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Judge Ho Threatens to
Bar Simpson TV Coverage
LOS ANGELES Of the thousands
of hours of television coverage generated
by the O.J. Simpson murder case, it was a
shot that lasted less than a second Tuesday
that threatened to end it all.
A glimpse of an alternate juror during
opening statements so angered Superior
Court Judge Lance Ito that he cut short the
court session, prompting cries of foul from
the defense.
The shot in question came as Deputy
District Attorney Marcia Clark spoke. As
she walked toward the counsel table, the
camera followed her and caught a side
view of a female alternate juror leaning
forward in her chair.
Ito threatened then to yank the court
camera but left it in after hearing from
media lawyers.
Israelis Declare War on
Militants, Arrest Activists
EL BIREH, West Bank lsrael de
clared all-out war on militant Muslim
groups following a deadly weekend bomb
ing. Troops arrested dozens of activists
Tuesday, ransacked a mosque and welded
shut offices of Islamic extremists.
Declaring that only separation from the
Palestinians could stop the violence, Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin said his govern
ment was working on measures to keep
Palestinians out of Israel, including the
possibility of erecting a fence.
The hawkish opposition dismissed the
idea as impractical and cowardly, and also
submitted two no-confidence motions on
government plans to curb Jewish settle
ment construction.
Officials Say Alternative
To Korean Accord Was War
WASHINGTON, D.C. Appearing
before a skeptical Senate committee Tues
day, senior administration officials de
fended the nuclear agreement with North
Korea, saying a likely alternative was a
war costing billions of dollars and involv
ing hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops.
Defense Secretary William Perry said
he had rejected the option of a military
strike against N. Korean nuclear facilities.
Perry and Secretary of State Warren
Christopher sat side by side for almost
three hours and responded to senators con
cerned about whether North Korea could
be trusted to keep its end of the bargain and
questioning whether the agreement would
encourage other nations to seek benefits by
pursuing nuclear weapons programs.
307,000 Homeless; Kobe
Declared Disaster Area
KOBE, Japan Faced with 307,000
homeless people, the largest number since
World War 11, the Japanese government
Tuesday announced tax breaks and low
interest loans to relieve suffering from
Japan’s catastrophic earthquake.
Opposition legislators, nevertheless,
denounced the government’s performance
in the wake of the Jan. 17 quake and called
on Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama to
resign.
One week after the quake, the death toll
stood at 5,063 and 68 people were missing.
Another 26,500 people were injured and
more than 56,400 buildings were damaged
or destroyed in the 7.2 magnitude quake.
Authorities must also care for more
than 307,000 people now homeless in this
once vibrant city of 1.4 million.
Bosnian Leaders Agree To
Some Serbian Demands
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina
The Bosnian government agreed Tuesday
to make slight concessions to the Serbs in
exchange forpeace, but remaining discord
left chances slim for immediate new peace
talks.
Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic
agreed that a moribund peace plan could
serve as “the basis for negotiations” with
Bosnian Serbs language the Serbs used
in setting conditions for peace talks.
But Ganic reiterated a longstanding
government condition that contradicts Serb
wishes: the plan must be signed before any
changes are made.
The government’s nod to the Serbs came
after pressure from the “Contact Group”
of the United States, Russia, France, Ger
many and Britain.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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40s.
Movie Likely to Show Campus
BY ADAM GUSMAN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Actor Eddie Murphy is not only “com
ing to America,” he is probably coming to
Chapel Hill.
Image Film Productions, a subsidiary
of Universal Studios, is considering film
ing part of anew movie here at the Univer
sity.
Murphy would not be arriving in his
past roles as an African prince or a street
savvy cop, however. In his latest film, he
plays an overweight teacher in a remake of
Jerry Lewis’ “The Nutty Professor.”
The University extended a formal invi
tation Friday to the film company. Al
though there had been no official response
as of Tuesday afternoon, University offi
cials said they hoped to hear within the
week.
Clinton Calls For
'New Covenant 1
In Union Speech
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. ln a political drama unseen for 40
years, President Clinton went before a distrusting Republican
Congress Tuesday night and asked his political opponents to join
him in bringing about “dramatic change in our economy, in our
government and in ourselves.”
Looking back on the GOP election landslide in November as
well as the 1992 vote that put him in the White House, Clinton
said in a nationally broadcast State of the Union address: “We
didn't hear America singing. We heard America shouting. Now
we must say: ‘We hear you. We will work together to earn your
trust.’”
Clinton was the first Democrat since Hany Truman to face a
Republican Congress, and the White House viewed his speech as
a crucial step in rebuilding his troubled presidency.
“Mr. President, welcome to the House,”
Speaker Newt Gingrich said. Despite the
GOP majority, Clinton was greeted with
cheers and applause.
Clinton used his speech to launch a
national campaign to combat teen preg
nancy.
Also, to cut down on illegal immigra
tion, Clinton proposed creation of a na
tional data bank to help employers verify
the identification of prospective workers.
He also pledged to seek a hike in the
minimum wage from the current $4.25 an
hour but shied from mentioning a specific
pay scale; GOP leaders oppose it. Clinton
favors a boost to $5 over two years.
Although politically weakened, Clinton
was quick to lay down challenges to the Republicans, who control
both the House and Senate for the first time in four decades.
“Let’s give the folks at home something to cheer about,” he
said, urging lawmakers to stop accepting gifts from lobbyists even
before passing a bill that would outlaw them. “When Congress
killed political reform last year, the lobbyists actually stood in the
halls of this sacred building and cheered,” he said.
Over and over, Clinton stressed conciliation and partnership,
but he sketched out sharp differences with Republicans on how to
cut taxes, shrink government and help the middle class. “Let us
put aside partisanship, pettiness and pride," he said.
“As we embark on anew course, let us put our country first,
remembering that regardless of our party label, we are all Ameri
cans.”
Six Candidacies lncluding Two Joint
Campaigns Make SBP Race Crowded
Student Congress Will
Consider Proposed Poll
Sites at Tonight’s Meeting
BY DIANA D’ABRUZZO
STAFF WRITER
The race for student body president has
picked up two more candidates, but they
have decided to break with a recent trend
they are each running alone on the
ticket.
Robert Simes, a junior from Shelter
Island, N. Y., said Tuesday that he had not
yet chosen a vice president but that he
would do so after the race if elected.
Andrew France, a junior from Mt. Pleas
ant, S.C., also joined the race, with the
intention to appoint Jeanne Fugate vice
president if elected, Fugate said Tuesday.
Students will cast their student body
president votes in the Feb. 14 election for
Simes, France or four other choices.
Stacey Brandenburg and Calvin
Cunningham are also in the running for
the executive branch’s top position, as are
two sets of dual candidates Kelly Jo
Gamer and Michael Williams, as well as
Jen Fiumara and Jeff Berkaw.
Where students will cast their ballots
will be decided when Student Congress
votes at 7:30 p.m. today on the polling sites
proposed by the student Elections Board.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,1995
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Comedian/actor
EDDIE MURPHY will
probably come to
Chapel Hill to film his
latest movie.
“We have told
them that they may
shoot the filmhere,”
said Clifton
Metcalf, associate
vice chancellor for
University rela
tions. “We’re not
the only location
they are consider
ing. It is contingent
upon completion of
a location agree
ment.”
Metcalf said an
agreement, which
would include logis
tics such as insurance and liability, was
routine yet necessary to ensure that the
needs of the film company met those of the
University.
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Hooper Graham and her 9-week-old puppy, Poncho, brave the cold as they walk home across the
Quad on Tuesday afternoon.
President BILL
CLINTON spoke for
more than an hour
during his State of the
Union address.
If the sites are ap
proved, students
will have one more
place to cast then
votes than last year.
The six pro
posed poll sites in
clude: Union 208-
209, the Health Sci
ences Library,
Hanes Art Center,
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Body
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Chase Cafeteria and
Granville Cafeteria.
Also, the School of Law will offer a
polling site for law students.
Erin Lewis, Elections Board chair
woman, said Tuesday that the Hanes Art
Center would act as a welcome addition to
the list of poll sites.
“We feel that there is a need for a polling
site in that area," Lewis said.
“It is near two bus stops and is pretty
good access for sororities and fraternities
who usually can’t make it to the Student
Union.
“Hopefully, congress will approve it,”
she said. “We tried to get it passed last
year, but it was shot down.”
The Granville Cafeteria poll site might
not be limited to Granville Towers resi
dents.
Lewis said that it would soon be de
cided whether the site would be open to
everyone. Last year, it was open to all
students.
“We just need to see if they can keep a
Where facts are few, experts are many.
Donald R. Gannon
“Our greatest interest in the
project is the educational
value to the students and
faculty. ”
CLIFTON METCALF
Associate vice chancellor for University
relations
He said the filmmakers were also look
ing at neighboring communities, including
Durham, for some of their external class
room shots.
The actors and crew would spend a total
of about six weeks on campus, Metcalf
said three weeks to set up equipment,
two weeks of filming and one week for
breakdown.
door open, ” Lewis said. “They are usually
very good at accommodating us.”
The Elections Board created fewer vot
ing sites last year in order to facilitate the
use of computers to check the registration
of students.
The voting process, which included the
use of Scantron sheets, will remain the
same this year.
The process caused confusion in last
year’s spring election, but Lewis said the
Elections Board had gone through exten
sive training to eliminate unnecessary er
rors in the upcoming election.
“We will become more familiar with
how to run the sheets,” she said.
“We have taken time to train the board
on how to use the computer program. We
will hopefully also have a poll-tender train
ing center.”
The Elections Board is made up of 13
students who run the special elections in
the fall and the spring elections.
“Hopefully, we will have a wonderful
voter turnout,” Lewis said in reference to
the elections, which coincide with
Valentine’s Day this year.
“It will hopefully be equal to or more
than last year’s turnout, which was a little
under 5,000.
“ Everything the Elections Board does is
part of an effort to try to increase turnout,”
Lewis said.
“It also depends on the candidates to
mobilize support."
The two specific dates mentioned by the
studio for the start of filming were Feb. 20
or March 6, he said.
Metcalf also mentioned the possibility
of educational opportunities that would be
available during the making of the film.
“They have indicated a great interest in
offering film internships and seminars, ” he
said. “Our greatest interest in the project is
the educational value to the students and
faculty.”
He said the filmmakers wanted to shoot
several scenes on campus, including sev
eral external classroom scenes and one
inside a classroom. The studio is in the
process of sending a more specific list of
scenes it wants to film.
“We’ve offered to work with them to
make arrangements as soon as possible,”
Metcalf said. “We’re very excited about it,
frankly.”
Forget About the Men: UNC,
Duke Women Collide Tonight
BYROBBIPICKERAL
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Forget about Feb. 2. Forget March 4.
Forget, for now, about the big Duke
campout.
The real Duke game the matchup
that will actually mean something come
ACC and NCAA tournament time—takes
place as the women play at Cameron In
door Stadium in Durham tonight. Admis
sion is free.
At 7 p.m., the No. 21 Blue Devils (14-2,
5-1 in the ACC) will host the No. 3 Tar
Heels (18-0, 6-0), and this year, with the
demise of Duke’s mighty men’s program,
there’s a lot more at stake in the women’s
hoops rivalry than the men’s frays of the
past.
In fact, it’s the first time both women’s
teams have been simultaneously ranked in
the nation’s top 25 at game time. And that
adds even more to the intrastate rivalry.
“We’ve always had great games with
Duke,” UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell
said. “Playing Duke is sort of like playing
(North Carolina) State—it doesn’t matter
whether they’re ranked or not, it’s always
a great game.”
Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors said:
“Every year it’s a big game for us, and not
just because it’s Duke-North Carolina. It’s
big because North Carolina is consistently
at the top of the conference, and that’s
where we ultimately want to be.”
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Congress
Won’t Vote
On Funds
BYJUUE CORBIN
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student Congress will not hear bills re
questing funds for two student groups at its
meeting tonight.
Funding requests from the Black Stu
dent Movement and Peer Leadership Con
sultants cannot be heard tonight because of
a violation of the Student Government
Code, Student Congress Speaker Monica
Cloud said.
The code states that for a bill to be
introduced to Student Congress it must be
reported to the speaker at least 48 hours in
advance, Cloud said.
Although all the bills were heard and
approved by the Student Congress Finance
Committee on Monday night, they were
reported to Cloud
less than 48 hours
before the start of
tonight’s meeting,
said Student Con
gress Speaker Pro
Tem Meredith
Armstrong.
The bills were
not reported until
9:15 p.m. Monday,
and the full meeting
of Student Congress
begins at 7:30 p.m.
today, she said.
Cloud blamed
the delay in hearing
the bills on the fi
nance committee’s
late consideration of
the requests. She
said Howard
Student Congress
Speaker Pro Tem
MEREDITH
ARMSTRONG said
she regretted that
funds for student
groups would be
delayed because of
student government
Brubaker, director of the Student Activites
Fund Office, had suggested to finance com
mittee Chairman Tom Lyon that the com
mittee hear the bills last week, although
Student Congress had not yet received the
funds to allocate.
“Even with that suggestion, Lyon would
not hear the bills,” Cloud said.
She emphasized that there was no prob
lem with the student groups’ requests them
selves.
“The organizations are getting the butt
end of the stick,” she said. “It’s not their
fault.”
Lyon said that he had treated the bills
similarly to all bills that came through the
finance committee but that his committee
had heard them slightly late because of its
investigation of the executive branch and
the Student Supreme Court case that
stopped it.
“As far as I know, everything that we’ve
done is all right,” he said. “In the past
couple of weeks, the finance committee
has been so caught up with the executive
branch thing, but we went through the bills
and made appropriate changes.”
Lyon said he was unaware of any prob
lems that would keep the bills from being
presented tonight.
“I haven’t done anything out of the
ordinary,” he said. “As far as I know, the
See FINANCE, Page 2
And it’s getting closer. Withas-1 record
in the ACC, Duke is off to its best confer
ence start in the history of the program.
The Blue Devils' 78-62 loss at No. 9 Vir
ginia two weeks ago is their only confer
ence smudge, and their No. 21 ranking
marks only the second time in history that
the team has been numbered in the na
tional polls.
Duke is also 9-0 at home, where fan
attendance was around2,ooo, Goestenkors
said, for their win against Wake Forest.
“There is some additional support,”
Goestenkors said. “But I really don’t know
if that’s because the men aren’t doing so
See DUKE, Page 4
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