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12 Thursday, February 29,1996 (Tlt? latlg (Tar Uni Thanasos Camkois EDfTOR Mirt McCoDim MANAGING EDITOR Peter Roy W managing editor World Wide Web Electronic Edition; http://www.unc.edu/dth | > 1 I KeOy Jo Gamer ELECTRONIC EDITOR I Established 1893 103 Years of Editorial Freedom BOARD EDITORIALS Caveat Voter Welcome to student government, Aaron Nelson. So far, Student Body President-elect Nelson has tackled his new post with gusto. He has already been working with his transition team to put out newly revised applications for Student Government positions. He has spoken with Chancellor Michael Hooker to solidify plans for a University Council and an ambassa dorprogram with the state legislature. He should be commended for his actions ... so far. Nelson’s initiative shows he means to take his job seriously and plans to do something in Suite C. He should not get so bogged down in high power lunches and coalition meetings that he forgets to represent the students who elected him. He ran as the voice of the students and should hold to that positive promise. Nelson must make sure he sticks to his cam paign platform once he takes office in April. The heady power of his position could divert him from his original goals. He obtained these goals by interviewing thousands of students and can not forget their interests once he is inaugurated. If Nelson receives the stipend proposed by current Student Body President Calvin Cunningham, he should be wary of letting it go A Good Ram He Was Friends, Alums, Tar Heel Persons: We come not to bury Rameses, but to praise him. Rameses XXVI was a good ram, a talented ram and a joy to behold as he pranced around the football field with cheerleaders and fans alike. Rameses XXVI was murdered viciously last Sunday by unknown assailants. UNC will never again share their joyous victories and rue their crushing defeats with the faithful ram. Some maladjusts or hungry vagrants decided to take Rameses XXVTs life in the pursuit of their next meal. He did not die a hero’s death, but that does not mar the service he has provided faithfully for the past year. Rameses had only seen two-and-a-half years of the world, but perhaps it was better that he could close his eyes forever to his surroundings: a university that continues to have live mascots though most peer institutions have stopped the- BAROMETER Beer Patriots, Ho! A salute to all the exotic places students will visit over Spring Break that don't have an open-container law - so long as the Alcohol Law Enforcement troopers don't track them down and nab their fake IDS, that is.. i The Real Thing The next time crafty thieves try to suppress a political statement by stealing The Carolina Review, they should instead go straight to the horse's mouth. Why settle for 1500 copies of Charlton Allen's words when you can have the real thing? i BuainMs and Advancing: Kevin Schwartz. director/general manager; Chrissy Mennrtt advertising director; Leslie Humphrey, classified ad managacletsuo Matsuda, business manager; Ashley Widis. advertising manager Buakieea Staff; Lisa Reichle. assistant to die general manager; Grace Consacro. assistant manager. ClaaeHied Advertising: Michelle Byrd, assistant manager; Wendy Holmes and Rachel Lomasz. sales Aseiatant Editors: Melissa MHios. arts/diversions Laura Godwin and Suzanne Wood, city; Catherine Biair and Lily Thayer, copy; Jim Webb, design; Chris Yates, editorial page; Marshall Benbow and Melissa Steele, features; Daniel Niblock, graphics; Jason Kirk and Kathleen Oehier. photo; Todd Graff. Alec Morrison and Joe Rolison, sports; Erica Beshears. state and national; Jamie Griswold and Jay Moye. university. Arts/Dhraraions: Todd Gilchrist music editor Wendy Mitchell and Nicole Quenelle, senior writers. Jennifer Ahari. Jen Ashlock. Kristin Eaton, Steven Ferrara, Alicia Hawley. Jonathan Howie. Aziz Huq, Claire Jams, Kacey Kinard, Dan Kois. Brent Simon. Barry Summerlin. Lily Thayer and Brian Truitt Cartoon: Jason Brown. Jay Hardy. Brian Kahn. Robin Unahan and Joel Tesch City: Diane Blackman. Luther Caldwell. Amy Cappiolo. MaryXathryn Craft Todd Darting. Kate Harrison. Margo Hasselman. Vic Hendrickson. Leslie Kendrick. Karyn Mitchell. Angela Moore. Gibson Pate. Richard Ray. David Simoneaux, Hilary Sparrow and Jennifer Zahren. Copy: Jennifer Ahari. Sara Bidgood. Catherine Blair. Jodie Cook. Lorelei Costa. Courtney Everett Jin Fekfstein. Bizabeth Gardner. Claiborne Hancock. Victor Hendrickson. Dory Jenkins. Michael Kanarek. Korey Kamos, Scott MacDonald. Beverly Morgan. The editorials are approved by the majority of the editorial board, which is composed of the editor, editorial page editor and seven editorial writers The Daly Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp.. a nonprofit North Carolina corporation. Mondayfnday, according to the University calendar Calers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1163 between 8:30 am. and 6 pm. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0246/0246. to his head. This stipend rewards him for his work, but it also makes him more accountable. Nelson may have a fondness for coalitions, but he must be realistic about what they can accomplish. .Answering to too many special in terest groups could mean having less time for issues affecting all students. He should lead with a strong hand and not cater to every group. When representing the student body, Nelson should remember he himself is a student. He must never bow to stuffed shirts by canying a briefcase. Ifhe wears his backpack with pride, he will relate better to his constituents and show legislators and administrators that he deserves respect as a student rather than as their clone. Petty partisan politics can also cause turmoil. If Nelson drags any vendettas to Suite C he will have made his job more difficult. He should not discredit his office and Student Government by allowing silly grudges to affect his actions. Nelson has the opportunity to take his office to a higher level. His overwhelming support showed that students liked what he had to say and wanted to see the results of his promises. His time has come to live up to their expectations. Let’s hope he continues to do so. practice; a community that regretted his death more than any suicide, rape, murder or acciden tal death in the past year; and media so caught up in catering to public interest that his death made front-page news. Although the community is shocked into in action by the horrific loss of a dear member, Rameses would not want us spending precious moments on his passing. He would want us to go ahead with our lives and important issues, as he longed for Leon Johnson to forge down the field. Rameses, the brave soul, would tell us to focus on faculty salaries, increasing diversity on cam pus, augmenting the intellectual atmosphere and, of course, supporting our athletic teams (all of them Rameses once remarked that it was a shame no one saw him at women’s games). Rameses XXVI was a good ram, and we mourn his untimely death. Dean Made It & ~ V|lb' t Rock the Voters lljgP THE DAILYTAR HEEL Business & Advertising Stiff representatives. Customer Service: Dodie Brodsky, Angela Caruso, Tamara Deloatch, Melanie Feliciano, Melissa Levine, Rachel Lomasz, Jen Pilla and Julie Robertson, representatives. Display Advertising: Brendan Biamon, Elain Calmon, Aaron Henderlrte, Eileen Hintz. 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Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257 Jeanne For ate EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Bromten Gark university editor Nancy Fonti university editor Wendy Goodman city editor Robyn Tomlin Haeldey state 6 national editor James Lewis SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR Robbi Piekeral SPORTS EDITOR Michelle Crampton features editor Dean Hair ARTS/DIVERSIONS EDITOR Chanle LaGon COPY DESK EDITOR Courtney Pirer COPY DESK EDITOR Kristin Rohan DESIGN EDITOR Candi Lang PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Chris Kirkman GRAPHICS EDITOR Michael Webb editorial cartoon editor Amy Piniak writing coach Justin Williams STAFF DEVELOPMENT Yesterday marked birthday of one of UNC’s living idols - the namesake of the Dean Dome himself. Happy Birthday, Coach Smith. Maybe your players will give us all a birthday present in your honor at the ACC Tournament. It's too bad it takes MTV to get students to register to vote. Maybe there would be better voter turnout if Daisy Fuentas ran for the Republi can Presidential nomination. Anwav, whatever happened to the Randee of the Redwoods for President campaign? Robin Knight Tamara Reynolds and Jonri Scott Leslie Stephenson, Amy Waller and Barry Wyner, assistant account executives. Brendan Biamon, office assistant. Advertising Production: Beth Meinig, coordinator. Richard D. Allen, Cindy Henley and Jody Matthews, assistants. Newsclerk: Melanie Feliciano. Taylor and Sarah Youssef. Sports: Aaron Beard, David Boyd, Seth Brown, Brian Hamilton, Jonathan Kollar, Kimberly McCudden, Erin Parrish, Reuben Sack, Heidi C. Schmitt Jay Stone, Tate Sullivan, Lee Taft Kurt Tondorf, Frank Wang and Lisa Zaranek. Staff Development: Robin Berholz. Jen Fiumara, Sara Frisch, Mandy Hitchcock and Ty Johnson. State and National: Josh Ahn, Graham Brink. Lee Carmody, Amy Cook. Milena Fischer, Eric Flack, Erin GuiH, Tricia Johnson, Jaime Kowey, Jennifer Langell, Andrew Park. Paige Maxwell, Megan McLaughlin, Jay Murrie, James Palmer, Walter Palmer, Dawn Prince, Nicole Quenelle, Monika Ruef, Christina Smith, LeAnn Spradling, Renee Toy, Stephanie Willett Jennifer Wilson and Karri Zaremba. * University: Ruth Borland, Jennifer Burleson, Lillie Craton, Sharif Durhams, Molly Felmet Marissa Ferguson, Susan Hazeldean, Marva Hinton, Daira Jarrell, J.C. Johnson, Kerri Laz. Matt Ledercq, Erika Meyers, Joseph Miller, Natalie Neiman, Arunima Panda. David Park, John Patterson, Sharron Scott. Dave Snell, John Sweeney and Katie Tyson. Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager. DTH Online: Eddie Beiles, Steven Palmatier and Jason Purdy. Printing: Village Printing. Distribution: Martin Durrence. EDITORIAL Sports: Natural Expressions or Ritualistic Frenzy? With apologies to the industrious producers and collectors of “Hooker headlines,” Tuesday's paper produced the best head line (well, OK, subhead) yet: “Officials say the death of Rameses XXVI was not satanic or sports-related.” It’s not often that Satanism and sports find their way into the same discussion. We tend to compartmentalize and even polarize various aspects of our culture into different realms, fail ing to see their eerie affinities. Thus sports are usually seen as the distilled expression of the purely physical side of our nature, the arena wherein we exist most purely as human animals engaged in developing our natural selves. Athletics allow us a healthy escape from an overly technical, highly analyzed society, and if they nurture ideology (ideals of excellence, per sistence and strategy, for example), they do so in a healthy way by cultivating natural drives like competition. After all, don’tgirls whoplay sports get pregnant and drop out of school less often because their self-esteem is better? Isn’t a sound mind in a sound body the ideal human condi tion? Shouldn’t the human animal be all it can be? Sure. But you need not have been beaten to a pulp by British soccer thugs to observe that sports are also the focus of large-scale ritualized behaviors that are, directly or indirectly, violent, disturbing and mysterious. Not only can you get your aggressions out on the ball court without fear of assault charges, but if you’re a good enough player, you can inspire thousands to watch with rapt attention as you wreak violence that is rationalized by the highly structured cir cumstances under which it occurs. For instance, it’s fine to pound others, and even break their bones, provided they wear numbers on their backs and you pummel them on an oblong surface with lines drawn on it while a timer is counting the seconds. Not to mention the vio lent fervor ofworshipful fans. Whether Rameses the gazillionth was actually offed by rabid Duke Fans, or whether he was in fact gutted and quartered by an opportunistic barbecue fancier from rural Kentucky (where barbecued mutton is king), the theory that sports fans would mess- 6L JUST WANT i REMIND EVERY* *•£ THPfT A DEVIL tICATURE IS ■ necessarily Be INTENDED £ll* THE Don't Just Ban Handguns; Stop Screwdriver Crimes, Too TO THE EDITOR: I am writing a response to the article about the Screwdriver-Wielding Assailant (“Screw Driver-Wielding Assailant Holds Up Student on Campus,” Feb. 19). The terrifying assault frightens me because of the realization that crime is everywhere. The passage of the concealed handgun law bans handguns on University prop erty. Government, in its infinite wisdom, real ized crime can’t possibly occur on campus, so law-abiding citizens should not have the option of carrying a handgun. The thugs that mugged seven people on Saturday committed a violent act on University property. No-handgun signs force citizens to become vulnerable because criminals do not listen to signs. The thugs know that iflaw-abiding citizens are not carrying weap ons, then criminals are the only ones with hand guns. The great aspect of allowing citizens to carry handguns is the deterrence of crime. A mugger is going to think twice about pulling a knife if the possibility exists that the victim is armed. The ban hurts everybody, not just those who choose to carry handguns. My response to those who want to just ban handguns should we also ban all screwdriv ers? I bet that sounds pretty good to the out-of touch Chapel Hill Town Council. Is a sign with a picture of a gun with a slash though it going to prevent criminals from having a gun? It won’t because the slimes that rob and murder have a blatant disregard for law. You would be better off to just put up a sign with the word CRIME with a slash though it. If anyone puts up signs banning handguns to prevent crime then they believe that Hillary will be re-elected. Brian Ehrenjeld CLASS OF 1994 Insensitive Bombing Cartoon Showed Disrespect, Frivolity TO THE EDITOR; The Daily Tar Heel published an editorial cartoon which attempted to show the recent terrorist bombing in London in a more benevo lent, sit-com light (Feb. 20). It is disgraceful that an event in which people were killed and maimed can be equated with the mischievous doings of a “Family Matters” character. This insensitivity to the impact of the bombing is truly a blow to ily kill a sheep out of team loyalty merited police investigation. The sacred status of sports hostilities is part of early condi tioning. As the slow kid in gym class from early youth, last picked on the softball team and the butt of relay-team captains, I absorbed years of legal hazing three MARYADEVOTO | FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST times a week. It’s not that I grudge successful athletes due recognition; after all, school is full of rewards for intellectual ability. But even in the allegedly supervised arena of school sports, heap ing insults and even physical abuse on the oppos ing team or the weak members of one’s own team was practically authorized. Had I publicly sneered at classmates who got the wrong answer or yelled at a member of my spelling bee team for screwing up, I would have found myself in the principal’s office getting a lecture on coopera tion and mutual respect. But sports-related con tempt and abuse were privileged; the gym teach ers catcalled right along with the jocks. If you couldn’t take them in stride as part of the ritual, you were deemed dysfunctional. Sure, some sports are notoriously violent ritu als; tennis isn’t hockey, although, as we learned last Olympics, maybe figure-skating is. But while sports may MAY absorb and redeploy violent competitive energies that would other wise be used for bloodier sports like warfare, even the less violent ones evoke religiously ob sessive behavior. Why, for instance, is it so compellingly neces sary to watch a contest when the results will have absolutely no effect on one’s own life and will furthermore be entirely obsolete a day from now? Why the violent loyalty to a team whose relation to you consists entirely of the fact that they wear the name of your school or region on their uniform? Take my attachment to those perennial los ers, the Boston Red Sox. I was not bom in 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 number. Faculty and staff should include their title, department and phone number. The DTH reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity and vulgarity. Bring letters to the DTH office at Suite 104, Carolina Union, mail them to P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 or e-mail forum to dth@unc.edu. the credibility of the DTH staff. In the future, it will be difficult for me to view the DTH as anything but an exercise in frivolity. David A. Borasky, Jr. CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT Housekeepers Only Ask to Be Treated as Part of Community TO THE EDITOR: If housekeepers win, students win. Tadd Wilson’s pro-privatization editorial (“It’s in the Students’ Best Interest,” Feb. 19) does not un derstand this linkage nor withstand scrutiny. Wilson obviously read leisurely and guessed that any old economic model could be applied. But one should question Wilson’s argument. Because a housekeeper cleans whatever is dirty, and because those decisions are left to the housekeeper, Wilson’s argument that contract ing out leads to “local” decision-making is inap propriate. The local decision-maker is already the housekeeper. If worker morale is low, one should expect a decline in quality. The article makes no distinc tion between level and quality of services. With adequate monitoring, a private firm can main tain a “quality." But monitoring mechanisms cost money. Where is the efficiency the sav ings if there are such safeguards? Wilson’s argument would mean that the Uni- ®ljf Batly (Tar Heel Boston, have not lived there for seven yean and have been to only two Red Sox games in my life. What mystical phenomenon causes my emo tional state to fluctuate as I check the American League East standings, waiting for the inevitable mid-season dive? It can only be the Gods of sports, who are powerful enough deities to cause rioting in Brit ish stadiums and animal sacrifice at enlightened univereities. Mysteriously inspiring our loyalty, causing untold amounts of gold to fly about the planet in the service of contests whose outcomes have no intrinsic material results, they are a potent force directing our our primal selves, who live on in rituals that are ostensibly mere recre ation. The pre-Columbian stone ball-courts that still stand in South American jungles seem to have been used for ball games with religious significance, where the winners were sacrificed in the post-game ritual. Compared to that, a little sheep-slaughter seems a very gentle reminder of how close barbarity lies to the surface of play. From Hell to Breakfast, of course, thinks there are infinitely better reasons to sacrifice the flesh of sheep. But to avoid unpleasant repercussions and tough, stringy meat, buy your lamb chops at the supermarket. If Rameses’ murderer was indeed a rogue gourmet, I suspect he is still tom between the desire to marinate the mutton long enough to tenderize itandtheneedtogetridofthe evidence promptly. For young, tender lamb chops, you need only broil them, although I feel they are tastiest when slathered first with herbs, garlic and mustard. Lamb Chops with Mustard-Garlic Coating Crush two doves garlic. In a small bowl, combine with 11/2 Tb dijon mustard and 1 tsp soy sauce; beat in 3 Tb extra-virgin olive oil. Add 1/4 tsp ground thyme or rosemary. Coat both sides of two 8-oz shoulder chops with the mixture and let stand for 1/2 hour. Broil until medium rare. Serve with a salad and any kind of potatoes for a transcendent dinner. Marya DeVoto is a sixth-year graduate student in English. versity system should be privatized. The UNC system has limited resources and a bureaucracy that doesn’t always work well. Public education exists because the U.S. decided that education was necessary to create a well-informed citi zenry. Members of the Coalition for Economic Jus tice believe that economic justice is necessary for community building. The Greensboro sit-ins weren’t just about eating at a lunch counter with white folks. The sit-ins were about black people being regarded as full members of the commu nity. With membership come shared rights and shared responsibilities. The Housekeepers Movement asked simply that housekeepers and groundskeepers be re garded as members of the broader community. Perhaps this notion asks too much. After all, it requires that one regard a group that is largely black, female and poor as human beings. This notion is the same for those who sat behind the lunch counter; for those who sat in South Build ing to realize the vision of a free-standing Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center; for those who lobbied to make the multicultural require ment for Arts and Sciences; and for the majority of the South African population who brought Apartheid to its knees. Justice did not ask to be tempered by profit. Any savings in the short term will not benefit the University. Short-term gains will be lost in the long ran. Market-based strategies for efficiency are bound to fail. The very presence of government means that the microeconomic model of firm behavior does not apply to state institutions, especially if they are in any way peculiar. Wilson’s application of general economic models to public sector issues is tainted by his lack of understanding. Wilson found one case that might support his position. Wilson doesn’t point to general trends. He can’t tell us what the implications are for families. Even General Ad ministration admits that contracting out doesn’t produce cost savings in all sectors and recognizes that efficiency for one sector doesn’t translate to another. If General Administration can recog nize these uncertainties, perhaps you should too, Mr. Wilson. We are all under attack. Instead of dividing our strength, we should be unifying. Let us discuss our interests. If the housekeepers lose, we all lose. Fred Wherry SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS/ CREATIVE WRITING
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