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She Satlu Qtar Hppl INSIDE TUESDAY APR1L2,1996 Lawsuit Delays Study of UNC Minority Grants BY JAMES LEWIS SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR A study that could have answered questions about the effectiveness of the UNC system’s Minority Pres ence Grants Program has been put on hold, a General Administration official said Monday. The Minority Presence Grants Program was a highly visible piece of a 1981 pact between state and federal officials to integrate the UNC system’s 16 schools. The study was suggested by a subcommittee of the UNC Board of Governors that surveyed minority presence enrollment at the 16 campuses. Jean Brodie, administrative secretary to the UNC-system vice presi dent for student services, Nathan Simms, said the study had been put on hold because of a lawsuit filed last month by UNC-CH law student Jack Daly. “The study was put on hold because of the lawsuit,” she said. In his lawsuit, Daly questions the constitutional ity of the minority presence grants, which are distrib Positively Risky After all the education is said and done, UNC students still engage in sexual behavior that could expose them to HIV. Then they have to find out whether they must pay the price ... BYAZIZHUQ STAFF WRITER Ever been tested for HIV? “Of course I was nervous. Tests of any sort always make me nervous,” said one sophomore who had been tested. “But really it was just like going to the doctor.” Three years ago, HIV testing was available at Student Health Service for 10 hours a week. Some times, a student would have to wait up to three weeks for a test. In October 1994, Christian Godwin arrived at the Department of Health Education at UNC and took up the full-time position of HIV coordinator/ counselor, helping between 15 and 20 people a week. Despite this increase in testing resources, the waiting period for tests, caused by a backlog of testing requests, is still about three weeks. Although the administration of the test itself takes only five minutes, which involves only draw ing a blood sample, the actual consultation re quires between 45 minutes and an hour, with North Carolina law requiring both pretest and post-test counseling. Godwin carries out both. Demographics of test applicants have remained similar to the demographic composition of the University, with slightly more women than men, a concentration of 20- to 22-year-olds and a broad ethnic range. Godwin noted an increase in couples in applica Helms Enters Chapel Hill ‘Zoo’ to Talk Trade With Asia ■ The U.S. senator stressed business between the state and Southeast Asia. GRAHAM BRINK STAFF WRITER U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., empha sized the importance of improving trade relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a business conference Monday. North Carolina needs to increase the $467 million it currently exports to ASEAN nations, Helms told the 175 business and political leaders including the ambassa dors of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet nam gathered at the Kenan Center. The future of North Carolina “will de pend on how much we export,” Helms said. “Increased growth will be fueled by regions like ASEAN.” The event highlighted how North Caro lina business, government and political leaders can plug into the growing South east Asian market. The seven ASEAN nations have a consumer market of 400 million people with a gross national prod uct expected to reach $ 1 trillion by the year 2000. The region makes up the third largest overseas market for U.S. exports after Ja pan and Europe. “The ASEAN countries are clamoring for just the kinds of goods and services North Carolina produces,” Helms said. Beer Patriot Strikes Town Again Jonathan McMurry asked the town to apologize for emptying his beer. Page 3 uted on the basis of merit, minority status and need. Brodie said die study was delayed because it would be useless if courts found the grants unconstitutional. While the grants program was at one time an essential tool for integrating the system’s schools, leaders say today the program is more of a symbol of the system’s overall commitment to integration than a comprehensive solution to the problem. “At the time, (those scholarships were) absolutely necessary to get the federal government to agree,” said former UNC-system President Bill Friday. Friday’s tenure as system president was highlighted by his efforts to integrate the 16 campuses. Friday said the enrollment numbers were proof of the plan’s over all success. “I think numerically you can see the growth in minority presence has been substantial.” UNC-system President C.D. Spangler, who has presided over the UN C system for the past decade, said he was pleased with the system’s progress toward integration. tions for testing: “A lot of couples, more new couples, come who have just started having sex, or who are not going to start having sex until they get tested.” Many people hear about the service through word of mouth rather than advertising, Godwin said. “We try not to be real aggressive about public ity, but there are events such as residence hall programs, alcohol and substance abuse programs.” To pick up the phone and dial the Health Edu cation department at Student Health, is perhaps the most arduous step. Such a step, Godwin insists, commits no one to an actual test. “Students can just come to talk about the test, or talk on the phone. There is no commitment,” she said. “People have a lot of anxiety, which you can get rid off.” Indeed, some students with no identifiable risk come to see Godwin. Projecting their general anxi eties onto the specter of HIV infection, they are what Godwin calls the “worried well,” or hypo chondriacs. The sophomore who was tested complained that this aspect of the counseling was overempha sized: “I felt that they wanted me to be either a homosexual or sexually promiscuous in order to be at risk.” Before starting the testing, Godwin clarifies the See HIV, Page 2 “They need agriculture and banking ser vices.” Indonesian Ambassador Arifin Siregar cited abolished trade tariffs, increased re gional security and government deregula tion as reasons for the region’s rapid growth. “To cope with the expanding economy, we must expand the infrastructure,” he said. “Energy, telecommunications and transportation must be improved.” The rapid growth led to a booming and prosperous middle class and generally in creased the overall quality of life in the ASEAN region, Siregar said. Emest Bower, president of the U.S.- ASEAN Council, confirmed Siregar’s ob servations. U.S. exports to the area were up 109 percent from 1989t0 1994, totalling nearly S4O billion and accounting for more than 500,000 U.S. jobs, he said. “If the world was a stock market,” he said, “ASEAN would be a growth stock.” This rapid growth worries human rights groups. “Growth often comes at the expense of human rights,” said Sidney Jones, execu tive director of Human Rights Watch. “In ternational companies should be wary of a country’s human rights record.” Responding to a question about human rights violations against minority groups in Vietnam, Helms said: “I have not heard anything about that.” Indonesia’s involve ment in the 1976 invasion and subsequent fighting in East Timor, which has long been a concern of human rights groups, was not discussed. Trade and human rights should go hand in hand, Jones said. Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. Robert Byrne Parents Protest Uniformity Parents spoke out against the idea of uniforms at a local school. Page 2 During Spangler ’ s watch, minority enrollment num bers at all of the system’s 16 schools have steadily increased, although records indicate that rate of progress has leveled off in recent years. But at the same time, a plague of lawsuits has descended on state universities across the country questioning the constitutionality of race-based schol arships and admissions standards. Last month, a fed eral court ruled race-based programs at the University of Texas unconstitutional, and a similar ruling was made regarding California’s universities last year. “We’re quite comfortable with what we’ve been able to do, and there’s no reason at this point not to be careful," Spangler said. Spangler said Monday that while he felt comfort able with the system’s programs, he expected more lawsuits. “We’re going to be facing many more law suits in this area. A couple are pending now. We will look at these laws to see how they apply in the future, to make sure (we) meet the requirements of the law.” Slbb 1 I I | jg in Irlt m $ i m ii m us n n ■■ r~ 'H M JbJbh| ImUK It fw' 1 i H S I ■ - fam &JU&. DTH/JASONHRJC Christian Godwin has been HIV coordinator/counselor at UNC since October 1994. In that time, she has noted an increase in the number of couples getting tested for HIV. , It* DTH/ASHLEY BROOME U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., speaks to a reporter Monday. Helms attended a Chapel Hill conference on the state's role in a U.S.-ASEAN global economy. “Companies complain about an inabil ity to move freely within countries and to assesspoliticalriskwithoutbeing harassed, but don’t equate these issues with human rights,” she said. “Ifbusiness and industry would take a proactive role in improving humanrights, their companies would pros per.” If companies have an interest in long term profits, they should have an interest in human rights, said Geoffrey Mack of Amnesty International’s Group 84. “Countries with poor human rights tend to be less stable,” Mack said. “For long term profits, stability is essential.” Let the Music ‘MOVE'You Area musicians present their own version of 'Rock the Vote.’ Page 4 4^ The U.S. government also has a role to play in establishing and enforcing a human rights code, Mack said. The federal and state governments should work with of fending countries to improve conditions for workers and eliminate obvious viola tions, he said. “There’s always a way for companies to raise an issue with an offending govern ment," Mack said. “Companies don’t have to make public declarations. They can use more discreet channels if that would be more productive." See HELMS, Page 2 But UNC-CH admissions officials have said, partly because of its small budget, that the grants program was not a very effective minority recruitment tool. The sl.l million program has not seen a funding increase in more than a decade. Spangler said the program was relatively insignifi cant compared to the system’s overall efforts. “It’s not a great amount of money that we’re dealing with.” Anthony Strickland, UNC-CH associate director of admissions, said the grants were part of a package of recruitment tools. “You have to look at all of that together—obviously the visits to campus, the physi cal visits to high schools, the minority presence grants, the scholarships you have to see it as a package.” Friday said he wanted to see the state make a greater commitment to help all needy students. “Wholly apart from the question of minorities, I think the state does not provide enough money for needy students. I would hope that we could get more money for schools to help needy people.” Two Republican Groups United Through Caucus BY RICK CONNER STAFF WRITER Conservative students are forming an other campus Republican group to provide a more responsible and effective outlet for conservative issues, sophomore Chris Yates said Monday. Yates, a history major from Falls Church, Va., is one of the founders of the new conservative group, which is tenta tively called the Conservative Caucus. The Caucus will be an umbrella organization for all conservatives on campus, including the University Republicans and College Republicans, Yates said. “We want to unite the campus conser vative movement, but it won’t be a fall integration of the two groups,” he said. “We also want any interested students who aren't with either group to get in volved as well.” Members of the Caucus want to foster better communication and discussion among conservatives on campus, Yates said. He said the Young Republicans had not been involved with the organization so far, and he did not believe them to be an active group. However, Charlton Allen, a YR mem ber and publisher of the Carolina Review, and YR president Jonathan Jordan both said that YR was active and questioned the 103 years of editorial freedom Serving the sc trims and the Univeisily commmwy linct 1893 News/FeatuSes/Ass/Spcrtc 962-0245 Busmess/Adrertaißg > / 962-1163 Volume 104, Issue 23 ChapetHrll, North Carolina CISWOTH Publishing Cxxp AS rights reserved. Today's Weather Sunny, high 60s. Wednesday: Sunny, high near 70. DeLon Meets With Employees ■ The Board of Trustees appointed Barbara DeLon as the director of University housekeeping on March 22. BYNOELLETAYLOR STAFF WRITER Newly appointed Director of Univer sity Housekeeping Barbara DeLon is gear ing up to tackle her new position by meet ing with housekeepers. “I’ve been out at six o’clock in the morn ing and talked with workers and supervi sors,” DeLon said. “I’ve already started reading reports, and done some hands-on work. It’s a matter of making sure I under stand what the foundation is first. “There are people here just working their bunnies off. It has always been a part of the University’s mission to provide ser vices to the students.” DeLon was named housekeeping direc- tor following the Board of Trustees’ confirmation of her appointment March 22. She will assume her new post as housekeeping direc tor May 1. DeLon said she wanted to familiar ize herself with problems house keepers confront. “I, of course, have heard, via the newspapers, thetop concerns. Equipment, salaries, and there are several of those types of things, ” DeLon said. “I’m going to go in and see what we can do to improve morale and accomplish part of the University’s mission.” She said she had not yet studied the housekeepers’ $15.8 million restitution proposal, which was rejected by Chancel lor Michael Hooker on Jan. 3. A1 McSurely, attorney for the house keepers, said he was cautiously optimistic about the impact DeLon could have upon the houskeepers’ grievances. “I think that she personally is a very solid administrator, and with her long his tory here at the University, she will hit the ground running in terms of understanding the housekeepers’ problems,” McSurely said. DeLon’s 20 years of experience on cam pus will be an asset, McSurley said. “Ms. DeLonisvery familiar with ho w the house keepers have been marginalized and made into almost invisible human beings in the social structure here,” he said. See DELON, Page 7 foundations of the Conservative Caucus. “They will probably woik for little and stand for even less,” Allen said. Yates said Allen and Jordan had given conservatives on campus a tarnished image. “They have left a legacy of irrespon sible action in the name of conservatism, resulting in a reluctance of students to get involved, ’’Yates said. “Students don’t want their names associated with radicalism and irresponsibility.” The Caucus also wants to create anew publication to address conservative issues on campus, Yates said. He said the Caro lina Review no longer represented conser vative issues and exhibited irresponsible journalism. “It is run by a minority faction that doesn’t embody the beliefs ofthe conserva tive majority,” Yates said. Allen said conservative groups across the state had rushed to the defense of the Carolina Review. He said Due conserva tives must be active.“ Being a conservative is more than a label you place on yourself it’s a way of life,” Allen said. Yates said the Conservative Caucus had already met three times and wanted to gain University recognition by their next meet ing. The group will consist of two main leaders from both the University Republi cans and the College Republicans, one or two faculty members and a few students with no affiliation. BARBARA DELON will assume her new post as housekeeping director on May 1.
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