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Volume 101, Issue 87 ** A century of editorial freedom fSHB Serving the students and the University community since 1593 IN THE NEWS Top stones frosts the state, natioss and world Explosion Rips Open Gasoline Tanker in Texas GALVESTON, Texas—Salvage crews scrambled Sunday aboard a gasoline tanker ripped open by an explosion that peeled back part of the deck “like a sardine can." Three people were believed killed. The Coast Guard strung containment booms in case of a fuel spill from the OMI Charger, which was carrying no cargo but held 365,000 gallons of fiiel. The Houston ship channel, one of the world’s busiest waterways, was closed part of the day because officials feared ship wakes could endanger the tanker. Officials later allowed restricted use of the channel, which serves the Houston petrochemical industry. Witnesses said the ship was hit by two explosions Saturday. The first blast around 8 p.m. was felt more than four miles away, while a less intense explosion occurred about an hour later. Somalis Protest Against U.N., U.S. Involvement NAIROBI, Kenya Some 2,000 So malis demonstrated in the capital of Mogadishu on Sunday in support of fugi tive warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a U.N. spokesman said. Maj. David Stockwell, the U.N. mili tary spokesman, said the demonstrators shouted slogans against the United Na tions and the United States. The demonstration coincided with the arrival in Mogadishu of Robert Oakley, a former Bush administration official who is seeking a diplomatic solution in Somalia and an end to fighting between Aidid’s militiamen and U.N. peacekeepers. A U.N. official in Mogadishu said Aidid’s reported offer Saturday for a cease fire appeared to be a way of opening dia logue with Oakley. Georgian Military Issues Ultimatum to Separatists TBILISI, Georgia The Georgian military ordered rebels holding the Black Sea port of Poti in western Georgia to withdraw by Monday or face a major of fensive. The ultimatum came Sunday as the conflict between rebels fighting to reinstate ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia and soldiers loyal to the central government entered its second week. Government troops camped on the out skirts of Poti were a waiting orders to attack Monday atnoon, said Georgia's chief mili tary spokesman, Maj. Soso Margishvili. Skirmishes were reported Sunday in a number of towns and on key road junc tions. Serbs Block Relief Trucks Carrying Food, Medicine SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Serbs stopped trucks laden with food and medicine Sunday from reaching two north Bosnian towns where tens of thousands of Muslims have been trapped for months, U.N. officials said. It has been more than 100 days since the towns of Maglaj and Tesanj have seen an aid convoy. Relief workers say at least 150,000 civilians in the area have been pinned down by Serb and Croat artillery. Ray Wilkinson, a U.N. relief official in Sarajevo, said the 24-truck convoy returned to the northern Serb stronghold of Banja Luka. He said the convoy carrying 250 tons of food and medicine would try again Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Makes First Visit to China BEIJING Yitzak Rabin became Israel's first head of government to visit China, long an Arab ally that established diplomatic relations with Jerusalem only last year. Israeli officials hope the trip by the Israeli prime minister will boost bilat eral cooperation. But the United States has warned Israel “to take into account” the tense relations between Washington and Beijing over China’s decision last week to resume un derground nuclear testing, the respected Israeli daily Haaretz said Sunday. Rabin was met at the Beijing Interna tional Airport by Foreign Ministry official Liu Jiang and taken immediately to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: 60-percent chance of rain; high upper 50s. TUESDAY: Partly cloudy; high upper 60s. I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven’t got the guts to bite people themselves. August Strindberg Sailu ®ar BM Workers Scurry as Bicentennial Approaches BYMARISSA JONES STAFF WRITER Tuesday marks the culmination of five years of planning for the UNC Bicenten nial Observance. Volunteers and staff are busy finalizing preparations for University Day, the offi cial opening of the Bicentennial Obser vance, on various parts of campus, and they said Sunday that they were confident all projects would be completed in time. The Bicentennial Observance Office is one of the busiest areas on campus as organizers plan final details and address questions from the public, said Steve Tepper, executive director of the Bicenten nial Observance Office. “We have alot of nervous energy, which is kind of fueling us these days,” he said. Rampage *93 Ural mjk 'M m. m i s W jRk iv a Jflßk \ SB w(FZm hi i -V DTH PHOTOS BY JUSTIN WILLIAMS AND ELIZABETH MAYBACH The Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity float (above) rolls down East Franklin Street during the Home coming parade Friday night. The parade, which traced a route through campus, ended in front of the Chapel Hill Post Office followed by a pep rally. Maleikka Hardy (left), crowned the 1993 Homecoming queen, hugs Tywanda Ellison, the 1992 Homecoming queen, during halftime of the UNC-Wake Forest football game Saturday in Kenan Stadium. For more scenes of Homecom ing '93, please see picture story on page 5. Students Plan Last-Minute Voter Drive BYBREIT PERRY STAFF WRITER Today is the last day students can regis ter to vote in the Nov. 2 municipal election. Although registration drives in the Pit were common last year during the national election season, students interested in vot ing in local municipal elections or on a $3lO-million University bond referendum have not found it as easy to register this year. The terms of the Chapel Hill mayor, Carrboro mayor, and some members of the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board are up for election this year. The bond would pay for major con struction projects for the UNC system, including helping to fund the Kenan-Flagler Business School and improve the School of Dentistry at UNC. Diana Clontz, student government liai son to the Chapel Hill Town Council, said she thought local elections were important because they involved issues that were close Chapel Hill, Nertli Caroliaa MONDAY, OCTOBER 11,1993 UNC BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 200 YEARS Teppersaidhe was pleased with the public interest in Bicentennial events. “We’ve had great re sponse — people have been calling from all over the state wondering what to do, when to come and where to go,” he said. Kenan Stadium is the site of most of the physical preparations for Tuesday’s speak ers, which will include President Bill Clinton. Workers began to set up the stage, sound and light equipment and various decorations Saturday night and will be working from 6 a.m. until midnight Sun m - & Vly * to home. Clontz has helped organize a voter-registration drive that will take place today in the Pit. “I think that when there is a presidential election, people are much more aware about voting,” Clontz said. “In small elec tions, voter turnout is just not as good.” Students who live on campus can regis ter to vote today in the Pit from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Students should bring a picture iden tification and a student registration card or a social security card. Students who live off campus in Chapel Hill can register at the Chapel Hill Public Library at 523 E. Franklin St. or Chapel Hill Town Hall at 306 N. Columbia St. with proof of local residency and a picture identification. The Point-to-Point shuttle will take one of its vans out of regular service from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to transport students to the Chapel Hill Public Library to register. Clontz said there would be signs in the Pit advertising the shuttle service from Union Circle. Chapel Hill Town Council member Mark Chilton said he thought students day and Monday to complete the arrange ments. Allen Reep, producer of the Kenan Convocation, said Sunday that organizers had had no problems and were on schedule for finishing by 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Reep said White House representatives and the Secret Service had been helpful in preparing for President Clinton’s visit. “They have been excellent to work with,” Reep said. “They have had some suggestions, and when the White House suggests something, you do it.” The Durham-based company Realiza tions started Sunday morning putting up Bicentennial banners in Kenan Stadium and on main campus streets. Jason Quin, a Realizations employee, Please See PREPARATIONS, Page 2 were not as aware of local elections this year because only one student was run ning. UNC student LaVonda Burnette is running for a seat on the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Board of Education. Chilton, who graduated from UNC in May, won a seat on the town council in 1991 to become the state’s youngest elected official. Although Chilton earned the sup port of many town residents, he has cred ited the student vote for helping him to secure a council post. “The voter turnout this year is not quite as big because it’s not a national election, and there aren’t any other students run ning for an office except for LaVonda Burnette,” Chilton said. Dacia Toll, student body vice president, said that even though many students had not been able to register, it still was impor tant that each student exercise the right to vote. “In general, it is very important for students to vote because city elections will affect them directly, and the bond referen- PleaseSeeVoTE,Page4 Leader of Tiananmen Protest To Deliver Opening Lecture BYERICA LUETZOW ‘‘STAFF WRITER Li Lu, a student leader of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in China, will deliver the opening lecture of the Bicentennial Observance at 2 p.m. today. Li, deputy leader of the 1989 protests, was chosen by students at UNC to give the lecture “A Tribute to Freedom,” which will be held in the Student Union Great Hall. More than 200,000 students Aerial Anti-BCC Protest Circles Football Game BYJAMES LEWIS ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR While students, alumni and other fans of UNC football watched the Homecom ing football game Saturday, a plane buzzed Kenan Stadium and the campus with one of the first public protests of the proposed Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center. During the first half of the game, the plane circled the stadium with the mes sage, “NO RACISM NO SEPARATISM NO BCC,” trailing the aircraft on a piece ofclearplastic. During the third and fourth quarters of the game, the message “UNC STOP BENDING OVER FOR BCC” was attached to the plane. No one has claimed responsibility for the banner. Michelle Thomas, a graduate student who isinvolvedinthe movement for a free standing BCC, attended Saturday’s game and said she was outraged by the plane’s message. “I want to know when I can come to a football game and cheer on my friends without being slapped in the face by rac ism,” she said Saturday. She said that by allowing the plane to fly over the game, the University was sending a mixed signal to the football players who supported the BCC. “They want them to win the game but they allow this to con tinue,” she said. “How are they supposed to feel?” John Bradley, president of the Black Student Movement and a member of the football team, said the protest distracted Please See PROTEST, Page 7 McCormick to Help Hardin With Day-to-Day Operations BYMICHAEL WORKMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR Provost Richard McCormick will get a new position today when he takes over the newly created job of executive vice chan cellor. McCormick said Sunday that he was excited about the new job. “I’m verypleased that Chancellor(Paul) Hardin has placed his confidence in me,” he said. “I hope to fulfill the expectation he has placed in me.” McCormick, who also is the vice chan cellor for academic affairs, will help to run the University when Hardin is away from campus. Hardin will have to leave campus often during the next two years for Bicen tennial Celebration business and other en gagements, McCormick said. “I think (Hardin) felt that he will be externally occupied at the University and beyond the University with those events and wanted to strengthen the day-to-day operations of the University,” McCormick said. He still will report to the chancellor just as other vice chancellors do, McCormick said. “What the chancellor has asked me to do is take the lead among my peer vice chancellors with respect to the day-to-day operations.” Hardin said Sunday that his busy itiner ary had spurred the personnel move. “I’m travelling a great deal for the Uni versity because of the Bicentennial Obser vance and Campaign, and I want to make sure the University operations run smoothly,” he said. The move merely recognizes the in creased responsibilities McCormick has taken ori in recent months, Hardin said. Hardin said Friday that he was confi dent McCormick would do a good job. “Dick McCormick has demonstrated time and again his ability to tackle and succeed in dealing with even the most News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertuing 962-1163 C 1993 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. participated ... in the protests Schedule and for democ- previews f racy, and Bicentennial thousands events were killed in gee pa g es 2 anc j 3 a govern ment-sponsored crackdown. Li began a personal hunger strike Aug. 17,1991, to protest the treatment of Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming, two Please See U, Page 2 Congress Member To Introduce Bill Protesting BCC BYJAMES LEWIS ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Student Congress Rep. Joey Stansbury, Dist. 11, said Sunday that he planned to introduce a bill into congress opposing the construction of a black cultural center on campus. “This campus never hears the oppo site side,” he said. “This helps to bal ance the debate and it gives a certain segment of the students a representa tion it has been lacking.” A rough draft of the proposed legis lation states that “most University stu dents oppose the construction of a black cultural center” and “the current effort for a BCC has only widened the gulf between blacks and whites through childish antics and hateful sentiments, and... a black cultural center will only further create disrespect for blacks at UNC-Chapel Hill and further racial separatism.” The bill states that the University is financially limited and should not use public funds for the construction of the proposed Sonja H. Stone Black Cul tural Center. The bill requests that all University Please See BILL, Page 7 DICK McCORMICK was named executive vice chancellor Friday. difficult issues, ”he said. “I feel fortunate to have such a colleague available to take the reigns of the University when I am out of pocket.” All seven vice chancellors will help to tighten his workload throughout the year, he said. McCormick has been mentioned as a possible successorto Hardin, but he doesn’t consider the job a prelude to the chancellor’s position even though he is taking over some of the chancellor’s duties, he said Sunday. “I haven’t thought about the chancel lorship, and I don’t think this will be re lated to the selection of the next chancellor in any way,” he said. McCormick, reached by phone in his office Sunday, said he was somewhat con cerned about adding a third job. “I worry about that a tittle bit,” he said. “I think we’ll address that if and when the problem arises.”
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