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2The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, February 4, 1986 p ; ( it u u (dJOODTTD By JILL GEROER State and National Editor About 20 members of the Anti-Apartheid Support Group held a rally in the Pit Monday afternoon, urging students to vote in favor of the divestment referendum on today's election ballot. A crowd of about 100 gathered as group members discussed why UNC should remove its $5.7 million investment in South African companies, holding signs reading "Divest Now" and "Free the Majority." Members said UNC funds were contributing to South Africa's racial inequalities because many of the nation's large corporations do not provide equal pay to blacks. Karen Rindge, a group member and senior from Tryon, said the referendum was important because students have tried to get it on the ballot for several years. "Tomorrow you can have a voice. Say where you want your money spent," she told the crowd. "Subjugation can spread like a disease. You can't Group members and the crowd then chanted "Free South Africa" and "Fired Up Wont Take it no More" for a few minutes. Dale McKinley, a group member and grad student from Gweru, Zimbabwe, said the UNC Board of Trustees justified its South African investments by saying it had an obligation to make a profit for students. He said students went before the BOT with a four year divestment plan designed to keep the University from losing money. "They (BOT members) laughed at us, basically," McKinley said. "They said, Nice children, they're interested in moral issues. "' "Show your interest in South Africa. Have some consicence as well," he told the crowd, illiciting applause. Helen Moore, a sophomore group member from Charlotte, described an early example of South African violence. On March 21, 1960, five to 10,000 blacks held a peaceful demonstration near Johannesburg. Police opened fire on the crowd, leaving 67 dead and 186 wounded, she said. Moore said a state of emergency was declared nine days after this incident, and several weeks later, thousands of people suspected of being "anti government" were arrested. "Today the state of emergency continues," she said. "The point of my talking here today is ... that divestment is a means of letting the country know . . . apartheid is not acceptable." Jimmy Ellis, a group member and grad student from Capetown, South Africa, said he had seen apartheid's atrocities for 37 years. He compared South African deaths to those of seven Americans in last week's space shuttle explosion. "Everyone was outraged and shocked (by the explosion)," he said. "I was there, too, and cried (for the shuttle deaths) but also for the selective morality we have in our world. " - "I wonder if I could ever call on the people of this country, of this campus, to have disgust for this system." New pmi fioir $&cMMe upkeep MUed byn)SMe ckmceMm By GRANT PARSONS Staff Writer Claude E. "Gene" Swecker has been named to the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for facilities management at UNC. Swecker has been UNC physical plant director since 1977 and assumed the associate vice chancellor position Saturday. "There is a need for improved coordination of campus facilities," Swecker said Monday. And with the planned growth of the campus, the need will increase, he added. Campus facilities employees have reported to Ferris W. Womack, vice chancellor for business and finance, Swecker said, and now they will begin reporting to him, taking some of the responsibilites from Womack. Swecker will supervise more than 800 full-time employees . in the departments of facilities planning, engineering and construction, physical plant, utilities, property and equipment control. Their combined budgets total more than $50 million. He also will oversee the campus steam, telecommunica tions, electrical and energy management systems, the campus mail service, equipment inventory and property and risk management operations. Womack said Swecker's experience and skill would help him greatly in supervising those operations. While Swecker was physical plant director, he supervised the operation and maintenance of campus utilities, maintenance and repairs to those utilities, housekeeping operations and grounds maintenance. ' Mr' 4f 1 Ingram Hies for Senate race; st-minisie DsmotTat entrant From Associated Press reports RALEIGH - Former state Insu rance Commissioner John Ingram filed Monday as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate nom ination, saying he was the most likely to be elected of the party's candidates. "I'm the only candidate who has shown he can come back from previous losses to win," Ingram said after paying his $751 filing fee an hour before the noon deadline to enter the race. Ingram, who served one term in the state House and three terms as insurance commissioner, becomes the 10th Democrat to enter the race for the seat held by retiring Repub lican Sen. John East. Haitian unrests continue PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Security forces patrolling the capital fired into the streets at random, while 2,000 protesters calling for the downfall of President-for-Life Claude Duvalier massed in a city in northern Haiti. Duvalier's government, facing the most widespread anti-government news in brief rioting in its 14-year history, barred foreign reporters from leaving Port-au-Prince, the capital, without permission. Prisoner exchange reported BONN, West Germany Two newspapers reported Monday an agreement between East and West on a major prisoner exchange that includes Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky, but there was no official confirmation from West Germany or the United States. ( Details of the reputed exchange were printed in the mass-circulation West German tabloid Bild and the New York Times. Quoting "ranking Soviet sources," Bild said U.S., Soviet and West German officials had agreed to swap an unspecified number of East bloc spies for Shcharansky and 12 former Western agents. 3 charged! in f rat-house attack Claude E. "Gene" Swecker LolfesfiyDe goniidle to DuoglhiDoglhit!: -.U.inioveirsntty ;lnife By MICHELLE EFIRD Staff Writer UNC will play a prominent role in a new lifestyle guide about Chapel Hill and Carrboro, said Jan Elliott, a Journalism School lecturer, in an interview last week." Elliott said she would write the guide with the help of Rachel Jones, a senior from Greenville. Elliott is also the public relations coordinator for McKneely Communications, a local firm chosen to publish the guide along with Taylor Publishing Co. of Dallas. The lifestyle book will be available in late April. The guide will contain community information about health, housing, recreation, arts, culture and education, Elliott said. The University will be heavily featured in the guide, because it brings people to the area and greatly affects the local economy, Elliott said. Andrea J. Stark, coordinator of retail trade and tourism for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, said the guide would be available to those who contacted the chamber. The book is targeted to newcomers to the community and will contain color pictures of the area, Stark said, adding that an overwhelming demand created the need for such a publication. Requests for information about Chapel Hill and Carrboro have doubled over the past five years, she said. The guide also will help community businesses, Stark said, because "potential employees (of local businesses) need to know about the community as well as the positions they apply for." Meal plan iiii ,j,ii Kii ;,'!, j .'.!.,'.. i'-,:,'.v Ji.'i..1 it.i.Lu.ii. j-,. perfectionist," he said. "They'll set diamonds in the food, and it will be much better." Warden said the intramural system had an interest in ARA. "The thing that's good about inedible food is that if you cant eat it, you can play with it," he said. ttWe can have teams, and everyone with a taco could take on the eggplant surprise guys." Jean Holcomb, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said the guide was a good sign, because the community needed to reach people beyond its own borders. Leonard P. Van Ness executive vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, agreed with Holcomb. He said the Chamber had an obligation to present both communities in a favorable light. Other lifestyle guides have tried to be factual but did not portray Chapel Hill in the best way, he said, adding that past guides were often oversized and difficult to mail to prospective residents. Van Ness said he expected most of the people who requested the book to be retirees, visitors and those moving to the area. By LORETTA GRANTHAM City Editor Three Durham men were charged with throwing bricks at a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house glass door Saturday around 2 a.m., said Capt. Ralph Pendergraph of the Chapel Hill Police Department. The house is located at 106 Fraternity Court. Charged were: Dennis Mark Taylor, 22, of 4202 Jeffries Road., Durham; McCollins Thorpe, 19, of 2314 S. Roxboro St., Durham; and Stanley Ray Wilson, 19, of 217-A Redwood Road., Durham. . All three were released after they each posted $500 bond, Pendergraph said, adding that Thorpe was instructed not to return to Chapel Hill until his court date. Thorpe was also charged with assaulting William Dillon, a junior from Buxton. Dillon, 2311 Granville Southland Gaston G. Bates, 106 Fraternity Court, witnessed the incident and filed the complaint, Pendergraph said. Bates is a junior from Gastonia. In a separate incident, unidentified vandals threw rocks through two windows at the Chi Omega sorority house, 313 E. Franklin St., causing $200 damage, Pendergraph said. There are no suspects in the incident, which occurred around 1 a.m. Monday. FDA gets petition for fast-food restaurants to label ingredients By JEANNIE FARIS Staff Writer Ryke Longest said he felt -ARA' and the meal plan were two different issues that had to be dealt with separately. As for ARA, he said he would try to encourage the Board of Trustees to take a first-hand look at the service. Td like to make the trustees know the students think the food is pretty bad," he said. "I'd encourage the trustees to go by there and dine ' I WW Avoid the lottery blues. Apply nowl All apartments on the bus line to UNC. Fantastic Social Program. Call today for full information. 967-223 1 or 967-2234. In North Carolina call toll-free 1-800-672-1678. Nationwide, call toll-free 1-800-334-1656. The Apartment People takecSe HAmCUTTEOS 2 7th Annivercary Celebration Offering 29 Discount to all Students (with ID) Closest Shop to Campus Next to Burger King 957-9009 (unexpectedly), and it ct be obvious to them what the problems are." Longest said the wrong argument had been used about the mandatory meal plan. "The meal plan would be here if ARA was here or not," he said. "I'm going to approach it from the financial standpoint rather than the egalitarian standpoint. I would try to argue with Business and Finance about the pro fitability of the food service. 1 believe the food service should be more profitable and more liked by the students.". Longest said he would also fight dorm cooking restrictions and look into the feasibility of a meal plan co-op. Jimmy Greene said he would advo cate getting another food service. "ARA has shown it cannot make a profit, and students are dissatisfied with ARA," he said. "I would work closely with the student committee . . . and see if we can't find a service that will more adequately serve the needs of the students." Greene said the secret to getting rid of the mandatory meal plan rested in a new food service. "Supposedly, the meal plan was here because ARA was fnot flaking a 'profit, lie said. "Once we get a new supplier, we must make sure it's managed properly and it can become profitable . . . , and we could get rid of the meal plan." Greene said if a mandatory meal plan was needed, it should be required only of freshman, since they live on campus and do not have cars. Jack Zemp said the problem with the food service was inefficiency. "With low-quality food at high prices, ARA shows a lack of efficiency," he said. "Inefficiency cannot be tolerated. If the inefficiency continues, the man datory meal plan increments will go up." Zemp said the solution was not to renew ARA's contract. "The answer to this is to let the University take over the service," he said. "It will be more responsive to the students and faculty. We've been through three contract food services, and they've all failed miserably." Zemp said some of the advantages to having the University take over the food service would be hiring students for room-and-board credit, letting students take some managerial posi tions and creating an internship pro gram with the Business School. every customer, whether they ask, phone or write " he said. Most people do not know what When asked about the possibility of ( products go into their favorite fast foods posting a list of product ingredients in because ingredients are not listed on every restaurant, he said,"That sounds package labels, but the Food and Drug like a hypothetical question to me. We Administration could change that soon, answer all questions from consumers." Several consumer health groups, led Clyde Mull, who owns five Arby's by the Center for Science in the Public restaurants, including the one in Chapel jlntereuhvefilejc ptitiowithsthe said didL.not know anything T-FD A requiring ; fast foods to fee labeled abemt the petition-but would hote like grocery items. ' opposed to complying with labeling The groups say this is an important regulations, regulation because the "American diet" "We (Arby's) have nothing to hide supports the $50-billion-a-year fast food from the consumer . . . and I think industry. The CSPI said in its petition that because their products are "packaged" in wrappers, fast food restaurants are you're whistling Dixie if you try to do that," he said. He also said labeling would be a good idea because some restaurants use too more like product retailers than ordi- much cereal, or filler, in their fast foods. nary restaurants. Arby's has been cited for cooking There are two important parts to the some of its food in beef fat. Barbara petition's definition of a fast food Hargis, Arby's manager in Chapel Hill, restaurant, said Raymond Gill, chief of said their french fries, chicken and fish the guidelines and research branch of are fried in a mixture of beef fat and the FDA The first part requires that the chain have more than ten restaurants in operation, he said. The second part requires that the chain serve food in a packaged form that also satisfies the FDA's definition of a written, printed or graphic label. Gill would not say whether he thought the FDA would approve the petition. "We have 180 days to respond to the petition ... it just depends on our priorities," he said. vegetable oil. Jacobson said when people order ordinarily low-fat foods such as chicken and fish, they do not realize that this deep-frying process loads it with fat. He said a small order of chicken nuggets or a chicken sandwich or fish filet sandwich could have nearly twice as much fat as a regular hamburger. Fast food restaurants cook all fried foods in the same oil-fat mixture, he said. Fast food restaurants say they fry in I - 7 Wf" Be transported to the sassy, brassy, bluesy past with a one- woman tribute to Jazz legends. Billi Holiday. Mahalia Jackson. - Ethel Waters "" and more. "A Powerhouse gifted actress. "- The New York 4 Times Thursday, Feb. 6 Sfowart Theatre 6pm N.C. S?aiD University Tickets: $13.00 Tlc!:Cw: Center Stage Box OMco: 737-3404 OHO Clients 6M Ladd's Book Shop of North Ridgo 8704404 This project is funded In part by the City of Raleigh Arts Commission through the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a sate agency. Your for BilKISY For just a fow hours of your time, you can donato plasma and earn 3g SERA TEC DIOIOGICMS 10912 E. Franklin M.T.Th 8:30-7:00 W,F 8:30-5:00 942-0251 RITE Above AID If the FDA rejects the petition, the beef fat because consumers prefer it in health consumer groups may then ask taste tests, Jacobson said. But people the statesfto regulate labeling. need to know what they are eating, even Bad products would be forced off the if they like it, he said. Fast foods contain market if fast food restaurants had to colorings and preservatives and are also list their ingredients, said Michael high in sodium. Jacobson, executive director of CSPI. The National Academy of Sciences Fast foods contain unhealthy items reported that adults should have that many people need to be aware of, between 1,100 and 3,000 milligrams of he said. Excessive fats, cholesterol and sodium a day. But Jacobson said any sodium in the foods contribute to high sandwich similar to a Burger King blood pressure and coronary disease. Whopper contains about 1,000 milli- Eight large fast food restaurant grams of sodium, which' is equal to chains cook their products in a mixture about half of a teaspoon of salt, of vegetable oil and beef fat, Jacobson Jacobson suggested that since many said. Beef fat is high in saturated fats, fast food products already come in which are hard for the body to break unique packages, the ingredients of down. several kinds of food could be listed on Among these eight restaurants are the same type of package. Burger King, Hardee's, Wendy's, McDo- Generally, the FDA is responsible for nald s and Arby's. most fast food products besides meat Burger King, Hardee's and Wendy's officials were unavailable for comment after numerous attempts to contact them. A spokesman for the McDonald's Corporation said ingredient labeling would be unnecessary. "We respond to every inquiry from and poultry, which are regulated by the Department of Agriculture. In December, the Department of Agriculture rejected a petition to label fast food as meat and poultry because the process would be too complicated and cumbersome, it said. Gill said the department "had other priorities." Made Fresia Before Your Eyes Treat Yourself to the Fresh Alternative We're Open Late Everyday Franklin Centre Eastgate Shopping Center Willowcreek Shopping Center
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