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It Sunny and warmer High in mid-70s Thursday: Sunny High near 75 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 NewsSDOrtsArts 962 0245 962-1163 Volume 98, Issue 92 Wednesday, October 31, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina BusinessAdvertising OTfflM BOO!!! t3 fbrid i) d ft Q Saddam believes U.S. attack imminent Saddam Hussein, making final preparations for combat, said Tuesday he anticipates an attack in the next few days by the United States and its allies. A senator said President Bush's "pa tience is wearing thin." In the Persian Gulf, eight American sailors died when a steam pipe ruptured in the boiler room of the USS Iwo Jima. And in Saudi Arabia, a Marine was killed in an accident while driving in the desert. Bush discussed possible military action against Iraq in a meeting with congressional leaders. He refused to comment publicly on a report that the Un ited States plans to discuss a timetable with U.S. allies for a military offensive. In a meeting of his military com manders, Saddam discussed final "preparations for urban warfare and necessary measures to be taken in the event of combat in (Kuwait)," the Iraqi News Agency reported. "We must be prepared with all that God has given us of potential to thwart perfidious intentions by the United States and its allies to launch an attack in the next few days," the report quoted Saddam as saying. Bush gives counsel special exemption WASHINGTON President Bush has granted White House Counsel C. Boyden Gray a power denied everyone else in government authority to permit himself to decide issues in which he might have a conflict of interest. The authority is contained in a new presidential order on ethics issued Oct. 17. White House and federal ethics of ficials who helped prepare the order expressed surprise this past week when shown that the document authorizes Gray to exempt his own actions from criminal conflict-of-interest laws. Nevertheless they were confident that Gray, who once said, "I was my own ethics officer" while counsel to then Vice President Bush, would never ac tually use the authority. "Mr. Gray would never grant a waiver for himself," said deputy White House press secretary Al ixe Glen. "In the event that that hypothetically were to ever come up, the president would be the decider." 5 Hindus killed, 20 wounded in strife AYODHYA, India Government forces fired on thousands of Hindu fundamentalists who broke through police barricades Tuesday and forced theirwayintoaheavilyguardedmosque. Five Hindus were killed and 20 wounded. At least 23 people were killed in pther parts of India as the long dispute between Hindus and Moslems over ownership of the site came to a head. The controversy has left at least 1 35 people dead in the past week, brought Prime Minister V.P. Singh's govern ment close to collapse and further strained already tense relations between India's Hindu majority and Moslem minority. Singh, who opposes the Hindu cam paign to replace the 16th-century Mos lem mosaue. on Tuesday repeated his offer to resign if his party thought it would help contain the sectarian vio lence. From Associated Press reports International intrigue The Study Abroad Fair offers infor mation on foreign study today 3 Athletic analysis Student-athletes discuss their roles atUNC 7 Devils Duke Heels Duke volleyball topsTar Heels in tough five-game match..... 9 Campus and City 2 State and National 5 Arts and Features 8 Classifieds 10 Comics 11 Opinion 12 t 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. I'm not GHEU Medttas about draws low By JEFFREY D. HILL StaH Writer A meeting called by Student Body President Bill Hildebolt about the con troversial sculpture, "The Student Body," drew only 40 people Tuesday night. "This (the turnout) is not a reflection of how hot an issue this is on campus," Hildebolt said. "I think it would be fair to say the issue has cooled, but the debate is not dead." The controversy surrounding the sculpture has been heated since the sculpture was placed in front of Davis Library Oct. 24. Hildebolt scheduled the meeting about the sculptures at the first available opportunity, he said. Harold Wallace, vice chancellor of University affairs and the only admin istrator at the meeting, would not ven ture a guess as to what kind of message the small turnout would send to the administration. Black Cultural Center Director Margo Crawford said the small atten dance could be attributed to traditional African-American feelings that it was a waste of time to come because "non targets of racism really don't feel it." Sabrina Evans, Black Student Movement president, said, "I don't think they (the administration) should use this turnout as any indication of the offensiveness of the statue. They have had plenty of indications, and to just use this one as a sole indicator would be a cop-out." Administrators may be waiting to hear from members of student govern ment before making any decision about what to do with the sculpture, Evans said. "They (the administration) have al ready heard from the hundreds out by the sculptures," she said. "They have heard from various student organiza tions like the Black Student Movement and Student Congress." Hildebolt said the administration was aware that the statues were offensive to many people and was trying to wait to hear all sides on the issue. People attending the meeting said "The Student Body" symbolized the larger issue of racism and sexism on the University campus. The sculpture's presence in front of Davis Library im plies an acceptance of the racist and sexist undertones in the artwork, some said. igh court may hear UNC-system lawsuit against By ELIZABETH BYRD Senior Writer The UNC system could face a Su preme Court battle over the government's right to check federal agencies compliance with civil rights legislation. A case filed by the UNC system nine years ago could go to the U.S. Supreme Court if a Virginia circuit court of ap peals refuses to reconsider a decision that would require all system schools to comply with non-discrimination and Female professors voice concerns over leave policy By SHANNON 0'GRADY Staff Writer Some female faculty members said recently they are concerned about the maternity leave policy at the University because it often causes resentment within departments. Barbara Harris, director of the women's studies department, said that when a female professor requested maternity leave, no funding was avail able in her department for a substitute instructor to take over her classes. "In order to take maternity leave, you have to beg your male colleagues or other females in your department to cover your classes," she said. If another department member agrees to teach the classes, he or she will not receive additional compensation for the extra time and effort, Harris said. "If a woman requests six weeks leave in March and April, the school does not have a regular fund to pay someone to teach for her during that time." Laura Gasaway, law professor, said she was trying to make it easier for professional women at UNC to have children by leading the Women's Concerns Coalition. The coalition is composed of chair women from various campus organi zations and departments, including the Association of Women's Faculty and the Department of Women's Studies, afraid to die. I just don't want to I J SBP Bill Hildebolt at campus Evans said, "I am opposed to the University's adoption of that perception (of sculptor Julia Balk's view of the University). I have a problem with the University erecting that as a symbol of the University, something permanent like that." Matthew Stewart, co-chairman of Network for Minority Issues, said, "I affirmative action regulations, officials said Tuesday. The UNC system filed the case be cause officials did not believe schools in the system not receiving federal contracts should have to submit affir mative action plans for review to the federal government. The appeals court in Richmond ruled Monday that the federal government had the right to require all schools, even those not receiving federal contracts, to submit the plans if they were affiliated she said. "The coalition takes all the groups who work with women's issues on campus and brings them together." The chancellor meets with the coa lition once a year to discuss women's concerns such as faculty development, child care and maternity leave policies, Gasaway said. The coalition will speak with Hardin Nov. 6. Last year, members of the coalition suggested that the University create a pool of funds to pay substitute instruc tors while faculty members take ma ternity leave, she said. Chancellor Hardin thought creating a fund was a good idea, but money is scarce, Gasaway said; "Of course there are no funds this year." Jane Brown, journalism professor, is presently on maternity leave. Taking maternity leave can cause many prob lems within a department, Brown said. "Since there is no funding for the department to pay someone to pick up my load there is a lot of resentment," she said. Special favors often are ex pected from the returning instructor to repay her colleagues for the time she took off, Brown said. "We should not have to be burdened by that guilt," she said. "We need to make it easier for professional women to have children." See MATERNITY, page 11 statutes DTHJim Holm meeting to discuss statues agree that this statue is a symbol of the deeper problem of institutionalized racism on this campus. It is important that we keep agitating to get it moved." Student Congress member Tonya Alford said, "If they are going to display that out in front of Davis Library and See MEETING, page 11 with other universities that received federal contracts. UNC-system lawyers probably will ask the appeals court to rehear the case. The appeals panel, or the entire appeals court, could rule on the case if lawyers ask for a rehearing on the issue. If the court denies the request lor a second hearing, the system could ask the Su preme Court to review the case. 'The decision to petition for a re hearing has not been formally made," said Thomas Ziko, a special deputy Is the Price right? U.S. Congressman David Price delivers a campaign speech in the Union Tuesday night. The event was be there when it Parent renews lawsuit against TUNC oersoiiiieL By THOMAS HEALY Senior Writer A Knoxville, Tenn. man has re newed a civil lawsuit against the University charging that his daughter was not admitted to UNC in 1989 because of sexual and racial dis crimination. Don Hall, acting as agent for his daughter, Nichole Dee Hall, filed the suit in Orange County Superior Court Oct. 20. He dropped the same suit one year ago to wait for the Civil Rights Commission to complete its investi gation of allegations of discrimination at the University. That report has not been issued yet, and the deadline for renewing the lawsuit was Oct. 20. Hall claims his daughter met the admission standards of the University but was rejected, while other less qualified students were admitted. Among those less qualified students admitted were black male athletes, out of state students, children of alumni Chapel Hill Town Council discusses housing regetoioitis By KRIS DONAHUE Stan Writer About 100 people packed into the council chamber Monday night to dis cuss such issues as a conservation dis trict for the Northside neighborhood, ArtsCenter funding and the Highway Trust Fund. The major issue facing the council was an amendment to define the dif ferences among single-family houses, duplexes and rooming houses, with the expectation of clarifying the regulations that could be placed on each. The amendment governs the kinds of structures college students may live in and is an effort to discourage the con struction of new duplexes in Northside. attorney general arguing for the UNC system. "(But) we've been in litigation for nine years. Basically we think we're right." Monday the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro grams (OFCCP) and the U.S. Labor Department, which support a broad in terpretation of the law regarding who must adhere to federal standards. The 16 UNC-system campuses should be considered a single state sponsored by page 5. MII e m mmmmMmmmmmmttm9tmm w ' '' ' ' J happens. -Woody Allen and children whose parents are em ployed in the UNC system, the lawsu it says. Named as defendants in the suit are: former University admissions officer Richard Cashwell, the UNC system Board of Governors, N.C. Attorney General Lacy Thornburg and UNC-system President CD. Spangler. Hall claims that his daughter's grade point average of 2.8 and Scho lastic Aptitude Test score of around 900 meet the University's standards for admission as outlined in the 1988 89 general catalog of the University. He also claims an admissions of ficer told him in 1987 that "UNC would like its freshmen applicants to have better than a 4C average, and hopefully some challenging courses completed, and a score of around 900 or better on the Standard Achievement Test." See ADMISSIONS, page 11 One Northside resident, accompanied by a woman wearing a mask and a large cardboard box with windows drawn on it and pictures of cars pasted all around it, told the council that the amendment did not completely address the problem of duplexes in the area. The box represented duplexes, which could still be built under the new amendment, she said. The woman wearing the box took it off and presented it to the council, but despite the gift, it voted unanimously to approve the amendment without change. The council also voted not to expand the neighborhood, keeping the present See COUNCIL, page 2 government agency, the appeals panel said, revers ing a decision by Judge Earl Britt of Raleigh. Not all UNC-system schools have federal contracts, which is the binding factor to the universities' compliance with the federal regulations. The University system has argued that the five system schools that do not have federal contracts should not be subject to Labor Department reviews of See COURT, page 2 DTHJIm Holm the UNC Young Democrats. See story,
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