4The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 10, 1992
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Algerian council calls
for state of emergency
ALGIERS, Algeria Capping a
bloody monihlong confrontation with
Muslim fundamentalists, the army
backed ruling council on Sunday de
clared a 1 2-month state of emergency to
quell spreading violence.
The move came hours after police
seized the headquarters of the funda
mentalist party, the Islamic Salvation
Front. It also came amid worsening
clashes among fundamentalists and the
security forces that have left about 40
dead and several hundred injured.
The emergency decree, issued by the
five-member High StateCommittee and
announced on national television Sun
day evening, did not give details of the
emergency provisions. But in two pre
viousemergencies in the past fouryears,
security forces were granted broad pow
ers of arrest and detention.
The ruling council took power after
the army forced President Chadli
Bendjedid to resign Jan. 1 1. Bendjedid
had indicated his willingness to share
power with the fundamentalists, who
were poised to take control of Parlia
ment in what would have been the first
free national elections since Algerian
independence from France in 1962.
Predawn airline crash
kills 30 in Senegal
PARIS A chartered airliner carry
ing French tourists to a Club Med resort
crashed into a Senegal marsh Sunday,
killing 30 of the 56 people on board,
authorities said.
The crash occurred in good weather
before dawn. Investigators were sent
from the West African nation's capital,
Dakar, to open an inquiry. There were
reports that the pilot was American.
Survivors said the plane crashed al
V.C. educators question grades
Local school officials call review threatening, unnecessary
By Tiffany Ashhurst
Staff Writer
For years, children feared the days
when teachers distributed report cards.
Now North Carolina has turned the
tables on educators by issuing report
cards for schools, and some Chapel
Hill-Carrboro School officials do not
like the kiwi., . ' . I I
Although Chapel Hill-Carrboro
schools ranked above the state's aver
age in most areas, some local school
officials do not like the annual report
cards.
Judy Ortiz, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
school board member, said she thought
the program was a good attempt to
evaluate the schools but said other pro
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most immediately after the pilot an
nounced that it would land.
Club Mcditerranee, which had char
tered the plane for a 45-minute domes
tic flight from Dakar to its Atlantic
Coast resort at Cap Skirring, said at
least one-third of the survivors were
hurt seriously. Radio Senegal said three
were in comas.
Paris-based Club Med said the plane
carried 50 passengers, all French except
for a Belgian couple, and six ere w mem
bers. The company said four crew mem
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Miss Black America
testifies in Tyson trial
INDIANAPOLIS Prosecutors in
Mike Tyson's rape trial brought in the
1991 Miss Black America and other
witnesses Sunday to rebut a defense
claim that the boxer's accuser lusted
after his body and his money.
Sharmell Sullivan, who won the Miss
Black America pageant in which
Tyson'saccusercompeted, testified that
she was near the 18-year-old woman
but never heard her admire Tyson's
physique, as another contestant has
claimed.
Tanya St. Clair, testifying Saturday
on Tyson's behalf, quoted' the woman
as "talking about his butt, saying,
'Ooooh, it's really something to hold
onto,'" and speculating about the size
of the fighter's genitalia.
Sullivan said, "I would definitely
recollect a statement of that nature be
cause it's very blunt, and I'm not used to
hearing things of that nature at a beauty
pageant."
Prosecutor Greg Garrison ended the
state's rebuttal by playing a tape of
grand jury testimony by Tyson that con
tradicted the fighter's claim in court
that he made a sexually explicit propo
sition to the woman.
The Associated Press
grams should be implemented.
"I don't think the state has a better
solution for the bad schools," Ortiz
said."Since they are less familiar with
the community, (the state) probably
wouldn't do as well."
Ortiz added that she believed the
state should provide more school fund
ing to improve schools' "qualify .J '- ?
Educators are concerned7 about the
possible added pressure caused by the
report cards, Ortiz said.
'The state's reaction is to threaten
the counties, and that is crazy," Ortiz
said. "I am sure the schools resent this."
SteveCoil.aChapelHillHigh School
counselor, said he thought the report
card program brought unneeded atten
tion to teachers.
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Redistricting plans receive stamp
By Eric Lusk
Stale and National Editor
They're not calling it artwork, but
state legislators are breathing easiernow
that their redistricting plans have re
ceived final approval from the U.S.
Justice Department.
The federal agency approved the
state's latest efforts to redraw congres
sional and legislative district bound
aries on Thursday. The Justice Depart
ment had nixed the General Assembly's
first redistricting proposals last Decem
ber, because the plans failed to provide
enough districts favoring minority can
didates. "At first glance, the congressional
redistricting plan ... seems unreason
able and unnecessarily contorted," said
Daniel Blue.speaker of the Democratic
controlled N.C. House of Representa
tives. "In short, it's an ugly map. But it's
the only map we could draw and still
satisfy the U.S. Justice Department's
interpretation of the Voting Rights Act."
The Voting Rights Act forces legis
lators to draw the highest number of
districts that would favor minority can
didates. Because the state's black popu
lation isn't concentrated in any particu
lar area, legislators were forced to draw
two black-majority congressional dis
tricts that meander across the state.
The black-majority 12th District,
which snakes along the Interstate 85
corridor between Durham and Gastonia,
has drawn the brunt of attacks because
of its contorted shape. Opponents of
this district say the region's urban popu
lations share few things in common.
"How can somebody in Mecklenberg
County share the interests of someone
in Durham County?" asked Andy
Wright, political director for the N.C.
Republican Party. 'There is nocommu
nity interest there they're connected
by a highway."
But N.C. Sen. Dennis Winner, D-
"The average teacher is frustrated
with staying up late trying to work,"
Coil said. "Then being scolded in the
newspaper is disheartening. The report
cards are not very useful, and frankly I
don't think anyone pays attention to it."
But Suzanne Triplett of the N.C.
Department of Education said she be
lieved report cards helped the school
system.
"It's a very fair and useful assess
ment because it focuses the state's at
tention on student achievement and
tracks the progress of the schools over
three years, which is really important,"
said Triplett, assistant state superinten
dent for research and development ser
vices. Triplett said the report card assess
ment was based on a series of standard
ized tests students were required to take.
Kim Hoke, assistant to Chapel Hill
Carrboro superintendent Gerry House,
said the evaluations were not upper
level tests.
"These are basic skills tests, not higher
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Asheville, said the Justice Department
would only approve this district if it
contained more than 50 percent blacks.
The new 1 2th District contains roughly
55 percent blacks.
"It's narrow, but it's no longer than
my district," said Winner, chairman of
the Senate Redistricting Committee.
"Actually, that district is more compact
than the 1st District."
The 1st District is the other black
majority district.
U.S. Rep. David Price's 4th District
still consists of Chatham County and
most of Wake and Orange counties. But
Price, a three-term Democrat, lost terri
tory because of rapid growth in the
Triangle area during the last decade.
"We were fairly pleased with our
district," said Rachel Perry, Price'spress
secretary. "It's still fairly compact and
still one community."
The redistricting process, which by
law must occur after every census, be
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SAT scores, dropout rates improving,
By Lars Munson
Staff Writer
With the first half of the 1991-92
academ ic year complete, the grades are
in for school systems as well as for
students.
The state Board of Education re
cently issued its second N.C. Report
Card, a comprehensive analysis of the
state's 133 school districts.
The 532-page document offers de
tailed assessments of student perfor
mances on state and national tests, stu
dent dropout rates and average daily
attendance.
"The state's first report card last year
caused school and community leaders
to take a closer look at the areas of focus
in their systems," said Suzanne Triplett,
assistant state superintendent for re
search and development. "We've seen a
much greater emphasis on student
achievement."
The report also examines specific
aspects of individual school systems
that have a major impact on achieve
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gan last summer when the General As
sembly drew its first set of congres
sional and legislative districts. After the
Justice Department rejected these plans,
disgruntled legislators chose to draw
new proposals rather than to fight the
decision in court.
Giving minorities a strong voice in
government proved to be the toughest
roadblock for members of the General
Assembly. Legislators wanted to maxi
mize the number of blacks that could
win office, while not diluting their
strength in other districts, said Paul
Gronke, an assistant political science
professor at Duke University.
After almost two months of debate,
legislators opted to place about 43 per
cent of the state's black population in
the minority-majority districts.
"We maintain that it was better to
have two minority-majority districts,"
said Mary Peeler, executive director for
the N.C. National Association for the
teacher-student ratios and parent edu
cation levels.
By providing a tangible rating for
each system, the report card will help
parents and local school officials com
pare the quality of their schools against
systems with similar demographics and
state-mandated goals.
"North Carolina is one of a very few
states in this country with a comprehen
sive report in place," Triplett said.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro, Durham
County and Wake County schools were
among the 3 1 systems the state consid
ered "above average" in regard to over
all achievement. Orange County schools
were ranked "average and below par,"
and Durham City Schools were ranked
"below average and below par."
Many school officials said they had
seen a statewide rise in academic per
formances this year.
"SATs are the highest they've been
in IS years, the amount of remediation
for freshmen entering the UNC system
is down, and our dropout rate, as re
ported in December, is the lowest it's
been in the history of the state," said
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Advancement of Colored People. "The. v
Voting Rights Act is there to protect.,
minorities. If it's enforced, then it's.
adequate."
Blue said the Justice Department '
would not have agreed to only one black .;i
majority district. Although he disagreed ,
with the Justice Department's assess
ment of the General Assembly's first
plans, Blue said fighting the''
department'sdecision would waste time.
"The bureaucrats in Washington con
tinue to think they know best abouH
what we need in this state,"he said. "An
administration that rails against quotas
in the workplace now wants to impose
them in electoral politics. '. .
The Justice Department's approval ,,
paves the way for candidates to begin .
filing today. But Republicans still may
fight the plans in court, Gronke said. -
'There are other plans out there
that don't look as strange as this plan,"'
he said.
evaluation
superintendent says
Bob Etheridge, state superintendent of.
public instruction.
Although many districts have scored'''
noticeable improvements, 18 schoof"
systems still performed below expecta'','
tions. ,4
Besides the standard dropout reduc1'''
tion plans and anti-drug campaigns
many schdols1 in'tlje Durham and Chape l .
Hill area have pursued programs that''1
place more detWfbn-making power iri:,(
the hands of teachers and local officials'.'
"First and foremost, we've had a lofy
more teacher involvement in building-J
level decisions," said Jerry Weast, su-'-'
perintendent of Durham County
Schools. '''
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro system has :
attached a formal name, site-based man- '
agement, to its version of this type of :
program. . 1
"Site-based management is an at-''
tempt to (shift) control from bureau- '
cratic hierarchies into the school site;' 1
itself," said Mike Hickman, a Chapel '
Hill High School history teacher and':
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