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rip f Farewell to warms Mostly sunny and cooler to day with a high in low 70s; low in mid-50s. Honor Court action Results of honor code viola tions have been released. See page 4 for charges and sentences. IP Serving the students and the University community since 1893 rr Volume CJj, Issuo 7p Wednesday, October 7, 1931 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArtt 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 O mi IsyTp4isim Mixed reactions prompted by leader's assassination Three groups take credit for death Cy AMY EDWARDS DTH Staff Writer The assassination of Egyptian President ' Anwar Sadat Tuesday was met with shock and sadness in the University community, and several students and experts on Middle Eastern affairs voiced concern about the ramifications of the death of Egypt's presi dent. Herbert L. Bpdman, a UNC professor of Islamic history, said the assassination did not signal the start of a revolution, although revolutionary groups could take advantage of any transitional instability. He said a behind-the-scenes power struggle could ensue because of Sadat's death. Bodman believes Egyptian-Israeli rela tions will remain stable, however. "I can see the Camp David (peace) process being slowed down with a hiatus in leadership," he said. A former UNC professor and Middle East expert now consulting with the federal government agreed the assassina tion would not hurt prospect for Middle East peace. A new Egyptian leadership to replace Sadat probably would be equally pro-American, though maybe not in the same style as Sadat, said Edward Azar, . director of the Center for International Development at the University of Mary land. Political science professor emeritus Shepherd Jones said Egyptian policies would not change. "My general belief is that he (the new president) will follow the same lines of policy (as Sadat). The U.S. will have to increase its attention to the Middle East problem," he said. Although responsibility for the assassi nation had not been established Tuesday A afternoon,, several possibpties have been raised. "I Can't h-!p bet weegtr if this mu long in the planning, not spur of the mo ment," Bodman said. ."Sadat was not popular in the Middle East," he said. The Libyans, Palestinians and Syrians as well as some Egyptian religious groups may have been behind the assassination, he said. Bodman said Sadat had many enemies in Egypt as well. "We look at Sadat as a friend of the U.S. The Egyptians look at . what he promised and couldn't deliver ., prosperity." He added that intellectuals resented Sadat's leading Egypt to isolation from the rest of the Arab world as well. The president of UNC's Moslem Stu dents Association said he felt internal op position led to Sadat's assassination ad ding that Sadat was more popular in the United States than in Egypt. "As a Moslem, I think Sadat was push ing the people too far to separate the church . and state," said Mamdouh Rezeika. "That is not acceptable from any Moslem point of view. He (Sadat) was pressing democracy. He was not giving chances for people to express themselves properly," he said. Azar said Sadat was not trying to sepa rate the church and state, but rather trying to crack down on the aggressiveness of Islamic neo-fundamentalism, citing an "ominous rise in religious fundamen talism" in Egypt. He compared this move ment to fundamental fervor in Iran. Some Egyptians want more religious do mination of the state and feel alienated from the government Azar said. "When they can't deal with the laws, they go out and kill people ... . It's typical of what Moslems have done before." There was an attempt to assassinate Sadat's predecessor, Gamel Abdel Nasser, and other govern ; jjient leaders have, been Jcilled .from tirnejto C!Srhe" said. ' " " ' ? "'v . x. y I Anwar Sadat Azar emphasized that these violent dissi dents were small groups rather than mas sive, widespread organizations. "Attemp ting assassination is the mechanism being used worldwide," he said, adding that the assassination would make Sadat a hero and a martyr. "He was a very good politician," Rezeika said. "He tried to bring peace though the chances were limited." "He's one Arab who could have had peace in the Middle East," said Gilbert Waldorn, a freshman from Maxton. "Maybe his vice president will carry out his policies." Todd Farrell, a junior from Greensboro, said Middle East policy would be hurt. "There could be a revolution." "I'm shocked and disgusted," said Stuart Jurgefisen, a graduate student from Wilmmgtori, Del. There's a lot of. po tential for trouble." The Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt President Anwar Sadat, whose peace with Israel changed the course of Middle East history, was assassinated Tuesday by six Egyptian soldiers who jumped from a jeep on military parade and charged the reviewing stand firing automatic weapons. Army sources said the attackers were Moslem funda mentalists. Sadat has been under attack by Moslem fundamentalists who claim he betrayed Islam and the Arab world through his peace with Israel, which broke the cycle of three decades of Mideast wars. Tuesday's parade marked the anniversary of what Egypt calls a "glorious Arab victory" in the last conflict of that cycle the 1973 Arab war against Israel. Diplomatic and police sources reported the raiders killed five other people and wounded 38, including three American ser vicemen and two diplomats. . ' - The army sources said all six attackers, including one lieute nant, were members of an artillery unit. They said two were killed and the others wre being interrogated. That report differed from an earlier statement by Egypt's am bassador to Washington, Ashraf Ghorbal.. He said .three assas sins were killed and three were captured. The Egyptian government has not given official word oh the assassins' identities, their ages, or their political and religious affiliations.. Vice President Hosni Mubarak declared a state of emergency and the ruling National Democratic Party nominated him to succeed Sadat. Mubarak told the nation in a TV address announcing the death of Sadat: "We are accustomed to these wounds and we believe in God's will and we will continue in the name of the spirit and soul of our leader and our constitution that we .will abide by all treaties and commitments made." ' He said presidential elections would be held within two months under constitutional provisions for selecting a successor. In the interim, the government will be headed by the speaker of parliament, Sufi Abu Taleb. There were no outward signs of alarm in Cairo, other than deployment of anti-riot police, which was considered a normal precaution. Islamic prayers were read on state radio and television and Cairo residents appeared calm. According to witnesses, the attack was launched by at least six men in uniform who opened fire with, assault rifles from a jeep that was towing an artillery piece in the parade. Reporters said three of the men then jumped out of the jeep and raced toward the reviewing stand, continuing to fire their rifles and hurling at least one grenade. Associated Press photographer William Foley, who was ort the scene, said the attackers kept firing from the shoulder, and "no one was sure it was real for a few seconds, then all hell broke loose." Several thousand spectators in the reviewing stand fled in panic as the attackers opened fire. Others saw many people lying bleeding on the stand. The reviewing stand was littered with bullet-riddled armchairs and with bloodied dignitaries thrown into pandemonium by the attack. It occurred shortly before 1 p.m. during a low flyby bjf jet fighters. Explosions also were heard, indicating grenades were thrown in the attack in the suburb of Nasr, which means Victory in Arabic. Ambulances and security vehicles rushed to the stand and carried away the injured, who included military men and Moslem and Christian religios leaders, witnesses said. The soldiers charged at the same instant that six low-flying jetfighters flew over the reviewing stand, spewing colored smoke in a aerobatic exhibition. They continued performing after the attack, their pilots apparently unaware of the confusion below. 'In Beirut, one caller told news agencies that the Independent Organization for the Liberation of Egypt was responsible for the attack, but few knowledgable people in Lebanon had heard of the group before. Another caller said the Rejection Front for the Liberation of Arab Egypt was responsible. He said it was headed by the former Egyptian army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Saadeddin Shazli. A third caller, claiming to speak for "The Organization of the Egyptian Nasserite Youth Union," also claimed responsibility. First official word that Sadat was assassinated was given by presidential adviser Mansour Hassan after emerging from a meeting with six top officials, including Mubarak. Asked by re porters if Sadat was dead or alive, Hassan said, "dead." He said the funeral would be held in a few days. The State Department said a U.S. Marine major Jerald R. Agenbroad of Bruneau, Idaho, an Air Force lieutenant colonel,1 Charles D. Loney of Austin, Texas and an Air Force captain; Christopher Ryan of Sacramento, Calif., were hit and slightly wounded in the raid. An Egyptian Foreign Ministry official, who requested anony mity, said Foreign Minister officials and others were wounded, including the Belgian ambassador, Claude Ruelle, and Ireland's defense minister, James Tully. Ruelle was reported in serious 1 -.See, SADAT on page 2 Warren defeated in CGC election Writeioi candidate draws vote ".in District 1 'V Elections Bosrd Chairmen f.terk Jsccbson unlocks ballot box ... Grace Emerson (left), Sean Alvarez await to count votes. DTHAI Steele By JONATHAN SMYLIE DTH Staff Writer . Although turnout was generally low for the Cam pus Governing Council district elections Tuesday, more than two-thirds of the votes cast were cast at the law school polling site. The 196 votes cast at that site exceeded the 171 votes cast at the law school for the presidential elec tion last February. Several students said they thought the high turnout was because the law students who are included in District 1, did not want a conservative candidate elected to represent their district on the CGC. Write-in candidate Andrew Harkov took 83.6 per cent of the vote, defeating Ray Warren in District 1. But Warren said he was considering filing a com plaint with the Elections Board contesting the election because he said fliers distributed by Harkov's cam paign workers were misleading. The result is one of two district elections confirmed after the ballots were counted. The results of the other four district elections will be confirmed after all. candidates are reached because there were no official candidates, said Elections Board Chairman Mark Jacobson. The election of sophomore William Porter was confirmed for District 22. He received seven of 11 votes casted. Harkov, a third-year law student decided to run as a write-in candidate because he said he disagreed with Warren's philosophy on Student Government and was upset that Warren was running. "I don't want to see the law school represented from his (Warren's) point of view," Harkov said. He said he felt organizations on campus should have the right to take political stands on issues. That is the major difference between Warren and himself, Harkov said. The Coalition for Better Campus Government took an active ; part in Harkov's campaign. Douglas Berger, the group's representative, said they helped distribute fliers and got out the vote in support of Harkov. Berger said the coalition was set up to promote candidates for Student Government offices who sup port the rights of campus organizations to express political views through educational process. Voters in the law school said they were concerned about having a conservative as their representative. "I guess I did not want an ultra-conservative representing the law school," said Alison Gray from Charlotte. Third-year law student Tom Qare expressed a similar concern. "We found out who was running and did not want to see him elected," he said. Harkov said he was pleased with the support he received. "I feel a lot of people in law school support me and consider me a good representative of the law school.,V Jacobson said the elections ran smoothly and without any problems. - DJs 6pMy me 'best of Ml music 3 as am artform for area parties r By LUCY McCAULEY DTH Staff Writer "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We'd like to welcome everyone who's out here 'cause we're gonna get down with you tonight. We play the best of all music so let's party!" The disc jockey shouts his invocation and suddenly colored lights flash and dance. The beat is mesmerizing as the loud speakers hammer out "Superfreak" and people reply with uninhibited yells and dancing feet. The party is in full swing. . Eddy Hemmingway, a fourth-year pharmacy student, is one of Chapel Hill's traveling disc jockeys who can change an ordinary dorm lobby into a private dance club with his light and sound show. "People will get wild and holler and scream when they hear a song they like," Hemmingway said. "I'll holler and scream right back at them. I go to have a good time, too."- "The money's good, but it's hard work," he said. "I'll come an hour before a party to set up, then go wide open for four hours hollering and shouting. Then after the party's over, I still have an hour's work just to pack everything back up again." Hemmingway's disco, E.J. and Company, got its name from an early disco group, C.J. and Company. The E is for his name and by coincidence, the J stands for the first names of both men that have helped Hemm ingway with his show during the four years he has had the disco, he said. Karl Harris, a senior chemistry and physics major, has been the traveling disc jockey, Mr. K., since January. "We play for fraternity, sorority and dorm parties, although we do a lot of private parties, too," he said. Both Mr. K and Ek.J. and Company do a four-hour show without breaks for S125 in Chapel Hill, Ihey said. Thornton Withers, a junior history and political science major, has been a traveling disc jockey since his freshman year. He does not set a time limit, and charges $100-$ 150 per show. "I used to have a certain time that I'd agree to play records," he said. "Now I just play until the people want to quit. Sometimes I'll get to drinking with the crowd and stay till three in the morning." He does a lot of fraternity parties, especially for his own Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Hemmingway said the hardest parties to play for were those where people would not dance very much. "You don't know if it's because of your music or if they just aren't a dancing crowd," he said. "The worst experience I ever had doing a party was when people were requesting songs that I just didn't have," he said. "Sometimes a DJ can get behind a week on the latest songs or just pass over one that turns out to be hotter than you thought".; The best parties to play for are usually dorm parties, Hemmingway said. n "There's always such a wide variety of people there," he said. "I can 'touch on all aspects of music, from blue grass to rock 'n' roil." ' Withers said he played a lot of rock 'n' roll at parties. "People like to hear groups like the Rolling Stones or Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers," he said. "We don't have to play a lot of beach music, which is nice because I can't stand it." Hemmingway said that 50 percent of the music he played at parties was disco and funk dance music. About 25 percent is beach, and the rest is bluegrass and rock 'n roll. "Funk songs like the Gap Band's "Burn Rubber on Me" and Carlton's "Bad Mamma J am ma" are popular ones," he said. , s Somf of the rapper songs that came out last year were popular, and he learned the words and rapped along with the record at parties, Hemmingway said. "Prep Rap is a new one that I'm working on now," he said. Hemmingway raps out some of the words he has learned so far in the characteristically-detached rhythm a rapper s song: 1- 1 A I- Alcohol abuse program offers student's, ; residents alternative to conviction A . DTHAI Steele DJ Eddy Hemmingway displays talent ... job demands dedication, hard work "Vi'dal Sas-soon, we don't wear designer jeans. They fit real well, but look like hell. We wear khakis from L.L. Bean." Hemmingway, Harris and Withers said they became disc jockeys because they had friends who got them in terested. Now, they each average about four to five par ties a month. Hemmingway said his show was all done with records bought from a local store. "I despise the words 'tape show'," he said. "A lot of DJs use cassette tapes of a lot of songs in a row. There's not necessarily a difference in sound, but it's a lot easier to satisfy people's song requests when you just have to pull a record out." By KEN MINGIS DTH Staff Writer A plan has been worked out by Student Body President Scott Norberg and Chapel Hill Major Joe Nassif that allows UNC students to take a program in alcohol abuse rather than face a fine and a con viction, Norberg said Tuesday. . The plan, worked out with Chapel Hill District Attorney Wade Barbour, includes all students and Chapel Hill residents ar rested for public consumption of alcohol before Tuesday (Oct. 6), Norberg said. "The program simply gives the district attorney discretion to enter a dismissal of. the charges, if he has evidence that the . student has attended the course," said Dorothy Bernholz, director of student le gal services. "There would be no criminal record or fine." The program deals with alcohol and va rious topics including how it affects a stu dent's relationships with friends, driving while under the influence of alcohol and fights which are alcohol-related, Norberg said. ' "It's sort of preventive education for students," he said. - "If you look at the number of people arrested, it's an effort at fairness by the town," Bernholz said. "The police crackdown (on public drinking of alcohol) came pretty fast." In recent weeks, Chapel Hill police have been arresting more students in an effort to cut down on the consumption of alcohol on Franklin Street, Norberg said. "This along with the noise ordinance had made many students wonder whether the town was coming down on students, Norberg said. "This program shows that the University and Chapel Hill can work', together." But, the program does not affect any one arrested after Tuesday. "From now on, it's wholly up to the discretion of the DA as to whether a student can take the course," Bernholz said, "And anyone who gets stopped more than once might as well forget it; the police will take your name and if it comes up again, you'll go to court, and pay the fine." Norberg said he suggested to Nassif that the police adopt a policy of warning students instead of arresting them. No decision had been made by Tuesday, he said. "I think a policy of written warnings is preferable (to arrests)," Bernholz said. "There is a problem on Franklin Street every weekend," Norberg said. "It's a pretty nasty scene, and we feel this is something that will help clear it up. "It is a constructive way of ap proaching a law that we have to live with," Norberg said.
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