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MONDAY
MARCH 25,1996
Nelson Petitions for Hate Crime Code, Sets Deadline
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
STAFF WRITER
Student Body President-Elect Aaron
Nelson called for University administra
tors to establish a policy punishing hate
crimes during a speak out in the Pit on
Friday.
Student government officials gathered
296 signatures on a petition calling for the
University to create a policy for dealing
with hate crimes by April 4, during a stu
dent and faculty speak out against the
recent discovery of 45 library books marked
with swastikas.
The petition also called for University
support for the Campus Diversity Training
Project and an investigation by die Justice
Department of the defacing incident.
Nelson said recent incidents of hate
speech made a policy dealing with hate
crimes necessary.
“We’re not against hate speech,” he
said. “We think the University is a place
Anti-Semitism Speak Out Draws
More Than 100 Students, Faculty
BYDAVE SNELL
STAFF WRITER
More than 100 members of the Univer
sity community gathered Friday in the Pit
to protest hate speech and anti-Semitism
on campus. v
Student leaders organized the speak out
in response to the discovery of about 45
books in the Undergraduate Library
marked with swastikas.
“The swastika is a symbol of pure ha
tred and bigotry,” Student Body President-
Elect Aaron Nelson said. “Ignorance leads
to hatred.”
John Dervin, Nelson’s transition team
coordinator, circulated petitions support
ing the Campus Diversity TrainingEiciject,
a group that organizes workshops about
diversity issues for students, faculty, staff
or administrative organizations that re
quest them.
The petition also requested an official
University policy on hate crimes and an
investigation of swastikas in books at the
Undergraduate and Davis Libraries.
“It’s not 1933, not Germany, yet what
you are experiencing today is exactly what
occurred under Hitler, ” said sociology Pro
Hooker Suggests Parking Deck on Fields
BY MARISA FERGUSON
STAFF WRITER
In an effort to solve what has been
tagged the most unsolvable problem at
UNC, a proposal to erect parking decks on
the intramural fields could be in the works.
Chancellor Michael Hooker presented
an innovative plan to alleviate campus
parking woes at
Friday’s Board
of Trustees
meeting.
Hooker said
BOT Passes Plan
To Revamp Dining
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he asked Wayne Jones, vice chancellor for
business and finance, to look into the cre
ation of a multistory parking deck on the
current intramural fields east of Carmichael
Auditorium.
The new deck, however, would not push
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Washington, D.C. resident Bret Bocook lays back and enjoys the sounds of Springfest
on Saturday while his dog, Nelson, tries to get a better look at the action.
A New Lenoir
On Friday the Board of
Trustees approved a plan
to renovate Lenoir Dining
Hall. Page 3
a
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where everybody
has the right to ex
press their opinion.
We worry, how
ever, that hate
speech creates an
environment for
hate crimes.”
Though Nelson
saidhebelievedhate
speech could lead to
hate crimes, he said
he did not want to
limit free expression
on campus.
“We don’t have
a hate speech clause
in the Instrument (of
Student Judicial
Student Body
President-Elect
AARON NELSON said
UNC should establish a
policy to punish
persons who commit
hate crimes.
Governance) and I don’t think we need
one,” he said.
Signatories include some prominent
campus activists and leaders. Dean of Stu
dents Frederic Schroeder, Professor Fred
“We must unite as we are
now ... andform a coalition
against intolerance and
bigotry. ”
MATT MESMER
Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity President
fessor George Baroff. “It was the slaughter
of a population that thought of itself as
integrated as Jews on this campus always
thought they were a part of this commu
nity.
“It’s more than just a disavowed politi
.calsymbol," Baroff said. “Take these events
seriously; 60 years ago they were the prece
dent of very awful events.”
Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity President
Matt Mesmer said racism and anti-
Semitism began this semester with an issue
of the Carolina Review picturing Nelson,
who is Jewish, on the cover with horns and
a pitchfork. Review Publisher Charlton
Allen has said the cover was not meant to
be anti-Semitic.
Mesmer criticized The Daily Tar Heel
intramural teams out of their practice site.
Instead, the fields would be relocated to
the roof of the parking deck.
The first few levels of the deck would be
for parking, with the roof reserved for in
tramural playing fields, Jones said.
The deck’s roof would be a turfed play
ing field with the possibility of another
field on the level directly below the roof.
The fields were included in a study
made about six years ago to identify poten
tial sites for parking decks, Jones said.
Jones identified the UNC Hospitals’
expansion project as the main reason the
parking deck was needed at the intramural
field site.
He said he thought the parking deck
could become a reality despite the nontra
ditional aspects of the building.
“I don’t think there would be any prob
Spring's Finally Here
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
Bertolt Brecht
Shindig Showdown
Senate candidates Harvey
Gantt and Charles Sanders
debated at a Democratic
Party event. Page 3
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X. Hall and Darin Diner, director of the
campus Jewish organization, Hillel, all
signed the petition.
Schroeder said the campus needed to
consider establishing a hate crime code
because students and faculty want a more
tolerant climate.
“(Hate speech’s) manifestations have
been with us in one way or another since
I’ve been here,” he said. “The community’s
tolerance has changed as we’ve matured.”
Although Schroeder would not specu
late on whether University administrators
could meet the April 4 deadline called for
by the petition, he said officials would have
to discuss the intricacies of establishing a
hate speech policy. “It’s a long way down
the road in considering doing that,” he
said. “I think it’s certainly something that
the University needs to take a look at.”
The early April deadline was established
because the University needed a way to
deal with hate issues immediately, Nelson
said.
for publishing a cartoon March 19 about
Freedom of Information Day in which a
character stated “I’d like to inform you that
you’re a big, Jewish dork.” Mesmer also
said the DTH delayed a day in reporting on
the appearance of the swastikas.
DTH Editor Thanassis Cambanis said
the paper found out about the story too late
to publish it Wednesday. The DTH cov
ered it on the front page Thursday.
“The swastika is everything the Nazis
stood for," Mesmer said. “We must unite
as we are now ... and form a coalition
against intolerance and bigotry.”
The history of the swastika and fascism
was important in explaining why the swas
tika appeared in the libraries at this time,
said anthropology Professor Catherine
Lutz, who also spoke in the Pit.
“It is a rightist movement that appears
when the economy is in decline and the
middle class is feeling the squeeze,” Lutz
said.
Members of Hillel, Campus Y, the Na
tion oflslam, TEP fraternity, and Undivide
Us, an anti-discrimination group in Ra
leigh, attended the speak out. After the
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lem getting it approved once we get the
funding,” Jones said.
Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C. has parking decks built in a similar
fashion, Hooker said at the BOT meeting
Friday.
One of the major issues surrounding the
project was funding, Jones said.
“We have the need (for the deck), it’s
just a matter of how and when we could
fund it,” he said.
The state of North Carolina does not
provide money for such projects. Major
sources of funding included parking per
mit sales, bus passes, fees from visitor park
ing and parking meters, Jones said.
Chancellor Hooker said the combined
parking deck and field was not the only
option the University was looking at to
increase parking facilities.
To Market, to
Market to Buy a...
The Farmer's Market began
its 18th season in anew
location Saturday. Page 3
Nelson said he did not think the swasti
kas were an attack on him, in contrast with
the cover of the Carolina Review, which he
called a personal and anti-Semitic attack.
“I don’t think the swastikas are aimed at
me," he said. “Hate crimes are something
that affect all of us on this campus.”
On Sunday, Chancellor Michael Hooker
said he would consider student ideas on
how to effectively reduce hate crimes on
campus. “It’s hard to argue in this day and
time (that) we get along with each other
adequately,” he said. “Action is needed,
but effective action.”
Nelson said he would submit a copy of
the petitions to the chancellor and to the
student affairs office after he got more
signatures.
Hooker said a clear definition of hate
crimes would have to be presented before
he could determine whether the University
should establish a code punishing them.
“Somebody would have to explain by
example what a hate crime is.”
Area Taiwanese Students Hold Vigil
■ Triangle area students
met in the Pit on Friday
to support Taiwan’s
democratization process.
BYAMYCOOK
STAFF WRITER
On the eve of Taiwan’s first direct presi
dential elections, about 100 students from
the Triangle braved the cold weather Fri
day night to hold a candlelight vigil sup
porting Taiwan and denouncing the Chi
nese military threat.
The vigil was held in the Pit and was a
joint effort by Taiwanese student associa
tions at Duke University, N.C. State Uni
versity and UNC.
Throughout the night, Taiwanese stu
dents and families sang songs, said prayers
for peace and shared their feelings about
the elections.
“We are here to spiritually show and
encourage our family and friends to sup
port the democracy that exists and to wit
ness this historical moment,’’said NCSU
student and event organizer, Wen-Shin
Lee.
“For the first time, we are choosing our
representative ourselves. We are also fight
ing a candle as a wish for peace.”
In order to intimidate Taiwanese people
from holding the democratic presidential
elections, China held 15-day bomb runs
and missile tests off the Taiwan Strait. To
protect Taiwan from possible attacks be
fore and after the elections, the United
States sent warships to Taiwan.
Current President Lee Teng-hui won
the Taiwanese election Saturday by a land
slide with more than 70 percent voter turn
out.
China claims that Taiwan is a Chinese
territory, but Taiwan has never actually
been ruled by the People’s Republic of
China, said Winston Shieh, chapter presi
dent of the Formosan Association for Pub
lic Affairs.
“The Communist government of China
feels outraged because democracy is boom
ing in Taiwan. Taiwan is becoming more
democratic and this is sending a signal to
China,” Shieh said.
Shieh said he was hopeful that the elec
tions would occur peacefully.
“In the United States there are differ
ences in political opinion with Democrats
and Republicans. Fighting isn’t necessary.
Next DTH Editor to Be Selected Saturday
BY MARSHALL BENBOW
FEATURES EDITOR
Four students have applied to be The Daily Tar Heel editor for
the 1996-97 year. The candidates will be interviewed by an 11-
member selection board that will select the next editor Saturday.
The four candidates are Graham Brink, Jeanne Fugate, Wendy
Goodman and Leslie Kendrick.
Brink is a ffrst-year masters student in the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication. Brink, who is from Vancouver, Brit-
ish Columbia, is a reporter for the state &
national desk at the DTH. He hopes as
editor to foster debate in the commu
nity.
“The newspaper's role should be a
conduit for debate in the community, and in order to foster this
debate the editor has to have, maturity, news judgement and
vision, and that’s why I want to run,” he said.
Fugate, a senior from Ocala, Fla., is the editorial page editor for
the DTH. Fugate said she wanted to see the paper's role go back
to what it was four years ago.
“Back then issues that were important to the people were what
they read about in the papers,” she said. “I think we’ve gotten
away from that.”
Goodman, a sophomore from West Jefferson, currently holds
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Hate Speech: Where to Draw Line?
BY CRISTINA SMITH
STAFF WRITER
In February of 1995, anonymous fli
ers were deposited in the mailboxes of
some black law students at Berkeley.
The flyers used racial epithets and stated:
“It’s affirmative action month. Your fail
ures are hereditary and can’t be cor
rected ... When I see you in class it bugs
the hell out of me because your (sic)
taking the seat of someone qualified.”
Hate speech exists, and the college
campus is no haven from its voice. Uni
versities across the country are faced
with incidents such as the one at Berke
ley. How they deal with such incidents
becomes a balancing act between free
speech rights and the desire to provide a
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, Taiwanese students and families hold a candlelight vigil in the Pit on Friday
night to celebrate the eve of Taiwan's first direct presidential election.
You should use your heart and your head
but never your hands,” Shieh said.
Lee said the vigil at UNC was one of 200
similar events held across the country Fri
day night. The Chinese Coalition initiated
the vigils.
“We are calling for support from the
international community and the entire
country,” Lee said.
You Jou Hung of the Chinese Student
the position of city editor of the DTH. Goodman wants to use her
newsroom experience to improve the paper.
“I like to be a part of the newsroom, and I want to make a
difference, and I think that by running for editor I can make that
difference,” she said.
Kendrick, a sophomore from East Point, Ky., is a reporter for
the DTH city desk. Kendrick sees the editor position as an
opportunity to improve the University community.
“I think the DTH plays a unique role in the UNC community,”
she said. “There are many opportunities to serve the community
really well in the upcoming election year.”
DTH Editor Thanassis Cambanis said he was pleased with the
candidates' different qualifications and visions, and thought their
different perspectives would be valuable in the selection process.
“I think it will create real debate over what course the DTH
should take,” he said.
Cambanis said he wanted the paper to grow as a force in the
community.
“I want the paper to continue to be aggressive, responsible and
active in the community,” he said. “I want it to carry on the
tradition that we’ve had for the past 103 years.”
The selection committee consists of eight at-large students and
three members of the DTH staff.
Melissa Steele contributed to this story.
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civil atmosphere for all students.
“The one place where we should
have the highest level of freedom of
speech is on the college campus,” said
journalism Professor Chuck Stone, who
teaches a course on censorship. “Free
dom of speech is worthless if we don’t
let people with whom we disagree
speak.”
Stone said the law didn’t protect
speech that deeply offends and hurts
feelings. Only words that are deemed
“ fighting words, ” or incite violence face
legal consequences. But the area that
separates free speech rights and the right
to a non-hostile learning environment
is a thin line that requires a tough bal-
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Association said if the international com
munity gives the Taiwanese people enough
support, the elections would be successful.
“We are here tonight feeling happy be
cause of the elections and what they mean,
but we also feel sad because China is being
hostile in our desire to be peaceful and
democratic,” Shieh said.
Lee said, “There are still other things to
be improved, but this is a big first step.”