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Rain, gradual clearing High 59 Wednesday: Clear, cold High in the 40s Volume 98, Issue 113 All U.S. House leaders re-elected to posts : WASHINGTON The House re elected its leaders on Monday, the Democrats by acclamation and the Re publicans by aggravation. House Speaker Thomas Foley, D Wash., Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Majority Whip William Gray, D-Pa., all will return to theirjobsforthe 102nd Congress, iney were unopposed and received standing ovations from the Democratic Caucus. . On the Republican side, Minority Leader Robert Michel, R-Ill., and Mi nority Whip Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., also had no opponents. ButtheNo. 3 Republican, Jerry Lewis of California, and the party campaign chairman, Guy Vander Jagt, R-Mich., both survived only after bitterly fought campaigns. : Lewis was challenged by Rep. Carl Pursell, R-Mich., a moderate who re ceived heavy behind-the-scenes support from Gingrich and his allies. : Lewis and Gingrich are the most talked-about contestants for the job of Republican leader when Michel retires, possibly in 1992. Kohl has little time to celebrate victory BONN, Germany One day after triumphing in all-German elections, Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Monday began talks with coalition allies on forming a new government and prepared to tackle enormous problems facing the new Germany. His center-right coalition swept to victory in Sunday's parliamentary bal loting, the first in a united Germany since 1932, but Kohl had little time to bask in the glory. On Monday, the chancellor began talks with his Christian Democratic Union's current governing partners their Bavarian sister party , the Christian Social Union and the centrist tree Democrats. He was hit by an ultimatum from the Free Democrats, which made more gains in the elections than any other party. They said they would re-enter the coa lition only if Kohl agreed that compa nies in former East Germany should pay lower taxes than those in former West Germany. Rebel leader dissolves Chad's parliament N'DJAMENA, Chad The rebel leader who overthrew President Hissene Habre dissolved Chad's parliament and suspended the constitution, a day after his victorious entry into the capital, Radio Chad reported today. Idriss Deby, who has promised to establish a democratic government, drove into the capital aboard a black Mercedes on Sunday, after Habre fled after a series of military debacles. The announcement after a meeting of the executive committee of Deby's Popular Salvation Movement de nounced the "economic, moral and political chaos" of the previous gov ernment. The radio spoke of the "Active and inoperant character" of the institu tions being dissolved or suspended. Earlier in the day, Deby freed at least 450 Libyan prisoners of war. A Libyan plane left N'Djamena in late afternoon to ferry the thin and ragged-looking prisoners home. From Associated Press reports T ED i Tar Heel Talk Pep rally appeals to student enthu siasm and appreciation 3 Cheerful givers N.C. effort sees that troops are not deserted during holidays 4 Bowled over UNC turns down Independence Bowl bid beacuse of exams 7 Campus and City 3 Arts and Features .5 Sports -6 Classified 8 Comics - -9 Opinion 10 1990 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. r: f 4 r 1 llllillll lllllll Just remember the words U4 Tuesday, December 4, 1990 Stodenit By LAURA WILLIAMS Assistant University Editor A student in Ehringhaus Residence Hall had his wallet stolen Sunday night by a man who was trying to sell him drugs in his room. Robert Van der Putten, a freshman from CostaRica, saidhe and three of his friends were in his room Sunday night when four men came in and began talking with them. During the conversation, the men tried to sell Van der Putten and his friends drugs, including crack cocaine and marijuana, Van der Putten said. One of the men took Van der Putten's wallet from his desk drawer, left the room and took a MasterCard credit card from the wallet, Van der Putten said. According to police reports, the suspect was a 23-year-old black male weighing about 150 pounds, 5 feet 7 male in From staff reports A woman was assaulted in a fourth floor room in Morrison Residence Hall Monday at 5:46 p.m., according to po lice reports. The woman was not seriously injured in the attack. Addition of security By STACEY KAPLAN Staff Writer The addition of 16 security guards to UNC's police will not lead to the phasing out of the University police department, Carolyn Elfland, acting associate vice chancellor for business, said Monday. "There is absolutely no truth in the rumor that the University police will be changed into a security guard force with the Chapel Hill police taking over po lice duties," she said. The numerous vacancies in the de partment allow changes to be made partment anow cnanges io uc uwuc wn,cuivm ' - - N.C. State University BFC adopts alcohol restriction policy By KAREN DIETRICH Staff Writer N.C. State University's Inter-Fraternity Council toughened standards on its member fraternities Thursday by adopting a new policy restricting party attendance and the purchase and use of alcohol by fraternities. The eight-part policy, approved by 1 2 of 1 9 fraternities, includes increased enforcement of all applicable N.C. laws, fraternities' national rules and IFC dry rush rules. It prohibits all alcohol pur chases with chapter funds, co-sponsor-inc of events with bars or taverns, all alcohol abuses including drinking games and the presence of alcohol at any pledge, associate or new member activities. Additionally, open parties will virtu if irlil- Dress for success Members of the Pauper Players practice Monday night during the final dress rehearsal for "Anything Goes," Serving the students and the University community since 1893 cJJamnais inches tall, with a 3-inch flat-top. The suspect, who is not a student, was wearing a blue letterman's jacket at the time. Van der Putten saw the suspect return the wallet to the drawer. The man denied that he took the wallet and said his friend had taken it. He and the man argued about the wallet. "I was scared he would pull a knife on me," Van der Putten said. The sus pect offered to help find the credit card. While the man and his friends were looking for the credit card, Van der Putten went to the University police department at 12:55 a.m. to draw a composite of the alleged robber. The man and his friends left the residence hall. While Van der Putten was at the police station, the suspect's friends returned to the residence hall in Officers said she suffered bruises in the assault. The window in the room was broken during the incident. Lt. Marcus Perry, crime prevention officer for the University police depart ment, said the investigation into the without affecting the job security of any employees, Elfland said. "We have the opportunity to refocus on the needs of the University and the mission of the department." Elfland announced Nov. 29 the de cision to hire the security guards to relieve commissioned officers of non police duties such as locking campus buildings. "Finally the officers will get to do what they are trained for." The number of hired security guards will not exceed the number of law en forcement officials because detective ally be eliminated under the new policy. Fraternities must have one public safety officer present for every 300 guests, and only invited guests will be allowed to attend parties, said Phi Kappa Tau President Mike Barnes, who voted for the policy. The new policy will be enforced by a committee which will include fraternity and IPC representatives. The commit tee's powers include restricting the ac tivities of fraternities that violate the policy. The committee can take steps such as removing intramural privileges and imposing social probation, said David Tanksley, IFC president. "The policy was designed as a man agement tool to manage risks we have every day," Barnes added, "I don't think '-&gy.--.-: . : : jff of Henry Patrick kill me or let me live. Bill Peterson Her Chapel Hill, North Carolina line was a 1981 white Honda Prelude, Van der Putten said. The description of the car matched the description of a car that was seen at the dormitory this weekend when win dows in the residence hall were broken, Van der Putten said. Police believe the incidents may be related, he said. Police officers asked Van der Putten if he wanted to change rooms for security reasons if the men returned to the resi dence hall, but he decided against it, Van der Putten said. "I'm not really afraid, just cautious," he said. Van der . Putten's MasterCard was found in a third floor bathroom. Police set up a roadblock to keep the car in the Ehringhaus parking lot. The See EHRINGHAUS, page 3 assault was continuing. No arrests have been made in the incident, but both parties have been identified, Perry said. Perry said he was unable to comment further on the incident. goards no officers are included in the total number of law enforcement officials, she said. John DeVitto, interim director of University police, and Elfland wrote the job descriptions for the new posi tions. The descriptions will be submit ted this week to the Position Manage ment Department of Human Resources, Elfland said. She and DeVitto looked at police departments at universities such as N.C. State when they sketched the job de scriptions, Elfland said. "They (the job descriptions) are built "Why should the whole fraternity suffer for one member? " Brad Clark that it will be difficult to enforce. Dry rush has really been enforced for about a year." The university is not involved with the policy's enforcement, Tanksley said. "It was student begun and, hopefully, will be student enforced, but we have gotten positive feedback from the uni versity." The policy has been discussed since last semester and has been on paper since August, Tanksley said. Approxi mately 95 percent of the fraternities at 1 DTHCheryl Kane I with Angela Coin as Bonnie, David Henderson as Moonface Martin and Kevin Markle as Billy Crocker. 4 (L I I -M fcltSC 1 If 1 4!M N Hi tt' ' 'V - DThVStafanie Sheoard Oh no, I'm melting SoDhomore Jill Burelson waters freshman Tommy Parham with her plant sprayer in part of Connor Residence Hall's Assination Game. thr on everyone else's experience, rather than building the wheel from scratch," she said. Position management will study the submitted job descriptions and assign a salary grade (the minimum and maxi mum levels) to the position based on state guidelines of job classifications, she said. "Unless it doesn't fit well into state job categories, it doesn't have to go to Raleigh," she said. She wants the salary range to be high enough to attract competent people to NCSU already have national rules very similar to this policy, and the IFC is now taking responsibility for enforcing these rules, he added. "I think it's a proactive step for the Greek system at State," Tanksley said. "It promotes responsible social activi ties. I think that's what the community needs to see ... this was brought about because we needed to create a playing field with rules for all fraternities to abide by, and I think we've done that." Not everyone is happy with the District attorney says drug raid warrant had precedent By CULLEN D. FERGUSON City Editor Questions were not raised about the legality of a drug raid on North Graham Street before it occurred because police indicated there was a precedent for the operation, Orange-Chatham District Attorney Carl Fox said Monday. The Nov. 16 raid closed a block of North Graham Street for several hours while more than 40 Chapel Hill and Carrboropoliceofficers searched people and property for drugs. The raid resulted in 13 arrests, and a small amount of narcotics and crack cocaine was con fiscated. Fox dismissed charges in five of the cases Friday because he said the search warrant used to conduct the raid was unconstitutional and without precedent. The warrant was not specific enough when it described the people and places to be searched, he said. "The search warrant that the charges stem from appears to be in violation of the Fourth Amendment," Fox said. But Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos said he felt the warrant was legal. Karpinos helped draft the wording of the warrant, and he said questions about the warrant were misdirected. "Three Nights of Kwanzaa" 6:30 p.m., Toy Lounge (4th floor Dey Hall) NswsS portsArts 962-0245 laslnenAdvertislns 962-11 S3 lice jotos the new jobs, Elfland said. "I want people who are going to be sharp," she said. DeVitto said the earliest goal for hiring the security guards was February. Elfland said many police officers complained about the large amount of time they spent doing security work instead of law enforcement. The addi tion of security guards will allow them to concentrate on the duties of officers. "When the police spend time locking doors, it's like locking everyone's per sonal front door," she said. changes, however. Five fraternities voted against the policy. Pi Kappa Al pha abstained from voting. "We felt that some rules weren't clear enough, and others were too restrictive as far as what we could and couldn't do," said Theta Tau President Brad Clark, who voted against the policy. "We have had closed parties for at least the past three-and-a-half years ... we monitor the door, restrict underage drinkers, collect keys. We feel we had an effective policy in place and didn't feel we needed the IFC to restrict us," Clark added. "Any party from now on will be bring your own (alcohol)," Clark said. See NCSU, page 3 "The issue has been a little misun derstood in terms of what the focus has been," Karpinos said. "I understand the criticism of the warrant, but I don't agree with it." Karpinos said police had consulted with Fox about the legality of the raid before it was conducted. Fox did not indicate there were any problems with the operation, Karpinos said. "It is my understanding that the po lice did review their proposed actions with (Fox)," Karpinos said. "There is some specific statutory language that says it is one of the district attorney's obligations to consult with police of ficers on matters of justice." Fox said police had approached him about the raid before they took action, but that he was led to believe there was a legal precedent for the operation. He was never shown the warrant, he said. "(The police) told me they were go ing to do the search, and they indicated they had the authority to do the search,'' Fox said. "I would have to wait to see what happened in court to determine if there was actually authority for doing this. Once they're in court, I'm sworn to See FOX, page 9 1
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