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2 Thursday, April 11,1996 GANTT FROM PAGE 1 posals in national campaigns because things are so screwed up right now,” Beyle said. Political observers say Gantt has also lost support from many 1990 campaign backets and some of the state’s most influ ential black political leaders who have de cided to endorse Gantt’s May 7 primary opponent, Charles Sanders. “Gantt has a tricky problem,” said Duke University political science Professor John Brehm. “He's already labeled as some body who lost to (Jesse) Helms. The Demo crats will remember that. 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But college does need to be affordable to everyone who needs, or wants, to go.” Sanders has come out in support of increases in the direct lending program, the AmeriCorps public service initiative and increases in the Pell Grant expendi tures. Joel Packer, a lobbyist for the National Education Association, said that his group is generally supportive of tax deductions for the families of college students but that the issue is not at the top its priority list. “It’s been proposed by several people in the past, and nothing’s happened yet,” Packer said. Packer explained that families must have a sufficient tax liability to qualify for the deduction. “If you are poor, you probably EXTRAORDINARY Unique shops and restaurants, essential services and free customer parking in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill. 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It hasn’t RALLY FROM PAGE 1 “Where privatization is misleading is in the area ofwages and benefits,” he said. “A private company, to appear like they are saving the taxpayer money, will reduce housekeeper wages and sometimes cut benefits completely. The majority of the savings don’t come from more efficient service but from a cut in how much they pay us.” According to Norwood, Wednesday’s protest is just the first event inamovement protesters hope will have a lasting impact on future privatization discussions. A memorandum delivered to the legis lature from the UNC Housekeepers Asso ciation and the Coalition for Economic Justice called for increased voter registra tion drives to “build the political power of the disenfranchised elements of our com munities.” “We want to do more than just this rally today, ” she said. “We want to make people realize that everyone is involved here. By increasing voter registration, housekeep- Campus Calendar THURSDAY Noon BLACK CULTURAL CENTER PLEDGE DAY in the Pit. Come out to show your personal commitment to the BCC and to give your financial donation for the free-standing BCC. Noon “CHALLENGING MINORITY PRES ENCE GRANTS”: ANITAHODGKISS, an attor ney with Ferguson, Stein, will be discussing the lawsuit brought by her first-year law student, Jack Daly. In Classroom 5 of the Law School. 12:30 p.m. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY BROWN BAG FORUM ON TEACHING with speakers Steve Shafroth and Eugen Merzbacher m 258 Phillips Hall. 3:30 p.m. HIGH ENERGY/COSMOLOGY THEORY SEMINAR: "Light Photinos as Dark Matter” by E. W. Kolb in 258 Phillips Hall. 4:30 p.m. BLACK UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE MIXER PLANNING MEETING in the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center. 5 p.m. CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS MEETING in the faculty lounge in Howell Hall. New officers will be elected. 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Qualification , No Repayments Y ever Cali . 1-800-585-BAID kept pace with inflation.” With or without the college tax cut, the winner of the primary will have to prepare for a tough battle against North Carolina’s senior senator. “I would not bet against Jesse Helms,” Beyle said. “It’s like betting against the house. You don’t bet against the house.” ers and students alike can stand up to politicians.” Housekeepers and coalition members from UNC-CH joined protesters in Ra leigh after assembling at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Pit. Gerald Home, director of the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center, congratu lated students on their decision to protest privatization. “The privatization ofhousekeeping jobs is something that we must all resist Home said. “I think when you (students and housekeepers) go to Raleigh to fight privatization, you are acting in the finest interests of the country’s political future.” Home urged students and housekeep ers to view privatization not as an issue that affected only housekeepers but as one that affected everyone. “Privatization presents a clear and present danger to the higher education that we as students and professors enjoy,” he said. “If privatization persists, then public education as we know it may also be af fected. Privatization will not rest once it gets started.” 1996 honors candidates in studio art, will be on display in the Hanes Ait Center Gallery from April 12 to May 2. “CONFLICTS WITHIN THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATON, 1960s TO PRESENT” will be presented on April 12 by the School ofLibrary and Information Science in 208 Manning Hall. For more information contact Kim Stahl, vice-piesident of Student Chapter of the American Libraty Associa tion, at 408-8078. Art historian THOMAS EUGENE CROW will discuss “The Art of Indigenous North America” April 12 at 6 p.m. in Hanes Art Center auditorium. The talk is the first in a series of four lectures by Crow, die inaugural Bettie Allison Rand Lecturer in art history. Free. TAR HEEL VOICES SPRING CONCERT April 13 at 8 p.m. in 106 Carroll Hall. NATIONAL HUNGER CLEANUP April 13. HOPE needs organizations to participate to raise money for the local Inter-Faith Council shelter. Stop by the Campus Y for details. THE BLACK UNDERGRADUATE-GRADU ATE MIXER will be held on April 13.Ticketsign-up through April 11 outside the Black Cultural Center from 11 am. until 2 p.m. Rising sophomores: register for an a.p.p.l.e.s. CLASS next semester and earn valuable community experience. Classes include: HNRS 32, INST 77H, SOCI6B, ENGL 300 and more. Call 962-0902 for more infor mation. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND SCHOLAR ORIENTATION COUNSELOR ap plications are now available at the International Center, on the main floor of the Carolina Union. Application deadline is May 31. Call 962-5661 for more information. 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MAIN STREET CARRBORO >29-1449 j <Tljr Daily (Tor Heel GRADUATE INSURANCE FROM PAGE 1 students, said N.C. Sen. Fred Hobbs, D- Moore. “Isupportincreasedfunding, which brings the best and the brightest to the university system,” Hobbs said. “We need to continue to increase our investment in the future. We need to be competitive on the graduate level, as well as on the under graduate level.” But Hobbs also said it might be difficult for the increase in funding to pass through both houses. “I think the University has very good friends in the Senate,” Hobbs said. “But I think its passage in the House is a little harder to predict.” C.D. Spangler, president of the UNC system, said although providing health in surance for TAs and RAs is the BOG’s priority, he fears the General Assembly will try to satisfy the masses rather than the few. “We’ve got 10 things on the agenda for the short session, and this is one that’s very important, the most important matter as far as the BOG is concerned, ”he said. “I think we will be successful in presenting our case. Whether we will be successful is getting money depends on the state of the economy of North Carolina. There are very few TAs compared to the amount of people living in North Carolina, so we are going to have to fight pretty hard.” Katherine Kraft, president of the Gradu ate and Professional Students Federation, said Republican opposition to increased funding for graduate and professional stu dents was contrary to the party’s ideals. “I think so many of the Republicans do not necessarily have a solid grasp of the reality of education as an investment as both a personal and a community improve ment,” she said. Kraft said not providing graduate teach ing assistants and research assistants with health insurance, a benefit given to all other state employees, puts the UNC sys tem one step behind other state universities in the fight for the brightest graduate stu dents. “The issue is that health insurance is provided to state-employed individuals and is considered a basic benefit,” Kraft said. “Our outlook on health benefit provision is that it is absolutely necessary for UNC to offer health benefits to students who come in. Currently, graduate students who work as TAs or RAs for UNC-CH must pay $623 per school year for health care, which is free for graduate students in similar pro grams at many comparable public research institutions, such as the Universities of Michigan, Virginia and Wisconsin. In a 1993-94 comparison of graduate TA sala riesat26publicresearch universities, UNC CH ranked last. Tom Spittoe, a TA in the Communica tion Studies Department, “People from out of state really can’t afford to come to North Carolina because of the low sti pends,” he said. “We’re losing the best candidates be cause the best candidates have offers from several different schools, most of which provide health care. They are looking for their best deal.”
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