The Daily Tar HeelMonday, May 18, 19923
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;BOG approves
bond money
for power plant
The UNC-system Board of Gover
nors voted this month to appropriate
$22 million in revenue bonds for reno
vations to the University's controver
sial power plant on Cameron Avenue.
In the past. Chapel Hill town offi
cials and residents who live near the
plant have complained that it pollutes
the environment and disturbs the neigh
borhood by generating loud noises.
University officials requested $6
million for continuing work on the
plant's nearly completed replacement
boiler and cogeneration facility, and
$16 million for further expansion of its
cooling capacity.
According to a memo distributed at
the BOG meeting, the 1992 bonds would
be "issued under the same general terms
and conditions" as the 1 986 bond issue
of $99 million for utilities replacement
and expansion. The 1992 bonds, like
those passed in 1986, will be paid for
from service charges associated with
;the plant.
The chilled water system requires
expansion to accommodate new facili
ties now under construction on South
! Campus.
Interim dean named
head of nursing school
! Cynthia Freund was named dean of
I the University's School of Nursing at
!the UNC-system Board of Governors'
IMay 8 meeting.
! Freund, who re
ceived her
I master's degree in
nursing from
UNC, has served
as interim dean
since August
1990. She was ap
pointed to the in
terim position af-
Copp resigned to Cynthia Freund
concentrate on teaching and research.
A native of McHenry, 111., Freund
received her bachelor's degree from
Marquette University and earned her
' doctorate at the University of Alabama
at Birmingham.
From 1 974-1 978, Freund served as a
an associate professor of nursing at
UNC, and in 1984 returned to Chapel
, Hill after three years as an assistant
dean at the University of Pennsylvania.
Before being named interim dean,
Freund served as chairwoman of the
Department of Social and Administra
tive Systems.
UNC lecturerauthor
to teach at Harvard
- Local author and UNC lecturer Jill
McCorkle will be leaving the Univer
sity to teach at Harvard University, ef-
, fective this fall.
McCorkle, a popular lecturer in the
, English department's creative writing
. program, taught English 29W, an hon
ors writing course for incoming fresh
men, and English 99W, an honors course
. for seniors.
The author of five novels, including
"Ferris Beach," "Tending to Virginia,"
and her most recent "Crash Diet,"
McCorkle is leaving Chapel Hill be
cause her husband, a doctor, has taken a
position in Massachusetts, according to
Frances Coombs, secretary of the UNC
creative writing program.
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Community reacts to King case, L. A. riots
By Anna Griffin
Associate Editor
and Bonnie Rochman
Staff Writer
While Los Angeles burned, the Uni
versity community and Triangle resi
dents searched for their own ways to
vent frustration at the acquittal of four
white police officers for the beating of
black motorist Rodney King.
Students, faculty demand change
The King verdict came down while
many students were busy studying for
final exams.
Nevertheless, on May 1 , students and
faculty members vented their anger and
discussed what could be done to im
prove race relations in a forum in the
Sonya H. Stone Black Cultural Center.
After the seminar, about 100 mem
bers of the University community, led
by Black Student Movement President
Michelle Thomas, marched to Silent
Sam where they heard speeches from
University leaders.
"Justice has had its feathers ruffled,"
said Marion Phillips, an associate dean
in the School of Medical Administra
tion. "But that's better than hav ing them
plucked, and it is far better to have them
plucked than singed."
Students heard from Phillips, Chuck
Stone, Walter Spearman professor of
journalism, and Daniel Pollitt, a retiring
Kenan professor of law.
UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin, who
has faced heavy criticism recently from
a student coalition for not supporting a
free-standing BCC, received lukewarm
applause from the crowd.
Hardin pledged his solidarity with
the crowd in opposing the not guilty
verdicts. "We have witnessed a terrible
miscarriage of justice," he said.
Although the chancellor did speak to
the group, thanking them for the peace
ful nature of their protest and express
ing anger at the verdict, Thomas later
said his appearance was merely an ef
fort to avoid further criticism.
Hardin spent much of the hour-long
demonstration away from the group,
speaking to faculty members, she said.
"He claimed he had to catch a plane
in half an hour," Thomas said. "He then
spent the next hour talking to profes
sors. "If he was really showing solidarity
he would have taken a more active part
in the protest."
Area students march in Durham
Amid chants of "no justice, no peace",
an estimated 400 people marched down
to the steps of the Durham County Judi-
Police to ticket for parking on Chapel Hill
By Dana Pope
City Coordinator
Football fans and churchgoers will
receive citations if they park on Chapel
Hill sidewalks during Saturday games
and Sunday services this fall.
At its May 1 1 meeting, the Chapel
Hill Town Council voted unanimously
to pass a resolution authorizing police
to ticket cars parked on town sidewalks.
Parking on sidewalks is a tradition
enjoyed by visitors to Chapel Hill and
citizens," Town Manager Cal Horton
said. "In many instances it forces per
sons to walk in the street."
In mid-August, Chapel Hill police
will begin issuing citations on Sunday
mornings to cars parked on sidewalks,
particularly those on East Franklin
About 100 local residents march down
cial Building during a May 1 rally orga
nized by students at N.C. Central Uni
versity. Harold Jones, a senior at NCCU, said
the point of the protest was "to show the
police we mean business."
"We have to stop the brutality of the
police," he said. "We're trying to get the
point across that we're not going to
stand for the Rodney King beating and
all that."
Durham citizen Wayne Alston
pointed to his shirt, which showed
former black leader Malcolm X above
the words "my lethal weapon, my mind".
"I have no education at all, but I
know the black man is coming together,"
Alston said.
Hikeem Hason, a Durham citizen,
agreed and expressed his support forthe
slogan on Alston's shirt.
"Your mind is your lethal weapon,"
he said.
Oncedowntown, student leaders from
various schools including UNC, Duke
and NCCU addressed the crowd.
Michelle Thomas, who attended the
demonstration with about 1 5 otherUNC
Street. Football fans will receive cita
tions for the same violation beginning
with the Oct. 3 game against Navy.
Although council members discussed
starting the Saturday ticketing at the
beginning of football season, North
Boundary Street resident Tom Nuzum
urged them to start issuing citations
midway through the 1992 football sea
son. Nuzum suggested that the town issue
warning tickets and place signs and
leaflets on cars during the first three
games of the season to publicize the
new parking policy.
"By the end of the season, people
would know what was expected," he
said.
Council member Art Werner ques
tioned the effectiveness of the policy,
Franklin Street May 5 during a protest over the
students, said the marchers were de
manding justice.
"We're here forevery king and queen
who's been denied justice, who's been
killed by police," she said. "We're here
to correct the system, to give our people
a voice."
Town residents search for solutions
Just two days after the student pro
test, about 150 area residents met at the
Chapel Hill Post Office to discuss and
protest the verdict.
The protesters then marched down
Franklin Street and Airport Road to the
town hall, where they gathered in smaller
groups to discuss the problem of race
relations.
The Chapel Hill protest was orga
nized by the local chapter of the Na
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, headed by James
Brittain.
Although most of the protesters said
they were there to search for practical
solutions, some still had angry words
for the all-white jury's verdict.
"For me today isn't about changing
which gives police the power to ticket
but not to tow illegally parked cars. The
policy will have little effect on out-of-town
football fans, he said.
"When people are in a strange place
...the fear of towing works better,"
Werner said.
Interim Police Chief Ralph
Pendergraph said about 500 cars were
parked on sidewalks during home foot
ball games last year.
Horton suggested the town post signs,
place leaflets on cars and work with the
University community, to implement
the plan.
"The police department has been tol
erant out of necessity," Horton said.
"We think it would be possible in a
decent and gentle Chapel Hill way to
discourage and eventually extinguish
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verdict in the Rodney King beating trial.
things," said Michelle Polzine, a
Carrboro resident who described her
self as a proletariat. "I'm still angry.
That's why I'm here today."
As an expression of her anger, Polzine
carried a sign that read "Hang the Jury."
Rosa Brewster, who was staying at
the Inter-Faith Council homeless shel
ter, said the King incident was just an
other example of violence and intoler
ance against the poor and minorities.
Brewster, who is white, said that in
America, poorer people of all races are
considered "people of color."
"The city of Chapel Hill sees us all as
niggers," Brewster said. "They lump us
all together.
"We put all the blame on black men
and on the poorer people."
But Brittain and Chapel Hill Mayor
Ken Broun agreed that although racism
presents a problem locally, it is not as
bad as in other parts of the United States.
"In Chapel Hill, we don't have the
same type of people who live in Simi
Valley, California," Brittain said. "The
philosophy of racial harmony exists with
a lot.of people here."
the practice of parking on sidewalks."
Council member Joe Capowski said
event sponsors should take responsibil
ity for finding adequate parking.
"Churches can have a transportation
management plan, just like downtown
businesses," he said. "We have to do
what we can before cars swallow Chapel
Hill up."
Phillip Sullivan, a member of the
University Presbyterian Church Board
of Trustees, urged council members to
delay ticketing churchgoers until the
new Rosemary Street parking deck
opens.
"On Sundays, it becomes a problem
to find parking," Sullivan said. "To
park anywhere near (the church), mem
bers have found they have to park on
sidewalks."
Local police
more cautious
after verdict
By Dana Pope
qty Coordinator
Several local police officers said
they were surprised at the acquittal of
four white Los Angeles officers in
the Rodney King beating case, and
i some said they would be more care
i ful as a result of the decision.
"It surprised me like I think it
surprised everyone in the nation,"
said University Police Lt. Clay Wil
liams, who attended a campus rally
sponsored by students protesting the
King verdict.
Williams said he thought the fed
eral government would make a dif
ferent decision in a civil rights case
: pending against the Los Angeles po
lice officers.
"Right now, I feel like it will be!
rectified at the federal level,"he said.:
Williams, who has been with the!
University Police since 1986, said;
when the incident was videotaped, it'
: brought the issue of police brutality!:
to the forefront. ;
Williams said most officers are;
aware of statutory limits concerning;
excessive force and brutal ity. ;
Interim Carrboro Police Chief Beri;
Callahan said he was surprised by the
s King verdict. "I would have thought '
based on the film that they would
have been found guilty," he said. ;
Callahan said he thought theevents
surrounding the King case would
make all police more careful. "The.
whole situation should make us real
ize how much in the public eye police
officers are," he said. i
Investigator J.G. Booker of the-'
v Carrboro Police Department said he
also was surprised by the verdict.
"I have never seen anything like
(the beating) on video," he said. T;
have not ever seen anything on TV
like that."
Sgt. C.W. Ashworth, also of the
Carrboro Police, said officers prob-a
ably would be more careful a while,
but added that things eventually!
would return to normal, 1
Callahan said incidents similar tot
the King case could happen any-f
where.
; "If you go around say ing, 'It can't .
happen here,' then you're in trouble,"!
he said. I
sidewalks
Church members have tried to park
on gravel sidewalks and to avoid creat
ing hazards such as blocking driveways
or forcing pedestrians to walk in the
street, he said. ;
"When it comes down to matters of
safety, we're all for that," Sullivan said.
Horton said the parking deck is sched
uled to open in January. Thefacility will
alleviate some downtown parking prob
lems, he said.
Council member Joe Herzenberg said
he was sympathetic to Sullivan and the
parishioners of University Presbyterian
Church and suggested that parking
spaces closer to the church be reserved
for senior citizens attending services.:
"The fact is that people have gotten
accustomed to (parking on sidewalks),"
he said.