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Petar Mladenov elected
president of Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria Parliament
today elected Communist reformer
Petar Mladenov to a newly created
presidency and adopted key legislation
for democratic elections scheduled for
June.
The terms of the first free, multiparty
elections in Bulgaria since World War
II were forged last week by the ruling
Communists and the opposition, and
ratified by parliament along with con
stitutional amendments abolishing all
references to "Communist" and "So
cialist."Mladenov's election to the new
presidency was agreed to by both the
Communists and the opposition last
Friday.
Mladenov, who initiated reform in
Bulgaria last year, had served as the
Communist president of the State
Council which was formally dissolved
today.
Chinese student protests
leader, escapes to West
: HONG KONG Chai Ling, one of
the top student leaders of last year's
pro-democracy movement in Beijing,
made a dramatic television appearance
Tuesday to announce her escape to the
West after 1 0 months as a fugitive in
China.
"I am now safe and sound," said
Chai in a near whisper as her husband,
Feng Congde, sat by her side covering
his face as he wept.
"Please put your minds to rest."
Frequently pausing to fight tears, Chai
said, "The road to freedom was very
difficult, very long. Because of that, as
I reached the last step toward freedom,"
I almost ran out of energy.
The dissident couple were on a
wanted list of 21 students accused by
the Chinese Communist authorities of
leading the Tiananmen Square protests
last spring. The protests ended June 4 in
a bloody crackdown by troops that left
hundreds dead.
Soviets close Lithuania
Poland border crossing
WARSAW, Poland The Soviet
government today closed the only bor
der crossing between Poland and the
Baltic republic of Lithuania, the Polish
Foreign Ministry said.
Soviet officials informed their Pol
ish counterparts at the border that the
crossing from the Polish town of
Ogrodniki to the Lithuanian town of
Lazdijai was temporarily closed at 9
- a.m., the Polish news agency PAP said.
The border crossing, in the extreme
northeast corner of Poland, can be used
' only by Poles and Soviet citizens.
Bomb set in celebration
in India kills 33 people
AMRITSAR, India A bomb be
. lieved set by Sikh radicals exploded in
the midst of a Hindu celebration Tues
day and killed at least 33 people, police
said. Enraged Hindus went on a ram
page afterward, and five police officers
were reported injured.
Most of the casualties from the bomb
blast were Hindus, but some Sikhs who
had been watching the procession were
among the victims.
Police said 68 people were injured in
the explosion.
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BySTACEYLEE KAPLAN
Staff Writer
Newly elected campus leaders, in
cluding Student Body President (SBP)
Bill Hildebolt, were inaugurated Tues
day in Gerrard Hall.
Outgoing SBP Brien Lewis presided
over the ceremony, and Asa Bell, Chief
Justice of the Student Supreme Court,
administered oaths of office to new
Student Congress representatives and
other office holders.
Hildebolt, in his remarks after being
inaugurated, acknowledged the fact that
he was elected to office amid contro
versy and negative publicity. "I thought
seriously about dropping out, but I came
to the conclusion that it would be best
for the student body to have candidates
who would not quit, but who would
stand up to what came before them."
Earlier Tuesday, Hildebolt told The
Daily Tar Heel (DTH) he was confi
dent that a vice president would be in
place before the question of his eligibil
ity was settled. The vice president se
lection process should be complete by
April 18, he said.
Although election controversies and
calls for reform have cast a negative
light on student government, the stu
dent body's attention has at least been
captured, and the negative can be turned
into positive, Hildebolt said. 'The troub
led road before me I have created of my
own doing," he said. "I hope to work to
bring student government out of the
darkness."
Senior Class President Pete
Holthausen and Vice President Chris
Brown were also sworn in following
remarks from Bobby Ferris, outgoing
senior class president.
Holthausen and Brown told the
audience that student government was
not above or below students and that
everyone should be involved.
Rick Cody, outgoing president of
the Graduate and Professional Students
Federation (GPSF), said he was pleased
with the amount of support his organi
zation had received from the congress
this year. For the first time, an ex offi-
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By SARAH KIRKMAN
Staff Writer
Sabrina Evans was elected president
of the Black Student Movement Tues
day night by a margin of 93 to 68,
defeating opposing candidate Dana
Lumsden.
There were no problems with the
election this time, said Stephanie Rich,
elections chairwoman. The first elec
tion, held March 8, was nullified be
cause there were two more ballots than
BSM members registered to vote. In
that election, Evans finished with one
more vote than Lumsden, counting the
unsigned ballots. The BSM general
body voted on March 28 to hold a re
election. "We took every possible precaution
to make sure that the things that went
wrong with the first one did not reoc
cur," Rich said. "Everything ran really
smoothly, and everything matched
perfectly."
Voter interest was not dulled by the
nearly four-week postponement, Rich
said. "We had expected turnout to be
low. Actually, we had eight more vot
ers than the first election." Of the 312
BSM members, 161 voted.
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replacing retired campus officer
By JENNIFER PILLA
Staff Writer
Students will no longer be learning
about campus safety from Sgt. Ned
Comar, but they will have Sgt. Marcus
Perry to give them advice.
Perry will be replacing Comar as
public safety officer for the University
police department. Comar retired last
week after 15 years of service with the
department.
Perry joined the department in 1986
after working for the State Department
of Natural Resources community de
velopment law enforcement division
since 1980.
"He's had scads of training," Maj.
Bob Porreca, Perry's supervisor, said.
"He's worked in crime prevention
programs before. He's got the public
relations skills necessary to do the job.
We're looking for continued growth
and improvement in the crime preven
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cio congress member from the GPSF
will be able to express the views of
graduate students to the congress, he
said.
Dean McCord, sworn in as GPSF
president, said Congress should take
the entire student body, both graduate
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Chanda Douglas, BSM treasurer, said
she did not think voters had been dis
couraged from participating. "I don't
think it (the first election) had a tremen
dous effect as far as people not caring
about voting or not caring about who
was going to be president of the BSM
arcus Perry takes position
tion programs."
Perry said the biggest challenge in
his new job would be meeting the needs
of the University and the students. "I'm
interested in getting involved in the
crime prevention programs and updat
ing those programs."
University police administration is
working to redefine the major respon
sibilities of the public safety position,
Perry said.
Perry may be taking on additional
responsibilities that were not previously
included in the job description, Porreca
said. "The public safety officer may
have to take on some administrative
type duties because of the budget cuts,"
he said.
But some things won't change, Perry
said. "I'll still be active in crime pre
vention, assisting in rape crisis pro
grams and writing daily summaries,
however."
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and undergraduates, into account when
making decisions. "Let's unite as a
whole student body, not one-third
graduates and two-thirds undergradu
ates," he said.
Lisa Frye was sworn in for her sec
ond term as Carolina Athletic Associa-
next year. People knew who they wanted
to be BSM president, and it was just a
matter of giving the general body the
chance to vote again."
Rich said she was glad the elections
were over and the controversy was
settled. "I think both candidates were
well qualified. I hope that Dana will
continue to be enthusiastic about the
BSM and share his ideas with Sabrina."
Evans has a lot of good plans for her
term, Rich said. "She's a good leader;
she has good ideas, and I'm really
excited to work with her. Her platform,
if implemented, will contribute to the
betterment of the minority community
on campus."
Lumsden said he was happy for
Evans and planned to continue his serv
ice in the BSM. "I would like to con
gratulate the winner and pledge my
support for the advancing both of the
platforms."
The first election had many prob
lems, Lumsden said. "I think the elec
tion was a good example of where the
BSM needs improvement. However, I
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The public safety officer conducts
programs for new students to teach
them about campus security and ways
they can protect themselves and their
property. He is also responsible for
writing daily summaries of incident
investigation reports.
Perry is a native of Angier, but now
lives in Snow Camp, near Burlington,
with his family. He has two daughters
from a previous marriage. His favorite
hobby is raising and showing dogs and
cats.
Filling Comar's shoes will be a dif
ficult task, Perry said. "I think he did a
great job," he said. "He will be a hard
act to follow."
Porreca said he felt optimistic that
Perry would do a good job in his new
position. "We're looking for great things
from him as we did from Sgt. Comar,"
he said. "Perry can do the job."
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Residence Hall Association
tion president. She said she would use
her past experience to get more stu
dents involved in Homecoming and to
be an effective student advocate to the
administration and athletic department.
Gret Diffendal was also sworn in as
Residence Hall Association president.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
allowed to remain
active on council.
By MYRON B. PITTS
Assistant University Editor
and NANCY WYKLE
University Editor
The Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC)
voted unanimously Monday against
removing Sigma Phi Epsilon frater
nity from the council for its involve
ment in taking about 10,000 of The
Daily Tar Heel (DTH) newspapers
from racks last week.
Robb Beatty, IFC president said
members based their vote on Sigma
Phi Epsilon's decision to submit a
formal apology to the DTH and repay
the student publication, which lost
about $4,000 in newspaper replace
ment costs.
"We discussed what had hap
pened," Beatty said. "We discussed
our options. They were limited. We
decided we should not have them
kicked out."
Although some members discussed
the possibility of putting Sigma Phi
Epsilon on social probation, the coun
cil put the decision on hold because
they were not certain that the viola
tion fell within their jurisdiction,
Beatty said. Putting the fraternity on
social probation would prevent them
from holding social functions with
UNC sororities.
"I'm not certain we can do that,"
Beatty stated. "I see that as more of an
honor court violation."
Glenn Cole, Sigma Phi Epsilon
president, said he could not comment
specifically on the meeting because
his fraternity did not have a represen
tative present. Their representative
was absent because he was ill. Cole
was unaware of the IFC's decision to
vote on Sigma Phi Epsilon's status as
a member of the council, he said.
"I don't really have any reactions,"
he said. "I didn't know they were
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DTHJoe Muhl
President Gretchan Diffendal
"Liz (Jackson) set a good example. I
know what I need to do to be a good
president," she said.
Lewis also had the opportunity to
reflect on his term as SBP. "I've grown
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going to vote on anything like that."
Jessica Lanning, DTH co-editor,
said the IFC may not recognize the
importance of the fraternity's actions.
"I hope they realize the serious
ness of this crime," Lanning said.
"By accepting them (Sigma Phi
Epsilon) as part of the IFC they are
condoning the crime."
Kelly Thompson, DTH co-editor,
said the incident was a reflection on .
the Greek system. "To my mind, IFC
didn't reflect that in their decision." '
The IFC did not seem to recognize
the significance of the incident, she
said. "Depriving two-thirds of the
campus of papers on election day is
serious."
Lanning said, "I just wish the IFC
had done something. They just
seemed to blow it off."
Without penalizing groups for
actions such as these, there is little to
prevent them from happening again,
she said.
In other business, the IFC worked
on clarifying and implementing the
new dry rush policy. Official dates
for next semester's rush will be set in
a meeting next Tuesday.
Many questions as well as miscon-,
ceptions were expressed at the meetj
ing about the University's dry rush;
policy.
"We're trying to cut down on;
misunderstandings," Brennon Mar-;
tin, IFC vice president, said. "A lot of;'
people were playing devil's advo-
care." U-
The dry rush policy will undergo
several changes before it is put into,;
effect, Martin added. "The policy will "
be revised a great deal." y.'.
Robby Cox, rush chairman, said.;
Tuesday's meeting only represented.!
the beginning of dry rush implement"
tation. "We are at a starting base." y.
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University desk should attend a meet-;
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p.m. If you are interested in joining":
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