azerbaijan on Monday.
Local counts were running strongly
in favor of the union in the Russian
countryside and many cities, but weak
in Yeltsin's strongholds, Moscow and
Sverdlovsk.
Six independence-minded republics
refused to hold the referendum and the
majority of their voters appeared to stay
away from polls held in Communist
Party and military bases. Less than a 50
percent turnout renders an election in
valid under Soviet law.
But officials claimed 500,000 voted
in Latvia and 652,000 in Lithuania
your application, you can,' they could
have saved a lot of time and embar
rassment," she said.
New RAs have said housing officials
sent them a letter alluding to the elimi
nation of the meal card benefit, but they
actually learned of the cut from news
paper reports.
Christi Hazel, a new RA, said she
was concerned about the way new RAs
were told about the cuts. "I understood
that there was a budget problem, but it
was the principle of letting us know."
RAs and members of the housing
staff met March 7 to discuss RA com
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UNC
By Marcie Bailey
Staff Writer
Efforts to raise $2.5 million to con
struct a new station for WUNC radio
have failed, and station officials plan to
discuss options to spend the $ 1 .2 million
raised to improve the present facilities.
The WUNC station, located in Swain
Hall, was planned to be moved to new
facilities because of Swain Hall's in
adequate space and equipment. WUNC
(91.5 FM) serves an audience of more
than 120,000 people in central North
Carolina.
About $52,000 was spent on building
plans for the new building. Thomas
Davis, general manager of WUNC, said
the money for the plans was well spent.
"Money for plans was an absolutely
responsible expenditure."
Craig Curtis, WUNC program di
rector, said making plans for construc
tion required great expense.
'To one extent you can say we lost
money, but we learned a number of
important lessons," Curtis said. "The
(new) building is not an impossibility.
We will take the plans, roll them up and
with a 97 percent 'yes' vote in Lithuania.
The turnouts were less than the required
50 percent, but still higher than expected
because both republics voted strongly
for independence several weeks ago.
Both republics reported widespread
ballot-stuffing on Sunday, because
voters' names were not checked against
registration rolls.
There is no tradition in the Soviet
Union of politicians publicly announc
ing victory or conceding defeat.
The results reported by election of
ficials and news media reflected con
fusion. Gorbachev first proposed the refer
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pensation and communication between
the two groups.
Pam Hartley, a new RA who attended
the meeting, said she thought the
meeting was a factor in housing officials
decision to reinstate the benefits.
"I think (the housing department)
realized how big the problem was," she
said. "I think they thought it was just a
few RAs in Carmichael or Scott Resi
dence College, but it's a decision that
affects every RA in the system.
"The money itself was not a hardship
I was really upset by the way it was
handled and the precedent it set."
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put them on a shelf until we have the
money (to build)," he said. "I don't
regard the money as entirely wasted."
Davis said the options of renovation,
redesign and relocation would be dis
cussed at a meeting March 27 at the
Carolina Inn.
The $1.2 million raised may be used
to buy new equipment and fund reno
vations, he said.
An advisory committee is consider
ing options that include moving off
campus, renovating the present studios
or issuing a construction bond to build
a studio and pay off the debt over 20
years, he said.
"All (options) have relative benefits
and relative drawbacks," Davis said.
"We need to decide which best meets
the station's long-term needs and is at
the same time affordable."
Curtis said the next step would be to
examine the options for long- and short
term plans carefully and to ask con
tributors' opinions.
"We may commence to purchase
broadcast equipment that can be used in
Swain and can be moved to other
places," he said. "There is a lot we can
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endum in December as a means of pres
suring leaders of the 1 5 Soviet republics
into signing a new Union Treaty to
preserve central control over politics
and the economy.
The main referendum question did
not mention the Union Treaty, however,
and was so vaguethat even Gorbachev's
allies were not sure how to translate an
electoral victory into policy.
In the meantime, Yeltsin and the
leaders of the next three largest Soviet
republics have worked together to wrest
power from the central government.
See SOVIET, page 4
Lewis Mumford
In the letter sent last week, Calarco
also proposed establishing a Student
and Staff Services Advisory Committee
to discuss RA and staff concerns.
Renee Neill, an RA in Carmichael
Residence Hall, said she wanted to know
more about the committee and its
function.
"I would have to have a more explicit
definition of what the committee is,"
she said. "A big problem is the intimi
dation a lot of people feel when taking
concerns to housing. Forming a com
mittee is one thing, but listening is another."
. DTHSarah King
opened the celebration of Native American
the Carolina Indian Circle.
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do to improve technical quality.
"Everyone is disappointed that there
will be no new building, but at least we
are happy, we'll be able to proceed and
make improvements in Swain Hall," he
said.
Davis declined to say what he thought
would be the best option for the station,
but Curtis said he thought the advisory
committee would decide to renovate
the station in Swain Hall.
"I suspect we will do some level of
renovation in Swain because it is wise
economically," Curtis said. "The other
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