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2The Daily Tar Heel Monday. March 2, 1987 TUNC professor earned to science By MICHAEL A. JORDAN Stall Wnfer President Reagan appointed Kenan Professor Frederick P. Brooks Jr. of the UNC computer science department to the National Science Board last month, said Cathy Flynn. speaking on behalf of the Board. 1 he nonpartisan board is the policy-making body of the National Science Foundation. NSF spokes person Jack Renirie said. Brooks. who for the last four years was a member of the National Science Defense Board, an advisors Loser candidates oMtspent winners in 1986 By RUTH DAVIS Staff Writer Although Republican candidate Jim Broyhill outspent Sen. Terry Sanford. D-N.C. by SI million in the 1986 elections, Sanford ended up with a debt almost twice the amount of Brovhills, according to Federal Flections Commission reports. Trie figures, collected by the FEC as of Dec. 31, 1986. indicate that Sanford spent about $4.2 million while Broyhill spent about S5.2 million. But while Broyhill's cam paign holds a debt of about $450,000, Sanford is about $872,000 in the red. According to the reports. Rep. David Price. D-N.C. outspent Tobacco-ban legislation canses controversy By NEIL WATSON Staff Writer Legislation introduced last month in the Congress calling for a ban on all advertising and promotion of tobacco products has prompted concern about violation of First Amendment rights. Walker Merryman. vice-president of the Tobacco Institute, said that his organization would fight the legislation. "The legislation clearly runs coun ter to first amendment rights," he said. The bill is supported by a number itntu Ha itifahiihv 'if!!! Ah 2 mm No Purchase ALL OFFERS EXPIRE i 32Z ' " "v m 1' 'J board to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, said he will now have to travel to Washington D.C. for the National Science Board's meetings, which occur on the third Thursday and Friday of each month. Brooks said he expected the work with the board to be interesting. Although the meetings will inter fere with his scheduled classes. Brooks said the position will greatly impede his job. Jay Nievergelt, chairman of the UNC computer science department, said. "(Brooks' appointment) is a Republican candidate Bill Cobev bv about $60,000, with Price's debt exceeding Cobev's bv almost $40.(KX). Fred Eiland, press officer for the FFC; said the figures are not yet complete. "We haven't finalized the figures," he said. "Reports are still coming in. We're still analyzing them to make sure the figures are complete." Similar figures on the senatorial campaigns have been reported by Common Cause, an advocacy group in Washington that monitors cam paign spending. Michael Rae. director of the of medical groups, including the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Surgeon General, but has drawn strong opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union and various publishing and advertising associations. Eugene Gressman, a Kenan pro fessor of law, said the law might not be constitutional because truthful advertising of a legal product cannot be banned. But the U.S. Supreme Court may have a different view, he said, referring to a recent decision uphold ing a ban on casino advertising in Necessary and win a pair of Rayban Wayfarer sunglasses. Just fill out and enter at the following locations: Board Room, Nook, Scuttlebutt, Law Bar. Name: Address: Phone: MARCH 9, 1987 great honor to our department and a great opportunity." Flynn said Brooks must still await Senate confirmation before the appointment is final. Flynn said the board is comprised of 24 presidentially appointed indi viduals serving six-year terms. She said Brooks' term will expire in May of 1992. because his position should have been filled by May of last year. Flynn said the appointment pro cess begins when the board solicits nominations by sending forms to all the national science institutions. All of the returned forms arc examined Campaign Finance Monitoring Pro ject of Common Cause, said their reports show the Democratic Sena torial Campaign Committee spent about $350,000 for Sanford's cam paign, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee spent about $400,000 on Broyhill's. Rae said year-end reports for the congressional campaigns are still coming in, but they'll be available by mid-March. A report issued by Common Cause ranked the Sanford-Broyhill race as the fifth most expensive 1986 Senate race, with candidate expen ditures totaling $8.9 million. Califor Puerto Rico, as well as the court's decision to uphold a ban on radio and telev ision advertising of tobacco products instituted in 1971. Merryman said this law was significantly different from the one which banned radio and TV tobacco ads. The radio and TV ad ban came about five years before the Supreme Court issued an opinion extending First Amendment rights to commer cial speech, he said. In addition, he said, the Federal Communications Commission was set up more than 50 years ago to regulate radio and television, but no similar body exists Are your abdominals ready to be exposed this spring? . A A CLIP THE CUP FOR32ozOFOUT OF THE ORDINARY TASTE FOR ONLY 250. OFFER GOOD AT ALL STUDENT STORE FOUNTAIN LOCATIONS, CHILL OUT WITH DR. PEPPER board by the board and then sent to the president, she said. While there are no set qualifica tions the nominees must meet, the board wants the most qualified candidates it can get, Flynn said. The board is composed of people from all different sectors of society private industry, research, and education and various geographic regions, Flynn said. Brooks said he will be one of only two members from the Southeast and the only computer scientist on the board. nia topped the list with total can didate expenditures of $22.4 million. The report also showed that out of 23 Senate candidates who spent over $3 million, Broyhill ranked tenth, while Sanford ranked sixteenth. The N.C. race was one of only nine Senate races last year in which the winner was outspent by the loser, according to the report. There were 34 Senate races. The 68 Senate candidates last year spent about $179 million $43 million more than the $136 million spent by candidates in the 1984 elections, the report showed. for print media. Bill Chamberlain, UNC professor of journalism, said the law is mis guided and should not be constitu tional. He said Congress should regulate the product if it thinks the product is dangerous, but it should not punish free speech. Merryman said the law probably would not pass. "(The law) has about as much chance of passage as I have of flying to the moon tomorrow," he said. "The same legislation was intro duced last year and went nowhere." 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Gorbachev announced Satur day that the Soviets were willing to negotiate a separate peace accord with the United States on medium-range missiles in Europe. The Kremlin had previously linked such an agreement to a demand that the United States limit testing on its Strategic limn testing on its Strategic on just about anything By LAURA PEARLMAN questions and get some idea of h staff wnter opinion on various issues," Kit Dean Smith will hold an informal question-and-answer session at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 in Memorial Hall, according to Barry Kitch of the Carolina Union Student Activities Board. "Along with basketball. Dean Smith's highest priority at the University is the students," Kitch said. "He's very interested in them and their concerns as students. Smith has been really helpful in setting this up. "The whole purpose of the evening is to allow students in an informal atmosphere to ask Smith some 5 panelists to fight ignorance with free discussion on AIDS A free, public panel discussion, "AIDS Ignorance Is No Defense," sponsored by the Carolina Union Current Issues Committee, will be held today at 7 p.m. in Hanes Art Center Auditorium. Five panelists will hold a discus ion. moderated by UNC senior Renee Dye, about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in an attempt to increase AIDS education among UNC students. As of November 1986, AIDS had killed at least 15,000 Americans, and PUT YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE TO WORK. Air Force Officer Training School is an excellent start to a challenging career as an Air Force Officer. We offer great starting pay, medical care, 30 days of vacation with pay each year and management opportunities. Contact an Air Force recruiter. Find out what Officer Training School can mean for you. Call MSgt Gary Huff (919)294-6734 Collect It's Not Too Late! 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' - , Questions may be turned in at a box at the Union desk before Tuesday night, and the first part of the forum will be devoted to the submitted questions. For the second 30 to 45 minutes, audience members will be able to ask questions. "You can ask him anything, from how he feels about drug testing to freshman eligibility, to issues that don't concern basketball," Kitch said. More than 1,600 people attended a similar forum held by Smith in 1982. 27,000 Americans had been diag nosed as suffering from AIDS. The panelists are: Tony Aldinolfi, nurse clinician from the Division of Infectious Diseases at Duke Univer sity; Terry Creagh-Kirk, virologist from Burroughs-Wellcome Co.; Scott Hustead, AIDS educator from the Lesbian and Gay Health Project; Robert Reid-Pharr, UNC senior and member of the Triangle Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays; and Madlyn Morreale, UNC senior and member of UNC's AIDS task force. ipHERFF JONES vy-w;c:,SJ,ft?WSSWSW(t'
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