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W\t lailg ®ar Mttl J? Volume 102, Issue 100 101 years ofeditorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world White House Gunman Faces 4 Federal Charges WASHINGTON, D.C. An ex-con vict accused of spraying the White House with bullets was charged with four offenses in federal court today and ordered to un dergo a 24-hour psychiatric evaluation. Francisco Martin Duran, 26, of Colo rado Springs, Colo., was charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, destruction of federal property, assault on a federal officer and die use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of vio lence. The first three charges each cany a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and the fourth carries a maximum of five years. Duran wore a black polo shirt and black jeans in an appearance before U.S. Magis trate Deborah Robinson, who ordered the psychiatric evaluation. Search Continues in S.C. Carjacking, Kidnapping UNION, S.C. Volunteers on horse back searched through woods, divers plumbed a lake and thousands of deer hunters kept an eye out for clues to the disappearance of two youngboys, but noth ing has been found so far. No clues have appeared since last Tues day night, when Susan Smith, hysterical, told police that a man had jumped into her car at a stoplight and driven off with her children. Smith told police that a man had com mandeered her car and ordered her out at gunpoint after several miles, driving off with 3-year-old Michael and his 14-month old brother, Alex, still strapped in safety seats in the back. The lack of an apparent motive has led to some speculation that someone within the family, namely Smith herself, might be suspect. Israeli Leader Refuses to Withdraw From Lebanon JERUSALEM—IsraeI won’t promise to withdraw from southern Lebanon just to get stalled peace talks moving, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said Monday. President Elias Hrawi of Lebanon pro posed Saturday that the two countries ne jjjtiate a timetable for an Israeli pullout and said he would guarantee an end to guerrilla attacks on Israel from southern Lebanon if Israel accepted his offer. Rabin did not dismiss the proposal out right, saying he had requested clarifica tions from U.S. mediators. The Israelis, who have fewer than 2,000 soldiers in southern Lebanon, have said they will only pull out after Syria with draws its 40,000 troops from that country. 2 German Fugitives Seize Hostages, Kidnap Police BONN, Germany Two armed fugi tives kidnapped two police officers, seized three groups ofhostages and robbed a bank Monday on a wild cross-country crime spree. The chase started before dawn near Stuttgart and continued Monday night in the former East Germany, with the gun men and three hostages on an autobahn headed toward Berlin. Helicopters and some police followed the stolen getaway car. The remaining hostages included two men and a woman. Six other hostages, including the two officers and two chil dren, had been released unharmed. The female hostage pleaded with police from a car phone inthegetawaycarto stop their pursuit. Russian Leaders Approve AIDS Tests for Foreigners MOSCOW Russian legislators, try ing to safeguard their country from the threat of AIDS, want to test all foreigners for the virus and deport those who test positive or refuse testing. The bill sailed through Russia’s usually fractious 450-seat Duma, the lower cham ber of parliament, with only three deputies opposed. It must still be approved by the upper chamber and by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. But the bill’s strong Russia-first appeal, which reaches across deep political divides to nationalists, communists and reformers alike, makes passage likely. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms; high 70-75. WEDNESDAY: Sunny; high mid-60s. Woman Drops Charge Against Employee BY KARI COHEN STAFF WRITER The woman who filed a police report against UNC Assistant Registrar Grant Wolslagel charging him with second-de gree sexual assault said Wednesday that she was dropping the charges. “I’m going to try to put this behind me,” she said. “I think that I’ll be able to heal from this situation and relationship the sooner it’s over.” The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she reached her decision b, ' v" ;. i^K|jjpWw DTH/CHRIS REUTHER UNC students Anna Willingham, Brian Hard and Nathan McClintock spend Monday lunch carving pumkins. The Student Stores sponsored the contest, which offered a $25 gift certificate as the top prize. Finance Committee to Probe Executive Branch BYLEAHMERREY STAFF WRITER The Student Congress Finance Com mittee voted Monday night to form a panel to investigate improper lobbying and pos sible improprieties in the executive branch’s handling ofthe Minority Recruitment Bill. Finance committee Chairman Tom Lyon called the meeting to vote on whether an investigation should take place. “I want a majority vote; should there even be an investigation or not?” he said. Lyon said he wanted to investi gate exactly what happened once the Minority Recruit ment Bill left con gress. Congress passed the bill 11- HM.andafteralate night motion to re consider the bill was defeated, Student Body President George Battle signed it into law. 'X: ? Student Body President GEORGE BATTLE said he would not cooperate until Lyon contacted him. “There’sbeen a lot oftalk going around,” Lyon said. “We need to investigate these allegations.” There was confusion among some con gress members as to why a vote was being held to form an investigation before the allegations had been defined. Speaker Monica Cloud moved to post pone the formation of the investigative panel. “I motion that we postpone this committee until concrete evidence is brought forward,” she said. The motion to delay was defeated, and a motion to form the panel was passed by a majority vote of 7-3. Cloud, Speaker Pro Tempore Meredith Armstrong and Rep. Thad Woody voted to delay the panel’s formation. Lyon said there would be a meeting Societies that don’t eat people are fascinated by those that do. Ronald Wright CfcaiMl Hill, North Caroßai TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1994 after consulting with Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox, who was rep resenting her. She said Fox had left the decision up to her but had told her to expect much public ity with the case. Fox told her he would have gone to a probable cause hearing, which was scheduled for Friday, if she had decided to continue the case, she said. The probable cause hearing would have determined whether there was enough evi dence for the case to go to trial. The woman stressed during a phone interview that her decision to drop the The Great Pumpkin Monday to decide the procedures of the investigative committee as well as the for mat of the investigation and the subpoena ing of students involved. “We’ll just set up the framework for the hearings,” he said. “We will begin the investigation, but we won’t be subpoena ing any students next week.” Battle said he had never been contacted by Lyon regarding the finance committee meeting. “I will not cooperate in some witchhunt if I am not told of the investiga tion,” Battle said Monday night. “This investigation is just insane," he said. “But if Tom Lyon thinks that this is going to slow my investigation of the fi nance committee, he’s dead wrong.” Battle said he did not believe the finance committee had jurisdiction to conduct an investigation. “Until they prove that they have jurisdiction, we will not cooperate.” Battle said he did not understand why the finance committee wanted to investi gate possible illegal lobbying and problems with the Minority Recruitment Bill. “As for lobbying for the Minority Re cruitment Bill, I called some congress mem bers asking for their support,” he said. “There was no bribery and no payoff in volved.” Battle said the finance committee didn’t have jurisdiction over the handling of the Minority Recruitment Bill. “Once a bill becomes law, it is our jurisdiction how the money is spent,” he said. “I’m tired of the political game play ing,” Battle continued. “If they wouldn’t state the allegations, that’s just due pro cess. Even criminals have Miranda rights; they know what they’re being charged with.” Lyon said the formation of a panel to investigate these possible improprieties was a power granted to them in the Student Government Code. “Everything we’re do ing falls under our jurisdiction. We’re not here to decide what’s right or wrong. Re member, this is not a court of law.” charges in no absolved Wolslagel of the accused actions. “It’s not by any means to say that this man is innocent,” she said. “Had the me dia not been involved, I would have pressed charges.” Although Fox could not be reached for comment, Marilyn Ozer, one of Wolslagel’s attorneys, said Fox had told her he was holding a press conference today to discuss dropping the charges. Bill Massengale, Wolslagel’s other at torney, said neither he nor Ozer would comment until the case officially was dis- Consulting Firm to Aid in Future of Land Tracts Carrboro, UNC and Chapel Hill Welcome Aid on Mason Farm and Horace Williams BY JENNIFER FREER STAFF WRITER A nationally recognized planning and consulting company has been hired by the University to help with the future develop ment of the Horace Williams and Mason Farm properties. Johnson Johnson & Roy Inc. (JJR) from Ann Arbor, Mich., was hired by the Busi ness and Finance Division on behalf of the University, said Bmce Runberg, associate vice chancellor for business and finance. In cases of architectural design, engi neering or planning, outside companies often intervene to help move the process along. New Chancellor to Name Boulton’s Successor BY STEVE MAGGI STAFF WRITER The successor of Donald Boulton, former vice chancellor for and dean of student affairs, will be named by the new chancellor, Chancellor Paul Hardin said Wednesday. Hardin, who will step down as chancel lor in June 1995, said his successor should choose Boulton’s replacement because the new chancellor and vice chancellor would be working closely together. “We’ll time it so the new chancellor will make the final choice,” he said. Hardin said the appointment for Boulton’s successor was “one of the most important appointments made in a long time, along with the appointment of anew chancellor.” Hardin said he expected the number of candidates for vice chancellor would be narrowed down to three or four by the time his own replacement was found. “We felt it was better to have the new missed. Wolslagel could not be reached for com ment Wednesday. The woman said that she had had tre mendous support in the community and that some people were disappointed that she was dropping the case. “They feel like this man is going to get by with this,’’she said. “Butthey’renotthe ones who have to go through the media; they’re not the ones who have to have their livesruinedwith this. Two and a half years was enough of this relationship." David Lanier, University registrar, said UNC Power Plant Fails To Meet Toxicity Limit BY CHRISTINA MASSEY STAFF WRITER The University’s power plant has not yet passed a required test concerning toxic ity, state Division of Environmental Man agement records revealed last week. DEM’s Raleigh-regional Supervisor Kenneth Schuster sent a letter to the Uni versity last month stating that the cogen eration facility, which is located off Cameron Avenue, had not met the state mandated toxicity standards in July. In that letter, Schuster urged the Uni versity to take action. "You should take whatever remedial actions are necessary to eliminate the conditions causing the efflu ent toxicity violations,” he wrote. After receiving the notice of violation from the DEM, several power plant super visors wrote a letter to the Chapel Hill Town Planning Department to explain the toxicity testing procedure and to notify the town of the violation, Rich Miller, envi ronmental affairs manager and one of the letter writers, said Monday. The letter states that toxicity testing is required by the National Pollutant Dis charge Elimination System (NPDES) per mit, which governs the discharge of waste water from the facility. The permit went into effect in July, and the toxicity level was tested officially then. The toxicity level had been tested in the months prior to July, and the plant failed these tests as well. However, Miller said the violation was received only for failure of the July test because it had occurred after the NPDES permit had been enacted. According to the letter, the reason the facility failed the test is not clear. “The causes of the test failure may be difficult to determine at a gross level and will require a detailed and very systematic “It will be a challenging project,” said Dick Rigterink, project manager for JJR. “The hardest part will be to get the commu nities and the University on the same wave length.” The planning process for the properties will cost $264,700, a fee the University will pay, Runberg said. The University advertised for a consult ing company and received applications from 18companies across thenation.Those potential firms were narrowed down to six, and from those six, four companies were interviewed. The companies were interviewed by aseven-person panel, which consisted of members of the Business and Finance Division, a design architect and students. “Someone with experience is needed,” Runberg said. “It is the company’s busi ness to bring expertise into developing a long-term plan.” The Horace Williams tract is almost chancellor finish it,” he said. Stephen Birdsall, dean ofthe College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the search committee in charge of nominating Boulton’s successor, said Monday that Hardin would probably work with the new chancellor to make the final selection for the position. Birdsall said Oct. 24 that the committee had begun to review applications for the position. “We’ve advertised and received appli cations, and now we are in the process of reviewing them,” he said. Boulton resigned July 31 to work with graduate students in the School of Educa tion and to develop programs in its Insti tute for Academic and Professional Lead ership. Boulton has worked at the Univer sity for 22 years and has taught part-time in the education school sirtce 1974. Boulton announced his resignation in February, and a committee to find his See BOULTON, Page 4 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/ Advertising 962-1163 C 1994 DTH Publishing Coip. All rights reserved. he was glad to hear the charges had been dropped. “I’ve known Grant for 10 years, and I never believed that he could do anything like that,” he said. The woman filed a report with the Or ange County Sheriffs Department Oct. 12 accusing Wolslagel of assaulting her on Sept. 3. Wolslagel was arrested Oct. 21 after turning himself in at the Orange County Magistrate’s office. He was charged with See WOLSLAGEL, Page 2 approach to pinpoint and eventually elimi nate the problem,” the letter states. The toxicity test is a biological test that involves placing small aquatic organisms known as water fleas into the wastewater discharge. The activity of the fleas, was monitored, and it was determined that conditions were toxic, the letter stated. Physical Plant Director Herbert Paul said he had communicated with the DEM regarding the situation and had decided to hire consultants to determine why the test had been failed. “We are hoping they can identify what the problem is and offer sug gestions on how to ameliorate the situa tion,” he said Monday. Ray Dubose, superintendent of the co generation facility, agreed about the need to hire consultants. “We’ve done all we could in-house,” he said. “We felt we had to go to a consultant to get a more methodi cal and experienced opinion.” Miller said the consultants would use a specific process to uncover the problems with the facility. “What they’ll do is use a certain way to systematically find what the problem is,” he said. “They will use a process called toxicity identification and reduction evaluations. They will leam what the plant does, how it makes the water it discharges and what is in this water.” Miller said he, Dubose and Power Plant Operations Superintendent David Ray would meet ■with consultants from Char lotte-based Aware Environmental Inc. on Friday. “Their main objective is to get an answer,” Miller said. “Once you get an answer, then you can find a solution.” He said the consultants could take as long as a year to uncover the problems with the toxic levels. Dubose said he did not want the failure ofthe toxicity test to overshadow the over all success ofthe cogeneration facility. “Someone with experience is needed. It is the company's business to bring expertise into developing a long-term plan." BRUCE RUNBERG Associate vice chancellor for business and finance 970 acres of University-owned land off Airport Road. The University has been studying ways to develop the land and has asked Carrboro and Chapel Hill to help. Committees have been formed to meet with JJR to begin the planning. Mason Farm, located off N.C. 54, is another University-owned plot of land. JJR representatives will come to town See HORACE WILLIAMS, Page 5 Egr • II I ■ hi ' ■ j .m. DONALD BOULTON resigned in July.
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