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2 Thursday, November 7,1996 Vice chancellor addresses Employee Forum BY TRAVIS MILLER STAFF WRITER Executive Vice Chancellor Elson Floyd addressed how the possible house keeper pay increase would be funded at a meeting of the Employee Forum on Wednesday. The pending pay increase of house keepers to $19,000 a year would be ac quired from funds in the housing depart ment, Floyd said. The increase would not infringe upon other employees, he said. “As you know we have extended the deadline of the court issue of the house keepers,” Floyd said. The extension will allow dialogue on Religious right, whites form base of Helms support THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH Four out of 10 votes sending U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms back to the Senate for a fifth term came from members of the religious right, who proved a core of the Republican’s sup port. Politically active white Christians gave Helms three votes for every one that went to Democratic rival Harvey Gantt. “They are good people with the high est of motivation," Helms said Wednes day, counting himself among Christian conservatives. “I am about as Baptist as you can get.” Helms campaigned on few issues as he traveled around the state in the last GOP maintains control of U.S. House of Representatives ■ Both Republicans and Democrats pledge to work together in 105th Congress THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON To dramatize how long it’s been since the Republicans won back-to-back House majorities, Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., arrived at a victory news conference in a midnight-blue 1929 Model A Ford convertible. “The majority is safe and solid,” he said Wednesday after the GOP eked out a narrow win in House elections, fighting a strong Democratic tide in the presiden tial election. It was the first time in 66 years that Republicans had won consecutive House Expanded^! 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Seats aaa bbbb _ nBB . are limited at these fares and WeSI ' A.Rtlli fares are based on availability Qj —* 9 OUu lluil IIHII Fares and schedules are subject to change without notice. Other restrictions may apply the housekeeper issue to be extended, he said. In other action, the Career Develop ment Committee gave results of an edu cational survey it had mailed to 500 em ployees. One hundred and forty-two employees responded to the survey. Two financial assistance programs offered to University employees were addressed in the survey. The Career Development Committee Survey disclosed that 95 percent of em ployees who responded to the survey knew about the University’s Tuition Waiver Program. Thirty-three percent of the respondents said they had taken courses through this program. two weeks, but one he never failed to mention was the need for moral and spiritual renewal before Americans could hope to iron out their problems. “Unless we get our national character back together again, unless and until we get our moral and spiritual principles back again, I don’t think we’re going to do very much about solving any other problems,” he said. Overall, North Carolina’s political spectrum divided between the two candi dates in about the same way as in their first meeting in 1990. Conservatives again outnumbered lib erals by more than two to one, helping Helms overcome Gantt’s advantage majorities. A handful of races in Western states remained too close to call. And three Texas contests affected by a late court redistricting decision were headed for runoff elections on Dec. 10. As final returns were counted, Repub licans had won 225 House seats and were leading in two other contests, which would give them total strength 0f227 nine fewer than they had in the last ses sion of Congress. Democrats had won 204 and were leading in three undecided races, for a potential 207 total. There is one indepen dent, Vermont’s Bernard Sanders, in the 435-seat House. With the margin of control the closest since 1953, both parties predicted in creased cooperation in the 105th Con The Career Development Committee Survey also showed that 42 percent of responding employees were aware of the University’s Educational Assistance Pro gram. Seven percent of the respondents said they had taken courses through this program. Leslie de Monchaux, a consumer credit counselor, talked to the forum about financial services that are accessible through the University’s Family Services Center. The Consumer Credit Counseling Ser vice can help employees and students in three ways, de Monchaux said. Services at the service include a sit down talk about financial issues. The client can talk with a counselor about among the nearly 50 percent who called themselves moderate. Helms also scored big with white vot ers not driven by their faith. Herackedup almost two-thirds of the white vote. About 80 percent of Gantt’s support ers said they were not members of the religious right. Seven out of 10 voters rejected the religious rightlabel. But Gantt also collected one out of eight votes cast by white Christian conservatives. Conservatives, religious ornot, proved to be the foundation for Helms’ election. Almost six out of 10 votes cast for Helms came from conservatives, while another four out of 10 votes came from self described moderates. gress, particularly on urgent issues like rescuing the Medicare system from loom ing insolvency. “It’s certainly time to hear the president’s views,” said Paxon, chair man of the GOP’s House campaign com mittee. He said Republicans respected Clinton’s overwhelming showing at the polls, and he predicted both sides would meet in the political center. Speaker Newt Gingrich already was sounding conciliatory. In a telephone call with President Clinton, “we both agreed that under our system we are now going to work to gether,” said Gingrich, R-Ga., who took over the speakership with revolutionary fervor two years ago. Paxon’s Democratic counterpart, Rep. NEWS budget planning to save for upcoming expenses, de Monchaux said. The center also offers a debt manage ment program in which it serves as a medium between the creditor and the client, she said. Finally, the service offers an educa tional program in the community, de Monchaux said. The service has an initial fee of $25 for personal consultations, but this fee is reduced to $5 for people from low-in come households, de Monchaux said. The Debt Management Program has no fee, but there is a service charge for post age, she said. “I have helped a lot of people from the University.” Helms’ strong support from conserva tives came in a state only slightly more conservative than the national average. An analysis of exit polling data done Wednesday by The Associated Press put North Carolina 19th on a ranking of states from the most conservative to least conservative. The exit poll surveyed 2,205 voters as they left 40 randomly selected polling places around North Carolina. It was conductedby Voter News Service, apart nership of The Associated Press and tele vision networks. The margin of sampling error for each result was plus or minus 2.5 percentage points for all voters and higher for subgroups. Martin Frost of Texas, agreed that the results point to “real bipartisan coopera tion in this next Congress.” But he said, far from Republicans having a long-term lock on the chamber, the outcome “dem onstrates the House is very much in play for the remainder of the decade.” Nationally, the two parties split the total vote in House races. Democrats and Republicans each garnered 49 percent; other party candidates and independents shared 2 percent of the total, according to Voter News Service. In Utah, Clinton may have cost his own party a House seat with an election season order that declared a large chunk of Democrat Bill Orton’s district a na tional monument, removing it from the prospect of development. Orton was edged by Republican CJuris Cannon. Seminar examines lack of global business skills ■ Two speakers offered their expertise on the state of the international market. BYBALKEESJARRAH STAFF WRITER There is a shortage of workers with international business skills in the corpo rate world, an IBM representative said at a Wednesday seminar. The Center for International Studies held a career seminar about the shortage of global skills in the business world. The seminar was led by two speakers who offered their expertise on the state of the global market. Fred Schindler, who works in international marketing for IBM, spoke on the lack of skills in the interna tional market. Bob Radcliffe, an international trade specialist for the North Carolina World Trade Center, spoke of the opportunities available in an international career. Radcliffe explained that the objective of the world trade centers was to help small- to medium-sized companies with their international needs. He said the world trade centers gave these compa nies fundamental assistance in their busi ness plans and marketing research. “Our job as the World Trade Center is to help the smaller and medium compa nies who don’t have the time or the resources to go international,” he said. Radcliffe also said smaller companies Reaching new heights Voter turnout in five student-populated Chapel Hill and Carrboro precincts climbed to around 70 percent in Tuesday's elections. Precinct Voter turnout North Carrboro 73.4% King's Mill 66.5% Colonial Heights 64.7% Coker Hills 65.4% Carrboro 74.3% SOURCE: ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS DTH/EEZEN RUSSEL TURNOUT FROM PAGE 1 students voted. “I was a little frustrated because the lines were so long,” she said. “But I was excited, too, because I know my vote counted, and I got a sticker at the end.” Bateman said it bothered her that voter Campus Calendar Thursday 12:15 p.m. The Newman Catholic Stu dent Center will hold a memorial service for the graduate student who committed suicide two weeks ago. 6 p.m. The Sonja H. Stone Black Cul tural Center will sponsor a lecture titled "Lines That Divide, Ties That Bind" in the BCC. 6:30, 9 p.m. The Carolina Union Attentßiffl Seniors; Careers in Business |f i TONIGHT! at Spanky’s Restaurant from 7-9 pm (on the comer of Franklin & Columbia) Come have your questions answered about business job opportunities from representatives ° f Procter & Gamble, Body Billboards, UNC Development Office and other professionals. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served. Casual attire. PEACE CORPS On campus today., . K Information Session Old Carroll Hall, Room 02 430 p.m. - 630 D.m. ... and tomorrow! Application Workshops Carolina Student Union 11 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. Ip.m. -1:45 p.m. 2 p.m. -2:45 p.m. For more information, call Peace Corps at 1-800-424-8580. ®ljp Sailij tEar Hml needed to have a knowledge of interna tional studies and business which they could obtain from specialists at a world trade center. “They don’t necessarily see potential opportunities emerging in countries in the global market," Radcliffe said. Radcliffe said smaller to medium com panies needed to be aware of foreign politics as well as business. He said they needed to know about currencies and the political stability of governments. “In business, the one area you can’t control is politics, but you must be aware of it,” Radcliffe said. Fred Schindler, who works in interna tional marketing for IBM, emphasized the importance of global skills. “In many respects a company isn’t a global company because of its lack of skills,” Schindler said. He said a global company should be highly sensitive to local markets as well as the international market. He said com panies also needed to be understanding of cultural impacts on business. “IBM is lacking those skills, and so are our competitors, soyou’llbe ahead ofthe game if you have them,” Schindler said. He said it was tremendously complex to put something together for a customer on a worldwide basis. He also empha sized the need for people who can oper ate comfortably in a multicultural, multi lingual and diverse market. “We are in trouble in terms of having the right mix of people who have those skills." turnout nationwide, however, was its lowest since the 19205. “It pisses me off that 51 percent of registered voters didn’t vote, *’ she said. “I think it’s shameful.” Bateman said the bottom line was people must exercise their right to vote if they want to have a say in government. “If it’s only one vote, it makes a differ ence.” Activites Board Film Committee will present the Oscar winning documentary “Ann Frank Remembered" in the Carolina Union Audito rium. Admission is free. 7 p.m. The UNC Sailing Club will have its next meeting in 106 Fetzer Gym. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Office of NC Fellows and Leadership Development will present “Gender and Communication: Strate gies for Leaders.”
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