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WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 5,1997
Black leaders touting
year-long celebration
‘ BY STACEY TURNAGE
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
AND KARINA MIHAILOVSCHI
STAFF WRITER
Residents who want to celebrate
Black History Month could have a hard
time finding the party.
Although February is nationally rec
ognized as Black History Month, many
local groups, including organizations on
the UNC campus,
have opted to pre
empt their celebra
tions, arguing that
black history
should be celebrat
ed every month.
Carrboro
Alderman Hillard
J BLACK
MONTH
Caldwell said he agreed with the senti
ment that there should be an emphasis
on black history all the time.
“We shouldn’t forget that black his
tory is part of the American history and
something that should be in our minds
all months,” he said. “It’s absurd just to
celebrate it one month."
Mavis Gragg, co-president of the
Black Student Movement at UNC, said
Black History Month served a great pur
pose but should be recognized year
round. “I think (Black History Month)
still has historical significance, but at
places like UNC, black history should
be learned and celebrated everyday,” she
said.
Gragg said everything the BSM spon
sored was special every month and not
just limited to February.
Outcome of state lottery debate in the cards
BYSARADEMANIGOLD
STAFF WRITER
N.C. residents hoping to hit the jack
pot had better keep driving to nearby
states for the time being, some legisla
tors predict.
The N.C. General Assembly has
voted down 11 bills to call for a referen
dum on a statewide lottery during the
past decade. And representatives expect
to debate the same legal and moral
issues during this session.
“One (bill) will be introduced as it has
been in the last several sessions,” said
Dana Simpson, special assistant to N.C.
House Speaker Harold Brubaker, R-
Randolph.
“The speaker expects any bill to orig
inate in the Senate,” Simpson said.
“Once the Senate passes it, the House
Candidates
visit issues
for Sangam
■ Each candidate was
given three minutes to
speak during the forum.
BYNAHALTOOSI
STAFF WRITER
Student body elections candidates
learned how to say a lot in a short time
Tuesday night.
A candidates’ forum hosted by
Sangam, the South Asian Awareness
Organization, gave candidates three
minutes to discuss their platforms and
reasons for running.
Student body president candidates
said student government should be
more responsive to students.
“Governance is you and you and you
participating in the decisions that affect
your life,” said Student Body President
candidate Andrew Pearson, a junior
from Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Student Body President candidate
Mo Nathan, a junior from Cary, said his
experience in student government dif
ferentiated him from other candidates.
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“This way an
individual doesn’t
have to wait for
February to roll
around to learn
black history,” she
said. “They can
learn and celebrate
it everyday of their
life which is evi
dence that we’ve
come along way
since the initiation
of Black History
Month.”
Ty Johnson,
publicist for the
Sonja H. Stone
Black Cultural
Carrboro Alderman
HILLIARD
CALDWELL
said black history
awareness should be
promoted throughout
the year.
Center, said the BCC recognized Black
History Month, but not aside from any
other month to celebrate and learn
about black history.
“The programming for February is
planned with the same intensity as those
planned in any other month of the
year,” Johnson said. “We believe every
month should be black history month.”
One place in Chapel Hill, Hargraves
Community Center, has scheduled a
number of special events to celebrate
Black History Month. The activities
include a dance exhibit by the Africa
Dance Troup on Feb. 18 and weekly
movie screenings that feature films
about the American Civil Rights
Movement. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta sorority Inc. and Chapel Hill
Parks and Recreation Department are
co-sponsoring the events.
will then take a look at it.”
Lottery bills calling for a referendum
passed the N.C. Senate in 1989, 1991
and 1993, but failed during the last ses
sion. Lottery legislation has never made
it through the House.
Representatives expect a lottery bill
for a public referendum to originate in
the Senate as in past years.
“It is hard to say what will happen
with the new assembly,” said Julia
White, communication director for
Senate President Pro Tern Marc
Basnight.
“Sen. Basnight personally does not
approve the bill but will not condemn
anyone who votes for it.”
However, it remains unclear whether
the General Assembly can legally call
for a referendum.
“Legislative power resides in the
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Candidates for the Carolina Athletic Association co-presidency Charlie Roederer and Jason Reynolds (left) and
Beth Stern and Brian Whitley answer questions about diversifying Homecoming Court at Sangarris candidate forum.
“I've seen student government as a
vehicle by which student concerns can
be addressed," Nathan said.
Nathan also advocated a zero-toler
ance policy for racism on campus.
Student Body President candidate
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General Assembly,” said John Sanders,
professor emeritus of the UNC-Chapel
Hill Institute of Government.
He said the legislators had to decide
the issue rather than passing it to the
people.
Bill Brooks, executive director of the
N.C. Family Policy Council, said,
“Voters can’t vote (on the lottery)
because they don’t have the authority,
only on constitutional and bond issues.”
And the N.C. Supreme Court has
never addressed the issue, Sanders said.
Although the legality remains
unclear, many North Carolinians worry
that a lottery will bring unfavorable con
sequences.
“More money comes out from those
with lower incomes," Brooks said. He
said educated people understood the low
odds of winning the lottery.
Shawn Fraley, a junior from Lexington,
said the Campus Y and student govern
ment should work together on issues
such as race relations and a free-stand
ing black cultural center.
“We need to bring both of those
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And the state could lose out from lost
revenue sales and the problems of com
pulsive gambling, he said.
Brooks said, “In North Carolina, that
would be condemning 150,000 adults to
be compulsive gamblers.
“Costs to the state outweighs the ben
efits.”
Despite these concerns, some state
leaders see benefits in a lottery.
“I really think the lottery will balance
the regressive nature of die tax,” said
John Dornan, executive director of the
Public School Forum.
Dornan said the revenue generated
from a lottery would have the potential
to make a real impact.
Lottery officials in Georgia agreed.
“The lottery has raised almost $1.7
See LOTTERY, Page 4
forces together,” Fraley said.
CAA Co-president candidate Jason
Reynolds, a junior from Raleigh, said he
and his running mate Charlie Roederer
See FORUM, Page 4
It's only money
O.J. Simpson must pay
more than $8 million in
liability damages.
Page 6
Lot-o-money
North Carolinians spend $75 million on lottery tickets in Virginia and $5.3
million on Georgia lottery tickets in Georgia every year. While some state
legislators oppose the implementation of a North Carolina lottery, other people
argue that the money generated in neighboring states by North Carolinians
should be spent in North Carolina.
Be
GEORGIA
LOTTERY
VIRGINIA LOTTERY
‘Glass ceiling’ perception
still alive among students
BY ASHLEY STEPHENSON
STAFF WRITER
The University reported last fall that
female faculty members do not face a
glass ceiling, but an open letter to the
administration asks that officials make
sure they’re not just looking through it.
Student government members wrote
the letter after completing a survey that
challenges the earlier report. The Office
of the Provost conducted a survey in
October which claims that a glass ceil
ing does not exist for women in the fac
ulty.
Sarah Manekin, chairwoman of the
Human Relations Committee, which
conducted the survey, said the commit
tee informed many students and faculty
of the contents of the provost’s study,
and they perceived a lack of gender
equity in the faculty. “We are not dis
puting the study, but are rather showing
our support for gender equity in the fac
ulty and in the faculty salaries,”
Manekin said.
Christine Williams, a member of the
committee, said the study was neces
sary. “Regardless of what the numbers
say, there’s still a perception, and that
means there’s a problem," she said. “I
think the (previous) study doesn’t exact
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Clinton addresses
bipartisan efforts,
education reform
■ The hour-long speech derided a budget
amendment, but called for stronger efforts
at campaign-finance and welfare reform.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton, declaring that
Americans “want us to be partners, not partisans,” chal
lenged Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday
night to give the nation’s schools a big spending increase
while balancing the budget by 2002.
Recycling popular ideas from his campaign, Clinton iden-
tified education as the top priority of his
second term and said Americans should
have “the best education in the world.”
He challenged communities to measure
their students against national stan
dards to lift achievement in math and
science.
The president’s proposals would
boost education spending by 20 percent
to ssl billion for fiscal year 1998. The
increase including the cost of tax
breaks for college would total 40 per
cent by 2002.
The president lectured the
Republican-led Congress to “complete
the unfinished business of our country”
balancing the budget, enacting long
stalled campaign finance reform and
reopening last year’s welfare law to
restore benefits to legal immigrants.
In a 60-minute speech, his tone was both conciliatory and
challenging, calling for racial and political harmony but also
pressuring Congress for action. He was interrupted by
See UNION, Page 4
Percentage of Georgia
lottery total sales contributed
by North Carolinians:
Percentage of Virginia
lottery total sales contributed
by North Carolinians:
ly say ‘There is no glass ceiling,’ but it
only lists statistics that show an
improvement.”
Manekin said the committee has
written a letter expressing its concerns
about gender issues within the
University and plans to have students
sign it and send it to Chancellor
Michael Hooker.
Committee member will circulate the
letter throughout Greek houses, class
rooms and residence halls and will send
it in two weeks. The letter will further
the steps already taken at UNC to
achieve gender equity, Williams said.
“We want to make sure the chancel-
See STUDY, Page 4
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