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14 Monday, November 4,1996 ©fje laxly (Tar JM Jeanne Fugate editor Office Honrs, 2-3 p.m. Fridays Graham Brink managing editor / Adam Bianchi ELECTRONIC edition editor A World Wide Web Electronic Edition I A | I http://www.unc.edn/dth IV - ' Jill Established 1893 mm 103 Years of Editorial Freedom BOARD EDITORIALS Clinton for president President Bill Clinton remains the best candi date to represent student interests in the White House. Of the three candidates, he is the only viable one with any coherent vision for America, and the only one worthy of our votes. Duringthelastfouryears, Clinton has worked to ease the financial burden with initiatives like the President’s Direct Student Loan Program, which allows students to borrow money from the government at lower interest rates. This has increased flexibility in repayment options and saved taxpayers’ money. Clinton has also remained solidly pro-choice. He refused to sign a bill that would have out lawed certain late-term abortions, recognizing that they are necessary in certain rare instances. Clinton has also taken a courageous stand on gun control, signing into law the Brady Bill which imposed a five-day waiting period and mandatory background check on handgun pur chases to keep them out of the hands of crimi nals. The president’s crime bill banned the manu- Gantt for U.S. Senate The time has come for the Old Boy’s Club to end its meeting and allow others to have a voice in North Carolina’s future. For anew direction and anew viewpoint, North Carolina must elect Harvey Gantt to the U.S. Senate. Harvey Gantt brings to North Carolina and the Senate a career as a distinguished architect and mayor of Charlotte. His stand on the major issues parallel voters’ opinions and provides solutions to many problems facing the state. He advocates more community involvement in po licing to curb crime, protecting the posterity of Social Security and Medicare and providing better access to higher education and more fund ing for public schools. Gantt is in favor of more funding and new initiatives in our public schools accompanied by easier access to higher education. He calls for full funding ofHead Start which helps to prepare all children to enter kindergarten. Gantt advo cates seeking better ways to deal with young Hunt for governor In the North Carolina gubernatorial race, The Daily Tar Heel enthusiastically endorses Gov. Jim Hunt. Hunt is a moderate who has the experience and vision to lead North Carolina. A brief look at what Hunt has done in his past term shows why he is the obvious choice for governor. Although he has advocated fiscal re straint for the state government, he has not been shy about spending money where it is needed. His Smart Start program, set up so that impov erished children can attend preschool, is a step in the right direction for improving North Carolina’s educational system. More does need to be done, and Hunt’s calls for raising teacher salaries to the national average will further enhance the education of the state’s youth. North Carolina has become a considerably safer state to live in over the past four years. Business end Advertising: Kevin Schwartz. director/general rrangager; Chrissy Mennitt advertising director; Leslie Humphrey, classified ad manager, Lisa Reichle, business manager; Megan Stephenson, advertising manager Krista Scavone and Elizabeth Johnson, business assistants. Classified Advertising: Rachel Lomasz. Assistant Editors: Lily Thayer, arts and Diversions; Mary-Kathryn Craft and Angela Moore, city; Amanda Barnett and Dallas Smith, copy; Angela Eubanks, design; David Silverstein, features; Mark Weissman, graphics; Serena Custis and Brad Smith, photo; Alec Morrison, Paul Strelow and Kurt Tondorf, sports; Aaron Beard and M. Lee Taft Sport Saturday; Todd Darling and Wendy Goodman, state & national; Sharif Durhams, Marva Hinton and John Sweeney, university; Marissa Jones, writing coach. Arts/Diversions: Todd Gilchrist music editor; Mitch Bennett and Dean Hair, senior writers; Chris Barge, Robert Breitweiser, Kelly Brewington. Beth Carroll. Marya DeVoto, Louis Dillard. Nathan Ellis, Steven Ferrara, Betsy Greer, Rich Harris, Aziz Huq, Amber Ivey. Claire Jarvis, Verna Kale, Greg Kaliss, Kacey Kinard, Stephen Lee, Sophie Milam. Amelia Rasmus, Brent Simon. Barry Summerilin. Brian Truitt Ivan Vasquez. Scott Whittier and Karen Wißiams. Cartoon: Eric Bishop, Brad Christensen, Sean Gillespie, Tommy Harris, Brian Kahn. Paul Kendall. Toßy Long. Adria Mueller, Rob Neilson, Paul Saunders, Brad Timmers, Miles Travis and Michael Wlodek. City: Elizabeth Adams. Sara Griffitt Kate Harrison. Erica Hinton, Mike Hirschel, Christina Kopp, Sallie Lacy, Aaron Levine. Jim Martin. Megan Meadows, Rob Nelson, Gibson Pate. Alex Podlogar, Meegan Smith, Rachel Swain, Stacey The editorials are approved by the majority of the editorial board, which is composed of the editor, editorial page editor and seven editorial writers. The Deify Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit North Carolina corporation, Monday-Friday, according to the University calendar Callers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1163 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245/0246. facture of 19 types of deadly assault weapons. It will further safeguard communities by putting 100,000 new police officers on the street. The president has upheld the interests of the working poor, raising the minimum wage and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to cut the taxes of 15 million working families with incomes of $27,000 or less. He also increased Head Start funding by almost $760 million, giv ing underprivileged children access to quality pre-kindergarten education. In contrast, Dole has run a lackluster cam paign with little new to offer except a 15 percent across the board tax cut, clearly inconsistent with his supposed aim of deficit reduction. Ross Perot has no chance of being elected, and he remains a candidate who represents the wealthy, like himself, rather than student interests. Clinton has not entirely lived up to the hope he created with his election in 1992, but on the core issues most important to students, he has remained firm. On Nov. 5, vote Bill Clinton for offenders and favors curfews for young people. He supports a SIO,OOO tax cut for families with a child in college, increased fundingforPell Grants and expanding work study for college students. Jesse Helms takes advantage of fears and insecurities by portraying Gantt as “too liberal” for North Carolina. Would Helm’s votes against environmental protection, family leave, the Brady Bill and increasing funding for education repre sent the views of most North Carolinians? Helms’ ignorance concerning his constitu ents’ views is inexcusable and definitely not in the best interests of North Carolina. By stub bornly declining to debate his opponent, Jesse Helms denies Harvey Gantt and the voters the opportunity to question his record on important issues. Gantt is a welcome alternative to 24 years of the same ideology, and the best choice for North Carolina’s future and its people. Vote Harvey Gantt for U.S. Senate on Nov. 5. Violent crimes have decreased. Penalties for criminals have been stiffened. Furthermore, due in part to Hunt’s leadership, it is now a felony to carry a gun in a courtroom or school. Unbeliev ably, Robin Hayes voted against this measure. Hunt also stood up for North Carolina’s interests on the national scene. Despite being a Democrat, Hunt stood up to Bill Clinton and other members of his party on tobacco issues. On issues that many University students con sider important, Hunt’s views are especially at tractive. Of the two major party candidates, he alone is pro-choice. In addition, he is supportive of the University. Although his lack of a veto severely limited his power to act, he came out against the cuts in the University budget advo cated by the state Legislature. Re-elect Jim Hunt governor on Tuesday. THE DAILYTAR HEEL Business & Advertising Staff assistant manager. Customer Service: Shelly Harper, Marian Jones, Sherry W. Martin, Laurie Morton, Chemise Overton and Julie Robertson, representatives. 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Bos 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257 Ryan Norwood EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Jamie Griswold UNIVERSITY EDITOR Laura Godwin CITY EDITOR Erica Beshears STATE 9 national EDITOR Andrew Part special assignments editor Robbi Pickeral SPORTS EDITOR ► Joseph Rolison SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR * Jessica Banov FEATURES EDITOR Melissa Milios ARTS 6 DIVERSIONS EDITOR Juba Corbin COPY DESK EDITOR Michael Kanaret COPY DESK EDITOR Amy Cappiello PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Amy Quattlebaum DESIGN EDITOR Philip Molaro GRAPHICS EDITOR Robin Linehan editorial cartoon editor Robin Berholz STAFF DEVELOPMENT Jodi Brown, Beth Cresant6, Joel Sasser and Barry Wyner, assistant account executives. Advertising Production: Beth O'Brien, manager; Richard D. Allen, Yvonne Cema, Cindy Henley and Jody Matthews, assistants. Classified Production: Penny Persons. Newsclerk: Chris Dovichak. Sports: Beverly Morgan, copy. Dave Alexander, Jack Chaney, David Fleming, Kristi Geerken, Paul Holscher, Craig Kiser. Jason Knott, Reino Makkonen, Anglea Merritt Jeff Stencel and Mike Sundheim. Staff Development: Sandy Alexander, Chris Barge, Derek Chiang, Jenny Couch. Erica Ellis, Fay Giannoulis, Shaina Gross. Adam Gusman, Susan Hazeldean, Johnny Joyner, Greg KalUs. Sara Lester and Daniel Van Hall. State and National: Melissa Steele, senior writer Tiffany Cashwell, Anne Corbett Jonathan Cox. Sara deManigold, April Demert Vickey Eckenrode, Eric Flack. Anne Harden. Holly Hart Charles Hellwig, Emily Howell, Tricia Johnson, Antoinette Kerr, Ashley Matlock. Whitney Moore, Kishma Patnaik, Monika Ruef, Andrew Rose, Robin Smith. LeAnn Spradling and Jeff Young. University: Rick Conner, Merritt Dempsey. Kaitlin Gurney, Ashley Hagler, Leah Haney. Allison Hill. Mindy Hodges, Balkees Jarrah, Teresa Killian, Sheng Lee, Evan Markfield, Jim Nicks, Kelly O'Brien, Kerry Ossi. Aru Pande, Stephanie Shaw, Sarah Sims, Anasa Sinegal, Dave Snell, Dana Spangler, Ashley Stephenson, Nahal Toosi, Lynn Wadford, Ray Watters, Jon Williams, Deanna Wittmer and Sara Yawn. Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager. DTH on4ina: Eddie Beiles, production. Printing: Triangle Web. Distribution: Triangle Circulation Services. EDITORIAL '/is w <1 ‘ W.i K , Hey Lombardi winning is not the only thing I can no longer hang my head in shame. Yes, it is true, I am an Atlanta Braves fan, and no, I did not hurt my ankle jumping on the bandwagon. I’ve been an ardent fol lower of the Braves since the glory days of the early 1980s when Dale Murphy was king. The Braves have come a long way since the dark ages that followed their 1982 ran for the pennant. Their winning ways in the ’9os have been the first such domination in baseball since the zenith of the Big Red Machine in the 19705. Yet in spite of the Braves recent success, including a World Series victory in 1995, their recent collapse against the Yankees has again earned them the label of “chokers.” Never mind the five World Series appear ances in the past six years, or the numerous personal accomplishments of team members. That success is forgotten when compared with the one that got away. It is more of a case of what have you done for me lately, not what did you do last year. The words of great Green Bay Packers’ coach Vince Lombardi come to mind. “Win ning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” America’s obsession with this mantra has given root to an all or nothing mind set whose consequences are scary. Take for instance the recent Summer Games in Atlanta. What happened to the Olympic motto of “Higher, Faster, Stronger?” It seems a better slogan would be “Winner, Loser, Loser.” The only people deemed successful are those who brought home the gold. Forgot ten is the long work and perseverance of the silver and bronze medal winners, not to men tion the sacrifice involved in even earning the title of “Olympian.” Merely to be a part of the Olympics is a significant accomplishment. Yet the so-called “Dream Team” makes a mock ery of the Olympic spirit of fair play and competition and puts all of the emphasis on recognition. Stepping away from the sports world for a moment, this human tendency to seek glory has found its way onto our campus. In a recent incident at Student Stores, two UNC students apprehended a shoplifter. Good for them. Board editorial oversimplifies classroom relationships TO THE EDITOR: In response to your board editorial on Oct. 25 titled “Students do it, too,” I would like to make two points. First, not all amorous relationshipsbetween students and their professors are based on grades. Some students initiate sexual relation ships with professors in the interest of bolster ing their grades; some professors use the power to assign grades inherent in their position to increase their attractiveness to students. This dynamic, however, is not central to every amorous relationship between profes sors or teaching assistants and their students. Don’t get me wrong; the power dynamic be tween the positions of grade-receiver and grade assigner are always present and cause suffi cient complexity in a relationship between a student and a professor enough so that the existence of amorous student-professor rela tionships are dangerous to the integrity of the University. But we shouldn’t simplify this debate to the degree that we deny the compli cations of attractions on other bases. Secondly, I would just like to take issue with the “vulnerability” of professors to ad vances made by students as framed in your board editorial. While I agree that the aca demic relationship between the professor and the student should not be compromised by sexual relations no matter who initiates them, I must say that students approached sexually by professors are vulnerable in very different ways than professors approached sexually by students due to the authority of the professor. Although professors should be able to fol low formal channels of complaint when they are the subjects of students’ sexual advances, the fact that they presently cannot does not make them “vulnerable. ” After all, what power does the student hold over them should they deny the advance? What consequences, ex actly, does denial make them vulnerable to? Students, professors, teaching assistants and However, one of those students stepped over the line when he wrote a letter to the edi tor attempting to gain recognition for his valiant ef forts. Come on man, did you do chase the offender because it was the right thing to do, or did you do it to get your name in ■ MATT OSMAN OSMANIA the paper for being an all-around great guy and model citizen? Shifting back toward sports, I find I often fall prey to this obsession with winning and recognition. My friends know me to be an extremely competitive person, be it a spades game or an Ultimate Frisbee match. Recently, however, this competitive fire has served more to my detriment than as a motivating factor to excel. My involvement in soccer matches at the intramural level hasn’t exactly benefited my character or made me a better person just for being there. Instead, I was just a bad sport, overly moti vated by the desire to win. I yelled at the refs for their bad calls and poor soccer knowledge. My inability to perform in front of the goal only served to heighten my frustration and caused me to lose sight of the value of competing. Rather than taking an opportunity to become better friends with my teammates, I strove for personal satisfaction and glory and in the end received neither. Atone point I was reminded by a friend that we were there to have fun. He was right. The joy should come from the thrill of competition. But too often I find my satisfaction dependent merely on the final score and not on the expe rience as a whole. It is because of my own struggles with this all-or-nothing attitude, coupled with my frus tration at America’s overemphasis on win ning, that a recent television segment caught my eye. A few weeks ago I watched a story HEADERS’FORUM The Daily Tar Heel welcomes reader comments and criticism. Letters to the editor should be no longer than 400 words and must be typed, double-spaced, dated and signed by no more than two people. Students should include their year, major and phone number. Faculty and staff should include their title, department and phone number. The DTH reserves the right to edit letters for space, clarity and vulgarity. Bring letters to the DTH office at Suite 104, Carolina Union, mail them to P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 or e-mail forum to: dth@unc.edu. others on this campus are all adults, and as such should be held accountable for their ac tions. But as usual, the editorial board has taken the liberty of grossly oversimplifying an issue to make its point. Michelle Crutchfield JUNIOR COMMUNICATION STUDIES/WOMEN S STUDIES 'Town and Gown 1 more than convicts and homeless people TO THE EDITOR: I am writing to correct an inaccuracy in the Oct. 25 Daily Tar Heel (“Graduate representa tives storm out of Student Congress”). As one of the editors of Town and Gown, the publication not funded that evening, I need to set the record straight on what we are about. We are not a magazine seeking to have the writings only of “convicts and homeless people” as your article suggested. We wish to be an independent voice that incorporates both those underserved in the ttTjp Sally ear Hrrl aired on ESPN’s Sports Center that focused on Washington Redskins defensive tackle Sean Gilbert. It seems that Gilbert’s level of play had dropped off in recent years. Prior to the drop off, Gilbert had emerged as one of the new young stars in the NFL. However with this success came many of the temptations that are associated with fame and fortune. A regular hellion offthe field, he sought to satisfy himself with things that merely pacified. Wien that pacification wore off he was just as empty as before, if not more so. Finally, after it became clear that fulfillment was not within his own power, he gave his life to Jesus Christ and found peace in the love of God. Around the same time he experienced this religious conversion, he also incurred a painful and debilitating shoulder injury that made it hard for Gilbert to even lift his arm above his head, to say nothing for his ability to play football. Many observers saw the decline in Gilbert’s on-field production as a result of his conver sion. They felt Gilbert’s competitive fire had been quenched. At the time little was mentioned regarding his injury struggles. Yet Gilbert himself insists the injury caused the drop in performance, not his acceptance of Christ. It amazes me the lengths to which people will go to in order to discredit a religious experience. Now that Sean Gilbert’s arm has healed, he is proving his critics wrong with a return to his previous form. Whether it be terrorizing quarterbacks or loving his family and wife, Gilbert makes it clear that he will do it with every part of his being and for the glory of God. Part of the reason I think people sought to discredit Gilbert was their belief that winning was everything. Perhaps they felt a religion placing more emphasis on running the race rather than winning it had no place in the competitive world of sports. Sean Gilbert doesn’t think that’s true and neither do I. Matt Osman is a senior history major from Charlotte. current debate, as well as featuring student work and professional and academic contribu tions. We at Town and Gown don’t see any walls around the UNC campus, and our goal is to break down the insularity that often separates the University from the community it inhabits. What this means to us is that homeless people and convicts do have something to teach a professor or a student willing to listen. We believe our community is enhanced when the policy maker and those affected by the policy exchange information. We don’t see any forum in the University community to accommodate the discussion of current questions of social, political and aca demic interest. We were angry that we didn’t get funded that night. Yet we thought both graduate and under graduate representatives had legitimate ques tions that night. We appreciate the graduate student repre sentatives efforts on our behalf. Town and Gown is on the way, UNC funded or not. There are too many good stories to be told, and voices that haven’t been heard, for that not to happen. Look for us in January. Thank you. Patrick Liedtka SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK CO-EDITOR, TOWN AND GOWN Deadline approaching The Daily Tar Heel is seeking to fill several open positions on its editorial board. We are looking for well informed, intelligent and articulate students to write the board editorials appearing on the left side of the page. Applications are in Suite 104 of the Student Union, and are due before sp.m. on Thurs day, Nov. 7. Questions regarding either applications or the editorial board should be directed to Editorial Page Editor Ryan Norwood at 9624086.