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DA: Student Stores violating act
Male secretary claims sexual
discrimination in 'female' field
By Birch DeVault
StaffWriter
By Mary Moore Par ham
Staff Writer
Richard Arrez can type 198 words per minute.
He also can operate any kind of computer software on
Macintosh, IBM or compatible systems, operate a character
scanner to voice process, take dictation, operate a linear
dictaphone and take speed writing, a more efficient type of
shorthand.
Until recently, Arrez also has been out of work.
As a man seeking employment in a typically female
profession, Arrez had to call a temporary agency three times
before he could speak to someone in the clerical department.
"They kept trying to refer me to the industrial division," he
said. "I had to tell them 'no,' that I wanted a clerical position
and that 'no,' I didn't have one of those strange female names.
This was only a few years ago in Madison, Wisconsin, which
is known for being a liberal hippie haven."
Arrez explained that 100 years ago, men were the only
ones allowed to be clerks and secretaries since many of the
positions required travel away from the home. The job was
seen as an "in" to most companies, before the intern or
apprenticeship, he said.
Tasks such as typing also were more suited to men because
they called upon some of the dexterity and hand-eye coordi
nation taught to young men in games at an early age. Arrez
attributes his own typing skills to finger strength and dexter
ity gained while in the army where he had to do exercises such
as finger pushups.
After the women's movement, however, women needed
jobs and tended to take lower-paying secretarial positions.
For the most part, these were flunky positions where the
individual was allowed to attain a skill but not advance to the
next level, he said.
"This is where we get the stereotypical image of a secretary
getting coffee, typing correspondence and doing her nails,"
Arrez said. "Men were forced to have women inthe work
place but weren't willing to have them move up."
Today, with both men and women holding degrees flood
ing the market, the position of secretary has again become
one of the first steps on the tier system to higher-paying
positions such as office manager and administrative assis
tant, Arrez said.
When he arrived in the Triangle, Arrez sought secretarial
work from both Duke and UNC-CH so he could finish
college and attend medical school. Arrez is now doing
temporary work at the University's Highway Safety Re
search Center.
"My goal in life is not to be a secretary," he said. (Secre
tarial work) is the job that can make me the most money for
the skills I have. I could have chosen to follow my father as
a carpenter, but after seeing the health problems he's gotten
from a bad work environment, secretarial work is a lot
healthier."
Arrez noted that it is the secretary who usually has twice
the responsibility of his or her boss. Although secretaries are
at an advantage in that they don't have to take work home,
they take home the interpersonal stresses from the job, he
said. . ,
"You can't get by as a secretary by being a jerk, Arrez
said. .
Arrez took tests given through the University s Human
Resource Department and was classified as a five meaning
he would be well-suited for the position of administrative
secretary, just one step below administrative assistant.
The Orange-Chatham district attorney said Monday he
would take legal action against UNC Student Stores if they
continued selling merchandise in an alumni magazine.
Student Stores is violating the Umstead Act by advertising
in Carolina Alumni Review inserts, said District Attorney
Carl Fox. The act prevents state agencies from competing
with private businesses.
"In my opinion, I think that Student Stores is in violation
of the Umstead Act," Fox said. "The stores must either stop
selling the merchandise or I will be forced to take legal
action."
The act states that all sales by campus stores are limited to
the employees of the institution and their families, enrolled
students and their families, other campus stores and people
who are on campus for reasons other than purchasing mer
chandise from Student Stores.
'It seems they are trying to subvert the law by selling tneir
alumni magazine, rox saiu. i ne mumm
items through the:
Association can't turn around the merchandise from Student
Stores and provide it to the public. I'm not sure, but I wouldn't
be surprised if the Alumni Association is getting a profit off
of this."
John Jones, Student Stores general manager, said Monday
that Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for business and finance, was
handling the problem for the stores. Tuchi could not be
reached for comment.
Fox said the lawyers for Student Stores had not returned
several of his telephone calls.
"I have been waiting for them to call me back for two
weeks, so if they don't contact me, I'll try them again," he
said. "If they still haven't made a decision, I'll have to make
one of my own."
Doug Dibbert, General Alumni Association director, said
Carolina Alumni Review is produced by the GAA and is
mailed to 100,350 homes. Carolina Collectibles isa 16-page
booklet inserted in the magazine once a year to give out-of-state
alumni a way to purchase memorabilia, he said.
"We provide a service to both the merchants and the
consumers as a forum," he said.
GAA receives a percentage of the sales to cover expenses,
but Dibbert refused to give the exact amount.
"It is a matter of a business contract, which should remain
a personal matter between the two parties," he said. "We are
not in this for the profit, but to provide a service to the alumni.
"The money we make usually goes to processing fees for
the order forms and to cover complaints about the size of a
garment or a mistake in ordering," he said.
Any business can advertise in the Carolina Collectibles
insert, as long as the products they offer are licensed by the
University, he said.
"I do not handle the ads, but to my knowledge, there are no
more than five products in the insert advertised by the Student
Stores," he said. "We are not preferential to any merchant."
Karen Wertman, GAA advertising director, was out of
town and could not be reached for comment.
Dibbert said that when alumni order items from the insert,
the GAA sends the requests to the individual merchants who
placed the ads.
See UMSTEAD, page 4
See SECRETARY, page 7 I !
Alumnus donates $2,000 to help pay a.p.p.l.e.s. coordinator
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N C Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Exum (rt.) gives UNC senior and new ceremony Monday night at town hall. Chilton, 21 , is the youngest elected
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Town help
sought for
UNC staff
By Dana Pope
StaffWriter
A coalition formed to support Uni
versity housekeepers has asked the town
for its help in lobbying the Board of
Governors and state legislators this win
ter for higher wages and fair employ
ment practices.
The group, named the Community
Support Coalition for the Housekeep
ers of UNC, will begin formal lobbying
at the next session of the state legisla
ture in May.
Group members presented a petition
to the Chapel Hill Town Council at last
Monday's meeting asking for the
council's support in their lobbying ef
forts. New Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun
and council members Joe Capowski
and Mark Chilton will be faced with the
resolution in their first terms on the
council.
Broun, who was sworn in Monday
night, said he wasn't very familiar with
the resolution yet, but added that he was
very supportive of the housekeepers
and concerned about their below pov
erty level wages.
"I'm more than willing to support
them," said Broun, a professor in the
UNC School of Caw. "I'm very sympa
thetic to their concerns."
Chilton, a UNC senior, said he
thought the situation was "outrageous"
and he hoped the resolution would help.
He added that the state should be more
concerned with below poverty level
See COAIJTION, page 3
By Chandra McLean
StaffWriter ,
a.p.p.l.e.s., which has been plagued
by financial problems in recent months,
has received a $2,000 gift to help pay its
new coordinator.
Tom Kenan, a University alumnus,
said he donated the money to help keep
a.p.p.l.e.s. going until organizers could
find other funds with which to pay
DeniseBeal, the program's newcoordi
nator. "I feel that a.p.p.l.e.s. is an important
program because it gets people invoi vea
and it lets them know where the needs
are in the community," Kenan said.
Students participating in allowing
people to plan learning experiences in
service work with campus or local
groups helping others. They then talk
about their work and how it relates to
principles and theories in class discus
sions. Kenan said a.p.p.l.e.s. members came
to him for financial help because he had
been involved with the Student Coali
tion for Literacy.
"I am quietly involved with things
that go on on campus, and the money
was to pay the person directing the
program because the administration
would not raise student fees," he said.
Students voted last semester to raise
their fees by 90 cents to fund Beal's
position. But UNC-system administra
tors refused to implement the increase
citing higher tuition costs as the reason.
Mike Steiner, an a.p.p.l.e.s. student
coordinator, said Kenan's gift would
help fund Beal's salary, and organizers
would continue looking for private do
nors. a.p.p.l.e.s. coordinators also plan to
ask students to contribute the 90 cents
they would have been charged under
the fee increase to the program.
The situation does not speak well of
students' power to govern themselves,
because they are being denied the abil
ity to put into action something they
approved in a campuswide vote, Steiner
said.
Beal said students had been able to
raise their fees through student referen
dums for the past fifty years, and the
present situation went against that tra
dition. "The most difficult thing for me is
figuring out how things work around
here," she said. "I feel that I've been
thrown into the den with lions and have
been playing musical chairs since I have
been here."
Beal said that Donald Boulton, vice
chancellor for student affairs, assured
her that her salary would be secure. The
division of Student Affairs and the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences paid Beal's
salary this semester.
"The promise was made on the same
day he informed us that (The Daily Tar
Heel) was weaning itself off of student
fees, and there would be a move to
reallocate those fees toward a.p.p.l.e.s.,"
Beal saida.D.D.l.e.s.coordinatorsplan
to ask Student Congress members for
this money.
"Every time I leave the office and
people ask where I'm going, I say I'm
going a'beggin' and shaking my tin
can," she said.
It is important for students to know
they have someone at a.p.p.l.e.s. they
can call for help with coordinating aca
demics and community service, Beal
said.
See a.p.p.Lcs., page 4
State may fine University for 9 code
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violations in Power Plant construction
By Heather Harreld
StaffWriter
Violations of state air quality stan
dards and permit procedures at the
University's new power plant probably
will result in fines, a state environmen
tal official said Monday.
The N.C. Division of Environmental
Management cited the University Nov.
15 for non-compliance with 10 of 16
permit requirements. After reviewing
the citations Monday, officials cleared
the University of one violation but said
the plant still did not meet nine require
ments. DEM officials will issue an enforce
ment recommendation to the division
director, which could lead to fines and a
civil lawsuit against the University, said
Arthur Mouberry, DEM regional su
pervisor. "Undercurrent rules (the fines) could
be as much as $ 10,000 per violation per
day," he said. "Only the director has the
authority to set the amount of the fine."
The DEM will tell the University in
April 1992 if it will levy fines, and if so,
how much they will be, Mouberry said.
Four of the violations are due to the
plant's fail ure to pass air emissions tests.
The plant's other five violations dealt
with incorrect record keeping and noti
fication procedures.
DEM officials mieht conduct a sepa
rate study on one of the air emissions
tests the plant failed, Mouberry said,
this is to ensure there are no health
threats in the emissions, he said.
"Our concern is if there is a violation,
there is potential danger to human health
and human welfare," he said.
Thomas Grisham, UNC special
projects director, said he thought the
University should be cleared of one of
the procedural violations and he would
try to find information to prove this.
One of the four tests DEM officials
say the University failed it actually
See PLANT, page 2
Soviet Union undergoes widespread change
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FHitor's note: This article is the
first of a four-part series highlighting
the dramatic events of 1991.
By WestLockliart
StaffWriter
Three months after the abortive
coup by Soviet hardliners, the Soviet
Union has ceased to exist as a single
nation.
The process of political, economic
and social disintegration underway
before the Aug. 19 coup attempt has
accelerated in the aftermath, leading
many scholars to reject the notion of a
unified Soviet state and to ponder the
widespread ramifications of the upris
ing. - , . :
"The Soviet Union is a state with
out a country," said David Griffiths, a
University associate professor of his-
Year In Review
tory. 'There is still id place the state
apparatus, but nobody is paying any
attention to it."
It is more appropriate to think of 15
individual republics rather than a So
viet Union, he said.
After 70 years of repression by the
central government, many ethnic groups
are clamoring for the right to self-determination,
said Leon Aron, senior policy
analyst for Soviet studies at the Heri
tage Foundation.
Because many of these "nationalist
aspirations were driven underground
where they acquired some rather unsa-
vory features... the price that is being
paid is very heavy indeed, ne sam.
Vladimir Treml, an economics pro
fessor at Duke University, said that
the post-coup atmosphere has encour
aged many of the latent ethnic and
national hostilities to rise to the sur
face. There are approximately 100 dif
ferent ethnic groups scattered through
out the former Soviet Union, he said.
Historically, many of the smaller eth
nic groups have suffered from repeated
discrimination, and they feel a deep
seated enmity towards their oppres
sors. Joel Schwartz, a UNC professor of
political science, said that there is a
"real mosaic of factors" fueling a po-
See SOVIET, page 7
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