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Wendell Williamson testified in court as part of his
malpractice suit against Dr. Myron Liptzin.
THE STARR REPORT
Republicans Say
Inquiry Probable
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The House of
Representatives is increasingly likely to
vote for a formal impeachment inquiry
in the next few weeks, congressional
officials said Sunday, a step that would
ratchet up the political jeopardy con
fronting President Clinton.
Republicans, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said if it took such a step,
the House would not necessarily limit
its inquiry to Kenneth Starr’s review of
Clinton’s sexual relationship with
Monica Lewinsky and his attempts to
deny it under oath.
Instead, these officials said, the
House Judiciary Committee might be
empowered to range over numerous
other issues, from Whitewater to
Clinton’s involvement in questionable
campaign fund raising in 1996.
Democrats would vigorously oppose
any expansion beyond Starr’s report,
one aide said Sunday night.
One lawmaker, Rep. Vic Fazio, D-
Calif., addressed the issue of a formal
impeachment inquiry during the day in
an appearance on ABC. “Ultimately, if
Libraries to Charge
For Laser Printing
Starting Wednesday, campus
libraries will charge 5 cents
per page, but the first page
of each printing will be free.
By Kristina Simonetti
Staff Writer
Rising printing costs have prompted
UNC’s library system to take action.
Starting Wednesday, students will be
charged for laser printing on computers
in the printing and reference areas used
to access the online catalog.
The first page of every print job will
be free, with a five-cent charge per addi
tional page. There will be no charge for
using regular computers or those with
the electronic reserve system.
Will Owen, head of the Library
Systems Office, said budget constraints
was the major cause of the charges.
“Last year, the computers showed
that almost one million pages were
printed, and the budget could not sup
port the costs of paper and toner,” he
said. “We needed to recover some of
that cost.”
Head of the Undergraduate Library
David Taylor said students’ wasteful
printing practices led to the library’s
decision to charge.
“Costs of printing were going upward
and a lot of printing was being wasted,”
he said. “Students were sometimes send
ing the same prim jobs two or three
Williamson Explains His Illness
By Amy Cappiello
Senior Writer
HILLSBOROUGH - Former UNC law
student Wendell Williamson returns to the
witness stand today after testifying Friday that
he once believed his 1995 fatal shooting spree
on Henderson Street was necessary.
“I considered it a matter of self-defense,”
Williamson said of the shootings. “I thought if
I didn’t do something drastic, the world
would end.”
Williamson spoke publicly for the first time
about the January 1995 shooting during his
medical malpractice lawsuit against former
Student Health Service psychiatrist Dr. Myron
Liptzin.
In his lawsuit, Williamson alleges Liptzin’s
medical negligence led to Williamson’s near
campus shooting rampage that left UNC
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■ White House
responses to
the allegations.
the president and the Congress want to
have the due process that they are both
allowed in this instance, we may end up
going to that next level,” said the
California Democrat, third-ranking
member of his party in the House.
A second lawmaker, Rep. Asa
Hutchinson, R-Ark., a member of the
Judiciary Committee, said in a tele
phone interview, “It would be very hard
to avoid an impeachment inquiry with
the seriousness of the allegations and
the review that we’re going through
now.”
See CONGRESS, Page 8
times. The result was that thousands of
printed pages were being thrown away.”
Taylor also said the libraries had orig
inally wanted to give students a partic
ular number of free pages before
charges would take effect.
However, he said that the software
was not sophisticated enough to accom
plish this. He said library system offi
cials were forced to compromise and
instead allowed students to print the first
page of every job free.
Some students said they understood
the reasons behind the charges but still
had mixed feelings.
Academic Technology & Networks
lab assistant Aaron J. Webster, a sopho
more from Charlotte, said, “I think it is
a good idea,” he said. “It will curb the
excessive amount of paper use, deter
use of the computers by outside indi
viduals, and cut ballooning costs."
Sophomore Leiana Leon-Guerrero,
of Charlotte, said she regretted that stu
dents had overused the printing facilities
and prompted these new charges.
“It’s sad that some people just take
advantage of the free printing and the
rest of us have to pay for it,” she said. “I
understand why they are charging
though, and I think it is justified."
Catherine McGivney, a sophomore
from Staten Island, N.Y., summed up
students sentiments.
“I think it would be a major drag.”
The University Editors can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Show me the man and I'll show you the law.
David Ferguson
Monday, September 14, 1998
Volume 106, Issue 75
lacrosse player Kevin Reichardt and Chapel
Hill resident Ralph Walker dead and Chapel
Hill police officer Demetrise Stephenson
wounded.
Williamson said his mental problems start
ed plaguing him three years earlier.
“It became evident to me that I was hear
ing other people’s thoughts,” Williamson said.
“It was like having a thought that was not
your own.”
The thoughts in the beginning were often
sexual, but they later evolved into personally
degrading comments, Williamson said. The
thoughts also began attacking Williamson’s
left shoulder, which he had injured while
swimming in high school.
“The pain was real; the emotions were
real,” Williamson said. “The bone moved in
the socket, and I couldn’t control it. I believed
people’s thoughts were causing it.”
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Juan Salinas blows on a conch shell to begin a ceremonial dance Saturday at La Fiesta del Pueblo, the annual festival celebrating Hispanic culture.
Salinas is part of the Ximali Dancers, who are based in Mexico City, and travel all over the world performing.
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The mango is a popular fruit
of choice at La Fiesta del Pueblo:
Family Preserves Heritage in Dance
The Salinas family hoped to
promote understanding of
its culture through a dance
at La Fiesta del Pueblo.
By Sherifa Meguid
Staff Writer
With hard, determined looks etched
into their faces, a family of Mexican
natives passionately danced to the beat
of the drum and the whistling of their
instruments.
With her peacock-like headdress
swooshing in the air, Brisa Salinas wove
around her family members in a perfor
mance before a mesmerized crowd at La
Fiesta del Pueblo.
What seemed like a sacred Indian rit
ual was a dance created by a family
striving to teach a better understanding
of the indigenous Mexican culture.
Fair Promotes Cultural Harmony
By Jennifer Knesel
Staff Writer
Spicy tacos, sequined costumes and
Latin ska music attracted thousands to
La Fiesta del Pueblo this weekend.
Despite high temperatures, over
25,000 people attended the event at
Chapel Hill High School to celebrate
and leam about Latin American culture.
The annual festival featured a soccer
tournament, live dancing and music,
food, crafts and information provided
The group, Tloke Nahuare, which
means “together and united,” come
from Tenochitlan, Mexico, to perform at
festivals around the country.
Nineteen-year-old Salinas danced
with her father, Juan, her sister Joanna
and her brother Israel. All four are part
of the Aztec society.
Several Hispanic kids and adults
rushed to see Salinas’ colorful costume
up close and pose in a picture.
Bystanders chatted about how they
enjoyed watching her dance.
“(The dancers) were very focused on
the dancing and the drum playing,” said
Jean Murphy, a junior from Durham. “It
looked very professional.”
The Salinas family performed the
finale to an afternoon series of Latin
American dance groups.
Israel Salinas fervently hit his drum
while each family member took turns
dancing in the center. Juan Salinas, the
group’s leader, ate fire and shimmied
Williamson videotaped himself in social
settings during the early part of 1994 in an
effort to prove to others that he was a telepath,
he said. After watching the 10 to 15 hours of
tapes, Williamson was convinced he could
hear people saying his mother’s name and the
place where his father fought in World War 11,
he said.
In March 1994, he stood in a law class and
announced that he was a telepath and had the
evidence to prove it.
Then School of Law Dean Winston Crisp
was called into the class, and he allowed
Williamson to stay as long as he remained
quiet.
After class, Williamson told Crisp he was a
telepath and produced the video, which he
had whittled down to an hour. Crisp decided
to make a deal.
“He said that if he watched the videotape
by N.C.’s Latino community.
El Pueblo, Inc., a nonprofit organiza
tion based in Chapel Hill, sponsored the
event. Nearly 400 volunteers helped
plan and organize the festival, and 260
volunteers worked this weekend to
ensure things ran smoothly.
La Fiesta 1998 differed from past
years because there was more represen
tation from groups founded by mem
bers of the Latino community, said
Maria Palmer, pastora of Iglesia Unida
de Christo in Chapel Hill.
around a small fire on the ground before
putting it out with his foot.
“I loved it,” said Shani Levine, a
graduate student. “I thought it was neat
they tried to incorporate all different
kinds of Hispanic dance.”
After smiling for the camera and
catching her breath, Salinas explained
that though she calls Mexico City home,
her family lives in Florida while touring
festivals. They work closely with the
Florida Consulate and the Seminoles.
Salinas said she began dancing as a
child of her own volition.
“It’s inside you,” Salinas said. “It calls
you. You never let it go because then
you’re letting your culture die.”
Fathers and grandfathers pass the
dances on to their children. Because the
steps are not choreographed, they are
designed mathematically using astrono
my and astrology, Salinas said.
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and it proved to his satisfaction I was a
telepath, that was one thing,” Williamson said.
“If not, he had to insist I go seek medical treat
ment or he would not recommend me for the
bar.”
Crisp watched the tape and, unconvinced
of Williamson’s telepathic powers, the dean
referred him to SHS. On March 8, 1994,
Williamson had his first of six meetings with
Liptzin.
Williamson told Liptzin he was a telepath.
Liptzin gave Williamson the anti-psychotic
drug Navane and told him at first that he had
sensitive nerve endings in the brain,
Williamson said.
“My understanding was that if I had a men
tal illness, it was a temporary thing, and the
medication was a temporary solution,”
See WILLIAMSON, Page 4
“This shows that the Hispanic popu
lation is starting to take root,” Palmer
said.
Among the many volunteers were a
few members of the Chapel Hill High
School Spanish Honor Society. Senior
Karen Galassi said the club was selling
items from Central American countries
and offering a Latin American geogra
phy game for children.
Galassi said she enjoyed volunteering
See LA FIESTA, Page 4
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Monday
Sweet Revenge
The top-ranked North Carolina
women’s soccer team defeated No. 2
Notre Dame in the final game of the
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to avenge their last home loss, which
came at the hands of the Fighting Irish
in 1995. See Page 14.
Today’s Weather
Mostly Sunny;
Lower 90s
Tuesday: Mostly sunny;
90.