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The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, February 28. 19853 from page 1 UNC iuw students excellent in moot court By TIM WKBB SlafT Wriic Hour second-year law students participated Tuesday night in the finals of the UNC School of Law Intramural Moot Court Competition, and the winners will compete at the national level. The competition consisted of a fictitious appeals trial based on a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves Cuban and Haitian boat people detained in the United States as illegal aliens. N.C. Attorney General Lacy Thornburg presided over the judging panel. The students who competed Tuesday have qualified to be on UNC teams that will compete against other law students from across the nation. Deborah Malizia of Washington, D.C., and Robin Taylor of Winston Salem made up the first team, which competed against Mike Holt of Knightdale and Scott Vaughn of Winston-Salem. Malizia and Taylor requested a writ of habeas corpus on the aliens behalf to enable them to have a hearing and determine whether they should be deported. The students said that to punish or imprison the aliens without a trial violated the aliens' constitutional right of due process of law. Indefinite imprisonment involves another violation of constitutional rights violation: cruel and unusual punishment. Malizia and Taylor contended the aliens were being discriminated against based on their national origin. Maliia said. "Under the Constitution there is no difference between types of aliens and, for that matter, types of persons." Malizia said. "The Constitution provides that no person shall be deprived of the right to liberty." Relying on legal precedent. Holt referred to the limited nature of alien's rights. "The inherent power to sovereign borders outweighs the aliens' limited rights," Holt said. Holt and Vaughn pointed out that if the aliens were freed, they would probably go into hiding to avoid deportation. Liberating the aliens would encourage others to migrate to the U.S. unlawfully, they argued. After the trial, Vaughn said, "The government's position was very much supported by the law." Speaking afterward about the current U.S. illegal alien problem, Taylor said: "1 think a decision is going to have to be made. Congress is going to have to decide." She said indefinite detention of illegal aliens was inhumane but admitted unlimited parole would also cause problems. Bill Barnett, a third-year law student from Henderson and chairman of the UNC Interscholastic Competition Committee said: "The equities are strongly in favor of the aliens. It just seems inherently unfair that they can be imprisoned when they haven't committed any crime. The best solution would be for the government to make immediate arrangements for the deportation of the aliens." Attorney General Thornburg said: "They were excellent. I liked their forceful arguments. They were well organized and 1 was particularly impressed with the case with which they responded to our questions. We were probably tougher on them than it would be in actual court." Malcolm Griggs, a third-year law student who was the moot court's chief justice, said the competition was meant to prepare law students for real-life situations. "It's excellent preparation for oral advocacy," Griggs said. "We try as best we can to reproduce the appellate court situation. Most of all, it teaches law students to think on their feet." The panel of judges did not actually rule on the case but announced winners of the overall compe tition. Robin Taylor won the overall competition based on her brief and on her oral argument. Richard Page won for writing the best brief of the tournament, and Mike Holt was named the best oralist. Lori Glosemeyer from Charlotte and Karen Stahel from Raleigh were named, along with the four finalists, to the UNC National Moot Court Compe tition team. BSM) to raise it themselves." Fazio also questioned the BSMs financial responsibility because The Black Ink had run large ads in favor of a referendum for BSM constitutional funding prior to the recent elections. But BSM President Sherrod Banks said a bi-weekly paper such as The Black Ink couldn't compete with the kind of anti-referendum publicity The Daily Tar Heel could run. The $1,745 is still $2(X) less than the BSM requested. Banks said the differ ence meant the BSM might not be able to co-sponsor an invitation to Philadel phia Mayor Wilson Goode that asks him to speak at UNC. The CGC also voted Wednesday to amend the budget hearing process. "These amendments are to achieve several things I saw as major fallacies in last year's budget process," Speaker Wyatt Closs said. Organizations requesting funding will first appear before the Finance Com mittee, which will evaluate each group's budget and try to "figure out what SAT from page 1 AnSlySIS adequate funding is." Closs said. The Rules and Judiciary Committee and Student Affairs Committee will then judge the merit of each organiza tion's programs. That merit will be determined by such things as how many students a program affects or involves, how vital it is to the organization and whether it would be spread out over four or five days. "It will be a heavier load (on the Student Affairs and Rules and Judiciary committees), but I think it will eliminate a lot of problems," Closs said. In other action Wednesday, the CGC allocated money to several organiza tions so the groups could operate through the rest of the semester. The allocations were as follows: $306 to the CGC, $125 to the North Carolina Student Legislature, $650 to The Cellar Door. $1,800 to The Carolina Course Review, $350 to The Carolina Course Description, $700 to the Residence Hall Association for Springfest, $280 to the Student Consumer Action Union and $1,500 to the Fine Arts Festival. from page 1 with a 1 200 SAT who made low grades in high school and accept someone with an 800 SAT who made As and Bs. "(The institutions) have got to be able to provide for . . . considered excep tions," Strickland said. A student's performance in class and his performance out of class weigh more than the SAT score in the admissions process, he said. Harold Wallace, vice-chancellor for University affairs, said he agreed that instituting a minimum SAT score could take away the flexibility of the schools to look at all the factors used in deciding on whether a person should be admit ted. "It also gives too much weight to the SAT," he said. Dawson said the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees should be able to look into the procedures of intercollegiate athletics and report their findings. Then, the presidents and universities should be allowed to handle any problems, he said. A better way to address college admission standards would be to work with the high schools on the require ments needed for college, he said. Several years ago, 16 units of credit were required for graduation from high school. That number was raised to 18. j N Society meeting. 307 CampUS Calendar 3:45 p m ApTcTwith Sarah Wenzel . from Ravchem. Inc.. T5 The Carolina Student FundDTH Carroll Campus Calendar will appear daily. 7 p m Libertarian Society, Smokers Announcements to be run in the vs Non-Smokers Forum. 205 expanded version on Mondays and Union. Thursdays must be placed in the box IVCF South Campus Chap outside the Carolina Student Fund ter unjon 224. office on the third floor of South g JO p.m. FCA huddle meeting. 208 Building by 3 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Union. Wednesday, respectively. The dead- lines for the limited editions will be . noon one day before the announce- Friday ment is to run. Only announcements from University recognized and cam- 8 p.m. Clogging Club Square Dance, pus organizations will be printed. Presbyterian Student Center. " t Thursday Items of Interest Noon Japanese conversational meet- MCAT applications are available in ing, 226 Union. Steele Building and Nash Hall. Photo 3 JO p.m. Undergraduate Geography required. T 1 , , , ' We cordially invite you to enjoy our includes a trip to the salad bar or soup bar, homemade yeast rolls, house vegetable and potato for $2.95 Served from 11:30 2:00 Mon-Fri r-sn 157 E. Rosemary Diners 967-5727 Carte Blanche Don't Settle For One In A Billion Get ONJB OF A KIND ! ""S ... . ... Franklin Centre Dowtown Chapel Hill Willow Creek Shopping Center Carrboro if 7s cm: Break Out of Those Midterm Blues at Our Spring Break Party TONIGHT! FMEE BEER 8-12 PM Spring Break Hours Closed Friday March 1 for Private Party Open March 2, 6V 9, at 8 PM For Members and Their Guests Next year that number will be increased to 20 units. Of those 20 units, the entering freshman class of 1988 will be required to have: four units of college prep English, three units of math including Algebra 1 and II and geometry, three units of social science and three units of natural science. Two units of foreign language are also recommended, Daw son said. "1 think this is a better way to address preparing high school students for college," he said. Concern about an athlete's academic performance does not stop once he or she is admitted. A committee proposed by BOG Chairman Philip G. Carson will examine the academic progression of athletes once they are enrolled. John Swofford, the University's athletic director, said UNC-CH was an institution that maintained a good balance between athletics and academ ics. "When a university admits a person who has no opportunity to leave with a degree," he said, "it's an injustice to the university and to the student. "We try to give academic support to help students leave with a degree in hand." J these Democrats are closet Republi cans. Governor Martin is a believer in having voters register according to their ideology." Balmer said the effort to switch the Democrats would be on a personal basis letters from Reagan and Helms asking voters if they'd like to switch. Another obstacle facing the GOP, Balmer said, is the lack of primaries in some of the state's rural counties. "There are no Republican primaries in some rural counties, but that's rapidly changing," he said. "It will continue to improve as more voters register Repub lican. Republican registration by college students is on the rise in North Carolina and in the nation. This is a rapidly changing electorate." Thad Beyle, UNC professor of political science, said the effects of Operation Switch would not be known until the primaries and elections of 1986 and 1988. Beyle warned that the recent GOP victories could be misinterpreted by the party. "There could be some misunder standing by the Republicans," he said. "It could be that the Democrats had poor candidates for the offices of president and governor." Beyle said the GOP would see success in the switch in the long run but would need to accomplish two things The International Center & Union Weekly Features Committee present A Slide Show . by Canoeing Expert' C.E.S. Franks on k.'f!i. .TK 'ytt'8 m- THURS., MARCH 14 8 PM MEMORIAL HALL THE GOLD CONHECT10N Dare to Compare! We have discount prices everyday on the finest quality 14 kt. gold and sterling silver jewelry, like... 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For further information, call or come by EXTENSION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION 105 Abernethy Hall 962-1106 Get credit for seeing the world this summer . . . enroll in a study-travel program. beforehand. "First, they need to initiate some reasons why the Democrats should switch," said Beyle. "They need to say that the Republican party is the winning party. Second, they must say, 'Come on over and join the winning party " Sen. John East has stepped into the picture and plans to make party appearances on behalf of the switch movement, said Jerry Woodruff, his press secretary. "Senator East is not actively involved, because it's mainly a project of the party," Woodruff said. "But he'd be more than happy to make appearances." Woodruff said the biggest obstacle was that old habits are hard to break. "Many voters identify with their family's political loyalty. The biggest obstacle will be getting the Democrats to break the habit," Woodruff said. State GOP Chairman Robert Brad shaw, a Charlotte attorney, said a variety of ways would be used to contact the Democrats. "We're going about it different ways," Bradshaw said. "Well use the tele phone, mailing and registration in shopping malls. Well use one-on-one persuasion." Bradshaw said the GOP was closing the gap between registered voters in both parties, and he believed the GOP would get many first-time voters to register Republican. "The Use of Religious Concepts in Psychotherapy" A Public Lecture by DR. SCOTT PECK author of The Road Less Traveled Saturday at 7:30 Binkley Baptist Church 1712 Willow Dr., Chapel Hill 942-4964 ($5 contribution) frSYIlVfo AJL 1fe.fi II W 1 its .if Urn NfHUSMSTlC lADf?S Applications for Union Activities Board Chair Positions are available at the Union Desk. 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