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for fut Sunny today Hih in the 60s Chance of rain Thursday High around 50 Volume 96, Issue 105 ComomiDtee food By BRENDA CAMPBELL '. Staff Writer ; '.A student government ad hoc committee today will submit a five ; point food services proposal, includ ing a suggestion to eliminate the $100 mandatory meal plan, to Chancellor Paul Hardin for review and approval. The committee has been investigat ing Carolina Dining Services for the past year and designed suggestions : for the proposal, said Kevin Martin, student body president. The proposal calls for Carolina Dining Services to find another source of revenue to replace the $100 mandatory meal plan. Consolidation of the food services on campus over a two-year period will create this extra source of income, Martin said. "The proposal includes volatile : issues of food service that an advisory committee has suggested can be , improved," Martin said. Absent art Former student's sculpture By DANA CLINTON LUMSDEN Staff Writer Students returning from winter break may have noticed something missing from Davis Library; the , abstract steel and concrete sculpture in front of the library was removed by the University facilities planning department. Students and administrators inter viewed last week had differing views on the removal of the statue. The sculpture, which was erected in 1985; was originally supposed to stay temporarily. "It was approved several years ago by the buildings and grounds com mittee by a request from the art department to put a student's honors thesis there," said John Sanders, buildings and grounds committee chairman and director of the Institute of Government. "To the best of my knowledge, the sculpture was only supposed to remain there for a period of three years." : Sanders said the University has no plans to replace the sculpture with anything. Jim Miller, the artist who created the sculpture, was a graduate student in the art department when it was placed in front of the library. He rye is candidate for CAA president By JAMES BURROUGHS ''.Staff Writer Lisa Frye, a sophomore history major from Conover, has announced her candidacy for president of the Carolina Athletic Association (CAA). Frye said she plans to create a ; I time line for Athletic Director John Swofford's promise to look into the possibility of installing bleachers in the student seating block in the Smith Center. Bleacher seating would increase the number of students who could sit in the student sections. "The main thing I would do is ensure that the promises that the athletic department has made are carried through," she said. "We just want students aware of when it's going to be done." Frye also said that after talking ,. to students she supports the first , . come, first-served method of ticket distribution and opposes random . distribution. CAA officers or . Carolina Fever members could v monitor all lines and prevent , students from breaking into line, . she said. "Right now I'rn still talking to students, and I want to get a feel ? for what students want," she said. "The Dean Dome has only been around for three years; it's not like ' Renounce all those material things you gained by Help the United Ne College F unci ft $ eirvnce On campus there are two contracts dealing with the sale of food. Ogden Food Services runs the concession stands at athletic events, and Marriott Corp. deals with all other student dining services, he said. The proposal suggests consolidat ing these two contracts into one that would be held by one company, Martin said. "In order for the meals cards to be eliminated, another form of revenue has to be established," Martin said. "In two years, when Marriott's contract is up for renewal, this proposal can go into effect," he said. "It would require that the contract for running the concession stands and the contract for student services be combined to become one contract." Running the concession stands at athletic events produces about " was recommended that it. go away, and we checked it out with the art department, which voiced no objection" Gordon Rutherford T could not be reached for comment. The majority of the members of the buildings and grounds committee voted for the removal of the sculpture last semester, said David Sprague, a committee member and a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, The sculpture was rusted and had been vandalized, which was part of the reason it was removed, said Gordon Rutherford, director of facilities planning. "It was there longer than it should have been, it had been defaced, and the library was concerned about its appearance," Rutherford said. "It was recom mended that it go away, and we checked it out with the art depart ment, which voiced no objection." The facilities planning department tried to contact the artist several times before they began to dismantle the Lisa Frye Elections we've exhausted every option for ticket distribution." Frye also said she plans to expand the role of Carolina Fever in the support of non-revenue sports. The CAA would ask the captains and coaches of non revenue teams for two or three See CAA page 5 - ' i r 7 ...... -i 1 H i i .H'1l"- ylllll , y J ;- i , . : gro page 3 4Dl f' Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Wednesday, January 25, 1989 to sroinmnt wo $700,000 in revenue each year, Martin said. "With the guaranteed revenue from concession sales, meal cards would not have to be mandatory," he said. "The food service does not bring in much of a profit, but a company can use the concession stands to balance out their income," Martin said. "They might make less in one orea, but more in another." Bids would be accepted from Ogden Food Services, Marriott and any other company interested in the contract, Martin said, and the com pany with the best bid would receive the contract. The elimination of mandatory meal cards for on-campus residents is an issue that has been raised often, he said. "Since I have come into office I have tried to find a solution that would accommodate everyone." Many students will still buy meal removed from work, Rutherford said. An art department official said the artist never thought the sculpture would be there permanently and had voiced no objection to its removal. Robert Howard, a Chapel Hill sculptor, sent a letter to the chancellor complaining about the removal of the sculpture. Howard said its removal was an example of the administra- tion's "apparent disregard for art." Foyrth iocSdeoiil!: of harasraeoiitt Police were slow to reach library, female student says By JENNIFER WING Staff Writer A female student who was sexually harassed by a man who sat behind her and masturbated in Davis Library Monday complained that police took too long to respond to her complaint. This is the fourth incident of this nature in the library since last fall. The woman described the suspect as a black man, approximately 6 feet tall, between 28 and 32 years old, and wearing a bluish-gray leisure suit. The woman was studying on the seventh floor when the man asked her for a pencil and then moved into the stacks to get a book. He returned, sat behind the victim and placed his book in front of his genitals. The victim said she heard heavy breathing and turned around, assumed the man was masturbating, and left the area. The victim estimated that the School evacuated By LYNN GOSWICK Staff Writer Eight children and one adult were rushed from a Hillsborough school to North Carolina Memorial Hospi tal (NCMH) Tuesday after a toxic gas caused three children to pass out, a hospital spokesman said. All nine patients were treated, and two were released, NCMH informa tion officer Jon Ross said Tuesday evening. Two other patients were expected to be released, he said, while five of the children were expected to be held overnight for observation. Eric Upton, a captain with the Orange County Hazardous Material Team, said the gas that caused the illness was identified as hydrogen sulfide and came from an unknown financiers - at Chapel Hill, North Carolina plans even if they are not mandatory, he said. "If the food service maintains high quality, many students will still buy the meal cards," he said. "The cards will not be eliminated, but they will not be mandatory either." The other main objective of the proposal is to include a 10 percent service charge for off-campus cater ers, he said. "When Marriott or the Carolina Inn caters something on campus they have to pay a 10 percent cover charge for the use of facilities," Martin said. "Outside caterers don't have to pay anything. "The proposal requires that outside caterers also pay a 10 percent service charge," he said. "The money col lected from this charge would go into a fund designed to provide better facilities for food service." library area "People always talk about the 'flowers in the spring, the trees and all that jazz, but they forget that there is another aspect of food for thought -. abstract art," Howard said. "They (the administration) dohY mind keeping up a statue, something about the war between the states and a woman's virginity, but prefer to remove serious art." Some students were glad the sculpture was gone. "It's no big deal that it's not there, if they really wanted to (remove it)," said Steve Bass, a sophomore business administration major from Raleigh. "I dont think most people care that it's gone." "I feel that it was an eyesore from the start, and I am glad that it is gone," said Joseph Holt, a freshman business administration major from Fayetteville. posa "My understanding is, when the lady called, she asked to speak to an officer. It was not called in as an emergency" Lt. Walter Dunn T accused male remained in the library for at least five more minutes, but library employees were unable to apprehend the man before he left. "I watched the guy walk out of the library," she said. A library worker called the Uni versity police for the student imme diately after the incident, but they did not arrive for 20-25 minutes, prompt ing two more calls. University police had no concept source. Students at Abundant Life Chris tian School, located on U.S. 70, began complaining of nausea and headaches Tuesday morning, Upton said. Shortly after 2 p.m., the headaches and nausea became worse, and a school official called the local fire and rescue departments, he said. Three students were found unconscious, and 19 students were ill. Alois Callemyn, assistant chief of the Hillsborough fire department, said that after the school was evac uated by the fire department, the hazardous material team arrived and monitored the school for toxic gases. The team found high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, also known as exploiting other ore - page 4 JI Jump shot THI m I t U if i M - ;J,i , Senior Merlaine "Mo" Oden (55) goes for two points in UNC's 86-. 69 Tuesday night loss to N.C. State in Carmichael Auditorium. of the urgency of the call, according to Maj. Bob Porreca. According to police reports, it took 20 minutes for the officer to arrive. That may be a long time, Porreca said, but when the first call came in, the caller reported only that the incident had occurred earlier that day. During the third, call, the dis patcher discovered for the first time doe to' swamp gas. Dr. Scott French of the NCMH emergency room said high concentra tions of hydrogen sulfide can smother someone to death. Fortunately, students got out of the school before they inhaled too much of the gas, he said. Students taken to the hospital were given oxygen therapy, and lab tests will be run on those children who stayed overnight, French said. Upton said members of the hazard ous material team searched for the possible origin of the gas, but no one source could be named. The team will follow two leads, Upton said. One lead concerns pest control at the school. Team members are investigating the possibility that ' human beings. Slam and jam CM dunking contest . preliminary round Carmichael Auditorium 7 p,m. News Sports Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 9621163 V ( 0 DTH Brian Foley that the suspect was still present, Porreca said. "It sounds like there was a lot of miscommunication," he said. Porreca said if the police had realized the man was still present, they would have responded imme diately, but it did not sound like an emergency at the time. : Lt. Walter Dunn, a detective in the investigation department, said, "My understanding is, when the lady called, she asked to speak to an officer. It was not called in as.: an emergency." Officer Charles Jackson, the officer who reported to the library, explained the delay with: "We were all on call." He said he was. the first officer available to report to the library. The victim said that once Jackson See LIBRARY page 5 ; toxic fumes from pest control chemicals sprayed last week are the source of the gas, he said. The. team is also investigating an old sewage pumping station at the edge of the school's property. The odor around the station is similar to that of hydrogen sulfide, Upton said. Callemyn said school officials were allowed to go back into the school after rescue workers ventilated the building and were satisfied that all dangerous fumes were gone. School officials were told the state and county would work together to determine if further action is needed, he said. , David Smith, pastor of the church that operates the school, could not be reached for comment. Tracy Chapman '::: 'Vy;wr . .;,..v . K V ga to-