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30 chance of rain High around 80 Weekend: Showers High in low 80s Pep Rally 8 p.m., Ramshead parking lot Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 98, Issue 66 Friday, September 21, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts BusinessAdvertising 962-0245 962-1163 NCSU todefflt to protest outs' dBE ffl 0 d (f Q w Iraq requests of Iran to join oil pipelines WASHINGTON Iraq has asked Iran if the two countries can join their oil pipelines, a move that would allow Saddam Hussein partially to bypass the international embargo against his country, U.S. officials said Thursday. Iran has not yet responded to the Iraqi request, said the officials. Intelligence experts estimate a link between the two pipeline systems could be completed within a month across the countries' common border, if they de cide to go ahead. One of Iraq's major pipelines, which runs along the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, at one point is just five miles from a major Iranian pipeline that goes into Iran's refinery at Abadan. Such a link would let Iraq export 500,000 barrels of oil a day in return for badly needed cash, food and medicine, said the officials, who commented only on condition of anonymity. Luxury tax suggested to help federal debt WASHINGTON In their search for ways to tame the deficit, federal officials are intent on taxing some of life's little pleasures: beer, cigarettes, jewelry even your new VCR. Although any deficit-reduction plan approved by Congress and President Bush is likely to rely chiefly on spending reductions and less-sweeping tax changes, it almost certainly would in clude several tax increases to consum ers. Top White House officials and con gressional leaders already have reached tentative agreements on several tax in creases that would bring in $59 billion over the next five years. Two-thirds of that would be paid directly by con sumers, through higher prices for alco hol, cigarettes, airline tickets and a va riety of higher-priced "luxury" items. Negotiators have been struggling since May to devise a package of spending cuts and tax increases that would reduce the budget deficit by $50 billion during the next 12 months and $450 billion more in the following four years. Unless agreement is reached by Oct. 1, $100 billion of arbitrary cuts in most federal programs will be triggered automatically. Cystic fibrosis work reaches milestone NEW YORK Scientists have cor rected a crucial defect in cells taken from cystic fibrosis patients, a step called a milestone toward eventually treating the disease through gene therapy or new kinds of medication. The cells carried the abnormal gene that causes cystic fibrosis, and re searchers fixed the defect by giving them a normal copy of the gene. "It ' s a milestone," said Paul Quint on, a cystic fibrosis researcher at the Uni versity of California, Riverside, who was familiar with the work. Combined with research into gene therapy for other diseases, the new re sults "give us tremendous hope that gene therapy is going to become a reality in cystic fibrosis patients," said Robert Beall, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's executive vice president for medical affairs. "We're not talking decades, we're talking years, a few years," said Beall, whose organization helped pay for the new work. From Associated Press reports Their numbers are up I FC shelter serving more homeless people than last year . 2 Alley rally CAA sponsoring pep rally tonight for UNC vs. Kentucky game 3 Sports share spotlight 'Cats football coach Curry doesn't mind basketball's shadow.... 5 Local 3 Sports Friday 5 Classifieds 6 Comics 7 1990 DTH Publishing Cop. All rights reserved ; By BETH MAJOR Staff Writer N.C. State University students are prepared to hold a sit-in and class boycott to protest cuts in library hours, said Robert Tuttle, chief copy editor at The Technician, NCSU's campus newspa per. Wade Babcock, Technician editor-in-chief, said that the paper was not involved in organizing the protest but would support it editorially. Tuttle said he launched a letter writing campaign and organized the pending protests to focus attention on problems caused by recent budget cuts. He targeted shrinking library hours r4? 8 Drained Ellen Corriher, a junior from China Grove, gives the gift of life at the Alpha Phi Omega bloodmobile in Great Hall Thursday afternoon. Black Greeks to change membership procedures By JENNIFER DUNLAP Staff Writer UNC black fraternities and sororities are making changes in pledging proce dures, following a decision by national black Greek organizations to abolish "on line" practices. The pledging process, which includes "on line," was abolished this summer, said Darryl Matthews, Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. national director of marketing and membership. "On line" was a private aspect of black Greek membership requirements. Members said they could not specify what "on line" entails because it was a secret part of the pledge process. Toija Riggins, a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, said membership requirements will remain a private matter. M artin faces challenge of '91 budget planning By DAVID ETCHIS0N Staff Writer Many choices face Gov. Jim Martin as he prepares next year's budget and deals with this year's shortfall as well as the one projected for 1990-91. Martin formed the Council of Fiscal Advisers in August to examine long range economic forecasts. He is pres ently working with the council and other experts to plan the 1990-91 budget that will be presented in January. That budget must include $484 million of next year's budget that has already been earmarked by previous legislative sessions. "The long-range plan is being for mulated now," said Jeff Merritt, Martin's spokesman. "He's pretty tight lipped about what it will contain. There's nothing really set in stone." The central method being consid ered to offset the budget problem is raising revenues. An increased flow of cash to the state government is the only option left in battling the budget, said Dave Crotts, senior fiscal analyst with Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. - Lily Tomlin Letter to the editors 8 because they are "the most obvious symptom of the budget cuts on campus. "Granted, shortened library hours are only a symptom of a much larger problem, but dealing with it would at least be a step in the direction of an overall solution," he said. Letters were sent to NCSU Chancel lor Larry Monteith, Gov. Jim Martin, Sen. Jesse Helms, U.S. Senate candi date Harvey Gantt and representatives of the 16 UNC-system schools. Monteith could not be reached for comment. UNC student leaders said they would VtMiMiiw u.tl. wOiZ? I-:;'.'?' . DTHGrant Halverson "Membership intake is a secret pro cess for all black Greek organizations," she said. "We have a public image of public service. We have a private image which will remain private." But she said secret practices are not racially motivated. "Our secrecy is not directed toward any one race," she said. "This is some thing that is characteristic of any secret organization." Melodie Griffith, UNC Black Greek Council president, said differences in the membership process this year would be the lack of public lines and the way members would learn the organization's history. Each black Greek organization will enact its own changes in the pledge process, but members cannot say pub licly what kinds of changes will take the General Assembly. "You can't nickel and dime anymore in terms of spending reductions," he said. So far, government agencies have avoided cutting positions, but that has put the squeeze on operating funds, said Mickey Hutchins, deputy secretary of the Department of Economic and Community Development. "We have to make the choice," Hutchins said. "I don't see a great deal of fat left. If we cut operating cost, we'll have people that have nothing to work with. I don't see much to cut further without there being a reduction in ser vice. We never hear anything about cutting workload." There are many options available for raising revenue, including raising taxes, Crotts said. One measure already before the leg islature is a proposal to increase the sales tax by 1 percent and close some loopholes in the sales tax laws. Raising See BUDGET, page 4 not participate in Turtle's plan. Grant Vinik, UNC student body vice president, and Matt Heyd, UNC Student Congress speaker, said the boycott is misdirected. "It would be counterproductive to the image we want to present to, the legislature," Heyd said. Vinik said, "They (administrators) are dedicated to making the best of a bad situation, and this would be a slap in the face for all they are doing for us." Tuttle said shortened library hours made it difficult for students to study. "This is just one of the many inconve niences students face as a result of state budget cuts." The NCSU library sit-in is planned Housibiig delay metal loft inspection By MARCIE BAILEY Staff Writer UNC housing department officials will decide today if Sturdy Boy Lofts are sturdy enough, said Gretchan Diffendal, Residence Hall Association president. Wayne Kuncl, director of the hous ing department, said he received a Sturdy Boy sample loft Wednesday, but offi cials have not set a definite time to inspect the loft. His staff will try to assemble and inspect the metal loft before the Sept. 30 4 Retired psychology Will am J. By SHANNON 0'GRADY Staff Writer Psychology professor emeritus Wil liam J. Eichman died on Sunday at the age of 66. Memorial services for Eichman will be held today at Walker's Funeral Home at 2:30 p.m. Eichman worked ,at the University for 25 years before retiring. He made unprecedented contributions to both the field of psychology and the University, psychology professor Grant Dahlstrom said. place, she said. "Other groups won't tell me what they're doing," Griffith said. All the attention given to these changes is unnecessary, Griffith said. Rush, interviews and pledging will re main the same, except people won't see the lines, she said. Matthews said although national Alpha Phi Alpha has eliminated pledg ing, all other entry requirements for the organization, such as nomination by a brother, remain the same. The national organization is educat ing chapters about new procedures for accepting members, but the transition will take time, he said. "We don't pre tend it's going to be a smooth cut." Discipline procedures for individu als who break the new rulings on pledging will be explained in a manual On the right path Chris Civalier, research technician, and Holly Jenison, secretary, both in the pathology department, stand in for Oct. 2. "We will assemble before the (library's) scheduled closing time and enter the library with our books to study," Tuttle wrote. "We will then sit and study until we leave at 1 a.m., a rea sonable closing time." Tuttle said he hoped a sit-in would bring public attention to the problems caused by education budget cuts. "Wre just want to show our interest," he said. "We're not working against the legislators or the university, but rather we're working with them to try to make some positive changes." Charles Gilreath, assistant director for public services at the NCSU library, departaieiiit may deadline for constructing lofts in resi dence halls, he said. Students' mainte nance requests for air conditioning and furniture placement are presently oc cupying the housing department staff. Diffendal said the deadline for con structing lofts may be postponed beyond Sept. 30., depending on Kuncl's decision about the safety of the lofts. Dave Clanton, Sturdy Boy Loft Co. president, said he called Kuncl every hour Wednesday because he knew the loft had been delivered, but never got in touch with Kuncl. Eichman As director of psychological services at John Umstead Hospital in Butner, Eichman developed a clinical training program in conjunction with the Uni versity, Dahlstrom said. The program allowed for certain appointees of the hospital staff to teach at UNC. The staff members spent one day a week sharing their hospital experiences with psy chology students. "This is a very unusual training ar rangement in terms of other programs across the country," Dahlstrom said. "North Carolina achieved outstanding written by national organization offi cials, Matthews said. "We will expel -members of our fra ternity who engage in pledge activities or hazing," he said. Matthews said the rules also apply to people who are hazed. Those people who allow themselves to be hazed will disqualify themselves from consider ation for membership, he said. Sly Surels, president of UNC's Omega Psi Phi fraternity, said changes in his group's pledge process will help retain its integrity. "The Supreme Council (of Omega Psi Phi) is trying to make sure that the members in the organization are fo cusing on ideals (of the fraternity) rather than on demeaning pledges and bring ing negative press to the organization," he said. a r Ax- - I'll a. M ml f a I was in favor of the protest, Tuttle said. Gilreath was unavailable for comment. Students are prepared to hold a sec ond sit-in on Oct. 9 if the first does not receive enough support, he said. If the sit-ins fail to work, Tuttle said he wanted to organize a class boycott with other universities. "The plan would be to tell students not to attend classes on the specified day," Tuttle said. "We plan to speak with professors and ask them to make some concessions, such as assigning homework in lieu of classwork for that day. Tuttle proposed holding a student body rally if both sit-ins failed. "He (Kuncl) is sitting on this thing," Clanton said. "He hasn't done a damn thing about it. This is a power play for him; he doesn't give a damn about people who are waiting for their lofts." Sturdy Boy Lofts ran an ad in a summer edition of The Daily Tar Heel for its metal lofts. Metal lofts are not approved by housing department policy, preventing students who purchased the lofts from assembling them in their rooms. See LOFTS, page 2 professor dies at 6 status in the field of clinical training because of that program." Eichman's wife said he had a unique ability to work in both the academic and clinical arenas. "Students admired his ability to function in both worlds," Mrs. Eichman said. "I think that is the one thing his students remember him for." Eichman was a very respected clini cian, Mrs. Eichman said. "I was told that people wanted to think like he did," See EICHMAN, page 4 Changes will occur in his fraternity's pledging process, but he could not give specific details, Surels said. "There is to be no more line, per se," he said. Donee Thomas, a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, said her sorority's national organization had not finalized changes in membership re quirements. "We're waiting on the final word." Dana Lumsden, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member, said he thought by covering the pledging changes, the media overlook other aspects of black Greek organizations. "In my opinion, the concentration of news media in the black Greek pledge system is offensive," he said. 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