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In Brief
Teachers Offer Series
On Hispanics, Africa
The University will host a seminar
series for North Carolina K-12 and com
munity college teachers who want new
ideas in multi-cultural education.
“Hispanics/Latinos in North
Carolina II” will be hosted March 14 to
March 15 as a continuation of last year’s
seminar on the same topic, said Robert
Phay, director of UNC-CH’s World
View program, which hosts the series.
Participants will discuss English as a
second language and the history, values
and traditions of four Latin American
countries that account for many of the
state’s growing number of Hispanic
immigrants.
The seminar “Africa: One Continent,
Many Worlds” will be held March 15 to
March 16. The seminar will focus on
sub-Saharan Africa, covering history,
geography, environment, cultural and
social issues, connections with the
United States and North Carolina and
the face of Africa at the end of the 20th
century.
The seminars will be held in the Tate-
Tumer-Kuralt Building. Costs are $125
per seminar or $187.50 for both.
Teachers interested can register at
http://www.unc.edu/world/.
Students Plan to Build
Homes During Break
Eight UNC students and their cam
pus minister will spend their Spring
Break building houses.
The students, members of Campus
Christian Fellowship, will be working in
Sarasota, Fla. through Habitat for
Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge pro
gram.
The trip is scheduled from March 13
to March 17. Students also raised more
than SI,OOO for Habitat-Sarasota for the
project
Students Take Home
Top journalism Honors
Three students from UNC’s School
of Journalism and Mass
Communication placed in the top 20 in
the recent William Randolph Hearst
Foundation Journalism Awards
Programs.
UNC-CH senior Brady J. Dennis of
Hickory took fourth place in in-depth
writing, winning a $750 scholarship for
“Losing the Game.” The column, about
Title IX, was published in the St.
Petersburg Times. Leigh E. Martz of
Durham, who graduated with honors in
December, placed 20th in in-depth writ
ing and earned a merit certificate. A
third student, Logan Mock-Bunting of
Wrightsville Beach, placed 13th among
35 entries in photojournalism.
Area Library to Explain
History, Art of Origami
The Carrboro Branch Library and
the Carrboro Recreation and Parks
Department will sponsor a presentation
on the history and stories of origami.
The presentation is scheduled for 3
p.m. March 19 at the Carrboro Branch
library located at 900 Old Fayetteville
Road in Chapel Hill.
-The event will include demonstra
tions of a variety of shapes and animals
by Glenn McNitt and the background
behind origami.
■J’or more information, call 969-3006.
Pleasant Green Center
To Hold Contra Dance
The Pleasant Green Community
Center will host a contra dance with live
music March 10.
The dance is the second event in a
four-part dance series sponsored by the
Triangle Country Dancers. Two more
dances are scheduled for March 24 and
March 31. Instruction begins at 7:30
pin. followed by a dance at 8 p.m.
Participants are advised to bring
clfan, soft-soled shoes for dancing. All
ages and skill levels are invited.
; The cost of the event is $5 for mem
bers and $7 for the general public.
Area Restaurants Seek
Dollars for Research
- Chapel Hill restaurants and stores
will ask their customers to “round up”
their purchases to the nearest dollar in a
campaign to raise money for cancer
research. All the money raised on
March 25 from the 87 participating
businesses will go to the Lineberger
Center, a cancer research facility in the
Uhited States. Last year’s event raised
ntpre than $6,000, but organizers have
sgt a SIO,OOO goal for this year.
For more information, contact
Rpbert Humphreys, director of the
Djpwntown Commission, at 929-9700.
From Staff Reports
Cause of Fatal Car Crash Unknown
Bv Kate Hartig
Staff Writer
Police are still searching for clues in
an unusual car accident that left a local
schoolteacher dead.
Carol Schuman Cosado, 57, died
after her crashing her car into a store at
the Glen Lennox Shopping Center on
Tuesday.
While Chapel Hill police still have
no concrete evidence for the accident,
spokeswoman Jane Cousins said the
wreck could have been medically relat
ed. Police arrived on the scene after a
call was received at 3:27 p.m. from the
Pace gift shop, located at 1207 Raleigh
Road.
Cosado drove over the curb in a
cream-colored Buick, clipped the gift
shop window and continued through an
alcove at the entrance of some offices,
Grannies Lobby for Women's Rights
Buy Enyonam Kpeglo
Staff Writer
Members of the Women’s
International League for Peace &
Freedom used their grandmotherly
appeal Wednesday to gain support for
women’s rights in Mexico.
At a vigil on the steps of the Franklin
Street post office, the “Raging
Grannies” waved signs, sang and
protested violence for International
Women’s Day.
The women also circulated a petition
supporting resolutions for increased
human rights for the Zapatista women
of Chiapas, Mexico. They plan to use
the petition to lobby state legislators.
Lori Hoyt, chairwoman of the orga
nization’s local branch, said the league’s
goal was to spread awareness about the
plight of exploited women in Chiapas.
“Women in Chiapas have been vic
tims of exploitation, poverty and repres
sion for a long time,” she said. “The
low-intensity warfare in their area led
them to fight for social change and
democracy."
Hoyt said the Chiapas women sym
bolized strength and determination as
they struggled in the Zapatista move
ment. Zapatista is the cultural group that
is wrestling with the Mexican govern
ment to end years of repression, accord
ing to the league’s press release.
“I’m inspired by their efforts, and
support from international groups is
vital for making their voices heard and
their cause known,” Hoyt said.
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Wicker Mingles With Students
By Jonathan Moseley
Staff Writer
Democratic gubernatorial candidate
Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker spent a few
hours at Spanky’s Restaurant
Wednesday pushing his platform and
answering questions from students and
Chapel Hill residents.
Meeting in a small room on the top
floor of the restaurant, campaign orga
nizers created an informal atmosphere
where Wicker could get to know people
and address their concerns.
Shedding his coat and sipping water
from a plastic Spanky’s cup, Wicker
mingled with the event’s participants.
After circulating the room to intro
duce himself to many of the attendees,
Wicker talked about his platform,
attempting to distinguish himself from
his Democratic opponent, Attorney
General Mike Easley.
He named three key differences
between himself and Easley. Wicker said
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“I would guess she was
probably up to 40 miles
per hour when she hit
the building. ”
Geoff Crooks
Eyewitness
witness Geoff
Crooks said.
Chapel Hill
police officer Lt.
Tim Pressley said
the accident was
out of the ordi
nary.
“The victim was
parked in a space
outside the build
ing, and for no
apparent reason she accelerated and
collided into the building,” Pressley
said.
“It was an extensive collision.”
Crooks, a travel consultant in
Raleigh who works with Cole Travel in
Glen Lennox, was in the parking lot
when the accident occurred.
“I saw the car lurch over the curb and
head right into the building, accelerat
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petition to protect human rights in Mexico. Zalph is a Carrboro resident and lifetime member of theWILPF.
he had a more definite plan on dealing
with hog waste, had a more direct way
of spending money gained from a lot
tery and favored a referendum on a
bond meant to improve the infrastruc
ture of UNC-system campuses.
Wicker opened with a note about the
progress of his campaign, already
expressing confidence in his victor)'.
“Fifty-nine days from the (May 2) pri
mary, we’re in anew phase of the cam
paign.” he said. “I know we’re going to
win because we have the best platform.”
Wicker then talked about improving
education and cleaning up the environ
ment, two issues he considered to be
important to his campaign.
Using state funds, Wicker said he
planned to reduce classroom sizes, raise
teacher salaries above the national aver
age and expand Smart Start, a medical
benefits program for pre-kindergartners
supported by Gov. Jim Hunt.
And with money he said he hoped
would come from a state lottery, Wicker
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ing all the way,”
Crooks said.
“I would guess
she was probably
up to 40 miles per
hour when she hit
the building.”
Crooks said he
approached the
car and tried to
turn off the igni
tion.
“It was obvious she was dead,”
Crooks said. “She was lying across the
front seat when I got to the car.”
Crooks said the dental workers from
a nearby office gave her oxygen and
tried CPR, but it was too late.
Pressley said Cosado was not wear
ing a seat belt and that the air bag was
deployed.
“The collision pushed in the whole
said he wanted to teach pre-kinder
garten 4-year-olds and provide college
scholarships for all N.C. students with a
B average in core required classes.
Wicker also outlined a plan for elim
inating environmentally hazardous hog
waste lagoons. He said he would estab
lish a statewide standard and force the
hog processors to pay for the cleanup.
“Hog farmers aren’t actually the ones
who own the hogs,” he said. “They just
raise them for the hog processors, who
are making a huge profit right now.”
Wicker drew support from the crowd
of mostly students when he opposed
raising tuition for any reason. Instead,
he said the N.C. General Assembly
should find ways to support the schools.
He advocated allowing the people of
North Carotin; j vote on the universi
ty bond issue. “The universities really
belong to the people.” he said.
Matthieu Campbell, a freshman biol-
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front of her car, and the air bag had
been released,” Pressley said.
“An air bag is not going to deploy
unless the vehicle is going between 12
and 15 miles per hour, but she was
probably going a lot faster than that.”
Cosado was a special education
teacher at Southern High School in
Durham, Cousins said.
Cousins said police were awaiting
autopsy reports to be released Friday
that might reveal more about the nature
of the accident.
“We are still waiting to hear from the
medical examiner,” Cousins said.
“We believe that it is something med
ically related.”
Pressley said family was contacted
Tuesday night.
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Area Schools Score High
In Newsweek Rankings
By Robert Albright
Staff Writer
Already known for their competitive
classes, high SAT scores and lofty grade
point averages, two area high schools
made the national spotlight this week
following a Newsweek magazine report
on “The 100 Best High Schools.”
Newsweek’s story, which examined
public high schools and the rigor of their
course offerings nationwide, ranked East
Chapel Hill High School at No. 39 and
Chapel Hill High School at No. 100.
ECHHS and CHHS received their
rankings based on the percentage of
graduating seniors who took Advanced
Placement tests.
Roger Waldon, a member of the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education, said having two schools from
the same district in the report’s top 100
was an accomplishment.
“It’s very satisfying to see both
schools in the top 100,” he said. “This
shows how hard students in this area
push themselves.”
Newsweek’s story, which runs in the
magazine's Monday issue, examined the
number of AP and International
Baccalaureate tests taken by high school
students. AP and IB programs both
stress intense course work and offer the
potential for college credit.
After tabulating the total number of
AP and IB tests taken at the country’s
25,000 public high schools, Newsweek
took this data and divided it by the num
ber of graduating seniors.
The highest ratio from Newsweek’s
Top Dogs
A recent report issued by Newsweek ranked the top 100 public high schools in the nation.
Seven schools from North Carolina, including four in the Triangle, made the list.
30. Harding Charlotte, N.C.
34. Enloe Raleigh, N.C.
39. East Chapel Hill -N.C.
55. Jordan Durham, N.C.
58 Providence Charlotte, N.C.
75. Asheville -N.C.
100 Chapel Mill N.C.
SOURCE: NEWSWEEK
Thursday, March 9, 2000
Censorship
Prevalent at
Black Schools
Officials at some black
schools might emphasize
positive press because of a
historically negative image.
By Lani Harac
Staff Writer
Students have mobilized around cen
sorship issues in many aspects of soci
ety, from music lyrics to media
broadcasts.
But because of concerns over fund
ing, issues of censorship at historically
black colleges and universities don’t
provoke publicized outrage as readily as
they do in other venues.
“There’s a per
ception by
administrators at
many black col
leges that they
are misrepresent
ed and portrayed
in a negative light
by the main-
Campus
Connection
stream media more often than are white
institutions, so they’re not inclined to
support student newspapers on their
campuses that might treat them the
same way,” Pearl. L. Stewart of the
Black College Communication
Association said in a March 3 article in
The Chronicle of Higher Education.
According to the article, students and
advisers at several HBCUs agreed that
“black college newspapers were facing
anew wave of censorship.” And on at
least four campuses - Alcorn State
University, Fort Valley State College,
Rust College and Shaw University -
administrations had imposed some type
of restriction on campus journalists.
But those aren’t the only schools
where students complain of censorship.
“I would say 95 percent out of 100
times, (censorship) happens,” said Brent
Kemp, editor in chief of The Herald at
Texas Southern University. He said he
felt it had been a problem at the biweek
ly newspaper for the last three or four
years.
Kemp said some of The Herald’s rev
enue came from ads, but that the pub
lication was primarily supported by stu
dent fees.
At Alabama Agricultural and
Mechanical University, “It’s not self
censorship, but monitoring what we put
in the paper,” said Tiffany Graham, edi
tor in chief of the biweekly Maroon and
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“challenge index” was 4.324. ECHHS
had a ratio of 2.278, while CHHS came
in at 1.739. Newsweek recognized any
school with a ratio above 1.000.
Assistant Superintendent Ann Hart
said the results of Newsweek’s article
supported the diverse, challenging
course offerings in the area high schools.
“I was pleased when those outside our
community recognized our schools,” she
said. “It is extremely important that we
(continue to) offer students as rigorous a
curriculum as possible.”
Waldon said the Newsweek report
was not the first time national publica
tions had placed Chapel Hill schools
among the country’s elite.
Before ECHHS’s opening four years
ago, CHHS’s rigorous educational offer
ings shot it into The Wall Street
Journal’s top 10 schools nationwide for
SAT scores, Waldon said.
CHHS science teacher Sheila
Wilkerson said she understood the
importance of challenging students.
Although her AP environmental science
course has only been offered for four
years, Wilkerson said her students had
reaped enormous benefits from the
class. “My course gives students a broad
range to succeed,” she said. “And
beyond that, it’s fun.”
Because AP tests can cost more than
$75, Waldon said the school board had
set aside a small amount of money to
help students who could not afford the
test. “The cost of AP tests (should) not
prevent people from taking the test,” he
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