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®hp iailg ®ar Hrel INSIDE THURSDffi OCTOBER 31,1996 Price brings hand-shaking tour to campus ■ With a week left before elections, Price appealed to students in the Pit. BY ANNE HARDEN STAFF WRITER Unseasonably warm weather brought students to the Pit at noon Wednesday where they could meet 4th District Con gressional candidate David Price, who showed up to talk politics and shake hands. Price and his campaign came out in full force, answering questions from po tential voters and recruiting volunteers. "This has been a high pressure race,” said Price, a Democrat. “(Rep.) Fred Heineman has run an expensive and very persona] television campaign.” Price is responding with visits like this one to the UNC campus, he said. UNC student and Price staffer Inie Holdemess said Price would spend the next two day s mingling with constituents on Franklin Street, attending Rotary Club barbecues and joining a Democratic rally at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. “Mainly, I’m just going out and meet ing voters," Price said. The voters he met in the Pit were highly concerned about the future of pub lic education in North Carolina. Price told students he supported financial aid Fright Night warning: leave alcohol indoors BY RACHEL SWAIN STAFF WRITER As the countdown begins for tonight’s fest on Franklin Street, area police and businesses are busy preparing for the anticipated crowds. But if you’re planning to participate in the annual fright night party, leave the alcohol at home. “We’re going to be very assertive in alcohol enforcement,” said Chapel Hill Police Department Capt. Gregg Jarvis. “The open-container ordinance will be strictly enforced. We’re pushing to pre vent public alcohol consumption because Halloween’sbeen much more enjoyable, including for the officers, since die alco hol enforcements.” The department has spent the past three weeks preparing for Halloween. “We’ve looked at past Halloween nights’ scenarios to know what we should be prepared for,” Jarvis said. “We’re going Registration information now available on Hill Line BYTERESA KILLIAN STAFF WRITER Students with poor memories no longer have to try to remember the toll free class registration phone number—a local phone service now forwards calls to the lines supplementing Caroline. Anew box of fered by the Hill Line, a local tele phone and infor mation hotline, al lows students to access class regis tration information and connects call ers to the 144 lines. Register for classes Call 5494949. then punch three, which will connect you to 1-800-599-2044 Jared Marber, North Carolina mar keting director for Hill Line owner Stu dent Advantage, said the line reminded students of registration dates and ex plained the registration process. Adver tisements precede information and for warding services. “The registrar wants to give students other ways to register,” Marber said. “If the students use it and we receive a lot of calls, that means that the students ben efitted and they should expect to see this each and every semester.” The box informed callers Wednesday: “Registration for UNC Chapel Hill courses for the spring ‘97 semester will be conducted from October through No vember, according to a published college schedule. Refer to the spring directory of classes or consult with your adviser to Elections ’96 The Daily Tar Heel profiles the four candidates for 24th District N.C. House. Page 2 / Ir” : - ..''i , 7^ —irnmnn I > ’ ', ' - ; _* \Jk ill|f iiw. ■ ■ ■. * mSH| h ,jKu v* fcgasll BaMWPTt.S:- -r/W-y gp/ ■sGSr , si 'MmamWim MF< ■’Mff* • , y>j* / . m Jyfl It *..' ; ■ i ' ■"•’ ' * Wmm-'- . 9p&pEBBjiiHPK ■ '• & ■ •’ •4"'''£:*Ms ' t&jX fEMR-'' J’ll 643$ <Pii. f-'-WIL SB g fiitffcr liUriTiTt ; . si DTH/MISTI MCDANIEL Democratic candidate for the 4th Congressional District David Price talks to Sophomore Olaf Zerback in the Pit on Wednesday. Price made the campus campaign stop to interact with students in preparation for Tuesday's election. through the federal college loan program. Recent cuts that Congress had dealt the program did not please him, he said. “He has a whole issue sheet on Caro to have a sufficient number of officers on duty to take care of whatever problems may arise.” Because the department is expecting 10,000 to 15,000 party goers to hit Franklin Street tonight, they’ve sought the aid of Carrboro and University po lice, the Orange County Sheriffs Depart ment and Orange County Emergency Medical Services to help control the crowd. “We’ll respond as the crowd dic tates,” Jarvis said. Even though the officers are prepared for the worst, Jarvis said they were con fident the crowds would behave. “For years Halloween has been a festive crowd that usually cooperates with our requests and makes it easy for everyone to have a good time, ” he said. “Past problems have been minor incidents. Just don’t infringe on anyone else having a good time when you’re out there.” See HALLOWEEN, Page 2 “We need to get the word out. (Hill Line) was just another way for people to find out about registration. ” DAVID LENIER University Registrar leam when you may register." University Registrar David Lanier said his office was using a variety of means to spread registration information. “We need to get the word out, ’’ Lanier said. “(Hill Line) was just another way for people to find out about registration. ” Some UNC students said waiting ex tra time while Hill Line forwards their call made this method inefficient. “I think the registration option is re ally pointless,” said Tak Hirata, a fresh man from Mooresville, N.C. “If I am registering for a class, I would just call the 1-800 number directly.” Other students said they used the Hill Line’s number because it was easier to remember than the 1-800 number. “If you are not sure what the 1-800 number is, then that would give you the information to bypass it,” said Michael Queen, a senior from Asheville, N.C. Marber said he wanted to include reg istration information on the Hill Line because it applied to students. The Hill Line also provides information such as There is something soothing about a pumpkin. Terry Pimsleur, President, International Pumpkin Association The Great Pumpkin cometh Even if you don't watch Peanuts anymore, turn to today’s Diversions. Page 5 m lina,” said UNC student Darrell Lucas. “He talked a lot about the partnership between Raleigh and Washington (in the area of education).” Middle schoolers get taste of democracy in election BYSALLIELACY STAFF WRITER Democratic candidates would be riding high if students at Phillips Middle School had their way. The school’s sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders cast their ballots last week in a mock election sponsored by CNN and Time magazine. The results gave Bill Clinton 70.7 per cent of the votes, Jim Hunt 76.1 percent of the votes and Harvey Gantt 79.1 per cent, said the school’s assistant technol ogy specialist, Thomas Wicker. The vote was limited to the offices of president, N.C. governor and U.S. sena tor, librarian Carolyn Parker said. Bob Dole received 21.7 percent of the votes and Ross Perot received 7.6 per cent. Republican gubernatorial candidate Robin Hayes got 19.6 percent and Re publican Senate incumbent Jesse Helms got 20.9 percent of the votes. Social science teachers at Phillips pre pared students for the vote. “I took time to talk about who the candidates are and a little bit about politi movies, sports, weather and howto gain in-state residency. Marber said the Hill Line approached the Registrar earlier this semester about ANOTHER SHUTOUT a* Cto* —~ - ————--—g ■ ’ — j"nn— DTH/BEN MCALLISTER Tar Heel senior Nicole Roberts (9) dribbles over and past a Maryland defender Wednesday afternoon in UNO's 5-0 victory. See story, Page 13. Soccer splits The UNC women blasted Maryland while the Tar Heel men fell to Radford. Page 13 4^ Other students asked Price to address the issue of campaign finance reform. See PRICE, Page 11 cal parties,” said Francis Derispinis, a sixth-grade teacher. “I asked them what issues their par ents were talking about at home,” he said. Since the sixth-grade social science curriculum is European history, Derispinis did not focus too much on the election, he said. However, he said he knew it was a valuable experience for students. “I know they learned something,” he said. “Now I can talk to them about who’s running, which is far more than they knew before. They want the voting age to be 12.” Susannah Bryant, who teaches sev enth-grade social science, said she did not teach a formal unit on the election, but it was discussed in class. “We talked about the United States system of government, checks and bal ances and current events,” she said. “Some of the students watched the de bates and reported back to the class.” Eighth-grade teacher Judith Rhodes did a more intense preparation for stu dents. She organized a two-week unit on the election that included a debate on the assisting with registration. Costs for implementing the forward ing system were covered by Student Ad vantage. Today's Weather . Mostly sunny, high * 60s. Friday sunny: low 60s. Student hospitalized in chemical explosion BYSHENGLEE STAFF WRITER Doctoral student Charlotte Carroll received glass lacerations and acid bums in a chemical explosion Wednesday morning in Kenan Laboratories, but she was listed in fair condition at UNC Hos pitals on Wednesday evening. Students and employees were evacu ated from Kenan for about 45 minutes following the explosion. They were al lowed to return to the building shortly before 10 a.m., but the sixth floor re mained closed for cleanup. Carroll was working in a sixth-floor lab ofKenan when the accident occurred. She was using standard procedures to remove a residual selenium reagent from a recently completed chemical reaction, said Edward Simulski, chairman of the chemistry department, in a press release. She washed out the chemical reaction glassware with nitric acid to oxidize the remaining selenium reagent. Carroll then poured the acid solution into a glass chemical waste bottle and sealed the hood, Samulski stated. The oxidation reaction was probably incom plete, which caused pressure to accumu late in the bottle. This led to the explo proper age for voting, filling out voter registration cards and looking at voter participation in recent elections. “They all decided that 14 was the proper age to vote,” Rhodes said. The second part of Rhodes’ unit in cluded student biographies of the great est presidents in the last 200 years. Abraham Lincoln, Franklinßoosevelt and John Kennedy were all favorites, she said. “Yesterday they decided if they were Democrats or Republicans,” she said. Rhodes plans to ask students after she finishes the unit if they would change the vote they cast in the mock election. This is the second year CNN and Time magazine have sponsored the na tional student vote. Eligibility is restricted to students under 18 years of age and their teachers. This year about 28,000 elementary, middle and high schools participated nationwide. CNN and Time magazine created a home page on the World Wide Web to provide students with background infor mation on candidates and current events. Summaries of campaign issues like abor- Professor: Democratic Party takes black vote for granted BYBALKEESJARRAH STAFF WRITER Chuck Stone, Walter Spearman pro fessor of journalism and mass communi cation, said at a Wednesday afternoon lecture that blacks should increase then voter education and become aware of the balance of power in government. Stone argued that Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan and Colin Powell did not nec essarily characterize all the options avail- able to blacks in the sphere of politics. About 25 people attended Stone’s lecture, which was part of the Blacks in the Diaspora Lecture Series sponsored by the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center. Stone said he believed that blacks’main objec tive should be to i Journalism Professor CHUCK STONE said blacks should increase their voter education. force the various political parties to rec ognize their interests instead of being loyal to just one party. Stone recognized the Democratic Party as the party that would retain the greatest black support. He also noted that the Democratic Party assumed blacks 103 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 News/Feamres/Aro/Sports: 962-0245 Business/Advertising: 962-1163 Volume 104, Issue 100 Chapel Hill, North Carolina C 1996 DTH Publishing Corp. AH rights reserved. “It looks like all legitimate safety procedures were taken. ” EDWARD SIMULSKI Department of Chemistry Chairman sion, he stated. Carroll was wearing the proper pro tective gear at the time of the injury, Samulski said Wednesday afternoon. “It looks like all legitimate safety pro cedures were taken," he said. The South Orange Rescue Squad trans ported Carroll to UNC Hospitals, where she was admitted to the emergency room. Samulski said Carroll’s hospital ex penses would probably be covered. “I’m sure that there are standard in surance procedures concerning her stu dent status,” he said. No one else was injured in the explo sion and no fire occurred, but an over head light cover in the fume hood was damaged. The UNC Police and Health and Safety Office, and the Chapel Hill Fire Depart ment also responded to the accident. Preteen picks The democratic process came to Phillips Middle School as students voted in mock elections. The result The Democrats took the school by storm. | Candidate Votes Percentage President Bill Clinton 457 70.7 Bob Dole 140 21.7 Ross Perot 49 7.6 Govemor Jim Hunt 474 76.1 Robin Hayes 122 19.6 Scott Yost (Lib.) 27 4.3 ’I.::. Senator Harvey Gantt 468 79.1 Jesse Helms 124 20.9 DTH/ELYSE ALLEY AND KELLEY SHAW tion, crime and the environment were also given, as well as who supported the issues. The next president and Congress will be presented with the final results of the nationwide vote. would be loyal. “The Democratic Party does exploit the black vote," Stone said. “It takes it for granted and mistreats it.” But Stone also said the Democratic Party had filled more federal judgeships with minorities than ever before. “In terms of political appointments, the Democratic Party has done the best job,” Stone said. Stone said blacks should first seek to gain influence at the local level of Ameri can government. He used groups such as Irish, Italian and Jewish persons to illus trate his point. He said individuals from these groups first became mayors and then worked their way up the political ladder. “This is how groups become major powers in cities and states,” Stone said. Stone also addressed the power of the black versus the white vote in American government. “When the white vote coa lesces, then the black vote becomes im potent,” Stone said. However, Stone said the black popu lation should not give up in light of this trend but rather keep fighting against it. Following the lecture, Stone also an swered many questions posed to him by students in attendance. The next lecture in the series will be given by Lana Henderson and Francesine Jackson, professors of art education and multicultural education at N.C. Central University, on Nov. 14.
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