North Carolina Newspapers

E R E D I T I O IS) 100th Year of Editorial Freedom Est. 1893 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 1992 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 100, Issue 39 Thursday, June 4, 1992 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NnnSporttAfU 962-024? BuaneWAdwrnirins 962-1 16J E E IK L Y S HJ Mm .Hardin joins By Anna Griffin Associate Editor Although he publicly opposes the U.S. military's policy toward homo sexuals, UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin says he has no plans to force the Naval and Air Force ROTC programs off cam pus. "The U.S. military isn't bound by our student code," Hardin said. "I cannot imagine barring my own government from this campus." Hardin recently became one of more than 70 college and university adminis- Disparate graduation rates cited UNC officials agree with Locke findings By Anna Griffin Associate Editor University administrators must take immediate action to eliminate the sig nificant difference in the graduation rates between white and black students, a recently-released report states. In a report conducted for the John Locke Foundation, researcher Charles Sykes discovered that white students graduate at a much higher rate than minority students, even after five or six years. In his report, "A Tradition at Risk: Undergraduate Education at the Uni versity of North Carolina," Sykes says that in graduating classes through 1 989, 62 percent of white students graduated in four years, compared with only 39 percent of all black students. After five years in school at UNC, 75 percent of all white students graduated, while 53.3 percent of black students received their degrees. Sykes contends that the gap in gradu ation rates can be blamed on a differ ence in University admissions policies for blacks and whites. To eliminate the difference in graduation rates, admis sions criteria must be changed and more support should be given to students from poorer backgrounds, he said. "There's a tendency to admit stu dents and assume that they'll swing right around and perform well," Sykes said. "UNC officials don't take into account that if you admit students with different educational backgrounds, they're going to need some help." Instead of confronting the problems facing black students at UNC, Univer sity administrators have focused on "symbolic politics," such as the debate over the free-standing Black Cultural Center, he said. Hardin's proposal in February that one-third of the proposed Student Union addition about 20,000 square feet be used for a BCC, "falls more into the category of symbolic politics than equi table allocation of resources," Sykes said. But Margo Crawford, director of the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center, said the establishment of a free-standing BCC was a sign that University administrators cared about providing a quality learning environment. See GRADUATION, page 7 A Shuey thing: Indians draft UNC pitcher By David J. Kupstas Sports Editor To no one's surprise, the Cleveland Indians selected UNC's fireballing re lief pitcher Paul Shuey with the second overall pick in Monday 'sMajor League Baseball amateur draft. Shuey, a junior from Raleigh, had been projected as the No. 2 pick for about a week by practically every pub lication and television network making such predictions. The Indians appar ently thought it was a done deal as well, as they did not bother to notify Shuey that he had been selected until the draft was an hour old. "I guess to them it was already set in their minds," Shuey said at a press con ference Monday at Boshamer Stadium. "It put a little extra worry on my part. There were about eight calls in a row from different people. I didn't know who was who or what was what." UNC catcher Donnie Leshnock, a junior who, like Shuey, gave up his final season of eligibility, was selected in the fifth round by the New York We did trators who have signed a form express ing individual objection to the military 's policy against homosexuals. Last year, the chancel lor approved a new adminis trative policy forbiddingdiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The Student Code also bans discrimination against homosexuals. Although the form, which originated from the American Civil Liberties Union's Gay and Lesbian Project, of fered university administrators the op portunity to express institutional oppo sition for the U.S. Department of De fense policy, Hardin said he did not plan B 1 i miss, t LL I DTHDale Caale Richard McCormick, who began his new job as UNC's provost this week, unpacks boxes in his newly painted office McCormick ready for challenges as he moves into South Building By Josh Boyer Staff Writer Richard McCormick, UNC's new provost and vice chancellor for aca demic affairs, sat in his South Build ing office recently and admired the newly painted walls of his clean of fice. He looked over at his empty desk. Come back in a week, and it will look very different," he said. McCormick, who was the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey, started his new job Monday. He planned to spend his first few days at UNC meeting with various adminis trators and former administrators, such as former UNC-system president Wil liam Friday, to learn about the Univer sity. McCormick, who graduated from Amherst College and earned a Ph.D. in history from Yale University, said he was excited when the UNC job became available last summer. Al though at the time he did not know many specifics about UNC, he knew it was "a truly distinguished university. Carolina has a very good reputa tion in New Jersey," he said. Yankees. Shuey, who compiled an 184 career record at UNC with 18 saves and a 2.67 earned run aver age, is the highest drafted Tar Heel since the Milwau kee Brewers chose catcher B.J. Surhoff with the Paul Shuey first pick in the 1985 draft. That same year, the Oakland A's took shortstop Walt Weiss with the 1 1th selection. Several teams reportedly talked to players in advance and drafted those they felt sure they could sign to con tracts right away. Mark McKnight, the scout who signed Shuey, said that was not the case with the 21 -year-old right hander. They chose Shuey because he was the best available player. "He didn't get lowballed," McKnight said. "He was No. 1 on our list, no doubt." Even so, Shuey's signing was aquick G3 I ft it for duty, honor and country. Ted opposition of anti-gay to take the issue up with the Board of Trustees. "The board doesn't meet again until July," he said. "I don't know whether it will be timely in July." Doug Ferguson, chairman of the Carolina Cay and Lesbian Association, said that although the continuing pres ence of ROTC on campus was frustrat ing, he was pleased with thechancellor's decision to sign the ACLU document. The CGLA will begin to push the chancellor and the BOT for institutional opposition to the military policy this fall, Ferguson said. Chancellor Paul Hardin recom mended McCormick for the job and the UNC Board of Governors approved the appointment April 10. Garland Hershey, who will work closely with McCormick as vice pro vost and vice chancellor of health af fairs, said: "Dick is an intelligent aca demic with broad experience in educa tional administration and will bring great energy to Carolina." McCormick said the job of provost entails more responsibility than his former job as a dean at Rutgers. As provost he will oversee academic sup port services such as the Office of Infor mation Technology and public service institutions, including the Morehead Planetarium, Ackland Art Museum and the N.C. Botanical Gardens. In his capacity as vice chancellor for academic affairs, McCormick is the chief academic officer for the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of law, journalism, business, education, social work and library science. Although this is a bigger administra tive job than his old one, McCormick said he hoped to remain connected to students and faculty. "Administrators in South Building Shuey worked hard for success 7 process. The draft began at 1 p.m., and Shuey had signed a major-league con tract before4 p.m. that day. Last season's No. 1 pick, Brien Taylor of Beaufort, didn't sign with the New York Yankees until late August, shortly after he began moving his belongings to Louisburg College in what may have been a nego tiating ploy. "Tell you what, I didn't want to sit out all summer," Shuey said. "I gotta play. I can't sit around. I think we just took a head-on approach in negotia tions, just kind of cut through a lot of red tape. I think that's the way it should be done." Shuey's parents handled most of the contract negotiations, although they did consult several agents for advice. Ad vantage International of Washington, D.C., will represent Shuey from now on. In addition to the prestige of being the No. 2 overall pick, Shuey will cash in on a hefty signing bonus. He would not disclose how much money he would "I was really impressed that Hardin signed his individual support," Ferguson said. "I wasn't surprised he didn't push for institutional support because we haven't pushed for that yet." Despite the Defense Department policy, which bars homosexuals from serving in all branches of the military, Ferguson said he knew of gays who had gone through the UNC ROTC programs. "The question of whether they're in there or not is invalid," he said. "The real question is, is the military going to change its policy. It's basically a witch hunt." and elsewhere only exist for the pur pose of supporting faculty and stu dents," he said. "Administrators have no purpose except making things hap pen that faculty and students want. It's foolish for an administrator to lay out an independent academic agenda." McCormick's belief in keeping in touch with students led him to form a student executive committee at Rutgers. He met with students in the College of Arts and Sciences once a month to get their opinions on issues. Peter Klein, vice provost for un dergraduate education at Rutgers, said: "His door was always open to faculty and students. ... He seems to work 40 hours in every four. I don't know how he gets it all done. I'm very sorry you all have lured him away." Because he is new to UNC, listen ing to the opinions of others will be crucial, McCormick said. "It would be presumptuous to say 'Here are the five things this Univer sity most needs,'" he said. "How would I know?" McCormick said that UNC has a responsibility to represent the diver- See PROVOST, page 7 receive, but it figures to be at least in the $500,000 range. Atlanta paid second selection Mike Kelly $575,000 to sign last season, and Detroit gave No. 2 choice Tony Clark a $500,000 signing bonus in 1 990. Shuey, suddenly a rich man, had few ideas on where his newly found wealth would go. "I'll leave it up to my agent, dad and mom," he said with a smile. "They should be able to do something with it. I've never been good with money. "Maybe I'll get a boat to go fishing." Shuey also said he might need to hold on to a lot of that money for a while, at least. He estimated he would earn $850 a month playing in the minor leagues. Shuey traveled to Cleveland Tues day to watch the Indians play and to pitch in front of manager Mike Hargrove. Shuey will begin his career next week at Columbus, Ga., with the Indians' minor league team in the Class A South Atlantic League. See SHUEY, page 7 Kleisner, president of the Greenbrier resort Under Department of Defense direc tive 1332. 14, section H. 1 , homosexuals are not allowed to participate in the military. Homosexuals who are discov ered after entering the service receive dishonorable discharges, said Lt. Col. Doug Hart, a Defense Department spokesman. "The DOD policy is that homosexu ality is incompatible with military ser vice," Hart said. "All branches of the military, including ROTC, must adhere to the policy. In addition to UNC and Duke, the ACLU has sent letters to the presidents Congressional fund could aid troubled annual By Peter Wallsten Editor Student Congress officials are dis cussing the creation of a new Congres sional Discretionary Fund for use dur ing financial emergencies like what UNC's yearbook currently is experi encing. The money would come from the Student Activity Fund Office's leftovers at the end of each academic year, said Congress Speaker Jennifer Lloyd, who has introduced the bill to create the fund. SAFO currently holds a $ 135,000 surplus from several years of operation. The Yackety Yack, UNC's 102-year-old yearbook, is in jeopardy following financial mismanagement and the al leged embezzlement of $75,896.65 by former Yack business manager Tracy Lamom Keene. Delmar, the Charlotte based publisher of the yearbook, has threatened to sue student government and the University if the Yack does not pay the approximately $ 122,000 it now owes for publishing the 1990 and 1991 books. Although Lloyd said the fund was not directed at helping the Yack, SAFO Director Howard Brubaker said this week he had considered using SAFO's extra money to give the yearbook a loan. Congress can use the money for whatever it wants, Brubaker added. "I really thought the discretionary fund was going to be used as a loan to the Yack," he said. "I think it's a good thing these funds are going back to student government." During the last five years, the fund has increased from about $45,000 to the present amount, Brubaker said. He estimated that SAFO would con tribute about $70,000 to the fund this year if Congress were to approve the bill. Future allocations would depend on annual surpluses, he said, adding that SAFO needs to keep about $65,000 in its account for overhead and emer gency costs. "There just aren't big dollars each year," Brubaker said. "Right now I think there are funds that can be, and I think should be, used. But they can't be used every year." Lloyd said the fund, which must be approved by full Congress in the fall, may not be able to help the Yack. "It's an option for them," she said. "But we're still counting on the Yackety Yack to get full payment from Tracy Keene." Yack editor Shea Tisdale said he had been "yelling" for Congress to take some action to help the yearbook. Tisdale currently is seeking contribu tions from the public and help from UNC administrators to revive the Yack's finances. In addition, Tisdale said he hoped incorporating the Yack would help the yearbook protect itself from future problems. "We can't help that the justice sys tem hasn't done anything yet," Tisdale said. "We would like to pay Delmar off as soon as possible. If we could walk down to the bank and get a loan, we would." Most banks will not grant loans to student organizations, Tisdale said. SAFO's operating budget includes money from fees charged to more than 200 campus organizations and from funds generated through investments. Under the proposed bill, the director of SAFO would decide after each year how much money the organization had to keep as an emergency operating fund. The Congressional Discretionary Fund would consist of leftover money paid to SAFO as fees from campus organizations that receive allocations from Student Congress, or about 60 percent of the surplus. policy of UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Charlotte and Davidson, said Jim Holobaugh, a spokesman for the ACLU Gay and Les bian Project. So far, only Hardin and Duke President Keith Brodie have sent back signed copies of the document. The ACLU plans to use all the letters they receive to lobby Congress and the Department of Defense, Holobaugh said. "We can go to individual members of Congress and say 'You know, univer sity presidents in your state support changing the Department of Defense policy,'" he said. Administrators may urge bank to grant loan UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin said this week that his administration was working to assist the financially troubled Yackety Yack. : Hardin and Donald Boulton, vice s chancellor for student affairs, are considering helping the Yack obtain a loan to pay back some of its , $122,000 debt. "I talked with Dean Boulton about . this several weeks ago," Hardin said. 4 "He felt the matter was on its way to i resolution." j A local bank may grant the year ' book a loan, Hardin said. 'That is the ' direction in which Dean Boulton was heading," he said. "When he told me s about that, I figured that was the best thing to do. I told him to go ahead with it. We tried that before with : another organization that was in ft- ? nancial difficulty, and it seemed to . work well." In 1984 University administrators ; informally asked a local bank to grant I The Daily Tar Heel a $95,000 loan. Meanwhile, Yack editor Shea Tisdale said the 1992 book will be ; , published, despite the organization's ' debt. "We will weigh costs against ; necessities," Tisdale said. Delmar, the Charlotte-based com--pany that published the Yack, wants i most of the debt paid off before it i begins work on the 1992 book, Tisdale ; said. i Tisdale said he had asked Hardin forpermissiontotakeothermeasures ; to help the Yack. "If the Yackety Yack could double sales we could ; give back student fees, pay off debts s and lower the cost of the book in two ; years," he said. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Yack ? sold 12,000 copies a year, compared to the 4,000 copies sold annually in : recent years. "We would like permission to sell ; books directly to the parents by in cluding a brochure in with the tuition : i notice," Tisdale said. "Virginia Tech did it and doubled subscriptions in the first year." ; Tisdale also said the University's facilities-use policy, which limits sales in the Pit to five days per semes- ter, unfairly limited Yack subscrip- ; tions. , 'To restrict us to only selling 10 days a year, you can see why we're : having problems," he said, adding : that he would like to sell books in the dormitories. Anna Griffin and Peter Wallsten Forty percent of the surplus would be donated to another department or orga nization, according to the bill. "Such donations are appropriate, but not limited to, the University library system, the Office of Student Financial Aid and other programs of benefit to a significant portion of the student body," the bill states. Campus organizations could receive help from the discretionary fund after a majority vote by congress, the bill states. Stipulations for loans would become law as each case arises. The fund would allow campus groups to survive if they run out of money or if they are sued, Lloyd said. "Right now if a group were to get sued, we'd have to stop funding groups," she said.