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lailg ®ar Mrcl J? Volume 102, Issue 155 101 years of editorial freedom Serving die students and the University community since 1593 IN THE NEWS Top stories from the state, nation and world Justice Opens Preliminary Investigation of Ron Brown WASHINGTON, D.C The Justice Department has opened a preliminary criminal investigation of Commerce Sec retary Ron Brown’s personal financial deal ings. The decision, announced Thursday by Attorney General Janet Reno, means the department has found specific and credible allegations that Brown might have com mitted a federal felony. The preliminary investigation began Wednesday. The department has 90 days from then to decide whether there is enough evidence to ask a special court to name an independent prosecutor to conduct a full criminal investigation. The special court authorized Reno to announce the move. Government Says Control Of Chiapas Re-Established SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico—After a five-day military thrust, the government says it has regained con trol of the remote jungle region in southern Mexico that Indian rebels have held for the past year. Leaders of the rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army remain at large, how ever, along with rebel soldiers and thou sands of Indian peasant supporters. Uncertainty over the situation in Chiapas state contributed to another drop in Mexico’s stock market and currency today. The Zapatistas rose up on Jan. 1,1994, to demand better living conditions for In dian peasants in Chiapas, Mexico’s poor est state, and fair elections. Russian President Blames Army for Chechen Losses MOSCOW ln a dark and defensive address to the nation, President Boris Yeltsin berated his military leaders for big losses and human rights abuses in Chechnya but insisted that Russia must use force to defend its unity. Looking somber but steady, Yeltsin stood throughout his 61-minute speech to a rare joint session of Parliament, winning only mild applause from the lawmakers when he finished. It was his bleakest portrait of post-So viet Russia since he became president in 1991, bereft of hope and vision at a time when his popularity is at an all-time low and many believe he should resign. After his unsteady arrival at a meeting last week, all eyes were on Yeltsin for signs he might be unwell or had been drinking Israeli, PLO Leaders Defuse Crisis, Will Expand Talks EREZ JUNCTION, Gaza Strip l sraeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat broke a deadlock Thursday and agreed to step up talks on expanding self-rule in the West Bank. Rabin promised to ease a travel ban and permit 15,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to return to jobs in Israel next week. The move came after Arafat arrested militant opponents of the peace talks and created a military court to try those suspected of attacking Israel. Rabin also proposed that Arafat’s self rule government take over the running of the West Bank city of Jenin. But Palestin ians were cool to the idea because he sug gested that this be done without Israeli troops pulling out. Hacker's Electronic Trail Ends in North Carolina RALEIGH A fugitive described by federal officials as “a computer terrorist” has been arrested here following a two week electronic manhunt that spanned the country. Kevin D. Mitnick, a fugitive computer hacker known as the “Condor,” was ar rested Wednesday and charged with vio lating probation. Mitnick, 31, originally from California, also was charged with illegal use of a tele phone access device and computer fraud after being arrested at about 1:30 a.m. at his Raleigh apartment, authorities said Mitnick had been a fugitive since 1992, when he broke the conditions of his proba tion for a computer hacking conviction in 1988, according to reports. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Rain likely; high mid-40s. SATURDAY: Chance of rain; high mid-50s. SUNDAY: Partly cloudy; high upper 50s. Increase in Women, Minority Faculty Explored BY STEPHEN LEE STAFF WRITER The newly created minority and women’s task forces will be among the issues discussed at the monthly Faculty Council meeting today. The open meeting will be held at 3 p.m. in Wilson Library Assembly Room. Chancellor Paul Hardin said the task forces were created to address the current concerns of minorities and women. “The task forces were designed to ex amine various things concerning the Uni- UNC Rips Tigers as Sullivan Returns to Action BY STEVE ROBBLEE SENIOR WRITER Go ahead and talk about Jerry Stackhouse’s alley-oop dunk in the first half of North Carolina’s 66-39 win over Clemson Thursday. All around the state, the play will be talked about at water cool ers, in classrooms and gymnasiums today. Didn’t see it? No big deal, Stackhouse said it wasn’t that good anyway. “There wasn’t anyone under there, so that was weak,” Stackhouse said. “A ‘6’ maybe.” The truth is, there wasn’t much about performance Men's Basketball that was weak. , J™ Son On offense, UNC the Tar Heels (20-2, 10-2 in the ACC) scorched theTigers(3-14,3-8) bef0re21,572 at the Smith Center. “They’ve got the size; we don’t have it," said Clemson head coach Rick Bames. “They lob it up there, and then we’ve got to get a lot of guys in there trying to help. And then they’ve got guys who go 10 for 20 from the 3-point line.... That’s a big differ ence in the game. We can’t take both of them away. I wish we could, but we can’t.” Clemson couldn’t stop either the inside or the outside scoring Wednesday night. UNC shot 54 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point land. Rasheed Wallace was the main inside force—he hit 5-of-8 shots —and Donald Williams was hot from the outside. Williams’ six 3-pointers were a career high. His 24 points led both teams and matched his season high. For a while, it seemed as though Will iams was going to outscore the entire Clemson team. Clemson led Williams 14- 12 at halftime before the Tigers pulled away in the second half. After the game, Williams was low-key about his performance. “I think they were just worried about Rasheed and the inside, and the perimeter was open,” Williams said. The game also marked the return of Pat Sullivan, UNC’s6-foot-8 forward who has not played in a regular-season game in two years. Sullivan had back surgery Dec. 8 but seemed to move well after just 10 weeks to recover. Sullivan entered the game to a standing ovation with 13:58 left in the first half. He played 16 minutes and did not miss a shot See MEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 9 Runoff On for CAA Post, Elections Board Decides BY STEVE MAGGI ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Elections Board Chairwoman Erin Lewis decided late Thursday to allow a runoff between Wes Galbo and Anthony Reid on Tuesday in the race for Carolina Athletic Association president. “We forgot to add in the write-ins to the total number, and when we did, that changed the percentages,” Lewis said. “This is not an administrative decision; we just made a mis take. “We had 96 hours to certify the results, and so we were well within our rights,” she said. Student# ftaprjpent “Erin Lewis made the decision a few minutes ago,” Galbo said at 11 p.m. Thurs day. Twenty-five write-in votes were added to the total, lowering Galbo’s percentage of the vote to 49.8 percent less than the majority needed to win the election, Lewis said. “Since there is no majority, there must be a runoff,” she said. When asked about this new opportu nity, Reid said, “I am excited.” Galbo said he was not sure how he would react to the decision. “We’re not sure what we’re going to do yet,” he said. “We’re looking into appeals.” Every dewdrop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Cfcapai Hill, North Caroliai FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17,1995 Faculty Council Chairwoman JANE BROWN versity,” Hardin said. “The task forces will find out what all the other people are doing and to make the University run more efficiently.” He said the mi nority task force would concentrate on issues such as in creasing diversity on the UNC cam- Jr ' t x ' * ' ’ DTH/KATIE CANNON UNC point guard Jeff Mclnnis (5) goes airborne as he threads a pass through a pack of Tigers, including Rayfield Ragland (left) and Iker Iturbe (15). Mclnnis had 11 assists in the Tar Heels' 66-39 win over Clemson Thursday night. Lewis said that Galbo had to wait until Saturday to appeal and that an appeal would have to be made directly to the Student Supreme Court. “We’re not sure those voters (of the write-in votes) are legitimate registered stu dents,” Galbo said. “I think it (the runoff) will be very close again,” Reid said. “This time, hopefully, everything will go well.” Galbo received 1,763 votes to Reid’s 1,749 in Tuesday's election. “I hope this will give students enough time to think it over, make a decision, and go out and vote,” Reid said. Reid filed a grievance with the Elections Board after a recount reaffirmed that Galbo had won by 14 votes. “I didn’t contest it (the election result) on the grounds that he won,” Reid said. “I contested it on the write-ins.” He said he and Galbo shared similar views on the issues but differed on their approach. “I think ourplatforms are similar, ’’Reid said. “The biggest difference is the means of achieving it. I plan on reaching out and meeting people," he said. "We will bring CAA to the students, not make them come to us.” Lewis said that Galbo and Reid would be allotted S2OO, half the amount they were allowed for the original race, to use in their campaigns for Tuesday’s runoff. pus by maintaining high minority enroll ment. He said this year had been UNC’s best ever for minority recruitment. Hardin said the women’s task force planned to address issues such as the num beroffemale faculty, thenumberofwomen with endowed professorships and women’s rate of progress in attaining high adminis trative positions. The minority recruitment and retention task force was created last month, and the task force on women was created last week, Hardin said. Kenan Returns to His Roots at UNC ~ .*r-' RxTV . . . DTH/KATIE CANNON Randall Kenan, author of two books, was inspired to make writing a career during his English classes at UNC. Name: Randall Kenan Birthdate and Birthplace: March 12, 1963; Brooklyn. N.Y. Occupation: author, visiting professor at UNC Education: East Duplin High School. 1981: B.A. in English, UNC. 1985 Hobbies: reading, racquetball. computers Philosophy on Life: 'Do the best you can with what you've got.’ Jane Brown, Faculty Council chair woman, said the task forces enhanced all levels of the University. “It’s part of our continued commitment to diversify the faculty and staff at Caro lina,” she said. Harold Wallace, vice chancellor of University affairs, and Linda Lacey, pro fessor of city and regional planning, will lead the minority recruitment and reten tion task force. Barbara Delon, library per sonnel officer, andNoelle Granger, profes sor of cell biology and anatomy, will be in charge ofthe women’s task force. The four BY RACHAEL LANDAU STAFF WRITER No one expects that their class will produce a group of famous people who at one time only dreamed of achieving fame. Randall Kenan, a UNC graduate of 1985, didn’t expect it, but he was one of several people from his senior honors creative writing class to be recognized in the publishing field. Some are famous publishers and authors; others are still awaiting their first publication. At 31, Kenan is the author of two books —one collection of short stories, “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead," and a novel, “A Visitation of Spirits.” He is now a vis iting professor of sss to litMMiklmniiiffl being colleagues A Weekly series highlighting Chapel HUI heroes with people who were once his teachers. Kenan is teaching English 23W and 34W, introductory and intermediate fiction writ ing. Other success stories from his class include Alane Mason, an editor at Norton, and Tim McLaurin, au thor of several books, including “Cured By Fire.” Kenan said he thought the class was so successful because the students had spurred each other on. “There was a great deal of respect among the stu dents for each other, ” said Daphne Athas, a lecturer in the creative writing program who was one of the teachers of Kenan’s senior honors class. “They didn’t know they were going to become famous,” she said. “No one considered themselves better than anyone else.” Asa student at the University, Kenan already had developed a reputation for himself. See HERO, Page 2 News/Feannes/Arts/Sports Business/Advertising O 1995 DTH Publishing Corp. AD rights reserved. co-chairmen will be introduced at today’s meeting. Also at today’s meeting, Hardin said he would address Gov. Jim Hunt’s budget proposal at the beginning. In addition, Bill Leone and University Police will be recognized for their coura geous actions in the Jan. 26 Henderson Street shootings. Also recognized will be the Division of Student Affairs and various University offices within the department for their services in the aftermath of the See TASKFORCE, Page 5 Convicted Doctor Faces Suit BYJUIJE CORBIN ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR A former patient at UNC Hospitals is suing for more than SIO,OOO in damages received from an assault for which a former UNC second-year resident physician in pediatrics has been convicted. Jose Genero Diaz, UNC Hospitals and the University were named in a civil suit by Stephanie Brown, the former patient. Brown is asking for more than SIO,OOO in compensation for damages received “as a result of the incident, ” said her attorney, Janet Ward Black of Greensboro. Brown’s new lawsuit alleges that UNC was negligent in both hiring and supervis ing Diaz, Black said. In a trial in December, Diaz was found guilty of assault. Brown said that Diaz fondled her as she was recovering in her hospital bed. Chapel Hill District Judge Lowry Betts sentenced Diaz to two years of unsupervised probation and 100 hours of community service. Brown charged that Diaz snuck into the hospital room where she was recovering from a hysterectomy onFeb. 10,1994. She said he fondled her breasts and attempted to stick his tongue into her mouth. In May, Diaz pleaded no contest to the charge. He was then convicted of the as sault. Diaz attempted to clear his name through a retrial in December after new allegations surfaced about Brown’s cred ibility as a plaintiff. By the time of the retrial, Diaz had completed the required community ser vice hours, said Diaz’s attorney, David Rudolf of Chapel Hill. He said Diaz would now serve two years of unsupervised pro bation. In the second trial, Rudolf attempted to castdoubtonthe plaintiff s charge by ques tioning her credibility in connection to two theft charges she faces. Currently, Brown is free from custody on SIO,OOO bail, on a charge of having stolen $64,000 worth of jewelry from a See DIAZ, Page 5 962-0245 962-1163
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