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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 97, Issue 82
Thursday, November 2, 1989
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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By WILL SPEARS
Assistant University Editor
UNC's general education curricu
lum is sound and provides students
with a comprehensive education, but
some changes could reduce the
curriculum's flaws, according to a report
released earlier this week by the Gen
eral Education Curriculum Evaluation
Committee.
"It (general education) is doing a
good job of helping students discover
different areas of study," said Darryl
Gless, associate dean of general educa-
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fraternity hazio
By BRYAN TYSON
Staff Writer
Three Phi Delta Theta fraternity
pledges who were streaking behind the
Morehead Planetarium were picked up
by University police around 12:45 a.m.
Monday after one pledge, who had a
blood-alcohol content of 0.27 percent,
fell and injured himself. According to
sources who saw the pledges, the inci
dent may have been related to hazing.
But Phi Delta Theta President Gi
bson Smith and one of the pledges said
the incident was not related to the fra
ternity. "That's stupid," Smith said.
"They did it on a whim. We don't have
any responsibility in it."
South Orange Rescue Squad para
medics were called to the parking lot
after James Henley Thompson, a fresh
man from Atlanta, fell and hit his head
in the parking lot of the planetarium,
according to Chapel Hill Police Plan
ner Jane Cousins. Thompson, 18, of
407 Grimes Residence Hall, was taken
to the emergency room of North Caro
lina Memorial Hospital where his blood
alcohol convent was measured. He was
released later that day.
Police did not charge any of the
pledges in the incident.
Joe Tom King, also a freshman from
Atlanta who lives at 23 Old West Resi
dence Hall, and James William "Bill"
Thompson, a freshman from Charlotte
who lives at 1 233 Granville West, were
the other pledges involved, according
to James H. Thompson. King confirmed
that they were the three involved.
A male student who witnessed the
event and spoke on condition of ano
nymity said he first saw the three
pledges, along with several other
pledges who were also naked, in front
of the Chi Omega sorority house at 3 13
E. Franklin St.
The student also said there were two
trucks behind the Chi Omega house.
"The owners of the vehicles were out of
their trucks and were yelling at the
pledges from a hidden point of view."
The student described the rest of the
incident as follows: After several min
utes, the group of several naked men in
Chape
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Mediator Richard Richardson (left) leads the IFC discussion as Peggy Politzer and Mayor
tion and a member of the committee.
Committee members, including stu
dents, faculty and administrators, were
appointed in summer 1988 by Gillian
Cell, dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences. The committee interviewed
department chairmen, and conducted
faculty and student surveys to collect
information.
Cell said she was pleased with the
report, which must be reviewed and
passed by the arts and sciences faculty,
the administrative boards and the Fac
ulty Council before its recommenda
may
front of Chi Omega split up and went in
separate directions. "The main group
ran toward main Franklin Street but
stopped before the Kappa Delta soror
ity house and began screaming. The
vehicle owners ran, got into their two
trucks and pulled out from behind Chi
Omega, went down Franklin beeping
their horns in front of Chi Omega, and
then stopped at Kappa Delta."
Three people split off from the main
group and began to cross Franklin Street,
heading toward the Morehead Plane
tarium. "One of the pledges tripped in
front of Chi Omega, but he got up and
limped behind the other two that were
running toward the planetarium. When
he fell, the people in the truck yelled to
him, 'Get up!', and to the other two
accompanying him said, 'Wait for your
pledge brother! ' The two sort of slowed
down a little bit until he caught up."
The three had continued across the
planetarium parking lot toward the
building and the bushes that surround
it, when one of them fell. "I don't know
if he fell behind the bushes or was
dragged behind. Apparently, I think he
fell behind the bushes."
Several minutes later University and
Chapel Hill police officers arrived on
the scene. 'Two Chapel Hill police and
three UNC police came down Franklin
Street and circled the block. One pulled
into the Morehead lot, and two others
followed him."
University police officers took two
of the pledges to get their clothes. The
third person, who had fallen, stayed
until a rescue squad could be called.
"The rescue squad was entering the
Morehead parking lot as one Chapel
Hill police car was leaving. After a few
minutes, a second rescue squad came.
"The people from the ambulance got
him into a stretcher with a backboard
and neckbrace. While the two rescue
squads were still there, one of the trucks
that was at the Chi Omega house pulled
up in the parking lot toward the main
building of the Morehead, but not right
in front. One of the people inside the
See STREAKERS, page 9
eaders
tions are adopted.
"(The committee) believes that the
curriculum needs adjustment rather than
extensive change," the report says. In
the report, the committee recommends
nine adjustments in UNC's curricu
lum: That University administrators
continue efforts to gain increased fund
ing for curriculum development and
implementation.
"The most serious problem with the
curriculum is the college's shortage of
resources to provide required courses
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By JENNIFER PILLA
Staff Writer
A conference was held Wednes
day night to discuss the role of black
and white organizations on campus
and the relationship between them.
The Greek Forum sponsored
by the Panhellenic Council, Inter
Fraternity Council (IFC), the Black
Greek Council (BGC) and Student
Government gave students the
opportunity to voice their opinions
and ask questions about the relation
ship between black and white Greek
organizations on campus.
These questions were presented to
a panel of representatives from the
Panhellenic Council, the BGC, the
IFC and various fraternities and so
rorities. The purpose of the forum was to
improve relations between black and
white Greek organizations by eras
ing some of the misconceptions
people have about them, said Eileen
Dordek, head of FraternitySorority
Relations and BGC liaison for the
Panhellenic Council.
"There's such a mystique and
misunderstanding about the organi
zations. We hope that this will be the
first step in enhancing those rela
tions." The panel discussed pledging,
rushing and monetary issues, but
focused mainly on ways to improve
race relations among Greeks. All of
the panelists agreed that jointly held
social and charity functions were an
effective method of promoting under
standing between black and white
fraternities and sororities.
Panelists also expressed concern
that improved relations end when
these events are over.
Russell Dula, BGC president, said
UNC police grievance hearing to start
By JEFF D.HILL
Staff Writer
The Step 4 grievance hearing of the
University police department's only
black female officer in its history be
gins today at the Carolina Inn.
"A lot of employees are waiting on
this case," said Officer Keith Edwards,
a 15-year veteran of University police
who has accused the department of
racist hiring and promotion practices.
weigh future of homeless shelter lease
in sufficient numbers," the report says.
That courses in a student's major be
allowed to satisfy appropriate perspec
tive requirements.
That BA students be required to
take upper-level perspective courses in
only four of the five areas and be al
lowed to choose which to omit.
The second and third recommenda
tions would allow students more flexi
bility, the report says. "We believe that
the current curriculum requires some
what too much breadth in course selec
tion, and does so for the students whose
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he hoped black and white Greek mix- action between the two Greek systems son," Dula said. "I don't think it
ingwasnotjustafad.Headdedthatany should be planned, they drew the line at would work. We should remain
step toward mutual understanding be- merging the two systems. separate, but support each other."
tween the races is appreciated.
Although panelists said more inter-
"It gives them hope. For the whole two
years, we have really been battling it
out, myself and other officers, and it
has been hard.
"It has been a lot of stress. We didn't
even know if we could survive this.
But, we have come to this point, and I
do expect some results."
If a ruling is not in Edwards' favor,
she said she may file suit against the
University in federal court under Title
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majors are least directed toward spe
cific careers and least likely to result in
overspecialization."
That the Subcommittee on General
Education study and report on the fre
quency with which courses on the per
spective lists have been offered and the
appropriateness of courses that fulfill
both General College and BA require
ments. "In consultation with the relevant
departments and the administrative
boards, the deans should insist either
that the courses be offered regularly,
"There are cultural differences be-
tween a black person and a white per-
7, the Equal Employment Opportunity
act. The act outlaws discrimination in
employment and retaliation against
employees who protest it.
Edwards' grievance stems from a
1987 reorganization of University po
lice. She has charged that the depart
ment overlooked her on the basis of
race when 13 white officers were pro
moted. She said some of the officers
were less qualified than she was.
By TOM PARKS
Business Editor
The Chapel Hill Town Council could
extend the Inter-Faith Council's (IFC)
lease on the old municipal building at
the corner of Columbia and Rosemary
streets for 15 years after the IFC's lease
ends in 1993, according to an IFC offi
cial. The IFC's present lease is only ef
fective for three years after the shelter
reopens next year; it has been criticized
as being too short because of the high
cost of renovating the building.
Four Chapel Hill leaders, including
Mayor Jonathan Howes and Sally Jessee
ofthePublic-PrivatePartnership(PPP),
met Tuesday at a forum in Greenlaw
Hall to discuss the past and future of the
Inter-Faith Council's Emergency Shel
ter. Robert Seymour, an ex officio
member of the IFC's board of direc
tors, told the audience of about 60 stu
dents and area residents that some of
the federal grants being used to pay for
the shelter's renovation came with
strings attached that require the shelter
to be used for longer than the three-year
lease.
"It looks as if it (the shelter's lease)
will be extended," said Seymour, a
former president of the IFC.
The three-year lease will go into
effect when the shelter reopens, sched
uled for April 1990.
Howes said the Chapel Hill Town
Council, which would have to approve
an extension of the lease, might con
that they be removed from the perspecT
tive lists, or that they be restricted to
one of those lists," the report says.
That the aims of the general educa
tion program be discussed in each
department.
These aims and the department's role
in meeting them should be made known
to each instructor. ' :
That departments consider ways to
require more writing of students in
perspective courses and encourage
See REPORT, page 2
See GREEK, page 2
One of Edwards' main arguments
will center on the discrimination
charges, said Alan McSurely, her attor
ney. McSurely said the findings of the
University Staff Employee Grievance
Committee in Step 3 of the grievance
procedure were wrong. The committee
found no discrimination in a hearing
See HEARING, page 2
sider a 10- to 15-year lease for the
shelter.
Jessee, the chairwoman of last year's
PPP task force on the shelter's location,
said even a 15 -year lease would be less
appropriate than a grant of ownership
to the IFC. At the time the task force
met, the council refused to extend the
lease beyond four years, she said.
Trey Loughran, co-chairman of
Campus Y's Student Homeless Out
reach Coalition, said he was concerned
See HOMELESS, page 9
inside
A sobering thought
Fraternity leaders to discuss
dry rush 3
More dollars for scholars
State adds money to Teach
ing Fellows program 4
McLenoir?
Marriott may bring restaurants
to campus in future 5
City and campus 3
State and national 4
Business .5
Features 6
Sports..... 7
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