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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 8, 19873 Seven oedMaites m the feeeieg foir Ihiomecomtag oroeemi By HELEN JONES Staff Writer Today, students can choose a homecoming queen from among seven finalists by voting in the Pit, the Campus Y or Chase Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The finalists were chosen from about 30 applicants for the homecom ing court. This year's homecoming queen will have a new role to fulfill as a liaison between students and alumni, accord ing to Lori Weeks, Homecoming Court Committee chairwoman. In addition to the ceremonial significance the position now holds, Weeks said the new queen will work as an official Carolina Athletic Association spokeswoman for both financial and school spirit support from alumni The awards for the winner include a semester's in-state tuition and two lower-level, 1987-88 season basket ball tickets. The court members will participate in Friday's homecoming parade down Franklin Street at 3 p.m., and in that evening's pep rally at Big Fraternity Court. Erika Birg, a political science major from Chicago sponsored by the Student Government, is executive assistant to Student Body President Brian Bailey and co-chairwoman of. the Student Job Creation Committee. "Running for homecoming queen is a lot of fun," Birg said, "because it gives me an opportunity to show that out-of-state students can love Carolina, too." After graduation, Birg said she wants to work for the U.S. govern ment. She said she enjoyed an internship for 4th District Rep. David Price last summer, because she was able to see the direct results of helping people solve their problems with the federal government. Anne Davidson, an English and art history double major from Longmeadow, Mass., is sponsored by her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is the Senior Class president, and she said she plans to go to law school. Davidson said she wants a career in U.S. government, based on her experience in UNC's Student Govern ment. "I have really felt a part of the community of UNC, and I'd like to contribute to the state or national level." Davidson said she was honored to be nominated for the court, because she sees the homecoming queen as a symbol of UNC. Norma Holshouser, a nutrition major from Newton-Conover, is sponsored by her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega. She is the sorority's social mixers chairwoman, a children's gymnastics instructor at Umstead Park and a teaching assistant for. introductory nutrition classes in the UNC School of Public Health. Holshouser said she plans to get a master's degree in nutrition at UNC and hopes to eventually have her own practice as a dietitian. Tamera Majors, a journalism and political science double major from Greensboro, is sponsored by the Senior Class. She is the Senior Class secretary and the special projects chairwoman for the Order of the Bell Tower. She was an intern for District Attorney Carl Fox this summer. Majors said she plans to specialize in sports law in law school, after taking a year off to work for a member of the British Parliament. Cheryl Oliver, a business admin istration major from Charlotte, is sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, the professional business fraternity. She is social chairwoman for the senior class, marketing officer for the Carolina Students' Credit Union and a big sister in the YMCA's Big Buddy program. Oliver, who also participates in the , -A V.v " -Xy 1 1 t 1 1 ii ij ii i y.y. rii Mir i I.. 1 1 1 1 n-i i , i r ---nnjr tmtHHiitmmaamm rtv i T ii 'y -'::::v: Norma Holshouser Honors Business program, said she would like to study corporate law at Columbia University or Georgetown University. Chrystal Redding, an international studies major from Tillery, is spon sored by the Black Student Move ment. She is assistant attorney general for the judicial branch of Student Government and financial secretary for Delta Sigma Theta. Redding said she would like to attend law school at Columbia University, and would eventually like to work as a consultant to diplomats in the United Nations. She said she will be working in an internship for the California-based Hewlett-Packard Corp. this summer. Kim Windley, a biology major from Fayetteville, is sponsored by Olde Campus Confederation, the government of Ruffin, Mangum, Lewis, Everett and Aycock residence halls. Like the other members of the court, Windley said she is excited and Tamera Majors Erika Birg Chrystal Redding Ij 3& V l&xvss&P W.V.'.- Cheryl Oliver honored to be a homecoming queen candidate. "I was just amazed at the diversity of things people (on the Kim Windley court) are involved in," she said. She is a resident assistant in Everett and the assistant coach for the UNC Anne Davidson Junior Varsity cheerleaders. After graduation, she would like to attend UNC's School of Medicine. olice officer asks for BSM smdpofi!: m goevaunce case By SHEILA SIMMONS Staff Writer Officer Keith Edwards of Univer sity police made a 20-minute plea to the Black Student Movement Wed nesday night for help with a situation she said no one was willing to listen to. Edwards is among 14 officers who have filed grievances against the police force for favoritism and racism in the promotions of 12 officers in June. "We have no voice on this cam pus," she said. Hearing The 70 students who had crowded into the Upendo Lounge listened attentively to the plea, and in a unanimous vote, members of the BSM Central Committee agreed to coordinate a show of support for Edwards and the other officers who filed grievances. Kenneth Perry, BSM president, said the group would decide on what action to take after meeting with members of the BSM at 5:30 p.m. today. Edwards told the group she was -;; ... -. . , .; .. ; from page speaking for many black employees who have had to deal with discrim inatory practices at the University. She said the employees were familiar with the problems she was experien cing with the police force. "Where are they going to go?" Edwards asked the group. "Who's going to help them? The cards are stacked against them." According to Edwards, four police officers have quit since July because of problems within the department. "They quit because they have nowhere to go," she said. The protesting officers are moving on to step three in the grievance process by appealing the decision made by the administration following step two. During step three, Univer sity representatives will meet with the officers and their lawyers. The police officers and their law yer, Steven Bernholz, are appealing the University's decision, claiming that none of their requests were fulfilled. The decision was made to open up six paid positions, instead of the 12 that the officers requested. None of the previous 12 promotions were rescinded, as the officers had asked. Edwards, the only black female on the University police force, also complained about the University's hiring practices. "They refuse to hire another black female police officer," she said. The force has had 12 white female officers, Edwards said. celebration and research. "We need a chancellor willing to work with student government, academic life and personal prob lems," said Stephanie Ahlschwede, Student Congress representative. Wilton Hyman, vice president of the Black Student Movement, told the committee that the needs of black students should not be forgotten when considering the new chancellor. "He should come with a proposal that would work towards improving campus life for black students, and the determination to make that proposal go through," Hyman said. Some speakers asked the commit tee to choose a chancellor who would be receptive to the needs of specific groups and causes. Rachel Rosenfeld, an associate professor of the sociology depart ment, said the new chancellor should be someone willing to take action on the concerns of female employees at the University. She said the University has appointed committees who have discovered a need to provide day care for the children of University employees, but that the committees have failed to act on their findings. "The chancellor needs to realize that it is time to do something, rather than study it again," Rosenfeld said. Timothy Coggins, a representative of the state employees association of North Carolina, asked the committee to consider candidates who would give the welfare of University staff members high priority. Chapel Hill resident Joyce Brown asked that someone be chosen who would be sensitive to the needs of the community. 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