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8Th9 Daily Tar HeelTuesday, February 5, 1331 (Sty? Hatty ar Hferi 967i ear of editorial freedom Jessica Lanning and Kelly Thompson, Editors Stephanie Johnston, University Editor Elizabeth Murray, Forum Editor Peter F. Wallsten, City Editor VlCKI HYMAN, Features Editor Mark Anderson, Sports Editor Lisa Lindsay, News Editor GRANT HaLVERSON, Photography Editor Jeff Workman, Layout Editor ALEX De GRAND, Cartoon Editor NANCY Wykle, University Editor Jen PlLLA, Opinion Editor GLENN O'NEAL, State and National Editor CHERYL ALLEN, Features Editor LISA REICHLE, Omnibus Editor JoANN RODAK, News Editor KATHY MICHEL, Photography Editor CHRISTY CONROY, Layout Editor Johanna Henderson, Ombudsman UNC knows Group shows good sense in changing slogan The hate crimes at UNC in the past semester have served as a source of injury and alienation on campus. Attempts by student organizations to begin the healing process are admirable, and the Students for the Advancement of Race Relations' de cision not to use the slogan "UNC Knows Racism" shows good sense and a serious attitude toward dealing with those prob lems. The committee was considering selling T-shirts displaying the slogan and draw ings depicting racial incidents on campus. Committee members said the T-shirts were designed to call attention to campus racial problems. The committee asked Student Congress representatives to consider put ting their organization's name on the T shirts last week, but representatives voted down the proposal. SARR's motives were undeniably positive, but the effect of the T shirts' slogan might have actually been negative. "UNC Knows Racism" is a parody of Nike's "Bo Knows" slogan. Nike's slogan is used in an unmistakably light-hearted sense, and giving it a negative context Everywhere a sign Regulations for posters should be enforced During campus election season, students' eyes have grown accustomed to seeing campaign signs everywhere, even where they shouldn't be. A few candidates or campaign workers have hung posters in areas of the campus that are supposed to be off limits. Someone has been taking down those materials, but has not returned them to the Elections Board. Although candidates should not violate the guidelines for campaign posters, whoever took the posters down should have returned them to election officials. Candidates are not supposed to hang materials where they could interfere with teaching or the smooth flow of campus traffic. Several posters did not meet these guidelines; for example, they were found on blackboards in Greenlaw Hall. Although the ones in Greenlaw did not cause per manent damage to the facility, those placed IS The Nintendo Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz, director. Bob Bates, advertising director, Leslie Humphrey, classified ad manager. Business start: Allison Ashworth, manager, Kimberty Moretz, assistant manager; Gina Berardino, office assistant; Michelle Gray, Annice Hood and Becky Marquette, receptionists; Ken Murphy, subscriptions; Chrissy Davis, promotions manager. Classified advertising: Kirsten Burkart, assistant manager, Laura Richards and Angela Spivey, assistants; Brandon Poe. production. Display advertising: Lavonne Leinster, advertising manager; Heather Bannister, Chris Berry, Kelly Bohart, Chad Boswell. Carrie Grady, Ashteigh Heath, Carole Hedgepeth, Vicki Isley, Trish Parrott and Dawn Rogers, account representatives; Km Blass, creative director; Milton Artis, Laurie Davis, Maribeth Layton, Brooks Spradling and Stacy Turkel, sales assistants; Deborah Bumgarner, proofreader. Advertising production: Bill Leslie, manager; Anita Bentley, Chad Campbell, Greg Miller and Lorrie Pate, production assistants. Assistant editors: Mondy Lamb, arts coordinator; Jennifer Dickens, city; Amy McCarter, Amy Seeley and Natalie Sekicky, news; Jenny Cloninger, ombudsman; Charles Marshall and Devon Hyde, Omnibus; Jim Holm and Sarah King, photo; Neil Amato and Scott Gold, sports; Wendy Bounds, state and national; Jennifer Dunlap, Matthew Eisley and Laura Williams, university. Newsclerks: Kevin Brennan and Amy Dew Editorial writers: Cullen D. Ferguson, Scott Gold and Brock Page. University: Marcie Bailey, Elizabeth Byrd. Birch DeVault, April Draughn, Soyia Ellison. Ashley Fogle, Adam Ford. Brian Golson. Burke Koonce, Matthew Mieike. Gillian Murphy, Jennifer Mueller, Cathy Oberte, Shannon O'Grady, Heather Phibbs, Steve Politi, Bonnie Rochman, JoAnn Rodak, Karen Schwartz, Billy Stockard, Sarah Suiter. Carrie Wells, Michael Wilkins and Natarsha Witherspoon. City: Jennifer Brett, Kris Donahue, Laura-Leigh Gardner, Chris Goodson, Cheryl A. Hemdon, Nancy Johnson, Julie Malveaux. Amber Nimocks, Nicole Peradotto. Nicole Perez. Erik Rogers and Dawn Spiggle. State and National: Jennifer Davis, Karen Dietrich. Steve Doyle, David Etchison, Doug Hatch, Andre Hauser. West Lockhart, Eric Lusk, Pete Simpkinson, Kyle York Spencer and Dacia Toll. Arts: Isabel Barbuk, Kitt Bockley. Tere Clippard, Grant Halverson, Anne Michaud, Kirk Medlin, Greg Miller and Jeff Trussell. Features: Eric Bolash, Tiffany Cook. Karen Crutchfield, M.C. Dagenhart, Pia Doersam. Matthew Hoyt, Mara Lee, Scott Maxwell, Ginger Meek, Mary Moore Parham. Ari Rapport, Colleen Rodite, Kay Stallworth and Dawn Wilson. Sports: Kenny Abner, Jason Bates. A.J. Brown. Robert Brown, Stewart Chisam, Jay Exum, Doug Hoogervorst, Brandon Hunter, Warren Hynes, Matt Johnson, David Kupstas, Bobby McCroskey, Doug McCurry and Bryan Strickland. Photography: David Minton, editor emeritus; Evan Eile and Joe Muhl. senior photographers; Kevin Burgess, Jonathan Grubbs, Brian Jones, Cheryl Kane, Keith Nelson, Linus Parker, Debbie Stengel and Susan Tebbens. Layout: Melanie Black, Shawn Fuller, Christy Hall and Robin Lentz. Copy Editors: Stephanie Brodsky. Laura Clark. Hardy Floyd. Lorrin Freeman, Angela Hill.'Aimee Hobbs, Sarah Kirkman, Mitch Kokai. Jennifer Kurfees, Susan Pearsall, Natalie Pool, Terri Potter, Chris Shuping, Angela Spivey, Kenyatta Upchurch, Emilie Van Poucke, Clare Weickert, Steve Wilson and Mike Workman. Cartoonists: Deena Deese. Chris DePree, David Estoye, Chris Kelly, Jeff Maxim, Jake McNally and Mike Sutton. Editorial Production: Stacy Wynn. manager, Kristen Jones and Greg Thacker, assistants. Distribution: RDS Carriers. Printing: Village Printing. Ombudsman: Johanna Henderson. Phone: 962-0245; Office hours: Mon. and Wed.: 12-3 p.m., Tue. andThur.:2-5p.m., Sun.:4-p.m. The Daily Tar Heel is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit North Carolina corporation, Monday-Friday, according to the University calendar. Callers with questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1 1 63 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-02450246. Office: Suite Campus mall address: CB 5210 boi 49. Carolina Union concerning UNC could have caused confu sion. But regardless of the way it would have been interpreted, the slogan was extremely flippant and ill-suited to the serious goals of the committee. The appropriateness of using a parody of a slogan invented to sell athletic shoes to call attention to an issue as serious as racism was questionable. The stated purpose of the T-shirts and the committee's Race Relations Week is to educate people about the problem of rac ism, not to make light of recent campus racial incidents. The brash nature of the slogan could have offended people who might have benefited from the week. Feb. 1 marjced the beginning of Black History Month a time for learning about the contributions of African Americans. The unfortunate events of the past semester have taught students about the effects of racism. By joining in Race Relations Week and Black History Month and supporting SARR's efforts, students can start the heal ing process this campus so badly needs. Jen Pilla on newly painted walls in Howell Hall will cost the University considerable money to repair. In all fairness, the campaign staffs are not the only problem. Whoever took the posters down without giving them to the Elections Board used less than sound judg ment. Even if a poster does interfere with the daily routine on campus, it should not be thrown away; campaign materials cost candidates money, and they are an im portant form of communication with the general student body. The Elections Board has the power to fine candidates for posting materials in off limits areas. Considering the limits on campaign spending, these fines are taken seriously by candidates. The elections board can solve the problems of improper posting if this campus gives it a chance. H. Brock Page Solution. 104 Carolina Union U.S. Mail address: P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257 Go liege. Elections conjure nightmarish school memories Campus election time is always a bad time for me. It brings back horrible memories of the year I was in junior high school and ran for Student Council chaplain. I'm serious. Chaplain. What a strange office to hold in a junior high student council. You've never seen anyone run for Student Council priest or Student Council rabbi, have you? How about Student Council sage? With a sage, there would be no need for a president or any other council members. The school could just build a mountain behind the school for the sage to sit on and reflect on important junior high school matters. Every once in a while, a lowly student could climb to the top of the mountain with a pressing question. "Oh, wise sage of Kinston Junior High," the student would say, bowing low, "Homecoming is upon us. What shall we do to raise school spirit?" "Homecoming, my child?" the sage would respond. "Why do we need this Homecoming?" 'To make the student body proud of their school, your excellency. To make them want to come to our sacred football field and watch our sacred football team beat the snot out of Green Central." I guess I didn't think it was strange for our school to have a Student Council chaplain because I decided to run for the position. It sounded easy. All the chaplain had to do was open each meeting with a prayer. I wSs an expert on prayer. I composed some of my best prayers during geometry class. "Dear God," one of them went, "I don't understand anything this woman is trying to explain. I know that math is not my calling, and besides, I didn't do the homework, so please don't let her send me to the board. Please God. Please. Amen. Thank you. I'm pretty proud of it myself. So on the afternoon I decided to run, I was standing with a group of my friends on the Our hearts should go out to those at war To the editors: At the time of this obscene war, our hearts should go out to the Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Israeli and other civilians in that region, whose lives have been cruelly marred by death and destruction, caused on the one hand by a hypocritical, crude, terro mongering Saddam and Co., and on the other hand, by hypocritical, smooth-talking, jingoistic Bush and Co. The hypocrisies lie in Saddam claiming to be the champion of the common Arab's cause, while in reality it is economic and political gain he's after; and in Bush claiming this war to be a righteous war to liberate Kuwait from evil, while in reality he would deliver it to another evil : the former monarchy. Moreover, this "just" war is expected to del i ver a message to every country not to attack a peaceful neighbor (even if they do think it was their grandfather's property), while it is obvious that the only thing that anybody has learned from any war is to avoid strategical mistakes and to amass lethal weaponry in order to fight another more efficient war. Our attitude is pathetic: "Those guys are used to war and violence, so let them get it full blast." As if the civilians in Iraq and Kuwait will be totally death-proof from the tons and tons of bombs being dropped on supposed military and commu nications sites. This torrential bombing is supposed to continue for another 2-4 weeks, barring Saddam and Co.'s capitulation. This high-tech allied attack is as cruel as the arbitrary missile attacks on Israelis and Saudis by Saddam. Our hearts go out to the soldiers on both sides (volunteer or not), even though the eagerness of some is quite disconcerting those blood-curdling yells propelled by Jenn Layton school grounds during lunch. I announced my decision. "I'll be your campaign manager," offered a girl named Kim. I didn't really know her that well, but I appreciated the support and accepted her offer. That was the last I saw of her until after the election. She came up to congratulate me on winning and probably to take some of the credit. She had nothing to do with it. I won because nobody ran against me. Do you have any idea how stupid I felt going through the whole campaign process with no one to run against? I should have known better than to put myself through the whole thing the first day I started passing around my petition. "Here," I'd say, holding out a sheet of paper to my fellow students. "Please sign this petition so I can run for Student Council chaplain." The student would look at me blankly. "Student Council what?" "Chaplain. Just sign it." "I don't know. Who else is running?" "No one." The student's look would change to confu sion and then total resignation. "No one? Aw, hell, okay." The candidates for the other positions had the fun and excitement of mudslinging and making clever posters. Students collected little pins with stupid slogans like "Vote for Susie Appledent for Student Council President!" Candidates spoke of their drive and leadership skills. In junior high school, that amounted to winning the science fair or being captain of the cheerleading squad. delusions of bravado and honor, the comparisons of war to Super Bowl (war being more exhilarating since complete lives are involved here and not just fingers or leg bones) how sickening! What more can I say? I am an other peace lover asking: Can't this madness stop right now? KARIN CHAMBLESS Graduate Romance Languages Protesting war hurts the Gulf War effort To the editors: What goal or overall objective does protesting the war serve? If the goal is to help the U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia, I am afraid pro testing hurts more than it helps. More than 20 years ago soldiers were coming home from another unofficially declared war. These men and women were heroes in their own right, but they certainly were not praised for their efforts. It was an era of turmoil in this country, which diverted attention away from the war effort. I do not want to see history repeat itself because we here at home did not give the support needed. By pull ing together we will surely be strong. Protesters of the war in the Per sian Gulf have to realize we are in this war together and cannot turn back; too many people depend on our forces. If citizens around this country keep on demonstrating against the war effort, speaking out against their own government in a time of conflict and dividing the American public, the conse quences on the war effort could be devastating. Many of the protesters have friends and family in the gulf, and want to see them home safely. No person can dispute these feelings. However, I believe our commit ment to this war requires us to pull together as an army of support in stead of weakening our forces by dividing them in half. MATT REID Junior Business Support needed for fuel economy bill To the editors: On Monday, Jan. 28, Sen. Ri chard Bryan, D-Nev., introduced a bill to require that automakers in crease their average fleet-wide fuel economy to 34 miles per gallon by 1996 and 40 mpg by 2001. A similar bill was defeated last year. Passage of the fuel economy bill would reduce our dependence on Mideast oil, reduce air pollu tion and help reduce our trade deficit. Help get this bill passed. Let your senators know that you care about reducing our dependence on foreign oil. Write to Sen. Helms and Sen. Sanford and ask them to support Sen. Bryan's fuel economy bill. (Sen. Jesse Helms, 403 Dirkson Senate Ofc. Bldg., Washington, D.C., 20510. Sen. Terry Sanford, 716 Hart Senate Ofc. Bldg., Washington, D.C., 20510.) Please write . Your voice counts. Your action will make a difference. We can reduce our crushing de pendence on foreign oil. MICHAEL L. DUBS Graduate Psychology Number of minorities in army not an issue To the editors: Like Matt Halso and Kerr Robertson, authors of "Student's What could I say about running for chaplain? In a fit of complete writer's block and total embarrassment at having to go through this whole election with no opponent, I wrote a slogan that was a complete disgrace to the democratic process: "Get involved and raise your voice! Vote Jennifer for chaplain you have no choice!" - One of the English teachers got all of the candidates together halfway through the cam paign to give us advice on how to give our speeches.'One thing she told us to do was tell the student body what made us the better can didates over our opponents. Needless to say, I couldn't exactly follow that advice. I could just hear myself: "Fellow students, I am the best choice for chaplain. Unlike my opponent, I am a human being. Unlike my opponent, I am a student at Kinston Junior High. Unlike my opponent, I have a name you can write on a ballot." I was so relieved when the whole election was over and the results were finally announced. The winners in the other races went home and celebrated with their families and friends. I went home, crawled under the rug, and had a nervous breakdown. I must say that I did a fine job of chaplaining. I had no say in Homecoming preparations or other important junior high matters, but I said the best darn opening prayers ever read in a student council meeting. To all the candidates running for this year's campus elections, I wish you the best. I wish you strong support, campaign managers who actually help you out and good reasons why you're a better choice than your opponent. But more than anything else, I wish you opponents. Good luck. Jenn Layton is a senior English major and retired chaplain from Ontario, Canada. Amen, and Awomen too. view on deadline unfounded," I, too, am saddened by terminology which segregates the population. Unfortunately, sometimes statis tics fall hand in hand with termi nology as a segregation factor. Such is the case in Terrence Garrison's "African-American attitude apathetic" editorial which rests on the same page as the aforementioned article. Garrison ponders the question of why the number of "brothers and sisters" serving in the armed forces in Saudi Arabia, especially on the front line, is so disproportionate. My question to Garrison is why must we seg regate soldiers, front line or not, with racial statistics? Does it matter what color these men and women are? I think not. What matters is that they are courageous Ameri cans who are fighting side by side for their country. If one insists upon raising the question of why the number of African Americans in the armed forces is so high, then that person should not ask "the powers that be" but the soldiers themselves. No draft has been enforced. All of the men and women fighting in Saudi Arabia are volunteers who choose their forces, they pick what they would like to do, whether it be mechanics, armory, artillery, etc. Generally those who elect fields such as artillery are sent to the front lines. These processes allow little room for the blatant discrimi nation accused by Garrison be cause of the mere fact that they are voluntary. Why question these volunteer soldiers or the government which they fight for? Instead, allow your mind to desegregate them. Think of all as brave "brothers and sisters" who are fighting for the USA. KIM MILHOLLAND Freshman Biology
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