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2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, January 28, 1992 3 mil I WORLD BRIEFS I ' , Iraqi protesters bully U.N. inspection team UNITED NATIONS With Iraqi police looking on passively, U.N. weap ons inspectors were roughed up and menaced Monday by a shouting crowd oflraqi men, the United Nations said. It denounced the Baghdad government's "clear breach" of agreements covering the inspections. It was the latest in a series of ugly incidents involving the inspectors, whose work is being carried out under the terms of the PersianGulf Warcease f re. There were no reports of injuries to the inspectors. U.N. spokesman Francois Giuliani said the team's leader, U.S. Army Maj. Karen Jansen, and two colleagues were "jostled, shouted at and pinned against the wall of the lobby" while police looked on. The 40 Iraqi men were described as demonstrators, but in Iraq, protests are often orchestrated by the government. A U.N. official called the crowd a"hired mob." Despite pleas for police help, the rest of the inspection team was trapped in side a bus in front of the hotel for about 25 minutes before they decided to force their way through the crowd into the hotel, he said. Giuliani said police watched without intervening as the men shouted slogans and jumped on the U.N. vehicles. The 18-member chemical and bio logical weapons inspection team had just arrived in Baghdad, where the U.N. inspectors have headquarters. o l-H 03 a 13 a o c - e o v t-i u CJ u C3 C3 'S mm w 1 (CP ed) rf "j I """"" "" c 4 REGISTER NOW! Class Start time LSAT week of January 27 MCAT January 28! GMAT week of February 3 GRE week of February 3 Additional courses will be offered in time for March, April, and June test dates. S Chapel hill 932-940O RALEIGH 772-7909 Israel's Shamir survives no-confidence votes JERUSALEM Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government survived no-confidence motions in Parliament on Monday with the help of far-right parties that had bolted the coalition. After four hours of debate, the 1 20 member Parliament voted 55-49 for the ruling coalition, with five abstentions. Eleven legislators were absent. Shamir has agreed to call early elec tions, saying he does not want to run a government that could be toppled at any moment. Only 59 legislators supported this move. Legislators from the far-right Moledet and Tehiya parties agreed to abstain in the vote, and lawmakers from the Tzomet party supported Shamir, thus defeating five no-confidence motions and giving Shamir the chance to set the date for new elections. Earlier Monday, lawmakers met to negotiate a date for early elections. The mid-June to mid-July period was cited as most likely for the Nov. 3 regularly scheduled vote. The no-confidence motions intro duced by left-wing parties mostly con cerned settlement-building in the occu pied territories, high unemployment and the slow pace of the peace process that is to resume Tuesday in Moscow. The motions were the first chal lenges to Shamir's rule since he lost his parlia mentary majority last week when Tehiya and Moledet bolted in protest over Mid east peace talks. The Associated Press ti U.N. vote By Bruce Robinson Staff Writer A recent U.N. Security Council reso lution condemning two Libyans for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 may be evidence of increased U.S. in fluence over the United Nations, ex perts say. The U.N. resolution, approved Jan. 21, called for the extradition of two Libyan government officials indicted by a U.S. District Court. The two men were charged in the Pan Am bombing whichkilled270people,includingmany Americans, over Lockerbie, Scotland. The resolution to condemn the Liby ans is unique because it involves a legal dispute between member nations, said Richard Hudson, executive director of the Center for WarPeace Studies in New York. 'This is the first time the Security ModernExtension preview strong, graceful By Melissa Mankowski Staff Writer Dance, a sport strong in skills like endurance, flexibility and strength, re quires an extra measure other sports do not: grace, poise and rhythm. The UNC modern dance company ModernExten sion proved this point eloquently Thurs day night in Woollen Gym. ModernExtension, a club sport in which 21 undergraduate students par ticipate, gave a preview of its formal concert scheduled for March 26 and 27 in Memorial Hall. The company performed six pieces, most of which were choreographed by the students. One of the pieces was arranged by guest choreographer Melinda Ripps, a Soviet divorce, you had to present your case to your employers. Your fellow employ ees would get together and discuss the situation. If they did not agree with the reason for the divorce, you could lose yourjob,"hesaid. Upon arriving in America, Stompel's first impressions were of the streets of New York. "In New York, I noticed that everyone kept to themselves. No one made eye contact. In the Soviet Union, the opposite was true. People looked because they were supposed to know other people's business." The KGB sometimes hired private citizens to pry into the lives of their peers. While he was a student in Mos cow, Stompel said he was recruited to be an informant. "It was very dangerous. I was part of an underground, studying Hebrew, which in the Soviet Union is a huge crime. Even though we studied in a different apartment each time, eventu ally the KGB found us. It wasn't hard there were always informants around. They wanted me to be an informant to relay information about other Jews," he said. But Stompel did not join the ranks of the KGB. Instead he began pursuing a way to leave the Soviet Union that en The World's Best Blonde Jokes" Great Gift! Hilarious illustrated paperback Reg. $4.95. Order by Feb. 20 only $3.95 (N.C. residents add 244 sales tax) Send check to: Peroxide Press P.O. Box 3051 Chapel Hill, NC 27515 IF YOU WANT TO GET STUDENT TO PARKING START WE WILL BE VISITING UNC-CHAPEL HILL: FEBRUARY 13 IES is a nonprofit teacher placement organization. Each year we visit over 70 colleges and universities and counsel students about teaching careers in independent schools. We will be interviewing at the Europa Hotel in Chapel Hill. For more information about IES and an interview appointment, please contact Brooke Burns at (800)257-5102. INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 553 NASSAU reflects greater U.S. Council has ever done this type of ac tion," he said. The United States increasingly has used the United Nations "to put a fig leaf over U.S. intervention" in the Per sian Gulf War and now with this resolu tion against Libya, Hudson said. A U.N. resolution that condemned Iraq's Au gust 1990 invasion of Kuwait fueled the United States-led war against Saddam Hussein's forces last year. But the Security Council's action in this case was not unusual, considering the circumstances, said U.N. spokes man Fred Eckhard. "Since the incident involved interna tional terrorism, the action by the U.N. was in accordance with the Security Council's normal policy," Eckhard said. However, Jim Taylor, an expert on Middle East affairs, said these new ac tions by the United Nations were the result of increased U.S. power in the dance teacher in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. About 70 people watched ModernExtension's visually stunning combination of artistic and athletic abil ity Thursday night. The choreography accented the dancers' strength and flex ibility while creating a graceful and flowing picture. The company used various types of music, including new age, jazz and clas sical genres as well as vocalized music by Peter Gabriel. The choreography in each of the pieces worked well with the rhythm and tempo of the music selec tion. One of the most unusual and power ful pieces incorporated music that was recorded in Vietnam. "Clippings," the piece choreographed by Melinda Ripps, tailed months of waiting, copious amounts of paperwork and the possibil ity of denial. In 1989, Stompel was one of the fortunate few to be granted an ex it visa. "If you describe heaven," he said, "that's the way Russians see America." Stompel quickly pointed out that he knew America was not perfect. But, he added, it is a place where one could aspire for better. In the Soviet Union he could not expect living conditions or job opportunities to improve signifi cantly, he said. As a Jew, his prospects were particularly grim. Overt anti-Semitism was acceptable in the Soviet Union and was perpetu ated by popular culture, Stompel said. It was a felony to study Hebrew or openly practice Judaism. Because of potential repercussions, few Soviet Jews learned about their religion. In many cases, the word 'Jew' stamped on a passport was the sole reminder of Jewish heritage. Stompel, like most Soviet Jews, re ceived no formal religious education. At home, he celebrated Hanukkah and Passover, but rarely attended synagogue. "Even to speak about it could cause trouble. My grandmother, who was a religious woman, rarely spoke about Judaism. It was too great a risk," he FROM FACULTY PARKING HERE ST. PRINCETON. Nl 08S4Q. (top) M7-SI02 Security Council. President Bush has used the United Nations to further his agenda in the Middle East, he said. "The United Nations is a tool of George Bush," Taylor said. "Libya is powerless to fight the United States. The U.S. will use the United Nations to impose sanctions on Libya, if they do not extradite the two men." Sanctions against Libya could in clude a full economic embargo, denial of landing rights at foreign airports or prohibition of aircraft equipment sales to Libya's official airline, Taylor said. Eckhard said although the Libyan government issued no official response to the U.N. resolution, they were not expected to cooperate and extradite the two men. The Libyan government has said they would try the accused men in their own courts or submit them to international arbitrational, because they feared the created emotionally moving and dis turbing images with its combination of sound and movement. Ripps said she had used an authentic approach in her choreography, encour aging the dancers to truly identify with their movements. In order to do this, Ripps said she had suggested images to the dancers and had asked them to react to those images through dance. Ripps, who moved to the area in 1 988 from Massachusetts, said the piece had been performed before with fewer dancers. "I wanted to see what it would be like with a large number of people," Ripps said. "I was pleased with the results. I think that the larger number of people works in a different way than a small group, but I like both ways." said. Twenty-nine-year-old Iosef Vaisman, who has spent the past eight months as a research associate in the UNC chemistry department, has simi lar memories of growing up Jewish in the Soviet Union. "Like nearly all Jews I knew, my family was non-practicing, but in a dif ferent sense than those words have here. Although we could not publicly display our Jewishness, since early childhood we considered ourselves Jews," he said. In America, things are different. "It is very good to be a Jew in America," Stompel said. "The most important dif ference is that here, a Jew can defend himself. In Russia, being Jewish was a curse. You couldn't do anything about it." The Vaisman family has become ac tive in Chapel Hill's Jewish commu nity. They have enrolled their daughter in a Hebrew school that meets twice a week, and they regularly attend syna gogue. "We go as often as we can," Shura Vaisman said. Iosef Vaisman said attending syna gogue was important to him because, for the first time, he could openly prac Campus Calendar TUESDAY 3 p.m. The Peer Leadership Consultants will host an open house until S p.m. in the basement of Steele. 3:30 p.m. UNC Study Abroad information ses sion on France programs in Caldwell Hall. 4p.m. Project Literacy Adult Tutoring willmeet in the Campus Y lounge for old and new tutors. All welcome! 4:30 p.m. UNC Study Abroad information ses sion on Italy programs in Caldwell Hall. 5 p.m. Juggling Club will meet in Carmichael Ballroom. Anyone welcome. TARP will meet on the steps of Lenoir for dinner and to discuss Marriott's responsibility to the envi ronment. f T" r I Ht l oYCHOLOGY Or Christian Experence announces the opening of its practice at 105 N.Columbia St. Suite 600 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (9i9) 933-0830 adolescents, adults, couples sessions by appointment, institutional janet Briggs, MTS consultation, workshops and retreats Kenneth Briggs MD JAPANESE CUISINE & SUSHI HOUSE Park Terrace Shopping Center 2223 Hwy 54, Durham 1-40 exit 278 544-7946 Woodcroft Shopping Center 4711 Hope Valley Road, Durham 1-40 exit 274 493-7748 Open for Lunch & Dinner Call for Reservations I J I influence United States or Great Britain would; grant the men unfair trials. While the United States may exert a strong influence in the United Nations, the power of the Security Council to enforce itsresolutionseffectively is still doubtful, Taylor said. "Sanctions wouldn't work against Libya, since countries such as Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland have corporations that will continue to do business there," he said. Hudson said President Bush was us ing the United Nations to further his own international plans. "The U.S. has been willing to use the U.N. more and more all the time," he said. "The United States and Bush are talking about a New World Order. They want the Security Council to bless inter national operations. It gives them a cover, a sense of legality." Ripps said she wanted the audience to create their own impressions and ideas about the piece. She said she had tried different approaches in the piece to make people think about issues in a new way. One of the most interesting parts of the performance came from the use of a sign language interpreter. She signed alone at the beginning of the perfor-. mance and reappeared at the end to present the same speech but with a voice saying the words she was signing. ModernExtension's presentation Thursday night was well-rehearsed and organized. The company's formal con cert at the end of March promises to include some of the best modern danc ers on this campus and should be an excellent show. from page 1 tice his religion without fear of immi nent danger. "I don't need intermediar ies in my communication with God not to offend the rabbi," he said with a smile. "But I go because of the satisfac tion that comes from following the tra dition of my ancestors." The Vaismans' modest Chapel Hill apartment is a testament to their newfound freedom. The walls are filled with colorful paintings and sketches. In one, an elderly Hasidic Jew studies Torah by a flickering light. In another, a young boy raises the Torah in celebra tion of his Jewish coming of age. The various works of art are all gifts from the artistjosef 's brother Alcxandr Vaisman, who took part in the mass exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel last year. "I never saw these scenes," Iosef Vaisman said. "But I imagine them. In Russian we call this 'Genetichkaya Pamyat.' It is as if my genes somehow transmitted to me the experiences of my Jewish ancestors." He groped for the English transla tion, looking to his wife for assistance! "Genetic memory. That is the best way to describe it." 5:30 p.m. University Art Association meeting career options in Art at 214 Hanes Art Center. " 6 p.m. PRSSA invites all interested to come hear the national president of the Public Relations Society of America, Joe Epley. speak in 203 Howell Hall. HOSA will have their first meeting of the semester in 211 Union. 7 p.m. Carolina Hispanic Association will meet in the Union. 7:30 p.m. Carolina Comic Book Club will meet in the Union. 8 p.m. Society for Out-of-state Students will have an informational meeting in 2 1 2 Union. Interna tional students also welcome. UNC Young Democrats will meet in 21 1 Union. All members are encouraged to attend. diplomat: American Board of Psychiatry di Neurology The finest and freshest in authentic homestyle cuisine & sushi has come to the Triangle! Featuring Tempura, Teriyaki and Sukiyaki. Sushi Lunch Special - Assorted fresh fish marinated and served over rice with soup & salad ONLY $8.95 "Early Bird Dinner Special u Mi Li Li I witreei with thli id 5:30-1:30 pm entry only L not ulld with other coupon I encludlnt Friday t Saturday
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