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Shi' Hatty ®ar Med J? Volume 103, Issue 16 102 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 IN MB NEWS Tp stories from the state, nation and world Six Dead, Thousands Sick After Poisoning in Japan TOKYO—Poisonous nerve gas spread through Tokyo’s crowded subway system at the peak ofMonday morning rush hour, killing at least six people and sickening thousands. Officials called it a deliberate attack. Main streets in central Tokyo were cha- otic with emer gency vehicles wailing and he licopters buzz ing overhead. Japanese React to Terrorist Violence See Page 4 Hospitals were overwhelmed with people complaining of nausea, headaches and coughing. At least 1,200 were admitted for treatment or observation. Defense officials said the agent was sarin, a nerve gas developed in Germany by Nazis and used experimentally in death camps in World Warn. More Than 100 Cars Crash On Foggy Alabama Bridge MOBILE, Ala. People scrambled from their mangled cars and frantically tried to flag down approaching drivers as more than 100 cars and trucks crashed in a series of wrecks Monday on a foggy bridge over Mobile Bay. One person was killed, six were criti cally injured and at least 74 were taken to the hospital. Some three miles of the seven-mile bridge were strewn with blackened heaps of wreckage, some of them consisting of dozens of cars. Cars looked like “some body had crushed a beer can,” said one witness, Ned Morris. Fog is a frequent hazard on the bridge, which is a main commuter route and is often busy with vacation travelers. O.J. Simpson Displays His Swollen Knuckle to Jurors LOS ANGELES—O. J. Simpson, sur rounded by attorneys and armed guards, gave jurors a close-up look at his trembling left middle finger Monday in an attempt to deflect prosecution claims it was wounded in the murders ofhis ex-wife and her friend. Simpson glanced toward the ceiling, rolled his eyes, shook his head and grinned when lawyer Robert Shapiro asked per mission for Simpson to approach the jury. Shapiro, questioning Detective Philip Vannatter in his first major cross-examina tion of the trial, suggested the knuckle was always “swollen due to a medical condi tion and not any laceration.” The bailiffs escorted Simpson to the jury box, where panelists leaned forward to better examine his hand. Serb Forces Attack Tuzla After Government Shelling SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia got a foretaste of a bitter, bloody spring Monday when heavy fighting erupted on two fronts in the worst breach of a four-month truce. At least 19 people were reported killed and dozens wounded when Serbs shelled Tuzla, the largest government-held strong hold outside Sarajevo, apparently to retali ate for a government offensive on a strate gic mountain nearby. One shell hit a gov ernment army barracks. Bosnian soldiers and police blocked all entrances to hospitals in the town, making an independent casualty count impossible. By afternoon, Tuzla streets were empty, with the dull thud of fighting audible in the distance, residents said by telephone. Turkey Sends Troops Into Iraq to Chase Off Kurds ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey sent tens of thousands of troops into the mountains of northern Iraq on Monday to chase sepa ratist Turkish Kurdish rebels from their sanctuaries there. Some 35,000 soldiers, warplanes and armored vehicles were on the move against bases that are the rebels’ staging sites for hit-and-run attacks against Turkey. A mili tary spokesman said 76 bombs had been dropped on a single camp alone. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Turks went on the offen sive after Kurdish rebels killed 15 Turkish soldiers in an ambush near the Iraqi border Saturday. The operation apparently was timed to ward off violence on the Kurdish new year Tuesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather TODAY: Breezy; high 69. WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny; high 72. The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver. Jay Leno SBP-Elect Names Executive Officers BY ADAM GUSMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR The Student Congress Rules and Judi ciary Committee approved Student Body President-elect Calvin Cunningham’s nominations for executive branch officers and two Student Supreme Court justices Monday. Amy Swan, a women’s studies major from Waynesboro, Pa., who currently serves as co-chairwoman of the Women’s Issues Network, was approved for the po sition of student body vice president. “We were very impressed with her ap plication,” Cunningham told rules and ju diciary committee members. “Ithinkshe’ll do a solid job as student body vice presi- C mr If M He 4K:,-. j.-rjinl fckigfi i A mu mm r , hi im * mi" wm I...jfeiadflß K ._Jyjgg •* Bp sB m jjjl §j Mk *dm I fyjjf He. ▼ Jar A"”" - DTH /CHRIS CAYDOSH Do UNC students have too much fun? Mashonda Jackson and Jim Hammond enjoy the Astrobounce Moonwalk in the Lower Quad on Monday afternoon. THE PROBLEM In a faculty survey, professors said too many students were 'passive' and 'hate to challenge and be challenged." The undergraduate programs task force placed part of the blame on a social climate that "reinforces the students' anti-intellectual frame of mind." Although the task force reported that the social climate at UNC had positive aspects, it criticized the prominence of "big-time" sports, the 'party atmosphere' and aspects of the Greek system. Cunningham Team Ready to Select New Cabinet Members BY ADAM GUSMAN UNIVERSITY EDITOR It’s springtime, and the campus election season is over. Time to kickback, relax and enjoy the N.C. sunshine, right? Not for Student Body President-elect Calvin Cunningham and his transition team, who are scrambling to make ap pointments for next fall’s executive branch positions as soon as possible. “We are hoping to have all Cabinet positions filled by the inauguration (April 4), ” Cunningham said Monday during the transition team’s first meeting. “But that’s a little ambitious. As far as I know, it’s never been done before.” Inordertoreachtheirgoal, Cunningham and the transition team are speeding along the application and interview process as much as possible. Applications are now available for Cabi net positions. They can be picked up at the Chapel Hill, North CaroEaa TUESDAY, MARCH 21,1995 SBP-elect CALVIN CUNNINGHAMS nominations were approved by the rules and judiciary committee Monday. dent.” Rules and judi ciary committee member Amy Cummins, Dist. 22, said, “It’s good to see that the nomi nee for vice presi dent has a lot of good qualifications but is not necessar ily an insider in stu dent government. We shouldbe happy about that.” Swan said she had been ap proached by HIGHLIGHTS GREEKS "The Greek system is identified as the primary culprit in perpetuating this party atmosphere, primarily through its emphasis on all-weekend partying and drinking, which - even by the most permissive of standards must be deemed excessive.' Recommendations: ■ Postpone rush until sophomore year ■ Enforce alcohol regulations tightly in houses ■ Encourage Greeks to reward academic success more ■ Continue to fund the director of Greek affairs Union information desk, Union Suite C, the Black Cultural Center or the Campus Y and are due back in Suite C by 5 p.m. March 29. “I want to make sure we get hundreds and hundreds of applications,” Cunningham said. “The more applicants we receive, the better." Interviews will take place from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 30, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. March3l and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 1, with final decisions being made April 2. Applicants should sign up for a 15-minute interview slot when they drop off their application. The applications are really more like interest forms on which the applicants will designate the areas of the executive branch with which they are interested in working and will list some of their qualifications for the job, Cunningham said. See TRANSITION, Page 5 Cunningham and others about applying forstudentbody vicepresident. “I wasvery flattered, and the more I thought about it, I realized this was a position I could bring a lot to.” As co-chairwoman of the Women’s Is sues Network, Swan helped organize the student body president candidate forum on women’s issues. “It’s important to bring her knowledge and expertise about women’s issues into the administration,” Cunningham said. “She’ll be a very effective advocate for the whole student body and also a great advo cate for women on this campus.” Nathan Darling, a business major from Wilmington who is currently the editor of the Yackety Yack, was approved for the Party School? The second in an occasional series about UNC's self-study BY MARISSA JONES STAFF WRITER Blue Cups, basketball and big-time partying are traditions that UNC students proudly uphold, but a critical self-study decries their influence on the campus intellectual environment. A taskforce report compiled for the purpose of reaccrediting the University calls UNC’s climate “anti-intellectual” and disparages the emphasis placed on Greek organi zations, partying and spectator sports. One faculty member quoted in the study said, “UNC is not a school, it’s a party,” while another exclaimed that “there are just too many damn ball games!” And in a 1994 survey of faculty, more than a third said they were “somewhat” or “very” dissatisfied with the intel lectual climate at UNC. The taskforce report on undergraduate programs pointed to students skipping class to camp out for game tickets and to athletes missing classes to play in games away from campus as problems. It also criticized half-time programs for recognizing ath letic, but not academic, stars. “All the attention focused on sports distracts students from the purpose of higher education and leads to the subtle de-valuing of intellectual life,” the report states. “Too often, it seems that sports drives academ ics,” said Pamela Conover, who led the study of undergraduate programs. “In other words, the tail’s wagging the dog.” See STUDY, Page 2 ATHLETICS Says UNC should de-emphasize college sports because, 'All the attention focused on sports distracts students from the purpose of higher education and leads to a subtle de-valuing of intellectual life.' 'The general public, alumni and students must be made to recognize that education, not big-time sports, is the defining feature of a university." ■ Found ‘students frequently skip classes in order to wait in long lines for tickets ' More Highlights on Page 2 Town Candidate Field Forming for Fall BYKERRYOSSI STAFF WRITER .Although Chapel Hill elections are not until Nov. 7, several local officials and activists are consideringrunningformayor or Town Council, though most people have not made their decisions official yet. Current Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun, whose second term expires in December, said he had not decided whether he would seek re-election. Several Town Council members, however, have said it was likely that Broun would not seek a third term as mayor. Broun’s decision is a determining factor in whether Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Capowski decides to run again for council or to run for mayor. “My assumption is that he (Broun) will not run, but if he does, I will not run,” Capowski said. A number of reasons are involved in Capowski’s considerations. “The primary factor is that there are certain proposals I think would be good for Chapel Hill that I AMY SWAN, who was approved as vice president now serves as the cochairwoman of the Women's Issues Network. position of student body treasurer. “I’m very happy that Calvin has cho sen me to serve in this capacity,” Dar lingsaid. “Ilookfor ward to working with the Student Activities Fund Of fice and all student groups next year to make it a produc tive one.” After confirma tion, Swan and Dar ling will not be in volved with the Two Students Could Have Say In Search Vote BYHEATHERN. ROBINSON STAFF WRITER Chancellor search committee Chairman Johnny Harris said Monday that Student Body President-elect Calvin Cunningham would be invited to join the search committee as a full voting member. “Certainly we would want the acting Student Body President to be part of the search committee," Harris said. Harris also said that outgoing Student Body President George Battle would also be asked to retain his position on the committee as a voting member. “George has been an important part of the process, and he will be able to vote on the committee until the committee is through,” Harris said. Battle could not be reached for comment Monday afternoon or evening, but he had previously indicated that he might not want to retain his voting membership on the chancellor search committee once he gradu ates in May. The committee has had meetings since fall 1994, and Harris said it could be diffi cult for Cunningham to understand all the workings of committee. “He won’t have the depth, but we look forward to that,” he said. “Maybe a fresh view would be helpful. I don’t think he’ll have any problems catching up.” Harris has said the committee should be able to recommend a replacement for Chan cellor Paul Hardin by the time he steps down at the end of June. Harris added that the chancellor search committee would wait for the best candidate for the job even ifit meant naming an interim chancellor. Cunningham said early Monday that he hoped to serve on the search committee if Harris and the other committee members allowed him to participate. “I am fully willing and eager to do it,” Cunningham said. Cunningham will become an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees in May, which means he would have been invited to attend any chancellor search meeting. Cunningham attended the last search committee meeting, where he met Harris for the first time. During the meeting, when an executive session was called to discuss personnel matters, Cunningham said he left the room along with members of the press and the public. Since then, Cunningham said he has not spoken to Harris about serving on the committee. Cunningham said he did not know what kind of role he would play as a member of the committee since he had not been in touch with Harris. “Harris may ask George to stay on because they want to maintain consistency within the committee, especially since they are so close to the final decision,” Cunningham said. If he is selected to serve on the committee, Cunningham would have to catch up on many missed meetings. “I certainly would talk to all of the members on the committee and look at the literature produced from the meetings,” Cunningham said. “It would be a lot of work, but it is very important.” Speculating rhai Mavw KEN BROUN mighi not tun lor third tern Town Council members JOE CAPOWSKI and ROSEMARY WALDORF might throw their hats into the ring. would better be able to advocate from the position of mayor,” he said. Town Council member Rosemary Waldorf, whose term does not expire until 1997, has also expressed interest in the mayoralty. Al though still uncertain about running this year, Waldorf was a candidate for mayor in 1991. “I came pretty close then, and I think I could provide good leadership on a lot of important issues as mayor,” she said. Julie Andresen, Orange Water and Sewer Authority board member and now possible mayoral candidate said her main concern with running was the large amount of time the position required. “It’s a significant time commitment and involves being available to the public in a News/Features/Aits/Sports Business/Advertising C 1995 DTH Publishing Cotp AH rights reserved. Women’slssuesN etwork and the Yackety Yack, respectively, Cunningham said “I’ve asked both nominees to make a clean and decisive break with the groups from which they are coming.” The two nominees will go before the full Student Congress on Wednesday for con firmation. Cunningham also handed down his nominations for student body co-secretary Monday. Christina Reynolds, a sophomore jour nalism and political science major from Jacksonville, and Mo Nathan, a freshman political science major from Cary, will share the post if confirmed by the next See OFFICERS, Page 4 saponniumE has said he might not be interested in continuing his work with the search committee after May. special way—returning 20 calls a day, for example,” she said. Andresen, who will make an official statement on her candidacy in a few months, said her involvement with OWASA had helped prepare her for the position of mayor. Besides Capowski, the terms of three other council members are set to expire in See CANDIDATES, Page 5 962-0245 962-1163
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