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TUESDAY
JANUARY 7,1997
Hooker named contender
for Spangler’s prized job
BY ERICA BESHEARS
SENIOR WRITER
UNC Chancellor Michael Hooker is
one of several people being considered
to replace UNC-system President C.D.
Spangler, two sources closely involved
with the search process said.
Other people who have been named
include Education Secretary Dick
Riley, UNC-Charlotte Chancellor
James Woodward and former N.C.
Gov. Jim Martin.
Hooker is out of town for the week
and could not be reached for comment
Monday. Jane Brown, chairwoman of
the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill, said
Hooker told her that he was not inter
ested in becoming UNC-system presi
dent. “I’m going to believe he’s going to
be here,” Brown said. “We hired him to
be here for the duration.”
If the Board of Governors Search
Committee selected Hooker and he
accepted, he would step into the posi
tion in June, after less than two years as
chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill. That
would leave the University without a
chancellor and spark the second chan
cellor search process of the 19905.
While UNC-Chapel Hill Provost
Professor criticized for graduation speech
BY MARVA HINTON
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
When Professor Michael Eric Dyson
quoted Snoop Doggy Dog to illustrate
“the freedom of lyrical creativity” in his
Commencement address, he raised
more than a few eyebrows.
Dyson, a com
munications pro
fessor and race
relations expert,
faced criticism
when he quoted
profane rap lyrics,
criticized UNC
alumnus and bas
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Michael Jordan
and referred to
fellatio in a song
by pop singer
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of the mailman who will bring their
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shell out money to the government
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should be aware of tax information.
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Richard
Richardson said
he had not dis
cussed such a
move with
Hooker, he said
he would like to
see the chancellor
remain in Chapel
Hill.
“I would per
sonally be disap
pointed to see him
leave this cam
pus,” Richardson
said, adding that
he thought
Hooker could still
Chairwoman of the
Faculty Council JANE
BROWN said
Chancellor Hooker
told her he did not
want the position.
contribute to UNC-Chapel Hill if
selected to be UNC-system president.
Richardson, who served on the com
mittee that took more than a year to
select Hooker, said Hooker has made
great strides with the N.C. General
Assembly and UNC trustees so far.
He said he had heard people talk
about what would happen if Hooker
moved to the system’s General
Administration, but added, “I would be
very hopeful that they could find anoth
er choice for president.”
conditions that he
said put the
American dream
out of reach for
many of
America’s youth.
“The value of
youth culture is
partly in its blis
tering detail about
how the
American Dream
has not only been
fondled, but
molested,” Dyson
told the graduates.
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for quoting profane
rap lyrics in his
address to December
graduates.
Observer in a Dec. 17 article that he
received phone calls and e-mail from
parents criticizing the speech.
Neither Dyson nor Hooker could be
reached for comment Monday.
IRS is bracing for their busiest season
by stressing basic filing information.
“The most important thing for stu
dents to be aware of is the fact that
while they may not be required to file a
tax return based on their income level,
they will not receive income that was
withheld by their employers without fil
ing their own income tax return,”
Albright said.
No one who earned less than $6,550
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BOG Chairman C. Cliff Cameron
discounted the candidate list as specu
lation. “People carl just be throwing
names into the pot” whether or not that
person is interested, he said.
This search process is only the sec
ond since the 16-school system was cre
ated in the 19705. UNC-CH Political
Science Professor Thad Beyle said the
possibility of a chancellor stepping up
to the position was unprecedented.
Beyle attributed the interest in
Hooker to his popularity with the
General Assembly. “I think one of the
reasons why is that he’s done so well
with the state legislature. He’s done so
well with the community at large.”
Beyle said Hooker’s outreach and
assertive decisions endeared him to
state officials. “He won the legislators’
hearts when he stepped in and said,
‘James Williams, you are out of here.’”
Hooker called for Williams’ resigna
tion after the English professor admit
ted having sex with students, soon after
Hooker took over in July 1995.
Cameron said he would like the
Search Committee to submit a final
candidate by late April.
Search Committee Chairman Jim
Holshouser could not be reached.
Amelia Bruce, vice president of the
Senior Class, said the controversy sur
rounding Dyson’s speech was more a
product of die speech’s topic than any
thing else. “Race relations is a contro
versial issue,” Bruce said.
Brace served on the committee that
selected him to speak. She said she
would choose Dyson to speak again. “I
stand by our decision to select him,”
Brace said. “He met our expectations.”
But Leah Compel, the parent of a
December graduate, said Dyson was a
poor choice for speaker. She sent a let
ter to Hooker criticizing the speech.
“It was extremely inappropriate
because Commencement should be a
joyous occasion,” Compel said. “It is
not for everyone in that audience to be
screamed at for 18 minutes.
“I thought his tone was inappropri
ate. I thought his negativism was inap
propriate. What we need is positivism.”
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Brown said she thought such criticism
went too far and said she supported
Dyson’s address. "I thought (the criti
cism) was excessive,” Brown said. “I
thought it was an overreaction.”
Bruce said she thought the commit
tee knew more about Dyson’s back
ground than the general public. “I think
perhaps some of the controversy maybe
could have been approached differently
if people had paid closer attention to
his background," Brace said.
Dyson has been called a “hip-hop
intellectual” and has spoken about
gangsta rap and black America on
national television shows.
Brown said it was unfortunate that
Dyson’s language overshadowed the
message of his speech. “The focus on
the language in the rap lyrics distracted
us from the main message. (Dyson) was
speaking for people who are rarely spo
ken for. A lot of people appreciated
that.”
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North Carolina celebrates its 20-13 Gator Bowl victory over West Virginia in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 1.
Quarterback Oscar Davenport was the game's Most Valuable Player. See story, page 12.
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BSM plans memorial
for slain UNC junior
BYEVANMARKFIELD
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The Black Student Movement is
planning a memorial service Sunday
for a 20-year-old UNC student who
was gunned down on Dec. 21.
According to a statement from Dean
of Students Fred Schroeder, Travis
Cooper, a junior from Lumberton, was
killed when bullets were fired into the
automobile in which Cooper and four
of his friends were riding.
The shooting occurred at 4:20 a.m.
as the five friends were leaving Die
Ballfield, a club in Hoke County. The
Hoke County Sheriff’s Department
said it appeared that the car in which
Cooper was riding took a wrong turn
and was turning around when it was
Downtown armed robbery
leads to high speed pursuit
BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT
CITY EDITOR
A fifth teenager was arrested
Saturday in connection with an armed
robbery that occurred in downtown
Chapel Hill and led to a high-speed
chase into Durham.
Thursday night five teenagers
allegedly robbed a 42-year-old Chapel
Hill man at gunpoint on the comer of
North Columbia Street and Carr Street.
After the stickup, the victim went to his
nearby home and called the police,
Jane Cousins, Chapel Hill police
spokeswoman said.
“A car pulled up next to him," she
said. “A man got out, pointed a silver
handgun at him and demanded his wal
let”
The victim surrendered his wallet,
which included a Visa credit card, two
personal checks made out to the victim,
deposit slips and $65 in cash.
Police dispatched a description of
the car the suspected robbers were dri
ving, and an Orange County sheriff’s
deputy spotted the vehicle on U.S. 15-
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Cooper was
struck by a bullet
in his left side.
Two other passen-
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gers also sustained bullet wounds.
The sheriff’s department has no pos
sible motives or suspects in the shoot
ing, a representative said Monday.
At UNC, Cooper was an active
member of a teen outreach program
that is part of the Sonja H. Stone Black
See COOPER, Page 2
501 near the Omni-Europa Hotel.
Chapel Hill police dong with the
deputy chased the car to Durham
where it turned right on Garrett Road
and wrecked at the Circle K, Cousins
said. She said she did not know exactly
how fast the cars travelled during the
chase, but they exceeded the speed
limit.
“When the car wrecked, all (occu
pants) got out and ran,” Cousins said.
“One of our police dogs and the
Durham police found one of the sus
pects. Three other were arrested near
Pier One at South Square later that
night.”
Cousins said four suspects were
taken into custody Thursday night after
the robbery. Another suspect was
arrested Saturday at his Durham home.
Quincey Jevon Hunt, 16, of 1602-B
Sedgefield St., Durham; Edmund
Ravon Riley, 18, of 1602-A Sedgefield
St., Durham; and Joshua LePerry
Sands, 17, of 1200 Leon St. apartment
B-4, Durham were charged with rob-
See ROBBERY, Page 2
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Farmer. The complete poem is pqnted on
page 5 of today's paper.