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Chancellor's decision
breaks long tradition
By MARK STINNEFORD
DTH Surf Writer
Breaking a long-standing tradition that
dates back to the Civil War, Chancellor
Christopher C. Fordham III decided
Thursday night to cancel classes today.
But the University will officially remain
open, and full-time employees are ex
pected to show up for work under the
Adverse Weather Guideline (the official
University policy), Fordham said.
"To ensure the protection of safety,
we're going to suspend classes," he said.
Fordham cited worsening driving and
safety conditions, along with the suspen
sion of bus service, as the reasons for the
cancellation of classes.
"It's a little different than it was 20
years ago because of the large number of
off-campus students," he said.
Fordham said he expected most Uni
versity services such as the Student Aid
Office, the Cashier's Office and the
libraries to remain open, but to operate
with a limited staff. The supervisors of in
dividual services have the option to close
early if too many employees cannot make
it to work, he said.
Student Stores Manager Tom Shetley
said his store would be closed today, but
would reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday.
' Carolina Union Director Howard Henry
said he expected the Union to maintain
regular hours today. -
Student Health Services officials said
the SHS would hold regular hours.
"Most of the University functions will
be open," Fordham said.
The decision to cancel classes resulted
from the harsh winter weather that con
tinued to pelt the area, compounding
problems for University and Chapel Hill
officials, who had only barely begun to
dig out from Wednesday's snow storm.
Despite the unusual stretch of bad
weather, area roads were relatively accident-free
until Thursday night, when
Chapel Hill police reported a three-car
accident on Manning Drive. A spokes
man was unable to give specific details of
that incident.
During the day, both Chapel Hill and
campus police concentrated on assisting
the few motorists that had dared to test
the worsening driving conditions. Police
warned others to stay at home unless
driving was necessary.
Walking across campus also proved to
be an adventure as snow that had been
turned into slush on Wednesday refroze
Thursday, transforming sidewalks into
solid sheets of ice. But even with the
treacherous, icy conditions, the Student
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Students play
'When it sndws;..'
By JEFF HIDAY
DTH Staff Wriler
.You could here it, corning. No, you
could feel it coming. A sprawling mass of
students swept through campus Thursday
afternoon, swelling to even greater num
bers at each dorm.
Snow Fight '82 was about to begin.
And I was part of it.
It all started with a modest fight be
tween Teague and Avery residence halls.
Ehringhaus took on both in a quick skir
mish, then all three joined forces to make
a run on North Campus.
The group was already several hundred
strong, and its vastness sent many an in
nocent bystander scurrying. Some, who
weren't so smart, just stood watching in
awe. People who watch in awe are easy
targets.
After a little target practice, the first
major assault was ready. The group tip
toed past the Student Union, paused and
on key, ran screaming onto Connor
Beach. Surprised mouths were quickly
filled with snow, arid after a few retreats
and counter-attacks', former enemies
made friends, and the march continued.
After picking up additional troops at
Old East and Old West, Snow Fight '82
really got underway with Granville the
intended victim.
We crossed Columbia Street, chanting
in unison, "Gran-ville, Gran-ville." I
stook in Frat Court, straining to see the
end of the line. I couldn't. Nor could I
see the front.
"Snow Fight '82 is gonna be Snow Kill
'82," I "thought. There were just too
many of us. Already people were saying,
"Forget Granville let's get Duke."
But finally it happened.
"We were just having a peaceful little
snowfight (in Granville's front parking
lot)," said Jim Wrinn, a Granville West
resident. "Then they all came running,
made a lot of noise," he said. Wrinn
couldn't talk much, because he was too
busy dodging snowballs.
Most Granvillians wisely stayed inside.
A few" braveHof dumb) souls" tauntingly
opened their windows. They were
promptly assailed, although those on the
upper floors were out of snowball range.
Two guys (the enemy) were fairly suc
cessful bombarding us from about six
floors. up in Granville East's outside
stairwell. But a six-man squad of campus
constituents snuck up the stairs and
quickly quelled the attack. '
The 'Cafe' offensive' was next, but it
merely spurred the Granville residents to
rally. As a group, mostly from Teague,
tried to get in Granville's cafeteria,
several ingenious Granvillians dumped
trash cans full of water on us from the
cafeteria roof.
Lewis resident Johnny Attek was part
of the 'Cafe' offensive' and called it a
success: "We all came together ... South
(Campus) met North, and together we
whipped Granville."
Granville regrouped, though, and the
North-South Campus conglomeration
was forced to retreat into Frat court.
"We sent 'em back home," said David
Ratcliffe of Granville West.
Late in the battle, one of North
South's leaders, Norman George of
Teague, could still be seen trying to sneak
back onto Granville premises. George,
called "The Scout Patrol' by his comrade
Ben Freeman, said he got trapped several
times, but eventually "got behind 'em."
I asked George how many 'hits' he had
made in the course of the battle. 'I don't;
know," he said, "I hit as many people as
hit me. And that was a lot. About 40."
There were no casualties in Snow Fight
'82; only two broken windows at Gran
ville East, and one in Granville South's
second floor lounge.
So who won the darn thing? That all
depends on who you ask.
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... although buses were the only transportation for many, they had to be halted at 5 p.m.
DTHScott Sharpe
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The Associated Press
North Carolinians heeded weather warnings and
stayed at home by the thousands Thursday as a winter
'storfiiHsdntinued to thrOvr ice and snow on roads and ,
countryside around the state.
Since the frigid temperatures began Saturday, 17 peo
ple have been reported killed in the state by weather
related causes.
By early Thursday afternoon, new snowfall averaged
3 to 5 inches across the mountains, causing total snow
depths of 6 to 8 inches in most places, the National
Weather Service reported.
Road conditions in the mountains were expected to
continue to deteriorate and remain hazardous Friday,
the weather service said.
In the northeast Piedmont; rain and freezing fain ag
gravated already bad driving conditions. From 2 to 4 in
ches of snow was predicted.
Along the Outer Banks, the weather service reported
wind and rain mixed with snow.
Atraveler's advisory was in effect for all but the Outer
Banks, central coastal area and southern coastal area.
Movement of the storm Thursday night up the coast
was to bring decreasing cloudiness to the state along with
brisk northwest winds ftidayS'''-'-
Icy roads and warnings of snowfall caused many
businesses and most schools throughput North Carolina
to close Thursday. Normally busy streets were lightly
traveled during morning and afternoon rush hours.
Road crews worked around the clock to spread sand
and salt on main thoroughfares. Through dozens of
minor accidents were reported in the state's cities, few
injuries resulted from them. '
But several new weather-related deaths were reported,
including a fatal accident report near Greenville.
In Greensboro, a water pipe froze at Moses Cone
Memorial Hospital and caused flooding in the family
and out-patient clinic at about 6 a.m. Some appoint
ments were canceled. Some patients were seen in other
parts of the hospital, officials said.
About 10 miles south of Raleigh on U.S. 401,
emergency crews worked all day Thursday to right an
overturned tanker truck carrying Tolune Xylene, a flam
mable liquid used in cleaning fluids. The chemical spilled
Info MiDs Creek when the tanker skidded off the road at
about 5 a.m.
' The driver was hospitalized with a broken arm, of
ficials said.
About 50 area residents were evacuated from their
homes during the cleanup and taken to Fuquay Baptist
Church and Rawls Community Building in Harnett
County.
The adverse weather was an advantage to cleanup
crews because it kept the flash point of the highly flam
mable liquid down, officials said.
Lars Godwin, of the state Division of Environmental
Management, said the spill did not endanger drinking
water in the vicinity and though toxic fumes and the
flammability of the substance made clean-up dangerous,
the chemical should leave not lasting ill effects in the
area.
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Mirthday of Martin Luther King 'observed
The Associated Press .
Nearly 14 years after Martin Luther King was gunned
down, the drive to make his birthday a national holiday
appears to have stalled, and the day is celebrated as a full
legal holiday by only 10 states.
The civil rights leader's 53rd birthday will nonetheless
be remembered today around the nation, from an an
nual march through downtown Atlanta to a gospel con
cert in Chicago, candlelight service in Layton, Ohio, and
human rights award banquet in St. Louis.
Legislation to make King's birthday a national holiday
was introduced in Congress four days after he was
assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. The
proposal by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has .beepi
renewed every session since, but never has cleared, the
House. Hearings are tentatively planned again for1 next
month in a Civil Service subcommittee. Sen. Charles C.
Mathias Jr., R-Md., is the chief sponsor in the Senate.1,
"It is long past time to recognize the contributions of
Dr. King," Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said in a
speech Wednesday in Atlanta. "Martin Luther King's
day must be a day for all Americans, for Martin Luthe
King's dream is the American dream."
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Dick Thornburgh read a pro
clamation renewing an annual plea to make King's birth
day a holiday for the whole nation, as it is for his state.
"This brave champion ol Human rights advocated
peaceful means to combat attitudes of hatred and in
tolerance," Thornburgh said. "He offered a blueprint
for racial harmony and social progress which has left an
indelible imprint on society."
Opponents say another paid holiday for federal
workers would cost too much, and some Southern con
servatives have questioned whether such a high honor is
merited for King, who would become the first black to
be commemorated with a national holiday.
The 10 states that celebrate full holidays for King's
(birthday are Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. Some of those celebrate it on a Mon
day regardless of the exact date. Several other states give
' employees the option to take the day off as a "floating"
holiday. And many cities, counties and school districts
around the nation shut down for the day.
In Philadelphia, Mayor William Green is holding a
breakfast to honor King, but the organization represent
ing black city police officers has called for a boycott,
charging that the mayor has not done enough to increase
the number of black officers.
In New York City, where public schools will be closed,
the Black United Front will march from Brooklyn to City
Hall to appeal lor enactment of the principles King
represented. Other parades are planned in Harlem and in
front of the United Nations.
In Atlanta, an annual peace prize will be awarded by
the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change.
Kings widow, Coretta Scott King, said the celebra
tionwith the theme of "Coming Home" would
focus on the dedication of Freedom Hall on Auburn
Avenue, the historic street where King's drive for civil
rights began.
In Alabama, a ceremony with local clergymen is plan
ned" at the Dexter 'Avenue King Memorial Baptist
Church -in Montgomery , where King began his ministry
in the mid-1950.
He rose. to national prominence during a 382-day
boycott of Montgomery buses, sparked by the Dec. 1
1955 arrest of Rose Parks, a black seamstress who
refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. The
birthday is not a state holiday in Alabama.
In many states, especially those with small black
populations, there is little sentiment to make King's bir
thday a holiday. In Idaho, for example, where the 1980
census found only about 3,000 blacks, awareness of
black history "is harder here since people don't feel
there is a problem since they don't see it," said Bertha
Edwards, director of the Boise chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People,"
By PETER JUDGE
DTH Staff Writer
The imposition of martial law in Poland
could mark the end of the free Polish
labor movement, two UNC history pro
fessors said this week. '
The military crackdown in Poland,
which began with the imposition of mar
tial law on Dec. 13, has "broken the back
of Solidarity," said Russian history Pro
fessor Samuel Baron. "But the whole
story isn't over yet."
Professor Josef Anderle, who teaches a
course in Eastern European communism,
said union activities in Poland would not
continue freely. "They will be forced
underground, but they will continue," he
said.
Anderle said the Polish people would
not work with the kind of enthusiasm
that the government would like. But he
predicted an end to the great general
strikes.
Such strikes could now only occur
under exceptional circumstances. "If
something were to happen to Solidarity
leader Lech Walesa, there could be a
strike.
"Solidarity will survive, but it will not
be the lively militant organization that it
was," Anderle said.
'. Baron said the first priority in Poland
would be to get the economy going again,
adding that workers still had considerable
influence in economic progress.
Baron quoted American labor leader
John L. Lewis, who said, "You can't
mine coal with bayonets." Coal is the
largest export from Poland. The workers'
ability to slow down production could,
cripple the country. Baron said.
"The Polish workers slowdown , is
their bargaining chip," he said.
Anderle said Poland was experiencing
a work slowdown comparable to what
took place in Hungary and Czechoslo
vakia following Soviet intervention in
those countries. "The Polish government
is already complaining that the workers
do not work enough.
"They the Polish government) say
there is room for Solidarity in the political
and economic system within the
country," Anderle said.
By saying there is a place in Poland for
Solidarity, the government is trying to
trick the people into giving up their in
dependence, Anderle said.
The Polish government said there
would be no retreat from the concessions
won by Solidarity, Anderle said. "What
has occurred in the last five weeks indi
cates that is a trick.".
"Judging from what happened in
Hungary and Czechoslovakia, there will
be no room for any concessions gained by
the free Solidarity.
"Already concessions have been aban
doned," he said. The work week has been
lengthened, the independent student
union has been abolished and strikes will
not be tolerated, he explained.
Baron said Solidarity simply had gone
too far, adding that no one would have
predicted that they could have gone as far
as they had without Soviet intervention.
"They (Solidarity) were constantly
raising the ante," he said. "They must
have had the impression that they could
not be stopped."
Baron said there has been some talk of
the possibility of "provocateurs" within
Solidarity who pushed until the govern
ment was forced to crack down.
"General Jaruzelski did not have to be
pushed very hard," Baron said, adding
that imposing martial law was far better
for Jaruzelski than the possible interven
tion of Soviet troops.
"The world's National Red Cross so
cieties have been asked to increase con
tributions from $6 million to more than
$11 million for the Polish Red Cross,"
said Bob Walhay, public affairs officer
for the National Red Cross office in
Washington.
"The American Reel Cross society is
sucking the need for funds rather than
gifts of clothing and food," Walhav said.