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ohc lailtt ®ar Mrt'l J? Volume 102, Issue 18 101 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1593 INTHENEWS Top storks from the state, nation and world Mexican Candidate Killed At Campaign Appearance TUUANA, Mexico The man ex pected to become Mexico’s next president, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was shot to death Wednesday during a campaign appear ance in the border city of Tijuana. Colosio, candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico’s governing party, was rushed to Tijuana General Hos pital with gunshot wounds to the head and upper body. The attorney general’s office said the gunman and an accomplice were arrested. Colosio died at 11:10 p.m. EST, about three hours after he was shot, said Leavano Saenz, Colosio’s campaign press secretary. A hospital spokeswoman said doctors op erated on the less serious wound in the lower body first, then had started a second operation on the head wound. An unidentified surgeon who was inter viewed on the Televisa network said Colosio’s wife, Diana, and a Roman Catho lic clergyman were summoned into the operating room Wednesday night. Hundreds of people were milling about outside the hospital. Some were standing vigil, lighting candles and placing them on the front steps. The hospital is in the Zona Rio near the U.S.-Mexican border. In Mexico City, President Carlos Sali nas de Gortari went on national radio and lamented the attack as an “infamous act." Clinton Vows to Release Whitewater Tax Records WASHINGTON President Clinton acknowledged Thursday night that he had significantly overstated his loss in the Whitewater land deal and promised to release late 1970s tax returns to answer lingering questions about the investment. In a nationally televised news confer ence, Clinton vowed to keep health reform and other legislative items on track, even in the face of the investment controversy. Republican Senate leader Bob Dole immediately said Clinton had been “cred ible” and had “helped himself’ with his remarks. He and Minority Whip Newt Gingrich said questions still remained about Whitewater and that they would continue to push for congressional hearings. Clinton said he expected special coun sel Robert Fiske to question both him and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, about their investments, and he promised they would “cooperate with him in any way he decides is appropriate.” U.S. Might Roost Military Presence in South Korea WASHINGTON—The United States might further strengthen its military forces in South Korea if the U.N. Security Coun cil imposes any form of economic sanc tions against North Korea, Defense Secre tary William Perry said Thursday. Peny did not specify any possible addi tions to the U.S. force of37,oootroops now in Korea. Modest economic punishment ofNorth Korea for blocking full inspection of its nuclear program would call for simi larly modest U.S. reinforcements, “prob ably not including substantial ’ ’ extra troops, Perry said. One U.S. defensive move already under way is the shipment of an Army Patriot air and missile-defense battalion from Fort Bliss, Texas, to South Korea. Walter Slocombe, the principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said the battalion would be operating in Korea by the end of April. Military Sends Specialists To Investigate F-16 Crash POPE AIR FORCE BASE A team of crash investigators gathered Thursday to begin determining why a fighter jet col lided with another plane and then crashed in a ball of flame that killed at least 20 soldiers. Investigators have orders to find out what caused the crash within 30 days, although they might extend that deadline if necessary, said Lt. Col. Glenn Williams, chief safety officer for the 23rd Wing. Investigators will interview witnesses, perform drug and alcohol tests on the pi lots, and map out where debris from the planes landed, Williams said. They also will transcribe conversations between pi lots and air-traffic controllers and inspect loading areas. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: 50-percent chance of morning rain; high mid-60s. SATURDAY: Partly cloudy; high 55- 60. SUNDAY: Chance of rain; high in 60s. That’s journalists for you. You can’t trust them as far as you can throw them. Charles Kuralt Committee Begins Work on Chancellor Search jßyiyii M ' [ mmi DTH/IUSILN WILLIAMS James Peacock, chairman of the Faculty Council and member of the chancellor search committee, walks past students protesting the makeup of the 22-member committee, which has one student representative. Gagged Students Greet Members of Group Before First Meeting BY HOLLY STEPP UNIVERSITY EDITOR Bands of red cloth and joined hands. Those were the symbols of the Student Coalition for an Effective Chancellor’s si lent protest Thursday at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. About 28 students stood by the center’s entrance with red gags over their mouths and joined hands during a protest of the lack of student representation in the chan cellor search committee. Congress Appoints Commission to Audit DTH BY HEATHER N. ROBINSON STAFF WRITER After almost 5 1/2 hours of debate, Student Congress voted Wednesday on six major bills, including one that would au thorize an audit of The Daily Tar Heel and one that would deny funding for the Black Student Movement, ending the last session on the University’s 75th Student Congress. A bill calling for an audit of the DTH’s equipment was amended and passed by voice vote. Rep. John Phillippe, Dist. 18, sponsor of the bill, amended it to read that the audit would be conducted by a congress-ap pointed commission, rather than the stu dent attorney general and the Student Ac tivities Fund Office. The commission will comprise Student Attorney General Shannon Kete, current Student Body Treasurer Kevin Hunter, Rep. Jonathan Jordan, Dist. 1, and the finance committee chairman of the 76th Kuralt Not Interested in Chancellorship, Maybe Teaching BY KARA SIMMONS STAFF WRITER The students have spoken. They want Charles Kuralt to be the next chancellor. But to the disappointment of many, Kuralt said he wouldn’t take the position. The students attending the annual Nelson Benton Memorial Lecture on Thursday in Memorial Hall would not be sidetracked, however, and asked him to return as a professor instead. “I’m happy to say that (teaching’s) been suggested to me, and I like the idea,” he said. “The only problem is that when I lectured in journalism schools and in American studies programs at Notre Dame and (the University of California at Los Angeles), I noticed that, at the end of 50 minutes, I had told the kids everything I knew.” “I always wondered what you said the nextdayinclass,”hesaid. "Though (Rich ard Cole, dean ofthe School of Journalism and Mass Communication) said you as signed papers.” Kuralt began the speech in honor of his friend and fellow journalist Benton with a biographical account of Benton’s life and then spent the rest of the evening answer ing questions from an audience of approxi mately 700 people. “I hope we can make this evening more Chapel Hill, North Cvofiaa FRIDAY, MARCH 25,1994 The search committee currently has only one student member—Student Body Presi dent-elect George Battle. Fred Wherry, a coalition member and organizer of the protest, said the gags sym bolized the lack of student voices on the committee. The students stood silently as the majority of the 22 members of the committee entered the center for a lun cheonbefore the committee’s meetinglater that afternoon. The search committee was meeting to receive its purpose from UNC-system Presi Student Congress. The commission will meet in April to conduct the audit, and then the committee chairman will report their findings to con gress. DTH General Manager Kevin Schwartz said he opposed the audit by Student Con gress. “This attempt is an abuse of their authority of an autonomous student group,” he said. “We are not a unit of student govern ment, and we have no ties with them.” Although Schwartz said the DTH would provide records on equipment already owned, he said Student Congress had no standing to make a demand of this kind, and that he would not cooperate with con gress in any other way. Schwartz had said earlier that congress had relinquished all rights to the DTH’s equipment when they approved the paper’s incorporation by-laws in 1989. According to Schwartz, only the DTH Board of Di rectors has control of the paper’s assets. i '&■ if UNC alumnus CHARLES KURALT spoke to 700 in Memorial Hall. of a dialogue than a speech,” Kuralt said. Kuralt spoke fondly of his days at UNC and of the education and inspiration that he received as a freshman in 1951. “I was a big-boned, dumb kid, but eager for an education when I came from Mecklenburg County and walked into the Please See LECTURE, Page 2 dent C.D. Spangler. The protest, which lasted for about 45 minutes, garnered few comments from the committee members who passed by them. Annette Wood, vice chairwoman of the UNC Board ofTrustees and member of the search committee, said that although she had noticed the students, she would rather not comment on their efforts or the protest. But, committee member Julian Robertson, president ofT iger Management Corp. in New York and alumnus of the Class of 1955, told the students he was Kete was unavailable for comment Thursday. Phillippe said the commission would direct the audit with the help of Howard Brubaker, SAFO director. He said the Stu dent Code allowed them every right to go through the DTH files. In other business, congress failed to pass a bill for a SI,OOO donation to the BSM. Speaker Wendy Sarratt said the con gress vote was affected by the fact the BSM failed to attend congress budget hearings and might have pushed members against the BSM. Sarratt said the BSM would be able to apply for money in the summer and fall. Latricia Henry, current BSM vice presi dent and president-elect, said the group would reapply in the fall for funding. Congress also voted on a bill granting $285 to the Chinese Student Association. The majority of funding will go toward fund-raising, but money also will go to postage, office supplies, printing and pub CBS Journalist Looks Forward To New Journeys Across America BY ANDREA JONES SENIOR WRITER Charles Kuralt, elder statesman of American journalism and the nation’s favorite storyteller, returned Wednesday to the place where his career began more than four decades ago. Kuralt, best known for the award winning “On the Road” series and the “CBS Sunday Morning” news program, is a 1955 graduate of UNC. Winner of nine Emmys and three Peabody Awards, he announced his retirement from CBS last week. Kuralt spoke at a press conference at the Carolina Inn and later gave a lecture in Memorial Hall. He said a walk earlier in the afternoon had revived memories of Chapel Hill. “I remember this season, the season of redbuds and forsythia and daffodils,” he said. “That’s what I re member right now ... how privileged I felt to be a student here." Kuralt said many things had changed at UNC, recalling his father’s reaction when he brought him to campus for the BY HOLLY STEPP UNIVERSITY EDITOR UNC-system President C.D. Spangler presented the chancellor’s search commit tee with its charge of finding the next Uni versity chancellor at its first meeting Thurs day. Spangler told the 22-member commit tee to seek the input of students and the University community by holding public meetings. The first meeting was held in the Alumni Hall of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. “You should plan and announce open meetings with students at least two for the students faculty and the commu nity,” Spangler said. “The chancellor of this University will become a leader in the state, and you should consider the opinions of the citi zens.” Spangler also clarified his position on having women in higher administrative posts in the UNC system after committee member and law Professor Elizabeth Gibson asked how much consideration should be given to women in the search process. “I have spoken to 30 chancellor candi dates during my nine years as UNC presi dent, and there never has been a woman among those candidates,” he said. “There’s something statistically wrong with that figure. We have not knowingly excluded 50 percent of the people in the country.” But, Spangler said he did not especially advocate a woman for the position because pleased to see them. “I think what you are doing out here is great,” he said. Wherry said he was encouraged by the protest and the rally held Wednesday in front of Manning Hall, although BOT and committee chairman John Harris had not been very responsive to the students’ com plaints. “We will be fresh on their minds during these next two days of meetings.” The BOT will meet this morning at the Morehead Planetarium for its monthly meeting. Wherry also said the coalition wasn’t licity, speaker fees, andtelephoneexpenses. Congress also passed without debate a bill donating $2,120 to the UNC Sailing Club for the purchase of sails. In the final business of the meeting, congress passed a bill prohibiting the use of cash incentives in obtaining signatures for petitions that affect campus election bal lots. Rep. Jonathan Justice, Dist. 21, intro duced the bill stating that incentives were unethical and should be prohibited. Rep. Richard Williams, Dist. 1, further amended the bill to read that no cash value incentives were allowed. Williams said the amendment would clearly define what constitutes an incen tive. Williams said that when the DTH of fered incentives to the highest signature getter for its February referendum to termi nate student government’s authority to appoint members to the DTH Board of Directors, that brought the issue to their attention. first time. “My father came here from Massa chusetts in the ’2os,” he said. “He came by train to Carrboro Station and hired a man with a mule and wagon to carry his trunk to campus. And then in 1951 he drove me to campus with my trunk and said, ‘My God, they’ve ruined the place.’ “But it’s not the size or the physical plan,” Kuralt said. “It’s a certain atti tude and devotion to learning, a kind of democracy in the air, a spirit of toler ance that distinguishes Chapel Hill and has survived.” Memories of his 1954-55 editorship at The Daily Tar Heel were among his most vivid, Kuralt said. “I started dropping classes in order to put the paper out, and eventually I dropped them all,” he said. “I wasn’t a student anymore; I was just the student editor. I wouldn’t recommend it, but it just seemed necessary at the time. “As editor of the Tar Heel, I didn’t hesitate to ask advice from some of those Please See KURALT, Page 5 Ncws/Fcaturcs/Arts/Spom 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 O 1994 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. UNC-system President C.D. SPANGLER presents the search committee with its charge Thursday. that would be “demeaning.” “If you asked why (Duke University President) Nan Keohane was selected, it was not because she was a woman but because she had all the leadership qualities needed,” he said. The search committee also should take advantage of UNC’s financial standing to hire a scholar as chancellor rather than a business leader, Spangler said. “When Paul Hardin steps down as chan- Please See CHANCELLOR, Page 2 too discouraged by Harris’ adamant re fusal to put more students on the commit tee. “I think if we stopped every time we’ve heard a ‘no,’ we wouldn’t accomplish much,” he said. The coalition of 22 student groups was formed after Harris’ Feb. 18 announce ment ofthe composition ofthe committee. The coalition has asked Harris to add six students to the committee so it will equal the representation of the alumni, faculty and trustees. The committee has fourblack members and five female members. Tar Heels Rally Late, Top Vandy BYZACHARY ALBERT SENIOR WRITER PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Entering Thursday night’s game against Vanderbilt, many thought the loss of junior forward Charlotte Smith would signal the curtain falling on the 1993-94 season for UNC. The Tar Heel women’s basketball team didn’t believe it. “What you saw tonight is what this team is all about —a lot of heart," said UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell. No. 4 North Carolina bucked several trends in a 73- 69 comeback win against No. 12 Vanderbilt at Women's Basketball UNC 73 Vanderbilt 69 the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Tar Heels improved to 30-2 on the year, while the Commodores’ season ended at 25-8. UNC has never advanced to a regional final in the program’s history. The Tar Heels, the No. 3 seed, will take on top seeded Connecticut at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Huskies whipped Southern Missis sippi Thursday 78-64. Smith, the team’s leading rebounder, was ejected from Sunday's 63-52 win against Old Dominion for her role in a late game scuffle. However, UNC still won the battle of the boards against Vandy by a 36- 31 margin. “I think too much was made of the Smith thing,” said Vandy head coach Jim Foster. “Teams have a tendency to step up a bit, and they did that.” The main stepping-up happened when it had to in the final minute. UNC maintained a slim lead at 70-69 when fresh man guard Marion Jones fouled Vandy’s Kelly Dougherty with 36 seconds to play. Dougherty, a 76.9 percent foul shooter on the season, missed the front end of a one-and-one and UNC forward Stephanie Lawrence snatched the rebound. Lawrence kicked the ball out to senior guard Tonya Sampson, who quickly drew the foul. Sampson conected on the first free throw to put UNC up two with 30.7 sec onds remaining. But Vanderbilt still had a shot. With less Please See WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, Page 7
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