16The Tar Heel Monday, August 24, 1987
A professional guide, to xoturt
From staff reports
It's another hot football Satur
day in Kenan Stadium. There are
just a few seconds left in the third
quarter and many of the die-easy
Tarheel fans begin to file towards
the exits. The score of the game
makes no difference.
Many freshmen and others not
familiar with Tarheel football
Saturdays often wonder why and
where everyone is going. After all,
the Mike Man still has time for
15 or 20 more "Let's Get Naked"
cheers.
What many of the newcomers
dont know is that the game is just
the opening act for the big event
the Court Party.
Many people believe that there
are no night games at Kenan
because stadium lights would
obstruct the view of the pine trees
that border the upper deck. But
the real reason that the games are
in the daytime is probably because
it allows for plenty of time for
post-game court parties.
So as flasks start to empty, the
crowd begins to stagger towards
Little Fraternity Court on
Cameron Avenue.
Chapel Hill Mayor James Wal
lace has compared Little Frater
nity Court to a pile of trash. But
if he has ever attended a court
party he would realize that the
Local organization campaigns against human rights abuses
By ALECIA HOLLAND
Staff Writer
Amnesty International, a
worldwide movement that calls for
an end to abuses of human rights,
has its own branch in Chapel Hill.
Amnesty International Group
No. 84, the local arm of the
international organization, is
working for the releases of all
prisoners of conscience and for an
end to torture and executions.
Group No. 84 is also participating
in an international campaign on
human rights violations in Iran,
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three fraternities that border the
court have to work hard to keep
it as neat and clean as a pile of
garbage.
This is because after every home
game, the court overflows with
according to Tom Rudin, the local
publicity coordinator. .
"Our group writes letters and
organizes programs because we
believe that individuals can make
the difference in the human rights
situation worldwide," Rudin said.
"We have several things underway
the campaign focusing atten
tion on human rights abuses in
Iran, another campaign on torture
and executions in Cambodia, and
one concerning the death penalty
in the United States."
Rudin said that Amnesty Inter
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thousands of partiers who could
not care less what the final score
of the game was. Mayor Wallace
would be appalled at the amount
and types of garbage thousands of
students and alumni can leave
national in general, and the local
group in particular, focuses on
trying to stop human rights abuses
against people who are imprisoned
and threatened with torture and
execution because of their reli
gious beliefs, political beliefs, race
or sex. The purpose of the inter
national group is to exert pressure
on the governments which are
infliciting such abuses, he said.
The campaign on human rights
abuses in the Islamic Republic of
Iran concerns the lack of univer
sally acknowledged standards of
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swing during a typical court party .
behind after an afternoon of
celebrating another Tarheel vie-
tory or trying to forget another
defeat.
The court starts off clean
enough. (It is even rumored to
justice, such as the right to a fair
and prompt trial before imprison
ment and the right to a defense
attorney, according to a recently
published report by Amnesty
International.
"We want public officials to
know that we know what is going
on in their country and no
government wants to be exposed
worldwide and embarrassed. That
is why we do research very metic
ulously and then publish the
results," said Rudin. The Chapel
Hill group writes letters to govern
ments, government officials and
newspapers worldwide.
Amnesty International Group
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on a variety of subjects, including
leasing an apartment, traffic reg
ulations, buying a car and lawful
use of alcohol. One pamphlet,
called "Dick and Jane in Trouble
with Alcohol," explains how to
avoid trouble with the law when
drinking, and proper procedures
to follow if you dont.
Is there anything your lawyers
cannot help you with?
Unfortunately, they cannot help
you sue the University, said Bern
holz. This was one of the condi
tions upon which the University
allowed the program to be created.
Nor can they help you sue another
University student.
When SLS was created in 1975,
it was one of the first such services,
said Bernholz. The principal
rationale for its creation was that
North Carolina had lowered the
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summer months.) But as the band
begins to play on the Kappa Alpha
front porch, the first of the revelers
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No. 84 has been in existence since
1979, and is one of the largest of
the 320 Amnesty International
groups in the United States, Rudin
said. The group works to raise the
local social consciousness, as well
as working for human rights
observance and for defending
particular persons, through peti
tions and public meetings.
The local group meets the first
Monday of every month at 8 p.m.
at the Newman Center, 218 Pitts
boro Street, Chapel Hill. For more
information, contact Group Coor
dinator Kelly Rudin, or write Box
104, Chapel Hill, N.C., 27514.
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age of legal adulthood to 18, she
said. Suddenly, students were able
to sign legal contracts, such as
leases, and suffer the consequen
ces. Plus, she said, the University
greatly expanded its enrollment
about that time without building
new dormitories, so students
fanned out over Chapel Hill and
Carrboro looking for places to
live.
Bernholz emphasized that their
services are very accessible to the
students. "IVe got a desk full of
work," she said, sweeping her hand
over the pile of papers on it. " Yet,
if someone were! to walk in, Fd
see him immediately."
So if you find yourself in a bind,
or . better yet, before you find
yourself in a bind, drop by or call
your lawyers at Student Legal
Services.