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oft flu I 1 111 X II If fi iiiiti Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Volume 99, Issue 19 Thursday, March 21, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewsSportsArts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 II M(TU By Ashley Fogle Staff Writer This month's state budget hearings may leave the UNC system facing more than $59 million in budget cuts, Jay Robinson, UNC General Administration's vice president for public affairs, said Wednesday. Robinson said he and state legislators had spent several days reviewing the budget requests for each of the 16 schools in the system. Committees of the General Assembly will consider " ; - : ? : . . . ?;! , i . - Picture this! Pete Battaglioli of Caricatures by Pete sketches a complimentary portrait of freshman Michael Bowden Wednesday. Battaglioli, a Carrboro resident, worked from 1 1 a.m. to .Durham Coca-Cola bottler's claim against UNC dismissed. By Stephanie Johnston University Editor The battle between Coke and Pepsi may be over for at least a little while at the University. An appeal filed against UNC by a division of the Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company alleging unfair contracting practices was dismissed by consent Feb. 18. The appeal, filed in the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings by Classic Food Services in August, alleged that the University unfairly awarded its vending contract to Marriott Corpo ration last summer. The appeal also orld football league lacks Editor's note: This is the first segment of a two-part series focusing on the World League of American Football. Look Friday for a preview of the Raleigh Durham Sky hawks, one of the 10 league teams. By Eric Lusk Staff Writer Sports fans weary of watching countless hours of NCAA basketball and dreading seven months of profes sional baseball on the tube now have an alternative to follow this spring an international football league. The World League of American Football (WLAF), starting its inaugural Meeting today for ; Anybody interested in joining The Daily Tar Heel staff should attend an informational meeting today at 4:30 p.m. in 224 Union. The DTH needs more University, city state and na tional, arts and features writers, pho tographers and copy editors. Some darkroom experience is necessary and ;a portfolio is requested for photogra wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up. ystem potential cuts starting today, he said. Current predictions are that cuts may be as much as $59.2 million, he said. The UNC Board of Governors last fall passed a record $2.07 billion budget request for the next two years, includ ing the restoration of $48 million cut from the UNC system's 1990 budget. Avoiding cuts at this point will be impossible, and it is unclear whether revenue lost in last year's cuts will be restored, Robinson said. 'There is no hope at this time," he said. 'The committee has been instructed 4 immmmmm named the state's purchasing contract office and a purchasing agent as re spondents. Marriott officials did not state in their bid that they planned to let Pepsi Co. Inc. handle a portion of the job by pro viding the beverage vending machines. Classic Foods officials said this lack of information prevented the University from reviewing the company that ac tually would be handling the majority of the services. Marriott's Chris Derby, the senior director of Carolina Dining Services, said Wednesday that he could not comment on the dismissal. Rutledge Tufts, UNC director of season with games this weekend, will feature 10 teams, four of them not based in the United States. The Barcelona Dragons, Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs and Montreal Machine will headline the league's attempt to internationalize the traditionally American game. "(WLAF) President Mike Glynn said ... he would like a team on every corner of the globe," said Mike Jackowski, a WLAF communications assistant. "It (the league) is another way of getting international athletes into the American game." The Triangle area will host one of the league's initial teams, the Raleigh Durham Skyhawks. Coached by former DTH applicants phy applicants. Potential copy editors should plan to stay after the meeting for about an hour to take an editing test No experience is necessary for other desks. Applicants will be ex pected to write a sample article. If you cannot attend this meeting, call Johanna Henderson at 962-0245 for information. ties may touall to make (cuts). At this point, we're going to try to hold on to what we have. It's a very bleak situation." Robinson said further cuts could se verely hurt the schools in the system. "It's reached the point that, in my opinion, one of the greatest public uni versity systems in the country and one of the greatest public research univer sities here at Chapel Hill are at great risk of losing (their) very competitive posi tion," he said. "We're the envy of most people, and that's a great economic advantage. I llllllilllll Ms f ilfii mm 1 p.m. in the Pit. His efforts were sponsored Battaglioli draws caricatures in his free time to auxiliary services, said the parties dropped all claims on legal and tech nical grounds. "We did a request for proposals, and we did it the way you are supposed to do it," he said. The University only does business with Marriott, not Pepsi, Tufts said. "The relationship the University has is that Marriott provides the sodas." The general manager of Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Company was out of town Wednesday and could not be reached for comment. Classic Foods' attorney and the state attorney handling the case for the See VENDING, page 3 off Saturday N.C. State and NFL quarterback Ro man Gabriel, the Skyhawks will play their home games in Raleigh's Carter Finley Stadium. The Barcelona Dragons travel to Carter-Finley April 6 at 8 p.m. for the Skyhawks' first home contest. In addition to basing four teams out side of the United States, the league instituted Operation Discovery, a pro gram that searches for and signs players outside the United States. The league requires each team to have at least four international players on their roster. Two players from the Soviet Union, both of whom will play for Raleigh Durham, joined the 40 international players signed by the league this spring. American players dominate all the teams, but the league hopes international players will get excited about having teams in their countries, Jackowski said. Plans to initiate new teams around the globe have been discussed, he said. Unlike the NFL, which lets individual team owners negotiate multi-million dollar salaries with its players, the WLAF sets a base salary level. Each player makes $20,000 per year, except quarterbacks, who make $25,000, and See SKYHAWKS, page 7 1 I hope the people of North Carolina real ize that." Raising taxes may be the only solu tion to the problem, he said. "I know the state economy is in very serious con dition. They can't appropriate money they don't have." "I think if the people of North Carolina realized how much damage the cuts, if they stand, would do to education, I believe a clear majority would be will ing to pay more taxes to prevent it." Factors such as the current recession and political opposition may prevent ' s ' : ' y,-. ; DTHDebbie Stengel by the Carolina Union Activities Board. earn extra cash. New public safety director By Jennifer Mueller Staff Writer Attention UNC students: the Chief has been watching you. Arnold Trujillo, or "Chief as he prefers to be called, became the new police and public safety director March 1 1. So far, his efforts to revitalize the campus police department have received a positive response. In a departmental meeting Tuesday, Trujillo outlined his philosophy and goals for the department. He emphasized the unique role of the campus police and their need to distinguish between youthful high spirits and serious viola tions of the law. "These are young people away from their parents for the first time," he said Wednesday. University police have a specialized role, Trujillo said. They must protect not only the students, but the institution itself. In his short time here, Trujillo has stressed positive thought in the police department. Kuwaiti Cabinet resigns; ruling family still in power The Associated Press KUWAIT CITY Kuwait's gov ernment has quit after failing to provide basic services and reassert its authority in the three weeks since the Persian Gulf War ended, officials said Wednesday. However, there has been no indica tion the ruling al-Sabah family plans to give up any power. Crown Prince Saad Abdullah al Sabah, who dissolved the 22-member Cabinet during a meeting Tuesday night, implied that some former members of the Kuwaiti resistance might be invited to join a new government, but he made no promises. He has previously promised to restore the Parliament, suspended in 1986, but has never suggested a date for elections. The government's resignation won applause from Kuwaitis who have be come increasingly critical of its per tax increases, Robinson said. "There has to be no doubt as to how desperate the need is before you raise taxes." Gov. Jim Martin, in his Jan. 28 State of the State address, suggested another way to soften the blow of funding cuts. Martin proposed that each school be allowed to raise its own tuition, within state-imposed limits, at the discretion of its board of trustees. At least 25 percent of the additional revenue would be set aside for student financial aid. The General Assembly and the BOG now set tuition throughout the system. .Forte gete EsM vice preMeecy By Steve Politi Assistant University Editor Stormie Forte was named vice president of the Black Student Move ment at a meeting in the Upendo Lounge Wednesday. Forte, a sophomore from Raleigh, finished second in the BSM's March 6 general election vice-presidential race to president-elect Arnie Epps. Since Epps declined the vice-presidential position, the BSM elections board de cided to name Forte vice president, BSM President Sabrina Evans said Wednes day. The BSM decided not to have another election for the position of vice president because after votes cast for Epps were eliminated, Forte had a majority of the remaining votes, Evans said. Forte refused to comment on the elections. Evans also told BSM members at the meeting that they were directly re sponsible for Rite Aid's moving its African-American hair care products from the front of the store. These results should be remembered and built on next year, she said. "They were the ones that really kept it alive," she said. "The BSM members made it an issue for the campus and community and were directly respon sible for Rite Aid moving the hair care products." Police officer Keith Edwards, who filed a number of grievances against the department alleging racial and sexual discrimination before Trujillo's arrival, said: "He wants us to be like a family. We have to work as a unit and depend on each other." Capt. Willie Bell said everything Trujillo has done so far has been posi tive. "He's making the officers feel good about coming into work," he said. "We're going to give him 1 1 0 percent." Edwards said she was impressed by Trujillo's honesty and his pride in his Hispanic heritage. "We (officers who interviewed him for the job) had not been around a person so sincere and honest in a long time." Lt. Walter Dunn said he agreed with Edward's assessment, but cautioned, "It's too early to tell anything. Basically all I can give you is a first impression." Edwards said Trujillo was available to the officers and put their welfare first. "He wouldn't ask anything of us that he wouldn't ask of himself," she said. The public safety department has been plagued by problems during recent formance since the U.S.-led forces drove Iraqi invaders from the emirate on Feb. 27. Sulayman al-Mutawa, the planning minister, said the Cabinet resigned largely because of public criticism. The government's resignation "may ease the pressure that is building up," al-Mutawa said. "Let us hope it speeds up the return to parliamentary elections." The Cabinet had been sworn in June 20, 1990, only weeks before the Iraqi invasion of Aug. 2. Kuwait's emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, was expected to instruct the crown prince, who is also prime minister, to form a new government. One former government minister said that could take two weeks. There was no word on how the gov ernment would function in the interim. See WAR, page 4 0 The BOG rejected Martin's proposal, charging that it may put poorer students at a disadvantage or benefit the system's larger schools disproportionately. UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin, who had earlier called for similar budgeting flexibility, supports Martin's proposal. In a February press release Hardin stated, "Wisely administered tuition increases, with substantial sums set aside for financial aid, can help us enhance service to the people of North Carolina and achieve levels of quality that can not be attained by tax revenues alone." 0 The store agreed to move the prod ucts earlier this month after Rite Aid was pressured by the BSM and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro chapter of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. Member Shawna Pinckney said BSM members would meet with University housing department officials to discuss the possibility of having a North Cam pus preliminary drawing solely for African-American students. "If we open up 20 spots on North Campus, we want all 20 spots filled with African Americans," she said. "We're hoping there ' s a lot of interest in it." Pinckney said the BSM hoped to increase minority representation in the North Campus residence halls. Each residence hall on campus should have an African-American population of about 10 percent, she said. Member Cheryl Grant told others that minority volunteers were needed to help plan the University's parents' weekend for the 1991 fall semester. "The problem with parents' weekend is that is primarily geared to white parents and white students," she said. Wednesday's meeting was the last one held under the present administra tion. The newly elected officers will conduct this year's final meeting April See BSM, page 3 wins approval years. Although Trujillo was aware of past grievance charges when he applied for the position, he said he did not know much about them. "I did not come here with blinders," he said. "To me that is just the history of the department. I am involving myself in the future." Bell said a lot of pain and suffering existed in the department. "I'm looking forward to see us come back together," he said. "I don't think we'll see any more racial incidents," Edwards said. "I just expect great things." Among the programs that Trujillo hopes to begin are a bicycle-mounted patrol, better training for officers and improved public relations. He has begun familiarizing himself with the campus and its student body since arriving at the University. UNC is See CHIEF, page 4 1l CITY Funding problems delay bike race until September 3 SPORTS Baseball team defeats Liberty, 4-3 4 Campus and City 3 World 4 Sports 4 Classified 6 Comics 7 WEATHER TODAY: Partly cloudy; high mid-70s FRIDAY: Cloudy? high mid-70s ON CAMPUS UNICEF Director Dr. James Grant will discuss international health issues in Gerrard Hall at 4 p.m. 1991 OTH Publishing Corp. AH rights reserved. Tom Lehrer
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