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University Debates
Airport Restrictions
Airport advisory board
member Harvey Goldstein
says the airport should
restrict non-local pilots.
By Keith Taylor
Staff Writer
After several recent airplane crashes,
UNC officials are considering several
options for restricting traffic at the
Horace Williams Airport.
The chancellor’s Horace Williams
Airport Advisory Board met Wednesday
to discuss the possibility of prohibiting
pilots who are not based at the airport
from landing there. The board will con
tinue discussing the issues at its next
meeting Nov. 4.
The University created the board
INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT
Clinton Faces Historic House Vote
Despite Democratic pleas,
Clinton remains adamantly
opposed to an open-ended
impeachment inquiry.
Associated Press
On the eve of a historic vote in the
House, moderate Democrats prodded
the White House on Wednesday to quit
opposing the open-ended impeachment
inquiry sought by Republicans.
President Clinton and his wife both
spumed the pleas, officials said.
Clinton’s response came in a conver
sation with Rep. Vic Fazio of California,
the third-ranking Democrat in the
House, according to congressional
sources who spoke on condition of
anonymity.
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
made clear her opposition at a separate
meeting with freshmen House
Democrats, several sources said.
Separately, Independent Counsel
Kenneth Starr said he could not “fore
close the possibility” of submitting to
Coming Out For a Night on the Town
Two Triangle dance dubs, All
About Eve and Legends, are
popular weekend hot spots
for local gays and lesbians.
By Amanda Greene
Staff Writer
Like most people who enjoy club
bing, they come to be with friends.
They come here to watch men, and
they come here to watch women.
They come here to dance and to
drink.
But most of all, they come here to
be accepted for what they are - gays
and lesbians.
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ter around a club,
but around the j n Chapel Hill
coffee shop
Cafetrio.
“Most of the gays and lesbians that
go out on campus end up at Trio’s or
an off-campus dub,” said Sarah Levin-
Richardson, co-chairwoman of B
GLAD’s political action committee.
But while students can find a caf
feine fix at Trio’s, students looking for
a place to dance must look to other
places in the Triangle. The gay and les
bian dance club scene in Raleigh and
Durham includes gay clubs such as
Legends, Boxers and the soon to be
opened Boxers Ringside in downtown
Durham and the lesbian club All
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
Anatole France
after a Feb. 25 crash at the airport that
injured three men.
Controversy over the airport’s opera
tion arose again Aug. 29 when a pilot
had to make an emergency landing at
Guy B. Phillips Middle School when his
plane lost power during an attempted
landing at the airport. He landed in
trees near a practicing football team.
The accidents have caused several
concerned Chapel Hill residents and
parents to press for more restrictions at
the airport, said Jonathan Howes, the
board’s chairman. Some residents said
they wanted to close the airport totally.
Town officials have also expressed
concern about the safety of the airport.
Although the pilots in both accidents
were not from North Carolina, Howes
said local pilots and businesses relied on
the airport and wanted to keep it open
for public use.
Congress evidence of impeachable
offenses beyond material already pro
vided about Clinton’s affair with Monica
Lewinsky and attempts to cover it up.
“I can confirm at this time that mat
ters continue to be under active investi
gation and review,” he wrote leaders of
the House Judiciary Committee, who
had written him about the status of his
probe.
The White House continued to attack
Republicans over the inquiry, although
Clinton said merely that lawmakers
should cast a “a vote of principle and
conscience” when the roll is called
Thursday on the GOP-drafted measure.
He denied pressuring rank-and-file
Democrats to oppose the plan.
The disclosure that some Democratic
House members were seeking an about
face in the White House strategy was
fresh evidence of the turmoil as party
leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., struggled
to fashion a unified position on a
momentous vote set for less than a
month before midterm elections.
Passage of the measure is a virtual
certainty. Approval would increase the
peril confronting Clinton, only the third
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Patrons of Legends, a gav and lesbian club in Raleigh, dance after a drag show Sunday. Many patrons
of gay and lesbian clubs and bars say they go to escape the judgment of society.
About Eve.
A Saturday night at Eve’s in down
town Durham produces a crowd of
mosdy lesbian women sitting at tables,
drinking at the bar, shooting pool or
dancing to a semi-loud medley of
dance music, from country to techno.
Thursday, October 8, 1998
Volume 106, Issue 93
Howes said the board was trying to
help UNC make a decision on the air
port based on public response. “I think
the University is genuinely in the posi
tion of needing some advice,” he said.
Vice Chancellor for Finance and
Administration Jim Ramsey said the air
port could lose valuable funding by
restricting airport access to University
business or limiting traffic to pilots based
at the airport. Problems could also arise
by relocating the airport, he said.
“It would reduce our chances for
funding in the long term to try to relo
cate the airport,” he said.
Ramsey said the airport qualified for
federal and state funding because it was
available for public use according to
Federal Aviation Regulations. By pre
venting certain pilots from landing
See AIRPORT, Page 2
st. B
American presi
dent - after
Andrew Johnson
and Richard
Nixon - to be con
fronted with the
prospect of
impeachment
The proposal
would allow an
impeachment
investigation to be
expanded beyond
material that Stan
compiled con
cerning Clinton’s
relationship with
President
Bill Clinton
denied pressuring
House Democrats
to oppose the
impeachment plan.
Lewinsky. In addition, the Judiciary
Committee would not be laboring under
any time constraints as it conducted its
own inquiry, including any public hear
ings.
Some Democrats say they fear
Republicans would expand the inquiry
to include material compiled by Rep.
Dan Burton, R-Ind., about alleged vio
lation of fund-raising laws during
Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign.
“Of course we’ll look at it,” said Rep
Amy Buckner, manager of Eve’s,
said although she was heterosexual,
she did not feel threatened bringing
her boyfriend of eight years to dance
there.
“Even though it’s an all-women’s
club, you can come in here alone and
DTH/SEAN BUSHER
SANGAM sponsored a Navratri celebration Wednesday night in the Great Hall of the Student Union. Attendees
as well as SANGAM members danced the garba while music played. Many who attended said the festivities
gave them anew appreciation of South Asian culture. See story page 2.
Henry Hyde, R-Dl., chairman of the
Judiciary Committee. Hyde, however,
did not say whether the campaign
finance probe would be folded into his
investigation.
Most Democrats are prepared to vote
against the GOP proposal and in favor
of an alternative with limits on the scope
and time of an inquiry.
The alternative, circulated
Wednesday night, would require the
committee to determine whether Starr’s
material, if true, could constitute
grounds for impeachment. If so, the
panel would have until the end of the
year to recommend action by the full
House.
But a significant minority of
Democrats - perhaps as many as 50 -
are struggling with their votes. Some
represent swing districts and fear the loss
of their seats this fall.
They are concerned that a vote
against the GOP plan would alienate
independent voters, while a vote in
favor of the GOP plan would alienate
core Democratic voters, and they need
both groups in the House if they
are to win.
not feel alone because most people
know each other.”
Asa few women began the night
dancing in twos and threes on the
small, mirror-surrounded floor to slow,
See GAY SCENE, Page 2
NAVRATRI CELEBRATION
Suspected Drug Dealers
Caught in Banned Area
By Reynolds Richter
Staff Writer
Two men arrested after a Sept. 22
undercover drug bust in Chapel Hill
found themselves back in jail
Wednesday.
Conard Calvin Penny, 25, of 710
Moore Mountain Road in Pittsboro, and
Bryson Deyron Carnegie, 20, were
arrested on misdemeanor charges of
violating the conditions of their release
bond.
Both men were originally arrested
after a Chapel Hill Police undercover
narcotics investigation yielded warrants
for 27 suspects.
The suspects were released last week
under bond with the condition that they
not return to parts of town where under
cover officers had witnessed them deal
ing, Chapel Hill Police Spokeswoman
Jane Cousins said.
“Part of their release order was that
they were not to be on certain, specific
streets,” she said.
Carnegie was arrested at 5:13 p.m.
Tuesday at the intersection of Graham
and West Rosemary streets after an offi
UNC to Look
At Damage to
Carmichael
Housing officials say the
students who caused the
flooding are liable for all
damages to the building.
By Lauren Beal
Staff Writer
With cleaning efforts under control,
University officials and students are
now focusing on paving for the damage
caused when a sprinkler flooded areas
of Carmichael Residence Hall last
week.
Two students knocked a sprinkler
head while playing football on the
fourth floor of Carmichael late
Wednesday night, causing the sprinkler
to activate and flood the building with
water.
Assistant Director of University
Housing Rebecca Casey said a total
damage assessment would be compiled
by next week.
“We need to wait a few days to see if
the drying (of the carpets) was success
ful and make sure carpets don’t need to
be replaced,” she said.
Though housekeepers used vacuums
to immediately dry the carpets and used
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cer recognized him, police reports state.
Penny was arrested at 11:57 p.m.
Wednesday on West Rosemary Street
near Roberson Street, reports state.
Both men were confined at the
Orange County Jail without bond,
reports state.
Carnegie appeared in Orange
County District Court in Chapel Hill on
Wednesday and was released after the
conditions of his release on bond were
clarified to him again, said Mindy
Harris of the Orange County clerk’s
office.
Penny did not appear in court today,
she said.
Chapel Hill police Lt. Marvin Clark
said the arrests would reassure the com
munity of the police department’s
resolve.
Carnegie will be tried Oct. 20 at
Orange County District Court in
Chapel Hill, reports state.
Penny will be tried Oct 12 at Orange
County District Count in Hillsborough,
reports state.
The City Editor can be reached at
citydesk@unc.edu.
Alumnus' Big Break
This week's Diversions looks at UNC
alumnus Mike Garrigan.a budding rock
star who might get his big break with
the opening of the movie “Clay
Pigeons" this week. See Page S.
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Movin' On Up
Former UNC police chief and current
Duke University police chief has taken
the top job on the Burlington,Vt., city
police department. Alana Ennis’
colleagues remember her career in the
Triangle and the move from campus
to city police forces. See Page 2.
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