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Cloudy High in mid-50s Saturday: Clear High in 50s Footfalls Road Race 2 p.m. Sunday Sponsored by Campus Y Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 98, Issue 99 Friday, November 9, 1990 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSporty Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 at XL rrr,,, n n - M (n.KU! 0 (S (? Q W Saddam dismisses military chief of staff NICOSIA, Cyprus Saddam Hussein has dismissed his military chief of staff for opposing the occupation of Kuwait and analysts said Thursday the move indicated growing dissension in his armed forces hierarchy. The Iraqi army's al-Qadissiya daily reported Thursday that Lt. Gen. Nazir al-Khazraji, chief of staff since 1985, was replaced by Gen. Hussein Rashid, commander of the elite 120,000-strong Republican Guards force. The newspaper did not say what happened to Khazraji or when he was dismissed. But several Western military and intelligence sources said Khazraji opposed the Kuwait occupation. 6 new EPA members biased, officials say NEW YORK Six of the mem bers of a newly appointed Environmen tal Protection Agency panel considering the health risks of second-hand cigarette smoke have ties to a tobacco industry research organization, documents show. A seventh member of the panel was appointed upon the recommendation of the Philip Morris tobacco company, EPA officials said. "They've stacked the deck with people who have close ties to the tobacco industry," said Dr. Alan Blum, a founder of the anti-smoking group Doctors Ought to Care. "It's pathetic." Pre-Christmas sales outlook "dismal" NEW YORK The outlook for the Christmas shopping season went from bad to worse Thursday as the nation's biggest retailers reported dismal sales for October. Several companies, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and J.C. Penney Co. Inc., reported sales dropped from a year earlier as consumers with one eye on the economy and the other on the Middle East avoided buying non-essentials. With Christmas less than seven weeks away, neither retailers nor industry analysts expect consumers suddenly to shift gears and go on mammoth gift buying sprees. Assassination shows Israeli ambivalence JERUSALEM The assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane has brought out the ambivalence many Israelis feel to ward the man who gave political shape to anti-Arab racism. It was best reflected by the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, which banished Kahane for his extremist views, but honored his memory with a customary minute of silence. Kahane, 58, was shot in the neck Monday following a speech in New York. EI Sayyid A. Nosair, 34, was captured after a shoot out with a U.S. Postal Service police officer. He was arraigned on murder charges at his hospital bed on Wednesday. Part of the mixed response to Kahane stems from the tradition of not speaking ill of the dead. Thus Kahane's eulogists, most of whom shunned and despised his politics, are choosing to dwell on less controversial qualities, such as his charity work, his Jewish Defense League's efforts to protect American Jews and his campaigns on behalf of Soviet Jewry. From Associated Press reports Election reflection Students still enthusiastic about Gantt after Helms victory .2 Imagine One-man show inspired by work of John Lennon 4 Weekend of tournaments See previews of field hockey, men's and women's soccer NCAA tourna ments 5 Local : ; ..3 Sports Friday 5 Classifieds .6 Comics 7 Opinion i 8 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. QMHB was so naive as a kid I used 'Hone protesters5 IbegM coMitdowmi By LEE WEEKS StaN Writer Twenty-three days and counting. The Committee Against Offensive Statues began a "lone protest"Thursday against "The Student Body," the con troversial sculpture that was placed in front of Davis Library 23 days ago. The sculpture was a gift to the University from the Class of '85. Dana Lumsden, a junior from Boston and organizer of CAOS, said the daily presence of a protester from 1 1 a.m. until 2 p.m. would continue to make the Athletics help break down racial barriers, ease tension By MATTHEW EISLEY Staff Writer Athletes on campus often overcome racism because they are forced to build unified teams that are free from indi vidual prejudices, members of a dis cussion panel said Thursday night. The rest of the student body could learn from athletes how to better ap preciate racial and cultural diversity, several speakers said. "This sport has helped us a lot to deal with (racism)," said Sharon Couch, a senior track team captain from Rice, Va. "There are still going to be cultural differences, but you deal with them. I had lived with black girls all my life. I had never had a white roommate (before coming to the University). Ceremony to laud . minorities' By ELIZABETH BYRD Senior Writer UNC minority students excelling in academics are increasing, and their achievements will be celebrated Satur day. The program, "Soaring to New Heights," will recognize 21 CT African American and Native American students who achieved a 3.0 grade point average or better last semester. v. iS5 Le K if i 1 K . s k c - r II vv.-. Mvm Singing in the sun Four Loreleis sing "Mighty Love" to a crowd of about 50 in the Pit Thursday afternoon for Residence Hall Association Week. Graduate students concerned over possible insurance requirements By APRIL DRAUGHN Stan Writer The Graduate and Professional Stu dent Federation members are concerned that the University may eventually re quire students to purchase insurance policies through the University. At the organization's monthly meeting Wednesday night, Dean McCord,GPSFpresident, saidtheUNC insurance policy increased 42 percent in the premium this year, making the premium for Blue Cross & Blue Shield $682. Although the total number of students holding University policies has dropped 20 percent, graduate students make up 80 percent of the students who buy the policy, McCord said. The University may decide to require statues an issue until Chancellor Paul Hardin dealt with the racism and sexism that some students believed the statues implied. "We want to make sure that these statues stay in the public light the whole time, so, as this is day 23, hopefully the highest the day we'll get up to is day 40," Lumsden said. "But we're prepared to go up to day 3,000 if we have to to get these statues removed." Alicia Brower, a senior from Raleigh and member of CAOS, said the ball was on Hardin's side of the court. CAOS "We try to take action on the track team to break down stereotypes," she said. "The difference between the stu dent body and (athletes) is that we deal with it. Athletes are usually open because we have to be open." Dennis Tripp, a senior football player from Farmville, said athletes couldn't avoid people of other races. "We real ize, 'I'm white, he's black, so what?' We have to get along." Dawn Bradley, a junior basketball player from Columbia, S.C., said some athletes spent most of their leisure time with friends of the same race, but most quickly made friends with teammates and classmates from other races. Margo Crawford, director of the Black Cultural Center, said students Rosalind Fuse-Hall, associate dean in the Col lege of Arts and Sc iences, said the ceremony showed that minority students shine academically. Since 1985, the percentage of African-Americans and Native Americans with a "B" average or higher at UNC v ' has double'd, according to statistics from sc. the Office of Institutional Research and the Office for Student Counseling. From fall 1985 to fall 1989, the per 'Hi DTHGrant Halverson all students to purchase policies through it if premium rates continue to rise, he said. Graduate students are upset about the increased premiums, McCord said. "They want an affordable insurance policy that has reasonably good cover age. There are already a lot of students who cannot afford health insurance," he said. The University offers two insurance options now, but only international students are required to purchase one of them. Students can purchase Blue Cross & Blue Shield and Hinchcliff Interna tional Inc. (Ultra 7) through the Uni versity. GPSF would like to see the insurance See INSURANCE, page 7 to sneak behind t fc Q,' i& y vJt x6-:-: sent a letter signed by student leaders and other students who are offended by the statues to Hardin. The letter requests that the statues be placed in a more inconspicuous setting on campus, she said. Lumsden said Sabrina Evans, Black Student Movement president, delivered the letter to Hardin Wednesday. "It (the letter) said African-Americans and female students are primarily offended by the statues although they See PROTEST, page 7 could learn more than racial harmony from University athletes. "They are more focused on their sport, and on succeeding and on dismantling the stereotypes than being crippled by those stereotypes," she said. "They don't have time for all that nonsense. We're not hearing that from other groups on campus." Fewer than a dozen students attended the forum sponsored by the BCC and Chapel of the Cross, which was part of the series "Racism: Our common bondage. How do we liberate our selves?" Crawford said athletes could serve as ambassadors to the rest of the Univer- See FORUM, page 7 centage of African-Americans making 3.0 or better jumped from 7.7 percent to 16 percent. For Native Americans, the increase was from 14.6 percent to 28 percent. Honoring minorities independently is important, Fuse-Hall said. If all stu dents meeting the 3.0 mark were hon ored, minorities would disappear in the crowd, she said. "There would be about 5,000 students there. Students of color Statewide voting problems could prompt parties to take legal action BySTACICOX State and National Editor Irregularities in voting procedures Tuesday across the state have both the N.C. Republican and Democratic par ties fighting a battle of words and con sidering possible legal actions. "The Board of Elections was clearly grossly unprepared for proper handling of the election," said John Humphrey, press secretary for the state Democratic Party. "We're very upset about it. We're looking very carefully at our options. That includes legal or administrative action." The difficulties stem from a break down of dozens of voting machines in Durham County, where judge Orlando Hudson was persuaded to mandate an extension of poll hours until 10 p.m. But N.C. law only provides for polls to remain open until 8:30 p.m., and neither the Republican Party nor the Durham Board of Elections was notified before the decision was made. "The Democrats did not consult anyone before rushing off to get that decision," Gov. Jim Martin said Tues day night. There were also problems in Guilford County, where voters had to wait as long as two hours to vote because only one voter log had been provided for each precinct. Polling hours were ex Packaging mistakes, shortage of ballots plague Election Day in Orange County By PETER F. WALLSTEN City Editor Orange County precincts suffered from ballot shortages and packaging mistakes in Tuesday's elections, offi cials said Thursday. "There was a shortage (of ballots) in some of the packages," said Barbara Faust, chairwoman of the board of elections. "We always distribute to our precincts ballots for 80 percent of registered voters, but there were some packaging mistakes." The company that printed the bal lots was at fault for the shortages, Faust said. She said she was not at liberty to give the name of the company. The problems in Orange County the barn and do Matthew Stewart sits in front of the acadle mile would be like raisins in a bowl of milk." Minoritiy students are responsible for the improvement, Fuse-Hall said. "I don't think it's anything the University is doing. I think it's the students, stu dents who understand what it is to come to college and be academically excellent. I'll be glad when the University can take pride in (minorities' achieve ments)." Junior Deaundrea Adams said, "It tended until 8:30 p.m. in Guilford, while voters in line by 7:30 in Orange County were allowed to wait several hours for additional ballots to be delivered after the precincts ran out. "Durham County has always had problems," said Tom Ballus, commu nications director for the N.C. Repub lican Party. "It has always been the Democratic stronghold and there have always been problems. You figure it out." The Republicans are examining the various legal options for contesting polling irregularities, but no decision has been made yet, Ballus said. "Right now we're looking at all of our races," he said. "If it were just the Senate race, I would probably say we'd take no action." But I. Beverly Lake, a Republican candidate for associate justice of the state Supreme Court, lost to Democrat John Webb by just over 7,000 votes, after leading the tight race most of the night. "It could be the difference between winning and losing,"Ballus said. "Also, it sets a bad precedent: If the Democrats are losing in the future, are the polls going to stay open all night?" Susan Jetton, press secretary for Harvey Gantt's Senate campaign, said the Republicans were willing to deny seemed to resemble the situations in other parts of the state. In Durham polls stayed open until 10 p.m. Tuesday be cause of voting machine malfunctions. Orange County has more than 50,000 registered voters, and unofficial esti mates showed that between 60 and 70 percent of them voted Tuesday. But the shortages did not deny anybody voting privileges, Faust said. "When the polls closed, if there was anyone in line, then their names were written down, and they were allowed to vote," she said. Members of the board of elections said they regretted the mistake, and that they will discuss the matter with the printing company. nothing. Johnny Carson m mm mm wsbsb sum mm mm mmn mm m mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mem mm m mm mm mm m f mm mem-xs msest - nmtm a $m mm ... .J Mi XSTSf W Mi r J DTHG. Thacker statues for the CAOS "lone protest" successe; makes you happy to know that your work is appreciated." Senior Ricky Mitchell said, "It's an inspiration to see the others that are there. I think the school should receive credit for trying to foster that opportu nity for students toexcel academically." Hayden Renwick, former associate dean, founded the awards ceremony in 1978 to acknowledge academically outstanding African-American students. people's fundamental rights in the in terest of politics. "It's ridiculous that (the Republicans) would deny people their right to vote," Jetton said. "I find it really interesting that Mr. Helms, his staff and the Re publican Party cannot even be gracious in winning." Humphrey said the voter machine breakdowns were "very suspicious." "I do not think it's coincidental," Humphrey said. "What we're talk;"g about is people knowing there is g )g to be extremely heavy turnout and making the decision not to be prepared for it. You can call that what you will." Tuesday night, Gantt campaign vol unteer Jim Thompson said the broken machines were not the only indication that something was amiss. "Someone cut off the power at the Democratic headquarters in Raleigh (Tuesday) morning," Thompson said. "It's a mess. We have definitely had some problems. It's a little bit too odd." Durham Democratic Party Chairman Laurence Colbert agreed. "I still feel that it was much more than coincidence," Colbert said. There is only one fact: The Board of Elections is controlled by Republicans and the county is Democratic. The only major See FRAUD, page 7 ; "We hope it will never happen again," said Bobbie Strickland, su pervisor of elections in Orange County. Voters in the Weaver Da i ry preci net had other problems. The baliots packaged for that area were mixed with ballots from another district. : - "There were an insignificant num ber (of mistaken ballots)," Strickland said. "If people voted a straight Democratic ticket, we gave them the Democratic candidates that should have received the votes, and the same if they voted straight Republican." Strickland admitted she was at fault for the mixup at Weaver Dairy. ""I packaged the ballots," she said. "I made the error. We're all human."
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