The Daily Tar HeelFriday, January 31, 19923
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STATE BRIEFS
Redistricting plans may
receive final OK today
; The U.S. Justice Department might
stamp its approval on the state's second
effort to draw new congressional dis
tricts as early as today, the chairman of
the state Senate Redistricting Commit
tee said I hursday.
'. "We're hoping that we'll get an an
swer tomorrow," said N.C. Sen. Dennis
Winner, D-Asheville, in a telephone
interview Thursday.
' The congressional plan, which has
drawn criticism from Republicans for
its odd-shaped boundaries, creates two
districts with a black-majority concen
tration of voters.
Original redistricting proposals
drawn by the General Assembly last
summer and rejected by the Justice
Department in December contained
one district with a majority of black
voters.
Third female graduate
pf UNC law school dies
; Katherine Robinson Everett, the first
voman to win a case before the N.C.
Supreme Court and the third female
graduate of the UNC School of Law in
1920, died Tuesday at her home in
Durham. She was 98.
', Everett spent more than 70 years in
the legal profession and was the fourth
N.C. woman to receive a license to
practice law. In 1990, the N.C. Acad
emy of Trial Lawyers said Everett was
the nation's oldest practicing attorney.
I Everett was born Sept. 1 1, 1893, in
Fayetteville. She married Reuben Os
car Everett, a Durham attorney, in 1 926
and served on the Durham City Council
for 20 years starting in 195 1 .
' Memorial services were held Thurs
day at First Presbyterian Church in
Durham, of which Everett had been a
member since the 1920s.
Gardner kicks off race
for governor's mansion
; RALEIGH Lt.Gov. Jim Gardner
would like to pick up where Gov. Jim
Martin will leave off.
; Gardnerbeganhisgubernatorialcam
paign Thursday with the man he hopes
to succeed, outgoing governor and fel
low Republican Martin, by his side.
"It would be the first continuation of
a Republican governorship in the his
tory of North Carolina," Gardner told
150 people at Charlotte's airport.
i Gardner said he wanted to follow
Martin's work in areas such as educa
tioaand crjmev"Jim Martin has done
incredible things in eight years."
Martin called Gardner a vital mem
ber of his administration.
"If you want to keep moving for
ward, elect Jim Gardner," Martin, a
two-term governor, said after speaking
to a cheering crowd.
Gardner, who also ran for governor
in 1968, faces a challenge from Ruby
Hooper, deputy secretary of the N.C.
Department of Human Resources, in
the Republican primary. Democrats
seeking their party 's nomination include
former Gov. Jim Hunt, Attorney Gen
eral Lacy Thornburg and attorney
Marcus Williams.
State appeals to tourists
with national TV ads
'. RALEIGH Competition for out-of-state
tourists is tougher than ever,
and that's one reason the state will be
gin its first national television adver
tisement campaign today.
' Gov. Jim Martin will introduce five
commercials highlighting various North
Carolina scenes in hopes of enhancing
the state's $7 billion tourism industry.
!"We felt very strongly that it was
time to go beyond the state boundaries
for television," said John Ketchum,
operator of the advertising company
chosen to handle the state's campaign.
The commercials will air for nine
weeks, starting March 15, on several
channels, including CNN, Travel Chan
nel, Weather Channel, Discovery Chan
nel and Nashville Network. The ads are
expected to reach an estimated 230 mil
lion households.
"We think that the television com
mercials are going to set North Carolina
apart," Ketchum said. "We have an
incredible product to work with. The
people have had an absolute ball travel
ing the state to shoot the commercials."
.The ads target various audiences,
including vacationers who take two
weeks off in the summer, and regional
tourists who take weekend vacations.
Staff and wire reports
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Medical school
might require
AIDS insurance
By J. Michael Bradley
Staff Writer
The threat of AIDS has spread to the
nation's medical schools, and as a re
sult, the University may require future
medical students to buy insurance.
Stuart Bondurant, dean of the School
of Medicine, said if the requirement is
approved, students entering the medi
cal school in 1993 would have to buy
disability insurance to protect them if
they are exposed to AIDS and other
viral diseases.
The medical school is currently con
Crime Stoppers offers
reward for information
about purse snatchings
By Dana Pope
Assistant City Editor
Orange County Crime Stoppers is
offering an unspecified reward for the
arrest of the person or persons respon
sible for five robberies and assaults that
have occurred in western Chapel Hill
since December.
The victim in each of the five inci
dents has been a female.
In threecases, the victim's purse was
grabbed and the woman was physically
assaulted. In the other two cases, the
suspect or suspects grabbed the women's
purses and ran away.
Police do not know if the same sus
pect is responsible forall of the assaults.
Journalism school poll to take
By Brendan Smith
Staff Writer
University journalism students will
let their fingers do the walking with a
new telephone poll designed to help
Chapel Hill and Carrboro officials learn
more about residents concerns.
Between March 21 and March 25,
journalism students will poll 400 people
in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Students
will conduct anonymous five-minute
interviews, questioning residents on
local issues.
Richard Cole, dean of the School of
Journalism and Mass Communication,
said he devised the Public Pulse poll to
provide accurate public opinion data
for the two towns. It would be a public
service on one hand and a good learning
tool on the other hand."
The Public Pulse is the first poll
conducted exclusively for Chapel Hill
and Carrboro by the journalism school.
Journalism students will gain experi
ence with polling techniques and will
write stories based on the poll results,
Cole said.
Same 3 pizza
By Valerie Holbert
Staff Writer
Pizza shoppers will find no change
next year in the vendors that accept
meal card orders.
Gumby's Pizza, Pizza Hut and
Domino's Pizza had their contracts
renewed Tuesday with Marriott Corp.,
said Chris Derby, Carolina Dining
Services director.
Six pizzerias applied to participate
in the meal card plan, Derby said.
Oli verio's Pizza, Chanello's Pizza and
Pizza Transit Authority were not cho
sen to be part of the meal card service.
All applicants were evaluated by a
committee of students, faculty and
administrators on criteria such as taste,
delivery experience and Food and
Drug Administration requirements,
Derby said.
"The most important factors were
the taste test and that the companies
demonstrate experience," he said.
sidering proposals that could cost stu
dents about $50 to $ 1 25 yearly, he said.
Bondurant said an insurance require
ment "would have to meet standards of
reasonableness."
"We want to be sure there is such
insurance available and (find out) how
much it costs before we decide if it
should be required," he said.
UNC, as a state school, is prohibited
from purchasing insurance for its stu
dents, so students would be required to
purchase their own, Bondurant said.
See INSURANCE, page 7
A police composite describes a sus
pect as a black man between the ages of
20 and 30, standing 5 feet to 5 feet 10
inches tall with a medium to stocky
build and a medium complexion.
Anyone with information concern
ing these cases should contact Orange
County Crime Stoppers at (800) 85 1
7867. Callers will not have to identify
themselves, and all information is con
fidential. -OncTjfThc cases concerns Linnea
Smith, wife of UNC basketball head
coach Dean Smith, said Chapel Hill
police spokeswoman Jane Cousins.
Smith was assaulted the night of Jan.
21 while heading to a class at the Lin
coln Center at 750 S. Merritt Mill Road.
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Joe Capo wski said at Monday's council
meeting that he supported the project
"It will be good for us finally to get an
unbiased sample of various issues be
cause certainly the people who come to
us are the aggressive ones who have no
fear of speaking in public on television,
and it will certainly be a good experi
ence for the UNC journalism students,"
Capowski said.
The council voted unanimously to
accept the resolution approving the poll,
but council member Julie Andresen
expressed concern about the poll'sques
tion topics.
She said she wanted the town man
ager to have veto power over the con
tent of poll questions because inappro
priate questions might offend residents.
"A badly crafted question could re
flect badly on the council," she said.
Journalism Professor Donald Shaw
told the council that the poll was the
journalism school's project and that any
inappropriate questions would reflect
negatively on the journalism school,
not the council.
vendors picked
Derby, who was responsible for mak
ing the final decision, said the kind of
ingredients used and delivery rate per
hour were also taken into consideration.
When the service first began.
Domino's was the only restaurant to
honor meal cards.hesaid. Gumby's and
Pizza Hut were added in January 1990
when the service was opened for bids.
The contracts will last through De
cember 1992, with an option to renew
through the spring semester, he said.
Jeremy Foy.Gumby's manager, said
he was pleased with the decision.
"I 'm real ly happy to be chosen again,"
Foy said. "It makes a big difference in
business."
Oliverio's owner John Yardley said
he wants to apply again in the future. "I
was hoping to have the opportunity to
serve UNC," he said. "I thought we had
a good shot at it."
Yardley said he thought Oliverio's
would be selected because it was picked
by The News and Observer as the best-
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"(The poll) will be good for us finally to get an
unbiased sample of various issues ... and it will
certainly be a good experience for the UNC
journalism students."
Joe Capowski
Chapel Hill Town Council member
"It's a school of journalism poll which
we hoped would be of service to the
city, not a joint poll," Shaw said.
JanEIliott.associateprofessorofjour
nalism and Cole's assistant, said the
journalism school strongly opposed giv
ing the council final review of the poll
questions.
"We'd never get anywhere," she said.
"There'd be too much debate about
individual words."
The journalism school asked council
members and the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen to suggest questions they
for meal card
tasting pizza in the area.
"We're the best-tasting. We know
our quality's there," he said.
While Derby said having three piz
zerias has worked well so far and has
proven to be a good mix, some stu
dents said they hoped to see more
vendors.
"I don't think it should be limited
to just three," said Suzanne White, a
junior from Raleigh. "Having more
restaurants would give students more
variety to choose from."
Brenda Robbins, a sophomore from
Clemmons, said she hoped different
types of restaurants would honor meal
cards.
"I think it should be opened up to
places that serve other things besides
pizza," Robbins said.
Derby said although there were no
immediate plans to increase the num
ber of restaurants, there was always a
chance that things could change.
"Never say never," he said.
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pulse of community
would like to see on the poll.
Cole also requested use of Chapel
Hill's GTE exchange lines to reach
Chapel Hill residents in Durham and
Orange Counties.
Council member Joe Herzenberg
asked if it would be possible to distin
guish between the poll results for Chapel
Hill and those for Carrboro.
Shaw said the journalism school
would keep the two polls separate by
obtaining specialized phone lists from
Construction 85 percent
finished on alumni center
By Jenny Mclnnls
Staff Writer
Construction of the George Watts
Hill Alumni Center is expected to be
completed by graduation.
Ed Willis, director of construction
administration, said the alumni center
was approximately 85 percent finished.
'There is a 50-50 chance it will be
done by May," Willis said.
The alumni center will cover 65,000
square feet and will consist of two build
ings, Willis said. One building will be
an office wing, and the other will be
called the Great Hall.
The office wing will contain offices
for the General Alumni Association,
Willis said. The Great Hall will feature
a large auditorium and a kitchen, he
said. It will be a meeting place for GAA
members.
Doug Dibbert, alumni affairs direc
DTHEnn Randall
between the Student Union and Davis Library. George has been
working on this area for the past three weeks.
Southern Bell or by asking poll respon
dents if they were Chapel Hill or
Carrboro residents.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
had similar concerns about the poll but
did not vote on the issue this week.
Alderman Tom Gurganus said he did
not like telephone polls because they
were an invasion of privacy.
He does hope the poll will benefit the
town, he said. "I'm sure it will be inter
esting to see the results."
Gurganus said he hoped the project
would have some long-term benefits
for Carrboro. "The poll would be useful
as we see attitudes changing in response
to new policies or programs."
Beverly Wiggins, associate director
for research development at the Insti
tute for Research in Social Science, said
the sampling error on a poll of 400
residents would be 3 to 5 percent.
Cole said the journalism school
wanted to make the poll an annual event
so a data base could be built to study
ongoing issues.
tor, said a food service would be offered
in the Great Hall, but he did not know
who the vendor would be.
A faculty club also will be located in
the Great Hall, Dibbert said. "This is
something the University never has
had," he said. "We are certainly pleased
with the intention to nestle the building
into the site and to provide a home for
alumni."
Willis said several delays had hin
dered the center's comple'.ion.
"There have been rocks we didn't
expect, bad weather and minor changes
in floor plans," he said. "These delays
are not altogether unexpected."
The center's construction cost is
$10.3 million, Willis said. "This cost
doesn't include the design cost, furni
ture and other things."
The construction cost was close to
exceeding its limit, but the builders have
not needed more money, Willis said.
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