The Carolinian [March 17, 1982]

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Sports page (
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This Ii The PitU page 2
A Closer Look page 4
Two Worlds page 7
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Alumni Contribute
In '83 Phonothon
Pledges totaling $109,119 were
made to UNC-G during the 1983
National Alumni Phonothon, and
the students from 18 campus
organizations manned the
telephones to help solicit a whopp-ing
61 percent of that total.
The phonothon netted
$109,119.87 in 4,169 pledges. Stu-dent
groups had a total of
$66,008.23 in pledges during the an-nual
telephone event, which took
place Jan. 31 to March 3 as part of
the University's Annual Giving
Program.
"Student participation was at an
all-time high this year," said Gaye
M. Barbour, coordinator of annual
giving at UNC-G, who directed the
project. "The students were
definitely a vital element in helping
to make this the most successful
phonothon ever.
"I was extremely pleased with the
student participation. The groups
took this on as a service project and
did a wonderful job. We had a
number of new student groups who
came out to help with the phones in
addition to several who had helped
in the put. It wouldn't have been
the success it was without them."
This year's $109,119.87 pledge
total is the highest ever for the
phonothon. The 1982 phonothon
had 4.342 pledges totaling
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$101,291, and in 1981, the event
netted $101,603 with 4,606 pledges.
In addition to the $66,008.23 rais-ed
in pledges by UNC-G student
groups this year, the $109,119.87
total included $30,487.96 raised by
UNC-G alumni, faculty and staff (28
percent), and corporate matching
gift* totaling $12,623.68 (11 per-cent)
completed the figure. A total
of 8,230 telephone calls were made.
In line for special awards are
studenU from Residential College
and members of Alpha Phi Omega
service fraternity. Residential Col-lege
students' efforts accounted for
$18,309.88 in pledges, the top
figure raised by the student group.
APO members gathered pledges
totaling $14,562.70, finishing in
second.
Both groups will be recognized at
the March 22 party to celebrate the
completion of the 1983 phonothon.
Residential College students will
receive a $200 award and APO
members will receive an award of
$100.
Ms. Barbour also noted that
Denise Pigg. a student from Aber-deen
who lives in Residential Col-lege,
worked 18 of the 20 nights
during which the phonothon was
conducted. "She was very dedicated
and did a wonderful job," said Ms.
Barbour.
Other student organization totals
on pledges received during the
phonothon were as follows:
'Delta Sigma Theta.
$13,306.36.
•Golden Chain, $6,726.83.
•Alpha Delta Pi, $2,149.42.
*Pi Kappa Alpha, $1,968.76.
•Reynolds and Alumni
Scholars, $1,871.76.
•Phi Mu Alpha music society,
$1,291.92.
•Alpha Kappa Alpha,
$1,095.92.
•Lambda Chi Alpha, $876.00.
'Gamma Sigma Sigma service
sorority, $770.00.
•Alpha Chi Omega, $620.00.
•Kappa Alpha Psi, $499.92.
•Chi Omega, $404.84.
•Sigma Phi Epsilon, $55.00.
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•Men's Glee Club, $50.00.
•Kim ("The Student"), $270.00.
Dolt Matthews Lowe, Class of
1943, of Greensboro participated in
all 20 nights of the phonothon and
secured over $22,000 in pledges.
Over the past five years, she had ac-counted
for over $82,000 in pledges.
Her husband, John R. Lowe, serv-ed
as the phonothon's official "ac-countant"
again this year.
Psychology Professor Resigns Post
Last week Arnold Rincover, a
UNC-G psychology professor whose
work with autistic children earned
him national recognition, resigned
from his position.
Rincover was accused of misusing
students' federal grants. He sup-posedly
received an average of $350
weekly for students that worked for
him while they kept about $50 from
their salary. The money was then
placed in separate accounts and was
used by Rincover and his students
for parties, conventions, and dinner
meetings.
Lamar Dowda, Guilford County
District Attorney, believes that
about five students were involved in
the operation. Al Godwin, an in-vestigator
with the office of Educa-tion's
Inspector General Division in
Atlanta, says that the investigation
has not yet uncovered all of the
facts. Godwin plans to continue in-vestigating
for several weeks. If he
discovers that there has been a
crime committed he will turn the
case over to the U.S. Justice
Department for possible
prosecution.
Dowda suggests that the case has
not been prosecuted for two
reasons. One reason is that UNC-G's
reputation could be badly
damaged. "My concern was that
UNC-G interests be protected. The
university wants to be regarded as
a reliable trustee of funds," Dowda
explained. The other reason is that
there is almost no evidence. The lit-tle
evidence they do have is very
weak. The money spent on trips and
parties with professors and resear-chers
could have been merely to for-ward
Rincover and his students
research.
However, Rincover will have to
pay $11,000 in restitution to UNC-G.
This amount was decided by the
State Bureau of Investigation. The
SBI determined that mainly during
1979, some $10,000 to $15,000 had
been used for reasons other than
those approved by the federal
government.
Arnold Rincover, in his seven
year stay at UNC-G has proven that
his expert knowledge of autistic
children and has also brought UNC-G
national recognition. In the past
four years he has received $2.6
million in research grants. He co-authored
a book about autistic
children and their problems. In
1980 he founded a professional jour-nal
on "developmental disabilities in
children". His concern for autistic
children is shown by his willingness
to search for ways to teach and
communicate with autistic children,
something few researchers have
done. *
Fred L. Drake, UNC-G vice
chancellor for business affairs, says
that Rincover was so respected by
others in his field that many of his
students received positions at
universities all over the country.
Rincover claims that he "did not
personally profit in any way, shape,
or form" from the students' money.
Investigation into the misuse of
funds began last summer when
unidentified university officials ask-ed
the SBI to investigate because of
suspicions of a former student. Rin-cover
also asked for UNC-G officials
to investigate after the accusations
were made.
The victims of this misuse of
funds are of course autistic children
who could have been helped by Rin-cover's
research. Autistic children
are identified by their extreme
withdrawal from reality and absorp-tion
in themselves which makes
learning difficult. Drake was forc-ed
to turn down an offer from the
University of Pittsburgh to par-ticipate
in research of autistic
children because there is no one
here who has Rincover's knowledge
or concern for these children.
Station
Retrieves
Albums
By DAVID ALEXANDER
SuffWrlUr
What started out as a mild
return of some missing albums at
the campus radio station has now
blossomed into the return of more
albums than were believed
missing. According to Neil Mat-son,
General Manager of WUAG-FM.
there were 289 albums
recovered from the incident.
"When the action first happened
in November, we approximated
the theft to be about 160 albums,
but we were happy to get back the
ones we didn'tcatch." Neil Mataon
went on to say that, because of the
theft, the station had a hard time
filling callers' requests. The
albums taken were the major ar-tists
major releases such as the
Pretenders, Pink Floyd, U2, Police
and lots of others.
As first reported, the Campus
Security recovered 80 albums from
the break-in. But as the week
progressed, Mr. Hunter revealed
where the other albums were. Lt
Horton, in charge of the case, ex-plained
the charge.
"Mr. Hunter was charged with
Felonious Possession of Stolen
Property for the simple fact that
whoever stole the albums had ac-cess
to the building. Therefore, we
can't charge him with Felonious
Breaking and Entering." Lt. Hor-ton
went on to say that the trial
was given a continuance until
March 25.
Meanwhile, WUAG is taking
better care of the albums and the
station in general. Matson stated
that, while still in Elliott Univer-sity
Center, they will change some
policies at the station. "We are
now taking new security measures
at the station such as limiting the
names on the key list. Also, if
these things keep happening, we
will be very strict with who is
allowed at the station." WUAG is
now has possession of all albums
that Campus Security recovered,
with the exception of two that will
be used as evidence in the trial.
Economy Symposium
Views Reaganomics
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Photo fry Tornm* Wkotmt
StudenU lag their bags back to
the dorms after returning from
Spring Break last week.
By DANA HATCHER
SUJY Wriur
On March 3 in Aycock
Auditorium, three of the nation's
leading economists examined the
state of our economy. The occasion
was the Kathleen Price Bryan Lec-ture:
A symposium on Economic
Policy. The lecture was part of a
series funded by Mrs. Joseph
McKinley Bryan of Greensboro,
which is aimed at informing the
public about consumer and financial
economics.
The symposium, entitled "Direc-tions
for the Future: Prospects for
America's Economy," examined
three informed views of national
economic problems and
policies.Debating were Dr. Paul W.
Mccracken, former chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisors dur-ing
the Nixon administration; Dr.
Joseph A. Pechman, senior
economist with the Brookings In-stitution
in Washington, D.C.; and
Dr. Murray L. Weidenbaum,
former chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisors under President
Reagan. UNC-G Chancellor William
E. Moran welcomed and introduc-ed
the speakers.
Following opening remarks by
Dr. McCracken, Dr. Pechman
began his critical essay of
Presidents Reagan's economic
policy.
"We've had two years of reces-sion
. . . largely as a result of the
misguided efforts of the Reagan ad-ministration,"
said Dr. Pechman.
Pechman continued by citing that
the Reagan administration's policy
of lower taxes and increased
military spending to balance the
economy has failed to result in mov-ing
toward a balanced national
budget.
Dr. Pechman also said if new
economic steps are not taken he felt
there would be a great recession
within the next five years as a result
not of deficit growth, but rather due
to increased monetary growth.
Two years ago, Pechman said, the
Reagan administration sought to
cut taxes by 23%. Now, the ad-ministration
is reversing its original
plan by increasing taxes. "It is un-fair
to add a surtax to people who
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News Briefs
information about the program
should call Elga Wulfert at
379-5662,275-8641, or 379-5013 by
March 25th.
A study skills course designed to
teach basic study habits and exam
taking skills is offered in the
Psychology Department. Students
will have the opportunity to learn
strategies which may help them
improve concentration, memory,
reading and reading comprehen-sion,
writing term papers, etc. At
the same time they will be able to
learn ways to increase their
vocabulary in a systenlatic fashion.
This course is part of a research
program on the enhancement of
study skills and vocabulary. Par-ticipants
will attend two group ses-sions
and review twelve self-directed
study modules which re-quire
approximately 30-45 minutes
each. Within broadly defined limits,
students can arrange their own
time schedule and study the
modules at their own pace.
As protection against misuse, a
$10.00 deposit is required upon
enrollment. This deposit will be
refunded at the end of the research
program. Participants may
withdraw without penalty at any
moment.
Interested students who would
like to participate or receive more
A special reception for high school
seniors from Guilford, Alamance,
Rockingham, Randolph and David-son
counties who have been admit-ted
to UNC-G for fall semester will
be held on campus on Monday,
March 21.
The incoming students, along
with their parenta, guidance
counselors, will be able to meet with
UNC-G faculty, officials and alum-ni
to gain an expanded perspective
of the institution. The reception will
be held from 7-9pm in the Virginia
Dare Room of UNC-G's Alumni
House.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Com-pany,
First Union National Bank
and Northwestern Bank announced
today that they will join with 17
other banks to form a three-state
regional interchange for sharing
automated teller machines (ATMs)
and point-of-sale (POS) terminals.
The new interchange corporation,
called Mid Atlantic Exchange, Inc.,
will be located in Raleigh, N.C, and
will be jointly owned by the par-ticipating
banks.