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IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Clinton Sends More U.S.
Troops, Arms to Somalia
WASHINGTON President Clinton
told the American people Thursday he was
sending 5,300 more troops, heavy armor
and naval firepower to Somalia to “finish
the work we set out to do.” But, facing a
surge of national dismay, he pledged to
end the deployment within six months.
Under in
tense pressure
from Congress
and the watch
ful eye of an anx
ious public,
Sudan, Iran aiding
Somali warlord,
reports claim
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Clinton said the U.S. force needed to be
expanded to protect troops already there
and to make sure humanitarian missions
continued. Counting troops offshore, the
reinforcements would double the Ameri
can deployment to more than 10,000.
Still, he said he wanted to call the troops
home as soon as possible and was sending
diplomat Robert Oakley to Africa to try to
find a diplomatic settlement.
Yeltsin Continues to Keep
Unyielding Hold on Russia
MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin
suspended Russia’s highest court Thurs
day in a continuing clampdown on oppo
sition strongholds. But on a national day of
mourning for those who died in this week’s
violence, he also appealed for healing.
The government persisted with efforts
to round up and charge leaders of the hard
line revolt crushed by tanks in the streets of
Moscow on Monday. There were no re
ports of new violence.
Yeltsin said the Constitutional Court
had played “a negative and collaboration
ist role” in this week’s crisis. Earlier, he
said the court bore some blame for the
bloodshed Sunday and Monday.
Report: Croatian Military
Committed War Atrocities
ZAGREB, Croatia The U.N. com
mander in former Yugoslavia issued a'
damning report Thursday charging
Croatian troops had practiced a “scorched
earth policy” in Serb-held villages and killed
civilians in cold blood.
The report detailed evidence of atroci
ties committed during an offensive a month
ago against Serb-held villages in the Medak
pocket in southwestern Croatia.
In a letter to Croatian Foreign Minister
Mate Granic on Wednesday, Tadeusz
Mazowiecki, U.N. Human Rights Investi
gator, said Croatian forces “arbitrarily ex
ecuted" several residents of the villages.
The Croatian Council for Defense and
National Security, an advisory body to
President Franjo Tudjman, said Tudjman
had ordered an inquiry and charges would
be brought against those responsible.
U.N. to Repeal Sanctions
Against South Africa
UNITED NATIONS The General
Assembly, pleased with the progress of
South Africa’s march toward democracy,
will repeal all economic and financial sanc
tions, opening the way for desperately
needed foreign investment.
The assembly will declare an end to the
voluntary sanctions in trade, finance, in
vestment, travel and transportation that
won worldwide compliance in 1985, and
urge all states to lift restrictions, a U.N.
statement said.
A mandatory arms embargo imposed
by the Security Council in 1977 will re
main in effect, as well as a voluntary ban on
military imports from South Africa.
Gingrich to Seek Position
As House GOP Leader
WASHINGTON Rep. Newt
Gingrich, proclaiming himself a “truth
thrower” rather than a bomb thrower, for
mally announced his candidacy Thursday
for House Republican leader.
Gingrich, the second-ranking House
Republican, made the announcement out
side the Capitol in brilliant sunshine, sur
rounded by approximately 70 supporters
who applauded his every statement and
turned the orchestrated event into a cam
paign rally.
“A little aggressiveness is a pretty good
deal,” the Georgia lawmaker told report
ers after backers welcomed him with cheers
of “Newt, Newt, Newt.”
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University Groups Strive to Reduce Risks for Greek System
BY MARTY MINCHIN
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
The prospect of having to pay millions
of dollars in. settlements if an accident
occurs as a result of a fraternity- or sorority
sponsored party has prompted those in
volved with the UNC Greek system to
work for tighter enforcement of the risk
management policy.
Risk-management policies at UNC pro-
hibit open con
tainers of alcohol
or kegs at parties
and do not allow
the general pub-
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InterFratemity and Panhellenic councils
in spring 1992, also states that sponsoring
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Professors to Showcase Expertise in Oct. 12 Lectures
BY CHRIS GIOIA
STAFF WRITER
UNC professors will speak on topics
ranging from jazz to Jessecrats as part of
Tuesday’s Bicentennial Celebration activi
ties.
The nine speakers, chosen from the 71-
member Bicen
tennial Speakers
Bureau, will give
talks from 11:30
a.m. to noon in
various rooms on
campus.
Composed of
faculty selected by
the Bicentennial
Committee, the
Bicentennial
Speakers Bureau
will provide an
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opportunity for groups around the state to
hear UNC faculty speak, said Richard
Richardson, faculty chairman of the Bi
centennial Observance Office.
Weekend Packed With Myriad of Homecoming Festivities
BY KEVIN MCKEE
STAFF WRITER
This year’s Homecoming organizers
promise a weekend of events bigger and
better than ever before.
Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday and last
ing until after the football game on Satur
day, the weekend offers something for ev
eryone, organizers say.
“This year we’ve tried to incorporate
the entire campus in the Homecoming
festivities,” said Jennifer Rasmussen,
Homecoming chairwoman. “We’ve also
tried to incorporate the Chapel Hill com
munity with our Friday night activities.
Chapl Hill, North Carolina
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8,1993
chapters must hire security guards to check
identification and mark guests of drinking
age with a stamp or a wristband.
Fraternity and sorority members, Uni
versity administrators and alumni must
work together to ensure progress in risk
management enforcement at UNC, said
Donald Beeson, chairman of the
Chancellor’s Committee on Greek Affairs.
“I’m very optimistic about the future of
the Greek system,” said Beeson, a Chi Psi
fraternity alumnus. “I think we have some
good leadership in place among the under
graduates. Right now, I know the alumni
are committed to making it a better sys
tem."
Committee Seeks Solutions
The 16-member committee on Greek
affairs, which was formed three years ago,
Inside Looking Out
Each speaker has agreed to give up to
five talks to “churches, civic groups, rest
homes, you name it,” he said. “This is to let
the state know what we are doing here.”
One ofthe speakers is Kenneth Reckford,
a classics professor who will discuss “The
Trial of Socrates: Do Professors Corrupt
Students?” in 111 Murphey Hall.
Socrates was executed in 399 B.C. be
cause critics charged that he “corrupted”
his students with controversial ideas.
Reckford’s talk will deal with the
philosopher’s trial and the resistance faced
by present-day teachers who expose stu
dents to new, often radical ideas.
“It’s really another way of asking, what
do we do when we teach?” he said.
Frank Wilson, chairman of orthopedic
surgery and the teacher of an honors course
on Thomas Wolfe, also will speak. He will
present a slide show and talk, “Thomas
Wolfe’s Chapel Hill,” in 431 Greenlaw
Hall. The presentation includes photos
taken when Wolfe was an undergraduate,
from 1916 to 1920.
“It’s sort of a look at the campus and the
And Saturday, it all kind of culminates.”
Friday’s events will start at 6 p.m. with
the annual Homecoming parade. The cara
van of floats and festive vehicles will begin
at the Ramshead parking lot and end at the
Morehead Planetarium and will be spon
sored by the Student Bicentennial Service
and Carolina Athletic Association.
“The parade will involve about eight or
nine floats,” said Daniel Thornton, CAA
president. “The Marching Tar Heels and
the Chapel Hill High School Band will also
perform in the parade."
Also, a pep rally will be held at 7 p.m. on
Franklin Street outside Wachovia Plaza.
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met for the first time this year Sept. 22 to
discuss issues facing the Greek system.
The committee made up of alumni,
administrators and fraternity and sorority
town, and the people that were in it, through
the eyes of Thomas Wolfe,” he said.
“It shows the University at a time when
he was here, which will give a little slice of
the Bicentennial ... through the eyes of
Thomas Wolfe, arguably one of our most
prestigious graduates,” Wilson said.
In a discus
sion that centers
on a more cur
rent topic, Eliza-
Eight alumni to
receive awards
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beth Gibson will deliver a lecture titled
“Don’t We Already Have Too Many Law
yers?” in 105 Gardner Hall. Gibson, a law
professor, will focus on the profession’s
problems, such as a negative public image
and dissatisfaction among many lawyers.
The other speakers are:
■ Sue Estroff, associate professor of so
cial medicine, discussing how medical stu
dents are taught the social sciences and
humanities. Her discussion is titled “The
Human Faces and Voices of Medicine:
Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences
toTomorrow’s Doctors, ” and she will speak
in 101 Greenlaw Hall.
Observance and UNC football will also be
presented on a large-screen TV outside
Franklin Street Pizza and Pasta.
Various student groups will provide
more than 30 booths, games, and rides
during the annual Franklin Street Extrava
ganza. The event will start at 7:45 p.m. and
admission is free. All proceeds will go to
the Inter Faith Council Community House.
“The Extravaganza will have a lot of
small carnival games and rides,” Thornton
said. “There will also be a dunking booth.
“It will take up the blocks between
Spanky’s on Franklin Street and the post
office.”
Saturday will begin with Tail Great, a
members is a composite of people in
volved in the Greek system who will work
to deal with issues that face the system.
“I felt positive about the meeting,"
Beeson said.
Beeson said he hoped the committee
could work more to implement methods of
enforcing the risk-management policy than
it had done in the past.
The committee ideally would work with
FC and Panhellenic Council representa
tives to create policies that students, alumni
and administrators would accept, he said.
“Certainly anything we do will be in part
nership with IFC and Panhel because if we
don’t have students’ support, it would be
virtually impossible to implement policies. ”
Beeson said he hoped the committee
would work to create more programs for
students who pledge fraternities and so
■ Soyini Madison, discussing “The
Woman That I Am: The Literature and
Culture of Contemporary Women of
Color.” The speech, in 103 Bingham Hall,
will address cultural symbols.
■ Thad Beyle, professor of political sci
ence, discussing N.C. politics and poten
tial future developments. His speech,
“From Yellow Dogs to Jessecrats: A Re
view ofNorth Carolina Politics,” will be in
08 Gardner Hall.
■ Rollie Tillman, professor of business
administration, discussing “From Rags to
Riches: Secrets of the Great American
Entrepreneurs,” in 02 Carroll Hall.
■ William Powell, professor emeritus
of history, discussing the first 200 years of
the UNC. His speech, “The History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill,” can be heard in the Wilson Library
Assembly Room.
■ James Ketch, an associate professor
ofmusic, speaking about “The Joy of Jazz”
in Person Recital Hall. Ketch’s talk will
center on the origin and unique character
of jazz music.
pre-game tailgate party at 10 a.m. between
Fetzer Gym and Gate 2 ofKenan Stadium.
The first 200 people to arrive will receive
sandwiches, potato chips and drinks. Also,
two tickets will be given away to the UNC-
Florida State home basketball game.
Finally, the Homecoming football game
will begin at noon at Kenan Stadium match
ing the UNC against Wake Forest. During
halftime, the Homecoming queen will be
announced and crowned.
“We’ve had a record turnout with vot
ing this year," Rasmussen said. “Whereas
last year less than 300 people voted for the
Homecoming queen, this year we’ve had a
turnout of over 1,200 people.”
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rarities. “We need to develop some good
educational programming for pledges, so
in addition to the local and national pro
gramming they go through, maybe having
some (UNC) programming as well.”
Bettie Ann Everett, an alumnae of Chi
Omega sorority and a member ofthe Greek
affairs committee, said that although com
mittee meetings had had poor attendance
in the past, it would be different this year.
But for the committee’s programs and
policies to work, the University must back
them up, Everett said. “I think (the com
mittee) needs more support from the dean
of student affairs, the Board of Trustees
and Chancellor Paul Hardin,” she said. “I
feel that frequent decisions that have been
made by the chancellor’s committee have
Please See GREEKS, Page 4
Smoking
Ordinance
Passes
BY JAMES LEWIS
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Members of the Orange County Board
ofHealth met little public opposition Thurs
day night in approving a smoking policy
for the county’s public buildings.
Under the Orange County Smoking
Control Rules, all public restaurants must
designate at least half of their seating for
nonsmokers by July 1994, and they must
limit smoking to specially ventilated areas
by July 1995.
All other public buildings and places of
business must conform to the new restric
tive policy by Oct. 14.
At their Sept. 16 meeting, board mem
bers had drafted a proposal that would
require restaurants to designate at least
half of their seating for nonsmokers by
January 1994 and limit smoking to spe
increase the time for restaurant owners to
comply because of complications involved
in installing new ventilation systems.
According to the ordinance, designated
smoking facilities in public buildings must
either be outside or be served by separate
and adequate heating, air-conditioning and
ventilation systems.
Mickey Ewell, owner of several Chapel
Hill restaurants, asked the board to con
sider the logistics of complying with the
ordinance in nine months. “It puts us up
against the wall, whether we choose to go
smoke-free or not,” he said. “Whatever
you can do to work with us to make a spirit
of cooperation is appreciated.”
He said the cost of anew smoke-filtra
tion system for a restaurant was between
S4OO and $2,000.
Board Chairman Philip Singer said that
in some cases, restaurant owners would
have to erect walls for separate smoking
areas.
Carol Stemkowski, aboard memberwho
said her husband owned a restaurant, said
she would not have voted for the ordinance
requiring that restaurant owners comply
with a July 1994 deadline. “I know first
hand what it’s going to cost, and I cannot
support the ordinance with the current
timeline,” she said.
The ordinance also requires that all
employers provide a smoke-free environ
ment for employees by Oct. 14. Employers
also have the option, at any time, to declare
the workplace smoke-free.
Eating establishments with a seating
capacity ofless than 30 must meet the same
requirement and have the same option.
Private residences, clubs and retail tobacco
stores are exempt from the ordinance.
Violation of the ordinance is a general
misdemeanor and is punishable by a maxi
mum of two years in prison. The Orange
County Sheriff will enforce the ordinance.
The only other citizen who addressed
the committee was Larry Rogers, a north
ern Orange County tobacco farmer, who
asked the board to consider the ordinance's
impact on the county’s tobacco farmers.
“The state has come up with something
we think is reasonable, and why should
Orange County make it even more tougher
than it already is,” he said.
The county acted in response to action
by the N.C. General Assembly in July.
Legislators passed new smoking regula
tions prohibiting municipalities from
amending existing smoking ordinances
after July 17 or enacting new regulations
after Oct. 15.
The state law designates 20 percent of
all space in public buildings for smoking.
Board member Alice Gordon said she
was surprised only two people came to the
meeting to present their views.
“It’s amazing that there is such a lack of
controversy. I think people are convinced
that it is a carcinogen and a threat to public
health.”