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<2% lattg (Ear Hrrl BRIEFS Stories from the University and Chapel Hill Senior Student Dies in January After Long illness Reginald L. Perry, a longtime student at UNC, died on either Jan. 25 or 26. Peny, who lived in Durham, was 29 years old. According to a press release issued by Frederic Schroeder, dean of students, Perry had been ill for some time prior to his death. Perry was a graduate of Vance High School in Henderson in June 1985 and first enrolled in the University in the fall of that year. He was listed as a senior pursuing his undergraduate degree at the time of his death. Blacks in the Diaspora Series Runs Feb. 8-15 The SonjaH. Stone Black Cultural Cen ter will host three lunchtime lectures Feb. 8-15 as part of the Blacks in the Diaspora Lecture Series. The free, public programs run from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the BCC. On Feb. 8 Eugene Eaves of N.C. Cen tral University will discuss “Rene Maran: Black Influences on French Colonial Policy.” William Darity, Kenan professor of eco nomics at UNC, will discuss “The Social Psychological Effects of Unemployment" on Feb. 14. The series will conclude Feb. 15 with Dr. Erie Schopler, professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine, discussing “Dealing with Autism: Multicultural Co operation.” ACLU President to Speak Feb. 19 in Memorial Hall Nadine Strossen, president of the Ameri can Civil Liberties Union, will discuss “Free Speech, Women’s Rights and Pornogra phy” on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in Memorial HaU. The speech is free and open to the pub lic. The speech is sponsored by the Caro lina Union Activities Board Critical Issues Committee. Strossen is the youngest person and the first woman to serve as president of the organization. Strossen is a professor of constitutional lawatNew York LawSchool and, in 1986, was among the first three women to re ceive the U.S. Jaycee’s Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award. ’■'She was the first U.S. woman to win die Jaycees International Outstanding Young > Persons Award. In 1991 and 1994, the National Law Journal included her in its special triennial sections, “Profiles in Power: The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.” Pediatrics Professor Helps Victims of January Floods Karen Metzguer of UNC’s School of Medicine spent last week in Harrisburg, Pa. helping the victims of the flooding. Metzguer is an assistant professor of pediatrics specializing in the newborn, and she is a Red Cross disaster relief volunteer. She went to Pennsylvania after exten sive training and helped staff a temporary Red Cross headquarters. The facility was set up to help the victims of the floods that hit the eight mid-Atlantic states beginning Jan. 19. Metzguer got involved because the nurs ing corps of the Red Cross had declined, and, in 1993, the organization sent out a special call for new volunteers. Community to Celebrate Black History Month The Chapel HiU-Carrboro Community is sponsoring a series of events to honor the contributions and achievements of blacks. The events are in celebration of Black His tory Month and are entitled “Recognizing a Valuable Past: Springboard to the Fu ture.” The kick-off event will be held Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Center Gymnasium. Hughes Suffren, assistant coordinator of African-American Student Affairs at N. C. State University, will give an address about black history. There will also be a historical exhibit on display at Lincoln Center beginning Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. The exhibit will focus on Lincoln Junior/Senior High School, Northside Elementary School and Orange County Training School. The exhibit and a slide show which begins at 7 p.m. will honor the activities of former Chapel Hill- Carrboro students. Local Business Honored By Job Services United Parcel Service of Chapel Hill garnered the honor ofthel99sJob Service Employer Award. The award recognizes UPS’s positive contribution to the local economy, as well as working closely with the Job Service Office. UPS was presented with the award Wednesday, Jan. 24. UPS is one of 93 employers who received the award, which isgivenbythe Employment Security Com mission. UPS was judged on its participation in local activities and its ability to create new jobs, expand existing businesses and use the Employment Security Commission services. This is the second time Chapel Hill UPS has been presented with the award. FROM STAFF REPORTS Economists Hot, Cold About Forbes’ Flat Tax! BY GRAHAM BRINK STAFF WRITER How many attempts at recording your favorite show on the VCR does it take before you give up in disgust? Complicated instructions are annoying-and ultimately discourage participation. Staring into the dark recesses ofyour tax documents incomprehensible 1040 forms piled high the VCR looks like child’s play. Moti vated only by the Internal Revenue Service’s looming Analysis presence, you slog on. Multimillionaire Steve Foibes’ presi dential campaign hangs on one idea: sim plify income tax. Just calculate your earn ings, multiply by a fraction and send a check. Riding this concept, Foibes recently vaulted into second place in the GOP race. President Bill Clinton, the only candidate not supporting some form of a flat tax system, is sure to attack it during the cam paign. Foibes’ stump speech is void of ap plause lines except for his mantra on the current tax system: “Scrap it, kill it, bum it, bury it and drive a stake through its heart to make sure that it’s dead.” His plan would cut the number of de ductions and credits that make up the tax code. He would apply a 17 percent tax to income from salaries, wages and pensions. The only deductions would be an esti mated $13,000 standard deduction and a $5,400 deduction for dependents. Towns, UNC Discuss Future of Tract BYAMYCAPPIELLO STAFF WRITER A development firm which is directing the long-range expansion of the University held an informal public work session Wednesday night at the Friday Center. Johnson, Johnson and Roy, the firm contracted by UNC to develop the Horace Williams and Mason Farm land tracts, discussed faculty housing, transportation, infrastructure and plan flexibility with lo cal community leaders. The purpose of the session was to ad dress the questions of Canboro and Chapel Hill advisory panels and residents, said Brace Runberg, UNC association vice chancellor for facilities management. The University has contracted JJR to develop a long-range plan for the Mason Farm and Horace Williams tracts, which lie to the southeast and north of UNGs. main campus. The Htirace Williams tract will most** likely house all major University expan sions. Youth Angst TTfeMll'l ij [ VHj : | , H-Jl- ■jj-mi* Ijl §J HI ;|jff ImM Hi DTH/KATHERINE BROWN Joe Hensley reads his original writing at the Youth Angst Society meeting in the Bull's Head Bookshop on Wednesday. Employee Forum Addresses, Questions UNC Winter Weather Policy! BY JIM NICKS STAFF WRITER Students are not the only ones with the recent winter storm on their minds. When the Employee Forum met on Wednesday, it was the main order of business. Chief of Staff Elson Floyd responded to criticism leveled against the way the Uni versity handled and distributed closing in formation about the storm which hit in early January. “The fact ofthe matter is no matterwhat UNIVERSITY & CITY Deductions for mortgage interest, chari table donations or state and local taxes would be eliminated. Despite criticism for his unrelenting stance on deductions, Foibes won’t budge. “Once you allow one deduction, eveiyone clamors for others,” he has said. “Flat tax” is really a misnomer. It elimi nates the current five-tier system, but re places it with two tiers: zero tax on a family of four’s first $36,000, and 17 percent on everything more. The Treasury Depart ment estimates that 21 percent would raise the same revenue as the current income tax. Forbes’ plan shields investment income from any tax. He reasons that the increase in disposable income would stimulate the economy to record gains. The increased revenue would replace any disparity in the taxes collected. The economic boom would help solve America’s economic and social problems, according to Foibes. Is the flat tax an economic elixir and a social panacea? The flat tax, as proposed by the Repub lican candidates, is disingenuous and al most misleading, said UNC economics professor Michael Salemi. The alleged simplicity of the proposal bothers Salemi. “Simplicity is awfully ap pealing. But every program has complica tions and loopholes.” Forbes’ flat tax system only addresses the idea of stimulated growth in abstract ways, Salemi said. “There’s no quantita tive reasoning behind the predicted record growth rate.” See FIAT TAX, Page 10 Discussion of the proposed University Village, a faculty and employee housing development, led the evening’s discussion. University Village, located within the tract, is a project known as a mixed-use area. The area will combine faculty housing, research centers, office buildings and commercial buildings. “What we want to do is make the area self-sufficient,” said Jim Christman, one of the main representatives of JJR. “The area would have its heaviest concentrations within a five-minute walk. The majority of the density would be at the core." The representatives, however, could not give a clear view as to the organization of University Village. “It all depends,” Christman said.-“We don’t know what the demand will be for people to live in the central core as opposed to being more independent,” Another issue feeing the panels’ is the proposed mode of transportation to and from the tract. JJR is currently researching which transportation mode will be most effective, Transportation Consultant we do, there will be some confusion,” he said. Floyd suggested that all employees re-read the University’s adverse weather policy again. Floyd also discussed two ways the Chancellor's office was considering to pub licize information in the future about ad verse weather conditions. The first pro posed system, which has already encoun tered technical problems, would be to have a phone service set up, Floyd said. The service could be included on the telephonic registration system Caroline, he said. How Steve Forbes' Proposed Flat Tax Would Work Steve Forbes’ proposed flat tax plan has garnered him a plethora of media attention. Under his plan, taxes would vary according to income and number of people in a family. The proposed plan would allow $13,000 in yearly ♦: income per adult in a family and $5,000 per child to go untaxed. Seventeen cents for each dollar beyond the fiat income allowed would be taxed. Under the plan, only non-investment income is subject to be taxed. IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Hj Yearly Income M Taxes due 120 -_ r I 60 40 msssi | ■ Ta sr fl : r 20 L-JH | H income) 0 m± m i m± mm ■ i tsr Us: Use H&r fj=- SOURCE: US. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND STEVE FORBES’ PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PLATFORM DTH/CHRIS HRKMAN AND DANIEL NBLOO: George Alexious said. Panelists asked how JJR planned to modify the infrastructure on the land tracts. “We’re not assuming the need for any road improvements outside of the tract,” said Alexious. Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Capowski said he was concerned about getting roads built quickly within the de velopment. “What we need to do is build as much infrastructure as possible at once so that all the mess is caused for a minimum amount of time,” Capowski said. Christman said he believed the infra structure needed to be built piece by piece. “Of course, we always need to anticipate,” he said. “However, we won’t build the whole system at once.” Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf said not knowing the exact outcome of the construction plans concerned her. “The reason for planning is so we can controlitovertime,” shesaid. “Itseemsto me that the value for this effort is if it has value for the coming decade.” Numerous Residents Seek Gun Permits! BY RICHARD RAY STAFF WRITER The first legally concealed handguns will hit the streets of Chapel Hill by early March. On Dec. 1, North Carolina en acted legislation permitting gun owners to apply for concealed handgun permits. The application process takes 90 days, mean ing the first permits will be issued at the end of this month. Crime Prevention Officer for Orange County Archie Daniel said the application process has two steps. Applicants first fill out a county applica tion. After a background check, they must fill out an extensive state application re quiring a 90-day waiting period for ap proval. “State law says anyone in North Caro lina can come to their county sheriffs de partment and apply for state approval to carry a concealed handgun,” Daniel said. “They pay a S9O fee and get fingeiprinted, Hopefuls Strive to Stay Within Spending Limits BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT STAFF WRITER After the first few days in February, the campaign posters adorning campus class rooms seem more numerous than \StuJmt the stars dotting Jr the wintei sky. TtlOllS But, unlike the 96 heavenly bodies, the campaign posters do have a finite limit. The posters are the major costs of running a campaign and since 1972, student gov ernment has limited the amount of money which can be spent on any campus cam paign. Student body president and Carolina Athletic Association presidential candi dates cannot spend over S4OO, while candi The other suggestion Floyd made was setting up a code system to deal with ad verse weather. The status of the University and whether it was open would be defined by three codes, Floyd said. The University would report these codes to the media, which would broadcast un der which code the University was operat ing, Floyd said. He suggested that all em ployees could receive memos on the codes and that students could be taught this in formation during orientation. After Chairwoman Ann Hamner’s re Many Safety Programs Already in Progress BY NATALIE NEIMAN STAFF WRITER Candidates for student body president should contact University Police before promising in creased campus safety because many of their ideas are already under way, said JMmtions owl I Crime Prevention Officer Angela Cannon. “I truly wish these candidates would get in contact with me before they make these platforms,” she said. “If anyone of these folks wouldtalk to the Campus Safety Committee, they would know that we do have student representatives on tfilffcom mittee.” In their platforms, student body presi- then they have to wait 90 days to get a permit from the state.” Daniel said handgun owners must at tend a training session before they can get a permit. He said state-approved instruc tors teach the sessions. The first Orange County application was completed Dec. 2. Since then, 268 people have applied in the county. Daniel said 150 of these have finished the applica tion process and are waiting to hear from the state. The state requires a 90-day waiting pe riod for an extensive background check of all applicants. He said virtually any past felony will prevent a person from being approved. Terrie Gale, police attorney for the Chapel Hill Police Department, said even those owners obtaining permits to cany concealed handguns must adhere to sev eral restrictions. Concealed weapons are prohibited on schoolgrounds, town property, state-main dates for Residence Housing Association president, Graduate and Professional Stu dents Federation president, and senior class officers are restricted to $250. Candidates running for congressional seats in districts with one seat can spend no more than S4O; candidates in districts with two seats are limited to S6O, and those in districts with three seats may spend no more than SBO. Spending limits may seem better-suited for governors’ races and federal elections; but former Student Body President Rich ardEpps, 1972-73, requested spending lim its after he was elected. At the time, he said UNC was the only school in the UNC system that had “pro fessional spending campaigns.” In Octo ber 1972, the Student Legislature put the first spending limits on the books, limiting candidates for any campus office to spend port, the meeting moved back to the topic of inclement weather. The first subject dealt with adopting resolutions within the forum to publicly thank the employees who kept the Univer sity operating during the most recent bout with winter weather. The forum decided that in order to include everyone who helped, it would adopt a blanket resolution thanking all staff members who came to work and helped out during the storm. The forum then debated a petition cre ated by a group of employees which called Thursday, February 8,1996 dent candidates Lee Conner, Aaron Nelson and Michael Farmer said they wanted to increase or improve the lighting on cam pus. According to Cannon, campus safety officials have already addressed the issue. “We’re already doing that, ” she said. “We went through and did lighting surveys of the campus. We’re working with increas ing the lighting now.” Farmer said he wanted to expand on information gathered during the lighting surveys. “We want to use the suggestions from the lighting tour to take to the Build rngs and Grounds Committeeandget those lights installed,” he said. .*.*! ..J Lights need to be installed behind* Morrison Residence Hall and by the Al- See PLATFORMS, Page 4 tained property and federal property. £ “If you cany a weapon onto school grounds, whether you have a permit or not makes no difference,” she said. Owners also cannot take concealed, weapons into banks, assemblies with ad mission fees, places where alcohol is sold and consumed and businesses posting no tices against concealed weapons. “There is also zero tolerance for alco hol,” Gale said. “You may not cany concealed weapon or have any alcohol in your body. And if approached by a lawr enforcement officer, you are required to . tell the officer immediately that you are' carrying a concealed firearm.” To purchase a handgun in Orange County requires a purchase permit. This permit is issued by the sheriff’s department' at a fee of $5 and requires about 10 days tcr ; process. Daniel said 87 or 88 people have received purchase permits this year, and this number has increased since the new legislation. ing no more than S2OO. Twenty five years ago, those limits were as controversial, but today candidates say they adjust their campaigns accordingly. Annie Shuart, Elections Board Chair woman, said in past elections most candi dates had come close to the limits. “Some body always gets close,” she said. “People have told me that candidates go over the limit. I have looked at past financial state ments, and unless they (candidates) art lying, they usually don’t go over. ” : Student body president hopeful Lee Conner said the limits were not a major restriction on the campaign. However, he said he would like to print more posters addressing the issues and explaining his platform. See SPENDING, Page 10 for action against a rale forcing staff mem bers to make up any time missed when the University canceled classes Jan. 12. The group sponsoring the petition asked the forum to submit it to Chancellor Michael Hooker and proper state government au thorities. As of Wednesday, the petition had not been circulated, Hamner said. The forum eventually decided to for ward the petition to Delegate Helen Ivason and the public affairs committee before deciding on future action. 3
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