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Ssir lRnn Ticket distribution for The Citadel 7 a.m.-5 p.m. No numbers Cloudy High in mid-50s Wednesday: Rain High in mid-50s a Serving the students and the University community since 1893 NmnSportsAits BusinesiAdrtrtising 962-0249 962-1 16 Volume 98, Issue 132 Tuesday, January 29, 1991 Chapel Kill, North Carolina err II Q fr Q W Somali officials surrender to rebels NAIROBI, Kenya The where abouts of longtime Somali leader Mohamed Siad Barre remained a mys tery Monday, more than a day after he fled the presidential palace in a tank. Rebels appealed for calm in the war ravaged capital of Mogadishu and promised a return to democracy. According to a radio broadcast of the Somali National Movement, the oldest of the three major guerrilla groups fighting to oust Siad Barre, loyalist troops and officials from the old regime were giving up through much of the Horn of Africa nation. "Reports reaching Radio SNM say that in various parts of our country, remnants of Siad Barre's soldiers and officials are surrendering en masse to the bases of the liberation movements," the broadcast said Monday. For the first time since the rebel of fensive began Dec. 30 against Siad Barre, a spokesman of the humanitarian medical team Doctors Without Borders said his colleagues in Mogadishu re ported no fighting overnight. Rebels asked for foreign medical aid and issued an appeal for utility and other workers to come back to their jobs so the city can resume a semblance of normalcy. 17 killed in Haitian clashes by extremists PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The army on Monday accused extremists of stirring up street protests that led to violent clashes with soldiers and the deaths of at least 17 people. In a statement broadcast by inde pendent Radio Haiti Inter, the Army High Command said subversive groups, which it did not identify, were trying to pit Haitians against its security forces and destabilize this poor Caribbean nation. The army "reiterates its commitment to respect the constitution and the will of the people," the statement said. Haiti Inter also said at least 1 7 people were killed and 14 wounded in Sunday's disturbances, seven higher than tallies of a day earlier. Government and military officials said the unrest was provoked by un founded rumors of a plot to free Roger Lafontant and 15 other Duvalierists captured after a Jan. 6 attempt to over throw the interim government of President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot. Judge rules to throw out Noriega drug case . MIAMI A federal judge Monday rejected the defense's call to throw out Manuel Noriega's drug case, ruling the deposed Panamanian leader's rights had not been jeopardized by government taping of his prison phone calls. The defense had asked U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler to dismiss the indictment on grounds of government misconduct. Noriega's attorneys accused the prosecution of improperly recording calls between their client and their of fice, one of which was later leaked and telecast by CNN. But prosecutors responded that Noriega had signed documents ac knowledging his calls were being monitored and taped. Hoeveler said Monday that the J trial will go on as planned. From Associated Press reports Cultural celebration Chapel Hill High School prepares events for Black History Month ..,.2 Chocolatey surprise 2Students spread theirwarmth while camping out for tickets 5 Pat on the back Forward Sullivan quiet in class, but loud on the court 7 Campus and City 3 Features ;......5 Sports 7 Classifieds 8 Comics ....9 Opinion . 10 1991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. QMEB Buadlget By ASHLEY FOGLE Staff Writer State revenue shortfalls for the coming year may exceed those faced under last year's budget, a state budget analyst said. David Crotts, senior fiscal analyst with the N.C. General Assembly, said the budget gap is predicted to be between $900 million and $ 1 .4 billion. An exact figure is not available at this time, he said. UNC administrators expressed con cern over the prospect of the shortfall s- 4 J Open for 'em Graduate student Matthew Stewart ts ml gulf war held by the Ad Hoc Committee for Peace in the Middle East. Investigation results may affect federal funding By BURKE KOONCE Staff Writer A federal investigation of racial and sexual discrimination charges against the University could affect federal funding of programs. Eleanor Morris, director of the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid, said if the U.S. Department of Education de cided the University had violated dis crimination laws and failed to meet government standards to remedy these violations, federal funding could be cut. Wayne Jones, associate vice chan cellor for business and finance, said, "We don't expect that it's going to come down to that.' Town council By JENNIFER DICKENS Assistant City Editor The Chapel Hill Town Council re jected a proposal Monday night that would have declared the town a sanc tuary for Persian Gulf War resisters, deciding that such a declaration would not be appropriate for local government. The Orange County Greens peti tioned the council to declare Chapel Hill a sanctuary for those refusing military service in the war, for desert ers, for war-tax resisters and for those opposing the war through nonviolent civil disobedience. The council voted against the petition in a 6-2 vote, with council members Joe Herzenberg and Joyce Brown, a Greens member, djssenting. Mayor Jonathan Howes was absent due to illness. Last week, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen refused to consider the same resolution. Council member Alan Rimer said the council should not occupy itself with the issues of the war and that the Greens' idea was not worth discussing. "If we receive it, it seems to me by our procedure we're supposed to do something with it, and I don't think it deserves the light of day," he said. But Brown said adopting the resolu tion would fulfill the council's respon sibility to serve all residents. "We need to stretch ourselves as far gap coualdl Mcrease tW year and its potential impact on the Univer sity. Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the University could be hurt by the shortfall. "In light of what has occurred in the last 3 to 4 years, we are at a point now that we have begun to be severely hurt," he said. "New resources have to be developed. We can no longer sustain cuts." "It's time to stop reading lips and start raising revenue," he said. "That may mean attacking the sacred DTHDebbie Stengel speaks out during an open forum on the The University receives more than $ 100 million annually from the federal government. The majority of this money funds contract and research grants, he said. The second-largest portion of federal funding is invested in student aid, largely in the form of loans, grants and jobs, he said. Morris said the student aid program received about 70 percent of its funding from the federal government. In the 1989-90 school year, the program re ceived almost $22 million of its $30 million total income from federal fund ing, she said. The University receives federal aid ' ' votes down Greens' sanctuary proposal as we can to encompass all citizens," she said. Greens representative Dan Coleman presented the resolution and Rev. Buddy Olney, minister of the Community Church of Chapel Hill, supported the Greens' proposal. The church's Board of Directors voted unanimously Jan. 15 to designate the institution a "sanctuary church." Olney said he feared the public's enthusiasm in support of the troops serving in the Persian Gulf has caused citizens to forget a person's right to resist participation in the war. "I urge the council to give both the space and provision, the tolerance and the compassion to our young men and women who want and who need to struggle with this matter of conscience," he said. "I urge the council to support our children here at home as equally as we intend to support our troops abroad." Chapel Hill residents Joe Elinoff and Phillip Sullivan presented the opposition to the Greens' proposal. Elinoff said polls showing public support for President George Bush's decision to use military force in the Gulf imply that a majority of Chapel Hill residents also support the policy. "Since the proposal in question is probably unconstitutional and certainly unenforceable, it would, therefore, only . be an empty statement," Elinoff said. cow and taxing cigarettes. We can go ahead and do that. In my opinion, that's the way to go, not the lottery. That's a very unstable and mercurial kind of source (of revenue)." "It's gotten to the point that we have to start making some decisions," he said. "Some things have to go". "We could send 10,000 students home, but we're not going to do that." Wayne Jones, associate vice chan cellor for finance, agreed. "We've wrung everything there is to get out of the budget and still get the Iraqi planes take POW reported kum ed From Associated Press reports DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia More than 60 fighter-bombers from Iraq's hide-and-seek air force have slipped out the back door to refuge next door in Iran, the U.S. military said Monday, and American strategists are "de lighted." The Iraqis, meanwhile, reported that captured pilots have been injured in air attacks staged by their Desert Storm comrades on "populated and civilian targets in Iraq." The terse Baghdad radio report, which gave no further details, was an ominous follow up to Iraq's earlier threat to turn Prisoners of War into "human sTiields." The Iraqis, who say they hold more than 20 Americans and other prisoners, announced Jan. 21 they were sending Officer's By MARCIE BAILEY Staff Writer A civil suit filed by University Police Officer Keith Edwards against the University was motioned to dismissal Monday in Orange County Superior Court because of questions raised by the University's counsel about the statute of limitations and other techni calities. The judge will decide next week if the case will continue to be heard. The suit lists seven University and police administrators as defendants in the case. Alan McSurely, Edwards' lawyer, said the judge gave him one week to answer questions about two issues raised through many different institutions, in cluding state education agencies and banks, so pinpointing where funding cuts might occur is difficult, she said. Banks offering student loans with federally funded interest could stop of fering the loans if such funding became unavailable, she said. But federal funding channeled through state agen cies might not be affected, she said. "I'm not going to say it's an empty threat," she said. "It's a hammer they like to hold over our heads." Morris said she was unsure if cuts in federal funding could affect federal loans that were awarded directly to students instead of through the University. "It's passage would accomplish noth ing but to give Chapel Hill a negative image throughout the United States." But those who wish to protest the war have every right and opportunity to do ' so, Elinoff said. Sullivan, dressed in red, white and blue, said effective and protective laws exist for conscientious objectors in the U.S. "There is no sanctuary needed for legal conscientious objectors," he said. The proposal is not an appropriate matter for the council to decide, Sullivan said. "Enticing members of the U.S. armed forces to desert or to go AWOL (absent without leave) is illegal big time," he said. More than 150 people crowded into the council chamber to support both sides of the issue. Several residents carried American flags and signs, including some which read, "Follow Martin Luther King's dream and not George Bush's night mare," and "Chapel Hill, N.C. supports our troops. Bring them home alive now. We also support free speech." Chapel Hill resident Vaughn Jett carried a sign that read, "Read my lips, stop the War!" He said he was in favor of the Greens' proposal. After several outbursts from the au dience, Mayor Pro Tem Nancy Preston insisted that the meeting proceed in an orderly fashion. minimum level of services that we are providing," he said. "We anticipate a period of budget stringency, but the degree of that strin gency remains to be seen," he said. "The bottom line is this if things get worse we will have to cut programs." Jones said he hoped state legislators would restore funds cut from the University's budget in the wake of last year's shortfall. "I think that's going to be the top priority of the General Administration's budget requests," he said. them out to potential targets to deter air attack. The Baghdad government says more than 320 civilians have been killed in Desert Storm air raids a figure used in a letter to U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar. Refugees fleeing Iraq said warplanes of the anti-Iraq coalition had bombed civilian convoys on the desert highway west from Baghdad to Jordan. In another development, the U.S. command said its pinpoint air strike on Kuwaiti oil junctions may have turned off the source of the vast spill the biggest in history that is devastating the Persian Gulf. The U.S. military said more and more Iraqi pilots were flying to Iran. Iraq's 700-plane air force has mostly coBrt case delayed by the University. The University lawyer is questioning whether Edwards' suit exceeded the three year statue of limitations for filing civil rights cases defined under the 1 983 Civil Rights Action. Lars Nance, the University's lawyer, said the judge would decide next week if Edwards' first grievance filing date of June 22, 1987, is the official beginning of the process. If the judge rules that June 22, 1987, was the official begin ning, that would mean the statue of limitations had expired. The judge could decide to extend the deadline because Edwards pursued administrative rem edies since she filed the grievance. Susan Ehringhaus, director of legal affairs, said the University had been investigated by federal agencies before, but had never experienced any cuts in federal funding. The University is tak ing the investigation seriously, she said. After the 135-day investigation pe riod, the University will have time to make any necessary reconciliations, she said. That time period is 60 days, as stated in a letter sent to Keith Edwards, a University police officer, who requested last December that the education department's Office of Civil Rights investigate 1 1 allegations of racial and sexual discrimination. There has been a great deal of sen timent that has been expressed about (the Greens resolution)," Preston said. "And I feel that we don't want to make this into a public hearing tonight." The council rules allow any petition on the agenda to be discussed for a total of six minutes, with three minutes al located for each side of the issue. But Coleman, upon reading a copy of the council procedures manual before the meeting, said the Greens assumed each side would have six minutes for dis cussion. After several minutes of debate, the council's decision to allow each party six minutes for discussion received audience applause. "Since we can debate the procedure of issues for another 10m inutes, I would just as soon let each (side) have their six minutes," said council member Art Werner. The council chamber audience re acted to the council's vote with ap plause and flag-waving. After the resolution was rejected, Coleman said he was still optimistic. "The council can't keep the war out of Chapel Hill," he said. "We're going to continue working for peace." Elinoff said he was not surprised by the council's decision. "I just felt it was necessary to adopt an opposition to (the Greens proposal)," he said. "It's going to depend ultimately on legislative action and how legislators deal with the shortfall," he said. "We certainly hold out hope of getting some of the cuts restored.' Jay Robinson, vice president for. public affairs with the UNC General Administration, said restoring cuts would be a top priority of the UNC system. 'The first goal is to avoid additional cuts, and the second goal would be to See BUDGET, page 9 refoge lain low during the war, hidden away in shelters or hop scotching to other Iraqi airfields during the incessant U.S. and allied air strikes. Over the weekend, the Iranian news media reported Iraqi fighters and other aircraft had begun landing at airfields in neutral Iran. By Monday, the Pentagon said, more than 60 fighter-bombers and more than 20 transports, both military and civilian; had found refuge in Iran. The aircraft leaving Iraq included some of its most advanced fighters, Soviet-built MiG-29s, the reports said. The Iraqi pilots' motives simply to defect, or to shield their planes from American attack to fight another day See WAR, page 6 Edwards has filed numerous griev ances against the University alleging that she was discriminated against on the basis of race and sexAvhen she was passed over for a promotion that was given to a white male officer with less experience. She has also filed two lawsuits against the University. Nance said the case will go to trial, depending on the rulings next week. Edwards said Monday's hearing consisted mainly of discussion about the lawsuit and the charges against the University. The University's employee contracts and details about employees' See EDWARDS, page 9 Attention candidates: Read this! Candidates running for student body presidenti Residence Hall As sociation president, Daily Tar Heel editor, Carolina Athletic Association president. Student Congress seats and senior class offices should plan to have their pictures taken for an nouncements immediately following the mandatory 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 senior class presidentvice president teams should turn in two copies of their platforms to the DTH letterbox by no later than 5 p.m. on 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 the DTH office in the Stu dent Union and ask the receptionist for information or call Laura Wil liams 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. Laughing well is the best revenge. Fido Dido
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