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She latlu ®ar Jieel J News/I Busine f 106 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Friday to Leave High Post With University, Again Executive Director of the Kenan Fund William Friday will remain at UNC to assist Chancellor Michael Hooker. Bv Amy Stephens Staff Writer After more than 50 years of representing UNC in various capacities, William Friday said Sunday that he was preparing to retire from his second UNC post - this time remov ing himself from the daily grind of University ACTING CHANCELLOR WILLIAM McCOY ENDS A 3-DAY SIT-IN BY ENDORSING PROTESTERS' DEMANDS University Backs Demands to Fight For Labor Rights UNC will now require companies producing UNC apparel to disclose their overseas factory locations. By Alexandra Molaire Staff Writer After nearly 72 hours of turning South Building into a communal resi dence hall, students cheered and hugged when acting Chancellor William McCoy agreed to their demands con cerning sweatshop labor. While facing pressure from student protests, UNC backed a pro posal to require companies that produce UNC apparel to dis close the loca- Students Spend Night in Preparation See Page 7 tions of their overseas factories. The University also agreed to compel apparel makers to adhere to a living wage agreement guaranteeing that workers will be paid enough to live above the poverty line. McCoy’s OK also means UNC will participate in the Refugees: Serbs Keep Killing NATO missiles again knocked out Serb television as grim reports surfaced of continued Serb butchering. Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia - NATO warplanes knocked Serb television off the air again Sunday, and refugees flee ing Kosovo brought new reports of roaming Serb gunmen butchering vil lagers by the dozens. In some of the grimmest accounts to emerge so far, Kosovo refugees reach ing Macedonia on Sunday told relief workers of Serb paramilitaries entering villages, ordering residents out of their homes and opening fire on them. “It’s very alarming,” said Ron Redmond, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. While Serbs had emptied southern towns with “clinical precision," the lat est accounts depicted Serb paramili taries combing more northerly villages and executing residents, Redmond said. NATO leaders meeting at a summit in Washington said Sunday that the allied campaign against Milosevic would succeed, and pledged military See KOSOVO, Page 2 The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going. David Starr Jordan work. “But when you pass 75 years old, it’s time to make room for the younger people coming along," Friday said. “It’s as much a part of your job to ensure the next generation as to do a good job your self.” Friday said he would retire June 30 from his position as executive director of the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust Fund. “It’s been three score and 10 years plus a few extra, and it’s time to let anew group take their place," Friday said. “It’sjusttimetogo.” Friday saw the birth of the UNC system independent monitoring of the factories, which requires an outside person to investigate its conditions. The agreement comes after nearly two years of student protest since the University signed an agreement with Nike. UNC is one of the few university’s in the nation that is paid to have its ath letes wear Nike’s corporate logo. On Friday, about 60 people, com posed of students, media and faculty, crowded into a South Building confer ence room in anticipation of McCoy’s decision on protesters’ three Initial Proposed Recommendations. McCoy cut right to the chase and announced his decision three minutes into the 11:30 a.m. meeting. “I’ve come to the conclusion that the recommendations proposed and agreed to are consistent with the way our University works," he said Friday as smiles and sighs of relief broke out around the room. He said the recommendations would be helpful as the University planned to implement the proposal. McCoy thanked the Chancellor’s Licensing Labor Code Advisory Committee for their work. “You know how complex this issue Thousands Rally in Penn, for Mumia By Dan O'Brien Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA - About 30,000 people, including a group of UNC stu dents, descended upon the City Hall here on Saturday to demand anew trial for black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, who some claim received an unfair trial for murdering a police officer. Ninety protesters from UNC and other locals joined marchers from as far away as Seattle to support Abu-Jamal, who was con victed and sen tenced to death in 1982. The rally, organized by the group UNC Students Experience March In Philadelphia See Page 6 International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia, featured scores of speakers, from activists to entertainers. As protesters gathered for the noon rally, the street became choked with people. Thousands of teenagers dressed in black with bandannas around their faces milled around a group of black militants standing stoically in formation. Nation of Islam members passed out lit erature. One man held a sign reading “Free Mumia or Go Fuck Yourself.” The event drew people from various backgrounds including groups against capital punishment and black, Hispanic and gay rights groups. Leonard Weinglass, Abu-Jamal’s lawyer, discussed the faults of the origi nal trial. “Mumia was not allowed to present his own defense, and his court appointed attorney was not prepared.” Weinglass also addressed claims that Monday, April 26,1999 Volume 107, Issue 39 and during his time as UNC-system presi dent, he became recognized as a national fig ure in education. Friday , who served as the Kenan fund’s executive director since his resignation as UNC-system president in 1986, said his new job would allow him to stay linked with the University. “(Chancellor Michael Hooker) has invited me to come back and work with him on any , projects he wishes to have my help in,” he said. “I will have an office in Graham Memorial (Hall) once it is renovated, and I really look forward to helping out Chancellor Hooker M. 1 I li s * wmsJsm DTH/LAURA LEIGH PAGE Protesters and University officials cheer at acting Chancellor William McCoy's announcement that he would sign the formalized demands that sweatshop protesters presented to him Friday afternoon in South Building. is,” he said. “(The LLCAC has) spent countless hours on this as have you,” McCoy said as the crowd chuckled at his remark. Although McCoy’s verbal agreement is legally binding, one student protester urged him to sign a typed list of the pro testers’ demands. McCoy disregarded the request. “We will be calling on the committee for help as additional steps need to be taken,” he said. “I think I’d like to leave it at that.” Student protesters have described UNC’s agreement as the most aggres sive among several colleges that have recently adopted similar agreements. Duke University President Nan Koehane said in February she would push for full disclosure 4 of factory loca tions from apparel makers by the end of mmm .^im m H II , DTH RACHEL LEONARD Philadelphia police keep a close eye on the Millions for Mumia March on Saturday. Protesters from all over the world, including Chapel Hill, demonstrated peacefully, and no arrests were made. the original judge, Alfred F. Sabo, was biased. “This is a judge that has sen tenced more people to death than any other judge in the country,” he said. “Several prosecutors, (district attorneys) who have worked under him, have tes tified under oath that it is impossible for the accused to receive a fair trial under this judge.” He said Abu-Jamal’s future however I can.” He said a search committee would soon be formed to find his replacement. Friday, who graduated from UNC’s School of Law in 1948 after service with the U.S. Navy during World War 11, took a position as assistant dean of students under former UNC President Frank Porter Graham. In 1956, Friday was appointed to the posi tion of UNC-system president after Gordon Gray’s retirement. Friday held the position of UNC-system president until 1986, a stint which saw the See FRIDAY, Page 7 the year. Students for Economic Justice head Marion Traub-Werner said the task force and the administration had worked well together. “I do think we’ve had the best process from any University I’ve seen. UNC is taking a position of moral lead ership,” she said. For protesters, McCoy’s approval of the Recommendations brought an end to a three-day ordeal of missed classes, lost sleep and energized rallies. Before the Friday meeting, junior Trevor Presler said if students’ demands were not met, he would continue to protest. “If (McCoy) doesn’t sign today, I’m going to go home and get my bed and mattress and put it right there,” Presler said, pointing to the center of the South Building lobby. now rested on the U.S. Supreme Court, where he filed a final appeal for anew trial last week. Rob Moeeropol, the son ofjulius and Ethel Rosenburg, who were executed in 1953 as Soviet spies, said Saturday’s rally was an historic moment. “The last time I remember a crowd like this was 1963 during the March on Washington, Kenan Fund Executive Director William Friday will retire June 30, McCoy told students Thursday that he needed to confer with officials before accepting the proposal presented to him by members of the LLCAC and SEJ. Traub-Wemer said the protest had started a process that was by no means over. She said students would continue to fight for their principles. “SEJ is going to look at the contro versial issue of a living wage,” Traub- Wemer said. Sophomore Lome Bradley also said students’ efforts would not end with the sit-in. She said students would work with the LLCAC on details of the proposal. “We have the basic principles,” Bradley said. “Now we have to get down to the nuts and bolts.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. which I was at when Martin Luther King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech,” he said in his speech. Zack de la Rocha, lead singer of the band Rage Against the Machine, dis cussed meeting with the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in See MUMIA, Page 7 News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Adverti sing 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Congress Member Charged Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Chairwoman Erica Smiley faces ethics charges from Congress members. By Lauren Beal Assistant University Editor One Student Congress member will appear before the Ethics Committee on charges tonight after a debate at last week’s Student Affairs committee meet ing ended with heated words and remarks. Rules and Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Erica Smiley was request ed to appear before the committee after several other representatives said she behaved in a manner unbecoming a Student Congress representative during debate over an Iraqi resolution. Although the merits of Smiley’s bill condoning the lifting of U.S. sanctions against Iraq have been whispered about by backers and critics on the Congress listserv for several weeks, it was not offi cially introduced until Tuesday night. The bill would allow the UNC’s name to be used in letters asking Congress representatives for their sup port, said Dennis Markatos, coordinator of Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, who appeared Tuesday in support of the bill. Committee members would not comment on actual words used by Smiley because they said they did not want to sway the ethics committee. Markatos said he and other support ers met with Student Affairs Committee a week before last Tuesday’s meeting to debate the issue, but the decision was postponed after they could not reach a conclusion after an 1 1/2 hour debate. He said that at Tuesday’s meeting, 15 students waited two hours to speak and were given six minutes to talk. “As we were presenting, people were laughing, talking, passing notes, eating. It was hard to talk - you had the feeling they weren’t listening.” Rep. Michael Hyatt, Dist. 21, made a motion to report the bill unfavorably, meaning two-thirds of the full Congress would need to vote to debate the bill. See ETHICS, Page 7 INSIDE Quietly Making Noise ■A UNC’s own radio station, WXYC* FM, is run by a staff made up almost solely of students. The station works to educate its listeners by offering a creative kaleidoscope of music. See Page 2. Prayers for Peace More than 70,000 mournersgathered in Littleton, Colo., including Vice President Al Gore,Amy Grant and Colin Powell, to memorialize the students and teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting rampage that left 15 dead Tuesday. See Page 5. Working for Money Some student leaders think their work for the University should count as a part-time job and are trying to secure a stipend. The student body president, student body treasurer. Student Congress speaker and Residence Hall Association president are currently paid for their services. See Page S. Today’s Weather Partly sunny; Upper 70s. Tuesday: Rain; Upper 70s. *
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