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By ANDREW THOMPSON
Science Writer
Although many people see science
as an objective quest for the truth,
well-publicized cases of scientific
fraud in the United States have
recently made some question that
notion.
The cases of scientific misconduct
have ranged from the manipulation,
or "cooking and trimming," of data
to the more serious cases of plagiar
ism and fabrication of entire
experiments.
Scientific misconduct is not new.
Ptolemy, Newton and Mendel have
all had aspects of their research
questioned. Robert Millikan, the
famous U.S. physicist who deter
mined the electrical charge of an
electron, manipulated part of his
data.
Millikan's measurements relied on
introducing drops of oil into an
electrical field and noting the strength
of the field necessary to suspend the
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In an effort to raise money for
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn
drome patients, the second annual
"Triangle Bikes Against AIDS" bike-a-thon
will be held Sunday.
Marjorie Scheer, associate director
of development for The AIDS Ser
vices Project, said TASP is sponsor
ing the event in affiliation with the
Lesbian and Gay Health Project.
Like last year, bikers pledge to raise
a minimum of $100 in sponsorships
from people in the community,
Scheer said.
Money from the bike-a-thon will
help fund TASP programs, which
include a buddy system for people
with AIDS and a Healthline, a
telephone hotline staffed by trained
BCC
on how many square feet the tele
vision room at the Student Union,
the math physics library and Great
Hall have so they can make a more
educated decision on how to distrib
ute space in the plans for the new
BCC.
There are 2,000 black students at
UNC and 18,000 students of other
races, Crawford said. "We need this
center to be able to handle expansion
of the number of black students. Also,
the center is for all the other students
on campus to use and enjoy."
The plans for the new BCC include
a library, meeting room, lounge and
gallery, music room, dance studio and
offices, said Kenneth Perry, president
of the Black Student Movement. The
total area planned for the center is
8,548 square feet, he said.
Students at the forum said a
multipurpose room with a stage and
a wide open space is also necessary.
;"We need a multipurpose room
that is about two-thirds the size of
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drops. To begin with, Millikan
reported all of his measurements,
even those that did not support his
theory of a unitary electrical charge.
However, as the debate between
Millikan and an Austrian rival
intensified, Millikan became more
selective in the data he published.
In his 1913 article, which clinched
his theory and won him a Nobel prize,
he used only 58 observations of the
oil drops. But his raw data reveals
that he excluded 49 further observa
tions. However, in his article Millikan
wrote: "This is not a selected group
of drops but represents all of the
drops experimented upon."
Millikan's trimming of the data is
less serious than some recent cases
of scientific misconduct.
In the early 1980s, Stephen Breun
ing was a leading authority on the
to put 1 1 diverse female personalities on center stage
Winstead-Mann says she is eager for
the chance to bring quality contem
porary theater to the Triangle. "I
believe that people will be drawn to
this play because they are hungry to
see something new, because they want
to see something that reflects their
world at this time," she said.
volunteers, she said.
"Our goal is to raise more than
$8,000, which was last year's total,"
Scheer said.
Jennifer Ringstad, a medical
school student, will participate in the
25-mile ride. She said she decided to
be a part of the bike-a-thon after
coming in contact with AIDS patients
in the hospital.
"AIDS is a devastating illness and
the patients need support," Ringstad
said. "This is one way citizens in the
community can help."
The cyclists choose to travel a 50
mile or a 25-mile course. Both will
start at Forest Hills Park on Univer
sity Drive in Durham. While the 25
mile ride will go through Durham
only, the 50-mile ride will go through
the Great Hall that has a stage and
could be used for a number of
different purposes," said Julio Pena
soto, a senior from Kinston.
"I feel positive about the meeting,"
Perry said. "We still want what we
first considered. We just need a little
more information in order to finalize
the plans."
Crawford said, "We could have
been more prepared with the facts and
figures at our fingertips. The planning
is the process that we have started
and the most important thing is to
get the students involved."
Other universities around the state
have given the UNC committee ideas
about features they want in the new
center.
N.C. State University is building
a new student union, which will
include a new 72,000-square-foot
black cultural center. The center will
feature a multipurpose room that will
hold 400 people, an art gallery and
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Album bashing can be quite the
bash in and of itself. So in complete
earnestness and without further ado,
here are just a few of the record
companies' latest attempts to tantal
ize and titillate your aural faculties.
If the phrase "mutant metal"
conjures up images of steel factory
rejects, the metaphor isn't too far off
base. Just trust me and listen to Sons
of Pure Rock. It's a compilation of
hard rock heavy metal groups
thrown together by KNAC 105.5
(southern California's "Pure Rock
Radio," the album proudly pro
claims) and Rampage Records.
The pictures and names of the
bands are good for a few laughs,
along with the music (and I use that
term in the widest sense possible.)
And for that matter, why are heavy
threaten credibility of scientific
use of drugs in the treatment of the
mentally retarded. On the basis of his
research he advocated the use of
stimulant drugs rather than tranqui
lizers. This policy was accepted by
many physicians and hospitals.
However, Breuning's old professor
was suspicious of the clear-cut results.
In 1987, after a lengthy investigation
the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) found Breuning
guilty of fabricating experiments. He
made up patients and results. Many
of his published articles were entirely
fraudulent.
How prevalent is scientific fraud?
Many scientists have argued that
cases such as Breuning's are a tiny
part of all scientific research. They
say the cases are isolated incidents,
caused by psychologically aberrant
scientists and blown out of propor
tion by the media.
Others disagree. In 1987, Congress
man John Dingwell commented at a
She also wanted to give local
female talent a chance to perform
something with substance. Winstead
Mann, in a scene called "Marks,"
portrays the last role of a woman who
has been victimized and scarred for
life. "I picked the 10 best actresses
in the area and we plowed into the
part of Granville County, Scheer said.
Both will loop back to the Forest Hills
Park starting point.
"There will be 60 bikers," Scheer
said. "But there are a lot of people
involved with the bike-a-thon."
The other participants include
sponsors and volunteers who will help
with the picnic that will be held after
the cyclists have completed the
course.
"People in the community will be
involved in a personal way with
helping the AIDS cause," Scheer said.
Participants who raise more than
$175 will receive a gift certificate
worth $15, those who raise more than
$250 will receive a certificate worth
$25, and a cyclist who raises over $400
will receive a $50 gift certificate.
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sitting area, a library, offices and a
conference center, Crawford said.
Duke University's black cultural
center is smaller, she said. Duke has
300 black students, and their center
is five times the size of UNC's current
BCC.
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On sale will be cider, spinach,
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Albums
metal songs almost always about sex?
Is it because they invariably wear
leopard-print lycra tights? Then
again, who would really want to delve
into their minds to find out?
Slash records recently released the
self-titled album from Sons of Free
dom. On the cover it says, "Never
retreat, never retreat, never apologize,
get the thing done and let them howl."
This is not the album title, but it may
be a warning of sorts. SOF make a
heavy, droning industrial rock
repetitive and monotonous. "Yawn
congressional hearing on scientific
fraud that the reported cases may be
the "tip of the iceberg."
Several factors, including pressure
to publish papers and to attract
research grants, could motivate a
scientist to commit fraud.
Many scientists believe that the
ultimate defense of scientific accuracy
is the process of replication, or the
independent verification of experi
mental results. However, the majority
of research is never repeated. Even
if an experiment is repeated, a
divergent result does not necessarily
imply fraud. The difference could be
explained by a variation in the
procedure, such as the use of a
different chemical reagent.
To effectively deter fraud, people
who accuse other scientists of mis
conduct must not be victimized as
"whistleblowers." The scientist who
brought Breuning's fraud to the
attention of NIMH was investigated
monologue, a series of eccentric
confessionals. We have strong talent
all the way around with this play."
Included in the cast is Andrea
Wagner, a UNC freshman who plans
to major in dramatic art and who
worked in a recent production of
"West Side Story." Wagner plays a
desperate actress who resorts to
blackmail in an attempt to earn a role
in a performance.
The play has an unusual history.
It won the 1982 American Theatre
Critics Association award for Best
Regional Play after being slipped
under the door by "Jane Martin," a
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Thursday
12:30 p.mlnstitute for Envir
onmental Studies
will present Dr. Jerome
Ravetz, of the Univer
sity of Leeds, England,
who will speak on
"Uncertainty and Qual
ity: The Use of Scien
tific Information in
Environmental Policy."
The public lecture will
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mind.
The Slash representatives write
confidently that SOF create some sort
of awareness, but that's a little hard
to swallow, so to speak, since the most
comprehensible lyrics are, "oh wah
oh wah oh wah oh wah." In the song
"Mona Lisa," vocalist Jim Newton
repeats the name Mona Lisa 3 1 times!
No joke; I counted.
Rhino Records has domestically
released Clive Gregson and Christine
Collister's Mischief, an album that
went to the top of the UK's Folk and
Roots chart earlier this year. Both
Gregson and Collister are back
ground musicians for the Richard
Thompson band, which is currently
touring the area. . The two alternate
before Breuning was.
Whatever the extent of the prob
lem, it is important that fraud is dealt
with effectively, either by the univer
sity involved or an outside agency.
At UNC, the Faculty Council is
responsible for the guidelines on how
departments in all areas of academic
research should investigate
misconduct.
"This is a problem that we've taken
very seriously," said Susan Ehring
haus, assistant to the chancellor and
legal adviser to the Faculty Council.
"WeVe spent lots and lots of time on
it."
Ehringhaus disagreed that a federal
agency should be involved in an
investigation. "The institution is in
the best position to conduct the
investigation by people familiar with
the University processes and that field
of research," she said. Ehringhaus
said that at UNC there would be no
question of a coverup because "it is
pseudonym for the anonymous
playwright. It was later performed at
Louisville's famed Actors Theatre to
standing ovations and critical
acclaim.
In the play, Martin presents 11
women who take the stage separately
and perform monologues that they
feel are important enough to be told,
Winstead-Mann said. The characters
include a woman who has created the
fantasy world of Oz as a means of
escape, a snake handler for a cha
rismatic church who uses the snake
as a spiritual barometer, a woman
giving birth to a deformed child
despite being advised to have an
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be in 107 Wilson and is
free of charge.
5 p.m. Association of
International Stu
dents will meet in 208
209 Union. The presi
dential election will be
discussed; everyone is
welcome.
Campus Y Public
ity Committee will
meet in the Campus Y
lounge. All are
welcome.
5:45 p.m. Baptist Student
Union will have its
weekly worship service
and program at the
Battle House, across
from Kenan Residence
Hall.
6 p.m. UNC Greek
Orthodox Young
Adult League will
meet in front of Davis
Library.
Presbyterian Cam
pus Ministry will
have its undergraduate
dinner in the Student
Center at 110 Hender
son Street.
7 p.m. Campus Crusade
for Christ will have
Thursday Night Live in
205-206 Union.
UNC Outing Club
will meet in the Union.
Inter-Varsity
Christian Fellow
ship will meet in Ger
rard Hall. WiUVaus will
speak on "God's Grace
as a Motivator."
7:30 p.m. Student Action
Committee will
sponsor a forum in 209
Manning on the child
care crisis at UNC.
Speakers from Victory
Village will attend.
UNC Equestrian
Club will meet in 208
Union, to discuss final
decisions about T
shirts and information
about shows.
8 p.m. Union Cabaret will
have an Air Band
Contest.
8:45 p.m. UNC Ice Hockey
Club will play Duke at
Daniel Boone Ice Rink
in Hillsborough. Admis
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lead vocals throughout the album.
Collister's "I will be there" is a
steamy barroom blues tune, but
Gregson's vocals have that almost
brooding quality of Aztec Camera
Not too bad for mellow, folky pop,
but just a little on the boring side.
But enough of these record com
panies. Last but certainly not least,
is the self-released EP, Hi, We're the
Popes by local band the Popes.
Congratulations to the Popes for
putting out their own album and
a surprisingly well done one at that.
The six-song EP contains the locally
popular song "Marilyn," typical of
their punchy, bouncy pop rock. If
you like that oft-talked about South
ern sound, youH like the Popes. Buy
this album; support local music
you won't be disappointed.
progress
in the University's own interests to
meet the highest standards of
scholarship."
The guidelines also protect the
rights of the accuser, she said, because
they prohibit reprisal or any kind of
retaliation against a whistleblower,
independent of the conclusion of an
investigation.
The Faculty Council is reconven
ing to propose improvements to the
guidelines. Ehringhaus said these
improvements may cover aspects
such as how long scientists may keep
raw data after publication of an
article and under what circumstances
other scientists may inspect that data.
Ehringhaus would not comment on
whether any cases of fraud have been
confirmed at UNC. However, she
said "there have been allegations."
Ehringhaus concluded that "the
ability to deal with it (fraud) quickly
and definitively is the most important
thing."
abortion and an ex-rodeo rider tired
of dressing "like Minnie-damn'
Mouse."
"There is humor in the play, and
I tried to allow that to surface and
ease the pain and shock value of each
monologue," Winstead-Mann said.
Talking With . . . will be per
formed at 8 p.m. on Nov. 3-5. Tickets
for the production are $8 for the
public and are available in advance
or at the door. The ArtsCenter is
located at 300-G K Main St J in
Carrboro and box office hours are
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday.
sion charged, beer
sold.
11 p.m. WXYC FM 89.3 will
play the new album
from Richard Thomp
son, "Amnesia," in its
entirety with no
interruptions.
Items of Interest
Black Law Students Asso
ciation will have Minority Law
Day, in conjunction with UNC
School of Law, on Nov. 4, from 8:30
a.m. until 5 p.m. ,
Senior Week begins Nov. 7 and
ends Nov. 11.
Graduate and Professional
Student Federation has infor
mation on obtaining in-state tuition
status on the bulletin board outside
Suite D, Carolina Union.
Council of Dorm and Floor
Presidents will meet Tuesday,
Nov. 8, at 5 p.m. in 206 Union. All
presidents are expected to attend.
University Career Planning
and Placement Service will
have a Graduate SchoolMBA
Forum, to be held in Great HalL
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