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Thursday, September 14,1995
SRC, Pool May Reap Rewards From Surplus Money
■ A student referendum
could earmark $1.2 million
for repairs and renovations.
BY LILLIE CRATON
STAFF WRITER
The Student Recreation Center, still
closed after last month’s flooding, might
receive over a million dollars in windfall
funds to be used for repairs and improve
ments.
Student Body President Calvin
Cunningham said he planned to propose a
resolution to Student Congress which
Alcohol Law Enforcement Investigating
Charges Against Agent After Crackdown
■ The ALE plans to continue
the crackdown against
underage drinking although
complaints were filed against
one agent.
BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT
STAFF WRITER
Despite allegations of harassment
against an Alcohol Law Enforcement of
ficer and an ongoing internal investigation
into the matter, the ALE maintains that
strict enforcement of all underage drinking
laws will continue.
John Simmons, ALE district supervi
sor, said there were plans to implement the
Cops-N-Shops program again in the near
future.
The program focuses on underage pur
chase and possession of alcohol.
“It is an ongoing effort to make sure
individuals are complying with the law,”
Simmons said.
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CUNNINGHAM said
he planned to propose
a referendum to
Student Congress,
would free up $1.2
million for SRC
projects.
This money is
available for use be-
cause the original
construction costs
of the SRC were less
than projected.
We ve go:
money and projects
coming down the
pipeline,”
Cunningham said,
Cunningham
said some of the
funds could be used
Simmons said the ALE-sponsored pro
grams were not conducted to specifically
target UNC students, but to ensure that all
alcohol-related laws were abided by.
“We are not out to target the students,
but to ensure that business runs in accor
dance with the law,” Simmons said.
Following the last Cops-N-Shops week
end, two UNC students filed a citizen’s
complaint against Christopher Waters, the
ALE agent who stopped them.
“There is an internal investigation be
ing conducted,” Simmons said. He said
neither he nor Waters could comment on
the investigation at this time.
ALE agents and Chapel Hill Police
officers worked together to crack down on
such violations.
In the past, agents and officers have
conducted weekend surveillances of area
stores.
The last time this program was con
ducted was the first weekend after classes
began. Two students claimed they were
unjustly searched and harassed.
Juniors Xavier Chakravarti and Anders
Lyndrup were stopped during the week
UNIVERSITY & CITY
to renovate Navy swimming pool, located
behind Carmichael Residence Hall. The
pool needs new tile and extensive repairs
to its drainage system
The money could also be funneled to
ward fixing and replacing flood-damaged
equipment.
The SRC’s lower level sustained signifi
cant damage on Aug. 27 and 28 when 12
inches of rainwater poured into the lobby
and main workout room. Carpeting and
exercise equipment were covered in mud
and electrically-powered cardiovascular
machines sustained damage.
Students who frequented the lower level
of the SRC have been forced to seek alter
natives to their normal workout. The Spa
“We are not out to target the
students, but to ensure that
business runs in accordance
with the law. ”
JOHN SIMMONS
ALE District Supervisor
end of August 26 and asked if they had
purchased alcohol.
The students said that they had not, but
ALE agents still searched the trunk of their
car. The agent searched the trunk and
found a six-pack of soft drinks and a can of
food.
Lyndrup and Chakra varti filed a citizen’s
complaint against the agent who stopped
them because they felt Simmons had singled
them out.
“We both got a ticket from him one
time, and now I think he is singling people
out,” Lyndrup said. “There was absolutely
no proof of us doing anything wrong.”
“The facility has been fairly
well-used throughout the day,
and the Woollen Gym also. ”
KEN BATES
SRC staff member
Health Club at Village Plaza has been a
solution for many people, offering free
temporary memberships to UNC students
and faculty. The weight machines in
Woollen Gym have also been available for
student use.
Relief came this Monday when the up
Controversial Selection
Process Up for Debate
BY ALISON FISCHER
STAFF WRITER
The Carolina Athletic Association will
hold a forum for students interested in
improving the Homecoming queen selec
tion process tonight atßp.m.inUnion2lo.
CAA President Anthony Reid said the
forum was a re
sponse to students
complaining that
last year’s selection
process was unclear
and unfair.
“For the past
seven or eight years
the Homecoming
queen has been Af
rican American.
There’s a minute
group of students
out there who be
lieve the whole
thing is racist. The
focus of (Home
coming queen) is
CAA President
ANTHONY REID said
he wanted more input
on the Homecoming
queen selection
process.
not a racist thing,” Reid said. “It’s not to
belittle anyone. It’stocelebratetheachieve
ments of a senior woman.”
Reid said in order to maintain the pro
fessionalism of the selection process, the
CAA researched the handling and recep
tion at other universities across the coun
try. “We took a survey of 28 universities,
eight ACC schools and 20 other universi
ties, and we found out we really weren’t an
isolated case. Other campuses had prob
lems very similar to ours," Reid said. “We
tried to hold a forum last spring, but be
cause it wasn’t fall, people weren’t think
ing about homecoming yet. This is another
chance to get students to discuss the is
sue.”
In past years the selection of the Home
coming queen has been a three-step pro-
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per level of the SRC, which contains tread
mills and other exercise equipment, re
opened for student use. The upper level is
also offering a full schedule of aerobics
classes.
While lines have not been very long,
students seem to be aware that they have
the option of using the upper level, accord
ing to SRC staff member Ken Bates.
“The facility has been fairly well-used
throughout the day, and the W oollen Gym
also,” Bates said.
Cunningham said the resolution, if
passed, would probably be put forth in a
referendum with several other issues, and
students could expect a verdict around
Oct. 10.
cess. Candidates first submitted an appli
cation to a panel of student judges outlin
ing a service project they would complete
during their reign.
The judges were chosen from campus
organizations that represented various
multicultural interests. Following a fac
ulty interview, contestants were voted on
by the entire student body.
Homecoming chairwoman Nikki Allen
said she believed changes made last year to
the weight of the student body vote, which
counted for two thirds of the final selec
tion, contributed to student anger. “The
committee had voted to lessen the value (of
the student vote), and the students ex
pressed concern about their input not be
ing important,” Allensaid. “Wegotalotof
calls. That’s why we’re having a forum.”
Allen said although the Homecoming
queen vote would either be held the week
before Fall Break or the week of Home
coming itself, there was still plenty of time
for students to make changes to the selec
tion process. “We can institute any policy
right now. Nothing is concrete. There could
be subtle change or radical change made. I
think it will be easy once students tell us
what they want,” Allen said. “I’m expect
ing them to say they would like an increase
in their vote and maybe a more defined
policy with criteria for selection more
clearly defined. ”
Reid said he also hoped the forum would
provide an opportunity for students to see
the CAA was working for them.
“There’s a certain stigma surrounding
this whole (selection process), that it’s
racism or that it’s abusing power. We want
to let the students know that this is anew
year for CAA, ” Reid said. “Our organiza
tion is committed to the students. If they
feel there shouldn’t be a Homecoming
queen, or if they feel there should be 10—
we want to do what’s best for them.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST
BLACK STUDENT MOVEMENT: Vote today
at Chase Hall and the BCC for Miss BSM. Members
only. The Coronation Ball will be held tomorrow
from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Semi-fonnal dress. Admission
is SB. Formore information, contartMeraldHolloway
at 962-5658.
ASA will be having its first dance in the Union
Cabaret on Friday, Sept. 15 from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Members, $3; nonmembers, $5. All are welcome.
For more information, contact Jeff Huang at 933-
3136.
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NCSA
FROM PAGE 1
very powerful at this school,” Williams
said.
Robinson said he had levied accusa
tions of racism against campus police. He
said a uniformed campus police officer
sought him out and harassed him last year
after he contacted the officer’s fiancee re
garding a student government matter.
“His tone was extremely negative and
condescending and threatening towards
the end of the conversation,” he said.
Robinson later brought the incident to the
attention of the dean of the film school and
the head of campus security.
Robinson said that NCSA needs to re
cruit more minority faculty and students.
“I’m a little bit more sensitive to that be
cause I’m African American,” he said.
According to Robinson, NCSA em
ployed only one African-American faculty
member out ofatotal of 101 instructors last
year. Johnson said that there were “less
than five” African-American faculty mem
bers this year.
The art school recently hired a black
instructor in the dance department to re
place one of two faculty members who
resigned in July over allegations of sexual
misconduct.
However, none of the General Studies
instructors are black, Robinson said. “On
out campus, 90 percent of the mainte
nance and kitchen staff is African Ameri
can,” he said. “That doesn’t sit right.”
Williams said he was concerned that
minorities do not have role models on the
faculty to counteract the bias of ethnocen
tric instructors. “If you paint the image of
only one particular group being artists,
then you’re going to damage the students, ”
he said.
“We clearly need to have a higher pres
ence of African-American faculty,”
Johnsonsaid. “Thisissomethingwewould
want to look into.”
Williams said that recruitment of mi
norities also needs to improve, especially
in inner cities. “Black students don’t want
to come here if they’re going to be only one
in five,” he said.
Only two students in the School ofFilm
making are black, he said. Forty-fourofthe
644 students enrolled at NCSA last year
were black.
Robinson said that he expects these is
sues to be addressed by NCSA administra
tors. “I honestly believe that our chancel
lor is more than willing to help,” he said.
Williams disagreed, however. “The
dean (of student affairs) is the only one I
trust to take an issue and follow through
with it and really get to the bottom of it, ” he
said.
Classes at the Winston-Salem school
begin today.
MOSCOW
FROM PAGE 1
Embassy spokesmanßichardHoagland
called the attack “an isolated act” and said
it “will have no impact on the Russian-
American relations.”
In Washington, the State Department
said President Clinton was briefed on the
attack, which came just a day after the
Kremlin accused NATO of genocide
against the Bosnian Seths, Russia’s his
toric allies.
It also came on the eve of a visit to
Moscow by Deputy Secretary Strobe
Talbott, charged with trying to heal the
widening rift between Washington and
Moscow.
Hoagland said the grenade exploded
inside a large photocopying machine, ab
sorbing most of the shock. The small room
was empty at the time, he said.
“There were no warning calls,”
Hoagland said. “As of now, no one has
claimed responsibility.”
Hoagland said a spent grenade launcher,
a black ski mask and a glove were found
across the ring road. Police said the
launcher was lying inside an archway lead
ing to a tree-covered courtyard that may
have been the escape route. Some Russian
media reports said the attacker escaped in
a waiting car.
Glass, shrapnel and what looked like
the rocket-propelled grenade’s tail littered
the pavement outside the embassy.
“Most likely it was an anti-tank gre
nade,” said Moscow Civil Defense com
mander Col. Ivan Chigogidze.
In Washington, State Department
spokesman Nicholas Bums said someone
was using the copy machine five minutes
before the explosion.
“They could have been killed, ” he said.
Interior Ministry commandos, police
and embassy guards cordoned off the area.
The embassy’s Marine guards, armed with
automatic rifles and machine guns, stood
guard. Bomb-sniffing police dogs were also
on the scene.
For the Record
In the Mon., Sept. 11 Police Roundup, The
Daily Tar Heel printed an incorrect police
report. The police report incorrectly identified
Scottie Edwards as the arrested suspect.
Edwards was never arrested or charged.
In the Wed., Sept. 13 article 'ASG Fights
Student Aid Reductions,’ John Dervin was
incorrectly identified as ASG vice chancellor
for student affairs. Dervin is vice president for
student affairs.
The DTH regrets the errors.