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®bp LtatUr ®ar Mnl ■ News/F J Busines 105 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 U.S. Bombs Possible Terrorist Sites Military forces targeted sites in Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation to the embassy bombings in East Africa. The sites were linked to international terrorist leaders. Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON - Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, U.S. forces launched cruise missile strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and a chemical plant in Sudan on Thursday. “Our target was terror,” President Clinton declared. In an address from the Oval Office after interrupting his vacation to return to Washington, Clinton said he acted to “counter an immediate threat” of more terrorist acts. “Let our actions today send this message loud and clear: There are no expendable American targets. There will be no I Eft lin 1 1 j 1; DTH/DAVID SANDLER Billy Allford puts the finishing touches on columns Thursday afternoon at Fitch Lumber & Hardware in Carrboro. The columns will be used for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. Most Lexis-Nexis Services Made Available on Web The University would have had to pay more than $1 million to keep its old Lexis-Nexis service. By Laura Stoehr Assistant University Editor Students conducting research will no longer be able to use the Lexis-Nexis search engine of past years. Lexis-Nexis is a program that allows users to conduct detailed searches from a vast database of documents. The former Lexis-Nexis search engine that Davis Library and the Undergraduate Library subscribed to is no longer being offered on campus, but anew World Wide Web-based search engine, Academic Universe, is available. The library used to pay $17,172 for its Lexis-Nexis search engine, said Larry Alford, senior associate University librarian at Davis Library. However, the company recently dropped the academic discount search engine for all national university depart ments except law, journalism, business, library and information science schools. Tom Wallman, director of academic markets at Lexis-Nexis, said the $17,172 rate was only a promotion. Alford said the Lexis-Nexis version the libraries used to receive was similar to the version that law and business offices use now. But while law and busi ness offices pay per search, UNC sanctuary for terrorists,” Clinton said. He said the attack’s timing was based on U.S. intelligence that a “gathering of key terrorist leaders” was planned Thursday at the site in Afghanistan. He called the site “one of the most active ter rorist bases in the world.” Clinton said the facilities attacked were linked to Osama bin Laden, a Saudi millionaire whom Clinton called the “preeminent organizer and financier of international terrorism in the world today.” He said groups affiliated with bin Laden were behind the Aug. 7 bomb ings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 peo ple, including 12 Americans. According to a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, bin Laden was unharmed in Thursday’s attack. 'GREEK' COLUMNS libraries paid the $17,172 flat fee. He said if the University had decided to transfer to a per search rate, the cost would have been about $1 million. Access to Academic Universe was acquired about a month ago by UNC to replace the older version of Lexis-Nexis. The University joined with about 700 libraries in the Southeastern Library Network to pay for Academic Universe. UNC pays $25,672 to the organization, a rate determined by the number of full time students. The organisation pays Lexis-Nexis a total of about $5 million. Academic Universe is available on the library’s Web page and can be accessed from any computer hooked into the campus network, including libraries and residence hall rooms that have Ethernet connections. The Lexis-Nexis version the libraries formerly used could only be accessed by students conducting classroom research, but since Academic Universe is on the Web, faculty and staff have access to the new program. The Academic Universe contains 70 to 75 percent of the sources that the for mer version of Lexis-Nexis held and more than 75 percent of the former ver sion’s documents, Wallman said. Soon students will also be able to use a Lexis-Nexis version that has similar capabilities to the former version, but must get a librarian to enter a password before they can use it, Tobin said. This similar version will be available for one year on at least one computer terminal. The librarians will evaluate ■ ' r| pi President Bill Clinton said the bombings countered the threat of more terrorist attacks. “At the moment, (losing Lexis-Nexis) doesn’t concern me. ... The Web is very accessible. ” Victoria Barc,holt Graduate Student, School of Public Health what search engine to purchase for users with very narrow research needs after the year expires and the similar search engine is eliminated. “At the moment, it doesn’t concern me because we do have access to (at least one) terminal,” said Victoria Barghout, a graduate student in the School of Public Health. “Ther are lots of other data sets and the Web is very accessible.” The UNC law library still subscribes to the former version of Lexis-Nexis, said Robert Zreeland, reference and electronic services librarian for the library. Law students receive a password and Lexis-Nexis software. They can access the system from the law library or from their home if they own a comput er, he said. Pam Sessons, electronic services ref erence librarian at Davis Library, said Academic Universe was easier to use. “I think it’s going to vastly improve things.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. It ain't bracin' if you can do it Muhammad Ali Friday, August 21,1998 Volume 106, Issue 60 National security adviser Samuel Berger said U.S. officials were not targeting bin Laden and were unsure of his fate. “We have no idea of bin Laden’s whereabouts or whether he was in the camp at that time,” Berger said. Reflecting worry about possible retaliation against targets inside the United States, Berger told reporters the FBI had issued an alert to “all local law enforcement officials about the heightened degree of concern” they should have for terrorist attacks. At United Nations headquarters in New York, Ambassador Bill Richardson informed the Security Council that the United States acted in self-defense, in accord with the U.N. charter. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Thursday’s air strikes were part of an ongoing fight against terrorism and that Americans should not think it will be easily won. “It is part of a long-term battle against terrorism, terrorists who have, in fact, declared war on us,” Albright said. The U.S. strikes involved Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by Navy ships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, accord- UNC Regains Ground In College Rankings Some faculty still question the methods used by U.S. News & World Report to tabulate the rankings. By Trisha L. Dabb State & National Editor After dropping three slots last year, UNC-Chapel Hill climbed back into the top 25 of the nation’s best public and private universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. In the overall rankings, the University now stands as No. 24. Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities held a three-way tie for number one. The magazine also ranked UNC as the third best public university in the country. The universities of Virginia and California at Berkeley tied for first by earning scores of 90 out of 100, edging out UNC by two points. Stripper Party Busted At Fraternity House By Ashley Stephenson University Editor Music pulsed and the room was full of testosterone. On stage, two scantily clad women gyrated to the sounds as men cheered them on. This was the scene at Pi Kappa Phi fraternity Wednesday night before the tunes were turned off and the strippers were kicked out. Ron Binder, director of Greek affairs, broke up the rush party before the “entertainment” became more heated. “We had some guys over and ordered wings from BW3, and we had some... entertain ment,” said Phil Haberkem, presi dent of Pi Kappa Phi. “You just want me to say it? They were strip pers.” The audience was not restricted to fraternity brothers and 40 rushees. Flyers advertising enter tainment for men drew the rest of the crowd. Pirag Amin, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Fla. attended the event “I went for the free food,” he said. The two women were provided by Durham’s entertainment service Bare Minimum, which calls its dancing girls “The present that unwraps itself.” “Binder thought maybe we shouldn’t continue this type of activity, so we Chancellor Michael Hooker said that because of the discrepancy between UNC and other universities’ faculty pay, he had expected to fall in the rankings this year. “We knew (the drop) last year was because of faculty salaries,” he said. “They, clearly changed the rules in such a way to diminish their importance.” Though named the nation’s best value by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, UNC was listed in U.S. News as the 17th best out of 50 schools in the same category. Using only out-of-state students for the value ranking, the mag azine considered the costs for an aver age student receiving financial aid. UNC-system President Molly Broad said excluding in-state students from the calculation ignores the thrust of the UNC enrollment “It’s not appreciative of the over whelming majority of UNC students from North Carolina that we keep See RANKINGS, Page 6 (4or men Only) W*Aa**J*u hiA. 19^ run -km - inm -fa* Norrisah; tJnibb OrxJt 0c odl'W-mr-Ar a nde Q.\i flnky Course. &L Pi Kappa Phi passed out this flyer advertising its party featuring male entertainment. asked everybody and the strippers to go home,” Haberkem said. Although the event was broken up, Pi Kappa Phi broke no University rules or dry rush violations. “My understand ing is that there can’t be any penalties," Haberkem said. But the fraternity might not be get ting off scot-free. Vice Chancellor Sue Kitchen said a person from Pi Kappa Phi’s national fraternity headquarters would be at UNC for the rest of dry rush. Kitchen and Binder said they were still deciding how to handle the inci dent. “When inappropriate activity occurs, the University is not shy about handling it,” Binder said. “Our assump- See STRIPPER, Page 6 Director of Greek Affairs Ron Binder shunned the activity and stopped the party. News/Features/Arts/Sports Business/Advertising The Government Strikes Bade The United States asfci^ ing to administration and congressional officials. Between 75 and 100 cruise missiles were fired. No aircraft were involved See BOMBING, Page 6 §j[ vw ta* kiniriSnlwwtii WHWb ■* *rt ft i iMaKMMHHMb ■■■ifihaiii 16. Washington University in St Louis (17) miiaiM |2sj"|uj IHk 1 1 IP I Wllpl Friday To Thine Own Self slapstick comedy. See Page 6. Time in the Big House In light of the President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, students here at UNC who have had White House internships reflect on their experiences. See Page 4. Today’s Weather Sunny; mid 80s Weekend: Partly sunny, low 90s Extra! Extra! Anyone interested in reporting, editing, designing or taking photographs for the DTH, please remember to grab an application soon. They can be picked up at the DTH front office in Suite 104 in the Student Union. Interest meetings will be held Monday and Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Room 226 of the Union for all those who are considering joining the staff. Applications are due back in the DTH office by 5 p.m. Aug. 28. Questions? Call DTH Editor Sharif Durhams at 962-0245 or just stop by. 962-0245 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina C 1998 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Local actors with the Somnambulist Project take a unique look at the Bard. Their Anti-Shakespeare Festival, held in the Forest Theatre, features
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