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ON CAMPUS TARP will meet on Lenoir steps at 5p.m. for dinnerdiscussion of Marriott's environmental responsibility. WEATHER TODAY: Rain; high near 50 WEDNESDAY: Cloudy; high low 50s MODERN DANCE: Group gives preview of performance........... ARTS, page 2 SELF-FOCUS: Alumnus opens Tae Kwon Do studio ..........CITY, page 3 b IMg Wm Uteri 0 1 992 DTH Publishing Corp. All fights reserved. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Tuesday, January 28, 1992 Chapel Hill, North Carolina ILtelPtRBIilt Soviet Jews flee homeland for Chapel Hill hospitality By Jackie Hershkowitz Staff Writer It's an old, old joke. A Russian Jew receives a letter from his brother who has left the country. The brother writes that he has become blind. The brother in Russia takes the letter to the authorities for permission to leave the country to help his blind brother. The Soviet official tells him, "You should invite your brother here. We have the best medicine in the world, it is free for everybody." The man replies, "My brother may be blind, but he is not crazy." Twenty-nine-year-old Simon Stompel broke into a soft chuckle at the punchline. Although occasional mispronun ciations sprinkled his speech, Stompel told the joke with confidence and ease. He is a Russian immigrant who began a new life three years ago when he left his native Moscow. Stompel is one of 34 Soviet Jews who have settled in Chapel Hill since August of 1989. Where can they turn for help when they arrive, sometimes with little other than a suitcase and $100? One source of assistance is the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation. The federation is a nationwide organization that helps resettle Soviet Jews. The local chapter has provided newly arrived Soviets with such basic necessities as transportation and furniture. The chapter also has assisted in finding jobs, locating housing and arranging counseling. Joel Schwartz, Soviet politics professor, and his wife Myrna are co-chairmen of the Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federation Committee for the Resettlement of Soviet Jewish Refugees. "They have been like a godfamily," Stompel said, refer ring to the Schwartzes. The federation has provided food, clothing and even donated a car to Stompel's family. "They have done anything and everything they could to help." Iosef Vaisman and his wife Shura, Ukrainian Jews, said the federation welcomed them to the community by provid ing free synagogue membership and a full scholarship for their 8-year-old daughter Ester to attend Hebrew school. "The Jewish Federation has given us much more help than we expected," Iosef Vaisman said. "We didn't expect to receive any help at all." The response of the local Jewish community to the Soviet Jews has been excellent, Joel Schwartz said. "We are oarticipatine in a historical moment in Jewish history," he said. "The massive watershed emigration of Soviet Jews will certainly rank with the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel as one of the great events of the 20th centurv." A graduate student in chemistry, Stompel spoke with incredulity about the system he left behind. "In the Soviet Union, it was crazy. If you wanted to See SOVIET, page 2 irareme Court drops Bibbs By Heather Harreld Staff Writer A lawsuit alleging that Mark Bibbs must resign as Student Supreme Court chief justice to run for student body president and that Student Congress must take action against Bibbs was dismissed Monday at a pre-trial hearing. But plaintiff Brad Torgan and associate justice Jaye Sitton said they were disappointed with procedures used by Student Supreme Court members. A report issued by the court explains the case was dis missed because the court did not have the jurisdiction to hear it. Justices cannot hear cases that do not concern an issue of executive or legislative acts, according to Title IH, Part I, Act I, section 25-A of the code. The panel of three justices agreed that the UNC Student Government Code was contradictory to the points Torgan raised, but said they were barred from rendering any opinions in the case, according to the report. Torgan, a third-year law student, said he was very disap pointed with the "unprofessional manner" of the court and added that there were several irregularities in the court proceedings that violated the student code. He maintained that Title III, Part I, Act I, section 68-A of the code required a defendant to serve the plaintiff with his answer to the complaint before the court proceedings. Torgan received a copy of Bibbs' answer during the hearing. "At the very least, I should have had time to look at it before the pre-trial conference," Torgan said. Torgan said acting Chief Justice Eleanor Stokes promised to notify all of the just ices and have them attend the hearing, but broke the promise by not informing Sitton. "She should have postponed the hearing, if she couldn't get all the justices there," Torgan said. B - H fum :" mm m V jt'' t - Z (,--. T - I Ar- f i V v .. M Sign here ... and here ... and here Tracy Miller, a senior speech communication major from Charlotte, cashes three checks at the First Union Bank at University Mall late last week for money to spend over the weekend. Miller probably spent some of her money on hot chocolate because of the cold weather. BunlnCMAdvcnlsIng 962-116) suit Sitton confirmed that she was not notified of the hearing. "I deeply regret not being told of the hearing," she said. "It's important that the court conduct itself as professionally as possible." But Stokes said the court was not required to have all the justices at a pre-trial hearing. "In a pre-trial hearing, it's only necessary for the chief justice to be present," she said. Sometimes it is difficult to get all the associate justices together, she explained. Stokes chose to have the court's other two justices who had expressed interest in the case attend the hearing, she said. Associate Justices Scott Lewis and Malcolm Turner also signed the dismissal document. Torgan said he planned to appeal the decision of the court, but he did not know where to file the appeal. The court will not be able to provide him with past cases of a similar nature See HEARING, page 7 Trustees seek increase in application fee By Shannon Crownover Staff Writer - Students soon may pay more to apply for admission to the University. The UNC Board of Trustees Friday approved a plan to raise the under graduate and medicine and dentistry school application fees from $35 to $45. Graduate school application fees would increase from $35 to $40 and master's in accounting and master's in business administration application fees would rise from $35 to $75. The increase now must be approved by the UNC Board of Governors and UNC-system President CD. Spangler. Jim Walters, director of Undergradu ate Admissions, said application fees needed to be increased because the ad missions office' s budget had been inad equate. "The current fee of $35 doesn't come close to the actual cost of processing applications, which is about $66," he said. An increase in the volume of appli cants and insufficient state funds also justify the need for application fee in creases, a BOT draft report states. Money from the increase would help cover the cost of interviews, postage See FEES, page 7 OTHBnan lones Faulty tubing cause of Kenan laboratory chemical fire By John Broadfoot Staff Writer A chemical fire on the sixth floor of Kenan Laboratories Sunday night was caused by faulty tubing in lab equip ment. Donald Willhoit, University health and safety director, said a hose in the methanol cooling system sprang a leak. He estimated the fire caused $20,000 in damage. The methanol was the coolant in ap paratus used to radiate a sample with ultraviolet light. The heat from this light caused the methanol to ignite, he said. "The fuel ignited, the tubing ignited and the methanol ran across the floor to a cabinet," Willhoit said. The fire was contained primarily to the cabinet and did not spread to other laboratory rooms, he said. Cindy Schauer, the professor con ducting the experiment, said the cabinet contained miscellaneous equipment. Work in the lab will soon be back to normal, she said. "We cleaned up today and showed a lot of people around," she said. "We will be hard at work again to morrow." Approximately five gallonsof metha nol was involved, but several gallons did not burn, Schauer said. Joseph Templeton, chemistry depart ment chairman, said work in other areas of Kenan Lab was not disrupted Mon day. "The fire was localized and did not affect activities in Kenan Lab today," he said. Schauer and agraduate assistant were taken to the hospital, but no injuries were reported. Three Chapel Hill Fire Department vehicles responded to the 9:02 p.m. call Sunday and fire suppressive crews ex tinguished the blaze using dry chemical canisters. The New Hope Fire Department as sisted in putting out the fire and in blocking off part of South Road. The fire was extinguished at 9:46 p.m. Willhoit said the efforts of chemistry professor Cindy Schauer and a graduate student helped contain the fire to the laboratory. "They did a good job," he said. "The action of closing the doors and pulling the fire alarms helped to confine the fire.' The chemistry department will study alternative methods of cooling the methanol, he said. "An evaluation will be released prior to the continuation of this experiment," Willhoit said. Judy Lewis, insurance manager for the UNC property office, said an inves tigation was under way, but a damage estimate for insurance purposes had not been made yet. uainagi.. o i DTH editor candidates voice ideas for improving campus paper o.i T"vmT" Bounds, Toll say working as a team will get the job done n..l I MA wuiijiiuuiuww"'''l' ii Wachinotnn Pnct rnllimnist. All profiles by Marty Mlnchln Staff writer Wendy Bounds and Dacia Toll say working as co-editors would give them an added advantage when things get hectic in the newsroom. "The Daily Tar Heel needs two edi tors," Toll said. "A single editor can often get trapped in the newsroom by daily production tasks and become iso lated from what should be their fore most concern the readers." Toll, a soDhomore political science and economics double major from Bethesda. Md has worked as a writer, assistant editor and desk editor covering state and national news at the DTH. She also was acol umnist for the urN journalist. . - Toll's profes- uu,,us"u" sional journalism experience includes working as a researcher for Newsweek and Fortune magazine during the sum mer and as an editorial assistant to a 5 4 Washineton Post columnist. Bounds, a junior journalism and Spanish double major from Raleigh, also has worked as a writer, assistant editor and desk editor covering state and national news, and has served on the DTH Editorial Board. She has worked as both editor and associate editor of the UNC Journalist. Bounds' experience includes work at the Miami Herald, the Cary News, the Chapel Hill Herald, the Chicago Sun Times and Spectator Magazine. See BOUNDSTOLL, page 5 University knowledge Johnston's key to better coverage Stephanie Johnston says working as University news editor has helped her learn how to cooperate with DTH read ers. Johnston has served as a University news reporter, assistant editor and edi tor during the past two and a half years. "In my view a lot of what the editor does is deal with readers," she said. "Probably more so than any other desk except the editorial page, University desk gets the most feedback, mainly because the people we quote in stories are here on campus. "I've already had to deal with read ers, and I have learned how to ex plain things pa tiently," Johnston said. Johnston, ajun ior journalism and international stud ies double major from Columbia, S.C., said as edi- i Johnston tor she would be able to deal with the stressful environment of the DTH of fice. "I know you have to make it fun," she said. "It can become such a tense place and sn stressful, vou iust have to keep it in perspective. There are some good days and some bad days." Running a world briefs column ev ery day on the front page would help institute a policy of increased state, na tional and world news coverage, Johnston said. "This is a way of broadening state, national and international news without increasing the size of the paper." Implementing "brights," interesting SeeJOHNSTON,page5 Eisley counts on professional experience to improve DTH MatthewEislevbelieveshispastpro- porter, assistant r- -a "I'm the best choice this year be. Matthew Eisley believeshispastpro fessional journalism experience made him the most qualified candidate for Daily Tar Heel editor. "I've had just about all the responsi bilities you can have around hereexcept the head office," he said. "I feel it's a very natural progression for me to move in there and use my background and experience, including my professional experience, ... to help bring the students and the other readers a better paper." Eisley, a senior journalism major from Albany, Ga., has served as a re editor and editor covering Univer sity news, as well as special assign ments editor of the DTH and associ ate editor of the weekly summer -.i:.: e uA - Eisley He also has worked for The Albany Herald, where he won a first-place As sociated Press award for deadline news reporting. cause of the diversity of my journalism experience and breadth of experience," he said. If elected, Eisley said he planned to place a heavy emphasis on better writ ing. "Writing should be tighter, cleaner and more brief," he said. "It should be more accurate, and it should give a flavor of what happens around here." He would conduct frequent work shops for reporters and editors in which See EISLEY, page 5 Wallsten plans to give football fans a Saturday newspaper ... r ii . r , r .1 XT VL Peter Wallsten wants to brine back a Saturday edition of The Daily Tar Heel on home football game days. "A Saturday paper would provide a space in the paper for more sports and game previews, and it would give people something to take into the stadium with them," Wallsten said. "It will also bring in new advertisers and would make money itself." He said he would appoint a weekend editor to run production of the Saturday paper. The paper would be finished before the Friday night deadline, so the staff would not have to stay late Friday, he added. Wallsten, a sophomore reli gious studies ma jor from Chapel Hill, has covered city news as a re porter, assistant editor and desk editor. He also has worked for the Chapel Hill Newspaper, the Durham Herald Sun, and the Chapel Hill Herald. J Wallsten Wallsten free-lances for the New York Times. Growing up in Chapel Hill gave him a deep understanding of how the town and the University worked, he said. "I'm the only (candidate) who really understands the town," Wallsten said. "I've been associated with the Univer sity for about 20 years. I've had experi ence both covering it and being a part of it." Establishing a more aggressive beat system to cover city and University See WALLSTEN, page 7 A teacher never says anything once. Howard Nemerov
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