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Slip lailu ®ar ■HM J? Volume 102, Issue 108 101 yam of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Tap stories from the state, nation and world Iraq Officially Recognizes Kuwaiti Sovereignty NICOSIA, Cyprus—lraq on Thursday abandoned territorial claims to Kuwait that had origins in the Ottoman Empire, hop ing to win an end to trade sanctions that have strangled its economy. The Iraqi News Agency said the Na tional Assembly had voted for “Iraq’s rec ognition of the sovereignty of the state of Kuwait, its territorial integrity and inde pendence.” The statement also said Iraq recognized and respected the “inviolability” of new Kuwaiti borders, demarcated by a U.N. committee after the 1991 Gulf War. Saddam Hussein’s ruling Revolution ary Command Council later endorsed the legislation. There was no official reaction from Kuwait, where distrust of Iraq has run deep since it invaded in August 1990. 2 U.S. Embassy Employees Killed in Haitian Robbery PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Two Haitian employees of the U.S. Embassy were killed during an armed robbery Thurs day and a third employee was critically injured, U.S. authorities said. The employees were accosted before noon while driving to a bank in the capital to pick up 110 pay packets for embassy staff, according to an embassy statement. A Haitian citizen witnessed the em ployees “in trouble” and called U.S. au thorities. Military police rushed to the scene but the two employees had been slain. The statement identified the victims as Kesnel Jean-Pauland Sandra Rigaud, both in their mid-20s. U.S. and Haitian authori ties are searching for a suspect. The injured employee was taken to a field hospital. Serb Leader Encourages Attack on Bosnian Forces PALE, Bosnia-Herzegovina—Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic demanded greatly expanded powers Thursday to wage war against government forces and their Croat allies. But Bosnian Serb politicians appeared fearful of granting too much authority to Karadzic, a hawk who has rejected inter national pressures to make peace. Meanwhile, theU.N. command accused the Muslim-led government of firing on its own territory Tuesday in the Bosnian capi tal of Sarajevo, apparently to provoke a NATO airstrike against the Bosnian Serbs. One person was wounded by one of two shells. There was no immediate govern ment comment. N. Irish Peace Shattered By IRA Shooting in Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland —Police arrested two Irish Republican Army sus pects Thursday after gunmen killed a post man in a botched robbery, sending shock waves through Northern Ireland’s fragile peace process. The killing was the first in the British ruled province to be linked to the IRA since it announced a cease-fire in September, but the group denied having broken its pledge. Ireland’s justice minister, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, immediately rescinded plans to release jailed IRA prisoners early. The first two inmates would have been released Friday. In a statement to Belfast media, the IRA said its Sept. 1 cease-fire meant “a com plete cessation of military operations. Jordan's Hussein Visits Israel in New Peace Effort ZEMACH, Israel— Shaking hands with well-wishers and kissing a baby, King Hussein of Jordan put a warm human face on his peace treaty with Israel on Thurs day, paying the Jewish state only the sec ond public visit by an Arab leader. Hussein arrived in northern Israel by helicopter and spent nearly three hours talking with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He promised he would visit Jerusalem soon but gave no date. While the peace treaty preserved the Jordanian king’s nominal control over Muslim holy sites in east Jerusalem, the Palestinians, who see east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, want that role forthemselves. A visit by Hussein to Jerusa lem could provoke violence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Mostly sunny; high 60. SATURDAY: Mostly sunny; high mid-60s. SUNDAY: Fair skies; high mid- to upper 60s. Price Will Call for Congress Re-Count BY JENNY HEINZEN STATE AND NATIONAL EDITOR David Price, who lost his bid for re election to the U.S. Congress from North Carolina’s 4th District, announced Wednesday that he would seek a re-count. “The congressman has conceded,” said Sallie Stohler, press secretary for Price. “But we want to make sure there were no mechanical problems. We’re in the very early phases of planning a re-count with the board of elections.” Price was beaten out for his fifth term in Congress by former Raleigh Chief of Po lice Fred Heineman in Tuesday’s election. The official count showed Heineman ahead by 1,313 votes, with 50.4 percent of the votes. Price received 49.6 percent of the vote. According to Johnnie McLean, deputy director for the state board of elections, all candidates have until noon Wednesday to officially file, in writing, for a re-count. She said that after Wednesday, if the request had been received, the re-count would be ordered, and that as of Thursday afternoon, no official request had been Veterans Day Chance To Reflect on Country BY MARSHALL BENBOW STAFF WRITER Veterans Day means different things to different people. For some, it’s a chance to remember those who died in combat. For others, it’s an opportunity to honor the living veterans of the armed forces. Regardless, today all Americans have the opportunity to reflect on their country and file men and women who fought its battles. “For a couple of minutes, once a year, Veterans Day offers an opportunity to dwell on a sacrifice made by others,” said Maj. JosephMolofekyoftheUNCNavyßOTC. “It’s an opportunity not to be missed. All on campus can take time to observe it.” This year the UNC ROTC programs will commemorate Veterans Day with a ceremony by the flagpole in Polk Place, an ROTC tradition since 1978. At 2:30 p.m., Richard Kohn, a history professor and chairman of the peace, war and defense curriculum at UNC, will make opening remarks. The guest speaker will be Thomas Griffith Jr., a U.S. Air Force navigator who was a prisoner of war for 42 days during the Persian Gulf War. After Griffith’s speech, representative veterans from all of the U.S. conflicts in which UNC graduates took place will be honored, including both world wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the recent mission in Somalia. Capt. David Gardow of UNC’s Air Force ROTC department said UNC ROTC graduates had given their lives in every U.S. conflict since World War n. Gunnery Sgt. Earl Manchester of the A Sofi-Spoken Leader Heroes on the hill A weekly series highlighting Chapel HiU heroes Executive Director Margaret Henderson AND HER CO-WORKERS AT Orange County Rape Crisis Center have FOUGHT HARD TO PUT AN END TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE. Chapel HU, North Carafea FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1994 PRICE plans to contest the results of Tuesday's election. received from the Price campaign. McLean said the time it would take to retabulate the votes would depend on the specific race. “It depends on the type of equip ment which the lo cal boards of elec tions used, as well as the number of ballots,” McLean said. “We’rehoping that they will be completed by the end of that day so that we can release the results the following day.” She said most re-counts were called when the difference between the candi dates was less than 1 percent. “County boards of elections can always call for a re-count,” she said. “But under normal circumstances, re-counts are not ordered unless it is proven that there was machine failure or some other major prob lem. Day UNC ROTC units will hold (ceremonies for Veterans Day. 2:30 p.m. - UNC /Ur Force, Army and Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps Polk Place Ceremony. Lowering of the odors and two UNC band members playing Taps.' A reception will follow at 3:30 pm. Rain she is Hill Hall Auditorium. 6 a.m. until midnight- Cadets and midshipmen will hold a vigil at Polk Place flagpole. NROTC said there would also be an empty chair at the ceremony representing all the conflicts not represented by veterans. NROTC Commander of Troops Corea Bergenser, a senior from Chapel Hill, en joys the ceremony because it gives the holiday meaning for some who might not realize its significance. “It says ‘Veterans Day’ on the calendar, and you don’t really think about it,” she said. “But when you see a service, it makes you appreciate what those people have done for our country.” Some local veterans see Veterans Day as a time to remember friends and country men who fell in combat. “Veterans Day means it’s time to medi tate on the cost of freedom and pass on to the next generation the fact that freedom certainly is not free, ” said Hezechiah Dob son, a member of Chapel Hill’s American Legion Post 6 and a veteran of World War See VETERANS DAY, Page 4 BYRACHEL MILLER STAFF WRITER It’s warm inside the Orange County Rape Crisis Cen ter. There’s coffee or tea if you want it, comfortable-look ing chairs and books to read. Most everyone here smiles when you come in, whether they know you or not. Stepping inside this build ing is like going to grandma’s house; it’s safe, it’s quiet and you feel right at home even though you don’t live here. The serenity of the center almost lets you forget that the house is here because there is rape. Margaret Henderson does not forget that. She has been the executive director of the rape crisis center for two years now. She had always worked in human services but wanted to work for a nonprofit organization like the rape crisis center. “I had worked around and con nected to this issue before,” Henderson said. “It is the most important work in the world. What we’re really here for is ending sexual violence." Beauty is only a light switch away. J A Sterling “Just because a candidate has lost does not mean there can be a re-count,” she said. Francis Deluca, a campaign worker for Heineman, said he was not concerned about the possibility of a re-count. “I've got great faith in the North Caro lina elections system,” Deluca said. “There’s really nothing to be concerned about. If Price wants to call for a re-count, that’sfine. If there’s any change, it will just be a matter of a few votes. “The chief and I have great confidence in the way the state elections were run, so we’re not concerned,” he said. “He (Price) can do what he wants." Deluca said he was very pleased with the results of the election despite predic tions that Price would win easily. “We think it turned out real well,” he said. “We always thought we had a good shot. We ran the campaign the way we wanted to run it and it worked.” State Senator Howard Lee, who lost his bid for re-election in the 16th District in a close race with fellow Democrat Fred Hobbs and Republican Teena Little, said he would not file for a re-count. M HV jzk jbbe (Bm jjkj. 4QM DTH/KATIE CANNON Jerry Stackhouse shows Ivan Mahes how things are done in the Tar Heels' 112-82 rout of the Croation national team Thursday night. See story page 5. v *Bj ——s /jft DTH/KATIE CANNON Margaret Henderson sits surrounded by volunteers and puppets used in rape education. Henderson emphasizes that there are many heroes at the center. It’s a battle she fights on many fronts. Volunteers need training, victims need counseling and support groups need leaders. Henderson helps to bring all that together, but she doesn’t do it alone. The rape crisis center also em ploys four full-time staffers and about 150 volunteers, all of whom she con siders heroic. This army of workers offers a num- University Loses Major Lobbying Force in Senate When Howard Lee Lost In the State Senate Race Tuesday, UNC Lost, Too BYRYANTHORNBURG ASSISTANT STATE AND NATIONAL EDITOR When former Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee was voted out of the state Senate Tuesday, UNC lost what one new state lawmaker called “an effective advocate for the University.” “It’s going to be very difficult, if not impossible, to replace him,” said Fred Hobbs, the 16th District’s new Demo cratic state senator. ber of services for the victims of rape and sexual assault. Twenty years ago, when the center first opened, its main concern was helping victims of rape on an immediate-needs basis. “When it began, our primary objec tive was to respond to emergency room law enforcement calls," Henderson See HERO, Page 4 Ncws/Fcaturts/Arts/Sports Business/ Advertising C 1994 DTH Publishing Coip-All rights reserved According to UNC Young Demo crats President Aaron Nelson, Lee was not only a frequent speaker on campus but also a friend of the students’. “Losing Howard Lee is an incred ible loss to this university, ” Nelson said. “He was a very vocal spokesman for the University.” In Tuesday’s election for state sena tor in District 16, which includes Or ange County, three candidates sought two available seats. Lee went the way of many ofhis fellow incumbent Demo crats as he was voted out of office. Now Hobbs and Republican Teena Little, both from Southern Pines, will See UNIVERSITY, Page 2 Allen Quits Battle's Cabinet BYLEAHMERREY STAFF WRITER Charlton Allen, senior counsel to Stu dent Body President George Battle, has decided to step down from his post. “I felt that I was banging my head against a wall,’’Allen said Thursday. “Ihaveabso lutely no desire to waste any more of my time.” He said the decision to resign was ofhis ownfreewill. “No one is forcing me to step out by any stretch of the imagination,” he said. “I’m sure George will concur to that. ” Allen has not yet submitted a formal letter of resignation to Battle. “ItoldGeorge that I had been thinking about this for a long time,” he said. “George and I were pretty good friends when we got into this, despite our political differences,” Allen said. “That has not been the outcome, given the things that have been going on behind the scenes in the executive branch.” Allen said that what he called Battle’s “partisan” administration was a factor in his resignation. “They want conservatives only in name; we’re not given any oppor tunity,” he said. Battle said Thursday that he respected Allen’s decision to resign but that he dis puted the existence of a partisan adminis tration. “Most of what we do in student govern ment has no partisan edge to it; for ex ample, the Point-2-Point service, the Lenoir renovations and the 800 Caroline number have all been nonpartisan projects of the administration,” Battle said. “It’s no secret that we’ve had our share of problems. I don’t subscribe to many of Charlton’s ideas, but I respect his views even though his agenda and my agenda don’t necessarily converge,” he said. Battle said Allen’s allegation that the administration only wanted conservatives in name was false. “My administration is the first to em brace conservative members. However, we ask all individuals to leave their political ideologies at the door because there’s no room for them in student government, ” he said. “We don’t have token conservatives here, just the best possible individuals work ing for student government.” Allen also said his position as a leader of the campus newsmagazine The Carolina Review made serving on the Cabinet diffi cult. “The magazine is anti-administra tion; because of this, some members of the administration questioned my loyalty,” he said. “They viewed my association with the press as adversarial.” Battle commended Allen for having doneafinejobasseniorcounsel. “Ibrought him in to make an administration free of partisan bias,” Battle said. “I think that his decision is admirable; it would have been easy to stay on and play two roles.” As for the future, Allen said he hoped to devote his time to his studies and The Carolina Review. “I will do whatever I can to help the conservative movement,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” “My time is precious," Allen added. “Asa law student, I have more time con straints than the average undergraduate student. There are so many other worth while things to do on campus. ” Battle said no one in student govern ment was indispensable. “Student govern ment goes on every single year with new members and anew president, for better or for worse.” 9624)245 962-1163
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