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4The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, February 23, 1989 Judge denies jaco plea for jury bs' earing By HELLE NIELSEN Staff Writer The ruling in a New York court to deny Timothy Jacobs an advi sory jury in his upcoming extra dition hearing was disappointing, attorneys for the Indian activist said Wednesday. The attorneys also said expec tations for the hearing are mixed. "On the one hand, it would be extraordinary for a judge to refuse an extradition," said Gayle Korot kin of Christie Institute-South, which represents Jacobs. "On the other hand, this is a truly extraor dinary situation." Judge William O'Brien of Mad ison County, N.Y., ruled Friday not to allow the advisory jury Jacobs had requested for the Feb. 28 extradition hearing. An advisory jury would hear the case and issue an advisory opinion but would not decide the case. Jacobs fled North Carolina after being indicted on kidnapping charges stemming from the takeover of a Lumberton news paper last year. He was later arrested in New York state. Christie lawyers requested the advisory jury, arguing that special circumstances surrounding Jac obs' case warranted citizen input into the case, Korotkin said last week. Jacobs would be in danger if he is returned to Robeson County and would not get a fair trial there, she said. Madison County District Attor ney Neil Rose, who is prosecuting the extradition case, said Judge O'Brien made the correct decision in denying an advisory jury. The legal issues to be decided in an extradition hearing are narrow, Rose said. They involve, determining whether the defend ant before the judge is the person named in the extradition request; whether the defendant was in the state seeking extradition when the crime occurred; and whether there is an indictment, he said. But extradition cases usually have a narrow scope because the law assumes the defendant will be extradited to a state that honors the Constitution, Korotkin said. "That is not true with regard to Robeson County," she said. "This is more like extraditing somebody to a place like Guatemala. Those are the standards that should apply." Korotkin said she hopes O'Brien will "be open-minded." "(The judge) has committed himself to consider the possibility that Timothy would be in so much danger if he returned to Robeson County, that he should not be returned," she said. Cody to lead graduate federattDomi By KAREN ENTRIKEN Staff Writer Rick Cody, a third year medical school student, was elected president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation (GPSF) early Wednesday morning, according to unofficial election results. Cody ran unopposed, said Wilborn Roberson, Elections Board Chair man. "There were some write-in candidates, but the most votes anyone got was two," he said. Cody said his main goal for the GPSF is to integrate graduate stu dents into the whole University environment. . "The biggest problem graduate students have is feeling left out, especially if they were an undergrad here," Cody said. Most people focus on UNC's undergraduate program because of its high ranking among other schools, but many graduate departments are also nationally recognized, he said. Cody wants to create a program on campus that would give graduate students practical experience in their future professions. An undergraduate student who gets a parking ticket could call a law school student stationed in the Student Union and ask for advice without having to pay a lawyer's fee or going to Student Legal Services, which is often over crowded, Cody said. Publishing a guide booklet for first- members of the GPSF, and partially year graduate students advising them fund the federation with their student on the workload and time crunch they fees, Vanden-Heuvel said. But most will face is another goal, Cody said, of them do not know about the The guide will be written by graduate federation or that they are a member students aoout their experiences during their first year of graduate school. Cody had no previous experience with the GPSF before winning the election for president. But experience is not a prerequisite for the job, said Audrey Vanden Heuvel, outgoing GPSF president. "Graduate concerns can be dealt with without knowing a detailed history of the problem," she said. All 6,500 graduate students are ol an organization them, she said. concerned with Every graduate school department and professional school has one representative who attends monthly meetings with the GPSF president to discuss issues and plan events for graduate students. About 70 people attend the meetings. The representa tives distribute GPSF funds to different graduate departments for departmental use and fund programs for all graduate students. , t w n n n i cammpus to noiio raimotB" tog- too seats By BILLYARDLEY Staff Writer The Campus Y will hold a runoff today between Malini Moorthy and Suzanne Yelverton for female co president and Tony Deifell and Clay Thorpe for male co-president. The Campus Y held elections Tuesday, but no candidate won a majority, of the vote, so the two candidates receiving the most votes will compete in a runoff. This will be the first runoff since the organ ization began requiring majority votes for victory, said Zenobia Hatcher-Wilson, Campus Y director. New co-treasurers Sujata Ghate and Kent Walker and new secretary Lisa Abbot won Tuesday's election. Moorthy, a sophomore political science and economics major from Toronto, has been on the executive committee of the Y during the past, year and said her experience as a coordinator of several Campus Y committees has prepared her for the job of co-president. "I wouldn't run unless I was confident that I could do the job," she said. "I strongly believe that you have to know and understand what Darien, Conn. Deifell also would create an annual Yelverton said she wants to place report for the Campus Y, something an emphasis on communication he said has not existed in the organ- among dilterent groups and leaders ization s 128-year history. within the organization, and between the Y and other campus organiza tions, such as student government and The Daily Tar Heel. Freshmen should also be made aware of the Y as they are going through orientation in order to increase interest in the organization, she said Thorp, a junior mathematics and art history major from Fayetteville, said there are internal issues which need to be addressed by the new co presidents, including defining the role of the coordinator on the executive council. Examining the role of individual Deifell, a junior anthropology membership is another pressing issue major from Clearwater, Fla., also Feminist to address abortion issues you are heading and that cannot be said his experience on the executive done without participation." committee has prepared him for the Moorthy said she sees the goal of office. "The reason I'm committed to the Campus Y as service. Increasing run is I feel I have an extremely well- By NANCY WYKLE Staff Writer Eleanor Smeal, who is former president of the National Organiza tion for Women and who was called one of the six most influential lobbyists in Washington by US News and World Report, will speak on "Abortion Rights in the 1990s." Smeal's speech will be Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Hamilton 100. Smeal will be addressing case scenarios that might result if Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, is overturned or modified, Campus Y Women's Forum co-chairwoman Gretchen Knight said. Women's Forum is co-sponsoring the event with the Women's Studies Program. Student Congress donated money to cover her travel expenses. Smeal waived her $2,000 speaker's fee. Educating people about the issues abortion involves is important, Knight said. "The more people know, the better they can make a judgment about the issue. "I'm sure there will be opponents there, and I think that's healthy. This is an issue that needs to be discussed," she said. Knight said that there was a substantial number of U.S. citizens whose concern for people's rights end at birth. Smeal founded and is president of the Fund for the Feminist Majority. She also served as president of the National Organization for Women in 1977-1982 and again in 1985-1987. She has led and organized marches in Washington, D.C. and has also testified against appointments of William Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court. Smeal, a graduate of Duke Uni versity, is a national figure who has appeared on network news shows such as "The Today Show," "Good Morning America" and "Crossfire," A question and answer session will follow Smeal's lecture, and there will be a reception in the Campus Y Lounge. Women make up 60 percent of the student body at UNC, and this influenced the decision to invite Smeal, Knight said. Although men are affected by abortion, it is an issue more pertinent to women, she said. publicity oi the Campus Y and its activities will make it a leading organization on campus, she said. "The Campus Y- is a communica tor, working for social change and. social awareness," said Yelverton, a sophomore English major from developed vision and I am prepared to transfer that vision," Deifell said. "I will not have to spend a whole year learning how to be president." . The Campus Y building could be used more efficiently, including the condemned third floor, Deifell said. facing the Campus Y, Thorp said. The other candidates agreed that the purpose and definition of being a member in the Y needs to be re evaluated. Thorp has been staff writer and assistant managing editor for The DTH as well as an executive assistant for Student Government. The Campus Y is about people interacting in a community to pro mote social justice, Thorp said. 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UNC's Hillel Foundation, in coop eration with the Black Cultural Center (BCQ and the history depart ment, is hosting Lester as a special guest lecturer, said David Barman, former president of the Hillel Foundation. The Hillel Foundation is an inter national organization run by B'nai Brith that provides Jewish cultural, social and religious programs to college students, Barman said. Lester was selected from a list of lecturers published by B'nai Brith. "It is uncommon in the United States to find someone who is black and Jewish," Barman said. Lester was chosen to speak at UNC for several reasons, Barman said. "We felt by being in the South, where a lot of discrimination took teaching at the University of Massa chusetts at Amherst as a professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies. In addition to teaching, Lester has published 15 books, including fiction, non-fiction and a volume of poetry. He has recorded two albums of place and to some extent still takes original songs and has hosted a radio place, it is important that someone of his stature come and speak," he said. Hillel Foundation officials were also impressed with his accomplish ments and wanted him to share his life experiences with the students at UNC, Barman said. "I really hope that the people who i come will realize that race and religion as a barrier to success have no place in American society," Barman said. Lester has been honored for his talk show in New York City for eight years. . , Barmaiusaid. Lester has also pub lished several essays about civil rights . that have appeared in The New York Times. In the 1970s, Lester began teaching a course about blacks and Jews that helped him develop a commitment to Judaism prior to his conversion. The speech is open to the public and will be followed by a reception intheBCC. 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