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Volume 100, Issue 25 Friday, April 10, 1992 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewiSportsArti BiMineuAdvertiilng 962.0245 962-116) oman named head By Steve Politl University Editor ' ' Alana Ennis, a Durham Police De partment captain, will take over as the University's new director of police and public safety May 4. ;.Ennis may become the state's first female police chief, said Carolyn Elfland, interim police chief and associ ate v ice chancel lor for business. El fland said she did not know of any other female chiefs at the University level. "Police work is still a man's business in a lot of ways," she said but added that UNC had seven female officers, which is a "high percentage" of the staff. Ennis, who is one of four district commanders, supervises four sergeants Tuchi a finalist for position at U. of Pittsburgh By Shannon Crownover Staff Writer Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi ness and finance, is one of three finalists for the vice chancellor for business and finance position at the University of Pittsburgh. Robert Dunkelman, search commit tee chairman and vice provost for re source management at the University of Pittsburgh, said the committee for warded Tuchi's and the other two final ists' applications to the chancellor Wednesday for final selection. The ap pointment could be made by the end of next week, he said. "(Ben Tuchi) is one of three (appli cants) that the search committee has recommended to the chancellor," Dunkelman said. "Now it's up to the chancellor." Dennis O'Connor, who resigned as UNC's provost in September, accepted the position of Pitt chancellor, which was offered to him May 1 . Jack Daniels, University of Pittsburgh vice provost for academic affairs, said O'Connor would appoint the new vice chancellor. Neither O'Connor nor Tuchi could be reached for comment Thursday. Dunkelman said the search commit tee was formed by the chancellor Sept. 9. He said they received 273 applica tions for the vice chancellor position. The pool of applicants was narrowed to IS candidates, who were interviewed iiiill Putt-putt for pennies Quynh Nguyen, a sophomore from Charlotte, plays miniature golf in the Pit Thursday. Alpha Phi Omega, a coed fraternity, sponsored the activity to raise money for charity. 'It's a Small ByWestHerford DTH Foreign Correspondent PARIS When the Magic King dom meets the City of Lights for the first time Sunday, it will mark the birth of the fourth of the late Walt Disney's multimillion dollar theme parks. Even though Disney's growing in ternational empire is proof that it is "a small world after all," the arrival of Mickey, Donald and Goofy has met with mixed reviews from the Parisians. - Le Nouvel Observator, a Paris paper, has called the project, "a copy of a fake." L'express, a leading magazine, recently dedicated its cover story to the question, "Is France becoming too Spring, and 41 officers in one of North Carolina's most crime-ridden cities. She will head the University's 54-member force, succeeding Arnold Trujillo, who resigned in February. "She is a very articulate, dedicated law enforcement officer," said Jack Pendergrass, a Durham police watch commander. "She has served the city of Durham honorably and will be an asset to the University." Lt. Clay Williams of University Po lice said he expected Ennis to improve the department. "I believe she will add a degree of professional ism," Williams said. "Over time, I think it will show that she will be a positive force in this department." Officer Cathy Morefield added, "I by the search committee. The search committee selected six candidates for further interviews by sev eral Pitt deans and directors and then decided to send three candidates to the chancellor for final selection. The final ists were not ranked by the search com mittee. "Our committee would be satisfied with any of the three (finalists)," Dunkelman said. "The chancel lor asked us not to rank the final candidates." Tuchi has the same qualifications as the other two final candidates, he said. All three candidates have a doctorate degree, are from major institutions and have experience in the areas of business and finance. Dunkelman added that the chancel lor might "want to do some checking of his own" on the candidates' qualifica tions but also could consult with senior officers of the University of Pittsburgh who had conducted the earlier inter views. Peggy Hollingsworth, Tuchi's ad ministrative assistant, said she was un aware that Tuchi had applied for the position of vice chancellor for business and finance at the University of Pitts burgh. "I haven't heard anything about that," Hollingsworth said. "It's a very private matter." Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan cellor for business, would not com ment. DIHDebbie Stengel . J World': France prepares for EuroDisneyland Americanized?" But the harshest criticism of Disney has been for their rigid employee per sonal appearance standards. Just as in Disney's other stores and theme parks around the world, Disney's French employees may not sport beards or mustaches, cannot dye their hair and are not allowed to wear earrings. Em ployees also are not allowed to utter the favorite Parisian word, "non," when park visitors ask questions. As the magazine Paris Match said, "At Chez Disney, the client is king." With 4 1 million people living within a four-hour drive of EuroDisneyland, a steady flow of visitors can be expected. with her golden seriously hope the department is going to go forward and become more profes sional." Ennis, who is on vacation in Florida and could not be reached for comment, spearheaded the Durham Police Department's successful efforts to be come nationally accredited. The pro cess involved reviewing and revising policies and procedures to meet the standards of an international accredita tion agency. Elfland said one of her long-term goals was to have UNC become one of the few universities with accredited departments. "(UNC) is one of the top 10 or 20 universities in the country," Elfland said. 'There's no reason why we can't have Ralliers seek governmental support for day-care workers By Andrea Bruce Staff Writer RALEIGH About 150 parents, children and child-care workers ral lied at Meredith College Thursday as part of a nationwide attempt to attract attention to problems plaguing the child-care industry. Speakers from the Triangle urged ralliers to seek government subsidies to finance increased wages and ben efits for child-care workers. "This rally can bring together people like us to put our children at the top of the (government's) agenda," Rosemary Vardell of the Child Care Center in Chapel Hill told the crowd. Janet Ray, vice president of the N.C. Association forthe Education of Young Children, said governmental response to the requests of parents and child care workers had been slow. "The long-term benefits of quality child care are a secret at this time," she said. Ray said that if parents and workers continued to pursue theirgoals, elected officials eventually would respond to them. Child-care workers are paid about half of what similarly educated work ers receive in non-child-care related positions, and few child-care workers receive health care or retirement ben efits from their employees, speakers explained to ralliers. Elliot Wurtzel, a parent and a UNC graduate, said he had presented his concerns about child care to Chancel lor Paul Hardin and to the UNC Board of Governors but was unsatisfied with their responses. "It is unfortunate that at this point Embezzlement causes problems for Yack By Bonnie Rochman Assistant University Editor Yackety Yack editor Shea Tisdale said Thursday that the campus year book was in dire financial straits four months after its former business man ager embezzled more than $75,000from the publication. Tracy Lamont Keene, 21, of 100-13 Melville Loop Road was charged Dec. 5 with 21 counts of embezzling a total of $75,896.65. Keene orchestrated the theft by writing multiple checks to his mother and aunt, who claim to have been unaware that the money had been obtained illegally. When asked if the Yack was suffer ing fiscal stra in, Tisdale responded that "any organization which has $76,000 stolen from it is in trouble." Although he refused to specify what By the end of the year, at a cost of $2, Parisians will be able to ride an exten sion of the city's underground metro system straight to the park. And Mickey Mouse soon may meet the queen of England. Within the next few years, construc tion of the billion-dollar Chunnel, the tunnel and rail line under the English Channel, will permit the British easy access to the park. Parisian visitors to the Magic King dom will find the trip a bit expensive. Although parking is only $2, park admission is $45 for adults and $30 for children under 1 2. At the park's numer ous restaurants, it can cost between $20 and $ 1 20 for one person to eat, accord suns and silver rain, is with us once of University a police department to match it." Ennis also penned the grievance policy for the Durham department. Elfland, who made the final decision on Ennis' appointment, said her advocacy for officers' rights was an important consideration. University Police has been riddled with grievance disputes and internal problems. Morefield said she thought Ennis would work with the individual officers in the department. "From what I understand, she is a person who wants to work with other people and not to give up," she said. "She wants to work." Pendergrass said Ennis had good communication skills. "She's very firm tm m 141 i Alexander Adeleke and his son Adejare the University talks about supporting child care but shows no action," Wurtzel said. Wurtzel, a former social worker who served on the Child Care Education Commission in Chapel Hill, said the issue should be important to the Univer sity. "This involves the children of the students, faculty and staff, including the housekeepers who spend 40 to 50 percent of their income on child care," he said. Wurtzel also expressed interest in starting a degree program at the Univer sity to educate students about child care service. "UNC is involved in raising $320 million for the Bicentennial," Wurtzel kind of troubles had befallen the year book, Tisdale indicated that the Yack was searching for financial benefactors to help offset the stolen money. "All the Yack's friends have been very helpful, and we hope that other people will come forward and help to ensure that UNC has a yearbook for a long time to come," he said. Keene's case is on the Orange County Superior Court arraignment calendar for the session beginning April 20. An arraignment calendar lists the cases that will be heard during a given session, but it does not specify a par ticular trial date. But Assistant District Attorney Jim Woodall said that he doubted Keene's case would be heard until the following session. "I don't think it will come up until May or June at the earliest," he said. ing to Disney officials. The long-awaited grand opening of EuroDisneyland could be as frantic as the opening of the original Disneyland. On that infamous day in Anaheim, Ca lif., rides failed, visitors were stuck in day-long traffic jams, and the general outlook for the park's future was bleak. On Thursday, Deputy French Trans port Minister Georges Sarre advised the French public to skip the Paris park's grand opening and to wait several weeks until crowds had died down. Sarre said a threatened rail strike by conductors on the only commuter rail line into EuroDisneyland and traffic problems could make the opening day miserable for visitors. yet very understanding. If you commu nicate, then you're in command. She's not an authoritarian person." Elfland told UNC public safety per sonnel about the appointment at a meet ing Thursday afternoon. No one com mented negatively about the appoint ment, she said. "I think everyone is glad that they're going to have another leader," Elfland said. "Some people are just really en thusiastic and super thrilled, and some people are just glad to move forward." Moving from Durham to Chapel Hill may be a tough transition for the new chief, Elfland said. "I think the biggest thing for her is going to be transferring from a big city with a major crime problem to a lower ; ' f a m DTHTodd Barr rally for child-care workers' needs said. "Why can't they stretch it to $325 million and donate $5 million of it to enforcing quality care through a degree program for child-care work ers?" Wurtzel said that BOG members told him that a child-care degree was a possibility but that no one had ex pressed interest to the BOG about committing to the program. Other parents said they were angry because of the government's attitude toward requests for increases in sub sidized funds for child-care centers. Hellen Haven, a Chapel Hill resi dent, mother of nine and grandmother of 21, said, "It's time we made the See DAY CARE, page 2 Despite the fact that some avenues in the case remain under investigation, Lt. Clay Williams said the University Po lice were ready to proceed with the prosecution. "We're ready to go tocourt with it, as far as law enforcement is concerned, as soon as the Superior Court system is ready for it," Williams said. Tisdale said he thought the case had not been given as much legal attention as is devoted to a more violent crime like a murder. "It seems like it's low priority be cause it's a white-collar crime, but a lot of people have been hurt by what he's done," he said. Williams agreed that violent crimes received higher judicial priority. "The court has been trying a lot of homicide cases, and it appears to be that they are (considered more important)." A recent government survey indi cated that more than 90,000 cars may descend upon EuroDisneyland's 11,500-car parking lot Sunday. Only one freeway, Autoroute A4, leads di rectly to the park from Paris. EuroDisneyland, Europe's second largest construction project behind the Chunnel, measures one-fifth the size of the city of Paris and cost $2.6 billion. The Disney theme park covers 155 acres of a 4,800-acre project site and will contain 29 principal attractions fa miliar to patrons of the U.S. equivalents Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla., and the original Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., such as Frontier Land, Fan tasy Land and Space Mountain. again. Henry Timrod Police crime area," she said. But UNC'scrime problem is increas ing, Elfland said. The number of re ported assaults on campus more than doubled from last fall to this fall. "Crime has really gone up this year, and we really wanted somebody who has experience with how to cope with that," she said. Ennis' ability to work well in the community will make her a welcome addition to Chapel Hill, Elfland said. "She's got a very community-oriented policing philosophy," she said, adding that many of Ennis' projects in Durham involved interaction with local groups. "I think the campus is the per fect place to have that kind of philoso phy." Officials investigate hate crime By Megan Brown Staff Writer The search for suspects in an incident involving the possible racial harass ment of two black University students continues, but the situation has esca lated after the students received letters Tuesday that they perceived as a con tinuation of the harassment. The office of the dean of students and University Police are attempting to find the person or people responsible for a miniature noose found on the message board outside the door of two black Hinton James residents the Monday af ter they returned from Spring Break. Sophomores Corey Sturdivant and - Melvin Browning, second floor Hinton James residents, found the noose hang ing from the pen attached to their mes sage board March 9. "I didn't know what it was at first because I wasn't thinking anything ra cial at the time," Sturdivant said. "I couldn't believe it. I didn't think stuff like this still happened." Browning said he was angered at such overt racism. "My mom was ready to come get me," he said. "But I explained to her that it happens to black students on a lot of college campuses." A letter of apology appeared behind their message board March 1 1, signed by a Bill Russell, who claimed to be the grand master of the Superior Order of the Holy Cross. Sturdivant said a friend told him that Russell was the head of the Denver, Colo., branch of the Ku Klux Klan. When the only Bill Russell listed by Denver information was contacted, he denied any such affiliation. The letter said the noose had been meant for one of his suitemates as a symbol of initiation into the group, Sturdivant said. "I don't think so," he said. "I think it was a joke." Hinton James Area Director Bill Latham said that while nothing overtly racist was stated in the letter, the inci dent was very possibly racially moti vated. "When African-American students find a noose on their door, you suspect the worst," Latham said. Sturdivant and Browning said they believed that repeated letters posted this week on the bathroom door in their suite were written by the same people re sponsible for the earlier incidents. Sturdivant said the letters stated. "Unless you're female or in there with a female ... nobody wants your butt." He said: "I think it was the same people (that wrote the last letter). I'm sick of it ... I really am." Latham said he had not heard about the letters. Sturdivant said if University offi cials found the culprit, they would take action. See HARRASSMENT, page 3 Correction In a Sept. 6 Daily Tar Heel article, "Mail clerk charges director with racism," the DTH was given incor rect information. The article incor rectly reported that a UNC mail clerk filed two grievances alleging racial discrimination against her director, Thomas Brickhouse. No charges of racial discrimination or of racial ha rassment were directed toward Brickhouse in the grievances. The DTH regrets the error.

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