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Volume 99, Issue 34
Friday, April 12, 1991
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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UNC Provost Dennis O'Connor said
Thursday he had interviewed for the
presidency of the University of Pitts
burgh, but that he has not been actively
seeking a position at another school.
O'Connor is one of five finalists for
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By Nancy Johnson
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill Police say they still have
no leads on a motive or evidence of a
serious dispute before a murder-suicide
that occurred on Franklin Street early
Monday morning.
Derrick Cherome Noell, 20, of Chapel
Hill, shot and killed 20-year-old
Veronica Lashonne Foushee and then
committed suicide early Monday
morning in the parking lot of University
Square on Franklin Street in what police
have said was a domestic dispute.
Foushee died at the scene of the crime,
and Noell was transported to UNC
Hospitals where he later died. Both died
from a single gunshot wound to the
head, fired from a .44-magnum.
Capt. Ralph Pendergraph said
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By Mara Lee
Staff Writer
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 will be
passed this year in the U.S. Congress,
desp ite a possible presidential veto, said
Julius Chambers, director-counsel of
the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Chambers, a UNC law school alum
nus, spoke to a full auditorium in a
speech sponsored by the UNC School
of Law Class of 1990 Thursday night.
He received a standing ovation as the
keynote speaker of the William P.
Murphy Distinguished Speaker En
dowment at the Institute of Government.
The anti-discrimination lawsuits filed
after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have
been losing ground since 1975, he said.
"Reagan and Bush have further limited
us. They would reverse much of the
progress we have made."
The 1990 civil rights bill was not
radical and had support from both par
ties, Chambers said. But President B ush
vetoed the bill, and the Senate's attempt
to override it failed by one vote. 'The
(Bush) administration was never serious
about enacting the civil rights bill or
making a compromise," he said.
Chambers mentioned the recent op
position to minority-based scholarships
by the U.S. Department of Education as
part of the movement toward racially
motivated campaigning.
"What we see in the administration
today is part of an overall plan to make
race an issue for political gains," he
the position, which University of Pitts
burgh officials expect to fill in May.
"My wife and I were invited to go to
the University of Pittsburgh to talk about
the position of the presidency," he said.
O'Connor, who was in Pittsburgh
Tuesday and Wednesday, said he did
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Thursday that active investigation of
the incident had been closed and that
witnesses had "confirmed a general lack
of information" about the incident.
Published reports have said Noell
shot Foushee as she was attempting to
get into her car after refusing to speak
with him, but Chapel Hill police said
they had no evidence to confirm the
information.
Witnesses at the scene who knew
both Noell and Foushee said the couple
had been involved in a relationship and
had a child, but police also said they had
no official information about the
couple's relationship.
Chapel Hill police investigated their
records for any information reported
prior to the incident that may have
foreshadowed problems between Noell
and Foushee, but the records contained
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said. "When Bush ran for president, I
don't think he did anything different
than what Helms did for the Senate. We
haven't really spoken."
Chambers gave several reasons why
the new bill may pass, including the
Persian Gulf War. "For many Ameri
cans, life at the front was less grim than
at home and chances for advancement
more substantial," he said. Thirty per
cent of the ground forces in the Middle
East were African Americans.
The U.S. Supreme Court formerly
ruled that it was the employers' re
sponsibility to prove that alleged dis
criminatory hiring practices were nec
essary business practices: But in 1989,
it put that burden on the claimant.
Under Bush's proposals, employers
only would need to demonstrate that the
discrimination was due to customer
preference.
"A bank could hire all white tellers. It .
could argue that most of its customers
were white and it would lose some of its
customers, some of whom might be
nervous about an African-American
teller handling their money," he said.
The bill is not a quota bill, he said.
"Nothing in the amendment shall be
construed as encouraging hiring quotas,"
he quoted the bill as stating.
The bill provides legal standing for
gender discrimination cases. Bush has
insisted on a $150,000 cap on all dam
ages, compensatory and punitive, even
in intentional discrimination. Bush's
proposal also stated that damages must
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not know if he would hear from Pitts
burgh officials.
He said he turned down interviews at
about 12 schools in the last few years.
He decided it would be interesting to
visit the University of Pittsburgh to see
what an urban university was like, he
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the Wellness Resource Center and Carolina Dining Service.
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no such evidence, Pendergraph said.
"Basically, our conclusion was that
we had not had any contact before the
incident," he said. The police had never
received calls about domestic disputes
between the couple, he said.
Pendergraph contacted the Orange
Durham Coalition for Battered Women
to relay information about the incident.
Despite this incident of violence, the
police have no immediate plans of in
creasing security in the area,
Pendergraph said. Young people often
gather at University Square on weekends
to socialize with their friends, but the
incident should not be considered typical
for the area, he said.
"This incident, I think, does not reflect
the character of the area," he said. "This
was an incident between two people.
They could have been anywhere."
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be argued before a judge, not a jury.
"The administration concedes that
its proposal will probably violate the
Seventh Amendment to the Constitu
tion," Chambers said. "But it's not go
ing to budge. It tells them that we will
encourage employers to erect barriers."
Chambers said the fight against
prejudice was not yet won. He cited a
said. But he has returned and is concen
trating on UNC's problems, he said.
It is not uncommon for universities
trying to fill positions to ask administra
tors at other schools to interview, he
said.
Some university administrators and
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Considering the large number of,
young people that congregate in the
area, it is not as big a problem as one
might think, Pendergraph said.
"I don't think you'll find that that
area is as big a problem as similar areas
in other cities," he said.
The Chapel Hill police have two or
three foot patrol officers within walking
distance of the area at all times,
Pendergraph said.
"We have probably the heaviest se
curity there," he said. University Square
also employs security guards of its own.
Foushee graduated from Chapel Hill
High School in 1 988 and was employed
at Wendy's Restaurant on 15-501. She
had previously been employed at UNC
Hospitals. Noell attended Chapel Hill
High School as a sophomore in 1988
and was employed at UNC Hospitals.
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recent survey that showed most whites
believed African Americans were lazy,
incompetent and didn't want to work.
The Civil Rights Act of 1 99 1 was the
first bill introduced during this House
session, but hasn't been put on the Senate
floor yet. But if the bill receives public
support, it will be passed by October, he
predicted. "I remain optimistic."
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faculty members may agree to inter
views more readily when their schools
are faced with budget problems, he said.
"I think that when institutions are in
a state of some financial constraints,
some institutions certainly know that,"
O'Connor said. "One needs to think
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By Burke Koonce
Staff Writer
A decision made by University ad
ministrators to move the faculty and
staff supply center could save depart
ments money, Central Warehouse Su
pervisor Joe Smith said Thursday.
The center now is located in the
basement of Student Stores. It will be
moved July 1 to a location on Airport
Road.
Most departmental purchases will
have to be from the state-funded Cen
tral Warehouse after the move, he said.
But UNC departments will be able to
purchase items cheaper at the warehouse
than other office supply businesses be
cause the warehouse merchandise is
bought with state contracts that often
guarantee lower prices, he said.
Central Warehouse also has a lower
operating costs than Student Stores,
which allows them to offer some items
at a lower price than the stores, he said.
"I think we can save the departments
money," he said.
Gregory Morton, Student Stores as
sociate director, said the store had to be
financially self-supporting, and there
fore could not operate as inexpensively
as Central Warehouse. "We pay our
own way," he said.
Student Stores offers a wider, but
sometimes more expensive, selection
of student and office supplies, he said.
Because faculty and staff purchases
are expected to decrease, the store will
begin gearing itself more toward stu
dents, Morton said.
UNC to award honorary
degrees at '91 ceremony
By Heather Phibbs
Staff Writer
When the graduating class of 1991
receives diplomas at Commencement
May 1 2, three distinguished people with
ties to the University will receive hon
orary degrees.
CBS News Correspondent Charles
Kuralt will be one recipient of an hon
orary doctor of letters degree. Kuralt
attended UNC from 1951 to 1955, but
never received a degree. He dropped his
classes the last term of his senior year to
serve as editor of The Daily Tar Heel.
Federico Gil, Kenan professor
emeritus of political science at UNC,
and Archie Green, professor emeritus at
the University of Texas, also are
scheduled to receive honorary degrees.
Ann Woodward, chairwoman of the
University's honorary degrees and
special awards committee, said, "They
are being recognized by the University
for their outstanding achievements."
Faculty members, trustees, alumni
and students in early fall nominate
people they think should receive hon
orary degrees, Woodward said. The
honorary degrees and special awards
committee members make the selections
from these nominations.
Three to five honorary degrees are
awarded each year, Woodward said.
Three degrees were awarded during last
year's Commencement exercises, she
said. Recipients must attend the UNC
Commencement to receive the degrees.
After 34 years with CBS, Kuralt re
mains active with his "On the Road"
series and anchoring CBS' "Sunday
Morning" program.
"On the Road," begun in 1967, has
won him such honors as the George
Foster Peabody Award three times, nine
Emmy awards from the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sci
ences and the Missouri Honor Medal
for Lifetime Accomplishments in
Journalism.
Kuralt was named "Broadcaster of
that academics are not immune from
economic forces."
O'Connor was appointed provost in
November 1988, four months after he
was named acting provost. Before that
he had served as vice chancellor of
research and dean of the graduate school.
center
The Student Stores' sales totalled
about $2.6 million last year, he said.
About 20 to 25 percent of the sales were
to faculty, staff and departments, he
said.
"We'll be doing a lot of work to get
ready for this transition," he said.
Smith said Central Warehouse offi
cials hope to take over most of the 20 to
25 percent of purchases usually made
by faculty and staff at Student Stores, he
said.
The University will transfer several
UNC Student Stores employees "to
Central Warehouse to expedite the
move. , ;
University departments will find
dealing with Central Warehouse con
venient and efficient once the program
is fully underway, he said.
"I think it's going to take a while for
departments to pick up on the change,"
he said.
Smith said he hoped departments
would take advantage of the
Warehouse's delivery service.
"If you call this morning, chances are
you' 11 get it this afternoon or tomorrow,"
he said.
New catalogues to help departmen
tal personnel place delivery orders by
telephone will be printed this summer,
he said.
Central Warehouse eventually could
expand its line of office supplies to near
the scope carried by Student Stores, he
said.
"I want the departments to know that
we can give them the same type service,
equally or better," he said.
the Year" in 1983 by the International
Radio and Television Society. He de
tails his travels in two of six books, "On
The Road with Charles Kuralt" and "A
Life On the Road." The former was
named a 1985 best seller.
Kuralt, a Wilmington native, was a
member of the orders of the Old Well,
Grail and Golden Fleece while at UNC.
The University honored Kuralt with
a Distinguished Alumnus Award in
1972. He was inducted into the N.C.
Journalism Hall of Fame in 1981 and
spoke at UNC's 1985 Commencement.
Kuralt could not be reached for com
ment Thursday.
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