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10 Monday, October 11,1993 (Thr My (Ear HM Yi-Hsm Chang EDTTOR Jennifer TaDteim ASSOCIATE EDITOR Established 1893 A A century of editorial freedom A Risk Not Worth Taking No kegs or open containers of alcohol. No use of chapter funds to buy alcohol. Security guards should be available to check identification and mark underaged guests with a wristband or stamp. These are some guidelines of the risk-man agement policy adopted by the UNC InterFratemity Council and Panhellenic Coun cil in March 1992. The policy was adopted to keep Greek orga nizations from being held liable for alcohol related accidents that occur as a result of frater nity- or sorority-sponsored parties. But despite the rhetoric, many fraternity and sorority members have been resistant to follow ing the risk-management policy. Not all fraternities understand the impor tance and seriousness of risk-management poli cies. And although sororities do not allow alco hol in their houses, they often attend fraternity functions that violate the policy, and not all sorority members follow the Panhellenic Council’s policy of leaving parties where there are kegs or open containers of alcohol. Utilize Your Vote Today is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 2 local and state elections. Unlike last year, there has been little campuswide effort to regis ter students to vote. Although some students see registering to vote as an inconvenience, it is no excuse for failing to take part in the democratic process. According to “The Statistical Abstract of the United States,” Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 have the worst voter turnout of any other age group. Perhaps many students, especially those who hail from areas outside Orange County, think regional politics have little effect on their daily lives and so don’t feel the need to get involved. These students are wrong. Many of the state and local governments’ decisions directly will affect their college education as well as their daily fives. On Nov. 2, North Carolinians will vote on a $740-milfion bond package designed to expand the state’s colleges and universities. If passed, $3lO million will help fund construction proj ects at the 16 UNC campuses. The bond includes five critical construction /ll'vlfe SEND fIORB Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz. director/general manager. Bob Bates, advertising director Leslie Humphrey, classified ad manager Gina Berardino, business manager. Jeff Kilman. advertising manager Business staff: Holly Aldridge, assistant manager; Joanna Hutchins. Jenny Schwartz and Jen Talhelm. Assistant editors: Alex Frew McMillan, arts and entertainment Elita Dowd and Kelly Nordlinger. copy: Amy Ferguson, layout Zachary Albert Jacson Lowe and Carter Too \e.sports; Adam Davis and James Whitfield, Sport Saturday: Adam Bianchi. state and national: James Lewis. Steve Robblee and Holly Stepp. University Arts and entertainment Peter Royball. Diversions design coordinator John O'Brien and Alison Shepherd. Diversions graphics; Kevin Brennan. Ryan Coleman. Waynette Gladden. Laura Guy. Alison Ince. Tommy Jenkins. Brian Kahn. Sam King, Daniel Kois, Kevin Kruse. Mondy Lamb. James Dalton Mayo Jr. Alison Maxwell. Ryan McKaig. Merrette Moore. John Neiman. Stuart Nichols. Tanya Oestreicher. Elizabeth diver. Tina Pifer. Kate Power. Jon Rich. Brandon Sharp, Charlie Speight Sally Stryker. Kristi Tumbaugh. Emma Williams. Lynn Wingate and Katrina Witt camp Cartoon: Ameena Batada. Mary Brutzman. Bridget Busch. Chns DePree. Dustin Hedrick. Brian Kahn. Jake Mac Nelly. Sergio Miranda. Phet Sayo and Dan Tarrant City: Anu Anand. Tiffany Ashhurst Alison Baker. Amo! Bhat Diane Blackman. John Blackwell. Bill The editorials are approved by the majority of the editorial board, which is composed of the editor, editorial page editor and five editorial writers. The Daily Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp„ a non-profit North Carolina corporation. MondayTriday. according to the University calendar. Callers with questions about biling or display advertising should dial 962-1163 between 8:30 am. and spm Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245/0246. Office: Suite 104 Carolina Union ISSN 11070-9436 Campus mail ed*esj CM 5210 Box 49, Carolina Union U S. Mai address: P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hit NC 27515-3257 Although no serious accidents have occurred here as a result of a fraternity party, UNC’s Greek organizations cannot afford to play Rus sian roulette with the risk-management policy. All it takes is one accident and one million dollar lawsuit to forever change the UNC Greek system. Fraternities and sororities must confront and deal with the problem before it’s too late. UNC Greek organizations and their govern ing bodies must work with the Chancellor’s Committee on Greek Affairs, the Alumni Fra ternity Council and the Office of Student Affairs to come up with concrete and effective means of enforcing the risk-management policy. The University should find someone experi enced with Greek affairs to replace Judi Barter, former assistant dean of student affairs, as UNC’s Greek adviser. University officials may even want to consider hiring additional personnel to work full time on Greek affairs. Risk management is an issue that can’t be ignored. Fraternities and sororities must act now before a group is forced to pay a settlement for an accident that could have been avoided. projects at UNC-Chapel Hill: ■ $13.5 million for anew building for the Kenan-Flagler Business School, ■ $8.9 million for an addition to the School of Dentistry, ■ $B.l million for an addition to the Lineberger Cancer Research Center, ■ $3.4 million for construction grants to the Area Health Education Centers, and ■ $1.2 million for phase two of the Carolina Living and Learning Center for Autistic Adults. This investment will help UNC retain its prestige as a top public university. Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s town elections also affect students as well. Issues such as the area’s rising crime rate have a substantial impact on UNC’s students. So register today in the Pit between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Bring a picture identification and a form showing your residence in Orange County, such as a student registration card. Active student participation in the November elections will give young adults a voice no poli tician can ignore. The inconvenience of registra tion is a small price to pay for empowerment. THE DAILYTAR HEEL Business & Advertising Staff receptionists Classified advertising: Meiissa AHam. Dodie Brodsky. Jen Pilla. Lisa Reichle and Christi Thomas. representatives; Kevin Brennan, production assistant. Display advertising: Ashleigh Heath, special projects manager Ryan Bolick. Shannon Edge. Lynelle Hovaniec. Tiffany Krueger. Lisa McMinn. Editorial Staff Blocker. Vicki Cheng. Daniel Feldman. Kathryn Hass. Heather Jones. Rochelle Klaskin. Jamie Kritzer. Kristen Laney. Kristen Min. Brett Perry. Amy Piniak. Molly Shafer. Judith Sivigiia. Jacob Stohler. Jay Taylor. Jodie Townsend. Maureen Turner and Holly Williams. Copy: Kathleen Flynn, Christa Fuller, Kendra Gemma. Margi Hilstad. Melanie Hutsell. April Jones. Candi Kobetz. Erin Lewis. Erica Martin. Emily Masura. Jennifer Pender. Kim Preslar. Presley Rankin, Chris Reuther. Robert Strader. Chrissy Sweeney and Emily Tinsley. Editorial: Michelle Chan. Matthew Hoyt Rama Kayyali. Jeremy Kyle Kinner, Jennifer Mueller. Jason Richardson and John Wesley. Features: Angelique Bartlett Elena Bourgoin. Dewey Brinkley. Dale Castle. Jon Goldberg. Andrea N. Hall. Amy Kincaid. Dana Meisner, Funke Moses. Jennifer A Moyer. Deepa Perumallu. Tara Powell Robin Rodes, Maurine Shields. LeAnn Spradling, Amy Swan. Ross Taylor. Nam Vo. Angie Wainwright Denise Walker and Emma Williams Graphics: Jen Dittmer and Julie Spivey. Layout Dawn Owen and Kelly Peacock. Photography: Missy Bello. Lauren Brandes. Andrea Dana Pope editorial page editor Michael Workman university editor Kelly Ryan city editor Stephanie Greer state i national editor Sieve Politi SPORTS EDITOR Amy L Seeley FEATURES EDITOR Kim Costello features editor Wendy Mitchell arts S entertainment editor Marty Minchin special assignments editor Robin Cagle COPY DESK EDITOR Justin WiDiams photography editor Justin Scheef graphics editor Erin Lyon layout editor Kas DeCarvalho CARTOON EDITOR John C. Manuel SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR Allison Sherrill. Kathy Trent Jon Tuck and Ashley Widis. account executives; Jay DaKoriya, Kelly Doyle and Andrew Wong, assistant account executives. Advertising production: Bill Leslie, manager/ system administrator Stephanie Brodsky. John Mims and Denise Walker, assistants. Broaddus. Sterling Chen. Sarah Dent Jill Kaufman. Jason Kirk. Stacy Kozumplick. Elizabeth Maybach. Jonathan Radcliffe. Jayson Singe. Debbie Stengel. Ross Taylor and Katnna Wittkamp. Sports: Andy Alley. Chad Austin. Doug Behar. J. Michael Bradley. Corey Brown. Seth Brown. Rodney Cline. Brian Edmonds. Mark Franklin, Jon Goldberg. Alison Lawrence. Erin Parrish. Robbi Pickeral. Jill Santopierto. Brad Short Ethan Treistman. Frank Wang. Scott Weaver and Jill West State and national: Andrea Jones, senior miter Jonathan Barker. Adam Bianchi, Kellie Brown. Bronwen Clark. Ward ConviHe. Jenny Heinzen. Amir Khan. Greg Ray. Melissa Roche. Alia Smith, Ryan Thornburg. Brad Williams and Sara Worrell. University: John Adcock. Jennifer Ayres. Jiffer Bourguignon. Dawn Bryant Elizabeth Cleary. Kia Conley Casella Foster. Jessica Frank. Chris Gioia. Marissa Jones Rachael Landau. Erica Luetzow, Phuong Ly. Kevin McKee. Kelly Newton. Leena Pendharkat Holly Ramer. Lisa Robbins, Shakti Routray, Judy Royal. Kirk Royal. Kara Simmons and S. Tebbens. Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager. Printing: The Chapel Hill News Distribution: Triangle Circulation Services. EDITORIALS EfluM Years later T G) ffer All [ Ambiguity Makes NAFTA Difficult Policy Decision The debate is on. And 0n... and on .... First we hear from President Bill Clinton and former President George Bush that the North American Free Trade Agreement is good, good, good. Then we hear from Ross Perot that NAFTA is bad, bad, bad. Why is it that econo mists, politicians, and political experts just can’t seem to agree? Is NAFTA good or is it bad? Actually, both, and neither. Good and bad are simple polar terms. They describe the forces in fairy tales and police mov ies. They are not words complex enough to be used to analyze the intricacies of NAFTA. The truth is that NAFTA benefits or hazards, depending on who you happen to be. Most environmentalists and environmental groups, including the National Wildlife Federa tion, believe in the benefits. Under the agreement, the international pact prohibiting illegal trade in wildlife will be explic itly protected. The Basel Convention, which protects against the shipment ofhazardous waste over national borders, and the Montreal Proto col, which calls for the phasing out of ozone destroying chemical production, both will be honored as well. Moreover, all three countries involved retain the right to set any environmental protection standards as long as regulations are based upon scientific data and seek to realize a legitimate environmental objective. Additionally, $8 bil lion has been allocated for water and sewage treatment. Finally, N AFT Avery well could reduce much of the U.S.-Mexican border pollution problem. As it now stands, the border is a duty-free zone. Companies wanting both cheap labor and duty free shipment back into the United States set up factories in that small strip of land. Because so many companies utilize this practice, however, the border area has become extremely polluted. All of Mexico will become duty-free if Student Congress’ Past Irrelevant to Current Work Editor’s note: The author is a Student Congress representative from Dist. 19 and the chairman of congress' Student Affairs Committee. A couple of weeks ago I went to dinner with my roommate from freshman year. Dur ing our conversation about our dating sa gas, he suddenly said to me, “Phil, the paper is boring. When is congress going to start some thing?” Not unlike my ex-roommate, The Daily Tar Heel seems to feed off of Student Congress for its own entertainment. I will grant the fact that congress sometimes has been a bit more entertaining than it should be. However, the majority of the time, congress as a whole has functioned well and has been very productive. The DTH’s editorial “Reform Congress" be gins by pointing out that congress has lost three members due to resignations. While that cer tainly is true, I do not believe that those resigna tions are due to the “political games” and “apa thy” toward congress. The editorial does not indicate why those members of congress have resigned, but assumes that each resignation is related to the actions of the full congress. In reality, each resignation had to do with the lack of time as well as the need to do other things around campus for the individual members who resigned. Next, the editorial states that petitions have not been filed for the open congressional seats. They again relate that to the unsatisfactory im age of Student Congress. I find it incredibly hard to believe that students on this campus remem ber the past history of Student Congress. In fact, only the juniors and seniors would remember the days of former speaker Tim Moore. That in itself makes it unfair for the freshmen and sopho mores who have no clue about Moore. More importantly, it puts the vast majority of representatives who got elected on the anti-Tim notion in an awkward disposition. The fact is that Tim Moore existed, but that was a long time ago, and it should not have any bearing on the 75th congress. It would be unfair forthe paperto be judged by standards and styles of the past As you all know, The Daily Tar Heel welcomes guest columns from our readers. But lately we’ve been digging ourselves out from under all of them. So to our readers and those interested in seeing their views in print on The Daily Tar Heel’s editorial pages, here's a helpful hint: Your opinion has a much better chance of publication if it is written as a letter to the editor, not a guest column. While a small number of guest columns do add to the paper, there’s NAFTA is passed, thereby reducing the incentive for compa nies to locate in the border area. Like environmen talists, economists also believe in NAFTA’s benefits. Operating under the theories of trade and comparative ad vantage, economists argue that in the long run, the benefits of an | shirlieyfungl MONDAY'S ANODYNE increasingly global economy will far outweigh any short-run problems. Trade theory stresses the idea that while some businesses and some workers might be hurt by open trade, the incomes of countries involved generally rise. Current U.S. exports to Mexico should jump from $42 billion to $52 billion if NAFTA is approved. And, as Adam Smith so elegantly showed us with his pin-factory example, specialization im proves efficiency and raises productivity. The idea of comparative advantage simply is that countries specialize in producing products they are better at producing on a relative scale. Comparative advantage, however, does not mean more total jobs. It only guarantees greater total productivity and income. And that’s the where the problem reveals itself. As Geoffrey Garin, a Democratic pollster, recently remarked, “The supporters tend to deal with NAFTA on a more intellectual level.” Whether Garin knew it or not, he hit the key point of the debate with his comment. It’s easy for economists, environmentalists and politicians who support NAFTA to be ob- editors. To my knowledge, the newspaper had its own problems with resignations and such,butnoone said anything about that. In fact, I clearly re member that for a while the paper was struggling to main tain a steady staff. The newspaper later brings up the impeachment and IP|IIUPCHARLESTIERRE| GUEST COLUMNIST last year’s speakers race. Again, most people have forgotten that piece of history. Yet, the paper loves to remind congress and myself of these nightmares. The paper cannot base its arguments on the present; therefore it is forced to rely on the past. I do not want to get into the impeachment or last spring’s speaker race. What I would like to point out is that the speaker and myself are working together. I might not agree with everything that goes on, but I respect the way she is handling the position. That is a better scenario then that oflast year’s DTH editor selection. From what I understand, there were several votes taken and some arm twisting to elect the current editor. And while most of the losing candidates still are in school, they do not contribute to the paper. My point is simple: Before one sits down to criticize, look at the ground you’re standing on, and more often than not it is just as shaky. I am not going to sit here and ask for congress not to be criticized this is not the Campus Y. What I am asking for is fairness. Do not judge congress on the past, but judge us on the present and the future. Please criticize us when necessary, but keep it germane to the 75th congress. But more impor tantly, be constructive with the criticism. It is hard for me to take the paper seriously when it cannot even extend the deadline a few minutes Editor's Note no way we can run everyone's submission. Letters are limited to 400 words, which is plenty of space to make your opinion known concisely and completely. Readers also are much more likely to read a short letter than a longer column. In addition, guest columns now only will run in Monday's paper when there are two editorial pages, or in the rare event that we run two editorial pages on another day of the week. We appreciate everyone's interest in running a guest ©ljp Baili} sJar HM jective about the long-run benefits. Having stud ied trade in my International Economics class, I also find it easy to support any sort of move toward a more globally-based economy. How ever, without necessarily supporting NAFTA any less, it is imperative to remember those who will not benefit. Small family-owned businesses believe that NAFTA will be extremely detrimental. Businesses such as the France Broom Com pany located in Paxton, 111. presently are able to survive because of governmental production. Low-wage Mexican competition would have put the small broom company out of business long ago, had sizable tariffs and quotas not been applied. Other small businesses that produce products such as clothespins, glassware, acrylic sweaters, peanuts, sugar and tomatoes, likewise will be affected. Blue-collar workers also believe that NAFTA will be detrimental. These workers will be most affected by the companies that move factories to Mexico. Labor there costs 80 cents an hour compared to $8 an hour here. Many of these blue-collar workers have worked in the same factories fortheir entire lives. Some are illiterate; others simply don’t have the resources to be retrained and J to find new jobs. For many employees, the option of finding anew job simply does not exist. I support NAFTA, but at the same time it’s difficult for me not to empathize with those who will feel the brunt of its negative ramifications. In the end, the only thing that seems obvious about NAFTA is the fact that some will win and some will lose, but not necessarily on the lines of good or bad. Shirliey Fung is a junior political science and economics major from Mansfield, Mass. for congress, but later criticizes congress. The very least that can be done is to send another reporter to cover the bills that get voted on after deadline. Congress is not an easy student activity. When a congress member votes to give money to a student organization, it is an awesome responsi bility. We are dealing with hundreds of thou sands of dollars of student money. There is no way one can expect that to be an easy task. This year in particular we have had much more re quested of us than we have had to give. Some how we have to cut groups to save some money for others. If I am not mistaken, in this week alone groups were asking for $ 15,000 more than we had. How can we make such great decisions in a limited amount of time? We meet as a full body twice a month for maybe 10 hours and that is too much time? More importantly, congress has been work ing for the students. Take, for example, Rep. Sneha Shah’s efforts to increase the number of emergency phones around campus. Or take my efforts to getasnackingfacilitybuiltin Carmichael Residence Hall. Does the paper not know that the head of the department of transportation and I have met several times to try to increase the hours of the buses around campus, or provide more bike racks for specific locations and also create a transportation system for my current district, which encompasses most of the sorority houses? Did the editorial board forget about my committee’s exhibition of student groups in the Pit last week? Lastly, does the editorial board not remember the story and the favorable editorial in The Daily Tar Heel about my fight to stop the University from forcing on-campus students to pay $ 100 to the UNC ONE Card at the beginning of each semester? lam not asking for praise I just want fairness. • Philip Charles-Pierre is a junior international studies and philosophy major from New York City. column and are very happy that the members of the University community has so much interest in ex pressing its views. But in the interest of space, clarity and the backlog of guest columns and letters in The Daily Tar Heel's edit files, when you submit your written views to The Daily Tar Heel, please keep in mind that guest columns are less likely to see print than a letter to the editor. DANA POPE, EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR
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