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10 Tuesday, November 5,1996 ah? Satly aar H??l Jeanne Folate EDITOR Office Honrs, 2-3 p.m. Fridays Graham Brink managing editor / sy Adam Bianehi ELECTRONIC EDITION EDITOR World Wide Web Electronic Edition Ii 1 I http://www.unc.edu/dth I ilf. Established 1893 103 Years of Editorial Freedom BOARD EDITORIALS On your way to the p 0115... ■ The Daily Tar Heel endorses the following candidates and issues on the local ballot. All voters should do their duty and go to the polls today. The following endorsements are based on newspaper articles, campaign literature and dis cussion among members of the editorial board. The endorsement process did not entail inter views or questionnaires as in previous years. More important than whether every regis tered voter agrees with these decisions is that they get out and exercise that power which separates our country from many: the power of the vote. President Bill Clinton U.S. Senate Harvey Gantt U.S. House David Price N.C. governor Jim Hunt N.C. Senate Howard Lee Teena Little N.C. House Joe Hackney Verla Insko Orange County commissioner Margaret Brown Moses Carey V? £,, POPjQuiZ (§ L IHow will our town leaders • lure students to voting sites? a. Milk and cookies. Lots of 'em. b. A celebrity student government official will be at a mystery poll site wearing nothing but a campaign sign. c. The miscreants who pasted Jesse Helms 'Little White Lies' posters everywhere will come up with something a little more racy, and. Rumor has it that Jennifer Aniston or the Squirrel Nut Zippers will be performing somewhere. We promise. 3 If candidates truly don’t • receive money from PACs, then where does it all come from? a. It grows on trees, b. Really large bake sales, c. Underneath the plush cushions of UNC-system President C.D. Spangler’s living room couch. and. The same marvelously successful cattle investments that have brought our first lady large dividends. Business and Advertising: Kevin Schwartz. director/general mangager Chrissy Mennitt advertising director Leslie Humphrey, classified ad manager. Usa Reichle. business manager Megan Stephenson, advertising manager Krista Scavone and Elizabeth Johnson, business assistants. Classified Advertising: Rachel Lomasz. Assistant Editors: Lily Thayer, arts and Diversions; Mary Kathryn Craft and Angela Moore, city: Amanda Barnett and Dallas Smith, copy; Angela Eubanks, design; David Silverstein. features; Mark Weissman. graphics; Serena Custis and Brad Smith, photo; Alec Morrison. Paul Strelow and Kurt Tondorf, sports Aaron Beard and M. Lee Taft Sport Saturday; Todd Darling and Wendy Goodman, state 6 national; Shard Durhams. Marva Hinton and John Sweeney. university: Marissa Jones, writing coach. Arts/Dhrsrsions: Todd Gilchrist musk editor; Mitch Bennett and Dean Hair, senior writers; Chris Barge, Robert Breitweiser, Kelly Brewington, Beth Carroll, Marya DeVoto, Louis Dillard. Nathan Ellis. Steven Ferrara. Betsy Greer. Rich Harris. Aziz Huq. Amber Ivey. Claire Jarvis. Verna Kale. Greg Kaliss. Kacey Kinard. Stephen Lee. Sophie Milam. Amelia Rasmus. Brent Simon. Barry Summerllin, Brian Truitt Ivan Vasquez. Scott Whittier and Karen Wiliams. Cartoon: Eric Bishop. Brad Christensen. Sean Gillespie. Tommy Harris. Brian Kahn, Paul Kendall. Toly Long, Adria Mueller, Rob Neilson. Paul Saunders. Brad Timmers. Miles Travis and Michael Wlodek. City: Elizabeth Adams. Sara Grdfitt Kate Harrison. Erica Hinton. Mike HirscheL Christina Kopp, Salke Lacy. Aaron Levine, Jim Martin. Megan Meadows. Rob Nelson. Gibson Pate. Alex Podlogar. Meegan Smith, Rachel Swain. Stacey The editorials are approved by the majority of the editorial board, which is composed of the editor, editorial page editor and seven editorial writers. The Daily Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a nonprofit North Carolina corporation. Mondey-fridey. according to the University calendar Callers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1163 between 8:30 am and 5 p.m. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-0245/0246. N.C. Public School Building Bonds Yes Constitutional amendment to give veto power to the N.C. governor Yes Constitutional amendment to allow alterna tive sentencing Yes Victim’s Rights Amendment No Chapel Hill bonds: $5 million for parks and recreation Yes $3 million for open space and greenways Yes $3 million for street and sidewalk improvements No $2 million for fire and police facilities Yes $500,000 for public works No District school referendum Yes 2 Why should you participate in • today’s election? a. Voting is fat-free and has no artificial preservatives or flavoring, b. It's good practice for the upcoming Student Congress election. c. We have the opportunity to vote out all of the old incompetent crooks and can elect entirely new ones. Younger, cuter ones, maybe, and. Voting sure beats the hell out of donating blood (you don't get any sweets, but you do get a nifty sticker). 4 What student suggestions were • not considered when P2P Xpress changed its services? a. Happy hour. b. How to get through the woods from the dark doorway of Craige Residence Hall to the new P2P stop -much farther away, c. Did someone happen to mention a sauna and heart-shaped couch? and. Off-campus service so the 16,000 students who don't live in dorms yet pay student fees can take advantage of the automatic DD, too. THE DAILYTAR HEEL Business & Advertising Stuff assistant manager. Customer Sorvics: Shelly Harper, Marian Jones, Sherry W. Martin, Laurie Morton, Chemise Overton and Julie Robertson, representatives. Display Advertising: Bee Auger, Megan Boyle, Eileen Hintz. Wendy Holmes, Shannon Hrdlicka, Henry Jay, Gidget Lamb, Jonri Scott Leslie Stephenson and Amy Waller, account executives; Editorial Staff Tumage and Julia Wood. Copy: Jenny Abella. Sara Batten, Catherine Blair, Karen Glunk. Michelle Jones. Elzabeth KuU. Kendall Mac Queen. Elizabeth Martin. Melissa Minas. April Simun. Jamie Vacca. Brandyne Warren and Elizabeth Whaley. Deaign: Michelle LaPierre. May-Sung U. Courtney McCurry, Holly Neal. Trina Ozer, Jennifer Snow, Leslie Wilkinson and Alkistj Yiannibas. Editorial: John Adcock. Devona Brown, Matthew Crawford. Susan Hazeldean. Leslie Kendrick. Keith Kocher and Tara Powell. Featurei: Lauren Agrella, Pooja Asher. Ashley Copeland. Jason Creech. Trisha Dabb. Kevin Degon. Hilary Franklin. Mark Uneberger, Andrea Luecke. John McAllister. Andrew McLester. Jason Morrell. Olivia Page Brenna Pearson. Cory Van Belois and Mary Williamson. Graphica: Etyse AHey, Jessica Godwin. Ashley Henkel. Anne Riley. Eileen Russell and Kelley Shaw. Photography: Erik Perel. senior photographer; Cara Brickman. Ashley Broom. Kelly Brown, Undsay Cage. Kim Clark. Kai Dacosta. Morisea Davis. Jon Gardiner. Jennifer Guthrie. Margo Hasselman. John Ikeda. Kerri Laz. Ben McAllister. Misti McDaniel. Kristina Morris. Kristin Rohan. M.C. Steed and Vibhuti Uppal. Special Assignment: Sarah Frisch. Jessica Galazka. Tony Mecia. Lou Rutigliano, Monica Sanchez and Jonathan Watson. Office: Suita 104 Carolina Union Cam put Mail Address: CB* 5210 Boa 49. Carolina Union U.S. Mail Addreaa: P.O. Boa 3267. Chapel Hill NC 27616-3267 Rin Norwood editorial page editor Junk Griswold university editor Lanra Godwin cry editor Erica Besbean state b national editor Andrew Park special assignments editor Robbi Pickeral SPORTS EDROR Joseph Robson sportsaturday edror Jessica Banof FEATURES EDROR Melissa Milios ARTS 6 DIVERSIONS EDITOR Jnßa Corbin COPY DESK EDROR Michael Kanarek COPY DESK EDROR Amy Cappiello photography edror Amy Qnattlebanm design edror Phißip Molaro GRAPHICS EDROR Robin Linehan edrorial cartoon edror Robin Berholi staff development Jodi Brown, Beth CresantS. Joel Sasser and Barry Wyner. assistant account executives. Advertising Production: Beth O'Brien. manager. Richard D. Allen, Yvonne Cema. Cindy Henley and Jody Matthews, assistants. Classified Production: Penny Persons. Newsdark: Chris Dovichak. Sports: Beverly Morgan, copy. Dave Alexander. Jack Chaney. David Fleming. Kristi Geerken, Paul Holscher, Craig Kiser. Jason Knott Reino Makkonen. Angles Merritt Jeff Stencel and Mike Sundheim. Staff Development: Sandy Alexander. Chris Barge. Derek Chiang. Jenny Couch. Erica Ellis, Fay Giannoulis. Shaina Gross, Adam Gusman, Susan Hazeldean. Johnny Joyner. Greg Kalfis. Sara Lester and Daniel Van Hall. Stats and National: Melissa Steele, senior writer Tiffany Cashwell. Anne Corbett Jonathan Cox. Sara deManigold. April Demert Vickey Eckenrode, Eric Flack. Anne Harden. Holly Hart Charles Hellwig, Emily Howell, Tricia Johnson, Antoinette Kerr, Ashley Matlock. Whitney Moore. Kishma Patnaik. Monika Ruef. Andrew Rose. Robin Smith. LeAnn Spradling and Jeff Young. University: Rick Conner. Merritt Dempsey. Keitiin Gurney, Ashley Hagler, Leah Haney, Allison Hill. Mindy Hodges. Balkees Jamah, Teresa Kißian. Sheng Lee. Evan Markfield. Jim Nicks, Kelly O'Brien. Kerry Ossi, Aru Pande, Stephanie Shaw, Sarah Sims. Anasa Sinegal Dave Snell. Dana Spangler. Ashley Stephenson. Nahal Toosl Lynn Wadford. Ray Watters, Jon Williams, Deanna Wittmer and Sara Yawn. Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager. DTH On-line: Eddie Beiles. production. Printing: Triangle Web. Distribution: Triangle Circulation Services. i|pr NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION ISSN #IO7O-9436 EDITORIAL 'tf^ ‘Good ol’ boys’ of Hazard sound awfully familiar "...just the good of boys, never meanin’ no harm/ Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born.' - Dukes of Hazard theme song ~T" JT’ eep it to yourself, but at least be true to yourselfandadmitit.Youusedtolike “Dukes of Hazard.” You arrived to the couch early every Friday night just like me. You watched Bo and Luke outsmart the police and apprehend the ‘real’ criminals scheming Northerners polluting Southern ways, ending the good ol’ days. I remember I used to like the Dukes of Hazard. Now I look back and wonder what the hell I was thinking. Some people may still watch reruns of the “Dukes of Hazard” on some small backwoods cable station, but for those of you who didn’t, take a moment and recall the main characters: Bo and Luke the dynamic duo, “just the good ol’ boys, never meanin’ no harm.” Cooter the local scruffy mechanic who helped the Dukes when they were in a bind and also laundered their money. Daisy Duke the tantalizing temptress, who teased evil men toward the Dukes with her tight cutoffs. Uncle Jesse the ‘big-willie’ kingpin and brains behind the Duke outfit, a big old Santa- Claus lookin’ white dude in overalls, a redneck version of Star Wars’ Yoda. Boss Hogg—the mafioso on the other side —the financier, political boss and corrupt don of Hazard county always dressed in white, smoking cigars and eating pork. Roscoe Pico Train Hogg’s equally cor rupt but clumsy right hand man. Enos Roscoe’s bumbling sidekick. And every Friday, courtesy of CBS, my familyhadthe opportunity to watch the Dukes ride around in an orange car with a confeder ate flag on the hood, called the General Lee, which played Dixie on the horn every time they jumped over a lake. They dodged the police, stupefied Boss Hogg and blew up ev erything with dynamite-tipped bow and ar rows. Columnist should substitute T for 'we' in political diatribe The author is a member of the UNC Young Democrats' Executive Committee TO THE EDITOR: Well, thank goodness we have Chris Yates, that master of political thought, to keep his finger so closely to the pulse of ethical con cerns of our nation. It seems that Mr. Yates, after picking up a copy or two of The Washington Post and Die New York Times, is a representative for the voters of the United States. He has determined just what Americans consider priorities in the upcoming presidential election. If you’re as confused as I am by this absolut ist school ofthought, try this: go back and read his guest column (“A question of character,” Oct. 28) again. Where it says “the country” or “our nation” or “voters,” substitute instead the words “I” or “me. ” It will then make much more sense. Yates claims that Americans are “largely conservative.” Where he got this statistic, I’m not sure. However, I find his misguided defi nition of what it means to be conservative more troubling. It seems that conservatives are people that want “lower taxes” and “bal anced budgets.” Hmm. Now, I consider my self a liberal, but I would really like to see these things happen. Go figure. Die point is, Yates cannot speak for this nation when it comes to stating what the priorities of the upcoming election are. He and I have widely diverging opinions on which of Bill Clinton’s actions demonstrate character and which do not. Take, for example, Yates' statement that Clinton, by listening to the people of this nation and “becoming what theywant,” is reflecting poor ethics. Uh, Chris, last time I checked, recognizing the changing needs of a country and representing the dy namic population is what a president is sup posed to do. Yates also criticizes Clinton’s federal spend ing package and tax policies. In doing so, Yates equates economics with character, an IN?. AIRING DIRTY LAUNDRY I thought these were some cool dudes, my friends and I always watched the show. But my parents didn’t really dig the Dukes. I don’t know if it was because Mom grew up in Ala bama, on what would have been the other side of Haz ard county’s rail- road tracks, where the sole Black person on the show, the motorcycle cop, probably lived. Or, maybe Dad didn’t like the Dukes because Bo and Luke made me want to jump into the car without opening the doors. Or maybe, the show was just plain racist. Hindsight makes it so easy to look back and say the show was racist. Looking back, the Dukes seem like a pre cursor to today’s right wing militia groups who want to stamp out big government, ‘niggers, fags, jews and anyone who doesn’t wear camoflauge’ (in that order). Every episode of the Dukes was a mini-Freedmen’s standoff, a militiamen’s daydream of the day they’ll take back America. If the show was so racist, though, why did it air for so many years? Why did the Dukes have such a diverse audience? Did Daisy Duke and her cutoffs have something to do with the show’s success? Probably not. The Dukes of Hazard was considered a good action show, so it sold. Dukes, in fact, paved the way for other popular ’Bos action shows like “Knight Rider” and the “ A-Team, ” and nineties shows like “New York Under cover” and “The X-Files” (The difference be tween the shows, despite Waco and Rodney King incidents, is police are good guys now and vigilantes are bad). Action sells and the Dukes could provide it. The Dukes’ action excused its racism just like humor excused ‘Amos and Andy’s’ rac- READERS’FORUM The Daily Tar Heel welcooies reader coßiments and criticism. Letters to the editor should be no longer than 400 words and must be typed, double-spaced, dated and signed by no more than two people. Students should include their year, major and phone number. Faculty and staff should include their title, department and phone number. The DTH reserves the right to edit letters for space, clarity and vulgarity. Bring letters to the DTH office at Suite 104, Carolina Union, mail them to P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 or e-mail forum to: dth@unc.edu. impossible equation. Money and morality be gin with the same letter; that is where the similarity ends. Yates persists, questioning the ethics of gays in the military and plans for national health case. I do not consider these to be bad agendas. Yates is putting a morally absolute label on issues that are highly subjective. Heidi C. Schmitt JUNIOR PSYCHOLOGY Alice Walker's presentation includes Muslim stereotypes TO THE EDITOR: There is no doubting the fact that Alice Walker is one of the most important writers of our time. The work she has done to encourage victims of oppression of all types to stand up for themselves cannot be viewed as anything but positive. So, in accordance with Ms. Walker’s message, I must stand up. During her speech in Memorial Hall on Oct. 29, Ms. Walker made a comment that did not sit well with me. While all her work is EJtr Sailg aar Heel ism. And as that racism continues in 1996, we still can’t overlook it or provide excuses for it. Racism on TV is more subtle now and hard to find. Racism may manifest itself through a character’s perception of Native-Americans, stereotyped Jewish people or the absence of positive Hispanic figures. Subtle racism seeps through the movies and other media too. In fact, racism is still in every circle social, educational, political and others, but we can’t overlook it just because there’s action, humor or news disguising it. Racism was America’s birth defect, a ge netic mutation that stunted its growth since conception. The mutation was responsible for retarded movements like during World War I when America’s racism convinced the govern ment to shut down German-American news papers and imprison German-American citi zens. During World War 11, America’s racism persuaded the government to put Japanese- Americans in interment camps. During the Cold War, America’s racism forced the gov ernment to undermine Third World politics, overthrow governments and distribute drugs to urban black youth. During the Gulf War, America’s racism asked the government to send disproportionate numbers of Hispanic soldiers to Saudi Arabia. But check yourself before you think racism infected America only during wars. It’s “peace time” now. And don’t think for a minute that racism no longer runs the government. In fact, don’t think racism stops with the government and don’t think that racism stops with society. We have a tendency to make sweeping remarks about what “society” dictates, as if “society” is some man running things. But society is us. And racism begins and ends with you and me. So today, vote. And vote against racism— there’s no excuse for racism. You have a chance today to run Boss Hogg out of office. Richard Harris is a senior journalism major from Hercules, Calif. dedicated to breaking down stereotypes and overcoming oppression, she fell into stereotyp ing a little understood group in this country. She made the mistake of stereotyping Mus lims. Ms. Walker was telling the audience about one of her stories that was banned from a California standardized test. The story was about a Christian woman who married a Mus lim man and her oppression under him. In her relation of the story, she suggested that all Muslim men oppress their wives. This comment was made in passing, and probably did not affect many members of the audience. However, that is where the problem lies. We cannot overcome the negativity of stereotypes without first realizing when they arebeingused. All stereotypes have some basis in fact. Some Muslim men do oppress their wives. Some black men break the law. Some southern whites are members of the Ku Klux Klan. These statements are all true. It is when we generalize these facts, or, more specifically, fail to limit the extent of these generalizations, that there is a problem. This is what happened during Alice Walker’s speech. In her efforts to try to liberate women she has oppressed another group. I hope every one who was present realizes this was an unfair statement to make about Muslim men. Any one who has been stereotyped knows how hurtful it can be, and should realize that just because it is still politically correct to stereo type Muslims as turban-headed terrorists and oppressors, it is not right. I am sorry such a monumental event at UNC had to be tainted with such a remark. Sammy Banawan JUNIOR PSYCHOLOGY The clock is ticking... The deadline for applications to The Daily Tar Heel's editorial board is 5 p.m. Thursday. Applica tions are in Suite 104 of the Student Union. Questions regarding either applications or the editorial board should be referred to Editorial Page Editor Ryan Norwood at 9624086.
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