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Lou Gold to speak 8 p.m. Hanes Art Center Sponsored by SEAC Mostly sunny High in mid-50s Friday: Sunny High around 50 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ' KmnTpitrtiflr4T 962-0245 . Chapel Hill, North Carolina buw mw Thursday, January 31,1991 wsiumB 90, iub - i p J 11 D ';-v, ; iP(rikll ft tl G If U 12 Mamies 1st to die m groraidl act U.S. Marines capture 2nd Kuwaiti island OVER UMM AL MARADIM IS LAND, Kuwait U.S. Marines have captured a second Kuwaiti island after blowing up Iraqi anti-aircraft weapons and artillery. A U.S. media pool was flown over Umm Al Maradim on Monday as a spectacular mushroom cloud of smoke rose from exploding Iraqi anti-aircraft weapons and artillery. Thev had annarentlY been stored on the 1200-by-900 foot spit of sand 12 miles off the coast of Kuwait, which boasts two communication towers, u tents and several buildings. r!rt Michael J. Coumatos. com manner nf Amnhibious Sauadron Five, ftftAfrUftWWS vm " M said the guns and towers indicated the Iraqis used the lsiana to warn oi uy pnmino air attacks. The island was deserted when about 50 Marines flew to it, said Lt. Col ncnroe Flinn. who led the marine con tinffpnt Rut he said it was also clear the Iraqis had abandoned the island "rather rapidly. U.S. economy shows sign of recovery WASHINGTON The nation's chief economic barometer rose a slight n i nercent in December, the first in crease in six months, and what one analyst said was "a faint ray of light" the recession could end oy midyear. Manv economists agreed that the Commerce Department's Index of t iino Fonnnmic Indicators, released iUUlllg M-r- v Wednesday, suggested that the contrac tinn will not deepen, thoueh they cau- tioned it was no harbinger of sudden recovery. "It indicates only that we're through the worst of the downturn," said Allen Sinai of the Boston Co. Six of the 1 1 forward-looking com ponents of the index had positive chnwincs in December. Thev included higher stock prices, a longer average work week and orders for new plants and equipment. Other nositive contributors were an improvement in an index measuring consumer confidence, a decline in ini tial unemployment claims and an in crease in unfilled orders at lactones. Negative contributors were fewer factory orders for consumer goods, a decline in building permits, faster business delivery times, a drop in prices of raw materials and a decline in the money supply. Rep. Dan Blue elected speaker of N.C. House : RALEIGH North Carolina's General Assembly on Wednesday elected its first black speaker since Reconstruction. "It is a change of leadership with a new generation of ideas and goals, but it is a renewal of our uncompromising commitment to provide opportunities economic, education, political and cultural and fair treatment to all the citizens of this state," said the newly elected legislative leader, Rep. Dan Blue. . He was given the oath of office by state Supreme Court Associate Justice Henry Frye, who in the 1970s was the first black elected to the legislature in modern times. From Associated Press reports From Associated Press reports DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia Iraqi tanks and troops, some faking surrender, smashed into Saudi Arabia's northeast corner early Wednesday and were slowly beaten back in "hellacious" fighting by American and allied forces, the U.S. military said. Twelve U.S. Marines were reported killed in the heaviest combat of the 2-week-old war the first Americans killed in ground action. Saudi and other allied losses were described as light, Iraqi casualties as heavy. As the bloody day wore on, some Iraqi troops were still holed up in a hotel in the abandoned Saudi border town of Khafji, and others held their ground at nearby Khafji point, on the Persian Gulf coast, U.S. military sources reported. Saudi forces took over after Ameri can airpower and Marines largely re pulsed the Iraqi attack and had the re maining Iraqis "under control," the Saudi military said. When the first Iraqi columns lunged from Kuwait, some advancing T-55 tanks had their guns facing rearward, a sign of surrender, but the Iraqis then opened fire, the Marines reported. The Iraqi thrust may have been de signed to punish Marine units that have repeatedly shelled Iraqi positions just inside Kuwait, and possibly to provoke a wider, longer-term battle, a ground conflict for which U.S. commanders are still preparing. Baghdad radio told the Iraqi people that their army's first push into Saudi territory "the kingdom of evil" was "wiping out the renegade invaders." The Iraqi attack on the Khafji corner was mounted in four separate advances along a front stretching from the gulf shore 25 miles west into the desert, and began late Tuesday south of Kuwait's al-Wafra oilfield, the U.S. military said. An estimated 1,500 Iraqi troops and at least 50 tanks took part. Each thrust by low-slung, 1950s style T-55 tanks or columns of Iraqi armored personnel carriers was re pelled by Marine and allied light armor and infantry, and by U.S. warplanes and helicopters, the U.S. military said. But the nighttime fighting, in freez ing temperatures, was "hellacious," said Marine Lt. Col. Cliff Myers. As flares bathed the desert in the white light of battle, men of the 2nd Marine Division opened up on the at tackers with TOW anti-tank rockets. Cobra helicopter gunships and the Air ForceV'tankkillers" A-lOWarthog jets swooped down in repeated strikes at the Iraqi armor, according to a news pool report from the front. Itsaidtheexplosionsofcluster bombs and missiles reverberated through the darkness of early morning and past Some of the toughest fighting took place in Khafji itself, an oil-and-resort town of 20,000 people abandoned since the onset of war. The seaside town, eight miles south of the Kuwaiti border was the focus of two Iraqi assaults just before and just after midnight. Front-line Marines told AP corre spondent Neil MacFarquhar that Iraqi tank crews rolled their T-55s up to the border and said they wanted to defect. When an allied escort party arrived, the See WAR, page 7 I U orTiTJON f 1 III STL t jdZJL ? x ?s&:v i? t rA j ii rVT ? ll v "S I f w . ii, I --.3 -' - . s"i y r-.n) I W "n k a II I J 1 M1JRIX1IH OIBI IUOI I Sinn un and sound Off I I ... . .1 l-JJI. r t:.(nn I Carolyn Dorisdottersignsapetitionforacease-Tiremineivnaaiecu.iiiu.u of the Franklin St. Post Office during a peace vigil. See story, pagej ii leave; no fltoairy actio By CARRINGT0N WELLS Staff Writer . TfnwTPcK law nrofessor Barrv Nakell, who pleaded guilty Jan. 17 to shoplift ing, has taken leave of his teaching duties this semester, said Judith Wegner, dean of the law scnooi. The University has made no recom mendations for disciplinary action against him yet, she saia. Nakell is now receiving professional therapy, and decisions about disciplin ary action are on hold until some con clusion is reached, she saia. "Right now, we are m the position 01 looking at an application of disability leave, and there is no recommendation for disciplinary action at this time," Wegner said. "We will know no later than June 1 whether action will be taken." For University disciplinary action to be taken. Chancellor Paul Hardin would have to make the final decision, Wegner said. There is also a possibility that a hearing before a faculty committee would take place before interruption of pay or anything of this sort happens," she said. "Mr. Nakell's courses this semester are being taught by other faculty members, so there has been no disrupj tion for his students." Nakell declined to comment on his status with the law school. Carlos Haas-Castro, owner of The Archives, the Carrboro bookstore from which Nakell shoplifted, said he saw Nakell leave the store with a book under his jacket. Nakell stole the book, "Freaks: We Who Are Not As Others," which is valued at $11.99. J Haas-Castro said he was disappointed in Nakell because of his reputation as a i See NAKELL, page 7 IdaM Art Mtulsothi i bndget woes hamper security By ASHLEY FOGLE Staff Writer - Pinanrial difficulties mav cause the Ackland Art Museum to close its doors in March, museum officials saia Wednesday. Charles Millard, museum airecior, said a recently imposed state hiring freeze had lett tne museum wunuui ui Affwiiiate security staff. Without secu rity officers to guard the exhibits, the galleries may have to te ciosea iu uic public, he said. "We are facing financial aniicuuies., the same as the rest of the University," he said. "We may be facing serious problems. If we can't hire guards to guard the new galleries, we may have to close some galleries or close down completely." Timothy Riggs, museum assistant director, said the museum had only two guards. Three vacantpositions have been frozen for a year, he said. Departments are allowed to petition for an exemption to the freeze, he said. Millard said the museum would de crease its hours beginning next week by closing on Tuesdays. It is already closed Mondays. Visitation has been high since the museum reopened in December, he said. rejects SAKR T-shirt "All it's saying is we recognize there's a problem." . Mark Chilton, Dist. 1 8 By BILLY ST0CKARD Staff Writer Student Congress voted Wednesday night to deny Students for the Ad vancement of Race Relations (SARR) the right to sell T-shirts with "UNC c. S"TrE hi e 7c,s to would be on ,he "I. is required by each organiza. JYlCIIlUCls aiaj uijiA-ivu because printing on the shirts would shirts. ... . . Jl r , thtr, s ARR snokesmanPaul Reynolds said indicate inai cuugicaa chuuiow - 1 j a SARR members said that the shirts pictures of Harvey Gantt s defaced were meant to show that racism is a problem on the University campus ratues in . diver All it s saying is we recognize mere auiy wuuuvF..."v-v - . proWemsaid Mark ChiUc Dis, ,rgen Bucheu. finance com- isssssss a nroDiem aiu uoi uuiy hii"""6 "w . . ..- organizations' name on the shirts. Todd Wyatt, einics cuiuhuucc riuiau iv ui t vi j Tt i reauired bv each organization to submit a statement of active recruit ment of women and minorities," "And so now we ve fnhe.n said he Questioned if student groups should oe iocusmg on pcuyic skin color m their recruumeni. "instead of focusine on people's tal ents, we'll think, 'what color are they?'" he said. The resolution will become effective after th February 1 992 budget process. - j - - Congress members also voted to add a referendum to the Feb. 12 campus elections ballot to clarify the meaning of student fees. The student constitution does not nictures of Harvey Gantt's defaced Sheiourne saia. nu i,u uw ,y stuaent consiuuuon uuc nui campaign posters and depictions of the changed it to read that they need to distinguish between general student atues in front of Davis Library prob- submit to us a statement that they will activitjes fees and specific student ac- IIVIIIC XI UIU inwvu... 1 ' the type of fee each group receives would be designated. rwioc mmhers also voted in fa- vor of granting the Pauper Players $200 "Rroadwav Mark Shelburne, rules and judiciary or tne ruac oiuuc.i i.. - - - Droduction of nJZZltf chairman, said groups' emit members who were not females or for the production oi .:...t:.fctftrv.arrrmmniedbv African Americans. jvickjuk 7.. RHA aMEB Baby boosters UNC School of Nursing may gei midwifery program 3 Conscription prescription Students discuss their reactions to a possible draft - 4 Tiger trap? TarHeels venturetotho land of orange to take on Clemson..... ......5 Campus and City 3 SDorts... - 5 Classifieds - 6 Comics 7 Opinion 8 1991 dth Publishing, Cortv.M rictus fagryag By HEATHER PHIBBS Start Writer Th. Residence Hall Association has received complaints from area gover nors and housekeepers that students are ... . i i i not properly disposing or recyciaoie material. Housekeepers have reported that many dormitory residents leave piles of paper and other items in residence hall kitchens and lounges, said Gretchan Diffendal, RHA president. "The housekeepers have done the best that they can, but it's just too much," constitutions had to be accompanied oy Aincau complaints about placement of recyclables 1 bins should be emptied on a more regu "The housekeepers have done the best they can, but it's just too much." RHA President Uretcnan uinenaai che said. "It's not their 10b to do that (dispose of students' recyclable gar bage)." The housekeeping staff is being told to throw away the piles of trash, which could be recycled. Got friends in the Middle East? The Daily Tar Heel wants to know about students, faculty, staff or their family members who are serving in the Middle East and want more mail. Please drop off the person's name, address in the Middle East and, if possible, aface orprofile picture to the DTH Office in the Student Union. Please write the person's name on the back of the photograph. The DTH will print the information for students interested in writing let ters to service personnel in the Persian Gulf. Pictures may be picked up at the DTH office after they run. Tmnrovements. such as using mobile recycling bins, need to be made in campus recycling, umenaai saia. "Permanent recycling sites should be built on all areas of campus," she said. "What I see that needs to happen is something that will last." Permanent sites already are located beside Hinton James, Ehringhaus and Graham residence halls. The existing sites need to be more attractive, Diffendal added. "Of course this all takes money," she said. No firm plans have been made, and no funds are available to make improvements, she said. Nick Franzese. a member of the P-HA governing board, said, "The recycling lar basis." Filling the bins usually takes only a few days and tney onen remain full for days at a time, he said. Manv times there is not room in the hins fnr students to place the items they want to recycle, he said. This problem is especially evident around Cobb Resi dence Hall, he said. Students should try to work around the problems and continue to recycle, Franzese said. If bins are full, students should hold on to materials until they can be properly disposed, ne saia. Snme students said they recycle aluminum cans on a regular basis. Others said they do not anempi rouraic unuv-r-pssful at recvcline other materials. "My roommate used to recycle Knt shft doesn't do it any more," said Danielle Stines, a freshman resident from New York. The RHA plans to send a newsletter about the problem to dormitory resiacnu next weeK. We are drafting a petition explain ing the necessity of having guards. To fully open during our regular hours we would need more than nine guards," Millard said. Riggs said five guards were needed at all times to provide adequate security. Additional security officers would be needed to relieve their co-workers during their breaks and days off. "If we get our force of five, that's still not enough," he said. "We may start rotating closure of galleries. Some gal leries would only be opened on certain See ACKLAND, page 7 Election Update fanrUdAtes rurmins for student body president, Residence Hall As sociation president. Daily Tar Heel editor, Carolina Athletic Association president, Student Congress scats and senior class offices should plan to have their pictures taken for an- nouncements immeaian:iy iuiiuih6 the mandatory candidates meeting Thursday. Reporters will arrange an uuci view time for announcements at that time Anvone failine to arrange a time or stay for pictures will not be erven a make-up tune. SRP KHA. 1J 1 tl. anu !C- Ha riresidentvice president teams should turn in two copies of their platforms to trie u i ti icucr uu Kv nn later than 5 p.m. on Feb. 1. They should be no longer than 500 mrd Announcements anu piri forms will run in an elections insert in the Feb. 5 edition of the l I H. tr fvandiriAfps have Questions .-.-::::-:-.'. -.:. - .... . ..; . about this procedure, they should oithAr rnme dv tne uiix unite iu the Student Union and ask the receptionistforinformationorcau I aura Williams at 962-0245. The DTH will print two letters ot endorsement for each SBP, RHA, DTH and CAA candidate, and one for each senior class team 1 ne jet te shniild he 300 words or less, typed, double-spaced, etc. 1 hey are due in the DTH letter box by noon PeK a Fjich letter can onlv be signed V mti - W . . A- k 1 " . .. L Kj twn nennie niacins names in uic middle of the text to try to get around this will disquaniy tne icucr. . The editorial board will hold in terviews with SBP, RHA, DTH and CAA candidates on reb. V berore maifinc endorsements.. Candidates will be given five minutes to speait, And Knnrd members will ask ques- tions about their pianorms anu campaigns. ' ror more imormauun uui if tore nr fn set u n an endorsement interview, call Kelly Thompson at 962-0245. V ll have to marry a virgin. I can't stand criticism. From the movie "Out of Africa
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