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Volume 102. Issue 150
101 yean of editorial freedom
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
IN IDE NEWS
Top stories from the state, nation and world
Quayle, Reversing Course,
Decides Against '96 Race
WASHINGTON, D.C. Hard
pressed to attract the money and talent
necessary for a strong campaign, former
Vice President Dan
Quayle abruptly re
versed course
Thursday and said
he would not seek
the 1996 Republi
can presidential
nomination.
Quayle’s deci
sion came less than
three weeks after he
vowed to campaign
aggressively as a
voice for the conser
vative “unsilent
majority” that he
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DAN QUAYLE
announced Thursday
that he won't run for
president.
said was appalled at the decline of the
family and die liberal bent of the social
welfare system.
Foster Nomination Splits
Congress' Doctors, Too
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congress’
five doctors are divided on the nomination
of Henry Foster Jr. to be surgeon general,
reflecting splits not only between parties
but in attitudes toward abortion.
Freshman Republican Reps. David
Weldon of Florida and Tom Cobum of
Oklahoma, both outspoken foes of abor
tion, call Foster unsuited to be the country’s
chief public health advocate.
But Rep. Jim McDermott, a liberal
Democrat from Seattle, said that in per
forming abortions Foster had done “what
any obstetrician might do, all of it legal.”
Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee and Rep.
Greg Ganske of lowa, are voicing con
cerns about the accounts Foster and the
White House have given.
Senate Panel Approves
Term-Limit Amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. A divided
Senate Judiciary Committee approved a
popular constitutional amendment Thurs
day that would limit senators and repre
sentatives to 12 years in each chamber.
The Republican-controlled panel voted
11-6 to send the measure to the full Senate,
where it will face an uphill battle when it is
debated in several weeks.
Like all constitutional amendments, it
will need two-thirds approval by the House
and Senate before it can be sent to the states
for ratification. Even supporters say that
margin will be hard to attain.
Opposition comes from Democrats,
who say voters already can limit lawmak
ers’ terms by defeating them at the polls.
IRA Negotiations Stall
Over Rugging Accusation
BELFAST, Northern Ireland Peace
negotiations between Britain and the Irish
Republican Army’s political allies broke
up within minutes Thursday over suspi
cions that a negotiating room was elec
tronically bugged.
Both sides stressed that talks to strike
political compromise in the British-ruled
province would continue.
Security officers for the IRA-allied Sinn
Fein party were conducting a precaution
ary sweep of the Stormont Parliament
Building east of Belfast, site of the talks.
Their electronic scanner detected a signal
coming from a piece of office equipment in
one room.
Israel-PLO Meeting Rreaks
Down in Disagreement
EREZ JUNCTION, Gaza Strip—The
crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations deep
ened Thursday after their leaders failed to
agree on how to expand Palestinian au
tonomy without endangering Israeli secu
rity.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO
chief Yasser Arafat did not resolve any
disputes during their 2-hour meeting Thurs
day at an Israel-PLO command post in
northern Gaza.
Reflecting the tensions, the two did not
hold a joint news conference. However,
they agreed to meet again Feb. 16.
Rabin told Arafat he had to rein in
Islamic militants before Israel would talk
about expanding Palestinian self-rule to
the West Bank.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Weather
TODAY: Snow changing to rain; high
42.
SATURDAY: Rain; high lower 50s.
SUNDAY: Variably cloudy; high
lower 40s.
SBP Candidates Address Women’s
Issues, Campus Questions at Forum
BY ADAM GUSMAN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student body president candidates ad
dressed issues pertaining to women, mi
norities and non-heterosexuals Thursday
at a Women’s
Issues Network
forum co-spon
sored by
POWER, WIN
and B-GLAD.
Student Court Lets
Petitions Stand
See Page 3
Amy Swan, a member of the Women’s
Issues Network and organizer of the fo
rum, said the groups decided not to en
dorse a specific candidate because they
In Poll, Students Split Over How to Distribute
Fees, but Insiders Favor Congress System
Where Students' $347.71 Goes
$17.50 / Education / Student
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congress for allocation
Schools Distribute
Fees Differently
BYERICA LUETZOW
STAFF WRITER
While UNC’s system for
distributing fees through Stu
dent Congress has been both
criticized and praised, it is only
one of several methods that
schools across the nation use
to appropriate student fees.
■ Shop ’Til You Drop
Student groups at the Uni
versity ofMichigan are funded
Bill Baxter’s ‘Team’
Puts Families First
BYKARLSHULTZ
STAFF WRITER
When you walk into the Ronald
McDonald House on Old Mason Farm
Road by Finley Golf Course, you are
greeted by a mockup of a tree on the front
wall. The
leaves of
the tree are
gold
plaques,
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engraved with the names of supporters of
the house.
“We call that the ‘Tree of Life,”’ said
Bill Baxter, the executive director of the
Ronald McDonald House, which serves
the families of children who are sick at
UNC Hospitals.
The purpose of the house, Baxter said,
is, “To serve seriously ill children and
their families." The Chapel Hill house
has been open and serving patients and
their families since April 1988.
“It’s a respite of sorts —a sort of home
away from home for patients and fami
lies,” Baxter said. “We provide no thera
peutic intervention.’’
Reality is a temporary illusion brought on by an absence of beer.
Unknown
“saw this as an op
portunity for edu
cation both of the
candidates and the
audience.”
Susan
Covington, co
chairwoman of
WIN, moderated
the forum, allowing
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President
two minutes for each candidate to answer
questions prepared by the group. Members
of the audience asked questions of the
candidates later in the forum.
In her opening comments, Covington
said that although females comprised 60
Student Body president Issue Profile
by a student council, depart
mental discretionary funds and
direct allocations, said Rodger
Wolf, assistant to the vice presi
dent for student affairs at Michi
gan.
The Michigan Student
Council allocates about $60,000
a year to student organizations.
The school’s University Activi
ties Center also receives $2 per
student from tuition and dis-
See SCHOOLS, Page 2
Baxter beams when showing visitors
around the house, which was built for
$1.3 million. “The mortgage was paid
off in about two years,” he said. “It’s a
testament to the amount of support we
get here.”
The house is large, with more than
14,000 square feet of space inside. Baxter
said that, in an average year, about
1,200 families came and went through
the doors of the house.
“Last year, we had a 90 percent occu
pancyrate,”hesaid. “It was lOOpercent
in January of this year. So if we’re not
full, we’re usually pretty close.” The
average length of stay at the Ronald
McDonald house is 5.5 days.
Internationally, Ronald McDonald
houses share a similar profile. There are
157 of them across the world, with 122
of them in the United States. Twenty
one more houses are under develop
ment now, and the average occupancy
rate for all the houses is 80 percent. Four
thousand people are served by the
Ronald McDonald houses each night.
See HERO, Page 2
Chapel HU. North Carolina
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1995
percent of the University’s student popula
tion, only 10 percent of the tenured faculty
and one-fourth of the members of the Board
of Trustees were women.
Covington asked the candidates how
they would evaluate the climate for women
on campus.
Most candidates responded that issues
of campus safety should be addressed.
Andrew France said he thought women
were underrepresented in positions oflead
ership at the University.
Calvin Cunningham said he had be
come aware during his campaign that Stu-
See FORUM, Page 2
BYPETER ROYBAL
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
According to an old adage, there are
two things that you don’t want to
watch being made sausage and
legislation.
There’s no exception to this rule here at
UNC. Regardless of ideological bent, cam-
pus political observ
ers agree that it’s a
messy and distasteful
sight when Student
Congress and the stu
dent body president
dole out money to
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Student Congress to
allocate fees
groups. But there’s also a sense that the
present system is desirable, even if it doesn’t
always work.
“It is a kind of one-stop shopping thing,”
Student Body President George Battle said.
“From time to time you have glitches in the
system, but that is just the hazard of the
system.”
Added Dawn Prince, co-chairwoman of
Bisexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Allies for
Diversity, “I think (B-GLAD) as a consensus
thinks that Student Congress as a whole has
been unfair in the past, but I think the process
is fair.”
Students are split on the viability of the
legislative system for distributing fees, ac
cording to the results of a recent Daily Tar
Heel poll. Thirty-two percent of students said
the University should continue to use Stu
dent Congress, 28 percent said it was time for
anew system, and 40 percent had no opin
ion. The margin of error is +/- 5 percent.
While students seem unsure about con
gress, they said “working closely with Stu
dent Congress to allocate student fees” and
“halting increases in student fees” were con
sidered the fourth and fifth most important
issues, respectively, for the next student body
president.
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SBP candidates responded to questions primarily centered around women's
issues Thursday night at a forum sponsored by WIN, B-GLAD and POWER.
The Candidates Speak
on Student Congress
STACEY BRANDENBURG
O Meet with congress and
eliminate political infighting
■ Opposed to increasing fees
■ Extend treasurer's role to
account to follow money more
closely
■ Work with student govt to
clarify student code
CALVIN CUNNINGHAM
■ Have treasurer help groups
through the budget process
■ Draw on ideas of congress and
sponsor proactive legislation
O Platform is researched and
fiscally responsible; no fee
increases.
JEN FIUMARA
■ Don’t have political agenda so
won't play favorites with student
groups
■ Meet with congress and
cooperate with them
■ Encourage more students to
run for congress
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ANDREW FRANCE
■ Won't veto legislation unless
it's self-serving
■ Be sure to execute laws that
congress passes
■ Recognize congress is the
direct representative of students
- not the SBP
ROBERT SIMES
■ Pressure administration and
General Assembly for money to
cover things like SAFE Escort
■ Establish liaison committee
between executive and legislative
branches
O Plans to attend every congress
meeting
KELLY JO GARNER
O Ensure groups get fair funding
■ Look at how fees are spent and
reprioritize, consider small
increase if essential
■ Expect congress to behave with
decorum; stop political games
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Coors Gives
Christian
Testimonial
Campus Crusade for Christ
Sponsors Former President
Of Silver Bullet Beer Firm
BY ANDREW RUSSELL
STAFF WRITER
The great-grandson of the founder of
Coors Brewing Cos. urged students to ac
cept Jesus Christ into their hearts Thurs
day.
Adolph Coors IV spoke to a group of
about 400 students in the Great Hall. The
talk was sponsored by Campus Crusade
for Christ, Athletes in Action and
Greek Life.
He told students about his life and how
he turned to Christ after the death of his
father.
Coors spent more than six years work
ing for Coors Brewing Cos. In 1979, he left
the family business to be the investment
adviser for his immediate family.
Coors began his speech by talking about
the success of his family and its brewery.
“My father is truly one of the great
success stories in history, and 50 years ago
I was bom into a great family," Coors said.
“I’m sure you’ve all heard the slogan ‘He
who dies with the most toys wins.’ That
was drilled into my mind as a kid. Failure
was not going to be tolerated in my fam
ily.”
Coors’ father, Adolph Coors 111, was
abducted on Feb. 9,1960, and found mur
dered seven months later.
“My life turned upside down,” Coors
said. “He was my God.”
He said he had learned that family and
material things could not fill the void left in
his heart.
“Many of us go through life thinking
that our careers, our education, our mate
rial possessions will fill the void in our
hearts,” Coors said. “Don’t look to your
spouse to fill the void in your heart. Chil
dren can’t fill the void. Tangible things will
let you down.”
See COORS, Page 2
Name: Bill
Baxter
Birthdate: Oct.
15. 1929. in
Wake County
Occupation:
Executive
director of
Chapel Hill's
Ronald
McDonald
House
Education:
A.8.. Guilford
College; M.A. in
Education,
UNC-G.
Postmaster's in
Educational
psychology,
Johns Hopkins.
Hobbies: Golf,
photography,
traveling,
following UNC
athletics
Philosophy on
life: 'As you
get older, you
realize the
preciousness of
life and try to
acknowledge
that.'