HAMLET AFTERMATH: Chicken factory fire raises questions ....STATE, page 4
SPORTS MONDAY: Volleyball comes back to beat Texas-Arlington ......page 5
ON CAMPUS
Law professors to debate U.S. Supreme
Court nomination of Clarence Thomas
at 12:30 p.m. in law school, room 5.
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Volume 99. Issue 69
Monday, September 9, 1991
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Lifting of hiring freeze may not help fill vacant UNC posts
Bv Deborah Greenwood now they are vacant 064:31156 'here just the University doesn't have the money, been planned better. dent registration, affected student pro- ment chairman, said he was dismayed
staffwriter isn't money in the budget," he said. he said. "I personally would have preferred grams and overextended faculty mem- by the loss of Nadine Kinsey, his ad-
The N.C. General Assembly an- Stephen Birdsall, interim dean of the that they had given the University a bers who were often left doing clerical ministrative assistant.
A state-wide hiring freeze that pre
vented UNC administrators from fill
ing vacant positions was lifted Thurs
day, but many of the University jobs
will remain open because of budget
cuts.
Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi
ness and finance, said Friday he wasn't
sure if lifting the hiring freeze would
have an immediate impact on the Uni
versity. "Primarily, these positions were left
vacant because of the hiring freeze.
$1,000 long-distance bill
leads to disconnection of
courtesy library phones
IfyJeiuiiferTalhelm
Staffwriter
Telephones offering free local-only
calls from Davis and the Undergraduate
libraries were disconnected this sum
mer when student government received
a bill with more than $1,000 in long
distance calls charged to the phones.
Student Body President Matt Heyd
said, "They somehow got the number
from the phone at the library andcharged
the calls to the phone."
The long-distance calls were made to
Virginia and Alaska, he said.
Meridith Rentz, student body vice
president, said the courtesy phones were
disconnected to prevent long-distance
calls from being charged to them.
"There was no intention for students
to be able to make long-distance calls,"
she said.
Josh Siegel, student body treasurer,
said: "People were abusing them by
using them for long-distance. Whether
that was known to them, I don't know.
"The phones will be reinstated when
we make sure from the utilities that they
can't be used for long-distance."
The phones were installed as a stu
dent service in the spring of 1990 by
student congress and the executive
branch of student government.
Student Congress members allotted
$618 to pay for the installation of the
phones.
Rentz said student government and
SAFE Escort, a group that offers com
panions for students walking on cam
pus at night, wanted to provide the phone
service in the libraries.
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nounced the freeze Feb. 21, 1990. Un
der the freeze, University administra
tors were forced to leave vacant 194
positions that were then open. This de
creased the University's expenditure of
state funds by more than $3.4 million.
When the state legislature ended the
freeze Sept. 5, the number of open posi
tions had risen to 360, representing a
decrease of more than $7 million.Tuchi
said.
An additional 90 non-state-funded
jobs also haven't been filled because
"Now we have $1,000 in
long-distance calls, and
no one knows who's
responsiblefor the long
distance bills."
Meridith Rentz
Student body
vice president
"Unfortunately, no provision was
made for the upkeep and maintenance
of the phones," she said. "The feeling
was that if they paid for the phones there
wouldn't be any upkeep.
"Now we have $1,000 in long-distance
calls, and no one knows who's
responsible forthe long-distance bills,"
she said.
"None of us (student congress, ex
ecutive branch or SAFE Escort) really
has the money ... The good thing is no
one's really blaming it on anyone else."
Siegel said the phone bill and the cost
of re-installing the phones would be
split by SAFE Escort, Student Con
gress and the Executive Branch.
"It's pretty much taken care of," he
said. "The cost for re-installing the
phones should be minimal."
Heyd said, "Everyone's very inter
ested in making sure that one, these
phones will still work for those who
need them; and two, that these kinds of
phone calls can't be made again."
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College of Arts and Sciences, said most
University departments were affected
because the state freeze prevented the
hiring of administrators, teaching assis
tants and staff members.
Laurie Charest, associate vice chan
cellor for human resources, said the
hiring freeze was justified.
"It was very clear that something was
necessary," she said. "There almost had
to be a freeze, as hiring represents such
a large percentage of the budget."
But she said the freeze could have
Vote on bike helmet law will
depend on hearing turnout
By Amber Nimocks
Staffwriter
The Chapel Hill Town Council is
prepared to vote on an ordinance re
quiring all bicycle riders to wear hel
mets unless there is significant turnout
at Tuesday night's public hearing on
the issue, Mayor Jonathan Howes said
Sunday.
"If a lot of people show up, and
provocative issues are raised, then the
council may delay the vote," Howes
said.
Town Manager Cal Horton recom
mended the council establish a Bi
cycle Safety Helmet Awareness Com
mittee, which would draw from vari
ous groups in the community. The
committee's mission would be to edu
cate cyclists of all ages about the ben
efits of wearing helmets. Horton also
recommended the council wait to vote
Employees claim intimidating
By Marty Minchin
StaffWriter
A group of employees from the UNC
Physicians and Associates filed a sec
ond grievance Thursday alleging that
P&A management used intimidating
tactics to provide witnesses for an ear
lier grievance case.
The second grievance states that an
affidavit given to certain P&A employ
ees was presented in an intimidating
manner and was intended to divide the
employees of P&A. Several employees
also said Friday they thought the affida
vit was presented in an intimidating
way.
UNC P&A handles billing for UNC
Hospitals.
target, and then offered us the opportu
nity to decide which positions to re
duce," she said.
If departments were unable to func
tion without filling a particular posi
tion, administrators could appeal to the
General Assembly and ask for an ex
ception to the freeze.
Legislators canceled this option in
June, and the new school year had to be
planned without many essential work
ers, Charest said.
The hiring freeze slowed down stu
on the helmet ordinance until after a
public hearing.
The ordinance, first proposed to the
council Aug. 26, met with strong oppo
sition from Orange-Chatham District
Attorney Carl Fox, who originally said
he would not enforce it if it was passed.
Fox said in an interview Thursday
enforcement of the ordinance would be
a waste of town resources.
Howes said Fox retracted his com
ment concerning the helmet ordinance.
The mayor also said it was important to
remember Fox's response to the ordi
nance should be viewed in the context
of the priorities of the task force on
violent crime. Fox originally lashed out
at the law at a task force meeting two
weeks ago.
Fox could not be reached for com
ment on Sunday.
See HELMET, page 4
Allison Schafer, attorney for P&A
Executive Director Charles Foskey, said
she composed the affidavit to gather
witnesses for the Step 3 hearing held
last Wednesday.
The hearing was called off when the
grievants claimed Foskey was follow
ing an illegal procedure by hiring an
attorney with his own funds. Foskey
said he hired the attorney because he
thought the grievance was filed against
him personally and not against the P&A
management. Chancellor Paul Hardin
will decide if the grievance case will
continue.
Coretta Baldwin, a P&A employee
who signed the grievance, said: "I feel
the affidavit was a way of subtle intimi
dation. It was notarized on the job, and
Football season
ticket
record
By Beverly Kinlaw
Staff Writer
The UNC football team is predicted
to have one of its best seasons in several
years, and fans have shown their excite
ment at the ticket booths.
All of the 30,242 available season
tickets for home games have been sold.
Athletic Director John Swofford said.
This is the most season tickets sold in
the team's history.
Only a few single-game tickets are
available for home games against Cin
cinnati and Wake Forest. But they are
expected to be sold this week, Swofford
said.
A season ticket sells for $ 1 1 9.65, and
the sellout brings in much needed rev
enue to the athletic department, he said.
The athletic department is financially
dependent on football and basketball
ticket sales.
The sales help fund all non-revenue
sports, the athletes' academic support
program and sports medicine.
"With all the budget cuts, we really
bers who were often left doing clerical
work as well as preparing for classes,
she said.
Birdsall said UNC employees often
had to work more than one job.
"Although there is no direct evidence,
it is apparent that the same work had to
be accomplished with fewer hands," he
said.
Two departments that were hit par
ticularly hard were the Department of
Germanic Languages and the Depart
ment of Religious Studies, Birdsall said.
Jack Sasson, religious studies depart
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tactics used to obtain affidavits
the employees were grouped into an
office and asked these questions."
The affidavit states: "I am aware the
grievants in this case claim that man
agement has not acted appropriately . . .
I have never observed any form of in
timidation, harassment or retaliation by
management."
It also states that the signer feels that
Charles Foskey is a fair employer, the
management of P&A have tried to im
prove the department in the last year
and the signer does not want Foskey or
any upper-level management to be fired.
Schafer said: "The affidavit was
handed out in preparation for the griev
ance hearing. It is a standard legal prac
tice. The people who were approached
about signing the affidavit were people
sales hit
number
"If UNC and Clemson are both doing
well when they play each other, there is
a possibility that the game will be
bumped into a night game for coverage
by ESPN," Doll said.
Swofford said he credits UNC fan
support and confidence in this year's
team for the sellout.
"The fans stuck with us during a
rebuilding period."
The marketing department has also
done an excellent job, he said.
Stuart Blackburn, Carolina Fever
football director, said fans expect a bet
ter year because more experienced play
ers are starting on this year's squad.
"The team used to be very young,
and there was a lot of turnover,"
Blackburn said.
Sports Illustrated ranked the UNC
team 20th in a recent preseason poll.
Doll said the football team's sched
ule is not a factor in ticket sales because
it is no better or worse than last year's.
Students can pick up free football
tickets at the Smith Center ticket office.
Tickets for the first-ever night game
will be available Wednesday. The game
ment chairman, said he was dismayed
'Luckily she got another position in
sociology, but it was difficult because
of the degree of loyalty and attachment
that she felt to our department," Sasson
said.
"She was on the payroll there, but she
did not want to let things deteriorate
here."
Kinsey, who was alternating between
the two departments, said she was grate
ful for the support she received from the
College of Arts and Sciences, but found
the situation strained.
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who had already said that they would be
a witness for Mr. Foskey in the hear
ing." Foskey was only allotted four hours
in the hearing, not enough time to present
all of the evidence, Schafer said. The
affidavits were to be used in place of
having the witnesses testify in person,
she said.
Foskey said: "The affidavit was re
lated to an earlier grievance. It is impor
tant to present evidence in the hearing
that I had support of individuals in the
office."
Karen Kenion, another P&A em
ployee who signed the grievance, said:
"I feel that the affidavit was presented
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