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Wm Mostly sunny High in low 60s Tuesday: Fair High in low 60s ACC Tournament: ticket sign-up 11 a.m.-2p.m.inthePit Serving the .students and the University community since 1S93 Volume 97, Issue 121 Monday, February 5, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSporlsArts 962 0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1 1 63 ndeeut vo ftydeaiits meeH: JcdilJ U r n m gle Q) ry1 fQ (Q J LI vL,S By KAREN DUNN State and National Editor Air Force One descended into a foggy Raleigh-Durham International Airport Friday morning, bringing President George Bush into the area for an educa tional visit emphasizing the relation ship between research, business and government. Accompanied by Republican N.C. Sen. Jesse Helms and Democratic N.C. Sen. Terry Sanford, Bush was greeted by Gov. Jim Martin and other local dignitaries. The President's arrival was closed to the public, and under tight security the presidential limousines whisked Bush away to the N.C. State University campus. Bush toured physics labs in Cox Hall and visited with graduate students test ing superconductivity. "1 came to leam and to listen, and I started learning as soon as I walked into those labs," Bush said in a roundtable discussion w ith research and develop ment business leaders. Also attending the meeting were Martin, Helms, San ford, Lt. Gov. James Gardner, UNC system President CD. Spangler and N.C. State University Interim Chancel lor Larry Monteith. The panel members representing industrial interests provided their in sight into what their companies were doing to maintain competitiveness and explained the importance of partner ships between federal governments, state governments, industry and re search universities. Jack McCredie, director of external research operations at Digital Equip ment Corp., said his company invested about $1.5 million a year in research and development. Such investments make partnerships with research uni versities like NCSU extremely impor tant, he said. The federal government needs to support university research, grant per manent research and development tax credits, help American firms contact international markets and provide a solid educational base for all U.S. citi zens, McCredie said. Frank Lewis, senior vice-president of the Harris Corp., said, "As superior manufacturing and quality become the norm, the role of technology and inno vation will play an even larger role in our ability to compete." Lewis said he recognized the importance of educa tion and the need for sound Fiscal poli cies to reduce the cost of capital. "The pace of change is accelerat ing," said Richard Daugherty, vice president of IBM Corp. "We have a sophisticated system going after waste Chinese students wary in wake of Bush veto By ANDRE HAUSER Staff Writer Congress' failed attempt on Jan. 26 to override President George Bush's veto of a bill to protect the 40,000 Chinese students living in the United States has some members of the University's Chinese community worried about their futures. "I feel sad, but sometimes things are beyond your control," said Jack Liu, president of UNC's Friendship Association of Chinese Students. Liu. w hose group represents about 150 Chinese students and scholars at UNC, also said some of them might be in danger if they returned to China because they had been active in pro democracy marches in Washington, D.C., last May and June. They also held a memorial service with other Triangle Chinese groups two days after the Tianenman Square massacre Attention candidates All candidates for student body president. Daily Tar Heel editor, Carolina Athletic Association president and Residence Hall Association president who want to go through DTH endorsement interviews must sign up on the sheet outside the DTH office by Thursday at 5 p.m. Candidates should turn in to the editor's box any campaign material or infor mation they want the editorial board to review before doing the interviews. All those candidates, as well as senior class president candi dates, should also turn in plat forms of no more than one typed, double-spaced page by Thursday at 5 p.m. so they can run on the editorial pages Feb. 12 and 13. Candidates should watch the DTH for further information about submitting letters of en dorsement. Almost all of S. : ; , ' ' ' . v-.-v . . - . f)i I i V I ' J l! .-' ! V . I ' : ;1 W ) Prcsidcui DTH'Evan Eile President George Bush discusses research, business and government in Raleigh Friday in all areas of manufacturing." Daugherty said industry was putting much more emphasis on the education of its employees than in the past. "A few short years ago, we hired many people with just high school diplomas. Now it is rare that we hire anyone without at least a two-year degree." The Semiconductor Research Corp. has invested $5.6 million in research at NCSU alone, said Larry Sumney, company president. Industry needs the in June. Wu Zurong, First Secretary for the Chinese Embassy in Washing ton, D.C., said students returning to China would not be investigated. So far, 700 Chinese students have re turned, and 300 of them were from the United States. Zurong said only people who had broken the law and recognized their mistakes have been punished, but Zurong refused to answer questions about reports that some leaders of last summer's pro democracy protests had been exe cuted. Despite the government's assur ances, many Chinese students are afraid to go home. "Before the massacre I planned to return," Liu said, but "personally, it would not be safe for me to return." See CHINA, page 2 Inside Critical growth Carolina Critic expands to three other campuses 3 Having major problems? Here's advice for sophomores on declaring a major 3 Making beautiful music George Winston brings down the house 6 Campus and city. City and state Arts and features Classified Comics Opinion Sports Monday ... 1 Z ..3 ..5 ..6 ..8 ..9 10 12 the joyful things leadership of the president and the federal government to make its efforts worthwhile, he said. "Leadership and cooperation are keys to success in re sponding to industrial competition and insuring our children a bright future." Martin said the days' activities proved that North Carolina was at the forefront of sophisticated research and the transferring of these results into the business arena. "We have three prime research uni efe ren dooms sent to full By SUSIE KATZ Staff Writer The Student Congress Rules and Judiciary Committee voted on Sunday to send three proposed fee-increasing referendums to the full congress on Wednesday, and voted unfavorably to send a non-binding referendum regard ing smoking on campus. If approved by the full congress, the referendums will appear on the Feb. 20 campus election ballot. The committee voted to report a proposed Student Body Scholarship fee favorably to congress. This referen dum, presented by Student Body Presi dent Brien Lewis, calls for an increase in undergraduate and graduate student fees of 50 cents per semester and 25 cents per summer session to create a scholarship fund to be used by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid to Parking deck plan worries some students By AKINWOLE N'GAI WRIGHT Staff Writer Students interviewed this past week end said they were concerned about Rams Club officials' and student lead ers' plans to construct a parking deck on the tennis courts behind Hinton James Residence Hall. Preliminary plans for the parking deck would allow members of the Rams Club, which is formally called the Educational Foundation, to use the parking deck during basketball and football games, with students using the deck at all other times. The deck, which would have at least 200 spaces, would put the tennis courts in the air. Russell Gibson, a sophomore from Lenoir, and Eric Gash, a sophomore from Hendersonville, both frequent users of the courts, expressed their concerns about the proposed construc tion. "I understand that the new parking deck will increase the number of park ing spots available for students," Gi bson said. "But in order for me to asree of life are outside versities that anchored the corners of the Research Triangle," Martin said. "If America and North Carolina are going to continue to meet the competi tion in science-based industries, we've got to improve the entire spectrum of human skill." Bush said he would like to see coop erative research move forward, and that was a real possibility with the dedica tion of young scientists like those he saw at NCSU. CAMPUS? provide Financial assistance to any stu dent regardless of race, major or home town. "We're asking students to help their peers," Lewis said-. Students may be barred from receiv ing some scholarship money due to specific guidelines on who may apply for the scholarship, as stipulated by the donor. The Student Body Scholarship would be available to w hoever needs it. The Office of Scholarships and Finan cial Aid would have the power to dis tribute the money randomly each year as need dictates, he said. The percentages of scholarship with the proposed plan, the tennis courts must remain, and be put on top of the deck as planned." Gash said he was concerned about the feasibility of a new parking deck on this site. "I am concerned with the implications that this new deck will have in terms of environmental safety. If the new site is built as planned, run off rainwater from the hill behind Hin ton James will be caught between the parking deck and the hill resulting in either a vast amount of erosion, or Hinton James' own pond." Other users of the tennis courts, Patrick Coyle, a freshman from South Bend, Ind., and Hiram Holt, a sopho more from Fayetteville, also expressed concerns about the proposed construc tion. "I am in total opposition with the construction of the parking deck," Coyle said. "After construction of the Craige parking deck and with the present park ing lots at the hospital and at the off See PARKING, page 7 Cf 18 g S yu 4 : the measure oflQ tests. Madeleine L'Engle rn with By ELIZABETH BYRD Staff Writer Student Body President Brien Lewis and Student Congress Speaker Gene Davis were among representa tives from eight UNC-system schools who met with Gov. James Martin on Friday to discuss state budget cuts and their effects on state schools. "I was impressed with the governor's preparedness," Davis said. "He could have easily blown us off as students, but he took the time to make charts and describe his situ ation to us." Lewis said he felt the meeting, which lasted one hour and 15 min utes, was productive. "We had a lot more time (with Martin) than I ex pected. We talked about the impact of the budget cuts on our schools, and discussed his philosophy, why there were cuts made in university funding and not in public schools." Davis said the representatives let Martin know they understood his situation although Davis said he still questioned the decision to cut the budgets of the state's universities. "The university system is outstand ing. Why cut our funds and jeopard ize the quality which exists?" Constitutionally, North Carolina must balance its budget, Lewis ex plained. If third-quarter revenues fall short of their projected mark, as has been the trend for the past fiscal year, Martin will have to make cuts across the board, Lewis said. Martin blames the state's lack of funds primarily on its changing tax code, which has made it hard to accurately predict revenues. "He referred to it as a 'moving target,'" Lewis said. Brooks Raiford, president of N.C. State University's student senate, was also at the meeting. "I thought it was a pretty good meeting. State and Chapel Hill were the hardest hit, so we were the most vocal." Davis requested that the governor call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with the dilemma of school funding. "It's an ever-increasing problem. However, the governor didn't agree." money allocated to undergraduate and graduate students will reflect the per centage of money raised from the fees of these students. A second fee-raising referendum was passed favorably for review by con gress. This referendum, proposed by Rep. Mindy Friedman (Dist. 12), calls for a 35-cent per semester increase in student fees to expand the operations of SAFE Escort Service. SAFE is run by volunteers and only operates until midnight. There is a need for an escort service after midnight, especially due to the fact that the Undergraduate Li brary is open until 2 a.m., Friedman said. Friedman came up with the amount of 35 cents per student each semester by considering the cost of paying four escorts about $5 an hour to work for three hours a night, seven days a week. r 4 L Courts behind Hinton James todicy cote f I 0 - t::....t:...AfLtk. Gov. James Martin Lewis said, "He didn't rule it out, but (the idea) got a fairly negative reaction." Martin said he would take a look at Lew is's Tuition Defense Initiative (TDI), which UNC-system leaders support. Students will lobby the General Assembly for TDI during its short session, which starts May 21. "We seem to be in preliminary agreement on the concept of setting a portion of any tuition increase aside for financial aid," Lewis said. "It's not really within Gov. Martin's juris diction, but it would be nice to have his support." Davis said: "Brien was effective in his advocacy of TDI, and the governor seemed very interested in pursuing some of the goals of the program. It was probably one of the most positive things to come out of the meeting. "I feel that the governor was im pacted by the group in such a way that he w ill reconsider making such drastic cuts in higher education in the future. He will not forget our visit. I hope we alerted the governor to the problems which exist on our cam puses, and I hope that he left with the understanding that education is the key to the future of North Carolina." congress This would attract people to the escort job and provide for screening and train ing of the escorts by University police, she said. "Two escorts would be in the Under grad and two would remain at the SAFE escort number," Friedman said. She said that it was a shame students should have to pay for something like this, but that the University could not provide funding for such a program due to the recent budget cuts. The increase in fees would serve a twofold purpose, making students more aware of the escort service and more eager to use it, making the campus safer, Friedman said. A third referendum, authored by Student Congress Speaker Gene Davis, to increase student fees to provide See REFERENDUMS, page 6 1 Aft. DTHtvan Eile may be the site of a parking deck
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