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weather TODAY: Mostly sunny, breezy; high 50-55 THURSDAY: Variably cloudy; high 40-45 (3) 100th Year of Editorial Freedom □MB Est. 1893 Volume 100, Issue 147 Copland wins big in SBP runoff By Anna Griffin University Editor and James Lewis Staff Writer In what he described as a mandate for change in student government, Burlington native Jim Copland cap tured the student body presidency with a decisive 1,154-to-588 vic tory Tuesday ni gift over fellow junior Jennifer Lloyd. “The students of this University have clearly spo ken,” Copland ISIBDiIT COIERNMEITI fIJECTM said Tuesday night, moments after be coming the unofficial president-elect. “This is a real mandate.” Copland, a Morehead scholar and member of Chi Psi fraternity, won all but one of the six campus poll sites in the Tuesday runoff. Barring any complaints, he will take office in April. “I feel excited,” he said as he fended off students offering their congratula tions with handshakes and smiles in Manning 209, where the results were announced. “(The margin of victory) made me feel like there is a lot of support out there for what I’m doing.” Copland actually received more votes in the runoff than he had in the general election. In the Feb. 9 race, Copland received 1,116 votes out of the more than 3,100 ballots cast. “The turnout was not as high, but the people spoke,” he said of the runoff. Copland said he would continue- to focus on the issues important to the WEDNESDAY IN THE NEWS Top, stories from state, nation and i world Stock market dives after Clinton's speech The stock market gave a resounding no-confidence vote to President Clinton’s plan to raise taxes, staging its biggest flop in 15 months. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue chip stocks fell 82.94 points Tuesday to 3,309.49, a decline of 2.44 percent. It was the largest point drop since Nov. 15, 1991, when the Dow average fell 120.31 points. Netherlands considers involuntary euthanasia THE HAGUE, Netherlands ln a possible broadening of euthanasia guidelines, the government said Tuesday that it will consider allowing mercy killings of patients unable to request them such as severely handicapped newborns and the mentally ill. Under guidelines passed by parliament’s lower house last week, a mercy killing may occur only if a person with unrelievable and unbearable pain makes repeated requests, while lucid, to die. Saudi editor replaced for criticizing Mubarak MANAMA, Bahrain The editor of Saudi Arabia’s leading English language daily has been replaced after the paper published a story that included remarks critical of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The Arab News appeared Tuesday with the announcement that Farouq Luqman was named editor-in-chief by the publishers, Saudi Research and Publishing Cos. He replaced Khaled al-Maeena, the paper’s editor for more than 10 years. The Associated Press Pick us anew leader, please It’s almost time. Time, that is, for anew editor to take the reins of The Daily Tar Heel. But there’s a catch we need to create a selection board with eight at large student members. Anyone is eligible except for those affiliated with student government and offic ers of student organizations. You may remember the deadline was last week for selection-board applications. However, due to the large influx of late applications, we’ve decided to extend the deadline to Friday. For more information, call Peter Wallsten at 962-0245 or stop by the DTH of fice in Union Suite 104. (Tltr Daily (Tar MM Jim Copland: 1.134 candidates Granville Chase Union Copland 120 m 852 Lloyd 60 39 320 The election is over, isn’t it? By Anna Griffin University Editor The lights are out, the mold is bro ken and election season is over. Er, maybe. Despite Jim Copland ’ s overwhelm ing victory in the student body presi dent runoff Tuesday night, controversy lingers. Earlier Tuesday, former can didates Carl Clark and David Cox filed complaints with the Student Supreme Court calling for nullification of the runoff and disqualification of the ap parent student body president-elect. Clark and Cox contend that Kathleen Frandano, one of Copland’s campaign workers, manned a Spencer Residence Hall pollsite during the gen eral election Feb. 9, a direct violation of the election code. Because candi dates are responsible for the actions of their campaign staffers, Copland could be disqualified from the race. Student Supreme Court Chief Jus tice Mark Bibbs said Tuesday night that he would read the complaint later in the evening and would hold a hear student body. “I’m going to celebrate tonight and go to work tomorrow,” he said. Copland said he wanted everyone to share in his enthusiasm at winning. “(I want) everyone to be excited about this Hunt budget includes smaller tuition hike By James Lewis Staff Writer RALEIGH Gov. Jim Hunt pro posed Tuesday a significantly smaller tuition increase in his 1993-95 budget recommendation than other state gov ernment officials have recommended. According to Hunt’s recommenda tion, in-state students would pay an additional 3 percent this fall and an other 3.3 percent more next fall. He said out-of-state students should pay an ad ditional 5 percent this year and another 5-percent increase in the fall of 1994. Last December, a subcommittee of the N.C. General Assembly’s General Performance Audit Committee pro posed a tuition increase of 20 percent for all undergraduate students and a 50- percent increase for graduate students Chilton to lobby in Raleigh if summer recalls permitted By Jackie Hershkowitz City Editor Chapel Hill Town Council member Mark Chilton said at a public hearing Tuesday night that he would lobby state legislators in Raleigh if the council didn ’ t prohibit recall elections from taking place during summer months. Chilton said students would be dis criminated against if the council per mitted recall elections to be held in June, July or August when many stu dents had left Chapel Hill for the sum mer. “I won’t give upon this idea.” Chilton said. "If we don’t get the amendment passed prohibiting summer elections. I’ll go to the legislature." “As University students, we’ve shown our support for our legislative delegation, and 1 think it’s reasonable that we ask for their support," he added. After holding a public hearing on the proposed recall measure Tuesday night, the council will vote at its meeting next Residents support $1 entertainment charge to offset property taxes By Daniel Feldman Staff Writer Several Chapel Hill residents voiced support for a SI entertainment tax on tickets for events held in the Smith Center or Kenan Stadium. At a public hearing Tuesday night, local residents told Chapel Hill Town Council members the tax could allevi ate some of the town’s financial burden on homeowners. The tax calls for a SI hike in ticket prices for events that attract more than 15.000 people. The tax would affect If a dog loves the candidate, he can't be all that bad. Dick Gregory WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1993 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Jennifer Lloyd: 588 Law School Health Sciences Campus Y 33 38 179 73 29 67 ing on the matter sometime this week. Tm going to go over to the Union and read this thing first,” Bibbs said after the unofficial results were re leased Tuesday. “I’ll call a hearing as soon as possible, but first I have to confer with Jim (Copland) and get in contact with the plaintiffs.” In the complaint, Cox and Copland ask the court to nullify the runoff and call anew election between Lloyd and Clark, the third-place finisher in the general election. “I believe the position of student body president is an important one,” Clark said Tuesday night. “It doesn’t just require intelligence, hard work andcommitmenL It requires integrity. I merely want to ensure that every candidate is held to the upmost scru tiny.” Copland, who defeated Jennifer Lloyd 1,134 votes to 588, said he wasn’t worried about the complaint. “This isn’t going to be nullified,” he said. “I’ve run aclean, ethicalcam- See ELECTIONS, page 2 and get involved to make this commu nity, this University and the University academics better,” he said. “That’s what I think we can do, and that’s what this administration is going to work for. 1 know I can, and 1 feel Proposal highlights education 4 in the course of several years. Hunt said state budget officer Rich ard Futrell would meet with the Board of Governors and others involved in the state’s education programs to discuss further ways to save money. “In the coming week, they’ll put to gether a list of recommendations, and we will work together to find those savings throughout the budget review process,” he said. “We will work to gether closely with the legislature on the GPAC recommendations.” The tuition increase would raise 58.3 million for the state in 1993-94 and $17.3 million in 1994-95. The UNC system would receive 11.5 percent of Hunt’s proposed $32.5 bil lion state budget. Monday whether to approve Chilton’s amendment prohibiting summer elec tions to the recall bill. If the council approves the proposal, it will be sent to the General Assembly for state legislators to consider. If state legislators approve the bill, the measure will be adopted as an amendment to the town’s charter. Campus activist Erik Ose said that, as a college town, Chapel Hill had the duty to take into account the rights of students who also were voters. Ose told council members that stu dents were not disinterested members of the community. “If there ever was a period when UNC students didn’t vote, that period is no longer here,” he said. “Over the last few years, student political participa tion has increased.” Matt Stiegler, a member of Bisexu als, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies for Diversity and editor of Lambda, the newsletter of B-GLAD, said that if a recall election were held during the football games at Kenan Stadium, and men’s basketball games and concerts at the Smith Center. Chapel Hill resident Phillip Sullivan said a $1 ticket price increase would prevent homeowners from shouldering all of the cost of the town’s 5864,000 budget shortfall. "The town simply needs more money, and the homeowners are tired of cough ing it up,” Sullivan said. James McEnery, a Chapel Hill resi dent, said he thought the University had a responsibility to assist the town finan cially. * ' ; s >V-, V *** 11111* H ' ' j silk F l MjipP’- ff fL Jr Jjf , , , DIH/Blake Prelipp Student Body President-elect Jim Copland celebrates his victory Tuesday night in Manning Hall confident that I can start tomorrow.” Copland promised to make student government more respectable in the eyes of its constituents during the coming year. “I want to make Student Congress The recommendation assumes the UNC system will keep expanding its tuition base. Almost 12,000 new stu dents will attend the system schools during the next two years, according to Hunt’s projections. UNC is classified as a no-growth institution because enrollment is set and will not increase from year to year, so the University will not receive extra money for new students. Hunt also proposed large appropria tions to supplement the additional rev enue. “To address the (BOG)’s 1993-95 ‘Schedule of Priorities—Current Op erations,’ a lump sum of $30.1 million for 1993-94 and $32.1 million for 1994- 95 is recommended,” the proposal states. The new allocations also would help the ailing UNC library system, the re summer, the results would not accu rately reflect how Chapel Hill voters felt on any given issue. But Chapel Hill Town Council mem ber Joe Capowski said summer recall elections would be legitimate. “Chapel Hill is not a sleepy little town during the summer." Capowksi said. “While I understand students and I am a supporter of students, we have a responsibility to all voters, students and non-students,” he added. But Chilton said many non-students also would be prevented from voting if a recall election were held during the summer. “We’re not just talking about stu dents,” Chilton said. “There are busi nesses that close, faculty members who are gone and many retirees take their vacations.” Chilton said he hoped council mem bers who professed to support student See RECALL, page 7 “The University is the largest indus try in a town which has no other real industries,” McEnery said. “I believe it should share a little of the burden.” Sullivan said he didn’t think concert goers or sports fans would object to slightly higher ticket fees. “The majority of the people would not notice the change in prices," he said. “The fans will cheer for whatever.” Chapel Hill resident Roland Giduz, who proposed the entertainment tax, said he thought student fees should be exempt from the proposed tax. “Students are not part of the regular more responsible. I’m going to make student government more productive,” he said. “Instead of what we’ve seen of late.” Copland said he would work with all students during his term. “Everyone’s port statesr “These funds, along with additional tuition receipts, will provide full fund ing for anticipated enrollment increases, enhancement of automated library sys tems and acquisitions, expansion of computing and telecommunications at all campuses and additional funds for the distinguished professors endowment fund,” the report states. Deputy state budget officer Robert Powell said the increases would keep up with inflation. “(The tuition increases for in-state) are equivalent to the cost of-living increases,” he said. Provost Richard McCormick said Hunt ’ s recommendation would be more acceptable to students than the General Assembly’s proposed tuition increase. “I think the governor’s proposal is rea sonable,” he said. McCormick: Tension won’t stop BCC plans By Thanassis Cambanis Assistant University Editor Planning for a free-standing black cultural center will continue despite the heated meeting between the chancellor’s working group and mem bers of the BCC Advisory Board Mon day night, participants in the process said Tuesday. Tensions flared at the Monday meet ing when members of the two groups began debating where to locate a BCC. BCC advocates want the new cen ter to be placed on a site between Wilson Library and Dey Hall, but UNC administrators have said they prefer the site between Coker Hall and the Bell Tower for the building. At a Sunday night meeting, BCC advocates and members of the work ing group agreed to draft a joint report on the design, programming and loca tion of the new center. “I thought the agreement we reached (Sunday) was that Margo (Crawford) admissions (prices) so they’re not part of the regular revenue generated,” he said. Giduz said local event-goers needed to make certain sacrifices. “We were asked by the president of the United States Monday night to make sacrifices in order to alleviate our country’seconomic slowdown,” he said. “It seems to me there is a corollary to this in Chapel Hill.” “The goal of the bill is to relieve the pressure of the property tax,” he added. Giduz said University officials op posed the tax because of unfounded spoptsline CHANGED: The time of tonight's men's basketball game against Clemson. The game, originally scheduled for 9 p.m. at the Smith Center, will start at 7 p.m. See page 7 for a preview of tonight's game against the Tigers. © 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. News/Sports/Arts 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 welcome,” he said, adding that his op ponents would also be welcome. “It will be an all-encompassing executive branch.” See SBP, page 2 Charlie Higgins, student body vice president who has been trying to orga nize students to fight the tuition in crease, said although he was not satis fied with Hunt’s proposal, it was prob ably the best students could hope for in the coming year. “A 3-percent raise is probably OK,” he said. “It’s consistent with inflation.” UNC-system President C.D. Spangler said he didn’t support another tuition increase but added that he appre ciated Hunt ’ s attempt to lessen the blow to students. “I had hoped we would be spared a tuition increase this year because we have had significant increases these past three years,” he said. The General As sembly approved an 11.5 percent tu ition increase for out-of-state students last summer. would tty to sell the BCC on whatever (the working group) decided as long as (the working group) acted in a demo cratic fashion,” working group mem ber Patrick Rivers said Monday. Provost Richard McCormick said he preferred not to elaborate on the compromise and added that as far as he knew, the agreement still stood. “(The Sunday meeting) was a dis cussion intended to leatWo a compro mise report on which we could both agree,” McCormick said. “I think it will be successful.” Despite the hostility expressed at the Monday meeting, McCormick said he saw no change in plans. “I think that the members of the BCC Advisory Board will have to speak to their own commitments,” he said. “I’ll keep my promises and have every reason to think others will.” Tim Smith, co-founder of the Black Awareness Council and a member of See BCC, page 4 fears that the tax would drive concert acts to competing arenas. "They argue about being noncom petitive it’s like believing in the tooth fairy,” Giduz said. “UNC is feel ing the pressure of competition, which doesn’t relate to the entertainment tax.” Giduz said he thought every city should adopt an entertainment tax. He added that he thought the state should be required to share revenues generated by an existing 3-percent state wide entertainment tax. See TAX, page 2
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