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Monday, January 28, 1991
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Rebels seize Somalia;
president missing
NAIROBI, Kenya Guerrillas on
Sunday won apparent control of Somalia
after a month of fighting forced Presi
dent Mohamed Siad Barre from his
official residence. A Western doctor
who just left Mogadishu said rebels had
taken over the airport and main radio
station.
The whereabouts of Siad Barre, who
had ruled the California-sized nation
since 1969, remained unknown.
Rebel spokesman Mohamed Robleh
said it was believed "Siad Barre was at
the airport surrounded by our forces.
We believe he may have been captured."
Earlier reports from Somalia's capi
tal said Siad Barre, about 80, had fled to
Kismayu, one of the few sections of the
Horn of Africa nation of 8 million be
lieved still loyal to him.
Robleh said in London that his United
Somali Congress would announce an
acting committee within 48 hours to run
Somalia. He said the interim government
would remain until representatives from
the main rebel groups could meet to
form a democratic government repre
senting the nation's various clans.
Iran proposes 5-point
plan for peace in gulf
NOSIA, Cyprus Iran's Parliament
speaker on Sunday unveiled a Persian
Gulf war peace plan calling for an im
mediate cease-fire, simultaneous with
drawal by both sides and a halt to Jewish
settlement in the occupied lands.
Mahdi Karrubi also said that Iran
"will certainly fight Israel along with
other Muslim states" if Israel enters the
war against Iraq.
His remarks were reported by Iran's
official Islamic Republic News Agency,
monitored in Nicosia.
Karrubi 's five-point peace plan pro
poses that Islamic forces from un
specified countries supervise with
drawals of allied and I aqi forces from
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, respectively,
then replace both sides in those lands.
The Islamic forces would also su
pervise the lifting of United Nations'
embargoes on shipments of food and
medicine to Iraq.
The plan seeks an unconditional halt
to "the Jewish influx" into Israeli-occupied
territories and the formation of a
committee of Islamic states to support
the "liberation-seeking struggles" of
Palestinians throughout the occupied
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
UNC-C, N.C.A&T ask
for engineering Ph.D.
DURHAM N.C. State University
could lose its monopoly on doctoral
programs in engineering if plans by
N.C. A & T University and UNC
Charlotte win approval.
N.C. State is now the only member of
the UNC system that grants such de
grees. Duke University, which is private,
also offers doctorates through its School
of Engineering.
But A & T in Greensboro and UNC
C are seeking permission from the UNC
Board of Governors to extend their
graduate engineering programs, said
Raymond Dawson, vice president of
academic affairs for the 1 6-campus sys
tem. By policy, the UNC system has lim
ited its engineering programs to three
campuses, Dawson said. Among those,
only NCSU can grant doctorates.
From Associated Press reports
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cling sites on campus ... ,3
They heard Josh
Crowd of 3000 students hears evan
gelist in Carmichael Auditorium. ...4
Painful sting
Heels lose to Georgia Tech 88-86 at
buzzer 10
Campus and City 3
Features 4
Classifieds - 6
Comics . 7
Opinion 8
Sports Monday 10
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Federal
By S0YIA ELLISON
Staff Writer
The U.S. Department of Education is
investigating charges that the University
discriminates against employees on the
basis of race and gender, according to a
letter the department sent to University
police officer Keith Edwards.
Edwards requested in December that
the education department's Office of
Civil Rights investigate 1 1 allegations
of discrimination and retaliation against
African Americans and females.
She alleges that the University:
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Group: diversify curriculum
By MARCIE BAILEY
Staff Writer
A group of 20 to 30 students
marched from the Pit to South Build
ing Friday to present a proposal to
create more multi-cultural unity at the
University by diversifying the aca
demic curriculum and requirements .
Students involved in the Martin
Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration
week and members of minority groups
Author says
By BILLY ST0CKARD
Staff Writer
Martin Luther King Jr. was killed
because he made Americans look in
the mirror, C.T. Vivian told an audience
in Memorial Hall Friday night.
"They killed Martin King because
he was the most radical person in his
society," Vivian said. "Because he was
making America live up to what they
said they believed."
An enthusiastic crowd of fewer than
300 people attended Vivian's 8 p.m.
lecture, titled "Racial Bigotry is
Everybody's Problem." Vivian, author
of the book "Black Power and the
American Myth," spoke as part of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Cel
ebration. King's struggle was not just for
blacks, Vivian said. The nation and
world have benefited from King's civil
rights efforts.
"Because of Martin and the move
ment here, blacks and whites moving
together for justice gave oppressed
people all over the world the belief that
they, too, could be free," Vivian said.
The South also can thank King, he
said. Violence in the South would have
destroyed the economy and hindered
education if King had not united the
people peacefully, Vivian said.
"Before the movement, nobody had
a decent education in the South, with a
rare exception," he said. "If you were
white or black, you still weren't edu
cated at the level of the rest of the
nation. And the only university in the
South that was worth talking about was
the University of North Carolina."
UNC was one of the first southern
schools to publish works about black
oppression, he said. This was "the
stupid, stumbling South" before King
came along to awaken the people,
Vivian said.
Before Vivian's speech, Harold
Wallace, vice chancellor for University
affairs, named Michelle Thomas the
recipient of a $200 scholarship named
for King.
Jamesee Alston, a member of the
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B fails to hire and promote females
in the police department on the basis of
gender.
B fails to hire African Americans as
instructors in the researchbiochemistry
department on the basis of race.
B denies equal pay to females in the
purchasing department on the basis of
gender.
B has sexually harassed and retali
ated against females in the housekeep
ing department on the basis of gender.
Bhas sexually harassed and mis
treated females in the School of Den
ttoops draws people of different views
McCorkle Place to support U.S. troops
on campus participated in the march.
The proposal, designed by the Network
for Minority Issues, was presented to
Provost Dennis O'Connor during his
lunch.
Matthew Stewart, co-chairman
Network for Minority Issues, said the
proposal requested that all future un
dergraduates take one course in a non
See MARCH, page 3
all benefited from King's stru
committee that awarded the scholarship,
said Thomas would receive the money
her senior year. Thomas received a
plaque Friday night in recognition of
her award.
Thomas, a junior African-American
studies major from Laurinburg, com
peted with finalists Harold Hunter Jr.,
Dana Lumsden, Jonathan Martin and
Trisha Merchant for the scholarship.
Dr. C.T. Vivian speaks
yourself, make fun of other people. Bobby Slayton
mvestagates UmvemHy
tistry on the basis of gender.
B has treated African-American
teachers differently than others in the
Frank Porter Graham Child Develop
ment Center on the basis of race.
B denied promotions to females in
the Physicians Associates program on
the basis of race and gender.
According to the letter, an investi
gation of the complaints began Jan. 4,
and the results of the investigation will
be available in May.
If the University is found to have
violated discrimination laws, the Office
DTHJim Holm
Saturday afternoon
U.S. ground troops ready soon
From Associated Press reports
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia
American ground forces will be ready
to attack the Iraqi army within a month,
and an air strike seems to have thwarted
Iraq's effort to flood the Persian Gulf
with more oil, U.S. officials said Sun
day. Massive allied bombing raids con
tinued over Iraq, and in one dogfight
They were picked from a pool of 15
applicants, Alston said.
All applicants had to be presently
enrolled juniors "who have demon
strated a commitment to civil rights and
equality," she said. They must have
demonstrated leadership abilities in their
chosen fields, but the award was open to
students of any race, sex or origin, she
said.
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of Civil Rights will "attempt to negotiate
a remedy with the Institution," the letter
stated.
"If we cannot agree on a remedy
within the next 60 days, we will rec
ommend to our headquarters office that
enforcement action begin. This may be
an administrative hearing to terminate
the Institution's federal financial assis
tance or other means authorized by law,"
the letter stated.
Chancellor Paul Hardin could not be
reached for comment.
Edwards said she had mixed emotions
By NANCY JOHNSON
and KAREN SCHWARTZ
Stan Writers
A rally supporting U.S. troops in the
Middle East and featuring speakers with
many different view points on the Per
sian Gulf War attracted about 60 people
to McCorkle Place Saturday afternoon.
"Regardless of our views, we, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, America, we
support our men and women in uniform
and their families," said David Tollerton,
the rally's organizer and a junior at
UNC.
War veterans dressed in fatigues,
people wearing white arm bands,
skinheads and families of service people
were among those who attended the
rally. Crowd members waved American
flags and displayed posters reading
"America's Strong! Get Back Iraq" and
"Non-Racist Skins for U.S. Troops."
After local musician Jamie Block
performed Bob Dylan's "The Times
They Are a-Changing,"Tollerton asked
members of the crowd to raise their
hands in response to questions about
their views on the war.
"For every hand raised, there is a
speaker here who shares your opinion
and will speak to all of you about it from
their perspective," Tollerton said.
Tollerton told the crowd the rally
would feature a Vietnam veteran, a pro
mi litary action speaker, an anti-war
two American warplanes downed four
Iraqi fighters, they said.
On the ground, U.S. Marines learned
how to negotiate deadly minefields and
penetrate elaborate fortifications. Af
terward, they crowded around radios
and televisions for Super Bowl XXV.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney an
nounced that U.S. soldiers would be
prepared "before the end of February"
"The winner is decided by a simple
majority vote," she said. "It was very
difficult this year because we had some
excellent finalists. We had to vote two
or three times because we came out with
a tie."
Sabrina Evans, president of the Black
Student Movement, said the BSM co
See VIVIAN, page 3
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Jr. Week Friday night
about the investigation.
"On the one hand I'm excited about
the federal investigation, but on the
other hand I am a citizen of North
Carolina, and the state of North Caro
lina refuses to deal with anything to do
with a minority," she said.
Edwards said she received telephone
calls Sunday from African Americans
with doctoral degrees who were denied
positions at the University and wanted
to contribute to the investigation. She
See EDWARDS, page 7
speaker, a Beirut veteran and a speaker
who was unsure of his feelings about
the war.
Abe Acosta, a Vietnam veteran, be
gan his comments by leading the crowd
in the Pledge of Allegiance. Acosta
compared visiting Chapel Hill to pen
etrating enemy territory and said war
protesters and proposals to make Chapel
Hill a sanctuary for war resistors would
make Chapel Hill one of the most
unpatriotic cities in North Carolina.
"I see today in these anti-war dem
onstrators the hippies of the '60s," he
said. "Many brave men and women
have made the supreme sacrifice and
died on foreign soi 1 so that the peacen i ks
could enjoy the privilege to demon
strate." Acosta warned that protesters will
prolong the war by sending the wrong
message to Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein and demoralizing the troops.
He compared their actions to those of
Jane Fonda in the 60's, eliciting the
comment, "Communist, traitor, bitch,"
from a crowd member at the mention of
Fonda's name.
"If this country ever falls, it will fall
from within," Acosta said.
Richard McKenna, a retired military
officer, spoke from the pro-military
action viewpoint and quoted Martin
See RALLY, page 4
to launch the ground offensive.
Cheney said although relentless allied
air attacks against Iraq had been suc
cessful, they alone would not drive Iraq
from Kuwait.
"We've always assumed that we
would eventually have to send in ground
forces," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet
See WAR, page 7
Candidates:
plan to have
pictures taken
Candidates running for student
body president, Residence Hall
Association president, Daily Tar
Heel editor, Carolina Athletic As
sociation president, Student Con
gress seats and senior class offices
should plan to have their picture
taken for announcements immedi
ately following the mandatory can
didates meeting Thursday.
Reporters covering the election
will arrange an interview time for
announcements at that time. Anyone
failing to arrange a time or stay for
pictures will not be given a make-up
time, ' . '
; SBP, RHA, DTH, CAA and se
nior class presidentvice president
teams should turn two copies of their
platforms in to the DTH letter box
no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 1. They
should be no longer than 500 words.
Announcements and platforms will
run in a special elections insert in the
Feb. 5 edition of the DTH.
If candidates have questions about
this procedure, they should either
come by or call Laura Williams at
the DTH office at 962-0245.
The DTH will print two letters of
endorsement for each SBP, RHA,
DTH and CAA candidate, and one
for each senior class team The let
ters should be 300 words or less,
typed, double-spaced, etc; They are
due in the DTH letter box by noon
Feb. 4. Each letter can only be signed
by two people, placing names in the
middle of the text to try to get around
this will disqualify the letter.
The editorial board will hold in
terviews with SBP, RHA, DTH and
CAA candidates on Feb. 9 before
making endorsements. Candidates
will be given five minutes to speak,
and board members will ask ques
tions about their platforms and
campaigns.