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Volume 101, Issue 62 A century ofeditorialfreedom BMB Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Outer Banks Residents Clean Up in Emily's Wake HATTERAS Residents of the vil lages on the southernmost tip of the Dare County Outer Banks spent a second day Thursday clearing mud and debris and rebuilding homes and lives shattered by Hurricane Emily. But further up the island chain, around Kitty Hawk, the focus Thursday was on putting out the word that the northern sections of the county would be open for business as usual during the Labor Day weekend. Miniature golf courses were open, and people were swimming in hotel pools. To the north of Oregon Inlet, things were proceeding as if nothing had happened. Stores that once were boarded up were open for business Thursday. Maintenance workers were busy mowing grass at condo minium complexes, sprucing up for the last holiday weekend of the summer. Israel to Sign Agreement On Palestinian Autonomy JERUSALEM lsraeli Foreign Min ister Shimon Peres likely will sign an agree ment with the Palestine Liberation Orga nization on Palestinian autonomy once Israel and the PLO have formally recog nized each other, a Palestinian source said Thursday. Once mutual recognition is announced by both sides, Peres and the PLO’s “for eign minister,” Farouk Kaddoumi, would sign the agreement on self-rule that was reached during months of secret negotia tions in Norway, said the source close to the PLO, who spoke on condition of ano nymity. Mutual recognition is still several days off, said Dr. Ahmed Tibi, a Palestinian physician from Jerusalem who is dose to Yasser Arafat, head of the PLO. Jordan's Accused Killers To Seek to Close Hearings LUMBERTON—Twoyoungßobeson County men accused of killing Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan, were due in court Friday for hearings on several pre trial motions, induding two seeking a gag order. “The motion I filed was to restrain pre trial publicity, but it is directed at the law enforcement agencies and the district attorney’s office,” Hugh Rogers, an attor ney for Larry Martin Demery, one of the defendants, said Thursday. The motion is similar to one of those filed by public defender Angus Thompson 11, who represents Daniel Andre Green, the other defendant in the case. But Th ompson also has asked that Judge Robert Frank Floyd close some hearings on the admissibility of evidence in the case, to seal the case file and to bar cameras in the courtrooms. The proposal to close some hearings is being challenged by news organizations in the state. The N.C. Press Association and the N.C. Association of Broadcasters both plan to challenge any move to close hear ings. LaToya: Jackson Treated Unfairly By Media, Public LOS ANGELES—MichaeI Jackson’s sister LaToya said Thursday he used to spend the night in his room with young boys and “we really don’t know” if child molestation allegations against him are true. She also said on NBC’s “Today” show that the public had treated Jackson un fairly since word of an investigation leaked. “If you really think about it, he’s been convicted before a trial,” LaToya Jackson said from the network’s London bureau. A 13-year-old boy reported he was mo lested by the pop star during a four-month relationship. The boy’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, scheduled an afternoon news con ference to make a statement on behalf of the teen. LaToya Jackson said that when she lived at home, Michael had young friends and “lots of little boys would spend the night at the house and they would stay in his room.” Asked if she believed the sexual abuse allegations, she said: “We really don’t know. He’s a wonderful person. And I really can’t say. I honestly don’t think he’d do anything like that, but we don’t know. ” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Partly cloudy, 30-percent chance of thunderstorms; high 90 SATURDAY: Variably cloudy, 40- percent chance of rain; high upper 80s Understanding the past requires pretending that you don’t know the present. Paul Fussell ofap iailu afar 1M Residents at Odds Over Gun Control BYDANIEL FELDMAN STAFF WRITER The battle begins Tuesday for local resi dents and lawmakers to decide whether stricter gun-control laws in Chapel Hill would cuib the town’s rising violent crime rate. The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 7:30p.m. in the town hall for residents to voice their concerns about proposed local handgun legislation. Town council member Joe Capowski said the council was limited in enacting laws by the federal and state constitutions. “We have a crime problem in the city and must do everything within legal means to reduce it," Capowski said. “We don’t know how broad we can go on the issue due to state and national laws.” Capowski added that he had received many calls from residents expressing mixed viewpoints. “We’ve gotten our share of support, but some residents have responded with ‘don’t you dare touch our guns’ statements,” he said. “Legislation is not a great crime de terrent, not until it gets wider than Chapel Hill.” Chapel Hill Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos said in a memo to the town council that the town did not have the authority to completely ban the possession of handguns in die town limits, but could consider other types of regulation, includ ing: Compression Of Salaries Worse at UNC BYMICHAEL WORKMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR Why should a higher-ranked faculty member who has more experience at the University make less money than a re cently hired teacher? Jane Bachnik posed that question in an open letter to the University dated Aug. 23 after resigning from her associate professor post in the anthropology department. In her letter, Bachnik said salary com pression, which occurs when starting sala ries increase at a greater rate than salaries given to veteran professors, was one of the main reasons for her departure. Bachnik cited salaries from her own department in her resignation, but Univer sity officials say salary compression affects the entire University as well as other schools across the country. “You are always going to have salary compression,... but it’s not always going to be as dramatically inequitable as it is at this University,” said Peter Kaufman, a religious studies professor and a member of the Ad Hoc Committee Concerned with Faculty Salary Inequities. Salary compression has worsened at UNC as salaries have fallen behind other schools, mainly because of frozen alloca tions from the General Assembly. In an American Association of Univer sity Professors study released in March, UNC ranked 50th, 49th and 57th out of 68 in salaries for full professors, associate pro fessors and assistant professors, respec tively. Provost Richard McCormick said he had used a $ 1.6 million General Assembly allocation to help alleviate the problem. The extra money was doled out according to merit, but department heads were asked to consider raising the salaries of veteran faculty members, he said. “Within the context of merit, depart ment chairs were urged to take into ac count the problems of inequity and salary compression,” McCormick said. Kaufman praised the efforts of McCormick and College of Arts and Sci ences Dean Stephen Birdsall. “The pro vost and the dean have bent over backward to use money provided by the legislature to address those inequities,” he said. The University needs to increase all salaries so that veteran professors will be paid as much as their counterparts at other universities, Kaufman said. “You fund your university at the appro priate levels across the board so that profes sors at any rank are earning at levels com parable to other schools,” he said. Economics Professor Michael Salemi said market pressures would prevail if a department didn’t increase the salaries of veteran professors as it increased entering professors' salaries. “If the salary schedule is out of whack, the department is going to feel the pinch at some point of another.” In Bachnik’s case, Salemi said the an thropology department had to make a de cision about its priorities. “Is the department better off keeping her at (her present salary) or getting some one else at (a higher salary)?” he said. Cluiml Hill, North Carolina FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1993 ■ Prohibitingthe possession of fire arms in specific places, including public places of as sembly and down town areas; ■ Prohibitingthe possession of fire arms by people un der the influence of drugs or alcohol; Council member JOE and ... CAPOWSKI says the ■ Prohibitingthe town will be limited possession of hand- by state laws, guns that could be easily concealed. Council member Art Wemer said he thought Karpinos’ memo provided options to the council to adopt measures that could provide significant deterrents to acquiring handguns. “The attorney memogivesactions which aren’t token measures,” Werner said. “Though the town doesn’t have the au thority to ban firearms, we will probably talk about the chances of accomplishing it through state actions." Wemer added that he felt strongly about the need for stricter firearm regulations. “The handgun crime increase in the city has been incredible, and something needs to be done," he said. “We expect opposi tion on the issue, and those citizens will have a chance Tuesday to convince us." But Jeff Freeman, N.C. State Liaison for the National Rifle Association, said 'Downtown After 5* U * \ u ***' Ml! 5 £ •<,/*♦ * ***** .mmL ■*,. iMsF *V * ** A * , „ T //.;;• * S' :■ .;'♦♦.;***MPMl : * it: ’ ! .• * *?.;: * • * : 5 * Ik nLZJP ****** ' '* * * • * W V* V i<j:* X r t v, - rm+y e, .• * %• k * -fry- "> - " I#- DTH/ANDREA BROADDUS Claire Hayes (left) and Stephanie Stadler enjoy the sounds of the Swing Shift Combo on Thursday evening at The Courtyard behind Pyewacket Restaurant on West Franklin Street as Hayes' son, Conor, dances to the beat. Tar Heels Host Toothless Bobcats in Home Opener Game and time: Ohio University at No. 16 North Carolina. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Site: Kenan Stadium, Chapel Hill Playing surface: Natural grass. TV/Radio: The game will not be tele vised. The Tar Heel Sports Network will provide live radio coverage. The flagship stations are WCHL(I36O-AM) and WZZU (93.9-FM). 1993 records: Ohio, 0-0. North Caro lina, 1-0. Series: UNC Ohio at UNC leads, 1-0. 7 p.m. Saturday, Last meeting Kenan Stadium (1974): North Carolina 42, Ohio 7. Personnel update: North Carolina FS Eric Thomas (arm) is out. Ohio No injuries reported. Ohio offense: The good news for the Bobcats is that seven starters return for this year’s club. The bad news is that only one returner, RB Tim Conway, made first or second team AII-MAC last year. All-purpose wideout Courtney Burton, who led the team in total yards last year with 1123, will be the main threat. If Burton catches any passes against the Tar Heels, they’ll come from senior quar terback D.R. Robinson, who threw for 684 yards last year with three TDs and seven interceptions. Overmatched is the best way to describe Ohio’s offense against the North Carolina. Natrone Means 1,195 yard rushing perfor mance last year for the Tar Heels would “If Chapel Hill passes any future (handgun) regulations, which are already the strictest in the state, we will respond with a lawsuit against the city. ” JEFF FREEMAN N.C. State Liaison for the NRA increased legislation on gun control had no effect on curbing violent crime. “Both the NRA and the town attorney believe that Chapel Hill does not have the authority to enact stricter laws towards gun control,” Freeman said. “If Chapel Hill passes any future regulations, which are already the strictest in the state, we will respond with a lawsuit against the city.” Freeman added that only the state had the authority to change gun-control stan dards. “Gun laws must be uniform across a state,” he said. “A local government does not have the authority to pass stricter regu lations because of this. It’s like Chapel Hill tryingto make the interstate speed limit 10 miles per hour.” Andrew Bare, a Carrboro resident against stricter legislation, said tougher laws only hurt the innocent tax-paying citizens who wanted to protect themselves. have broken the Bobcats single-season record by 20 yards. North Carolina offense: Once again, head coach Mack Brown is keeping his choice of quarterback a secret. Last week, the guess here was Mike Thomas at QB, but after Jason Stanicek’s MVP perfor mance Sunday, he should be the starter. So watch for both of them. UNC’s tailback combo, (Curtis) Johnson & (Leon) Johnson, answered any questions in the runninggame against USC, combining for more than 170 yards on the ground. William Henderson remem ber him?—reminded observers that he’s a pretty fair runner, too.AE in all, the Tar Heels outgained the Trojans 312 yards to 135. The Streak continues for Corey Holliday. If you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t, it’s not the DTH’s fault), he’s got at least one catch in 34 straight games and needs just two catches to break Earl Winfield’s career catch mark of 107. Ohio defense: Aside from losing defen sive end Jason Carthen, who was drafted by the New England Patriots, and inside linebacker Scott Zele, everybody returns for the Bobcats. Defensive Coordinator Nick Toth said Ohio had bolstered its run defense over the past two years. “We have improved against the run, and where we were used to yielding 550 yards a game, the last two years we low ered that to 350.” “(New laws) won’t stop violent crimes, since most of these weapons are obtained illegally,” Bare said. “What we need to do is enforce these laws and stop the crime. In Carrboro, you can’t even carry a sling shot.” Bare added that the gun-control issue was a reaction by the local government to pursue their personal agendas. “The town council is trying to elicit emotional support from the crowd over the KristinLodge-Millerdeath,” he said. “They are simply trying to push their own politi cal agendas on the people.” Beverly Kawalec, a member of North Carolinians for Gun Control, said the pur pose of the newly formed organization was to promote local, state and national gun control. “I think the community wants to feel safer,” Kawalec said. “The council senses that request and wants to respond to it.” She added that increased statewide leg islation was the future for curbing violent crimes in the Chapel Hill area, although local measures would be supportive. Mayor Ken Broun said he wanted to hear what town residents thought before any action should be taken. “Sterner gun-control measures are nec essary, and there’s a lot of similar senti ment in Carrboro,"Broun said. “Weshould adopt stronger possession measures now and move to increased state legislation in the long run.” Please See GUNS, Page 4 Hopefully Tar Heel running backs Curtis Johnson and Leon Johnson won’t get cramps. North Carolina defense: North Caro lina played bend-but-don ’ t-break in the first half last Sunday in Anaheim, but the bot tom line was only nine points on the South ern Cal ledger. Rick Steinbacher and Bracey Walker paced the defense with nine and eight tackles, while Walker also blocked a punt. Four different Tar Heels registered sacks. Expect more of the same against an Ohio line that’s nowhere near the Trojans’ front. It wouldn’t be a bad thing to have the Bobcats test the Tar Heels' secondary, which surrendered the short pass while protecting against the bomb versus South ern Cal. Comers Sean Crocker and Lawrence Winslow could probably use the work. If this game turns out as expected —a comfortable North Carolina win —then the second team, featuring players like tackles Mike Payne and Riddick Parker, linebackers Eddie Mason and John Brad ley, and defensive backs Kevin Addis and Jimmy Hitchcock, should see consider able time. Tidbits: UNC has won its last four home openers datingback to Mack Brown’s home debut, a 28-0 loss to Oklahoma in 1988... Only one Tar Heel sophomore outside linebacker Beau Parry, a walk-on who, as the UNC media guide says, “dis plays a lot of enthusiam” hails from News/Features/Aits/Spom 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 O 1993 DTK Publishing Coip. All rights reserved. CDS to Improve Services BYTHANASSIS CAMBANIS UNIVERSITY EDITOR Despite shortages of some food items and long lines, managers of Carolina Din ing Services say changes in campus dining halls are going well. “We’re in a situation right now where we had no idea of the impact of student volume,” said Scott McWilliams, execu tive chef for CDS. “As far as some of the items we’re run ning out of, we just didn’t gauge well.” Long lines due to a cashier shortage also should end soon, said Chuck Hackney, CDS marketing manager. “Staffing is always a challenge,” Hack ney said. “We do depend on student staff ing. “In the fall, the first few weeks, the students are getting their schedules settled, and it’s pretty hectic.” Hackney, who is in charge of fielding student feedback on the food services, said he had heard mostly positive reactions to a new format being offered by CDS. “The only complaint is people who wonder where the sandwiches are, ” Hack ney said. The grilled sandwiches available last year in the Cutting Board are now for sale inside the main hall of Lenoir. “Everything that was in the Cutting Board still exists,” Hackney said. “We brought the deli out to Lenoir.” But in the move out to Lenoir’s main hall, Cutting Board fare suffered a loss: The famed curly fries are no longer avail able. “The only thing we’re really going to try and do is bring back the curly fries,” McWilliams said. “We’re looking into purchasing another deep flyer.” The Cutting Board now serves Oriental and Italian entrees that change daily. "Last year we got back several hundred surveys listing Oriental and Italian as the mostpopularfoodformats,”Hackneysaid. “We also wanted to become more en trepreneurial on campus,” he said. In addition to the new “ethnic” foods, the Cutting Board offers a coffee selection to compete with the Daily Grind, a coffee stand that opened in the Daniels building, which houses the Student Stores, during the summer. The coffee station is part of the Gour met Bean program, Hackney said, and serves coffees, cappucino, lattes and espresso. As time progresses, the Cutting Board will become more like a restaurant, Hack ney said. “This is still evolving as well,” he said. “We’re going to turn this into a coffee-style shop from 7to 11 in the morning.” Along with the traditional cake deserts at the Cutting Board, Marriott will add Italian sorbets and gelatos from Francesca’s, a gelateria based in Durham. “We’re always evolving, ” Hackney said. The Cutting Board menu will continue to expand. “We’re going to do some trials over there.... Our desire is to let students drive the menu.” Ohio. Parry’s from Cincinnati ... Ohio opened its 1974 season at Kenan Stadium, losing 42-7. The Bobcats went on to regis ter a 6-5 season, which would suit them just fine in 1993 ... No team in the MAC has gone longer without winning the con ference than Ohio, which last took the title in 1968 ... Ohio plays every week for the next 10 weeks, with no Saturdays off. Final analysis/prediction: Many fans won’t be around this Labor Day weekend, and they won’t miss much. The biggest concern for the Tar Heels against a team like the Bobcats is beating themselves. Brown needs to, as he put it, make his players “put the (USC) game behind them.” With the ACC schedule looming, this may be game UNC takes lightly. Even if the players slack off a little, which is under standable with a short week and this kind of opponent, the Tar Heels should have no trouble. North Carolina 34, Ohio 6. COMPILED BY JOHN C. MANUEL AND STEVE RQBBIfE Editor's Note Just a reminder to prospective DTHers: applications are due at 5 p.m. today in the DTH office (Student Union, Suite 104). Names of new staff members will be posted by noon Tuesday. There's a manda tory new writers' meeting at 7 p.m. Wednes day in Union Auditorium. Good luck.
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