Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / May 21, 1992, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, May International polling archive placed By Dale Castle Staff Writer The "University's attic" gained in ternational recognition recently when ; the World Association for Public Opin ion Research (WAPOR) placed its .archive in Wilson Library's Southern Historical Collection. "It'll cost us some energy and effort because the curator of the manuscript collection is very aggressive about get . ting us to enhance the archive by col Mecting more documentation," said WAPOR president-elect Philip Meyer, a UNC William Rand Kenan professor of journalism. . WAPOR, an international organiza tion for researchers working in educa tion, business and government fields, contains files dating back to 1947. The . group's archive includes publications . and minutes from meetings with other public opinion research organizations. Elizabeth Nelson, WAPOR president and chairwoman of the Taylor Nelson Group Ltd., described the documents as "the history of the evolution of public Grievance Step 3," Goldstein said. "The way it is now, grievants can't even hope to have their disputes settled in steps 1 or 2." r Grievants perceive bias by faculty members Paula Schubert, director of SEANC District 35, said one of the major prob lems with the Step 3 hearing was that a . faculty member, not a staff member, ' chaired the committee that hears com titness Ccntci Sflirlmnf Pliinm"n C'4,'KI 1st session $39 W I 4 r w Now thru Yn 81592 only JZJ TANNING 1 month $39 Feaiurina: Free Weights, Aerobics, Nautilus Machines, Exercise Bikes, Treadmills, Blvd at 1-40 1 ntersecuon Sauna, Slairmasler 968-3027 J Z 1 1 flies 411 Vs - BBBoiftl HHB I B M m p fiTl!r I i iiMwuin ti'iTini ' We have decided to slash our prices to the bone in order to save on high moving costs. Our entire inventory of superb men's clothing & apparel is included. Men's suits, sportcoats, slacks, furnishings & more JHtlta ffloilpg Cuplrorir 1 63 E. Franklin St., Downtown Chapel Hill Hours: Mon.-Sat. 1 0-6:30, Sun. 1-5968-4408 21, 1992 opinion polling." Meyer said the archive will prove to be beneficial to future researchers and students. "The purpose of the archive is to preserve materials that scholars will be interested in someday," he said. "Not just what scholars are interested in to day, but interests that we can't antici pate now." Meyer, a USA Today consultant and a leader in applying social science tech niques and polling to reporting, made the initial suggestion that the archive be located in Chapel Hill. Wilson Library specializes in historical collections and is one of the best libraries of its kind in the country. "It's the University's at tic," Meyer said. Meyer said he anticipated that histo rians would some day want to know how WAPOR started and what con flicts arose between members of the commercial and academic communi ties. "Some day public opinion research might be so important that some future historian might want to know how it plaints and oversees the selection of panel participants. "Why, on the staff grievance com mittee, is a faculty member head?" Schubert said. "It kind of implies the staff members can't do it themselves. Are they saying we're too dumb to do this ourselves?" Schubert said SEANC would like to the administration to remove William Campbell, chairman of the Staff Griev- At Straw Valley on Chapel Hill ALL OUR FAMOUS U .mm, J 1 1?!? ; ML HART SCHAFFNER & MARX, GREIF, PEERLESS, BOTANY '500,WINTHROP & WALES, BRANNOCK, HARVE BENARD, FERRINI, JEREMY BOSTON, LANEROSSI, UNION PIER, STUDIO TOKYO, FREE FALKE & MORE VISA. MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS started and how it became a worldwide phenomenon," Meyer said. WAPOR, which boasts 410 mem bers representing 50 countries, holds annual meetings during which research ers discuss issues relating the world's political, economic and social scenes. The group now is focusing on reaching out to the world's newest democratic countries. Meyer said WAPOR "advances the state-of-the-art by promoting research into techniques of polling principles and by promoting the use of public opinion polls to advance the cause of democracy." Public opinion research is associated with journalism because the media spon sors polls that allow voters know about each other and helps the democracy run smoother, Meyer said. WAPOR has recently been interested in new democratic countries. Several WAPOR members plan to travel around the world to help newspapers and busi ness use polling techniques to leam more about what people think and value. ance Committee. Campbell, associate director of the Institute of Government, has been on the committee for 12 years. Goldstein said that grievants think faculty members like Campbell and law school professor Ron Link, who has been on the committee for almost a decade, are biased. "You need some freshness, some turnover," Goldstein said. "Anytime people are on for that long, they can get DIG 206 W. Franklin St., Chapel HIM THURSDAY. MAY 21 The Cows, Clawhammer, Vertigo & Hammerhead ($5) FRIDAY. MAY 22 Nova Mob (with Grant Hart), The Magnolias & Mind Sirens ($5 advance, $6 at door) SATURDAY. MAY 23 Queen Sarah Saturday ($5) SUNDAY. MAY 24 Matthew Sweet ($7 advance, $8 at door) MONDAY. MAY 25 flREHOSE ($5 advance) TUESDAY. MAY 26 The Hour, D.S.F., Earth Corps & Flower Thiefs THURSDAY. MAY 28 Eugene Chadbourne BRANDS INCLUDED CflT'fLCRH 111 kl kft "IsMlM Journalism professor to help Slovenian newspaper fight Communism through public opinion research By Dale Castle Staff Writer A UNC journalism professor will be knocking on Slovenian doors this summer as he trains a newspaper staff in better polling techniques and the use of computers in journalism. The newspaper in Ljubljana, Slovenia, called The Slovenec, has a circulation of under 20,000. The paper was re-established June 1991 after being suppressed by the Communist-controlled government since the beginning of the century. "They're an anti-Communist news paper in a country where the Commu nists are still a very important force," said Philip Meyer, a UNC William Rand Kenan professor of journalism. Meyer will leave July 1 for his two week trip, which is being financed by hardened toward staff members." Campbell said he did not think he was biased toward faculty members af ter four terms on the panel. "I think I'm still objective," he said. "We try to take each case as it comes. They're all different and you have to study each on its own merits." Staff group recommends more changes In the report, SEANC also recom mends: that Step 2 of the grievance proce dure be heard by an "objective third party," rather than the supervisor of the accused party's supervisor. "Step 2 is just a rubber-stamp pro cess," Goldstein said. "Chances are your supervisor has probably already hit base with his supervisor. Now the employee has two people against him." that the chancellor guarantee faster turnaround time on Step 3 cases. The present policy guarantees that officials will try to hold the hearing within 30 calendar days of the filing of the Step 3 grievance. But according to the Department of Human Resources, during the first year under the new policy, the eight cases taken to a full Step 3 hearing took an average of seven months to complete. Hardin said he was concerned about Campus Calendar THURSDAY 1 1:30 1. m. The Campus Y will hold a discussion on "Homosexuality and Ihe church: mutual! exclusive" in me Campus Y lounge. 6 p.m. The Presbyterian Campus Ministry will hold a summer cookout at Umstead Park. ITEMS OF INTEREST The UNC Vegetarian Club sponsors free vegetar ian dinners every Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. across from Ihe Franklin Street post office. The Campus Y is holding a series of brown bag lunch-time discussions featuring resource facilitators through! the summer. Contact the Campus Y at 962 2333 for more information. International Student Orientation Counselor applications are available at the International lenter, Reason 14 cold at B aieg g e r's Bruegger's for lunch: an addiction you'll love, and one that's good for you. Co cold turkey, roast beef, hummus, or tuna salad: on the fresh bagel of your choice. BRUEGGER'SBAGEL BAKERY ...for a hQle Most communications I 1 r m - J iWumi ARE VOU W THS SURflRfH!? O campus ottices comes to you via we lu. man. tor ma s v reason and FOR YOUR BENEFIT, PLEASE KEEP THE Oj OJ REGISTRAR (address input office) UPDATED before, during, and after each term regarding changes to your Local, GradeBilling, or Parent Address. Submit changes to the University Registrar's Office, WS Hanes Hall, Campus Box 2100, UNC-CH, 27S99. Service Hours: 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. Closed Thursdays 9-1 1 am. Thank You for helping us serve you better! in Wilson the Freedom Forum, a private founda tion to promote free press. He will representing the World As sociation for Public Opinion Research. Pro-Communist newspapers often conduct telephone polls that always in dicate the public favors the Communist point of view, Meyer said. He blamed the polls' biases on the fact that Communists in Slovenia, for merly part of Yugoslavia, were the first to obtain telephones. Meyer plans to teach The Slovenec staff to poll door-to-door the old fashioned way, he said. "I'm a little like a missionary spread ing the gospel of public opinion re search," Meyer said. He also said he plans to train the paper's staff in analyzing data and pub lic records and refining polling tech from page 1 the delays, adding that they "certainly doesn'thelpalleviateemployees' fears." that all Step 3 grievants be guaran teed hearings. Although the memorandum sent January 14, 1991 to all UNC employees detailing the new procedure does not mention it. Step 3 grievance committee chairmen faculty members can disqualify Step 3 complaints before ac tual hearings are held. In an amendment to the procedure, distributed this year to what Goldstein described as "a scattering of staff mem bers," panel chairmen were given the power to dismiss a Step 3 grievance after a pre-hearing conference. The amendment, dated January 23, 1 992, allows panel chairmen to dismiss Step 3 complaints without a hearing if they decide that the grievant can't win. that more staff members be ap pointed to the Staff Grievance Commit tee pool, a move that would speed up the process, Schubert said. that staff members be notified who is on their Step 3 panels, and that they be allowed to dismiss up to two panel members each. that the response deadlines in steps 1 through 3 be changed, requiring re sponses within seven calendar days at steps 1 and 2 and hearings within 30 days at Step 3. next to Great Hall in the Union. Undergraduate and graduate students who are willing to return to Chapel Hill Aug. 19 and who would like to assist newly arrived foreign students should apply. Seniors and Graduate Students: If you have accepted a job or will be going to graduate or profes sional school next year, please stop by UCPPS, 211 Hanes, and complete a follow-up form. If you are still job hunting, be sure you have resumes on file at UCPPS, and call 962-CPPS frequently to hear job openings. The Daily Tar Heel welcomes submissions to Cam pus Calendar. Please la the community know about your group's events or meetings by placing an an nouncement in the box outside the DTH's Student Union office. Q1 90 iurkey lot of reasons from the Registrar & other library niques. Meyer said he eventually hoped to assist the staff in conducting five to 1 0 interviews in each of the many neigh borhood units he will use to divide the country. The Slovenec will hire and send interviewers to designated locations. For now the staff will interview on city street comers to become accus tomed to the process of writing ques tionnaires and analyzing data. Although this will be Meyer's first time directly training the staff of a foreign newspaper, he said it would not be his last. Meyer will leave in September to assist a Brazilian magazine in market ing strategies, but this time he will be "an old-fashioned capitalist consult ing for pay." TuitlOn from page 1 Tuition increases must include pro visions for more financial aid, Lee said, adding that in 1 99 1 he proposed setting aside money raised from last year's increase for a support fund. "I think it's not reasonable to raise tuition until we take a long-range view of what we're doing in terms of afford able education for the masses," he said. Chancellor Paul Hardin criticized Martin's tuition proposal and said that UNC should have the flexibility to de cide the fate of its own tuition receipts. "The 10-percent hike is disappoint ing, in part because there's no indica tion the money will stay on the indi vidual campuses," he said. "I hate to see tuition increased. I'm disappointed to have additional charges to students and parents, especially when the enrichment derived from the money won't come back to them." Higgins said he hoped the legislature or the UNC system someday would alter their governance procedures over individual schools. 'The needs of our University are completely different from thoseofPem broke State," he said. "I'd like to see some sort of financial autonomy." Bonds, lottery may be combined In addition, Higgins stressed the need for the proposed $300 million bond issue for construction on the 16 UNC system campuses. 'The General As-' sembly has to put the bond issue on the ballot," he said. Although some legislators have pro posed combining the bond issue with a state lottery proposal on the ballot, Higgins said the issues must be consid ered separately. Lee said he would support a lottery to help pay for the bond, but that the two issues should not necessarily be com bined. "The lottery should drive whether we support the bond issue." Crossword solution tIhIeImIoIoIrIoifivieiniiiciei 1 w v n 1
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 21, 1992, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75