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Hunt, Gardner stump in Charlotte Wednesday CHARLOTTE Republican Jim Gardner and Democrat Jim Hunt ac cused each other of being soft on crime Wednesday as they campaigned in Char lotte. Gardner appeared at the Mecklenburg County Police Headquarters with the mother of an Appalachian State Uni versity student that was murdered in 1987. He blamed Hunt, a former two-term governor, for his role in the N.C. legislature's approval of the Fair Sen tencing Act in 1985. Under terms of that law, he said, the man convicted of killing Jabe Hardee, 19, outside a fraternity party was eli gible for parole after serving only 18 months of a 15-year sentence. "My son's life is worth more than 1 8 months," said Shirley Hardee of Wilmington. She later acknowledged in an interview that her son's killer, Jon Clemmer, is still in prison four years after he was convicted of second-degree murder. Gardner said his first act as governor would be to repeal the Fair Sentencing Act. Hunt, at an appearance at the county Democratic Party headquarters, called Gardner's latest attacks "part of his charge-a-week" campaign. "Last week, he blamed me for the Hamlet fire," Hunt said. "Now this. What will it be next week?" Hunt de fended his record, saying violent crime in North Carolina remained low during his eight years as governor from 1 977 to 1985. But he said the rate had increased 55 percent "under the watch" of Gardner, the state's lieutenant governor. Overby remains on ballot for N.C. Senate RALEIGH A Republican state Senate candidate that the GOP wants to replace may remain on the ballot, at least for now, a Superior Court judge said Wednesday. Joe Overby was bumped from the ballot last month when the Wake County Board of Elections ruled he was not a resident of the Senate district. Overby listed a Raleigh funeral home as his home address, but Republicans say he lives in Smithfield, which is outside the Senate district. Overby was the only Republican to file for 6ne of two Sehlfle seats in the 1 4th District. The district is represented by two Democrats Joe Johnson and J.K. Sherron. Both are running for re election. Republicans became interested in replacing Overby on the ballot after Johnson used a 205-year-old law to avoid paying a seatbelt citation this summer. He also wrote the Raleigh po lice department demanding the dismissal of the officers that had stopped him. After a storm of criticism, Johnson apologized for the incident and paid the $25 fine. Superior Court Judge Marsh McClelland agreed and said that if Re publicans wanted to remove Overby from the ballot, they would have to start all over again. American poverty not that bad, Quayle says Some of this nation's poor would be considered middle-class citizens in other countries, Marilyn Quay le said Wednes day during a stop in North Carolina. "Poor is not poor when you own your own home, and you have personal as sets, and you have the government help ing you through food stamps," Quayle said in Wilmington. Quayle, the wife of Vice President Dan Quayle, was campaigning for her husband and President Bush. "Our level of poverty is considered middle class in some countries," Marilyn Quayle said. "People aren't going hun gry, and that's a big difference." Quayle said Americans living be low the poverty level today had a differ ent lifestyle than those considered im poverished 20 years ago. In Greenville, she fielded questions about poverty and single-parent fami lies. 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Forty-four students are participating in the new Residence Hall Association diversity plan, which was designed to increase the percentage of minority stu dents on North Campus. On average, 20 percent to 30 percent of the students living in South Campus dormitories are black, while only 7 per cent of the students living in North Campus residence halls are black, Presnell said. In some North Campus dormitories, only 1 percent to 2 percent of the residents are black. "We are finding the issue of self segregation an increasingly difficult is sue to deal with," Presnell said. "His torically, people live with people who share a common background or inter ests. At one time, that meant people of the same race, too." Housing applications used to be con Tuning out Seemingly oblivious to the world around him, Sunny Yu creates delighting passers-by on this stone wall behind Mangum Resi a song on his guitar. Yu, a junior music; major, often can be found dence Hall. Little calls for change in By Andrea Jones Staff Writer Stressing the need for statewide im provement in education, Teena Little, the Republican candidate for state su perintendent of public instruction, spoke Wednesday to about 50 people at a UNC Young Republicans meeting. Little s speech focused on the failure of public schools to graduate "compe tent students" prepared for continuing education or a future in the work force. Little cited this failure as a cause for the state's economic woes. Little said her opponent for the post, incumbent Superintendent Bob Etheridge, was much less qualified for the office due to his lack of experience in the public school system. She said her own experience of more than 30 years in N.C. schools made her more The Dragons Garden After The Game. Our beautiful atmosphere and our delicious food make us the ideal place to bring your special someone -please come and join us! 9293143 or 933-1234 407 W. 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Priority is given to mi nority students and upperclassmen who want to live on North Campus. RHA President Charles Streeter said he believed most minority students chose to live on South Campus because it provided a sense of community. "When the southern halls were built, black students built a community there," he said. "Over time, it developed and flourished, and now, when people ask friends or relatives for housing advice, they are directed to those halls." Streeter said he moved from Craige Residence Hall on South Campus to Stacy Residence Hall on North Campus last year to set an example for minority students. "The differences between the two haven't been racial or anything, but it seems that in the north you know the Mill qualified for the position. Calling Etheridge "a hardware sales man," Little emphasized her own in volvement with programs such as the N.C. Teaching Fellows and her present post on the Program Committee of the State School Board. Little said her career had spanned positions "from the bottom to the top" of the school system. When questioned about the state's SAT-score ranking of 48th in the na tion, Little said scores had increased by an average of only six points in the past 20 years. "We have to go all the way back to when students begin their schooling with reductions in class size so teachers have time to teach," she said. Little said she disagreed with a sys tem that waited until students had taken the PSAT in high school to begin SAT . . people on your floor more than the people all over your building," he said. "On South Campus, there was a greater sense of community with the whole building." The South Campus residence halls, four high-rise towers, are arranged in a suite orientation with four rooms shar ing one bathroom. Rooms in North Cam pus dormitories are lined up on an inte rior corridor with a common batliroom for each floor. Streeter said he preferred the floor layout of Craige but enjoyed the loca tion of Stacy. "Living in the northern region is much more convenient because all of my classes are nearby, and I can walk al most anywhere in just a couple of min utes," he said. "When I lived in Craige, I had to plan to leave earlier to get to my classes." The housing department and RHA have worked to better race relations on North Campus by requiring resident assistants to take a four-hour class in multicultural diversity training. Presnell said each residence area also would present programs throughout the year to help students understand issues relat ing to cultural diversity. Presnell said she expected more stu dents to participate in the program as the number of minority students living on North Campus increased. "South Campus is traditionally where black students wanted to live," she said. "It will be several years before they feel accepted in the other dorms. Hopefully, this program will work to increase the acceptance of other cultures all over the UNC campus." Jt, DTtvChris Kiikman education preparation and remediation. "We cannot move forward without an educated person educating our chil dren," Little said when asked about teacher pay scales within the school system. "We must make public school teach ing a more desirable profession. Teach ers must act like and be treated like professionals." Little also addressed year-round schooling, upgraded graduation require ments and vocational track classes. Little closed the 30-minute session with assurances that she had been speak ing to people all over the state about the problems facing public education. Moving away from partisan debate, she stated, "Children in classrooms are not little Republicans or little Demo crats. ... It's our responsibility to edu cate them." 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"Anybody who looks at our name can tell that we accept anybody and every body. "(The new name) serves the pur pose that it's meant to serve." The new name was chosen from entries in the rename-the-CGLA con test. The winner, Whitehead Carmichael Area Director Daniel Watts, receives dinner for two at Crooks Corner. Many B-GLAD members re sponded favorably to the new title and agreed with Ferguson that it would help diversify the organization. Student letter calls! for answer on BCC By Anna Griffin Unfrmity Editor In an effort to promote open commu nication on campus, two UNC sopho mores have drafted an almost 2,700 word letter to Chancellor Paul Hardin expressing why the campus needs a free-standing black cultural center. The two students, Edward Hanes of Winston-Salem and Thomas Scott of Jamestown, said that while the letter was addressed to Hardin, it was meant for the entire student body. i.fThis is just a tool to bring some kind of understanding to campus," Hanes said. "People need to express how they feel." Although both said they were mem bers of the coalition for a free-standing BCC, they said they were not represent ing or acting on behalf of any group. "We have told coalition members about our plan (to write Hardin), but this is something that comes from two regular students," Hanes said. "A lot of students don't understand or aren't re ally informed. My purpose (in writing the letter) is to get information out that this isn't just about a building." Scott, who described himself as the more militant of the two, said that rac ism on campus was one part of a bigger problem that has evolved throughout history. "White supremacy is the system un der which we live here in the Western BSM group with other By Michael Bradley Staff Writer Creating an information exchange network between African-American stu dents at N.C. universities is the goal of a new Black Student Movement com mittee. Leaders of the N.C. Black Alliance Committee said they hoped to create a "support system" and information net work with eight other UNC-system schools. Some of the committee's plans for the alliance include spreading informa m SETEMBER 12th FROM ye: uLENJNISuX SHOPPING with Wesley-Jessen s Durasoft Colors Computer. Register to win: sunglasses, jazz CDs, UNC game tickets and many more prizes! The Daily Tar HeelThursday, September 10, 19923.S 1 "(The new name) says that we wel come bisexuals and accept them," said B-GLAD member Kathy Staley. "It also says that we welcome and accept straights. "It is a mouthful, though." Ferguson said he received no nega tive or derogatory entries. "We got no derogatory entries," he said. T m kind of surprised. I figured when we opened (the contest) up to the entire campus that we were also opening ourselves ; up to derogatory or joke suggestions. "I was really pleased mat that didn't happen." Two other suggestions GABLS and CGLBA, the Carolina : Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Associa tion also received heavy consider ation from the group of about 65 who voted on the name change. Watts, who submitted the winning entry, also is the founder of the Alli ance of Lesbian aiidGay Employees, the campus organization for homo sexual staff and faculty members. ; : "Dan's a really strong presence on campus," Ferguson said. Watts, who was out of town this week and unavailable for comment. See B-GLAD, page 7 Full text of letter 8;. World," he said. "The Western Worlds has allowed itself to become ill." j Scott compared the problem of rac5 : ism on campus with an alcoholic whij refuses to get help. "This is a disease; if ' is a sickness," he said. "What we'r j doing, by ignoring the situation, is bej coming destructive not only to ourSj selves, but to our environment." In the letter, the two describe the J problem of racism, naming isolation, alienation and anxiety as its main symp- J toms, and call on Hardin to answer J students' calls for a free-standing BCC. J "This building stands for respect, for j need and for the advancement of a cam- J pus that is slowly creeping toward the j past instead of pressing toward the fu- hire," the letter states. In the letter and in an interview Wednesday, Hanes and Scott said Hardin was skirting the BCC issue by refusing to give students a definitive answer on whether he would approve a new building. f. Although the Michael Jordan Foun- dation, the philanthropic organization created by former UNC basketball star t Michael Jordan, has pledged funds for a new BCC, Hardin repeatedly has said !; he wanted to see definite plans before !; considering further action. "It's time for him to respond," Scott !; said. "It' s time for him to respond in the J way of 'yes' or no."' to unite camuuses tion about various activities to other campuses and breaking down stereo- types that exist between different types j of schools, said committee co-chair- women Lorna Haughton and Cheala Garland. J "(The alliance) is a means by which we can gain knowledge of activities that J are going on," Haughton said. J Garland said she hoped communica-' tion between alliance members would J helpchallenge preconceptions that black; students might have about students at; See BSM, page 7 ! 1:00 p .171. CEMER
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