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Batlg (Far Hml BRIEFS Stmts from the University and Chapel HiU Peace-Based Economy Is Topic of Annual Meeting The topic of the Orange County Peace Action annual meeting will be “Defending a Peace-Based Economy: The Social Ef fects of Military Spending.” The meeting will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Timothy McKeown, a faculty member in the UNC political science de partment will be the featured speaker. Art Show & Sale Will Look 'Through Women's Eyes' “Through Women’s Eyes” is the title of the 11th Annual Art Show and Sale featur ing North Carolina artists. The proceeds willbenefit the Women’s Center. The show begins Feb. 23 and runs through March 3. A preview Cocktail Buffet will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the Carolina Club of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. Tickets are $75 per person and $125 per sponsor. A luncheon will be held Feb. 24 at 11:30 a.m., and tickets are $35 per person and SSO per sponsor. For more informa tion on the buffet, luncheon or art show, call 968-4489. University Women's Group Plans Museum Trip The Chapel Hill-Durham Branch of the American Association of the University Women will take a group tour of the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. For more infor mation, members and prospective mem bers can call Maggie Boyer at 542-2719. Women Faculty Group Will Host Lecture on Feminism The Association for Women Faculty and Professionals will hold its February meeting in from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday in 104 Carrington Hall. Thetopicforthemeetingwillbe “Strong Women or Feminists?" and Jean O’Barr, director of women’s studies at Duke Uni versity, will speak. Havana Anthropologists Discuss Herbal Healing Two visiting professors of anthropol ogy from the University ofHavana in Cuba will speak on the role herbal healing and religion play in the everyday lives of Cu bans. Bertha Valdes and Jose Balcells are ex perts on Cuban religious practices and the use of herbs in medical and spiritual prac tice. They will present “Popular Religious Practice: Blending of Traditions in Con temporary Cuban Life” at 5:30 p.m. today in 355 Hamilton Hall. A light supper will be served, and the talk is free and open to the public. An informal session entitled “Herbs as Used in Medicinal and Spiritual Practice in Cuba” will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the N.C. Botanical Garden’s herb gar den. Participants will be able to trade infor mation about herbal medicine and study the plants used in it. National Peace Corps Director Will Visit Campus Peace Corps Director Carol Bellamy will discuss her role as director of the Peace Corps, as well as outlining opportunities available through the organization. She will speak at a free, public brown bag lunch to be held from noon to 2 p.m. Feb. 17 in the library ofOld East Residence Hall. Two UNC public health graduate students involved in a Peace Corps pro gram will also speak. The lunch is sponsored by the Globe Committee of the Campus Y, the Division of Health Affairs and the Department of University Housing. Junior Faculty Granted 39 Awards Worth $3,000 Thirty-nine junior faculty members at UNC have been chosen to receive 1995 Junior Faculty Development Awards worth $3,000 each. They were selected by the Committee on Faculty Research and Study Leaves, which is chaired by Richard McCormick, provost and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. Kenan and Chitwood Speak on Second Sunday Novelist Randall Kenan and poet Michael Chitwood will be featured at the Second Sunday Reading held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Wilson Library. A reception and book signing will fol low the reading, which is sponsored by the Department of English, the N.C. Collec tion, the Caroliniana Society and the Bull’s Head Bookshop. The reading and recep tion are free and open to the public. UNC Orchestra to Give Scholarship Concert The UNC Symphony Orchestra will present a scholarship benefit concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 in Hill Hall auditorium. Tonu Kalam, associate professor of music, will lead the performance. Winners of the annual UNC Concerto Competition will be featured as soloists. Tickets are $9 for the general public, $5 for senior citizens and $2 for students. They are on sale in 104-B Hill Hall and also will be available, at the door. For more information, call 962-1039. FROM STAFF REPORTS Court Does Not Rule on Petitions Ruling of Elections Board Stands; SBP Petitions of Fiumara, Garner Are Valid BY JENNIFER BURLESON STAFF WRITER Candidates will not be permitted to run together for the office of student body presi dent, but Jen Fiumara and Kelly Jo Gamer will be allowed to run alone. The Student Supreme Court handed down its written decision on the two joint candidacies Thursday at 5:15 p.m. on the steps of South Building. The Student Constitution refers to the student body president as an individual person: “... the membership of the Selec- Congress Refuses to Hear Bill Referendum Won’t Be Put On Tuesday Ballot Because Bill Not Submitted in Time BY CHRISTINA MASSEY STAFF WRITER Student Congress refused to hear a bill to put five referendums on the elections ballot at its meeting Wednesday night. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Amy Cummins, Dist. 22, consisted of five non binding referendums that would have been placed on Tuesday’s election ballot. The bill was not heard because it was not submitted through the proper chan nels, Student Congress Speaker Monica Cloud said. For a bill to be read in congress, it must be discussed by a committee before it reaches congress, Cloud said. She said the bill was not heard due to its poor timing. “If it had been submitted on time, it would have been heard,” she said. “It wasn’t even on the agenda.” If abill is not submitted on time, it needs a two-thirds vote to be heard in Congress, Cloud said. Cummins’ bill did not receive enough votes to be read at the meeting. Cummins said Thursday that she was upset that her bill had not been heard in Congress but that she would not let it bother her. “I realize I became very un-mellowed when Congress refused to even consider my bill to put referenda on the ballot,” she said. “But that which is good always pre vails. Soonmy bills will pass safely through tempestuously partisan congress waters.” The referendums included in Cummins’ bill were nonbinding questions attempting to gauge student opinions on issues of concern. “The referenda were basic survey ques tions to get students’ opinion on certain issues," Goud said. Cummins defended her bill and said the referendums would have been beneficial to congress. “We wanted to receive the student body’s input before processing legislation on these matters,” Cummins said. The following referendums would have been placed on the ballot: ■ Should the University’s nondiscrimi nation policy permanently include the le gal prohibition of discrimination based on sexual preference? ■ Should students’ fees be used to fund See CONGRESS, Page 4 Fraternity Shares Love Of Religion BYSARAHYOUSSEF STAFF WRITER Carolina blue is not the only j ersey color represented at UNC’s women’s basketball games. Every home game, without fail, a row of supporters donning royal blue and goldjerseys sits adjacent to the UNCbench. They are the men of Chi Alpha Omega, the University’s newest fraternity, and one of their main endeavors is supporting the Tar Heels’ women basketball team. “We want to cultivate Carolina pride and go out to support the women’s basket ball program,” said Toby Scanlan, the fraternity’s historian and treasurer. “We knew a couple of the players through Fel lowship of Christian Athletes.” In fact, the idea to begin the Beta chap ter of Chi Alpha Omega at Chapel Hill was conceived about one year ago at the 1994 NCAA Women’s National Championship game. Because it was Easter Sunday, some of the playets asked a group of their support ers, who are now members of the frater nity, to lead a church service for the team. “We were excited at the opportunity,” said Dustin Hedrick, a sophomore from Statesville who is vice president and a founding member of the fraternity. See FRATERNITY, Page 4 UNIVERSITY & CITY |f tion Committee shall consist of three permanent members: those be ing the outgoing Graduate and Pro fessional Students Federation presi dent, the outgoing student body presi- dent and a designate of the incoming stu dent body president,” according to the Court’s written opinion. “This clear quantitative reference to a single student body president cannot be ignored by this Court,” the ruling states. The Court ruled that the Elections Board made an error by allowing the candidates to run together. “Based on this error in law, the Court Hi §BUmJ3 Be f 1 .(’ * i • /■fr BH ‘Hr '*■ V s \ DTH/KRiSnN PREUPP A lone student scurries across campus to get out of the cold. Temperatures this week have kept most students indoors, and the cold weather is expected to continue with a chance of snow today. Carolina Inn Reopening Will Be Moved Up Entire Renovation at Inn Should Be Finished One Month Ahead of Schedule BYERIKA MEYERS STAFF WRITER Visitors to the University will be able to stay at the nearby Carolina Inn sooner than expected. Renovations to the Inn are proceeding more quickly than planned, and the entire Inn will be open almost a month earlier than the original expected completion date, Oct. 15. Chapel Hill Gives New OJ. Book Ho-Hum Reaction BYCATHLEENLINEBERRY STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill residents' discriminating reading tastes accounts for the lack of sales of the O.J. Simpson book in Chapel Hill, according to local bookstore managers. Simpson’s new book “I Want to Tell You: My Response to Your Letters, Your Messages, Your Questions" is not fairing as well in Chapel Hill bookstores as it is in other parts of the country. “The book is selling more in metropoli tan areas such as Los Angeles," said Bran don Jaynes, manager of the Intimate Bookshop in Eastgate Shopping Center. “That’s why it is hitting some of the best has no choice but to declare the decision of the Elections Board to allow joint candi dacy for student body president invalid," according to the Court’s opinion. “It is our opinion that joint candidacy for student body president is unconstitu tional, for the aforementioned quantita tive and implicit reasons.” The written decision also said the stu dent body may challenge the decision of the Court through a referendum. Gamer said she believed that the case was not over yet. “I feel that since they did say the student body may challenge the Court, there may be a case pending,” Gamer said. Michael Williams, Gamer’s former run ning mate, said he agreed. “The student body always has the pos sibility to change the Constitution through Cold Well Because the renovations are proceeding more quickly than planned, all function space and the majority of the guest rooms will be ready Sept. 1. The entire project is expc dto be completed by Sept. 15. O’ ginally, only a portion of the guest rooms and function space was expected to be completed by the target reopening date. When planning the renovations, the project planners scheduled in extra time to allow for unexpected difficulties, said David Norton, project manager. "Whenever you open up walls that have not been disturbed for many years, you have to expect the unforeseen and, during the planning stages, figure in extra time to deal with the problems,” Norton said. seller lists.” The Intimate Bookshop in Eastgate has sold nine of its 25 copies compared with The Intimate Bookshop on Franklin Street, which has sold only one of its 25 copies. “We’ve sold more at this location be cause we tend to sell a lot more of the mass appeal books.,” Jaynes said. “We also at tract more people from Durham than we do from Chapel Hill and reading public is much more discriminating in Chapel Hill. “We’ve had plenty of phone calls con cerning the book,” Jaynes added. “It was much more in demand the first few days after it arrived, but sales may pick up as the trial continues.” Erica Eisdorfer, manager of the Bull's referendum,” Williams said. “It might not be worth pushing it that far just so Kelly and I can be co-president, but it might be worth pushing that far if it means that students have the opportunity to have a voice in changing die structure of their own government.” The Student Supreme Court’s written opinion did not address the issue of the validity of Gamer and F iumara’s petitions. “The Court feels it cannot determine the validity of any petitions affected by this decision, beyond a prohibition of joint can didacy,” the Court’s written statement said. Fiumara said Wednesday that she was prepared for the Court’s statement. “I actually expected it in a way, and I wasdisappointed,’’Fiumarasaid. “It seems odd that three people can make a decision for the whole student body.” “We’ve been pleasantly surprised, how ever, to find things in good condition and be able to get the work done faster than expected. We’re confident that as of Sept. 1 we'll have two additional ballrooms and many more guest rooms completed than expected when we began construction.” The current modifications to the Inn will involve an addition of guest rooms and ballrooms, renovation of the lobby, and a complete overhaul of the bedrooms in the oldest section of the Inn, built in the 19205. The Carolina Inn has already experi enced strong advance sales as people look ahead to its reopening. Most of these ad vance group bookings have come mainly from past clients, many of whom have “The book is selling more in metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles. That's why it is hitting some of the best-seller lists." BRANDON JAYNES Intimate Bookshop manager Head Bookshop located in Student Stores, ordered only one copy for the store. “My feeling is that people on this cam pus aren't that interested in the O J. story,” Friday, February 10,1995 Candidates For SBP Hit Trails Differently BY KELLY LOIK STAFF WRITER The posters, fliers, petitions and forums on campus can only mean only thing—it’s election time at the University. With six candidates competing for stu dent body president, campaign themes range from installing cable in the dorms to totally revamping Suite C. Campaign strat egies and styles are just as varied. ■ Robert Simes said his campaign was reminiscent of Ross Perot's. He said he was ttying to reach out to disenfranchised constituents who were fed up with student government antics. “Here, it's worse than national poli tics,” Simes said. “Why isn't student gov ernment out there talking to people, gath ering their opinions and addressing their concerns?” Simes and his core staff of 20 to 30 people are canvassing the campus, hand ing out fliers and going door to door, said campaign director DeWayne Lucas. “Five debates, staff meetings, speaking with student groups, researching issues and developing a platform it gets very hec tic,” Simes said. “Homework has defi nitely been put on the back burner.” ■ Andrew France said he’s running a minimalist campaign. He has a staff of three, has put up only a few posters and estimated that he’s spent about $8.25 on campaign supplies. “Any campaigning I’ve done other than printing posters has been word of mouth and this week of debates. I really don’t want any of my friends to work that hard, ” he said. “I don’t mind putting up funny posters, because they’re different from the others,” he said. “I also printed up some more traditional ones, but I can’t get myself to put them up. It's sort of embarrassing.” France’s campaign manager, Jeanne Fugate, said they took a reverse-psychol ogy approach to the campaign. “Hopefully, we’re getting our message across by not putting up as many posters, which is basically the same thing as a catchy slogan. We don’t want people to think that you have to know somebody in order to be in student government.” ■ When Calvin Cunningham is on die campaign trail, he rarely passes up an op portunity to introduce himself. “My approach is social, rather than political,” Cunningham said. “I look at it as a process of finding out about the other person. I believe that quality time is better than the quantity of transactions.” Cunningham described his schedule on Wednesday as a typical campaign day: At 10 a.m., he campaigned at the business school. He then went to the Pit to distribute handouts. Lunch at Lenoir cafeteriawas followed by campaigning at the law school. Class at 2 p.m. provided a brief respite, but during the class break, he went outside to shake hands. Then, he met with his cam paign staff to prepare for the evening’s forum, during which his staff campaigned door to door at the dorms. ■ With the Student Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to not allow co-SBPs, the Kelly Jo Gamer-Mike Williams cam paign team had to make some adjustments. Gamer is running alone, and Williams is acting as her campaign manager. Gamer said going solo made communicating her platform more challenging. “It’s a lot easier to speak up when you know someone is going to back you up, so you can show that what you’re saying is not just rhetoric,” she said. See TRAIL, Page 5 been coming to the Inn for years, as well as from the local community. Many dates are nearly sold out already, and there have been numerous requests for guest rooms for the 1995 football season weekends. The Inn will begin taking reser vations for individual guest rooms this spring. “People expect the ‘new’ Carolina Inn to be even more popular than before,” said Terry Murphy, general manager. “And to make sure they get the dates they want, they’re reserving well in advance. The phones are ringing away, in fact, not only to inquire about dates in 1995 but in 1996 See INN, Page 4 Eisdorfer said. "We haven’t sold a single copy. We haven’t even had one person request it.” Students’ reaction to the book has var ied. “I’m interested in the book because I know a lot of information will be left out of the trial and I want to see what O.J. has to say,” said freshman Milton Griffin of Fayetteville. Junior Christie Joyner of Rockingham added, “I think they should have waited until after the trial to release the book.” Simpson co-wrote the book with Lawrence Schiller, who has worked for SeeoJ,Page4 3
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