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®ljt? iatlu ®ar lUppl JP A 104; 104 yean of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Hammond accused by 6 drama students FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Six students have officially accused a University drama professor of abusive and harassing behavior, extending an investigation by officials. The graduate students had accused professor David Hammond anony mously, opening a University investiga tion two months ago, headed by former faculty chairman Jim Peacock. As the University started to wrap up its investigation two weeks ago, the stu dents went on record with their complaints and gave their names. School policy states that the University cannot punish someone accused anony mously of sexual harassment. The students said their official Provost RICHARD RICHARDSON said a meeting is scheduled for Monday to discuss the allegations. complaint two weeks ago included the same allegations contained in a letter in January from sexual harassment officer Judith Scott to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Chapel Hill Herald obtained a copy of the letter. Among other complaints, the stu dents said Hammond: ■ asked which of them take showers Congress members face expulsion for absences BY JESSICA GALAZKA STAFF WRITER Three Student Congress members, two of whom represent graduate stu dents, face dismissal from their elected positions because of chronic absences. Student Congress will vote tonight to expel Reps. Mike Doherty, Dist. 9; Chris Herold, Dist. 7; and Mark Paschall, Dist. 23, from congress for not attending meetings. “They’ve never shown up at all,” said Kristin Sasser, speaker pro tern. “For peo ple who flat-out don’t show up, it’s easy." Student Congress switched the meetings from J Speaker of Student Congress JAMES HOFFMAN said not all students could be present at the televised meetings. Wednesday night to Monday night to accommodate live telecasts of the meet ings. The new meeting time conflicted with commitments Doherty had as a Tax breaks for families of college students to be part of U.S. financial aid HOPEing for 'lifelong learning?' How will the recently-passed HOPE Scholarship and "lifelong learning* aid packages affect students at UNC? The following is a visual breakdown: ® B ' Out-of-state tuition "Lifelong learning* tax credit HOPE Scholarship H In-state tuition and tees ■ The HOWE Scholarship wtl provide a tax credit of up to $ 1.500 of tuition and lees, less scholarships and grants. ■ The “tifetong learning" tax credit \ will com 20 percent of the first $1,500 V ---------- $5,000 in tuition. \ • ■ The combination ot the HOPE ** l9l Scholarship and the lifelong teaming" credit vrouto produce $2 500 of credit for out-o*-state students. with their partners before having sex. ■ discussed in graphic terms male genitals and sexual functioning. ■ cursed at students, mocking and ridiculing them, calling them names like “selfish pig,” and “mushmouth.” ■ often substituted for student actors in scenes that involve sexual intimacy, including kissing. Students said they found his actions “extremely uncom fortable as well as unnecessary and inap propriate,” according to Scott's letter. “We’re never going to have him for class again, but we have to stop his behavior against other people," said one of the students who came forward. “They think that once my class is gone, they can hush it up and go back to the status quo. We’re dead set against that.” Scott said on Sunday that she did not release the letter to any media and that only the accusers, Hammond or investi gators could have gotten any confiden tial correspondence from her office. Provost Richard Richardson said the investigation would continue. “There will be continued discussions through out the week,” he said. Hammond is on leave from the department. Dramatic Arts Department Chairwoman Milly Barranger did not return phone calls. Hammond is an internationally known director and acting teacher who has been a major selling point for the University’s Professional Actor Training Program, a repertory program that See DRAMA, Page 7 dental school student. “It’s just not possible to go,”he said. Speaker James Hoffman said he wanted to make sure meetings could be televised. “It was unfortunate that had to hap pen,” he said. “I thought us being tele vised was more important.” Doherty said that as a graduate stu dent he had a tighter schedule than those of other students. “In the past (graduate students) haven’t had anyone, and when they finally do, they can’t go,” he said. Title II of the Student Code dictates which rules Student Congress follows. Sasser said former speaker James Kilboume revised the code last year to make it easier to eliminate tardy and absent members. The Student Code states any Congress member who misses three full Congress meetings or three committee meetings should be expelled from Student Congress. Absences are a problem for Student Congress because too many make it impossible to reach the number needed for quorum, majority plus one. Now See CONGRESS, Page 7 Monday, October 6,1997 Volume 105, Issue 84 A promise fo KEEP WASHINGTON College students are famous for road trips, but it’s not often that you find four UNC stu dents sprawled on the floor of a Metro Station in suburban Washington, DC., on a Saturday morning. However, for those students, Saturday wasn’t an average Saturday morning. The four UNC sophomores left Chapel Hill at 1:30 am. to make the approximately 260-mile journey to Washington in order to attend the Promise Keepers first national assembly, Stand in the Gap: A Sacred Assembly. “This is the first thing I’ve done with Promise Keepers,” said Ryan Markham, from Lakeland, Fla. Three of his friends rode with him: Mark Sanders from Richlands, Rob Webster from Charlotte, and Drew Carter from Winston-Salem. “I heard about it on the radio this summer at work and thought it sounded really interesting,” Markham said while waiting for the train that would take him and his friends from the suburban metro station into the center of the city. “I thought it was unique that it was only men,” he said. “It’s one of the only oppor tunities to address concerns CTORY RV unique to Christian men.” oIUAI Dl to’sSSrS'SS* ANNE CORBETT waiting anxiously for their PHOTOS RY stop and passing a portable MISTI MCDANIEL Once in the city, they fol lowed the crowds of men walking toward the Mall. The crowd moved peacefully but by no means silently. As the crowd became denser, the singing grew louder. Just outside the Metro station, a lone trumpeter played Amazing Grace, which was taken up by the crowd as it walked toward the Mall. Voices joined in throughout the walk until, at the center, hundreds of thousands of men sang along, assisted by 30-foot T.V. screens and stacks of speakers blar- mg organ music. The UNC students walked nearly the length of the Mall before they could find a place to sit and watch the event’s speakers on a T.V. screen. “I wanted to come to see integration within the body of Christ,” Carter said, pleased by the diversity he noticed around him. “I’m pretty sick of churches being all white or all black.” Carter said he thought the assembly formed an opportunity for all men to come together for a com mon purpose. “I wanted to see every body come together for God." The number of partici pants really impressed him, said Carter, who estimated that at least 50 UNC stu- See PROMISE KEEPERS, Page 7 ■ Other parts of the new package combine to form S4O billion in federal aid. BY MATT DEES STAFF WRITER Federal legislators set affordable high er education as a top priority this sum mer with anew law offering tax cuts for families of college students. Parents higher schooling receive a tax credit, starting in January, of up to $ 1,500 annually for the first two years. The credit, known as the HOPE Scholarship, is one of many provisions that provide S4O billion in education tax breaks over the next five years. The tax breaks are the result of the Taxpayer Relief Act, an unprecedented Hatreds are the cinders of affection. Sir Walter Raleigh # S ' < jMHc • jgT jL / T^HLJ^H ** i ,MH Jk '$ zf&fßk ‘sß Hundreds of thousands of Promise Keepers descended upon Washington, D.C., for Stand in the Gap, an event in which Christian men reaffirmed their belief in Christianity. 7 bipartisan effort to use tax policies to encourage higher education. Jacqueline King, director of Federal Policy Analysis for the American Council on Education, called the TRA "a creative way for families, especially middle and lower class families, to pay for higher education.” Along with the HOPE Scholarships, the plan also offers a tax credit for upperclassmen and graduate students, an expansion of prepaid tuition plans in states that offer them to include room and board costs and a deduction on the interest of student loans. U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., played a key role in ensuring the inclu sion of the educational tax provisions in the final budget agreement. Price lob bied for 10 years in Congress for the pas sage of his own education bill, the “Price Education Affordability Act.” His bill included interest deductions on student loans and allowed families to make withdrawals from their Individual Retirement Accounts for education pur poses without penalty. "The ultimate goal of these programs ,i. ' • ||W* J® • „ f * ?t~*wg§wß Jfc, JBR! \ \ X„ri Commemorative Stand in the Gap Bibles were available, free of charge, during Saturday's Promise Keepers' national convention. is to reach folks who would be unable to afford college any other way,” said Kym Spell, a spokeswoman for David Price. “(The bill) is geared toward students who don’t have the resources to go to college.” Price also fought and eliminated a proposal to raise taxes on graduate stu dents, which could have cost Triangle area graduate students up to $3,000 more each year. In the past, lower-income students relied on student aid programs, such as Pell Grants, to finance their higher edu cation. Although the agreement limits overall educational spending, these pro grams appear to be safe from addition al tax cuts. In fact, the Pell Grant program saw a S3OO increase to $3,000 annually, the largest one-year increase in the pro gram’s history. Furthermore, the tax cuts only aid those whose adjusted gross incomes fall under $40,000 for single taxpayers and under SBO,OOO for joint returns, which helps ensure that the See FINANCIAL AID, Page 7 News/Fesnms/Afls/Spam: 962-0245 Business/Advertising: 962-1163 Chape! HiU, North Carolina C 1997 DTH Puhhshmg Corp. AH nghn reserved. INSIDE Look into the White House Students at UNC speak out about how Bill Clinton's presidency has affected the world - and their own lives. Page IS # RUNNING Outil Klk Today's weather Sunny; mid 80s Tuesday: Sunny mid 80s
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