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Mostly sunny High upper 50s Thursday: Cloudy High in mid-50s Commencement Information Day 10:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall A A Servir g the students and the University community since 1893 Volume S3, Issue 18 Wednesday, March 28, 19! JO Chapel Hill, North Carolina HewsSports Arts BusinessAdvertising 962-0245 962-1163 CUJflD? 4 TV in cf I. fi 11 1? r? it w Moscow faces criticism of Lithuanian crackdown VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. Lithuania's leaders on Tuesday angrily accused Moscow of "inexcusable aggression" and of kidnapping its citizens after Soviet troops stormed two hospitals in a harsh roundup of army deserters. Later, the Kremlin ordered foreign ers to leave the republic, which de clared independence March 1 1. Soviet troops occupied a fifth Communist Party building in Vilnius, the capital. : Washington and other foreign gov ernments urged restraint but avoided attacking Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who faces growing inde pendence movements in several repub lics as he tries to institute reform. The Bush administration, in declin ing to denounce Moscow, said it did not want to "inflame the situation." "Even Vice President Quayle admit ted the other day there should be some discipline in the army," Sergei Chetverikov, minister-counselor at the Soviet Embassy, said at a news confer ence in Washington. 4 U.S. transmits television programming to Cuba WASHINGTON The Bush ad ministration began beaming television reruns to Cuba Tuesday a 1971 World Series tape and an old "Kate and Allie" but the communist govern ment jammed the transmissions and accused the United States of aggres sion. "We regret that Cuba has refused to permit the free flow of information and ideas," State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said. Testing of the long-planned TV Marti began on Channel 13 at 1:45 a.m. EST. In Havana, viewers saw a test pattern "strong and clear." Two hours later came some music, a travelogue, the World Series tape the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles in seven games and an episode of "Kate and Allie," the long-running sitcom about two divorced women who share an apartment with their children. While viewers in outlying areas of Havana had few problems during the five-hour test, residents of downtown Havana encountered the signal of a Cuban jamming transmitter after the first 23 minutes of the test pattern. Cuban spokesmen have said they would retaliate beyond the jamming, but there was no immediate announce ment of additional measures. Mongolian monks join pro-democracy activism : ULAN BATOR, Mongolia Mongolia's once-powerful Buddhist monks, nearly wiped out during seven decades of Communist rule, are cau tiously joining the new pro-democracy movement in hopes of winning free dom from state control. When crowds first began rallying in December to demand free elections and other reforms, only one young monk, Baasan, dared join in. But buoyed by the successes of the activists in winning the ouster of top Communist officials, Mongolia's only surviving monastery has ventured into politics for the first time since the days - of Bogd, a ranking monk who was king from 1911 to 1915. From Associated Press reports Flier fiasco SBP candidates unwittingly violate housing regulations 3 The agony and the ecstasy Focus on sexually transmitted dis eases ! 5 Body talk Dance group's performances inter pret paintings, sculpture 6 Campus and city '. 3 Arts and features 6 Sports 7 Classifieds....;..;..... : 8 QM0! Hilddbo'it cajptor e .1 ..7H.BM.I tl . l i'l. ...T MIM W.'-MI WJAW I H J . A AJ S , If1 I 1 "oj . Ills f ' '1 V J . f1riBfiiiiir.TiniiliiMiMiiviii"'V . & - ,mmt-a0m" iiMarniiiii,iiiirr,,'liiiV---'"'g , - fciwiiniifmwiiwfm SBP-elect Bill Hildebolt discusses concerns with Mark Chilton of the Campus Y Theft, late threaten election By MYRON B. PITTS Assistant University Edito r The student body presidei itial runoff election continued unscathe :d Tuesday despite the possibility of i nvalidation caused by the removal of 1 0,000 Daily Tar Heels from their racks and prob lems with two polishes. Between 10,000 and '12,000 copies of the DTH were taken f r om their boxes Tuesday morning, said K evin Schwartz, DTH general manager. ' The only major locations with undisturl jed newspapers were the Student Union, the Under graduate Library, Davis Library and the Campus Y. Schwartz said he saw first-hand .16 sites that had been emptied of their newspapers and addf ;d that he received calls from several residence hall resi dents who said they had no papers. "I couldn't check eve ry site," Schwartz said. A witness saw four men participate in the taking of n ewspapers, and the license plate number of their vehicle, a red Mazda pickup truck, was obtained, Schwartz said. University police are investigating the incident. If the campus police investigation finds those responsible, the DTH would press charges primarily because of its financial losses.. Schwartz said. "It's a huge monetary loss besides it being a clear violation of our freedom Voters favor residence hall By STE PHANIE JOHNSTON Assistant University Editor A referem jum to install cable in resi dence halls passed Tuesday night, but Gretchan Diffendal, Residence Hall Association (RHA) president, said the decision m ay not be final. The RHA Governing Board will .decide Th ursday night whether to rec ommend favorably the installation of cable to i;he Department of Housing, Diffendal said. The referendum was not binding, and the housing department could have Forum addresses self-segregation in residence halls By DI0NNE L0Y Staff Writer Because of long-standing miscon ceptions, racial self-segregation has developed within University housing during past years. About 15 students participated in a Tuesday night forum that focused on this problem and was sponsored by The Network for Minor ity Issues. The network, a committee of the Campus Y, and Wayne Kuncl, housing director, planned the forum to collect student input about methods of encour aging minorities to live on North Campus. "Even though it isn't a problem caused by the University, the Univer sity needs to address it," said Matthew Anyone can win, unless there happens to be a second BolMtes CAMPUS Anyone having information pertaining to the theft of Tuesday's edition of the Daily Tar Heel are requested to call General Manager Kevin Schwartz at 962-1163. of press." The DTH reprinted 7,500 copies of the paper and placed at least a few copies in every major location by noon, he said. The delivery and reprinting of new papers cost the DTH between $3,500 and $4,500, Schwartz said. Although the list of polishes was printed in yesterday's edition, David Smith, Elections Board chairman, said there was no chance that the mass newspaper removal would force a re election. Because the DTH had addi tional copies of the issue in place early, voter turnout suffered little, Smith said. "They (voters) still retained seven hours of prime voting time." The first two hours of a poll's open ing usually is the slowest period in See INVALIDATION, page 3 raised rent for cable without the issue being put to a student body vote, Dif fendal said. "They didn't want to make an unpopular decision, so they came to us and asked us to get student opinion. The referendum was merely our way of soliciting opinion. Housing could still do it (raise rent for cable)." Students voted on a $30 increase in rent for cable installation. The increase would be effective when the cable was fully operational, Diffendal said. The unofficial vote was 797, or 57 percent, for the cable referendum and 594 Stewart, a graduate student from Madi son, Wis. Kuncl said cultural and ethnic mix ing was an important part of the Uni versity experience. "The only way of maximizing the educational experience is by meeting people with cultural dif ferences." Residents are gradually steering away from self-segregation, Kuncl said. "I think we have some of. the most integrated residence halls among any of the major research campuses. On a percentage basis, you'd be surprised that distributions have changed. "The real issue is do we need to move faster does something more drastic need to be done?" Self-segregation may have started 90 DTHEvan Eile Petition in stooeirjit government By MYRON B. PITTS Assistant University Editor A group of students in the F'it Tuesday invited people to sign a petition denouncing the apathy of student government toward campus concerns while elections for stu dent body president took place se veral feet away at a pollsite near thf; Stu dent Union. The students, who collected, nearly 1,100 signatures, said they vere not part of a formal organization 'out were a group of individuals concerned with how they were being represented by student government. Some members of student government signed the petition. Donald Whittier, a ser lior member of the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), said, student gov ernment needed to address all cam pus concerns, whether they focused on a problem with 'meal cards or University weight rooms. "We're a. coalition of individuals who repre sent different issues ," he said. The coalition dec ided to introduce the petition on an election day be cause politics woul d be on students' minds at the time. Bethany Chaney, a senior and a against. "We're surprised by the turnout," Diffendal said, "Approximately 21 percent of the residents voted. I'm happy with the turnout." David Smit'n, Elections Board chair man, said the cable referendum was a RHA vote and not under the board's jursidiction. The ballots were at the same pollsite.s as student body presi dent ballots merely for students' con venience, he said. The RHA referen dum ballots were located only at resi dence hall pollsites. when housing was assigned on a first come, first-served basis, Kuncl said. "The majority of the minority .students might have been in the later group of students submitting their housing con tracts. The policy has shifted now so that everyone gets a fair chance and time to make a decision." P.J. Studevent, a freshman from Advance who lives in Graham Resi dence Hall, said many of his friends encouraged him to live on South Cam pus to be with other black students. "It's sad when people tell you where you need to live. You aren't going to learn about life that way." Ronni Williams, a sophomore from Merry Hill who lives in Morrison Resi dence Hall, said many minorities SBP By MYRON B. PITTS Assistant University Editor Bill Hildebolc, winner of one of the most controvers ial student elections in UNC history, w atched his votes roll in Tuesday amid y et another controversy: a debate between student government officials and a governmental reform group. Hildebolt won the election with a 1,028-872 vote (54 percent), winning heavily in the: Campus Y, Granville Towers, STOW and Connor Residence Hall districts.. Losing candidate Mark Bibbs had significant support in the Craige Residence Hall and Carmichael districts. "I am very tired," a flushed Hilde bolt said iifter announcement of re turns. "I'm pleased, but right now it looks like a really long road." He said, his first objective would be to restore confidence in student gov ernment 'ihat was lost during the cam paign. "I. want to start working on the negative: feelings everyone has." Bibb s released a statement in which he thanked all of the people on his campaign staff and congratulated Hil debolt and the SBP-elect's former campaign member Meg Gibbs. Bibbs wrote that he learned much on the camp aign trail and planned to continue to serve the student body. "Congratulations to Bill and Meg," he wrote. 'They have worked hard, and I have nothing but respect for the both of them. Bill, let me know if I can get involved ih your administration in any urges reforms M P U S member of several campus organiza tions, said the purpose of the petition was not to upstage the election process but to force students and the president elect to begin thinking in terms of re form in student government. She en couraged voting in elections and said the petition only gave students an alter native way of expressing their opin ions. The petition stated in part: "Student government does not adequately repre sent me. I don't have any way to let the administration know how I feel. I am expressing my discontent by signing this petition." The petition also made recommen dations for better student government. "I want students to have a louder, more direct voice in the University's admini stration. Student government should eliminate barriers to student action. I will care about student government when it cares about me." Gene Davis, speaker of Student Congress, said he signed the petition CA inn it if i cable referendum Some students had problems voting on the cable referendum at their resi dence halls because they had already voted in the SBP runoff election at a pollsite elsewhere on campus. Because the students' registration cards were marked when they voted on campus, poll tenders at residence hall sites could not let them vote again. Diffendal said students who were not able to vote on the referendum could have had a substantial impact o n the outcome. "It was a pretty close vote. Less than wanted to move to North Campus to j et involved in campus activities. "W ith only two or three other minorities in that residence hall, the average per son would feel alienated," she said. Several suggestions were brought up in the forum. Assigning all-freshmen floors in each residence hsdl was one alternative. The plan would pre vent minority students from signing up for the same residence hall. But some students saw fallacies in the plan. "It's like replacing a problem with a problem," said Gretchan Diffen dal, RHA president. "If reside nts are denied the right to try to live whe :re they want to live, it'll encourage mo vement off campus. "People would be unhappy not be entry. George election C A M P U S way Although write-in votes weren't counted, about 175 students submitted other names on their ballots. Write-in responses included: "'None of the above," "Bart Simpson" and "I'd rather go to State than vote for these guys." . Before election results came in, a group of students who want reform in student government took center stage with a long banner bearing petitions with nearly 1,100 sig natures of people requesting student government to be more responsive to s tudents. The coalition debated with student government membe rs and others pres ent at the election returns site for more than 20 minutes on the subject of stu dent government's role in campus poli cies. The informal debate occasionally deteriorated into a shouting match be tween Student Coi lgress representatives and reformers. Bethany Char.ey voiced the group's frustration. "There is no student voice on cam pus. I am angry . I am frustrated." Other members of the coalition ar gued that mem bers in student govern ment had lent an unsympathetic ear to students' opin ions. The purpose of the See ELECTION, page 3 because t he group was correct in its assessrne nt of student government. A change in government should be ef fected bj r both Mark Bibbs and presi-dent-ele;ct Bill Hildebolt, Davis added. "Student government needs to change . They need to start by getting rid of ; very one of them that's in there now ai id put in an entire new staff." Rep resentative Ken Costner (Dist. 8) saic I the petition made some good points but failed to note the lack of conce rn among students in respect to politr cs. Costner said he had posted numerous announcements in his dis trict -asking for student input but had receiived no calls. Vhittier said student government offi cials often cited student apathy as the reason for the lack of campus in v olvement in UNC politics. "That's an excuse because they're identify ing; the problem and not solving it." Brien Lewis, student body presi de nt, said the reform group had blurred th e issue of student government with that of the recent presidential cam-, p aign. "It (the petition) is not differ- See PETITION, page 9 10 percent of the residents are for cable. Less than 700 students out of 7,000 residents is not a mandate to do it." Liz Jackson, outgoing RHA presi dent, said she thought many student?, voted against the referendum because rent and tuition fees had already in creased. "Unless an overwhelming nu'.nber of people who show up and say, 4,Ve're for it and didn't vote,' for whatever reason, there is not an overwhelming majority of people who are vvilling to pay for it." cause of integration, bu't because you're taking away the choice." - Kuncl said that t aking the choice away from freshmen would present problems. "I do ag ree with your goals, but I don't know the support for it. I like the concept that every student has the same chance to live where they want to live." Setting as'.de a certain number of rooms on North Campus for minorities wishing to move off South Campus was anoth er suggestion. Banu 'Ogan, a Bloomington, Ind., junior w ho lives off campus, said the plan might not solve the problem. "You' d have to really publicize it, and See FORUM, page 3 Ade BkiiomfAJ t , I V( T 1.
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