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2The Daily Tar Heel Monday, February 8, 1988 Iowa: camdMate'laoecMiniff pad. By LAURA SUMNER Staff Writer By 11 p.m. tonight, the next president of the United States will be one step closer to taking office as delegate votes in Iowa are counted. What a candidate really wins is media attention and momentum, analysts say. A good showing in Iowa could propel a candidate to the top of every primary and caucus state. Yet in effect, there are two winners in this complex process: a real w inner who walks away with the greatest number of votes, and a perceived winner who exceeds expectations. "(The Iowa caucus) is not a good predictor in terms of winning the general election, but it is important in terms of eliminating candidates," said Craig Smith, associate professor of communication at UNC. "From this point on it's a contest against expectations. People will tend to conform to whom they perceive as the winner," he said. In the Iowa caucus, the Republican party conducts a straw vote: delegates are elected based on the number of votes each candidate receives. Reg istered Democrats divide into groups supporting the various candidates. Each candidate must be supported by at least 15 percent of those in attendance. If a candidate fails to get this minimum level of support, then his supporters must move to another candidate or form an "uncommitted" bloc. Delegates are elected on the basis of the results. "It's conceivable, but not likely, that a candidate could get 14 percent in each precinct and not have any delegates," Smith said. Some argue that the Iowa caucus is not a good standard for measuring a candidate's viability on the national stage. Congressional Quarterly reported that the largest voter turnout on record was 13 percent of Iowa's registered voters, with party activists dominating. Therefore, a candidate could be leading in the polls with "wide support" yet not do well in the caucus if his supporters are not dedicated enough to attend the meeting for a few hours on a cold night. Iowa is also not considered repre sentative of the nation with its 98 percent white population and empha sis on agricultural and union interests, Smith said. "It's virtually disastrous for our electoral system to work this way," Smith said. "It's not representative of the city or population centers." Yet others argue that Iowa is as good a place as any to begin. "Iowa is as representative as any state," said John Cacciatore, finance director of the Iowa Democratic Party Head quarters. "It's a level playing field because the spending cap of $750,000 makes the state accessible to all candidates." Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis' Iowa press secretary agreed. "This is the game and these are the rules, if you don't like the rules you don't play here," said press secretary Lorraine Voles. "Iowa's important because it's first. We need to do reasonably well, (and) right now we're doing better than anyone expected us to do. "However, if you're betting every thing on Iowa, it becomes a do-or-die situation." University officials criticize Bennett By HELLE NIELSEN Staff Writer Secretary of Education William Bennett is out of touch with reality when he criticizes universities for degrading the study of classics, university officials said Friday. . In a speech to the National Asso ciation of Independent Colleges and Universities Thursday,""Bennett repeated his criticisms of higher education, saying he sees "truly astonishing accounts of curricular debasement at our colleges and universities" and "faculty trashing of Plato and Shakespeare." He said curriculum changes proposed at Stanford University to drop a western civilization requirement for a non western culture requirement were an example of this. Southeastern university officials agreed with Bennett that classics should be an important part of college education, but they said his criticisms are outdated. WAMTTEl O O Volunteers to test experimental disposable contraceptive diaphram. Only women ages 21-35 with regular periods and presumed fertility are eligible. Must be available for 6-month follow-up. You will be paid generously for your time. Free test and supplies. Call women's Health 966-5650 "He sees dangers that lay in the past," said Mark Lanier, assistant secretary of the UNC-system. "Many universities, including UNC-CH, have addressed the things Bennett speaks to through a revamping of their curricula." Lanier said, though, that this is not an official opinion of the UNC Board of Governors. UNC-CH Provost Samuel Willi amson said in a statement, "I believe Bennett could get a rigorous liberal arts education at Chapel Hill, if he chose to attend." Gene Hemp, associate vice presi dent for academic affairs at Univer sity of Florida, Gainesville, said curricular changes, like the ones Bennett criticized, did take place in many universities, but "there has also been a change back." Other university officials said there are advantages to curricular diversity as well as to studying the classics. "The question is whether we will teach only the classics, and will we only teach them in one way," said Duke University Provost Phillip A. Griffiths in a statement. "It is impor tant that diversity of culture be represented in our curricula, and the study of great works of literature can be enriched by considering them from many points of view." Bush, Dole cool arguments before Iowa caucuses begin From Associated Preee report DES MOINES, Iowa Vice President George Bush distanced himself Sunday from charges that his campaign has been leveling at chief GOP presidential rival Bob Dole as candidates of both parties began cooling their rhetoric on the eve of Iowa's crucial precinct caucuses. The Democrats, with a tightly bunched group of front-runners, focused on attacking U.S. policy in Central America, with Massa chusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis suggesting he'd be willing to tolerate a Soviet client state in the region as long as it wasn't "a platform for offensive military operations or the subversion of neighboring governments." Violence erupts in Gaza Strip JERUSALEM Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians on Sunday and hospital officials said at least 25 others were wounded. Widespread demonstrations rocked the occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in one of the worst days of bloodshed since the protests began Dec. 8. Jerusalem also suffered as Arab activists cut a water main, leaving several neighborhoods dry. Two other Arabs a 15-year-old boy hit in the head by a soldier Saturday and a 10-year-old boy struck by a bullet last week died of the injuries and dozens more were hospitalized after they were beaten and tear-gassed by Israeli News in Brief troops. FBI director defends agency PHILADELPHIA - FBI Director William Sessions said Sunday that his agency is an aggressive law enforcement organization that adheres to strict guidelines that say political dissent alone cannot be the basis for an investigation. However, Sessions did not specifically mention recent revela tions of the FBI's investigation of activists opposed to the Reagan administration's Central America policy in his speech to the Amer ican Bar Association. Sessions, who took his post Nov. 2, admitted the agency has faults but defended its work and called on young lawyers to con sider joining. Korean spy trained by Japanese SEOUL, South Korea A woman who admitted bombing a South Korean jetliner for North Korea may have learned Japanese language and customs from a Japanese woman kidnapped about 10 years ago, intelligence officials said Sunday. Kim Hyun Hui, 25, said she received about 17 hours of espio nage training a day for 21 months to familiarize herself with Japan, according to officials from the Agency for National Security Planning. Policy may protect employees with AIDS By SUZETTE HUGHES Staff Writer A policy proposed by the N.C. Office of State Personnel (OSP) would prohibit discrimination against state employees and job applicants with AIDS, officials said r IF 7 -J 11 Li UMJIM Physically and mentally healthy volunteers are needed for a research project at Duke University. Please leave name & number at 684-8785. dBRBflNS Lunch Buffet Mon-Fri 11:30-2 Salad Bar Free with Roast Beef Buffet coupon " 1 expires 21488 Thursday. Mike Gaddis, director of the OSP work force resource division, said the proposal sets forth the principle that AIDS is a handicapping condition, and people with AIDS are protected by state laws regarding handicapping conditions. "To date," he said, "all scientific evidence shows that AIDS is not passed through casual contact in the workplace, (so) no one would be refused employment or removed (from their jobs)." A number of states, including New York, California and Florida already have state policies like the one proposed for North Carolina, Gaddis said. The chance of such a policy's acceptance here was very good, he said. N.C. Gov. Jim Martin sees the proposal as a reassurance that North Carolina would not remove anyone from a job simply because the person had the AIDS virus, said press secretary James Sughrue. Martin would probably endorse the final policy, though maybe not in its present form, he said. Richard Lee, directer of the OSP, said the proposal was a "study policy, a draft, being reviewed by a number of different elements," and that there were "loose ends" to be settled. He also said that he forsees a number of changes in the draft before it is made policy because with so many people looking at (the draft), it will develop as a "by-product of several , organizations looking at AIDS." A proposal is rarely approved when it's first submitted, Lee said. The proposed policy, he said, will deal with a person with AIDS on the basis of anyone else with a physical handicap. "You don't fire someone who has cancer, or is in a wheelchair," he said. He said that people "need to look upon this kind of thing (the proposal) as a very positive type of effort that's been needed." For the Record r Yiss mis is rai mm mm IF Attention UNC Sophomores M You Caunu..TnBA(CIHIS The Experimental Teacher Education Program at UNC will give you: clinical training for teaching grades 6-9 major emphasis in two academic areas opportunities to work with Master classroom teachers To leam more, attend the Information Meeting on Monday, Feb. 8th, 7:00-8:00 p.m. in 212 Peabody Hall, or call Prof. William Burke at 966-1346. In Friday's story "Rape crisis center to sponsor support group for assault victims," the article incor rectly stated that the group would meet at the center, located at 406 W. Rosemary St. Group meetings are confidential, ancj participants must register in order to find out the location. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. irrif i m iwf mm FMOJW U fq) Ql Iff b (fw I tan ' -J THE COIXEGE CARD fi personal card today for tomorrow's professional" g rr 153 East Franklin St. 967-5335 (store opens at 9:30 a.m.) ANN ELIZABETH WRIGHT 217 E FRANKLIN ST. CHAPEL HILL. 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