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2 Thursday, September 5, 1996 Union organizers compare labor movement to civil rights struggle BY JOHN SWEENEY ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Union organizers from UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and several other area schools met at N.C. Central Univer sity W ednesday night to discuss the grow ing role of student activism in the labor movement. The event, sponsored by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, was aimed at building alliances between students and laborers both on- and off-campus. “Where are we today?” asked former UNC student Chris Baumann. “It’s the unfinished business, I think, of the civil rights movement." It was a theme that ran throughout the night's discussion, which ranged in con tent from how best to organize students and workers, to more specific issues like Paired for Progress gives UNC students chance to serve ■ The program matches freshmen and seniors to do community service. BYSHENGLEE STAFF WRITER There is a saying that says one is alone, three is a company, but a pair is perfect. Perhaps this is the reason the Newman Catholic Student Center named its new program Paired for Progress. The program will couple freshmen with seniors in a big brother/big sister relationship. The pairs will devote much of their shared time to performing com Thursday 11a.m. to 2p.m. - The Student Environ mental Action Coalition is sponsoring a recy cling and waste reduction demonstration. Peformance, song, games, and speakers. Refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle! noon to 3 p.m. - The UNC Young Repub licans’ “Rush Room” will open in Union 226. Take a break, relax, listen to Limbaugh, study, mingle with other YRs, bringyour lunch and a friend. Stop by and get vour Rush Room Sched- DIMM HUMUS ADAM SANDLER the UNC Housekeepers Association’s battle with University administrators. Ajamu Dillahunt, a member of Black Workers for Justice and the president of the Raleigh Postal Workers Association, said one of the keys to successful union organizing was having a definite goal to reach. “You’ve got to keep your eyes on the prize,” Dillahunt said. “The prize is the elimination of oppression by race, by gender and by sexual orientation.” Dillahunt said one of his goals was increasing the percentage of N.C. work ers who have been unionized. Rightnow, Dillahunt said, about 4 percent of N.C. workers are in unions, but he said he hoped to see the number increase to 35 percent or 40 percent. But Kim Diehl, a UNC senior from Longwood, Fla., said she was often frus munity service projects. Paired for Progress co-coordinator Christine Nicolette, a senior program participant, said the program would try to instill a sense of community in its participants. “It’s to promote campus unity, and it’s a good way to get (students) involved in community service activities,” Nicolette said. Program participants will take part in community projects affiliated with orga nizations like Habitat for Humanity, the Oxford Orphanage and the Ronald McDonald House. Nicolette said the program would serve as an opportunity for seniors to give back to the University and a way to ease fresh Campus Calendar ule for other dates this September. noon to 6 p.m. - The Executive Branch of student government will be holding an open house for all interested students. Come join one of our committees: student services, aca demic affairs, human relations or external rela tions. 5 to 6 p.m. - Alpha Epsilon Delta interest meeting for prospective members. Meet in Union 226. 5:30 p.m. - The Vietnamese Students As sociation first general meeting will be held in UNIVERSITY & CITY trated by the apathy with which many students greeted her attempts to organize pro-labor elements of the student body. “It should be a lifelong thing for every one, not just activists, but people with conscience,” Diehl said. Yonni Chapman, a UNC graduate student and co-manager of Internation alist Books, said another valuable re source for organizers was members of university faculties.“l think it’s really important not to undersell the possibili ties there,” Chapman said. Barbara Prear, a leader in the UNC Housekeepers Association served on the panel for the discussion. Prear said she felt UNC was indebted to its minority workers. “I think the University ofNorth Caro lina owes black women for the years of struggle they’ve been through.” men into the rigors of college life. Sister Margaret Harig, associate cam pus minister, said Paired for Progress participants would have to enroll in a course which would educate them in matters other than academics. The class, Carolina Adventures Chal lenge, is a ropes course—a nonacademic course—which teaches students how to build character. It will teach students to trust one an other, care for each other and test their own limits, Harig said. Pairs will also spend leisure time to gether so freshmen can share concerns with their senior partners, Nicolette said. Sister Harig said the Carolina Parents’ Association and the office of the vice Union 210. Refreshments will be served. 5:45 p.m. - The Baptist Student Union will hold a worship and fellowship service at the Battle House. A fellowship meal ($2) will fol low immediately afterward. Call 942-4266 for more information. All are invited to attend. 7 p.m. - There will be a general interest meeting for anyone interested in getting in volved with Club Track & Field in 106 Fetzer Gymnasium. 7 p.m. - Are you interested in praising God through song? If so, Voices of Praise, a brand- Hooker returns 1997-98 calendar for revisions, satisfies Employee Forum ■ Some employees would have had to work on Labor Day and Good Friday. BY MARK LINEBERGER SPECIAL TO THE DTH Chancellor Michael Hooker asked the Calendar Committee to provide an alter native that would preserve two employee holidays at the Employee Forum meet ing Wednesday. On behalf of the employees who are disgruntled with the the proposal to have them work Labor Day and Good Friday, Hooker said he would send the calendar back to committee to get it changed. “I’ve asked the committee to take the calendar back to the drawing board,” he said. “(The employees) have the right to chancellor for student affairs granted Paired for Progress a S6OO Student Op portunities Fund. Sister Harig said she was glad someone finally decided to fund the program. “I’m really pleased that we have been given some resources to implement what we have tried to carry out in the previous years, thanks to the Carolina Parents’ Association,” she said. Sister Harig said two Newman Center interns wrote a proposal for the grant last year. The grant will be able to support a maximum of 25 freshman-senior pairs. There will be a meeting for students interested in Paired for Progress at 6:30 p.m. today in New Carroll Tl. new praise and worship choir on the campus of UNC, will be holding its first interest meeting inUnion2os-206. Call Joy Rollins at 914-0707 for more information. 8 p.m. - The Association of International Students will have one final mandatory Beach Trip meeting in 103 Bingham Hall. If you'd like to advertise your University recog nized organization meeting in The Daily Tar Heel Campus Calendar section, just drop by the DTH office and fill out a Campus Calendar slip. The deadline for a Campus Calendar announcement is 1 p.m. on the day before you’d like it to run. KPMG The Global Leader 51 " •CPM® Tll els® liHe in the Fi i £pni6 \£;Site Few people will ever set foot in an office At OCS you'll develop the qualities you need to be like this. But then, few people have what it takes to be come a Marine Officer. Invaluable training that could a Marine Officer. 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The changes come from a request by UNC-system President C.D. Spangler for all system schools to have 150 days of class. Executive Vice Chancellor Elson Floyd issued a memorandum to depart ment heads last week, allowing them to decide whether to keep their departments open on the holidays. Departments that TOBACCO FROM PAGE 1 Conley said. Angie Harris, a spokeswoman for the Governor’s Office, said the governor emphasized the need to stop regulations that he believes could hurt many families living in the state. “The governor because the tobacco industry is such a major industry in this state believes that he needs to take legal action to pro tect the state’s economy,” Harris said. “(Gov. Hunt) doesn’t want them to regulate tobacco out ofbusiness. He wants there to be alternative methods to stop teenage smoking without regulating the tobacco industry.” Seneca said the Department of Agri culture was also fighting for the hundreds of thousands of people who would be affected. “(Agricultural Commissioner Jim Graham) opposes any attempts to regu late tobacco as a drug. He sees the FDA regulations as the first step toward prohi bition,” Seneca said. “He is concerned that tobacco growers are being accused of growing an illegal crop. “Tobacco is a crop that has allowed many farmers to stay on the land and continue farming when many people are being drawn away from agriculture. The regulations would have a significant ef fect on the economy.” But the governor’s decision to file a lawsuit has not met everyone’s approval. Rep. Robin Hayes, R-Cabarrus, nomi nee for governor, supports Hunt’s oppo Your one-of-a-kind source for everything you’ll need to know. Watch for our In-Sites at ®lfr Saily (Ear Heel decide to stay open would not receive extra funding for those days. Some members of the forum were still upset because of the inconveniences of working on traditional holidays, such as a lack of bus service. Hooker also discussed his plan to use the budget’s allocated flexible dollars on four projects he feels are vital to keep UNC competitive with the nation’s top universities. The foremost project would improve technology on campus to keep students abreast of the latest develop ments. Also on Hooker’s list were plans for a graduate student health insurance plan, faculty grants, an outreach program to help improve local public schools, plans to get out-of-state students more repre sentation and a plan to invite state legis lators to campus for a day to see what is being done by the forum. The forum will meet again on Oct. 2. sition to the regulations but said he be lieved Hunt’s actions would be ineffec tive. “Hunt’s election-year lawsuit might provide good political cover, but it will do little to solve the real problem, ” Hayes stated in a press release. “Unfortunately, lawsuits and letters are not going to stop Bill Clinton.” Andrew Duke, a spokesman for the Hayes campaign, said the lawsuit would bolster support for Hunt but would ac complish little else. “There have been many lawsuits filed by companies and other governors in the past few weeks,” Duke said. “Hunt and the government can file this lawsuit, but they might as well get in line. “The bottom line is that the only way to truly address the problem—the prob lem being that federal government is imposing new regulations on tobacco is to make a decision on Clinton’s candi dacy.” The lawsuit that Hunt has proposed filing would be a long court battle, Conley said. The state would first have to con centrate on proving that the FDA had no standing to regulate tobacco sales. “My guess is that this could be a very complicated, expensive lawsuit because of legal complications and expert wit nesses. It could easily go up into six figures,” Conley said. “The bottom line is that this is all political games Bill Clinton’s issuing the regulations and the governor’s re sponse, but the response is also political to protect a state industry.”
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