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ill 1 Sunny High in mid-50s Tuesday: Fair High in 50s Rape Awareness Weekbegins Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 98, Issue 6 Monday, March 5, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-11 63 IUJ.lJUiUUIlUUJUIiA.il Xj4Bi m B M d If (i W Soviets vote for members of republics' legislatures MOSCOW Millions of Soviets from the Polish border to the Bering Strait voted Sunday in what President Mikhail Gorbachev said was a struggle between reform and bureaucracy for the country's Slavic heartland. "I think it is a battle," Gorbachev told reporters after voting in the Lenin Hills area of Moscow, "but I am con vinced that perestroika will win." Almost 150 million voters were regis tered to choose among more than 1 1,000 candidates for 1,800 seats in the legis latures of the Russian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian republics. Thousands of seats in local governing councils were being contested also. No results are expected until Tues day in the three republics, which hold more than two-thirds of the Soviet Union's 290 million people. Gov. Martin observes Confederate Flag Day : RALEIGH Gov. Jim Martin, who last year halted sales of novelty Con federate license plates by the state's license plate dealers, for the second year proclaimed Confederate Flag Day. The observance, held this past week end, displeased some blacks but heart ened history buffs who admire Confed erate flags as symbols of the region's heritage. "The idea is to try to educate the public on the true Confederate flags," said Byron Brady, N.C. commander of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Brady's group, which requested the observance, displayed Saturday in the N.C. House chamber replicas of the four different Confederate flags and the 1861 N.C. flag from which the current state flag is patterned. Iranian, Syrian discuss freedom for hostages DAMASCUS, Syria A senior Iranian envoy met Sunday with Syria's foreign minister and discussed efforts to free Western hostages held in Leba non, an informed source said. The Syrian source, who refused to be further identified, said the meeting between Mahmoud Hashemi of Iran and Farouk al-Sharaa of Syria "appears to be to coordinate efforts between the governments of Syria and Iran to gain the release of all the hostages" held by pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem militants in Lebanon. Applications to replace Greyhound strikers down : PHILADELPHIA Some striking Greyhound Lines Inc. workers stayed off the picket line Sunday in memory of co-worker killed while picketing. A federal official said fewer small com panies than expected had applied to temporarily take Greyhound routes. - Glenn Eady, regional compliance officer for the U.S. Interstate Com merce Commission (ICC) in Philadel phia, said an ICC board approved four temporary applications on Saturday for bus companies in the eastern region. The region includes 23 states from Maine to Florida, but none of the companies serve points south of Vir ginia, he said. From Associated Press reports Uncle Sam's counting on you Bureau needs applicants for jobs as censustakers 4 Miss her much Janet Jackson leaves Smith Center crowd thirsting for more 6 Campus and city .........................3 State and nation....;..........:.. ..4 Arts 6 Feature 8 .Classified 10 'Comics......... -11 Opinion 12 Sports Monday 14 msxd S 1 i W 0Wk 4& International flair Vandana Ramaswamy, a freshman from Harrisburg, N.C, performs the BhaRatya Natyam Dance at the International Festival Sunday. Week9 event By JENNIFER DUN LAP Staff Writer Rape Awareness Week, which be gins today, will focus on increasing student awareness of one of the biggest problems on college campuses. Michelle Bienvenu, publicity chair woman and treasurer for the Rape Action Project, said many people were unaware of the resources for rape vic tims. "The issues can be covered in a lot of ways," Bienvenu said. "I think knowl edge of available sources is lacking. It's important for people to know their resources." Kathleen Benzaquin, advisor to the Rape Action Project, said she hoped the week's activities would attract people who may not have come to such programs before and would increase their awareness. "Rape Awareness Week is another way to advertise our concern about this issue, but it's just a small part of what we do," she said. UNC delegation for Soviet exchange By AKINW0LE N'GAI WRIGHT Staff Writer The UNC Soviet Exchange Program, in conjunction with the Office of Inter national Programs, has announced the 12 members of the Spring 1990 Dele gation to Rostov-on-Don, USSR from May 9-23. The students chosen are Margaret Bass, Caroline Cannon, Stephen Clos sick, Benjamin Hanson, Melinda Hart, Nicole Hooper, Nancy Johnson, Karen Laslie, Dana Lumsden, Jon Rust, David Tucker and Quinn Wofford. The exchange program was organ ized by students at UNC and Rostov-on-Don State University in an effort to Sen. Paul Simon speaks in Hanes X 1 (3 I - BO DTHP.J. Disclafani The organization has several presen tations during the year, including visit ing sororities, fraternities and residence halls to discuss rape, Benzaquin said. "We hope to reach different people with every program." Bienvenu said men were welcome to attend all events. "The Rape Action Project has applicability to guys be cause sometimes they don't know the definition of rape and the consequences if they are accused," she said. "There can be honest misunderstand ing on the guy's part, and that's unfor tunate for both parties involved." Students need to realize that rape affects everyone, Bienvenu said . Some statistics indicate that more than 80 percent of rapes aren't reported. Other statistics show that as many as one in five women will be raped, Bien venu said. Laura Smyth, a freshman English major from Winston-Salem, said she felt awareness was important. "I think improve the relations and destroy the stereotypes and suspicions between the two superpowers. Senior Jon Rust, student coordinator for the program, said the members of the exchange were selected by the amount of work that each potential delegate did for the exchange program. "For most students, being selected for the program is basically a two-year process," he said. "Students work to ward the exchange. If they display a great commitment to it, they can earn a trip to the Soviet Union." Once in the Soviet Union, the dele gates will spend two weeks in Rostov-on-Don and several days in Leningrad. Art Center Saturday for the Campus is. - to Court to decide election fate By JENNY CL0NINGER University Editor A Student Supreme Court trial to night will decide whether the student body president election will be a runoff between Mark Bibbs and Bill Hildebolt or a re-election, with all four remaining candidates on the ballot. Chris Brannon, a sophomore from Charlotte, submitted a complaint to the court Thursday, requesting that it both overturn the Elections Board's Feb. 26 decision to hold a re-election and rein state the results of the Feb. 20 campus election. The court heard from both Brannon and the Elections Board in a hearing Sunday night and decided the case merited a full Supreme Court trial. In another hearing Sunday, the Elec tions Board found insufficient evidence against Bibbs in a charge that he had falsified his campaign financial state ment. Kurt Seufert, a former campaign manager, charged that Bibbs had omit to rats e awaresie it's a good idea to educate people be cause it's still something people think will never happen to them. We need to be aware of the problem." Karen Nowell, a junior psychology major from Raleigh, said she agreed that knowledge was necessary for safety. "The name (of the program) is Rape Awareness, and people who don't know can be taken unawares." People walking alone at night are at high risk of being raped, Nowell said. "Rape Awareness Week might get them to get someone to walk them home." Ed Moreadith, a sophomore politi cal science major from Durham, said it was as important for men to know the facts about rape as it is for women. "Being ignorant doesn't make you not guilty. Guys need to be aware for everyone's sake." Moreadith said people who know about a rape and fail to do something were also at fault. "People who are passive are just as guilty. It's important "We can work to ward respect and dignity for one an other" Jon Rust Rust said the delegates would par ticipate in cultural, political and educa tional classes and forums that are de signed to give the delegates a chance to learn as much as possible in their short stay in the Soviet Union. 'The Soviet students will set up a number of forums that will include DTHEvan Eile Y's Literacy Awareness program nt court ted a purchase of $ 14.44 worth of adhe sive tape from his statement, but Bibbs said the tape was for a fr iend and was not used in his campaign. The student code states that falsifi cation of financial statements results in disqualification from the race and in Undergraduate Student Court action. Brannon said he decided to bring the complaint to the Supreme Court when the Elections Board decided to hold a re-election after Hildebolt was found to have violated elections laws. Hildebolt admitted to washing opposing candi date John Lomax's chalked signs from campus sidewalks. Brannon charged this decision was unfair because eras ing chalk did not constitute grounds for a re-election. "When reading the elections laws, it appeared to me that there was no viola tion by Hildebolt," Brannon said. "The student body decided that one of these See COURT, page 11 Rape Awareness Week Schedu e of Events "The Accused" 7 p.m. 205 Union i flmaiifeiaiiQ I Self-Defense Demonstration 7.30 p.m. FetzerGymC - nKlflMiBB. IBtiHaftf? 1 "Clarifying Issues of Date Rape" DTH Graphic for everyone men and women to be aware of what kind of crime it is." The movie "The Accused" will be shown Monday at 7 p.m. in Union 205. A discussion led by trained peer pre senters will follow the film. Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. a demonstra such topics as nationality, abortion and other health issues," he said. Rust expressed his concern about the mission of the exchange program. "We would like to bring a cross section of American students to the USSR. Our mission stresses diverse interests," he said. "Three members of this year's delegation have no Russian background at all. This is a crucial time for Americans to go to the USSR as it is on the verge of opening up to the world. "The U.S. can help by passing on experience, and together as human beings we can work toward respect and dignity for one another," he said. "We have much to learn from each other. Sen. Simon addresses teracy awareness with keynote speech By JENNIFER BLACKWELL Staff Writer Illiteracy is one of the nation's great est social problems, but student and community effort can reverse the sta tistics and give hope to individuals, Sen. Paul Simon (D-I1L) told about 250 people at Hanes Art Center auditorium Saturday afternoon. The speech was the keynote event of the Campus Y's Literacy Awareness 1990 program. Simon, who was elected to the Sen ate in 1 984 after serving in the House of Representatives, was introduced by David Price (D-N.C). One of his chief projects as the sponsor of the Compre hensive Elimination of Illiteracy Act of 1989 is attacking illiteracy in America. Simon said he Ivcame involved with the problem of illiteracy while he was a member of the House, when he held open office hours for people to come in with concerns. To assist his constitu ents, Simon needed them to sign forms BSM to rally for speaker From staff reports Members of the Black Student Movement are planning a rally in sup port of Student Congress Speaker Gene Davis today, before the Student Con gress Ethics Committee considers a case being brought against him tonight alleging neglect of his duties as speaker. The case was filed by JUrgen Buch enau, Ethics Committee chairman, and Mindy Friedman, a non-voting mem ber of the committee. The r,ally will be from 1 1:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Davis and several BSM members will speak. The location has not been announced. "There are some students on the UNC campus that do support Gene," said Trisha Merchant, one of the rally's organizers. "We realize what he has done for the student body." Davis could not be reachedSunday. oi raioe 7:30 p.m. 205 Union Source: Rape Awareness Project tion in self-defense techniques will be held in Fetzer Gymnasium C. Sang-II Choi, physics and astronomy profes sor, will conduct the demonstration. A discussion on "Clarifying Issues of Date Rape" will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Union 205. finalized There is much that we can learn from their burdens as well as the beauty of their culture." Dana Lumsden, chairman of the publicity committee for the exchange program, said he truly was excited and honored to be chosen as one of the delegation. "I have been working with the pro gram all year and am really looking forward to this learning experience," he said. "This trip will be interesting because it comes at a time when the Soviet Union is experiencing a great deal of change. As a political science major, this will be especially interest ing." granting him permission to look at their personal records. He noticed that many were hesitant to sign their names or asked for assistance from their spouse. "It gradually dawned on me that these people couldn't write their names." As a result, he beg;vi the first hear ings in history in the House on the problem of illiteracy. Research into the problem revealed that more than 23 million American adults are consid ered functionally illiterate, while 4 million are unable to recognize their name in print. About 75 percent of those who are unemployed are func tionally illiterate. "Illiteracy is related to all kinds of problems in our society," Simon said. A major impediment to combating illiteracy is that it is a hidden problem because people who cannot read or write can find ways to cover it up. "We have to create situations where See SIMON, page 11 Don't have a cow, man. Bart Simpson
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