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weather TODAY: Mostly sunny, cool; high 55 FRIDAY: Partly cloudy; high mid-50s fS> 100th Year of Editorial Freedom BMO Est. 1893 Volume 100, Issue 133 Students prepare to fight tuition increase Higgins, 10 students gather to plan anti-hike strategies By James Lewis Staff Writer Ten students met with Student Body Vice President Charlie Higgins Wednes day in an effort to prepare to fight a proposed UNC-sy stem tuition increase. If the proposal is approved, under graduate students will pay an additional 20 percent, and graduate students will pay 50 percent more than the current tuition rates. The General Assembly will debate the proposal, written by a subcommit tee of the N.C. General Assembly’s THURSDAY IN THE NEWS Top stories from state, nation and world Four federal agents arrested in theft case MIAMI Four federal agents were arrested in the alleged theft of $200,000 in a drug-related case, officials said Wednesday. One FBI agent, two U.S. Customs Service agents from Miami and one Customs agent from Houston, were arrested late Tuesday after an 18- month investigation, said Dan Gelber, spokesman for the Miami U.S. attorney’s office. ‘The defendants are alleged to have participated in various schemes leading to the theft of over $200,000,” Gelber said. The U.S. attorney’s office said the seven were charged with “various federal law violations” but did not give specifics. “This involves money laundering, bribery, all sorts of things,” said Kaufman. He said drug smuggling was involved. Thousands mourn loss of Justice Marshall WASHINGTON Thousands of Americans, black and white together, visited retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s casket as he lay in state Wednesday. The line of mourners wrapped around the Supreme Court building. Marshall’s wife, Cecilia, and two sons, Thurgood Jr. and John William, led a procession into the imposing building on Capitol Hill. Marshall, who died Sunday at age 84, became only the second Supreme Court justice to be honored by having his casket lie in state at the court building. The other was Chief Justice Earl Warren in 1974. His funeral will be at Washington Cathedral on Thursday, and a private burial is planned for Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. U.N. panel probes war crimes in Yugoslavia GENEVA Evidence of war crimes in former Yugoslavia is so abundant that a U.N.-appointed panel can only select some aspects for investigation, the chairman said today. “When I was appointed to the job, I could not have guessed that it would be so much and that it would be so bad,” said Dutch professor Frits Kalshoven. The panel is trying to establish what war crimes have been commit ted in former Yugoslavia, but will leave it to the United Nations and governments to decide whether to bring anyone to trial, he said. It is investigating violations committed during the 1991 siege of Vukovar, Croatia, including evidence of a mass grave containing as many as 200 bodies. Gunman kills 5 patrons of Horida restaurant TAMPA, Fla. A gunman walked into an office building cafeteria and opened fire Wednesday, killing three people and wounding two others, police said. “It appears to be a disgruntled employee, perhaps lashing out at the company where he once worked,” said Steve Cole, Tampa Police Department spokesman. Cole said the five who were shot, believed to be employees of Fireman’s Fund Insurance, were sitting at the same table in the Island Restaurant, a small, 20-table cafeteria . Cole said it wasn’t known if the suspect said anything before shooting. —The Associated Press Miracles don’t just happen in Chapel Hill; they usually happen. Woody Durham (flip Sctily (Jar Government Performance Audit Com mittee, sometime this spring, and the students who met Wednesday afternoon said they hoped to organize their army early. “It’s really early, and we’re ahead of the game —and to be quite honest, we need to stay ahead of the game,” Higgins said. Higgins led the discussion about how students could effectively influence leg islators to defeat the proposed increase. About 10 students, mostly graduate stu dents, who would face the steeper tu ition hikes, attended the meeting. 21 points down? Hey, no problem North Carolina rallies past ’Noles By Warren Hynes Senior Writer Remember that wine and cheese at mosphere that Sam Cassell ate up in Florida State’s win at the Smith Center last season? It all came back on him and his team mates Wednesday night big time. In one of the most dramatic come backs in a basketball program known for dramatic comebacks, the third ranked North Carolina Tar Heels erased a 21 -point lead in the last 11:48 to stun No. 19 Florida State 82-77. When Derrick Phelps rebounded Bob Sura’s missed 3-pointer and the final seconds ticked away, the Smith Center court was engulfed in a sea of blue and white as the UNC fans celebrated. Cassell, who had called the Tar Heel faithful “a cheese-and-wine crowd” af ter FSU’s 86-74 win Dec. 15, 1991, could not repeat that Wednesday. “They’re not a wine-and-cheese crowd anymore,” the senior guard said. The win was UNC’s biggest second half comeback ever. The Tar Heels trailed Wake Forest in Chapel Hill last Feb. 8 by 20 with 14:20 left in the game before coming back and winning. “I was leafing through the Carolina media guide which I never had the chance to do —and there was one whole section devoted to comebacks,” FSU coach Pat Kennedy said after the game. “For some reason today, I found myself in the hotel room reading about all these comebacks over the years. Obviously, this is one that is going to rank right with them.” Said UNC center Eric Montross: “I don’t think anything’s out of reach. Atlanta expenses not peachy to everyone By Ivan Arrington Staff Writer Since returning as Peach Bowl he roes, the UNC football players and their victory have been overshadowed by allegations of misspending and ex travagance by the athletic department during the athletes’ stay in Atlanta. With estimated total costs approach ing $600,000 for the students, coaches and administrators’ trip to the game, some faculty members are up in arms, calling for equal fiscal responsibility as the current budget crunch limits academic departmental activities. “I think there's always problems between the (athletic and academic) departments, especially in hard times,” said Townsend Ludington, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Athlet ics. “With the faculty having to watch phone calls and with their travel re stricted, they don’t like it when it looks like some high living is going on.” But UNC Athletic Director John Swofford said he didn’t see the team’s actions as “high living,” citing other school’s bowl budgets. The UNC ath letic department is one of few depart ments in the nation that doesn’t rely on state funding, he said. “Bowl games are expensive,” Swofford said. “If you can go to a bowl and come out positively, you should feel good. I think how we spend our money is the norm.” UNC was paid $1.2 million to at tend the Peach Bowl. One-third of the amount went to the Atlantic Coast Conference to be divided equally among member schools. The Univer sity received a conference-set rffexi mum of SBOO,OOO for the bowl trip. In comparison, N.C. State spent $550,000 for the Wolfpack’s Gator Bowl trip and Wake Forest allocated $650,000 for its team’s Independence Bowl appearance. In 1986, the last year UNC was invited to a bowl game. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28,1993 Serving the students and the University community' since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina General Assembly dedicates session to the ‘common man’ The Associated Press RALEIGH After being elected to lead the General Assembly through the next session, Rep. Dan Blue and Sen. Marc Basnight preached a theme of equal opportunity in their opening day speeches. “North Carolina is a land that is blessed by a variety of natural gifts and unrivaled beauty. That is one of her greatest strengths,” Basnight said Higgins told the group that the com mittee wanted students to pay a greater percentage of the cost of their educa tion. “(The recommendation stated tuition UNC 82 FLORIDA STATE 77 Coach (Dean) Smith loves these kinds of games.” With the win, Smith and his team improved to 17-1,6-0 in the ACC. FSU dropped to 13-6,5-2 in the conference. The Seminoles dominated Wednes day night’s game for 30 minutes, as their traps and quickness led to steals, their height led to rebounds and blocked shots and their clutch shooting led them to a 69-49 advantage when Maurice Robinson’s jump shot found the net with 10:23 remaining. And then the comeback began. After both teams traded baskets, UNC guard Henrik Rodl nailed a 3-pointer UNC’s second in 16 attempts at that point —and UNC coach Dean Smith called a timeout with 9:21 left. “I just wanted Florida State to think about it,” Smith said. “And I wanted our players to know that we’re in catch-up and we had plenty of time.” After FSU forward Douglas Edwards hit a jump shot to increase FSU’s lead to 73-54, the Tar Heels scored 15 unan swered points in the next 2:10. The 3- pointers began to fall, the UNC steals began to pile up, and sophomore guard Donald Williams began to catch fire, scoring seven points in the stretch. The momentum had changed, the arena was as loud as ever, and the come back continued. Phelps’ two free throws with 3:15 remaining cut FSU’s lead to 75-74. After the two teams traded bas kets, UNC forward George Lynch de- See FSU, page 5 I !E • 120 football players 7 nights I||TnLljjj|lll|l • 300 band members 3 nights r I I •20 cheerleaders 2 nights ' •30to 40 members of coaching staff including trainers, I ]| J managers, team doctors and spouses... 7 nights V. If/ •10 athletics dept, administrators and spouses, two for 7 nights, eigfiTfdr 2 nights • 4 Educational Foundation representatives, spouses 2 nights • Chancellor Hardin, wife 3 nights • Vice chancellors, spouses 2 nights • Members of Athletic Council, spouses 2 nights • Members of Faculty Committee on Athletics, spouses 2 nights • Board of trustees 2 nights (Chancellor, vice chancellors, faculty and trustees totaled 50) Total Cost 600,000 Havel: SBO,OOO Additional expenses • Players, cheerleaders drove or flew • Jerseys for 120 team members at • Band chartered buses sl7 each • Most others flew; athletic council • Bowl rings for 120 team members and faculty committee members at $135 each paid their own way • Cost of putting up team in Chapel HiN for a week of practice after the Maalc* tun non end of the semester nwaiS 91 lUfWU • Miscellaneous bowl tickets • $47.50 per day for players, • Salary bonuses for staff coaching staff • Travel while in Atlanta for team, cheerleaders, staff and others Room: $115400 * •At the Marriott Marquis players and coaches paid $65 per night; others paid SBS per night •At Days Inn band members paid $35 per night the athletic department spent $518,607 to attend the Aloha Bowl. UNC’s Peach Bowl rival, Missis sippi State, also will spend more than half a million dollars for its appearance. “I really don’t know (the full cost) yet, we’re just receiving the bills,” said Duncan McKenzie, business manager for the Mi ssissippi State athletic depart ment. “It’s probably going to be in that range, but I hope it’s less.” UNC athletic officials have taken offense at some of the faculty com after his election as president pro tem of the Senate. “But North Carolina is also a land varied in the quality of opportunities available to her citizens. That is one of her greatest weaknesses. We must do everything in our power to correct that weakness. We must guarantee that the possibilities of a lifetime are not limited by an accident of geography.” Blue, who was re-elected as House should) be approximately 25 percent of the cost of education for each of us,” Higgins said. “Right now, it’s about 10 percent. Maybe that’s something we could live with, if that money was going / > Jr 111111 Ig ||j|g | Sp j&skL -4% ; HA WM ' * ’ v '* f jT Ijf DTH/Debbie Stengel Donald Williams scored 17 second-half points against FSU Wednesday night plaints. They point to the $200,000 the athletic department donated to the University from the bowl purse as a sign of the department’s continuing dedication to the school. The $200,000 gift was part of a five-year commitment by the athletic department, which three years ago promised to donate $ 1 million in post season basketball and football rev enue to the University during a five- See PEACH, page 7 speaker, told House members he wants 1993 to be the “Year of Fanfare for the Common Man,” borrowing a title from composer Aaron Copland. Legislators need to keep the con cerns of common people in mind as they work to improve the lot of children, extend health care, restructure govern ment and strengthen economic devel opment, he said. Lawmakers should think of the state’s to stay here, but it’s not.” Tuition paid at N.C.-system schools goes to the general state fund and not to the individual universities. Opponents of the proposed tuition hike have said Aldermen grant permits to Carrboro AIDS house By Maile Carpenter Staff Writer Carrboro residents opposing a town hospice for AIDS patients failed to stop the board of aldermen from issuing building and zoning permits for the project Monday, town manager Robert Morgan said Wednesday. If the Orange County AIDS Service Agency’s request for a $280,000 grant from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development is approved, the AIDS hospice will be built on North Greensboro Street, agency President Peter Millard said Wednesday. Thirty-three residents signed a peti tion earlier this month protesting the proposal to build a hospice that would house six AIDS patients at the comer of Robert Hunt Drive and North Greens boro Street. But the Carrboro Board of Aldermen rejected the petition, saying it would not hold up in a court of law. Helen Waldrop, a member of Carrboro’s Zoning Commission, said opposition from residents who lived near the proposed site did not affect the town’s decision to issue zoning and building permits to the AIDS Service Agency this week. “They could in no way influence my decision,” she said. “In terms of the permit, (the AIDS Service Agency has) met the requirements of the ordinance, so the permit was issued.” Plans for the AIDS house were ap proved under a category of housing permits intended for disabled citizens. Millard said the AIDS Service Agency hoped it would receive the grant from HUD, adding that plans would have to remain in limbo until then. “HUD is unpredictable,” he said. Barbara Nichols of the Greensboro HUD office said that federal grants were difficult to secure and that applicants sportsline College Basketball Wake Forest 75, Virginia 73 Georgia Tech 85, N.C. State 74 Indiana 61, Minnesota 57 Georgetown 73, Seton Hall 62 Syracuse 95, Pittsburgh 79 and, just in case you missed it, North Carolina 82, Florida State 77 © 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. News/Sporti/Arts 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1161 residents “not as our population, or as a block of voters, or even as constitu ents,” Blue said. “We must think of them as individual human beings with hopes and dreams for themselves and their families. We must make this the year of the common man to improve their lives and to give diem the oppor tunity to improve themselves.” See LEGISLATURE, page 4 they might support a tuition increase if the money were returned to the univer sities. See TUITION, page 4 UNC gets A+ in Pack midterm UNC 71 N.C. STATE 47 By Steve Politi Sports Editor As if biology and English exams aren’t enough for the women’s bas ketball team. The No. 16 Tar Heels get tested from another teacher head coach Sylvia Hatchell. She gives her team a short exam before each game on the opposing team’s scouting report. And UNC scored an A+ again, rolling to its sixth-straight ACC vic tory by stymying neighborN.C. State 71-47 in front of 1,110 onlookers at Carmichael Auditorium Wednesday night. The ACC-leading Tar Heels (15- 2,6-2) held State’s potent offense 33 points below its season average. UNC used a nine-point run at the end of the first half and a 13-0 run early in the second to put away the Wolfpack (8- 7,4-4), who struggled in every facet of the game. “Carolina just outplayed us,” said State head coach Kay Yow. “There’s just no question about it." State, last in the ACC in scoring defense and second to last in defen sive field goal percentage, couldn’t stop UNC’s top scoring threats Tonya Sampson and Charlotte Smith. Both players had double-doubles in the See STATE, page 5 had to meet specific criteria. “It’s a very competitive program,” she said. “(The agency) must be a pri vate, nonprofit sponsor.” The state HUD office, located in Greensboro, will review the proposal for the Carrboro AIDS home, Dan McCanless, director of North Carolina’s housing development division, said Wednesday. “The grant is in here now for re- See AIDS, page 7 Senior Class ■ Phone-a-thon I BM rftfiTiTl pQi $400,000 'f $300,000 By Wednesday Hr $200,000 afternoon, 8. Senior Class ’ phone-a-thon £■; volunteers had Jf , 100 000 collected more than $222,000 gjg® in pledges. The 2* 0 phone-a-thon / will finish / DTH Graphic/John Caserta'X.
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