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2The Daily Tar Heel Monday, September 14 , 1987
Teachers' ihimoeis ciritidze
By DONNA LEINW AND
State A National Editor
The Democratic presidential hope
fuls at "Education '88" were caught
up in "teacher bashing," and officials
from two major teachers unions
didn't like it.
"You don't strengthen the system
by attacking the teachers," said Albert
Shanker, president of the American
Federation of Teachers, after the
Democratic session. "I dont like
teacher bashing. You don't get bright
kids in teaching when the public is
oozing of negative attitudes."
Keith Geiger, vice president of the
National Education Society, also
criticized the Democrats for impart
A Dostrdebate look at
By RACHEL ORR
Assistant University Editor
When the television lights flipped
on and the applause sign went up,
UNC was treated to a new experience
in television politics.
Few expected they would be told
when to clap. Some didn't expect to
see an anti-apartheid banner unfurled
from the upper level. Many more
were surprised by the restrained,
media-polished candidates and seem
ingly prepared statements. But when
the lights dimmed, a few of the
candidates allowed themselves to be
grilled on issues from apartheid to
drug testing to the success of the
forum.
B Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo.,
said none of the Democratic candi
dates "won" the forum Friday.
B Former Gov. Bruce Babbitt, D
Ariz., whose television presence at
earlier debates has brought him
criticism, said he was "very pleased"
with his forum performance.
Babbitt said Arizona Gov. Evan
Republicans
Du Pont said the GOP needs to
pay more attention to education.
Both Republicans advocated
smaller roles for the federal govern
ment in education.
Du Pont derided government
intervention in education, saying the
government should empower people
to make their own education choices.
The federal government does not
have the power to "regulate people
to death," du Pont said.
But Kemp and du Pont differed
over who should hold the responsi
bility for implementing the programs.
Kemp sajd -.authority., rests with
parents and.leachers at a local level
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ing negative attitudes about the
profession.
"That debate doesn't serve educa
tion," he said. "Public education will
not be well served nor will practicing
classroom teachers. We need a
president that will start saying pos
itive things. This president has
consistently degraded public
education."
But Geiger said the Democrats
agree with the NEA on 80 percent
of the issues.
"We disagree on some of the
issues," Geiger said. "We disagree but
they are not disagreeable."
The NEA sent out policy question
Mecham was "a case example for the
proposition that Darwin was wrong."
Mecham has been criticized
nationally for rescinding the Martin
Luther King holiday in Arizona.
B Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., said
he could be convinced to support the
nomination of Robert Bork to the
Supreme Court on one condition: "IH
be able to be persuaded if Judge Bork
can show me he doesn't believe what
he's written for 26 years."
B Former Gov. Pete du Pont, R
Del., said he didn't think his proposed
voucher system would be detrimental
to integration. Under a voucher
system, du Pont said, communities
must still comply with all federal
guidelines regarding racial mix in the
schools. He didn't elaborate on how
the guidelines would be enforced.
B Du Pont said he opposed div
estment from South Africa because
it would cause many South African
blacks to lose jobs.
B Du Pont said he favors testing
for drug and alcohol use of all high
while du Pont placed responsibility
on the states.
Du Pont supports a no-frills school
plan that would improve education
without increasing cost by concen
trating on the basics. He did see a
need to set up funds for disadvan
taged children.
Kemp agreed, saying education
should reinforce accountability of
teachers, basics, and character. He
said schools need to emphasize
intellectual and moral excellence.
Programs assisting disadvantaged
students, HeadStart and early child
hood education could be expanded
without increasing the deficit, he said.
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naires to both the Democrats and the
Republicans, but none of the Repub
licans returned the questionnaire
except Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Mo., who
has dropped out of the nomination
race, Geiger said.
Shanker said the AFT was not
ready to voice its support for one
particular candidate but many of the
Democrats agreed with the AFT's
support of merit pay.
"(Rep. Richard) Gephardt ID
Mo.) said he wanted to spend some
money on research to see how to pay
teachers," Shanker said. "We donA
exactly know how to pay for perfor
mance. It will take time and
the candidates' views
school students. If a student is found
to be a drug or alcohol user, du Pont
said, the student should lose driving
privileges.
b The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Demo
cratic presidential hopeful, told the
crowd surrounding him after the
forum, "Don't just cheer vote."
B After repeated questioning,
Jackson said he thinks abortion is
morally wrong, except in cases of
incest and rape. But Jackson said
women should have freedom of
choice and that since abortion is a
health issue, the government should
provide funding to ensure sanitary
facilities.
B Jackson said if elected president
he would go to Central America and
end the war there "just like Eisen
hower did in Korea and Carter did
in the Mideast."
B Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., said he
would like to see all universities refuse
money to research the Strategic
Defense Initiative (Star Wars), but he
doesn't fault those universities that do
Kemp said the first step to improv
ing education is eliminating bad
teachers. Teachers should be tested
and principals should be responsible
for choosing their staff, he said.
"Teachers evaluated me in third
grade," du Pont said. "If you talk to
parents, they will tell you they want
their teachers evaluated."
Education could be improved
without spending more but by using
available funds properly, Kemp said.
Although the government spends
$308 million per year on education,
standardized test scores continue to
decline, he said.
He said he is not "cut happy" but
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The NEA does not support merit
pay, Geiger said.
Shanker said he did not like former
Gov. Bruce Babbitt's suggestion that
the next president make phone calls
to individual principals.
"It's very unrealistic," he said.
Shanker said the forum helped to
turn some of the campaign's focus to
education.
"The presidential candidates have
spent a couple of weeks thinking
about education," he said. "The next
logical step is thinking of something
new and different. As you get more
discussion, you get more ideas."
accept the funds. Simon said he
believed universities were conducting
too much defense research.
B Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn.,
called the forum a "tremendous
success. It focused the attention on
the most urgent problems. It's always
a good boost in support." ,
He said there was little disagree
ment during the first session of the
forum. "Education is a Democratic
jssue," he said.
B Lt. Gov. Jim Jordan, a guber
natorial hopeful, complimented
former Gov. Jim Hunt's performance
as a moderator during the forum. He
said, "Jim Hunt's (political) future is
still wide open."
B Gore said he supports more
pressure on the South African
government to eliminate apartheid,
including economic sanctions and
divestment.
Matt Bivens and Sharon Kebschull
contributed to this story.
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sees no need to pour additional funds
into education.
Du Pont said it is not right to
measure commitment in terms of
dollars.
In addition to his support for
federal vouchers, du Pont said some
extra funds are needed to encourage
magnet schools and universal choice
programs.
Other incentive programs for
teachers, such as a "master teacher
program" would also help improve
schools, du Pont said. Competition
between schools would also increase
teacher salaries. , ' w 1
The two candidates also disagreed
on funding higher education.
Kemp said a combination of grants
for lower income and disadvantaged
families and loans for everyone else
would be his approach.
Du Pont said that higher education
is available to disadvantaged youth
who can apply for Pell Grants and
loans, but people in the middle are
being left out. To solve this, he said
the federal government should guar
antee loans for students at their
personal banks. If loan collection
became a problem, the IRS could
collect delinquent loans, he said.
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Soviet official brings hope
for future superpower summit
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Soviet
Foreign Minister Eduard She
vardnadze said Sunday a decision
on another superpower summit
meeting depends on the outcome
of his talks this week with Pres
ident Reagan and Secretary of
State George Schultz.
"We have come here in order
to roll up our sleeves and work,"
Shevardnadze said on his arrival
from Moscow.
The white-haired Soviet official
brought, with him a letter for
Reagan from Soviet leader Mik
hail Gorbachev and a "degree of
optimism."
He did not disclose the contents
of Gorbachev's letter to Reagan,
but said through an interpreter,
"As for the summit, everything will
depend on the results of our work
here."
Reagan and Gorbachev agreed
at their first meeting in Geneva in
November 1985 to hold successive
summits the next two years in
Washington and Moscow.
Auto workers prepare for strike
DEARBORN, Mich. Strike
preparations are all but completed
at the union locals of the United
Auto Workers as negotiators for
Ford Motor Co. and the union
face Monday's contract deadline.
For the 104,000 rank-and-file
Ford workers, little was left to do
but wait for word on whether
union and company bargainers
would reach a contract by the
11:59 p.m. Monday deadline. The
talks resumed Sunday after a
Saturday session that lasted late
Psychologist to enter race
as independent candidate
By MICHAEL JORDAN
Staff Writer
Almost certain that the Rev. Jesse
Jackson will not win the Democratic
presidential nomination, Dr. Lenora
Fulani plans to throw her hat into
the ring and run as an independent,
campaign officials said.
Fulani, a New York psychologist
and spokeswoman for the 15,000
member New Alliance Party, said she
will run for president as an indepen
dent if Jackson does not capture the
Democratic nomination,- said Kate
Gardner, director of communications
for Fulani's Committee for Fair
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"There is no other independent
candidate even talking about running
in all 50 states," Gardner said.
Fulani has prepared for her pres
idential bid by developing a platform
and beginning a petition drive,
Gardner said.
To run nationwide, Fulani must get
1.5 million signatures, Gardner said.
Fulani needs 90,000 signatures from
registered voters in North Carolina
to get her name on the state ballot.
"The general theme of the cam
paign is people instead of profits,"
Gardner said. "People deserve decent
jobs and places to live."
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News in Brief
into the night.
Separated twins begin recovery
BALTIMORE Seven-month-old
Siamese twins began to
emerge Sunday from the drug
induced comas in which they were
placed after being separated at the
skull a week ago, a hospital official
said.
"They're starting to show signs
of waking up now," said Ghita
Levine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
spokeswoman. They are exhibit
ing "some spontaneous move
ment" and attempting to breathe
on their own, she said.
Doctors began reducing the
barbituate dosage Saturday night
and planned to completely with
draw the drug Sunday night,
Levine said.
Patrick and Benjamin Binder
are not expected to awaken com
pletely for several days, she said.
Lawmen chase runaway llama
DALLAS In the land of.
horses and cattle roundups, she
riffs officers had to use a patrol
car and an ambulance to chase
down and lasso a llama on the run.
An ambulance crew noticed
Sugar Ray Llama outside his fence
Saturday at the Sunnyvale home
of John Aston and told the Dallas
County sheriffs department, giv
ing deputies their first "llama in
progress" call, said deputy Joe
Collard.
Gardner said the New Alliance
Party has encountered some difficulty
getting the necessary signatures. She
would not disclose how many the
party had received.
Gardner said Fulani will probably
have enough signatures to run by
November 1988.
Fulani, who is black, believes the
Democratic Party abandoned minor
ities when it chose former Vice
President Walter Mondale as the
party's 1984 candidate, Gardner said.
Gardner said polls indicate a ;
majority of Americans favor minor- j
ity, woirien's, -and gay-rights, a
national health service, and cutting
off aid to the Nicaraguan contra
rebels. Politicians have ignored what
the people want, she said.
"It's only through the establish
ment of a third party that well see
a change that will bring these issues
to the nation," Gardner said. "The
range of choices between the two
parties is so narrow that many people
just dont vote."
Fulani, 37, directs the community
clinics of the New York-based Insti
tute for Social Therapy and Research,
which helps low-income families
adjust to discrimination and poverty,
Garnder said. The Institute is not
federally funded.
Fulani's first try for elected office
came in 1982, when she ran for
lieutenant governor of New York.
In 1985 Fulani's bid for mayor of
New York City earned her recogni
tion as the "independent black mayor
of Harlem" when she swept the
Harlem precincts, Gardner said.
When she ran for governor of New
York in 1986 Fulani garnered 26,000
votes, the most votes of any indepen
dent progressive for that office in over
30 years, Gardner said.
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