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JT 111 ml 7t1 I LI UN i iiii II t1 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 99, Issue 16 Monday, March 18, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 to drop 40 secttm 11 By Karen Schwartz Staff Writer About 40 sections in a broad range of English classes probably will be elimi nated next year because of University budget cuts. English Department Chairman Jo seph Flora said the department's budget would be cut by 35 percent. Sections of composition, creative writing and literature classes will be eliminated, and remaining class sizes probably will increase, he said. Computer labs in Greenlaw Hall also may close or be open fewer hours. "We will have no money to staff those (computer labs)," Flora said. The English teaching assistants also will suffer, he said. "It looks very grim for us to be able to hire any new posi tions." Also, some graduate students will finish their studies this year and leave the University, resulting in a reduced TA staff next year, he said. Flora said he did not know whether present TA positions would be cut be fore next year. "It's certainly our priority to take care of the people we already have commitments to." The reductions will make it difficult for freshmen to meet their aesthetic perspective requirements and may re duce the number of freshmen declaring English as their major next year, he said. "We probably won't have the new entering graduate class that we normally ardlm By Gillian Murphy Staff Writer Chancellor Paul Hardin recently ruled that a University employee was racially discriminated against when he was not given the authority to perform the duties of his job. Bennie Griffin, a housing mainte nance supervisor, filed a grievance in September 1990 because he felt his Line up to learn Junior Velma Tucker and sophomore Kimberly Brown help a group of Head Start preschoolers line up to leave Great Hall Internationalist Staff report Internationalist Books may reopen by April 1 , according to a member of the Internationalist Bookstore Committee, Jane Stein, a member of the group committed to keeping the store open, said the bookstore could be operating on a part-time basis by April. Iraqi rebels, government blame each other for massacre of thousands Associated Press report NICOSIA, Cyprus Rebels claimed on Sunday that government forces massacred thousands of people in napalm attacks that left the burned bodies of women and children strewn along a highway in southern Iraq. State-run newspapers in Baghdad "It's almost futile to be an English major here. This is supposed to be a liberal arts university, but the liberal arts are going down the toilet." Terry Mancour Senior religious studies major do," Flora said. Mac McGee, a film criticism TA, said the increase in class sizes would hurt freshmen. "For a lot of freshmen, English class is the only time they get individual attention," he said. Terry Mancour, a senior from Durham, said he switched his major from English to religious studies last fall because he could not get enough English classes to fulfill the major's requirements. He had completed 80 percent of the religious studies major requirements before he could get one English course, Mancour said. "It's almost futile to be an English major here," he said. "This is supposed to be a liberal arts university, but the liberal arts are going down the toilet." English Professor Townsend Ludington said the section cuts and increases in class sizes would hurt the deci(Dle supervisors did not give him the author ity they gave white employees of the same level. Hardin's March 7 ruling, part of Step 3 of the grievance procedure, expanded a Step 2 ruling. The Step 2 ruling also found that Griffin was not treated fairly, but did not find the cause to be racial. The Step 3 committee ruled that Griffin was discriminated against by his supervisor, Dave Maynard. The .5 t Books may reopen by April as When opened, the store probably will be staffed by volunteers, Stein said. It will operate on a indefinite schedule at first, but may be open for as many as 40 hours a week, she said. But the group is still considering long-range plans for the store, she said. "We don't know whether it will be also reported horrific scenes of de struction in two southern cities, saying the bodies of hundreds of people killed by anti-government rioters were on the streets or stacked in hospitals. None of the claims by the rebels or the newspapers could be verified be cause few foreign journalists have been You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried: you float John Barrymore quality of education at the University. "When you run the numbers up, quality of any kind of instruction is hurt," he said. "A seminar stops being a seminar after 10 to 12 people. A dis cussion class stops being a discussion class after 18 to 24 people. In large classes you have to cut back on what you can assign." Carrie Blackstock, an English 1 TA, said she had already noticed an increase in class size. Senior Joy Bowers, an English ma jor, said all of her English classes this year had been filled to capacity. "When everyone is there, five or six people have to sit on the floor," she said. English classes are extremely hard to get and English majors often have dif ficulty fulfilling their requirements be fore graduation, she said. "The teachers have to turn away students, even some seniors," she said. CLp-Fsffiiri Yictoii 011 dtecirmiimatoe committee said Maynard had used de rogatory language in reference to Griffin several times and had hindered his job performance. Alan McSurely, Griffin's lawyer, said any punishment of Maynard would be up to Gene Swecker, associate vice chancellor for facilities management. Swecker said he was not permitted to discuss personnel matters. McSurely said he thought Hardin's DTHKathy Michel "TO. after the children learned about Africa and black history and heard African music and legendary African stories. non-profit or not," Stein said. The group, in conjunction with Sheldon's family members, is debating the best way to operate the store in the future, Stein said. Internationalist Books, located at 408 W. Rosemary St., was known as a place where locals could go to read alternative allowed to cover the fighting. Baghdad Radio said Iraq's National Assembly would meet in a special ses sion Wednesday. The agenda was not announced for the meeting of the rubber-stamp parliament. The session was called one day after President Saddam ? Hussein promised major political re O MzSnJJ mm0 pklrfkH rjV I T t 4 1 I b r I lvK W 1 Winners and still champs ... UNC seniors Pete Chilcutt, King Rice and tournament MVP Rick Fox celebrate after a 96-74 thumping of Duke in the ACC decision was the first time a chancellor had found for an employee on the basis of racial discrimination since the grievance procedure was initiated. Susan Ehringhaus, the University's senior counsel, declined to comment. McSurely said he thought the case represented a "heightened conscious ness on the part of the Chancellor and other key persons. The University should be more sensitive to discriminating Indent land ne proposal. 6 By Sarah Suiter Staff Writer "The Student's Campus," a plan written by students about the physical development of the University, was recently completed. Many of the ideas in "The Student's Campus" are similar to the University's land use plan, said Student Body President Bill Hildebolt, one author of the student plan. "We don't see it as being in compe tition with the University land use pro gram," he said. The student plan is more of a priority list and not as formal or complicated as the University's plan, Hildebolt said. A major theme throughout the report is the idea of making UNC a "pedestrian campus." Although this is not a new idea, it is one of the plan's authors hope to see implemented, the plan states. A pedestrian campus would eventu ally involve closing Cameron Avenue, South Road, Raleigh Street, Ridge Road ngget group considers store's future publications and enjoy discussing poli tics and social issues. Store owner Bob Sheldon, 40, died last month after being shotwhile in his store Feb. 21. Chapel Hill police investigators have not made any arrests or established a forms once the rebellions were crushed. The radio also said Izzat Ibrahim, deputy chairman of Iraq's ruling Revot lutionary Command Council, met with army commanders in the northern Tamim province. It referred to him for the first time as the demitv cornmflndftr of the armed forces but did not indicate Tournament final ACC title in three practices. We think it was a great vic tory. It will help all African-American workers on campus." Griffin said he was acting on others' behalf as well as his own. "I think any type of discrimination should not be tolerated," he said. "If (I don't act) it leaves it open for open season for those after me." Griffin also has filed a second griev ance, in which he alleges that he and oedestaan camuns and Stadium Drive to all traffic except emergency, service, mass transit and handicapped vehicles. The report also encourages develop ment in most campus areas, but stresses the need to preserve the "historical in tegrity" of the campus and the envi ronment. Hildebolt said the authors worked with members of the Student Environ mental Action Coalition to try to present proposals that were environmentally conscious. The report also suggests air-conditioning all South Campus residence halls and building a South Campus Union. Hildebolt said he first conceived of the plan in 1989 while developing his campaign platform. He said he realized that students, especially those involved in student government, had been op posing development projects in a hap hazard manner. He decided student opinion about development on campus should be pre sented in a cohesive way. firm motive for the killing. Meanwhile, a cash reward of $62,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the Sheldon death. People with information are urged to call the Chapel Hill Police at 968-2760 or Inter nationalist Bookstore Committee members at 933-7729 or 968-0407. in southern Iraq if that signaled changes in the com mand of Iraq's army, which was crushed in the Persian Gulf War. Ibrahim also met with Kurdish tribal chiefs at aBaath Party headquarters in the northern Tamim province, the Iraqi See GULF, page 4 DTHEvan Eile March 1 0.The win gave the trio its second seasons. See story page 7. other employees who supported him were harassed by his supervisors after he filed the first grievance. McSurely said Griffin had received an oral warning from his supervisor immediately after he filed the first grievance and that it was soon followed by two written warnings. An employee receives two written warnings before See GRIFFIN, page 7 The 1 8-page plan divides the campus into three areas: North Campus, South Campus West and South Campus East. South Campus West consists of the area around UNC Hospitals. Hinton James, Craige, Morrison, Ehringhaus, Avery, Parker, Teague and Carmichael resi dence halls; Fetzer and Woollen gym nasiums; the Smith Center; Kenan Stadium; and the Bell Tower were in cluded in South Campus East. The plan consists of two parts. The first part can be applied to any Univer sity, but is focused on UNC. The second See PLAN, page 4 CITY Parking spaces on McCauley Street are scarce 3 FEATURES High school leaves some new students shocked by college life 4 SPORTS Sweet 1 6 for the 1 1 th straight season for Tar Heel basketball 10 Sports Monday 10 Classified 6 Comics 7 Opinion 8 WEATHER TODAY: 60 rain; high mid-50s TUESDAY: High upper 50s 1991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.
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