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Mjr 11(1 I I I I I I Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 99 Issue 7 Tuesday, February 26, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 fD (0 leave racp rat ay mmfc CDirdeFed. Baghdad claims battle to The Associated Press Iraq announced Monday evening that its "epic, valiant battle" to annex Kuwait had ended and its forces had been or dered to withdraw. A U.S. military of ficial said some Iraqi units were moving north. In a surprise announcement read over Baghdad radio, the Iraqi leadership said the withdrawal would be made in line with a Soviet peace plan although it didn't specify which of two Soviet plans it meant. It instructed Iraqi troops to retreat even if the allies continued to attack. The White House waved off the Baghdad report, saying it had heard nothing officially. "The war goes on," spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. Later Monday, a senior Pentagon official said allied intelligence sources Termain Kyles, Mike Sturmer and : 1 ' V African-American, Jewish talcs reveal ways to improve relations By Matthew Mielke Staff Writer Members of the Jewish and African American communities held a dialogue Monday in the Black Cultural Center that provided opportunities for members to discuss ways of improving relations between the two groups. The discussion was held as part of Chai Week, a program dedicated to raising awareness of the Jewish religion and the Jewish community. Dana Lumsden, a member of the Black Student Movement, said during the dialogue that the U.S. Jewish lobby supported South Africa's system of apartheid. "The Jewish lobby, in sup porting the state of Israel, is supporting the state of South Africa," he said. Grant Vinik, a Jewish student who lived in South Africa for seven years, said most Jews in South Africa were very sympathetic toward black South Africans and they opposed the government's system of institutional Housing staff ByCathyOberle Staff Writer Several residence hall staff members commended recent efforts by the Uni versity housing department to increase the number of minority resident assis tants. Carrie Turcogeorge, Ehringhaus area director, said racial diversity among RAs was important because the needs of students of different races were not the same. "We need to have a staff that reflects the population of the residence hall," Turcogeorge said. "We want people who are sensitive to the needs of mi norities." Housing administrators recruited minority candidates with various backgrounds, Turcogeorge said. They attended meetings of different groups, In order to preserve your self respect, it is sometimes necessary to had reports of "some movement of (Iraqi) units going north" toward home. "It's too early to say whether it's repositioning or withdrawal," the Pen tagon official said on condition of anonymity. The announcement did not specify a schedule for the withdrawal. The broadcast interrupted regular programming at 1 :35 a.m. Baghdad time (5:35 p.m. EST) to announce the de velopment, two days after the U.S.-led alliance launched a massive ground offensive to free Kuwait from Iraqi control. "Our armed forces have completed their duty of jihad (Islamic holy war), of rejecting compliance with the logic of evil, force and aggression," the Iraqi radio said. "They have been engaged in an epic, valiant battle which will be Lee Marcus participate in dialogue in the ized racism. But many Jews have left South Africa, and the hard-line sup porters of apartheid remain, he said. . Lee Marcus, associate professor of psychology, served as mediator between the two groups. "Why is there a need to have such a discussion group?" he asked. A student responded that hostilities exist between the two communities because the actions and speeches of a few prominent members on both sides have led the others to create stereotypes. For example, some Jews believe Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan represents the feelings of most African Americans, he said. Termain Kyles, an African-American student, said it was possible for African Americans and Jews to co-exist. He joined a fraternity that has Jewish members, he said. One African-American student told him he was denying his black heritage, Kyles said. "They (the fraternity mem bers) accept me for who I am." Members suggested another reason lauds minority including the Black Student Movement and the Carolina Gay and Lesbian As sociation, and RA positions were ad vertised in the Black Ink and Lambda. Jim Weaver, Olde Campus area di rector, said, "We want ... (RAs) who will offer challenges to help them un derstand and grow and learn." Ryan Parikh, an Asian-American RA in Granville Towers West, said he was better equipped to handle racial tensions in certain situations because he was a member of a minority race. "It would be easier for me to identify (with the situ ation)." Birshari Greene, tri-chairwoman of Students for the Advancement of Race Relations, said the housing department's recruitment of more minority RAs was a positive step. "For them to increase racial diversity, they have to start with the RAs," she said. annex Kuwait has ended recorded by history in letters of light. The Baghdad radio statement sug gested that Iraq would withdraw re gardless of whether the allies stopped attacking them. The allies have reported great success in the first two days of their huge ground invasion. The radio attributed the statement to an unidentified official spokesman. The announcement said the leader ship "had stressed its acceptance to withdraw in accordance with U.N. Se curity Council Resolution 660 when it agreed to the Soviet peace proposal." "In compliance with this decision," it continued, "orders were issued to the armed forces for an organized with drawal to the positions in which they were before the 1st of August 1990." The Baghdad report appeared to take the White House by surprise. DTHSarah King Black Cultural Center Monday for hostilities between the two groups was education and educational oppor tunities. An African-American student said that after coming out of years of slavery, African Americans have never had as much of an opportunity for education as Jews. Discrimination kept them from having the opportunity to receive an education, he said. Elliott Zenick, a member of the Hillel Foundation, a Jewish student organi zation, said many people of the older Jewish generation resented programs such as educational quotas that have been created to benefit African Ameri cans. People from the older generation pass these attitudes down to their chil dren, he said. Zenick said the dialogue was a be ginning in improving relations between the two communities on campus." P. J. Studevent, an African-American student, said dialogues between Jews and African-American students should continue on a smaller scale. recruitment L.D. Newman, assistant director of University housing, did not return telephone calls to her office and would not comment from her home. Parikh said the housing department's attempts to recruit minorities for RAs gave them more incentive to apply. Turcogeorge said candidates for RA positions were asked questions that would indicate their concerns and views about different racial groups. Their answers gave interviewers clues as to how sensitive, aware and open to training the candidates were about minority is sues, she said. Polly Compos, an RA in Spencer Residence Hall, said recruiting more minority RAs would have a positive effect. "(It would help), especially on North Campus, to achieve more of a balance than they have now," she said. 'We've heard the radio reports," Fitzwater said. "There's been no contact with our government. No authoritative contact with the U.N. that we're aware of, so that really we don't consider there being anything to respond to." Gorbachev tried to broker a peace plan last week that called for an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait over a three week period. Iraq accepted the terms, but the U.S-led allies rejected them. President Bush then countered with an ultimatum for a seven-day withdrawal that Iraq turned down. The Soviets had presented a new proposal to the U.N. Security Council on Monday, a few hours before the Baghdad announcement. It wasn't clear if Iraq was referring to that plan or last week's plan when it said its withdrawal would be in line with the Soviet proposal. MseKeepeirs receive resTOHise to commaiin By Laura Williams Senior Writer A University housekeeping assistant administrator sent a letter Monday to some housekeepers in response to a Step 1 mistreatment grievance they filed two weeks ago. Charles Davis, a housekeeping as sistant administrator, sent the letter af ter meeting last week with housekeep ers to address what housekeepers called daily mistreatment. None of the housekeepers at the meeting presented him with any specific problems of' cases of mistreatment, -Davis said. "Nobody came forward and said, I have a problem with my supervisor,"' he said. Kicked, pip causes damage in Staff report Greenlaw Hall sustained extensive water damage Monday afternoon after a vandal broke a toilet pipe in a second floor men's bathroom. Randy Boone, the first physical plant repairman on the scene, said the damage would be costly for the Uni versity. "Somebody kicked the flush valve off a commode, and the pipe broke off," Boone said. "It will be expensive to replace, probably in the thousands. Stores don't By Nancy Johnson Staff Writer The managers of four local drugstores said Monday that the theft of African American products was not a problem in their stores, and placement of the products received no special attention. In December, UNC's Black Student Movement began a boycott of Rite Aid discount store on Franklin Street after a customer said she was told by an em ployee that African-American hair care products were placed at the front of the store because they were high-theft items. But Ray Doering, a Rite Aid corpo rate spokesman, said African-American hair care products were placed at the front of Rite Aid in Chapel Hill as part of a marketing plan and not because they were high-risk items. Other local drug store managers said some products were kept near the front of their stores or behind cases to prevent theft, but that African-American hair care products were not among them. African-American hair care items are placed near the middle of the store at Kerr Drug Stores in University Mall, said store manager Leroy Ruble. Items are placed in categories and higher priced items are placed behind counters and cases to protect them. African-American hair care products are among the items that are most often ' stolen, but it has not been a real problem. Ruble said. "No thought is given to shop-lifting," Ruble said. "It's more given to move ment of merchandise." 12 lolled in The Associated Press DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia In the worst SCUD attack of the Persian Gulf War, an Iraqi missile demolished a barracks housing about 100 American soldiers. The U.S. military said 12 ser vicemen were killed, 25 wounded and 40 unaccounted for in the Monday at tack. Baghdad radio hailed the attack, saying the missile struck "the coward traitors who mortgage the sacred places of the nation...and turn Arab youth into shields of flesh." The single missile caused more ca sualties than Iraq's armies have inflicted in two days on the battlefield. U.S. military officials say four Americans died and 2 1 were injured in the first two days of a major ground assault. Saddam Hussein's troops have hurled But housekeepers are continuing to allege that problems exist, and they need to be solved. About 1 S housekeepers discussed the problems at a meeting Wednesday with Bill Morris, their attorney. Housekeepers at the meeting listed problems such as: Supervisors are always trying to find a reason to fire housekeepers; B Housekeepers must arrive for work at an early time 3:50 a.m.; B Housekeepers receive unequal pay and poor treatment; BThe University does not offer housekeeperran opportunity to improve their education to enable them to get other jobs; B A state hiring freeze has meant that housekeepers must clean large areas e in men's Gree When we got here it was a mess." Some of the first-floor ceilings may need replacing, including those of a lecture hall, several classrooms and a hall, Boone said. The tile floor in the second-floor men's bathroom and hall also may need replacing, he said. About two or three inches of water covered the bathroom floor when repair workers arrived, he said. Water covered some second-floor office and classroom floors and trickled down the outside of the building. segregate hair products Health and beauty aids such as de odorant and shampoo are the items that are most often stolen, he said. John Woodard, owner of Sutton's Drug Store on Franklin Street, said he kept certain items, such as magazines and cigarettes, by the register because they were stolen often. But African-American hair care products are not among those considered high-risk items and are not kept at the front of the store, Woodard said. The aisles of Sutton's run length wise to make all store items visible, he said. The floor plan of Eckerd Drugs, lo cated in Eastgate, places the African American hair care products toward the back with other hair care products, said Malcolm Smith, store manager. The products are grouped together but are not separated from other hair care products. Film, cigarettes, watches and other electronic items are among those items kept near the front of the store or behind counters. Smith said. Rhonda Horner, the manager of Revco Drug Store in Ram's Plaza, said there are 1 1 items in her store that are classified as high-risk, but that African American hair care products are not among them. Horner said fragrances, some razors, radios, cameras, film, cigarettes, phones and clocks are considered high-risk and are kept near the front of her store. All hair care products are kept in the back corner of the store, she. said. Doering said Rite Aid had not yet lie and cheat. SCUD attack dozens of missiles at Israel and Saudi Arabia since the Persian Gulf War be gan Jan. 1 7, but most have been knocked out by U.S.-supplied Patriot defense missiles. It was not immediately clear if a Patriot was fired to intercept the SCUD on Monday. One reporter said he saw a Patriot explode in the sky over Dhahran. Sev eral lawmakers who were briefed at the Pentagon, including House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., and Republi can leader Bob Michel of Illinois, said they believed a Patriot was fired. But there were some television reports quoting U.S. officials saying a Patriot was not fired because the SCUD was breaking up in flight. The report could not be immediately verified. O 0 without adequate help. More house keepers need to be hired; B Secret personnel files are kept by supervisors to be used against the housekeepers; B Housekeepers are unfairly denied promotions; B Housekeepers are not allowed to sit down during work or to drink soft drinks during work. Davis said he thought most of Y housekeepers' problems were related to the University's budget crisis. He said he had no control over the state-ordered hiring freeze that has meant individual housekeepers must clean areas normally assigned to more workers. See HOUSEKEEPERS, page 5 bathroom Two fire trucks and several police officers arrived at Greenlaw shortly before 3 p.m. Freda Hankins, an English depart ment teaching assistant, said she was on the fourth floor when the pipe broke. "When I got here water was gushing out of the bathroom. You could hear it from all the way around the building." The second-floor computer lab was closed after the deluge, but the com puter equipment did not sustain any damage, she said. made a decision about whether to change the location of the products in the Chapel Hill store, but that representatives of the corporation would like to work with the Black Student Movement to try to find a solution. nlaw Hall FEATURES Chai Week explores and promotes Jewish culture and religion 2 CAMPUS Students can express opinions about modifying passfail option 3 CITY State Sen. Howard Lee traces his histori cal "firsts" 3 Classifieds 4 Comics 5 Opinion .....6 WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy; high in upper 40s WEDNESDAY: Sunny; high in 50s 1991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Robert Byrne
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