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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 92, Issue 125
Wednesday, February 13, 1985
Chapel Hill. North Carolina
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Berger says defeat caused by
'right-wing' negative campaign
By JANET OLSON
Staff W riter
Patricia Wallace defeated Doug
Berger in the runoff election for student
body president, according to last night's
unofficial vote count. Elections Board
Chairman Edwin Fountain will
announce the official count today.
At one point during last night's
tallying, Wallace led Berger by over
1,000 votes and finally won 2,834-1,922.
She attributed her win to the organ
ization of her campaign and to the
integrity of her campaign workers. "It
just goes to show that a bunch of
wonderful people who care very much
about Student Government can defi
nitely motivate this campus," she said.
But behind the jubilance on the
Wallace side of the Great Hall last night
hung memories of the negative cam
paigning during the last few weeks and
especially of the right-wing attacks on
Berger Monday night.
Three anti-Berger posters had
appeared on campus since Monday, one
labeling him "the socialist candidate."
Wallace denounced all the anti-Berger
materials, saying that as president, she
hoped to work with the Elections Board
to discourage negative campaigning in
the future.
"The negative campaigning doesn't
really help anybody," Wallace said. "I
have no idea who did it, but it was no
one who was directly involved in my
campaign.
Berger attributed the negative cam
paigning to a small group of right-wing
students. He said it worked well in
hurting his campaign because he had
no opportunity to respond to it.
"Fairness goes beyond free speech
because it must exist in a marketplace
of ideas competing with each other,"
he said.
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Davidson leaves intensive care; condition improving steadily
By RUTHIE PIPKIN
Staff Writer
After almost four weeks in the neuro
intensive care unit at N.C. Memorial
Hospital, UNC junior varsity cheer
leader Robin Davidson was moved
Thursday to a private room and was
reported to be in fair condition.
Davidson, who fell while dismount
ing from the top of a pyramid stunt
before a women's basketball game Jan.
15 in Carmichael Auditorium, sat up
in a chair Monday for-the first time
since her accident. Davidson's mother,
Diane, said in an interview at the
hospital yesterday, "She walked from
the bed to the chair it was just three
steps but they (her therapists) were
real pleased she even put her weight on
her feet."
Although she hasn't spoken yet,
Davidson has been mouthing words and
answering some questions through sign
language, her mother said. "When she's
awake she can comprehend what we're
saying," Mrs. Davidson said. "She
responds some with sign language. She
said her name OK, and her boyfriend's
name." Mrs. Davidson did not know
her daughter knew sign language, but
said she thought she might have learned
Nobody,
' My campaign was
viciously smeared by
those who wanted to
further their own far-right
aims.
Doug Berger
Berger said people harassed a blind
campaign worker and falsely cam
paigned door-to-door for him Monday
night, asking students to elect the
"socialist candidate."
"My campaign was viciously smeared
by those who wanted to further their
own far-right aims," he said. "(The
negative campaigning) came from those
who viciously attacked me for support
ing human rights for gay and lesbian
people and from those who copied Joe
McCarthy's tactics by distorting the
truth and playing on people's fears
toward democratic socialism."
Berger also said The Daily Tar Heel
played a role in the negative campaign
ing with its endorsement of Wallace and
by printing a letter to the editor critical
of Berger. "The saddest thing of all is
that The Daily Tar Heel set the tone
for McCarthyism with its vicious
attacks on my character and credibil
ity," he said.
Despite his loss, Berger said his
campaign was far from a failure because
he gained widespread support as a
progressive candidate and brought
important issues to light.
"I think it is clear that my candidacy
transformed the campaign from a
traditional personality contest into an
issues-oriented, educational campaign;"
Berger said.
DTH Jeff Neuvilie
while working with handicapped child
ren in high school.
Davidson is continuing to have
physical therapy and is working on
moving her arms and legs, Mrs. David
son said.
One doctor at NCMH said David
son's progress was astounding because
there was an 80 percent mortality rate
among patients suffering from her type
of brain injury. "They're not treating
her for a skull fracture like all the papers
have been saying," Mrs. Davidson said.
"It was a brain injury that caused the
problem."
Yesterday marked four weeks since
Davidson entered the hospital, and Mrs.
Davidson has stayed with her daughter
almost every minute.
Although she now is sleeping in
Davidson's room, Mrs. Davidson said
she and her husband stayed in special
accomodations for visitors in NCMH
while their daughter was in neuro
intensive care. They took turns sleeping
so one would always be near.
"This is the longest I've been awake,"
Mrs. Davidson said. "I've gone out to
eat four times since I've been here. I've
been out four hours in four weeks. . . .
It's hard to get your days and nights
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The final vote
BSM funding fails again by narrow margin
By KELLY SIMMONS
University Editor
After a reprieve from last week's
defeat. Black Student Movement con
stitutional funding failed to pass again
last night by only 94 votes. The
unofficial count was 2,350-2,256.
"I hope the student body realizes the
signal it has sent to black students on
this campus and to potential black UNC
students," said BSM President Sherrod
Banks. "The student body has said that
philosophical arguments against consti
tutional funding are more important
than ensuring an institution that recruits
minority students for the purpose of
true integration."
The BSM referendum was back on
the ballot this week because of polling
disparities and illegible ballots during
last week's elections.
Although the student body voted
down the referendum again, Banks said
the efforts of the BSM had increased
recognition of the organization.
"Some students within the BSM
might think their labor was in vain;
that's not true," Banks said. "Before this
year a lot of students didn't know what
the BSM was."
Banks said he felt negative campaign
literature distributed Monday night
about student body president candidate
Schroeder: U.S. overextends its military
By TOM CONLON
Staff Writer ,
To work for world peace, America
must decide what military programs are
needed, understand the definition of
strength and improve our efforts for
peace. Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D
Colo., told an audience of 300 in
Hamilton Hall Tuesday night.
"Since wars began in the minds of
men, so must peace be constructed in
straight."
Through the days of waiting, Mrs.
Davidson said she never stopped
believing her daughter would recover.
"We've had a lot of support from a lot
of people," she said. "A lot of people
are praying for her, and that has made
all the difference.
"The medical staff is great but they
can only do so much, then it's up to
a higher power. I really felt the whole
time she'd be all right. I kept telling
them the whole time she'd be all
right..."
Mrs. Davidson said she knew her
daughter's recovery would take time,
and that she didn't expect her to return
to school before fall. "We're really
positive about it," she said. "It's just
going to take her awhile. But we never
doubted.
"It's important for her to know her
friends are still there. The staff, the
nurses, the hospital, the students and
all her friends have really been great.
It's really helped us out a lot," she said.
"We couldn't have made it through this
critical time without them. . . . You just
don't realize how many great people
there are until something like that
happens."
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Patricia Wallace receives a hug from a supporter last night in the Great
Hall as she celebrates her victory in the race for student body president.
Below at left, Black Student Movement President Sherrod Banks discusses
the BSM's defeated bid for constitutional funding.
'Some students within the BSM might think their tabor was
in vain; that's not true. Before this year a lot of students
didn't know what the BSM was. ' Sherrod Banks
Doug Berger affected the BSM vote
because Berger associated himself with
the BSM.
The posters read, "Vote Doug Berger
the socialist candidate for student body
president."
"It's really, really sick that people
would print it. That's more frightening
to me than the defeat of BSM consti
tutional funding," Banks said.
Berger also said he thought the
attacks against him hurt the BSM.
"People strongly associated me with the
BSM," he said. "People voted against
me and the BSM.
"I think traditionally redbaiting and
racebaiting go hand in hand," Berger
said.
Berger also blames The Daily Tar
Heel and current SBP Paul Parker for
the BSM loss. "The Daily Tar HeeH
failure to come out in full support (from
the beginning) hurt its passage," he said.
minds of men," Schroeder said. "In my
12 years on the Armed Services Com
mittee, I never met an American who
wasn't for a strong America but what
does strong mean?"
Schroeder, whose speech was the
second annual Clay Price Peace Lec
ture, was elected to Congress in 1973
and was the first woman to serve on
the Armed Services Committee. She has
been an advocate, of women's issues.
JV cheerleader John Graham, wait
ing to visit Davidson yesterday, recalled
her determination. "I always remember
Robin, when she couldn't get something
right, she made Jay (Tobin. her partner)
keep trying and keep trying," Graham
said. "She wouldn't give up."
Davidson's mother and aunt, Alice
Wilder, said Davidson's boyfriend had
come by the hospital almost every night.
"He's been a great moral support,"
Wilder said.
Mrs. Davidson said her daughter
would have been evaluated yesterday
but was too sleepy. "She'll answer
difficult questions," Mrs. Davidson
said. "The therapist would say. 'Raise
your right index finger,' and she'd do
it. When the therapist asked her, 'Are
you sure that's your right index finger?'
she (nodded) her head."
Wilder added, "And she'd look at us
like, 'Are you stupid? Why are you
asking me something (so simple)?' "
Mrs. Davidson said her daughter
would be working with a speech
therapist. "When the time is right for
her to (talk), shell do it,' Mrs. Davidson
said. "She's pretty determined. When
the time is right, shell do it."
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"From the first editorial against BSM
funding, they created a self-fulfilling
prophecy that since there's a white
majority on campus, there was no way
BSM funding could pass."
Berger said that if DTH Editor Jeff
Hiday and Parker had not "waffled" on
the funding issue, it could have passed.
"Both Paul Parker and Jeff Hiday
should carry this issue on their con
science for the rest of their lives," he
said. "They contributed to the fostering
of racial division on this campus as a
result of their inconsistent and weak
leadership."
Hiday called Berger's remarks
unfounded after the DTH had sup
ported BSM funding. "I'm surprised
Doug would go so far as to call me
a racist, especially considering that we
strongly endorsed BSM constitutional
funding," Hiday said.
"I very much respect Doug and his
defense policy and cuts in military
spending.
Schroeder said
America became
the leader of the free
world after World
War II, despite hav
ing only 6 percent of
the world's popula
tion, but has over
extended itself with
military commit
ments to other
nations.
"Bv 1955, a lot of
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our allies were starting to get on their
feet (militarily), but we kept telling them
we'd take care of it," she said. "Today,
one-half of our military is deployed
around the world that's $90,000 per
person to deploy a person to Germany
that's too many and too costly.
"While they are our allies militarily,
they are trading competitors," she said.
"They can be stronger traders if they
spend less on defense, and they encour
age us to spend it for them . . . Japan
leads world trade but doesn't want to
spend more than 1 percent of its gross
national product on defense their
constitution may say not to raise an
army, but there's no reason they can't
pay. We have allies who could provide
much more in defense, and we'd be a
much stronger world for it."
Reform lor the national defense
budget is vital, Schroeder said. "We
measure only what we put in una not
what we get out we say 'how much
did they spend?' without engaging in
what we need and asking how we do
it." Schroeder drew laughs when
concluding her point, adding, "If they'd
buy elephants, we'd buy elephants."
Schroeder also said the government
Cobb wins in
RHA runoff
By LISA SWICEGOOD
StafT Writer
Tim Cobb attributed his victory to
massive door-to-door campaigning as
he defeated Shannon Friend in the Res
idence Hall Association president
runoff last night. Cobb received almost
60 percent of the votes.
Out of 17 districts, Cobb received
1,557 votes to Friend's 1,047. He
defeated Friend in every district except
for Ehringhaus, where Friend lives.
Despite talk that the runoff would
be a race between North and South
Campus, Cobb won easily in both. In
the first RHA election, Cobb ran strong
in his area, North Campus, while Friend
was strong on South Campus.
"I'm very pleased with this win,"
Cobb said between puffs on his victory
cigar. "When I first decided to run, I
really thought I was the best person for
the job,." he said. "Twice the editors
of The Daily Tar Heel felt I was
incompetent. Tonight the people spoke,
and they're the ones that count."
Cobb said although he was glad the
race was over, he was anxious to get
to work. "I now have the opportunity
to implement my platform and ideas.
There are a lot of things I want to do."
He said he was confident Monday
night he would win. In six hours, he
had distributed fliers under the door of
every dormitory room.
Cobb said he had also gotten the
opportunity to talk to a lot of people.
"The response I got was really positive."
Friend, although disappointed with
her defeat, said she was very happy for
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candidacy, and I hope his harsh words
simply reflect his frustration at having
just lost two important elections (his
and the BSM's)."
Parker echoed Hiday, attributing
Berger's remarks to his bitterness after
the defeat. "I am disappointed that the,
vote failed, as I supported BSM funding
and I voted for it; I know Jeff did as
well. I don't think that calls for a
character assassination, and 1 think
eveyone but Doug knows that," Parker
said.
BSM Central Committee member
Tonya Smith, a junior, said the BSM's
work for the funding would make the
BSM even stronger next year, even
though Banks would no longer be at
UNC.
"A lot of people have the idea that
since Sherrod is leaving the power of
the BSM will go down," Smith said.
That won't happen, she said. But she
added that the campus did not provide
an appropriate atmosphere for minority
students, a fact proven by decreasing
minority enrollment.
"If someone black asked me if they
should come here, I would say no," she
said. "Carolina, for blacks, is not the
place to be.
"That's why we have to come back
even stronger next year."
commitments
was shortchanging readiness and sus
tainability by investing in new weapons
programs rather than maintaining
existing ones. She added that the "$600
toilet seats and anti-tank missiles that
don't work in the dark have got to go.
"For so long we have not paid
attention to conventional warfare we
were always under the nuclear umbrella
. . . but today we're not really under
that alternative," she said. "Our wea
pons systems need to be brought back
to where they should be simple,
numerous and workable."
Military services should have one
chief of staff, rather than four, to
eliminate intermilitary competition and
work towards greater consistency and
efficiency, Schroeder said.
Schroeder called for arms control
agreements with the Soviet Union that
are verifiable, saying the "John Wayne
Society and 'only wimps negotiate'
attitude is harmful to arms agreements.
The Russians won't drop out of the
arms race by our continued defense
buildup the arms race is here to stay,
what's the use? There is no emergency
exit from this planet we must do
all we can to end this race."
According to Schroeder, the military
currently has morale problems, caused
by low pay for military personnel and
lack of concern for the needs of military
families.
"Many military families are on food
stamps because they don't earn
enough," she said. "Something's wrong
here. Military families move on the
average of every two and a half years,
which is too often and too costly. There
are a lack of day care services for them.
The lack of family support is the major
reason they get out of the service."
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