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100th Year of Editorial Freedom
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Volume 100, Issue 140
MONDAY
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from state , nation and world
Brown says he failed
to pay worker's taxes
WASHINGTON Commerce
Secretary Ron Brown acknowledged
Sunday that he failed to pay Social
Security taxes for a domestic worker
for a number of years, saying he was
not aware the payments were required
until last month.
In an appearance on NBC’s “Meet
the Press,” Brown, a successful
Washington lawyer who last year
reported income of $750,000, said he
had not paid Social Security taxes for
a female employee who cleaned his
house “on an irregular basis over the
past four of five years.”
He said that he became aware only
last month upon further examination
that he was required to pay taxes for
the worker. “They were paid as soon
as I found out there was, in fact, an
issue ... that there was an obligation
to pay those taxes,” said Brown.
Tennis great Ashe dies
of AIDS complications
NEW YORK Arthur Ashe was
alert and full of questions in his final
hours, and he reassured his doctor by
making the OK hand sign shortly
before his death from AIDS-related
pneumonia, the physician said
Sunday.
Dr. Henry W.
Murray and
lawyer Donald
Dell, a longtime
friend of Ashe’s,
held an emo
tional news
conference at
New York
Hospital, where
the tennis legend
died Saturday at
age 49.
Arthur Ashe
President Clinton mourned the
death of Ashe, the only black man to
win at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Ashe, who contracted the AIDS
virus from a tainted blood transfusion,
was credited with helping break racial
barriers in professional tennis.
Aspin not at war with
Department of Defense
WASHINGTON Defense Secre
tary Les Aspin said Sunday he’s not
at war with the Pentagon’s top
generals concerning homosexuals in
the military or budget matters.
“I think we’re working together
well,” the new Pentagon chief said.
Aspin said that while differences of
opinion exist between the administra
tion and the nation’s top military
leaders, some common ground is
being found and he wants to hear the
military’s point of view.
“We do want the military to give us
its honest opinion ... and we want to
hear what they have to say honestly,
on the inside,” Aspin said, adding
quickly: “On the other hand, if the
president makes a decision, we expect
it to be carried out.”
Palestinian Americans
held illegally, D.S. says
JERUSALEM The United States
protested to Israel concerning the
treatment of three Palestinian
Americans jailed on suspicion of
having ties with the radical Muslim
movement Hamas, a U.S. official said
Sunday.
Carl Chan, spokesman for the U.S.
Embassy in Tel Aviv, said U.S.
diplomats “protested against the delay
in consular access and the condition
of treatment.”
Mohammed Salah and Mohammed
Jarad, both of the Chicago area, were
arrested Jan. 25 while visiting
relatives in the occupied West Bank.
The men have yet to be charged
with any crime.
Gore says spending
cuts coming this week
WASHINGTON Vice President
Gore said Sunday the administration
would announce spending cuts this
week to prove President Clinton is
serious about eliminating government
waste before asking Americans to pay
higher taxes.
Gore predicted, “You’re going to
see announcements this coming week
that will demonstrate quite clearly
that the experience Bill Clinton has in
balanced budgets is being brought to
bear in weeding out the unnecessary
wasteful kind of spending that’s just
been allowed to go on for too long.”
“Then we’re going to ask those
who benefited the most from the last
12 years, unfairly, to pay their fair
share,” Gore said.
—The Associated Press
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BOC claim on Wilson site challenged
By Anna Griffin
University Editor
The Departments of Physics and
Astronomy are pushing for Provost Ri
chard McCormick to “reserve” the open
land between Wilson Library, Dey Hall
and the Kenan Laboratories —a site
also in demand from supporters of a
free-standing black cultural center
for anew sciences building.
In a memo dated Feb. 4 obtained by
The Daily Tar Heel, department Chair
man Tom Clegg and Assistant Chair
man Charles Briscoe detailed the
department ’ s need for the site and called
on faculty members to lobby
McCormick to give them the land.
“The Provost needs very quickly from
us a more firmly worked out plan if he
is to ‘reserve’ this space for us,” the
memo states. “Without a clear and rap
idly voiced collective need, he will face
continued pressure for other use of this
space.”
The memo urges faculty members to
attend a meeting today at 2 p.m. in the
Phillips Hall lounge to discuss the need
for the new facility.
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UNC freshman Mike Kendall (right) is in a tough spot against
Charlie Morgan of Morgan State Saturday at Carmichael Audito-
Race factors into dorm choice
By Phuong Ly
Staff Writer
Location, room size and friendship
ties are what many students look for in
on-campus housing, their home away
from home.
But for a large number of black stu
dents on campus, race also factors into
their housing Entertaindecision.
For many years, campus housing dis
tricts have had an uneven balance of
black and white students. Typically,
about 20 percent to 30 percent of the
students living in South Campus and
some Mid-Campus residence halls are
black, compared to less than 7 percent
in North Campus dorms.
The pattern of self-segregation started
in the 19705, said Anne Presnell, assis
tant director of special programs for the
University Department of Housing.
“In the 19705, we had more white
students at Carolina, so as you had 95
percent white students, the likelihood
that you had more white students on
North Campus was good.”
A housing pattern emerged as black
students developed a sense of commu
nity on South Campus and passed the
word on to their friends and family
members who were coming to UNC,
Presnell said.
Although some black students say
their housing preferences are not af
fected by the housing patterns, many
black students say they do feel race is a
major factor.
Several black students said they had
chosen South Campus because they felt
more comfortable living around other
black students, not because they thought
North Campus was more susceptible to
racism.
Freshman George Gaffney, who lives
in Hinton James Residence Hall, said
he did not have any negative feelings
about North Campus. “I heard that not
many African Americans lived there,
but I didn’t hear that it was hard for
them or that they had it rough.”
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BCC advocates have demanded a
space near the center of campus for a
free-standing center. During a rally last
summer, they staged a mock ground
breaking on the Wilson-Dey site.
Last week, BCC planners said the
site of the new center was one of the last
details still under discussion. BCC ad
vocates have said they will not accept a
site away from the center of campus,
including a proposed plot of land be
tween Coker Hall and the Bell Tower.
Harry Amana, journalism professor
and chairman of the BCC Advisory
Board and the joint BCC planning com
mittee, said last week that the group
might send two sites to the chancellor
presumably the Wilson-Dey and
Coker-Bell Tower sites.
But if the physics and astronomy
officials get their way, there may not be
two possible sites available. According
to the memo circulated to physics and
astronomy faculty, the BCC planners’
push for tiie land triggered the call for
action by department officials.
“This topic demands our urgent con
sideration because of a serious request
for the vacant space between Wilson
rium. The Tar Heels beat Morgan State overall, after losing to
Maryland. See story, page 12.
Percentage of students living in
residence halls by ethnic group
White Students
Northern Region 91.7 91.2 89.4 88.2 86.9 86.6
Middle Region 85.5 82.8 79.6 77.2 75.5 69.6
Southern Region 69.8 68.4 68.2 . g 66.0 g 66.0 70.3
Residence Haß Totals 8021 78.9 77.7 75.8 74.7 75.0
University Enrollment 87.9 87.2 86.3 85.1 84.7 83.8
Black Students
Northern Region 5.1 5.6 f 6.7 6.2 7.0 7.4
Middle Region 10.2 12.9 14.6 15.9 16.5 20.9
Southern Region 25.0 26.2 26.4 27.9 26.4 20.1
Residence HaD Totals 15.4 16.6 173 18.0 18.1 17.4
University Enrollment 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.8 8.6 8.8
Asian Students
Northern Region 2.3 2.4 3.2 4.1 5.1 4.6
Middle Region 3.1 3.8 4.5 4.9 5.8 8.0 ”
Southern Region 1.9 3.3 3.7 4.6 5.2 5.6'.
Residence Halt Totals 3.2 3.3 3.7 4.5 5.3 5.9
University Enrollment 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.9 5.5
Hispanic and Nathre-American Students
Northern Region 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.5
Middle Region 1.2 0.5 1.3 2.0 2.2 1.4
Southern Region 1.3, 1.8 1.7 1.5' 2,4 *2.1
University Enrollment 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9
Northern Region: Aldermann, Kenan, Mclver, Spencer, Aycock, Everett, Manly,
Ruffin, Graham, Grimes, Lewis, Mangum, Stacy, Old East, Old West, Cobb,
Joyner
Middle Region: Alexander, Connor, Winston, Parker, Whitehead, Carmichael,
Avery, Teague
Southern Region: Ehringhaus, Hinton James, Morrison, Craige
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Gaffney, who learned about the di
versity of South Campus through friends
before coming to UNC, said living in
Hinton James made the move to college
easier. “I think being an African Ameri
can, it’s important to know other Afri
can Americans on campus. Sometimes
BOT changes could alter upcoming BCC vote
By Steve Robblee
Staff Writer
As planning for a free-standing
black cultural center continues, some
BCC advocates have questioned
whether the present Board of Trustees
will accept any proposal the Univer
sity community puts forth.
At the Black Student Movement
candidates’ forum last week, BCC
supporters predicted that the present
BOT probably would vote 10-3 against
a proposal for a free-standing BCC.
A joint group composed of mem
bers of the BCC Advisory Board and
Chancellor Paul Hardin’s working
group currently is working to create a
Library, Dey Hall and the Kenan
Tower,” the memo states. “This is a
location previously considered in cam
pus long-range land-use plans for a
multipurpose science facility.”
Briscoe said that although the space
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you have common struggles, common
goals, common aspirations, and you
can relate better.
Freshman Angie Harris, who lives in
Ehringhaus Residence Hall, agreed,
See DIVERSITY, page 9
proposal for a free-standing BCC, a
proposal that Hardin will submit to the
BOT. The BOT must approve all new
campus buildings.
But there is some question as to
whether the group’s proposal will be
submitted to the present BOT or to the
new BOT that will be created in July
when up to seven members of the 13-
person board will be replaced.
Robert Strickland, chairman of the
BOT, said Gov. Jim Hunt would ap
point two new members and the Boaid
of Governors would appoint another
four members to take the place of the six
trustees whose terms end in July.
The next student body president will
be the seventh new voting member.
hadn’t been promised to the depart
ments, University planners had been
discussing building a sciences facility
there.
“I think that space itself, there had
been some planning for a long time for
Concert officials:
Tax would hurt
center’s finances
By Jay R. Davis
Staff Writer
The director of Smith Center opera
tions said Thursday that a $1 entertain
ment tax would hurt ticket sales by
causing music groups to book their acts
elsewhere.
Chapel Hill resident Roland Giduz
proposed the tax to the town council as
a way to help offset the town ’ s $864,000
budget shortfall. The tax would raise an
estimated $600,000.
The tax would have to be approved
by the town council and the General
Assembly to go into effect.
Jeff Elliott, associate athletic direc
tor and director of Smith Center opera
tions, said he thought the town was
looking for a quick fix to its budgetary
problems and was not considering all
the implications of the tax.
“What happens when the town goes
to red again? Will they raise taxes to
$2?” Elliott asked.
Elliott said he was concerned that the
tax would cause the Smith Center to
lose business to other arenas such as
Daycare parents oppose
University access road
By Karen Clark
Staff Write
Candace Tucker, a Victory Village
Daycare parent, was outraged when
she found out last week that the Uni
versity was planning to use a path
adjacent to the daycare as a construc
tion access road.
The dust, debris and increased traf
fic would put the children at risk,
Tucker said.
But University officials said Sun
day that although the location for the
access road was not ideal, they had few
other available alternatives.
Gordon Rulherford, University di
rector of facilities planning and de
sign, said all of the proposed locations
for the temporary access road hadbeen
met with opposition.
Council to consider request
for grant to restore cemetery
By Stephanie Siebold
Staff Write
The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery is one
of the last remnants of a dying breed.
To preserve a piece of local history,
the Chapel Hill Preservation Society
will ask the town council tonight to
approve a requestto ask the N.C. Gen
eral Assembly for $7500 to restore old
grave markers.
The money would be used to reno
vate privately owned grave markers at
the old cemetery, located on the north
side of South Road across from
Carmichael Auditorium.
Once owned by the University, the
cemetery is the resting place of some of
the people who helped to shape UNC’s
sportsline
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selection broke the support with 9:33 left
in the first quarter of the Magic-Phoenix
contest Sunday. The game was delayed for
34 minutes. The Suns won 121-105.
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Four of the six officio members
whose terms end this year are eligible
for reappointment to a second term,
Strickland said. But BOT members
John Pope and Richard Jenrette must
rotate off the board because they cur
rently are serving their second con
secutive terms, he said.
Strickland said he hoped the four
members eligible for a second term
would be reappointed because of their
experience on the board.
Student Body President John
Moody and Pope are expected to vote
against the center if the vote is taken
before their terms end.
See BOT, page 2
some sort 0f... physical sciences facil
ity there,” he said.
But Briscoe said he and other offi
cials weren’t pressuring McCormick
See BCC, page 2
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh
or the Greensboro Coliseum.
“We’re going to be put at a disadvan
tage,” Elliott said.
Elliott said the tax would not affect
ticket prices for the general public but
would force touring acts to forfeit some
of their profit by losing $1 for every
ticket sold.
Wilson Rogers, general manager of
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, said a tax
on events at the Smith Center would
benefit other arenas.
“I concur that anyone competing
(against the Smith Center) for quality
events would be helped by the tax,”
Rogers said.
Elliott said he would support an en
tertainment tax only if it were applied
statewide. A uniform tax would keep
the Smith Center competitive with other
facilities, he said.
But Rogers said he would not sup
port a statewide entertainment tax, add
ing that a 3-percent tax already was in
place.
See TAX, page 9
“The town doesn’t want itofTSouth
Columbia Street the medical school
doesn’t want it pass the Ambulatory
Care Facility and the parents don’t
want it near the daycare,” Rutherford
said. “With construction scheduled to
begin in a month or so, we’re working
hard to find a solution to satisfy every
one. 1 doubt we can.” |i
The access road will be used while
the Chiller Building, which houses a
water cooling plant, is expanded. Uni
versity officials said they did not know
how long it would take for the project
to be completed.
The present access road, which is
about 40 feet from die daycare’s play
ground, carries light traffic in the
morning andaftemoon hours. Daycare
See DAYCARE, page 5
history.
Former UNC President Frank Porter
Graham and his family he on the east
ern-most section of the cemetery. Next
to them is the grave of the man for
whom the Paul Green Theatre is named.
Former Chancellor Robert House also
rests in close proximity. In addition,
Samuel Phillips, founder of the law
school, shares a plot with the members
of his family.
UNC officials deeded the cemetery
to the town in March 1989 after the
town submitted a master plan for restor
ing the grounds.
David Swanson, a landscape archi
tect helping the town raise money for
See COUNCIL, page 2