2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, April 5, 1990
m lira
Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz, director. Bob Bates, advertising director; Leslie Humphrey,
classified ad manager.
Business staff: Sabrina Goodson, manager; Allison Ashworth, assistant manager; Dana Cooper and Kimberly
Moretz, receptionists; Monica Paris, news clerk; Laura Richards, typist.
Classified advertising: Kirsten Burkart, assistant manager; Matt Durden, Monica Paris and Angela bpivey,
assistants.
Display advertising: Amanda Tilley, advertising manager; Lora Gay, Kristi Greeson, Beth Harding, Carole
Hedgepeth, Lavonne Leinster, Kevin Reperowitz, Alicia Satterwhite, Pam Thompson and Jill Whitley, account
representatives; Kim Blass, creative director; bnerne uavis, ingrid Jones, l racy King ana Mm boiomon, saies
assistants.
Advertising production: Bill Leslie, manager; Anita Bentley and Greg Miller, assistant managers; Chad
Campbell. Erika Campbell, Stephanie Locklear and Lorrie Pate, assistants; Rich Ellis, technician.
Assistant editors: Diana Florence, arts coordinator. Karen Dennis, ayour. Craig Allen, city;! om Parks, design
coordinator, B Buckberry, Lisa Lindsay and Cameron Young, news; Johanna Henderson, ombudsman; Alisa
DeMao and Tim Little, Omnibus; Joseph Muhl, photography; Mark Anderson and bcott bold, sports; uenn
O'Neal, state and national; Stephanie Johnston and Myron B. Pitts, university.
Editorial writers: Crystal Bernstein and Kimberly Edens.
University: Marcie Bailev. Debbie Baker. Victor Blue, Robert Brown, Elizabeth Byrd, Jennifer Dunlap, Teresa
M. Jefferson. Stacey Kaplan. Susie Katz. Sarah Kirkman, Dionne Loy, Kenny Monteith, Shannon O'Grady,
Jennifer Pilta. Stephen Poole, Lee Weeks. Carrie Wells and Akinwole N'Gai Wright.
City: Karen Dennis. Jennifer Dickens, Kos Donahue, Wagner Dotto, Jenniter f-oster, bamantna uowen, vonaa
Hampton. Jada K. Harris, Johanna Henderson, Kim Jaski, Julie Malveaux, Elizabeth Murray, Mary Perivolaris,
Erik Rogers, Christine Thomas, Susan Ward and Jessica Yates.
State and National: Jennifer Biackweii, wendy Bounds, uavia btcmson, Kevin breene, wiarK brmin, rancey
Hall, Andre Hauser, Eric Lusk, Kimberly Maxwell, Jannette Pippin. Amy Rowland. Kyle York Spencer. Grant
Thompson and Sandy Wall.
Arts: Kitt Bockley, John Freeman, Mondy LamD, Philip Mcaaoo, breg Miner, bnan bpnnger, Jen i russeu, Lisa
Weckerle and Beverley White.
Features: Sara Austin, Noah Bartolucci, Christy L-onroy, Kimoeriy bee, Amanaa braves, taroi Maziewooa,
VTcki Hyman, Mara Lee, Christina Nifong, Bonnie O'Neil, Leigh Pressley, Heather Smith, Stephanie Spiegal, Beth
Tatum. Marc Walton, Bevin Weeks, Laura Williams and Dawn Wilson.
Sports: Kenny Abner, Neil Amato, Jason Bates, John Bland, A. J. Brown, Robert Brown, Laurie Dhue, Dave
Glenn. Warren Hynes, Doug Hoogervorst, David Kupstas, Bethany Litton, Bobby McCroskey, Brock Page. Eric
Wagnonand Steve Walston.
Photography: Jodi Anderson. Milton Artis, Schuyler Brown.Todd Diggs, P.J. Disclafani, Steven Exum,
Jennifer Griffin, Carey Johnson, Stacey Kaplan, Caroline Kincaid, Kathy Michel, Chad Pike, Catherine Pinckert
and Ami Vitale.
Layout Christv Conrov. Celeste Neal. David Reinfurt, Jeff Workman and Doug Zemel.
Copy Editors: Bob Boyette, Julia Coon, Lorrin Freeman, Melissa Grant, Angela Hill, Mitchell Kokai, Jennifer
Kurfees. Robin Lentz, Amy McCarter, Emily Nicholl, Natalie Poole, George Quintero, Kristin Scheve, Bobby
Seedlock. Sara Sparks. Angela Spivey, Chnssy Stidham, Clare Weickert and Bruce Wood.
Cartoonists: George Brooks, Alex De Grand, David Estoye, Jeff Maxim and Mike Sutton.
Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn, manager; Brandon Poe, assistant.
Distribution: RDS Carriers.
Printing: The Village Companies.
Ombudsman: James Benton. Phone: 962-0245; Office hours: Mon., Wed.-Fri.: 1-3p.m; Sun., Tue.: 4-6 p.m.
The Daily Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp.. a non-profit North Carolina corporation
Mondav-Fridav. accordina to the University calendar.
Callers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1 1 63 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to ybz-uaub.
Office: Suite 104 Carolina Union
U.S. Mail address
P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257
.Campus mail address
CBt 5210 Box 49, Carolina Union
Packed prisons release imnates earif
I ""i ."-in i I' i ' " i ill
2
gg
the
VDUuai
apartments
6, 9, 12 month leases
1, 2, 3 bedroom apartments available - including
townhouses and lofts
gorgeous clubhouse, 2 swimming pools, lighted tennis
courts, basketball courts, universal weight room, jogging
nature trail, volleyball court
on J busline 4 separate laundry facilities
pets allowed summer storage available
Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 929-1141
1000 Smith Level Rd. Carrboro, NC 27510
By GLENN O'NEAL
Assistant State and National Editor
Many inmates in North Carolina
prisons are finding their prison sen
tences becoming increasingly shorter
due to severe overcrowding.
The state prison population reached
an all-time record this past Saturday of
18,233 inmates, suipassing the record
of 1 8,222 set the day before, said David
Guth, special assistant to the secretary
of the Department of Corrections.
The previous record was set in Feb
ruary 1987 when the prison population
grew to 18,2 15 inmates, Guth said in a
telephone interview Tuesday.
In an effort to keep prison popula
tion levels under control, the General
Assembly passed legislation on March
6 that raised the cap on statewide prison
population from 18,000 to 18,525.
When the prison population reaches 98
percent of the cap 18,155 and
stays above that level for 15 consecu
tive days, the Parole Commission has
to reduce the prison population to 1 7,969
within 90 days, Guth said.
Bill Poston, spokesman for the
Department of Corrections, said the
prisoner level on Wednesday morning
was 18,211, the fifth consecutive day
the level had been over 18,155.
Guth said more prisoners were being
released on parole earlier than before as
a result of the overcrowding. In 1986,
before the state imposed a voluntary
cap of 1 8,000, the average felon served
40 percent of his sentence while the
average minor offender served 36 per
cent of his sentence, he said. Currently,
inmates serve 29 percent of felony
sentences and 14 percent of misde
meanor sentences.
P
3
3
3
3
3
Get Your
Thesis Done
In A Day.
High quality copies
Choice of bindings
Guaranteed deadlines
Open 24 hours
7 davs a week
It's on time. Or it's on us.
100 West Franklin St.
933-2679
A
Y 9
'
s Jm pump 4ii
vVT?
Daw WqK
7-2L(0)(Q) ffsiti firee
5
And only 19-26 calories per ounce
i
106 W.Franklin St-
(next to Pizza Hut)
4711 Hope Valley Rd.
(Woodcroft Shopping Ctr.)
When the state needs to reduce the
prison population, the parole eligibility
of the prisoners is advanced six to nine
months, except for prisoners with no
parole eligibility, Guth said.
Certain offenders are also excluded
from early release: drug traffickers,
sexual offenders, criminals convicted
of kidnapping or abduction, persons
convicted of driving while impaired
(DWI) or DWI-related offenses and
persons convicted of first and second
degree murder, he said.
Earlier this year Governor Jim Mar
tin announced a Prison and Punishment
Initiative designed to handle the over
crowding problem, said David Prather,
spokesman for the governor.
Gov. Martin's plan calls for an in
crease in alternative punishment pro
grams such as intensive probation and
electronic house arrest, Prather said.
The initiative also calls for a $490
million bond referendum to go before
the voters in November that would
create an additional 9,500 spaces for
prisoners.
The governor is also in favor of a
state constitutional amendment that
would allow judges to force criminals
to accept alternative punishment pro
grams, he said. The convicted criminal
now has a choice between a prison
sentence or alternative punishment,
such as a six-month electronic house
arrest with a $10,000 fine.
"Crafty criminals are seeing that it is
easier to go to prison," Prather said.
"You go back to the street quicker by
taking the prison term rather than the
alternative punishment." He added that
the criminal can also avoid being fined
by taking the prison sentence.
Guth said the early release of prison
ers was the primary force behind Gov.
Martin's initiative. The governor does
not want to see a further erosion of the
time prisoners spend in prison, he said.
State Rep. Anne Barnes, D-Orange,
co-chair of a special joint legislative
committee on prisons, said Wednesday
the committee had finished an initial
proposal to address problems facing
the state criminal justice system.
The committee's goal is a better
definition of what the state wariii'tb
accomplish with its criminal jilsti2e
system, Barnes said.
The committee has made a rebori
mendation to expand electronic house
arrest statewide by an additional 5,000
slots and to expand intensive probation
by an additional 3,200 slots, she said.
The committee has also recom
mended the construction of 3,274 new
prison spaces between now and July 1,
1992, Barnes- said. The committee has
recommended raising the cap levels as
the new spaces are made available.
Barnes said committee members
would like to see the establishment of a
state grant fund that would provide
matching funds to local governments
to build more courthouse jail annexes.
The committee has recommended
establishing a Sentencing and Policy
Advisory Commission composed of
representatives of state and local gov
ernment leaders and members of the
private sector, she said. The commis
sion would evaluate sentencing laws
and corrections policies to determine
what changes are needed and .what
impact those changes will have.
- - - IjMith Mfritfs NiDR k""-'' . . x
g E N I 0 R g
1991 Senior Calendar
Class of 1991: Marshal
applications are now
available at the Union
desk and are due by 5 p.m.
Friday, April 6. No experience needed! Pete and
Chris will hold office hours in the Pit every Thursday
from 1 2 :30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Please come by and meet us.
THURSDAY
10 a.m.: The UNC Young Democrats announce -that
the Orange County Board of Elections will hold
a voter registration clinic in the lobby of the Union
until 3 p.m. Democrats. Republicans and independ
ents may register to vote.
11 a.m.: The Peer Advising Program reminds
undergraduates that they can get help with pre-regis-traiion
from seniors who remember today until 2 p.m.
in Suite B of the Union, Room 216. A project of the
Senior Class of 1990.
Noon: UNC Child Care Committee presents
"Raising America's Children: A Preview of the PBS
Television Series" with Debbie Cryer of the Child
Development Center in 205 Union. Call 962-1 483 for
more info.
2 p.m.: The Institute for Research in Social
Science will hold "SAS Mainframe, Session 6" with
Jose Sandoval in02 Manning. Call 962-0509 formore
info.
3:30 p.m.: The Dept. of English presents C.K.
Williams, winner of the 1987 National Book Critics
Circle Award for Poetry, who will read from his work
in Donovan Lounge of Greenlaw Hall. Co-sponsored
by the Creative Writing Program and the Graduate
English Club.
4 p.m.: IRSS will hold "SPSSx, Session 6" with
Jose Sandoval in 02 Manning. Call 962-0509 formore
info.
Project Literacy will have a general meeting in the
Y lounge!
5 p.m.: 1990 Carolina Symposium presents
'Taking Responsibility for Birth Damaged Babies:
New Ethical Issues from. Advanced Technology'
with Carol Heimer of Northwestern in 210 Gardner.
Call 962-8313 for more info.
6 p.m.: The Asian Students Association will have
its weekly meeting in 210 Union. We will be discuss
ing the upcoming dance. Please come. All students arc
invited to attend.
University Counseling Center's Brothers dis
cussion group for and about black male students at
UNC will meet in Ehringhaus dorm's first-floor lounge.
Undergraduates, graduate students and newcomers
are all welcome.
The Presbyterian Campus Ministry will have an
undergraduate dinner at the Presbyterian Student
Center, 1 10 Henderson St.
The Marine Action Committee of SEAC will
meet downstairs in the Campus Y. Bring your balloon
petitions. We will be discussing upcoming events and
activities, and all interested individuals are welcome.
7 p.m.: The Office of NC FellowsLeadership
Development presents '"Women in Leadership: Find
ing a Voice (Part II)" and "Gender Issues in Commu
nication' in 103 Bingham. Call Carol Binzerat 966
404 1 for more info.
The Writing Center will be offering a workshop
in writing essays about novels in 3 1 7 Greenlaw'uritil
8 p.m.
The UNC Popular Culture Study Group mill
hold its first meeting tonight in the Union South
Gallery Meeting Room.
8 p.m.: 1990 Carolina Symposium presents "U.S.
Military Procurement Policies" with John Tepper
Marlin of the Council on Economic Priorities in .101
Greenlaw. Call 962-8313 for more info. " ' "
The Earth Day Committee of SEAC will meet in
the Y Conference Room. Come one, come all April
22 is quickly approaching, and we need you! , ,
1 1 p.m.: WX YC FM 89 J will play the new album
from The Silos - The Silos - in its entirety with no
interruptions.
Carolina Students'
Credit Union Rates
30-89 Days 7.75simple
90-179 Days 7.7558.063
180-269 Days 7.7558.063
270-364 Days 7.7558.063
365 Days 7.8058.117
Compounding is daily. Rates subject to change daily.
$100 minimum deposit. Insured up to $100,000.
imm ; .. i.
Share Secured ,16.00
Co-Signed 13.00
Career 16.00
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat. 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. Phone: 962-CSCU .
DTH Graphic CSCU is not affiliated With UNC-CH source: cscu
ffiimky, Sweeofiy, SmeDly
2 um
"i t mm vr utrn. a - m wl jm m
HURRY! EnMSKSk
Don't miss your chance
to get rid of those stinky, sweaty
smelly sneakers. Just bring your
old sneakers and DSG SPORTS
will give you up to $
in trade on a new pair!
Choose from over 400
different styles.
including Nike, Reebok
Tiger, K-Swiss, Converse
and many more.
Sale ends Sunday,
April 8
Open Mon-Sat 10-9
Sunday 1-6
Sports specialists and team outfitters
r I i
North gate Mall, Durham Golden East Crossing, Rocky Mount North Hills Mall, Raleigh '
Oak Creek Village,Durham University Mall, Chapel Hill
South Square Mall, Durham Tarrymore Square, Raleigh. Now open til 9 Parkwood Mall, Wilson