6The Daily Tar HeelMonday, October 8, 1990
sum 3 FEATITO
'7 support my father because he
speaks for everything I believe in"
Angela Gantt
Two UNC Gantt supporters share his beliefs, blood ties, surname
office in Charlotte since 1975, both
Angela and Erika are used to the concept
of having their name in the public eye.
"Gantt is my last name, but my father's
the one running. I'm basically another
student," Erika said.
Angela agreed. "It's not really my
name anymore, but at least people are
able to pronounce it correctly now. I
usually introduce myself as Angela and
most people don't make the connection.
Those that do really don't treat me much
differently," she said.
Angela does remember one incident
when she was standing in line at The
Cutting Board in Lenoir Dining Hall,
and a student was staring at her. He
finally approached her and asked why
she supported Gantt. "I wanted to say,
'Because he's my father,' but that would
have totally undermined the purpose,"
she said. "I support my father because
he speaks for everything I believe in."
When asked if her political beliefs
mirrored those of her father, Erika made
the point that while growing up with
him, she had absorbed his values. "My
father didn't come home and drill us on
politics, but at home he practices what
he believes. I do agree with most of his
political views, especially the need to unusual job.
Jurors say Mapplethorpe
photography distasteful
but still qualifies as art
By MARY MOORE PARHAM
Staff Writer
I met Angela Gantt by accident.
Sure, I knew an Angela who sat be
side me in French and whose language
labs had less red pen on them, but she
and I complained about the passe
compose, not about low voter turnout or
political mudslinging.
It wasn't until we got our first quiz
zes back that I noticed her last name.
Gantt. As in Harvey, U.S. Senate,
November 6th. Then came my barrage
of awkward questions. "Are you Gantt 's
daughter? Have you met Helms? How
would you feel about summers in
Washington?"
By our second meeting, I'd regained
my composure, and Angela was still as
low-key as ever. Waiting to talk with
her before her tennis practice, I counted
five Gantt bumper stickers before she
arrived.
" Angela, a freshman political science
major, said she preferred pediatrics, not
politics, as a possible career.
"I don't think I want to go into politics,
but (it does) interest me," she said. "I
would rather provide medical care for
disadvantaged children, as they are the
future of society."
Her sister, sophomore Erika Gantt, a
political science and biology major, does
not plan to follow in her father's foot
steps either. "I don't plan to get into
politics," she said, "but I do consider
myself an activist in that I'm interested
in making sure things happen in society,
whether in developing nations or here
in Chapel Hill."
As chairwoman of Students for Gantt,
Erika works with fellow chairmen Brian
Allen and Regie O'Rourke to keep
students informed through information
tables in the Pit, letters to the editor and
a Buddy Program encouraging students
to vote.
"The premise behind the Buddy
Program is that anyone can do it," said
Angela, who also works for the cam
paign. "All it requires is that you find
five, six, seven friends you know well
and persuade them to register and vote."
Erika said many students did not
realize the impact of the issues at stake.
"If students had a definitive under
standing of the issues, they'd realize
that education spending has been cut for
the past 1 8 years, and it would hit home."
Although the deadline for in-state
voter registration has passed, those in
dividuals registered out of state may
vote in their state's U.S. Senate race by
means of an absentee ballot or may
transfer their registration to North
Carolina.
"Getting out to register and vote is
hard because students have so many
prior commitments, but voting is es
sential to maintain a democratic system,"
Angela said.
Both of Gantt's daughters were im
pressed by the sold-out benefit for their
father held Wednesday, Sept. 19at Cat's
Cradle. "Rock for Gantt" raised more
than $5,000 for the campaign. Yet that
was only a fraction of the funds Helms
received from sponsors across the state.
"If there's one thing that I've learned
from my father's involvement in poli
tics," Angela said, "it's that campaigning
takes a lot of money." Americans miss
out because many excellent candidates
cannot afford to run or don't have the
affluence required to get financial
backing, she said.
This becomes evident the in television
campaign advertisements, she said.
'Television is a necessary medium in
campaigning because you simply can't
go out and meet every single person, but
the amount Helms is spending to cover
the airways is ludicrous," Angela said.
Angela said she preferred to read
newspapers than to watch commercials.
"It's difficult when it's your father
they're doing a negative commentary
on," she said. "Especially when you've
lived with him and know that's not the
truth. We keep in touch with the family
for campaign information."
Ironically, Erika and Angela's older
sister Sonja is a reporter for a Charlotte
television station.
"We have a running joke in our house
about hating journalists," Angela said,
"But I'm always for freedom of the
press. If an article is slanted, hopefully
someone will write it another way."
Since their father has held public
provide health care to those who need it,
regardless of their financial situation."
The recent discovery of a Gantt cam
paign poster defaced by racial slurs
caused both Angela and Erika to speak
out about the incident.
"It bothers me that the idea of
someone running on their own merits is
not enough for some people," Erika
said. She added that when people reduce
a campaign to race, it means is that we
haven't progressed very far.
"The act was useless and disgusting,"
Angela said. "So what if this person was
not going to vote for Gantt, go vote for
the other candidate. Race shouldn't be a
factor in an election, but unfortunately
when two people of different races run
against one another, it will be one."
Despite the incident, both Angela
and Erika continue to campaign before
the November 6th election.
' What would a win mean to the Gantt
family?
"My mom and brother Adam would
be moving to Washington and things
would just go from there," Angela said.
"If my dad lost, he'd probably go back
to being an architect, but he's never
been a normal home-at-5 p.m. father."
According to Angela, "He just has an
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