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WET Mi TODAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-60s I c STACKHOUSE THE TAR HEEL WORLD SERIES Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 (Jays lead 3-1) TORONTO The Blue lays moved within one game of their first World Series title By defeating Atlanta 2-1 Wednesday night. Pat Borders continued the catchers' postseason with a home run, while jimmy Key scattered six hits in 7 23 innings. Toronto can clinch the title by win ning tonight in SkyOome. FRIDAY: Mostly sunny; high Kinston native Jerry Stackhouse, one of the top prep basketball players in the nation, explains why he chose to play for the Blue and White ZLIJ Li mia-tus Carolina Career Fair will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. in the Great Hall. Spon sored by UG. IT NC CO 073195 NC COLLECTION WILSON LIBRARY 4 CE 3930 UNC CAMPUS chapel hill nc 27514 ; St '(, . nwuuiu uiiu mic imrci jny K.uiiuituiiliy MflCC 1893 1 -s-'Posr.ic' paid p.'.:,7;j ; 100th Year of Editorial Freedom Est. 1893 C 1992 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 100, Issue 86 Thursday, October 22, 1992 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NtrwWSporaArU 962-0245 BurincMfAdvnlubig 962-116 FAHBITAL UNITS gclllSWftl The Omnibus Restaurant Guide will guide students u. 'ulu. "Z and their parents this weekend Lloyd charges By Marty Mlnchln Assistant Unhrrslty Editor Student Congress members voted 1 6-3-1 at a special meeting Wednesday to drop the articles of impeachment against Speaker Jennifer Lloyd after members of the prosecution walked out of the meeting before the scheduled trial could begin. The trial, which would have been the culmination of almost a month of im peachment talk, would have given Lloyd a chance to present her response to the charges. Had the trial taken place, both sides would have questioned witnesses and presented evidence before congress. The prosecution walked out of the meeting after a failed motion by pros ecution member Rep. Chris Tuck, Dist. 20, to suspend the meeting indefinitely. The roll was called again, and 20 mem New dialogue starts on future of airport By Thanassis Cambanis Staff Writer A group of University and local government officials and area resi dents reviewed conflicting positions on the future of Horace Williams Air port Wednesday night and set a date for its next meeting. Discussion during the meeting fre quently pitted the needs of University officials and private aviators against the concerns of residents, who re sented the safety hazard and noise caused by the airport. The airport is .near many neighborhoods and schools, "Horace Williams Airport will con tinue operating until an acceptable alternative airport is found," said Wayne Jones, UNC vice chancellor for business and finance. "The Uni versity is interested in having an air port available, not in operating one." Officials first recommended creat-. ing the panel, called the Horace Wil liams Airport Preliminary Dialogue group, in May after years of disagree-; meht about the fate of the airport. The University owns the airport, which is located north of town near the corner of Airport Road and Estes Drive. The airport serves general aviators and the Area Health Education Cen ters program run by the UNC Medical School. The AHEC program provides continuing education and consulta tion clinics in rural N.C. areas where medical professionals are scarce. Disagreements about the airport previously surfaced as a major issue Wicker outlines platform in By Alia Smith Staff Writer N.C. Rep. Dennis Wicker, D-Lee, the Democratic lieutenant gubernato rial candidate, touched on many of the major issues in the campaign as he delivered a brief speech Wednesday evening at the Europa Center in Chapel Hill. About 40 citizens and politicians from the state attended the function. The event was sponsored by the Friends for Dennis Wicker Committee. Wicker, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of UNC and graduate of Wake Forest Law School, was introduced by N.C. Reps. Joe Hackney, D-Orange, and Ann Barnes, D-Orange. In his speech, Wicker spoke of the concerns he thought were relevant to his campaign, including abortion, the environment and education. "I am strongly pro-choice, and this is a distinct difference between my candi dacy and my opponent's candidacy," Wicker said. He also said that as lieu tenant governor, he would be the one to cast the tie-breaking vote in the state Senate should Roe v. Wade be over turned and brought to issue in each state. Wicker also discussed the environ ment during his speech. "I am pleased to have been endorsed by the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters," he said. The candidate also emphasized his strong environmental background as the sponsor of the Solid Waste Manage ment Act. "We need to start looking at reduction and recycling of hazardous waste," Wicker said. bers were present, enough legally to hold a meeting. Only three members of the original group of five who sponsored the bill attended the meeting. Reps. Kevin Hunter, Dist. 14, and Charlton Allen, Dist. 21, went to the N.C. State Fair to hear President Bush speak. Rep. Philip Charles-Pierre, Dist. 17, said he and Rep. George Battle, Dist. 17, and Tuck, the remaining members of the prosecution, walked out of the trial because they thought that not enough members were present at the meeting toconstitute a fair trial and that most of the members present were bi ased toward Lloyd. "In reality, there was no way I could feel good about going on with a trial with this historic magnitude with one member over quorum," Charles-Pierre said. "There was really no sense in in 1989, when the Orange County Commissioners defeated a plan to re locate it to a rural site in the county. Members of two citizen-interest groups attended the meeting: Cit izens - for Airport Planning and Stop the County Regional Airport Plan and questioned whether an airport was needed in Orange County. Diane Bloom of CAP said citizens were alarmed at the enlargement of the airport. "Our position is that Horace Williams is a horrible loca tion for any airport, near fourschools." Bloom listed safety for schools, children and neighbors and noise prob lems as primary resident concerns with the airport. "What we would like is some bind ing assurance that the airport will not get any bigger or better than it is now," she said. Four mediators from the Institute for Environmental Negotiation from the University of Virginia led the dis cussion. John Payne, deputy director for administration of AHEC, said airport . access was critical to the continuing success of the program. "We don't think we could get the number of activities we have without the air port," he said. Rich Collins, a senior member of IEN who mediated the discussion, often Stopped exchanges between group members, and he said ques tions would be answered in more de tail at the group's next meeting. The group will meet again Nov. 18 at a site to be decided. Dennis Wicker speaks at the Europa "We need to protect the beautiful state of North Carolina; we don't need more landfills; we don't need more in- cinerators. We need more dollars to J 1111 " a i : : , P .A t Wm.,nl -i .n iiirin.iii.iiMn t in,, i. ... i,. 1 1 n 11 i. iniAn'n History has a way of changing verdicts. Jim Garrison (1922-1992) dropped a prosecMtioo walks going on with this." Battle also said he thought most of the congress members at the meeting were biased toward Lloyd and would not have listened objectively to the evi dence. "The vast majority of the people that were in there were people who sup ported Jennifer,"he said. "Those people who were opposed to Jennifer and who hadn't made up their minds yet weren't there yet. We just feel that justice would not have been served." Battle said main witnesses for both the prosecution and the defense were not able to attend the meeting because of the short notice on which the meeting was called. Under the Student Govern ment Code, the meeting had to be con vened between seven and 15 days after the impeachment bill was passed. The bill itself was approved last Wednes Bush rebuts Clinton at N.C. By Rebecah Moore Staff Writer RALEIGH President George Bush outlined his administration's re-election agenda and attacked Democratic candidate Bill Clinton at a whistle-stop visit to the N.C. State Fair Wednesday night. After arriving on U.S. Train One, "The Spirit of America," and being in troduced by U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R N.C., Bush told the crowd of approxi mately 1 0,000 that Clinton's "flip-flopping" stance on election issues would not be an admirable quality for the presi dent of the United States. "He's on one side of the issue one day and another side of the issue an other day, and we can't turn the White House into the Waffle House," Bush said. Bush reflected on Monday night's debate by saying he had given the voters a clear version of his administration's plans if he were re-elected. "Anyone see that debate Monday night? One good thing about a debate ... you can get your message out unfil tered," he said. "The American people saw a differ ence of experience, a difference in lead ership and a difference in character." The president also took the opportu nity tocriticize Clinton's record as gov ernor of Arkansas. "For 1 1 months, the liberal Demo crats and Bill Clinton have been mis representing my record," Bush said. Bush said that Arkansas' ranking of 50th in the nation for adults holding college degrees, spending on police pro tection and spending for criminal jus tice should show voters that Clinton's agenda would not solve the nation's problems. brief speech DTHDale Castle Center in Chapel Hill Wednesday invest in reuse," he added, The final issue that Wicker addressed " " See WICKER, page 2 day. Lloyd said she was disappointed that she didn't have an opportunity to tell her side of the story but also told con gress members after the meeting that she planned to mail a letter to all of them outlining her defense. "I can't believe this," she said. "I'm really disappointed in the prosecution. You do not charge someone with im peachment and then walk out. They've known from the beginning these charges had no backing." Jim Copland, a senior from Burlington who had planned to serve as manager for the defense in the proceed ings, said he thought that walking out showed that members of the prosecu tion were not serious in their charges against Lloyd. "Were the full congress present, the 16 votes would have been enough to "Governor Clinton said in the debate 'I want to do for America what I've done for Arkansas,' and we can't let him do that," Bush said. Bushsaid Clinton's message of change was not a valid slogan if the - Democrat's plans were not solid. "Change is what you're gonna have left in your pockets if you elect this guy,"he said. Bush stressed the main components of his economic and domestic plans. With the national debt being a key argument for the Democrats during the campaign, Bush said the passing of a balanced budget amendment would force Congress to reduce the deficit. The president also said he would "crack down" on the nation's increased crime rate. Before his speech, Bush was joined on stage by N.C. Gov. Jim Martin, stock car driver Richard Petty and U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C. Jim Ryan, executive vice chairman of the UNC Young Republicans, at tended the speech and said Bush'schar acter and honesty would help the presi dent in the voting booths Nov. 3. "When voters go into the booths and shut the door, they are going to ask 'who do I trust?' and most of North Carolina and Americans are going to say they trust George Bush," Ryan said. A group of ClintonGore supporters also attended the rally. The group dis played signs and chanted for Clinton. Their protest was disturbed by one Republican who tore a Democrat 's sign in half in front of the cheering crowd. "We have the right to express our views," said Joana Santamore, a junior from Meredith College. "We aren't try ing to tear down their signs, and be sides. North Carolina is no longer a Republican state." University housekeepers take their fight to the classrooms By Kathleen Keener Staff Writer University housekeepers have joined forces with some faculty mem bers in an effort to educate students about the housekeepers' fight for higher wages and better working con ditions. Leaders of the housekeepers' move ment have volunteered to speak to classes about themselves to generate student support, said Matthew Stewart, a UNC graduate and a representative of the housekeepers. Stewart said the housekeepers wanted students to understand the three major issues of the movement. The housekeepers are requesting better pay, job training for higher positions and improved treatment from super visors, he said. : Ann Traposso, a graduate student in English who is working with the housekeepers, said members of the faculty and some of the housekeepers had formed an educadon committee during the summer to inform other members of the University commu nity about their struggle. The committee sent letters to pro fessors before the start of the semester explaining the housekeepers' interest in speaking directly to students. Soyiru Madison, a speech commu nication professor and member of the committee, gave a workshop on pub- . find (Lloyd) not guilty," said Copland, who resigned his post as an emergency justice of the Student Supreme Court last week to defend Lloyd. "From the beginning, this has been an effort to discredit Jennifer Lloyd. The congress tonight stood behind Jennifer Lloyd and at long last caused their foolish pro ceedings to come to an end." Copland also said he would have liked a chance for Lloyd to go to trial. "Frankly, I'm very disappointed," he said. "Jennifer Lloyd isn't guilty of these charges. Her ability to testify for the first time would have clearly demon strated that she isn't guilty. This would have been a chance to vindicate Jenni fer Lloyd and clear her name." Lloyd said she thought the impeach ment proceedings of the past month had caused much damage tocongress's repu tation at the University. 0, t .1 71 o Richard Petty (left), President Bush and Sen. "We think it is very important because a lot of students don't know what our griev ances are about." Barbara Prear UNC housekeeper lie speaking for housekeepers interested in speaking to classes, Trapasso said. Barbara Prear, a housekeeper, spoke to two classes this summer and said the response was very positive. "We think it is very important be cause a lot of students don't know what our grievances are about," she said. Housekeeper Larry Farrar spoke to . Assoc iate Professor James Wilde's pub lic policy class on Tuesday. Wilde said that he was interested in making his students more aware of local and cam pus issues and that Farrar's visit related to the curriculum of the course because it dealt in part with public spending. Wilde said his students were enthusi astic about learning more about the housekeepers situation. "I feel it's caused irreparable dam age to our congress," she said. "They look insincere, they look ridiculous. "This really has been a difficult ex perience for me. This was a game show to them, and I was their victim." Battle said he was disappointed that the trial would not go on, but added that he thought the prosecution had acted fairly throughout the impeachment pro cess. "I feel that we have acted in good faith ethically, and we have not tried to lobby votes," he said. "We've had other means at our disposal ... which could have done a lot more damage, but we chose not to do that. I never asked anyone for a vote, which is something I'm sure the other side cannot say." Battle said he did not plan to pursue the charges any further through an ap peal or other methods. State Fair DTHflaywn Singe Jesse Helms at N.C. State Fair Wednesday "I think they were very interested in what he had to say," Wilde said. "They had a chance to directly ask him ques tions about their concerns." Farrar was unavailable for com ment. Stewart said he thought the house keepers would raise student interest in the issue by visiting classes. "Basically we feel that the best way for students to learn about the house keepers is by seeing them face to face," he said. Trapasso said she hoped increased student involvement in the issue would help the housekeepers attain their goals. "There is a sense that the Uni versity isn't doing enough about the housekeepers," she said. Trapasso said the committee was encouraged by students like Joe Andrews, a junior from Danville, Va., who is working on a speech communi cation project about the housekeep ers' movement. "We are looking into the gridlock between the administration and the housekeepers," Andrews said. Trapasso said the housekeepers had been very excited about the student responsetotheirclassroom visits. "The committee has shown that there is a lot of good will out there," she said. The education committee is meet ing at noon today in the Campus Y. All interested students are invited to at tend. - f
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