6 Monday, January 24, 2000 m Top Stories From the State, Nation and World In The News German Finance Fiasco Could Involve French BERLIN - The web of secret money transfers trapping Germany’s conserv atives in a financing scandal widened Sunday with allegations that the French government of Francois Mitterrand fun neled millions of dollars to support for mer Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s 1994 re election. The scandal - which has involved money trading hands in suitcases, arms deals stretching from Canada to Saudi Arabia, and the suicide of a party accountant - took a further bizarre twist UNC-C From Page 3 At a BOG meetingjan. 14, Warwick spoke in defense of the proposals by UNC-C, ECU and UNC-W. Bob Morrison, ECU’s faculty senate vice chairman, said the faculty senate COMPASSION From Page 3 desires to provide a “safe haven” for dis cussion of such taboo issues as the exis tence of heaven and hell, religion and hatred, and discovering one’s own spiri tual energy. “Nobody wants to be judged,” Exum said. Smita Varia and Scott Windham, stu dent programmers for the series, said they hoped the workshops provided a catalyst for further discussion. “We have this conference so that we can create a dialogue in a safe environ ment, and we hope that the students will continue the dialogue outside of the workshop series,” Varia said. The series kicked off with a discus sion of compassion, an approach which organizers said they hoped would bring Experience refreshing Coca-Cola classic in an ice-cold glass bottle at The Pitt Stop, Circus Room, Blue Ram, ACC Store, The Nook, The Osier Store and JOMC Store 2 for SI.OO. Offer ends February 3, 2000. Sunday after a fake statement was faxed to news media saying Kohl was ready to name anonymous donors to the Christian Democratic party. Kohl told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that the fax was a forgery and reiterated that he would not identify the donors from whom he has admitted soliciting $ 1 million that was kept off party books. “I don’t have the intention to make such a statement,” Kohl was quoted as saying. Flight 990 Victims’ Kin Land Insurance Payouts CAIRO, Egypt - The families of those killed on Egypt Air Might 990 will get a total of about $ 115 million in insur ance payouts, the airline’s chairman said in remarks published Saturday. The figure conflicted with Egypt Air Chairman Mohammed Fahim Rayan’s statements in November, when he said the payment would be SIOO,OOO for every one of the 217 people on board the plane that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 31. Such payments would total about $22 million. An Egypt Air spokesman was not available to explain the discrepancy. The value of the insurance for the families of the victims will be between had toyed with the idea of a resolution similar to that of UNC-C. But he said he did not know what action would be taken. “We don’t think the burden should be placed on the students, but when you’re in a desperate situation, what do you do?” Morrison said. Lynne Snowden, president of UNC- W's faculty senate, said she was not in about greater understanding of the forum’s topics. Participants outlined the importance of approaching discussions with open minds, active-listening and empathy in order to give strength to the program. “Given the fact that religion is such a vital part of the milieu in the South, we need to be talking about religion and all of its manifestations,” said Father Phillip Leach of the Campus Ministers Association. “We need to learn from each other and be tolerant of each other.” .Organizers encouraged participants to question their involvement in the forum in order to gain better under standing of the topic, themselves and each other. Freshman Sara Pugh from Fayetteville said she came to experience other conflicting views and to see how they could work together. Fizzus Icutus Smiius '■ .%•! {inviting to tht touchui} the equivalent of $86.9 million and $115.9 million, Rayan said. Ex-President Reagan Losing Fight with Illness WASHINGTON - Former President Reagan’s daughter Maureen says her father cannot speak coherently and, because his motor skills are failing, no longer can join her in working simple jigsaw puzzles. Maureen Reagan said friends some times ask the condition of her father, who has Alzheimer’s disease. “My response is, Not so good.’ But it is hard to say that, because he makes it so easy for us,” she wrote in an essay in Newsweek magazine. “In other words, it’s still him. But his motor skills are going.” Reagan she and her father began doing the puzzles - First 300-piece pro jects, then 100 pieces shortly after the diagnosis more than Five years ago that he had incurable brain disease. The puzzles mainly were of animal scenes. “Unfortunately, he can’t do that any more,” Reagan wrote. “It was great fun, and he had a tremendous sense of accomplishment” in completing them." Associated Press favor of tuition increases to be used for faculty salaries and therefore had not lobbied in their favor. “Salaries are painfully low in North Carolina com pared to other states, but it’s not appro priate to raise tuition for them.” The State Si National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. “l think that to be spiritual is to be able to know your own beliefs and to take into account the beliefs of others,” she said. Josh Steinhurst, a graduate student in computer science, said his decision to attend name down to a matter of curios it). “I want to see why people believe in religion,” he said. Following the initial opening discus sion, participants chose from among a variety of workshops, where organizers engaged them in open discussion about issues concerning spirituality. “I think the sessions were phenome nal,” Windham said. “It left me with more questions than 1 came in here with, which I think is exactly (he point.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. News HOUSING From Page 3 Joyce Brown said residents from the Northside neighborhood brought for ward the resolution asking for a lower occupancy limit. She said the Northside neighborhood had seen its character change as older residents moved out, and their proper ties were converted into rental units by realtors. “It’s changing the nature of the neigh borhood, and it’s also taking the prop erty out of the hands of the traditional owners,” Brown said. But Conner said the proposal to reduce the occupancy of “unrelated per- Dilbert® fnkOfA NOtJ OhT J fIF YOU DO NOT * fWE NEED A QUIET^ 1 ALL TEAttS WILL BE { HAVE A PERSON- f DUfNB GUV TO FORFAED ON THE j ALITV, ONE WILL & PAIR WITH AN BASIS OF fAYERS- 1 BE ASSIGNED TO | EXTROVERTED r BRIGGS PERSONALITVj 8 YOU BY HUfAAN J \ THINKER. - THE Daily Crossword By Stanley B. 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Conner said student government would oppose the resolution regardless. “I don’t think the measure should be applied to any neighborhood, whether it’s Northside or the Governor’s Chib," Conner said. “Saying that you want to do it in one neighborhood is really just a way ci get ting your foot in the door so you can do it in other neighborhoods later.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. ( 0)2000 Tffxtne Media Services k*c AX reserved

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