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6 Tuesday, November 5,1996 Internet activism alive but not kicking Each year I’ve been a student here, I’ve walked through the Pit and seen more and more rallies and protests to last me a lifetime. No doubt, UNC is one activist campus. A similar situation occurs on the Internet: lots of groups fighting to make their voices heard, but with less fanfare. After scouring the World Wide Web for activist sites, I discovered one thing: there is a web page for every activist cause out there, but their methods of increasing involvement leave more to be desired. The most inspiring of the ones I un earthed was the Blue Ribbon Free Speech campaign at http://www.eff.org/ blueribbon.html. The “sixth most linked page in the world” raises awareness of free speech on the Internet by disseminating its blue ribbon icon to web page authors. The site also lets the browser sign a petition to protest Congress’ 1996 Telecommunica tions bill, which bans “indecent” mate rial from the Internet. And just to get the point across, a link shows what kinds of siteshavebanningpotential: the Louvre’s Venus de Milo, the Sistine Chapel and Huckleberry Finn. Most other activist sites are informa tive but are visually unappealing. They contain plain lists and text, two charac teristics that don’t necessarily incite the FROM PAGE 1 Emily Wilmarth, Haislip’s mother. When Wilmarth came home Sunday evening, she said she noticed three police cars that had been called after neighbors saw Haislip climbing through the bathroom window. After talking with her, Haislip, who had locked himself in his room, agreed to go back to the hospital, Wilmarth said. Homey said Haislip did not return to the deaf unit Sunday night. Instead, officials placed him in a more secure unit. Haislip has a history of mental illness. He spent nearly two years in Dorothea Dix after being found mentally incompetent in 1991 to stand trial on four counts of indecent exposure. Haislip was again found incompetent to stand trial following charges on two counts of indecent exposure and one count of stalking a 7-year-old girl in August. He returned to the hospital, where he will remain for treatment until a mental health judge deems him competent to stand trial for the latest charges. Haislip’s case has sparked more debate about the N.C. law that deals with the mentally incompetent. If found competent to stand trial, defendants can receive a verdict of guilty, not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity. N.C. Sen. Mark McDaniel, R-Forsyth, is co-sponsoring a bill to implement a guilty but mentally ill verdict. Defendants would receive treatment in prison. “Society would be protected and these individuals would get the help they need.” gul lot to Jinn you use AT&Tor ' AiMTnnvrs.il MnMurt'.inl. 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On to less greener pastures, The Hu man Rights Web home page at http:// traveller.com/~hrweb/hrweb.html contains interesting content about vari ous human rights emergencies. A short history of the human rights movement and biographies of prisoners of conscience add to the cause. The provided Human Rights Re sources list is extensive, and I automati cally went to the Amnesty International page at http://www.igc.apc.org/am nesty. This site contains current happen ings involving various causes. Different campaigns are mentioned and the inter national organization encourages student Bizarro TUE WAV, PAMING, I CANT AFfoRP TCM fITCW IN ON TNE HoNEYnrtooN. NtY FiRST 1 WiF£ SfEMT TdE MONEY I'M MAKIN& I V Now Four Years ago. J chapters to register themselves. Forjustplainactivismclearinghouses, the two I found most useful are the Politi cal Activism resource list at http:// www.cc.utah/~5m1968/ resources. htmlandPeaceNetathttp:// www.peacenet.apr.org/peacenet. The fust is one of those despised plain text ones—a lengthy chart broken down by category. Political campaigns, cyber rights and womens’ issues are just a few of the subdirectories. With a total of 115 links, if the online activist doesn’t find his or her cause here, then you’re out ofluck. Peace Net, slightly more attractive, is a “worldwide computer network dedi cated to peace, social and economic jus tice, human rights and the struggle against racism.” The site requires subscribers for some of the features, but the nonsub scriber can access data from the Labor Net, Eco Net and Womens Net sections. It was interesting to find such a spec trum of causes, but I was disappointed that the sites weren’t more interactive. To drum up a following for the cause, the sites’ authors should start acting up in site as well as sight. Don't forget to submit your favorite web sites for the future DTH Internet issue. Suggestions can be dropped off at Suite 104 of the Student Union or e-mailed to dth@email.unc.edu. NEWS ■ Students who need more information regarding districts and poll sites can call the student government elections hotline at 962-5201 or the Orange County Board of Elections at 967-9251 ext. 2350. j —i rn ± |v ® / n s V®/i X JL A Jpl ° VTTZj©7 i iy 0| Jf 0 A Voting precincts for T Chapel Hill and Carrboro , , ~ . x , Vr^ : t © Mason Farm Precinct I Voting precincts for T UNC Campus N Ridge Rd jtESSa . Al , i in Tjr~ Country Club \ v / Precinct w* "' '' jLj Wes Precinct Jj&irj Greenwooand iMXi / # **** $® i I “ L ©Lincoln Precinct East Franklin 1° hanklinSt 1,8 - - I llll, " ,, " Precinct I dth/iessica GODWIN and mark weissman Where you can go to vote Poll sites in Chapel Hill and Carrboro Poll site Precinct Chapel Hill 1. Battle Park 2. Booker Creek 3. Coker Hills 4. Colonial Heights 5. Country Club 6. Transfer Voters 7. East Franklin 8. Eastside 9. Estes Hills 10. Glenwood 11. Greenwood 12. King's Mill 13. Lincoln 14. Mason Farm 15. Northside 16. Patterson 17. Ridgefield 18. Weaver Dairy 19. Westwood Carrboro 20. Dogwood Acres 21. Lion's Club 22. North Carrboro 23. OWASA 24. Town Hall 25. Carrboro Chapel Hill Community Center American Legion Building Church of Reconciliation Elizabeth Seawell Elementary School Fetzer Gymnasium Chapel Hill Police Station The Lutheran Church Ephesus Road School Chapel Hill Public Library Glenwood School UNC General Administration Building Aldersgate Methodist Church Lincoln Center Administration Building Community Church Building, Purefoy Road Chapel Hill Town Hall New Hope Community Center Binkley Baptist Church Fire Station, Weaver Dairy Road Frank Porter Graham School Grey Culbreth School Lion's Club Building. Carrboro Homestead Road Community Center OWASA Administration Building Carrboro Town Hall Carrboro Elementary School at;? Batly (Ear Hrrl
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