2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, November 20, 1992 Marital rape exemption law could be overturned By Stephanie Greer Staff Writer , Rape-prevention activists remain hopeful after a recent legislative meet ing that focused on the possible elimi nation of an N.C. statute stating that a husband cannot be prosecuted for rap ing his wife. "There are no advantages to this law. Essentially, it allows a husband to rape his wife; that is sanctioning another form of domestic violence," said Susan Howley, a legislative analyst for the National Victim Center. Lawyers, marital rape victims, and .members of rape-prevention activist ; groups gave their testimony Tuesday to ;the N.C. Committee on Law Enforce ; merit Issues, a committee of the N.C. ; Legislative Research Commission, said Jennie Dorsett, an attorney for the leg islature. The N.C. Legislative Research ;Commission thoroughly studies con troversial state laws that could be over turned by the N.C. General Assembly. ;XThe information presented to the -.committee consisted of the experiences ;6f marital rape victims and the legal aspects of the exemption statute. ; ! The committee will meet again Dec. ; 18 to receive more information on the issue, Dorsett said. Vietnamese By Julie Nations Staff Writer ' The first of 400 Montagnards, who are members of a Vietnamese tribe im migrating to the United States, will ar rive in Raleigh today through the work of Lutheran Family Services. The immigrants will be joining an other group of Montagnards that came to North Carolina in 1986, said Gai Trail, the volunteer coordinatorfor refu gee services at Lutheran Family Ser vices. Tran said that the men would come first and that the women and chil dren would arrive by December. The refugees will live in an orienta tion center in Apex for two months to Stewart analyzing the samples in a laboratory, Stewart said. Provost Richard McCormick said he did not want to comment on any spe cific tenure case. He said that in hypo thetical cases, grants helped but did not guarantee tenure. "A grant is normally a sign that your research is highly regarded," he said. "It doesn't help (ensure tenure) because of the money, but because it is a tangible sign that your academic peers have re viewed your research and the proposi tion of research and they think highly of them." Folio said he wasn't sure whether he would be able to use the grant money, since he will not be affiliated with UNC after June 1993. "It's too late, I'm afraid, to help as far as tenure goes," he said, adding that the grant might help him find another job. "I can show that, in fact, I am doing research," Folio said. "Getting a grant is a good thing the same as publica- T Mario's Famous ! Hot Wings j 12 Large wings served hot, medium or mild : E)livep&c3 J by Heels on Wheels I 25 wings- $8.85 exp. 1 2-31 -92 i FAST, FRIENDLY I Sun.-Wed. 11 :00am-l :00am I nsi0am-2:00am mm mm 1KB Chef Guan from I his invitation to sample his authentic 1 1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmvUMUnmBmumwlbJUII m m 9 jMivLwcn Eggplant HotPot Ginger Salt Chicken Crispy Prawn Ball Pepper Salt Squid 1 1 790 Airport Rd., Chapel Hill (next to - .iifnrimruji.iiiutffWTT:sirjiiii:ATi "This is a tough subcommittee, with a reputation for being on the conserva tive side. If they give this recommenda tion, we' 11 be in really good shape," said Arlaine Rockey, a Charlotte attorney and co-chairwoman of the Association for the Reform of N.C. Marital Rape Laws. Ellen Plummer, coordinatorof sexual assault support services for Duke Uni versity, said she was glad the commit tee held the forum. "I didn't have high expectations going in, so I'm pleased that members of the committee are at least willing and open to receiving other information. "We want it so that no matter what a woman's marital status, she has equal access to the law .... We're hoping that the General Assembly will do away with (the statute)," she said. The marital statute was adopted into the common law of the United States from the common law of England, Rockey said. In 1979, the common law became a statute, which stated that a husband could be prosecuted for a rape or sex offense against his wife only if the couple was living separately under a written agreement or judicial decree, said Kirk Osborne, a Chapel Hill attorney. A 1987debateoverwhethertoamend refugees look for safety, make the adjustment smoother, Tran said. "We need volunteers to help them look for housing and jobs," she said. Frank Williams, state director of refu gee services at the Lutheran Family Services, said not all the Montagnards would settle in Raleigh. "One hundred and sixty-one will go to Charlotte, 1 75 will go to Greensboro, and 62 will stay in Raleigh," he said. Williams said eight groups from Lutheran Family Services would spon sor the immigrants upon their arrival. "The sponsors will help orient them and provide them with a lot of things," he said. "The sponsor groups raise funds, help the Montagnards get to appoint- from page 1 tions. It'll make the stigma of not get ting tenure a little easier." , Folio said the grant was up in the air while Stewart's tenure was being con sidered. He said both he and Stewart had to be employed by a research insti tution to use the grant, but they did not have to work at the same institution. The money also does not have to be used at UNC, he said. "If he and I both .had to leave and went together to the same institution, we could take it with us," he said. "If neither of us got a job, or if we were bagging groceries at Food Lion, we'd have to give the money back." Stephen Birdsall, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said many factors went into the decision to grant tenure. "(The department) looks at teaching qualifications, grants, publications and participation in public service," he said. The grant may help an individual get a job, but potential employers consider many criteria, Birdsall said. i & FREE Delivery! f f4 PAAp 929-5005 ! mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm Canton, China, would like to extend CHJNE5E ResmURMT the law resulted in a compromise by the N.C. General Assembly that deleted the requirement for written evidence of separate living conditions, he said. Rockey added that during the 1987 debate, a member of the N.C. General Assembly said, "If you can't rape your wife, who can you rape?" 'This law now puts the entire burden on the wife, because she has to separate first in order to protect herself," Howley said. Research by the N.C. Committee Against Domestic Violence showed that in one year's time, 5,000 cases of mari tal rape were reported to 30 N.C. shel ters for battered women. Laura X, director of the Berkeley Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape, said research done by the clear inghouse showed that North Carolina and Oklahoma were the only states where "it is still completely legal to rape your wife if you are living with her." Plummer said most states still had a provision that provided for some type of marital rape exemption. Rockey said there were several "com mon nonsense reasons" that people cited as an excuse to keep marital rape ex emption in the N.C. penal code. She said the reasons included the argument that prosecuting a husband ments, enroll their kids in school, get Social Security cards, leam about bank ing and help the refugees with impor tant needs." Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in Raleigh is one of the groups sponsoring the Montagnards. The church will help the immigrants become established in North Carolina, said Carol Johnson, the administrator of the church. "Families in our parish will provide them with food, help them look for jobs and leam English," she said. Tran said the refugees who have been in the state for six years were excited about helping the new arrivals adjust. Lutheran Family Services also has a job development service that will be Petitions ' come past us at all? "It is not my responsibility to instruct the faculty how to think, how to vote, how to come forward." When asked what kind of impact the signatures would have, Birdsall said the petitions were "very meaningful." "People who signed this are con cerned with two different things, al though they are related," Birdsall said, o "One is the individual, and the other is the idea of teaching becoming unim portant." Strobel said he thought the meetings were a success because students had been able to express their concern di rectly to the administration. Halman echoed Strobel's optimism. "It is important that everyone realize that our intentions are to maintain the reputation of the University with pro fessors like Dr. Ferguson," she said. "We still stand strong in our call that he should be promoted and granted ten ure." NO. CAROLINA COUNTY MAPS IN STATE BOOK A book containing all' of North Caro lina's 100 county maps is available. Printed on large size 16x22 inch double spread pages, each county has a separ ate map. The book contains 156 valuable pages. The Tar Heel State's 96,900 miles of roads are shown in detail. Towns, cities and villages are indexed and located, and there is much additional information. To order North Carolina County Map book, send $14.85 (price includes de livery). VISA and MasterCard accepted. Make checks payable to County Maps 521 Puetz Place Lyndon Station, WI 53944 (608) 666-3331 Other states available: AR, FL, IN, KY, MI. OH, PA, SC. TN, and WV. Cantonese Cuisine Sav-ACenter) 967-6 1 33 for rape "destroys marital harmony," that claims of marital rape would be used as a weapon during a divorce, that women gave their "implied consent" to have sex when they married and that marital rape cases were difficult to prove. Rockey said the argument that mari tal rape cases were harder to prosecute was "a misguided thing to say." "All rape cases are hard to prove .... It's a thing that's usually done in pri vate, and there aren't usually any wit nesses," she said. Rockey also said she had never heard women point to any of the "common nonsense reasons" as an excuse for keep ing marital rape exemption. Many of the prosecutions against men for marital rape have been successful only because of other evidence of do mestic battery and violence, X said. Rockey said most men were tried for assault because it was illegal to try them for rape in North Carolina. Rockey added that because assault was a misde meanor, it was very rare for someone found guilty to receive any time in prison. Those guilty of first-degree rape might receive a life imprisonment sen tence, she said. Plummer said she thought society's cultural views played a large part in the fact that marital rape exemption poli- jobs in North Carolina offered to the immigrants, Tran said. "We are hoping the companies that have hired Montagnards will hire some more," she said. "They are very hard working people." Ypat Buonya, a refugee specialist at Lutheran Family Services, said that af ter he came to North Carolina with a group of Montagnards in 1986,hisspon sor helped him get a job. "I had a job after one month," he said. Buonya has learned English so well that he serves as an interpreter for the other refugees. "I read the dictionary and went to Wake Tech to leam En glish," he said. Buonya said he came to the United States to avoid persecution in Vietnam. X was an excellent, effective piece. "I think the younger generation's in terest in Malcolm X is very relevant to what we're going through now," she said. "His philosophies are what we need to hear to wake up African-American consciousness." The movie also intrigued those who were alive during Malcolm X's rise to prominence. Journalism Professor Chuck Stone, who had not yet seen the movie, said he felt that Lee had the potential to do a great job on the movie, even though other directors could have done a job of equal caliber. Campus Calendar FRIDAY NOON: B-GLAD Lesbian Lunch will be in 218 Union. 1 p.m. UNC Juggling Club will meet in the Carmichael Ballroom. The good weather location is the flagpole between South Building and Wilson Library. All those interested in a mass order to Dube should attend. 2 p.m. B-GLAD and Gay and Lesbian Law Students Association will present a panel of openly gay elected officials in 206 Union. 3:30 p.m. Graduate Art Student Association will welcome art historian David Summers, UVa. to lec ture on "Making Hierarchys" in 21 8 Hanes Art Cen ter. 6:30 p.m. UNC Hillel will have services and din ner at Hillel. 8 p.m. Ebony ReadersOnyx Theatre will present This weekend, the Carolina Women's Soccer Team will try to extend its record 56-game winning streak and capture a seventh straight national tide. NCAA Semifinals Sat, Nov. 21 1:C0p.m. Duke vs. Hartford 3:30 p.m. Carolina vs. Santa Clara The championship game will be Sunday at 1 :00 p.m., and will be covered by ESPN. Show your support for the most successful program in college athletics today. Sam s Sports Celebrates Christmas with a mm? SPECIAL STORE HOURS 9-9 Nov. 1 9, 20 9-6 Nov. 2 1 mini's srooTS TIMBERLYNE SHOPPING CENTER 1 1 29 WEAVER DAIRY RD CHAPEL HILL cies still were practiced. "Marital rape is difficult in that people get hung up over the sexual element. Culturally, we have a lot of trouble dealing with rape," she said. Plummer said that various groups had been working for the N.C. General Assembly to repeal the statute since 1986 and that she was more hopeful about the results of this committee meet ing than she had been in the past. Rockey said more women were band ing together to overturn outdated legis lation that affected their family and societal relationships. "I think we're having more success because the climate is different from the way it was in 1987 .... Women have begun to realize that they can come together and have a voice and that they are tired of not being considered as individuals," she said. X said that in her book "Rape and Marriage," Diana Russell conducted a random survey of married women in the United States and that 14 percent of the women surveyed reported that they had been victims of marital rape. "It's hard to get statistics on this; a lot of women don't report it because it's not a crime," Rockey said. "We want victims of rape to be treated the same, no matter what their marital status is." Buonya said he and many other Montagnards from South Vietnam fought alongside the Americans in the Vietnam War. "The Viet Cong were killing people that worked with the United States," he said. "We fled to the jungle and organized like a military group." H'luok Mdrang came to Raleigh with her husband and other refugees in 1 986. She said the transition from Vietnam ese life to American ways was difficult. "It was hard to find work because we did not understand English," she said. Mdrang said the thing she missed most was her family in Vietnam. "It is hard for us," she said. "There is not enough food or money to send for them." from page 1 Stone, who knew Malcolm X and still keeps a photograph of himself and the black leader taken about a week before Malcolm X's assassination, said the movie only interested him on a cinematic level. "Eventually, I'll see it just because I'm curious," he said. The fact that the young people of America look up to Malcolm X so much is an indication of the problems of the times, Stone said. Harry Amana, associate professor of journalism, said he hadn't seen the film yet, but that he thought it was great students and younger people were em bracing Malcolm X. "The Fisherman" by Diane Houston in the Union Cabaret. Admission is free. SATURDAY NOON: Senior Class will meet to watch the Duke game at Pizza Hut. Bring ID. 6 p.m. Ebony ReadersOnyx Theatre will present 'The Fisherman" in the Union Cabaret. SUNDAY 7 p.m. Newman Catholic Center will have its student mass. ITEMS OF INTEREST Granville 5K Run for Awareness, to benefit Orange County Rape Crisis Center, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday. The entry fee is $10, and forms are available at the Union Desk. Iran building sub base outside Persian Gulf ; LONDON Iran is building a base outside the Persian Gulf for a subma rine it bought from Russia, Jane's De fense Weekly reported Thursday. ; ' The submarine apparently has "surface-to-air missile capability," the maga zine said. The main armaments on such submarines usually are 18 torpedoes. The diesel-electric submarine, which has arrived in Iranian waters, and as many as two more submarines Iran has bought will be based at Chan Bahar on the northeastern , shore of the Gulf of Oman, the magazine said, quoting West em naval intelligence sources. The Gulf of Oman lies between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Diplomatic sources initially thought the submarines wouldbe based at Bandar Abbas, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and a possible choke-point for shipping into the waterway. Basing the subma rines at Chah Bahar indicates they will be used mainly in the Arabian Sea, Jane's said. The USS Topeka, a nuclear-powered submarine, had been in the area, report edly on a routine mission, but it is widely believed it was there to monitor the Iranian submarine. Honecker lawyers file to stop ex leader's trial BERLIN Lawyers for Erich Honecker filed a new petition Thursday to stop his manslaughter trial, saying its only purpose is to torture the ailing former East German leader who is not expected to live to see the verdict. When the third session of the trial ended, charges against Honecker and three co-defendants still had not been read into the record, and the judges seemed mired in legal motions. Chief Judge Hansgeorg Braeutigam and his two associates even had to deal with a petition doubting the defendant really was Honecker. It was filed by a relative of a person killed at the Berlin Wall, and the judges rejected the request to fingerprint Honecker, calling it absurd. The manslaughter charges stem from the deaths of 13 people killed trying to escape to the West during Honecker's 1 8-year rule as Communist boss, which ended in 1989. He oversaw construc tion of the wall in 1961. Defense lawyer Nicolas Becker in troduced a letter from Professor Volker Taenzer, a radiologist at the Moabit prison hospital who diagnosed Honecker's liver cancer. Taenzer has estimated Honecker's life expectancy at six to 18 months, while the trial is likely to last two years. Bhutto trying to topple Pakistani government ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Thecon servative Islamic government on Thurs day ordered Benazir Bhutto not to leave her hometown in southern Pakistan, but she vowed to keep trying to bring down the government. "This government has dug its own grave, and its days are numbered," Bhutto told a news conference in Karachi. She announced plans for a rally and protest march today in the northern city of Peshawar. Bhutto was expelled Wednesday from the federal capital and surround ing area for 30 days for ignoring a ban on public rallies and protests. She and hundreds of supporters broke through police barricades to go to a rally where she urged an estimated 30,000 people to help topple the government. Bhutto charges that Sharif s govern ment, which replaced her administra tion in 1990, is corrupt and repressive. Bhutto was ousted amid similar charges. Sharif says Bhutto is trying to create anarchy and force a takeover by the army, which has ruled Pakistan for more than half its 44-year history. He warned that further marches would be met with an unprecedented show of force. Sudan limits hours women may work KHARTOUM, Sudan Sudan's Muslim fundamentalist government has issued new decrees that ban women from working in markets and otherpub lic places after 5 p.m., an official news paper reported Thursday. The decrees also require all shops to close down two houVs for Friday noon prayers, the army daily al-Kuwat al Musalaha said. Sudan's Muslim fundamentalist gov ernment has taken a number of steps affecting women, such as requiring fe male ministry employees to cover their hair, as Islam demands. It also has banned men from working in hair sa lons for women. In another development related to Sudan's separation of the sexes, the newspaper reported confusion over who should sit where on public buses. The government had restricted women to the back of the bus, but after women's organizations protested, it moved the women's section to the front. No one is quite sure where to sit, the newspaper reported The Associated Press.

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