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c Copyright 1985 The Daily Tar Heel
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume S3, Issue 70
Friday, September 27, 1985
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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By KATHY NANNEY
Staff Writer
While there was a notable decrease in the number of drunk
drivers immediately after the Safe Roads Act went into effect,
the long range effects are more dubious, said Robert Jones,
special assistant to the commissioner of the N.C. Department
of Motor Vehicles.
44 We do know that shortly after the act went into effect,
there was a rather dramatic and immediate decline, which
is typical of any new law," Jones said. "But the immediate
results are not the same as long range results, and we're
beginning to get signs that the statistics are rising again.
The Safe Roads Act, which went into effect in October
1983, was passed to try to reduce the high number of alcohol
related traffic deaths and fatalities. It raised the drinking
age to 19 for beer and wine and imposed stricter, mandatory
sentences for convictions of driving under the influence.
Under the current law, a 16 of 17 year old caught drinking
and driving loses his license until he is 18. A person convicted
of a DWI charge faces a mandatory loss of his license, with
a possible jail sentence and fine.
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By DEMISE MOULTRIE
Staff Writer
The Black Cultural Center steering committee will come
closer to defining the center and its purposes at a meeting
today in the Student Union, said Edith Wiggins, associate
vice chancellor and associate dean of student affairs.
Wiggins, who is a member of the steering committee, said
the center had one mission to create an appreciation and
understanding of the diversity of the campus.
"There is a need for a multi-cultural environment, she
said. "The center will be able to help develop that.
The center will be a division of student affairs, said Sibby
Anderson, Black Student Movement president. ". . . (It) will
seek to enhance as well as promote the already multi-cultural
environment at the University through its various programs
and services, she said. "The center hopes to improve minority
recruitment and retention as well as educate the entire
University.
Student Body President Patricia Wallace said students
must understand that the center was not a black issue. "A
black cultural center would benefit the whole University.
"Many white students don't understand that black students
come from a different culture and have a different perspective
and have different needs than the average white student,"
she said.
"I find that just understanding the black perspective helps
me to better interact with black students, Wallace said.
"Without knowing the whole stoiof pereon,' you cant
treat them completely as a person. '
A center would help educate white students about black
culture, she said. "The center is needed so that all students
would understand the black culture more clearly.
"I strongly support the idea and concept of a black cultural
center," Wallace said.
Wiggins said the office of student affairs supported the
concept of a black cultural center. "This office has not
received the proposal. ... In terms of the specifics and the
details, we (at student affairs) have not had to react to it."
Anderson said support for the center came from the Black
Faculty Caucus, the BSM General Body, the Black Greek
Council, Student Government and the office of student
counseling.
"We (the steering committee) haven't really sought
additional support, though people have offered verbal
support," she said.
"Though the final decision will be made by Donald A.
Boulton (vice chancellor and dean of student affairs), it will
not be without co-operation with the Black Cultural Center
steering committee.
"The decison will be based on a final statement submitted
by the steering committee," she said. "It will be an agreement
that both will accept."
Anderson said space allocation was one obstacle. Last
week, Anderson said the center would be in the vending
machine area on the main floor of the Student Union. But
neither Wallace nor Anderson would confirm that
information Thursday.
"The final statement of the center's steering committee
and space go hand-in-hand," she said. "I don't think we
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on people's attitudes," said James Drennan, counsel for the
N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts. "The question we
can't answer is how effective it is. Enough time just hasn't
passed." .,
. Drennan said the general pattern in states with drunk
driving legislation is that immediately after the law goes into
effect, there is a reduction in the number of people who
drink and drive. But the number soon begins to rise, he
said.
"There is a common perception, with all the publicity and
hype when a law is passed, that they will be caught and
convicted if they drive drunk," he said. "Later, when the
publicity dies, they don't think it is as likely that they will
be caught." '
According to DMV statistics, in 1982, the year before
the Safe Roads Act went into effect, 29 percent of motor
vehicle fatalities in North Carolina were alcohol-related. The
following year, 27 percent of motor vehicle fatalities were
alcohol-related. That percentage dropped to 25 in 1984.
Despite the drop in the percentage of alcohol-related
vehicle the total numher of motor vehicle deaths
and the number of alcohol-related deaths increased
last year. In 1983, 334 people died on N.C. highways as
a result of alcohol. In 1984, there were 356 such deaths.
In 1982, there were over 18,500 injuries in traffic accidents
which were alcohol-related. That number dropped to just
over 14,500 in 1984, but rose again in 1984 to over 15,400,
according to DMV statistics.
"I have heard from authorities such as the highway patrol
that the Safe Roads Act was effective for a while, but now
people are going back to their old habits," Jones said. "The
statistics since the act was passed are not really enough to
depend on, but they seem to bear that out."
According to a DMV alcohol test and evaluation report,
the number of charges for driving while impaired in North
Carolina has dropped since the Safe Roads Act went into
effect. In 1984, there were 12,000 fewer DWI chargesthan
in the previous year, and more than 22,000 fewer than in
1982. The lower number of charges is a good sign, Jones ,
said.'
"Certainly that was a result of the implementation of the
Safe Roads Act," he said.
In Orange County last year, there were 859 DWI charges,
about 350 fewer than in 1983, the same report said. !
Sgt. R.E. Evans, of the Durham County highway patrol,
said he believed the Safe Roads Act had been very beneficial,'
but that more law enforcement personnel would make it
more effective.
"I think it is getting . . . (drunk drivers) out from behind
the wheel," he said. "It is effective in that it has made people
very aware of the dangers of drunk driving and the
consequences if they're caught. x
"But of course we need more troopers to better enforce
it. We havent had an increase in personnel since around
1975." s
Jones said increasing the number of law enforcement
officers would be the best way of making the Safe Roads
Act more effective.
i : "When you're driving down the road, going the speed limit,
: obeying the laws, and you see a state trooper, you lift your
foot a little off the accelerator," he said. "It's ah instinctive
reaction. 'The visible presence of law enforcement officers
on our highways is the best enforcement there is."
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From Chapel Hill High School to Franklin Street, punkers are a common sight
By HEATHER FREY
Staff Writer .
In The . Return of the Living Dead,
they were wild, rebellious and dressed
like members of Hell's Angels. The
punkers, that is not the corpses.
Chapel Hill has its own version of
these untamable teenagers. They hang
out on Franklin Street and talk about
how much they hate school or when
the next punk concert is scheduled.
They buy clothes at the thrift shop and
style each other's hair.
And, because they are different, they
are harassed, laughed at or occasion
ally beaten.
The punkers say they don't deserve
this treatment.
Fifteen-year-old Chris "Rat" Willi
ams, a ninth-grader at Grey Culbreth
Junior High School, said punkers
dressed the way they did because: "We
like it. It expresses the real us."
Rat, another ninth-grader at Cul
breth nicknamed "Otto" and UNC
freshman "Toby" Pendleton laughingly
agreed that "the real us" was "a bum."
But 18-year-old Toby, who calls
himself a hard-core punker, said he
didn't dress the part as much as he did
at Chapel Hill High School.
"Back when I was trying to look more
punk, I felt like I was putting on too
much of an image," he said. "I decided
to just go to shows and hang out with
whoever I wanted to."
Rat, however, said he really liked his
Mohawk haircut and Army boots. To
him, it's not an image; it's how he likes
to dress.
"IVe wanted a Mohawk ever since
I was really young," he said. His mother
and stepfather, he said, supported his
decision to dress punk. Both help him
keep his head shaved and helped pierce
his ear.
But Otto's father dislikes the fashion
and called the ear-piercing fad "self
mutilation," Otto said.
"There's nothing he can do to stop
me dressing this way, though," he said,
"unless he just physically keeps me from
doing it."
The three said being a punker was
a way of rebelling against society's rules.
Is this the '60s flower child ideal all
over again? Will they grow out of it?
Rat said that was possible.
Otto added: "During that period, all
the flower children were saying, 'We're
never going to grow out of this.' . . .
Now they're all Yuppies making $80,000
and driving Porsches."
Unlike the hippies of the '60s, punkers
have cultivated a reputation for starting
trouble and being violent. Yet Otto said
he couldn't recall one instance pf
punkers on Franklin Street instigating
violence.
He said one or two group members
tended to antagonize UNC students but
added that they were exceptions. These
people, he said, aren't popular with the
other punkers, or anybody else.
But one faction defends the other.
"We're all the same group," Otto said.
"We stick together, but we may not
necessarily love each other."
Unity is an important strength of the
punkers, considering how they are
treated at school and on the street. At
Culbreth, Rat said, "the black people
just mock us and criticize us. The
preppies jcriticize.,.us. Jt'sJlikeif they
know they can kick your ass, they'll
kids at our school keep criticizing till
you prove you can kick their asses."
If a punker loses a fight but stands
up for himself, Rat said, the other
students eventually leave him alone.
Why do the punkers put themselves
through this abuse? Rat, Otto and Toby
each said he wanted to be different and
wanted to stand up for this right. They
said that they realized differences were
tolerated more easily in America than
in other countries and that they appre
ciated their freedom of expression.
"There are a lot of people that say
they hate the United States and would
welcome the communists attacking, but
I'm not like that," Otto said. "If
somebody attacked the United States
and I was 18, 1 would more than likely
go to war.
"But there are punks in East Germany
that get arrested for wearing a pen that
has a banned name on it."
Toby said punkers wouldn't be
misunderstood if people tried to be
open-minded.
"Since students are here for a liberal
arts education, part of that is being
exposed to a lot of different things,"
he said.
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By RANDY FARMER
Staff Writer
The trumpets will blare and the
drums will pound but the Marching Tar
Heels won't march in Saturday's game.
The lines are so faded on the band's
practice field that the members cannot
rehearse the steps for their show, so
band Director Maj. John Yesulaitis said
he had refused to let them march for
Saturday's halftime show.
"It's impossible to practice for a show
without a lined field," Yesulaitis said.
"WeVe made every effort to practice on
that field. It just wasn't working."
The band will play the pre-game show
and then sit in the end zone and
continue playing their regular set.
Paul Hoolahan, assistant athletic
director, said lining the band field
definitely was something the Athletic
Department had on its list to do.
"Projects have to be prioritized,"
Hoolahan said. "We had to postpone
the band field until we finished other
projects."
Yesulaitis told band members at a
meeting Wednesday that he didn't want
them to march at Saturday's game, and
the members agreed.
Yesulaitis said he had filed two
requests one in July and another in
August to the Athletic Department
for the field to be lined.
, Hoolahan said he did not learn about
the band's request until a few days ago.
The band practices on the Astroturf
field near Boshamer Stadium. The lines
on the field fade mainly because of
sunlight, Hoolahan said, and the last
time they were painted was several years
ago.
"Someone has to establish priorities,"
Hoolahan said. "I can sympathize with
the band and all parties involved. It's
a matter of giving priorities because we
have limited workers, time and
resources."
Some band members said they were
upset with the situation.
"There are no lines on that field," said
Leslie Marlow, a band member. "It's
no big deal to paint lines. It's just hard
to practice in the conditions of that field
and then try to do a show in the perfect
conditions of Kenan Stadium."
Joe Stewart, another band member,
said: "Here's a college that compares
to Harvard. It would seem that the
Harvard standard would go all the way
down the line."
"It's just not going to carry us
anymore," Stewart said. "These are
v legitimate gripes. WeVe been good on
too little for too long."
Yesulaitis said: "We're not cry babies.
We play for all kinds of events. The
kids play on a voluntary basis and
always give their best. Well do our best
for the pre-game show."
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By MIKE GUNZENHAUSER
Staff Writer
The trial begins Tuesday for Alton
Eugene Harris Jr., the Chapel Hill
man charged with first-degree murder
and attempted rape in connection with
the stabbing death of UNC sopho
more Freshteh Golkho.
Police arrested Harris, 20, of 801
Estes Drive, on March 17. He was
denied bond and has been held in the
Orange County Jail in Hillsborough
since his arrest.
Harris pleaded not guilty to the
charges in the last session of superior
court, Harris' attorney, Public
Defender Kirk Osborn, said.
The trial may be over in a week,
Osborn said, depending on the diffi
culty of jury selection.
"It's a harder case to try because
of what's been going around here
lately," Osborn said, alluding to the
abduction and murder of UNC grad-
uate student Sharon Lynn Stewart.
District Attorney Carl Fox, who is
prosecuting the case, said jury selec
tion would take two to three days.
Golkho was found dead at 7:15 p.m.
on March 16 with 18 stab wounds to
the chest. Keith Bowles II, a neighbor,
called police after he heard screams
coming from Golkho's apartment.
Police found a wallet belonging to
Harris and an 18-inch butcher knife
near Golkho's body. Harris' finger
prints were found on the apartment
window.
Harris had been dating one of
Golkho's roommates at the time of
the murder, and Golkho's sister, Faiba
Golkho-Homesley, has said that
Golkho had objected to Harris spend
ing too many nights in the apartment.
Blood matching Golkho's blood
type was found by police on Harris'
shoes and clothing. -
Golkho-Homesley said she planned
to attend the trial.
"I'd go through it a hundred times
over for her," she said.
She added that she hoped the trial
would make people more aware "of
the terrible criminal trend we've been
having here lately.
"Indirectly, it affects all of us," she
said, calling for "a gesture of protest
against the rash of violence against
students.
"A lot of things need to be cor
rected," she said. "I'd hate to think
Freshteh died in vain."
Golkho, a native of Tehran. I ran,
lived in Jacksonville with her family
for about 10 years. She attended
Jacksonville High School and lived in
Hinton James dormitory as a fresh
man. After taking a year off from
school, Golkho had returned in the
fall of 1984 as a sophomore.
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