The Daily Tar HeelFriday, February 23, 1990?3
Cainpes and City
Moot court team cGooches regional wnml
UNC professor emeritus dies
Roy Kuebler Jr.. professor emeri
tus of biostatistics at UNC, died
Tuesday at his Chapel Hill home at
the ace of 78.
Kuebler served as a UNC faculty
member for 14 years and in 1975
was the first recipient of the School
of Public Health's Edward G.
McGavran Award for excellence in
teachinc.
Kuebler's professional activities
included membership in the Ameri
can Mathematical Society, the
American Public Health Associa
tion and the Board of Trustees at
Dickinson College. He was a fellow
of the American Statistical Associa
tion and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
He also received a citation for
Distinguished Public Sercvice from
Dickinson College in 1966. He was
a member of the Sigma Xi, Delta
Omega. Tau Kappa Alpha and Omi
cron Delta Kappa honorary socities.
Before coming to UNC in 1956,
Kuebler served at Dickinson Col
lege as a library assistant from 1933-
35, assistant treasurer from 1 935-4 1
and associate professor of mathe
matics from 1941-55.
Funeral arrangements are incom
plete.
Phonathon to fund class gift
From Sunday to Tuesday the
Senior class will be holding a
phonathon to solicit pledges from
all seniors for the class sift.
The class has set a goal of
$325,000. The money will go to
ward the Class of 1990 Teaching
Fellows Program."
The pledges will be tax deduc-
table, with $300 and $200 pledges
preferred.
Artist to give lecture
As a part of the Nancy and Robin
Hanes Visiting Lecture Series, sculp
tor and environmental artist George
Trakas will discuss his works Mon
day in a free lecture at 5:15 p.m. in
218 Hanes Art Center.
Prize-winning drama performed
Co-sponsored by the Carolina
Union and the Black Cultural Cen
ter, Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-
winning drama "A Soldier's Play'
will be presented March 1 at 8 p.m.
in Memorial Hall.
The play is set in a Southern army
post in 1944 and focuses on the
murder of a black sergeant.
Aside from winning a 1985 Pulit
zer Prize, the play received the Outer
Critics Circle Award and was hailed
as one of the 10 best events of the
New York theater season.
Tickets, which are $10 for the
general public and $4 for students.
are on sale at the Carolina Union
Box Office.
Ensemble gives Musgrave concert
The New Music Ensemble, di
rected by Roger Hannay, will per
form the music of Thea Musgrave
March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Hanes Art
Center auditorium.
The concert, sponsored by the
Department of Music, is free and
open to the public.
Joining the ensemble will be guest
faculty artists Douglas Crowder,
baritone; Terry Rhodes, soprano; and
Brooks de Wetter Smith, flute.
Musgrave is a composer, conduc
tor, pianist and teacher of interna
tional stature, w hose w orks have con
tributed significantly to the new mu
sic of the second half of the 20th
century. Her works that w ill be per
formed include "Monologue," "Pri-
mavera" and "Chamber Concerto
No. 2."
Breast cancer program created
UNC's Lineberger Cancer Re
search Center has reached its $1
million coal to create a multidisci-
plinary breast cancer research pro
gram.
The program will offer breast
cancer patients treatment by a team
of specialists to determine the best
approach for each woman, said Jo
seph Pagano, director of the center.
UNC scientists working at the
center already are conducting basic
molecular research into the causes
of breast cancer and are exploring
the role of oncogenes in recurrent
disease, Pagano said. The new pro
gram will emphasize finding ways
to screen women with these new
molecular markers.
Another aim of the program will
be to improve current screening
methods for breast cancer, Pagano
said.
The Lineberger fund drive gar
nered support from 2,100 donors in
North Carolina and 29 other states.
By SARAH M. KIRKMAN
Staff Writer
The UNC international moot court
team argued past Georgetown Univer
sity to win the mid-Atlantic regional
moot court competition in Washing
ton, D.C., last weekend.
Steve Prevaux, a third-year law stu
dent and coach of the team, said the
competition was a simulation of actual
court proceedings with a fictitious case.
For the first time in University history.
UNC teams won regional rounds in all
three court divisions: client counsel
Author to discuss
By SUSIE KATZ
Staff Writer
The author of the controversial book
"Black Athena" will be at UNC today
to discuss his book during a program
sponsored by the Near Eastern Studies
Group and the Program in the Humani
ties and Human Values.
Martin Bernal, a specialist in the Far
East and professor of government at
Cornell University since 1 972, will face
a panel of UNC professors in a discus
sion of his book that argues that West
ern scholars have tended to ignore, for
largely racist reasons, the influence of
Asia and Africa, especially Egypt, on
the development of the Greek civiliza
tion, and on a broader scale, on the
entire Western world.
The members of the UNC faculty
w ho are scheduled to respond to Bemal
are John Van Seters, a James A. Gray
Rail system could
ink Triangle area
By DOUG FERGUSON
Staff Writer
Something new may be on the hori
zon to bring relief to weary Triangle
area commuters.
Several organizations, including
environmental groups and local gov
ernments, are advocating the develop
ment of a light rail system linking Tri
angle cities and suburbs. The system
could possibly provide an alternative to
more than $1 billion in road projects
that have been planned for the area.
Monetary savings aren't the only
concern, however. Environmental
groups stress that a light rail system
would prevent an increase in air and
water pollution that might come with
the development of new roads. Greg
Gangi, spokesman for the Triangle
Network for Transportation, said he
was primarily concerned with the posi
tive environmental impact that a light
rail system might have.
"Many people may not realize it, but
the Triangle area has been in violation
of federal clean air standards on several
occasions. Southern cities have severe
ozone problems which result from a
combination of ultra-violet rays and
auto emissions."
Gangi said he thought a light rail
system would be beneficial in reducing
the ozone pollution in this area. By
reducing the number of automobiles on
the roads, a light rail system would not
only decrease auto emissions, but it
would protect the area's watersheds as
well, he said.
"The outer loops that are being
planned by the DOT will cross the
feeder streams of several vital water
sheds in this area."
According to Save the Water, a local
environmental group, highways now
planned by the DOT will run through
watersheds into the Eno River and Falls
Lake areas. These watersheds are a
major source of drinking water for the
Raleigh and Durham areas, but despite
this, Gangi said the DOT had not been
responsive to ideas about a light rail
system.
"All the DOT does is to think of
moving a car from point A to point B.
Thedeck is really stacked against public
transportation here because the DOT
expects it to pay for itself. Highways
aren't expected to pay for themselves."
Senior citizens and students would
benefit from a light rail system, Gangi
said. The system would provide senior
citizens with an alternate to driving on
often dangerous highways and inter
states. Furthermore, by connecting
universities with the Research Triangle
Park and area cities, a light rail system
income tax
By JENNIFER DICKENS
Staff Writer
Those w ho have yet to file their taxes
and would like help doing so can turn to
the Retired Senior Volunteer Program
(RSVP), a division of the Orange
County Department on Aging, w hich is
sponsoring the Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance program (VITA).
'The services of VITA are geared
toward those of low or moderate in
come who cannot afford to have their
taxes done," Terri Tyson, director of
RSVP, said. "However, we do offer our
services to anyone."
VITA is offering its services through
out Orange County in the following
locations:
ing, constitutional court and interna
tional court, he said.
The types of cases argued in the
international competition are those that
would appear before the International
Court of Justice, Prevaux said. The
UNC team argued a case concerning
international environmental law.
The international team, made up of
law students Alan LeCroy, Anita
Brown, Barron Stroud and Maria
Scanga, also won the Third Bust
Memorial, awarded for the group's
written brief submitted before argu
'7 think the work is set in too nar
row a framework'
John Van Seters
professor of biblical literature in the
Department of Religious Studies; Peter
Smith, associate professor of classics;
and Donald Nonini, associate profes
sor of anthropology.
"I think the work is set in too narrow
a framework. There are broader studies
which include looking at the whole
problem of the historian's use of race as
a way of understanding the develop
ment of cultures," Van Seters said.
Bemal's work supports the idea of a
cultural diffusion from Egypt, an Afri
"All the DOT
does is to think
of moving a car
from point A to
point B"
Greg Gangi
would make it easier for students to
participate in internships and to take
courses not offered at their schools.
Mark Nielson, manager of Duke
University's Transportation Depart
ment agreed.
"Right now, we already have the
Blue Line (bus that runs betw een Duke
and Chapel Hill), but a light rail system
would definitely make it even easier for
students to travel around the area. I
don't see how a light rail system in this
area could be anything but positive."
Charlotte, an area notorious for its
traffic problems, is seriously consider
ing implementing a light rail system.
Joe Lesch, member of the Charlotte
Planning Commission, is conducting
land use studies to determine the feasi
bility of a light rail system. Several
existing rail corridors arc being exam
ined to determine whether they could
support light rail service.
"Currently we are looking at three
existing rail corridors for use in a light
rail system, but we are still early in the
planning stages. Cost is the biggest
factor."
Lesch said if a light rail system were
to be developed, the city would count
on the Urban Mass Transit Association
for funding. However, before approval
of funding can come through, Charlotte
must prove that the ridership is there,
Lesch said.
"Areas of high density development
are needed to maintain a successful
light rail program. However, we have
to plan for the long term. If we don't
move on this now, we may miss out on
some valuable opportunities."
Gangi also said planning was impor
tant. Because of the rapid grow th in the
Triangle, the potential for this area to
support light rail is here. If the DOT
was to cooperate, light rail would be
possible within five years.
"Light rail systems should precede
demand, like the highways being built
in eastern North Carolina in anticipa
tion of higher traffic. People need to
change their ways of thinking."
DOT officials declined comment.
assistance
B the Chapel Hill Public Library on
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m;
D the Carrboro Senior Center inside
the Arts Center on Thursdays;
B and the Hillsborough Senior Cen
ter on Monday and Friday afternoons.
Tyson said although no appointment
was necessary at the Chapel Hill loca
tion, appointments were necessary in
Carrboro and Hillsborough. Interested
residents may make appointments by
calling the RSVP office.
In time, RSVP plans to expand its
services in order to accommodate more
residents. "In mid-March we also plan
to offer help at University Mall in
conjunction with UNC law students,"
ments.
"They are one of the most diverse
groups of people I've ever worked
with," Prevaux said. "They were really
fun to work with."
He also said the team was well-balanced.
LeCroy said moot court was very
similar to real court cases. "It's argu
ments before a panel of judges. It's
done just like it is in the court ... the
judge can break in at any time during
your arguments."
The UNC team defeated top-ranked
'Black Athena' for pane
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can or "black" culture, to Greece, and
furthermore, to the entire Western civi
lization. Van Seters said. He said Ber
nal accused scholars of a racial bias
because they ignored the idea that
western culture was indebted to black
culture for its influence.
"I suggest the whole study has had
racial motivations, but his data is too
selective to be polemical. I could pick
out all sorts of examples with just the
opposite bias."
Smith said that Bernal's book, pub
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Mother allegedly smothers her
6-mooth-oId hospitalized son
By MARY PERIVOLARIS
Staff Writer
Wanda Black of Red Springs is being
held at the Orange County Jail under a
$I0,(XX) Secured Bond for first-degree
attempted murder of her six-month-old
son, Angus.
Black. 25, of 1 14 Hacket Road, was
charged Friday for attempting to
smother her son during his stay at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital, said Carl
Fox, district attorney. The alleged inci
dent took place Feb. 9. Angus was a
patient in the hospital's pediatric inten
sive care unit for breathing abnormali
ties. Angus was discharged from the
hospital Wednesday, said Michael
Wagoner, hospital spokesman.
Fox said he was not sure what the
motives were or if there were any for
Black's alleged attempt to smother her
son.
Information from the videotape of
Black's visit to her son's room led to
her arrest on Feb. 16. The monitoring
device, which charted Ancus' breath-
program provides services for free
Tyson said. "The students will help out
in the mornings, and RSVP will con
tinue to work in the afternoons and
evenings. This way we will be able to
help more people."
This year the program has 35 assis
tants, all of whom are volunteers who
have been trained by the Internal Reve
nue Service, Tyson said. "Our services,
however, are not meant for people with
complicated taxes. If they are too
complicated, the volunteers will sim
ply explain that they cannot help."
Winifer Andresen, a volunteer from
the Chapel Hill Public Library loca
tion, said she became interested in the
program because she had done work
George Washington University in the
semi-finals, and then beat Georgetown
in the final round. "It was really satisfy
ing because we lost a close match to
Georgetown last year," Prevaux said.
The team had been practicing three
nights a week, as well as having indi
vidual 30-minute sessions with Pre
vaux once a week. The team was vide
otaped so members could analyze their
performances, Prevaux said. Profes
sors also helped the team prepare for
the competition.
"I'm really proud of them because
lished in 1987, says "we should over
turn longstanding opinion in the field
and recognize ancient Egypt as a cru
cial source in Greece's development."
Bernal has spoken on "B lack Athena"
at other universities. Smith said. Papers
about Bernal's work by classicists and
archaeologists were published collec
tively in a journal, "Arethusa," by the
classics department at the State Uni
versity of New York at Buffalo, he said.
Smith said "Black Athena" was the
first volume in what is expected to be a
four volume work. This first volume
documents the history of attitudes
toward antiquity, the later volumes are
predicted to hold evidence of what
Bernal saw actually was happening in
the ancient world, Smith said.
Nonini said he would speak on spe
cific anthropological issues. "Though
I'm not a classicist, speaking as an
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ceive a referral of
a child in harm,
we access."
Denise Shaffer
ing, videotaped the visit. "Part of the
monitoring system, which are not in all
the rooms, used for the baby's breath
ing abnormality and heart beat included
a camera that detected the baby's posi
tion," Wagoner said.
Wagoner said Black visited her son
frequently. She was alone during her
visit with Angus when an alarm alerted
the nursing staff that Angus was expe
riencing irregular breathing patterns.
No one at the time suspected Black had
anything to do with the sounding of her
son's monitor alarm.
Wagoner said because of patient
related to accounting and was eager to
learn how to help with taxes.
Andresen went through the required
week of training and passed the final
test. "The session was a very good
session. The lady who taught it was
excellent. I learned a lot."
Andresen said her involvement in
the program was a rewarding experi
ence. "I like it because it's very inter
esting. I find it a privilege to be able to
help."
RSVP has coordinated and spon
sored this event for the past 14 years.
"Last year we helped over 450 people
in Orange County," Tyson said. "Every
year we have a good response, but we
they prepared so thoroughly and dili
gently," Prevaux said. "They exceeded,
my demands."
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The team will advance to a six-day
international competition in Washing
ton, beginning March 24. The competi
tion will include the top 10 U.S. team's,'
which are regional champions, and the
top 1 6 international teams, Prevaux said.
LeCroy said the team was satisfied
with the victory. "It was nice to know,
that our hard work had paid off. I hope
we do well in the finals."
anthropologist, I am struck by the intel
lectual importance of (Bernal's) argu
ment, by his challenge to Western Ta
cism and its impact on scholarship. I
suspect we have a masterpiece."
Professor Jack Sasson, chairman of
the Department of Religious Studies
and one of the organizers of today's
discussion, said the discussion should
be lively. "The reason (the book) is $0
successful is that the truth of what
(Bernal) says becomes less interesrirjg
than the reaction it evokes." i
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The seminar is designed for faculty
members and graduate students. Othr
ers interested in attending will be' wel
come, as space permits. Bernal is sched
uled to begin the discussion at 2 p.ml
Anyone interested in attending shoiiid
call the Humanities Program office at
962-1106.
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confidentiality, information could not
be released if the child suffered any
additional harm from the incident on
Feb. 9.
Denise Shaffer, service director of
Orange County Department of Social
Services, said she could not discuss the
Black case because of confidentiality
laws to which the department com
plied. Shaffer did say if any children
are found to be in immediate risk of
child abuse, neglect or any other poten
tial harm, the social services intervenes
by placing them with relatives or in
foster homes. "When we receive a re
ferral of a child in harm, we access."
Black lost custody of her son and
two other small children after her ar
rest. The hospital's security office is
handling the investigation, said Jane
Cousins, Chapel Hill Police Depart
ment planner. Black's first court ap
pearance will be on Monday. Black
was appointed a public defendant, and
the court hearing is scheduled for March
9.
still want to get the word out as much as
we can.
"The service is worthwhile, and I
hope more people can take advantage
of it. The service, although offered by
senior citizens, is available to people of
all ages."
This year RSVP has added some
Spanish-speaking assistants. "In order
to help those who do not speak English,
we now will have Spanish-speaking
assistants available on several Satur
days at the Chapel Hill Library," Tyson
said.
Services will continue through April
12 in Carrboro, April 13 in Hillsbor
ough and April 14 in Chapel Hill.
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