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2 Thursday, February 20, 1997 Congress to debate campus-crime bill BY DAVID COENEN STAFF WRITER Anew congressional bill would make campus crime rates reported by univer sities more accurate and open campus criminal hearings to the public. The Accuracy in Campus Crime Reporting Act of 1997 would require all schools to provide public access to a crime log and make campus disciplinary proceedings involving criminal allega tions public. “Most schools are underreporting or inadequately reporting crime on their campuses," said Mark Goodman, execu tive director of the Student Press Law Center. The act was designed to change this by expanding the CAMPUS CONNECTIONS types of crime that schools must report under the current Campus Security Act of 1990 and clarify that school officials must report statistical information on campus crime. In addition, schools would be fined if they violated the new reporting require ments. Goodman said, “I think it boils down to image concerns,” he said. Universities don’t want to mar their reputations, so they withhold campus crime informa tion, he said. Daniel Carter, regional vice president for Security on Campus, the main group that drafted the new campus crime bill, agreed and said schools must report crime for the safety of the students. He said parents and students should have crime information available when deciding which school to attend. “Students need to be informed to make safe decisions,” Carter said. It’s not too late Up to Subscribe! Campus subscriptions are fVg still available at a special low rate of 40<t per day, i P&h Monday through Saturday. mMjp For more information jjvCJi contact NewsXpress at Iwl 1-800-683-3097 rjEf New fork ®tmps WEDNESDAY Salsa Carolina The Best of Latin IVlusic ' rc B $1 Drafts • $2 Kamikazis $2 240 z. Gorilla Drafts $2 Tequilla Slammers i,i[if • .. • • ■hu.t.vt, 2HoOm* • 3061 V Fwtklm SliMl lacing VK Rownuuy SUwll • W? He said communities and students couldn’t help with the crime problem unless they had accurate information. If the bill passes, campus crime infor mation would be available in libraries and on the Internet, Carter said. “People who want (the information) can get it,” he said. Carter said the legislation would change the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which was cre ated to protect students from schools releasing “academic records.” He said some schools have funneled criminal cases such as rapes, aggravated assaults and thefts into campus courts and then withheld that information from the public. “FERPA was never intended to be abused in the way it is,” Carter said. Schools deceive the public about how safe their campuses are by not reporting simple assault or theft, Carter said. He added that current legislation fos ters unfair comparisons of campus crime rates at universities when some schools report crimes that others hide. Carter expected Congress to pass the bill by next January. He said it was being reviewed by the Education Committee. Amanda Martin, attorney for the N.C. Press Association, said the new legislation would address problems at UNC that sparked a lawsuit by The Daily Tar Heel. The N.C. Superior Court ruled that UNC’s Honor Court could open its meetings under the N.C. Open Meetings Law, but had the legal right to close the hearings under FERPA. Both the University and the DTH have appealed the decision. “Because the legislation addresses (amending FERPA), the problem would go away,” Martin said. The new legislation would not affect the lawsuit because the suit was tried under the old law, she said. Academic proceedings would not be affected. Office of Greek Affairs uses program to fight date rape ■ Wednesday night’s program was mandatory for all new fraternity pledges. BY ERIKA MEYERS STAFF WRITER The Office of Greek Affairs spon sored an educational program about date rape Wednesday night in the Great Hall. The Office of the Dean of Students, the Greek Women’s Issues Group and Student Health Service helped coordi nate the program. Michelle Cofield, assistant dean of students and the University’s harass ment and assault prevention coordina tor, said she implemented ideas in Wednesday’s program that she had learned at a conference focusing on sex ual assault and harassment on campus. “A year ago in the spring semester is the first time we had this program," Cofield said. “This semester, the pro gram setup is a little bit different. Instead of a lecture format, it is more interactive with stations set up.” Director of Greek Affairs Ron Local principals gain more authority over bus drivers BY MEREDITH MATHIS STAFF WRITER In response to a court case Tuesday, Chapel Hill and Carrboro school princi pals now will be able to halt school buses when they suspect drivers of alco hol intoxication. District Transportation Supervisor Mary Lin Truelove in October advised Ephesus Elementary School principal Terrence Young to let a bus driver con tinue his route after staff members Campus Calendar Thursday 3:30 p.m. The UNC Classics Club will meet in the common room on the third floor of Murphey Hall. 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Franklin St. , , University Square 942-1078 NEWS Binder, who led a discussion on facts and fictions about rape, said the pro gram was a requirement for all pledges who joined a fraternity this semester or last semester. “Basically, this was something we committed to doing a year and a half ago,” Binder said. “The statistics of date rape in colleges show that it is necessary to deal with this issue.” The program consisted of four sta tions, each one representing a different topic related to date rape and gender communications. Participants spent 15 minutes at each station. Sue Grey, social director of SHS, dis cussed gender communications at her station. “If men and women would talk to each other, we wouldn’t be here tonight,” she said. GWIG members Katie Smith and Dianna Chapman led a discussion about sexual stereotypes and their nega tive impact on gender communications. They pointed out several gender stereotypes, such as the names used to describe sexually active males versus the names used to describe sexually active females. Chapman said stereotypes discour aged males and females from communi- noticed that he smelled of alcohol. Cecil Tony Ingram, 58, was pulled off the bus at Phillips Middle School, the next school for which he had a route, by transportation officials and charged for impaired driving. Ingram admitted having a vodka drink and beer four hours before picking up the children at Ephesus, yet he was not proven guilty due to lack of evidence of being appreciably impaired. Truelove said she based her decision on the driver’s state when he left the 5 p.m. The Out of State Students Association will present Brad Lamb to speak on "How to Pay In-State Tuition" in Union 224. Mpij§ggjjg 3 j ¥B 111111 ',') ■- , I jfmll ,1 nnKm B|fe|l 1 1! .* < * t# |jjfjjj|l Hi JfRIinBHHI ilS.x...^m DTH/DAVID SANDLER Diana Chapman (center) and Katie Smith present a seminar to fraternity pledges about date-rape prevention Wednesday evening. eating effectively. “(Gender communication) is not something that happens and is some thing we need to think about,” she said. transportation center. “Prior to leaving the transportation center, several other people and I talked to (the driver), who showed no signs of impairment.” Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools public relations representative Kim Hoke said schools officials had never dealt with such an incident. “The principal did not know he had the authority to stop the bus,” she said. “From now on, principals can hold a bus until other safe transportation can be Black History Month spotlight Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) Booker T. 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