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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 98, Issue 4
Thursday, March 1, 1990
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Soviets inove toward
private land ownership
MOSCOW A new law allows
Soviets to own property for the first
time since Stalin's rule. See story, pase
4.
Court OKs foreign drug
searches for U.S. agents
WASHINGTON The Supreme
Court bolstered the fight against inter
national drug trafficking and terrorism
by giving U.S. law enforcement agents
more power to conduct searches in
foreign countries.
By a 6-3 vote, the justices said U.S.
asents did not need a court warrant to
search the home of a suspected Mexi
can drug smuggler later convicted in
the killing of a federal drug agent.
The ruling gives U.S. law enforce
ment officials broad authority to con
duct warrantless searches abroad of
non-U.S. citizens and could be an
important precedent in the U.S. case
against deposed Panamanian leader
Manuel Noriega.
Navy building range
without state's consent
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. The
military has illegally begun construc
tion of the Mid-Atlantic Electronic
Warfare range at Piney Island because
the state has not approved the project,
state officials say.
But a military spokesman said the
Navy already had complied with state
requirements for the range in Carteret
County. Lynn Muchmore, assistant
secretary of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Environment, Health and Natu
ral Resources, said the military had
begun construction without obtaining
what is known as a consistency review.
Federal law requires federal agen
cies undertaking projects on a state's
coast to have that project reviewed by
the state.
'Confident' Barry pleads
innocent of charges
WASHINGTON Mayor Marion
Barry, back in the capital for the first
time in more than a month, pleaded
innocent Wednesday to cocaine pos
session and perjury charges filed after
an investigation into his ties to a con
victed drug dealer.
"We will not plea bargain, and the
mayor is not considering resigning,"
Barry's attorney, R. Kenneth Mundy,
said after the nine-minute court pro
ceeding. "The mayor is confident he
will be vindicated at trial."
, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas
Penfield Jackson scheduled a June 4
trial on three counts of perjury and five
counts of misdemeanor possession of
cocaine.
U.S. officials meet with
Angolans for 1st time
WASHINGTON The United
States has rushed arms to the UNITA
rebels under siege by Soviet-backed
government forces in Angola, Angolan
representatives said Wednesday after
meeting with U.S. defense officials.
It was believed to be the first meet
ing at the Pentagon with officials from
Angola, which does not have diplo
matic relations with the United States.
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Go west, young man
Festifall 1 990 to be held farther west
on Franklin Street .. ........3
Crime and punishment
Parole being used to relieve over
crowding in N.C. prisons t 4
Texture and nature
Artist depicts 'three worlds' on
unusual canvases 6
Campus and city 3
State and nation 4
Insight 6
Sports .....7
Classified 8
By JASON KELLY
University Editor
Student Body President candidate
John Lomax is not guilty of defacing
University property according to the
facility usage policy, Donald Boulton,
vice chancellor of student affairs, said
Wednesday.
In a related matter, the Student At
torney General's Office found insuffi
cient evidence to prosecute Gene Davis,
Student Congress speaker, for viola
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Wednesday's contest with Georgia Tech was up in the air from the opening tipoff (above) to the final seconds
Heels oirtFox Tech, 81-79
By DAVE GLENN
Senior Writer
How ironic.
Wednesday night's game against
Georgia Tech was the last game at the
Dean E. Smith Center for UNC sen
iors Scott Williams, Kevin Madden,
Jeff Denny and John Greene. It was
also Birthday No. 59 for the man the
building was named for.
Yet, in a sense, the Tar Heels
couldn't wait for this important game
or this special night to end.
Because of a furious second-half
have
tions of the elections law and the honor
code.
Davis was present when candidate
Bill Hildebolt spilled water on and
scuffed out one of Lomax's chalked
campaign signs in the early morning
hours of Feb. 20. The Elections Board
ruled the action a violation of election
law Monday night.
Davis defended his actions in a
Tuesday interview with the DTH by
saying that Lomax was guilty of defac
rally by the 1 lth-ranked Yellow Jack
ets, the clock-watching Tar Heels
needed two free throws from Rick Fox
with four seconds remaining to come
away with a thrilling 81-79 victory.
The Tar Heels, who snapped a three
game ACC losing streak, upped their
record to 1 8-1 1 , 7-6 in conference play.
Tech dropped to 20-6 and 7-6.
With six seconds left and the score
tied at 79, UNC's birthday boy called
for his favorite last-second maneuver
a play designed to get the ball to Fox,
the Tar Heels' 6-7 junior forward.
nothing to hide.
ing University property, and that Hil
debolt was simply doing the University
a service by cleaning up the mess.
Boulton said chalking the sidewalks
would normally be considered deface
ment of University property, but during
elections the facility usage policy is
suspended as long as the candidates
clean up after elections are over.
The facility usage policy governs
where students can and cannot put up
posters, fliers or any other promotional
"We run the play all the time in
practice," Fox said. "King (Rice)
got the ball to me, and I'm supposed
to take it to the basket."
Fox, who was a so-so 5 of 1 1 from
the field as he took the ball on what
would be the game-breaking play,
cume through when it mattered most.
Driving the right baseline, Fox
crashed into Tech guard Karl Brown,
and the whistle blew.
Fox, who had been called twice for
See TECH, page 7
Richard M. Nixon
materials, Boulton said.
"If the policy were fully enforced
(during elections), all of the candidates
would have violated it," he said. "Post
ers on the sides of buildings are also
considered defacement of University
property under the policy. All he
(Lomax) did was what everybody else
did."
Lomax said he was upset by Davis'
accusation. "I am disappointed that
Gene continues to push aside the issues
Martta
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out of BP
re-election
By JENNY CL0NINGER and
STEPHANIE JOHNSTON
University Editor and Assistant University Editor
Jonathan Martin announced Wednes
day that he has withdrawn his candi
dacy for student body president be
cause of his wish to separate himself
from a situation that he believes will
eventually hurt the student body.
"The reason is a very ethical reason,
and I think the things that have been
going on are bad for students' morale,"
Martin said. "I'm declining my rights
to run (for SBP) for the betterment of
the students."
The election has become a political
race instead of a student government
race, Martin said. "I think this whole
race has changed its focus," he said.
"It's turned into a race of who's going
to look bad or not.
"From the time I entered the race, I
have had to spend time fighting rumors
that were spread about me. That really
makes me disillusioned. When I en
tered, I thought this race would be based
on issues."
Martin said he had nothing bad to
say about his opponents. "By no means
am I criticizing any of the others," he
said. "All of us had to make that deci
sion for ourselves.
"But the big thing I want to say is that
I think a student government leader has
to look beyond what it takes to get
elected if it means sacrificing what
you're working for. We've come to the
point where we're sacrificing student
government's reputation with students
and the administration."
David Smith, Elections Board chair
man, said he was shocked about
Martin's decision. "Jonathan did what
Lewis s mext SBP
needs integrity
By KENNY M0NTEITH
Staff Writer
Hoping to salvage the reputation of
student government, Student Body
President (SBP) Brien Lewis said in a
Pit press conference Wednesday that
the student body should insist on hon
esty and leadership in the next SBP.
"Next year won't be easy for whom
ever emerges from this (elections) as
the leader of the student body," he said.
"Students must insist on leadership, on
sound judgment and on integrity."
Lewis said the air of the elections
must be cleared. The rumors and accu
sations presently circulating around
campus about the presidential elections
are not resolving anything.
"Whispers, suspicions and any de
sire to simply get it over with will not
aid the student body in getting a clear
look at the candidates," Lewis said.
"The student body has the absolute
right to have all the necessary informa
tion to choose the candidate who will
maintain the integrity of the presidency
and the respect of the university com
munity," he said.
Lewis also responded to Tuesday's
board opinion in The Daily Tar Heel.
The editorial included a statement which
said "Student government has a less-than-perfect
image on this campus."
The DTH statement was correct, but
disheartening, Lewis said. "In the past
year alone this 'government with a bad
image' has ensured the implementa
tion of an academic minor program,"
Lewis said.
"(Student government) has success
fully lobbied the General Assembly to
protect the right of student self-governance.
It has initiated a student-supported
scholarship fund. And it has written a
comprehensive report on ways to im
prove our financial aid situation."
in the election, and I'm disappointed
that he seems intent on foc using on the
bad things that are going on."
Lomax said he hoped Davis was not
trying to get him (Lomax) in trouble
with the Elections Board. "I think that
the intent of Gene's statements was to
vindicate himself from any wrongdo
ing," he said.
"But it's no secret that Gene Davis
See LOMAX, page 9
pulls
he wanted to," he said. "I wisli him the
best of luck."
Kristi Lee, Martin's campaign man
ager, said his staff understood his rea
sons for withdrawing. "We felt the
campaign all along had been a lot of
mudslinging and a lot of diity tricks,"
she said.
Martin said although he had heard
the other four candidates' platforms
during the race, he wanted to talk fur
ther with them befoie deciding whether
he would endorse anyone.
"I'm not really sure at this time," he
said. "I have to talk to all four and see
what they're planning."
The remaining candidates said they
felt Martin's decision was a personal
one.
Bill Hildebolt said he didn't think
Martin's withdrawal would have a
major effect on the outcome of the
election.
"I can see the votes splitting three
ways," he said. "That could be changed
if he comes out and endorses someone,
not just with his own workeis but with
the community in general.
"In some ways I'm sad because I
think Jonathan has a unique leadership
style. He is a poweiful alternative, in
my mind, to what the rest of us are
offering."
Mike Strickland said he was disap
pointed that Martin had di opped out. "I
don't understand why he's done it,
because he still has a very good chance
of winning, considering the recent
things that have been going on," he
said.
John Lomax said he hoped Martin
See MARTIN, page 9
Brien Lewis
Although the Student Congress has
been continuously editorialized and
criticized for excessive political be-
See LEWIS, page 9
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