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J? Volume 101, Issue 137 A century of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Clinton Promotes Perry To Secretary of Defense WASHINGTON Filling an embar rassing gap in his national security team, President Clinton promoted the Pentagon’s No. 2 man to defense secretary Monday. The quick reaction from Congress was enthusiastic, with predictions that Perry would win easy confirmation. Though he is little known to the general public, sena tors dealing with military issues are famil iar with him from testimony at hearings. Seemingly a reluctant warrior, Perry said he told the White House on Saturday that he could not say yes at that point because “I did not want to drive my family into a decision my decision without their support.” Altera talk with Vice Presi dent A1 Gore and then a meeting with family members, he telephoned the White House on Sunday to say he would accept an offer if one were forthcoming. Pro-Choice Activists See Victory in Court Ruling WASHINGTON—A unanimous Su preme Court ruled Monday that protesters who blocked access to abortion clinics or in other ways conspired to stop women from having abortions could be sued as racketeers. The decision, which could threaten Operation Rescue and other anti-abortion groups, also allows federal courts to order a halt to illegal protests at clinics. Although focused only on interpreting a federal anti-racketeering law, the deci sion is a big victory for the National Orga nization for Women and the Clinton ad ministration. NOW had taken the case to the court, and the administration had sided with NOW’s view of the disputed law. Judge Rules Packwood Must Hand Over Diaries WASHINGTON Sen. Bob Packwood’s personal diaries are “unques tionably relevant” to the Senate Ethics Committee and must be provided to the panel, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson said he had to “balance Sen. Packwood’s expectations of privacy ... against the Ethics Committee’s interest in examining them ....” The committee had been awaiting the ruling before deciding its next moves: whether to expand the probe to include job offers to Packwood’s We and whether to hold public hearings. The panel is investigating the Oregon Republican for alleged sexual misconduct, witness intimidation and obstruction of the probe. EPA Sets New Standards To Eliminate Gas Fumes WASHINGTON—The Environmen tal Protection Agency directed automakers to equip new cars with canisters that cap ture toxic, smog-producing gas fumes dur ing refueling. The canisters will have to be phased in through a three-year span, begin ning with 1998 models. Vans, specialty vehicles and small trucks will be given an additional three years to comply. The EPA estimated the canisters would add $lO to the price of a vehicle. But automakers have said costs could be closer to SSO a car. EPA Administrator Carol Browner said that when the canisters were fully phased into the driving fleet—a process that likely will take a decade or more they would capture 95 percent of refueling emissions. U.S. Congress Convenes Today for New Session WASHINGTON With midterm elections looming, Congress will convene Tuesday for a session likely to be domi nated by President Clinton’s call for radi cal health-care refoimandby partisan wran gling over crime—and spiced by probes of two powerful lawmakers. Proposals to overhaul the welfare sys tem and the financing of congressional campaigns also dot the agenda, and lead ers hope to complete action on a package of changes covering Congress. A Senate debate is set for February over a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. But when Clinton delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he is expected to put particular stress on health care and crime. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Partly cloudy; high mid-50s. WEDNESDAY: Morning showers; high near 60. I can sometimes deal with men as equals and therefore can afford to like them. Gloria Steinem (The Srnlu ®ttr Mid Board Approves Condom Han for High School BY JACOB STOHLER STAFF WRITER At 8:45 Monday night, seven months of work and debate ended more or less where it began: with a plan to distribute condoms at Chapel Hill High School. But parents opposed to the distribution plan, which the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board ofEducation unanimously approved Monday night, said they would not hesi tate to take the school system to court if necessary. “If any teen becomes infected or preg nant, I personally will go out into the community and find kids to help bring -4 ‘ >ff -HI 21 ,& \” „ \AJr '* ~X '" t '>. I ■■■■ ~ • **-V ■Jz '• :: ■■'vX^Sfkrsi A 8 , "JWt ' IjNFj U ■ 1 ■ in K 9 H m \ PWWHHHNNI - - ' i iWnWH - ~ r '* No. 5 UNC Passes Key Road Test at Maryland BY JON GOLDBERG STAFF WRITER COLLEGE PARK, Md. North Carolina’s women’s basketball team is for tunate that, unlike figure skating, no points are awarded for style, grace or artistry. Even though theNo.sTarHeels(ls-l) played a sloppy, turnover-riddled game, they managed to escape College Park with a 79-67 victory against Maryland (8-8) Monday night. Despite her team’s sloppy play, UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell will take a win at Women's Basketball UNC 79 Maryland 67 Maryland. It was her first win at College Park since she arrived at UNC in 1986. “We were not clicking, we had a lot of situations where we could have scored,” Hatchell said. “But we’re happy with the win.” North Carolina only shot 42.6 percent from the field but held Maryland to an abysmal 35.5 percent. In addition, the Ter rapins were l-for-12 from beyond the 3- point arc. The two teams combined for 46 per sonal fouls. Chapel Hill. North CaroBaa TUESDAY, JANUARY 25,1994 about a lawsuit,” said Durham resident Victoria Peterson, a member of Putting Children First, a parent-watchdog group opposed to condom distribution. Peterson said Putting Children First al ready had received support from the Mis sissippi-based America Family Associa tion Law Center, which she said was pre pared to bring suit against the school sys-. tem over the plan. But according to school board Attorney JohnMcCormick.theU.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that condom distribution at public schools was legal as long as schools allowed for a process of parental consent. Because the CHHS plan allows parents Here Comes the Sun “This was our poorest offensive game of the season. We did not play well at a11.... We’ve got to get our concentration back. Thank God for our defense.” SYLVIA HATCHELL UNC head coach UNC point guard Marion Jones paced the Tar Heels with 17 points, seven re bounds and four assists. Tonya Sampson added 16 points and 12 rebounds but com mitted nine turnovers. “It’s always been hard to play at Mary land,” said UNC center Sylvia Crawley, who had 15 points “To beat Maryland at home for the first time means a lot to me as a senior.” North Carolina started out at a snail’s pace, scoring only two field goals in the first 6:30. To add to their woes, the Tar Heels turned the ball over 18 times in the first half. “This was our poorest offensive game of a chance to opt out and refuse condom distribution from their children, the plan will not be in violation of the court’s ruling McCormick said. “After reviewing it, I see no reason to alter the program proposed and approved on first reading by the board,” McCormick stated in a Jan. 18 letter to Chapel Hill- CarrboroCity Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen. In approving the plan, school board members thanked Putting Children First for their continued interest in the plan, praising the group’s insistence that absti nence be stressed by school health officials. “The message (of abstinence) really is s' 9 W JBf Dm PHOTOS BY IAYSON SINGE As campus sidewalks defrost in milder temperatures, UNC students cure a little cabin fever caused by arctic temperatures last week. Two students (left) soak up some rays Sunday during a game of ultimate frisbee, while Merle (above) makes an interception. Caroline Brown (below) studies outside Davis Library on Monday afternoon. DTH/MISSY BELLO the year, ” Hatchell said. “We did not play well at aft.... We’ve got to get our concen tration back. Thank God for our defense.” As badly as the Tar Heels played, the Terrapins matched their ineptness through out the first half by committing 18 turn overs and shooting just 39 percent from the floor. “It’s disappointing to lose as usual,” Maryland head coach Chris Weller said. “We played hard, harder then we did in our last game. I was pleased that we stayed in touch most of the game and did not back off of shooting the ball.” The second half proved to be more of the same. Turnovers continued to plague both teams, as North Carolina continued to lose the ball on the fast break, miss layups and play out of control. “Give Maryland credit, they had some thing to do with that,” Hatchell said. But Maryland did not pass through UNC’s open door, as it failed to score in the first five minutes of the second half. The Terrapins also turned the ball over 10 times in the second half. Stephanie Lawrence also made some Please See MARYLAND, Page 7 the most important thing, ” board member Mary Bushnell said just before voting for the program. “But so many kids are sexu ally active, so we have to encourage them to use protection.” Putting Children First asserted that ab stinence was the best way to prevent AIDS and pregnancy, and in their statement, the group listed 11 other objections to the plan. These included charges that condoms were not 100-percent effective and that some people suffered allergic reactions to the latex. According to the statement, “Too many students are being pressured into sexual activity before they have the emotional Police Have Another Suspect in Shooting BY JAMIE KRITZER STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill police have arrested a man and now have at least one other probable suspect in connection with Saturday night's shooting of a Carrboro man at McDonald’s. Kenneth Minard, 23, of 102 N. Guthrie Ave. Apt. B in Durham was charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and one count of careless and reckless driving for leaving the scene. He is being held in Orange County Jail on SIOO,OOO secured bond. “We do believe there are more individu als involved (in the shooting), ” police Capt. Barry Thompson said. Thompson said he wasn’t sure how many suspects were being sought but Chapel Hill police investigators were ques tioning several witnesses to the shooting. The victim, Shawn Baldwin, 18, of 112 Eugene St. in Carrboro was in good condi tion Monday afternoon at UNC Hospitals, spokeswoman Kathy Neal said. Baldwin had been listed in serious but stable condition Sunday after he was shot in the chest with a handgun that either could have been a .38-caliber pistol or a .357-caliber Magnum, according to arrest ing officer Lt. Robert Frick. Frick was surprised at Baldwin’s condi tion Monday. “The officers at the scene said it looked pretty bad, ” Frick said. “I’m surprised he made it.” Monday morning in Hillsborough Criminal Court, Minard appointed defense attorney Rick Butler at his first appearance hearing. A probable cause hearing will be held Feb. 11 to determine if charges should be brought against Minard. George Doyle, the assigned prosecutor for Monday’s hearing, said Minard had been in court just a few days earlier on charges of possession of drug parapherna lia. The charges were dismissed. “I was distressed when I saw him on the shooting charge,” Doyle said. “All I re member was him (Minard) telling me that he was looking forward to going back to New York.” UNC Honor Court Hears Fewer Cheating Cases BY CHRIS GIOIA ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR The good news for the Honor Court is that academic cheating fell to 50 percent of total cases this semester, from 80 percent over the last two years. The catch: The number of cases involv ing other violations, such as forgery and deception of University officials, has in creased, according to reports by the Com mittee on Student Conduct. But Lilly Farahnakian was not upset about the rise in cases. “I don’t think the number of Campus Code violations in creased,” said Farahnakian, chairwoman of the Undergraduate Honor Court. “I think there was an increase in the number of incidents reported.” Enforcement of the Campus Code as a whole has improved, said Margaret Barrett, judicial programs officer. The statistics “may indicate greater enforcement and reporting of other offenses on campus,” she said. Increased faculty involvement and awareness are the prime reasons for the court'seffectiveness, Barrett said. “I’m hop ing first-year students are more aware in their academic life,” she said. “The penalty of suspension and an F in the course, which is just the normal sanc tion for academic cheating, will deter stu dents.” A major difference between last fall’s cases and previous years’ is the diversity, Farahnakian said. Whereas the court’s work used to consist almost entirely of Newi/Fcatme/Aiß/Spom 9624)245 Business/ Advertising 962-1163 01994 DTH Publishing Coip AH rights reserved maturity and stability to handle this aspect of their lives. Abstinence is a message that students should hear even if they don’t want to hear it. “One of the consequences of easy avail ability of condoms for our children is an increase in sexual activity, thereby increas ing the risk factor and tending to counter act any benefits to be derived in the short term,” the statement continued. The statement was given to all members of the school board before the meeting. “I appreciate the letter from Putting Children First, and it has caused me to Please See CONDOMS, Page 4 jap Tr KENNETH MINARD leaves the Orange County Courthouse after his first appearance in court Police investigators believe Minard was arguing with Baldwin over a certain amount of money one owed the other. The shoot ing occurred inside the West Franklin Street McDonald’s at about 11:45 p.m. Minard fled the scene in a white rental car but was arrested minutes later on nearby Nunn Street. Later, Frick found a handgun about 75 steps from where Minard was arrested. Frick was driving past McDonald’s when the call came over his radio that shots had been fired at the fast-food restau rant. “It was just a matter of being in the right place at the right time,” he said. “I looked over at the McDonald’s and saw a man running to a white midsized car. He jumped in the driver’s seat and when he drove out, he went in the opposite direc tion (toward Carrboro),’’ he added. Frick turned around and chased Minard’s car, which he said was probably traveling faster than 50 mph. Frick soon cornered Minard in a driveway on Nunn Street. Then, Frick and officer Joe Layton approached the car and arrested Minard. academic cheating cases, fall semester cases were more mixed. Only half of the offenses involved cheating. “If you look, you see a lot more cases of falsification of University documents, making false statements and so on.” Another surprise for Farahnakian was a plagiarism case overturned by Chancellor Paul Hardin. After the Honor Court convicted a stu dent of plagiarism on a paper, the decision was upheld by the appellate University Hearings Board. Still, Hardin overturned the case, citing insufficient evidence, Farahnakian said. “I was outraged and shocked that he overturned that, ” she said. “The original court felt there was enough evidence to find the individual guilty be yond a reasonable doubt, and the UHB upheld the decision. “It was a slap in the face to student self governance,” she said. “When (a case) goes through that many people and one person overturns it, that's a hit to us and to the UHB.” Hardin was not available for comment Monday. Apart from Hardin’s reversal, all ap peals were denied by the hearings board and the chancellor, Farahnakian said “The decisions (ofthe hearings board) have been a lot more consistent, and that was differ ent from last year,” she said. Eighteen cases were tried by the Honor Court last semester, Barrett said. Nine in volved academic cheating in the form of plagiarism on papers, copying of exams and collaboration.
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