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Remember Rabin by Forging Peace
■ Israel’s murdered prime minister led a life dedicated to peace. His violent
death is a reason to press even harder for tranquihty in the Middle East.
One day after the burial of Israel’s Yitzhak
Rabin, world leaders and ordinary people are
wondering if the land of milk and honey will
become the land of blood and tears.
Rabin, Israel’s former prime minister, was
shot by an Israeli law student who opposed his
peacemaking strategies. The intense emotions
and controversial political initiatives highlight
ing the Middle East region emerge from reac
tions to the 1993 peace accord and the central
conflict over land that belonged to the Arabic
nations before the Seven Day War in 1967.
Yesterday saw a host of world leaders gath
ered to bid farewell to a friend and ally. As
Rabin’s life charted a course through the roles of
soldier, politician, statesman and prime minis
ter, he won respect as a leader who acknowl
edged risks and remained committed to his en
deavors. After repeatedly distinguishing himself
as a soldier and becoming Israel’s top expert on
military matters, Rabin was appointed ambassa
dor to the United States in 1968. His entry into
national politics arrived in 1973 as he was elected
to the post of minister of labor, and one year
later, at age 52, he became Israel’s fifth and
youngest prime minister.
Negotiation of the critical disengagement of
Israeli and Egyptian forces from the Sinai came
under his direction and paved the way for the
Camp David accords. As defense minister, in
1986 he oversaw the removal of Israeli forces
from Lebanon, despite widespread opposition.
Inherent in his movement toward taking the
office ofprime ministerfor a second term in 1992
was an underlying appeal for anew vision —a
vision inspired by what he believed to be a
mandate for peace.
Coming to terms with the Palestinians would
mean setting aside differences with a mortal
enemy and speaking for a recommitment to the
concept of a Jewish state. The post-cold war
PLO found itself deprived of military, diplo
matic and financial support. Rabin joined forces
Nothing Left to Do But Vote
In a community in which town and Univer
sity have been linked from the very beginning,
it’s always important that each part of the com
munity has an important part in every decision.
Today, Election Day for local offices, is one
of those times. In each ordinance they craft and
in each development they approve, die Chapel
Hill and Carrboro town governments influence
the lives of the University community as well as
of the local residents. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m. People can vote for mayor of
Chapel Hill and Carrboro, Chapel Hill Town
Council, Carrboro Board of Aldermen and
Chapel Hill-Cartboro Board of Education.
Acoalitionofstudents, including the NAACP,
student government, Senior Corps and the Young
Democrats, has held registration drives, plas
tered the campus with fliers and gone door-to
door to educate students about candidates’ plat
forms and poll site locations.
Today, die coalition will provide transporta
tion to and from poll sites in the community.
Drivers will be stationed in front of Chase Din
ing Hall from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and in front of the
Circus Room from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Be sure to take advantage of their work. If you
are not registered to vote, go to the last poll site
at which you voted, obtain a transfer form, then
go to the Chapel Hill Police Department and
cast your ballot. If you don’t know where your
poll site is, stop by the information table in the
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with Labor Party colleague and long-time politi
cal rival, Shimon Peres, in maneuvers toward an
agreement. “The time for peace has come,”
Rabin declared, “Enough of blood and tears.
Enough.” Taking Israel closer to peace meant
widening the schism between his popular sup
port and those who opposed his initiatives.
Israel has been involved in a battle over the
Golan Heights and Galilee, two areas on the
borders of Israel that were under Palestinian
rule. For 26 years, lives had been lost on both
sides of the fence. But September 1993 wit
nessed the meeting of Rabin and Yasser Arafat
in Washington, D.C. to sign the first of many
peace agreements that would lead to some form
of harmony in Israel.
Rabin wanted this bloodshed to end and be
gan to pursue agreements with the Arab nations
surrounding Israel. He was ready to negotiate “a
piece of land for a piece of peace” and intended
to give the land back that Israel had won in the
Seven Day War, if the Palestinians agreed to
leave Israel and its people alone. Many right
wing Israelis, such as Benjamin Netanyahu,
member of the opposing party, have not agreed
with Rabin’s tactics. They believe that the land
belongs to the Jewish people and aren’t as will
ing to give it back to the Arab nations even if it
means peace.
Now Shimon Peres must continue Rabin’s
legacy as a diplomat and preserve the Palestinian
relations that Rabin created. Coming to terms
with the Palestinians remains a goal articulated
by Rabin’s vision to “live together on the same
soil in the same land... to open anew chapter...
of mutual recognition, of good neighborliness,
of mutual respect, of understanding.”
Irony played a part in Rabin’s death as he was
killed by the same hatred and extremist views
that he tried to change.
His efforts must not be forgotten, and the
bloodshed caused by his assassination must not
be continued.
Pit to find out where you should vote or to get
answers to any other questions.
In the next few years, both Chapel Hill and
Carrboro officials will be making tough deci
sions on growth, safety and other issues that
directly and indirectly affect the University. It’s
crucial that officials have input from all sides on
all issues. Today, you can start giving them that
input.
Please remember The Daily Tar Heel en
dorsements when you go to the polls today.
Chapel Hill Mayor
■ Kevin Foy
Chapel Hill Town Council
■ Mark Chilton
■ Joe Capowski
■ Richard Franck
■ Scott Radway
Carrboro Mayor
■ Randy Marshall
Carrboro Board of Aldermen
■ Jay Bryan
■ Alex Zaffiron
■ Hilliard Caldwell
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education
■ Bill Elstran
■ Nicholas Didow
■ Elizabeth Carter
■ Harvey Goldstein
■ Ken Touw
EDITORIAL
In Political Realm, Tarantino, Stone Have It Right
I don’t like to write politically. For the most
part, politics is cheapened ideology, and ide
ology is a lot like religion in that both are best
left for Sunday mornings (either in church or on
the couch watching “Meet the De-Pressed.”
Every dogma shall have its day). However,
recent events in my life have forced me into a
period of deep political reflection, and I have
decided to go off on a political tangent from my
normally calm and serene self.
It all started about a week ago. I was sitting in
the Pit, minding my own business and listening
to the Campus Crusade for Cthulu, when sud
denly, I was overcome with the urge to read
something political. I meandered over to Stu
dent Stores and joined the omnipresent throng
of biblioholics browsing through magazines on
the “Please purchase before reading” rack. Soon
I was as content as a swine before slop (or
pearls).
Hmmm, so many choices. The Economist?
Too dry. Yellow Silk? Too wet. Atlantic
Monthly? Too pretentious? National Review?
Too orthodox. The Advocate? As if... Playboy?
Been there, done that.
Bam! Then it hit me: I had to have the Weekly
Standard, a sleek new right-wing publication
headed by Bill Kristol (who formerly served his
country as Dan Quayle’s surrogate brain —a
tough job even for a Harvard Ph.D.). If I didn’t
get a copy of the Standard soon, I was going to
build a 200-foot wall around my dorm and pay
Pat Buchanan to stand naked at the top scream
ing “storin’ dead niggers ain’t my fuckin’ busi
ness” in his best Tarantino voice or some
thing equally ridiculous. Well call up Pat, ‘cause
they didn’t have a copy.
At first, I simply brushed it off. After all,
someone else could conceivably have snuck in
before me and purchased every copy. But then 1
realized they haven’t carried an issue of the
Standard all semester (insert suspenseful theme
music).
Before launching into my Stanley Kubrick
motif and hustlin’ up some droogs, I reminded
myself to be rational, but the more I pondered,
the angrier I got. Why couldn’t a bookstore filled
with every conceivably possible magazine (and
Candidate Foy Will Guide
Inevitable Growth of Town
TO THE EDITOR:
To quote a line from “Field of Dreams,”
“Build it and they will come.”
We all know this is happening in Chapel Hill,
and we know the town will continue to grow and
change. However, the town has a mayoral can
didate, Kevin Foy, who is genuinely concerned
about keeping in the forefront what makes Chapel
Hill special.
Our future mayor will need good negotiating
skills and good business skills to help the town
proceed through a lot more developmental chal
lenges. I think Kevin Foy possesses those skills
The mayor should also exhibit genuine con
cern for providing housing for low-income fami
lies who work in this area, adequate school
rooms to accommodate our growing number of
school-age children, the inevitable and worsen
ing traffic problems, and environmental con
cerns including water supplies, flooding and
storm water management. These are some ofthe
critical issues facing Chapel Hill, and I believe
Kevin Foy will intelligently tackle them.
I’m sure Kevin Foy has die prerequisite skills
that will enable him to be an outstanding mayor.
His training as a lawyer and experience as a
businessman, coupled with his environmental
orientation and his ability to listen to people and
think in realistic terms, gives the town an excel
lent opportunity to elect a mayor qualified to
address the challenges of the future.
John Anderson
PROFESSOR
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
School Board Candidate
Carter Deserving of Support
Editor's Note: The author is an incumbent candidate
for Chapel Hill Town Council.
TO THE EDITOR:
I am once again very excited that The Daily
Tar Heel is encouraging its readers to vote. I
founded Student for Voter Registration some
years ago and have always encouraged students
to vote.
However, one error was included in your
endorsements for school board. You omitted
Elizabeth Carter. Ms. Carter has been hard at
then some) manage
to scrounge up a
copy of an intelligent
(and relevant) jour
nal of political com
mentary? Oh, yezz,
of courzz, it would
ruin zeir reputation
I mean, seriously,
if you’re gonna cany
the Lesbian Review
of Books (“I’m sorry
Darken, but I give
TADD WILSON
CHAPEL HILL
FREE PRESS
that novel a fist down”), Playgirl and Soap Star
Hair, is something with a point too much to ask?
Then again, much could be explained by
switching directions (and directors) from Kubrick
to Oliver Stone: IT’S ALL A CONSPIRACY!
Sure it’s a conspiracy, since no one person
could conjure up all the laughable things that
happen on campus by themselves. Of course they
carry the “Establishment Man’s Establishment”
National Review, not to mention the “We sling
more mud than an epileptic pig” American Spec
tator, but a solid, lucid neo-conservative posi
tion “ist verboten.”
Since this event pushed me to the verge of my
good nature and self control, I have decided to
foist upon my readers two pieces of unsolicited
evidence of my true political stripes. Be afraid, be
very afraid: I’m gonna git political on yo’ ass.
First, I think the whole housekeeper/SEAC
march thing has gotten a little ridiculous. All
sorts of groups reciting all sorts of pithy sayings
seemed nice enough until the novelty wore off,
but now the self-proclaimed door-to-door dis
tributors of social justice seem happier to mill
about and talk loudly rather than finding the
proverbial “big stick” (sort oflike a pep rally with
no game, but that's not necessarily bad).
The slogans are the best: “It’s a small planet
unless you have to clean it.” Then don’t clean it!
(It was obvious that the crunchy white man
waving the sign slaved away for hours every day
just to make ends meet).
Even better is the clamoring for a fair wage.
What’s a fair wage? Nobody wants to answer
READERS’FORUM
The Daily Tar Heel welcomes reader comments and
criticism. Letters to the editor should be no longer
than 400 words and must be typed, double-spaced,
dated and signed by no more than two people.
Students should include their year, major and phone
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Hill, NC 27515 or e-mail forum to dth@unc.edu.
work on school overcrowding, student-teacher
ratios, the performance of minority students and
many other pressing issues.
DTH readers, please join me in voting for
Elizabeth Carter.
Mark Chilton
CLASS OF 1993
CHAPEL HILL
Energy Outweighs Experience
In Chapel Hill Mayoral Race
TO THE EDITOR:
I am disturbed in watching the Chapel Hill
mayoral race that there has been such an empha
sis on juxtaposing the two candidates’ experi
ence. Rosemary Waldorf has been presented as
“experienced” and therefore a better choice for
mayor. However, as I recall, neither Ken Broun
nor Eleanor Kinnaird—the fine current mayors
of Chapel Hill and Carrboro—had any govern
ment experience before they were elected.
In choosing whom I will vote for in the may
oral election, I am going to look at the candi
dates’ experience, but I am going to question
what that experience means. I’m not sure that a
career politician is what’s needed right now in
Chapel Hill. I’d rather see someone without
government experience, but with experience in
other fields, if that means we can have a person
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this question. Honestly, are you arguing that the
value of labor should be determined ala Marx to
eliminate the exploitation of surplus labor, or
does the state of North Carolina artificially in
flate the supply of cheap labor in order to keep the
free market equilibrium wage low? Oh, you’ve
never heard of surplus value or the free market.
I’m sorry, I mistookyou for a thinking being. My
apologies, I promise it won’t happen again.
Another issue that gets my cotton French-cut
panties in a wad is this Oxfam fast-day designed
to promote solidarity with starving peoples
around the world. Do you remember when your
parents used to guilt trip you into eating every
thing on your plate by saying “think of the
starving children?” Yeah, well some people still
actually believe it.
Not eating for one day is supposed to let all of
us know what it feels like to go through life
underfed and malnourished? Cha! Somehow,
avoiding Lenoir or consumer-Heaven Franklin
Street while thinking damn I’d like a burger isn’t
the same as waking up everyday to a fouled
harvest or to an irrigation-less desert. Besides, if
I don’t eat, I get even more fun to be around.
In fact, we should all go out and eat more just
to bolster our economy, which promotes re
search and more efficient means of food-produc
tion. So instead of fasting, treat yourself to an
extra Pizza Hut pizza, and take a friend or your
droogs!
Of course, Oliver Stone and I could be wrong
about the conspiracy theories. Maybe a lot of
people just have the same bad ideas simulta
neously.
But there’s something in the air that’s making
people sick, and it’s not my flu germs. Be careful.
You can start by picking up a copy of the Stan
dard, but you’ll have to go off campus.
And remember, the conspiracy is so secret
that you can be a member and not even know it.
Don’t let them control you. Asa wise man once
told me, it’s not paranoia if they’re real.
Tadd Wilson is a senior English major from Charlotte
who has trouble separating This Week With David
Brinkley' from The X Files.' Hey, Sulley and Cokie
look a lot alike!
with a fresh voice, creative ideas and new energy
leading the town. I’m voting for Kevin Foy.
Philip Godwin
CHAPEL HILL
Today Is Students 1 Chance
To Affect World Around Them
Editor's Note: The authors are the student body
president and vice president
TO THE EDITOR:
VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! As students, we have
a significant interest in town politics both in
Chapel Hill and in Carrboro. We can be a formi
dable constituency in Town Council and Board
of Aldermen decision making if we get out
today and vote.
Bus fare and bus pass costs are annually re
viewed —and there is continuous pressure to
raise them. Students should consider supporting
candidates that have vowed to hold down these
rates.
Another critical issue facing students is the
affordability ofhousing nearthe University. Only
with a firm mandate from student constituents
will the town be inclined to designate space for
less expensive housing that students can afford.
Recent open-container laws in both Carrboro
and Chapel Hill that punish students with a stiff
sanction for simply holding an open can of beer
is another issue. Proponents of the measures
have cited their desire to curb violence. Students
should judge for themselves whether the laws
serve that purpose, and then vote accordingly
A coalition of groups will be directing stu
dents to the polls around 10 a.m. Don’t know
where you’re supposed to go? Check with the
Voter Registration Center in the Pit to find out
where you vote. Look for district maps in the
residence halls that point you to your poll site.
For information on the candidates, turn to the
voter guides that The Daily Tar Heel has put
together and that the coalition will be distribut
ing.
Don’t miss this chance to make a difference.
Calvin Cunningham
SENIOR
PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Amy Swan
SENIOR
WOMEN S STUDIES