ate latlu ofcir MM J? Volume 102, Issue 154 101 yean of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Russians Agree to Expand Cease-Fire With Chechnya SLEPTSOVSK, Russia—Amid guns, grenades and skepticism, Russian and Chechen officials agreed Wednesday to a complete, two-day cease-fire in their war over the breakaway republic of Chechnya. A limited cease-fire arranged Monday was punctuated by widespread artillery ard missile attacks south of the Chechen capital, and both sides have expressed doubts the new pact would hold. Even before the new agreement was reached, Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev was saying there was little hope for a lasting peace. As he has in the past, Dudayev insisted that serious negotiations could only be undertaken by presidents or prime minis ters. Prosecutors: Crime Scone Blood Matches Simpson's LOS ANGELES O.J. Simpson’s blood was found on an alley gate near the slashed bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The match was determined through re cently completed tests, Deputy District Attorney Rockne Harmon said. Previously, prosecutors said Simpson’s blood had been found alongside bloody footprints leading from the bodies, which were found outside Nicole Simpson’s con dominium. The statement was made during a hear ing out of the jury’s presence in which attorneys argued over evidence sharing. Harmon said the prosecution didn’t want to turn over the gate blood sample to the defense until it had had time to conduct different tests aimed at undermining an ticipated defense claims that police had planted Simpson’s blood at the crime scene. Peru Pulls Troopti Tanks From Border With Ecuador LIMA, Peru Peruvian forces began to pull back troops and tanks Wednesday from populated areas of the border with Ecuador, a day after a shaky cease-fire took hold. More than half the troops and at least 300 tanks have returned to their bases, said Carlos Calero of the government radio station in Tumbes, 18 miles from the bor der with Ecuador. A cease-fire went into effect at noon Tuesday. No fighting was reported Wednesday, although both sides reported fighting Tuesday. Hostilities erupted Jan. 26 over an un marked 48-mile stretch of border that is said to contain valuable minerals, includ ing gold and pil. Iraqi Leader Takes Action Against Shiite Muslims CAIRO, Egypt lraqi President Saddam Hussein has personally taken charge of repulsing a fierce attack on his army by Shiite Muslim rebels in Iraq’s southern marshes, rebel sources said Wednesday. They called last weekend’s battles the fiercest since the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Rebel sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Saddam went to the marsh area during the weekend to super vise. An Iraqi diplomatic source, also de manding anonymity, confirmed Saddam's role in the fighting Gingrich Promises Budget That Ends Deficit by 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. House Re publicans will produce a budget this spring that would eliminate the federal deficit by the year 2002, Speaker Newt Gingrich promised Wednesday. The Georgia Republican also said the GOP would impose spending limits on Medicare and Medicaid, two of the government’s biggest, fastest-growing pro grams. Until now, House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich, R-Ohio, has said that the fiscal outline would move substan tially toward a balanced budget but that it would require that additional savings be added in future years. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates it will take an immense $1.2 trillion in sav ings to close the budget shortfall by 2002. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: 70 percent chance or rain; high 60-65. FRIDAY: Chance of rain; high upper 50s. MI ilfji * Hhl m |i H BH _mk v'fHJgis JH| ■s n s b b r v Hh ' - mm l. jL-'f DTH/KATIE CANNON If it looks like a foul and sounds like a foul, it’s ... well, not a foul. UNC's Tonya Jackson (12) was not awarded free throws for this hack, courtesy of Clemson’s Tara Saunooke (52), but she did score six points in the game. Let’s Get Physical: UNC Bops Qemson BY AARON BEARD STAFF WRITER The ninth-ranked Tar Heels shook off poor first-half shooting and a physical Qemson team Wednesday to grab their 23rd victory of the season, 82-69 at Carmichael Auditorium. And their spark came from an unlikely source. Charlotte Smith and Women's Basketball Clemson 69 UNC 82 Marion Jones had their usual strong games, but on this night it was the inside-outside games ofLori Gearand Carrie McKee that sparked the Tar Heels to victory. You did read that correctly. McKee, a se nior from Oakton,Va.,got Pat Sullivan May Suit Up Tonight See Page 11 her first start of the season and made the most of it, getting season highs with eight points and seven rebounds. She gave UNC a braising presence in the lane. Complementing McKee, Gear came out strong with a solid outside game. The sophomore from Lennoxville, Quebec, Graduate Students Could Feel Budget Pinch BY SHARRON SCOTT STAFF WRITER Newly elected Graduate and Profes sional Student Federation President Steve Hoffmann said Wednesday that the pro posal to increase student tuition would hurt the competitiveness of the University in attracting the best graduate students. Hoffmann also said budget cuts on the national level would hurt graduate stu dents. Gov. Jim Hunt’s budget proposal in cludes a 2 percent increase in faculty sala ries, reduction of nonteaching faculty and protected positions, reduction of adminis trative equipment, an increase in out-of state student tuition during the next three years, and a one-year 3.1 percent increase of in-state tuition. Hoffmann said the increase would af fect the 35 percent to 45 percent of gradu ate students who are not from North Caro lina more because their tuition would go up a total of 30 percent in the next three years. Ifthe proposal passes, tuition for out-of state students would be almost $10,500 by 1996-97. Hoffmann said this might lead students to choose other schools, such as the Uni versity of Virginia, where tuition is about I feel a lot better since I’ve given up hope. Unknown ChaMi NHL North CaroHai THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16,1995 scored 14 points on 3-of-8 shooting, in cluding 2-of-4 from behind the 3-point arc. North Carolina (23-3,10-3 ACC) took control early. Using two Smith jumpers and a 3-pointer by Jones, UNC grabbed a 12-2 lead in the first five minutes. The Tar Heel defense was equally dominating, hold ing the Tigers to only three field goals in the first twelve minutes. At one point, the Tar Heels led by 17. But the Tigers (17-7, 7-5 ACC) came clawing back, finding their range behind Tara Saunooke, who led the Tigers with 15 first half points. Her shooting helped the Tigers capitalize on UNC’s 29 percent field goal percentage in the first half, and Qemson closed the gap to 37-34 at the half. “Like a lot of our games this year, we started out playing very well,” head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “Then, we sort of relaxed. It seems like after that second timeout, we sort of relax a bit and other teams catch up with us. We were in some foul trouble in the first half, and the game was very sloppy." The game also got more physical as the first half wore on. Smith and McKee were being pushed around by Jaci Stimson and Jennifer Davis. Smith routinely drew “This is going to make us pale in comparison to other universities. We will not be able to compete for the cream of the crop. ” STEVE HOFFMANN Graduate and Professional Student Federation president-elect $7,000 to SB,OOO. “This is going to make us pale in com parison to otheruniversities, ” he said. “We will not be able to compete for the cream of the crop.” Hoffmann said undergraduate teaching wouldbeaffectedbecause4opercentofthe classes at the University were taught by teaching assistants. “We will not be able to hire the best TAs,” he said. The 2 percent faculty salary increase will also have an effect on attracting gradu ate students to the school, Hoffmann said. He said it would be hard to recruit and retain faculty. “Many graduates come to Carolina be cause of the excellent faculty. They come to work with certain people.” double teams in the lane. To ready her team for the game, Hatchell used tech niques more reserved for the gridiron. “In practice yesterday, we worked on going up strong while the assistant coaches and one of our managers were pushing us around with the mats,” Smith said. “I think that really got us prepared for today’s game because I was going up as strong as I could, andl was thinking aboutyesterday’s practice. I think that helped me to get focused on taking it up strong.” The tactics worked for Smith, who went to the line 15 times and finished with a team-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. The second half started with a Jones layup, a Smith jumper and a Stephanie Lawrence trifecta. But UNC couldn’t shake the Tigers. But Gear stepped up, nailing 3-pointers from both the left and right sides of the arc. At the 7:13 mark, Gear nailed another jumper on a break to up the lead to 6349. “They were playing a zone, and Lori came in there and made some big baskets, ” Hatchell said. “Sometimes we call her ‘Zone Buster’ because she’s good at mak- See WOMEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 11 On the national level, budget cuts might also affect the federal student loan pro gram by eliminating "interest forgiveness, ” in which the government pays the interest on deferment loans. According to the American Council on Education, under the new proposal, an average student with four years of under graduate borrowing and two years of bor rowing in a master’s program would owe $9,167 more than the $34,125 that would be owed under current law. Hoffmann said the elimination of the “interest forgiveness” would cause many students to stay in school even longer be cause they would have to take on addi tional jobs, hence lessening their courseloads. This will force students to take more loans because they will be in school longer, he said. “Itiscounter-productive. You’realmost getting hit from two sides,” Hoffmann also said the elimination of “interest forgiveness” would deter some students from going to graduate school at all. The National Association of Graduate- ProfessionalStudents,ofwhich the Gradu ate and Professional Student Federation is a part, is lobbying against both the national and the state budget proposals. Stadium Renovations May Begin Next Fall Ram’s Club’s Donations Will Add West End Zone, New Field House to Kenan BYNANCYFONTI ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Renovations to Kenan Stadium that include adding 10,000 new seats and ex panded Ram's Qub seating could begin as early as next winter, the UNC athletic director and the director of facility plan ning said Wednesday. The expansion, which would make Kenan Stadium as up-to-date as the most modem Atlantic Coast Conference facili ties, might indelibly change the character of the stadium, detractors say. “We’re in the process of developing plans to improve and expand the stadium, ” said John Swofford, director of athletics. “It will involve installing a west end zone with permanent seats and anew football fieldhouse behind the west end zone.” The new fieldhouse will contain coaches’ offices, dressing rooms, weight rooms, training rooms and equipment rooms, Swofford said. Ted Teague, a senior and four-year vet ■ A 'Runoff Student Congress is* DISTRICT 1 • Tnry Miner (writem) 101 ■ Junes Writer Kitboume Jr. 74 ■ Jonathan Jordan 65 ■ Tron Faulk (writem) 54 ■ Charlton ABen 33 DISTRICT 2 ■ Wiliam Jenntches (writem) 1 • Sean Semone (whom) 1 DISTRICT 3 a Bryan Kimzay (write-in) 1 DISTRICT 4 a Steve Oljeaki (writem) 14 DISTRICTS a William Smith (whom) 1 DISTRICT 6 ■ John Thomas Spiggte 4 DISTRICT 7 a Michael Holland (whom) 6 DISTRICT 8 a Monique Vendetmarh (whom) 7 a Trong Nguyen (whom) 8 DISTRICTS a Rota McKamey (writem) 3 DISTRICT 10 a D. Naß Hayes (wthem) 2 a Dtniei Adorn* Martin 238 a Jeremy Samuel Miller 207 a Heather la Ann McConnei 166 a John Daren Pritchard IST a Robyn Lytmette Dutfcam 65 a Jury Ray Boyles Jr. 60 DISTRICT 12 Ha Daniel Lawrence Thompson 111 89 44 32 a Melanie Lynne Starke 129 Only 6 Incumbents Will Return to Congress Seats BY ADAM GUSMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR What a difference an election makes. When the 77th Student Congress takes office in the spring, most of the faces will be new. That’s because only six incumbent congress candidates were re-elected Tues day. The congress will also be younger be cause nine freshmen were elected among the 13 undergraduate districts. The fate of incumbent candidate Renee Wilkerson, Dist. 21, is still undecided she and Charles Walters tied for the third seat in the district with 75 votes each. They will meet in Tuesday’s runoff election. One victorious candidate did not even appear on the ballot. Terry Milner, a write in candidate, won the law school, Dist. 1, with 101 votes. Congress Speaker Monica Qoud did not seek re-election, nor did Speaker Pro Tem Meredith Armstrong. Finance committee Chairman Tom Lyon is a senior this year, as are Reps. Jonathan Justice and Amy Cummins. In short, the new congress will be inex perienced. See CONGRESS, Page 2 News/Features/Arts/Spotts 96241245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 C 1995 DTH Publishing Corp AH rights reserved. eran of the Buildings and Grounds Com mittee, said the expansion “is going to wipe out a lot of the ambience of the stadium.” Teague said parts of the project—like a refurbished chancellor’s box and skybox seating for members of the Educational Foundation were unnecessary. More student seating might also be; moved away from the 20-yard line to the; end zone after the renovations are com-' pleted, he said. Restrooms and concession stands will be built on the concourse level of the sta dium, Swofford said. “Over the years, we’ve had a hodge podge of facilities for concession stands,’' he said. “First of all, we don’t feel they are very attractive in the overall beauty of the stadium, and they cause the concourse of the stadium to be cramped.” The second level of the current fieldhouse, which wasbuiltin 1927, would be converted into areas for academic sup port, Swofford said. The first floor of the fieldhouse would be converted into women's dressing rooms, he added. “Over the last five years in the ACC,; Duke, Maryland, Virginia, Florida State See STADIUM, Page 2 DISTRICT 15 WM M Divid Scott Moricca 105 ■ Melody Dawn Gam* 84 DISTRICT 18 I ■ Vinston MiU*r Rozmr Jr. 131 ■ Bjorn Erik Book-Unbon 93 ■ Damon LeDetl Baaafoy 72 ■ Marco Rammz trip 66 ■ Derek Jeteni Davis 64 RKevmlouttPari 48 ■ Edward WMsm Beßes Jr. 35 DISTRICT 17 ■ Scott Michael Hwnmack 173 ■ Sooife Jaaen Jrihiy 119 * 91 DISTRICT 18 ■ Tanoha lalfott Caldwell 198 ■ Tetri Nathaniel Lawton 194 ■ Christopher OeWayne Bums 156 N Donovan O’Neal Gamer 144 DISTRICT 19 ■ Roy James Granato Jr. 127 ■ Amy Lynn Hanson 117 ■ Matthew Meemer (whom) 28 a Michael Peterson (whom) 17 DISTRICT 20 a Thornes Odetf Blackwell HI ■ Adam Gregory Barnard 19 DISTRICT 21 a Jonathan Bradford Smith BS B David MitcheS Snider Jr. 79 a ’Adrienne Renee Wilkerson 75 a 'Charles Edward Walters 75 a Chimi Lushana Boyd 71 a Edward Edgeriy May 69 DISTRICT 22 Atffiflo Csthcrino Posbodv m H fflfofaflg Gaypffrtrn DISTRICT 23 9 Mwah Aim Evunx 53 SDavkHtosten fm&m) % Reid May Be Granted CAA Runoff Spot BY JENNIFER BURLESON STAFF WRITER Anthony Reid requested and re ceived a recount of votes for the presi dency of the Carolina Athletic Asso ciation. The results were the same as the election Tuesday, but Reid has not given up yet. Voter Tamoit Close to MOO See Page 3 Wednesday night, he filed a griev ance and requested that the CAA race be added to the ballot for the runoff election. “The recount happened [Tuesday) night,” said Ross McKamey, vice chairman of the Elections Board. “We See RECOUNT, Page 4

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