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2 Tuesday, January 19, 1999 Education; Equality Top Broad's Speech By Alexandra Molaire Staff Writer Nearly 100 Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents gathered at the Morehead Planetarium Banquet Hall Sunday night for the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Banquet to “remember, celebrate and act.” The banquet highlighted those in the community who worked to keep King’s dream alive after his death. UNC-system President Molly Broad, the keynote speaker for the event, said with education, UNC must uphold the principles King promoted. “The University of North Carolina is redou bling its efforts to promote education without barriers to expand equality of higher educational opportunities to North Carolinians of all races, of all cul tures, ages and geographic location.” The MLK University/Community Planning Corporation presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Awards to the Orange County Disability Awareness Council and resident Marty Ravallette. In her speech, Broad said UNC was working to make education more afford able for North Carolinians who can not afford higher education. “Next month, a university-wide task force is going to explore options for the development of a state-funded student aid program.” Broad also commented on the sue Palestine Officials Deny Delay of Independence Associated Press JERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority is ready to delay the announcement of an independent Palestinian state until Dec. 31, an Israeli daily newspaper reported Monday. Palestinian officials denied the claim. The Haaretz daily cited sources close to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as saying that postponing the declaration from an earlier May 4 deadline would frustrate Israeli right-wing attempts to make it an issue for elections on May 17. The Dec. 31 date would be symbolic, Haaretz reported the sources as saying, as it will usher in anew millennium with the declaration of statehood. Palestinians had chosen May 4 because it marks a deadline in the 1993 Oslo accords. The Palestinians would seek U.S. backing for the year-end date, the report said. A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that the U.S. position is not to take any stand on final status issues. Palestinian officials denied the report. Palestinian Minister of Information Yasser Abed Rabbo called the report “a Haaretz-fabricated scenario.” Leaders from the dovish opposition Labor party have called on Arafat to avoid declaring statehood unilaterally on May 4, as such a move could boost the electability of hard-line Prime coupons DTH. deals RHYPIZZ* PPNYPIZZA fNYPIZZA miYPIZZA I PIZZA I MYPIZZA | * N.Y.J PIZZA# IlllftliP Slice of Cheese | 8* Sir. ■■ Wna Even Tine the II Mill TAR HEELS WIN! I ■ QFFER coupon only. 106 W. Franklin SL • Open 7 Days a Week • 968-4224 NYPIZZA (VIYPIZZA hfHYPIZZJt IVNYPIZZA t*MYPIZZA cess of UNC affirmative outreach pro grams. In the last 25 years, the number of black students enrolled in the system increased by 118 percent, she said. Still, Broad called for more change. A year ago, she called for a review of the system’s affirmative outreach programs to make sure the universities were fol lowing the ruling set by the 1978 Supreme Court case of California vs. Bakke, which said universities could not use racial quotas in admitting students. “It is imperative that we regularly review our procedures to make sure that they will withstand the scrutiny of the court,” she said. In order to help black students in their transition to college, Broad called for increased involvement of traditional black chinches in the cam pus ministries. “They play a very impor tant role as a touch point for students, for the values and the beliefs of their home, their family and the churches they attended growing up.” Lillian Lee, dean of students at Chapel Hill High School, said she was pleased that Broad asked for more black ministers on campus. “If we can keep our young people grounded spiritually in the kind of connectedness they had at home, I think we will see better people with more respect for each other.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu staunchly opposes Palestinian statehood, saying it endan gers Israeli security. He has vowed to retaliate to a unilateral declaration of statehood by annexing parts of the occu pied West Bank still under Israeli con trol. The Labor Party is not opposed to statehood, but says if it comes about, it must be through negotiations. Netanyahu confirmed that a trilateral meeting is being considered for Washington, D.C., next month in a bid to reactivate the stalled implementation of the U.S.-brokered Wye memoran dum. The Israeli government froze the implementation of a scheduled troop redeployment out of West Bank territo ry, citing what it regards as Palestinians noncompliance. An Israeli foreign ministry official said that contacts have been established between senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Tomer Omi, the head of the political team at the foreign min istry. But nothing has been decided on a meeting, the official said on condition of anonymity. A summit is scheduled for March or April between Arafat and President Clinton. Bar-Illan said Israel would release about 20 Palestinians arrested during anti-Israel riots as a goodwill gesture. State Prison Reforms Receive Praise By Anne Fawcett Staff Writer A report released last week showed that state governments across the coun try are racing to redefine their prison sentencing in response to ongoing prob lems. Many states are looking to North Carolina as an example of success. The N.C. Sentencing Commission implemented sentencing reform in 1994 and is now assuming a leadership role as it consults with representatives from other states about enacting reforms. The bill reserved prison beds for vio lent and chronic offenders and created intermediate sentencing programs, such as house arrest, for less serious offend ers. It also mandated stricter sentencing guidelines, eliminating the possibilities Campus Calendar Tuesday 12:30 p.m. - Discuss Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy with Rev. John Burton and Rev. Stephen Stanley in the confer ence room in upstairs Lenoir. 5 p.m. - Masala will hold a meeting in Union 226. For more information, call 914-2665. 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed national service frater nity, invites you to informal rash to learn more about us in 106 Fetzer Gym. 7 p.m. - COUP: the Japanese ani mation club is back with more free showings. This week, its Ranma 1/2: The Movie and Slayers Perfect in 113 Dey Hall. 8:15 p.m. - The UNC-CH Young Democrats will be having a general interest meeting in Union 208. All stu dents are welcome. 8:30 p.m. - Phi Alpha Delta, the pre-law fraternity, will be having infor mal rush in Union 205. Wednesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - The Sports Club Council will be holding its semiannual membership drive in the Pit. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - The Campus Y will be having Y Horizons in the Great Hall to give students an opportunity to come and sign up for membership. There will be someone there to pro vide information questions about each committee. noon - George Nicholas of Mammoth Records Legal Department will speak at UNC’s School of Law on intellectual property and entertainment law issues. All are welcome. Law School, classroom 3. 1 p.m. - The Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center will sponsor an Around the Circle discussion, “Ending Domestic Violence.” Members of Theta Nu Xi sorority will lead the discussion. 4 p.m. - Habitat for Humanity University Blitz Build meeting in Fetzer 106. Bea part of the planning, fund rais ing and construction of a house built in only two days! 7 p.m. - The UNC-CH College Republicans will hold their first meet ing of the semester in Union 208. The meeting will feature in a discus sion on potential GOP presidential can didates for 2000. 7:30 p.m. - Alpha Phi Omega invites you to our formal rush in 209 Manning Hall. Attendance is required for rash eligi bility. 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Department of Corrections. “North Carolina was ripe to do sentenc ing structure change.” The reform has been effective at dou bling inmates’ average time served from 15.7 months in 1993 to 32.0 months in 1997, said Susan Katzenelson, executive director of the commission. She said this success was recognized nationwide when the commission received a SIOO,OOO grant from the Ford Watered Down by Brad Christensen H/caM °loo Beu6\fe "WAT THos6\ SvfciOLD fIEoPLE SAID THAT Tome DEAFNESS \ SUNG PoR y==zT Dilbert© ( (DALLY, TELL OUR 1 | (BEATS IAE. I UJ/XS A t fIT SAYS 1 fIS fAY VIEWERS HOW YOUR I WONDERING HOW f HERE. YOU PONYTAIL INTERNET START-UP J j YOU GOT SO HOT. I>\ f WERE AN DOING GOT SO HOT. J | BURNING UP OVER J f ENGINEER. ANYTHING V rtl JT* HERE! f \| f V~ ! FOR YOU? 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