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r r r ir " t y 0ypmy0Ht ytfjnp we yuan ywn "ff 4The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, November 10, 1987 CompeteF coeffeFeece to feces on hypertext By JENNY CLON1NGER Staff Writer Hypertext, a system of storing and retrieving information using compu ters, will be the subject of a conference held in Chapel Hill Nov. 13 to 15, sponsored by the UNC Department of Computer Science. Hypertext is a general term given to the concept of storing individual pieces of information in a computer, according to John Smith, associate professor of computer science at UNC. The pieces of material are electronically linked, he said, and they can be choseti and organized in C on vieted muiff defer to be resentenced! or other crimes By LEIGH ANN McDONALD Assistant City Editor The N.C. Supreme Court voted 4 2 last Thursday to uphold the murder conviction of George Fisher for the 1985 slaying of Jean Kar-Har Fewel of Chapel Hill, but he will be resentenced for the first-degree kid napping and attempted first-degree rape convictions. An Orange Superior Court judge had sentenced Fisher in August 1985 to life imprisonment for 8-year-old Fewel's murder, plus a 40-year sentence for first-degree kidnapping Comity school system will toe recognized toy ovemor By KARI BARLOW Staff Writer Orange County will be among 15 state school systems recognized for exceptional education programs by the Governor's Program for Excel lence in Education in January 1988. Each county has recognized a need in its educational system or related areas and has worked to fulfill that need. Orange County will be recog nized for its Diagnostic, Prescriptive, Helping Teacher (DPH) program. About 70 applications were sub mitted for the program. The individual programs must meet certain criteria to receive recog nition, said Alean Miller, state coordinator for the National Diffu sion Network. The programs must display an identified need, cost effectiveness and replicability. The Orange County DPH teaching program was primarily established to ease the workload of the county's exceptional education teachers, who work with gifted or handicapped students. "We created these positions to handle the referral process," said Betty Matthews, exceptional child program administrator for the Orange County school system. "They serve as case managers." These teachers help determine what could be done to assist the ROSS UNIVERSITY Guaranteed student loans for both schools SCHOOL OF MEDICINE American Medical School Curriculum. High pass rate on ECFMQ. Guaranteed clinical rotations. U.S. Medical Schools are accepting Ross students with advanced standing. Listed In WHO. SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE American Veterinary School curriculum. Listed in AVMA Directory. Only foreign vet school doing clinical rotations In USA. Vet school accepting students with advance standing. Now accepting applications for both schools for Spring, Fall and Winter semesters. Information: International Educational Admissions, Inc., 460 West 34th St New York, NY 10001, (212) 279-5500 trffOD by the 1988 Yackety Yack Yearbook lorth Carolina i - w 7 Send in this coupon with a check or money order to the 1 988 Yackety Yack, Box 50, Carolina Union, Chapel Hill NC 27599 Fall 1988 Retumins Students .$22.00 Non-Returnins, Graduates Students (add $3 shippins) .... .$25.00 1900 Voclxcfly Vocli yearbook Box 50, Carolina Union, Chapel Hill NC 27599 Name : Perm. Address different ways by individual users. Topics of the conference, the first ever devoted completely to hypertext, will include the development of new systems, applications of the system and social implications such as copyright laws and ownership of concepts, Smith said. Hypertext systems could be imple mented in a wide range of fields, and the conference attenders "are not all computer scientists by any means," Smith said. Classics, economics, literature, history, law and religion are disciplines with potential uses for and a 20-year sentence for attempted first-degree rape. Fisher's defense attorney, Ann Petersen, said one element of a first degree kidnapping conviction is proving sexual assault. Sentencing Fisher for both first-degree kidnap ping and attempted first-degree rape constituted double jeopardy, or two convictions for the same crime, which is a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Fisher had been convicted of attempted first-degree rape because Fewel was under 16 years old, Petersen said. program child's learning, Matthews said. The helping teachers conduct academic screening tests on all exceptional children before placing them in the program, said Millie Hunter, an Orange County DPH teacher. A school-based committee, which includes the school psycholo gist, places a handicapped student into one of about 15 categories that require psychological counseling. The helping teachers also meet frequently with the students' parents and explain the test results. The DPH program has operated for about seven years, and Orange County teachers believe it is making a positive difference. "It has meant a lot in terms of the children getting full-time educational services," Matthews said. With the helping teachers sharing the workload, classroom teachers can devote more time to teaching. "We'd love to see it expanded," Matthews said. "It gives me the assurance that the procedures the law requires us to follow are being followed." The Governor's Program for Excellence in Education, established in 1983, is sponsored by Gov. James Martin, the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction. portrait dates Meu 9-13 Mcu 16-20 Call 962-3912 or come by Room 1 06, Carolina Union to make an appointment i 'ft mm hypertext. The concept of hypertext was proposed about 40 years ago by Vannevar Bush, but computer tech nology has only developed enough to make the system practical for wides pread use in the last two to three years, Smith said. And use of hypertext is about to become widespread, Smith said. "There are a lot of indications that this concept is really poised to take off." He said Apple Computers is now giving away free copies of its hyper Orange-Chatham District Attor ney Carl Fox said the Superior Court judge had not allowed the jury in 1985 to consider a rape conviction because of the lack of incriminating evidence. Fox said he disagreed with the court's double jeopardy decision. He pointed out that the two dissenting justices on the court agreed with the first-degree murder conviction, but questioned the validity of the double jeopardy decision! "The state has a choice of one of two things," Petersen said. "They can dismiss the rape conviction or change the first-degree kidnapping to second- Police reject officer's request for riot masks By LYNNE McCLINTOCK Staff Writer Despite a request from a campus police lieutenant that officers be issued face masks to wear when patrolling large crowds on Franklin Street, police officials agreed that officers do not need to wear the riot masks. The officer, Lt. Walter Dunn, made the request after he was assaulted on Franklin Street on Halloween night. Dunn said that while he was patrolling Franklin Street Oct. 31, two passersby informed him that Scientists By LISA WYNNE Staff Writer A recent study may hold the clue to the historic gripe of sniffling virus victims: the common cold. In a study to be released in January 1988, researchers reported that cold sufferers produce kinins, substances that inflame blood vessels and induce pain. The cure, " they said, lies in finding something to block the kinins. Bob Naclerio, associate professor of medicine and otolaryngology at Campus Calendar Tuesday 10 a.m. APO American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in the Union until 3:30 p.m.. 11 a.m. Senior Class Trip Com mittee will have infor mation about the Senior Class Cruise to the Bahamas in the Pit until 2 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services will hold a resume writing workshop in 306 Hanes. 5 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services will sponsor a presentation by Aetna Life and Cas ualty in 210 Hanes. r r m PYEWACKET M! f it, t 11 ftp 7 M 4 CHINESE RESTAURANT 790 Airport Rd Master Chef C.C. Cheung from Hong Kong would like to inviie you to try our new lunch or dinner menu. 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One practical use would be to "take notes" on a computer using material from text books and class notes. As the student reviewed for a test or researched a paper the material could be organized to fit the student's individual needs, Smith said. Hypertext makes extensive cross reference systems simple to create and degree kidnapping and keep the rape conviction." Fox said he will push to sentence Fisher for second-degree kidnapping and attempted rape convictions, which would remove only 10 years from Fisher's sentence of life plus 60 years. A second-degree kidnapping conviction, which involves an abduc tion where no sexual assault occurs, carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. If Fisher is resentenced for the first degree kidnapping conviction with out the attempted sexual assault someone was breaking into Univer sity United Methodist Church. "When I was calling in (to the police department), I got knocked on the blind side and for a few seconds was out," Dunn said. Dunn said he received three to five stitches on his face, and doctors tried to straighten his nose. He said he might have to have more exten sive work done on his nose. Dunn said he was not told he could not wear a riot mask, but he said, "I guess if I was allowed to wear it (the mask), I would have been issued it." may have Johns Hopkins University in Balti more, said he and the other researchers looked for something in the nose that might cause colds.. The researchers infected 20 volun teers with one of the rhinal viruses, which cause 40 percent of all colds, Naclerio said. Of the 20 volunters, 1 1 became ill and nine did nof develop the virus, he said. Fivel volunteers, -who served as the control group, did not receive the virus, he said. The infected volunteers had high 5:45 p.m. Anglican Student Fel lowship will meet at the Chapel of the Cross for dinner, then go ice skat ing in Hillsborough. 6:30 p.m. Students For Bob Jor dan will meet in 224 Union. Betsy Jordan and Lee Ann Powell, college coordinator, will attend. Order of the Bell Tower will meet in 206 Union. .7 p.m. AED will have a meet-' ing in 209 Union. All members and rushess must attend. STV Executive Board will meet in the Union. 8 p.m. UNC Young Democrats will host State House Representative Joe Hackney in 224 Union in an open discussion of environmental issues and other topics of interest. Fresh Pasta LASAGNK VERDI LINGUINE VKNEZIA CANESTRELLI C:ON FETTUCINE Made firsh on the prrmises smxd in our specials & daily pasta entires Restaurant & Bar m IIP! 0 m m tell mail use, he said. Having an individualized data base and research collection would allow students to see patterns and connections in their courses that would not otherwise be obvious, Smith said. Smith predicted an active use of hypertext systems on college cam puses in the future. He said the University of Southern California and Syracuse University are investi gating systems for organizing and structuring material in composition classes. Two stages of use will soon become conviction, he will receive a sentence of life plus 40 years. "That's a big difference," he said. "That's taking 20 years off his sentence." Petersen said taking years off Fisher's sentence would not make much difference in his parole because he must serve his sentences consecutively. "He is not eligible for parole for 20 years on the murder conviction," Petersen said. "The parole for the other offenses starts from that (parole)." Fox said he would not want Fisher out on parole because assailants who Robert Sherman, director of security services, said Franklin Street on Halloween is not consi dered a riotous situation. He also said Dunn's injury occurred on a routine breaking and entering call, not in the middle of a crowd. Sherman said the decision not to wear riot masks was made in agreement with the Chapel Hill Police Department. Maj. Arnold Gold of the Chapel Hill Police Department said Frank lin Street celebrations do not warrant the use of riot masks. Gold said officers did not even wear the cluie to common cold levels of the kinins in their nasal secretions, Naclerio said. If later research indicates that the kinins cause colds, a cure would inhibit them, he said. "We hope it's a clue," he said. Since kinins also induce pain, they could be related to sore throat pain and the aches and pains associated with colds, said Jack Gwaltney, a professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of Virginia. AIDS "Today, because of worldwide travel, no infection will remain isolated," he said. Other scientists believe political upheaval in Central Africa in the early 1960s forced African political leaders to move to Haiti, carrying the disease with them, said Dr. Bernard Branson, an instructor of infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. These people spread the disease among the Haitians, who eventually spread AIDS to American and European tourists, he said. Although the first cluster of cases did not appear in the United States until the late 1970s, the nature of the disease may account for the delay. HIV often lies dormant in the blood for more than five years. But there is evidence that a male Mid westerner died from the disease as early as 1969, Branson said. To account for the initial prepond erance of AIDS in the gay popula tion, scientists have targeted the male homosexual lifestyle, Schwartz said. Since the disease primarily infects through sexual contact, the chance of getting any sexually transmitted disease depends on the number of different sexual partners, he said. "Gays, early on in the (AIDS) epidemic, had a large number of partners," he said. "The average number of different contacts was incredible. Many gays also had the highest rates of other sexually trans mitted diseases." Studies also found that anal inter course, practiced by many homosex ual men, has the highest risk of transmission because it almost always draws blood, Schwartz said. AIDS may have initially found its IN STOCK with purchase of prescription lenses I We would be to arrange an Closed 1-2 1 1 I I I 235-A Elliott Rd.9 Krogor Plaza system common at universities the organ ization of information and the pres entation of course material in hyper text, he said. "This is going to have a profound influence on the way we study, learn, think and do work," Smith said. Corporations such as IBM, Xerox, Apple and Bell Laboratories will be represented at the conference. About 180 people will attend, including people from Australia, England, Japan, South Africa, Canada, the Middle East and Scandinavia, Smith said. choose children as their victims tend to be repeat offenders. "You never can tell," he said. "I'd rather be safe than sorry." Fewel was a Chinese native being adopted by a local couple when she was abducted on her way to Ephesus Elementary School Jan. 30, 1985. Police found her body that day hanging from a tree near Finley Golf Course. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted, according to police reports. The Superior Court is scheduled to resentence Fisher Dec. 7. masks on Aug. 31, 1986, the night before the drinking age changed from 19 to 21. Gold also said that since Chapel Hill police asked University police to help patrol on Halloween night, it was actually the Chapel Hill department which decided that the officers would not wear masks. Dunn said he expects the Uni versity to give him workman's compensation to pay for his medical bills, but he had to take sick leave for the two days he missed because of his injuries. Gwaltney, who conducted the study in conjunction with Naclerio and David Proud of Johns Hopkins, said compounds that would inhibit the kinins are being developed and will probably be available for use in humans in the next year. - However, -he said, even if these findings point researchers in the right direction and kinins do cause colds, a cure would still be at least several years down the road. from page 1 way into the gay population through homosexuals' contact with Haitians, said Dr. Timothy Lane, associate professor of medicine at UNC. "Haiti is a favorite vacation spot for gay men," Lane said. "Many of the Haitian men prostituted them selves for economic reasons and passed the virus to gay tourists. It seems logically consistent." The oldest records of the disease come from blood serum frozen by scientists in the 1960s and 1970s for further study, Lane said. Studies of the frozen serum found evidence of HIV antibodies as far back as 1977 in European and U.S. blood samples, Lane said. But a frozen serum sample from a 14-year-old male who died in St. Louis may indicate that AIDS existed in 1969, he said. The oldest Central African sample with HIV dates from 1959, he said. Central African blood samples dating from 1960 indicate that 1 percent of the population carried HIV . antibodies, he said. Now, about 12 percent of the population has the virus, with carriers almost evenly split between males and females, he said. Theories regarding the origin of the virus prompted some people to falsely place blame for the disease on minority groups within the popula tion, Lane said. At one point, after the outbreak of AIDS, several governments stopped aiding Central African coun tries that they blamed for the disease. Others accused homosexuals of bringing on the disease because of an immoral lifestyle, he said. "Nature is not omniscient," Lane said. expires 112587 PTICIANS rprpi DAILY WEAR SOFT flf CONTACT LENSES o) m spherical only, nearsishted only Includes: follow-up care more than happy eye exam for you. 9604776 IS
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