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8The Daily Tar HeelThurday, October 22, 1992 Established in 1893 100th year of editorial freedom PETER WALLSTEN, Editor Office hours: Fridays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ANNA GRIFFIN, University Editor ASHLEY Fogle, Editorial Page Editor DANA Pope, City Editor REBECAH MOORE, State and National Editor Yl-HsiN CHANG, Features Editor WARREN HYNES, Sports Editor ERIN RANDALL, Photography Editor DAVID J. KUPSTAS, SportSaturday Editor AMY SEELEY, Copy Desk Editor David COUNTS, Layout Editor Alex De GRAND, Cartoon Editor AMBER Nimocks, Omnibus Editor JOHN CASERTA, Graphics Editor Ground-breaking compromise Representatives of the University administration and the black cultural center broke through the rheto ric and recognized reality this week when they agreed to work together on plans for a free-standing BCC. The agreement in this ongoing drama to cooperate was formulated at Monday's meeting of Chancellor Paul Hardin's working group, which is headed by Provost Richard McCormick. It's reasonable to hail the agreement as arguably the biggest turning point yet in the negotiating pro cess, which students and administrators regularly relegated to a level of bickering and snickering. Harold Wallace, vice chancellor for university affairs and chairman emeritus of the BCC Advisory Board, represented sanity at Monday's meeting of the Hardin's save-face working group. "It is clear that we all share a similar vision forthe black cultural center's future," he said, recognizing the fact that as long as members of the advisory board understand the necessity that the new building be academic in nature and purpose the previous disagreements no longer exist. But some questions still remain: Will the student coalition for a free-standing BCC and other BCC representatives have the gump tion to keep their eyes on the prize and on the real issues? BCC supporters should work to ensure that irrelevant name-calling doesn't cloud reality. Will the BCC Advisory Board agree to work through the system already in place for planning new University buildings? Although the board should have a great deal of say in the process, the planning shouldn't differ from that of any other academic building, such as the law or business schools. Where will the funding come from? In August it appeared the Michael Jordan Foundation would foot the bill for the entire building (at least that's what some BCC supporters said). But now talk of such a donation has mysteriously ceased and Deloris Jor dan, who heads the foundation, has not pledged to fund the entire project. Because the building will be academic, though, there shouldn't be a problem in obtaining money. Will the Board of Trustees approve a free standing BCC? In this case, the center's planners must remember the importance of creating an aca demic facility, one that the BOT would look upon favorably. Supporters of the BCC students and faculty deserve congratulations. They fought a battle and won decisively (although somewhat divisively). In addition, McCormick and other members of his working group especially the students who fought the flak from their colleagues in the coalition deserve respective pats on the back. The University community has witnessed a great climax. This plot, though, still has further to go. Condolence ads: A grave error Halloween is still a week and a half away, but senatorial candidate Lauch Faircloth is already in a ghoulish mood. The Faircloth campaign has been running a televi sion advertisement which purports to express sym pathy and concern over Senator Terry Sanford's recent surgery. In the ad, Faircloth directly addresses the viewer and says, "I hope you will join me in wishing Senator Sanford a complete recovery from his heart surgery." Sanford might have appreciated a personal expres sion of concern. However, it is doubtful that Sanford appreciates Faircloth delivering the message via statewide television. Faircloth also asks everyone to "keep Terry and Margaret Rose (Sanford's wife) in our prayers." The obvious and erroneous implication of this request is that Senator Sanford already has one foot in the grave, so you should vote for Faircloth. Actu ally, Sanford's physician reports favorably on his health. And Sanford managed to exhaust campaign aids in their 20s who were traveling with him this spring. Sanford is much farther from a meeting with the grim reaper than Faircloth would have us bel ieve. The advertisement is, in a word, cowardly. Yellow-bellied. Hurl-inducing. The state of acandidate's health is a relevant campaign issue, especially in a Senate race that carries a six-year term. However, if one candidate is going to allege that another's consti tution is too feeble to last through the term, then he should have the chutzpah to say so explicitly. A press release asking that the candidate release his health records might be appropriate. Questioning Sanford's health under the guise of legitimate con cern, is not appropriate. It is morbid and disgusting. Faircloth also claims to have been a friend of Sanford's for many years. They just disagree on the issues, he says. How preposterous. Who needs enemies when friends like Faircloth are willing to put you on your deathbed for political advantage? By Nov. 3, Halloween's hauntings by goblins and ghouls will only be a bad memory one can only hope Lauch Faircloth will be, too. Time flies Many things mystify students during their years at UNC, like blue-faced women in hair-covered boxes sitting in the Pit drooling milk and Saturday reading days (they don't think we realize we already have Saturday off?!). But nothing is more mystifying than students who insist on packing up their books and belongings 10 minutes before classes are supposed to end. "It's obvious," you might respond. Professors never look at the clock, and they'll talk until the apocalypse if you don't give them a signal. Wrong. Not only is it rude to your professor and classmates around you when you crinkle up your Daily Tar Heel and your notepads, noisily stuff them in your backpack and zip the zipper six or seven times before class time is over, but it doesn't keep most professors from lecturing. In fact, during the last 10 minutes of class, your professors usually announce something of massive importance, like the next midterm date or the fact that next Monday's 8 a.m. class has been canceled. Besides, UNC students are much too ingenious to get by with such a non-creative method of harassing their professors into ending classes. A little ingenuity could produce much more effective results. For instance, it would be much more effective to install buckets of sulfuric acid in the ceilings of Venable, connected to a switch that detonated 10 minutes before the end of each class. The acid would consume a chemistry professor's clothing (not to mention skin) and embarrass them into seclusion. Or in Phillips, physics students could use an ejec tor device to shoot long-winded professors through the roof and outside onto Cameron Avenue. Not only would that help to cut class time, but students also could use their observations to do projectile motion calculations for lab. Or students might try hiring look-alikes of Mohammed, Buddha, Jesus and Moses to saunter into religious studies lectures and sit down in the back row. Maybe one of them could ask to make an announcement from his boss. Is that taking it too far? Of course notllf you're going to distract your fellow students from the last 10 minutes of classes, you might as well do it right. Or better yet don't do it at all. . Business and advertising: Kevin Schwartz, directorgeneral manager.Bob Bates, advertising director; Leslie Humphrey, classiliedadmanassr.UicheWe Gray, business manager. Business stall: Glna Berardlno, assistant manager. Classified advertising: Kristen Costello, Tina Habash. Leah Richards, Chrlsti Thomas and Steve Verier, representatives; Chad Campbell, production assistant. Display advertising: Ashleigh Heath, advertising manager; Milton Artis, marketing (rector,-Marcie Bailey, Laurie Baron, Michelle Buckner, Jennifer Oanich, Will Davis, Shannon Edge, Pam Horkan, Jeff Kilman and Maria Miller, account executives; Sherrl Cockrum, creative director. Advertising production: Bill Leslie, managersystem administrator Stephanie Brodsky and Aimee Hobbs, assistants. Assistant editors: Jackie Hershkowib and Kelly Ryan, city; Samantha Falke, copy; Beth Tatum. features; Renee Gentry, layout Jayson Singe, photo; John C. Manuel, Amy McCaffrey, Steve Politi and Bryan Strickland, sports; Jason Richardson, stare and national; Marty Minchin and Jennifer Talhelm, university. Newsclert: Kevin Brennan. Editorial writers: Gerri Baer, Jacqueline Charles, Alan Martin, Charles Overbeck and Dacia Toll. University: Daniel Peter-Daum Aldrlch, Ivan Arrington, Thanassis Cambanis, Joyce Clark, Melissa Dewey, Casella Foster, Teesha Holladay, Kristen Huffman, Kathleen Keener, Gautam Khandelwal, James Lewis, Bill Lickert, Chris Lindsey, Steve Robblee, Chris Robertson, Gary Rosenzweig, Justin Scheef , Brad Short, Holly Stepp and Mike Workman. City: Tiffany Ashhurst, John Ashley, Nathan Bishop, Andrea Bruce, Leah Campbell, Mails Carpenter, Dale Cast'. Karen Clark, Richard Dalton, April Hagwood, Matthew Henry, William Huffman, Rama KayyaH, Chad Merritt, Shaktj Routray, Robert Strader, Suzanne Wuelfing and Kathleen Wurtft. Start and National: Eric Lusk. senior writer Anna Burdeshaw. Tim Burrows. Tara Duncan. Heather Fain. Stephanie Greer. Steven Harris. Scott Holt. Rahsaan Johnson. Andrea Jones, Alex Kirk, Leila Maybodl, Jerry McElreath, Beth McNIchol, Kenneth Medlin, Adrienne Parker, Kurt Raatzs, Bruce Robinson, Alia Smith and Allison Taylor. Arts: Rahul Mehta, coordinator Kathleen Ftynn, Waynette Gladden, Mondy Lamb, Alex McMillan, Elizabeth Oliver, Jonathan Rich, Martin Scott Jenni Spitz, Sally Stryker, Cara Thomisser, Mark Watson, Emma Williams and Duncan Young. features: buonanie Lyn seek, tiena Bourooin. Monica Brown. John uavles, Maria UiGiano, trtka Helm, Fred Henderson, Kristin Lelgnt. led Lotcnln. Dee pa Permumallu. Aulica Lin Rutland, LeAnn Spradling, Howard Thompson, Scott Tillett, Lloyd Whittington, Christa Williams and Andrea Young. Sports: Eric David and David J. Kupstas, senior writers; Zachary Albert, Adam Oavis, Jennifer Dunlap, Marc Franklin, Brian Gould, Dave Heiser, Stephen Higdon, Diana Koval. Mary Lafferty. Alison Lawrence. Jacson Lowe. Brian McJunkin. Jeff McfSnlev. David Monroe, Pete Simpkinson. Carter Toole. Philip Weickert James Whitfield. Michael Workman and Pete Zilchak. Photography: Missy Bello, Dale Castle, Jim Fugia, Jill Kaufman, Chris Kirkman, Ellen Ozier, Evie Sandlin, Jennie Shlpen and Debbie Stengel. Corn Editors: Anoehoue Bartlett. Stephanie Beck. Robin Caole. Eliot Cannon. Caroline Chambre. Laura Chapped. Monica Clearv. Kim Costello. Jav Davis. Debbie Eidson. Jennifer Heinzen, Kelly Johnston, Amy Kincaid, pavid Lindsay, Nimesh Shah, Cassaundra Sledge, Jenifer Stinehelfer, Leslie Ann Teseniar, Jackie Torok and Kenyatta Graphics: Jill Angel, Kim Morstmann, Jay Hoseborougn and Justin scneet. Cartoonists: Mandy Brame. Mary Brutzman, Sterling Chen, Kasumba Rayne Docarvalho, KatJe Kasben, Sergio Rustia Miranda, Km Nikles, Peter Todd Richardson and Jason Smith. Editorial ProluctlMi: Stacy Wynn, manager; Lisa Relchle, assistant Dlstrlktitjon and Printing: Village Printing Company The Dally Tar Heel Is published by the DTH Publishing Corp., a non-profit North Carolina corporation, Monday-Friday, according to the University calendar. Callers with Questions about billing or display advertising should dial 962-1 163 between 8:30 a.m. and S p.m. Classified ads can be reached at 962-0252. Editorial questions should be directed to 962-02450246. Campus mill address. CBf 6210 boi 49. Carolina Units. Office: Salts 194 Carolina Union U.I. Mall address: P.O. Bei 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3257 mrpmz- r vie Gem stop V-LtsrK WtTHBR or MoT AiZJl lv iV-4vr THE Tltyl IXty ) AIQORES oF rHa l sw'c- wow.? To. fpAte I -fcVITo& t0Te:THZ$ OUoT IS TRvti AMAZzMt-Hf ENvf. PAoAtfiTXAO ConCCKfV Jp CN(rHESS kNwS trVHAT 1HE HLL X7lS TALKJN&- A&OUT. Decreasing female faculty teaches a bitter lesson w-srrr- here are the women? Y We are not in the history W books nor the science, phi losophy and sociology books. Neither are we in front of the class room. Women in our academic system ate achingly devoid of role models. Not only are we taught that we have made no contribution to civilization, but we are taught this, over and over again, by men. As we enter the university, after years of being told that obstacles in our path have been removed, we suddenly find ourselves in a situation that speaks much louder and more eloquently than the words of those who insist the fight for equality has been won. Does it matter that we achieved the right to enter this university when all around us we see the evidence that it is practically impos sible to make it in what is still a man's world? We might be learning economics or psychology, but at the same time we are being taught in a silent but insidious manner that we are not good enough to reach the heights that men attain. More than half of the students at UNC are women, yet this half of the human race is being ignored when hir ing time rolls around. According to a report by the commit tee on the status of women, made to the University's Faculty Council last Fri day, the numbers have not even re mained stagnant they actually have decreased. In 1990, women made up more than 30 percent of the faculty hired in the Division of Academic Af fairs. In 1991, we dropped to 20 per cent. AH four of the professors named dur ing the 1990-91 academic year were men. During the same period, 1 1 new Alisa I DeMao ' Life Under j Siege distinguished professors were named all were men. Right now, only 84 of 884 full professors at this Univer sity less than 10 percent are women. In a day and age when women suppos edly are receiving equal opportunities and treatment, this is reprehensible. But by its-treatment of women faculty, UNC is failing in its mission on an even deeper level. As a student, I find the lack of women professors on this campus more than disheartening. And UNC must bear the responsibility for not fulfilling its duty to me. I actually am being discouraged from achieving my potential. When I look around at the faculty on this cam pus, what I feel more than anything is despair. As a journalist, I am well aware that I am entering a profession where the newsroom rapidly is becoming a pink collar ghetto, where less than 20 per cent of upper-level management is fe male, where I can expect to be penal ized almost $8,000 a year in salary because of the shape of my reproduc tive organs. But to receive such a harsh lesson in the realities of covert discrimination from the very haven that should be encouraging me to grow and test my limits is distressing. I have become well aware of what my limits are. And they have nothing to do with my actual abilities. The message UNC is sending its women students is simple: You are not good enough. And our male colleagues are learning the same thing about us. No one is suggesting the University hire unqualified women merely to fill a set number that achieves "equal repre sentation." But with more and more women receiving their doctorates throughout the country, I refuse to be lieve qualified women are not out there. Are the increased educations and ex pectations of these women merely exer cises in futility? Are my increased education and ex pectations an exercise in futility? That is what the University tells me every time I walk into a classroom and see another female associate professor desperately trying to achieve tenure. That is what the University tells me when it doesn't find women faculty good enough or important enough to include in its yearly hiring. As graduation looms on the horizon, I should be looking forward to a bright future and a brilliant career all the things we are told a college degree can bring. But my education at this university also has left me with a legacy of uncer tainty about my future and insecurity in my abilities. Every woman knows the statistics. Every woman believes she will be the one to beat the odds. But as we have learned all too well by example in our classes, somewhere along the way the overwhelming majority of these women disappear, swallowed up in the mid-level job. So, again I ask the University: Where are the women? Alisa DeMao is a senior journalism and political science major from Garner. Columnist needs to read African history books To the editor. In his Oct. 20 column, Eric Wagner writes that "very little" of Africentric history is true. Eric has pulled a Dan Quayle on all of us. He obviously has fallen prey to the Eurocentric history teachings that have prevailed in most Western societies to this day. Well Dan, uh, Eric, let me show you something. Eric says that blacks are "asked to believe that Egypt was a black African country." First of all, this suggests that blacks cannot seek knowledge on their own and must be told. Not true. Sec ondly, scholars such as William Leo Hansbury, Carter O. Woodson and countless other anthropologists say that the evidence indicates that Egypt was made up of black, brown and yellow skinned people. The Egyptians used only three colors to represent them selves in their famous murals: black, reddish-brown and yellow. Many Egyp tian rulers are painted black in these murals. Not brown or yellow, Eric, but BLACK. I have no doubt that you will dispute the findings of these black schol ars given your Western, right-wing his torical biases, but these findings are backed by others. The Greek historian Herodotus (surprise, a European!) vis ited Egypt and said the people were "black andcurly-haired." Eric's bucket of rhetoric is beginning to leak. Wagner goes on to defraud the belief that black African emperors ruled ad vanced civilizations. Queen Nefertari, celebrated rulerof Egypt andco-founder of the 18th Dynasty, was black as well as several other Egyptian pharaohs. The Sudanese empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhay were ruled by black Muslims. The ancient city of Timbuktu was an intellectual center of Africa where Afri can men and boys went to study the Koran and law at the University of Sankore. The Queen of Sheba was black and made a well-known visit to Solomon, a black king, one thousand years before the birth of Jesus. I could go on, but I encourage you to read for yourself. Wagner has ignored or has been ig norant of facts such as those above. The goal of multiculturalism is to inform people of facts like these, not mislead them. Wagner should take more re sponsibility and read the texts that are readily available at bookstores around the Triangle. Eric, take my advice. The next time you decide to write your col umn on someth ing like this, READ THE BOOK. J.P. REGAN Senior Political science People, not media should choose candidates To the editor Do not be stunned by the media into bi-partisan voting on Nov. 3! The me dia machine is the corrupter of politics and the true American agenda. The American agenda of which I am speak ing is freedom of choice. In the age of the electronic media, journalists have too much power and influence. Using this modern strength, they too often .brainwash the American people into voting a particular way or taking a certain stance. I am afraid Mr. Ross Perot is about to become another victim of the media. Journalists have countless voters convinced that a vote for Perot is a wasted vote because he is supposedly no longer a viable candi date for the presidency. This preposter ous notion is simply not the case. Mr. Perot is as viable a candidate as his supporters will allow him to be. If ev eryone votes with their own heart and mind on election day, Mr. Perot could just as easily be elected president of the United States as could Gov. Bill Clinton or President Bush. The media should not "elect" the president or anyone else people should. HESTON LAMAR Senior Political science College Republicans fail to honor truce with YDs Editor's note: The author is the vice president of the UNC Young Demo crats. To the editor This is a public request from the UNC Young Democrats to the College Republicans to please channel their en thusiasm for their party in more positive directions. As active proponents of free speech, we do not seek to curtail the College Republican's rights, we only ask that they recognize ours and treat our organization and hard work with the courtesy and respect that we have sought to afford theirs. At the beginning of the year, the two organizations signed an agreement not to deface or remove publicity posted by the other group, and an effort by the YD's has been in effect from the begin ning of the year to coexist peacefully with the College Republicans. The CR's have repeatedly violated the spirit of the agreement by engaging in activities in cluding chalking offensive remarks on the walls of Manning HaH and the sur rounding Vote for Change rally site, the mysterious disappearance of fliers, per secution of Lt. Gov. candidate Dennis Wicker, (unsuccessful) attempts to dis rupt the Clinton rally held at N.C. State University and the harassment of former Gov. Jim Hunt who believes that our campus is important enough to come to during the decisive final days of his campaign. (Mr. Hunt, incidentally, ad dressed all the issues hurled at him by rude hecklers with a composure and class that the CR's could learn from.) Little can be gained from such nega tive and unproductive behavior that only reflects badly on their organization, candidates and party. Instead, let us all work together for our candidates of choice and, regardlessof political affili ation, remember to VOTE ON NOV. 3. JANE A.K. NORMAN Junior Political science Letters policy The Daily Tar Heel welcomes reader comments and criticisms. We attempt to print as many letters to the editor as space permits. When writ ing letters, please follow these guide lines: Letters should be limited to 400 words. Shorter letters have a better chance of running. Ifyouwantyourletterpublished, sign and date it. All letters must be typed and double-spaced. Include your year in school, ma jor, phone number and hometown. If you have a title relevant to your letter's subject, please include it. The DTH reserves the right to edit letters for space, clarity and vulgarity.
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