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IN THE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Justice Official Resigns in
Wake of Whitewater Case
WASHINGTON Associate Attor
ney General Webster Hubbell, a longtime
friend of President Clinton and Hillary
Rodham Clinton, resigned Monday, say
ing distractions from a probe at his former
law firm “will interfere with my service to
the country."
The president said Hubbell had done
valuable work at the Justice Department
but “he made the right decision” to resign
and return home to Arkansas to deal with
an investigation into billings he charged
while in private law practice.
Asa personal friend, Clinton said he
found it “hard to believe" that Hubbell was
guilty of wrongdoing.
President Picks Nominee
To Command Naval Forces
WASHINGTON President Clinton
Monday nominated Adm. Jeremy Boorda,
the commander of NATO forces in south
ern Europe, to replace Adm. Frank Kelso
Jr. as the Navy’s top officer.
Kelso announced last month that he
was retiring April 30, two months ahead of
schedule, because he had become the "light
ning rod” for criticism of the Navy’s han
dling in the past two years of the Tailhook
sexual harassment scandal.
Boorda currently is serving as com
mander in chief, U.S. Naval Forces; Eu
rope-Commander in Chief, Allied Forces,
Southern Europe; where he is responsible
for coordinating and planning NATO mili
tary actions over Bosnia-Herzegovina and
in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas.
Christopher Says Relations
With China in Good Shape
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia—After two
days of gloomy reports, Secretary of State
Warren Christopher gave an upbeat as
sessment Monday at the conclusion of his
visit to China. “I find the differences be
tween China and the United States are
narrowing somewhat," he said.
But President Clinton, attending an in
ternational jobs conference in Detroit, said
today, “I was disappointed at the results of
the meeting with the secretary of state.”
Clinton added, “Our policy is the same.
We’ll just have to wait and see what hap
pens between now and June,” when the
U.S. must decide whether to renew China’s
most-favored-nation trade status.
Christopher said the Chinese turned over
information about political prisoners and
also agreed to procedures to inspect sus
pect sites of prison labor.
Clinton Urges Cooperation
To End Economic Troubles
DETROIT President Clinton on
Monday urged America’s major trading
partners to combine their “collective en
ergy and ideas” to solve the world’s crisis
of chronic unemployment and stagnant
wages.
Clinton, speaking to the top economic
policy-makers of the seven richest indus
trial countries, said every nation faced a
“stubborn and persistent problem” of how
to create more and better-paying jobs.
The president continued to pressure
Europe and Japan to do more to end the
global recession by stimulating domestic
demand. He said the United States would
do its part by continuing with efforts to
reduce its budget deficits.
Packwood Accepts Order
To Release Private Diaries
WASHINGTON Sen. Bob
Packwood conceded defeat in a legal fight
over his diaries Monday, agreeing to turn
them over to the Senate Ethics Committee
for its investigation into allegations of
sexual and official misconduct.
Packwood, R-Ore., said in a statement
that he was ending a challenge to a district
court order that he provide the panel with
the diaries, tapes and transcripts it subpoe
naed last year.
Supreme Court Chief Justice William
Rehnquist earlier this month rejected his
request to postpone transfer of the diaries
to the committee pending a hearing of his
appeal before the U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Packwood had contended the subpoena
was a violation of his Fourth Amendment
right to privacy and his Fifth Amendment
right against self-incrimination.
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6 Dorms Slated for 24-Hour Visitation
BY RACHAEL LANDAU
STAFF WRITER
Students living in Craige, Teague,
Carmichael, Mangum, Aycock and Kenan
residence halls will get a second taste of
unlimited guest visitation this fall, when
the new 24-hour visitation policy will go
into effect in the six residence halls.
They are being rewarded for their re
sponse to the rescinding of the pilot visita
tion progipa, said A1 Calarco, assistant
housing director.
“This is a reward to the students (in the
pilot program) who responded in a mature
and responsible way to the trustees’ con
cerns,” Calarco said.
The pilot program allowed 24-hour visi
tation in the six dorms after residents over
whelmingly voted for the policy.
The Board of Trustees rescinded the
policy in November, citing that trustees
Fox: Bull’s Head Books
Not Umstead Violation
BYMARISSA JONES
STAFF WRITER
Carl Fox, Orange-Chatham Counties
District Attorney, said Monday that he no
longer would consider books sold in the
Bull’s Head Bookshop as possibly violat
ing the 1929 Umstead Act.
But Fox said he would continue his
inquiry regarding products identified by
Hardin and UNC Student Stores as gift
items.
Fox said his decision to eliminate the
books as possible violations came in re
sponse to letters from UNC faculty and
Chancellor Paul Hardin.
Fox met with Hardin in January to
discuss items he thought might be viola
tions ofthe act, which prohibits state-owned
businesses from competing with those in
the private sector.
Fox’s inquiry into the Student Stores
came after he received complaints from
local businesses.
The items included puzzles, children’s
books, rocking chairs, stationery, cookies,
stuffed animals and children’s clothing.
Hardin responded March 9 with a letter
stating that the items cited by Fox fell into
categories of products exempt from the
Umstead Act, such as educational materi
als, university gift items and personal use
items.
But the University did decide to discon
tinue sales of clock radios and children’s
puzzles, although Hardin said the Univer
sity did not think these items violated the
code.
Fox said many of the letters he received
from faculty and other concerned indi
viduals were insightful and interesting, of
fering information about the value of ma
terials such as children’s books, magazines
and current books.
“Some were from people who have a lot
more expertise in terms of what resources
would be helpful to a student and in prepar
ing yourself for teaching,” he said.
“Because of the letters and the
University’s response, I no longer have a
Commissioners Want Out of Fireworks Approval
BY HOLLY WILLIAMS
STAFF WRITER
Fireworks used in the Smith Center
might not need county approval if the
board of commissioners asks to be exempt
from the state law that requires them to
approve pyrotechnics displays.
The Change County Board of Commis
sioners will decide Tuesday if a public
hearing is needed to discuss ending the
board’s role in the fireworks approval pro
cess. If the county decides to seek exemp
tion, it will have to submit a recommenda
tion to the N.C. General Assembly for a
change in the law, Orange County Attor
ney Geoffrey Gledhill said.
Petition to Add Students to ChanceDor Search Group Up to 2,600
BYALIBEASON
STAFF WRITER
The petition drive to increase the num
ber of students on the search committee for
UNC’s next chancellor is expected to come
to a close on Friday.
Nick Johnston, chairman of the coali
tion, which is composed of 13 student
groups, said they had collected about 2,600
student signatures and would continue to
circulate petitions until Friday.
“We want to stress that’s2,6oopetitions
in hand,” Johnston said.
The signatures will be presented to Board
of Trustees Chairman John Harris at the
March 25 BOT meeting. The 3-week-old
petition drive came in response to Harris’
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should have been consulted in the deci
sion. After meeting with students, parents,
faculty and administrators, the trustees in
January voted to allow a gradual imple
mentation.
“It’s refreshing to see that after all our
hard work and the troubles that we’ve gone
through with the BOT and committee
meetings and countless hours of trying to
come up with solutions, that our efforts
have paid off,” said Jan Davis, Residence
Hall Association president.
Calarco said the department selected
the six dorms to be part of the first phase of
the new three-option visitation program to
allow both upperclassmen and freshmen
to have the new option and to be fair to
students.
The program's initial phase will allow
1,492 students, 22 percent of campus resi
dents, the unlimited visitation option,
Calarco said.
problem with books.”
But Fox said he still was concerned
about whether certain items violated the
code.
Fox said he had asked Attorney Gen
eral Michael Easley to clarify exactly what
items the act allowed universities to sell.
Fox said he would contact Hardin after
he received a response if it seemed there
was a violation, but he did not expect an
answer for several weeks.
John Jones, director of UNC Student
Stores, said he did not think the products
were violations of the code.
“The goods in question fall under the
category of products we’re allowed to sell
under the Umstead Act,” he said.
Jones said he thought the University
discontinued the sale of clock radios and
children’s puzzles as “an act of good faith. ”
“I think the idea, in general, is that the
University shows it’s concerned about the
Umstead Act,” he said.
Jones said greeting cards had been re
moved from the store in 1989 because Fox
had expressed concern about their sale
being a violation of the act.
Jones also said there had been other
disagreements concerning the code in the
past.
“I firmly hope that this is behind us and
that we can go back to doing what we do
best, which is serving students,” he said.
Fox said earlier this month that he was
interested in working with state legislators
to change the law.
He said the nature of the act was civil
and that violations of it should not be
considered criminal offenses.
“I think law enforcement really doesn’t
have a place in the enforcement of the
code,” he said. “I think it never should
have been a criminal offense to violate that
code.
“If there’s going to be an Umstead Act,
it’s got to be a civil statute with civil penal
ties,” he said.
Fox said he planned to meet with legis
lative delegates to ask them to submit a bill
changing the act in 1995.
In December, the commission voted 3-
2 to deny a pyrotechnics permit for a Jan.
8 Janet Jackson concert. The concert then
was canceled because the permit was de
nied.
Last month, the commissioners unani
mously approved the fireworks scheduled
for the Rush concert March 6 using anew
pyrotechnics permit policy approved in
January. Despite having the new policy in
place, a formalized version of the old one,
commissioners still want out of the pro
cess.
“Personally, I think it would speed things
up as far as the permit process goes,” said
Ronnie Allen, a fire and safety inspector
for UNC’s Health and Safety Office.
announcement ofthe members ofthe search
committee. George Battle, student body
president-elect, is the only student on the
selection committee and is one of four
blacks. Therest ofthe 22-member commit
tee is composed of faculty, alumni and
trustees. The chancellor’s search commit
tee will meet for the first time March 24.
Student Body President Jim Copland
said he was pleased with the group effort
campus organizations had made. “We’ve
seen student groups come together in a
way we’ve never seen before,” he said.
The 13 groups in the coalition are Bi
sexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies for
Diversity; the Black Student Movement;
the Campus Y; the Senior Class officers;
Carolina Athletic Association; Inter-Fra
Housing officials had to limit the num
ber of spaces affected by the policy because
of the time and resources available, he
said.
Davis said, “I think, though, that the
administration has really come through
for the students.”
All other residence halls will retain cur
rent visitation hours for opposite sex guests
of 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m.
to 2 a.m. on weekends.
Despite the ups and downs of the ap
proval process, Calarco said he was pleased
with the outcome.
“We sat down at the table with stu
dents, faculty, staff, trustees and other ad
ministrators and resolved this issue. It is an
important good step and overall was a win
win situation,” he said.
“There was education on all sides about
what the issue really is.”
Students in a designated 24-hour visita
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Amy Kimber, a babysitter for Kendall and Lacy Robinson, spends the
afternoon with the children at the new jungle gym at Umstead Park. Kimber
said she thought the new setup was "very safe and really a lot of fun."
Fireworks used in the Smith Center
currently havetobeapprovedbythe county
commissioners, the Chapel Hill and Or
ange County fire marshals, and an inspec
tor from the UNC Health and Safety Of
fice, said Ned Collett, assistant director of
the Smith Center.
Collett said the pyrotechnics company
performing the fireworks must prove that it
has a license and insurance. The company
also must give specific details about when
and where the fireworks will be used and
how many will be needed. The commis
sioners, fire marshals and inspectors at
tend a demonstration ofthe fireworks to be
used in the Smith Center. Then they choose
whether to approve the display.
temity Council; Residence Hall Associa
tion; the Panhellenic Council; the Gradu
ate and Professional Student Federation
President-elect; student government execu
tive branch; Student Congress; Student
Environmental Action Coalition; and Stu
dents for the Advancement of Race Rela
tions.
“It is not just one group or one organiza
tion that is petitioning,” Johnston said.
The diversity of the groups is representa
tive of the campuswide support for student
representation on the search committee,
he said. “The idea of the petition is to show
that the students are behind (the effort).”
Copland said the coalition did not want
to release any specific plans for the future
before Harris responded to the petitions.
tion residence hall who want more restric
tive guest visitation hours will be assigned
to another residence hall in their area dur
ing upperclass sign-up next week from
Monday to March 24.
The options available to upperclassmen
include staying in their current dorm room,
moving in with another student who is
staying in his or her room, moving within
their residence area, or moving to another
area.
Freshmen will be assigned housing in
the same manner as the past and then will
be notified of the 24-hour visitation resi
dence halls.
If they do not wish to live in an unlim
ited visitation residence hall, they will have
the same option to move within that resi
dence area.
In the fall, students will sign roommate
Please See VISITATION, Page 2
County Commissioner Don Willhoit
said he thought the idea was a good one.
“I don't see any problems because it’s
not really a change,” Willhoit said. “All
the other safeguards will still be in place.”
If the board of commissioners decides
to ask the N.C. General Assembly for a
change in the law, it probably wouldn’t be
heard until the short session in May or
June, said N.C. Sen. Howard Lee, D-Or
ange.
Elected officials shouldn’t have to issue
permits that other county employees are
better qualified to evaluate, Lee said. “I
don’t see permitting fireworks as a policy
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Copland said the coalition would meet
this week to make a group decision about
what to do next.
It is important for UNC’s new chancel
lor to know the student body and under
stand the student’s concerns, Copland said.
“The ultimate goal (of the coalition) is
to influence the choice of the next chancel
lor,” he said.
Harris was not available for comment
Monday.
Copland said the search committee
would include people who were receptive
to student concerns, regardless of Harris’
decision whether to include more students
on the committee. Copland also said Har
ris picked a committee that Harris thought
would choose the best chancellor.
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Sokolowski
Jury to Be
Chosen
Hillsborough Man Charged
With Killing, Dismembering
BY KATHRYN HASS
STAFF WRITER
HILLSBOROUGH—Pre-trialmotions
still were being heard by a Orange County
Superior Court judge Monday afternoon,
and jury selection will begin today in the
most gruesome murder case in local his
tory.
Hillsborough resident David Allen
Sokolowski will face trial for the first-de
gree murder charge in the death of neigh
bor Rubel Gray Hill, 35.
Sokolowski also is charged with first
degree murder in the death of his live-in
girlfriend Pamela Owens Ellwood, 42.
Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl
Fox said Monday night that two motions
filed by Sokolowski’s court-appointed at
torney William Sheffield were decided
Monday.
Orange Superior Court Judge Gordon
Battle denied Sheffield’s request to switch
the prosecutor's and defendant’s tables in
the courtroom, but allowed the tables to be
moved, Fox said.
A motion concerning whether jurors
can take notes during trial also was ad
dressed.
“(Judge Battle) indicated that if they
asked to take notes, he would allow them
to take notes,” Fox said.
Fox said the judge did not rule on two
motions —one that would allow addi
tional challenges during the murder trial
and one concerning individual question
ing of jurors during jury selection proceed
ings.
Some motions wall not be considered
until the jury has been picked.
One suchmotionisarequestby Sheffield
to suppress physical evidence gathered in
the police investigation.
Sheffield had said that police officers
did not have a warrant the first time they
searched Sokolowski’s house and that all
other warrants should be invalid because
they were based on evidence illegally col
lected.
Other motions will be heard during the
jury selection process, Fox said.
The trial will begin soon after the jury is
selected, but Fox said he didn't know how
long the selection process would take.
Sheffield could not be reached for com
ment Monday.
Still at question is whether Sheffield will
allow Sokolowski to testify during the
widely publicized trial.
Sokolowski was arrested in March 1992
and charged with first-degree murder in
the deaths of Hill and Ellwood. Fox said in
1992 that he planned to seek the death
penalty.
Police believe that Sokolowski killed
Hill about two weeks after slaying Ellwood.
He also has been charged with the at
tempted murder by strangulation of his
cellmate Thomas Edward Thurber in May
1992.
Human remains were found burning in
Sokolowski’s front yard and were strewn
about Sokolowski’s home north of
Hillsborough.
Police arrested Sokolowski after a neigh
bor reported seeing a dog carrying a hu
man hand in his mouth.
Four ears, a rib cage and a pair of tes
ticles were among the body parts discov
ered.
Police later identified the remains as
those of Hill and Ellwood.
About 100 bone fragments also were
found in the 200 acres of land surrounding
Sokolowski’s home.
A microwave that Sokolowski once had
owned had human hair and tissue inside.
Sokolowski now is being held at Central
Prison in Raleigh.
He was admitted to Dorothea Dix last
fall, where he was ruled competent to stand
trial.
After the preliminary hearing, Battle set
Sokolowski's bond at $1 million for each
first-degree murder charge.
Reports state that when Sokolowski was
admitted to the hospital, a razor blade was
found hidden in his mouth.
Fox said that the two-year time differ
ence between Sokolowski’s arrest and trial
was the result of the large number of mo
tions filed in the case and to the examina
tions Sokolowski had to undergo to stand
trial.
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