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1 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 99, Issue 33 Thursday, April 11, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSports Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 0 maurclhi n ffiafc 4 0 I- Cj a3 1 Ifiti 'Ar : -S i' i -v.-.v:-vv.vv.v,.,-. .-y.:.-.-.-. UNC-system students gather Wednesday in . '4 i invu omcmiis a By Birch DeVault Staff Writer University administrators have asked UNC-system President CD, Spangler for flexibility in deciding where budget cuts should be made if the N.G General Assembly passes budget reduction proposals now be ing considered. House and Senate education ap propriation subcommittees are con sidering cutting the UNC system's budget by $59.2 million, including $15.5 million at UNC-CH. Spangler recently instructed all 16 UNC-system chancellors to report to him about the effects the budget cuts would have on their campuses. In their report to Spangler on Tues Lonsress sueaKer lvioore C JL turns down $1,200 stipend By Jennifer Mueller Staff Writer Student Congress Speaker Tim Moore said after a congress meeting Wednesday night that he had turned down the $1,200 stipend usually given to the speaker. He wants to use some of the money to fund special projects in congress, Moore said. At the meeting, the 73rd Student Congress selected officers. Junior Gaines Weaver, junior James Norment, freshman Gretchen Prochaska and freshman Denny Skipper were ap pointed as parliamentarian, organization treasurer, assistant clerk and clerk of Student Congress, respectively. None of the students are congress members. Prochaska said she held secretarial positions in high school. Student Con gress would be her first extra-curricular priority, she said. Norment is a junior transfer from Catawba College, where he was in charge of the media board. He is a member of N.C. Student Legislature and has had some experience with the Student Activity Fund Office, he said. "I belong to that rare breed of people who enjoy economics," he said. Triangle J Regional Calling By Nicole Peradotto Staff Writer If the N.C. Utilities Commission approves a plan filed by Southern Bell last week, Triangle residents would be charged half of what they now pay for area toll calls without an increase in their monthly service rates. The Triangle J Regional Calling Plan would also adopt seven-digit dialing in participating exchanges, eliminating the Today's politicians are living J nt o a r ' 7 ;V rs 4. V , W- i, in,, ft:-" - -m-.-..,.- , ,J DTHKathy Michel front of the legislative building to voice opposition to budget cuts affecting education Bail- IL day, University administrators said the proposed cuts in the UNC-systenfs budget would damage UNC-CH's ability to teach its students and remain competitive in research. Legislative proposals to reduce the amount of research grant money allo cated for overhead costs that universi ties are allowed to keep, to increase . student-faculty ratios and to cut staff positions would "strike at the heart" of the University's ability to teach and wouldpromote a general loss in research areas, according to a memorandum ac companying the report which Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for business and finance, sent on behalf of Chancellor Paul Hardin. 'These proposed reductions will se verely affect our effort to provide qual Weaver said he was chairman of sev eral organizations and was familiar with parliamentary procedure. The parliamentarian is traditionally a congress member. "It is better that I am not (a congress member)," Weaver said. "Very few legislative bodies have appointed officers as members of the body. This frees up members of the body and means that I am a more partial adviser." Prochaska, Norment and Weaver were unanimously appointed by voting members. Two members abstained. Skipper turned in his application for the position of clerk after the Student Affairs Committee met Monday night. He was presented to congress members by Moore Wednesday. Skipper is .now secretary-treasurer for Ehringhaus Government. He heard about the position from Carl Clark, Dist. 1 8, a personal friend, he said. He was appointed with only Clark abstaining. Some congress members raised questions about the selection process for officers. Moore said posters in the Student Union and Suite C announced the open positions. "A lot of it was word of mouth," he said. See CONGRESS, page 5 1-919 long-distance prefix, according to a Southern Bell news release. The exchanges include Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Creedmoor, Durham, Hillsborough, Knightdale, Raleigh, Wendell and Zebulon. Residents would receive regional directories of all locales in the area toll region instead of a local phone book. "We feel at Southern Bell that there is a great advantage to the program in that area residents will be able to use the 3 J V er for ity education, research and service to our students "and the people of North Carolina Tuchi said in the memo. Spangler said Wednesday that al though he supported giving adminis trators flexibility, the real problem con cerned state income. "Having more flexibility will not solve the problem the state is facing with the lack of income, though if a tax is the answer, it is an answer I have already proposed," he said. Last week Spangler proposed a 1 cent sales tax increase to help reduce the budget crunch. Tuchi said Wednesday that he wasn' t sure how the flexibility request would fare."That problem must essentially be resolved through alegislativeprocedure. During the formation of the report, we Cellular phoney i t. xj n m jl,,,!,, u IZZ""- - i 1 & '?sfc, I f . r? .5? LJ Senior Ray Carroll raises money Wednesday by serving time in "prison" for the Jail 'n Bail fund-raising campaign sponsored by Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and the March of Dimes. Plan would seven-digit dialing," Mark Collins, Southern Bell's manager of corporate and external affairs, said. If the utilities commission favors the plan, Southern Bell would need 12 months to prepare before residents could use the discount calling, Collins said. Southern Bell would propose a "thrifty caller" option that could cut the basic monthly service charge to $5.50, Collins said. The state utilities commission ap proof we need By Stephanie Johnston University Editor RALEIGH "We vote too! We vote too ! " students standing in the lobby of the state legislative building and spilling out its doors chanted Wednes day. "Educate, save our state!," they said as security officers formed a line to keep them away from the red carpeted stairs leading up to the second floor. "We want Martin," they yelled earlier while standing outside the building. But neither Gov. Jim Martin nor any state legislators came out to meet the approximately 1 , 1 00 students attending the march and rally in protest of budget cuts to the UNC-system. The General Assembly is planning to cut at least $59.2 million from the system's budget for 1 99 1 -1 992, including $ 1 5.5 million at UNC-CH. The students met at the Governor's Mansion shdrtly before noon. There they chanted, "What do we want? Money. When do we want it? Now." and "Education, save our nation." Many held signs with messages to the gover nor, legislators and people passing by the group. Some signs reflected many students' belief that legislators should transfer money from the $8.8 billion Highway Trust Fund to education. Some signs read: "Less Roads, More Rhodes Schol ars." "Is 1-40 worth more than UNC?" "Will the oldest University survive the 21st century?" The students marched from the flexiljflity discovered that procedure through the state legislature was the only way to gain that flexibility." Proposed cuts also would limit UNC-CH's ability to manage complex programs and make it uncompetitive in the Research Triangle Park job market, the report stated. The $ 1 5.5 million reduction in state appropriations would have a devas tating impact on UNC, Tuchi said. The loss of 145 to 155 faculty and staff positions would be felt at UNC, one of two research universities in the system, in 1991-92. Though most of the positions are now vacant because of the state hiring freeze, 20 to 33 are among the teaching ranks. UNC officials are not sure if the cuts will result in layoffs, Tuchi said DTHDebbie Stengel discount area proved Wednesday the Triad Regional Calling Plan, a similar discount for ex changes in Forsyth and Guilford coun ties, said Daniel Long, assistant attorney for the commission. "The biggest cities affected by this plan are Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro," he said. Pamela Davison, director of eco nomic development programs at the Triangle J Council of Governments, said she supported the reduced rates. better education. Sign at budget cut march "Alumni should start putting money into classes instead of athletics." Anita Reeves UNC-CH freshman mansion to the legislative building. Student government leaders, graduate students and representatives of the U.S. Student Association, a group that lob bies the federal government for educa tion, spoke to the crowd. They encour aged students to let their legislators hear from them. "We are in a crisis," Beth Hammond, former UNC-Charlotte student body president, told the crowd. "Not only is this state in a fiscal crisis, but we the students are because it's being taken out on us." Although event organizers hoped students from all system schools would attend, most students were from UNC CH. Anita Reeves, a UNC-CH freshman from S wansboro, said she felt especially sorry for next year's freshman because the decrease in class sections probably would mean it would take them five years to graduate. "Alumni should start putting money into classes instead of athletics," she said. Adrian Vassallo, a UNC-CH junior from Carrboro, said the march took priority over classes. "If you don't say jenoiF ommim iriaM receives W health rating for 10 days By Ashley Fogle Staff Writer Numerous violations of health regu lations temporarily lowered the sanita tion rating for Lenoir Dining Hall this month, health department officials said. Mike Scheffres, operations instruc tor for Carolina Dining Services, said Lenoir was given a B sanitation rating on March 22. A second inspection re stored the A grade on April 1 . Chris Derby, Carolina Dining Ser vices director, said the inspection was routine, and Lenoir had always received an A rating. A state health inspector accompanied the county inspector March 22 and dropped the rating. "There was a different person look ing," he said. "The state inspector came along and felt that Lenoir should have a grade-B rating. We were given a list of corrective actions. We worked over the weekend and called them Monday and asked them to come back. The 'A' was put back a week later. "Several concerns were facilities concerns due to the age of equipment, ceiling, floor and wall tiles needing repair." Derby said he discussed the problems with the University's Auxil iary Services office, which is responsible for maintaining the building. Tony Lawf, Orange County's envi ronmental health director, said institu tions are given a rating based on their performance in 17 different categories. Lenoir lost points in 8 of the 17 cat egories. Points were lost in the follow ing areas, Lawf said: B Protection of food. Food was stored at improper temperatures, and some sort of vermin was spotted. Scheffres said food temperatures were taken in the hot and cold food lines. "The hot items were fine, but there were two items on the salad bar that were not 45 degrees," Scheffres said. "I think (the inspector) saw a dead cock roach and he told us to make sure the exterminators came out." long distance Triangle J consists of representatives from various local governments. "At the existing level of calling, the toll savings for one year would be at about $8 million," she said. The proposal does not meet all of Triangle J's expectations, she said. "We would prefer a flat rate regional wide calling plan, but in the meanwhile, we're pleased with the discount," she See CALLS, page 7 something now, you may not have those classes next year," he said. Some of the participants were se niors who were worried about the UNC system and the value of the diplomas they would soon receive. Kristin Parks, a UNC-CH senior from Whispering Pines, said: "I'm worried about how far down the drain our schools are going. I think that starting now and in the next few years the caliber of graduate students are going to decrease." Chris Crute, a UNC-CH senior from Dunn, said he was in Raleigh to show support. "In the future if the school is downgraded, it will affect me in the job market," he said. Teaching assistants, many of whom could lose their jobs because of the cuts next year, also marched in Raleigh. Jon Gordon, a political science TA, said he marched "because I wanted to save my job." If students did not march, no one would listen to them, he said. Tim Steigenga, a political science TA, said: "There's no easy way about it raise taxes or tuition." Security officers at the legislative; building told students they could visit their representatives and senators' of fices if they did so in an orderly manner. They also could attend the meeting of the House appropriations sub-committee, the officers said. Hilary Thomas, a UNC-CH fresh man from Greensboro, and Angela Crisp, a UNC-CH sophomore from Gastonia, met with Rep. John Gamble Jr. of Lincoln and Gaston counties (Dist. See RALLY, page 3 Good food handling procedures and hair restraint. Scheffres said two catering personnel who were not part of the normal kitchen staff were seen without proper hair restraints. D Clean equipment and utensils. Scheffres said points were lost for cut ting boards with cut marks and can openers that were not clean. B Handling of utensils and storage in a clean place. The inspectors found a grease residue on the shelves where clean pots are stored, Scheffres said. B Drinking water facilities and stor age of ice. A scoop device with a handle was needed to load ice into drink dis pensers, Scheffres said. B Walls and ceilings clean and in good repair. Scheffres said a dust resi due had built up near the ceiling vents. B Ventilation system cleaning. Some filters in the ventilation system needed changing, Scheffres said. B Premises kept clean and neat. "(The inspector) was really irate about the ceilings and walls because of the dust that had come out of the vents," Scheffres said. Lawf said the score Lenoir received March 22 was an 85.5, in the middle of the 'B' range. Scheffres said the score improved to a 94.5 after the second inspection. Lenoir was the only campus dining facility that received a 4B' rating. Wli im Ito IJimlt CAMPUS Club sports teams feeling the pinch after IM-REC referendum defeat 3 WORLD Police nationwide are patrolling with video cameras and microphones 4 Features .. Sports ..... Classified Opinion .. .2 .5 .6 .8 WEATHER TODAY: Sunny; high around 70 FRIDAY: Partly cloudy; high near 70 ON CAMPUS Health Fair will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Pit and Great Hall. 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