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Century of Editorial Freedom
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Volume 101, Issue 18
THURSDAY
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from state, nation and world
Russian adversaries
no closer to resolution
MOSCOW Russia veered between
confrontation and compromise
Wednesday, and President Boris
Yeltsin and his legislative opponents
ended up no closer to resolving then
power struggle.
There had been hopes the sides
would be able to resolve the power
struggle that has paralyzed Russia’s
government for weeks and threatened
economic reforms.
Yeltsin started the day by softening
his claim to special powers but later
denounced lawmakers for proceeding
with plans for an emergency parlia
ment session to try to oust him.
Lawmakers demanded that Yeltsin
appear at the Congress of People’s
Deputies on Friday, where they may
vote to remove him from office for
declaring emergency rule and for
calling an April 25 referendum on
who the people trust to govern the
president or the legislature.
The parliament is trying “to use
any means to remove the lawfully
elected president and open the way to
power for the forces of revenge and
totalitarian restoration,” presidential
spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov
said.
Congress dismaiitlng
anti-abortion position
WASHINGTON Congress moved
Wednesday toward reversing 12 years
of anti-abortion policy, as a Senate
panel approved an abortion rights bill
and the House took up a measure on
abortion counseling.
The major battle in Congress on
the issue how much leeway states
should have in restricting abortion
is still several weeks or months away,
when the House and Senate get to the
Freedom of Choice Act, which would
lock a woman’s right to abortion into
federal law.
On Wednesday, the Senate Labor
and Human Resources Committee
voted 12-5 to send that bill to the
Senate floor.
Abortion foes didn’t try to weaken
the bill with tough language on 24-
hour waiting periods and parental
consent requirements in committee,
saying they would save that fight for
the floor.
De Klerk: South Africa
had 6 nuclear bombs
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
President F.W. de Klerk admitted for
the first time Wednesday that South
Africa has built nuclear weapons. But
he said that he ordered the six bombs
dismantled in 1990 and that the
program has been abandoned.
In a bid to clear up suspicions
about South Africa’s secretive nuclear
program, de Klerk told Parliament the
country was “strictly adhering” to the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
which it signed in 1991.
Media reports here and abroad
have questioned whether South Africa
has fully disclosed its nuclear
stockpile and suggested that the
country could be hiding weapons or
weapons-grade fuel.
Israel elects Weizman
as seventh president
JERUSALEM Ever Weizman, a
former general turned dove, was
elected Wednesday as Israel’s seventh
president and said he hoped to play a
role in the Middle East peace process.
Weizman, the candidate of the
governing Labor Party, outpolled
former Parliament Speaker Dos
Shilansky from the conservative
Liked bloc 66- 53 in a secret Parlia
ment ballot.
He will succeed President Chaim
Herzog, who has served two five-year
terms, and takes office on May 13.
Bombing suspect being
returned from Egypt
NEW YORK A key suspect in the
World Trade Center bombing was
being flown from Egypt back to the
United States on Wednesday to face
charges in the deadly terrorist attack,
a federal investigator said. Mahmoud
Abouhalima, a 33-year-old New York
City cab driver, was being flown to
Stewart International Airport north of
New York City, and was to be
arraigned Wednesday night or
Thursday, the investigator said.
Abouhalima has ties to radical
Islamic Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman,
as three others arrested in the case are
believed to have, said the investigator,
who spoke on condition of anonym
ity.
—The Associated Press
THURSDAY, MARCH 25,1993
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BCC ralliers take aim at trustees
By Thanassis Cambanis
Assistant University Editor
About 200 dancing, chanting stu
dents rallied in front of South Building
Wednesday to call on Board ofTrustees
members to hear their message.
Their message: We want a BCC, and
we want it next to Wilson Library. Their
soundtrack: Public Enemy.
Backed up by a blaring sound sys
tem, leaders of the student coalition for
a free-standing black cultural center
spoke for almost an hour in support of a
building proposal written by members
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of the BCC Advisory Board.
The students mailed a report to the
BOT Tuesday night that called for build
ing the BCC on a tract of land between
Wilson Library and Dey Hall.
The students gathered at noon 100
yards from their preferred site in antici
pation of Friday’s BOT meeting, where
students hope trustees will consider a
proposal for the new center authored by
members of the advisory board.
Students initially gathered in the Pit,
then marched to South Building chant
ing, “What do you want? BCC. Where
do want it? Wilson.”
Tim Smith, co-founder of the Black
Awareness Council, warned that stu
dents would continue to protest if the
administration did not support a BCC
on the Wilson site.
“Unless things go they way they
should go, we’re going to make some
noise,” he said. “The whole world starts
when the bell tolls. That’s my message
for all of you.”
Advisory board members penned
their own report last week after receiv
ing copies of the Chancellor’s BCC
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A mini-Deadhead grooves on Franklin Street before the Grateful Dead concert
Deadheads storm
Franklin Street
By Matthew Henry
Staff Writer
The Deadheads had nowhere to go
when the UNC Department of Trans
portation and Parking and the Univer
sity Police closed off the Smith Center
parking lot Wednesday.
So, like University students after
the Tar Heels beat the Duke Blue Dev
ils, thousands of Deadheads flooded
Franklin Street.
“We’re a cop’s worst nightmare
a bunch of people who don’t like the
way the country is run,” said a man
who called himself Bird. “The cops
need to chill out until something actu
ally happens, because we don’t cause
any trouble.”
Morning send-off to wish
Dean and company luck
Staff report
If you’ve never had a reason to get
out of bed early, the Carolina Athletic
Association might have one for you
now.
CAA is holding a send-off for the
No. 1 seeded varsity basketball team
this morning at 9:30.
Students can wish Dean Smith’s bas
ketball team a last good luck before they
leave to play in the NCAA tournament
Sweet 16 round in East Rutherford,
N.J., against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
CAA President Tracy Kirincich said
interested students could come see the
players off at the Smith Center by the
new ticket office on Manning Drive.
“We encourage any students who
want to come out,” she said.
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Students gather on the steps of South Building to voice their support for a free-standing BCC beside Wilson Library
Working Group report, which some
board members said was biased toward
building the BCC in Coker Woods.
The working group report outlines
both the Wilson site and a site between
Coker Hall and the Bell Tower as pos
sible sites for the BCC.
The Grateful Dead performed at the
Smith Center Wednesday night and
will hold another concert tonight,
bringing many of the band’s groupies
from across the country to Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill police officer Melvin
Smith said there had been only minor
violations of the law so far, such as
trespassing on private property and
vending on Franklin Street.
Despite the ban on outdoor vend
ing, Deadheads could be seen openly
peddling their wares Wednesday af
ternoon on Franklin Street. Beads,
necklaces, hair wraps and T-shirts were
among the items being sold to make
money to travel to the next show.
See DEADHEADS, page 7
Kirincich said at least eight cheer
leaders would appear for the send-off,
and the band also might perform.
The send-off originally was going to
be held in the Smith Center tunnel, but
because of the Grateful Dead concert,
CAA officials were asked to move the
celebration.
The send-off, a yearly tradition, gives
students a chance to show their support
for the team in person, Kirincich said.
But the CAA did not hold a send-off
last year because the team left at an
awkward time, she said. Kirincich said
she hoped the send-off would attract a
large number of people.
Kirincich encouraged students to
come out early because the basketball
team will leave promptly at 9:45 a.m.
Fd rather kiss a Wookie. Princess Leia
McCormick said that although coali
tion members spoke eloquently at the
rally, he was worried about the detri
mental effects of student protests.
“It’s not just that trustees and poten
tial donors may be put off by the rally,
but the opportunity for the University to
Students circulate petition
demanding UNC rape policy
By James Lewis
Staff Writer
Students concerned about Univer
sity policies regarding rape convictions
began circulating a petition Wednesday
night calling for all students convicted
of sexual assault to be expelled from the
University.
The petition is a response to the case
of Reggie Harris, a former UNC track
star who recently plead no contest to
second-degree attempted rape. Harris
was reinstated on the track team last
week after the plea, but Chancellor Paul
Hardin reversed the decision after re
ceiving complaints.
But Matt Stiegler, co-founder of Stu
dents Organized Movement Against
Discrimination and Ruth Campbell, co
president of Women Against Rape, said
they were outraged that Harris was al
lowed to remain a student at the Univer
sity even after he had been convicted of
Rape-Free Zone to kick off at noon
By Phuong Ly
Staff Writer
It’s not just for women.
And it’s not just about physical assault.
The Rape-Free Zone programs and workshops scheduled
this afternoon will emphasize the need for togetherness and
unity against the multifaceted problem of sexual violence,
organizers said.
The event, sponsored by the Campus Y and other campus
groups, will be held from noon today until noon Friday within
a section of Polk Place— from the steps of South Building
to the flagpole.
The purpose of the 14 programs is to promote awareness
of sexual violence and to educate everyone—not just victims
about what can be done and where to go for help, said
Jenny Youngblood, Rape-Free Zone co-chairwoman.
But bad weather might have an effect on the impact of the
event, said programs coordinator Tasha Heeler.
If it rains, afternoon programs will be held in the Great
Hall, and the evening events will be held in Memorial Hall.
Heeler said that if the Rape-Free Zone were moved to two
separate locations because of rain, the meaning of unity
against sexual violence would be de-emphasized. “When you
break it up, it’s going to lose quite a bit of power, but we’re
going to have to do the best that we can,” she said.
Organizers hope the variety of programs will help attract
different types of people victims of sexual assault, friends
and family members of victims and those who have had no
experience with sexual violence.
“Just because you’re not a survivor doesn’t mean you
don’t care,” Youngblood said. “It doesn’t mean you can’t get
out and help fight sexual violence.”
Lack of awareness only helps to promote sexual violence,
she said, adding that many people don ’ t think sexual violence
can happen to them.
“When you’re forced to think about the issue, you say
‘Hey, this is very eminent; it can happen to me. Let’s do
something about it,”’ she said.
Men as well as women are encouraged to attend the
programs, Heeler said.
See ZONE, page 2
scrutinize the building itself has been
put off by the site conflict,” he said.
Trisha Merchant, advisory board vice
chairwoman, said the rally was a
bonafide effort to communicate student
See BCC, page 2
The petition states, “In order to pre
vent rape on campus and support vic
tims of sexual assault, I request that the
University adopt a policy of mandatory
expulsion for all students convicted of
the horrible crime of sexual assault or
attempted sexual assault, regardless of
whether this conviction come in the
student court or criminal court system.”
The University currently treats every
rape case involving a University stu
dent individually.
“We’re looking to try to encourage
Chancellor Hardin and the administra
tion to reconsider this absurd policy,”
Stiegler said.
Despite being dropped from the track
team, Harris kept his athletic scholar
ship after pleading no contest to rape
charges.'
Stiegler and Campbell said they were
angry that convicted rapists were al
lowed to remain students on campus.
UNC
RAPE-FREE ZONE
March 25-26, Polk Place
Rain site: Great Hall for the afternoon events; Memorial
Hall for the evening events, except for the campout
which will be at the Great HalL
TODAY
Noon: Kick-off ceremony with speeches by University officials and
student leaders
l-2p.nL: Personal Boundaries-Personal Safety
Safety Tips and Campus Safety
Portrayal of Women in the Media
2:15-3:15 pjn.: Racism and Rape
Self-Defense
Communicating to Men About Sex
Violence in Relationships
3:30-4:30 p.m.: Acquaintance Rape Scenarios
Healing Session
Organizing a Men’s Group Against Sexual
Violence
Rape Asa War Crime
4:45-5:45 pjn.: Marital Rape and the Law
Male Rape Survivors (Dey 208)
Acquaintance Rape Scenarios
7 pjn.: Keynote speaker, feminist lawyer Gloria Allred
(Rain site: Memorial Hall)
8:30-midnight: Concert: She Said and Tracy Drach
(Rain she: Memorial Hall)
Midnight: Empowerment Ceremony (Rain site: Memorial Hall)
FRIDAY
Overnight: Vigil and campout at Polk Place (Rain site: Great Haß)
Noon: Closing Ceremony with speech by Dean Donald Boulton
and a call-and-response rally (Rain she: Great Hall)
I sportsline
KNOWS: Bo Jackson, comebacks. Jack
son, the first All-Star in two sports, is now
set to become the first pro athlete to play
with an artificial hip. The Chicago White
Sox exercised the option on Jackson’s 1993
contract on Wednesday. Jackson was hit
ting .372 with nine RBIs in 14 spring
training games.
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Advisory board
report calls for
Wilson-Dey site
By Marty Minchin
University Editor
In response to what they called a
biased report on the Sonja Haynes Stone
Black Cultural Center issued by Pro
vost Richard McCormick last week,
members of the BCC Advisory Board
have written their own proposal.
The second report, filled with what
board members described as the emo
tion surrounding the struggle for the
building, details a revised proposal for
a53,000-square-foot free-standing BCC
located on a plot of land between Wil
son Library and Dey Hall.
“I think from the preface to the con
clusion, it is some of the most moving
writing about a student mission that
I’ve read,” said Margo Crawford, BCC
director and a member of the advisory
board.
The BCC Working Group, a com
mittee appointed by Chancellor Paul
Hardin last fall to formulate a proposal
for a free-standing BCC, submitted a
BCC report earlier this week to the
chancellor.
But the advisory board, which origi
nally planned to submit a joint report
with the working group, rewrote the
working group’s proposal this week
and mailed it to the Board of Trustees in
hopes that the BOT will consider the
report at its Friday meeting.
See REPORT, page 2
“They have let someone who they
know is a convicted rapist into our class
rooms what kind of campus safety is
that?” Stiegler said.
Susan Ehringhaus, University senior
legal counsel, said there was no specific
policy about scholarship eligibility.
“Every case is evaluated individu
ally,” she said. Ehringhaus said she
could not comment specifically on the
Harris case.
University administrators determine
whether a con victed student can retain a
scholarship. “It depends on what the
circumstances are,” she said. “Count
less students are on financial aid and
these decisions are made at various lev
els of the Universit™y.”
Stiegler said he wanted to change
UNC ’ s policy on dealing with convicted
rapists. “We want the administration to
change its policy this semester.”
See POLICY, page 7
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