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weather TODAY: Partly clouty, windy; high upper 30s WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-40s 0 100th Year of Editorial Freedom BMH Est. 1893 Volume 100, Issue 126 System leaders may tie tuition hike to bond By James Lewis Staff Writer The proposed tuition hike for all 16 UNC-system schools could have an ef fect on another General Assembly bill close to UNC administrators hearts, a S3OO million capital improvements bond, officials said this week. A subcommittee of the General Assembly’s Government Performance Audit Committee recommended last month that UNC-system undergradu ates pay an additional 20 percent and graduate students pay 50 percent more in tuition costs. In the report, the sub committee said students should be re sponsible for more of the cost of their education. Board of Governors member Roderick Adams said the tuition hike TUESDAY IN THE NEWS Top stories from state , nation and world First Marines prepare to depart Somalian soil MOGADISHU, Somalia As the first U.S. Marines prepare to leave, they say they have done as much as they can to bring some law and order to Mogadishu, and the time has come to return home to their spouses and sweethearts. They will leave today without bitterness, they say, despite coming under gunfire from Somalis and critical fire from some of the relief workers they have been seeking to protect. As they packed their duffel bags Monday, Marines from Kilo Com pany, 3rd Battalion, 9th Regiment, talked about some of their experi ences in Somalia and answered their critics. They are among the first 850 Marines returning to Camp Pendleton, Calif., leaving a force of less than 9,000 Marines in Somalia. They arrived just before Christmas last year, marking the second year in a row that some had been away from home on the holiday. Clinton vows to learn from MLK's example WASHINGTON Bill Clinton vowed Monday to learn from Martin Luther King Jr. in ascending “the mountaintop of American democ racy.” “We have much work to do against stiff odds without a day to waste,” he said in a speech on the slain civil rights leader’s birthday. Clinton paid solemn tribute to King in a speech at Howard University. He said one of his great regrets as a Bill Clinton Southerner was never having met the civil rights leader. Clinton called King “the most eloquent voice for freedom and justice in my lifetime..” When he finished speaking, he grasped the hands of his wife, Hillary, and of Sharon Pratt Dixon, the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., and joined in singing, “We Shall Overcome,” the anthem of the civil rights movement. Estonian tanker leaks oil into Gulf of Finland TALLINN, Estonia An oil tanker stuck on rocks in the Gulf of Finland has leaked thousands of gallons of oil and might be in danger of breaking apart in rough waters, officials said Monday. Winds reaching 60 mph prevented crews from salvaging the Estonian owned Kihnu and from rescuing its nine-man crew Monday, the third day the vessel had been grounded, said Kalle Pedak, deputy director of the Estonian Marine Board. Waves pounded the tanker Monday. A rescue helicopter was unable to safely get close to the vessel because of the wind. One ship managed to attach a line to the tanker Monday in an attempt to hold it in place, Mati Raidma, deputy director of the Estonian Rescue Board, told the Baltic News Service. If the tanker remains intact, officials hope to tow it to a nearby shipyard. Pedak said another attempt would be made today to retrieve the crew from the ship, which is stuck about 200 yards offshore. —The Associated Press Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. Martin Luther King Jr. ®lip My (Tar IIM could weigh on whether the state legis lature approved the proposed S3OO mil lion for construction on the UNC system’s 16 campuses. BOG members first proposed the bond last year, but the General Assem bly never voted on the issue. The legis lature is expected to consider the bond sometime during this year’s session. “I think we’ll be waiting to see how friendly the legislators are to our appro priations,” Adams said. Adams said the BOG might support a tuition hike if legislators approved the bond. “It could be a bargaining point, as I view it,” he said. Adams said he thought both the bond and the tuition hike would be passed simultaneously. “We may have to do some yielding, and (the General As sembly) may have to do some yield U.S. warplanes bomb Iraqi missile sites in daylight raid The Associated Press WASHINGTON American-led warplanes thundered into Iraq in day light bombing raids against air-defense missile sites Monday as President Bush devoted the final hours of his adminis tration to a tense showdown with Saddam Hussein. “Let’s just hope that the message has been delivered loud and clear,” Bush said, hours after allied planes rained bombs on targets in southern Iraq and hit other sites in the north in limited strikes. “We did the right thing,” he said. President-elect Clinton expressed solidarity with Bush, but there was criti cism from nations that once supported military action against Iraq. Arab states said they regretted “the policy of mili Midway grant an issue of race By Richard J. Dalton Jr. Staff Writer When an 89-percent white Chapel Hill Town Council approves a grant money request for a proposal to develop black-owned businesses and residences, one touchy issue is certain to arise: racism. Last week, the council unanimously approved a $6,000 grant for the Mid way Development Commission, which will use the money to propose a plan to Local pastors commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day By Debi Cynn Staff Writer ‘The dream is not alive ... the dream is sleeping.” In a celebration worship service hon oring Martin Luther King Jr., guest speaker the Rev. Frankie T. Jones her alded the ideals and beliefs of the great leader. “King is a symbol that represents a cause,” he said, “(King) is also a symbol that reminds America that we are not Clinicians: Gag rule makes work difficult Editor’s note: The following is the first in a two-part series examining the effects of the so-called "gag rule" on local and nationalfamily planning clin ics. By Joyce Clark Staff Writer When it comes to getting informa tion on how to deal with an unwanted pregnancy, women dependent on the services of federally funded family plan ning clinics are encountering what seems to be an obstacle course. Since the 1988 Reagan administra tion enacted the so-called “gag rule” on clinics receiving Title X money alio- DTH needs you It’s not too late to join The Daily Tar Heel staff. Applications still are available, although they’re due today by 5 p.m. Here’s what we need: reporters, Omnibus writers, copy editors, pho tographers, layoutVlesign artists and graphic artists. Experience is NOT necessary for most positions, although we ask for a short writing sample. Applications are available in the DTH office, whit* is located in the back of the Student Union (Suite 104). For further details, call 962-0245. TUESDAY, JANUARH9,I993 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina ing,” he said. But Provost Richard McCormick said the tuition hike and the bond should not be tied together. “It’s really two distinctly different issues,” McCormick said. The bond would go toward capital construction, while funds from the tuition increase would go toward paying systemwide operating expenses, McCormick said. D.G. Martin, vice president of Uni versity Affairs for the UNC-system schools and the system’s chief lobbyist, said BOG members proposed the bond because they thought the UNC system’s 16 campuses faced major problems that “should be promptly addressed.” “The (BOG) has not, in their budget for this year, recommended a tuition increase,” Martin said. Martin said he did not expect BOG tary escalation.” Russia, too, voiced opposition. “These attacks could proceed with out further warning,” Pentagon spokes man Pete Williams said. Officials said all allied planes returned safely. Iraq reported that 21 people were killed. The Pentagon acknowledged that a cruise missile fired from a Navy ship Sunday had struck a Baghdad hotel. Officials said it was knocked off course by Iraqi fire. Monday’s raid was the second in 24 hours and the latest in a string of allied blows that began with a bombing run on southern Iraq last Wednesday. Clinton, two days from taking power, said the United States would “not wa ver” from demands that Saddam bow to terms of Persian Gulf War cease-fire develop black-owned commercial and residential buildings in the Midway District. The primarily black Midway district straddles Main Street and West Rose mary Street between Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Barbara Powell, who is the council’s only black member, said some people probably would suspect racism if mem bers had voted against the grant. But she added that she did not think racism was an issue in the vote. there yet. "The mere absence of war is not peace. The absence of protest does not mean that all the problems have been solved;... we are not there yet,” Jones added. .The service was held in the First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill at 3 p.m. Monday. The Rev. Gene Hatley led the wor ship service witty the help of several other pastors. The service began with a call for lli THE GAG RULE Parti bIUB ESSjQSS cated to help low income women, clinicians have been prohibited from discussing or even mentioning abortion as an op tion when counsel ing their patients. It is estimated that Title X money funds more than 4,000 family planning clinics nation wide, serving approximately 3.7 mil lion women each year. An amendment to the gag rule passed in November 1991, enacted under the Bush administration, specifically ex empted physicians from the ban on all options counseling. The problem is that most affected clinics offer counseling by nurse practitioners only, and patients rarely are seen by doctors. Women wishing to obtain an abor tion or abortion information from these clinics now are being directed to two or more clinics before receiving the care and advice they desire. “It is a very discriminatory law be cause it discriminates against poor women,” said Karen Bley, associate director of Planned Parenthood of Or ange and Durham counties. Although Planned Parenthood agen cies in North Carolina are not funded federally and therefore are not affected by the rule, Planned Parenthood clinics members to use the proposed tuition increase as a bargaining tool. “I don’t think we’ll see any trading on that basis,” he said. “(UNC-system president C.D. Spangler) feels strongly that it is important to keep the cost of higher education as low as possible.” BOG member Phillip Haire said the state provided services like police pro tection and education not to make money, but because the services ben efited society. He said the state had an obligation to make higher education “available and affordable” to everyone. “A flat 20 or 30 percent increase is too much, too fast,” Haire said. “Educa tion has never been a money-making proposition.” Haire said students’ voices were more See TUITION, page 2 resolutions adopted by the United Na tions two years ago. Iraq has challenged “no-fly” zones imposed by the allies in the north and south and has restricted U.N. weapons inspectors. Bush, returning to the White House from a weekend at Camp David, Md., told reporters he was grateful for Clinton’s support. “There’sno division on this question at all,” he said. The Pentagon declared Sunday’s cruise-missile firing at a nuclear weap ons-related complex a success but ac knowledged hitting the al-Rashid hotel in downtown Baghdad eight miles from the intended target. Two civilians at the See IRAQ, page 4 Council member Joe Herzenberg said he thought some council members would be reluctant to discuss their res ervations about the grant because of its racial overtones. “No one will talk to you about that,” Herzenberg said. “Two or three mem bers had reservations about (the grant) that they didn’t talk about at the meet ing.” Council member Mark Chilton said, See MIDWAY, page 9 justice and the singing of the National Negro Anthem. After the anthem was sung, Hatley outlined the purpose of the commemo ration by addressing the audience of church members and visitors. “I am convinced that it is good to reminisce where we have been, but the real question is: Where are we today? And where does it go from here?” Hatley asked. Hatley urged people to make a sacri fice for King’s cause. “What are we - - ~~- 7?^ AN ALYSIS in other states are dependent upon fed eral funds and are subject to the restric tions of the gag ruling. “Planned Parenthood of Orange and Durham counties decided they would turn down federal funds rather than be gagged,” Bley said. “We didn’t want our options counseling to be > upon federal funding.” But for those family planning clinics that are funded even partially by the Title X money, the gag rule still is in full effect. “It is frustrating to the staffs who have to function under it, but we func tion under it,” said Ona Pickens, adult healthsupervisorfortheOrange County Health Department. “We abide by the gag order.” Pickens agreed that the women most affected by the rule came from low income environments. “These are the women who least need another burden to bear,” she said. “They don’t need any more obstacles in their ways,” she said. Pickens said that when women came to the health department and were found to be pregnant, nurse practitioners, who do the “bulk” of the counseling, were See GAG, page 4 UNC-A SBP urges increase to help campuses improve By Steve Robbke Staff Writer Although most students frown on the idea of a tuition increase, die stu dent body president at one UNC-sys tem school said he believed the added cost to students would be worth the benefit to the 16 University of North Carolina campuses. The General Assembly has pro posed increasing tuition for UNC-sys tem schools by 20 percent for under graduates and 50 percent for graduate jm WmSrnsm:: fr \ v; * m HI BE Wlmm I mm 3 m jm- I ■■■ DTH/)ayson Singe Bell boy Officer Scott Bayer flips the switch to sound the South Building bell Sunday. The bell is controlled from the attic of the South Building. See story, page 3. willing to give up?” he asked. The Rev. Roosevelt Wilkerson, the South Orange Black Caucus Chairman, praised King and his beliefs. “(King) unlocked the shackles of ra cial discrimination,” Wilkerson said. “He called upon the people for active involvement in the community, home and church.” Wilkerson introduced Jones, a stu dent at both Shaw and Duke Divinity Schools, as well as a retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Air Force. MIX Celebration Schedule ol Events Tuesday, Jan. 19 12 noon-MLK Discussion Forum, “Malcolm and Martin: Must We Choose?” The Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center 7:30 p.m.-1993 MLK Oratorical Contest, “Reclaiming the African American Youth,” Great Hall Wednesday, Jan. 20 8 a.m.-12 noon-Housekeepers Appreciation Day. Students will be paired with housekeepers. 12 noon-“A Show of Hands,” Polk Place, UNC Campus (Quad area in front of South Building) 1 p.m.-MLK Discussion/Forum: “Rap, Race and Religion,” The Sonja Haynes Stone Black Culture Center 2 p.m.-Video and discussion: “The Rumors and Facts of Poverty and Civil Responsibility” Union 206 3 p.m.-Forum and panel discussion: “It's Not Just Black and White” Union 224 4 p.m.-Discussion and forum: “The Universality of Civil Rights” Union 208-209 6:30 p.m.-Residence Hall Programs: Further information at your area office 6:30 p.m.-Lecture/Discussion: Dr. Yvan das d6res Silva, “Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi; Carmichael Ballroom niUrSday.Jan.2T 12 noon- MLK Discussion/Forum: “Dr. King and Education;” Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center 4 p.m.-Video and Discussion: “Muslims in America” Union 208 7:30 p.m.-“l, Too, Sing America” Union 208 77Z11 - ....7 Friday, Jan. 22 ' ~~~ 6:30 p.m.-Candlelight Vigil; The Pit 7 p.m.-Lecture: Lerone Bennett, Jr., “Martin Luther King: The Man, The Message, and Our Times,” Presentation of Scholarship; Memorial Hall - Saturday, Jan. 23 12 noon-Lecture/Demonstration: James Chapman. “The Principles of Empower ment;” Great Hall 8 p.m.-Play: “Our Young Black Men Are Dying and No One Seems to Care;” Memorial Hall Sumiay Ja|L24 —— 3 p.m.-“Martin Luther King Memorial Celebration" Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center sportsline Australian Open Tennis Men Jim Courier (1 ) defeated Lars Jonsson. Anders Jarryd defeated Boris Becker (4). Women Monica Seles (1) defeated Gloria Pizzichini. Conchita Martinez (6) defeated Stephanie Rottier. © 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. News/Sports/Arts 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 students. Keith Goode, UNC -Asheville stu dent body president, said he welcomed the proposed tuition increase because the money would help to upgrade fa cilities at UNC-A. “We know that we have a problem with facilities and with not having enough money, and I think the (tuition and) fee increase is perfect,” Goode said. Goode said the money generated See STUDENTS, page 2 Jones asked for change, equality and involvement from today’s society to improve race relations. “We have to keep the dream alive, and we must be willing to take risks,” he said. “Equality of opportunity and a strong and free nation are interdependent on one another,” headded. The offering given during the service was donated to the scholarship fund of the South Orange Black Caucus for the students of Chapel Hill High School.
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