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War Sunny High in mid-70s Wednesdays Clear High in mid-70s Homecoming liaison meeting for interested student organizations 4 p.m., 226 Union Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 98, Issue 63 Tuesday, September 18, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NemSporbArts BusinessAdvertising 962-0245 962-1163 f3L rr,ct ft n (5 0 C- fr Q V? Air Force chief fired for remarks on Iraq WASHINGTON Defense Secre tary Dick Cheney fired Gen. Mike Dugan as Air Force chief of staff Monday after Dugan 's public comments about contingency plans to unleash massive air raids on Iraq and target Saddam Hussein personally. Dugan, in the top Air Force job only three months, violated Pentagon rules by publicly discussing likely military targets inside Iraq and disclosing clas sified information about the size of U.S. forces in the gulf area, Cheney said. "There are certain things we never talk about," Cheney said in explaining his decision to fire Dugan. He cited "operational matters" such as the se lection of specific targets for potential air strikes and the targeting of foreign leaders. Souter hints at stance on abortion dilemma WASHINGTON Supreme Court nominee David Souter said Monday at his confirmation hearings that letting states outlaw abortion might cast doubts on other privacy rights. Senators told Souter, testifying on his 5 1 st birthday, that his confirmation was virtually as sured. During a third day of Senate Judiciary Committee questioning on controversial issues he would face as a justice, Souter said he opposed a judicial ban on the death penalty. He continued to dodge questions concerning his views on abortion but did address the privacy-rights issue and said his personal feelings on abortion would not keep him from taking part in Supreme Court decisions on the subject. "A lot of people have the feeling that your confirmation process is over," Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., told Souter at one point. Market economy plan in U.S.S.R. hits snag MOSCOW A compromise plan to create a market economy in the Soviet Union began to break down Monday as President Mikhail Gorbachev hesitated on a key issue: the decollectivization of farming. Gorbachev told the Supreme Soviet parliament that a national referendum should be held to decide whether to allow private ownership of land. "It is too big a decision, comrades, to be made in offices, auditoriums or meeting halls even the one in which we're working today," he said as the parliament opened debate on competing plans for economic reform. House approves free mailing for troops WASHINGTON An amendment that will allow U.S. soldiers in the Middle East to send mail home free of charge passed almost unanimously in the House Monday. Earlier last week, the amendment passed overwhelmingly by voice vote in the Senate. Monday's House vote was recorded. Soldiers must write "Free Mail" in the upper right corner where a stamp would normally go and print their mane, rank and serial number directlybelow. A motion to recommit the amend ment to the appropriations committee was still pending Monday afternoon. From Associated Press reports Sheltered life I FC's new homeless shelte r comes after long history of service 2 Class monitor Teleclasses prompt students to learn with other system schools 5 Contract to expand UNC community reacts to ACC ex pansion ........7 City 2 Campus and city..... 3 Sports 6 Classifieds 8 -Comics 9 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. layoff By STEPHANIE JOHNSTON Assistant University Editor The possibility of layoffs are de creasing staff morale and prompting some employees to check other job options, University employees said. In a memo Thursday, administrators listed layoffs of employees covered by Gets could make IMC Me paying service vendors By THOMAS HEALY Senior Writer UNC could have difficulty paying vendors of services such as electricity, photo copiers, computers and commu nications because of projected cuts in its cash allotments for the remainder of the year, officials said Monday. Wayne Jones, associate vice chan cellor for business and finance, said he could not estimate how many bill pay ments would be delayed until the Uni versity received its second-quarter al lotments and its September receipts. But he said projections of those al lotments and receipts indicated that some bills would have to be deferred until the second quarter, which begins Oct. 1. By the end of September, the Uni versity should not have any bills more than 30 days overdue, Jones said. "We're hoping the second quarter won't make it any worse, so we don't have to go into a 60-day or 90-day mode." Neal Berryman, University control ler, said $1.75 million to $2 million in bills could be carried over to the second quarter, but that UNC had dealt with carry-overs of that size before. "It's abnormal to have it this high, but it's not the highest amount we've ever had," Berryman said. "It's not at a point where we can't control it." "There will be a disruption of vendors, and we know that," he said. "But we'll try to minimize it." Jones explained that additional bud get reductions would force the Univer sity to delay vendor payments. "We were pretty well caught up (in payments) in August when we were allowed to transfer money from per sonnel lines to non-personnel lines," Jones said. The University might have to delay Fueling around f If f & Jl i ' ' J ' j " 1 I Donald Byrd, 27, of Smithf ield pumps gas at Top of the Hill for two women whose car ran out of gas near Franklin Street Monday. tihure&t the State Personnel Act as an option to deal with future budget cuts. SPA employees include staff mem bers such as administrative assistants, technicians, housekeepers and building and grounds personnel. Sandy Booth, an administrative manager, said she thought the layoff payment to vendors because cash al lotments originally promised by the state were less than expected. Department chairmen and chair women were told in July, before the General Assembly made its final cuts, that they could spend only 20 percent of their budget in the first quarter. But when the funds were allotted, depart ments received less than the University estimated, and the departments did not have enough money to pay all expenses. Jones said vendors might include late charges with the bills if UNC falls too far behind in its payments. "We pay a price for late payments." In addition, vendors could threaten only to deliver COD, Jones said. The vendors did that last spring when some bills were 90 days overdue, he added. Berryman said late payment of vending bills could make it difficult for purchasers to negotiate with the vendors in the future. But he said the University has tried to keep vendors satisfied by rotating payments of late bills. Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi ness and finance, said that there was no way to know yet what expenditure re ductions there would be for the second quarter, but he said that anything was fair game. Different units of UNC have been instructed to formulate spending plans for the remainder of the year, and those plans will determine the overall spend ing program, he said. "The object is to have . . . those units participate directly in the resolution of the question 'What should we cut and how should we cut,"' he said. Jones said the University also put a hold on all requisitions until the reduc tion and spending plans were formu- See UTILITIES, page 3 DTHStephanie Harper like life. It's something deer eases stfajnt iMooJle process had already begun. "I think it's in the process of happening," she said. "Decisions (about serving notices) are being made. I think there's really nothing else the administration can do." The possibility of layoffs has prompted some SPA employees to contact the State Unemployment Office KlMmiteimn&v4--i'- ..-S&t -sift i&hmmtmm i Out of the bag Chancellor Paul Hardin brown bags it with several members of the faculty in Lenoir Dining Hall Monday. Policy, forbids discrimfaiation on basis off sexual orientation By CARRINGT0N WELLS Staff Writer An individual's sexual orientation cannot be used as a factor in making educational or employment decisions, according to a statement Chancellor Paul Hardin issued to UNC faculty. Deans, directors and department chairmen received the policy Sept. 4. "Decisions should be based on indi viduals' abilities and qualifications and should not be based on irrelevant factors or personal characteristics," the policy stated. "Among the traditional factors which are generally ' irrelevant' are race, sex, religion and national origin. "It is the policy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that an individual's sexual orientation be treated in the same manner." Donald Boulton, dean of student af fairs, said the statement made UNC's anti-discriminatory policy complete. Hospitals increase AIDS By SHARYN TILL Staff Writer AIDS cases are on the rise in North Carolina, and UNC Hospitals employ ees are responding to the increase with greater caution on the job. In the past year, 576 North Carolin ians contracted acquired immune defi ciency syndrome, marking a 5.6 percent growth spurt in state AIDS cases, ac cording to the N.C. Department of In surance. UNC Hospitals treat more than 400 patients with AIDS or with ATDS-related complexes that result from the HIV virus. Some hospital employees protect themselves with recommendations made in Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions, which outlines how Activist addresses campus racism in forum By JENNIFER PILLA Assistant University Editor Quinton Baker, a civil rights activist during the 1960s, said Monday at the "Practical Solutions to Racism" forum that racism in America is on the rise again. "I am afraid that if we keep things up the way they are then we are going to have a resegregated South," he said. "The South is the greatest opportunity chance to prevent the resegregation of America." Baker left Chapel Hill in 1964 after being arrested with five othercivil rights activists and paroled to another state. He returned to Chapel Hill last week after what he called 30 years of "exile" in the North because he feared society was moving back toward the segrega tion of the 1960s, Baker said. The Community Church sponsored the forum, which was designed to de to do.- Ronnie for compensation information, and to begin looking in the private sector for work. Paula Schubert, continuing education assistant director, said she knew of people already exploring options outside the University. "I know somebody who called the i s ) A c K if "We developed this policy over the summer in response to a number of people's asking for its inclusion," he said. "We felt that it was important to be inclusive in all of our policy statements." Complaints of sexual orientation discrimination will be handled in the same manner as racial and sexual dis crimination, Boulton said. "Mechanisms for handling this sort of complaint are already in place," he said. "There will be no new mechanisms." Hardin's statement said students should take complaints of sexual ori entation discrimination to the office of the Dean of Student Affairs. Employees should notify their supervisors or the Employee Counseling Service. Patrick Rothwell, Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association chairman, said he was pleased with the statement overall, but he does have some concerns. "This is a very good first step toward to prevent infection from blood-borne diseases. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report presented the medical community with the guidelines in 1 987: B All health-care workers should routinely use appropriate barrier pre cautions such as gloves and, when blood might splash, masks, goggles, gowns and aprons. H Hands and other skin surfaces should be washed immediately after exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids. B All health-care workers should take precautions to prevent injuries caused by needles, scalpels and other sharp instruments. B Mouthpieces and resuscitation bags should be available, although research has not shown saliva transmits the HIV velop ideas that would combat racism on campus. A group of student leaders and pro fessors made up a panel to address the problem of racism. Student Body President Bill Hildebolt, Malini Moorthy, co-chairwoman of Students for the Advancement of Race Relations, and Black Student Movement President Sabrina Evans sat on the panel. Lee Greene, professor of English, and Joseph Straley, retired professor in the physics department, were also on the panel. The panelists said the University administration must help solve the problem of campus racism. "Part of the problem lies in the fact that the University itself is not against racism," Greene said. "There's a simple solution if you would get all those faculty and administrators who say Shakes unemployment office today to find out how much money she would (receive) to see if she could pay for health care," Schubert said Friday. "Another is looking in the classifieds." Kay Wijnberg, business manager of See SPA, page 3 DTHDeena Deese The luncheon discussion focused on ways to help alleviate the ongoing budget crisis. ending discrimination," he said. "Be fore this, the University offered no pro tection against discrimination toward gays and lesbians. (But) it is not clear whether sexual orientation will be in cluded in the list of irrelevant' factors in University literature. "I would also like the University to be more forthright and active in changing discriminatory hiring practices of out side organizations which recruit on campus." According to Rothwell, UNC does not prohibit businesses that lack a sexual orientation clause in their anti-discriminatory policies from interviewing students on campus. Heather Hill, a member of the CGLA management board, said discrimination is a widespread problem for gays and lesbians. See POLICY, page 9 precautions virus. UNC Hospitals' policy states that these precautions are "recommendations that should be followed in the care of all patients where there is risk of exposure to blood and body fluid." Each hospital ward has plastic kits containing masks, goggles and resus citation bags hanging outside every patient's door. Waterless foam soap used by nurses and doctors between patient rounds sits in pumps on the hallway walls. Reminders of universal precautions are posted in each room. Glove and needle disposal boxes are attached near patients' doors. There is the question of the necessity, See AIDS, page 6 they're against racism to actually stop practicing racism then we would be a lot better off. "If those who are in charge did not condone it, most of the racism would not occur on this campus. Students would not see that it's OK." Baker said, "We have to get the University to openly commit itself against racism. But rather than saying to the University that it is bad, it is better to present the University with an action it can take or put in place." Moorthy said lack of understanding and awareness of other cultures is the root of racism at the University. "It is easy to come to this university and move within our own kind," she said. "We as students should be chal lenging the status quo and try to recog nize the importance of other cultures." See BAKER, page 6
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