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£ Volume 101, Issue 63 A century of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1593 m IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Arafat Concludes Syrian Visit; Travels to Egypt CAIRO, Egypt—Yasser Arafatbrought his campaign to sell the Palestine Libera tion Organization-Israeli peace agreement to Egypt on Monday after receiving luke warm support in Syria. The agreement calls for Palestinian self rule in the Gaza Strip and the West-Bank town of Jericho —a small portion of the Arab land Israel has occupied since 1967. Before arriving in Egypt, the only Arab country that has given whole hearted support to the plan, the PLO chief picked up en dorsements for More coverage of the Israeli-PLO negotiations Story on page 4 the accord from the Gulf Cooperation Council, a six-nation group lead by Saudi Arabia. In Syria, Arafat met for six hours with President Hafez Assad, who asked to study the plan more fully. The PLO took Assad’s request as an expression of support, with reservations, a PLO official said in Cairo, speaking on condition of anonymity. IfAssad’sbackingmaterializes, it could help Arafat secure approval for the plan. Miami Burning Case Jury Hears Closing Arguments WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A pros ecutor held up the charred tatters of Chris topher Wilson’s shirt Monday and de scribed how the black tourist ran scream ing in flames after he was doused with gasoline. "This is a case about the horror ofbum ing flesh,” State Attorney Harry Lee Coe said during closing arguments in the trial of two white men accused of abducting Wil son on New Year’s Day and setting him on fire. As Coe played to the emotions of the jury, a lawyer for one of the defendants urged jurors to set aside their sympathy and "decide the case on the facts.” After nine days of testimony, the jury of five whites and one black got the case late Monday afternoon. Jurors sent Circuit Judge Donald C. Evans a note after about three and one-half hours of deliberations. The contents weren’t! disclosed; Evans said he would address the note Tuesday morning and he dismissed the panel for the night. Yeltsin Locks VP Rutskoi Out of Kremlin Office MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin sealedhis rebellious vicepresident’s Krem lin office on Monday and severed all of his official telephones. A presidential statement said the mea sure was taken to protect a corruption investigation against Alexander Rutskoi. Rutskoi, a former Yeltsin ally who now sides with the president’s hard-line oppo nents, called the Russian leader’s actions a “full-scale state coup.” In August, Yeltsin warned of an au tumn offensive against political enemies like Rutskoi, who have blocked political reforms and prevented the president from calling new parliamentary elections and adopting anew constitution. Last week, Yeltsin suspended Rutskoi and First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Shumeiko from office, saying corruption charges against both of them were damag ing the integrity of the government. Women Seek Top 5 Posts In Illinois Government SPRINGFIELD, 111. lt could be the Anita Hill thing. It could be a fluke. Or it could be that women have paid their dues. For the first time in the United States, according to two national groups, women are pursuing all of a state’s five top elected posts. In the 1994 election, women want to take over the Illinois offices of governor, treasurer, comptroller, attorney general and secretary of state. And some said privately they would consider a run for lieutenant governor if a candidate for governor wanted them as a ticket-mate. “This is an important state to watch. Anytime you have a record number of women running ... you can change the face of government,” said Pat Reilly, a spokeswoman for the National Women’s Political Caucus in Washington, D.C. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Variably cloudy, 40-percent chance of rain; high mid-80s WEDNESDAY: 60-percent chance of rain; high 80-85 tuip Daily otar UNC Honor Court Sees Increase in Cheating Reports A Sample of Honor Court Cases Decided in 199243 Charge Flea Verdict Sanctions Altering lab report Not Guilty Not Guilty Copying an exam Not Guilty Guilty Suspension through Fall 92, Fin course Falsifying Drop/Add form Guilty Guilty Probation through Spring 1993 Furnishing false information Not Guilty Guilty Probation through Faß 1993 and to University officials waiver of Fin course Plagarism of paper Not Guilty Guilty Suspension through second summer session, F in course Copying on computer Not Ginlty Gialty Suspension through second summer program session 93, F in course Copying on quiz Not Guilty Guilty Suspension through Fall 1992, Fin course Knowing abuse of position Not Guilty Not Guilty of trust and responsibility within University community Copying on assignment Not Guilty Not Guilty Alumnus to Revive Phoenix; Congress Must OK Funding BYMICHAEL WORKMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR A University alumnus and former Phoe nix staff writer is try ing to re vive the weekly newsmagazine after frozen student fees halted its publication last year. “I don’t want the Phoenix to fade away, ” said David Madison, a 1993 UNC gradu ate. Madison asked Student Congress for a $4,425 allocation at Wednesday’s Finance Committee meeting. The committee voted to recommend the allocation without preju dice. The Phoenix had to cease publication between fall and spring semesters last year when the student body treasurer froze its fees because of unpaid printing and phone bills. Diane Paces, last year’s Phoenix editor, said the Phoenix published five issues last fall and a final issue April 23 after congress reopened access to the funds. The magazine did pay off its debts last year in anticipation of restarting publica tion this year, Paces said. mj BYLEANNSPRADLING STAFF WRITER Open any women’s magazine and notice the cigarette ads—thin, well-dressed, suc cessful women cavort happily, cigarette firmly placed between perfect fingers. Are ads such as Virginia Slims’ “You've come a long way, baby,” which imply that a modem woman smokes, mere advertis ing ploys or reflections of society? “Historically, there has been a higher rate of smoking among men, ” said Dr. Ted Kunstling, Raleigh pulmonary specialist. “Now men are smoking less, and women are smoking more. “Young women especially seem to be taking up smoking in great numbers," Kunstling added. According to a survey taken in 1988, the 18-to-24 age group was the only one in which female smokers decidedly outnumbered male smokers. Many young women are influenced to try cigarettes because of peers or friends. “I was living in a dorm at my boarding school, and smoking was the cool thing to do,” said junior Molly Vogt. Sophomore Jennifer Corcoran of Brentwood, Md., said she was introduced to cigarettes by a friend. “I used to sit outside the dorm with him when he would have his nightly cigarette, and I started having one with him. I was curious.” Smoking also can run in the family, said sophomore Kelly Garner of Southern Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Jules Renard Cbapal Hill, North Carolina TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1993 “We didn’t straggle to get everything settled last semester for nothing, ” she said. “We expected to start printing again.” Madison decided to help restart the publication because he believed it could offer a different type of news. “This campus needs a newsmagazine to compliment the daily news of The Daily Tar Heel,” he said. “It’s really important for a university of this caliber to have a magazine that ex plores in-depth stories.” The history of the Phoenix could hurt the efforts of this year’s staff to get funding, he said. “The Finance Committee is very wary ofpeople who have (financial) black eyes,” he said. David Hinson, a senior from Charlotte who will be the magazine’s editor, said he saw an opportunity to provide a service for students while improving his own journal ism skills. “I feel that myself and the other indi viduals involved are committed to a qual ity newsmagazine,” he said, adding that business and advertising managers also Lighting Up 18-to-2 4-Year-Old Women Ignore Doctors’ Warnings About Cancer And Increase Their Smoking Habits Pines. "My mother and her mother smoke, so I guess I’m kind of continuing a heritage, ” Gamer said. “I used to smoke every now and then, but now I’m up to half a pack or a pack a day.” According to Kunstling, nicotine is the most addictive drag, legal or illegal, that is currently available. Ten percent of people who drink alcohol will become addicted, but 90percent ofpeople who smokeapack of cigarettes will become addicted. Nicotine is a stimulant drug, raising a smoker’s heart rate, metabolism and blood pressure. Despite the fact that nicotine is physically stimulating, most smokers say they smoke because it relieves mental and emotional stress. “I smoke when I’m stressed or driving, and especially when I’m in an unfamiliar place," Gamer said. Sophomore Geetha Gopalan of Cranbury, N.J., also smokes to relax. “Smoking is something I do when I just feel like chilling out and thinking and tak ing in the big world.” BYSHAKTIROUTRAY STAFF WRITER The number of Honor Court cases in volving academic cheating increased last year, said Margaret Barrett, assistant dean of students and judicial programs officer. “(The increase) probably is the result of a higher rate of reporting by faculty and students,” Barrett said. “It also could be the result of more students cheating, but we have no way of knowing that.” Bob Adler, chairman of the committee on student conduct, said he believed the increase was due to more professors filing reports. “I doubt seriously that there are more students cheating,” Adler said. “More stu dents just are being caught in the act.” However, Barrett said academic cheat ing dominated the Honor Court cases dur ing the 1991-92 and 1992-93 school years. have been chosen. Madison admitted that the new leaders of the magazine lacked experience, but he said the magazine wasn’t able to breed new editors last year because of its abbreviated publication schedule. “These people haven’t really proven themselves on the front lines because ev eryone graduated last year,” he said. “We couldn’t recruit because Student Congress kept holding funds.” Hinson said he believed the magazine could be a financial success. The magazine had plenty of ads last year even though the staff wasn’t trying very hard to sell them. “It seemed like we were doing fairly well last year,” he said. Even if congress doesn’t allocate the full $4,425, the staff will try to publish the magazine, he said. “I figure as long as we get half or somewhere around there we will be OK." It is important for the Phoenix to get a fast start, Hinson said. “The first issue will probably make or break us,” he said. Some women might smoke to create a certain image, Gamer said. “One time I was walking alone at night, and I had a cigarette and no one bothered me. Other times when I’d walk at night without a cigarette, people would eye me and stuff. “And when you smoke, you can join the ‘secret fraternity ’of smokers,” Gamer said. Gopalan said she also had benefited from the “secret fraternity” of smokers. “I’ve met a lot of people by bumming cigarettes and lights and by being bummed off of.” Gopalan admits that the health risks of smoking worry her. “I try not to make it an uncontrollable habit. If I find myself smoking excessively, I’ll just hide the ciga rettes or not take them with me when I go out.” Among the many documented ill effects of smoking are increased risks of mouth, throat, lung and bladder cancers, and pre mature aging of the skin. Eighty-five per cent of lung cancer cases and 80 percent to 90 percent of emphysema and chronic bron chitis cases can be directly attributed to smoking. It also has been suggested that smoking causes fertility problems and early menopause and that a woman’s smaller lung capacity increases her risk of lung problems. “Lung cancer now kills more women than breast cancer,” Kunstling said. “People should realize that virtually everyone who smokes will pay a price with their health. One of the most dangerous things about smoking is that it can be up to 20 years between the time you start and the time you notice serious consequences.” The good news is that within five to 10 years of quitting smoking, the smoker’s risk of heart and lung diseases drop to the same level as a nonsmoker’s. Respiratory Please See SMOKING, Page 2 Almost 80 percent of the Honor Court cases during both years involved academic cheating, which includes unauthorized use of aid on an exam, altering a lab report, plagiarizing a project and collaboration on an exam, Barrett said. The student judicial system is imple menting new approaches to raise student awareness of the Honor Code and Campus Code. During this summer’s C-TOPS sessions, Lilly Farahnakian, undergraduate Honor Court chairwoman, and Tucker Ball, un dergraduate student attorney general, spoke to all incoming students about the Honor Code, Barrett said. There were no formal presentations on the honor code during C-TOPS last year, she said. A letter from the chancellor’s office con cerning the Honor Code and Campus Code also will be sent to all students. The Morning After ~ r,,if,, " iv piPS iiimiiiiin~iMimi in i* —-r - "jn-dr.* 'miPVvl in* a; T - . ■’ || —-——— - —-■ • ■ : - ■’■-V #JS' - DTH/JUSTIN WILLIAMS Members of Navy ROTC use blowers to clean the stands at Kenan Stadium on Sunday as a fund raiser. Blowing all the stray trash, dirt and peanut shells into piles to be shoveled begins at 6 a.m. and takes about six to seven hours. University Housing to Use Male Suites for Overflow BY STEVE ROBBLEE ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR University housing announced a plan Friday to find permanent housing for the final 54 residents who have been tempo rarily assigned triple rooms in Cobb and Joyner residence halls. Rick Bradley, assistant director of Uni versity housing, said that within the next week most students should know where they would be living for the rest of the year, if they didn’t know already. Jeanna Gaydeski, a freshman from Charlotte who had been assigned tempo rarily to a room in Cobb, said she didn’t really feel settled at the University until Saturday, when her housing situation was resolved and she moved into her new room in Morrison Residence Hall. Gaydeski said she was relieved to have a home for the year and thought her former Cobb roommates were glad to have more space in their room. “The hard thing about being in a triple is the people you’re with don’t want all your stuff there,” she said. “I’m kind of glad I moved in because I like where I am better.” Amy Lewis, Gaydeski’s roommate and a freshman from Beaufort, said she origi nally was assigned a room in Cobb, but was reassigned to her current Morrison room before classes started. When Lewis was designated to live in Cobb her roommates wrote her a letter asking her not to bring most of her belong- News/Features/Aits/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 C 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. “Along with the letter, a copy of the Code of Student Conduct will be sent to all students,” Barrett said. “Hopefully, that will remind students that it is something that they have accepted by just being en rolled here at Carolina.” In addition to letters to students, Chan cellor Paul Hardin sent letters to all faculty members and teaching assistants remind ing them to stress the Honor Code to all classes, Barrett said. “Obviously, the support of the faculty is crucial to the implementation of the Honor Code,” Barrett said. Members of the attorney general’s staff and the undergraduate court will be giving presentations on the Honor Code to first year students during the weeks of Sept. 20- 27 as they have done in previous years, Barrett said. Please See HONOR COURT, Page 5 ings with her, she said. The housing department should have planned better to prevent overcrowding, Lewis said. “(University housing) should know around about how many people are com ingeveryyear,”Lewissaid. “Overbooking was their fault.” Many freshmen and junior "transfers encountered similar situations in their first weeks at the University. Because of a larger-than-expected fresh man class, many double rooms in the all female Cobb and Joyner residence halls each temporarily housed a third person until other housing space could be located. The housing department hopes to make room for the female students by allowing male students in Hinton James, Morrison and Ehringhaus residence halls to move to empty rooms on North and Mid Campus. The department then would convert those vacated male suites in the South Campus dorms into female suites, Bradley said. Male students in Hinton James, Morrison and Ehringhaus who wanted to move elsewhere would get first preference to move into empty rooms, provided they filed a request to move before Friday, the deadline for student requests for the regu lar housing lottery, Bradley said. We’ll give them until the ninth to let us know (if they want to move),” he said. “We hope that we will have them all moved, or at least know where they are going, by Please See HOUSING, Page 4
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