UNC Turns Qualified Applicants by Howard Barnett Associate Editor
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UNC turns qualified applicants by Howard Barnett ‘and expects to cut the number to 2.500 next fall. yesterday that he had no way of knowing how many students Associate Editor UNC-G HAS SET UP A QUOTA system for freshman who would otherwise have been admitted would be turned admission and expects to turn away some qualified applicants. down this year. Campuses in the UNC system are trying many ways to limit as do Pembroke State and Elizabeth City State. Appalachian "'I haven’t asked forany summary figures so far. so I have no enrollment next year but what it boils down to in many cases is State has stopped accepting applications and N.C. Central has way of knowing." said Friday in a telephone interview. “w e imply not admittingthousands of qualified applicants this time. refused to acceptspecial students or to readmit students who have had as many as 4% people decide they weren't going to a At State. standards have been raised for the admission of have withdraen. school after all and so it won't be until probably he middle of freshmen and transfer students and acceptance of applications The drastic measures came as a result of notice from the the summer before we have any accurate numbein" for next year in any formwere cut off after February. UNC Board of Govenors that enrollment ceilings set for this FRIDAY ALSO DID NOT know where the people who were UNC-CH faces similar problems. rejecting60 per cent of the year would be enforced. The limitations. were exceeded last turned down in the state universities were going although they 10,000 applicants the school has had‘this year. Most of those year and the result was extreme overcrowding of dormitory do not appear to be turning to the state's community college rejected were in the top fourth of their high school classes. space and classrooms. as well as other facilities. in some system in great numbers. Chapel Hill plans to hold its freshman class next year to 2.900 institutions. All of the schools were’overcrowded this year. “Some people apply to two or three institutions when they students.the same number it had this year. State was able to with the highest numerical overcrowding coming from State. start out and we have now ay of telling where they are going hold its freshman class this year to 2.800. the same as last year UNC President William C. Friday told the Technician See “Friday. "page 2 William C. Friday Technician North Carolina State University’s Student Newspaper Since 1920 h Volume LVl, Number 71 Monday, March 29, 1976 v Candidates give up ' .. f ‘me‘l . 4:y<_ ‘5' . _" as; Students cast lots invalidation push; I" n . \., results stand f}; spring for'darmitary space by Lynne Griffin invalidaltions in the ballots Staff Writer because people would vote for four or five people for Judicial by Greg Rogers Last December. the residence life committee 'Jomplaints were submitted Board instead of three.or they News Editor denied appeals by special groups such as the by two candidates for student would vote for two or three athletic department and foreign students for government. offices calling for people instead of just one in Getting a dorm room at State for . e results of last week's some of the other races. Just upperclassmen is like discovering a gold mine elections to be invalidated and a because one section of the no one else knows about—it's hard to come by. new election held but were ballot was invalid did not mean Because of the lack of dorm space on the dropped Sunday thereby keep- the whole thing was invalid. State campus. students in recent years have ing last week's election results The majority of the invalida- been forced to seek out other places in which to the same. tions came with the Judicial live while attending school. Since 4.100 Jim Sutton. a Student Senate Board. A ballot was not invalid students have already applied for the 3.600 President candidate in last if they just voted for Student dorm rooms available for next Fall. the week's election. and John Body President and nothing University decided to implement a system Bryant. a Student Body Trea- else. Harris explained. determine which students stay on surer candidate. filed the Harris also said that several which will complaints. When contacted by of the write-in seats were not campus and which do not. the Technician Sutton refused filled in this election. because The Department of Residence Life decided to comment as to why he filed no one person gained a clear . g, , 51;. last Wednesday to assign students by a majority. These seats will be .. , er ,.,._ computerized lottery which was held this past the complaint. stefl photo by Chris Selle weekend. Bryant. in his complaint. decided in the general electio “WHAT WE‘LL do is notify 3.000 of the 4.100 charged there were irregulari- next fall: one Ag and Life Soak it up requests that they will have a space because we ties in the running of the ballot Science seat for a rising normally have about 400 cancellations during box. sophomore. the at-large seat in Sun lovers were out in force this weekend as the campus sponsored a variety of the summer. To be safe. we‘ve cut down to Bryant explained. "I filed a Education. two of the three outdoor activities, not to mention just plain old lying around. being 99 percent sure we'll have 200 complain“ becasue I thought seats for junior in Engineering. cancellations." said Paul Marion. director of there were some irregularities one for a rising sophomore in Residence Life. in the Way the ballot boxes Forestry and one for a rising Mario! said that the lottery would involve were run. There was solicita- sophomore in Physical and students who are already enrolled at State. ting at some of the boxes and Mathematical Sciences. have they just did not staff them THE ALPHA PHIAlpha frater- Another 2.000 on-campus housing spaces adequately enough. I have nity did not run the polls in ECO been assigned to 2.400 freshmen on a first-come withdrawn my complaint be- Thursday's voting will not be first-serve basis. cause I don't feel I can carry it running the polls in the run-off Marion said that because of lack of dormitory out now. I don't feel I have ,- election Wednesday and Thurs- Bike-A-Than puts muscles to use space on campus. freshmen. in past years. have enough evidence to stand on." ‘ day. According to Harris they had to find off-campus housing while Dr. Paul Marion “Keeping these projects in defferent areas. such as most upperclassmen have had priority in obtaining BRYANT AND Blanche broke their contract due to the by Robert Pierce housing on campus. Marion said that the lottery exemption from the lottery. The committee's Creech. another candidate for fact that they could not provide Staff Writer mind. we felt a Bike-A-Thon miles sycled and mosat spon- of the Student Body Treasurer. also the nbmber of people necessary would be the best way to sors obtained. However. the would attempt to “shift the burden of decsion was a factor in the decision our goals." said grand prize for the girl and boy uncertianty" to upperclassmen as well as Wolfpack Club to buy the College Inn on called for a recount of the to run all the polls. The Alpha ECOS. non-profit organiza- accomplish freshman. Western Boulevard to house athletes. Student Body Treasurer Phi sorority was contracted for tion founded in North Carolina Reid. with the most money received Crowding at State in recent years has led to ballots. Creech stated that she Thursday’s election and they in to inform the public about the THE BlKE-A-THON is open from sponsors will be a date “We've had this problem for several years requested a recount “for turn sub-contracted Sigma Pi spon- to anyone that registers in that with Phil Ford of Chaped Hill but the freshmen have borne the brunt of it." last minute pleas to residents in the Raleigh enviromental crises. is fame. and Suzeo Black. res- Marion stated. “Though we usually were able to area to rent rooms or apartments to overflow personal reasons" but refused to help them. This still did not soring a Bike-A-Thon on Sun- morning who has a list of accommodate about 90 percent of freshmen from dorms on the West Raleigh campus. to comment further. Bryant provide the necessary number day April 4. The ride will begin sponsors. The ride will cover a pectively. alone had THE CROWDING probably would be worse. said. “I just wnated to make of people so Alpha Phi Omega at am. at any one of the six 22 mile route but everyone Applications may be picked after the first week of school. they sure chat everything had been also helped. The Alpha Phi need not finish the entire up at the Information Center on this uncertainty over the summer." but in the last decade there has been a growing checkpoints between Durham the second floor of the Student ACCORDING TO Marlon. results of the trend by students to live off-campus. many of counted right.” Sorority will continue to run and Chapel Hill and is open to course. lottery will be posted in dormitories by April 1. them in apartments that now line Avent Ferry Also in connection with last the polls for the runp-off any riders 14 years or age and Prizes will be awarded in Center.