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sfl* Sail}} (Ear Brrl BRIEFS Stories from the University and Chapel HiU Visiting Professor Wins Award for Radio Series David Dunaway, a visiting professor in the English department, received the Na tional Federation of Community Broad casters’ Silver Reel Award for his original radio series “Writing the Southwest.” Dunaway, who is a professor at the University of New Mexico, was honored at a ceremony in San Francisco earlier in February. Dunaway spent five years producing and researching his series, which was pre pared with the assistance of a national panel of scholars. The panel included Joseph Flora, a pro fessor at UNC and the former chairman of the English department here. “Writing the Southwest” consists of 13 half-hour literary-history documentaries and airs on 90 radio stations from Miami to Anchorage. Bartner to Speak as Kyser Guest Lecturer Saura Bartner, the first Carroll Kyser Guest Lecturer at UNC, will ins tract gradu ate students in the dramatic arts about how to maximize their vocal and physical per formances. The $50,000 endowed lectureship was established in 1994 in memory of Kyser. The leadership provides salaries forguest artists and theater training specialists to teach long-term and short-term workshop classes in the professional actor training program in the department of dramatic art. Kyser guest lecturers introduce students preparing for acting careers to a broad range of techniques. The fund guarantees that students in the program will benefit from exposure to cur rent practices of the professional theater. Kyser, who began working with Play Makers Repertory Company and the department of dramatic art in the mid 1980s, died in 1993. Interim Provost to Speak To Women Faculty Interim Provost Richardßichardson will speak Thursday to the Association of Women Faculty and Professionals in the Toy Lounge at 4 p.m. The lounge is on the fourth floor of Dey Hall. Cause of Feb. 20 Barn Fire Still Under Investigation Local fire departments are still investi gating the cause of a Feb. 20 bam fire located at 2209 Homestead Road. Orange County Fire Marshall Mike Tapp said an investigation into the myste rious fire is continuing. The bam, which was built during the 19705, was owned by C.Y. Tilson. The bam was being used as a storage facility for four families. According to estimates by the owner and officials, the fire did between $20,000 and $25,000 damage. Commission for Women to Host Business Forum The Orange County Commission for Women will host a round table discussion among women business owners entitled “Troubleshooting Employee Performance Problems.” The round table will be held on March 6 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the Chapel Hill Senior Center at the Galleria at 400 S. Elliott Road. Elaine Holmes, Director of Orange County government’s Personnel Depart ment, and Eleanor Green, Training and Employment Relations Manager for Or ange County, will be the featured speakers and will address employee performance and issues of conduct within the work place. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 8:00 a.m. Registration is free. Participants should register by calling the Orange County Commission for Women at 967-9251. School to Celebrate African-American History “Recognizing a Valuable Past: Spring board to the Future,” is the theme of a series of events celebrating the contribu tions and achievements of African-Ameri cans in the area. Thursday, the Lincoln Center will host an exhibit focusing on the local African- American history of Lincoln Junior/Se nior High School Northside Elementary and Orange County Training School. James Peace, former principal of Northside Elementary and Esther McCauley, president ofLincoln, Northside and Orange County Training School Alumni Association will show slides of the academic program and activities of former students. The exhibit opens at 6 p.m. and the slide show will begin at 7 p.m. Group Focuses on Planning Study The town council has sponsored a work shop to identify the key issues of parties in downtown Chapel Hill. The workshop class has been preparing a report for the town council, which will be presented in March. The workshop will conclude with a com munity input session to be held tonight at 7 p.m. in council chambers. FROM STAFF REPORTS Review’s Radio Program Blasts Hooker, Nelson BYJAYMOYE ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDFTOR Executives of the Carolina Review used the radio airwaves Monday to criticize Chancellor Michael Hooker for his de nouncement of the Feb. 14 issue of Re view, which he called “deeply offensive.” Charlton Allen, publisher of the Re view, and Layout Editor Jonathan Jordan appeared on WPTF’s “Tom Joyner Show” to discuss the Review’s Feb. 14 issue, in which Student Body President-Elect Aaron Nelson was depicted with horns and a Finance Committee Budget Recommendations The Student Finance Committee recommended the following for 1996-97 funding. Organization Raquact Received Percentage Received Elections Board $2,000 $2,000 100% American Society for Information Sciences $660 $660 84.85 Labi Theatre $10,150 $9,090 89.56 Alliance of Black Grad 6 Professional Students $22,800 $14,025 61.61 NAACP $12,320 $4,850 39.37 UNOJapan Club $1,700 $1,650 91.18 Newman Catholic Center $3,322 $1,240 37.33 Unites $460 $390 84.78 Arnold Air Society $451 SBS 18.87 Great Decisions $3,500 $l3O 3.71 The Catalyst $2,200 $2,200 100 Asian Student Association $8,130 $7,640 93.97 Haverim $3,561 $2,690 75.54 Student Congress $5,066 $5,135.98 101.38 Health Sciences Living and Learning SIOO sllO 110 Executive Branch $27,237 $23,377 85.83 Association of International Students $3,880 $3,615 93.17 Students for America $22,455 $15,655 69.72 Overcomers of America $6,492 $1,772 27.30 Student Supreme Court $220 $220 100 Pauper Players $2,400 $2,400 100 Women's Issues Network $1,215 $1,025 84.36 Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship $5,500 $5,500 100 Vietnamese Student Association $3,070 $3,070 100 African Student Association $2,640 $1,850 70.08 The Zeitgeist $2,300 SIBOO 7826 Kallisti $1,860 $1,860 100 Concept of Colors $4,450 $2,625 58.99 Carolina Production Guild $10,974 $5,260 47.93 SEAC $1,500 $930 62 Carolina Quarterly $5,565 $4,800 86.25 Sangam $4,980 $3,210 64.46 American Arab Anti-Discrimination League $2,310 $1,910 82.68 Hillel $3,939 $3,209.34 81.47 Yackety-Yack $21,506 $16,388 75.97 Campus Clowns f SIBO SIBO 100 Carolina Academic Team $1,600 $6 0 N.C. Student Legislature $350 S2OO 57.14 Carolina Teaching Fellows $750 S7OO 93.33 CHispA $3,095 $2,280 73.67 UNC-CH Classics Club $3,930 $1,200 30.53 Black Student Movement -$43,000 $16,366 38.06 B-GLAD $2,535 $1,855 73.18 Judicial Branch $10,378 SSBOO 5685 Students for Children $1,305 S6OO 4598 CARLS. $3,550 $l,lBO 33.24 SOURCE: FINANCE COMMITTEE DTHIALANA SMITH ALE Storms Chapel Hill Bars in Weekend Crackdown ■ Seven local bars and 79 people have been cited for violations since Thursday. BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT STAFF WRITER Alcohol Law Enforcement Agents and the Chapel Hill police issued various cita tions to bar patrons and employees this past weekend. John Simmons, District ALE Supervi sor, said 79 people were airested on 82 charges. There were also 11 ABC viola tions committed by local businesses. Cheap Shots, Last Call, Players, Pan tana Bob’s, Bub O'Malley’s, Ground Hog Tavern and Droopy’s all received citations. Simmons said the operation was mainly concerned with the selling of alcohol to underaged people. “The vast majority of arrests involved selling alcohol to underaged persons, giv ing alcohol to underaged persons, underagedpossessionofalcoholanduseof fictitious identification documents,” he said. Cynthia Shaffer, owner of Bub O’ Malley’s, said two of her employees were Chapel Hi Resident Struck by Car STAFF REPORT Chapel Hill resident Carolyn Oakes was struck by a car as she crossed Hillsborough Street nearits intersection with North Street at approximately 8:51 p.m. Monday. Chapel Hill Police Sergeant Dennis Jor dan said the victim was transported to UNC Hospitals. Hospital officials said Oakes was in the operating room at press time but details of her condition were unknown. The driver of a grey Plymouth sedan with a Florida license plate stopped at the scene and was taken to the police station for questioning, Jordan said. The car was traveling towards Rosemary Street. Oakes was crossing the street with her husband, Holly, when she was struck, said Dr. Arthur Finn, whose house is directly in front of the accident site. Holly Oakes, who lives near the intersection, was unin jured, Finn said. Finn said he had stepped out the back door of his house when he heard a sound "like a car hitting another car.” Finn said he called the police. Finn, who is a doctor at UNC Hospi tals, said Oakes was “severely injured.” Oakes was unconscious and not breathing when he arrived on the scene, he said. Finn said Oakes had a pulse. Emergency personnel quickly arrived and attended to Oakes, Finn said. Finn said the driver of the Plymouth was a young male who told Finn he had graduated from the University last May. “It’s very hard to see cars coming up that hill” at night, Finn said. UNIVERSITY & CITY pitchfork and was criticized for letting his religion (Judaism) interfere with his voting in Student Congress. The program also addressed the Feb. 21 letter sent to Hooker signed by 22 Jewish professors at UNC. The memo asked Hooker to “censure the magazine in the strongest possible terms.” Allen and Jor dan said they did not believe all of the professors had actually read the issue. “They’re more concerned with what we’re doing because we’re coming from a conservative point of view,” Allen said. Allen, Jordan and Joyner criticized cited Thursday night for serving alcohol to underaged people. She said this weekend was the fim time the ALE had issued citations at Bub’s. Shaffer said the ALE bust would ulti mately affect business. “I think the mere presence of the ALE will keep underaged drinkers away,” she said. She said that although there were many people in the bar, ID’s were checked. Underaged people probably showed the incorrect identification to her employees and the correct one to the ALE agents, Shaffer said. “I know when my employees said they checked all ID’s, they did,” she said. “I have no other reason but to believe this.” Players, Last Call and Ground Hog Tavern received citations for breaking laws governing private clubs. Simmons said that in order for a business to be able to sell liquor by the drink, it had to be classified as a restaurant, hotel or a private club. “Most people in Chapel Hill are able to sell liquor by the drink as a result of being a private club,” he said. Simmons said this weekend clubs were taking money and allowing people in with out proper membership. Some private clubs sold memberships at the door and then let the patron inside. The ‘Choose or Lose ’96’ Campaign Rocks UNC Voters BY JAIME KOWEY STAFF WRITER The MTV “Choose or Lose ’96” bus left 429 newly-registered voters at UNC when it rolled out of Union Circle Monday after noon. For three hours filled with sunshine and music, student volunteers worked in con junction with an MTV staff to register students on campus and to give them some information on the political process and the upcoming election as part of the “Choose or Lose ’96” campaign. MTV brought their red, white and blue bus, television screens, computer survey terminals, and lots and lots of voter regis tration forms. Shannon Stamey, a sophomore from Woodbridge, volunteered to register vot ers, and she said she got the impression people were really excited about the event. “I’m getting a little sun and registering some voters,” Stamey said. “The van gets their attention; they wander this way, and we tackle them.” Student Body President Calvin Cunningham said student government played a facilitative role in bringing the MTV “Choose or Lose ‘96” campaign to campus. They worked in conjunction with the Division of Student Affairs to work out the details of the bus’ arrival. “We badly need to be a voting genera tion,” Cunningham said. “MTV’s efforts are only going to help empower our gen eration.” Cunningham said MTV challenged UNC to beat the record they set at Univer sity of Colorado at Boulder, where 485 students were registered to vote in a three hour period. UNC fell short of the goal by 56 registrations, but will be ranked second in the nation by MTV. JaimeUzeta, field coordinator for Rock Hooker for denouncing the issue. “Mr. Hooker is approaching this from a pure liberal bias,” Allen said. “And that’s a characteristic that he has had throughout his personal life and political and educa tional career. It’s not surprising.” Allen noted that Hooker, while serving as president of the University of Massa chusetts, donated $5,000 of his office's funds for a speaker honorarium to Louis Fanakhan, the Nation of Islam leader who has been accused as being anti-Semitic. “If Mr. Hooker wants to point a finger at anti- Semitism, he needs to start with himself,” Annual Budget Process Sets New Precedents BY REINO MAKKONEN STAFF WRITER With student groups based on political or religious orientation eligible for annual funding for the first time, the Student Con gress Finance Committee passed its rec ommended 1996-97 budget over the week end. The proposed budget passed by the Fi- nance Committee will go before Stu dent Congress March 16-17. “This is my third year on Finance Committee budget hearings, and it’s absolutely the best budget I’ve ever been able to present,” said Fi nance Committee Chairwoman Julie Gasperini. The U.S. Su preme Court ruled Finance Committee Chairwoman JUUE GASPARINI said the committee set many precedents this year. this summer, in Rosenberger vs. Univer sity of Virginia Board of Visitors, that stu dent groups could not be denied funding based on religious or political orientation. Following the decision, Student Congress revised the Student Code, enabling many partisan organizations to receive an alloca DTH FILE PHOTO ALE Agents and Chapel Hill police have increased patrolling of underage drinking. This past weekend there were 79 people arrested on 82 charges. law requires a three-day waiting period between the purchase of a membership and use of it, Simmons said. “The majority of these clubs failed to abide by the law,” Simmons said. “They must comply with the law or surrender Rock the Vote , K 9 MTV s "Choose or Lose' stud9nt votw ‘ campaign visited UNC Monday. The i 9 je goal was to register more students than the University of Colorado, the leader in number of students registered. UNC signed slightly fewer, but is second in the nation nonetheless. Number University of students University of Colorado 485 UNC 429 the Vote, a non-profit, non-partisan orga nization that works closely with MTV, said it was the organization’s goal to ad dress every aspect of the political process. “We find students who are excited and concerned and looking for an avenue,” Uzeta said. “We tiy to make a connection between issues they care about and the voting process.” Most students that got involved in the event described the whole scene as "cool.” The bus parked in the Union Circle Park ing Lot was red, white and blue and adorned with popular song lyrics like these from Run DMC’s “King of Rock”: “Now we rock the party and come correct... Got the right to vote and will elect.” MTV also grabbed the attention of passers-by with television monitors play ing popular music videos and clips from MTV presidential candidate interviews. “What I want to know is where’s Tabatha Soren,” asked Angela Mancuso, a freshman from Potomac, Md. “Why isn’t she here?” Mancuso had already registered to vote, Allen said. Hooker could not be reached for com ment. Joyner solicited members of his listen ing audience throughout the program to call in and contribute money to “help keep the conservative voice alive at UNC. ” Last week, Allen removed the Review’s posi tion from the student government process because he said pressure to tamper with the content of his magazine was being applied by the University. During the hour-and-a-half program, Allen and Jordan fielded call-in questions tion of student fees. University groups such as The Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship, Kallisti and The Catalyst magazine stand to re ceive 100 percent of their requested fund ing come March. “It’s very easy to tell when someone is presenting a poor budget and when one is realistic, and they pre sented us with very good budgets," Gasperini said. However, other student groups weren’t as fortunate the Black Student Move ment received only 38 percent of its re quested $43,000 budget. “We didn’t entirely expect to get all of the funding that we requested, ” BSM Presi dent Ladell Robbins said. “But the point that I tried to get across to the committee is that $16,366 isn’t nearly enough for us to operate at our usual standards.” Robbins added that the BSM normally receives $22,000t0 $25,000 in annual funds, an amount barely enough for the group to provide proper service to all members. “I think Student Congress is being very fis cally conservative this year due to all the concerns raised over fiinding last semes ter,” Robbins said. Gasperini said the committee did not focus on the overall amount of the BSM’s request. “We did (the BSM) budget blindsightedly, as far as we dealt with it See FINANCE, Page 5 their privilege to sell liquor by the drink.” Simmons said the weekend’s operation was a successful joint effort by the ALE and Chapel Hill police. Approximately 10 agents and 20 police officers took part in the crackdown, he said. ii „ , ... _. . . DTH/ERIKPEREL Hampton Stephens, a junior from Birmingham, Ala., registers to vote in front of the MTV ‘Choose or Lose '96' bus, part of the Rock the Vote campaign. but took time to experiment with the kiosk, a computer terminal that surveyed stu dents on who they would vote for, what issues they thought were important and various concerns. “It’s important for politicians to find out what our generation cares about and to act accordingly,” Mancuso said. She said because MTV was so popular on campus, it was good for them to make the connec tion between music and youth voters. Dave Anderson, tour manager for “Choose or Lose,” said there are a lot of people at UNC who are attracted to poli tics and there are a lot of people who are turned off. “We want to hear from people and let them know there’s a lot a stake,” Anderson said. “Unless you get involved and stay involved, you’re not going to get treated any better than any other couch potato.” The bus is anew experiment for “Choose Tuesday, February 27,1996 from Nelson and Speaker of Student Con gress Roy Granato—calls that ended with flurries of accusatory dialogue. Nelson argued that the Review article did not give complete details of his voting record. “I think the Review has every right to publish what they want, but I just wanted to say that they’ve been factually incor-. rect,” he said. Nelson said he voted ini-i dally against funding oflnterVarsity Chris tian Fellowship because of its closed-mem? bership policy. IVCF later became an open organization. Therefore, Nelson said he then voted in favor of funding it. Faculty Reacts To Kenan Salary Hubbub; ■ Professors had mixed feelings about the recent remarks by the chancellor. BY JOHN G JOHNSON II STAFF WRITER Faculty concern has continued to ris£ because of Chancellor Michael Hooker’S recent response to faculty, regarding their salaries and the hiring of four new Kenan, professors. On Friday, Hooker said the reported $125,000 to $140,000 salary range for the Kenan professorships should have only been attributed to science professors and; their lab equipment and set-up costs. ~ Steve Levine, chairman of the curricu- - lum in Russian and East European studies,. said he believed Hooker’s remarks were-’ publicity-centered and unreasonable. “(Hooker) is basically trying to dig him self out of a hole,” Levine said. “I’m glad to see that the chancellor said that he misspoke himself.” Levine said the figures Hooker stated as~ salaries for science professors were unrea- .• sonable because of the high cost of labs. ; Lawrence Gilbert, Kenan professor of: biology, said sciences were different as far ; as costs, and that all of the figures were not real and had not been decided on yet.a “There really isn’t anything to say at the. - moment. It’s right at the beginning,” he.: said. “I think the chancellor was quite right > in saying that the figures are not set and 2 that no decisions have been made.” ■'< Gilbert saidHookeT was going to get the 1 best professors he could. “At many univer sides around the country, the averase sal- fo r J.PTO%|PA ’WPfljafi he said. My lab costs $200,000 to $300,000 a year-, to run. Scientists get money from outside-* grants. The majority of the funding comes form external funding. ” *. Levine said, if anything, teaching assis- 2 tants’ salaries should be increased because j of the overuse of those individuals. 2 Arne Kalleberg, chairman of the sociol- *. ogy department and Kenan professor, said he thought Hooker had made an honest'* mistake with the salary recommendations, ~ and the problem occurred when the num- - bers were thrown around. “This was a range that was for hard: > science faculty. It was my understanding* that these were never salary figures,”A Kalleberg said. Kalleberg said he believed the chancel>a lor recognized the need for improvements-! in faculty salaries and handled the situa-; tion as well as he could. “It made me more comfortable about j it,” he said. “I think he recognizes and : intends to do something about the low '• faculty salaries.” or Lose. ” Anderson said it first left on tour last month. He said turn out was usually location dependant, and even though the Union Circle was a decent location, he wished there was someway the bus could have climb the stairs and parked in the Pit. Some interesting things had happened since the bus first started touring. “There have been some exciting moments techni cally when the bus wasn’t working the way it should have,” Anderson said. Rock the Vote was founded in 1990 as a response by the music industty to the cen sorship issue. Uzeta said Rock the Vote was working on installing a 1-800 number for people to - register to vote over the phone. He said the August issues of Rolling Stone and Vibe magazine will probably contain a voter registration form as a result of Rock the Vote’s efforts. 3
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