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slje ®atly Qlar MM J? Volume 102, Issue gg 101 yean of editorialfreedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Palestinians Work to Find Kidnapped Israeli Soldier GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Facing intense U.S. and Israeli pressure as a dead line approached for Islamic militants to kill a kidnapped soldier, Palestinian police combed the Gaza Strip on Thursday, ar resting scores of suspects. The crackdown by 9,500 members of PLO leader YasseT Arafat’s police force was a showdown with the fundamentalist Hamas movement, which has sworn to wreck the Israel-PLO peace process. Hamas leaders angrily accused the PLO of doing Israel’s “dirty work." A leaflet issued Thursday by the group’s underground military wing renewed the threat to kill 19-year-old if Israel didn’t release the group’s founder by Friday. U.S. Looks for Permanent Solution to Iraqi Problem UNITED NATIONS The United States suggested limiting Iraqi troops and heavy equipment near the Kuwaiti border Thursday afterbacking down from a stricter proposal that would bar all Iraqi forces from southern Iraq. France had been cool to the U.S. sug gestion that all Iraqi troops and equipment be barred from the area; Britain had been noncommittal. Support from the two countries, tradi tional U.S. allies, is considered vital to enforcing any such limits. In Washington, D.C., the Clinton ad ministration started backing away from the proposal to bar all Iraqi troops from southern Iraq after two French Cabinet ministers urged caution in responding to Iraq’s military moves. Protestant Military Group Announces Cease-Fire BELFAST, Northern Ireland Pro- BritishProtestantparamilitaries announced a cease-fire Thursday, matching the Irish Republican Army’s six-week-old truce, and voicing “true remorse” for the murders of many Catholics. The cease-fire paved the way for nego tiations with IRA supporters and increased pressure on Britain to get constitutional talks started. The Combined Loyalist Military Com mand declared it would “universally cease all operational hostilities” at midnight. The combined command, embracing the outlawed Ulster Defense Force and Ulster Volunteer Force paramilitary groups, pledged to hold its fire as long as the ERA did. Troops in Haiti Preparing For Return of President PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Toavoid “mob hysteria,” the U.S. military plans to carry President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by helicopter from the airport to the National Palace when he returns Saturday. “Right now, that’s our plan: to helo him,” Lt. Gen. Henry Hugh Shelton, com mander ofTJ.S. forces here, said Thursday, hours after Haiti’s former army leaders left for exile in Panama. Shelton said he feared that massive cel ebrations Saturday hailing Aristide’s re turn after three years in exile would degen erate into a mob scene. Shelton said the U.S. military wanted to avoid situations in which Aristide would be part of a procession or make impromptu speeches before crowds. Serbs Demand Withdrawal Of Government Soldiers SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - With battles raging on three fronts, Bosnian Serbs threatened to cut ties with the United Nations unless government soldiers left demilitarized zones south of Sarajevo. A Bosnian Seib military leader set an Oct. 20 deadline for the Muslim-led Bosnian army to withdraw from the zones, on Mount Igman and Mount Bjelasnica. The chief of staff of the Bosnian Seth army, Gen. Manojilo Milovanivic, said his soldiers would counterattack and cut relations with the U.N. Protection Force if the deadline was not met, the Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA reported. Fighting around Sarajevo was limited to small-arms fire, but tensions rose be cause U.N. peacekeepers had to cancel a planned joint inspection Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: 80 percent chance of rain; high 60-65. SATURDAY: Chance of rain; high 70. SUNDAY: Partly cloudy; high 70. Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies. From "The Shawshank Redemption' SPC Considers Edwards Case Ruling Results of Commission’s Review of Judge Batde’s Decision Not Made Public BY ANDREW RUSSELL STAFF WRITER The State Personnel Commission (SPC) met Thursday to review Superior Court Judge Gordon Battle’s recommended de cision in the Keith Edwards case. The commission reviewed Battle’s or der to award University Police officer Keith Edwards back pay to 1987, attorney’s fees and a retroactive promotion to University Police Sergeant. The commission will not release the results of the meeting until a later date. “They claim that they make the deci sion on the day they meet but do not release their decision until a while later,” Alan McSurely, Edwards’ attorney, said. “It generally takes the SPC two months to type up and release their decision.” SPC Staff Director Patsy Smith Mor gan was not available for comment Thurs day. University Attorney Tom Ziko said late Thursday afternoon that he had not yet received any word from the commission. Jessica Rios and Julie Lang have taken the initiative to improve the Big Buddy Program. Heroes on the ill A weekly series highlighting Chapel HiU heroes BYELLENFLASPOEHLER STAFF WRITER Many people find it easy to stand on the sidelines, commenting about ways to make a poorly func tioning organization run smoother. However, when the time comes for actually taking on the responsibility of running the organization and implement ing the ideas to reform it, people some times turn and run away as quickly as possible. But this is not the case for UNC stu dents Julie Lang and Jessica Rios. They have taken the bull by the horns and are not backing down. As the 1994-95 co-chairwomen for the Big Buddy Program, Lang and Rios have been able to turn an ailing organi zation into a successful and thriving one. “Having both been Big Buddies in the past, Julie and Jessica were able to rec ognize the need for a change in the program,” said Pamela Cheek, assistant director of the Campus Y, which over sees the Big Buddy Program. “Theytook on the role ofleaders, which says a lot for a person who would take on a big orga nization like this one— one of the big gest on the campus. It requires a person who is dedicated and responsible.” The goal of the Big Buddy Program is to provide a dependable mentor and See HEROES, Page 5 Exhibit on Holocaust Prompts Church of Scientology to Protest Hardin Says That Despite Protests, Student Union Will Host Historical Exhibit BYPETER ROYBAL STAFF WRITER An exhibit about German resistance to the Holocaust that will come to UNC on Monday was protested by the Church of Scientology in a full-page advertisement in Thursday’s New York Times and Wash ington Post. The ad claims that the “German gov ernment is exploiting the myth of German resistance for political ends,” and that the exhibit “abbreviates Jewish resistance to the Nazis to a single page” and “com pletely ignores the Belgian and Yugosla vian resisters.” “By attempting to characterize a hand ful of courageous acts that had no impact whatsoever on Hitler’s reign of terror as evidence of a widespread resistance move Chapel Hill, North Carofiaa FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14,1994 “They might have taken up a vote to choose someone that will draw up an opin ion at a later date,” Ziko said. “I usually hear from them a few weeks later by mail. ” The seven-member branch of the State Attorney General’s Office is responsible for determining such things as the credibil ity of witnesses during a case and the ethics of overall courtroom procedures, McSurely said. The members, who are appointed by the Governor, are business and commu nity leaders from all over the state. They discuss about eight to 10 cases every two months and then leave the decision up to the Special Deputy Attorney General, who serves as adviser to the commission. The cases heard by the SPC are handed down from the Office of Administrative Law Judges. The SPC has ruled against Edwards twice before, once in 1989 and again in 1993. Edwards is pressing a grievance suit against UNC that alleges that University Police discriminated against her when it promoted another officer to sergeant in 1987. In July, Battle ruled in favor of Edwards and ordered the SPC to decide what would be awarded to her. Edwards said she hoped the SPC would uphold Battle’s decision but added that she BOrddysrere/w M <k' w . M Jessica Rios and Julie Lang spend Wednesday afternoon in Carmichael Residence Hall baking cookies with 7-year-old little buddy Ashley Craig. Caving in to their temptations, Rios and Craig lick the cookie dough off their fingers (left) photos by before placing the tray in the oven. dth/craig jones ment, the exhibit diminishes the horror of the Holocaust and the Nazi’s mass mur der, virtually unopposed, of millions of Jews, Gypsies, Rosicrucians, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other minorities,” the ad states. Stefan Immerfall, adjunct associate po litical science professor, is organizing the exhibit as part of a UNC conference next week titled “Courage and Conformity.” The exhibit is “obviously not to white wash German history or to belittle the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany,” Immerfall said. “It’s an exhibit about German resis tance. It shows that even in the bleakest of dictatorships, there are some people who have the courage to say no,” he said. Immerfall said the exhibit recognized that opposition to Nazis came from many different types of people, with different political and religious beliefs. “It forces one to recognize that resis tance was possible and forces us to ask, ‘What would I have done in a similar situation?”’ he said. could not trust the attorney general’s of fice. “With the attorney general’s office supervising the SPC, anything is possible,” Edwards said. McSurely and Edwards will be at the Legislative Office Building in Raleigh this morning to provide testimony on how the intent of the laws is being undercut by the appeals system. “We will discuss with legislators how readily available a mechanism was for the employee to receive and resolve her dis pute,” McSurely said. Edwards was passed over again Wednes day for a promotion in the the University Police Department. She was denied the position of crime preventions officer, for which she applied Sept. 30. Police Lt. Angela Carmon, who works in the department’s detective division, was awarded the position. Edwards said she would write to the U.S. Department of Education and call for a federal investigation into the hiring and promotion practices of UNC. “My struggle is not against Angie Carmon, but with the University and how they treat me in general,” Edwards said Thursday. “I have all this experience, and everything that I have learned means noth ing. It’s all gone and I will not apply for another promotion again.” Bb'l' . WHM “(The exhibit) shoivs that even in the bleakest of dictatorships, there are some people who have the courage to say no. ” STEFAN IMMERFALL Adjunct associate professor The exhibit was not a product of the German government, as the ad claims, but was put together by independent histori ans at the Memorial Museum of German Resistance, Immerfall said. Immerfall questioned the scientologists’ purpose in protesting the exhibit. “To my information, this is more a conspirational movement than a religious group.” The traveling display, which has ap peared at the Library of Congress in Wash ington, D.C., and at Columbia University in New York, will be in the Union Gallery until Nov. 6. Officer to Tackle Crime Through Empowerment BY JENNIFER BURLESON STAFF WRITER University Police’s approach to crime prevention will now focus more on em powerment issues with the appointment of the department’s new crime preven tion officer, Lt. Angela Carmon. Carmon was appointed to the police position of crime prevention officer Wednesday. She was awarded the promotion over four other applicants, one of whom was officer Keith Edwards, who has claimed she had been discriminated against and has been involved in a seven-year legal battle with the University. Cannon and Edwards are both black women. University Police Chief Alana Ennis selected Carmon for the position. She said she wanted to make changes to help women handle crime. "I strongly feel that traditional people Julie Lang Bom: Oct. 13. 1972, Cleveland, Ohio Hometown: Cleveland Position: Co chairwoman, Big Buddy Program Year in school: Senior Major: Biology and English Hobbies: Working out, hiking, reading Life's Philosophy: "Be open-minded, respect people, but above all be true to your convictions." Jessica Rios Bom: Sept. 17. 1974. Los Angeles Hometown: Charlotte Position: Co chairwoman. Big Buddy Program Year in school: Junior Major: Psychology Hobbies: Dancing, drawing, sports, being with kids Life's philosophy: "There is so much you can teach a child, but you should never underestimate what you can learn from them." Hillel director Andrew Koren said he had not seen the exhibit, but it was fair to credit Germans who worked against the Nazis. “One has to realize there were many people who resisted the Nazis,” he said. “We know that there were righteous gen tiles. While an entire system attempted to do one thing, they did otherwise.” Koren said he would reserve judgment on the exhibit until he saw it, but noted, “it isn’t being brought in by a revisionist histo rian.” “I don’t think the German government is saying ‘let’s forget’ or say that these atrocities didn’t take place,” he said. The ad urges readers to contact Chan cellor Paul Hardin, among others, to pro test the exhibit. Hardin said he had re ceived one letter Thursday about the ex hibit. “I’m going to ignore it,” Hardin said. “We don’t censor programs, and I’ve looked at the description of the program and it deals even-handedly with resistance on the one hand and complicity on the other. News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 0 1994 DTH Publishing Coip. All rights reserved. say that crime with females is more restrictive,” Ennis said Thursday. “I think we want to change this so women can make informed decisions. We will offer self-defense available to the fac ulty and hope to make it available to students.” Carmon said she realized people usu ally told students, especially women, not to go out at night because walking at night on campus could be dangerous. Although Carmon said she did agree with this idea to a degree, she also understood that there were situations that made it unavoidable for a student to walk alone. “I don’t think that it is a bad idea, but students shouldn’t have to be afraid to walk alone when they have to,” Carmon said. “There are some simple methods to See CARMON, Page 6 Recruiting Minorities A Priority BY SARAH BAHNSON STAFF WRITER Achieving more racial integration through recruiting minorities to UNC schools is a top concern of the UNC-sys tem Board of Governors, said BOG Vice President Roy Carroll on Thursday. The BOG’s Sub-committee on Minor ity Presence met Thursday afternoon to revise their draft report on minority pres ence at all 16 UNC campuses. One main focus of concern was the recruitment of minority students to both the traditionally white and the tradition ally black campuses. Members wanted to be certain the document was clear on the committee’s position on this issue. “One of lie board’s main goals is to promote better racial integration on both predominantly black and predominantly white campuses,” Carroll said. The board’s suggestions on recruitment correlate with the Minority Recruitment Bill that went through Student Congress earlier this year. Student Government Chief of Staff Philip Charles-Pierre said the BOG real ized the importance of diversity on the campuses and it was in the best interest of the UNC system. “It benefits the students oftoday and the future to have wonderful minorities as well as traditional students on campus,” Charles-Pierre said Thursday. Another topic of concern in the report centered on methods for seeking minority faculty members forall institutions. One of the subcommittee’s recommendations to achieve this was by encouraging an in crease in the number of black students studying for doctorate degrees. “There is a need to increase the pool of qualified applicants (for faculty positions), ” committee member Helen Marvin said. Although the Minority Recruitment Bill See MINORITIES, Page 2 “I have perfect confidence in the stu dents and faculty to make their own deci sions,” he said. Gloria Taft, Carolina Union Activities Board Gallery committee chairwoman, said Immerfall had approached her this summer about displaying the exhibit in the Student Union. Taft said she had con tacted Koren about the exhibit. “He told us to go for it. He said he was happy to have it here,” she said. “It is art; it is subjective, ” she said. “It is simply a group of people’s views.” But Church of Scientology spokesman Alex Jones said the exhibit was hypocriti cal because the present German govern ment was intolerant of minorities, while sponsoring an exhibit about tolerance “The German government is persecut ing law-abiding citizens who just happen to be Scientologists,” Jones said. Accord ing to a church press release, to become a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s po litical party, the Christian Democratic Union, applicants must swear they are not a member of the Church of Scientology.
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