12 The Daily Tar Heel Thursday. April 26. 1979 David Stacks, Editor letters to the editor Joiin Hoke, Managing Editor George Smadhoui, Associate Editor 0W Ymek'' Allen Jesnigan, Associate Editor OMerz deserves more CGC money Eddie Marks, University Editor To the editor: Michael Wade, City Editor This year's Campus Governing Kathy Curxy, State and National Editor latly Council lived up to expectations of Cynthia Prairie, News Editor buffoonery and arbitrary decisions. The Yackety Yack appropriation Reid Tuvim, Sports Editor from student fees was decreased from Laura Alexander, Features Editor $16,000 to approximately $8,000. in Ann Smallwood, Arts Editor spite of an unavoidable 16 percent in expenditures due to Billy Newman, . Photogr.aphy Editor 87th year of editorial freedom increase Michele Mecke. Weekender Editor inflation alone. The Yack is a unique organization in that our staff raises 87 percent of our total income through subscription sales, portrait Necessary inconvenience rebates, and patron solicitation, yet the Council has eliminated salaries SOPHOMORE for individuals in charge of managing Almost everybody knows that the demand for electric power the campaigns that raise this money, increases sharply during the summertime, as temperatures rise and air The DTH. a publication which conditioning thermostats are lowered. But strangely enough, the Duke receives a much higher percentage of Power Co. soon may have orders from the Nuclear Regulatory student fees than the Yackety Yack. Commission to pull the plug on the source of 30 percent of the power it recognizes the need for employing provides to the Carolinas. Of course, what's stranger still is that it is a key staff members and allocates the very good idea. phenomenal sum of $64,900 in The NRC staff recommended to the commission Wednesday that the salaries. Our salary appropriation is three nuclear reactors at Duke Power's Oconee plant in South Carolina miniscule in comparison, comprising 2.6 percent of our total budget temporarily be shut down to inspect for faults and correct design onlv Mile ($2,500 of $93,000) allocated to only features like those which caused reactor malfunctions at Three 112-memb- eight key individuals of our er Island, Pa. The reactors in question were manufactured by Babcock & staff. All but three of these Wilcox, which happens to be the same company that built the ill-fat- ed salaries were eliminated, and those I Three Mile Island reactor. that remain have been slashed The NRC staff contends that to continue operations at the Oconee beyond justification. It seems odd reactors would be of dubious wisdom. Given the record of the Three that in the same year CGC increases Mile Island plant, which may not reopen its badly damaged Unit 2 for the Attorney General's salary to two or three years, if ever, the staffs reasoning appears extremely sound. $1,200. maintains the president's There are those who would argue that shutting down those three salary at $1,600 and approves Column biased four hours in Kenan were an end to University's loss reactors near Greenville, S.C. is a classic case of the cure being worse approximately $2,200 in salaries for nearly twelve hours - of excellent WXYC. it cuts the Yack editor's To the editor: music on Connor beach Friday and than the disease. The point is well-take- n, especially since Duke Power's To the editor: salarv (for an 18-mo- nth position) to As a student manager for the Saturday. We also find it hard to ' most efficient coal-fire- d steam plant, the Belews Creek facility near This semester the issue, of $900." I was believe that an event which drew Winston-Sale- m, Southwestern Co.. Environmental Studies has received will be out of service for repairs until August. disappointed in last Thursday's thousands of people was not worthy Each of the eight staff members much debate. The Political Science The combination of those shutdowns might well cause extensive article selling books. I feel this of an article in the campus we with about Department has not seen it necessary curtailments of electric service, including possible brownouts and whose salaries proposed, the way. not because of its obvious slant newspaper. exception of business coordinator, to maintain in its ranks a professor of rotating blackouts, if hot weather on weekdays raises industrial and against Southwestern. but because it's We would also like to make three Environmental work on the Yack full-ti- me Politics. There are residential consumption. And power bills for the residential customer are required to a shame to see such bias passed off as points in response to the editorial, during the summer, and are two separate and important issues may rise more than 20 percent. These are indeed valid reasons to informative journalism. "Pleasant surprise.'" which appeared involved. therefore unable to Work while As the only person in the article in the April 24 edition. Springfest is a question the shutdowns. incurring living expenses here. Our There are, however, more compelling considerations for closing down mentioned by name. I feel obligated tradition that has been happening for First, Dr. DaVid Orr, professor of salaries are far from extravagant to first admit that none of the student the past seven years. Springfest, the plants in question until they can be certified as safe. Four other (and in fact to 3.6c per Environmental Politics, will not" be amount about dealers I personally worked with quit which you seem to have renamed reactors of Babcock & Wilcox design have been voluntarily shut down hour): they are merely an attempt to teaching here next year. He was last summer: they in fact averaged "The Henderson Concerts," is an teaching at UNC supported by a by other utility companies, to implement short-ter- m improvements and allay some of the expense of working saving over $4,000. But I must also event that originated in HRC and is grant from the Carolina Population conduct safety analyses. According to the NRC staff, Babcock & on the Yack so that talented students add that some students do quit. 1 one in which the residents take great Center. positions When this grant ran out, the Wilcox plants are inherently more sensitive to malfunctions and are are not denied lor financial have never will never tell pride, investing much hard work and reasons. and Political Science Department had the harder to control than those of other manufatures. The shutdowns will anybody that selling books is not time. But most importantly. HRC option of bringing him into the enable vital corrections to be made. Further justification for these hard work. We even study hard in and Springfest are inseparable and department, but chose not to do so. To incovenience people Carolina to the of North and South correct salaries is two-fol- d: students with sales school, because most of the we, as residents of HRC, wish it to We feel that this was an unfortunate the mistakes of Duke Power and Babcock & Wilcox is indeed journalistic experience are inevitably students who do this don't have any remain so! outcome. Dr. Orr's courses were distasteful. We realize that it is unpopular to raise power bills for any attracted to other campus sales experience. But I wouldn't be extremely popular, he "received reason; however, if corrective measures are not taken soon, the bill soon publications for purely practical doing this again for the 5th time if I Peggy Leight excellent ratings in the Carolina may be much higher. reasons (the DTH. News Bureau. hadn't gotten more out of the Susan Strayhorn Course Reviews, and, from our talks That the public should foot fhe bill for defects in the company's Alumni Association, and Sports summer than I put in. and 14 HRC residents with faculty members, his publishing generating equipment does not speak well for Duke Power. That NRC Information Office all pay their It's amazing that last Thursday's record was good. Thus, we are sorry any will have to intervene before the company will close down reactors of employees), and salaries increase article forgot to mention of the to see such a fine professor leaving. competition within the staff for key benefits of the job. which include: questionable safety accentuates an unfortunate reluctance to act where ; positions (thereby improving the good money . good -- people The sppnd, Jssujert .apart frpma convenience conflicts with the public good. qualifications of applicants). experience, a good job No interest particular professor, is that recommendation and most Environmental Politics is a very The Yack reaches the vast majority importantly of all. a chance to look To the editor: important area of study in today's of students on .this campus through yourself in the mirror and learn a lot How am I as a graduate student world. In a department of close to Tinge of despair portraits, staff- - experience, and about yourself. It is a challenge and suppose to feel represented in CGC if 40 faculty members, serving over subscriptions (most students, not one to be taken lightly, but like CGC leaders give so little credence to 600 undergraduate majors, is Students will attend their last classes of the school year today. They including 2, 3 of the senior class, buy any opportunity the end result is only the assessments of graduate it too much to ask for one teacher will hand in late papers and rejoice with the ending of classes. Some will a copy of the Yack at least one year what one makes of it. representatives? Many quantitative specializing in a growing and future-orient- ed It is recently celebrate.