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'Brutal' politics to keep
Martin off future ballots
RALEIGH Saying politics is "too
brutal for me," Gov. Jim Martin has
vowed not to run for any elected office
once his term ends in 1992.
Martin, in a letter to The News and
Observer of Raleigh published Sun
day, said he was embittered by w hat he
viewed as unfair, partisan attacks by
Democrats.
See story, page 4.
Space shuttle count
resumes after 4th delay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The
countdown resumed Sunday for the
nighttime launch of shuttle Atlantis af
ter NASA fixed a computer problem
that caused a fourth postponement of
the secret military mission 31 seconds
before liftoff. Sunday's launch was
scheduled for 12:55 a.m.
Bad weather and the illness of Atlan
tis' commander resulted in delays
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The
weather was perfect early Sunday be
fore liftoff was halted by the computer
problem.
Special session to focus
on prison overcrowding
RALEIGH Gov. Jim Martin has
decided to call a special session of the
General Assembly March 6 to deal
with North Carolina's crowded pris
ons. Martin will meet with legislative
leaders to discuss ways to increase the
limit on the number of inmates who can
be kept in the state's prisons, Martin's
communications director said.
Martin's deputy communications di
rector said the governor's call to bor
row $490 million to add space for 9,500
more convicts will not be brought up in
the special session, but Democrats are
still calling the session a political move.
Multimillionaire Forbes
dead from heart attack
NEW YORK Malcolm Forbes,
multimillionaire mrgazine owner, mo
torcyclist and self-proclaimed "capi
talist tool," died Saturday at age 70.
Forbes died of a heart attack in his
sleep Saturday at his 40-acre estate in
Far Hills, N.J. "Death happens to ev
eryone but we never believed it would
happen to him. He always defied the
odds," said Forbes' son, Malcolm Jr.
Nicaraguan voters voice
views of Sandinista rule
MANAGUA, Nicaragua Under
the scrutiny of thousands of interna
tional observers, Nicaraguans voted
Sunday on whether to continue the left
ist Sandinistas' 10-year rule or hand
power to a U.S.-backed coalition.
Voters lined up before dawn at the
4,394 polling stations and waited pa
tiently for hours to choose between the
incumbent president, Daniel Ortega,
and his only serious challenger, Violeta
Barrios de Chamorro of the United
National Opposition, or UNO.
"It's very solemn, like a Mass," said
former President Jimmy Carter, watch
ing poll officials lay out ballots, regis
tration books, ink, and scissors in a
station.
From Associated Press Reports
Wee is the world
Foreign students sponsor Interna
tional Week 1990 3
Penny pinching
UNC system counts every cent in
' response to budget cuts 4
Aces high
Tennis teams net impressive week
end victories 5
Campus and city 3
State and national 4
Classified 6
Comics 7
Opinion 8
Sports Monday 10
QMHB
By JENNY CL0N1NGER
University Editor
Student Body President candidate
Bill Hildebolt may be disqualified from
the runoff against Mark Bibbs because
of a possible Elections Board and
Undergraduate Student Court violation.
Because Hildebolt and members of
his campaign staff washed opponent
John Lomax's chalked campaign signs
off campus sidewalks before last
Tuesday's elections, the SBP runoff
has been postponed indefinitely. If
Hildebolt were disqualified, John
Lomax would compete in the runoff.
Senior Class President and Vice Presi
dent and District 9 Student Congress
runoffs will be held Tuesday as origi
nally planned.
Around 1 a.m. last Tuesday, a group
of about 10 people were sitting together
outside the Undergraduate Library. The
group included Hildebolt and members
Davis tackles race topics
Speech opens
relations week
By FELTS LEWIS
Staff Writer
Angela Davis, a world-renowned
scholar, lecturer, writer and human
rights activist, said Friday night that
limited financial aid to minority stu
dents, lack of black faculty members
at predominantly white universities
and cultural apathy among white stu
dents and administrators were rea
sons for racism on college campuses.
Davis spoke to a full house in Hill
Hall to kick off the Campus Y's sec
ond annual Race Relations Week.
In her presentation Davis said ra
cial conflicts of the past should not be
forgotten in today's society.
"Racism has become historically
obsolete," she said. "It should not be
a relic of the past in effort to fight
racism of our present day."
Davis said she was amazed that
this problem continues to permeate
college campuses throughout the
nation during a time of social diver
sity. "I never would have imagined
such racism would exist on campuses
of higher learning," she said.
She mentioned several incidents of
discrimination occurring in recent
years at various universities in the
country, such as the incident at The
Citadel in which five white students
dressed in Ku Klux Klan garb overtly
intimidated black students. The
university'schancellor denounced the
students for racism.
A decrease in the number of middle
income minority students attending
college is caused by inadequate fi
nancial aid funding from insensitive
administrators, Davis said. She said
these students were devastated by their
inability to receive undergraduate
degrees because of financial limita
tions. This concern exists even though
the number of minority students
graduating from high school has in
creased, she said.
"Education should not be a com
modity, education should be a right,"
she said. "Students ought to be paid
See DAVIS, page 3
Conduct
By JASON KELLY
University Editor
Several student group leaders left
Saturday's Student Congress budget
hearings enraged by the conduct of
several representatives.
Representatives of the North Caro
lina Student Legislature (NCSL) ap
peared before the Student Congress to
receive funding Saturday and left the
meeting in tears after personal attacks
by congress members.
Studenr Congress' parliamentary
procedure frustrated many groups dur
ing the budget hearings by not letting
them speak on behalf of their group or
in their own defense.
Gale Moore, NCSL deputy chair
man, Ginny Hewitt, NCSL vice-deputy
chairman, and Bill Kane, NCSL
lieutenant governor, said they could
not believe the conduct of the congress.
"It was the most humiliating experi
ence I have ever encountered," Hewitt
said. "And we were not even able to
defend ourselves or respond to the slan
der and misinformation congress
members were saying."
Kane said the NCSL budget was
severely cut this year. "I knew they
were going to be rough, but at the
beginning of the debate I could tell they
had already made up their minds. They
slandered both our organization and
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of his. Bibbs and Jonathan Martin's
campaign staffs. "We were just playing
around, and yes, I did spill water on it
(the Lomax sign)," Hildebolt said
Sunday.
Kristi Lee, Martin's campaign man
ager, was present and said she saw
Hildebolt pour a small amount of water
from a cup onto the chalk and scuff the
area with his feet. "I don't think he
realized that it's illegal," she said. "I
think it happened without him knowing
what he was doing. I don't think he
came out that night to erase John
Lomax's stuff."
Lee said she asked Hildebolt to stop,
telling him his actions were violating
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our personnel. And you couldn't say
anything against the misinformation
provided by congress members."
Mindy Friedman (Dist. 12) said
parliamentary procedure dictated that
guests of the congress can only speak if
they are yielded the floor by a congress
member who has been recognized by
the speaker. "The speaker cannot di
rectly recognize a guest," she said.
"Congress members don't like to yield
the floor because they want to speak,
too, and they can only be recognized by
the speaker a certain number of times."
Friedman is trying to win passage of
a bill that would make the congress
more hospitable to guests. "It would
establish rules about how to treat guests,
which are now understood, but not
always followed," she said.
Jerry Edwards, a UNITAS coordi
nator, said the attitude of congress
members was more of a problem than
the procedure. "Parliamentary proce
dure is impersonal, but the underlying
problem is the attitudes of people in
congress. They have ego problems when
they are dealing with students.
"They see student fees as their money
to give us, and not student money they
should be finding the best use for. These
are our student fees we shouldn't
have to beg for them," he said.
Jeff Beall (Dist. 7) is one of the main
elections laws. A Hildebolt campaign
worker told her chalk was not included
in the laws prohibiting tampering with
campaign materials, she said.
"Later that night, I tried to call David
Smith (Elections Board chairman) to
find out (if chalk constitutes campaign
material), but couldn't get him," she
said. "I don't think it was clear. I don't
think the people realized that it was
considered campaign material."
Smith said campaign laws were in
cluded incandidates' information pack
ets and were discussed during Elec
tions Board candidates meetings.
"It is illegal to destroy, alter, affect,
or remove any campaign material. The
Elections Board decided that the chalk
marks were considered campaign ma
terial because the chalk was bought by
the Lomax campaign," Smith said.
Hildebolt said he was not aware that
erasing chalked signs was an Honor
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problems in congress, Edwards said.
"Beall said to me, T want to cut this
budget (UNITAS), but I don't know
how.' What is that? There is no logic
behind wanting to cut our budget, just a
vendetta against our organization.
"Andrew Cohen (Dist.7) has no idea
what UNITAS is about, yet he's join
ing in on cutting our budget. I don't
understand how he can make an in
formed decision without knowing what
he's doing. The attitude of congress is
a real problem."
Moore and Hewitt also said Beall
had behaved badly. "The guy had it in
his head to get us," Moore said. "He's
on an ego trip, and we couldn't defend
ourselves because you can never get
called on. You could have your hand up
forever, but you won't get to speak."
Aarre Laakso, Cellar Door editor,
said the hearings were set up so the rep
resentatives from organizations seek
ing funding didn't get enough repre
sentation. "The hearings move so fast, and it's
difficult to get the chance to speak. If
you're not familiar with the procedure,
your hearing is over before you ever get
a chance to speak."
Moore said many student groups are
afraid to speak out against Student
Congress because they are afraid of
having next year's budget cut.
Court violation or an Elections Board
violation.
"It was not a smart thing for me to
do," he said. "It was definitely a mis
take. I'm not saying it was a nice thing
for me to do, but I had no idea that it
would come back to me in any way
other than just 'that wasn't very nice.'
"If I had ever thought it was a viola
tion, I would have gone out, bought
chalk and put it back myself. I ran a
very clean campaign, and I certainly
wouldn't do anything to violate Elec
tions Board laws as we understood
them."
Kurt Seufert, a former Bibbs cam
paign manager, said he was also unsure
of the law's interpretation. "I do not
feel that it was made clear to the candi
dates," he said. "For someone to use
this to disqualify someone and not try
to work it out some other way is wrong.
As far as I'm concerned, there should
Coiuuiicil acts
on proposals
Academic minor plan succeeds
By STEPHEN POOLE
Staff Writer
The Faculty Council voted unani
mously to implement an academic
minor for next fall and discussed the
budget crisis facing the University's
libraries at a meeting Friday.
The proposal for the academic mi
nor was initiated two years ago by
student government and was promoted
by students and University officials,
said Ruffin Hall, chairman of the aca
demic affairs department of student
congress.
Gillian Cell, College of Arts and
Sciences dean, and Harry Gooder,
Faculty Council chairman, worked with
student government to make the pro
posal for the minor feasible. Hall said.
Hall said the greatest conflict was
assuring department heads the minor
would not create a burden of excess
students. "We had to show them that
Equal academic
By ELIZABETH BYRD
Staff Writer
The Faculty Council passed a reso
lution Friday recommending that the
University "provide to all students who
need it the same kind and level of
academic support that is provided to
student athletes."
Eleven recommendations were
passed Friday, the last part of a 32
proposal package by the Faculty Coun
cil on athletic reforms. The proposals
have been passed over the last three
meetings of the council.
The recommendations came from a
report released in December by the Ad
Hoc Committee on Athletics and the
University, chaired by Doris Betts.
The recommendations are presently
in Chancellor Paul Hardin's hands.
Hardin said he was enthusiastic about
the faculty's report. "I'm not made
uncomfortable by these requests. I
would be embarrassed to work for any
faculty that did not have these ideals."
infuriates
Student Congress
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Student Legal Services $15,961 $12,040
Undergraduate Music Student Forum 882 134
Carolina Handicappers 3,365 1,971
Senior Big Buddy 859 659
YacketyYack 11.710 8.729
STV 31,000 19,353
Carolina Quarterly 5,600 4,960
POSITIONS 3.000 1,450
Carolina Athletic Association 20,304 17,406
Elections Board 2.472 2.452
LAB Theatre 6,125 5,234
Student Congress 5,381 5,249
UNITAS 1.215 950
Judicial Branch 9.965 9,955
Student Part-Time Employment Service 5,121 558
Executive Branch 23,641 4,563
Association of Nursing Students 2,553 585
Carolina Indian Circle 3,500 2.800
Speakers' Committee of the Student Bar Assoc. 10,310 3,215
Teach for America 303 225
Cellar Door 4,481 3,593
Victory Village Day Care Center 13.676 13.676
Black Student Movement 18,000 16.092
Rape Action Project 1.330 1.330
North Carolina Student Legislature 3,588 878
SAFE Escort 650 650
The Phoenix 27,294 24.638
DISC 714 714
UNC Pauper Players 1.360 1,360
Association of International Students 7.640 2,996
SANGAM 2.030 889
Graduate Students United 3,235 2,541
Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association 2,228 2,227
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be a runoff this Tuesday between Bill
Hildebolt and Mark Bibbs.
"I think it's an injustice, and the
Elections Board has no right to do this
because they were unclear in their laws,"
Seufert said.
Hildebolt said some of his campaign
workers washed off other chalk signs
later Tuesday, without his knowledge.
Although the two candidates never
spoke directly about the incidents,
members of Hildebolt's campaign
apologized to John Lomax and his
campaign staff Wednesday, and the
two groups agreed that the chalk inci
dent was no longer an issue, he said.
"As far as I know, no one there
thought anything about it," he said.
"We did talk to them (Lomax cam
paigners), and they said that all was
forgiven and forgotten. We didn't feel
like the chalk things were any big deal
and we were just going to go on with it."
most students would not increase their
course load for the minor. A significant
amount of students were already quali
fied to receive a minor but were not
getting the recognition," he said.
University officials have not decided
if upperclassmen who have enough
credit for a minor may formally receive
recognition.
The Faculty Council's approval was
the last barrier for the academic minor
to overcome said Gillian Cell, who
motioned the proposal. "When students
preregister this spring, they will be able
to choose classes for a minor."
At the end of this semester, students
will be able to select a minor in one of
the following departments: Afro
American Studies, African studies,
American studies, art history, Chinese
and Japanese, classics (Latin and
See MINOR, page 5
support urged
Hardin said he thought athletic re
form was a national trend but the Uni
versity faculty, with its requests for
athletic reform, was ahead of other
universities. "This is a historic event,"
he said. "I know of no other faculty
which has written such a comprehen
sive document."
Several faculty recommendations
concern national reform. Hardin said
he would report the athletic reform
proposals to NCAA and ACC officials.
"I'm in favor of all of these," he
said. "I hope the conference (ACC)
will adopt them within a year. The
faculty has requested that we work on
getting them passed within five years,
but I don't think it will take that long."
The reforms discussed Friday were
all specific to UNC. Six proposals aim
to make changes in the Educational
Foundation, also known as the Rams
See REFORM, page 3
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