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Thursday, February 9,1995
Student Congress Candidates: Districts 1-16
BY SHARRON SCOTT
STAFF WRITER
Students will elect their Student Con
gress representatives in Tuesday’s campus
election.
A total of 26 candidates are running for
11 open seats in Districts 1,6, 11 and 12
through 16.
Districts 6,12,13,14 and 15 each have
one available seat. Districts 1, 11 and 16
each have two open seats. Candidates in
Districts 6 and 14 are running unopposed.
There are no candidates for Districts 2
through 5 and 7 through 10, but voters may
write in candidates on the ballot.
Districts 1 through 10 are graduate dis
tricts:
■ Dist. 1: Law
■ Dist. 2: Education, social work and
library science
■ Dist. 3: Business and journalism
■ Dist. 4: City and regional planning,
economics, geography, history, political
science, and public administration
■ Dist. 5: Comparative literature, En
glish, folklore, German, linguistics, Ro
mance languages and Slavic languages
■ Dist. 6: Anthropology, art, classics,
computer science, dramatic art, leisure stud
ies, math, music, operational research,
philosophy, physical education, religion
and statistics
■ Dist. 7: Biology, chemistry, ecology,
geology, marine sciences, physics and psy
chology
■ Dist. 9: Cell biology, anatomy, bio
chemistry, biomedical engineering, den
tistry, genetics, microbiology/immunol
ogy, neurobiology, pathology, pharmacol
ogy, physiology and toxicology
■ Dist. 10: Medicine
Districts 11 through 16 are undergradu
ate districts.
■ Dist. 11 comprises Granville Towers.
■ Dist. 12 comprises the Spencer/
Triad/Old Well residence area Spen
cer, Kenan, Alderman, Mclver, Old East
and Old West.
■ Dist. 13 is the Olde Campus area
Aycock, Everett, Grimes, Lewis, Manly,
Ruffin and Mangum residence halls.
■ Dist. 14 covers students who live in
Cobb, Stacy and Graham.
■ Dist. 15 is Henderson Residence Col
lege Winston, Connor and Alexander.
■ Dist. 16 is Scott Residence College—
Avery, Parker and Teague —and
Carmichael and Whitehead.
Dist. 1 (2 seats)
Charlton Allen
Charlton Allen could not be reached for
comment.
Jonathan Jordan
Jonathan Jordan
served as Student
Congress speaker
pro tem in the fall
before he lost a re
call election Oct. 12.
James
Kilboume
James Kilboume
is a first-year law
student from
Marion.
He said he de-
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cided to run for congress because he wanted
to give new ideas to congress.
“I thought that a fresh, new perspective
was needed, someone who could represent
the law school as a whole and not just the
opinion of one person or a small group."
If elected, Kilboume said he would work
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may be the last resort,” Labor Secretary
Robert Reich said during a news confer
ence at the Mayflower Hotel, site of the
failed talks.
The proposed legislation doesn’t con
tain a provision that would force an end to
the strike. The bill directs the panel to issue
its plan “as soon as possible.”
Players and owners, who spent four
hours at the White House with Clinton
and his staff Tuesday, left the capital and
returned home. No talks are scheduled,
and it appears they won’t meet again until
next Wednesday, when they are to testify
before a Senate subcommittee. The hear-
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“I want to have Pit talks two to three times
a week,” he said.
SBP candidate Kelly Jo Gamer said
that if she were elected student body presi
dent she would be actively involved in
communicating with the student body. SBP
candidate Jen Fiumara said she wanted to
correct misconceptions about student gov
ernment. “People feel that student govern
ment is politics and nothing else,” she said.
Fiumara said she would do what she
could to make improvements at the Uni-
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for better relations
between the execu
tive and legislative
branch. He said he
would also trytoget
students more in
volved in the gov
ernment.
“In a recent
study, 58 percent of
UNC students said
they cared little
about student gov
ernment,” Kilboume said. “That’s got to
change, because it affects everyone.”
Dist. 6 (1 seat)
John Thomas Spiggle
Tom Spiggle could not be reached for
comment.
Dist. 11 (2 seats)
Heather McConnell
Heather
McConnell is a
sophomore com
munication studies
major from Mount
Holy.
She said she was
interested in getting
involved in the
Carolina Commu
nity.
“Unless I’m in
volved, I can’t com
plain about what’s
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going on. I don’t want to just sit back. It's
time for me to get out there and partici
pate,” she said.
McConnell said she wanted to improve
safety by putting more lights on campus.
She also said she wanted to improve the
curriculum and improve congressional and
student relations.
Jeremy Miller
Jeremy Miller is
a freshman chemis
try and sociology
major from
Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin.
Miller wants
Granville Towers to
be represented
fairly.
“It needs to be
represented in a fair
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and equal way in comparison to the on
campus dorms.”
Miller is concerned with making the
campus a safer place.
“There should not be a dark spot where
anyone should have to walk on campus.”
Miller wants to extend the SAFE Escort
service to men.
“It is inexcusable, males should have
access to SAFE Escort.”
He wants to publish and make available
to students voting records, and attendance
records and minutes of the meeting.
Miller also wants course reviews to be
available to more students and wants more
convenient recycling bins.
Robyn Durham
Robyn Durham, a freshman from
Mount Airy, said she was concerned with
the expansion ofPoint-to-Point and SAFE
Escort and the addition of more emer
gency phones.
Durham said she would make herself
available to her constituents.
“I think that congress is alienated from
the students, and I want to fill that gap so
students know what’s going on.”
ing will take place just one day before
spring training starts with replacement play
ers.
“This doesn’t change the task we have
before us,” Fehr said after players and
owners left the White House. “Iguesswe’ll
have to try and regroup and consider what
has to be done. We’re prepared to continue
to do that, as we have been all the way
through this dispute.”
According to a source who spojce on the
condition of anonymity, Vice President A1
Gore raised two points at the White House
meeting: whether revoking the owners’
antitrust exemption would allow teams to
move to better markets and create more
money for the industry; and whether play
ers would accept a mechanism that would
versity. “I’m not making any promises I
can’t keep,” she said.
Textbook prices and the Caroline phone
system were two items on Fiumara’s
agenda. Fiumara said she also wanted to
make Caroline more accessible.
The BSM endorsed Thad Woody and
Terius Dolby for senior class president and
vice president. Their platform included the
establishment of a second senior week.
Dolby said the new senior week would
be held in the fall. “It will prepare seniors
for life after graduation,” he said.
Woody and Dolby suggested a job-find
ing Internet system as a possible senior
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RO6VN DURHAM
She said she
thought congress
should take on more
responsibilities.
“I’d like to see a
more open con
gress, more issues
taken care of and
more ideas repre
sented,” she said.
Daniel Martin
Daniel Martin is
a freshman business
administration major from Sunset Beach.
He said he was
running for con
gress because he
wanted students to
be better repre
sented in congress.
“I see many
problems inside Stu
dent Congress.
Many representa
tives are only repre
senting their own
opinions and not the
DANIEL MARTIN
true views of their constituency,” he said.
Martin said he wanted to improve Point
to-Point and the efficiency of the spending
of student fees.
“The major thing I hope to do if I am
elected is to have monthly meetings with
each building to truly get to know the views
of my constituents so I can truly represent
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them in congress,”
Martin said.
John Daren
Pritchard
John Pritchard
could not be
reached for com
ment.
Jerry Ray Boyles
Jeriy Ray Boyles
could not be
reached for com
ment.
Dist. 12 (1 seat)
DAN THOMPSON
Dan Thompson
Dan Thompson,
a freshman eco
nomics major from
Long Valley, N.J.,
is running because
he wants to improve
Student Congress.
“Student Con
gress has an excel
lent opportunity to
serve the student
body, and it has not
done so this year.”
He said he wanted to have student aware
ness days in the Pit.
He also said he wanted Student Con
gress members to post minutes within five
days of each congress meeting.
Thompson said he intended to publish a
monthly student congress newsletter.
Charles Pettigrew
Charles Pettigrew could not be reached
for comment.
Dist. 13 (1 seat)
Jennie Robertson
Jennie Robertson is a freshman nursing
major from Charlotte.
She said she wanted to improve com
munication between congress members and
their constituents.
“I think that the student body should
have information about what’s going on. I
think it’s really important to get the feed
restrain salaries to allow small-market
teams to be more competitive.
Clinton, the source said, also raised two
issues: binding arbitration and a presiden
tial fact-finding panel. Players said they
would accept arbitration, but owners re
fused.
“Binding arbitration is not the solution
to this dispute, and we reject the idea,”
acting commissioner Bud Selig said after
rejecting White House pressure to accept
aibitration.
“The clubs do not believe we should put
the future of major league baseball and its
28 franchises at risk under such a proce
dure,” said Selig, who returns to Washing
ton on Thursday for a day of lobbying on
Capitol Hill.
class gift.
“You would be able to conduct a job
search and send resumes at the same time, ”
Woody said.
Brent Inscoe and Bradley King, Nicho
las Johnston and Mark Marin, Susin Seow
and Adam Jenkins, Brett Doyle and Darryl
Zavodny, and Brett Kenefick and Nancy
Hahn are the other pairs of candidates
running for senior class president and vice
president.
The BSM also endorsed Anthony Reid,
candidate for president of the Carolina
Athletic Association. Wes Galbo is also
running for CAA president.
A
back from the stu
dents.”
Robertson
would like formem
bers of Congress to
sit out in the Pit once
a month to answer
questions from the
student body.
Aaron Nelson
Aaron Nelson, a
sophomore philoso
phy major from Ra-
leigh, said he had decided to run because
he thought he had a
lot to offer.
“I think I have a
lot to offer and the
unique ability to get
it done.”
Nelson said he
wanted to upgrade
laundry facilities
and campus safety,
implement a loft
storage facility,
make cable avail-
able for students, and allow students to
stay an extra day after exams in order to
pack.
He also said that health services needed
to be improved.
Kimberly O’Ph arrow
Kim O’Pharrow could not be reached
for comment.
Dist. 14 (1 seat)
MEIANIE STARKE
Melanie Starke
Melanie Starke,
a freshman from
Wilson, said she
was running for Stu
dent Congress be
cause she would like
to get involved.
Starke said she
planned to focus on
campus security
and on making bet
ter use of student
fees.
She said she was concerned with meet
ing the needs of students more effectively.
“I’m ready to learn about government
here at Chapel Hill, and I will carry out the
office to the best of my abilities in a way
that the needs of my constituents will be
met,” Starke said.
Dist. 15 (1 seat)
Melody Garren
Melody Garren,
a freshman from
Rutherfordton, said
she had decided to
run because she
wanted to make a
difference.
“I saw a lot of
things that I’d like
to change, and I de
cided that instead of
talking to others
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about what needed to be done, I’d try to do
it myself.”
Garren said she wanted to improve cam
pus security by expanding Point-to-Point
and by allowing males to use SAFE Escort.
She said she wanted to implement UNC
ONE Card-operated washing machines in
her district.
“It will be a lot more convenient for
students instead ofhavingto fumble around
for quarters.”
Ganen also said she wanted to imple
ment suggestion boxes and have represen
tatives post minutes on how they had voted.
David Moricca
David Moricca,
a freshman political
science major from
Cherry Hill, N.J.,
said he thought stu
dent government
had untapped po
tential. “Idecided to
run because I see
what Student Con
gress and student
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Mae C. Jemison
In 1973, Jemison wonascholarshiptoStanford
University in California at the age of 16.
Four years later, she graduated with a degree in
THURSDAY
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session on how to use the University Career Services
office, for seniors and graduate students, will be held
in 210 Hanes.
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in the South Gallery of the Union.
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where you want to go and what you want to do with
the Outing Club. Meet in 109 Fetzer every Thursday
for the sports club that never quits!
SystemOne will hold a presentation in 210 Hanes.
Sponsored by UCS.
“Public Speaking: ALeader’s Medium,” a work
shop open to all students, will be held in Union 226.
government can accomplish,” he said.
“We need to establish a student govern
ment where students’ voices are being heard
and every problem is at least being ad
dressed,” Moricca said.
He said congress representatives should
be held more accountable to their constitu
ents.
Moricca said he thought the most im
portant issues were campus security and
expanding the service ofPoint-to-Point.
“We should expand where Point-to-
Point goes to fraternity and sorority houses,
make it a bigger loop,” he said.
He also mentioned the possibility of
contracting with taxi cab services, a system
under which students would be billed at a
later date to ensure safe rides home.
Moricca said he wanted to improve the
advising system, including the possibility
of full-time staff advisers.
“What I’d like to see is more peer advis
ing —during C-TOPS, juniors and seniors
meet with freshmen in their respective
majors.”
Dist. 16 (2 seats)
MONICA CLOUD
Monica Goud
Monica Goud, a
junior communica
tions major from
Raleigh, said she
was running for re
election because she
wanted to continue
to represent her con
stituents.
“I have always
been open to the
opinions of people
that I represent and have always listened to
their concerns,” said Cloud, who currently
serves as Student Congress speaker. “I
have always considered myself to be repre
senting ‘us’ and not ‘you.’”
Cloud said that she wanted to improve
relations between Student Congress and
the student body.
“My biggest concern is constituents be
ing aware of the goings-on in congress and
the actions of their representatives,” she
said.
Cloud is running for a third term as a
representative.
Bjorn Eric Book-Larsson
Bjorn Book-
Larsson, a sopho
more journalism
and computer sci
ence major from
Sweden, said he had
decided to run for
congress because he
felt that the present
Student Congress
was dividedi
“I think the
former congress has
a huge division
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LARSSON
within itself. We should all be on the same
side,” he said.
Book-Larsson said he wanted to im
prove campus security and communica
tion between congress and the student body.
Most importantly, Book-Larsson said,
he wants to promote more multicultural
programs in order to bring students to
gether.
“The most important thing is to pro
mote multicultural activity,” he said.
Edward Beiles
Edward Beiles is
a chemistry educa
tion major from
Kemersville.
Beiles said he
would like to make
congress more re
spectable.
“I’ve always seen
student government
as a big joke, and I
want to bring some
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respectability to it for the first time.”
He said that he would like to see more
unity in student government.
“Everyone fights in student government.
I want to make it more efficient.”
Beiles said that there was a need for 24-
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chemical engineering. Later, after medical school at
Cornel) University in New York, she joined the
Peace Corps and provided health care in West Af
rica.
Campus Calendar
“Sealed With a Kiss” Charity show will be
held until 9 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. Featured perform
ers include Mike Garrigan and the UNC Loreleis!
Door prizes will be given away. Admission is 53.
8 p.m. Association of International Students
will meet in 108 Bingham. Please come if you are
going on the trip.
“La Vie Est Belle,” a film, will be presented in
the BCC by the African Students Association.
9 p.m. La Casa Espanola tenera Charlemos, su
progama cultural, al segundo piso de Carmichael.
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hour computer labs and a snack bar on
mid-campus.
Marco Ramirez
Marco Ramirez
is a freshman edu
cation and sociol
ogy major from
Cary. Ramirez said
he wanted to give
students a bigger
voice in studentgov
emment.
“Congress is
playing political
games. I want to put
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the students back into government instead
of congressmen doing their own thing, ” he
said.
He said he wanted to improve campus
safety by extending the hours of the Point
to-Point service.
Ramirez also said he wanted to lower
the prices of food in the dining halls.
“We’ve got to do something. The prices
are outrageous.”
Damon Beasley
Damon Beasley,
a freshman business
major from Have
lock, said he wanted
to bring anew voice
to congress.
“I want to add
new ideas and new
suggestions to the
student govern
ment,” he said.
Beasley said he
would focus on safety and on getting cable
television on campus.
He said he was mostly concerned with
what his district wanted.
“I’m there to represent them, not just
my particular views.”
Derek Davis
Derek Davis, a
junior business ad
ministration major
from Greensboro,
said he was running
for congress because
he wanted to give
his constituents a
voice in congress.
“I’m running to
represent my con
stituents, and I feel
that a lot of times members of congress
forget the people who put them there.”
Davis said that he did not have a plat
form at this time because he was waiting to
see what his future constituents wanted.
“A positive attitude overcomes even the
tallest pf obstacles,” he said. •
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Vinston Rozier
Vince Rozier, a
freshman political
science and jMHcan-
American studies
major from Tar
Heel, said he
wanted to serve as
“the voice of stu
dents.”
“A lot of times
you hear students
talk about what they
don’t like, but they don’t know who to go
to.
“ I want to be that person they can go
to.”
Rozier said he had conferred with his
future constituents about issues on which
he should focus if elected.
“I don’t consider myself a politician but
a student representative, just the person
expressing the views of the constituents.”
Important issues
include a more effi
cient Point-to-Point
system, a plastic re
cyclingbin in his dis
trict and better
spending of student
fees, Rozier said.
Kevin Paul
Kevin Paul could
not be reached for
comment.
KEVIN PAUL
However, Jemison is probably best known as
being the first black female in space. On Sept. 12,
1992, she boarded the Space Shuttle Endeavor and
journeyed into outer space.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Annual Spades Tournament
will be held from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Sunday in Great
Hall See a brother to register, or call Malcolm at 914-
6181.
Community Service Week will hold an interest
meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday in Union 224.
Club Baseball will hold tryouts Tuesday at the
Canboro Community Park. If you need a ride, be at
Hinton James at 3 p.m. Call Eric at 932-7561 for
more information.
Star Tick Convention will be held at the N.C.
State Fairgrounds all day on Saturday and Sunday.
Receive a discount on admission with a UNC ID.