Technician North Carolina State University ’5 Student Newspaper Since 1920 Volume LXX, Number 8 Friday, September 16, 1988 Raleigh, North Carolina Editorial 737-2411 lAdvertiSini 737—2029 Hurricane path Tox1c fumes fill eyed by NCSU students, staff campus buildings By Don Munk Senior Staff Writer By Paul Woolverton side because they left their books News Editor behind when they left their lab in Satellite photographs of Hurricane Daniels. Gilbert's destructive march through Over 300 people were evacuated “We heard this funny noise,” the Caribbean are recorded in the from four north campus buildings Stitzinger said. “Our lab instructor memory of a computer system in Wednesday afternoon after workers went out in the hall and came back NC. State‘s department of Marine. ruptured a natural gas line at the and said, ‘Oh, there's a fire alarm."' Earth and Atmospheric Screnccs. Page Hall Addition construction Both students were irritated about Meteorology professor Charles site. leaving their books. Anderson and doctoral candidate Also, about 100 students and staff “Really, we should have grabbed Kevin Schrab have temporarily members were forced to leave the them before we left," Stevens said. dedicated their computer system to Hillsborough Building across from Neil Bengston, a computer sci- capturing images of the hurricane DH. Hill Library after a chemical ence professor, was forced to leave and displaying them on an over» spill released poisonous gases his Daniels office because of the sized televrsion screen in Room throughout the building. accident. He said the evacuation 204 Withers Hall for the benefit of Between 30 and 40 people were was cam'ed out without problems or students. faculty and staff. forced to evacuate Biltmore Labs panic. A steady stream of visitors has Thursday morning after a plastic “Since I‘ve been here, there have watched the hurricane's progress container of nitric acid burst, spray- been various alarms from time to since it swept over Jamaica earlier ing acid on the walls and ceiling of time. It’s usually pretty leisurely," this week. Schrab said. a laboratory. he said. Visitors still can see images of the No injuries were reported in any Anderson said the accident’s tim- storm's center sweeping Jamaica ofthe accidents. ing made Public Safety’5 job easier. and proceeding towards the The natural gas leak occurred just “It happened when we were in the Yucatan Peninsula because the pic- before 2 pm. Wednesday, Sgt. Joice middle of a class change.” she said. tures are stored in computer memo— Anderson ofPublic Safety said. “So we got to the people before The Raleigh Fire Department., they could get into the buildings. Thursday afternoon. the images Public Safety's hazardous materials That helped a lot.” showed the hurricane off the coast division, Physical Plant personnel Public Safety started allowing of the Yucatan Peninsula in the and the Public Service Co. of North people back into the buildings Scorr JACKSON/STAFF Gulf of Mexico. The images are Carolina arrived soon after to cap around 3:25 pm. Kevin Kimball makes use of the evacuation from Withers to study his geology, updated at three hour intervals. the leak. Just as the excitement at Page was The predicted path of the hurri- Anderson said the main threat dying down, officers responded to lounge. “In high concentrations, it can be ond floor when the accident hap- cane shows that it will hit the from a natural gas leak is a fire or another emergency at the The reaction caused the cleaners fatal." Pecarina said. pened. southern tip of Texas, at explosion. Hillsborough Building. to backfire, and acid splattered out He said Life Safety personnel “It smelled like burning rubber," Brownsville. Schrab said be plotted Public Safety immediately evacu- Officials evacuated the of the sink and onto the lounge’s examined the building and the said the junior psychology major. the predicted path from latitude and ated surrounding streets. Page Hall, Computing Center after a chemical walls and ceiling. found the concentrations below the Michael Garvrn. a computer pro- longitude data provided by the Daniels Hall, Withers Hall and the spill in the basement sent poisonous The plumber was not injured by fatal and flammable levels. grammer, was in the basement. National Hurricane (‘enter in 1911 building were evacuated gases wafting through the building. the accident. Pecarina said people breathing the The sophomore in computer sci~ Miami. around 2:20 pm. as the gas spread. Rosalind Reid, or N.C. State’s “The man heard the reaction and gases “up to a certain point may cnce said. “A couple of people The satellite pictures show the Students in those buildings Information Services, said the spill got out of the room" before the acid feel nauseated, have headaches, started coughing and stuff, so wc spiral shape of the hurricane, and received an unexpected afternoon was the result of a reaction between sprayed, she said. typical symptoms like these.“ went upstairs." texture of the uppermost clouds. off from class, but not all enjoyed the Cobra drain cleaner used by a Robert Pecarina, a hazardous He said Public Safety evacuated He said Public Safety pulled the Land masses have been outlined for it. Physical Plant plumber, and the waste manager for Public Safety. the building to be on the safe side. fire alami and emptied the building easy viewing. Kim Stitzinger, a junior studying chemical base in a drain cleaner said the sulfuric acid gases in the in case there were any scvcrc dan- about 20 minutes later. ln some sequences, a computer philosophy, and Tom Stevens. a someone apparently used earlier to building could be flammable if the gers. junior in biology, had to wait out- unstop a sink in the building‘s staff concentrations were high enough. Debbie Strickland was on the sec- Si'r' GAS, page 2 See, UNIVERSITY, page 2 Jury indictsN-CSU professor Barney Huang charged with attempted rape By Hunter George Observer reported Wednesday. Assistant News Editor The woman charged that Huang attacked her after bringing her upstairs to see his Persian rugs, the N&O An NC. State professor was indicted by a Wake said. County Grand Jury Monday on charges of attempted The victim said he pinned her down three times and rape and assault involving a family friend. attempted to assault her sexually. according to the Barney Huang, 58, a professor in the division of uni- paper. She said she escaped once by biting Huang's ear. versity studies, was indicted on charges of attempted When he let her go, she took her son and left the resi— second—degree rape and assault on a fema‘e. dence. The indictment is the most recent legal issue concem- University Counsel Becky French told the N&O that ing Huang. The professor is involved in a federal suit Huang was suspended with pay the day after the proba- that charges the university with job discrimination. ble cause hearing, partly as a result of the charges. Huang could not be reached for cement Thursday. All university officials contacted Thursday referred The professor was arrested June 21 after a family calls to French, who could not be reached for comment. friend brought charges against him for assault. He was Huang’s case is pending and he has not yet been released on $3.000 bond. issued a court date, a Superior Court spokeswoman said The court appointed an attorney to Huang because he Thursday. is currently being protected by bankruptcy claims, Huang’s suit against the university will be heard in according to court reports. US. District Court on Oct. 3. The discrimination suit The victim said at a July 14 probable cause hearing stems from Chancellor Bruce Poulton's 1986 order that that she had taken her son to the Huang residence to Huang be transferred from the College of Agriculture swim with the professor’s children, the News and and Life Sciences to the division of university studies. Friends of the Library names author of the year By Tlna Aggarwal some connection to NCSU, she library staff. She has been given a Staff Writer said. room at DH. Hill library for Gibbons, a native of Nash County, research and writing. Award-winning novelist Kaye attended NCSU for two years Gibbons will speak at library Gibbons was named the first author before transferring to UNC—Chapel functions and give presentations to of the year in the university’s Hill. the staff. She also will be invited to MIKE RUSSEL/STAFF Friends of the Library program. She received international recog- attend all library social functions. Barry Partridge breaks cinder-blocks at a Tai-KwanDo demonstration Thursday afternoon. The Author of the Year award was nition for her first novel, “Ellen NCSU's libraries will promote established as part of the library's Foster," published in 1987 by this program nationally, which celebration of its centennial year in Algonquin books of Chapel Hill. should provide the library some 1989. In France, the novel reached num- recognition, Nutter said. Campus needs remodeling with TNT The program. thought to be ber five on the best seller list. Award recipients are chosen based unique among academic libraries. Paramount Pictures recently pur— on merit and promise as a writer. By now you've heard about Ihc when Riddick was a stadium will assist in fostering the careers of chased the motion picture option for said Jinnie Davis, assistant to gas leak that forced the evacuation instead of a parking lot and every new authors, said Susan Nutter, the book. Nutter in planning and develop- of Withers Hall and neighl'ioring one were uniforms to class.