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1 THE NEWS
Top stones from the stole, nation and world
Russian Military, Citizens
Give Support to Yeltsin
MOSCOW—President Boris Yeltsin’s
bid to control Russia gained strength
Wednesday, buoyed by support from the
army and cheering crowds. His hard-line
opposition sat barricaded in parliament,
struggling to respond.
Bonfires burned for a second night out
side the Russian parliament building, where
as many as 5,000 anti-Yeltsin demonstra
tors ringed the building to protest his sus
pension of parliament Tuesday.
Despite appeals by Yeltsin’s opponents
for a nationwide strike, there were no re
ports of protests elsewhere. Hundreds of
people applauded and shouted, “We sup
port you!" when Yeltsin and his military
commanders made an impromptu visit to
Moscow’s downtown Pushkin Square.
Nominee Says He Did Not
Know Father Was a Nazi
WASHINGTON —President Clinton's
choice for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff denied Wednesday he had withheld
knowledge that in World War II his father
had served the Nazi cause with the notori
ous Waffen SS.
In an emotional moment during an oth
erwise routine confirmation hearing, Gen.
John M. Shalikashvili told the Senate
Armed Services Committee he had been
deeply disturbed by speculation that he
had hidden knowledge of the SS connec
tion, which came to light shortly after
Clinton nominated him last month.
The SS connection seemed unlikely to
pose a roadblock to Shalikashvili’s confir
mation
Physicist: China Prepared
To Test Nuclear Weapons
LONDON —Commercial satellite pic
tures indicate that China prepared more
than a year ago to detonate several nuclear
devices, a physicist who helped predict
China’s two 1992 tests said Wednesday.
The revelation came less than a week
after the United States said a Chinese
nuclear test was imminent and asked
Beijing to call it off. China said Monday it
had “taken note” of the U.S. appeal.
If China does conduct an underground
nuclear test, it would be the first by any
country in a year and could threaten the 15-
month moratorium on U.S. testing Presi
dent Clinton declared in July.
In extending the nine-month morato
rium set by Congress last October, Clinton
warned that if another country tests before
Sept. 30, 1994, he would seek congres
sional authorization to resume U.S. test
ing.
40 Killed As Amtrak Train
Jumps Tracks in Alabama
S ARAL AND, Ala. Amtrak’s cross
country Sunset Limited hurtled off a bridge
into an inky bayou early Wednesday, plung
ing its sleeping passengers into a night
mare of fire, water and death.
Forty people were killed, some of them
trapped in a submerged silver passenger
car and others in a burned engine, and 13
were missing in the deadliest wreck in
Amtrak’s 23-year history.
More than 150 people survived, and
some helped other passengers who clung
to wreckage from a collapsed section of the
bridge in a swamp populated by alligators,
snakes and bears.
All three engines and four of the eight
cars on the Los Angeles-to-Miami train
went off the bridge, which was about 7 feet
above the water.
Rape Charges Dismissed
After Witness Comes Late
COLUMBUS, Ohio A judge dis
missed charges against a man accused of
raping an 11-year-old girl because a pros
ecution witness wasn’t in court. The wit
ness arrived 20 minutes late.
The witness, a Franklin County child
welfare worker, said the prosecutor gave
her 15 minutes notice to show up. Millard
was excusing jurors as she arrived.
Millard said he was unaware that Len
Eugene Barnes, 46, had a criminal record,
including two convictions involving chil
dren in 1981 and 1990.
Barnes was accused of sexually attack
ing the 11-year-old seven times between
May and December 1992 while living with
her family.
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Campus Y Plans Own Bicentennial Events
BY JENNIFER AYRES
STAFF WRITER
The Bicentennial Observance Office has
spent months planning activities for the
University’s 200th birthday, but Campus
Y officers announced plans Tuesday for
their own Bicentennial activities to honor
those not included in the observance.
“We are developing a plan to present
the full picture, to honor an important part
of the University that might be left out,”
said Campus Y Co-president Michelle
LeGrand. “(The activities) should serve as
a catalyst for further action, to avoid an
other 200 years of struggle,” she said.
She said activities at the Campus Y
celebration would center around groups
that would not be a part of the official
Bicentennial Observance, such as the UNC
housekeepers, the Carolina Indian Circle
and those working toward gay rights.
Chapel Hill
Police Force
Understaffed
BYROCHELLEKLASKIN
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Police Department did
not ha ve enough manpower Saturday night
to handle the eruption of violent crime,
police Chief Ralph Pendergraph said
Wednesday.
Pendergraph said that although police
officers were following up on some of the
incidents, they had been unable to investi
gate fully the criminal activities that broke
out this weekend.
“There were so many calls coming in
that officers had to go from one to the
other, and they did not have the time to
spend at each call,” he said.
Chapel Hill police received six reports
of violence in 24 hours, beginning at 9 a.m.
Friday and ending at about 2:25 a.m. Sat
urday. Many of the incidents involved ac
tual gunfire or the presence of guns.
Two of the six incidents occurred on
West Franklin Street, where many small
businesses are located.
Violence again erupted early Sunday
morning, when three assaults were reported
to Chapel Hill police. In each case, be
tween four and six black men confronted
one or more white men, according to re
ports. Two of the victims were beaten with
beer bottles, reports state.
The Florida State football game Satur
day night brought many out-of-town visi
tors to Chapel Hill.
Pendergraph said that because the po
lice had responded to more calls than usual
and had handled hostile, intoxicated
people, they had had trouble dealing with
criminal activity.
Twelve officers were on patrol Saturday
night three on foot and nine in patrol
cars. Pendergraph said 10 officers were on
duty on a typical night.
“If we had more forces spread out, it
would have been more difficult for (the
subjects) to do what they did and get away
with it.”
Some West Franklin Street merchants
were disappointed with the lack of police
presence Saturday night.
“We had no cops. If we would have had
even one cop there, it would have been
different,” said Scott Noble, manager of
Li’l Dino Subs at 306 W. Franklin St.
Noble witnessed one of Friday night’s
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Greek Panel Discusses Risk Management
BY MARTY MINCHIN
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
Fraternities and sororities need to band
together with University administrators and
alumni groups to formulate policies for
local chapters, membersofthe Chancellor’s
Committee on Greek Affairs decided at
their first meeting Wednesday.
“We’ve got to find a way to work to
gether,” said Frederic Schroeder, dean of
student affairs. “We've got to find a way to
get our thoughts all on the same track.”
The 16-member committee, which is
composed of fraternity and sorority alumni
advisers, University administrators and
fraternity and sorority representatives, met
to identify important issues within the
Greek system and to set goals for the com
mittee.
Committee members decided that their
first priority would be to bring together
Greek alumni corporations, undergradu
ate fraternity and sorority chapters and
University officials to form and enforce
risk management policies.
Risk management policies are safe
guards against lawsuits in the event of an
accident that results from a fraternity or
Bicentennial Observance officials said
Wednesday that they had tried to include
everyone in the celebration.
Steve Tepper, executive director of the
Bicentennial Observance Office, said he
did not think the Bicentennial office over
looked any groups when they planned for
the Oct. 12 University Day events.
“We hope that the Bicentennial Cel
ebration has not excluded any groups,” he
said. “We solicited lots of groups to partici
pate. We have an eclectic collection of
activities."
But Tepper said he hoped that everyone
would be able to take advantage of all the
opportunities to celebrate the Bicentennial,
including participation in Campus Y events.
“We encourage them to do (schedule
additional events), to celebrate in what
way they feel is most appropriate,” he said.
Kevin Moran, chairman of the Student
BicentennialPlanningCommittee, saidany
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Brandon Foye, a junior biology major, works on a medical illustration for his Art I class on McCorkle Place. The art
class, which meets once a week, met outside Wednesday afternoon to use various outside subjects for sketches.
RAs Ready to Handle Possible Visitation Problems
BY HOLLY RAMER
STAFF WRITER
Although the visitation policy in six
residence halls has been expanded to allow
24-hour visitation, resident assistants and
area directors say they plan to handle prob
lems with the new policy in the same way
they manage other roommate disputes.
“(The plan) would not work any differ
ent than if the roommates had any other
kind of dispute, such as if one person is
messy and the other is neat, or if one person
stays up late and the other doesn’t,” said
Jim Ullman, area director for Scott Resi
dence College, which includes Avery,
Parker and Teague residence halls. “Now
that we have established the policy, any
one who has concerns can bring them to
our attention,”
Jodi Allen, a Kenan Residence Hall
“We've got to find a way to
work together. We’ve got to
find a way to get our thoughts
on the same track. ”
FREDERIC SCHROEDER
Dean of student affairs
sorority party. Some risk management
policies include forbidding open contain
ers of alcohol at Greek functions and re
quiring fraternities and sororities to post a
list of local taxi services’ phone numbers
next to the house’s telephones.
Randy Cox, alumni adviser for Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity, asked the com
mittee who had the authority to enforce the
present risk management policies.
“Does this committee have any author
ity at all?” he asked. “Are we the vehicle to
sit down and get all these constituencies
together and then formulate policy?”
Donald Beeson, committee chairman,
said he wanted the committee to focus
more on policy-making this year.
“We want to really delve into some of
Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.
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student could participate in the celebra
tion. “The Bicentennial is for everyone,”
he said. “We welcome students to get in
volved.”
Co-presidents LeGrand and Ed Chaney
announced the Campus Y Bicentennial
plan at a memorial service Tuesday evening
for former African and Afro-American
studies Professor Sonja H. Stone. LeGrand
said the Campus Y’s events would honor
people like Stone who were not fighting
against the University, but fighting for the
University.
While the Campus Y members have not
compiled a complete schedule of events,
they have issued invitations to various per
forming groups and speakers to participate
in the celebration, LeGrand said.
The motto for the Campus Y activities
will be “What? So what? Now what?”, a
quotation from the Rev. Ben Chavis, presi
dent of the National Association for the
RA, said that if residents had problems
with their roommates, an RA could help
them develop a “roommate contract” to
determine each person's needs and try to
come to some kind of agreement. It is the
same type of agreement she has used to
adjudicate other disputes, Allen said.
Charles Jones, an RA in Mangum Resi
dence Hall, also said he would not follow
any special procedure to resolve visitation
problems.
“As with any roommate conflict, we
would come in and go through the routine
conflict resolution process,” Jones said.
“This applies to a whole range of disputes,
not just visitation problems.”
Housing Director Wayne Kuncl said
that if residents strongly disagreed with the
new policy they would have the option to
move to another residence hall.
“If there is anyone whose views really
the issues we discussed last year,” Beeson
said. The committee was formed three
years ago.
Dottie Bemholz, director of Student
Legal Services, said she thought the com
mittee also should focus on educating fra
ternity and sorority members about the
necessity of following risk-management
policies.
Committee members also discussed the
process the Office of Student Affairs was
using to replace Judi Barter, the former
assistant dean of student affairs who worked
with fraternities and sororities. Barter left
the University last August to work in At
lanta.
Schroeder said he had reduced the num
ber of applications for the position to 65.
“(The applicants) are strong as general
ists in student affairs as opposed to strong
in Greek affaire,” Schroeder said. “The
person we’re looking for is someone who
has had significant Greek affairs experi
ence.”
“I’m going to look for the very best
person I can find to do this job, rather than
the first person we can appoint,” he said.
“My hope is we will be able to identify such
a person by the end of October.”
Advancement ofColorcdPeople, LeGrand
said.
Student opinion varied about whether
separate events organized by the Campus
Y would add to the Bicentennial Obser
vance.
Anthony Reid, a sophomore from
Kemersville, said: “I think it will be an
improvement. I think that’sone thing that’s
left out sometimes — the things the cam
pus has gone through. ”
But Amy Heath, a freshman from Wil
son, said she would rather see a separate
time set aside for the Campus Y’s events.
“I think it would probably detract (from
the Bicentennial Observance),” she said.
“They could probably pick a different day
for those events, and they’d get more atten
tion if they scheduled them on a different
day.”
Michael Workman contributed to this article.
differed from the vote, we’ll allow that
person to move,” he said. Kuncl said any
moves would depend on the available space
in other residence halls.
But Spencer-Triad area director Leslie
Sadler said moving students was not an
option because overcrowding had left very
few spaces within the four all-female dorms
in her area.
“Once we have spaces, if people are
uncomfortable with the policy we will try
to move them, but its not really an option
for us right now,” she said. “For now, I
would work very closely with roommates
who have problems to try and work some
thing out.”
More than 76 percent of the residents in
each of five dorms voted Monday not to
limit visitation hours for guests of the op
posite sex. Totals for Craige Residence
Hall’s vote were not available. A two
BOT to Hear Tenure Appeal
Of English Assistant Professor
STAFF REPORT
Today three members ofthe UNC Board
of Trustees will hear the tenure appeal of
Mary Kemp Davis, an English assistant
professor.
Davis was denied tenure by the English
department Feb. 17, and this summer she
lost appeals to Stephen Birdsall, dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences, and the
Faculty Hearings Committee. The BOT
could deliver a decision Friday.
Davis said Wednesday that she was
optimistic about the appeal despite her
earlier setbacks. “I am going into it starting
afresh, starting anew and hopeful that the
Board pf Trustees will grant a fair hear
ing,” she said.
Davis will appeal the case to the Board
ofGovemoreiftheßOT denies her appeal,
but she hasn’t really thought about how
she will react if she wins, she said.
“We have spent so much time just try
ing to make it through each stage that you
can almost not think about what will hap
pen afterwards,” she said.
Davis’ tenure process began last fall
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Clinton’s
Plan Seeks
To Ensure
Coverage
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON Proposing a mas
sive makeover of the nation’s health care
system, President Clinton called Wednes
day night forreforms that would guarantee
every American comprehensive medical
benefits “that can never be taken away.”
Clinton, in a speech to a nationally
broadcast session of Congress, said his
plan would reform “the costliest and most
wasteful health
care system on
Earth without
any new broad
based taxes.”
Laying out his
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President Clinton's
health-care plan,
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rationale for the biggest social initiative
since the New Deal, Clinton said the cur
rent system was “too uncertain and too
expensive, too bureaucratic and too waste
ful. It has too much fraud and too much
greed.”
Pointing to his own proposal, which
would require all employers to provide
health insurance to their workers, the presi
dent said, “This system will work. You
don’t have to take my word for it.”
Clinton spoke to a House chamber
packed with lawmakers and dignitaries.
He signaled a willingness to compro
mise over the course of what is sure to be
months of debate. “On this journey, as on
all others of consequence, there will be
rough stretches and honest disagreements
about how to reach our destination. After
all, this is a complicated journey.”
He said that under his plan, some Ameri
cans would be asked to pay more but the
vast majority “will pay the same or less for
your health care coverage and, at the same
time, get the same or better coverage than
you have today.”
To help pay for it, Clinton said he would
impose new taxes on tobacco. Also pos
sible is a tax on corporations that opt out of
the health alliances and set up their own
programs, and billions in cuts in Medicare
and Medicaid. The White House deliber
ately left vague the financing details, which
are the thorniest issues to come.
Clinton saluted his wife, Hillary, as “a
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thirds majority was required to pass any
change in visitation policy. The University
housing policy stating no guest may re
main for more than 48 hours will remain in
effect.
The future of visitation policies in other
dormitories on campus depends on the
reactions to the pilot program, Kuncl said.
The new policy might be changed or ex
panded to other residence halls.
“The reason we’re doing the pilot pro
gram is to answer questions like, ‘ls the
policy the way it should be? or should we
modify it? Has it worked?”’ Kuncl said.
Although similar 24-hour visitation
policies are in effect at other UNC-system
schools, Kuncl said he thought this was the
first time UNC-CH had had such a policy.
Allen said her residents were optimistic
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when she applied for promotion in the
English department. The department’s
Rank and Tenure Committee prepared a
report on Davis and recommended that
she not be given tenure. Tenure is a lifetime
appointment that can be terminated only
under special circumstances.
When Davis decided to appeal the case,
Birdsall used the committee’s report in
considering the appeal.
But Davis said last week that the origi
nal committee report had been altered be
fore being passed on to Birdsall. That alter
ation tainted the entire tenure process,
Davis said.
Birdsall and other University officials
have declined to comment on the case
because it is a personnel matter.
After Birdsall denied the appeal in May,
the Faculty Hearings Committee rejected
another appeal in July.
The last tenure case to reach the BOT
was Paul Ferguson’s appeal. The BOT
granted the popular speech communica
tion professor tenure without promotion
last spring.