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4 Thursday, June 8,1995 Hooker Says Court Riding Could Affect Future of Minority Scholarships ? BY ROBYN TOMLIN HACKLEY ASSISTANT UMVERSTY EDITOR The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to not hear the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling that declares the Univer sity ofMaiyland at College Park’s Banneker Minority Scholarship program unconsti tutional should be a cause for concern for UNC System officials, says Richard Abbott Samp, the attorney who argued the case. Samp represented Daniel J. Podberesky, the student whose case against UMCP administration officials challenged the scholarship’sconstitutionality. Podberesky filed suit against the university in 1990 when he was told that because he is His panic, not African American, he was not eligible to receive one of the 30 Banneker Scholarships awarded at UMCP annually. The Banneker Scholarship was initi ated at UMCP in 1978 and was originally open to any minority student who planned to attend the university. In 1987, the pro gram was amended to say that only Afri can American students were eligible for the award. The Podberesky case was decided by the4thU.S. Circuit CourtofAppealswhich Durham Police To Investigate Mysterious Disappearance of Durham Tech Newspapers BY SAM KIRBY STAFF WRITER In a case still clouded with controversy, the security department at Durham Tech nical Community College has closed its investigation of the alleged May 24 theft of about 2,500 copies of it’s student newspa per, the Tech Tribune. But according to Barry Smith- McCauley, editor of the paper, the investi gation of die incident would continue with the help of the Durham Police Depart ment. According to student staff members of the Tech Tribune, most of the papers were distributed between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on May 23. The next morning the papers were discovered missing from five campus build ings, and 356 copies were later found in a campus dumpster. Campus buildings remain locked be tween the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., leading some to believe that the theft was an “inside job.” The issue contained an article question ing the expenditure of Student Adminis trative Fees paid by each student at Durham Tech and an accompanying signed edito raw? ■I 237 S. Elliott Road • 929-5005 ■■ Romano's Pizza Kitchen specializes in Italian cuisine, pizza made from scratch, and mouth-watering sandwiches. Catering small and large parties has become our specialty. We are expanding our catering business through the use of personal touch, satisfaction guaranteed, and the best Italian cuisine found in the area. Our References Include: Home Health Agency of N.C., Kaiser Permanente, Newman Catholic Center, Lineberger Cancer Center, Grace Church, Chapel Hill Retirement Center, & many more! Romano's Pizza Kitchen is hoping it can be of service to you, for your next group gathering. We handle groups of 10 to 2,000 people. 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In an interview Monday, Samp said that he disagreed with anyone who said that the decision would not affect race based scholarships in the UNC system. “The Supreme Court has clearly laid the groundwork for this decision, ” said Samp. "Anytime that you take race into account when deciding whether or not to award a student a scholarship, your conduct is sus pect. That is unless you can demonstrate an overriding interest in doing so.” Current UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin expressed his belief that UNC scholarship programs would not be affected by the Court’s decision. Hardin’sviewisinsharp contrast to Chancellor-elect Michael Hooker. Hooker has recently expressed concern about the court’s decision in this case and it’s applicability to current UNC programs. “The question will be, how can the programs be restructured to meet up to the court’s standards?” Hooker said Mon day. Other University and UNC System of ficials said that they don’t believe the deci- rial titled “Accountability an Uneasy Is sue.” Mike Woodard, public information of ficer for Durham Tech, said Monday that the college closed its investigation of the incident last Friday. He said the security department concluded that except for the copies found in the dumpster, die paper was legitimately picked up by students, faculty and staff. “We are not going to proceed any fur ther with this investigation at this time,” Woodard said. “We have reached the con clusion that the only papers stolen were those found in the dumpster.” Durham Tech President Phail Wynn said last week that the number of missing papers had been exaggerated by the newspaper’s staff, and that most of the papers were probably picked up by stu dents, faculty and staff on May 23. He couldnotbe reached forcomment on Tues day. But Smith-McCauley said the 356 pa pers found in the dumpster did not account for all those stolen the day after the 3,000 copy issues were distributed. He also said the opinion of the administration that the copies could have been picked up legiti UNIVERSITY Black Enrollment at 4th District Universities Comparing the percentages of black undergraduates at several universities in states located in the jurisdiction of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over a period of six years. Institution 1984 1986 1988 1990 Maryiand-College Park 8.1% 8.9% 9.7% 10.7% UN&Chapsl Hill 9.7 1.6 84 9.6 Clemson University 4.7 4.6 4.5 7.0 University of South Carolina 15.4 13.9 13.5 13.9 Virginia Tech 4.7 3.7 3.7 4.6 University of Virginia 8.5 7.6 9.1 10.0 SOURCE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DATA sion threatened the security of current mi nority scholarship programs. “UNC doesn’t have a program that is really like the Banneker program,” said University Attorney Susan Ehringhaus. She said that UNC-CH’s Pogue Scholar ship aids minority and disadvantaged stu dents at the University. “When the 4th Circuit’s decision was handed down, it became law and we began to review our awards. We will continue to review our programs to make sure that all mately was “ridiculous.” “There weren’t even 2,000 students on campus that day,” he said. “It was the last day of final exams. Besides, the bulk of the papers were put out after 9 p.m., and there was no one around at that hour. “I have never walked through the school several weeks after the papers were distrib uted and not seen any copies in the stands, ” Smith-McCauley said. “Even when we were printing just 2,000 copies of the pa per, there were always copies sitting around three or four weeks later, many times longer that that.” Smith-McCauley filed a complaint with the Durham Police Department on Fri day, and an investigation of the incident is expected to begin Tuesday. Officials at the campus security office could not be reached for comment about the upcoming police investigation. A 3,000 copy reprint of the paper is expected to be released later this week, paid for with contributions from The Daily Tar Heel and Duke University’s student newspaper, The Chronicle. The reprint will also include a four-page addition discussing issues surrounding the alleged theft. meet the standards set up in the court’s ruling.” According to Samp, the UNC System’s Minority Presence Grant Program could become suspect in coming months, de pending on how the Appeals Court’s deci sion is interpreted. Richard Robinson, at torney for UNC’s General Administra tion, said that the minority presence grants were given to students who showed finan cial need and chose to attend a UNC insti tution where they are in a racial minority. Frat Houses Begin Renovation Projects BY JOANNA HOWELL STAFF WRPER Several fraternities will be taking ad vantage of the summer months by putting their empty houses through a series of renovations and construction projects. “Summer is the time for many renova tions to occur since many students are gone and workers have much greater ac cess,” said Ron Binder, dean of Greek Affairs. He said the majority of these renovations would be performed on the Sigma Chi house located in Fraternity Court. Resolute Building Company, based in Chapel Hill, is handling the renovations so the money spent “goes right back into the Chapel Hill community injobs,” Binder said. Dave Simms, president of Sigma Chi, quoted the price tag for the renovations at around $600,000. “The House Corpora tion, headed by Joel Miles and Jerry Lawson, raised about five or six hundred thousand dollars in money and pledges,” he said. More help raising capital was given by Bob Timberlake, a local artist, Simms said. Timberlake was the honorary president of the capital campaign and was also a Sigma Chi at UNC, said Simms. “These renovations are a big commit ment for the fraternity and the alumni,” Binder said. “National fraternities and so rorities don’t pay for housing. They might make a loan, but they don’t pay for it.” Simms said there would also be the addition of a front deck, like the one at the Pi Kappa Alpha house. Simms said, “The deck will include a ramp for handicapped people because the American Disabilities Act requires an en trance and exit for handicapped people in historic buildings.” Englund said the house may be ready for occupation by the end of the summer. Dan Cox, president of Lambda Chi Alpha, said his fraternity house, located at 229 E. Franklin St., would be renovated this summer. “It was the first doctor’s office in Chapel Hill and the town’s zoned it off as a histori cal site, but it’s nothingbut a liability now, ” Cox said. “It’s filled with rusty nails and bums sleep there. There’s also two oil tanks underneath it and there’s a lot of asbestos in the structure. It’s beyond fixing up. “We can’t do anything with the site for a year so,” Cox said. “Eventually, the site will be a paved parking lot. “It’scostingthefratemityaboutslo,ooo to knock down the house because of the two oil tanks underneath it. The Environ mental Protection Agency has to come down and just stand around and watch, so that’s costing a lot." Also, the asbestos in the structure pre vented the fraternity members from help- Kw9BS 100% UVA Hjgi hr ***** TANNING SALON Burali ULTRABRONZ High Pressure Tanning Beds! The Finest Tanning Beds in the World! Tanning as you know it will soon be obsolete! FASTER! 30 minute sessions "Every time" maintain golden tan with only 1-2 sessions/month. MORE ECONOMICAL! Why pay $45/month in a conventional salon and have to go 12-15 times as often to get the same results. Our packages are as low as $15.98 per month! SAFER! Patented 100% pure UVA rays. Removing all of the UVB rays that may burn you! Across from South Square IMOX jIOQ-lOfin between Applebee's & IV Ivf 7vU IvUU Drug Emporium Down from Toys R Us The UNC System instituted the current grants which give “minority” students fi nancial incentives for attending system schools where they would be considered a racial minority. The UNC system instituted these grants during the 1970s as a part of the negotia tionforthe 1981 Consent Decree, an agree ment worked out between the U.S. Justice Department and the UNC system to facili tate the integration process. Robinson contends that the Circuit Court’s decision was not applicable to the minority presence grants. “Wesaythatitis a race-neutral decision when you look at it systemwide. It helps both black and white students. Students agree to attend institu tions where they are a minority. This helps diversify the whole system. “It remains to be seen whether or not scholarships at the individual institutions will meet up to the court’s standards,” said Robinson. “Each institution will have to analyze their programs and make the de termination. It is important that we be sensitive to this decision since we are in the 4th Circuit.” In the Podberesky case, UMCP argued that the Banneker Scholarships were justi ....... .n.. u...m.i ~~ - ------ DTHIEMKPOB. The Sigma Chi house in Fraternaty Court is undergoing renovations and expansion this summer. The construction should be finished in the fall. ing with the clean up and removal of de bris, further inflating the cost, Cox said. “Money for any renovations comes from an alumni fund and from a certain percent age of the house rent,” Cox said. Brian Rozelle, president of Kappa Al pha, said that renovations for his house werestillintheplanningstages. The Kappa Alpha house is located at 110 W. Cameron St. “There will be no physical renovations done this summer,” he said. “Actual reno vations are still five years in the future.” He said the renovations would include “everything you can do to a house without ripping the walls down. We’ll be changing around everything on the inside but leav ing the outside structure the same.” Rozelle said the renovations would cost around $1 million and the money would Saily ®ar Uml fied because they are aimed at remedying the present effects of past discrimination. They supported this assertion by illustrat ing four present effects of past racial prob lems on the campus. The Court ruled that the university did not adequately prove this assertion. It went on to say that they first need to show that they had attempted “race-neutral” alterna tive measures to reach the same conclu sions. Ehringhaus defended the University’s current programs. “There has been a con sistent line of cases out of the Supreme Court that says race alone cannot be the primary criterion for deciding unless you can show the present effects of past dis crimination. “It is permissible to use race as a factor in scholarship decisions as long as it isn’t the only factor,” said Ehringhaus. Samp said that the interpretation that schools seemed to be having with this case was based on a misconception about the concept of promoting diversity. “Diver sity doesn’t mean racial balance. Diversity means you do your best to have a represen tation of people from various back grounds.” come mostly from alumni. Paul Sell, the Sigma Phi Epsilon house manager, said that most of the renovations at his house, at2O7W. Cameron St., would include painting the columns in the front of the house, planting grass, and some plumb ing work. “People around here have been com plaining about how the fraternity houses look, so a couple of houses have started picking up,” he said. Alpha Tau Omega, at 303 E. Franklin St., will also be planting grass this summer, ; member Mark Rutledge said. “We’re also going to knock out the back wall soon and add a band room and an other level,” he said. Renovations were completed on other fraternity houses in past summers. Jason - Silveres, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, said his house was renovated during the sum mer of 1993. The Pi Kappa Alpha house is also located in Fraternity Court. Yogurt is our menu! 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