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Wht lain DTH New Writers Meeting 6:30 p.m., 208-209 Union Mostly sunny High in mid-80s Wednesday: Clear High in mid-80s Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSoortsArts 962-0245 962-1163 Volume 93, Issue 53 Tuesday, September 4, 1990 BusinusAdvwtisliHi cy waived fee rid No injuries reported in Gulf explosion DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia An Army vehicle carrying Tow anti-tank missiles and other weapons exploded Monday in eastern Saudi Arabia, the Army said. No injuries were reported. The fire that caused the explosion is under investigation, the Army said in a statement. The vehicle a high-mo bility multipurpose wheeled vehicle is the modern version of the Army jeep. It was in a motor pool at an 82nd Air borne Division camp when it caught fire, the statement said. No other details were immediately available. Solar craft completes coast-to-coast attempt CURRITUCK A solar-powered, ultra-light aircraft hoping to complete a coast-to-coast journey landed in a farmer's field Monday, short of the Wright Brothers Memorial on North Carolina's coast, according to officials. The pilot in the chase plane that was following the Sun Seeker said pilot Eric Raymond put the craft down about one mile north of the Wright Brothers Me morial Bridge. The bridge is about eight miles north of the monument. The unidentified chase-plane pilot said Raymond and the Sun Seeker Project were satisfied that they had ac complished their goal of flying from coast to coast. Gainesville cautioned against easing alert GAINES VILLE, Fla. Campus life was returning to normal Monday for many college students frightened by a string of mutilation murders, but police warned that the killer could still be on the loose. Students returning to the University of Florida for the second week of classes said they were less worried than they were last week by the deaths of five students who were found slain in their apartments. "Everyone I know is calming down,' ' said Aaron Sotala, 20, a sophomore from Copper Harbor, Mich. "It has been almost a week, but there is still tension on the campus." Police said they had eight suspects. No early release for American hostages BAALBEK, Lebanon An influ ential Shiite Moslem leader on Monday ruled out any quick release of the six American hostages in Lebanon, but indicated seven Europeans could soon be freed. "If there is going to be a hostage release, it will be Europeans, not Americans," Hussein Musawi said in Baalbek, a town in eastern Lebanon. "The United States has spearheaded the West's occupation of Saudi Arabia after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, and that eliminated the chance of releasing American hostages in Lebanon this year," Musawi told reporters. Musawi heads a pro-Syrian wing of Hezbollah, or Party of God, the reputed umbrella for extremist Shiite Moslem factions in Lebanon. There are four Britons, two West Germans and an Italian in addition to the six Americans held in Lebanon. From Associated Press reports Pain in the gas Local and national fuel prices still higher than usual 2 Time for a diaper change UNC Hospitals switching to cloth diapers - 3 Collins concert hits heme Benefit for the homeless rocks the house 6 Campus , 3 State and national ,..;,... '4 Arts and features . .........6 Comics - 7 Classifieds 8 Opinion - Sports Tuesday. 12 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. AH rights reserved, When you steal Getting one's Phil Perennial chart-topper Phi! Collins delivers a tune Sat urday night during his nearly sold-out Smith Center Councils to survey. ry rai 9 By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON Assistant University Editor Consequences of dry rush violations and hazing incidents are two central themes for the Inter-Fraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council during this semester's rush. The IFC voted to implement the dry rush policy last December. Robb Beatty , IFC president, said he was pleased with dry rush last year. "It went well actually," he said. "I was quite surprised." Some violations were reported during spring rush last year. The IFC will decide Wednesday night if anv revisions need to be made in the enforcement and punishment policies Telephonic Bv KENNY MONTEITH and JENNIFER DUNLAP Staff Writers Long lines at Woollen Gym drop add are a thing of the past because now students can register through a new telephonic system. Students will register for, drop and add spring classes over a new phone system called Caroline, said University Registrar David Lanier. The phone lines will be open Oct. 27 Nov. 28 for registration. Each class, beginning with seniors and ending with freshmen, will have a week to register. ACC exploring its options for conference expansion By KENNY ABNER Staff Writer Television begins a new fall sched ule this season in more ways than one. While the Simpsons battle the Cosbys on the air, TV dollars have caused every major athletic conference to consider realignment in order to ensure that they are not left out of the money. Ex-independents Penn State and Arkansas have already cashed in. Beginning in 1991 92, the Nittany Lions will vie for a Rose Bowl bid in the BieTen (or is it Eleven?), and the Razorbacks, formerly of the Southwestern Conference, will suit up against far worthier opponents in the football-rich Southeastern Conference. Closer to home, North Carolina's Atlantic Coast Conference is now in the process of considering extending invi tations to one and possibly two schools. "It's fair to say," UNC Athletic Di rector John Swofford said, "that what has occurred with Penn State and the aggressiveness of the Southeastern Conference (which plans to add three more teams in addition to Arkansas), in pursuing expansion and the ultimate results of the impact on the television marketplace, is what has stimulated talk of expansion in the ACC." The extra revenue generated by the expanded conferences can be enormous. Penn State officials figure they will be able to support their entire athletic ae- from one author, tjpjpl'''' Lr' If ft concert, the latest stop on his 'Serious Tour 1 990.' See concert review, page 6. ttstk concerning dry rush. Dry rush only affects five days of fraternity rush. Fraternity rush is divided into four areas and dry rush is held during the third part of rush, which will be Sept. 19-24, Beatty said. Structured rush was held Aug. 27-29 and open rush will be held Aug. 30-Sept. 18. Formal rush takes place Sept. 25-27. "During structured rush, (rushees) meet at the Old Well and go to eight houses for three nights," Beatty said. "During open rush, it is not mandatory they (rushees) go to all houses. They go where they want and look at houses." See RUSH, page 4 registration system to . 1 TYTXTV Students also can use Caroline Dec. 3-20 and Jan. 8-25 to have additional opportunities to pick up classes. Freshmen and sophomores will be divided according to their Social Se curity numbers during the initial regis tration, Lanier said. Seniors and juniors will register depending on the number of hours they have passed. Any student can continue to use the system after his designated week has ended. Students register by dialing an action number that will activate Caroline, Lanier said. Students will then enter their term, identification number and a l ACC Map partment with the additional revenue the school will receive from television exposure in the Big Ten. While money is the root of the rhu barb over expansion, it is not the only consideration in extending invitations. "Certainly, there are institutions out there that would enhance the financial status of the ACC but are not compat ible in other areas," Swofford said. "It is very important that our league look beyond the television aspect of it if we are to consider bringing another mem ber or members into the conference." Aside from the potential for added revenue, prospective newcomers will be scrutinized for the overall quality of their athletics, their commitment to academics and a clean NCAA track record. Geographic location and travel distance between schools are also con siderations. Among the schools that have been mentioned as possible additions to the ACC are Miami, Syracuse, West Vir ginia, Boston College, Pittsburgh, South Carolina and Florida State. Except for FSU, all appear to have fallen short of the aforementioned standards. While Swofford believes that it is "inappro priate to discuss individual institutions," See EXPANSION, page 7 it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. DTHJoe Muhl Taking into a count Equipment inventory required for fee-funded groups By JENNIFER DUN LAP Staff Writer Student government has notified student-funded organizations that equipment inventory will resume this semester for the first time in more than three years. In a July memo to all student-funded groups, Student Body President Bill Hildebolt said student government will take an inventory this year of all equipment bought by the groups. The inventory will target all groups funded by student fees, said Jay Robbins, student body treasurer. Student government owns student funded organizations' equipment. Dersonal identification number (PIN). The PIN, a four-digit number advis ers will give to students, may change each semester, Lanier said. "It's the number used so one student can't get into another student's registration." Summer school students participated in two Caroline trial tests sponsored by the Registrar's Office, Lanier said. The first test mainly dealt with the mechanics of the system to get all the bugs out. The second test was more of a stress test. "We didn't have as many people as we had hoped," Lanier said. "We're trying to do another testing in late Sep VT In for the kill UNC's Dwight Hollier sizes up University of Miami of Ohio player Dennis Penderghast Saturday as the Tar to hofflou By BRIAN LYNNE Staff Writer In a last-minute move, the University closed its eyes to policy and decided to allow the collection of donations for the homeless at the Phil Collins concert held at the Smith Center Saturday night. Throughout the tour, Collins has worked with local homeless organiza tions to raise money. At all 25 tour stops, the organizations were allowed to set up booths so that fans could make donations during the concerts. But UNC administrators, citing the facilities use policy, refused to allow homeless organizations to solicit do nations at Saturday's concert. It was not until Friday that Donald Boulton, vice chancellor of student affairs, said the University would bend its policy and allow local groups to solicit money outside the Smith Center. Boulton said the Student Homeless Outreach Coalition requested to spon sor the fund-raiser at the last minute. Student Body President B ill Hildebolt The UNC Student Government Code requires an annual inventory of all equipment bought by student funds, although student government has not conducted one in about three or four years, Robbins said. Student government officials could not explain why the inventory control was ignored in past years. Hildebolt said, "Getting our records in order is what should have been done all along. It's just our fault; we haven't been doing our jobs." Student government is conducting the inventory for financial reasons, he said. "Student government is getting more involved in being responsible es o tember since all of the students are here now." The September test will determine if the Southern Bell systems can handle the volume of students calling, he said. StudentBody PresidentBill Hildebolt said the new phone system would alle viate many drop-add frustrations. De spite the loss of the Woollen tradition, the new system will be much better, Hildebolt said- "I think dialing the phone 20, 30 or 40 times beats standing in the snow at four o'clock in the morning or being in Woollen when it's 120 degrees." pen lin ft ; -Hllte said that the pol icy, which governs most of the University's facilities, was de signed with good intentions, but that it had problems. "It is a broad-reaching policy aimed at preventing off-campus merchants from coming on campus and making a profit," he said. "It was winked at this time. I think it was a very appropriate thing to do in this case." The University reviews the policy annually and revisions should be made, Hildebolt said. "It is not good for our image to make it hard for groups like this to take donations for humanitarian purposes," he said. "I would like this policy to be a bit more liberal." Robert Carney, planning director for the Coalition for the Homeless, based in New York City, is working with Collins on the tour. The (Raleigh) News and Observer reported that Carney said, "In Cleveland and Detroit we initially had some re See DONATION, page 2 about its money. The inventory is not meant to scare student groups, Hildebolt said. 'There's no evidence that they (the groups) haven 't been using their funds correctly," he said. "We're not com ing after them." jArgen Buchenau, Student Con gress finance committee chairman, said student government should per form the inventory thoroughly. "It's going to be a mountain of work," he said. He said the government should consider hiring a professional to conduct the inventory. See INVENTORY, page 4 in October The new system will also have other advantages, Hildebolt said. "I think it will do two things. First, it will prevent you from worrying about (classes) over the break," he said. "The second thing is, for the people that want to, you can study ahead for classes, which I think can be really helpful." Some Student Government members are helping to publicize the new system. Representatives attended meetings concerning the new system, but Student Government had no involvement with the implementation of the system, Hildebolt said. DTHEd Morhouse Heels send the Redskins down to defeat 34-0 in an impressive season opener. Wilson Mizner
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