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CAMPUS RUN-OFF ELECTIONS: VOTE TODAY uto iatlu (Ear Mrrl J? Volume 101, Issue IS2 A century of editorial freedom Semng the students and the University community since 1593 IN THE NEWS Ttp stories from the state, nation and world U.N. Commander Pushes Serbs to Leave Positions SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina The U.N. commander for Bosnia told the country’s Serbs on Monday they must give his forces control of their heavy guns by Sunday or face air attacks by NATO. Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Rose’s statement stepped up the pressure on Bosnian Serbs, who control most of the artillery ringing Sarajevo, and closed the gap between plans developed by the U.N. and NATO for ending 22 months of bloodshed. While theNATOplan calls for theweap- Ons to be removed more than 13milesfrom Sarajevo, Rose’s plan simply called for them to be placed under U.N. control. The ultimatum came four days after a mortar attack on Sarajevo’s central market killed 68 people and wounded 200. The U.N. blames the attack on Bosnian Setbs. Sanctions Against Japan Could Lead to Trade War WASHINGTON The Clinton ad ministration decided Monday to authorize Sanctions against Japan on cellularphones, increasing pressure on the Japanese after the collapse of trade talks. President Clinton conceded that trade war could erupt but warned Japan it stood to lose the most. “It’s just not acceptable for the United States to continue on the same path” after last week’s breakdown in talks, Clinton said. U.S. officials from the president on down issued Tokyo some of the strongest warnings yet, following up quickly on Friday’s failed trade talks at a summit between Clinton and Japanese President Morihiro Hosokawa. The move could lead to prohibitively high tariffs on Japanese made instruments and set the stage for sanctions in other areas as well. Legislature Blocks Hunt's New After-School Program RALEIGH Gov. Jim Hunt’s Save Our Students program hit a brick wall Monday when it was unveiled before the Housebudget-writing committee,butHunt says he’s not giving up on his after-school program for middle-school students. The bill, as proposed, would set up another set of citizen councils across the state, similar to those organized under Smart Start, Hunt’s early childhood edu cation plan approved last year. Legislators said it would be simpler to let local school boards set up the program and have a clear line of authority back to the schools. They argued that schools would face liabilities for anything happening at the schools but would have little authority over what happened there. Gays Request Clarification On Health-Care Coverage ' WASHINGTON—The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force called for changes in President Clinton’s health plan Monday to ensure that gay people were not dis criminated against, either as doctois or as patients. The group applauded Clinton’s com mitment to universal coverage but ex pressed concern that his bill “does not make the health-care system safer for lesbi ans, gay men or bisexuals.” It said the Clinton plan “discriminates financially against nontraditional families” by defining a family as a married couple or a single parent with children. A gay couple with a child and big health bills could wind up paying $4,500 in deductibles compared with $3,000 for a traditional family, the task force said. Clinton Says Economy Set For Years of Prosperity WASHINGTON President Clinton used his first annual economic report Mon day to proclaim his policies had put the Country on track for rising prosperity for years to come. Clinton forecasted that the economy would keep growing through the rest of this decade, and the pace would be fast enough to meet his campaign pledge of 8 million new jobs. The annual report predicted that the overall economy would grow by 3.1 per cent this year and 2.8 percent in 1995. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Mostly sunny; high low 60s. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-50s. Students Set to Vote by Paper Ballots Today BYALIBEASON STAFF WRITER The Elections Board has made some changes in the voting process for the run off elections today. Computers still will be used to deter mine voting districts and eligibility to vote for senior class president and vice presi dent, but the ballots will look different. “Plain old paper ballots in bright col ors” will replace scantron ballots, said Melinda Manning, Elections Board chair woman. Students will only have to circle the candidates’ names or their choice for the five referendums that will be on the ballot, Manning said. \ -| rPli '■** 1 y,^ Dm/iusnNwniftus Sgt. Everette Johnson of the Chapel Hill Police Department directs traffic Monday afternoon at the intersection of Raleigh Street and Raleigh Road while a repair crew behind him works on a malfunctioning traffic light Hardin Proposes New Tenure Policy BYRACHAELLANDAU STAFF WRITER For years professors and administrators have argued about the process by which tenure is awarded to-faculty of the UNC system. UNC-CH Chancellor Paul Hardin has proposed anew policy to “stop the tenure clock” and help make the tenure process easier for faculty. Hardin presented a proposal to UNC systemPresidentC.D. Spangler that would allow tenure-track employees to take a year off from work, research or both with out being penalized. Employees would be able to take off for childbirth, child care or poor health, and the time period during which they must earn tenure would not include the leave of absence. The UNC-system Board of Governors was supposed to vote on this new amend ment Friday, but due to the inclement weather the meeting was canceled. BOG members will meet Friday to make a decision regarding whether this new policy will be added to the system’s poli cies. Professors gain tenure through an evalu ation of teaching and research accomplish ments. By receiving tenure within an allot Immigration Plan to Reduce Number of Illegal Aliens BY JONATHAN BARKER STAFF WRITER Attorney General Janet Reno’s Feb. 3 proposal to increase border patrol staff along the U.S.-Mexico border met with general approval, but some experts said it still would not be enough to stem illegal immigration. “It’s a balanced plan,” said Victor Inzunza, communications director for the Los Angeles-based Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund. “We have no prob lems with beefing up the borders.” Inzunza said the proposal would cut down the number of illegal immigrants and would give legal immigrants a better TuS ( SMmTI994 ELEcN!i£iDl^ Candidates for student body president, senior class president and vice president, and three district seats in Student Congress are on the ballot. George Battle and Tommy Koonce are on the ballot for student body president. Mike Crisp and Parshant Dhunan are on the run-offballot against Edward Marshall and Hadley Peer for senior class president and vice president. Omar McCallop and Stacie Kummer are running for the available seat in Sui- This Way, Please ted time period, professors have job secu rity at the University. The tenure policies vary from campus to campus and department to department. Research, teaching and community ser vice are primary goals of institutions in the system although none of the policies are alike. Hardin said he and other administra tors had been working for more than a year on getting the issue resolved. “Thebenefits are obvious, especially to young women faculty starting families and trying to es tablish tenure,” he said. “This is a benefit to them and the Uni versity.” Similar plans have been implemented at other universities, but Hardin said it took a while for it to come to UNC-CH due to some resistance from the American Asso ciation of University Professors. He also said that despite past resistance from the AAUP, the proposal now had gained sup port from the local chapter, and the na tional organization is being less strict about implementing change. Hardin said the proposal was well re ceived by faculty, and he thought the BOG would vote for it. The presentation of this proposal is the final stage to a long process by which the new amendment was developed and estab ThetiNßSulget MONDAY; Tough Choices WEDNESDAY: Population Concerns THURSDAY: Defense Spending FRIDAY: Foreign Aid chance to become naturalized citizens. “It’s an important effort to strengthen the asylum process and the naturalization effort,” he said. "There are thousands of The power in hand is the vote. Helen Douglas dent Congress Dist. 15. Student Congress seats are available in districts 2 and 7. The four referendums from the Feb. 8 election are on the ballot again because of the confusion caused by the scantron sheets last week. Students also will cast their ballots on one additional referendum. One referendum allows students to vote to decrease both undergraduate and gradu ate student activity fees by $3. If passed, it also would increase the portion of gradu ate student fees the Graduate and Profes sional Students Federation receives from 15 percent to 25 percent. An additional referendum would pro- Please See ELECTIONS, Page 2 lished. “This started as a grass-roots issue of concern to women,” said Carol Jenkins, co-chairwoman of the Committee on the Status of Women. “As we began discuss ing this issue, we realized it went broader and was really a family issue.” Jenkins said the committee then told University administratorsoftheir concerns and worked with them, as well as with the local AAUP, to develop ways to change the current rules. The plan was approved by the Faculty Council and also was approved by the University’s Board of Trustees. “I feel it really will benefit both men and women who have to juggle family and professional responsibilities,” she said. Although the issue of tenure has come up for much debate through the faculty hearings committee, the committee has not had any recent appeals relevant to these concerns, said John Orth, Faculty Hearings committee chairman. Orth said there had been no cases in the last two years concerning denial of tenure for taking time off for family or health problems. He also said he did not think there had been any such cases for years previous to this time. “Usually the cases are denied by a department because of inadequate teaching or research,” he said. legal permanent residentswhoshouldmove toward naturalization.” Mexico’s economic problems must be addressed before any real progress can be made on illegal immigration, Inzunza said. “Most Mexicans would not come across the border if they could make a living within their own borders,” he said. “We have to take the lead with Mexico in help ing them raise the standard of living." Inzunza said he believed the passage of the North American Free Trade Agree ment was an important step in aiding the economic condition of Mexico. “NAFTA is a good start,” he said. "Un less the government and courts realize that Mexico needs our support, then we’re just ChaseHall ~ _ 11am to7pm 1 f Health Sciences Library 10 am. to 7 pm I Law School Iforary 10am.to5pm. £ (Mon (9m Auditorium 10 am. to 7 pm. t rtdQwy »<&f. BOG to Request Salary Increase for Faculty BYMARISSAJONES STAFF WRITER UNC-system faculty members might receive salary raises averaging 6 percent for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The UNC Board of Governors, which governs the 16 campuses of the UNC sys tem, intends to request a S6B million addi tion to the already approved $1.2 billion budget. Felix Joyner, the University’s vice chan cellor of finance, said $43.9 million of the requested funding would be used toward faculty salary increases averaging 6 per cent. The BOG was scheduled to vote on the proposal Friday, but the meeting was post poned due to inclement weather. The BOG is scheduled to meet Friday to vote on the funding request. UNC-CH Provost Richard McCormick said he was delighted by the recommended pay raise and was optimistic about its be ing passed. “I’m hoping that the state’s improved financial situation will make it possible for the General Assembly to respond affirma tively,” he said. But McCormick said that a single 6- percent increase would not sufficiently address the University’s problem of low faculty salaries. “Our faculty pay situation is sufficiently dire that we really need several years of 6- percent increases,” he said. “I know that it may sound greedy, but compared to our fellow universities our faculty salaries are extremely low, and Football Player’s Future Uncertain After Conviction BY JUDY ROYAL STAFF WRITER The team status of a UNC football player is in question after he was convicted of assaultbutacquittedofarelatedrape charge by a Maryland court, a University athletics official said Monday. Omar Brown, 18,afreshmanfromYoxk, Pa., was placed under 24 months’ proba tion during a hearing Wednesday in Snow Hill, Md. He was arrested last summer and charged with second-degree rape of a Y ork woman. Head football Coach Mack Brown and UNC Athletic Director John Swofford could not be reached for comment Mon day. But Rick Brewer, assistant athletics di rectorforsports information, said Swofford and Brown would get information from the district attorney and judge who handled the case before a decision was made. “I think (Swofford) wants to understand kidding ourselves. We spend lots of money on other countries. If we are upset about illegal immigration, then we need to think about investing in Mexico.” John Vinson of the American Immigra tion Control Foundation said the mea sures were not enough to make a serious difference. “It’s only three drops in the bucket,” he said. “Congress proposed an increase of 600 border patrol guards. (Reno’s) only going to bring in an extra 500 agents. She will only increase the border patrol by 300.” Vinson said the number ofborder patrol Please See IMMIGRATION, Page 4 Newi/Features/Ara/Spoiti 9624245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 01994 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. jCbie referendum Sowsstudents to vote on | ! whether to decrease undergraduate and I graduate student activity fees by $3. 1 | if passed, it also would mcrease the portion 8 of graduate student fees the Graduate and | Professional Students Federation receives. f Another referendum would prohibit The Daily Ta Heef ban ever recovingfundsng from student | Students also will vote to indicate their jl | preferences on three visitation policies. f Another referendum wouidp»d*it MM stipend or salary; I The feral referendum will aBow students to I | rate the food service provided by Marriott Corp. j those dollars are necessary.” McCormick said the proposed increase would help UNC-CH become more com petitive among research universities, but said that alone would not be enough to address the problem. Peter Kaufman, a religious studies pro fessor and chairman of the Faculty Com mittee on Salary Inequities, said the pro posed increase would be beneficial only if it were used to correct current salary ineq uities. Kaufman characterized these inequi ties as, “One, those existing between sala ries in the (College of) Arts and Sciences and in other divisions of academic affairs” and “Two, inequities within divisions in departments that leave many colleagues disenchanted.” Kaufman said he was uncertain about the proposal’s chance of being approved Friday. He said state officials’ commit ment to addressing crime might take prece dence over the salary-increase request. “It much depends on the governor and the legislature, and how broadly they de finethewordcrime,”hesaid. “It’sacrime, what’s happening to UNC.” Joyner said that if the raise were ap proved, each UNC-system school would receive enough money to cover 6-percent increases in all faculty salaries. But the money would be distributed at the discretion of Chancellor Paul Hardin and heads of individual departments and probably would not be distributed equally to all faculty, he said. Please See SALARIES, Page 2 himself completely what the legal ramifi cations of the case are... before he makes anytypeofdecisionon what to do,’’Brewer said, adding that the decision probably would not be made immediately. The woman who filed the charge against Brown said the alleged incident occurred in Ocean City, Md., where Brown and a group of friends were celebrating high school graduation. According to Ray Coats Jr., the state’s attorney who prosecuted the case, the com plainant said Brown forced her to have sex with him in his hotel room, and afterward she slapped him. Coats said Brown slapped her back. Coats said Brown claimed the com plainant consented to have sex with him. Under Maryland law, a victim must resist to the best of her ability to bring a rape charge. Coats said the woman did not attempt to physically resist Brown or call out to people in the next room, so the state did not have a case. Editor's Note It's that time of the year again. If s almost time to choose next year's editor. But before that can happen, The Daily Tar Heel needs eight students to serve as at-large members of the DTH Editor Selection Board. All students are encouraged to apply, except for those affiliated with student gov ernment officers of an officially recognized student group and current DTH staff mem bers. The DTH will appoint three staff mem bers -a writer, an assistant desk editor and a desk editor - to serve on the board. Applications are available in the DTH office, Union Suite 104, and at the Union desk, and are due Friday. This is your chance to play a part in determining the future of the DTH.
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