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NATO, U.S. Prolong
Yugoslav Attacks
Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - NATO
pounded Yugoslavia for a second night
Thursday, following through on a
pledge to destroy President Slobodan
Milosevic’s military forces unless he
accepts a peace plan for Kosovo.
Bombs rained down on Kosovo’s
capital of Pristina shortly after dark. The
•sky lit up with bright flashes as three
heavy blasts were heard from the direc
tion of an army base next to the airport.
Explosions were also heard north of
Belgrade, in northern Kosovo, and in
Serbia and Montenegro, the two
republics that make up Yugoslavia.
“We’re going to systematically and
progressively attack, disrupt, degrade,
devastate and ultimately - unless
President Milosevic complies with the
demands of the international communi
ty - we’re going to destroy these forces
and their facilities and support,” said
U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark, supreme com
mander of allied forces in Europe.
But there was no hint that the assault
was causing Milosevic to rethink his
refusal to end his offensive against eth
New Policy
Toughens
Drug Rules
Athletes will no longer get
a 365-day suspension for
their second drug violation
but will lose eligibility.
By Melissa Williams
Staff Writer
UNC athletes used to have three
chances to strike out against the
University’s drug policy, but a resolu
tion passed by the Board of Tmstees on
Thursday reduced these chances to two.
The new resolution cut out the sec
ond of three punishments for drug
offenses. An athlete who violated the
drug policy used to face a 365 day sus
pension period. The new procedure
allows no grace period, going from noti
fication of parents and probation for the
first drug violation to immediate can
cellation of eligibility for the second vio
lation.
Susan Ehringhaus, vice chancellor
and general counselor to the chancellor,
presented an updated version of the ath
letic drug policy at the meeting. She
said if an athlete was absent for a urine
drug test for any reason, the test would
be administered the next day. She also
said the athlete’s parents would be noti
fied of a drug situation regardless of the
student’s age.
A summary of student drug policy
violations from the Board of Governors
prompted Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs Susan Kitchen to examine and
address the drug matter for the past
See DRUGS, Page 2
Hooker Calls His Cancer Incurable, But He's Optimistic
Chancellor Michael Hooker
may be in partial remission
for three years and will
continue therapy treatment.
By Shannon Snypp
Staff Writer
Board of Trustees members got an
update from Chancellor Michael
Hooker Thursday - not about the state
of the University but the state of his
health.
Hooker told the trustees about the
progress of his chemotherapy treatments
for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,which he
nic Albanian separatists in Kosovo or
accept a plan calling for 28,000 NATO
troops to enforce the peace.
His aides scorned the airstrikes as “a
grave crime against the people” of
Yugoslavia, and his forces kept up their
rampage in Kosovo, hunting down lead
ing ethnic Albanian politicians and edi
tors and burning villages.
Serbia, meanwhile, ordered foreign
reporters belonging to NATO countries
to leave. Most journalists heeded the
warning -and several were threatened
by angry Serbs on their way out.
Yugoslavia also announced it was
cutting diplomatic ties with the United
States, Britain, France and Germany for
participating in the airstrikes.
More than 2,000 people have been
killed and at least 400,000 forced to flee
their homes in a year of fighting
between Yugoslav troops and ethnic
Albanian rebels in Kosovo, a province
in Serbia. The ethnic Albanians have
already signed the U.S.-backed peace
plan. A devastating first round of
airstrikes Wednesday reportedly killed
at least 11 people and delivered serious
blows to Y ugoslavia’s military.
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Bernadette Holmes, 15, a student at School in the Community, says she will probably attend home school after
the Carrboro charter school closes this month. Officials say debt has caused the school's demise.
was diagnosed
with in January.
Lymphoma is can
cer of the lymph
nodes. The major
symptom of the
disease is the
enlarging of the
lymph nodes.
Hooker said his
four chemothera
py treatments had
been awful.
“It has been a
surreal experience
that you think
would happen to
Chancellor
Michael Hooker
said chemotherapy
had reduced the size
of his tumors by 50
' percent.
someone else, but not to yourself,” he
History is a vast early warning system.
Norman Cousins
Friday, March 26, 1999
Volume 107, Issue 19
Kosovo Air Strikes - Day 2
NATO-led bombings continued Thursday on strategic targets in Yugoslavia in an effort to persuade Yugoslavia President
Slobodan Milosevic to sign a U.S.-backed peace treaty with ethnic Albanians
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CURRENT CHAOS IN KOSOVO
NATO continued bombing Yugoslavia Thursday following
through on a pledge to destroy Milosevic's military forces
unless he accepts peace in Kosovo.
Details about the effects of bombings are sketchy due to
a lack of media presence in Kosovo and Serbia. Reports do
state that Kosovo's capital, Pristina, was bombed, and that
Albanian rebels attacked several government outposts
following last night's barrage.
SOURCE THE WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS
said.
The chemotherapy seems to be work
ing, he said, and his last CAT scan
showed that his tumors had shrunk by
more than 50 percent.
Despite the positive outlook, the dis
ease is not curable, he said. It is, howev
er, possible that he would go into remis
sion for two to three years, he said.
Hooker said his oncologist was opti
mistic about a sustained remission.
If the cancer does go into remission,
Hooker said he planned to line up the
best therapy possible.
Vaccines have been recommended
by Hooker’s oncologist to treat his non-
Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
While Hooker is battling cancer, col
HISTORY OF THE KOSOVO CONFLICT
*ln the 14th century, Kosovo was the center of the
Serbian empire and the site of its most sacred churches
and monasteries The Serbs treasured it as their
Jerusalem, their holy land.
* Over the next 500 years neighboring Albanians leave
their homeland to settle in the Kosovo region.
Ethnic Albanians became a majority in Kosovo in the
19505. Today, Albanians outnumber Serbs 9tol in this
region.
The events of recent history have compelled the
Albanians to proclaim the land as theirs.
In 1945 a constitutional revision gave ethnic
Albanians in Kosovo control over local affairs and made
the Albanian language equal with Serbo-Croatian.
* In 1974 Yugoslavia's Communist President Marshal
Tito granted Kosovo autonomy.
In 1986 Slobodan Milosevic became the leader of the
Serbian communist party. He urged Serbs to fight for the
province he declared they would win back.
In 1989 Milosevic became president and stripped
Kosovo's autonomy.
In 1995 two major groups emerged—Muslim
ethnic Albanians and Orthodox Christian Serbs. The
Serbian government is the official authority, but the
Albanian ethnic majority operates a parallel
government that stages its own elections
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leagues say his chemotherapy treat
ments have not slowed him down.
“I think he is doing fine,” Brenda
Kirby, secretary to the chancellor, said.
“He is coming in full-schedule every
day, and he has not slowed down one
bit.”
Kirby called Hooker’s dedication to
his job amazing. The chancellor was in
his office everyday, working hard to
complete his job the same as he would
have before, she said.
She said Hooker also recently attend
ed the NCAA basketball tournament
games to help support the University’s
athletics.
Sue Kitchen, vice-chancellor of
Student Affairs, said she admired
Professors: Strikes
Won't End Ordeal
Two Albanian students at UNC support the
bombings, although they would have rather
seen the conflict end peacefully.
By Asta Ytre
Staff writer
UNC student Altin Fortuzi tried to call friends in Albania
and Kosovo before the air strikes began, but to no avail.
An Albanian graduate student in the School ofjoumalism
and Mass Communication, Fortuzi said the bombings were
tragic but necessary.
“All my thoughts go to the civilians living near army bar
racks,” he said. “They are the poorest, and the ones who will
pay the most I don’t think (President Slobodan) Milosevic will
get a scratch.”
But as the NATO-led bombings of Yugoslavia continued
into late Thursday night, some professors’ opinions differed
from Fortuzi’s.
Dr. Robert Greenberg, assistant professor in the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at UNC, said
he was very worried the situation might spark other conflicts
“When you start this kind of bombing, the Serbs will have
to react,” Greenberg said. “I am afraid this will accelerate the
war.”
Not enough consideration was given to the decision,
Greenberg said. “This is the wrong time. There has not been
any systematic killing and this might just increase the number
See KOSOVO, Page 2
Teachers: Rules,
Deficit Crippled
Charter School
By Matt Leclercq
Assistant City Editor
Although the decision to close School
in the Community next week because of
a $50,000 deficit surprised no one there,
students and teachers said money was
not the school’s only worry.
The rushed enrollment of students
last fall to meet state guidelines filled
classrooms with students who needed
structured academics and discipline
more than anything, teachers and stu
dents said.
“As teachers, we have been vilely
abused by some of these kids,” teacher
Carol Hayes said, standing in her win
dow-less classroom where she teaches
math around a single long table. “It has
been an abusive environment, with ver
bal abuse and being threatened.”
The tiny charter school, which
opened in 1997 as a place for students
who cannot succeed in traditional
schools, will close Wednesday.
“It’s extremely frustrating,” Hayes
said. “It’s extremely sad. I’ve really lost
my perspective as an educator.”
The school’s four teachers will be laid
off, and its 44 students will either trans
fer to other schools or undergo home
schooling, teachers said.
Over the past year, the school has
faced so many problems that Hayes said
she could not even count them.
Used furniture is crammed in comers
and along walls littered with graffiti. A
scant supply of teaching materials and
Hooker for the courage he has demon
strated throughout the duration of his ill
ness.
“He still works harder than most peo
ple I know,” she said. “I think he has a
lot of inner strength, and he’s coping
with it admirably.”
Hooker said he was optimistic about
overcoming the cancer.
“There are some good days and some
bad days,” Hooker said.
“But, I am confident that I am going
to lick this disease.”
Melissa Williams contributed to this
story.
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used equipment clutter a room that used
to be part of a mortuary. Hayes points to
a dimly lit comer where she says on one
occasion three female students shoved
her against the wall and threatened to
beat her up.
“I didn’t come here to be able to feel
I had to be a policeman,” she said. “I
never got used to it.”
The school began two years ago with
132 students and an unusual approach
to education that gave self-motivated
students independence and an unstruc
tured atmosphere. But despite increased
community support, the 132 students
thinned to 44, and the state threatened
to revoke the school’s charter if leaders
didn’t meet the mandatory enrollment
of 65.
“Where the support could have been
handy was in volunteers and donations
of money, time or equipment,” teacher
Aaron Winbom said.
Fred Good of Association for Quality
Schools, a nonprofit board that opened
the school, said administrators would
decide next week whether to liquidate
the school’s few assets. The board will
also face a SIO,OOO to $15,000 debt.
“The school has spent so much time
and energy answering to the state while
(we’re) trying to answer to the kids,” he
said. “The priority is not kids for the
state.”
Lead administrator Debra McHenry
could not be reached Thursday.
See CHARTER, Page 2
INSIDE
Shoulder to Shoulder
Educators and parents rallied at the
Legislative Building in Raleigh to urge
legislators to increase funding for
salaries and projects. See Page 2.
Sights on Seminoles
The third-ranked UNC baseball team
travels to Tallahassee this weekend to
face No. I Florida State See Page S.
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