8The Daily Tar HeelThursday, September 17, 1992
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Revolution or resolution?
There finally appeared to be some movement in
the black cultural center standoff between students
and administrators Tuesday night when Chancellor
Paul Hardin announced the formation of a working
group to create plans for a BCC.
It seemed Hardin had dedicated himself to a reso
lution, and that the matter finally could be worked
out reasonably. In fact, after recognizing that his
philosophical differences with the students would
hinder the process, Hardin took himself out of the
process and placed Provost Richard McCormick in
charge of the group of students and administrators.
Clearly that was a positive step, one that had been
suggested both in this space and by students and
faculty members. McCormick, who arrived at UNC
this year from Rutgers University, could add a fresh
perspective and a new face to the negotiations.
Unfortunately, though, the coalition decided Tues
day night to suspend temporarily the honorable fight
for a free-standing BCC in favor of a battle over
semantics and trivialities.
Coalition members responded to Hardin's plan
Jwith a half-page written statement explaining that
Jhey would "only respond and meet directly with the
Chancellor at this point. We refuse to allow the
Chancellor to pass the buck to his underlings." It
went on to say: "This is no longer a movement; this
3s a revolution!"
The students also complained with some valid
ity that Hardin's plan was delivered only to local
'media and not to the coalition.
Nevertheless, the group's response was both nasty
'and completely ineffective. Coming at a time when
the coalition was gaining widespread support, the
group's latest move creates yet another obstacle.
Considering that McCormick' s working group
will come up with a plan to present to the Board of
Trustees quite possibly for some kind of free
standing BCC the coalition's resistance only
slows the process.
It might be time to ask: Where are the coalition
leaders' priorities? Are they not interested in meet
ing the Nov. 1 3 deadline set by the Black Awareness
Council? Are they more interested in simply destroy
ing Hardin's credibility than in resolving the issue?
It appears Hardin might be aiming toward the
November BOT meeting, but the coalition's deci
sion to reject the panel plan could stymie the effort.
As UNC's highest ranking administrator, Hardin
has a responsibility to settle disputes on campus
either by using his own diplomacy or by delegating
authority. So far he has neglected this responsibility.
But in this case, he has asked others to create a plan
for a new BCC. And it's extremely unlikely Hardin
would veto the committee's proposal.
The student coalition has honorable goals for a
stand-alone cultural center. Hardin's latest proposal
might seem like just another tactic to put the issue on
the back burner, but it's up to the students to join the
working group and ensure that it generates the cor
rect resolution.
McCormick's panel could indeed be the final step
toward finalizing plans for a cultural center. One
month from now, the students might wish they had
cooperated with the effort instead of letting more
time waste away.
Register this: Sign up to vote
In case you didn't know, there's an election com
ing up.
And some of you aren't even registered to vote. It's
'hard to believe, but it's true. Others are registered in
their hometowns and insist that they ' 11 just get absen
tee ballots. Right. Between classes, extracurricular
activities and drinking beer, you're going to remem
ber to submit a written request for an absentee ballot
to your hometown elections board and not miss the
deadline. It can be done, but there's an easier way.
Right now, in front of the Student Union, Alpha
hi Alpha, the Student Environmental Action Coali
tion and the Green Corps are sponsoring voter regis
tration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Oct. 2. It's the
perfect chance for you to register not just for national
but also for state and county elections. All you need
some form of identification and a letter or bill
iaddressed to you at your present address.
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Carolina and Orange County (if only for nine months
of the year in some cases) students have a definite
interest in deciding who will make the decisions that
affect their daily lives.
The student body composes half of Chapel Hill's
population but rarely lets its voice be heard on
election day. The election of UNC student Mark
Chilton to the Chapel Hill Town Council gave a
glimpse of what student activism can accomplish,
but students could do a lot more.
Let's face it, the 18-24 age group suffers from the
worst voter apathy of any segment of the population.
Sitting around and complaining simply won't cut it.
anymore
So take five minutes out of your busy schedules to
register. Special Registration Commissioner Erik
Ose has issued a standing invitation to his house to
watch Ren and Stimpy videos for everyone who
registers, so check it out.
Just do it.
tvery vote will count. And as residents of North
Student voices PACking a punch
m Next summer' s legislative session finally might be
tfie time that students can "PAC" the legislature and
yt lawmakers in Raleigh know how they feel about
gjition and fee issues.
S UNC-Chapel Hill student Kirk Ross recently pro
filed a political action committee for students from
tJI 16 system schools to do just that. And it's about
ffmet A well-organized, non-student-government-pfiliated
group lobbying legislators might be just
ghat UNC-system students need to communicate.
Some of the more recent actions by state legisla
rs the across-the-board student fee freezes, the
(instruction of an unnecessary athletic facility at
JNC-Charlotte and, of course, dramatic budget cuts
- clearly haven't been in the students'best interest.
I The key element to Ross' proposal is that represen-
Jtives from all 16 system schools would take part.
students from the various campuses frequently have
intured to the state's capital to put pressure on
rgislators . Those from UNC-CH certainly have
eld their share of protests and marches.
I Students from UNC-CH traditionally seen in
pe General Assembly as especially radical seem
to have the hardest time getting legislators to take
them seriously. But a statewide effort to educate
lawmakers about issues that affect most or all of the
schools just might get a little more attention.
Some of the universal problems Ross would like to
see addressed are the fee freeze, the housekeepers'
movement, certain on-campus environmental ef
forts, graduate student pay and benefit policies, and
the constant threat of additional tuition increases.
With adequate communication between the PAC
and students, this group has the potential to be quite
powerful. After all, more than 150,000 voters in
agreement on an issue easily could have great influ
ence on elections.
Granted, the UNC system officially does have a
lobbyist. Jay Robinson, UNC-system vice president
for public affairs, represents both students and the
administration in Raleigh. But he is an administrator
who occasionally is forced to make compromises
between the needs of students and the administra
tion. Some things, though, can't be compromised.
Students across the system should join Ross in his
effort to let students finally represent students.
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Shut up and do something: Help stop rap
The place where I live puts restric
tions on my freedom. It subjects
me to the possibility of senseless
acts of violence, such as rape. It limits
my mobility, forcing me to stay inside
after dark unless I have an escort.
The place where I live is inside a
woman's body, and I have returned to
Chapel Hill this semester to find that I
am living under siege.
I am an adult. At 22 years of age, I
should not need a babysitter to walk me
to my car when I leave work each night.
But after 28 actual or attempted rapes
and sexual assaults reported in Chapel
Hill this year, I find myself reduced to
the status of a child, afraid to be alone in
the dark.
But even stronger than my fear is a
sense of rage, a feeling of being highly
pissed off.
What right does some man have to
control and limit my life that way?
What was women's liberation all about,
if I have to worry about being asked in
court if I don' t think I was really asking
for it, walking by myself at 1 a.m.?
Have all of my sisters been lying to
me when they tell me I am strong enough
to stand on my own two feet and control
my own life?
Thursday night someone in Union
Station asked what all the chanting ear
lier was about. When I told him, he
wanted to know what the Take Back the
Night March was. I felt kind of stupid
answering "a protest against rape." I
felt like I was saying we were protesting
cancer or death. I briefly thought, "It's
just there, something you don't have a
whole lot of control over."
You can ' t appeal to cancer for under
standing. Death just shows up on your
doorstep, and there's not a whole lot
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Students form group for
a multicultural center
To the editor:
The arguments for a free-standing
black cultural center demonstrate the
need for a cultural center here on cam
pus. The small office now used by the
BCC is inadequate to host the various
programs that help inform the entire
UNC community about African-American
culture. Therefore, it is obvious that
a larger BCC is highly appropriate.
However, there are many other mi
nority groups on campus. Although not
always as publicly visible, these groups
do contribute to the cultural diversity of
UNC. A center that would include all
these groups, as well as the BCC, would
more fully represent the community
and would give us all a chance to edu
cate ourselves about every minority
group instead of only one. Thus, a
multicultural center would give a more
complete cultural understanding to all
students.
Furthermore, by bringing together
the diverse ethnic backgrounds of so
many more students, better race rela
tions would be achieved. In this all
inclusive atmosphere, we would not be
separating one minority group from the
rest of the community.
We believe that a multicultural cen
ter would be much more effective in
uniting students, faculty and staff so
that together we can overcome the eth
nic stereotypes and misunderstandings
that divide us.
Let's all get together: Support a
multicultural center. Come to the gen
eral interest meetings at 8: 1 5 p.m. Thurs
day in the Frank Porter Graham Lounge
of the Student Union and at 8 p.m.
Tuesday in 209 Union.
ELLIOT POGER
Sophomore
Applied Sciences
ELIZABETH DILLEY
Sophomore
English
Electoral College got you
stumped? Ask Rufus
To the editor:
Many citizens have called my office
to ask questions about the Electoral
College process. I would appreciate an
opportunity briefly to review it here for
the benefit of registered voters.
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Alisa
DeMao N
Life Under
Seige
you can do
about it.
But rape is
not an accident
of fate or a
stroke of bad
luck. It is con
trollable. Men
(and women)
can choose not
to rape. But un
til we let them
know that we're
not going to take
it anymore, they will continue to rape. It
has become a cliche, but in this case it is
true: If you aren't part of the solution,
you are part of the problem.
To the men and women who smirked
at us as we marched through campus
Thursday, I ask you: What are your
beliefs about rape?
And will you feel the same way when
your brother or sister, your boyfriend or
girlfriend or even you feel the violation,
the guilt and the condemnation from
others that rape brings?
(Or do you believe, quite mistakenly
I assure you, that it could never happen
to you? The world is full of rape survi
vors who thought "it" could never hap
pen to them.)
To the men and women who ap
plauded us, whether silently or out loud,
I ask you: Why did you not join us,
rather than acting out the same passive
role that has made women victims for
thousands of years?
And will you join us next time or
continue to allow others to do your
fighting for you?
And to the men and women who did
not know or understand what was going
on, I urge you: Educate yourselves.
In North Carolina, any certified presi
dential candidate or party may elect 14
candidates for elector, one for each of
the 12 congressional districts and two
at-large positions, which represent our
U.S. senators. Thesecandidates' names,
in accordance with N.C. General Stat
ute 163-96, are then filed with my of
fice. These candidates are then "elected"
in November when their presidential
candidate wins the popular vote. In
deed, this is often one of the most con
fusing issues surrounding the Electoral
College.
When a citizen casts their vote for a
presidential and vice presidential can
didate on Nov. 3, they are in fact elect
ing those candidate's electors.
The winning party or candidate's
electors then will be notified by the
governor to meet in Raleigh in the State
Capitol on Dec. 14. According to
N.C.G.S. 163-21 l.eachelectorreceives
$44 per day and 1 7 cents per mile travel
reimbursement.
Once in Raleigh, the electors each
cast their vote for president and vice
president. It is a penalty, punishable by
removal from office and a $500 fine, for
a N.C. elector to cast a vote which is
inconsistent with the popular vote.
The certificate of votes created by
the electors is then sent to Washington,
D.C., to be kept in the safe of the secre
tary of the Senate until Jan. 6, when the
president of the U.S. State Senate (the
vice president), along with two mem
bers of the House and two members of
the Senate, open and record each state's
certificate of vote before a joint session
of Congress.
If a candidate gamers 270 votes (the
number constituting a majority), the
winner is declared. The winner is then
inaugurated as president Jan. 20.
I appreciate the opportunity to dis
cuss this venerable institution. I strongly
urge all of our citizens to engage them
selves in the democratic process this
fall.
RUFUS L. EDMISTEN
N.C. Secretary of State
Protect yourself: A real
life lesson about AIDS
Editor's note: The following com
ments were submitted by Professor Ri
chard Richardson after his American
government class Monday.
To the editor:
Before I dismiss you, permit me to
Educate vour friends and familv. 1
we all understand the motives am
power dynamics behind rape,
women (and men) learn how to de
themselves against rape, and unti
all recognize the sanctity of each
ers' bodies, rape will continue to
pen.
Rape is the ultimate loss of co
over your own body. It is not aboul
It is not a "woman's problem." P
year-old man reported to the polic
he was kidnapped and sexually assa
early Tuesday morning, an unnece
ily harsh and brutal example of the
that rape is really about power.
should not feel their gender pro
them. In the eyes of the rapist, yo
reduced to an available orifice, si
thing he can exercise control over
We are all living under siege. V
you must show identification to gel
your own home because it is unde
hour lockup, there is a problem. E
misunderstand me, I support the ins
tion of a 24-hour lockup it i
important step in ensuring the safe
all women and men living on can
But the fact that it is necessary in
ates me. I am tired of living in a
zone.
If you also are tired of flashing
ID every time you come home, i
just bitch about it. Do something
structive to make your campus and
community a safer place to live.
We are all tired ofhearing about
and sexual assault.
But we are even more tired of li
with the threat of it.
Alisa DeMao is a senior journc
and political science major from i
ner. And she's pissed.
preach to you for a moment. I
never done it before and do not en
to do it again.
This week my wife and I have i
sitting in the hospital with a young
who is dying of AIDS. This is diff
because we love his mother and fa
love him and remember him whe
was a little boy growing up.
All of you are aware that AIDS
killer. What we sometimes forget is
it is a killer of the young. It is al
vicious and brutal killer. When the
mune system fails, the body cai
invaded by a score of terrible desi
ers.
For 30 years I have had sex with
woman. From our relationship 1
come four children, a son and t
daughters, and a growing strear
wonderful grandchildren.
I would wish for each of you
kind of sex life married, mon
mous, richly satisfying and safe.
But I know that some of you
choose other ways to express your s
ality. When you choose, please (
safely.
Anal sex, oral sex and vaginal se
need protection. I hope that you
never become too drunk, or too sto
or too much in love, or too indiffere
fail to protect yourself and your pari
When I was a teenager in a sk
Missouri town on the Mississippi Ri
guys found buying condoms a clan
tine and embarrassing undertaking
They would often go to drug st
or filling stations in nearby town
avoid detection. I was a clerk in su
drug store all during high school.
One day a young guy came in
asked to buy a package of condc
Because they came in packages of 3
12, I asked him, "What size do
want?"
"Size?" he asked bewildered. 1
he replied, "Oh, about average si
guess."
Whether you are "below avei
size," or "average," or as most of
claim, "above average size," us
condom.
Even on those nights in which
don't love yourself very much, pre
yourself for all of those who do love
mothers and dads, little brothers
older sisters, uncles and grannies
neighbors. And even a college teai
or two.
RICHARD RICHARDS
Profe
Political scie