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SARR to Hold Dialogue
Training Program Tonight
Students for the Advancement of Race
Relations will sponsor a dialogue program
training session tonight from 7 to 10 p.m.
in Union 206.
The session is designed to improve hu
man relations on campus and to train stu
dents to work as dialogue facilitators in
residence halls and with other student
groups.
NC STAR Sponsors
Session For Volunteers
North Carolina Students Teach and
Reach is holding a training session for
volunteers Saturday fromnoonto4p.m. in
the fifth-floor lounge of Carmichael Resi
dence Hall.
Volunteers in the program work in Or
ange County public schools to lead discus
sions about race relations, respect for di
versity and community service. The goal
of NC STAR is to destroy stereotypes and
emphasize common bonds.
Symposium to Focus
On Religion, Politics
Chancellor Michael Hooker and fel
lows of the Institute for the Arts and Hu
manities at UNC will speak on “Religion,
Politics and the University" at the Institute’s
Oct. 22 Autumn Sunday Symposium. The
symposium is at 1:30 p.m. in Gerrard Hall.
The symposium is free and open to the
public. Seminars will be led by four insti
tute fellows: Pamela Conover, Everett D.
Palmatier professor of political science;
Stephen Leonard, associate professor of
political science; Soyini Madison, assis
tant professor of communication studies;
and Tomoko Masuzawa, associate profes
sor of religious studies.
Hooker’s presentation will follow the
seminars.
Newman Concert Series
To Feature Cellist, Pianist
The 1995-96 William S. Newman Art
ist Series will feature cellist Steven Doane
and pianist Barry Snyder on Oct. 22.
The concert will be held at 8 p.m. in Hill
Hall Auditorium. Tickets are sl2 for the
general public, $lO for senior citizens and
$5 for UNC students. Tickets are available
in 104 Hill Hall.
The concert will feature music from
Beethoven, Sergei Rachmaninoff and
Frank Bridge.
Medical Sociologist to
Give Lecture on Nov. 17
Renee Fox, Annenberg professor of so
cial sciences at the University of Pennsyl
vania, will give a lecture at noon Nov. 17.
Herlecture will be titled “Afterthoughts:
Continuing Reflections on Organ Trans
plantation” and will be held in 106 Berry hill
Hall in the School of Medicine.
Fox is a well-known critic of American
medicine. The talk is sponsored by the
Department of Social Medicine, the De
partment of History and the UNC Hospi
tals Ethics Committee.
Carmen Hooker to Talk On
Women In Public Service
Carmen Hooker, former Massachusetts
legislator and wife of Chancellor Michael
Hooker, will speak Oct. 18 at noon in Dey
Hall’s Toy Lounge. Her talk will be titled
“Women in Public Service.”
The speech is part of the Women’s Stud
ies Lunchtime Colloquium and is free and
open to the public.
Noted Author to Deliver
Douglass Hunt Lecture
Tom Wolfe, author and social com
mentator, will be the speaker for the first
annual Douglass Hunt Lecture on Oct. 23
at 8:15 p.m. The series is sponsored by the
Carolina Seminars Program and will be
held in the banquet hall of the Morehead
building. His talk is titled “Moral Fever in
the ‘9os” and is free and open to the public.
School Activist Group to
Host Candidate Forum
A local citizens group, Stop Overcrowd
ing Schools, will host a candidate forum
tonight from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The
forum will include candidates for both
Chapel Hill Town Council and mayor, as
well as Carrboro Board of Aldermen and
mayor. The forum will be held at Carrboro
Town Hall, and the public is invited. The
main focus of the forum will be the need for
more collaboration between the school
board and the local governments so that
extensive residential growth does not con
tinue to overwhelm the schools.
Following the forum, the steering com
mittee for SOS will announce their en
dorsements for both municipal races.
The Daily Tar Heel Will
Host Candidate Forums
The Daily Tar Heel will sponsor two
candidate forums for municipal elections
in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The forum
for the Cantoro Board of Aldermen and
mayoral candidates will be held Sunday,
Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Union Auditorium.
Chapel Hill Town Council and mayoral
candidates will have their chance to speak
out about the issues Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7
p.m. in the Great Hall of the Union. All are
invited and encouraged to come.
Ruling Expected Today in
Williams Child Custody Case
BYJOHN PATTERSON
STAFF WRITER
HILLSBOROUGH—Orange County
District Judge Philip Allen will make a
ruling today in the custody hearing be
tween former UNC English Professor
James Williams and his ex-wife Ashley
Williams over their 8-year-old son.
Allen listened to closing statements from
both parties Tuesday evening before decid
ing to recess and reconvene at nine this
morning. Allen said he will also make a
ruling on visitation for both parties.
“No matter what I decide, the previous
order is not sufficient to deal with the
visitation policy,” Allen said. “Due to the
time and the matters still at hand, I think
sleeping on this may help me make a better
decision.”
James Williams, who resigned from the
University in June after a lengthy divorce
battle revealed allegations of sexual and
professional misconduct, moved with his
son, Austin, to Illinois in September after
accepting a one-year contract with
Governor’s State University, near Chicago.
Ashley Williams’ attorney Terry Ham
said James Williams’ new wife and new
job in Illinois were circumstances that made
it hard for the child to live a normal life.
Housekeepers’ Noon Rally
To Address Contracting Out
■ Workers worry that improvements
in work conditions will be lost if the
state decides to contract out jobs.
BYJ.C. JOHNSON II
STAFF WRITER
The UNC Housekeepers Association will hold a
rally on the steps of Lenoir Hall facing the Pit at noon
today.
According to organizers, the event is a precursor to
a march on Polk Place on Sunday to protest the issues
of contracting out University housekeeping jobs
through private companies.
“Contracting out would make the housekeepers
employees of the contractors,” said Student Environ
mental ActionCoalitionDirectorLizGres. “(It) would
destroy their positions (and make it) all up to the
contractor as to who was hired —most likely on a
short-term basis, not long-term.”
At present, housekeepers are employed by the
University. Bruce Runberg, associate vice chancellor
for facilities management, said the state was studying
contracting out, but no plans had been made to con
vert UNC’s housekeeping division to private industry.
“The legislature passed a bill requiring General
European Journalists Discuss Media Differences
JENNIFER WILSON
STAFF WRITER
Two worlds collided as journalists from
the Eastern European countries ofPoland,
Russia, Bosnia and Uzbeckistan met
Wednesday at a Balance and Accuracy in
Journalism meeting to discuss their views
on American journalism.
These journalists were part of the Duke
University Media Fellows Program. “We
explore the educational system at Duke,
whatever is interesting to us. It is a very
individual approach,” said Marta Bark, a
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Susannah Felts reads her short story to the Youth Angst Society in the Bull s Head Bookshop on
Wednesday. Five students read their original compostions at the second YAS meeting of the year.
UNIVERSITY & CITY
“ Two of the most stressful
events in a person s life are
divorce and a change of job or
loss of job ...He (Austin) has
to have someone who under
stands. Ashley Williams
understands. James Williams
apparently does not?
TERRY HARM
Ashley Williams' attorney
“Two of the most stressful events in a
person’s life are divorce and a change of
job or loss of job,” Ham said. “These new
circumstances are posing serious conflicts.
He (Austin) has to have that anchor. He
has to have someone who understands.
Ashley Williams understands. James Wil
liams apparently does not.”
James Williams later told the court in
testimony Wednesday that he was stable
enough and capable enough to care for a
child in his new environment.
“(Austin) has adjusted remarkably
well,” he said. “He has made some friends,
Administration to study the aspect of contracting out
within the UNC system, ” he said. “The verbiage in the
bill reads that a number of service-related functions
would be looked at throughout the (university) sys
tem. I am unaware of any plans for UNC-Chapel Hill
to privatize housekeeping.”
Today’s rally will consist of a small group of orga
nizers. “It’s a warm-up for Sunday," said Barbara
Prear, a UNC housekeeper and member of the UNC
Housekeepers Association. Sunday’s 3 p.m. rally will
be held in concert with SEAC’s national conference.
The UNC Housekeepers Association has worked
since 1991 to address housekeeper concerns, Gres
said. Privatization would undermine many of the
association’s recent gains, she said.
In 1991, members of the housekeepers movement
first filed a grievance with the University alleging
racial discrimination with respect to pay, training and
supervisory practices.
The housekeepers’ lawsuit was originally dismissed
but then appealed by the housekeepers. The case is
scheduled to be heard sometime this winter at the
Office of Administrative Hearings.
Chancellor Michael Hooker and other members of
the UNC administration have been meeting with
representatives from the housekeepers’ group to dis
cuss grievances since last month. Hooker has said he
was gathering information to address their concerns.
Polish participant in the program.
BAJ, an independent group formed
during the Persian Gulf War, sponsored
the meeting at Chapel Hill’s Community
Church. The group strives to bring differ
ent perspectives to issues that are lost in the
corporate interference in the media. It fills
in the gaps left by National Public Radio,
co-founder David Kirsh said.
The guest journalists brought outside
opinion and insight. A journalist from
Bosnia, Leila Viteski, said it was very dif
ficult for journalists to explore stories in
depth because of the possibility that it could
although he does miss his mother. Unlike
UNC, Governor’s State University a
child-care center for members of the fac
ulty and staff. They have a professionally
trained staff there.”
However, Harn said the child wanted to
live with his mother but wanted to avoid
making his father angry.
“I think the boy is going to thrive more
with his mother than with his father be
cause ofhis presence with her,” Ham said.
“He really wants to live with his mother,
but he is afraid to make his father upset.”
James Williams said education was a
top priority in the child’s environment.
“My role in his education has always
been strong,” he said. “The environment
of his new school (St. Mary’s) is miicfr
more disciplined than any school in the
past. His school has a wide range of stu
dents, from blue-collar to white-collar pro
fessionals.”
James Williams, who married former
UNC student Ako Shimada in June, said
both his new wife and he were making
strides to accommodate the child.
“Ako and I both talked about Austin
long before,” he said. “I would never say
that Austin was not involved. Ako even
showed him her wedding gown a week or
so prior to the ceremony.”
Defending Her Faith
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Amma Shabazz carefully outlines feminist tenets within the Islamic faith Wednesday in Murphy
Hall. Citing from the Koran, she explains that women are equally respected in her culture.
put their lives in danger. Journalists can be
directed by government agencies to leave
crucial details out of stories, like where a
bombing occurred, Virteski said.
Bark said job security can be threatened
when journalists’ stories are critical of the
government. “You have your hands tied,”
Bark said. Virteski said, “It is very difficult
for citizens to find money to buy newspa
pers." However, when the headquarters of
one of the papers was destroyed, newspa
pers continued to be printed. “Even in the
terrible circumstances, everyday papers are
still on the street,” Virteski said.
Youth Angst Society
Sponsors Reading
BY MATTHEW BOYATT
STAFF WRITER
The Youth Angst Society held its second set of readings on
Wednesday evening in the Bull’s Head Bookstore, as five students
read from their poetry and prose works.
Founded by Dan Kois, a senior from Milwaukee, and Bull’s
Head employee Amy Wilkinson, YAS is attempting to enhance
appreciation for creative writing at UNC.
“For a writer this is a good opportunity to expose your work to
a larger audience,” Kois said.
Nestled in the back of the Bull’s Head, seats were arranged in
a fashion which lent an intimate atmosphere to the events. The
writers read their pieces to about 25 onlookers.
Brian Blanchfield, a senior from Charlotte, was the first reader
of the evening, and he touched on a more serious note which dealt
with the human experience. His first piece titled “Further
News” recounted the events of Hurricane Jeremy and the
isolation felt by the poem’s speaker as he waits the storm out in his
susceptible house. “I’m like a certain ghost in my room, ” Blanchfield
said during the tension-filled high point ofhis piece.
Gary Mason, a senior prose writer and the third guest speaker,
chose a more light-hearted approach to reach the audience. "Mo
torcycle Emptiness’’ was a 15-minute recount of Mason’s experi
ence at a rest stop while on a motorcycle trip to Washington, D.C.
Claire Campbell, a junior from Raleigh and one of the event’s
poetry readers, enjoyed the fresh approach Mason took in “Motor
cycle Emptiness.’’ “It was a very effective piece,” Campbell said.
“He lent to the character by how vividly he read his work.”
Campbell chose to read poems which she wrote two years ago,
and they were an assortment of short pieces which were filled with
rhymes and tonal modifications.
The other writers at the reading were Johnny Knight a senior
from Morehead City, and Susannah Felts, a senior from Hermit
age, Tenn.
The next YAS readings will be held Nov. 6 at the Bull’s Head.
Kois said he hoped the monthly event would attract more specta
tors as well as writers.
Wilson Says Urban Crisis
Linked To Unemployment
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
STAFF WRITER
William Julius Wilson, director of the
Center for Urban Inequality at the Univer
sity of Chicago, addressed the problem of
urban poverty and proposed progressive
solutions to urban problems Wednesday
night in Memorial Hall.
In his address, which was the first speech
of the Frank Porter Graham Lecture Se
ries, Wrlson linked the decline in qualify of
life and the increase of crime in inner—city
neighborhoods to the increase in jobless
ness.
“The declining presence of working
and middle-class blacks deprives a key re
source from these communities,” he said.
Drug trafficking and increases in vio
lent crime were related to poverty and
unemployment, he said.
Wilson lays blame for these problems
on the lack of support for job programs in
both the private and public sectors. “It is
quite clear when you talk to welfare moth
ers that they hate being on welfare,” he
said.
The problem is made worse by the re
cent move by Congress to cut welfare and
other social programs, Wilson said.
“lam hoping President Clinton is going
to veto this welfare reform bill,” Wilson
said. “But I don’t think he will.” Wilson
called the Senate reform plan a “draconian
America’s broadcasts continue to be
influential around the globe, as America
controls the international news used by
many news agencies in Poland, Bark said.
The company she works for uses wire
from the American Broadcasting Com
pany. However, she said news coverage of
many world events, such as those concern
ing South America, is limited. Because the
broadcasts have a global circulation, it
affects the content ofprograms. “People all
around the world are being catered to, and
this leads to a ‘dumbing down’ of the
content,” Kirsh said.
Thursday, October 12,1995
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WILLIAM JUUUS WILSON said
stronger public programs could help
ease poverty in the inner city.
bill.”
Strengthening support for public pro
grams and emphasizing the common prob
lems shared by people of all classes are keys
to eliminating poverty and joblessness,
Wilsonsaid. “We need to generate a public
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Town Officials
Discuss Future
Development
BYMEGAN DRISCOLL
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Town Council and
Carrboro Board of Aldermen joined the
Orange County Water and Sewer Author
ity Wednesday night in an open discussion
work session to debate future plans for the
Greene Tract property.
Jointly owned by the town governments
and OWASA, the tract was initially pur
chased for the construction of a landfill.
Officials debated whether or not the land
should remain an option for a landfill site
or be considered for another use at the
meeting.
Among the proposals for future use of
the Greene Tract is the building of afford
able housing. “The beauty of using the
Greene Tract for housing is that we already
own the land,” Alderman Jacquelyn Gist
said.
“It is important to keep the tract in joint
public ownership and work together,” she
said. “We could use part of the Greene
Tract to build houses that would accom
modate more people at lower costs. I would
also like to see more inexpensive rental
units, as well as more single-family hous
ing.”
Carrboro Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird
voiced her concerns about the lack of af
fordable living areas around the tract.
"Whatever we decide to do with the
Greene Tract, I would like to see a firm
commitment made to the increase of af
fordable housing,” she said.
In addition to an increase in inexpen
sive housing on the Greene Tract, many
officials would like to see a small town
created around it. The town, they agreed,
would be beneficial to the community as a
whole.
“Land is valuable, and there are con
stant needs arising for the use of undevel
oped land, ’’ council member Joyce Brown
said. “Weareinneedofnewbuildingsand
places to meet. But I think that we should
keep all options open for the use of the
land.”
Many town officials said they want to
wait until a site for the future landfill is
located before deciding what to do with the
Greene Tract, which is one of four final
locations under consideration.
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