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TUESDAY
FEBRUARY 25,1997
Committee denies minority recruitment funding
B The finance committee’s
decision must be approved
by all of Student Congress.
BY LAURA GODWIN
MANAGING EDITOR
Student leaders worry that a Student
Congress Finance Committee decision
could send the wrong message about
student support of minority recruit
ment.
The Minority Student Recruitment
Program was denied $3,000 in funding
by the finance committee this weekend.
Student Congress will make the final
decision in upcoming budget hearings.
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UNC's first black professor, Blyden Jackson, 86, receives the Jay B. Hubbell
Award for lifetime achievement from the Modern Language Association on
Monday from William L Andrews (left), E. Maynard Adams professor of
English. Jackson first taught at the University in 1969.
Dist. 7 Congress candidate
questions court’s decision
BY BALKEES JARRAH
ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The Student Supreme Court’s deci
sion to hold a re-election in Student
Congress District 7 has left one candi
date confused and frustrated.
The Student Supreme Court charged
the Election Board Sunday to certify
elections results in Student Congress
graduate districts 4, 8 and 9. The deci
sion eliminated the need for re-elections
in those districts.
However, the Student Supreme Court
did not certify results in District 7, con
stituting a re-election in that area.
District 7 candidate Christopher
Herold, one of five candidates who filed
a suit against Elections Board
Chairwoman Ange Dicks and Student
Body President Aaron Nelson, said he
was confused as to the decision of the
Student Supreme Court. “There doesn’t
need to be a re-election; I got two of the
three legitimate votes,” he said.
Herold said Dicks did not bring any
of the results regarding votes he had
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University-funded program for several
years. “The program will not end, but
worst of all it will show that the student
body, via the student government ...
feels it is no longer worthy of student
body support,” said Student Body
President-elect Mo Nathan.
Nathan, who presented the program
to the committee, said, “It works to
build a sense of community ... and it
works to dispel some common miscon
ceptions of racial tension."
Nathan said he felt those who object
ed to the program had two concerns:
accountability and philosophical prob
lems with minority recruitment.
“I’m not going to speculate over
whether they think this program should
be funded at all,” Nathan said. “Some
believe it should, some believe it must be
“/ did admit to the court that
there was a Chris Herold
running in that district, but l
did not confirm how many
votes he did receive
JWGE DICKS
Elections Board Chairwoman
received in the Feb. 11 student body
elections before the Student Supreme
Court. “There was no record that I got
those two votes; there was nothing there
with my name on it,” he said.
Herold said it should have been
extremely simple to certify the votes.
“It should be so simple to count three
votes between two candidates,” he said.
Herold said he wanted Dicks to
resolve the confusion but was unable to
get in touch with her. “She’s not com
municating properly,” he said. “I don’t
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funded elsewhere.”
Finance committee Chairman Jason
Jolley said he disagreed with a minori
ty recruitment program politically. But
that belief did not factor in his decision
to vote against the program, he said.
“If the University cares about minor
ity recruitment, then the University
should pay for it.”
Rep. Amar Athwal, Dist. 21, also
voted against funding the program.
“It was our sentiments, since this pro
gram was affecting admissions, the
minority recruitment program represen
tatives ought to look to the University
and not to student activity fees for fund
ing.”
Nathan said he was aware of the con-
See RECRUITMENT, Page 2
Candle pinpointed as ‘probable’ fire cause
BY RACHEL SWAIN
STAFF WRITER
Fire investigators determined
Monday that a candle was the probable
culprit in the early Saturday morning
blaze that damaged 12 units at
Kingswood Apartments, located at 1105
N.C. 54 in Carrboro.
“The most probable cause of the fire
is a candle in apartment F-6 that acci
dentally ignited near-by combustibles
Golden, Martin worried about voter turnout
BY MOLLY GRANTHAM
STAFF WRITER
Senior Class presidential candidates
Franklin Golden and Dan Martin agree
on one thing: The week delay in the
runoff election will probably cause
fewer juniors to vote for Senior Class
president and vice president today.
Elections Board Chairwoman Ange
Dicks said, “I think (turnout) will be a
little bit lower just because the election
happened two weeks ago, and students
have lost some of the excitement of vot
ing. However, I felt (the delay) was nec
essary because of all the problems we
had.”
Regardless, both Golden and Russell
Mahan and Martin and Mimi Van
Wyck are making some last-ditch efforts
to encourage students to vote.
“Mimi and I will be in the Pit all
day,” Martin said. “We will be there
answering students’ questions and to
Airport neighbors say jet landings infringe on safety
B School officials said jets
flying over schools caused
noise and safety problems.
BY JULIA WOOD
STAFF WRITER
Almost three weeks after learning of
UNC-system President C.D. Spangler’s
decision to lift a
long-standing jet
ban at Horace
Williams
Airport, the
Chapel Hill
Town Council
heard the con
cerns of seven
residents at its
Monday night
meeting.
Many Chapel
Hill residents
and public offi
cials were
angered by
Spangler’s deci
sion to allow jet
Council member
MARK CHILTON
moved to refer
residents’ concerns
about jets at Horace
Williams Airport to the
town manager.
traffic at Horace Williams Airport in
November. The council drafted a letter
Proposal prohibits DTH advertising
BY FORREST ANDERSON
STAFF WRITER
In order for 71 student groups to
receive about $200,000 in student fees,
they might have to drop one expense
advertising in the student newspaper.
Student Congress Finance
Committee members proposed a rider
Sunday stating that, “No student gov
ernment money may be used to pur
chase advertising of any kind in The
Daily Tar Heel.”
Finance committee Chairman Jason
Jolley initiated the rider, which will
and spread to the building structure and
other apartments,” said Carol Warren,
Chapel Hill Fire Department adminis
trative secretary.
Fire Capt. Larry Johnson said there
were still some questions to be answered
before determining a final cause. “I need
to talk with the resident (of apartment F
-6),” he said. Johnson said he expected to
talk with him Monday afternoon.
Richard Fox, regional manager for
Triangle Community Realtors, the
encourage all juniors to go out and
vote.”
Martin said he and Van Wyck would
be handing out brochures that explain
their platform, list their experience and
pinpoint voting sites. “Our platform sets
us apart,” he said. “Students should
read it; it’s what they said they wanted.”
To prepare for the runoff, Golden
said he and Mahan were reminding
those people who had helped them two
weeks ago about today’s election.
“I hope juniors realize that it is an
important election,” Golden said. “I
encourage all of them to go vote.”
The pair is also depending on some
help from Mother Nature.
“I just hope that it’s good weather,”
Mahan said. “If it is nice outside, more
people might be apt to vote.”
The runoff election is being held
because neither pair of candidates
See ELECTIONS, Page 2
to Spangler in early February asking
him to rescind the decision.
Several residents asked the council to
do whatever possible in this crusade.
Fred Black, a resident of a communi
ty adjacent to the airport, said the areas
around the airport needed the council to
serve as an advocate. He urged them to
meet with Chancellor Michael Hooker.
“We want them to be a good neigh
bor,” he said. “A good neighbor does not
potentially destroy the safety of the
community.”
Mark Royster, chairman of the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education, also urged the council to
resolve the matter as quickly as possible.
“(The school board) has long object
ed to the presence of the airport in such
close proximity to schools,” he said.
“Use by jets only heightens anxiety
about the health, safety and welfare of
the students, staff, teachers and others
within the school system.”
But David Strevel of the Chapel Hill
Flying Club said the council should
acknowledge its own role in creating the
airport conflict. He said the council
could have put up buffers to stop devel
opments from getting close.
“There is no good reason to push res
idential developments closer to the air
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automatically take affect if the budget
passes in full Student Congress.
Committee members said they want
ed to uphold the Student Code, which
states that, “The DTH may not receive
student activity fees in any way.”
The newspaper indirectly receives
student fees when groups pay for DTH
advertisements, Jolley said.
Rep. Amar Athwal, Dist. 21, said,
“The code ... implies not only that stu
dent activity fees may not be given
directly to the DTH, but also that stu
dent activity fees may not be given indi
rectly through student groups purchas
owner of Kingswood Apartments, said
he did not want to speculate whether
action would be taken against the parties
responsible for the fire until he had seen
the fire marshal’s official report.
“I’m sure we have a policy against
open flames that doesn’t allow open fires
in our apartments of any sorts,” he said.
“I assume it includes candles.”
Although one Kingswood resident
who lived in the F building said her
smoke alarm never went off Saturday
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port,” Strevel said. “There has been a
lamentable lack of understanding
between the council and University per
sisting for many years.”
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ing advertising.
“In order to be consistent with the
code, the Jolley rider acts as a reminder
of this provision.”
Rep. Michael Holland, Dist. 6, said
the rider would have a detrimental effect
due to the lack of publicity student
groups would receive.
Basically, Student Congress is trying
to micromanage the groups, he said
Student Body Treasurer Julie
Gasperini said, “Congress should
encourage groups to spend money
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morning, Fox said that to the best of his
knowledge, every smoke alarm was
working. “We have the smoke alarms
checked twice a year, I think,” he said.
Lisa Cunningham, senior account
manager for the PMA Group, Triangle
Community Realtors’ insurance compa
ny, said the company was addressing the
concern over smoke detectors.
“There’s no indication they didn’t
See FIRE, Page 2
Council member Mark Chilton
moved to refer the petitions to Town
Manager Cal Horton, who will report at
the council’s next meeting.