Civil rights web site to fight cyberhate BY JOHN D MCCLAIN . ASSOCIATED PR ESS WR ITER WASHINGTON (AP) ? Responding to . President Clinton's call to fight hate crime, the nation's largest civil rights coalition and a regional Bell telephone company have created a web site designed to combat Internet hate - speech. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights said Mpnday the site ? www.civilrights.org ? was developed and will be maintained for two years with a $100,000 contribution from Bell Atlantic. . Clinton issued a call two weeks ago at a White House Conference on Hate Crimes to find ways to fight the problem. "You are providing an antidote to cyber hate," he told the civil rights coalition in a let ter read by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater at a news conference on Monday. Wade Henderson, LCCR executive director, said the idea to create a web site was triggered by a proliferation of Internet hate speech by groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and White Aryan Resistance. Bell Atlantic chairman Ray Smith cited a study by the Anti-Defamation League showing the number of hate sites on the Internet has doubled to 2S0 in the past year. He called the new site "an antidote for poison." The idea is to "counter the frightening espousal of hatred and violence against Americans because of their race, gender, reli gious or sexual orientation," he said. Henderson said hate groups have become more sophisticated in communicating their doctrines and recruiting. "Instead of the street, they recruit on the net," he explained. There is also concern for the First Amendment protection of free speech, Henderson said. "This web site will respond to I hate with information and competing ideas without seeking to restrict Internet speech." In addition to providing information on hate crimes around the country, the site will explain various strategies to address those crimes and offer materials for young people. "This web site will respond to hate with information and competing ideas without seeking to restrict Internet speech? _Wade Henderson FUNDING from A1 Carythers said extra funding given to the historically black universities to help improve their course offerings and make other improvements had helped their standing in the study. But 25-year trends in spending showed the campuses had gotten a fair share of the money available for colleges, Caruthers said. "Well, we're back to the question of whether historically black colleges are underfunded," said Rep. Gene Arnold, R Nash, a co-chairman of the education sub committee of the House budget panel. "The fact that things have been bet ter for the last 25 years doesn't tell you much if you know how things were 50 years ago," said Rep. Fern Shubert, R Union. "If you start ed with a maintenance deficit 50 years ago, then improved funding for the last 25 years still might not catch you up." But Caruthers and Rep. Robert Grady, R-Onslow, said the study took into account only operat ing funds, not money for new buildings. "We're not look ing at facilities in this study," Grady said. "People who see this study as wrong simply because they see a bad building or old structures on campus es are not looking at it right Legislators four years ago began using a repairs and renova tions fund to help speed up repairs on University of North Carolina campuses, with the UNC Board of Governors decid ing which projects to address each year. Arnold said the committee would decide whether there is a problem with the funding formula used to divide money among the campuses or with campus man agement. "If there is a prob lem, we'll come back with legislation to address it," Arnold said. "And if there is no problem, we'll say so." GARAGE from AI intended to seek the designation years ago, but never had the time. Eventually, he forgot about it, Davis said. His secretary, however, recently reminded him that he had never filed an application, Davis explained. Johnson proposed another scenario. She accused Davis of try ing to elevate the value of the property before he sells it to Winston-Salem State University. The garage, located on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, sits at the gateway to WSSU. "Were you aware that WSSU had received a HUD grant for restoration?" asked Johnson before implying that Davis was trying to make more off the deal than she considered reasonable. Davis denied that money prompted him to have the property classified as a histori cal landmark. He said he wouldn't mind the 50 percent reduction in taxes that would accompany the desig nation, however. "This had nothing to do with that. If that's the case, I would have applied before approaching WSSU," Davis replied. "I think the building deserves his torical designation." Johnson contin ued her questions. "What is your planned use?" Davis said that he only wanted to see the building restored. The interrogation ended after Commissioner Donald Nielsen chal lenged the relevance of Johnson's queries. Commission chair woman Landon Opperman explained that the group could not base its decision on the applicant's motives for seeking the landmark desig nation. "We are legally required to take cer * * i .?? tain things under con sideration," said Opperman. According to Opperman, the for mer Union Station "was one of the few buildings in Winston Salem where black and white neighbor hoods came togeth er." Consequently, she didn't, understand why Johnson would oppose the historical recognition. Johnson respond ed that someone who isn't black wouldn't understand. "Don't try to fig ure it out," Johnson told Opperman. Commissioner Avon Ruffin voted with Johnson to deny the landmark status. 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