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4 Tuesday, January 25, 2000 Ads Featuring Inmates Spark Controversy Death row inmates are the centerpieces of a recent set of ads from Benetton, an Italian clothing company. By Rachel Leonard Staff Writer Fashion-conscious readers of Talk magazine looking for the latest line of clothing from Benetton might be sur prised to see orange jumpsuits instead of en vogue Italian styles. The latest issue contains a 90-page Benetton advertisement insert featuring U.S. death row inmates. The advertise ment is part of anew larger Benetton ad campaign titled “We, On Death Row,” containing inmates’ photographs and personal accounts. The inmates will also be featured on billboards and in major news publica tions throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Seven inmates from North Carolina were featured in the controversial ads, Services Held for Students Killed in Seton Hall Blaze Associated Press LONG BRANCH, N.|. - Churches in three New Jersey towns were over flowing with hundreds of mourners Monday at funeral services for three 18 year-old victims of last week’s residence hall fire at Seton Hall University. Frank Caltabilota Jr., John Giunta, and Aaron Karol, all freshmen, were remembered by friends and family members as upbeat, selfless, promising young men. PHI ALPHA DPI/TA is getting ready to crank up its SPRING RUSK Come out to our Info. Sessions and meet the Brothers: Monday, January 2a at 6:oopm Tuesday, January 25 at 6:3opm And Thursday, January 27 at 6:oopm The? will be held in the Cabaret (located downstairs in the Student Union) QfSmm. campus recreation update ■ CAROLINA club of the week: equestrian The UNC-CH Equestrian Team **]&%*" CDHDT REAni IME I §§|| - (UNCET) is a sport club team jrUKI DEADLINE , .. Jf, consisting of thirty women. The team participates in weekly lessons, fundraising, A C . V charity activities, and 7-9 intercollegiate horse shows each academic year. Try-outs Arena Football Today, lues. Jan. 25 are held every August and Januaiy with officer elections in eariy April. There are HRHBMI six officer positions: 2 co-captains, secretary, treasurer, historian/sport club liaison, SPORTS Agent Meeting Rescheduled for Today: For Students Promoting r .. .... . , , and f ACC '™° n - The n te L am ' s l^ n^ r "" 9es fro T m t 0 u PP er South Organized Recreation To Students, the first meeting of this semester is information on uncet, contact Caroline vosnock at 370-5605 or vosnock@emaii.unc.edu Upcoming Home Sport Club Events include: tonight, 7PM in WG3OI. SPORTS Agents should register in the Campus , Ru g w s.u,,da,. ten. 29. ipm. eh™**,, comaa tea* Eidruh sso-osn or Recreation office so enough pizza can be ordered. aeidreth@emaii.unc.edu A a 914-0992 or unc hockey@hotmail.com EMPLOYEE INTRAMURALS: Employee free play volleyball fnm . „ Cnm , inn c nrt n h , c ......_ c r 3 r 33 ——w Come en/oy Carolina Sport Clubs action. For any questions about the UNC Sport resumes play tonight, 5:15-7 ish in Fetzer Gym B. Clubs Program or for a list of all 40 dubs and contact numbers, please call 962-1013 or email Sport Club Director Steve Bradley at smbradle@email.unc.edu Fitness & Aerobics .i — Z =*J MSSEBjSHIBIIBS jQjt /\ |\/j pus jp RECREATION Congratulations to everyone who took part at t^le T?me- fTpm 427 in the first annual Leading Edge Carolina | Location: SRC Main Entrance Indoor Climbing Competition. There was a great ? MUSCLE MONDAY: January 24. Find out how strong you are (or how to improve your strength and • .u„ . , .. . . 2 § endurance)! Plus information on weight training and program design. Win Prizes! tUm-OUt in the Competitive and recreational dIVISIOnS. > TRIM TUESDAY: January 25. Healthy nutrition and eating for peak performance. Winners included .' < • computerized nutritional analysis < • sports nutrition hand-outs MEN'S COMP: Jae Sun Rhee, Alex Fitzner, Luke Keele ? HEALTHY HEART WEDNESDAY: January 26. Scales wont give you the whole picture Learn about the y. ... , OR importnce of composition (body leaness and fatness) WOMEN S COMP: Callie Gudeman 1 • body composition analysis, including percentages MEN'S REG Adam March, Daniel Kono, Michael Sulock u It TERRIFIC THURSDAY: January 27. Find out about your blodd pressure and learn what you can do to VSfTnSVSSVSV3 control it. WOMEN'S REC: Christy Peterson, Cheryl Cunningham, ~7^ • free blood pressure screening HlllUfJlWfl • introduction to the Carolina Century Club Jan FfugheS VSinßYnrvaß] Wr p ■ Ml . including the late Harvey Lee Green, who was executed in September. The ads have sparked criticism and debate as to whether Benetton is capi talizing on the less fortunate for person al profit or raising public awareness about social issues. While Benetton stands to make a profit from the ads, the prisoners do not. N.C. law prohibits prisoners from prof iting from work outside of the prison. State officials also allege that Benetton intentionally misled authorities in order to gain access to the inmates. N.C. Department of Corrections Public Information Director Tracy Little said the state was not aware that the interviews would be used for ads. “The plan was to interview death row inmates at the end of the century,” he said. “The point of the project was not to take a position for or against the death penalty.” According to the Associated Press, officials in Missouri and Kentucky also claimed they were misled regarding Benetton’s intentions. In response to the ads. the state cor In West Long Branch, teenage pall bearers carrying Caltabilota’s casket cried all the wav up the aisle of St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church, their sobs echoing off the marble floors and wooden rafters. More than 800 people filled the church for the service for Caltabilota, who aspired to a career in medicine. Those who could not get a seat were ushered downstairs, where a video mon itor was set up to broadcast the pro ceedings. ALWAYS COCA-COLA. ALWAYS CAROLINA!! www.unc.edu/depts/camprec rections department is taking steps to ensure similar events will not occur again. The department will conduct thorough checks on corporations attempting to contact inmates. Little said. But, he said, no legal action had been taken against Benetton yet. John Sweeney, an advertising profes sor in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said the ads were unethical because Benetton used prisoners to sell a product. “They’ve used (pictures of) people dying with AIDS ... I never thought (Benetton’s ads) were appropriate,” he said. But Carol Pardun, also an advertising professor, had a different view'. “I think these ads will raise public awareness about the death penalty, but I’m not sure if it’s Benetton’s job to do so.” Representatives from Benetton, which has run pas! controversial cam paigns on AIDS and war, could not be reached for comment Monday. But the company’s official statement on the issue, which is posted on the “Why did Frankie have to die so young?” asked the Rev. Frederick Jackiewicz. “We have no answers for these questions. We do not understand the ways of God. We try to the best of our limited ability to understand, but we cannot.” University Chancellor Thomas Peterson was among 450 people who crowded into St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Dunellen to say goodbye to Karol, a soccer enthusi ast and criminal justice major who expose yourself Learn Outdoor, Construction and Leadership skills. www.ExposureAlaska.net Exposure Outdoor Programs News Clothing Ads or Social Commentary? The latest issue onalk magazine included a controversial 90-page Benetton advertisement featuring photos and interviews with death row inmates The ads can also be found online. UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON ”WE, ON DEATH ROW" § t tt & wM JmmiSheft OmdluwSUgp J— M—il— SOURCE: UNITED COLORS OF BENETTON company’s Web site, is “the campaign is about the death penalty, leaving aside any social, political, judicial or moral consideration.” Benetton maintains that the cam paign is not just a profit-making device, hoped to someday work for the FBI. “We say that Seton Hall is a family, and it is,” Peterson said. “We, like your selves, have lost a son.” Three busloads of Seton Hall students went to Vineland, where about 500 peo ple turned out for Giunta’s funeral Mass at St. Francis of Assissi Roman Catholic Church. Giunta, an elementary education major who aspired to teaching in the inner city, was remembered as a gener ous, loyal person with a great future. and the company’s ads helped to “tear down the wall of indifference” and raise “the awareness of world problems.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. “He seemed like he had a dream ahead of him. He knew what he wanted to do,” said John Henderson, 21, of Vineland, a high school classmate. At Seton Hall, meanwhile, some freshmen returned to their rooms at Boland Hall for the first time since the fire. Residents of the first two floors were allowed to move back into their rooms, while third-, fourth- and fifth-floor resi dents were being relocated, university officials said. Do you I suffer from cold sores! If so, then you may be just who were looking for. We are conducting a paid ($350) research study of an investigational medication for the treatment and possible prevention of cold sore lesions. You must be 12 years of age or older (with parental consent, if appropriate), and in good general health to participate. You do not need to have a cold sore now to qualify. * ' If interested, please contact: , 1 Susan or Heather at 966-0129 r \jjL University of North Carolina Hospitals Baihj QJar Bushy Gore Win lowa Caucuses Steve Forbes ran a close second behind the winning Republican candidate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Associated Press DES MOINES, lowa - Democrat , Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush won the lowa caucuses Monday night, validating their front-runner sta tus in the opening contest of the 2000. > presidential election season. Gore won big over Bill Bradley while. Bush’s victory was tempered by a dra matic second-place showing from con servative publisher Steve Forbes. Forbes, who has poured millions of, his own dollars into his second bid for the presidency, was running close to Bush with Alan Keyes a respectable , third. , John McCain, Gary Bauer and Orrin Hatch were trailing. In the Democratic race, Gore’s vic tory blunted Bradley’s challenge and validated status as front-runner going into the New Hampshire primary next week. Bradley has polled even with Gore, or even ahead, in New, Hampshire. With results still being tallied, Bush was about 10 points ahead of Forbes. , Gore was running about two-to-one against Bradley. The caucuses were expected to draw no more than 100,000 voters from each party, concluding a lengthy runup of campaigning here. S3
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