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High temperatures break
records in Southwest
PHOENIX Air conditioners
whined, car cooling systems failed and
planes couldn't take off safely as
America's hottest city got hotter than
ever 122 degrees. The same heat
wave sent the temperature to 112
Tuesday in Los Angeles, also an all
time record.
The National Weather Service pre
dicted it would be just about as hot
today in the Southwest. Only slight
cooling was expected by the weekend
as a high-pressure system held fast over
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and
Utah.
Tuesday's high in Phoenix broke a
day-old record. Monday's high of 120
surpassed the old record of 1 1 8, equaled
most recently on July 4, 1989.
The city's normal high for June 26 is
105.
Authorities said they suspected three
deaths in Phoenix and one in Los An
geles were heat-related.
Robert Kennedy assassin
denied parole after 22
years in prison
SOLEDAD. Calif. Sirhan B.
Sirhan, who shot Sen. Robert F.
Kennedy to death 22 years ago, was
denied parole Tuesday for the 1 3 th time.
After a hearing of more than five
hours in Soledad Prison, Sirhan was
told his next parole hearing would be in
1992.
Commissioner David Brown, one of
the three Board of Prison Terms mem
bers, said parole was denied "because
the prisoner committed a political as
sassination, which is unique in Ameri
can history."
Sirhan, now 46, was convicted of
gunning down Kennedy on June 5, 1968,
in the pantry of Los Angeles' Ambas
sador Hotel. Kennedy, who had just
won California's Democratic primary,
died early the next day.
Sirhan is serving a life term in prison.
He was sentenced to death in 1969, but
the sentence was reduced to life im
prisonment in 1972 after the state Su
preme Court struck down the death
penalty.
Bankers bailout
'humbled' Trump with
$65 million
NEW YORK Bankers rescued
Donald Trump with a $65 million
bailout, but the master of the Art of the
Deal paid a humbling price, giving up
some control over his empire and put
ting himself on a $450,000 monthly
allowance.
The deal reached Tuesday is designed
to help the once seemingly invincible
Trump out of a cash crunch that could
have brought down his empire.
A clearly relieved Trump said in an
interview Tuesday that he's happy with
the outcome and confirmed that the
agreement limits his household and
personal spending to $450,000 a month
for the rest of this year.
Negotiations with his bankers yielded
a new five-year commitment that will
spread out payment on more than $2
billion in loans over the term of the pact.
From Associated Press reports
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Turn it down
Town Council enacts stricter noise
regulations for summer 3
A journalist's dream
One student reporter meets the
Mandelas in Washington 4
Heart, soul. ..and guts
Robocop delivers violence, humor,
and insightful advice 5
State and National 2
Campus 3
Arts and Features 5
Sports 7
Classifieds : 8
Comics '. 9
Opinion , 10
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UNC faces 3-iDxerceo.1t tadset cut
Graduate students protest budget
PoMce walk out
By THOMAS HEALY
Assistant Editor
A meeting between University police
officers and Chancellor Paul Hardin
was cut short Wednesday when about
1 5 officers walked out saying they didn't
feel comfortable speaking to the
Chancellor with certain administrators
and high-ranking officers present.
Sgt. Phyllis Cooper spoke for the
group and told the Chancellor the of
ficers felt they would be retaliated
against by some of the officers present
if they discussed their concerns.
BOT votes on drag
Send mandatory
By KELLY THOMPSON
Editor
The University's Board of Trustees
(BOT) last Friday refused to approve a
mandatory drug testing plan for athletes
and asked the UNC system Board of
Governors (BOG) to reconsider its
support of such a policy.
Trustee William A. Darity presented
the board's resolution after a lengthy
executive session Friday. The board
reaffirmed its policy against illegal
drugs, but expressed concerns about the
constitutionality "and basic fairness" of
a mandatory testing program.
"The Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
reaffirms its strong policy on illegal
drugs...However, it respectfully requests
that the Board of Governors reconsider
Kenan Heights site, SRC plans approved unanimously
By THOMAS HEALY
Assistant Editor
The Board of Trustees approved the
Kenan Heights business school site last
Friday with assurances to board mem
bers that the facility's location will not
threaten the existence of the under
graduate business program.
Board member John Pope expressed
concern over the future of the under
graduate business program at a sub
committee meeting June 21, as well as
at the general board meeting the next
day.
Pope cited the drop in the number of
undergraduate business students from
1 ,400 in 1 980 to 700 in 1 990, as well as
the distance of the proposed facility
from main campus as evidence that the
undergraduate program is in danger of
being phased out.
"I'm very concerned about what the
undergraduate business school will be
like 10 years from now in the year
2000," Pope said. "I do not want to see
the facility we are about to build become
only a graduate business facility."
Committee Chairman Earl Phillips
assured Pope his fears were unfounded.
Phillips said he had a definite sense
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cuts Wednesday by the Old Well
About 1 8 of the officers present had
signed a letter to Hardin requesting a
meeting. The letter stated, "We need to
meet with you and only you as soon as
possible to discuss these problems be
fore irreparable damage is done."
But Hardin responded to the request
with an open invitation to all campus
police officers to express their concerns
about the department. That invitation
was accepted by nine campus police
employees who hadn't signed the letter.
Among them were Major Robert
Porreca, assistant director of Public
drug testing policy
its program of mandatory drug testing
for student athletes," the resolution read.
The BOG may hear trustees' request
in its July meeting, or the matter could
be referred to committee by UNC Sys
tem President CD. Spangler and come
before the full board in August or Sep
tember. The Board of Trustees passed the
resolution with a voice vote, and at least
two members, John Pope Sr. and David
Ward Jr., voted against the decision.
Pope said he believed the mandatory
policy should apply to more than just
athletes. "It should apply to the student
body as a whole, and also to faculty and
coaches. Faculty and coaches are the
role models. If we want a drug-free
campus, they should participate," he
said Wednesday in a phone interview.
there was no movement to do away with
the undergraduate business program.
But Pope's doubts were expounded
upon by board member and Student
Body President Bill Hildebolt in areport
to the B OT and inaninterview Monday.
In his report Hildebolt said he was
cynical about the future of the under
graduate business major.
His report stated, "While I believe
that Dean Rizzo has the interests of all
the students ... in mind ... I am not
convinced that it (undergraduate busi
ness program) will be intact when this
building opens."
Hildebolt's report suggested that
some members of the business school
are trying to do away with the under
graduate program, and that the location
of the new school is part of their attempt
to "'unbundle' some student interests."
Hildebolt abstained from voting on
the site, but said Monday he still had
reservations about building the school
at Kenan Heights. "I'm still not sure
that it's not going to hurt the under
graduate business major," Hildebolt
said.
. Barbara Levine, director of admis
sions for the School of Business, denied
go, thinking again. "Tango and Cash"
Class size, number of electives affected
By KELLY THOMPSON
Editor
The effect of budget cuts on the
University by the General Assembly
won't be known until the exact dollar
amounts are set, but administrators and
graduate students agree it will be "an
instructional catastrophe" for both un
dergraduates and graduates if the House
approves a 3 percent reduction.
"The budget impact of a 3-percent
cut will have a devastating impact on
General College. It will decrease the
numbers of teaching assistants so that
enrollment in some sections will in
Officials speculate more cuts on the way
By KELLY THOMPSON
Editor
University officials speculated that
the General Assembly may cut more
than the Senate's proposed 3 -percent
reduction in UNC funding at a press
conference called by Graduate Students
United (GSU) at the Old Well
Wednesday afternoon.
About 50 members of GSU attended
the conference with signs protesting a
proposed $1.3 million cut from the
College of Arts and Sciences budget
which would result in layoffs and class
cancellations. The proposed cut would
help compensate for a projected $336
million shortfall in state income.
GSU Co-chairman Joel Sipress said
the group estimated that up to 150 TAs
could lose their positions. "The Uni
versity of North Carolina faces a severe
off meeting with
Safety, and Lt. William Dunn.
An officer who asked not to be named
said he felt intimidated by the nine
officers. "(I left) because I don't feel
you can sit in there and talk to the
Chancellor about your problems with
administration knowing that adminis
tration is there."
The officer also said they thought
Hardin should have honored their re
quest and asked the other officers to
leave.
But Hardin said his purpose was to
bring people together to talk, not to
testim
back to BOG
Trustee Robert Eubanks, who voted
in favor of the decision, said he was
against mandatory testing for any stu
dents. "Personally, I think it's an inva
sion of privacy," Eubanks said. "I think
we ought to let the students police
themselves."
Student Body President Bill
Hildebolt, a voting member of the Board
of Trustees, supported the board's de
cision. "It was not at all a question of picking
a fight with the Board of Governors.
That is the last thing that we wanted," he
said June 22. "We simply looked at the
proposal and most of us said, 'My sense
of personal liberty just tells me this
thing is wrong.'
See TESTING, page 4
there was any move afoot in the busi
ness school to do away with the under
graduate program.
She said she did not understand the
fears about the future of the school
because neither the school or the dean
had ever advocated doing away with the
undergraduate major. "That has never
been actively considered here," she said.
Levine said the amount of work to
resolve scheduling and transportation
problems caused by the distance of the
Kenan site from North Campus will
depend on the number of students who
participate in the newly organized
business minor program this fall.
She said no formal planning had been
done yet but added, "There is plenty of
planning that goes on here all the time."
Pope said he was worried because
there didn't seem to be a long-range
plan for the business school. "I can't get
assurance from anyone that the under
graduate major will be there 10 years
from now. I don't think a 10-year plan
for the School of Business is asking too
much," he said.
Paul Rizzo, dean of the business
See BOT, page 9
crease and it will effect the purchasing
of required materials," said Harry
Gooder, chairman of the Faculty
Council.
Graduate Students United, which
called a press conference Wednesday to
protest the possible cuts, estimates up to
150 teaching assistant positions would
be eliminated if $1.3 million is elimi
nated from the budget of the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Joel Sipress, co-chairman of GSU,
said "The departments that will be hurt
the most are liberal arts, departments
without grant money. Other departments
crisis. We underestimate it at our own
peril," Sipress said.
"It takes decades to build a great
university, but a great university can be
destroyed in a matter of years, or even
months.
"The more moderate cuts from the 3
to 5 percent range seem assured if the
legislature continues on its present
course," Sipress said. "When the dust
finally settles, UNC at Chapel Hill may
end up with a budget with 5 to 7 percent
cuts above what were taken out last
year."
Provost Dennis O'Connor agreed.
"Clearly, the 3 percent is guaranteed. I
think it will go higher," he said
O'Connor said he was also worried
about cuts later in the year. "If you look
at the history of the last two years, there
are always mid-year reductions."
divide them into secretive sessions. "I
can't give my time to hearing private
complaints," he said.
Hardin was skeptical of the group's
fears of retaliation. "They said they
were concerned about retribution, buy
it's obvious they aren't or else they
wouldn't have walked out on the
Chancellor."
Hardin said he was deeply disap
pointed the officers walked out because
he wants to help solve the problems in
the police department.
Officer Kenneth Rickman, who had
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will be able to shield graduate students,
but the cuts will still have a drastic
effect on undergraduates."
Talks of budget cuts have prompted
speculation that the University would
have to break teaching assistant con
tracts to reduce personnel, but Chan
cellor Paul Hardin said he hoped to
avoid that if the cuts were kept to 3
percent.
"Anyone under contract to the Uni
versity we will fight awfully, awfully
hard to protect."
See GRADUATES, page 9
When asked if he was worried that
the cuts could have a permanent effect
on the reputation of UNC, O'Connor
said. "Yes, I am."
Sipress agreed.
"Once the University gains a repu
tation as a place where teaching assis
tants are laid off, where classes are
cancelled and where contracts are bro
ken, it will become difficult to attract
faculty," he said. "We all know, a
reputation once sullied is not easily
recovered."
Dean McCord, president of the
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation, expressed similar concerns.
"This will hurt the University and
hurt the state," he said. "Unless Chapel
Hill becomes autonomous, it will be-
See OFFICIALS, page 9
Hardin
signed the letter to Hardin and walked
out of the meeting, said he was also
disappointed with the way the meeting
went. "We had really looked forward to
meeting with the Chancellor and getting
some issues pointed out to him,"
Rickman said.
Police officer Keith Edwards, who
has filed several grievances against the
department, said what happened
Wednesday was an example of the
conflict between line officers and meet
See POLICE, page 4
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