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fFHkttp Baffin ft Cloudy High near 60 Undergraduate Teaching Award nominations due today by 5 p.m. Saturday: Partly cloudy High near 60 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 98, Issue 140 Friday, February 8, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NawsSpomArts BosinenAdvertlslag 962-0245 962-1163 1WMI (B Gl 0 ( (? a W IRA attacks prime minister's home LONDON A mortar shell fired by the Irish Republican Army from an abandoned van exploded Thursday within 50 feet of Prime Minister John Major as he met with his War Cabinet, Scotland Yard said. Major and his colleagues were not injured in the attack near 10 Downing St., his office said. Four people were treated for minor injuries, a spokes woman at Westminster Hospital said. It was the IRA's first mortar attack in Britain, though it has often used the weapon in Northern Ireland. The IRA had not struck so close to the government since 1984, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher narrowly escaped injury in a Brighton hotel bombing that killed five people. Israeli troops attack Palestinian forces SHOMERA, Israel Israeli ground forces launched their first deep-penetration raid in Lebanon since the Gulf war began, hitting a PLO base to stem a resurgence of Iraqi-inspired guerrilla actions, the army said Thursday. The overnight raid preceded the de ployment of the Lebanese Army in the southern port of Tyre, in a move by the Beirut government to reassert control over guerrillas in the area north of Israel's self-proclaimed security zone. Israel expects the Lebanese move to drive the Palestinian fighters out of their bases north of the security zone, Defense Ministry media adviser Dan Naveh said. Students strike for better conditions VIENNA, Austria Thousands of students in Albania's capital boycotted classes for a second day Thursday to press for improved living conditions in their dormitories and political reforms, an opposition leader said. Sali Berisha, a leader of the Com munist state's first opposition party, said in atelephone interview from Tirana that his Democratic Party backed the demands of students who began their strike Wednesday. Students were demanding more heat, better food and half-price tickets on public transportation, said an official journalist reached by phone in Tirana. They also asked for the resignation of Defense Minister Kico Mustaqi and that he be replaced by a civilian, said Berisha and the journalist. Soviet space station plunges to earth MOSCOW A Soviet space station the size of a railroad car plunged through the atmosphere in a "rain of fire" over Argentina on Thursday, ending a month of suspense over where it would land. The long period of speculation had triggered panic in one Russian village, which shut down its businesses and schools for fear of falling debris. The 40-ton Salyut-7 space station re entered the Earth's atmosphere early Thursday and "burned out of existence," the official news agency Tass said. Pieces of the spacecraft fell on a sparsely populated area in the Andes mountains near the Chilean border, the Argentine government news agency Telam reported. It said Salyut-7 "trig gered a rain of fire." From Associated Press reports You bet? N.C. General Assembly to weigh the odds for a state lottery 2 Target practice Faculty committee looks at passfail target grade proposal 3 Revenge is sweet Tar Heels wallop Wolfpack 92-70 on home court J Campus and City 3 Classifieds 6 Comics .....7 Opinion .8 Sports Friday 10 1991 DTH Publishing Corp. Att rights reserved. ;; New puMic safety director JENNIFER DUNLAP Assistant University Editor The four-month search for a perma nent police and public safety director ended Thursday with the selection of Arnold Trujillo. Trujillo was chosen from the final four of 70 original candidates for the position. According to a press release, Trujillo headed public safety operations at the University of Colorado at Colorado Cheers and chairs Mamie Ellis, a freshman RTVMP major distributes pom-pons on Smith Center Students to By NATARSHA WITHERSP00N Staff Writer Next semester, students will receive 300 of the 1,600 spaces in the Craige parking deck, which will be completed in July, said John DeVitto, director of Transportation and Parking Services. 'The overall picture for the campus is to close the gap for the need of parking spaces and everybody benefits," he said. The parking situation looks better for students next year despite the fact that 1 vi-.SSf :; ! r J wfH ' n J Li Jf?- i f ...V r J t Iff i If f'V Allied forces bomb bridges, shoot down 2 Iraqi planes From Associated Press reports DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia In endless hours of air strikes, U.S. and allied pilots rocked Baghdad, key bridges and the bunkers of front-line troops Thursday, and blew two more Iraqi "getaway jets" out of the sky. A second veteran U.S. battleship joined in the bombardment of Iraqi held Kuwait. The pounding was having an impact. Four Iraqi soldiers turned themselves in to journalists near the Kuwaiti border while muttering incessantly about the "bombing ... bombing ... bombing." But Desert Storm losses mounted, too. A U.S. Navy FA-1 8 Hornet fighter went down in the northern Persian Gulf, apparently not from hostile fire, and an Army helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia. The Navy pilot was missing; one soldier was killed and four were wounded in the helicopter accident. PresidentBush's two top war advisers Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and joint chiefs chairman Gen. Colin Powell were flying to the gulf to confer with Troop 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, a front-facing or profile picture to the DTH office in the Union. We have met the Springs for 12 years before his ap pointment to the UNC position. The department has been plagued with problems, including a lack of staff and charges of favoritism, racial and sexual discrimination. Carolyn Elfland, acting associate vice chancellor for business, said she chose Trujillo with the help of Chapel Hill and Carrboro sherrifs, University officials and members of the selection commit tee. They filled out forms that asked DTHBrian Jones from Advance and a CAA member, seats for the N.C. State game. receive 300 spaces in Craige parking deck students will only be able to use 300 of the new spaces. Nick Franzese, student parking ad ministrator, said there would be 600 additional parking spaces for students next semester. Three hundred of the spaces will be in the Craige deck, and the rest will be in various campus lo cations. Construction on a second Health Affairs parking deck begins in 1993, said Claude Swecker, associate vice local commanders on the countdown to a ground offensive a momentous clash between a half-million or more men on each side. The commander of British forces in Operation Desert Storm, Lt. Gen. Peter de la Billiere, told reporters he believes "the land war is inevitable." A U.S. command spokesman disputed the use of "inevitable." But up on the northern desert line, U.S. troops had little doubt. "This could get very ugly at any moment," one officer told a reporter visiting the Saudi-Kuwaiti front. That view found high-level support in France, where President Francois Mitterrand told reporters: "The ground battle promises to take place ... this month." Miles from the wind-whipped front, some clung to hopes for peace. In Tehran, Turkey's foreign minister met with President Hashemi Rafsanjani to discuss the Iranian leader's offer to mediate between Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the international alliance See WAR, page 3 support Please write the person's name on the back of the photograph. The DTH will print the informa tion for students interested in writing letters to service personnel in the Persian Gulf. Pictures may be picked up at the DTH office after they have run. enemy and they them to comment on the finalists, she said. The candidates also had the oppor tunity to meet police officers. Elfland also gave the police officers the forms so they could have a chance to state their opinions about the candidates. "I felt it was really important for them to like the person." Elfland said she also interviewed the finalists and combined her opinions with the opinions of everyone she surveyed. BSM announces candidate endorsements for offices By MATTHEW EISLEY Assistant University Editor The Black Student Movement's Central Committee endorsed Matt Heyd for student body president Wednesday night after a BSM-sponsored campus election forum, said Sabrina Evans, BSM president. The BSM endorsed Charles Streeter for Residence Hall Association presi dent, Anthony Doll for Carol ina Athletic Association president and Jennifer Wing for The Daily Tar Heel editor. "This is an endorsement by the Central Committee about who will best promote the African-American agenda and the campus agenda overall," Evans said Thursday. "Our decision was based on what we read from the candidates platforms and also issues raised during Tax could ; By CHRIS G00DS0N Staff Writer University and city officials still are divided on a proposed entertainment tax that would add $1 to the price of tickets for all events with more than 15,000 spectators; including those at the Dean E. Smith Center. Chapel Hill resident Roland Giduz originally proposed the plan. Horton said Giduz claimed that his plan would generate about $700,000 per year. Another plan from the North Carolina Municipal league would allow indi vidual towns statewide to levy admis sion taxes' of an unspecified amount, Horton said. chancellor for facilities. The deck will be identical to the parking deck across from UNC Hospitals, he said. Walkways will connect the proposed deck to the existing Health Affairs deck and the hospital. Roads will be con structed to allow access to the parking deck. The estimated cost for the parking deck is $13 million, Swecker said. "There is enough growth in the hos pital area that both the Craige and sec ond Health Affairs decks will be needed," he said. The existing deck already is over II . lli t -'r ill ' L i ill 2w3l MA W 6 ' if) 1 W' f -1 raw. " ' Bubble, bubble Rob Slone, a sophomore chemistry major from Louis ville, Ky., works diligently on an experiment for an are ours. Oliver Hazard Perry "Trujillo was the overwhelming favor ite. Everyone was impressed with him. He was the consensus decision." Trujillo's knowledge of the Univer sity helped him get the job, Elfland said. Every candidate received a large packet of information about the department, including newspaper clippings, but Trujillo called other area schools for more information, she said. "He showed a genuine interest in the department and a concern for the people. our forum." The Central Committee is composed of 18 BSM officers and leaders, she said. Heyd was chosen "based on his plat form ideas; his concrete course of action concerning the Black Cultural Center; his demonstrated commitment to aspects of the African-American community, such as The Black Ink (weekly news paper); and multicultural concerns on campus, such as the statues," Evans said. Heyd wants the University's Devel opment Office to raise private money to build a new Black Cultural Center, Evans said. Heyd said he hadn't expected the endorsement. "I was surprised and very pleased," he said. "I'm very grateful to Several members of the Chapel Hill Town Council said they would support the general idea of an entertainment tax. "(But) we do have some differences over tactical matters," council member Joe Herzenberg said. Most council members said the pro posed tax would be a way to raise needed revenue from outside sources. "It's an effective means of raising some local revenue which we sorely need," council member Art Werner said. "Also, it's a tax on luxuries." Herzenberg said the tax mostly would affect out-of-town visitors, and not lower-class residents that are already too heavily taxed. crowded, and officials expect many new research facilities to be built in the near future. The consulting firm. Parsons Brinckerhoff, has studied UNC's trans portation situation and recommended potential deck locations for campus. John Sanders, chairman of the Build ings and Grounds Committee, said the consulting report made recommenda tions about size, access roads and sites for proposed parking decks. The decks will have to be built in series because of the costs, Sanders said. sit msmned. He had done a lot of homework before he came (for the interviews)." The police department was impressed with Trujillo, Elfland said. "One officer wrote (on the survey) 'He has the vision to bring our department together.' I think that was accurate." Trujillo also has excellent leadership and technical police skills, she said. Trujillo said he was looking forward See DIRECTOR, page 5 them. It's a definite leap of faith on their part." "I'm going to try my best, both dur ing the remainder of the campaign and throughout the year, to listen and to advocate their interests the best way I can. I'll try my best not to let them down." Evans said the committee endorsed Streeter for RHA president. "It was mostly (Streeter's) experience with residence hall affairs that lead us to believe that he would be able to execute the job most effectively," she said. Streeter has been Craige Residence Hall governor and has been a member ofRHA's finance committee, recycling committee and South Campus task force. See bSM, page 4 o ticket prices But Smith Center Director Jeff Elliott said the tax would affect residents more than visitors. "Most of the football and basketball ticket holders are in this area," he said. A $1 per ticket increase would keep additional funds from being diverted to non-revenue sports, Elliott said. "We have had (non-revenue sports) on a stand-still budget for the last few years," he said. But the effect that the new tax would have on concerts at the Smith Center is the primary concern, he said. Concert ticket prices are not set by the Smith See TAX, page 4 "The new Health Affairs parking deck would be a duplicate of the existing one and would be for health affairs workers, visitors and patients to have access to facilities," he said. Other proposed future sites for park ing decks are the Bell Tower parking lot and the lot at the corner of Pittsboro and McCauley streets. Swecker said the new Health Affairs deck would not be used for regular student parking because it was meant for use by hospital employees and visitors. DTHKeith Nelson organic chemistry honors lab assignment Thursday afternoon.
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