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Serving the students and the University community since 1893
Volume 99, Issue 23
Wednesday, March 27, 1991
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
NewsSportsArts 962-0245
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By Soyia Ellison
Staff Writer
Fall registration for physical educa
tion activity classes will be restricted to
students who have not yet completed
two semesters of P.E. courses.
Juniors and seniors will not be able to
register for P.E. classes through the
Caroline telephonic registration system.
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By Bonnie Rochman
Staff Writer
Proof of health insurance may be
come another University requirement if
a proposal being discussed by members
of the Student Health Advisory Board is
implemented.
Judith Cowan, director of Student
Health Service, said anumber of schools
already require health insurance.
"It ensures that in case of an emer
gency, a student won't gather large
medical bills which will interrupt their
education," she said.
Under the proposal, students could
opt to purchase the University's insur
ance policy or their choice of others if
they could not prove they had health
insurance, she said.
If the proposal is approved, it would
not require health insurance for students
.Department changes
teratiire reading reaiiirements
By Brian Golson
Staff Writer
The English department has altered
American literature requirements for
English majors to include more depth
and a broader range of writers.
Joseph Flora, English department
chairman, said he felt very good about
the change.
"The change was made to allow for
more depth at a higher level within the
English major," he said.
"The students we've talked to think
it's a good idea. It allows for more
women and minority writers to be in
cluded because of the greater course
depth," Flora said.
English majors will no longer be
required to take the survey course of
American literature, English 22.
Instead, they will be required to take
either English 80 or 81 and another
upper-level course from among English
80, 81, 82 and 83.
English professor Richard Rust said
University to present land-use plan
Staff report
The University will present its re
vised land-use plan at 7 p.m. tonight to ;
the Chapel Hill Town Council, the
Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the
Orange County Commissioners.
The meeting will take place in the
Carolina Room of the Carolina Inn; ;!
University officials will also present
the plan to the media at a question-and-answer
session in Wilson Library
at 2 p.m.
The revised plan will serve as a
guide for future University growth. It
builds on a 1987 plan and includes
NCAA pays
By Jennifer Dunlap
Assistant University Editor
Universities now can send more
representatives to the NCAA men's
basketball tournament because of in
creased revenues from a new seven
year contract with CBS, an NCAA of
ficial said.
Keith Martin, director of accounting
for the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, said each men's basketball
team in the tournament could bring 75
people to each preliminary game in
which it participates and 1 00 people to
each Final Four game it plays.
Last year each team was allowed 30
people in its traveling party for pre
liminary rounds, he said. If a university
sent more than 30 people to the tour
Even if you're on the right
The P.E. department had to cut 10
fall activity sections and six or eight
sections for majors because of budget
cuts, said John Billing, chairman of the
physical education, exercise and sports
science department.
Sixty percent of the department's
part-time and teaching assistant budget
for next year has been cut, he said. "We
don't have any money for visiting pro
next semester, she said.
Dean McCord, president of the
Graduate and Professional Students'
Federation, said 80 percent of the people
who buy insurance from the University
were graduate students. A mandatory
policy would have a greater impact on
graduate students than others because
90 to 95 percent of undergraduates are
covered by their parents' plans, he said.
"Other than the obvious reason that
all people should be covered, I'm in
favor of the proposal because I believe
it will bring the premium down by in
creasing participation," he said.
Making insurance mandatory would
decrease the student insurance plan
premium from $682 to about $450, he
said.
Joel Sipress, co-chairman of Gradu
ate Students United, said graduate stu
dents wanted the University to pay for
it was important for English majors to
understand they still would be required
to take only two American literature
classes.
"The number of courses is not
changed but rather the nature of the two
courses is changing," Rust said.
"English 22 was a somewhat un
wieldy course, and there was a high
level of duplication with other Ameri
can literature courses, especially English
81 and 82," he said.
Upper-level American literature
courses have been reclassified. English
80, 81, 82 and 83 now will be titled
"Early Colonial to the Civil War," "The
Civil War to 1930," "1930 to the
Present" and "The American Novel,"
respectively.
This change was made possible by
adding English 80, which covers the
earliest period.
Changing the scope of English 82
from the period 1 890 to the present to
1 930 to the present will give professors
a greater opportunity to study authors
input from consultants. University
committees and cooperative efforts by
town-gown panels and planners from
the University and the community.
The plan has raised controversy in
the past among local residents who claim
UNC is acting negligently regarding
how future building and expansion could
affect area neighborhoods.
. The proposed realignment of Man
ning Drive to reroute traffic away from
UNC Hospitals has captured much at
tention in the last few months. The new
South Loop Road would allow more
space for new health affairs and research
for 100 from
nament, the university had to pay their
traveling expenses, he said.
"The intent was to relieve institutions'
expenses by increasing the traveling
party," Martin said.
UNC athletic director John Swofford
said the NCAA gave universities money
for expenses such as hotel accommo
dations and meals.
About 10 University administrators
attended the NCAA East Region semi
finals and finals last weekend, he said.
Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi
ness and finance, said he attended the
games last weekend. No University
funds were used to finance the trip,
except to pay the salaries of adminis
trators who were in New Jersey on
Friday, he said.
The administrators were paid for
fessors at all."
Nine part-time staff members in the
department were let go because of the
cuts. B illing said faculty members would
have heavier teaching loads next year
because of the staff reductions.
Upperclassmen who still need to
fulfill their P.E. requirements must
register in 205 Woollen Gym before
freshmen and sophomores begin regis-
ed.
their insurance if the proposal was
implemented.
"I think it's a tragedy that there are
uninsured students on campus, but
mandating health insurance will make
graduate school prohibitively expen
sive," he said.
McCord said he hoped the University
would recognize that graduate students
should be compensated for the extra
fee. "Most graduate students I know
would prefer free insurance to a $450
raise," he said.
Insurance is already required for in
ternational students and students in the
medical and nursing schools.
Cowan said the Student Group In
surance Plan, the University's policy, is
re-negotiated each year. "Students,
faculty and staff try to negotiate a plan
that will effectively cover students."
American
who have written since 1950, Rust said.
"Having three courses instead of two
will give the faculty members the op
portunity to include a greater number
and variety of writers by expanding the
canon to include figures that have been
slighted or neglected in the past," Rust
said.
He said professors would select the
new authors they would include in their
classes, but possibilities are Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Susan Dudley Warner,
Toni Morrison and Native American
authors.
English Professor George Lensing
said a committee of five English pro
fessors met last year to discuss the
American literature requirements within
the English major.
The proposal was made in early fall
and approved in December, he said.
"American literature is growing and
growing, so we decided it would be
better if three courses were offered in
stead of two," Lensing said.
facilities being planned by the Uni
versity. The realignment would destroy six
buildings in Odum Village, UNC's
family student housing; and render
the area useless for housing purposes.
Odum residents have complained that
UNC is not making appropriate plans
for the future of family student hous
ing. UNC administrators have saidthey
are looking into either purchasing an
existing apartment complex or build
ing a new complex to replace Odum
Village.
UNC to attend Final Four
regular working days because they were
representing the University, he said.
"Financially, there is no burden on the
University."
Ken Brown, UNC director of ticket
distribution, said an NCAA rule pro
hibited the association from giving away
free tickets.
Swofford said members of the Edu
cational Foundation and students paid
for their own tickets, but the athletic
department paid for the traveling party
members' tickets.
Martin said members of the traveling
parties were chosen by the participating
universities.
Swofford said UNC's 75-member
traveling party included the men's
basketball team, coaches, trainers,
cheerleaders, pep band members, ath-
track you'll get
tering April 13.
"When a junior or senior calls up
Caroline, it will tell them this class is
restricted to freshmen and sophomores
and won't let them sign up," he said.
This summer the department will
check the status of upperclassmen who
register for P.E. classes and drop any
student who has already taken two
classes, he said.
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in residence haDs9 students say
By Ashley Fogle
Staff Writer
Students and housing department
officials cited harassment as a common
problem faced by homosexual students
in residence halls at a forum Monday
night.
Clare Aselin, assistant area director
for Olde Campus, said the fear of
physical violence was widespread
among homosexual residents.
"There have been many attacks of
individuals, of physical harm done to
people," she said. "I look at a group of
people that are openly despised by1
people and think how fearful they must
be of personal retribution."
Patrick Rothwell, Carolina Gay and
Lesbian Association president, said
harassment often was more subtle than
actual physical harm. "You don't see so
much violence," he said.
Marieke van Willigen, the housing
department's staff and program assis
tant, said several students who re
sponded to a housing survey on homo
sexual concerns suggested creating an
exclusively gay residence hall.
Wayne Kuncl, director of University
housing, said he had never received any
official requests for a "gay hall."
letic department personnel and Univer
sity administrators.
The NCAA limits the number of
students who can attend the tournament
as members of the traveling party,
Swofford said. Each university is al-
lowed to bring 1 2 cheerleaders, 30 pep
band members and one mascot, he said.
Athletic department staff members
are needed at tournament games to help
distribute tickets and handle press re
lations, Swofford said.
"Beyond that basically is the chan
cellor and the chancellor's administra
tive council (who are invited to the
tournament)," he said.
He and Chancellor Paul Hardin
choose the administrators who are in
vited to tournament games, Swofford
said. "It's an opportunity for University
run over if you
"We're really trying to be able to
serve everyone who needs something to
graduate," he said. "The people who are
going to be really hurt are those who
wanted electives."
Activity sections that have been cut
include tennis, weight-training, swim
ming and dance. Sections cut for majors
include a personal health class and an
emergency care class.
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L.D. Newman, assistant director of
University housing, said homosexual
students had contacted her about places
to live on campus. A residence hall for
homosexuals may serve the needs of
these students, she said.
"The suggestion about the 'gay hall'
might in fact be a way of posing some
kind of primary socialization," she said.
"The halls tend to be the places where
students can go to get support and so
cialize. When people ask for a 'gay
hall,' I think what they're really talking
about is needing a network."
Discrimination also was cited as a
problem for homosexual residents.
Kuncl said many students were afraid
to be themselves. "I guess there's a fear
that if they stress who they are, reveal
who they are, that it's going to limit
them in some way," he said.
Newman said she believed "invis
ibility" and a lack of support were other
problems that need to be addressed.
Aselin said housing program orga
nizers often lacked sensitivity toward
the needs of homosexual residents and
perpetuated sexual
stereotypes by
planning programs dealing only with
heterosexual relationships.
"The concept is so heterosexist," she
said. "There's no recognition that that's
Tournament
administrators to interact with people
who support the University," Swofford
said.
The number of administrators invited
to this weekend's Final Four games
probably will remain the same, but the
list is not final yet, he said. The additional
25 spaces allotted for Final Four games
probably will be used by athletic de
partment staff members, he said.
Donald Boulton, vice chancellor for
student affairs, said he attended the
tournament games in East Rutherford,
N.J., last weekend. "I like to be sup
portive of our student activities," he
said.
Boulton said that although he was
invited to attend the Final Four this
See NCAA, page 4
just sit there.
Alan Zwald, physical education ac
tivities program director, said the
department's budget problems were as
bad as or worse than other departments.
"I think you know we lost eight or
nine part-time people, and they covered
about 45 classes in the fall and about 25
classes in the spring. Most of the faculty
are going to have to pick up these
classes."
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ing in a can crushing contest in the Pit Tuesday afternoon. The
can crush was sponsored by SEAC as part of Recycling Week.
not going to appeal to everyone."
Rothwell said education was the best
method to combat discrimination.
"I think a very significant thing would
be to confront these issues at orienta
tion," he said. "We need to establish
that certain forms of harassment and
certain forms of discrimination will not
be tolerated."
Programs in residence halls about
homosexual concerns have not been
successful, Rothwell said.
"No one comes to programs about
homosexuals. I see it as a conflict that
happens in housing people are not
willing to come because if they are gay,
people might figure it out and if they are
straight they're afraid it somehow it
might be guilt by association."
Margaret Ferrell, assistant area di
rector for Ehringhaus Residence Hall,
said the forum was designed as a follow-up
to the survey.
FEATURES
President of Democratic Women of N.C.
sets example for female politicians ....2
SPORTS
How will Duke and UNLV fare in a
rematch of last year's title game? 5
Campus and City 3
Features 4
Classified 6
Opinion 8
WEATHER
TODAY: Cloudy; high upper 70s
THURSDAY: Rain; high mid-70s
ON CAMPUS
Dr. Charles Pannenborg will discuss
international health at 3 p.m. in room
1301 of School of Public Health.
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