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Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Campus Calendar
Today
noon -Come out to learn about
Falun Gong, an ancient practice current
ly persecuted by the Chinese govern
ment Human Bights Week will feature
a presentation on Falun Gong in the Pit.
Broaden your horizons and experi
ence a taste of this harmless yet endan
gered tradition.
3 p.m. - In celebration of Women’s
Week, the Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center will host a meet and
greet for former Black Panther Party
member Elaine Brown.
5:30 p.m. - Dith Pran, survivor of
the Cambodian Holocaust and subject
of the film “The Killing Fields,” will
- Today, March 27th!
Ora gStxmi Show
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- Celebration Week’s Finest! ;
Get out your leather pants
and diamond tiara!
Celebration Week’s
Annua! Drag Sfxm? is here! '
Come check out the fabulous chorale ]
of drag queens and drag kings!
Tuesday, March 27th, 8:30 p.m
at the Union Film Auditorium
$3 at the Pit, $5 at the door
For more information, contact QNC at 962-4401
QfUZfMi. C,IIPUS Recreation update
Sport Clubs
Utlnv.. OHc „p™d Mond.,. COME SUPPORT UNC CLUB GYMNASTICS
u . .... _ . . ' ’ this Saturday, March 31st, 12 PM in Fetzer Gym C. The club
march 2oth. The closing date IS Tuesday, Apn! 3rd. will compete against teams from around the region including UVA,
Quickball Tournament and Roller Hockey entries will Mlaml of ° hK> ' oh '° s,a,e - UNC W ' and william and Mary.
"i >l. close tonight at 10 PM. The team practices year-round in Fetzer Gym and welcomes all
Sign Up for the April Fool's Day Fun Run on Sunday tevels of experience and involvement. They compete throughout
| the spring and will be attending the NAIGC Nationals in Syracuse,
NY. For more information, contact Holly Pennell,
Entries Open for the Home Rim Derby and hpenneii@emaii.unc.edu.
Gimghoul Gallop on April 2nd. _
The UNC Squash Club, TAR HEEL SQUASH, will be hosting the
"It's time to start training for the Splash and Dash inaugural ACC Squash Championships at Fetzer Gym on
IHathlon on Sunday, Apr. 29, 9am Start Entry deadline Sunday, April I. Teams from UVA, Florida State, NC State, Duke
is Wed. Apr. 25. This 3-sport challenge includes a 500 ™ UNC C ° mmUni,V
yard swim, 5K run and an untimed 12.5mi1e bike ride.
Cost is $10; everyone receives a t-shirt “CONGRATULATIONS UNC MEN'S AND
and water bottle." WOMEN'S CLUB TENNIS -
ATI II Avijvue Winner of the 2001 USA Team
V.wnUIVAI vLAI lUPIa Tennis National Campus Championships!
to the Intramural Basketball team winners!!
Co-Rec Rec - 2nd Floor Women's Comp - Erotic Penguins
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hour, limit of 4 credits per week). Prizes available on a ~ o
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£ toq#p lY! Education Job Fair
TANARUS) Tuesday, March 27, 2001 from 9am - 12:30pm, Carmichael Auditorium
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grace us with his presence.
Enjoy a free dinner and showing of
“The Killing Fields" followed by a dis
cussion with Dith Pran himself. He
will be sharing his experiences along
with updating the campus on the current
struggles of the Cambodian people.
7 p.m. - What makes an activist tick?
Is activism dying? International, domes
tic, local and campus activists explore
the activist psyche in “Finding the
Good Fight: Activism in the 21st
Century” in Gerrard Hall. The event is
free, open to the public and presented
by the James M. Johnston Scholars.
7 p.m. - UNC Small Group
Communication Students’ Initiative:
“Help Children Find Self-Esteem”
through Wigs for Kids, a not-for-profit
organization providing hair replacement
solutions for children.
Attend our information session in
Connor Lounge. We will be collecting
hair and monetary donations for this
organization.
7 p.m. - Former Black Panther Party
member Elaine Brown will speak on
“Empowering Women” in Carroll
Hall.
Brown will present a lecture in cele
bration of Women’s Week. A private
reception will be held following the lec
ture. Call 962-8305 to attend.
8:30 p.m. -Queer Network for
Change will sponsor its Fabulous Drag
Show in the Union Film Auditorium.
Tickets are available in the Pit for $3
or at the door for $5.
Authentic Italian Food brings
Authentic
Italian
Late Night.
Vespa is now open for
Late Night Thurs., Fri., & Sat.
Nightly drink specials and music
919-969-6600
306 W. Franklin Street ■ Chapel Hill, NC 27514
News
Wednesday
noon - Today, more than 300,000
young persons under the age of 18 -
some as young as 7 or 8, girls as well as
boys - are taking part in hostilities in
more than 30 countries.
Child soldiering is a common yet
shocking phenomenon occurring
throughout Africa today.
Come hear UNC’s Diplomat-in-
Residence Ambassador Brenda
Schoonover at the Sonja H. Haynes
Black Cultural Center for an Around
the Circle Discussion on Children’s
Rights in Africa. This event was spon
sored by the Globe Committee of the
Campus Y and is a part of Human
Rights Week.
6 p.m. -An AmeriCorps
Information Session will be held in
308 Hanes Hall.
Come learn about the different
opportunities to help a community in
need and earn money for school or to
pay off student loans.
abr Saily Car Urel
Tuesday, March 27,2001
Volume 109, Issue 18
RO. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Matt Dees, Editor, 962-4086
Advertising & Business, 962-1163
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rare writers capable of reinventing the form and making it his own." -The New York Times
N.C. House Passes Bill
To Alter Marriage Laws
By Vadim Isakov
Staff Writer
The N.C. House passed a bill
Thursday updating some marriage laws
that have not been altered for more
than a century.
Legislators voted to recognize mar
riages performed by certified members
of any religious denomination and in
accordance with federal or state-recog
nized American Indian tribes.
The bill also will raise the minimum
age of matrimony from 12 to 14, while
requiring 14- and 15-year-olds to obtain
a judge’s permission before getting mar
ried.
“The new legislation will improve
the law significantly in minor and major
ways,” Rep. Ronnie Sutton, D-Robeson,
chairman of a commission that recom
mended the overhaul, said.
Sutton said the legislation will make
it easier for people to get married by
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eliminating some of the legal require
ments.
Sutton said the changes were neces
sary “to be in accordance with the 21st
century we live in.”
But not all politicians are in favor of
the changes, he said.
“Some people don’t want the court to
be involved in the process about the
marriage, and some want it to be
involved all the way,” he said.
Rep. Mark Hilton, R-Catawba, said
he has mixed feelings about the bill and
is concerned that the new legislation
will give too much power to a state
judge in crises when 14-year-olds seek a
marriage license.
Hilton added that problems can arise
when youths want to marry but one or
both parents oppose the decision.
The judge can potentially prohibit
young people from marrying by ignor
ing a youth’s petition for marriage and
favor instead the opinion of the parents,
Hilton said.
But he said the legislation also could
prevent pregnant teenagers from being
forced into marriage by an older man to
avoid statutory rape charges. “I think
that it’s the right time to make some
changes since the legislation has been
the same for 100 years,” he said.
Shelley Golden, coordinator of the
N.C. Chapter of the National
Organization fo'r Women, also said the
legislation would help to solve prob
lems in situations when a young girl is
forced into marriage.
She also called the new law and the
recognition of American Indian and
other religious wedding ceremonies a
“step in a right direction.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.