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Volume 101, Issue 144
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IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Defense Nominee Urges
Pressure on North Korea
WASHINGTON—The United States
should pursue an aggressive diplomatic
effort to avoid a “nightmare scenario” of
nuclear war in Korea, William Perry told
senators Wednesday at his confirmation
hearing to be defense secretary. Interna
tional sanctions against North Korea could
be around the comer, he said.
Perry answered queries ranging from
billion-dollar military programs to hot spots
around the globe during a cordial —and
relatively brief— hearing. He won prom
ises of quick approval from most members
of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Perry told the senators he supported
sending Patriot missiles to South Korea.
Perry, now the No. 2 official at the
Pentagon, would replace Les Aspin, who
resigned under pressure in December.
Inquiry Finds No Evidence
Of Bribery Against Brown
WASHINGTON The Justice De
partment found nothing to prosecute after
a yearlong investigation into whether Com
merce Secretary Ron Brown accepted
$700,000 to help lift the trade embargo
against Vietnam.
“We are closing the investigation. We
appreciate Secretary Brown’s cooperation
with the investigation,” said Justice De
partment spokesman Carl Stem.
The allegations were made by Binh Ly,
a Vietnamese-American businessman.
Brown acknowledged meeting three times
with a former Vietnamese government of
ficial, Nguyen Van Hao, whom Ly ac
cused of arranging the $700,000 payment.
Brown denied receiving the money or
having a business relationship with Hao.
Noriega Asks for Retrial
After Book's Revelations
MIAMI —Lawyers for Manuel N oriega
asked for anew trial in his drug case
Wednesday, saying anew book indicated
that jurors improperly pressured a hold
out, then misled the judge.
The book, “The Case Against the Gen
eral: Manuel Noriega and the Politics of
American Justice,” “raises new and dis
turbing questions about the conduct of the
jury both during the deliberations, as well
as before this court, ” said the motion from
attorney Jon May.
The ousted Panamanian military leader
was convicted in April 1992 on eight fed
eral drug and racketeering counts. He is
serving 40 years in prison. Jurors had dead
locked 11-1 at one point, until the final
holdout gave in. The judge forbade the jury
from discussing the case outside the delib
eration room. But writer Steve Albert
quotes jurors as saying they held a hotel
prayer session to change the holdout’s vote.
Reports Suggest Economy
Will Continue to Improve
WASHINGTON—Fresh reports rein
forced rosy predictions for the reviving
economy Wednesday. Home sales surged
toaneight-yearhigh,andthegovemment’s
forecasting gauge turned in its best five
month showing since the nation was pull
ing out of a recession a decade ago.
Noting the reports came on Groundhog
Day, Robert Dederick of the Northern
Trust Cos. in Chicago said: “These statis
tics suggest that when the economists came
out and looked at the numbers, they saw
springtime. We aren’t going to hit a brick
wall, weather permitting.”
The Commerce Department said its
Index ofLeading Economic Indicators rose
for the fifth straight month.
Carrier Accident in Arctic
Kills Six Russian Seamen
MOSCOW —Six Russian sailors were
killed in a steam explosion on an aircraft
carrier undergoing repairs in the northern
port of Murmansk, the Russian navy said
Wednesday.
Navy spokesman Alexander Veledeyev
said a steam pipe burst when one of the
engmesoftheslup, the Admiral Gorshkov,
was started after “regular maintenance”
Tuesday. In addition to the six sailors who
suffered fatalbums, two others were hospi
talized, he said.
The Admiral Gorshkov is a convention
ally powered aircraft carrier launched in
1982. It carries about a dozen planes and
20 helicopters.
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Weather
TODAY: Mostly sunny, warmer; high
near 50.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny; high 50-55.
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Top-Ranked Blue Devils Invade Smith Center
BY STEVE POLITI
SENIOR WRITER
Two things you need to know about
tonight’s matchup between Duke and
North Carolina:
No. 1 Duke.
No. 2 North Carolina.
As if this rivalry needed anything else to
fuel its intensity. When the two national
powerhouses square off at 9 p.m. in the
Smith Center, it
will mark the
first time they
have played
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each other ranked as the top two teams in
the nation.
“It’s kind of ironic that since I’ve been
here and there have been so many so-called
huge games, that this hasn’t happened be-
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A group of students and local residents demonstrate Wednesday in the Pit to protest Chancellor Paul Hardin's decision to cancel the
Grateful Dead's spring concert at the Smith Center. The Grateful Dead performed in Chapel Hill in March 1993.
Local Protesters Raise the Dead at Pit Rally
BYRACHAEL LANDAU
STAFF WRITER
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow can
stop Grateful Dead fans from expressing
their dismay about Chancellor Paul
Hardin’s Dec. 10 refusal to allow the band
to perform at the Smith Center.
About 20 Grateful Dead fans braved
Wednesday’s snow to protest the ban.
Fans displayed signs stating, “Censor
ship is dangerous” and, “Is this America?”
in one comer of the Pit, while the Senior
Class Gift Committee kicked off their
pledge campaign to raise money for their
class gift.
Despite the chaos, Grateful Dead sup
porters quietly spread the word for their
cause.
CAA Dismissal Key Issue
In Candidates’ Forum
BYHOLLY STEPP
UNIVERSITY EDTOR
Questions about the dismissal ofa Caro
lina Athletic Association presidential can
didate from the CAA cabinet last fall domi
nated the discussion at a residence hall
candidates’ forum
Wednesday night.
CAA candidate
Louis Patalano and
his opponents,
CAA candidates
Jen Rasmussen and
Nil Dalai, fielded
questions from the
audience of about
30 students at a
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dence Hall.
The candidates discussed the events that
led up to Patalano’s dismissal from his
position as associate Homecoming chair-
Chapel Hill, North Caroliaa
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fore,” Duke coach
Mike Krzyzewski
said. “Especially in
the ’6os you think
there’d been a 1-2.”
But it’s never
happened in the 190
meetings between
the two teams. Not
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Dean E. Smith Center
in Duke’s back-to-back NCAA champion
ship seasons. Not in UNC’s march to the
title last season. Not in the ’Bos or the ’7os
or the ’6os or the ’sos ...
“It seems like we were 1-2, no, I guess it
was 1-3 when we opened the building,”
said UNC head coach Dean Smith, talking
about his team’s 95-92 win against Duke in
the Smith Center’s first game. “It seems
like they’ve been No. 1 a lot when we play
them.
“It’s over and above the issue of the
Grateful Dead not being allowed to play,”
said Brian Felstein, a Chapel Hill resident
and the rally’s organizer. “It’s the fact that
it can be decided at whim by certain indi
viduals in the town and then affect thou
sands of people’s enjoyment in pursuing
their lifestyles.”
The group, Bring Back the Dead, wants
to educate people on the positive aspects of
the movement, according to fliers passed
out at the rally.
Bring Back the Dead will hold another
rally at noon Saturday at the downtown
post office on East Franklin Street.
It also will sponsor a fair during the
spring tour so followers can meet in Chapel
Hill between the New York and Atlanta
shows, Felstein said.
man.
After briefly discussinghisplatform and
his ideas for the future of CAA, Patalano
said he wanted to discuss his dismissal
because it had become an issue at other
forums. The topic first arose Monday night
when an audience member at an RHA
forum in Ehringhaus Residence Hall asked
why Patalano no longer was working with
CAA. “I felt I was being undercut on some
of the programs I was trying to imple
ment,” Patalano explained Wednesday
night.
He said a memo from him that was
“written as a joke” about the Pit movie led
to his dismissal. The letter, dated Sept. 15,
criticized the CAA cabinet for not approv
ing his original choice for the movie. The
letter states, “Since we originally asked for
a SSO raise in the budget and actually
received a SSO reduction, we feel that our
new choices are cheap enough for all con-
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“It’s always been an exciting game and
we’re usually in the top 10 and the rivalry
has really surfaced since 1980.1 just think
it’s going to be a typical Duke-Carolina
game.”
The word “typical” is an odd choice
when describing games between these two
teams. Typical can’t describe UNC’s 8-
point rally in 17 seconds to top Duke on
March 2, 1974. Or Duke’s 47-40 win on
Feb. 24,1979, a game that the Blue Devils
led 7-0 at halftime. Or, more recently,
UNC’s 75-73 upset win against top-ranked
and undefeated Duke almost exactly two
years ago that sent the Smith Center into
an absolute frenzy.
And this game has the potential to find
a comfortable place in the history books.
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Felstein, who works as a handyman,
said the cancellation was “based on a
misperception on the part of the town offi
cials,” amounting to censorship oflifestyle
and artistic freedom.
“It’s a question of what the University
wants to celebrate and when they act in
such a way (it is) contrary to freedom and
the American way,” said Felstein, who
originally is from England.
As part of the group’s efforts, Felstein
sent a letter to Hardin earlier this year
addressing his group’s concerns.
Hardin declined the request to alio w the
Grateful Dead to perform because he said
it would conflict with March Bicentennial
events, which some protesters called an
“excuse."
“I think saying he canceled it because of
UNC Court Improves Rape Trial Process
BYPHUONGLY
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Two years ago, Ruth Campbell held up
a sign showing her rage during a night
rally.
“Honor Court: The Rapist’s Best
Friend,” the poster board read.
But today, Campbell, the co-president
of Advocates of Sexual Assault Victims,
says she would tell rape victims that the
UNC Honor Court was a viable option.
Campbell’s change of heart came with
the recent reformation of the system.
Since sexual assault was made a student
code violation in
1989, the process
used by the
Honor Court has
SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENTS
been changed to be less callous and more
sensitive to sexual assault victims, said
Campbell, a senior from Taylors, S.C.
“We have come a long way,” she said.
“Before we started, there was no victim’s
rights. The victim did not exist before.”
The most recently proposed reform
measures include allowing complainants
to refuse to testify if compelling circum-
Businesses, Bars Get Ready
For Crowds of UNC Fans
BY JAY TAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
Eric Montross and company are not
the only Tar Heels gearingupfortonight’s
game.
“We’ve about doubled our (stock of)
beer,” said Stacy Franklin, one of the
managers of Ham’s Restaurant. “Game
nights are usually our big beer nights.”
And this game, with top-ranked Duke
taking on second-ranked UNC, is one of
Bicentennial events is a sorry excuse,” said
Brian Wingate, a freshman from Winston-
Salem.
Wingate also said he thought they were
discriminating against Grateful Dead fans.
“They don’t want Deadheads hanging
around the city, but the people who follow
the band aren’t violent,” he said.
Felstein agreed that Grateful Dead fans
posed no threat to residents or property.
“The Dead scene is a part of the best youth
in the country,” Felstein said. “They are
nonviolent, creative and based on music. ”
Grateful Dead supporters said fans had
caused less damage than those for other
bands or events.
Dacia Moore, a sophomore from Win-
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stances can be proven and to request their
own student investigator after charges have
been filed.
Provisions also were proposed recently
to allow the complainant to make a state
ment during court proceedings and impose
a minimum sanction of indefinite suspen
sion for a conviction of sexual invasion.
The new provisions were passed by the
Committee on Student Conduct Tuesday
after almost a semester of debate. The
amendments soon will be sent to Student
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the biggest, both for the teams and for
local businesses.
“We’re expecting a huge crowd,” said
N.C. Original Sports Bar owner Don
Eason. “We’ll have four or five extra
bartenders. We'll probably sell twice as
much beer as we usually do.”
Eason added that a WTVD-TV news
team would be on hand for the evening.
“They’re going to be doing live reports
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Campus Y
Elects New
Leaders
BY MICHELLE VANSTORY
STAFF WRITER
Five UNC students won new campus
leadership positions after Campus Y mem
bers braved the snow and chill to cast their
votes in Wednesday’s election.
Juniors Crystal Wiley and Kevin
Sheehan were elected Campus Y co-presi
dents. Wiley became the first black student
elected to lead the organization.
Sophomores Karen Erickson and Brad
King will be the new co-treasurers, and
junior Carolynn McDonald will act as
minister of information.
“I’m very excited,” Wiley said. “I’m
really dedicated to the ideas and goals that
are encompassed in the mission of the
Campus Y, and I want to continue to
uphold the mission statement. ”
Erickson, King and McDonald all were
uncontested in their races.
Current Co-President Ed Chaney said
he thought Wednesday’s inclement
weather kept many of the Campus Y’s 550
members from voting.
The newly elected officers officially will
take the reins of the Campus Y at
Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, Chaney
said. From then on, the Campus Y will be
totally in the hands of its new leaders.
Wiley said she also hoped to develop
closer ties with the new student body presi
dent and with the Black Student Move
ment. Wiley said she would like to work
for the addition of a women’s center on
campus to educate the student body on
women’s issues.
Wiley also said she hoped she could
serve as an example for other minority
students to be more involved in campus
activities.
“I hope that by being the first African-
American co-president of the Y, I can
increase the role of minorities in the Y and
on campus,” she said.
Sheehan said Tuesday that he wanted
to address issues such as the UNC house
keepers, the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center and the future of the Campus Y
building. He was not available for com
ment Wednesday night.
Wiley said she had worked with
Sheehan in general at the Campus Y and
that she thought they would have similar
goals.
“Kevin has some good ideas,” she said.
“I think we’ll make a good team.”
Congress, the Faculty Council and Chan
cellor Paul Hardin for approval.
Overhauling the System
The UNC Honor Court has tried two
sexual assault cases. One defendant was
found guilty; the other, not guilty.
In both cases, the UNC judiciary was
careless, “almost medieval,” Campbell
said.
“I think they thought rape was just an
other offense you could put in the code,”
Campbell said. “They treated it like a cheat
ing case. I think they were naive.”
In one case, the complainant did not
have the right to cross-examine the defen
dant and hear his testimony or those of
witnesses, she said. The complainant was
not well informed of the proceedings, and
judiciary members questioned the com
plainant about her sexual history, she said.
Complainants were allowed to have a
closed hearing, a support person present at
the trial and information about the verdict,
Campbell said.
“Besides that, nothing. Nothing at all,”
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