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Volume 101, Issue 28
THURSDAY
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from state, nation and world
Wlite professor wins
compensation hi trial
RALEIGH A white professor at a
historically black college was
discriminated against when he was
denied tenure, a federal jury decided
Wednesday.
The jury awarded $745,000 to
Allan Cooper, a political science
professor at St. Augustine’s College
in Raleigh.
Cooper said he was disappointed
despite the award because he didn’t
get what he wanted, which was
tenure. A judge decided early in the
proceedings that the case would not
involve a request for tenure, WUNC
reported.
The jury, which had one black
member, deliberated for nearly four
hours Tuesday before recessing. It
resumed deliberations Wednesday.
A spokesman said the college
would appeal.
Prosecution questions
testimony of gay man
WILMINGTON Defense attorneys
questioned a gay man’s recollection
of events the night he was beaten
outside a bar and asked police officers
why Marines charged with assault
weren’t allowed to tell their story.
“A great deal of what you’ve
testified to, you don’t know if it
happened or not,” defense attorney Ed
Bailey asserted as he questioned
witness Crae Pridgen on Wednesday.
Pridgen responded that he had no
doubt he was hit by the Marines.
Pridgen testified that a woman lay
on top of him and protected him
during part of the fighting. He said he
didn’t know who it was.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever been
beaten that way, but you can’t
remember everything,” Pridgen said.
Russian nuclear Mast
worst since Chernobyl
MOSCOW A radioactive cloud
moved across Siberia on Wednesday
after a tank of radioactive waste
exploded in what the government
called the worst nuclear accident
since Chernobyl.
Russian and foreign experts said
Tuesday’s explosion at the Tomsk-7
nuclear weapons complex was far less
severe than the 1986 Chernobyl
disaster. But a spokesman for the
environmental group Greenpeace said
several villages were at risk from
windbome fallout.
No deaths were reported and no
one was evacuated from the contami
nated region, about 1,700 miles east
of Moscow. Only one fireman
received a high dose of radiation, said
Georgy Kaurov, head of the Nuclear
Energy Ministry’s information
department.
Nuclear pact rejected
by Korean lawmakers
TOKYO North Korea’s parlia
ment, meeting for the first time since
the hard-line Communist country
pulled out of a nuclear-control treaty,
vowed Wednesday to fight interna
tional pressure to rejoin the pact.
“The only road which our nation
should follow is to reject aggression
and interference of outside forces,”
said a declaration adopted by the
Supreme People’s Assembly.
The international community has
been using a combination of diplo
macy and warnings of possible
sanctions to try to persuade the
Pyongyang government to rejoin the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
which it quit March 12 after Western
demands to inspect two suspected
nuclear sites.
In the resolution, North Korean
lawmakers said the pressure was
heightening the threat of war.
Cuomo withdraws his
bid for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON Mario Cuomo,
the best-known candidate for the
upcoming Supreme Court vacancy,
formally withdrew Wednesday from
consideration before President
Clinton had narrowed his list of
prospects.
In a letter to Clinton, Cuomo said
he wanted to remain as governor to
help New York’s economic recovery.
He said staying in the political world
would allow him to “continue to serve
as a vigorous supporter of the good
work you are doing for America and
the world.”
Cuomo’s decision removes the
only candidate with celebrity quality
from the long list of names earning
speculation in Washington.
—The Associated Press
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Sarratt wins tight speaker’s race
By James Lewis
Staff Write-
In her last act as speaker of Student
Congress, Speaker Jennifer Lloyd, Dist.
13, broke an 18-18 tie to elect Rep.
Wendy Sarratt, Dist. 12, to succeed her
as congress’ top office-holder.
Sarratt squeaked out a victory over
Rep. Philip Charles-Pierre, Dist. 17.
“The vote was 18 to 18 with one
abstention, and as chair I had to break
the tie,” Lloyd said. “There was a whole
lot of discussion about this before I
came here tonight and it was a consen
sus among everyone I talked to that if
there was a tie I should vote to break it.”
Charles-Pierre said he questioned
Lloyd’s objectivity in the vote. “The
only thing that I think is unfair is that
Wendy Sarratt and Jen Lloyd are the
best of friends,” he said.
Rep. Marissa Merideth, Dist. 14,
nominated Charles-Pierre, and Rep.
Tom Lyon, Dist. 20, nominated Sarratt.
Charles-Pierre said he was unsure
Town might seek
UNC funds to pay
for NCAA revelry
By Daniel Feldman
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill town officials said
Wednesday that they thought the Uni
versity should help shoulder the finan
cial burden for damages caused by the
25,000 fans who celebrated on Franklin
Street Monday night following the Tar
Heel ’ s NCAA basketball championship.
Town manager Cal Horton said the
University should help pay for clean-up
costs since students comprised the ma
jority of the mob.
“We first have to accumulate costs
from that night,” Horton said. “Once
this is accomplished, I’ll make a report
to the council authorizing the Univer
sity to share the burden with the city.”
Horton said he could not estimate
how much it would cost to repair the
damages, which included uprooted trees,
graffiti-covered buildings and debris
filled streets and gutters.
Horton said he planned to submit a
report to the town council April 26
outlining the costs of Franklin Street
damages and clean-up costs.
New Union policy
will limit smoking
By Scott Ballew
Staff Write-
Beginning the first day of UNC’s
summer session, students at the Stu
dent Union will be able to breathe a
little easier ... or at least, that is the
hope of Union directors.
Beginning in mid-May, the Union
will institute anew, more restrictive
smoking policy.
Jonathan Curtis, assistant director
of Union operations, said the decision
was made late last year in compliance
with the Town of Chapel Hill smoking
ordinance.
“The Union directors met and voted
on this back in late ’92,” Curtis said.
“It is scheduled to begin on the first
day of summer school.”
The first summer session of 1993
begins May 19.
After 21 years, Boulton still serves the students
Donald Boulton
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Wendy Sarratt
whether he would
challenge the vote.
“I don’t know if I
have the legal
premise to contest
the vote,” he said.
He said he was
hopeful Sarratt
would be an effec
tive leader. “I hope
she is a good
speaker,” he said.
“But, I really just
don’t know.”
Sarratt said in her nomination speech
she would work hard as leader of the
75th congress. “The speaker should be
a servant of the congress,” she said.
“My vision, style and approach are best
suited to lead congress.”
A quiet member of congress during
the past year, Sanratt said she would try
to keep congress in touch with its own
needs and the needs of its constituents.
See SPEAKER, page 2
Wayne Jones, University vice chan
cellor for business and finance, said he
could not comment on Horton’s sug
gestion until he spoke with the town
manager.
Carolyn Elfland, UNC associate vice
chancellor for business and finance, said
she didn’t think the University helped
contribute to the 1982 post-game
cleanup.
“The place was very wild back in
’B2, with lots of damage to businesses
on Franklin Street,” Elfland said. 'To
my knowledge, the University never
contributed towards the championship
cleanup.”
But Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun,
who wrote a letter to The Daily Tar Heel
last week encouraging students to cel
ebrate responsibly a Tar Heel victory,
said he thought Horton’s proposal was
reasonable.
“I’m not sure of the precedent behind
this kind of action, but the principle
behind it sounds like a good idea,” Broun
said. “The University should share in
See HORTON, page 7
Curtis and other Union officials said
they hesitated to use the term “ban” to
describe the new policy and wanted to
reassure smokers that the Union will
have some designated smoking areas.
“It won’t be a total ban, because
(the Union) will not become a smoke
free building,” Curtis said.
Curtis said the layout of the Union
did not facilitate the incorporation of
several smoking and nonsmoking sec
tions.
'There is no place (in the Union)
large enough to permit such an area,”
Curtis said. “The most logical choice
for such an area would be the Union
Gallery, but that most likely will not
happen.”
Curtis said the Union Board of Di
rectors planned to issue a formal state-
See SMOKING, page 2
By James Lewis
Staff Write
When you go to see your adviser in
Steele Building, stop on the first floor
on your way up. There is a man there
who can tell you a lot about the changes
that have taken place on campus in the
past, and he likes talking with students.
Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for
student affairs since 1977, has been a
part of the University community for 21
years.
“My career didn’t happen quite the
way I planned it, but that’s OK,” Boulton
said.
Boulton, who was born in
Elizabethtown, N.Y., received a
bachelor’s degree in chemistry and bi
ology from Alfred University in 1952
and a degree from the New Brunswick
Theological Seminary.
He also studied archaeology on a
Powerful Finance Committee gets chairman
By ThanassLs Cambanis
University Editor
In an evening filled with talk of
change, members of the 75th Student
Congress elected their leaders for the
new term, most notably choosing anew
chairman for the influential finance com
mittee.
In a 3 1/2 hour voting marathon
Wednesday night, 37 members chose
chairmen for congress’ four commit
tees. Members also elected anew
speaker and a speaker pro tempore.
After an extended question-and-an
swer session, congress members elected
Rep. Jeff Matkins, Dist. 19, to lead the
finance committee. The committee ex
amines all budget bills.
Matkins replaces Chris Tuck, a con
troversial member of congress who sup
ported defunding groups such as Bi
sexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies
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Brian Blanchfield, a sophomore from Charlotte, purchases some
goodies from seniors Lisa Harrington and Lisa Daughtry at a bake
University vying for construction bonds
By Peter Sigal
Staff Write-
Keeping a 200-year-old university
shipshape is no easy task.
With hundreds of structures built at
various points in the University’s long
history all demanding different degrees
of care, the importance of a proposed
school construction bond bill becomes
clear.
By Wednesday, an N.C. Senate com
mittee expects to have a final version of
a bond bill that will become a referen
dum in November if approved by the
General Assembly. The bond could pro
vide up to $1 billion for new construc
tion and renovation for schools through
out the state.
But the problem of dilapidated build
ings isn’t limited to UNC-CH. Fifteen
other state universities, 57 community
colleges, 27 satellite campuses and the
N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s
2,oooelementary and secondary schools
all are vying for the state’s money.
“Basically, the state has a lot of old
schools,” said Vanessa Jeter, commu-
graduate fellowship at Tubingen Uni
versity in Germany for one year and
received a doctorate in education from
Columbia University in 1961.
“I decided when I went to seminary
and then to study in Germany that my
goal was to be a dean of students and a
professor of religion at a small liberal
arts college,” Boulton said. “I never
dreamed of coming here especially
for a damned Yankee. I didn’t think
they would let me come here.
Boulton said being an ordained Pres
byterian minister is just another dimen
sion of his life.
“I enjoy helping others who think
that may be a career for them,” he said.
“When a church sits out there with no
minister and they need some help, I’ll
come in and do that on a Sunday. I’ve
participated, when students wanted me
See BOULTON, pgae 2
for Diversity.
Matkins defeated Rep. Joey
Stansbury, Dist. 11, by a vote of 26-10.
“As finance chair, you have an enor
mous job,” Matkins said. “The amount
of time that goes into monitoring the
student fees is enormous.”
Matkins, who was elected in Febru
ary, filled the seat of a member who had
just resigned and immediately took a
seat on the finance committee.
The finance committee chairman
must look beyond his personal feelings
when considering allocations to student
groups, Matkins said.
“My personal philosophy for the job
of finance chair is you have to be a good
administrator and you have to be neu
tral,” he said. “I have no personal agenda
to put forward.”
Matkins said the finance committee
needed to be more responsive to the
needs of the entire student body when
sale to benefit the UNC Housekeepers Movement. Wednesday
was Housekeeper Appreciation Day.
nications consultant for the Department
of Public Instruction.
Last summer, the General Assembly
rejected a similar bill that would have
put a school bond referendum on
November’s ballot. What originally
began as a $320 million UNC-system
construction bond swelled to more than
$1 billion after the community college
system and the public schools threw in
their bids, said Rep. Warren Oldham,
D-Forsyth.
Oldham is chairman of the House
University and Community College
Subcommittee.
“In the final analysis, the bill grew to
the point where it was just too un
wieldy,” Oldham said.
All three educational divisions have
submitted new requests to Gov. Jim
Hunt’s office, who passed them on for
trimming to the Senate Bonds Select
Committee, chaired by Sen. Leslie Win
ner, D-Mecklenburg.
“I hope we have some sort of bond
bill out of committee by next Wednes
day,” Winner said, adding that she would
not discuss the final amount of the bond.
Protesters to greet Hardin
By ThanassLs Cambanis
University Editor
Student protesters in South Build
ing have prepared a different sort of
welcome for Chancellor Paul Hardin
this morning than the national cham
pion UNC basketball team received
Tuesday in the Smith Center.
Advocates for a free-standing black
cultural center said they are hoping to
have at least 100 students on hand to
greet Hardin when he returns from a
weeklong absence from South Build
ing. Protesters, who are asking the
chancellor to support the BCC Advi
sory Board’s rejxart cm a black cultural
center and call an emergency meeting
of the Board of Trustees to discuss the
issue, have maintainedaconstant pres
ence in the South Building rotunda
HONORED: Indiana forward Calbert
Cheaney, as the winner of the Wooden
Award Wednesday. The award, voted on
by 1,000 sports writers and sportscasters,
honors the player of the year in college
basketball. Cheaney, the Big Ten's all-time
leading scorer, outpolled Kentucky's Jamal
Mashburn, 4,799 to 4,306 votes.
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Three new members joined Stu
dent Congress Wednesday night after
winning Wednesday’s elections in
the public health districts. The win
ners from District 8 are Ashley Weigel
and Michelle Atkinson, with one vote
each.
Steven Hoffman won the only seat
open in District 9 with eight votes.
allocating funds to student groups.
“Students aren’t informed enough
about where their money is going,” he
said. “It is my responsibility to see those
fees are allocated smartly and wisely.
“The finance committee is unique in
that every single person on this campus
is impacted by what we do.”
See CONGRESS, page 2
A successful bond bill and referen
dum could be a boon for the UNC-CH
campus. The department of facilities
planning has identified a “wish list” of
new buildings, architect Ted Hoskins
said.
UNC-CH has asked for $659 million
in funds, including $496 million for
new construction, said John Sanders,
former director of the Institute of Gov
ernment and chairman of the Buildings
and Grounds Committee.
The rest of the money would be used
for renovations to existing structures
and hospital improvements, he said.
Some of the construction projects
UNC has proposed are:
■ A six-story Student Services addi
tion to be built on top of the UNC
Student Stores building,
■ A communications technology
building for the department of Radio,
Television and Motion Pictures, which
might not be necessary,
■ sl3 million for the new business
school,
See BOND, page 7
since last Thursday.
Ed Chaney, Campus Y co-chair
man and official spokesman for the
protesters, said the group would like to
have a large number of people on hand
today to welcome Hardin.
Td like to see a hundred students
in the rotunda,” Chaney said. “We’d
like to greet Chancellor Hardin. He's
had a long extended break and hasn’t
seen us in a while.”
Hardin has had no official commu
nication with the students. He has told
the press that he was “baffled” by the
student protest and saw no reason for
it
"I’d like to see him say something
to us for once," Chaney said.
Krista Dreen, official spokeswoman
for the group of students, said about 45
people had already gathered at 11 p.m.
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