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(Hip Mu (Bar Volume 101, Issue 72 A century of editorialfreedom 9MB Sirring the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Peace Agreement Leaves Questions About Security JERUSALEM Who will arrest and prosecute a dissident who launches an at tack in Israel and then retreats to a Pales tinian-run area in the Gaza Strip or West Bank? What protection would Palestin ians have against reprisals from Jewish settlers? For both Israelis and Palestinians, the answers to security questions like these will be a major factor in determining the success or failure of the Palestine Libera tion Organization-Israeli peace plan. Israelis are worried that Muslim funda mentalists and leftist opponents of the ac cord will use the autonomous zones cre ated by the plan as launching pads for terror attacks on Israelis in Israel or the occupied lands. Israeli forces would not be able to get to attackers if Palestinian police were too weak or unwilling to help. Palestinians worry that Israeli settlers will launch vigilante attacks on Arab resi dents or that the Israelis will not give PLO chiefY asserArafatthemanpowerheneeds to control his opponents. Final Health-Care Details Still Must Be Worked Out WASHINGTON The first question President Clinton was asked when he cre ated his health-care task force in January was how he could deliver medical cover age to all Americans without driving up the deficit. It may be the last question he answers about the plan. “You have to give me something to announce” Wednesday, Clinton told re porters when asked about his financing plans late last week. Just days before Clinton formally un veils his health-care plan in a nationally televised address to Congress, final figures on how he would pay for it were among the details still being decided. Leftist Parties Take Lead In Key Polish Elections WARSAW, Poland Leftist parties that advocate restoring the socialist secu rity blanket led Sunday in a pivotal elec tion, striking a possible blow to the build ers of a thriving private sector. Exit polls showed the mostly former Communists who make up the Democratic Left Alli ance, along with the leftist Polish Peasant’s Party, winning a third of the vote in a splintered result that would put 10 parties or alliances in Parliament. The election pitted surging leftist parties against Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka’s centrist coalition. Her party, Democratic Union, finished third with 12 percent, ac cording to the INF AS polling service. Yeltsin Aide Hurls Ethnic Slurs at Rival Khasbulatov MOSCOW A spokesman for Boris Yeltsin hurled thinly veiled ethnic slurs Sunday against the president’s chief rival as the country’s leaders intensified their bickering. The remarks about parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov came a day after Yeltsin proposed early elections to settle Russia’s bitter power struggle. In a written statement from the Krem lin, Yeltsin’s press secretary, Vyacheslav Kostikov, clearly alluded to Khasbulatov’s ethnic background. Khasbulatov is not an ethnic Russian but a Chechen, a dark-skinned, mostly Muslim minority group from the Caucasus Mountains. There is widespread prejudice in Russia against Chechens, who often are called “gangsters.” Mother Seeks to Retrieve Child From Gay Couple SEATTLE A woman who gave up her 3-year-old son for adoption a year ago said she regretted her decision and could now give him a good home. She filed to regain custody after learning a gay couple might adopt the boy. Megan Lucas, 22, said she had cleaned up her life and wanted to raise her son. She said she was not trying to regain custody of her son simply to prevent two homosexual men from adopting him. “I mean, we don’t agree with that lifestyle, but that isn’t the reason we want him back. We’ve wanted him back all along,” Lucas said. She acknowledged, “I don’t want my child raised like that.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Mostly sunny; high low 80s. TUESDAY: Variably cloudy, 40- percent chance of rain; high low 80s. Early Bird Always Gets the Seat ? j wT* At iggggtoe WJr J Mg '1 m AWB , JB Wt DTH/IUSTIN WILLIAMS After waiting in line for up to an hour and a half, UNC students cheer as gates open at Kenan Stadium at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Stadium officials later had to turn away students because of a record crowd of 54,100 fans. Big Game Brings Big Crowd to Kenan BY KARA SIMMONS STAFF WRITER The Florida State Seminoles introduced two words into Tar Heel football vocabu lary this weekend: “defeat”... and “capac ity crowd.” In fact, so many fans tried to attend the UNC-Florida State football game at Kenan Stadium that student entrance gates had to be closed a full hour and a half before kick off. Kenan Stadium, which officially holds a capacity crowd of 52,000, accommo dated anew record of 54,100 fans Saturday night. The old record of 53,725 was set at last year’s UNC-N.C. State football game. Jason Wade, a lacrosse player who helped with stadium operations during the game, said he had to turn away a lot of students. “At 6 (p.m.) the student sections were filled and an athletic pass and a student Benzaquin to Leave University For UNCW Advising Position BYMICHAEL WORKMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR Kathleen Benzaquin, a popular assis tant dean of the General College, is leaving the University at the end of this week to take a similar position at UNC- Wilmington. Benzaquin, whose last day at UNC will be Friday, will take a job as a faculty adviser in the UNCW General College later this year. Benzaquin said her hus band, who works for Carolina Power and Light Company, had been transferred to Wilmington, thus forcing her to move. Donald Jicha, associate dean of the General College, said Benzaquin would be missed. “I hate to see her go,” he said. “She’s been a very good employee.” Benzaquin joined UNC’s Office of Stu dent Affairs in 1982 and moved to the General College in 1991. But some of her most notable contributions have come outside her official capacities. In 1986, Benzaquin helped found Rape Action Project, a student organization de voted to educating other students about rape. With Benzaquin as its adviser, RAP succeeded in getting the University judi cial code changed to establish an effective process for hearing sexual assault cases. Chapel Hill, North Carolma MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1993 I.D. would no longer get you in,” he said. “I think a lot of people were disappointed. ” Jon Fox, another lacrosse player who helped with stadium operations during the game, said he had to respect the decision to close the gates but did not think it was fair. “Everyone thought it was ridiculous not to let the students in,” he said. But William Scroggs, assistant athletic director of operations and facilities, said most students were cooperative when told they couldn’t be admitted into the sta dium. “We were pleased with the way stu dents handled the situation,” he said. “Most fully understood that we had reached capacity. There were one or two very vocal persons, but most were under standing.” Scroggs said the final decision to close the gates was made to ensure the safety of those already inside the stadium. “We had been monitoring attendance Assistant Dean KATHLEEN BENZAQUIN will leave UNC Friday. She served as the group’s adviser until 1991. Benzaquin might try to establish a simi lar organization at UNCW, she said. DuringhertimeatUNC-CH, Benzaquin Please See BENZAQUIN, Page 5 Violence is as American as cherry pie. Rap Brown as the fans came in, and we felt that once we got beyond seating capacity, there would be a danger to those standing in the isles and walkways,” he said. “Maybe two to three hundred students were turned away. It’s hard to tell." Despite the crowded stands, Daniel Thornton, president of the Carolina Ath letic Association, said he thought fans re acted positively to the situation. “Students did a good job of getting there early. They really showed the team that they supported them,” he said. “That was why it was a record-breaking attendance.” Scroggs said he thought the stadium staff handled the overcrowding success fully. “Part of what we do is to try to make the stadium a safe place for the crowd. We think we accomplished that with no major problems,” he said. “It was a wonderful evening.” Weekend Plagued by Gun-Related Incidents BY BRETT PERRY STAFF WRITER Between 9:45 a.m. Friday and 2:25 a.m. Saturday, the Chapel Hill Police Depart ment received six reports of gunshots and gun-related incidents. The first report concerned a suspect found trespassing on the public housing site on Lindsay Street. James Ronald Tho mas, 23, of Rt. 1 Box 213 in Chapel Hill, was arrested at 9:47 a.m. and charged with second-degree trespassing, reports state. When Chapel Hill police arrived at the Lindsay Street housing site, the suspect was carrying a semi-automatic, .25-caliber pistol. Thomas was held and later released on a S2OO unsecured bond. Later on Friday, at 4:30 p.m., Chapel Hill police stopped a man who was carry ing a shotgun and walking down Knoll Street near Crest Drive, reports state. Police did not arrest him because he was not using the shotgun in a threatening or scary manner, reports state. At 9 p.m. Friday, the Chapel Hill Police Department received a report of gunfire from a witness living in the 900-block of Greenwood Road. Chapel Hill police re sponded to the call, but the officer did not find evidence of gunfire. Master Police Officer Ronald Moses, who was supervising the department Fri day, said the number of calls to the station concerning gunfire had increased. “We BCC Will Have to Wait For Bicentennial Funds BYPHUONGLY STAFF WRITER Fund raising for the proposed Black Cultural Center will continue even though University officials decided Friday not to add the $7-million project to the Bicenten nial Campaign immediately. The Bicentennial Steering Committee said Friday that it would delay a decision on raising the campaign goal until its De cember meeting. BCC Advisory Board Chairman Harry Amana said the committee’s decision was a symbolic setback for the BCC move ment. “The University is throwing its 200th year birthday party, and we haven’t been invited,” Amana said. “African Ameri cans were never included in the University in its beginning. “Here we are—celebrating 200 years of what?” he said. “We’re still on the outside looking in.” Fund raising will be hurt if the project is not included in the campaign soon, Amana said. In a statement released Friday, Steering Committee Chairman William Armfield defended the committee’s decision. “We felt it was premature to raise the goal because total funds pledged to the campaign are $32 million short of the $320- million goal, and because there are new areas of need to be considered, such as the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Cen ter,” Armfield said. Provost Richard McCormick said ad ministrators still would try to raise money for the BCC. “I don’t think that (the steering committee’s decision) should be perceived as a setback by the Black Cultural Center Advisory Board,” McCormick said. “I’m sure those fund-raisingeffortswillgoon... even though the goal has not been made part of the campaign. Please See CAMPAIGN, Page 5 Student Body President Plans Wide-Ranging Study BY JAMES LEWIS ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Student Body President Jim Copland and others in his executive branch are collaborating to write a comprehensive self study of the University this semester. The report, titled “From the Front Line: A Student Study of UNC in Its 200th Year, ” will include a poll of 1,500 students and reports on everything from a compara tive analysis of the crime rate at the Univer sity and in Chapel Hill to “social possibili ties beyond the bar scene, ” according to an eight-page outline of the proposed project. Student Body Vice President Dacia Toll said the report would be a way to include students' perspectives on the University during the Bicentennial Observance year. “Gala events, prominent speakers, $320 million and other ways of celebrating this University are all important,” she said. “But, in our Bicentennial birthday year, we need to be asking ourselves, ‘Where have we come in 200 years, and more Six Gun-Related Incidents Reported in 24 Hours (v;A'Vak... V & & i L OAI 9:47 a.m. Friday: Suspect found with semi-automatic weapon on Lindsay Street. © At 4:30 p.m. Friday: Man carrying shotgun on Knoll Street near Crest Drive. OAt0 At about 9 p.m. Friday: Gunshots heard around 900-block of Greenwood Road. At 11:15 p.m. Friday: Man hit with beer bottle after hearing shots from .22- and v .25-caliber guns near Hardee's on West Franklin Street. 0 Just after midnight Saturday: Irritated customer told clerks he would return with gun at McDonald's on West Franklin Street. ©At 2:25 a.m. Saturday: Marine shot in the side with 9-mm pistol at 303 E. Franklin St. DTH/IUSUN SCHEEF have even gotten calls from people who think that they have heard gunshots, but the noises turned out to be either slammed dumpster doors or other associated noises. ” Just two hours after the Greenwood Road report, a Manley Street resident was walking with a friend at about 11:15p.m. near Hardee’s on West Franklin Street when they heard shots from both a .22- and News/Featuies/Am/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 C 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rigits reserved. BOT Plans To Consider Site Again BYPHUONGLY STAFF WRITER The Board of Trustees on Friday will re-examine its decision to build a new black cultural center at the Coker Woods site, but board members said they probably would not change their minds. Ina Sept. 141etterto SonjaH. Stone Black Cultural Center Advisory Board Chairman Harry Amana, BOT Chair man John Harris said he had asked that the site issue be put on the agenda “in the interest of cooperation” with the BCC Advisory Board. Amana had written a letter to Har ris asking the board to re-examine the environmental impact of the BCC on the Coker Woods site, locatedbetween Coker Hall and the BeE Tower. The advisory board wants proof that the Coker site is environmentaUy sound, he said. “If we are forced to take that site and two or three years down the road, it turns out that it’s not environmen taUy sound, we’U have to go through the site issue again,” he said. The BOT voted in July to buEd the $7-million center on the Coker Woods site. BCC supporters prefer the WE son-Dey site, located on the main quad of campus, between WEson Library and Dey HaE. Please See BOT, Page 5 importantly, where are we going?’ “It is essential that we not let this oppor tunity for self-study pass us by.” The executive branch plans to complete the project by January and release the report in nine parts: race relations, campus security, environment, academics, librar ies and academic support services, social life, studentservices, student organizations and administrative processes. Copland said that although the report would be a time-consuming project, it would help his administration focus on campus issues and provide ideas for next spring’s agenda. “When this project was started it seemed massive, but it also seemed exciting,” he said. “I think it wiE greatly enhance our effectiveness. UntE we completely assess aU our goals and points, it is impossible for us to be as effective as we should.” Copland said he also would address immediate problems facing students. “We Please See FRONT LINE, Page 2 a .25-cahbergun, police reports state. FoEo wing the gunfire, a black man con fronted the Manley Street resident, who then pushed the victim down and smashed a beer bottle over his head, according to reports. The victim was treated for a large bump on his head at the scene of the inci- Please See SHOOTINGS, Page 2
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