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uHje Stttltj ®ar Mml Serving the students and the University community since 1893 www.dailytarheel.com OM MMm* Kinnaird calls for prison child care fffg* * s P ea ** ers describe situation in Iraq mt Look for more stories online. Volume 110, Issue 149 Charter Alteration Deadline Extended By Sarah Kott Staff Writer The deadline for student organiza tions to revise charters deemed by University officials to be noncompliant with UNC anti-discrimination policy has been pushed back to Feb. 14. The deadline ofjan. 31 came too soon for 35 of the 173 groups - mostly religious and cultural organizations - that received letters and e-mails requiring leaders to rewrite their policies to adhere to the University’s nonexclusion policies deal ing with race, religious belief and gender. When controversy erupted at Rutgers University because officials denied fund ing to Rutgers’ chapter of the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship for requiring group leaders to be Christians, UNC officials See CHARTERS, Page 5 Tragedy Puts NASA Under Microscope By Stephanie Chillli Staff Writer . As the nation mourns for the victims of Saturday morning’s disintegration of space shuttle Columbia, NASA officials now are faced with another hurdle to maintain the funding needed to keep up with advancing space technology. Officials and engineers have been working around the clock since the acci dent to pinpoint its cause. Aeronautics experts said outdated technology could be partly to blame. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration likely will observe a 90- day grounding period before launching any other shutdes, said Wallace Fowler, professor of aerospace engineering at See NASA, Page 5 Young Democrats, Sangam Endorse Tepper for SBP Desire for Diversity Gets Tepper Sangam's Vote By Jessica Bonnem Staff Writer On Monday night, Sangam, UNC’s Southeast Asian aware ness organization, endorsed Matt Tepper for student body pres ident and Zack Mansfield and Daniel Walker for senior class offi cers. The endorsements came after the group held an elections forum in which candidates for both races were given the oppor tunity to discuss their top issues. Sangam members were most concerned with supporting a candidate with a real sense of enthusiasm for working with diverse student organizations on campus, Sangam President Asha Rangaraj said before the forum. Tepper said he wants student government to cater to students who are passionate about UNC’s organizations. “Everyone’s passionate about different things on campus,” he said. “We have to make sure student government is a voice for all organizations on campus.” Nathan Cherry focused more on campus apathy, a problem he said interaction between student leaders and campus groups could help solve. “(Participation) requires the student leaders of Carolina to go out into the community and find people who want to be See SANGAM, Page 5 We don't need anymore leadership training; we need some followership training. Maureen Caroll Cherry Gains Support Blue & White endorses student body president candidate Nathan Cherry in February edition. See Page 4 Sr Jlll|l| ' - jßg" ISBip ■KKLjfI |[ / n ■r ■ p —.. '"hhH^P DTH BRIAN CASSELLA Republican N.C. House speaker nominee George Holmes (center) speaks to the media Monday night after the chamber stayed in session for less than five minutes. Holmes failed to strike a deal with Democrats on a co-speakership. Speaker Stalemate Continues By Elyse Ashblrn State & National Editor RALEIGH - N.C. House members failed to reach a consensus on a speaker yet again Monday - leaving them leaderless for the sixth night since they ushered in the 2003 session. Party leaders on both sides of the aisle said that they are still committed to a power-sharing agree ment but that they have yet to reach a consensus on exacdy what the agreement will entail. The House cannot consider any legislation until a speaker is chosen. Republicans have presented a dual-leadership arrangement that would give each party a speak er and an even number of committee members and committee chairmen. Democrats, led by current Speaker Jim Black waapßr DTH MEREDITH HILL Student body president candidate Matt Tepper (left) won both the Sangam and Yoyng Democrats endorsements Monday night. The groups cited his goals for diversity and his leadership skills. Tuesday, February 4, 2003 60-60: A House Divided of Mecklenburg, have yet to respond to the pro posal, saying they want more time to review the details of such an arrangement. But Republican speaker nominee George Holmes, R-Yadkin, said that he is ready to move forward with a co-speakership agreement and that he has the full backing of his party. “I get frustrated, but we’re waiting for a deci sion on their part,” Holmes said. If Black has not given a response by Wednesday, he said, Republicans will develop other plans. But Holmes said he remains confident that Democrats will concede that co-speakers are the best solution to the stalemate. “I haven’t been turned down, so maybe that’s a positive thing,” he said. But other Republican leaders say Democrats don’t want to share power and are trying to wran gle their way to a one-party speakership. Silver Voices Clef Hangers celebrate 25th anniversary. ▼ See Page 9 “Our deal is 50-50, and they’re hedging on that because they don’t want to share,” said six term Iredell County Rep. Frank Mitchell. “They’re not interested in co-speakers. They’d like to pick off one of ours if they could.” Holmes also conceded that though he favors public negotiations, there is likely some backdoor dealing going on as members stall the vote. “I don’t know what their motive is,” he said. “I would suspect that if they feel they can make a deal and that’s to their advantage, then they will.” But Rep. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe, said Democrats are not delaying the vote to serve any secret end. Black is committed to designing an equitable co-speakership and has asked the party to work to that end as well, he said. See SPEAKER, Page 5 Weather Today: Light Rain; H 60, L 28 ~ v / '-jP Wednesday: Cloudy; H 46, L2O , # * Thursday: Cloudy; H 44, L 26 Social Work Instructor Accused of Racist Acts By Meredith Nicholson Assistant University Editor Students, alumni and faculty members who gath ered Monday to address racist comments allegedly made by a contract faculty member in the School of Social Work called for an apology from the instruc tor and punitive action from administrators. More than 250 people attended a town meet ing led by Jack Richman, dean of the school, to discuss comments allegedly made by Martha Lamb during a Jan. 13 master’s class, “Social Work and Practice With Couples.” Lamb did not attend the meeting and could not be reached for comment Students in the class told the audience that Lamb told stories of supervisors who said that couples therapy doesn’t work for black couples and that NAACP stands for “Niggers Ain’t Acting Like Colored People.” Students said that the com ments were made out of context and that no explanation was given for them. When students confronted Lamb, she reported ly told them that she hadn’t meant to offend anyone and that she wanted to share her heritage with them. Alexander Daye, who was in the class, said he told Lamb that he was worried that she would not treat him fairly because he is black. “She told me, ‘I will try not to treat you as an African American. I will try to treat you like a person,’” Daye said. “I did not feel I could remain in that class.” Daye, like two-thirds of the students in the class, dropped it from his schedule. Many people at the meeting said that because the students enrolled in the class were not at fault, they did not think it was See TOWN MEETING, Page 5 DTH JOHN DUDLEY At a School of Social Work town meeting, Carla McNeill relays her concerns over Martha Lamb's comments. YD: Tepper 'Would Represent Us Best' By Eshanthi Ranasinghe Staff Writer In what they described as one of their closest endorsement com petitions in recent years, UNC’s Young Democrats are rallying their support behind student body president candidate Matt Tepper. After 30 minutes of deliberation Monday, members of YD select ed Tepper for his well-researched platform and wide experience. “With (Tepper’s) leadership qualities ... he was who we thought would represent us the best,” said Justin Guillory, one of the members of the four-person panel leading the forum. Members of the panel - students Guillory, Elizabeth Self, Tre Jones and Dave Siegel - also cited Tepper’s lobbying experience and impressive track record of involvement on campus as addi tional reasons for endorsing him. Tepper has worked with die Young Democrats for the past three years and was in the Justin Young administration in 2001-02. During the forum, Tepper placed emphasis on his plan to cre ate a voter registration program offering campus groups money for voter registration forms they turn into the student government office. “I think that would really improve the cycle of disen chantment that we see so often on campus (with voting).” But overall, members said that the endorsement decision was decided by a slim margin and that all the candidates received a See YOUNG DEMOCRATS, Page 5 www.dailytarheel.com
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