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111 of ttfff it f si V A Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 99, Issue 35 Monday, April 15, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSports Arti 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 .bmckdt ral. am wonJicil Ssw kgk teacfahig position By Steve Politi Assistant University Editor The UNC system would lose more teaching positions and fewer adminis trative positions under a new plan ac cepted Thursday by state education ap propriations subcommittees. The plan proposes increasing cuts in teaching positions from 1 percent to 2.5 percent and decreasing cuts in non teaching positions from 10 percent to 5 percent. The General Assembly aims to cut $59.2 million from the system's bud get. Legislators in education appropria tions subcommittees have been meet ing for several weeks trying to decide where to make cuts. UNC-system administrators devised the new plan because many of the non teaching positions have important roles in the academic side of the University, nits to could eliminate some sports By Karen Schwartz. Staff Writer The N.C. General Assembly's pro posed cut of up to $600,000 from its support of the Smith Center's operation would devastate the athletic department and could force the elimination of some sports at UNC, department officials said last week. It also contradicts an agreement made between the University and the state when the center was built, Athletic Di rector John Swofford said. When construction of the Smith Cen ter was first proposed in the late 1970s, the state agreed to pay half the operating PimetiHn By Adam Ford Staff Writer A deed limiting the use of the area proposed for the construction of the Ridge Road extension may contradict part of the University's land-use plan, the president of a neighborhood group said Sunday. Mary Dale, president of the Laurel Hill Neighborhood Association, said residents were concerned about the proposed Ridge Road extension be cause it would run along the edge of an area of trees and greenspace, known as the pinetum, near the southeast perim eter of the campus. The deed for the pinetum, donated UNC Provost O'Connor ranked in top three for presidency By Bonnie Rochman Staff Writer Students and faculty at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh are impressed by UNC Provost Dennis O'Connor, a candidate in their search for a new president. O'Connor, who is one of five final ists being considered for the position, was interviewed at Pitt last week. Brent Saunders, Pitt student body president, said he and other leaders of other major student groups met with O'Connor. Although all of the candidates have excellent credentials, O'Connor seemed very personable and showed a sincere interest in students and their activities on campus, he said. "I personally feel he's very qualified one of the top three (candidates)," Saunders said. The selection process should be com pleted by the end of May, he said. Farrell Rubenstein, chairman of the Pitt search committee, said all of the remaining candidates were well quali fied. But he declined to comment on any specific requirements candidates must meet. "We are impressed with (O ' Connor' s) record and the way he has said Ray Dawson, system vice presi dent for academic affairs. "The proposal was presented as a question of teaching versus administra tive," Dawson said Sunday. 'That's a nice generalization, but it's not wholly accurate. We have to have these admin istrative people in support positions." The non-teaching positions include admissions counselors, financial aid counselors and assistant deans. System administrators considered input from the chancellors at each of the 16 system schools when devising the new plan, which now will be reviewed by the full appropriations committees, Dawson said. "All the chancellors expressed deep concern about the first proposal," he said. "If it had stayed at 10 percent (for non-teaching positions), we would have been facing a large number of layoffs. I think we may still have some at 5 per Smith C costs if the center was built with private funds, he said. "This makes it even more disturbing that the state might cut funds, consider ing the building was built under those conditions," Swofford said. The remainder of the center's $1.5 million operating budget is funded with revenue from basketball games and con certs, he said. The N.C. House education appro priation subcommittee has proposed a cut of $600,000 from the $800,000 the state provides for the Smith Center's operation each year. A similar Senate subcommittee has proposed a cut of $400,000. eed may contradict land-use plan to the University by the estate of Wil liam Coker in 1954, prohibits use of the land other than as a park and botanical garden, Dale said. She told the Chapel Hill Newspaper that ownership of the land would revert to the Coker family if the pinetum were ever encroached upon. But the deed does not explicitly for bid the construction of a road on the land. It states, "No buildings shall be placed upon said ... area except such as shall be used directly and solely in connection with the establishment and maintenance of said garden and park area, for ex ample, greenhouses ... a home or homes for necessary caretakers." communicated," he said. Bob Reteshka, assistant director of communications at Pitt, said the selec tion process was a thorough and pains taking procedure. 'The Board of Trustees formed a search committee and it considered applicants who mailed in applications (and) suggestions from alumni, and it hired an executive search firm," he said. The search committee will forward the names of three finalists to the office of the BOT chairman. The chairman's office will give the name of one candi date to the full board, who will vote on that person. The search committee has been look ing for a new president since last sum mer, Reteshka said. Pitt has about 34,500 students on five campuses, including the main campus in Pittsburgh, he said. It is a state-related school, meaning it is funded by both public and private funds, and offers 404 separate degree programs, he said. Leslie Poszar, the present Pitt presi dent, will leave after the end of the 1990-91 school year. "He is turning 65 and decided it's time for him to pursue other interests," Reteshka said. by Pitt BP The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift is taxes. William cent. The system would lose about 210 faculty positions under the new plan, most of which are now vacant. Ruffin Hall, budget committee coor dinator for UNC's student government, said members of student government supported the plan. "We're totally against all cuts, re gardless," he said. "The position that we would have been in with the old plan would have been dramatically more severe." Jay Robinson, chief lobbyist for the system, explained to legislators at Wednesday's House subcommittee meeting that it was easier to cut more from the $500 million teaching budget than it was to cut from the non-teaching budget of $100 million. Hall said, "It's a less severe blow. It's See BUDGET, page 5 enter funds . The University's athletic department would have to absorb the losses from whatever cut is made, Swofford said. "It obviously would be very problem atic," he said. "Our budget is not flex ible enough to take that kind of hit." It is too early to determine what spe cific areas of the department's opera tions would be affected, Swofford said. The cuts could affect the sponsorship of some sports or could force some to be eliminated, he said. "That would be a worst case scenario." Associate Athletic Director Jeff Elliot said the cuts would pose problems See CENTER, page 2 "The pinetum was given to the University to be protected, and that is how it should remain." Lisa Abbot SEAC co-chairwoman Gene Swecker, associate vice chan cellor for facilities management, de clined to comment on the deed's effect on the land-use plan but said adminis trators would review it. The deed gives Laurel Hill residents the right to use the pinetum. "This said Dynamic dancer fJ J ( J$4 P' T'?i ' S Toija Riggins, an Opeyo! dancer, performs in Jah Glory. The Opeyo! company presented their spring recital with Afro-Two and the Ebony Readers Friday at 8 p.m. w.i,-MWUi.i)J..uuuuiJuiJi.iiwiumujiwiHiuu , i i . i ..in ii mil iii mil, t m miuimmi un m i i u i in il J kL-ui juiuiuuumiuoii ui in uu muyuj...wuwni.iii Hi. .,. "'U. J- r - : s- f . :. :: V. : W. f V "efc. 1:x;:w:-:v:-:-:v:-:;:-:-:-x;:-:-:--v:-:- - : & - - - w M v -:. - t-.-.-...-..-.-.-.-.- -.-,,Sl . -y t mttttrnt f ' . :-:.vx A ' .: . - ?: J, 1 : , n "V . I DTHSusan Tebbens Art browser Tim Smith, a freshman from LaGrange, surveys art sold by United States selling African-American memorabilia. Her dis Margaret Miller, a Chapel Hill resident who travels across the play was part of the Black Greek Council's festival Friday. easement is reserved for the use of the parties ... and all persons purchasing property ... in the area of said Chapel Hill Outfall," or the Laurel Hill area. University officials have met with residents to explain the plan, but they have not addressed all of the issues, Dale said. "Dr. Tuchi said it might be 1 5 or 20 years (before construction began), but I don't think the time frame should matter," she said. Tuchi, vice chancellor for business and finance, was out of town and could not be reached for comment. Lisa Abbott, co-chairwoman of the See PLAN, page 9 DTHSarah King CBS'R about former colleague By Billy Stockard Staff Writer Dan Rather is coming to town. Rather, who has anchored "The CBS Evening News" since 1981, will visit Chapel Hill April 26, the last day of classes. He will speak about Nelson Benton, a graduate of UNC's RTVMP depart ment and a CBS News colleague. Benton died in February 1988. Rather will fly from New York for the 10 a.m. speech in Memorial Hall, said Gorham Kindem, chairman of the Radio, Television and Motion Pictures Department. He then will return to New York to anchor the evening news broadcast that day. Donna Dees, a CBS spokeswoman, said Rather would speak about "his memories of Nelson Benton." But she could not give any more information or details about the speech, she said. Kindem said Rather will give a 30 minute speech and then open the floor to questions. The speech is free and open to the public. This is the first of what Kindem hopes will be a series of speeches given in honor of Benton. Benton was a 1949 graduate of UNC who won an Emmy in 1 974 for covering Watergate and the White House at the time of President Richard Nixon's res ignation. Kindem said he hoped the speeches would take place about once a year. Other UNC graduates such as CBS' Deborah Potter and Jim Lampley may be asked to speak in the future. , CBS' Charles Kuralt, former editor of The Daily Tar Heel, also may be invited. "It's important for people to see that our department has taught courses in broadcast journalism for a number of years," Kindem said. "Our broadcast journalism courses have about half RTVMP majors and half journalism majors." The money for the lectures will come from the Nelson Benton Memorial Fund, Kindem said. But Kindem said he thought Rather would be speaking for free. Benton's widow, Mildred Benton of McClain, Va., said some of her husband's colleagues approached her ather to speak after his death to discuss setting up a memorial fund within the RTVMP de partment. She said Kindem suggested funding a lecture series with some of the money. Mildred Benton, who asked not to be directly quoted, said she would attend the April 26 lecture with her family. She also plans to donate Nelson Benton's papers to the University, she said. These papers include scripts and notes from every story he covered. Her hus band kept so many papers that she still is sorting them, she said. David Moltke-Hansen, director of the Southern Historical Collection and curator of manuscripts at Wilson Li brary, said Friday that the library would be interested in obtaining Nelson Benton's papers if Benton's wife were to offer to give them to the library. The University has the largest col lection of papers documenting journal istic history in the South, Moltke-Hansen See RATHER, page 2 MS FEATURES UNC Class of 1938 gives students a chance to expand culturally 5 SPORTS MONDAY Men's golf team coasts to its first tourna ment win of the spring 1 2 World Briefs 4 Features 4 Classified 8 Opinion 1 0 WEATHER TODAYi Mostly cloudy; high 60-65 TUESDAY: Clearing; high upper 70s ON CAMPUS Federal and state income taxes due by midnight Monday. Don't be late or the tax-man will take. 1991 OTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Feather
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