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Gorbachev challenges
Estonian independence
TALLINN, U.S.S.R. Mikhail
Gorbachev told Estonia it must back
off from its declaration that it is an
independent country illegally occupied
by the Soviet Union, the president of
this Baltic republic said Wednesday.
Estonia is cautiously following the
lead of its neighbor Lithuania, which
declared independence on March 11.
Estonian President Arnold Ruutel said
Soviet President Gorbachev indicated
he; might react in the same tough man
ner. 'Ruutel, interviewed by Estonian
radio, quoted Gorbachev as saying,
"When I heard of your resolution, I was
completely beside myself. You must
declare the resolution null and void. It
is an invalid one.
"It seems to me that I have to intro
duce similar measures as those taken in
Lithuania," he quoted Gorbachev as
saying.
Potential firms selected
to run N.C. incinerator
RALEIGH A state panel has
picked three large waste-management
companies as potential operators of a
regional hazardous-waste incinerator
complex in North Carolina.
All three companies have histories
of environmental violations for offenses
such as storing leaky waste drums, re
leasing hazardous chemicals into was
tewater discharges and keeping faulty
records. Two have paid thousands of
dollars in civil penalties for such inci
dents, according to records they sub
mined to the state.
The state Hazardous Waste Man
agement Commission deliberated more
than three hours on Tuesday before
choosing GSX Chemical Services Inc.
of Columbia, S.C.; Ogden Environ
mental Services Inc. of San Diego,
Calif.; and American NuKem Inc. of
Mahwah, N.J., whose subsidiary, Th
ermalKEM Inc., of Rock Hill, S.C., is
bidding on the project.
Later this month, the panel will se
lect one of the firms to build the incin
erator complex by 1991 on a site that
has not yet been chosen.
U.S. cigarette sales fall;
trend troubles industry
RALEIGH The number of cigarette-smoking
American adults dropped
dramatically last year, wiping out the
gains the tobacco industry made abroad
as anti-smoking legislators go after
domestic advertising.
Per capita smoking among U.S.
adults fell by 6.7 percent, the second
steepest annual decline on record. For
the first time since World War II, fewer
than 3,000 cigarettes were sold for each
adult.
The trend is troubling to the indus
try, which has counted recently on
higher exports especially to Asia
to keep sales growing, according to
reports published Wednesday in The
News and Observer of Raleigh.
Cigarette exports grew 19 percent
last year, reaching 141 billion ciga
rettes worth $3.4 billion.
But total cigarette production
dropped by about 2.5 percent last year
because so many Americans are non
smokers, said Verner Grise, an econo
mist for the U.S. Department of Agri
culture. From Associated Press reports
A circumstance for pomp
'Commencement activities planned
:o'r graduates and guests 3
: First-class tickets?
CAA conducting student opinion poll
on ticket distribution policy 3
The thrill of victory
Volunteers help some special Olym
pians 5
Campus and city 3
Features 5
Sports 7
Classified 8
Comics........... .....9
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By CARRINGT0N WELLS
Staff Writer
Student power in grass roots move
ments, not just student government
reform, turned out to be the focus of a
forum Wednesday intended to bring
about better communication among
student activists and to discuss possi
bilities for the future of a student coali
tion. Brendan Mathews, a junior English
major from Albany, N.Y., and one of
the sponsors of the petition signed by
more than 1,100 students in the Pit last
Tuesday, opened the forum by reading
a statement of his ideas about the prob
lem he and his group wanted to address.
"Last week's petition proved that
there are lots of other students who are
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By DEVON HYDE
Staff Writer
Although racial discrimination
occurred in the Vietnam War, cama
raderie between blacks and whites
was born there, said Wallace Terry,
author of "Bloods: An Oral History of
the Vietnam War by American
Blacks," in a speech Tuesday as part
of Carolina Symposium '90.
Terry, who covered the war for
Time magazine, spoke to a group of
about 75 people in the Hanes Art
Center Auditorium.
Blacks carried burdens during the
war that whites did not, he said. "The
front line was called 'soulville' dur
ing the war because blacks made up
22 percent of the front-line casual
ties." Blacks only made up 1 1 percent
of the solders fighting in Vietnam and
were paying a "double price" because
of this, he said.
"Black soldiers came 10,000 miles
to fight for others' freedom only to
find more discrimination." Blacks did
not receive medals and honors as
quickly as white soldiers, Terry said.
Cases of burning crosses and defama
tory graffiti occurred in many camps,
he said.
The discrimination the soldiers
experienced made them question why
they were fighting the war and had a
tremendous impact on them, Terry
said.
After many black soldiers returned
home, they found disapproval not only
from the country about the war, but
also within their own communities.
"The black man was sent to kill a
yellow man at the profit of a white
man," Terry said of the general feel
ings within black communities.
The segregation of troops ended in
1948 under President Harry Truman,
and Terry was interested in how this
would work in Vietnam. At the time,
he was covering the civil rights
movement for Time. Terry decided to
write an article combining the two
most controversial events in the coun
try and came up with the idea of
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concerned, who see problems with the
way things are, not just in Suite C, but
on campus and beyond," he said. "We
looked for some current issue that
dramatized the loss of student power.
Student government seemed the obvi
ous choice."
Student government reform was not
the sole purpose of the coalition that
wrote the petition, Mathews said.
Concerned students need to be unified,
he said. "We all have different inter
ests, but if we are to get what we want
then we need to work together."
The group first met two weeks ago,
Mathews said, and got started by a few
students making phone calls to get some
people together to discuss concerns.
"Now we want to get input from other
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investigating the integrated troops in
Vietnam, he said.
Terry originally had no intention
of going all the way to Vietnam, but
Time sent him to cover the story, he
said. He found that in many cases the
integrated system was successful
among the soldiers and reported back
to the United States with his findings.
He told the story of a black soldier
risking his life to save an injured
white soldier. The black man said he
saved the man's life because, "I did
not hear the color of his skin, I heard
the color of the flag."
Terry returned to Vietnam and
began to see another side of the war.
The average soldier's age was 19,
and he saw these young men being
killed.
"What is the impact on such a
young population? To what end are
we killing our kids? What are we
doing to the next generation?"
Although Terry saw evidence of
some black alliances in Vietnam, he
said tension arose from the lack of an
African-American lifestyle in Viet
nam. "This tension led to fights, the
fights led to riots and the riots led to
killings. Everyone had to learn to
respect one. another's culture."
Terry came back home and wanted
to tell the story of black soldiers.
"Bloods" dealt with the "two greatest
issues of the century," but no one
wanted to talk about them immedi
ately after the war, he said. The book
was published 17 years later, and
received a Pulitzer Prize nomination
"A part of Martin Luther King's
dream may have come true on the
front lines of the war, but no one
knew because nobody talked about it
after the war was over," "Terry said.
'Time has passed, and we can speak
of Vietnam without ripping at each
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people. We're still in the talking stage,
trying to get some solid things going."
Brien Lewis, former SBP, said he
misunderstood the purpose of the group
that started the petition. "I thought the
petition was going in a different direc
tion than it apparently was. I saw the
petition as being the direct result of
people wanting to do something about
problems with campus elections.
"In a sense, this (reaction from stu
dents) is the best response, the kind of
response that students and administra
tors need to see. The worst would be no
response, if people were willing to just
let things die."
Elizabeth Kolb, a freshman from
Raleigh, said she was led to believe the
petition and the group that wrote it were
Stodeirt Congress
officers for 72nd
By JENNIFER DUNLAP
Staff Writer
The 72nd Student Congress, which
met for the first time Wednesday night,
elected Matt Heyd (Dist. 1 1) as speaker
amid some confusion.
The initial speaker election resulted
in a tie vote of 1 3-1 3 between Heyd and
Donnie Esposito (Dist. 15). Heyd and
Esposito then answered several ques
tions, and a second vote was taken after
John Williams (Dist. 5) arrived at the
meeting. Heyd emerged the winner by
a vote of 17-10.
Heyd said his contact with former
congress speakers helped give him
insight about the position. "I feel I
know more about the history and tradi
tion of Student Congress than anyone
else."
Congress needs to make a greater
effort to reach out to students, Heyd
said. The petition students presented to
student government members express
ing their desire for a change in its struc
ture reflected that need, he said.
"It struck me to the core. If we are
simply legislators we are nothing at all.
We must help every last student."
Heyd said that as speaker he would
try to improve communication between
the student body and studeiit govern
ment by means of a newsletter and
forums.
'To improve the budget process, I
plan to give information to groups
requesting funds throughout the year
so everyone understands what's going
U.S. Senate contender Thomas
asks for help in unseating Helms
By WENDY BOUNDS
Staff Writer
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful R.P
"Bo" Thomas Wednesday night urged
UNC students to support his campaign
for Sen. Jesse Helms' seat, asserting
Helms had "sold out to corporate pol
luters." After greeting each person of a 25
member audience at the door of Howell
104, Thomas spoke about the accom
plishments in education and the envi
ronment that he achieved during his
nine years as a N.C. senator.
"We're gonna nominate a Democrat
on May 8, and that Democrat is gonna
be Bo Thomas."
Thomas scolded Helms for voting
against the clean air bill that passed the
U.S. Senate Tuesday with a 89-1 1 vote.
"(His) vote last night shows how
much he is out of step," Thomas said.
Praising the bill's provision to spend
,$4 billion cleaning up acid rain, Tho
mas said acid rain was turning the Blue
Ridge Mountains into the gray ridge
and possibly into the dead ridge.
"Jesse has sold his soul ... Jesse has
taken the polluters' money and used the
power of our seat in the Senate in their
behalf," Thomas said.
Thomas stressed the need for a na
tional commitment to education and
said programs like Head Start, which
provides assistance for disadvantaged
pre-school children, were an invest
ment in future taxpayers.
Greater emphasis on education is a
possible remedy to the problem of prison
overcrowding, Thomas said.
"Give an individual self-esteem and
self-confidence ... and reduce drug use,
reduce stealing" and other felonies and
misdemeanors.
A Mecklenburg County resident
asked Thomas about a quote printed in
The (Raleigh) News and Observer
Sunday calling his democratic compe
tition Harvey Gantt "a candidate of the
fat-cat Mecklenburgers, the yuppie
Mecklenburgers and the media Mecklenburgers."
emphasizing the flaws of student gov
ernment. "I came here tonight with the
understanding that there would be dis
cussion about how student government
could improve."
But Mathews said the group's pur
pose was to build unity among activists
and to empower students, not to be an
adversary of student government. "I
think it's self-centered of you to think
that student government is our only
focus."
Emily Lawson, a freshman from
Washington, D.C., said, "Student gov
ernment is merely a symbol of dissatis
faction, and the petition served its pur
pose to alert people to one specific
problem."
Ericka Kurz, a junior from Middle-
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Matt Heyd
on before the budget hearings in Febru
ary. Esposito was elected speaker pro
tempore with 15 votes. Mike Brown
(Dist. 12), David Henderson (Dist. 17)
and Daryl Grissom (Dist. 1 3) were also
nominated for the position.
Esposito said he would work closely
with Heyd if elected. "I feel confident
that I can fill in if Mr. Heyd needs to
vacate his chair.
"My first priority is to restore the
credibility of student government. I
would also like to see changes in the
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Harvey Gantt is a "darling of the
press," Thomas said.
"Is it important to you to have a
Democratic nominee from Meck
lenburg or is it important to you that we
beat Sen. Helms?"
The perception now is that no one
can beat Helms, he said.
"The big Democratic weakness is
we have been losing a certain element
of the party."
Thomas established the first Domes
McCabe
ton, Wis., said she wanted to form an
organization that would be the base for
many different activist groups. "This
grass roots organization could have aaa
complementary relationship to student
government. But student government
cannot tackle a lot of issues which such
a group could."
Bill Hildebolt, student body presi
dent, said he thought the meeting had
an overall positive result. "Although
we didn't get very far today, a lot of
people left there knowing where a lot of
other people were coming from. A lot
of promise was shown for future meet
ings." The group will hold its next meeting
April 10 at 4 p.m. in the Union, and all
students are welcome.
chooses
session
elections laws so they are made clear."
In other business, the congress dis
cussed a voting discrepancy that took
place in District 2. William Pate was
sworn in as the District 2 representa
tive, but Gene Davis (Dist. 17), who
presided over the meeting until a new
speaker was elected, said write-in can
didate Wendell Hausdorff may have
received more votes.
David Smith, former elections board
chairman, said the board would inves
tigate the matter further.
Congress also chose committee
chairmen at the meeting. All the nomi
nees were unopposed in their election.
Jiirgen Buchenau (Dist. 2) was
elected to head the Ethics Committee
and Finance Committee, Mark
Shelburne (Dist. 8) was elected to pre
side over the Rules and Judiciary
Committee and Rob Tyndall (Dist. 1 1)
was elected chairman of the Student
Affairs Committee.
Buchenau said he would not be
overwhelmed by the amount of work
his two committee positions would
entail. The Ethics Committee only
meets when problems arise that it must
deal with.
Shelburne said that he would appre
ciate students suggestions and that his
main goal as chairman would be to
correct the problems with the elections
See CONGRESS, page 3
tic Violence Prevention Centers in
North Carolina, sponsored the Ridge
Law to protect mountain tops from
high-rise development, co-chaired the
Senate Finance Committee and sup
ported the proposed Martin Luther King
Jr. holiday.
The president of Young Democrats
at UNC, Mike Dickey, said Thomas did
a good job answering the questions he
See THOMAS, page 9
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