ycu cctta bve it ." ' Gauch uCus Fever! Aybom 'liiquus' Lab li heaSre's ' voicrrccvah Mostly sunny. High 75. OOigllTlL Page 3 iatei POdUCtiOHl) - Page 5 FranSoX Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Copyright 1987 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 95, Issue 67 Friday, October 2, 1987 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 Business Advertising 962-1163 Union Bash: eat, drink, be merry By MICHAEL JACKSON Staff Writer Students looking for something completely different to do tonight can attend the Carolina Union's annual All-Campus Bash from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Student Union. The theme for this year's Bash is "And Now for Something Com pletely Different." And that's exactly what coordinators for the Bash hope it will be: an on-campus party with a variety of things to do. "The Bash is for all students, but especially those who are tired of the regular party scene," said Suzanne Bolch, co-president of the Carolina Union Activities Board. "We wanted to do many different kinds of things to appeal to everyone on campus." Highlighting this year's entertain ment are the bands The Deal and Awareness Art Ensemble. The Deal, a pop rock progressive band from Charlottesville, Va., will begin playing in the Great Hall at 8 p.m, and the reggae sounds of Awareness Art Ensemble will follow at 10 p.m. "The bands go along with our theme with their different styles," said Robert Kennedy, Bash coordinator and chairman of the Union's Social Committee. Admission to the Bash is free to UNC students and their guests. Students will have to present valid UNC identification at the door. Student activity fees go toward funding for all Union-sponsored activities. The West Lounge (the Union's TV viewing area) will be transformed into a comedy variety club, with a jug gling and comedy routine by UNC students James Parrish and Chris Garrett. The Transactors Theatre will perform improvisational theater. The group is a four-person acting troupe from the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. Chapel Hill deadpan comedian Dan Barlow will finish the show in the West Lounge. Throughout the evening, other activities will be going on in the Union. Students will be able to play six holes of miniature golf, make their own music videos, have their palms read or create "black light art." Last year's Bash favorite, tie-dying T-shirts, will return again this year. See BASH page 2 Old East Westt tek force proposes reeovatfoms By KRISTEN GARDNER Staff Writer The Old East Old West Task Force recommended Thursday that the historic buildings be renovated as residence halls, with common areas for residents and possible office space for faculty members. The committee made no recom mendation about the use of the residence halls by the Honors Pro gram or other specific groups. Now the recommendation will be reviewed by Donald Boulton, vice chancellor and dean of Student Affairs, and Chancellor Christopher More officers shoMld patrol By ROSEANNE CORLEY Special to the DTH Concerned about fights breaking out during fraternity parties in the Student Union's Great Hall, some University police officers said they think more officers are needed at these functions. One officer, who asked not to be identified, said some officers have unofficially agreed not to work at future parties unless four officers are assigned instead of the usual two. He suggested that two officers patrol the Union's lobby, one patrol ling inside the Great Hall and one patrolling the area outside the I saw the sii X. -x i V.T ',Av IS If ?$X X 1 $gmz V J ill1 tf iws x t ll'I ft x I f " ' ill v ;: II II 14 - v W if ! W ' vjt V, t V " II A bit too big Holly Gresehover, 7, was one of the many people who came to the APO bike auction Thursday. Fordham. It will then be presented to the Board of Trustees at its Oct. 22 meeting. A draft of the committee's recom mendation states: "In developing any plans for Old East and Old West, efforts should be made to provide the maximum student occupancy while providing possible faculty office space in one or both buildings, and ade quate common space for the residents of the two halls." "Common space" includes kit chens, computer study rooms, laundry facilities and TV lounges. Wayne Kuncl, director of Univer building. Police said many of the incidents are caused by non-students who crash the parties. Now, fraternity members don't require people who attend the parties to show student identification at the door. Three sources said the parties can attract up to 1,000 people. The most recent fighting occurred at Saturday night's Alpha Phi Alpha fund-raising party, where four fights broke out. Early Sunday morning, one Durham high school student was arrested for breaking into a vending machine, a N.C. Central University student was hit in the head with a best minds of sity housing, said the group tried to leave as much space for residents as possible. "WeVe listened to the concern that has come from students that we, not lose any more room space than necessary," Kuncl said. "Our overall goal is to minimize the loss of opportunity for students to live there (in Old East and Old West)." Originally, the proposal left no room for faculty office space, but it was amended in response to the objections of Gillian Cell, dean of the See TASK FORCE page 2 stick and a UNC student was robbed. The officer said the problems are not limited to party-crashing by non students. He said the functions attract drug pushers. "IVe noticed the same car circling the area during these parties and sometimes stopping and people going up to it," he said. "But as a police officer in uniform, I know if I go up to the car, there's little chance of getting a drug arrest." The officer added that at. a recent party, someone was arrested for possession of two guns in the Student Union parking lot. my generation destroyed by madness. Allen .v. X DTHMatt Plyler Holly's bike was recently stolen, but those at the sale were too large for her small frame. JNC scnemttfists - AIDS By BARBARA LINN Staff Writer The University has received an $8:4 million grant for the study of AIDS, UNC scientists announced Thursday. UNC was one of 17 institutions selected by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to receive the grant. The institutions receiving the grant comprise a Clinical Studies Group Network that will develop treat ment for AIDS over the next five years. NIAID will spend $100 million at Ueloim "I'm scared that a student or innocent bystander will get hurt at one of these parties," he said. Lt. Walter Dunn of University police said something should be done about the fighting at fraternity parties in the Union. "A lot of people who attend these parties are really nice kids, and it's a shame because the people who are causing the problems ruin it for those who arent," Dunn said. Dunn, who was on duty at the Alpha Phi Alpha party , Saturday night, said the fraternity brothers helped him break up the fights. Although Dunn said he believes the TT T O uir Jl (U p. By JEAN LUTES University Editor After a surprise meeting of the Board of Endowment, the University announced Thursday that it will sell all of its stock in companies doing business in South Africa. It was a quiet end to a long series of efforts to force divestment. In recent years, student groups have marched, rallied, built shanties and sponsored anti-apartheid referen dums to protest the endowment board's refusal to divest. "We felt like it was time to get the issue behind us and move on to other things," said Robert Eubanks, chair man of the Board of Trustees and the endowment board, after the announcement. "Well do it in an orderly manner and as quickly as possible." As of Aug. 31, the University had slightly more than $6 million invested in U.S. companies doing business in South Africa, representing about 4.7 percent of the total $129 million endowment. ; The six-member endowment board , has statutory authority over the University's endowment. Eubanks said there is no question that the decision was economic, rather than moral. In an interview Wednesday, Eubanks said: "Some people think that it's economically unwise to invest in South Africa at this time. I don't have any problems with economic concerns. "If you asked if it was a poor place to invest, I would say probably so. We probably should sell our stocks. I wouldn't put my money over there." But he said he would have a "hard time" divesting to make a political statement. Board member George Ragsdale, who has voiced strong opposition to divestment, said Thursday that he had no comment on the vote. A board member who requested all. research gtfaimit on its research network over the next five years, Dr. Stanley Lemon, chief of UNC's division of infec tious, diseases, said at Thursday's press conference. The network will be linked by computers to NIAID, he said. UNC will use its grant for research in three areas, Lemon said. They are: B Clinical studies of people already infected with the disease. The clinical study will focus on viruses other than the HIV virus that affect the symptoms of AIDS. It will also experiment with com parties P ii y XL current policy of having two officers at such parties is sufficient, "some thing has got to be done because the University will not stand for this." Archie Copeland, Student Union director, said black fraternities are mostly service organizations that depend on parties in the Union to raise funds to pay membership expenses and support various charities. Copeland said he will meet Tues day with the Black Greek Council to discuss the problems. Sgt. Ned Comar ' said, "I have' worked these parties before, and it seemed to me the people in the EH. anonymity said Ragsdale cast the only dissenting vote on the issue, calling it "overwhelming to one." Brian Bailey, student body presi dent and an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees, said he was surprised by the vote. "In a way you want to celebrate, and in a way you just want to sit back and think about it," he said. The issue would have died a long time ago if students hadn't kept it alive, he said. "We (the trustees) had discussed several options, but I had no idea it was going to happen today," Bailey said. "I think it's a credit to all of the groups that have been protesting for so long." Student activists who have led the fight for divestment said they were pleased, but many remained suspi cious of the decision. "Speaking for a lot of students, it's a significant victory of the efforts of our group and of the whole student body," said Action Against Apar theid member Dale McKinley. "However, many universities have said publicly that they will divestand two -or three years have gone by and they still have not divested," he said. "We have some degree of skepticism, to see if they follow through." McKinley said he thinks the board members divested because they became tired of protests disrupting their meetings. "We just outweighed their stubbornness." Also, he said many of the univer sities surrounding UNC, such as N.C. State, UNC-Greensboro, Guilford University and Duke University, have divested. "UNC stuck out like a sore thumb." Scott Nelson, a member of the Anti-Apartheid Support Group, said the group was excited and surprised by the decision. "It seems kind of sneaky," Nelson said. "We're excited but a little See DIVESTITURE page 3 receive binations of therapy instead of one treatment of the disease. d Four basic research projects. Dr. Joseph Pagano, director of the Lineberger Cancer Center, said the first project will find ways to to combat AIDS-related viruses which have become drug-resistant. The next two will involve factors that push AIDS victims into having full-fledged symptoms, since some people carry the virus without exhibiting symptoms of the disease. The last project will look at the See GRANT page 3 olke say fraternities went out of their way to be polite." At Saturday night's party, a 16-year-old Jordan Senior High School student was arrested by campus police for breaking into a vending machine in the Union and taking the contents. Sunday morning, a N.C. Central University student was treated and released at N.C. Memorial Hospital for cuts above the right eye. Dunn said the student was hit with a stick during one of the fights. Also, a UNC student's wallet and necklace worth $290 were stolen during a scuffle. Ginsberg

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