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©tyr Sailg ®ar MM CAMPUS BRIEFS Artist showcase to occur Friday in Student Union Sonia Sanchez, along with more than 20 other musicians and art ists, will perform Friday in the Student Union. The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will sponsor the program at 7:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. Sanchez will sign copies of her new compact disc after the show. Tickets are $25 and will be sold at the door for the public and $lO for students. Call 962-9001 to reserve tickets in advance. Itesolini gets promotion to associate provost position Carol P. Tresolini of the UNC School of Medicine has been named associate provost for academic ini tiatives. She will be responsible for public service and outreach begin ning Sept. 7. Tresolini succeeds Steve Allred, promoted recently to executive associate provost. Now director of the medical school’s Office of Educational Development, Tresolini also is a research associate professor in the school’s psychiatry department. She joined the UNC faculty in 1995. Tresolini will oversee centers and institutes including the Ackland Art Museum, the APPLES service learning program, the Carolina Center for Public Service, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, the N.C. Botanical Garden, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History and the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. She also will oversee campus wide education programs, aca demic facilities planning and the Center for Teaching and Learning. She now leads the center’s advisory committee. cirr amirs Carrboro has open slots on 04-05 advisory boards Citizens interested in serving on the town of Carrboro’s advisory boards can now apply for a number of different panels for the 2004-05 year. The Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, Neighborhood Preservation District Commission, Transportation Advisory Board, Downtown Development Commission, Arts Committee and Chapel Hill Horace Williams Advisory Committee all have open positions. All interested citizens may call Town Clerk Sarah Williamson at 918-7309 or visit the town’s Web site at http://ci.carrboro.nc.us. STATE i NATION Fighting continues to rage in war-torn areas in Iraq NAJAF, Iraq A Shiite insur gency appeared to be weakening Tuesday night as Iraqi forces moved to within 200 yards of the revered Imam Ali Shrine and Iraq’s defense minister once again demanded fighters loyal to a radical cleric sur render or face a violent raid. The militant force, which once waged fierce battles with U.S. troops throughout the Old City and Najafs vast cemetery, seemed considerably diminished in num ber and less aggressive after days of U.S. airstrikes and relentless artillery pounding. In Baghdad, assailants bombed the convoys of two government ministers in separate attacks that killed five people and a suicide bomber, but left the ministers unharmed, officials said. Hundreds of insurgents have been spotted leaving Najaf in recent days, witnesses said. Those that remained appeared to have pulled back to the area around the shrine, where the fighting Tuesday was concentrated, U.S. troops said. Police say radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has not been seen in public for days, has fled the city. His aides, however, vigorously denied that, saying al-Sadr was in a secret hideout here. Regardless, the fiery, charismatic cleric’s absence from the battlefield may have with ered his followers’ morale. Charlotte man files lawsuit against gay sports Web site CHARLOTTE - A North Carolina man has sued a gay sports Web site, contending its use of a photograph of him at the Los Angeles Marathon caused him to suffer public humiliation. Chris Harbinson, who states in the lawsuit that he is not homosex ual, seeks unspecified damages in the case, which he filed last month in Wake County Superior Court. According to the Web site, Outsports.com, its photographer Brent Mullins took a photograph of Harbinson stretching before the start of the race March 7. From staff and wire reports. Group struggles to save West House BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR With the cards seemingly stacked against them, the Save the West House Coalition is resolute in its goal to keep the quaint structure at its current location. The coalition originally was formed last semester by Jeffery Beam, an assistant in the Couch Biology Library and a founding member of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Landscape Heritage and Plant Diversity, after plans for the new Arts Common slated the 69- year-old building for the wrecking ball. State Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D- Orange, recently joined the force of grass-roots supporters and wrote a “We prefer to make these changes (instead) of a full-blown overhaul of the Greek system.” will robinson, IFCVP FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS —r —~7iiiiyy w —i DTH/6ARRETT HALL Members of Delta Kappa Epsilon pass out rush schedules to prospective rushees after an interest meeting in Hamilton Hall on Tuesday night. The meeting and a pig pickin' kicked off rush week, which is operating under anew code of conduct in an effort to prevent hazing. IFC kicks off rush season Group begins Ist year under new hazing policy BY STEPHANIE JORDAN ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR A pig pickin’ and an information session kicked off fall rush for the Interfratemity Council Tuesday night. And though anew school year has begun, the IFC remains in a shadow cast by the University’s Board of Trustees in January. The board’s scrutiny forced the council to examine the issue of hazing within fraterni ties, and now anew code of conduct is in place for the organizations. “Hopefully, it’ll make a difference,” said Jim Tatum, chairman of the UNC Fraternity Alumni Advisers Committee. “If it makes a difference, it makes the organization more attractive to join.” He added that the new code makes it clear that a pledge is only accountable to a frater nity itself and not to its individual members. “(We) will not allow personal servitude to other members of an organization,” Tatum Late Night held over break BY JOSEPH R. SCHWARTZ ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Last year, ushers had to turn away almost 1,000 fans trying to squeeze in the Dean Smith Center for a glimpse of UNC’s first official men’s basketball practice. Students packed the arena, turning out in droves and lining the aisles to witness the annual festivities that mark the beginning of the season. One year later, a scheduling con flict has University officials scram bling to attract those same fans. For the first time in recent his tory, Midnight Madness now dubbed “Late Night with Roy Williams” is scheduled during Fall Break. The event is slated for Oct. 16, but classes don’t meet between Oct. 13 and 17- Officials say nothing can be done to fix the conflict. The University calendar is already in place when the National Collegiate Athletic Association sets the date for all basketball teams in the nation to start practicing. Steve Kirschner, associate athletic director for athletic communications, said it is an unavoidable snafu. “It’s an event best done at the Top News letter to Chancellor James Moeser, pleading that UNC officials rework construction plans. Moeser’s three-page response, sent Aug. 18, stated that his com mitment to preserving University history lies on an equal plane with his commitment to the new com mon. In doing so, he noted that West House does not have the same his torical value as other campus land marks. Buildings like the Campus Y and Memorial Hall, he sJd, are 19th- and 20th-century structures that officials already are allotting millions of dollars to preserve. “It is, by contrast to these larger, more architecturally and histori cally significant buildings, a smaller said. Though the BOT brought the issue to the forefront, the council has taken responsibil ity for drafting the new code. New policies more clearly define appro priate behavior and also attempt to match the severity of punishments with the severity of violations. The IFC worked in conjunction with the alumni board to develop the code and also is taking steps to educate its current and pro spective members on new policies. Parents, students, alumni advisers and all chapter presidents and officers have taken part in the education process. The IFC also has ensured that pledges have active contact with alumni advisers so that they can report anything they think might constitute a code violation. “We prefer to make these changes (instead) of a full-blown overhaul of the Greek system,” said Will Robinson, IFC vice I if' wW i I ? * mm DTH FILE PHOTO GARRETT HALL Jawad Williams and Rashad McCants, members of the North Carolina men’s basketball team, participate in last year's "Late Night with Roy." beginning of the basketball season,” he said. “We really don’t want the guys doing skits when they’re doing two and a half hours of practice.” The event will be advertised more prominently this year to encourage more students set the date aside, said Kris McGrath, assistant direc- and interesting, if undistinguished, curiosity built by a wealthy indus trialist to house his son while he was a Carolina student,” Moeser stated in his response. Kinnaird said she still believes that West House can remain where it stands. “We feel that it has not proceed ed to the point that we couldn’t have a discussion with all ele ments involved,” she said, noting that campus construction projects have been reworked in the past. “There are different solutions to this, and I think the University is open to discussion.” Kinnaird said the claim that West House lacks the histori cal value of other campus land president of public relations. “We’re confi dent it’s going to result in a positive change for the Greek system.” Walker Rutherfurd, IFC president, said the Greek judicial board met Monday for a training session on the new code. During the meeting, the board was presented with scenarios and discussed the steps needed to correct them. “We’re doing it for a positive goal,” he said. “We’re really trying to do good.” The IFC also has been collaborating with the Office of the Student Attorney General to find out how violations could warrant honor court charges. Carolina Chavez, student attorney gen eral, said sanctions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. “I really applaud the Greek community in policing itself,” she said. Open rush starts at 9 p.m. Thursday and will continue through next Wednesday. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. tor of sports marketing. She said she is hopeful that the tactic will yield a turnout similar to the crowds that attended last year. “Basketball is so big at Carolina,” she said. “(The date is) not ideal SEE LATE NIGHT, PAGE 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2004 marks was made without proper research. “The National Thist (for Historic Preservation) says this is prob ably the only type of building (of its kind) in the United States,” she said. “I mean, what a treasure.” Originally constructed by a wealthy industrialist to house his son and his son’s friends while they attended UNC, the building now is home to the Carolina Asia Center. Beam’s group has explored numerous options, including mov ing the house to another campus locale, but a feasibility study has quashed that notion. Estimated costs to move the structure reach $600,000. “We’ve been told you could Law may ask schools to release court rulings BY MARK PUENTE STAFF WRITER ' A proposal pending before Congress that would require the release of some information from campus judicial proceedings could change the way universities run honor hearings. The proposed amendment to the renewal of the Higher Education Act, which is up for review in January, would require all colleges and universities to disclose disci plinary action about the perpetra tors of violent crimes to the victims or their families. But Dave Gilbert, UNC-CH’s assistant dean of students, said that Honor Court proceedings would not become open records under the legislation because student records are protected under the federal Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. “I am not aware of any pending legislation that would have that effect,” he said. The bill was inspired by the family of a Georgetown University student who died after suffering build the house from scratch for $250,000 its not an equation that makes any sense,” Beam said. “There’s no way anyone is going to pay that kind of money to move that house, and there’s no way we can raise that kind of money.” The group now is hoping to muster enough support to convince administrators to either rework their plans or aid in moving it. Beam said the group might resort to fund-raising efforts such as Pit-sitting to gain student sup port. “We’re thinking about having street parties.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. County alters benefit policy Same-sex couples to share insurance BY RYAN C. TUCK CITY EDITOR The Orange County Board of Commissioners’ health insurance policy change might have gone undetected by most activists. But for county employees with same-sex domestic partners, the change is definitely noteworthy. Starting Jan. 1, domestic part ners of county employees will be eligible to receive the same health insurance coverage as spouses of county employees. “We wanted to open the coverage to include more than just spouses,” said Commissioner Margaret Brown. The term “domestic partner” includes but is not exclusive to same-sex couples, Brown said. County Personnel Director Pat Thomas said the definition of “domestic partner” is still being worked out. Thomas added that anyone who is financially interdependent and not related by blood to the employee could now be eligible for the insurance. Brown said that the county had been trying to include domestic partners in health insurance cov erage for years but that the county’s insurance provider did not allow it. Todd McGee, director of communications for the North Carolina Association for County Commissioners, which provides part of the county’s health insur ance, said the group changed its policy last year to allow for the new benefit. McGee said Orange County will be the only one of the 89 counties die organization represents to have this type of benefit. The county appropriated about $10,500 to account for the new benefits, Thomas said, which was based on an estimate that 1 percent of the county’s employees would apply for them. Although McGee said it is SEE INSURANCE, PAGE 10 injuries from an alcohol-related fight with another student. It took the family of David Schick more than a year and a half and SIOO,OOO to find out the results of the student’s disciplinary proceeding. Prior to releasing the informa tion, Georgetown wanted the par ents to sign a confidentially agree ment that would prohibit them from talking about the results even to their other son, who was also a Georgetown student. The proposed legislation would outlaw such agreements. But the act would not allow honor court proceedings to become open to the public. Still, supporters of the legislation say the new rules will hold colleges and universities more accountable when disciplining students that commit violent crimes. Daniel Carter, senior vice presi dent of Security on Campus Inc., a campus-based crime watchdog group, said the bill would make SEE HONOR COURT, PAGE 10 3
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