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STORYTELLER: Audience interaction helps spread word ....FEATURES, page 2 WOLFE RETURNS: Manuscript turned into new novel .........CAMPUS, page 3 ON CAMPUS "Brothers," a discussion about African American male students, 6 p.m. in first floor lounge of Hinton lames. Mm lain Serving the students and the University community since 1893 1991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 99, Issue 90 Thursday, October 10, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NcwiSporuAfU 962-024 Business Advertising 961-116 WEATHER TODAY: Cloudy; high mid-70s FRIDAY: Partly cloudy; high 70-75 Mm Heyd Sunshine law' would keep Executive By Birch DeVault Staff Writer ' A "sunshine law" proposed by Stu dent Body President Matt Heyd would declare all proceedings of the student government executive branch open to the public. 'The law will make all executive branch meetings and records open to the public in accordance with the North Carolina Open Meetings Law," Heyd said Wednesday. Heyd said he had thought executive branch meetings anddocuments already were covered by the N.C. Open Meet ings Law. But the branch's work actu ally is exempt from the law. The executive branch followed an Election day poll sites could deter students By Jackie Hershkowitz Staff Writer The location of polling sites for the upcoming Nov. 5 election could dis courage students from voting, election activists said. Although most polling sites are close to campus, more than 1,000 students who live in several North Campus resi dence halls are required to vote at the UNC System General Administration building, located a half-mile from cam pus on Raleigh Road. "It's very unfranchising and unfair," said University student and volunteer registrar Erik Ose. "Student schedules are such that they spend most of their time on campus." Tominimizetheinconvenience.can didates will sponsor shuttles on election day between campus and polling sites, said Barbara Faust, Orange County Board of Elections chairwoman. Although polling sites for the elec tion will not be changed, Ose hopes changescan be implemented before next year's election. "The best scenario would be to have satellite polling sites at convenient places on campus like the Union," Ose said. "We're not asking for the whole community to come to campus, just the students." Mark Chilton, UNC senior and can didate for the Chapel Hill Town Coun cil, agreed that satellite polling sites would be a good idea. "My opinion is that it should not be any special labor for students to vote," Chilton said. "People on campus should not be punished for not having cars." But Faust said polling sites cannot be moved. Precinct lines were redrawn this summertocorrespond with censusdata. "There is no possibility of changing the polling sites," Faust said. "Each precinct has natural boundaries that re flect the census." Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Herzenberg, who is running for re election, said a problem with finding new polling sites was that the sites must meet certain requirements, such as be ing accessible to the disabled. "Although polling sites should be centrally located, I don't believe satel lite polling places would be legal," Herzenberg said. "The law requires one polling place per precinct." Barbara Strickland, Orange County supervisor of elections, said she had not heard requests that precincts have more than one polling place. "Our registration sites are very con venient," Strickland said. "Of course, some people are going to live close to the polling sites, and others won't." Chilton said the board of elections has not been particularly sympathetic to the perspectives of students. "I don't think they've been very un derstanding," he said. "It seems a little suspicious." But Faust said it is the students' re sponsibility to make the effort to vote. "If kids can walk to the football games, they can walk to polling sites," she said. Herzenberg said that "bureaucratic inertia" is part of the problem. "They want to keep things the way they've See SITES, page 7 Unless you wants oxhcraL unwritten policy of openness in all ar eas, but never had formal guidelines for their proceedings, he said. Heyd has submitted a measure to Student Congress asking members to declare the open policy a formal one. In a letter to executive branch mem bers, Heyd issued an executive order adopting the policy of the N.C. Open Meetings Law until the bill is discussed in congress. 'There are no exceptions to the Open Meetings Law and it doesn't change anything in practice, but the measure does give us a solid policy," he said. "If congress does not pass the measure, the executive branch will still keep the spirit of the measure in practice." The proposal affects only the execu- The right stroke Ashley Parker, a sophomore applied sciencemajor from Roanoke Rapids, Va., returns a serve from classmate Librarians from Czechoslovakia visit UNC during East Coast library tour Information from Davis, Wilson libraries to help National Library in Prague By Beth Broodno Staff Writer Staff members from the Czechoslo vakia National Library in Prague vis ited University libraries Wednesday to learn about new technologies. Vojtech Balik, the National Library director, said after touring Davis Li brary that he was impressed. "So far what we have seen of the building itself and the collection, it is very impressive," he said. Six members of the Czech library staff visited the campus. really know how to fake it, you'll never make it Bernard "If congress does not pass the measure, the ex ecutive branch will still keep the spirit of the measure in practice." Matt Heyd, Student Body President tive branch, Heyd said. "The other branches of student government can make this decision on their own," he said. Heyd said the executive branch wanted participation from students and the way to get that participation was to make the meetings and records open. "We want more students to be aware p.m. racquetball class learning how to serve Paige Austin in his 1 University librarian James Govan said recent developments in Eastern Europe have prompted the Czech staff to make an effort to learn about changes in library technology. The visitors are interested in "auto mation, preservation of materials and our cooperative agreements with Duke and State on buying for collections," Govan said. The Davis tour dealt primarily with collection development and included discussions with University bibliogra phers. A tour of Wilson Library focused on open meetings law Branch proceedings open of what we do, and we need their input," he said. Tim Moore, Student Congress speaker, said the measure was a good idea, but not unique. "Congress meetings and records al ways have been, always are and always will be open to the public," he said. The proposal was considered incom- DTHlamie Batten Wednesday in Fetzer Gym. The class was correctly and return serve. the preservation of library materials and included a lab led by the library conser vator and a lecture by the photographic archivist. Balik said commitment to student services was also something that stood out about the University's libraries. "The availability of studies forgradu ate students was very impressive," he said. "What is very fascinating and very interesting is the stress on services to the students, which is not as highly thought of in European libraries." The Czech staff is visiting libraries on the East Coast at the suggestion of mittee Wednesday night and will be presented to the full congress next week, Moore said. "There is no reason why it wouldn't pass in congress," he said. Jason Kaus, vice chairman of the Undergraduate Honor Court, said he did not think a "sunshine law" would be effective for the court. "If you're a defendant you really don't want and have the right (not) to have that material released," Kaus said. "We feel confidentiality is essential." It is against federal law and the Uni versity Student Code for people work ing with the Honor Court to release information, Kaus said. The Honor Court periodically re leases general information about deci sions, but not specifics about cases. .Former Nobe prize nominee to give lecture Suzman to discuss South Africa By Stephanie Johnston University Editor A former minister of the South Afri can Parliament will present the annual UNC Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture later this month. Helen Suzman, a four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will discuss "Will South Africa Survive?" Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Suzman was a strong opponent of apartheid during her 36 years as a par liament member andcontinues to speak out for equality for all people, said Helen Churko, a New York executive who is helping coordinate the UNC visit. Although Suzman has retired from parliament, she is still active in the fight against apartheid, Churko said. "She spent her whole life being ac tive," Churko said. "She is still very much concerned about bringing ... equality and freedom to all people in South Africa. What you will see from her is a deep commitment." Suzman can help students understand the overall picture of South Africa, Churko said. "One of the things that is really im portant to understand is things are chang ing so much everyday in South Africa," she said. Churko said she called Craig Calhoun, UNC international studies office director, in the spring and asked him if the University would be inter ested in having Suzman speak on cam pus. Calhoun, who was out of town Wednesday, is chairman of the University's established lecturer com mittee. Suzman is speaking at several other representatives from the Mellon Foun dation and the Council of Library Re sources. They already have visited li braries in Boston, New York and Wash ington. The group, which included six of the I ibrary 's staff members and a translator, arrived in North Carolina Tuesday night. The group will visit the Duke Uni versity library system this morning and the N.C. State University libraries in the afternoon. The visitors will return to New York Friday. The Mellon Foundation is funding the East Coast trip. mm.: ::jr:$mm Matt Heyd schools in the United States and Cambridge Uni versity in England. "She is touring the country on a lecture tour and talking with a pub lisher," Churko said. "She is writ ing her memoirs." Anne Scaff, ad ministrative assis- Helen Suzman tant in the international programs of fice, said a small dinner will be held for Suzman before her presentation, but she will not make any other official appearances on campus. Suzman was a founding member of the Progressive Party in South Africa and the party 's only representative from 1961 to 1974.Shealsofoughtforpoliti cal reform and frequently visited politi cal prisoners, including Nelson Mandela. She is a former lecturer of economic history at the University of Witwatersrand and spoke out against economic sanctions. Sanctions would cripple the country and do the most harm to blacks, she argued. Suzman has received several human rights awards, incl uding the 1 978 United Nations Award for Human Rights and the 1984 American Jewish Committee Civil Rights Award. She shared the Freedom Prize from Politiken and Dagens Nyheter in Copenhagen, Denmark with Winnie Mandela in 1984. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memo rial Lecture was established at the Uni versity in 1970 to honor people who have dedicated themselves to working for human rights. Dial DTH OPINION POLL Should the Senate confirm Judge Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination? To vote "yes" dial 1900-454-4315 To vote "no" dial 1-900-454-4316 Voting ends at 6:00 p.m. today. Results will be printed in tomorrow's Daily Tar Heel. A 60c fee will be charged to vol. telephone bill. You must be 18 years or older. Rosenberg SSI r i BHB
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