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IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Senate Approves Measure
Banning Assault Weapons
WASHINGTON - Heeding the
nation’s rising concern over street violence,
the Senate voted Wednesday to ban the
manufacture or sale of 19 types of assault
style weapons bullet-spraying firearms
that mimic those intended for combat.
The ban, stiffer than any previously
passed by either house of Congress, was
approved despite the opposition of the
National Rifle Association. The action
came as the Senate neared passage of a
$22.3 billion anti-crime bill that would put
more police on the streets.
NRAspokesmanWilliamMclntyresaid
the 56-43 vote on the assault-style ban
reflected the “misguided” view “that these
sort of gun-control measures, gun bans,
will have an impact on violent crime.”
Mandela, DeKlerk Finish
Work on New Constitution
KEMPTON PARK, South Africa
After a frantic day of bargaining, the gov
ernment and African National Congress
put the final touches Wednesday on a
constitution ending apartheid by giving
blacks equal rights for the first time.
The government and the ANC muscled
the proposed agreement through multiparty
talks, bringing two years of painstaking
negotiations to a dramatic climax.
Final agreement by the 21 parties at the
talks came late Wednesday to applause
from the weary delegates. A signing cer
emony in which party leaders endorsed the
constitutional package began soon after
ward. Nelson Mandela, the ANC leader,
shook the hand of President F.W. de Klerk
as he walked to his seat for the ceremony.
Asia-Pacific Forum Opens
With Message From U.S.
SEATTLE Secretary of State War
ren Christopher, opening an Asia-Pacific
economic forum, warned North Korea on
Wednesday that it must open nuclear sites
to international inspection and urged China
to treat its people better.
Christopher also met separately with
China’s foreign minister, Qian Qichen,
and said he hoped the talks would lead to
“a solid basis for progress in the future.”
But it was clear that some tensions
among Pacific powers remained at the
outset of the fifth annual Asia Pacific Eco
nomic Cooperation forum.
Asked if China was prepared to make a
gesture on human rights to accommodate
President Clinton, Qian said: “In every
thing we do, we have to be responsible to
the Chinese people. We are not making
gestures because we are not actors.”
Lawyers Held Information
In Nazi Case, Court Says
CINCINNATI John Demjanjuk’s
fight to remain in the United States got a
boost Wednesday when a federal appeals
panel threw out its order that allowed his
extradition to Israel to face Nazi war-crimes
charges.
The government said it remained con
vinced that the 73-year-old retired
autoworker was a war criminal and prom
ised to pursue his deportation.
The three-judge panel of the 6th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Justice
Department lawyers withheld information
he could have used to fight extradition.
Therulingovertumed the appeals court’s
1985 decision authorizing Demjanjuk’s
extradition. The ruling did not suggest
whether sanctions against the lawyers
should be pursued.
Catholic Bishops Ratify
Easier Dismissal Statutes
WASHINGTON—U.S. Catholiclead
ers, buffeted in recent years by reports of
priestly pedophilia, voted Wednesday to
make it easier to dismiss priests who sexu
ally abuse minors.
In its first action since a cardinal was
accused in a lawsuit of abusing a teenager
more than a decade ago, the National Con
ference of Catholic Bishops voted 219-5 to
lift the church’s five-year statute of limita
tions on dismissals in cases involving abuse
of minors.
If the change is approved by the Vatican,
dismissal may be sought for up to two years
after a diocesan bishop “receives informa
tion which at least seems to be true” of such
abuse.
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House Passes NAFTA After 13-Hour Debate
Key Facts About the North American Free Trade Agreement
WHAT IT DOES: |
Eliminates tariffs and other barriers to the movement of goods, services and investment
among the United States, Canada and Mexico, creating die world’s largest and richest trading
bloc, covering 360 million people.
TIMING:
Scheduled to take effect Jan. 1,1994. ; |i \
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Establish trinational commissions to oversee environmental and labor laws with the possibility
of sanctions, either punitive trade tariffs in the case of the United States or Mexico or fines in
the case of Canada, for failure of a country to enforce its own laws. The penalty could be up to
S2O million per offense.
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NAFTA would reduce federal revenues by $3 bilion over five years because of the lowered
tariffs. That would be partially offset by increasing the current $5 customs fee on overseas
travelers to $6.50 and imposing it for the first time on travelers arriving from the Caribbean.
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Visitation Rules Follow
Trend at Other Schools
BYPETER ROYBAL
STAFF WRITER
While UNC’s trial 24-hour residence
hall visitation policy has generated a storm
of controversy across North Carolina and
has made national news, a number of
schools across the state and throughout the
South quietly have modified their visita
tion policies to offer 24-hour visitation.
An informal Daily Tar Heel phone sur
vey found that five of eight major Southern
state universities and five of 16 UNC-sys
tem schools already allowed some stu
dents to host overnight visitors of the oppo
site sex, at least during weekends.
The UNC Board of Trustees will debate
the future of UNC-CH’s trial visitation
policy at an 8 a m. meeting Friday at
Morehead Planetarium. Several BOT
members have said they oppose the policy,
which allows 24-hour visitation by guests
of the opposite sex on all days of the week
in six dorms. The program went into effect
Sept. 22 after more than two-thirds of resi
dents in affected dorms voted to try the
program.
While most arguments against the pro
gram at UN Chavefocusedonthe morality
of 24-hour visitation, the major questions
at other schools that have adopted open
visitation have been over resident choice,
roommate comfort and dorm safety.
At the University of Georgia, campus
residents may choose to live in a dorm with
one of four different policies. The options
range from “A,” which permits opposite
sex guests from noon to midnight only on
Friday and Saturday, to “D,” which al
lows opposite-sex guests 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
At Appalachian State University, stu
dents also have a choice, but most dorms
vote on three options rather than pick from
halls with set visitation policies.
The difference is subtle, but Bob
Tomlinson, director of residence life at
UNC-Greensboro, thinks it is significant.
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Mimi Courtney, a junior from Williamston, participates in an afterschool program at the community center adjacent to
Estes Drive public housing community Wednesday afternoon. The program, begun by UNC students, draws volunteers
from various campus organizations to help with afterschool programs for the neighborhood’s children.
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Visitation Policies at
UNC-System Schools
The 16 campuses have three main policies
governing opposrte-sex visitation:
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Offer Offer Less Room
24-Hour Than 24-Hour Visitation
Option Option Prohibited
“(By voting) you’re in a sense changing
the rules after you have a captive audi
ence,” he said. Voting is unfair to the
minority of students who don’t favor a
more liberal policy, he said.
Tomlinson said UNC-G was careful to
alert students to possible visitation-policy
changes when UNC-G converted three of
its dorms to a 24-hour policy this fall. The
school sent future residents several letters
to explain the new policy and allow them
to opt out of the open-visitation dorm.
Only one student asked to be moved,
Tomlinson said.
Like UNC-G, many Southern state
schools emphasize resident choice when
opting for a liberalized visitation policy.
Neither the University ofTennessee nor
ASU will allow the open policy in every
dorm. Tennessee prevents freshmen from
choosing the 24-hour option, and ASU
doesn’t offer the open policy to three dorms.
Again, resident directors say students
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WASHINGTON ln a hard-earned
triumph for President Clinton, the House
approved the North American Free Trade
Agreement late Wednesday to fuse the
United States, Mexico and Canada into
the world's largest trading bloc. Republi
cans provided a majority of the support.
The 234-200 vote sent the measure to
the Senate, where leaders predicted ap
proval within a few days. “NAFTA is a
lock,” predicted GOP Leader Bob Dole.
Clinton, beaming, lauded the House
within moments of the vote.
NAFTA will “expand our exports, cre
ate new jobs and help us assert America’s
leadership in the global economy .... We
chose to compete, not retreat, to lead anew
world economy, to lead as America has
done so often in our past,” said the presi
dent, who leaves Thursday for a trade
meeting in Seattle with leaders of 15 Asian
nations.
The House rendered its verdict after a
daylong debate that reflected high-minded
UNC Opens With Sloppy Win in NIT
No. 1 Tar Heels Hold Off
Western Kentucky Behind
Williams’ Career-High 27
BY JOHN C. MANUEL
SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR
Maybe this game was good for top
ranked North Carolina.
Maybe being tested early and often by a
quick, pesky Western Kentucky team
Wednesday night humbled the hyped de
fending national champions.
Maybe the Tar Heels' sloppy 101-87
win at the Smith u „ . .. „
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of a quiet crowd “NC 101
of 20,863, will W. Kentucky 87
help make this a better team.
Head coach Dean Smith hopes so.
“I’d prefer to play Blue-White at this
time, but at times it looked like that,”
Smith said. “Maybe this is a good sign
we beat a very good team at home, and
most of all we’re happy to advance.”
The win moves UNC into the second
round of the preseason NIT. The Tar Heels
(1-0) face Cincinnati at 7:30p.m. Friday at
the Smith Center. The Bearcats defeated
Butler on Wednesday 90-72. Western Ken
tucky opens its season at 0-1.
The game gave glimpses of the talent
that has UNC ranked No. 1 in the nation.
But both teams showed the rust and ineffi
ciency of playing a game with less than 21 /
2 weeks of practice under their belts.
“I’m impressed with some of the things
we did,” Smith said, “but it looked like we
haven’t worked on any late-game situa
tions.
“We haven’t.”
Junior guard Donald Williams, who
handled most of the ballhandling chores
late in the game for UNC, led the team
with 27 points, tying his career high. Se
nior center Eric Montross added2landled
the team with 10 rebounds.
“I think it’s a real good first game for us
to have to play a tough game,” Montross
said.“Alotofguysgotgoodplaying time. ”
disagreements over America’s role in the
world economy and bare-knuckled poli
tics. Scores of labor-backed Democrats
abandoned their president to oppose the
accord, but 132 Republicans signed on to
assure passage.
The 34-vote margin was far wider than
anticipated, the result of a furious last
minute lobbying blitz that blended presi
dential phone calls with concessions to key
lawmakers concerned about the pact's
impact on a variety of domestic industries.
A cheer went up in the chamber when
the vote count passed the 218 needed to
approve the pact. Opponents stood in
clumps, shaking their heads and grimacing
at the result.
“A vote for NAFTA is in the great
tradition of our party, ’’House GOP Leader
Bob Michel of Illinois said in a ringing
speech of support. “So let it be said on this
crucial vote tonight that we Republicans
did not sacrifice the jobs of tomorrow to
the fears of today.”
Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt
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Senior forward Brian Reese sweeps past Western Kentucky's Cypheus Bunton
in North Carolina’s 101-87 win Wednesday night at the Smith Center.
The Tar Heels and the Hilltoppers traded
fouls and turnovers for much of the evening.
The teams combined for 31 first-half fouls
and 57 for the game. UNC lost starting
point guard Derrick Phelps to foul trouble
Committee Votes Against
Carolina Review Funding
BY HOLLY RAMER
STAFF WRITER
The Student Congress Finance Com
mittee voted Wednesday to make an unfa
vorable recommendation to congress on a
SSO appropriation to The Carolina Re
view.
The unfavorable recommendation was
approved by a vote of 6-2, with one absten
tion.
The Carolina Review, anew conserva
tivepublication, originally requested $4,795
in student fees. The Review drew charges
of racism earlier this year, after its inaugu
ral Nov. 1 issue attacked the proposed free
standing Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cul
tural Center, which was approved by the
UNC Board of Trustees in July.
Charlton Allen, the Review’s publisher,
said Wednesday that the private funds the
publication now received would not be
sufficient to support it in the future.
“Private donations are hard to survive
on, ” he said. “People want to see a finished
product.”
Rep. David Barnes, Dist. 4, said he
supported the red’ tion of funds because
he disapproved of the Review’s business
decisions.
“I feel that at this point, with the adver
tisers and private donations they have,
they could be self-sufficient, but they’ve
chosen not to be,” he said. “I think they
deserve zero dollars.”
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summed up for the opponents, who fear
the pact will throw thousands of Ameri
cans out of work. “Deficient and flawed,”
he said of NAFTA. “We cannot and must
not expose our workers and our corpora
tions to unfair competition.”
The accord will create a continental
free-trade zone by gradually eliminating
tariffs over 15 years.
Administration officials and some law
makers also said a favorable vote would
strengthen Clinton’s hand as he departs for
Seattle on Thursday —and would lead to
freer trade with Europe and all of South
America as well.
For his part, Clinton said he hoped he
and Congress could build on the bipartisan
cooperation that carried NAFTA to pas
sage. He also reached out to those who had
opposed him. “They have my respect,” he
said.
A total of 245 lawmakers spoke in 13
hours of debate more than half the
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the case last year, North Carolina was a
different team without Phelps on the floor.
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Rep. Sneha Shah, Dist. 19, said the
Review did not deserve funding because of
its openly political nature.
“The Carolina Review is definitely po
litically partisan,” shesaid. “Itmocksother
organizations, student government, staff
members and students themselves.”
But Rep. Joey Stansbury, Dist. 11, the
Review’s financial director, said the politi
cal nature of the magazine should not
impact the committee's decision.
“I think the idea of discussing whether
a magazine is political is diving into ques
tions of free speech and questions of cen
sorship of ideas and thoughts,” he said.
Rep. Andrew Cohen, Dist. 6, also said
the Review should not receive funding and
that it should strive to become self-support
ing.
“This is a publication which should
become self-supporting like the Phoenix
should be, like the Critic is, and like (The
Daily Tar Heel) has just become, ”he said.
Review Editor Darren Allen said he
was not surprised by the committee’s rec
ommendation.
“I expected this,” he said. “I never ex
pected them to be fair.”
In other business, the finance commit
tee voted to:
■ Increase student legal fees from $2.50
to $4.86, subject to approval by the Board
ofTrustees;
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