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4 Wednesday, September 9, 1998 Study: Face of South Changing By Levin Brown Staff Writer For all those who thought that the New South was just a saying, think again. A recent study conducted by Manpower Development Corporation of Chapel Hill showed significant changes in the minority populations of the 14 states of the South. The number of minorities in the work force in the South is increasing. The per centage of Hispanic employees doubled between 1976 and 1997, and the number of blacks with jobs increased by two per cent. “The South heads into the 21st cen tury with the look and feel of prosperity, but also with a sense of having been all shook up,” said the report titled “The State of the South.” The New South includes: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The study showed there have been large percentage gains in the number of msj [ £3278 j LARGEI4’’ONE TOEING PIZZA ! ! oiv > 6 , 3 J - _OFFJEREXPIRES 9/308_ _ J FAST FREE DELIVERY! DJ Icey Generate FFRR London U S. Kidney Thieves Trickster Push Available at i minorities inhabiting the South, espe cially in the Triangle and Charlotte areas. Of the five million adults that moved to the region between 1990 and 1997, one million were black and Hispanic. There has also been significant improvement in the parity of pay between men and women, as well as between the different ethnic groups, according to the report. Despite these improvements, the study stated that black men still lag far behind white men in salary for the same type of work. Black men who obtain a bachelor’s degree earn an average yearly salary of $32,000. White males with the same level of education average $41,000 a year. Men also continue to earn more than women, despite the fact that the college attendance growth rate for men is sub stantially lower than that for women. When it comes to evening out these discrepancies, some said there is only one solution to the problem: education. Ferrol Guillory, a professor at UNC involved with the project, said, “Higher DJ Dado Greatest Hits and Future Bits Paul Starr jump, little children Magazine Breaking Records education is critical to the future of the South.” This sentiment was echoed by UNC Chancellor Michael Hooker, who stressed that an understanding of the South’s new demographics was impor tant to continue to raise the level of edu cation of all ethnicities. Outside of just race, Robin Davis of the National Organization of Women, said a lot of progress had been made in the higher education of women since the “white male institutions” of the early sixties. She said a lot of ground has been made up and that it will become more evident as the increasing number of educated women make themselves known in the work place. All in all, the hope is that this new data from MCD Inc. will be used to increase the understanding of the demo graphic and labor situation, said Guillory. He said this will enable actions that might improve the gaps between the newly diverse ethnic groups of the South. The State & National Editors can be reached atstntdesk@unc.edu. LAWSUIT From Page 1 are some committees that are under the direct purview of the student body pres ident,” she said. “An example of that would be the Carolina Union Board of Directors, where the chair of that com mittee is not from the executive branch those kinds of groups are autonomous.” I 1 I 5t i i Copies Must present coupon. | Good on plain white | 81/2xllselHerveßi TSLI . 1 | , autofeed copies. Expires Sept. 30.1998 ;C.O. COPIESj 1 169 E. 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However, there are strong concerns that the rearrangement of the definition for “nigger” is not sufficient enough to modify people’s view of the word. “The definition is not a black person, whether the revision comes before or after the definition,” said Reginald Hildebrand, associate African-American Studies professor. He said the revision was unacceptable and inaccurate. The official definition of “nigger” in both the old and new dictionaries is a black person, a member of any dark skinned race or a member of a socially disadvantaged class of people. Morrison, however, said he felt the code called for all appointments, includ ing cabinet members, to be brought before student congress. “The constitu tion says the student congress has the power to ‘approve or reject all appoint ments made by the president accepting such minor positions as may be exempt ed by the congress by majority vote,’ ” Morrison said. “Last year, I remember, certain members of the cabinet did not ENROLLMENT From Page 1 enrollment had not been a major prob lem for the system. Additional teachers have been hired, and schedules have been arranged so teachers can change rooms throughout the day to maximize space, he said. WASTED From Page 1 director of Health Education for Student Health Service. “Now we just need to get the alcohol free activities out and make people Seven Mary Three Orange Avenue Atlantic Records Various Artists Frat Rock! Rhino A passage below the definition explains that the word “nigger,” used in literary works by authors such as Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, is now an offensive, racial slur in English. “It is not a word that defines my peo ple,” said Tamara Bailey, president of the Black Student Movement. “It’s upsetting. I don’t want to see it there.” Bailey said the word “nigger” was not just sometimes offensive, but offensive at all times. G.I. Allison, the executive director of the North Carolina NAACP, said there was no one set reason why the definition “nigger” was changed. “There have been complaints across the nation regarding the use of the word,” Allison said. “The main problem is the issue of racism.” “There are people who find it appro priate in parts of the nation, and there are those who don’t find it appropriate to use the word,” he said. “Nigger” is one of 200 different offen sive words, including ethnic, religious, and sexual slurs, in the 1999 dictionary that will be affected. The State & National Editors can be reached stntdesk@unc. edu. come before congress for observation.” Patel said he felt congressional approval of cabinet would only add to the bureaucracy involved in the process. “I strongly believe that cabinet mem bers should not be approved by con gress,” he said. “I think it’s hard enough for an administration to be successful and trying to legislate who can or cannot be a part of cabinet will only make the executive branch’s job more difficult.” “They basically use other spaces planned for things like labs or arts pro grams,” Hoke said. Also, 23 trailers are serving as classrooms throughout the system. Preparations for next year could help prevent overcrowding from occurring again. An elementary school and an addi tion to East Chapel Hill High School aware of them. The Don’t Get Wasted campaign is one leg of an overall strat egy, but not the connecting piece.” Gray said this year Student Affairs and SHS would be conducting a study on campus culture and drinking in con junction with Cornell University and the Center for Science in the Public Interest VareoitSi Artists : VH-I's The Big 80's: The Big Movies WEA ulljp Daily (Ear Brrl Early Warning Beginning with the 1999 printing of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary the new format will alert the reader earlier in the entry to an offensive usage. nigger n (alter, of earlier neger, fr. MF negre. fr. Sp or Pg negro, ft. negro black, fr. 1. nigei) (1700) 1 usu offensive; see usage paragraph below: a black person 2 usu offensive; see usage paragraph below: a member of any dark-skinned race 3; a member of a socially disadvantaged class of persons <it's time for somebody to lead ail of America's niggers... ail the people who fell left out of the political process - Ron Deilums> usage Nigger in senses 1 and 2 can be found in the works of such writers of the past as Joseph Conrad, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens, but it now ranks as per haps the most offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English. Its use by and among blacks is not always intended or taken as offensive, but, except in sense 3, it is other wise a word expressive of racial hatred and bigotry. SOURCE: MERRIAM-WEBSTER INC. DTHCTAEF Walters said no formal measures had been taken to clarify the student law code concerning the appointments. “We’ll try and work it out first and see if there’s a compromise between the two interpretations of the code,” Walters said. “We’re still in the process o f talLrg it out now.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. will open next fall, followed by a middle school planned for 2001, Hoke said. As for the present situation, Pedersen said the overcrowding was manageable. “(Overcrowding) tends to create some inconveniences but isn’t interfer ing with the quality of instruction.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. based in Washington D.C. “We will see change,” she said. “It’s a long process. You can’t expect it overnight and dramatic change may take three to four years.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. PUBUC ANNOUNCEMENT ALL WORK. ND PLAY BODY BUMPIN’ [YIPPIE-YI-YOl Public Announcement All Work, No Play Pop - U S. 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