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CAMPUS BRIEFS
Hundreds of basketball
tickets still available
About 800 tickets are still
available for the Jan. 11 men’s bas
ketball game against Georgia
Tech.
Distribution of the remaining
tickets begins at 8 am. today at the
Smith Center Box Office.
Students can receive as many as
two tickets by presenting two UNC
ONE Cards. Cards used during
Saturday’s distribution will be
denied.
Carolina Athletic Association
President Sherrell McMillan said
the number of student tickets
available for each game varies
because of season ticket packages.
Extra student tickets are being
offered for the game against
Georgia Tech because that game
was not included in the package,
he said.
CITY BRIEFS
UNC employee appears in
court on child porn charges
A UNC employee arrested and
charged with six counts of second
degree sex exploitation of a minor
appeared in court Friday.
Matthew Barton Savage, 35,
was arraigned at Orange County
District Court in Hillsborough.
According to court records,
Savage was informed of his rights
and signed a waiver dismissing a
state-appointed attorney.
Savage will be seeking his own
attorney.
Savage’s trial date has been set
for Dec. 11.
Pinehurst resident robbed
at Franklin St. parking lot
Peter M. Kennedy, 21, of
Pinehurst was robbed at 4 a.m.
Saturday in a parking lot at 100 W.
Franklin St., reports state.
Kennedy was knocked down by
multiple people, who then stole his
wallet and Caterpillar boots,
according to Chapel Hill police
reports.
The incident remains under
investigation.
WORLD BRIEFS
Arafat says he is ready
for peace talks with Israel
JERUSALEM Following an
Israeli offer, Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat said Sunday that he
is ready for peace talks, while
about 6,000 Palestinians returned
to their jobs in Israel for the first
time in a month.
In an abrupt turnaround last
week, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon said contacts already were
under way with Palestinian offi
cials, adding, “We are ready to
enter negotiations at any time.”
Sharon previously had condi
tioned talks on a crackdown on
violent Palestinian groups respon
sible for attacks on Israelis.
Asked about Sharons remarks,
Arafat told reporters he would
accept an offer for talks.
Talks on the U.S.-backed “road
map” peace plan have been stalled
for weeks because of Palestinian
bombing attacks and Israeli mili
tary operations, along with the
Palestinians’ inability to form a
stable government.
Arafat often has said he is ready
to talk peace, but Israel and the
United States are boycotting him,
charging that he is tainted by ter
rorism. They insist on dealing with
an empowered prime minister.
Minister: Too early to tell
if OPEC will cut production
DOHA, Qatar Saudi Arabia’s
oil minister said Sunday that it
was too early to say whether the
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries will decide at
next month’s meeting to cut crude
production —a move that could
raise prices.
Ali Naimi told reporters that
OPEC members, who meet in
Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 4, are
focusing mainly on the stability of
the international market.
He made the comments after a
meeting of the oil committee of the
Gulf Cooperation Council, which
includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates.
In September, OPEC lowered
its output ceiling by 900,000 bar
rels a day to 24.5 million barrels,
starting this month. The cartel
now is focused on maintaining sta
bility, Naimi said.
CALENDAR
Tuesday
8 p.m. Join the Women’s
Affairs Committee of student gov
ernment in Carmichael Ballroom
for a free self-defense lesson and
discussion on rape’crisis preven
tion. Presentations will be given by
the Orange County Rape Crisis
Center and Safe Skills.
Compiledfrom
staff and wire reports.
Project aims for closure in killings
BY EMILY VASQUEZ
STAFF WRITER
GREENSBORO The barrage
of gunshots fired by the Ku Klux
Klan lasted 88 seconds, killing five
and wounding 10 in the
Momingside community in
Greensboro on Nov. 3,1979.
The violence has come to be
known as the Greensboro
Massacre.
Twenty-four years later, the full
truth behind the killings, the sub
sequent police and FBI investiga
tions and the proceedings of two
criminal trials remain points of
controversy in the community.
Though many Greensboro resi
dents long have forgotten the inci
dent, victims of the tragedy claim
that significant misconceptions
prevail due to media coverage and
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Carmichael Ballroom at a Halloween costume party
sponsored by Carolina Campus Civitan volunteers
for a group of challenged adults and
adolescents. Participants were allowed to paint the pump
Divided diocese
forecasts losses
BY DORA P. GONZALEZ
STAFF WRITER
The Episcopal Church conse
crated the openly gay Rev. Gene
Robinson as bishop of New
Hampshire on Sunday —a move
that is causing religious ripples in
churches nationwide.
But church leaders in the
Chapel Hill area say their church
es have not been affected severely
by that decision, or the concurrent
one that blessed same-sex mar
riages.
But for this year’s donation
pledges, the Diocese of North
Carolina, which includes the
Chapel of the Cross Church on
Franklin Street, expects a 20 per
cent decrease in revenue, in part
due to Robinsons consecration.
The Associated Press reported a
loss of sl.l million for the diocese,
which is the largest in the state.
North Carolina Bishop Michael
B. Curry, who voted in favor of
Robinson’s consecration, was not
available for comment.
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Recent UNC graduate Leigh Suggs spends two nights a week at her
new art studio space, located at Bleeker Street Studios in Carrboro.
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political and police rhetoric.
These misconceptions, they say,
hinder the Greensboro communi
ty’s race relations and development
of a healthy social consciousness.
They are calling for a landmark
review of the tragedy to be con
ducted by a truth and reconcilia
tion commission, similar to the
reviews that took place in South
Africa after the fall of apartheid
and in Peru after the violence of
the Shining Path.
Those attacked in the massacre
were participants in a rally and
march organized by the Workers
Viewpoint Organization activists
with communist beliefs who long
had pushed for the unionization of
mill workers in the area.
When Klan resurgence threat
ened to divide workers along racial
PUMPKIN PRINCESS
nomic situation, the community’s
response to Robinsons appoint
ment is cutting deeply into the dio
cese’s overall funds, said the Rev.
Stephen Eikins-Williams, a rector
at Chapel of the Cross.
But the collection plates at his
church have not taken a big hit.
Eikins-Williams said that
because of the high level of educa
tion in Chapel Hill, people tend to
be more open and understanding
about the church’s recent decisions.
“However, two people have told
me that they are transferring to
other churches, he said.
“I say church is not for like
minded people. It’s a place to share
faith and where opinions are
respected.”
Eikins-Williams made it clear
that his community is doing better
financially than other churches in
the diocese.
He said that if donations con
tinue at their current rate. Chapel
of the Cross should match year’s
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lines and hinder unionization
efforts, the WVO began to speak
out against the KKK.
The WVO, which later became
the Communist Workers Party,
received criticism based largely on
its political ideologies. Some media
reports also stated that the group
provoked or even “invited" the
Klan to the altercation.
Organizers of the march say they
were not informed that the Klan
would come to Greensboro on Nov.
3 and that the police gave a copy of
the march permit to a member of
the Ku Klux Klan, Eddie Dawson.
Testimony delivered during the
civil suit found that police had Klan
members under surveillance before
the incident and were aware that
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kins with Halloween messages and take them home. The
event, attended by about 75 participants and
volunteers, also featured a dance. The Halloween party is
Campus Civitan’s largest and most expensive event of the
year. For the full story, see page 4.
House OKs SB7B for war efforts
BY DAN PIERGALLINI
STAFF WRITER
The U.S. House of
Representatives passed a bill late
Thursday approving President
Bush’s request for SB7 billion in
funds to be used for the recon
struction of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Both chambers of Congress pre
viously had enacted legislation
concerning reconstruction fund
ing, but House and Senate nego
tiators reconciled the differences
between the two chambers’ ver
sions of the bill late last week.
The Senate is expected to pass
the bill today and send it to Bush for
approval. About $65 billion of the
binding will be used to pay for mil
itary expenses, S2O billion will be
used for Iraq rebuilding efforts and
$1.2 billion will be used for recon
struction in Afghanistan.
One debate in the House that
stalled the bills passage concerned
whether the money for Iraq should
be given out as loans or grants,
particularly after an international
fund-raising effort raised sl3 bil
lion in loans for Iraq.
Most politicians have said they
think the United States has a
responsibility to rebuild Iraq, but
many have different opinions on
Looks to take 1 year off, focus on art
BY KRISTIN BECKER
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
Sunlight reflected the colors of
the changing leaves outside, the
smell of saw
dust perfumed
the air and
music played
quietly in the
background at
Leigh Suggs’
new studio
space Friday
afternoon.
TURNING POINTS
A biweekly series
focusing on the
job market and the
challenges faced before
and after graduation.
The recent UNC graduate
moved into her new space in
Bleeker Street Studios, located in
Carrboro, at the end of September.
Although it’s still a work in
progress, Suggs is excited to have
the studio, which she is sharing
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attack by Ku Klux Klan members known as the Greensboro Massacre.
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the president's reconstruction plan.
“Recognizing America's respon
sibility in Iraq cannot mean giving
a blank check for President Bush’s
failed policy that has been marred
by special-interest giveaways, dis
dain for our allies and the absence
of any serious forward planning,"
stated presidential candidate Sen.
John Edwards, D-N.C., in a press
release.
He added that the Bush admin
istration should provide a long-term
budget for reconstmction spending
and a plan for establishing a stable
government in Iraq.
But John Hood, president of the
Raleigh-based John Locke
Foundation, a conservative think
tank, said the substantial amount
of funding provided by the aid
package is a necessary follow-up to
the recent U.S. military campaign.
He said the costs of the package
and the war are less than the ben
efits reaped by removing Saddam
Hussein from power. "The coun
tries that offered loans know very
well they are unlikely to be repaid
unless Iraq's debt is significantly
restructured," Hood said.
Iraq has about $l5O billion in
outstanding debt stemming from
war reparations the country has
with another recent graduate.
“This is where I want to be. It’s a
conducive place to work,” she said.
Suggs has spent time building
and painting the w alls that sepa
rate her space from others, but she
described the studio’s atmosphere
as an open one where “anybody
and everybody" can come by to
look at her work.
“It’s a nice community.
Everybody here is new, and there
isn’t a clique yet," she said.
Though Suggs wants to continue
to make improvements to the
space, she said she prefers to work
on her projects when she has time.
“I want to have a body of work
separate from school or work, with
out guidance or authority," she said.
While Suggs has kept her full-
Honor
Court
guilty
pleas up
Rise attributed to
expedited hearings
BY ANDREW SATTEN
STAFF WRITER
Honor Court officials say the
number of guilty pleas is on the
rise this year, several months after
court officials rewrote UNC’s
Honor Code and instituted anew
process to expedite hearings.
Between May 1 and Sept. 15, 46
cases proceeded through the
Honor Court. Recently released
statistics reflect the new push to
reduce the number of backlogged
cases, said Student Attorney
General Jonathan Slain.
"The statistics show that the new
Honor Code is successful,” Slain
said. “We are able to hear more
cases and allow students to take
responsibility for their actions."
Slain said the statistics are evi
dence of an increased number of
SEE HONOR COURT, PAGE 5
owed to Kuwait since the first Gulf
War. The debt also comes from
numerous purchases Hussein
made while in power.
But some critics are questioning
the merits of rebuilding Iraq, given
the United States’ poor track record
in such efforts. “Past U.S. evidence
does not show we can successfully
rebuild Iraq." said Charles Pena,
director of defense policy' studies at
the Cato Institute, a nonprofit pub
lic policy research foundation.
“Since the U.S. has now elimi
nated the threat that Hussein
posed, there is no longer any com
pelling reason to stay in Iraq.”
He added that the presence of
U.S. troops in Iraq is problematic
because soldiers are a magnet for
foreign fighters and are fueling
animosity' with Iraqis who do not
want to be occupied, he said.
Pena said the United States
should give power to Iraq and let
its citizens choose their owm gov
ernment without demanding any
standards or controls. He said he
thinks a less-than-democratic gov
ernment would not necessarily be
hostile to the United States.
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time job at Uniquities on Franklin
Street, she spends time in the stu
dio two nights a week and on
Thursday and Friday, her days off.
One of her projects will serve as a
submission for an exhibition,
“Through Women’s Eyes, By
Women's Hands," sponsored by The
Women’s Center in Chapel Hill.
The exhibition will raise money
for the center while simultaneously
giving local female artists an oppor
tunity tor exposure. The deadline to
submit slides of work is Dec. 1.
“This is still kind of new' for me
being picked for a show," Suggs said.
December also w-ould be the last
opportunity for Suggs to apply to
graduate school, but she has decid
ed not to return to school next fall.
Instead, she will continue to amass
an independent body of work she
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