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Slaying Inquiry Sparks
Race Debate in Britain
1 LONDON - An official inquiry
published Wednesday into the racist
slaying of a black teen-ager -and the
bungled police investigation that fol
lowed - has provoked a disturbing
national debate on racism in Britain.
' The blatant failure of London’s
police to properly investigate the 1993
stabbing death of 17-year-old Stephen
Lawrence and the arrogance of the five
white youths accused of his killing have
spawned accusations of racism. None of
the suspects have been convicted.
The report denounced London’s
•police force as fundamentally racist -
prompting the government to announce
it would broaden anti-discrimination
laws and make immediate changes in
policing methods.
“It certainly has been an eye-opener
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for ordinary middle England people,”
said Virginia Gibbons of the state-fund
ed Commission for Racial Equality.
Callers to TV talk shows said
Thursday that they felt ashamed, and
many British ethnic minorities felt the
report was a lesson for the nation’s 93
percent white majority.
But Prime Minister Tony Blair said
the lesson would be lost if the repercus-
SiOiiS of the Lawrence inquiry went only
as far as the police and government
“It will require a determination that
the real monument to Stephen
Lawrence is not to be found in the laws
passed by Parliament, but in the funda
mental change in attitude in our soci
ety.”
Albright: Korean Aid
Needed Despite Threat
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright today called North
Korea a “huge threat” to the United
States but rejected a congressional
appeal for a suspension of food aid to
that country.
Albright, testifying at a House
International Relations Committee
meeting, said President Clinton planned
to discuss the North Korean issue Friday
with former Defense Secretary William
Perry, who has been reviewing U.S. pol
icy toward North Korea. The meeting
will take place in San Francisco.
Among the concerns listed by
Albright were U.S. suspicions that North
Korea may have embarked on anew
nuclear program at an underground site,
and its missile development program.
Livingston Bids Adieu
To Congress in Speech
WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob
Livingston gave his last speech to
Congress today, urging politicians from
both parties to show greater tolerance
and willingness to work together.
“Tolerance is a necessity, politician is
not a dirty word and compromise is the
glue that renders democracy possible,”
the Louisiana Republican said. He offi
cially resigns from Congress on Sunday.
Livingston, who served 21 years in
the House, was within days of being
chosen as speaker when he announced
Dec. 19, during House debate on the
impeachment of President Clinton, that
he was leaving Congress. Two days
before he disclosed he had had extra
marital affairs.
Bush to Announce
Intentions in 2 Weeks
AUSTIN, Texas - After fending off
questions for months about his presi
dential ambitions, Gov. George W. Bush
said Thursday he would announce his
White House intentions in two weeks.
Bush again refused to say what that
decision will be.
“In two weeks, I’ll make an
announcement. So, I’ll see you in two
weeks,” Bush said at a news conference.
Asked what he had decided, he replied:
“If I told you what I’d announce, you
wouldn’t even show up.”
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Two advisers to Bush, speaking on
condition of anonymity, told The
Associated Press in Washington that
they had been told to prepare for the
Republican governor to announce the
formation of a campaign exploratory
committee, which would allow him to
raise and spend money while testing the
waters. “We are prepared for a go, but
he still has two weeks to change his
mind,” one of the advisers said.
Rebels, Yugoslav Army
Clash Despite Truce
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - Explosions
and the crackle of gunfire broke out
Thursday between Yugoslav army
forces and Kosovo rebels in defiance of
Western warnings that they hold to a
cease-fire during the 2-week suspension
in peace talks.
German Gen. Klaus Naumann, head
of NATO’s panel of military planners,
worried about the fighting as well as
what he called a “significant” buildup of
Yugoslav forces in and near Kosovo.
The situation in Kosovo, the ethnic
Albanian-majority province in southern
Serbia where more than 2,000 people
have died in fighting the past year, is
“more than tense. It’s almost a powder
keg,” Naumann said Thursday.
Blasts and small-arms fire Thursday
erupted from Bukos, 20 miles northwest
of the provincial capital of Pristina,
where Serb tanks and mortars were tar
geting separatist Kosovo Liberation
Army positions near the village.
—Associated Press
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Studio 3 to Present
Classic Greek Play
Sophocles’ ’Antigone’ deals
with emotional struggles
dealing with love, loyalty,
justice and family ties.
Bv Susannah Dainow
Staff Writer
Greek tragedy takes center stage this
weekend at Playmakers Theatre as the
Department of Dramatic Art’s Studio 3
produces Sophocles’ classic, Antigone.
“(Antigone)
examines the fate
of one exceptional
girl and explores
the concepts of
loyalty, love and
justice,” according
to a press release.
Julie Fischell, the
faculty director of
Antigone, called it
an intimate play,
which examined
how one family’s
decisions affected
Antigone
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In the play, Antigone’s brothers fight
over the throne of Thebes, and both are
slain. The new king decrees that one
brother cannot be buried, condemning
his soul to linger in an eternal limbo.
The play hinges on Antigone’s choice
between allowing her brother to suffer
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this punishment or to burying him her
self and accepting the consequences.
Fishell said several productions of
ancient Greek plays were running in
New York City. Considered classics by
Western society, Greek tragedies are
again becoming popular in contempo
rary theater, she said.
“If you’ve never seen (a Greek
tragedy) before, this is a great time to
introduce yourself to the genre,” she
said.
For those who are worried about
understanding the language, never fear.
Fishell said Richard Emil Braun’s trans
lation maintained the power of
Sophocles’ language without losing the
audience. She described it as “accessi
ble” and “poetic” at the same time.
The production’s staging will also
reflect and reinforce the play’s moral
ideas, Fishell said. As Kreon’s (the king)
decisions provoke more and more con
flict, parts of the set begin to change
shape or fall apart completely.
As part of Studio 3, Antigone also
offers a rare chance for students to work
with a faculty director.
“It’s been an incredible experience,”
said Adam Gerdts, a junior history and
drama major who is a member of the
chorus. “We get to work with a faculty
member, and we actually have a bud
get.”
The Arts Editors can be reached at
artsdesk@unc.edu.