J? Volume 103, Issue 52 102 years of editorial fntdom Saving the studrms and the Uimmity community sma 1593 University Leadership Mulls S4OO Tuition Hike BYBRONWEN CLARK UNIVERSITY EDITOR Although the N.C. General Assembly approved a tuition increase of $75 for in state students and a 7.9 percent increase for those from out-of-state attending UNC or N.C. State University, students on the two campuses may incur an even greater in crease in their tuition bills. The General Assembly this summer gave the boards of trustees at both schools the power to increase tuition by as much as New Open-Container Law Leads To Crackdown At Campus Party BY WENDY GOODMAN CITY EDITOR The influx of students and anew crop of freshmen have brought an inevitable in crease in partying and bar-hopping in down town Chapel Hill. And the students’ ability to drink is matched only by law enforce ment officers’ ability to issue citations. Due to a recently-enacted ordinance prohibiting open containers of alcohol in public areas in Chapel Hill, students will face tougher regulations and patrolling A conviction carries SSO plus court costs, which are presently S6O. This has increased patrolling by the Chapel Hill police, UNC police and Alco hol Law Enforcement. Many students no ticed the increase in police at the annual back-to-school party at Fraternity Court. Nearly 60 citations for various viola tions relating to drugs and alcohol were served to students at Sunday night’s first big party of the year. And violations will continue to be served at future campus parties, particularly in the next few weeks. “We have police there every year to deal with any alcohol violations,” Chapel HUT police spokeswoman Jane Cousins said. “Our officers were out there as usual Sunday night.” Ginny Smith, a sophomore from Char lotte, said she was surprised by the number of officers around Fraternity Court. “They are getting a lot stricter,” she said. “Usually the police just wait across the street and watch, but this rime they were coming up to people with flashlights looking at their identifications and what they were drinking.” The ordinance that brought about the crackdown was approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council June 26. The new ordinance bans the posession The Seeds of Sheba Artist Guild celebrates black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey's birthday Pride Unity BYWENDYMITCHELL SENIOR WRITER Ten-year-old Shamika Mills and her friends danced to “Freedom (The Theme from Panther)” as the song’s lyrics proclaimed black fe male empowerment: “We will not bow down to racism, we will not bow down to injustice.” Shamika and her friends were not just dancing in their back yard; they were per forming in the the Marcus Garvey Day Roots Festival held at Chapel Hill’s Seeds of Sheba restaurant and cultural center Satur day afternoon. Shamika said she knew little about Marcus Garvey, ex cept that his name was attached to the day’s celebration. But the lyrics Shamika was dancing to ech oed Garvey’s ideals of racial pride and unity. Garvey was a black nationalist leader in the 1920s who founded the Uni versal Negro Im provement Associa tion. He coined phrases such as "Up You Mighty Race” .■'vv, ’?*.- IWI l|plP| K., _ • * J and “Back to Africa.” He encouraged black entrepreneur ship and supported black businesses, eventually launching the Black Star Steamship Line. Daily (Tar Hrrl S4OO if they desired. The revenue raised would not, however, be sent to Raleigh but would remain on the individual campuses. “We have to distinguish between tu ition increases and an academic enhance ment fund, ” Student Body President Calvin Cunningham said. “Tuition increases can be used to build roads and prisons. This money (the possible S4OO increase) can be invested in teachers, libraries and access for people with need to the University. This money stays on the Carolina campus implemented by the local trustees.” Number of Citations at Sunday's Back-to-Schoo Bash The crackdown by law enforcement officials on Sunday night came in response to the town's new open-container law. Open-container H M Underage drinking SSbHBMEI littering ■ 4 Public consumption p| 5 of open containers of “malt beverages and unfortified wines” on any town property and areas that have temporarily been closed to regular traffic for special events. “We were hoping the limiting of alcohol will make the events safer and more pleasant for the people who attend, ” Cousins said. Cousins said safety was an issue when the law was considered. “The new open-container law makes our jobs a whole lot easier,” said John Simmons, ALE District Supervisor. Simmons said ALE officers would be out in full force throughout the year, but especially during the first few weeks as King Ayola, a local reggae performer, sings of black unity u SAFER of lynching and ‘separate but equal, ’ ” Thomas said. “Garvey See GARVEY, Page 9A Chancellor Michael Hooker said he had not yet formulated a clear opinion on the pro posal because he saw compelling ar guments on both sides of the issue. “I have said be fore to The Daily Tar Heel that I have strongly mixed feel- students return, and he suspected the po lice would be the same. “We’re going to be a whole lot tougher than we have been in the past because there is a need for the enforcement,” he said. Ron Binder, the Dean of Greek Affairs, was also out at the campus party Sunday night. He said he was pleased with the way things had gone at both ends. “My observation was that it seemed to go well, and clearly there was a big police presence,” he said. “I suspect the police will be out heavily the first couple of weeks; See ALE, Page 11A Larry Thomas, publicity director for the Seeds of Sheba Artist Guild, said that Seeds of Sheba had been considering honoring Garvey for several years, and the timing was right because Garvey’s birthday is Aug. 17. Seeds of Sheba, an organization founded to support the cultural enrichment and Stressed is just ‘desserts’ spelled backwards. Anonymous Cksptl NilL North Cirofin WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23,1995 *JiHr ings about this,” he said. “We need the money. We need the salary increases if we want to build a world-class faculty.” But Hooker said he had reservations in throwing full support behind the proposal. “The argument against it is that it sets a dangerous precedent that if the legislature wants to give more money to the Univer sity, it can charge the student,” he said. Cunningham said he thought the pos sible increase would provide the Univer sity with a unique opportunity to keep funds on the Chapel Hill campus. CALVIN CUNNINGHAM 'Jfr , JL/ Wt ’4, %jg|f . J? W <• _m, ft iiHi m §NaH . ..a ;^.-i■ Wm I | j k "IF , „ -4—— {Mho miMnrrcir.’ > **4V* • ' -T f ‘if “r AH HL .,