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■ To receive student funds,
student groups have to be
University-recognized.
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ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Student Body Treasurer Marc
McCollum froze 20 student groups’
funds Monday because they were not
officially recognized by the University.
The Rules and Judiciary Committee
of student government asked
McCollum to freeze the groups’ funds
because they had failed to complete
their applications for official University
recognition.
The Student Supreme Court, Pauper
Players and Zeitgeist magazine were
among the groups to have their funds
frozen.
“The Student Code requires the
Rules and Judiciary Committee to ver
ify that groups receiving student funds
are recognized student groups,” said
Dan Thompson, committee chairman.
Student groups have to apply for
University recognition by Sept. 30,
McCollum said.
“This weekend, the committee told
me what groups were not officially rec
ognized and I had to freeze their fund
ing,” McCollum said.
Calvin Cunningham, the chief jus
tice of the Student Supreme Court, said,
“I think the rules and judiciary chair
man has an itchy trigger finger.”
Zeitgeist magazine editor Emily
Gorman said, “My application didn’t
pass at first because my statement of
openness to all members was incom
plete."
She said it was cleared up a week ago
and she did not understand why her
magazine’s funds are currently frozen.
Adam Seipp, the chief administrator
of Pauper Players, said, “The applica
tion itself was somewhat confusedly
worded of the date it was due.
“There were a couple of dates that
seemed contradictory. A whole bunch
of groups turned the application in
three days late.”
It was possible that the lists the com
mittee was using were not completely
up to date, Thompson said.
“It may just be there was a mistake
made some place else and they didn’t
appear on lists,” he said.
The groups whose fund were frozen
are: the African Students Association,
See FREEZE, Page 9
Aristide: Search for new ways to deal with poverty
■ The former president of
Haiti shared his own efforts
to eradicate Haiti’s poverty.
BY HEATHER MITCHELL
STAFF WRITER
Proposing a return to cultural values,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide urged listeners
Monday night to seek new ways of com
bating world poverty.
“We must move beyond statistics,” he
said. “This is the challenge of the next
generation.”
The former president of Haiti,
Aristide spoke at Memorial Hall on
“The Persistence of Poverty in the Age
of Globalization.’’
Aristide said his personal journey
toward solving poverty problems in
Haiti began when he and his wife
brought street children into their home.
“There are millions of children living
on the streets,” he said. “We welcome in
our house Haitian children from the
streets.”
He said there were always different
ways to fight poverty that had not yet
been implemented.
“Each time I address anew group I
am struck with the same questions, to
find new ways to fight poverty,” he said.
The recent destruction of Haiti’s mil
itary and the creation of anew police
force were the first step to controlling
the country’s poverty level, Aristide
said.
“By disbanding the army, not by
vengeance, we are creating a way of
Student quits, cites disability services error
■ Sara Laufer said she was
promised special services
for her hearing problems.
BY ASHLEY STEPHENSON
STAFF WRITER
A UNC graduate student has with
drawn from the University because she
said she was denied disability services.
Sara Laufer, a student from
University of California at Berkeley
who is hearing impaired, said adminis
trators in the Department of Disability
Services gave her incorrect information
regarding UNC’s facilities for the hear
ing-impaired prior to her enrollment.
Laufer said a “loop” listening system
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at unc. perish
(stopping) the misery,” he said.
He said women were central to
changing economics and policies
because they were mothers of the
world’s children, and they teach human
values such as love.
“Women must be the subjects, not
objects of history,” he said.
Aristide also proposed the reform of
democratic governments to involve the
people in both the government and the
economy.
“We try to democratize democracy,”
he said.
Aristide said he believed that there
was a drive to remedy poverty for this
generation.
“There is a wealth of spirit here, and
yes, it will persist,” he said.
Positive changes in poverty levels
took effect in Haiti after the military
breakdown of 1994. He said he knew
world poverty could be conquered with
the same perseverance shown in Haiti.
“The impossible became possible (in
Haiti), with you we can do the same.
I’m hopeful, yes we can do it,” he said.
“If poverty persists, the challenge to
fight poverty persists,” he said.
The world can learn many lessons
from the poor, Aristide said. “If we lis
ten closely, these children have a mes
sage for the world,” he said. “The poor
have a message for us as well.”
A ristide said since the 1980s, many
Third World countries had moved away
from poverty in their economies,
through the help of growing technology.
He asked, “How long will it take us
to change it, to improve the quality of
life?”
Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one hack to it.
James Baldwin
Tuesday, October 21,1997
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allowing her to hear others during group
sessions was a critical part of criteria in
selecting her graduate schools. Laufer
said Jim Kessler, director of disability
services, led her to believe these partic
ular systems existed at UNC.
But upon arriving, she found the sys
tems did not exist, Laufer said.
In a letter to Laufer dated Sept. 26,
Kessler denies having told Laufer the lis
tening systems existed.
“I am at a loss as to how I would have
indicated that there were auditoriums on
campus that are (loop-) ‘wired’ for FM
systems when there has never been one,”
Kessler wrote.
Laufer said that in October of 1996
Kessler said the campus was equipped to
handle people with disabilities.
“There was nothing in writing,
eaching beyond the walls
BY JESSICA GALAZKA
STAFF WRITER
Academics, often seen as permanent
residents of ivory towers in the sky, are
taking firm steps down to confront the
■ Monday: Defining research
■ Today: The politics of funding research
■ Wednesday: Where do professors get support to
balance teaching and research?
■ Thursday: The differences between various
departments' research.
■ Friday: The private sector’s influence.
Students, faculty question Aristide
BY KAREN LEANZA
STAFF WRITER
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former presi
dent of Haiti, stressed compromise,
cooperation, tolerance and the democ
ratic process at an informal discussion
Monday in Davis Library.
Aristide met with students and facul
ty and answered questions about the
United States’ role in Haiti, the role of
religion in Haiti, Haitians’ definition of
democracy and his experience with
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former president of Haiti, answers questions at an
informal discussion for faculty and students in Davis Library on Monday.
“If 1 had been given
accurate information,
I never would have
even applied
to UNC”
SARA LAUFER
Former UNC graduate student
because I thought it would have been
improper of me to ask,” Laufer said. “I
trusted (Kessler) I had no reason not
to.
“I wouldn’t have moved 2800 miles if
(UNC) didn’t have the right facilities.”
Kessler said Monday, “We have never
denied a student reasonable accommo
everyday problems of the state.
Faculty members at UNC are eager
ly looking to work with the state to
make people’s lives better through
research.
Thad Beyle, a Thomas Pearsall pro
fessor of political science at UNC,
quoted an often-used adage of higher
education to describe the move, “The
boundaries of the University are the
boundaries of the state.”
Research for the people
Many researchers at UNC are taking
this motto to heart and sticking with a
key interest of the University serving
the people of North Carolina.
“Faculty see value in doing work
the state wants done,” said Robert
Lowman, director of research services.
Lowman said professors often con
tracted with state organizations to do
research.
“The state agencies have needs for
certain projects, and the state knows the
University has the ability to do the
work,” he said.
Stressing the importance of research
and North Carolina residents, N.C.
Rep. Robert Grady, co-chairman of the
General Assembly appropriations sub
committee on education, said, “We’re
happy they do research, and we’re hap
pier when they do good research that
benefits the state.”
And some faculty members are more
than willing to comply. Dr. Eugene
Orringer, a hematologist researching
sickle cell anemia, said UNC and the
state work together in a close and effi-
democracy in the United States.
Don Nonini, associate professor of
anthropology, asked Aristide to describe
the United States’ efforts in Haiti.
Aristide said, “Whenever I see the
United States defining democracy in the
big press, it is on elections.”
Haitians think there is more to
democracy than elections, Aristide said.
“I think the Haitian government and
the U.S. government have to listen to the
people,” Aristide said. “(Haitians) will
tell us how to address these issues.”
dations based on their disabilities.”
Kessler said it was normal protocol to
have such close contact with disabled
students after they are admitted.
Laufer said after several attempts to
contact Kessler regarding the situation,
they had a meeting Sept. 10.
“During the meeting, Kessler allowed
us to be interrupted six times and said I
was a ‘real problem’ and a ‘bad person’
when I tried to make arrangements on
my own,” Laufer said.
Kessler responded to Laufer’s accusa
tions in his Sept. 26 letter.
“I support advocacy for rights to
access, and stated I thought that some
times, individuals who advocated for
themselves are sometimes perceived as a
bother,” Kessler wrote. “My use of the
term ‘a bad person’ was illustrative and
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dent partnership the state provides
the facilities and the University pro
vides the research.
He said they have worked toward
ensuring the work is of direct benefit to
North Carolinians.
“That’s what we’re here to do,”
Orringer said.
Just how many UNC researchers are
working in this direction is unknown.
The Office of Research Services did not
Aristide addressed the role of reli
gion in Haiti when asked about it by
James Peacock, Kenan professor of
anthropology.
He said religion could bring Haitians
together to solve problems in Haiti.
“We try to respect each other when
we say, ‘Does misery have any reli
gion?’, ‘Does injustice have religion?’,”
he said. “Let’s get together and fight
misery and injustice together.”
Issues about balancing human rights
violations with the need for economic
investment in Haiti were mentioned at
the discussion by Kristen Campbell, a
student on the Globe committee of the
Campus Y.
Aristide said compromise would bal
ance Haiti’s interests with those of other
nations’.
“It’s a game,” he said. “Know your
interests, their interests and negotiate.”
When asked about the nature of
democracy in Haiti, Aristide said, “I do
believe that on Feb 7,1991, we started
the democratic process in Haiti.”
He said Haiti is still improving the
democratic process. “Because we are
learning democracy, clearly we have to
criticize ourselves to make it better,
instead of closing our eyes and saying,
‘lt’s good, It’s good, It’s good.’”
Aristide said Haiti’s democracy was
similar to other democracies. “The
same questions we ask about democra-
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not directed at you.”
Laufer said because she felt Kessler
had not made any progress, she spoke
with Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor for
Student Affairs, on Sept. 19 and put her
specific request for the “loop” listening
device down on paper.
Kitchen was unavailable for comment
Monday.
Laufer said she received a list of the
facilities for hearing impaired students
from Kessler, but nothing that indicated
his department had been working on the
problem.
She said she felt frustrated after being
thrown “one curve ball after another.”
“I came here to be a grad student, not
a civil rights activist,” she said. “If I had
been given accurate information, I never
would have even applied to UNC.”
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start collecting data on how the work
benefits the state until this year.
“An awfully high percentage of
research done here benefits the state,”
Lowman said. He added that state res
idents could take part in the studies and
get new treatments or they could direct
ly benefit from proven findings.
Beyle said the AIDS research done
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ISUi
A night without stars?
B Chicago Bulls captain
and ex-UNC player
Michael Jordan's
injured toes will keep
him out of Friday's
exhibition matchup
with the Philadelphia
76ers in the Smith Center. Page 11
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Searching for shelter
The Crisis Intervention division of the
Interfaith Council is looking for anew
place to call home since the church
they're based in is relocating. Page 4
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Students take new route
Monday. Page 3
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Today's weather
Partly sunny;
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Wednesday: Cloudy