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The results are in Really G'igfolteous G'aucous 1 air Heel swimmers afrSSd" sunny.Higheo. rockin' roll - Page 7 -douse Wolf pack - page 8 ' "n ) , . Answer Mary ScoB Lord Dimmick I V II 11 r I II II II Copyright 1988 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 95, Issue 133 By MARK FOLK AND JUSTIN McGUIRE Senior Writers Bill Yelverton and Kevin Martin , will compete in a runoff for student body president next Tuesday, accord ing to unofficial election results early this morning. Yelverton received about 36 per cent of the vote with 1,991 votes, and Martin received about 18 percent of the vote with 997 votes in Tuesday's campus election. More election results 3 A candidate must receive over 50 percent of the vote to win. If no candidate receives 50 percent, the two highest finishers compete in a runoff election. Keith Poston finished third with 672 votes, followed by Jody Beasley with 647 votes, Brien Lewis with 556 votes, Sandy Rierson with 467 votes and David Maynard with 199 votes. Yelverton, former co-president of the Campus Y, took the lead at about 10 p.m. after the first results came in from the Campus Y pollsite, and he never looked back. The first results were reported about two hours behind schedule because of a computer malfunction. Yelverton said he was ecstatic about the results of the election. "I did not expect results this favorable," Yelverton said. "The results in favor of us are astounding." Yelverton attributed his success to the organization of his campaign staff. "WeYe had good people all along SBF ;Race for RHA pFesideet down to Cobto, MaedlolDh By BARBARA LINN Staff Writer Barry Cobb and Jimmy Ran dolph will compete in a runoff election for Residence Hall Asso ciation president next Tuesday, according to unofficial election results early this morning. According to the unofficial returns, Cobb received 43 percent of the vote, Randolph received 29 percent and Paula Zellmer received 27 percent. A candidate must receive 50 percent of the votes to win. If no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates with the most votes compete in a runoff. Randolph said he thought The Daily Tar Heel and Black Student Movement endorsements affected the outcome of the election. "The endorsements threw Barry ahead," he said. "Without the endorsements I think it would be a dead heat. There is a group who Students hold rally to -protest CIA visit By LACY CHURCHILL Staff Writer Claiming that the CIA supports illegal activities, members of the CIA Action Committee held a rally in the Pit Tuesday to protest the CIA's Feb. 25 recruitment visit. "We are attempting to expose the crimes of the CIA," said Dale McKin ley, a committee member. "The CIA is totally out of control." Committee supporters held signs that read, "Criminals In Action" and "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Steve Sullivan, one of four com mittee members fasting to protest the recruitment visit, spoke at the rally on the definition of the word "right," which does not apply to the CIA, Sullivan said. "We (students) have the right to a CIA-free campus," Sullivan said. "There's not a just bone in their (the CIA's) collective body." Sullivan said his fast has left him Fwmnofff lbttwni Yelveirtani, MantM Sv - " 1 v v I K -iljlr X Kevin Martin and and everybody's worked very hard," he said. "It's been a group effort and everybody came through at all levels of the campus." Yelverton said he will have to work as hard campaigning for the runoff as he did for the initial election feels obligated to vote, but they don't have the time to go to the forums, so the endorsements really influence them." Cobb took an early lead that continued steadily as the night went on. "Although the endorsements were definitely a help, the areas where I did the best were the areas where I campaigned the most," Cobb said. Zellmer also said she thought the endorsements had an effect on the election's outcome. "So many people who had not been to the forums turned out and went by DTH endorsements," Zellmer said. "Not many of the DTH board members live in dorms. No one asked the RHA president (Kelly Clark) what he thought, and he would be better than the DTH board." See RHA page 3 feeling very weak, but the CIA is much worse for his health. Diana McDuffee, chairwoman of the Carolina Inter-Faith Task Force on Central America, also spoke at the rally. "The CIA supports terrorism as well as subverts democracy around the world," McDuffee said. The CIA's activities in support of the Nicaraguan contras could subvert democracy here in the United States, she said. Several members of the committee read from documents that contained evidence of crimes committed by the CIA, such as illegal bugging and unwarranted wiretapping. A letter addressed to Chancellor Christopher Fordham that asked people to support the opposition to illegal CIA activities by working to resolve the CIA on-campus recruit ment controversy was distributed among the small but supportive Emotion has taught Serving the students and the a a . Wednesday, February 1 7, 1 988 a campaign supporter check out because Martin is a strong candidate. "To get cocky based on results like these would not be practical," Yel verton said. "We've come too far to risk it." Martin said he was happy to be in the runoff and will work harder By HELEN JONES Staff Writer Jean Lutes and Donna Leinwand will compete in a runoff election next Tuesday for Daily Tar Heel editor, according to unofficial election results tabulated early this morning. Although Lutes unofficially received about 2,256 votes, the figure was 5 percent short of the 50 percent needed for victory over her two competitors, Leinwand and Kathy Peters. Leinwand received about 28 per cent with 1,418 votes, and Peters received about 27 percent with 1,338 votes. .Because no candidate received 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be held next Tuesday. The two highest finishers compete in runoff elections, according to election bylaws. "I'm thrilled that I came out so far ahead," Lutes said early Wednesday morning, after the unofficial results were reported. "I'd like the chance to prove to people that they made the right choice today." Leinwand said she was not sur prised by the need for a runoff because she and Lutes ran on very similar platforms, and the three candidate field split the vote. Leinwand also said she saw the 1$ V if i!! IIIp Diana McDuffee crowd. The letter referred to a section of UNC's policy on the use of University facilities for non-commercial and commercial purposes that says the use of University facilities by non affiliated groups must be approved See RALLY page 5 Lunte9 L jlillitilli mankind to reason. Marquis de Vauvenargues University community since 1893 Chapel Hill, North Carolina DTH David Minton the election returns campaigning for it than he did for the first election. "I'm real excited about getting in the runoff," Martin said. "We did real well in a lot of the places we con See SBP page 3 emwamdl in DTH raofff runoff as a sign that more students need to vote. "I don't see how 4,500 votes can be representative of 22,000 students," she said. Peters said Lutes has run an excellent campaign and deserved to finish first. Peters also said she will probably still work for the DTH in some capacity, but she will not endorse a candidate in the runoff. "The voters will decide," Peters said. The voting report site, Bingham 103, was crowded until the final results came in at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. Lutes led the DTH race from the start. "I expected it would be a little bit closer," Lutes said, although she also said she had hoped a runoff would be unnecessary. "All three of us ran a really good race," Lutes said. Her endorsements from the Black Student Movement and the DTH were particularly important in helping her get the largest number of votes, she said. Lutes said her campaign for the runoff election will include more door-to-door campaigning, posters and fliers. Encouraging students to vote again will be very important, she said. Second place was not decided until Voters oppose CGLA fundin By BRIAN McCOLLUM Staff Writer Student activities fees should not be used to fund the Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association (CGLA), a majority of students voted Tuesday. According to the unofficial results of a non-binding referendum, 58 percent of student voters .were against using student activities fees to fund the group. The referendum was used solely to gauge student opinion. Unofficial tallies this morning showed that 3,195 students voted against the funding, while 2,285 voted in favor of it. David McNeill, a Student Con gress representative who worked to place the referendum on Tuesday's ballot, said he hopes the results will send a signal to government officials. "With the way the figures are now, Student Congress should wake up and smell the coffee," he said. "Students don't want their fees going to the CGLA. "My faith in the democratic process has been strengthened. We the stu dents have spoken." DTH David Minton Carol Geer and Bill Yelverton celebrate Tuesday night Waist tv' 4 t S5 Donna Leinwand the final votes were tabulated for Leinwand and Peters, although Leinwand maintained a slim winning margin of a few percentage points. Leinwand said she did not have any preconceptions about the election's outcome. "You never know what the voters are going to do," she said. Peters also said she had not foreseen the outcome. "I was just fighting and hoping the CGLA chairman Don Suggs said group officials were satisfied with the results, and called the 42 percent show of support "an absolute victory." "We've proven that we do have substantial support on this campus," Suggs said. "No one can say an overwhelming majority opposes CGLA funding." Suggs said the fact that over 70 percent of the student body did not participate in Tuesday's elections proves the funding issue is not as big as many students thought. "There's a certain amount of apathy towards the issue of CGLA funding," he said. Rob Friedman, speaker for the congress, said the congress will not officially address the issue until budget hearings in early April. He said that although he cannot predict exactly how the congress will act, support for CGLA funding will probably remain strong. "To a lot of representatives, it (the referendum) won't make a differ ence," he said. "They've already got their minds made up." NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 r Ll i . i f Ix i AST .-.flaw v & V X Jean Lutes whole way through," she said. "IVe learned an incredible amount about this campus (through my campaign)." Peters said the only major change she should have made in her cam paign would have been to take a different stand on national and international issues. Leinwand said she was unsure if she would change any of her cam See EDITOR page 3 Four of the five remaining refer endums on Tuesday's ballot passed by comfortable margins. The final referendum, which requested an increase in student activities fees, passed by one vote. - The referendum, which called for a $1.25 per semester increase fn student activities fees to provide extra money for general costs, passed 2,538-2,537. The actual outcome of that vote could differ after official vote tallies, said Julie Miller, Elections Board chairwoman. Those totals will be completed by Thursday evening. Friedman said the close vote shows that students were highly aware of the issue. "It means that students are think ing about this," he said. "Usually they tend to give rubberstamp approval to this type of thing." Another referendum concerning an increase in student activities fees, which would provide more funding to Student Television (STV), was See FUNDING page 3 9
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