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weather TODAY: Partly cloudy; high near 50 WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy; high 50-55 (S> 100th Year of Editorial Freedom OMB Est. 1893 Volume 100, Issue 141 Election could reverse student government tailspin By Anna Griffin University Editor Meet the buzzwords of the 1993 stu dent elections communication, con sternation and restoration. The connection might not seem ob vious. But in a political year defined by Ross Perot, record national voting turn outs and a sense of political doom on the campus of UNC, all six candidates for student body president are touting com munication that age-old art —as the key to ending almost a decade of voter consternation and restoring trust to stu dent government. Restoring the student in student government While they each have different plans, TUESDAY IN THE NEWS Top stories from state , nation and world Reagan officials were prepared to testify WASHINGTON Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff and secretary of state had been prepared to testify that his administration misstated facts about the Iran arms sales to protect the president from impeachment, the Iran-Contra prosecutor asserted Monday. Special Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh suggested in a report to Congress that Attorney General Edwin Meese “was warning the president’s advisers that to disclose the president’s knowledge” of a 1985 missile shipment to Iran “would expose him to a charge of illegal activity.” If Caspar Weinberger had gone to trial, former White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan was prepared to testify that he knew it was untrue when Meese stated in a Nov. 24, 1986, White House meeting that the president hadn’t known about the Hawk missile shipment, Walsh said in an interim report to Congress. Marines charged with assault in another bar JACKSONVILLE Two of the three Marines charged with assaulting a gay man outside a Wilmington bar last week were arrested Monday in connection with an assault that occurred a night earlier. Paul Gardone was arrested on two assault charges and one count of aggravated affray to the terror and disturbance of another citizen, police said. He’s charged with hitting a bar owner on the head, hitting a bartender in the face and throwing her on a desk. Walter Watkins was charged with assault on a woman and one count of aggravated affray, police said. The bar involved was not a gay bar, officials said. GM alleges NBC rigged crash test for show General Motors Corp. sued NBC on Monday, alleging that the “Dateline NBC” program rigged two car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires in side impact crashes. “The 11 million households that viewed the program were never told that NBC used incendiary devices to try and ensure that a fire would erupt, seemingly due to the collision,” GM Executive Vice President Harry Pearce said. NBC acknowledged on its “Nightly News” program Monday that it used the incendiary devices in the test crash. The network didn’t disclose that fact when it aired the show Nov. 17 because another factor —a spark from a broken headlight caused the fire, NBC News President Michael G. Gartner said. Troops attempt to take rebel-held Angolan city LUANDA, Angola Outmanned army troops struggled Monday to break through rebel forces circling the strategic city of Huambo, where residents are suffering with dwindling supplies and no electricity. The army chief of staff called it the “greatest military battle in the history of Angola.” The chief of staff, Joao de Matos, said at least 2,000 people had died and 6,000 were injured in the monthlong fight for Angola’s second largest city, which also has been the stronghold of the UNITA rebel movement. The army is trying to punch a supply route from the Atlantic coast into Huambo. —The Associated Press ftrilij (Ear iteri ;VV- ?• 7, -irv ANALYSIS platforms and platitudes, the six candi dates for Suite C do seem to agree on one thing—the next student body presi dent must restore a level of communica tion between student politicians and the student body they are elected to serve. The candidates believe at least according to their campaign rhetoric that the voters want qualified leaders who, at the same time, aren’t political insiders. Frustration, trepidation and consternation Despite their widely different plat form promises and political rhetoric. i HP DTHfrin Randal! Sophomore Jim Lamont baby-sits Anna, 7, and David, 9, every afternoon until their parents come home from work Student baby sitters love their jobs By Kristi Daughtridge Staff Writer Kelly Patrick plays mom twice a week. She, like many other UNC students, takes care of local children. Patrick watches the four children of UNC cardiology Professor Ross Simpson and his wife Chris Simpson. The junior from Newton found the job through an ad in The Daily Tar Heel. She wanted the job because she had baby-sat since she was 9. “It’s in my blood,” Patrick said. “I needed extra money also. This is something I can enjoy and make money at.” Her baby-sitting schedule begins B-GLAD challenges Marriott policy By Peter Sigal Staff Writer Student activists want Marriott Corp., the operator of Carolina Dining Ser vices, to add a clause to its corporate code prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The move against Marriott marks the first step in Bisexuals, Gay Men, Lesbi ans and Allies for Diversity’s push to change the Board of Trustees nondis crimination policy to include sexual orientation. "(Getting Marriott to change) is more Weirdos and enigmas: UNC has seen its share By Michael Easterly Staff Writer One advocated free bus passes for South Campus residents. Another wanted to beat the meal plan through a student co-op. Still another wanted to hold weekly tequila parties in the Pit. From Marxists to future Rhodes Scholars, UNC has seen its share of exceptional candidates and unusual campaigns forthe office of student body president. Perhaps the most intriguing election occurred in 1974, when Marcus Will iams emerged from a field of candidates that included a Marxist and a mystery candidate. Williams, then a junior from Lumberton, promoted “Progress through Interaction,” a platform that included the establishment of an inter disciplinary women’s studies program Words are for those with promises to keep. W.H. Auden TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1993 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina each of the candidates for student body president agrees on one thing things only can get better. For many, the answer to what js wrong with student government lies squarely on those who currently hold the reigns of power, including several candidates for student body president. That might explain the unprecedented number of contenders in this year’s election, in cluding the six candidates for student body president and the 53 official can didates for Student Congress. Outsider candidates never have been an anomaly in UNC student politics. Take, for example, the current student body president, John Moody. Moody, who worked in the attorney general’s office under former Student Body President Matt Heyd, emerged early in the afternoon when she picks up the youngest child from day care. Once they get home, the little girl takes a nap while Patrick performs household tasks, such as doing laundry and unloading the dishwasher. Later, she takes the baby to pick up the three older children from the bus stop and then plays with the foursome for the rest of the afternoon. “My job is very relaxing,” she said. “It’s good to get out of college life and enjoy the kids. It’s kind of a break. The children are very good, and the older three are very loving with the baby.” Jim Lamont, a sophomore from Hun tington, N. Y., watches two children from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Fri important symbolically than substan tively,” said Matt Steigler, a member of B-GLAD. “Carolina Dining Services has a pretty good track record with openly gay and lesbian employees. That’s not to say that couldn’t change.” Both the chancellor and the Board of Trustees have nondiscrimination poli cies. The chancellor’s policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gen der, religion, handicapped status and, since 1990, sexual orientation. The BOT policy is practically the same as Hardin’s but doesn’t include protection for gays and lesbians. and bus passes or reduced room rents for South Campus resi dents. Williams promised to ad vocate student needs to the ad ministration and blasted the “bla tant procrastina- ISTItHT StIEUIEIT| ETON tion and callous indifference by the administration in drafting an affirma tive action plan.” “I think ‘Progress through Interac tion’ reflects the concept that you are in the laboratory where you can maybe for the last time initiate some kind of profound interaction between races and peoples,” Williams said in an interview Sunday. Williams, who now works as execu- from the relative obscurity of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house to win the four-person race last year against Uni versity Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Bibbs, Student Congress Speaker Pro Tempore Mark Shelbume and cam pus activist Rashmi Airan. Moody, who some would suggest went back into relative obscurity imme diately after election, credited his suc cess to his outsider status. But all the candidates in this year’s race place some of the blame for fur thering the gap between the students and their government on Moody. The candidates’ comments ranged from the direct to the subtle: ■ “I can’t tell you exactly what he did or didn’t do,” Ginsberg said. “The top priority for the next SBP should be day. He said his job mostly entailed supervision. “When they get home, I make them a snack. Then I make them do their homework. After that, they can play. I play with them, but I don’t really have to entertain them. They can enter tain themselves.” Lamont thinks baby-sitting is the best way to earn spending money at school. “When I first came to UNC, I got a job as a waiter it didn’t work. It took up too much time on nights and week ends,” he said. “My job baby-sitting has great hours. I’m my own boss in a lot of ways. There’s not a strict atmosphere. It’s not See SITTERS, page 4 Hardin ’ s statement is valid only while Hardin is still in office, and campus ROTC programs and private contrac tors such as Marriott are exempt from the statement, Steigler said. B-GLAD Co-chairwoman Kathy Staley said that as a result of these exemptions, a gay, lesbian or bisexual student could be fired from a job with a private contractor on campus. Steigler said he hoped the inclusion of nondiscriminatory language in Marriott’s corporate code would be the See MARRIOTT, page 4 tive director of Legal Services of Lower Cape Fear, ran for governor of North Carolina in 1991. He went on to become student body president of University of Minnesota as well, winning while in law school. He said he remembered his campus elec tions fondly. “What I found most gratifying was that I believe that it was a forum where superior ideas can prevail,” he said. “When you’re dealing with state poli tics, there ’ s more of a concern for money and with finding a forum for your ideas.” In 1974 Williams squared off against El Libre, a Marxist candidate whose press photo showed him wearing fa tigues and a beret and toting an assault rifle and against “The Mystery Politico,” a student who wore a dark ski mask with a large, white question mark on his See PAST, page 2 getting out there more.” ■ “John didn’trealize that therewere two sides to student government the campaign and then the service,” Patillo said. “Rightfully or not, people have been left asking ‘What has he done for us?’ He hasn’t answered that question.” ■ “John Moody is areally intelligent guy,” Cox said. “I admire him for what he’s tried to do. When people say he has had a bad year, a lot of that is because he hasn’t been as prominent a voice as people have come to expect.” ■ ‘The SBP should have a large pres ence,” Copland said. “The SBP should be more vocal and more visible on ma jor issues.” ■ “Of all the SBPs I’ve worked un- See ELECTION, page 7 SBP hopefuls find election trail bumpy Staff report For the past three weeks or so, stu dent body president candidates have bombarded the student body with a blitz of ideas, plans and platforms. We all know they’re campaigning, and they’re campaigning hard. But what does a day on the campaign trail really entail? How do the candi dates fill their hours? Daily Tar Heel reporters buckled down and hit the trail with each of the six presidential hopefuls in the past week, tracking each candidate up-close and personal for a few hours to see how they run their campaigns. The incredible poster trek 4:4$ p.m., Feb. 5 In the lobby of Davie Hall, Adrian Patillo, a junior from Chapel Hill, seems to have misplaced the masking tape. His campaign staffer has her own tape roll, but Patillo says he won’t use it. “I just bought that roll,” he said. Patillo briskly walks back to Hamilton Hall to look for the tape, but it’s not to be seen. “Just not my day,” he says. Then he treks back to Davie where the tape is found on the stairs. 5 p.m. Patillo sits with a few friends and campaign workers at Union Station be fore hitting the campaign trail. He has just picked up his posters from the 1993-94 Student Congress Districts Graduate School Districts District 1 * Law School District 2* School of Education, School of Social Work, Library Science District 3 School of Business, School of Journalism District 4 City and Regional Planning, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Public Administration District S Comparative Literature, English, Folklore, German, Linguistics, Romance Languages, Slavic Languages, Speech Communication District 6 Anthropology, Art, Classics, Computer Science, Dramatic Art, Leisure Studies and Recreational Administration, Math, Music, Operational Research, Philosophy, Physical Education, RTVMP, Religion, Statistics District 7 Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Geology, Marine Sciences, Physics, Psychology District 8* Public Health, Pharmacy, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Counseling, Speech and Hearing Sciences District 9 Cell Biology and Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineer ing, Dentistry, Genetics, Microbiology/lmmunology, Neurobiol ogy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Toxicology District 10 Medicine Undergraduate On-Campus Districts District 11* Granville Towers District 12 STOW Residence College (Spencer, Alderman, Mclver, Kenan) District 13 Olde Campus Residence College (Aycock, Everett, Grimes, Lewis, Manly, Ruffin, Mangum) District 14 Cobb, Stacy, Graham District IS Henderson Residence College (Alexander, Connor, Winston, Joyner) District 16* Scott Residence College (Avery, Carmichael, Parker, Teague, Whitehead) District 17* Morrison, Craige District 18* Ehringhaus, Hinton James Undergraduate Off-Campus Districts District 19** North and East of the center of the intersection at Franklin and Columbia Streets stopping at Estes Drive District 20* South and East of the center of the intersection at Franklin and Columbia Streets District 21 ** South and West of the center of the intersection at Franklin and Columbia Streets District 22* North and West of the center of the intersection at Franklin and Columbia Streets District 23* North and East of the center of the intersection at Franklin and Columbia Streets All one seat per district except: • • two seats in district ** <* three seats in district sportsline RANKED: No. 12 in the Associated Press Poll, UNC's women's basketball team. If s the highest ranking ever for the Tar Heels, who have won nine straight ACC games. In the men's poll, UNC came in at sixth, one of four ACC teams in the Top 10—the mostsince the 1980-81 season. See thefull polls on page 5. © 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. News/Sports/Arts 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Poll sites Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Poll sites for tofiday’s election will be at the following locations: ON CAMPUS: •Granville Towers •Spencer •Mangum •Cobb •Winston •Carmichael •Morrison •Ehringhaus ALL CAMPUS: •Union •Law School On-campus students can vote at any poll site, but they are encouraged to vote in their dorms to keep all campus lines shorter. •Health Sciences Library •Campus Y Voters will need - semester registration card • student ID or driver’s license printer. “What do you think?” he asks everyone. Patillo leaves the comforts of the Union and heads out with a faithful staffer to tape the new posters to the University’s walls. 5:22 p.m. lITIIERT iIKIRIEirI ELECTION Patillo visits a desolate Hamilton Hall and starts putting up the posters. He accidentally puts the tape on the wrong side when putting the poster on a win dow and draws a laugh from his staffer. “I’m no expert at this,” he said. 7:50 p.m. After Patillo’s campaign worker quits for the day, he resumes his campaign at Manning and Gardner halls. The late hours and the fact that it is Friday make the job very monotonous and tiresome, but Patillo continues until around 8 p.m. In the shadow of the dome 11:30 a.m., Feb. 6 Jennifer Lloyd, a junior from Burlington, leaves an interview with The Daily Tar Heel’s editorial board with a tired expression on her face. “I know I didn’t get (the endorse- See TRAIL, page 7
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