THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Relaxed Voting Laws Aid Students by KITTY BRIGHAM ASDU's Voter Registration Table to Register Heckling Denied: Officials of the N.C
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Wednesday September 26, 1984 Volume SOB, Number 24 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Relaxed voting laws aid students By KITTY BRIGHAM ASDU's voter registration table to register Heckling denied: Officials of The N.C. board of elections last week locally, most said they would not change President Reagan's re-election campaign reinterpreted state voter registration rules their state of registration. The table will be said Tuesday that they suspected and will now permit out-of-state students in the Bryan University Center for two political seminars conducted by a former to register here for the Nov. 6 elections. weeks. White House aide might have "Now any student who wants to register "I will be here two more years, maybe per stimulated the heckling of Reagan's and has identification with a local North manently," said Craig Zlotnick, a law stu Democratic opponents on college cam Carolina address [including dormitory ad dent. "The local elections will affect me . puses. See page 2. dress] can register?' said Art Lawida, chair I wanted to get my two cents in." man of ASDU's external affairs committee Other students said they had not decided Relations restored: Jordan an which organizes registration drives. whether to switch states, Most agreed that nounced Tuesday that it was restoring The move was in response to pressure they would consider switching their diplomatic relations with Egypt. An from students and threats of legal action registration in order to vote in the Egyptian official said late Tuesday night against the elections board, according to nationally-publicized senatorial race bet that Jordan's King Hussein had James Wallace, North Carolina deputy at ween incumbent Jesse Helms and telephoned President Hosni Mubarak of torney general for legal affairs. Democratic candidate Jim Hunt. Egypt Tuesday evening to congratulate In the past, students were forced to fill out However some students felt their home him on the eve of the Islamic New Year an additional questionnaire that requested politics were more important to them than and to inform him that the Jordanian information about parental dependency and the local elections. "Why should I vote for Cabinet had decided to resume expected length of residency in North North Carolina senator when I can easi- diplomatic relations. Carolina, TAMMI HENKIN/THE CHRONICLE ]y vote for pe0pie who will affect my dad's These questionair* were declared illegal Duke Democrats president Michael Kirwan business and my state?" said Missy Wehba, Agent Orange fund: A federal because they discriminated against out-of- Wallace said the reinterpretation seems a Trinity junior. judge-in Brooklyn Tuesday tentatively state and out-of-county students, Lawida to "create a more equitable situation," Both Kirwan and Lawida said the reinter- approved a settlement under which said. although the board was never actively try- pretation will not be publicized by the seven manufacturers of Agent Orange Although the U.S. Supreme Court ing to deprive students of the right to vote. Durham county or state boards of elections. had agreed to create a $180 million fund declared the measures unconstitutional in Michael Kirwan, president of the Duke Wallace, however, said the new rules for Vietnam War veterans and their 1978, the North Carolina Supreme Court Democrats, said registrars worry that unin- make it easier for residents to register but families who contended that the her bypassed the U.S. decision one month later, formed students will distort the results of he discouraged out-of-state students from bicide had harmed them. and ruled that the questions were permissi the local elections. switching residential status. ble, according to Rob Mullen, organizer of Lawida said he believes the new rules will Mary Brogden, supervisor of elections for Security lapses: A State Depart the N.C. branch of the National Student not "swing the election, but it will give con- Durham county, said the student vote ment team sent to Beirut to investigate Campaign for Voter Registration. cerned students the chance to vote." might swing the small local elections. "The the bombing of the U.S. Embassy last Mullen contacted Charlotte attorney Lawida encouraged students to register potential is there for a group to influence week identified some lapses in security Leslie Winner, who confronted the state at for Durham county elections. "[Students] local elections and then move on," she said. but concluded in general that adequate torney general and the head of the state will be here for four years and know more "Students can easily get caught up in a steps were under way to defend the board of elections about the special process. about local issues ... it will be a more ef- belief and organize changes." Brogden said building before the bombing, department "We were ready to go to court," Mullen fective vote," he said. students' decisions will be "based on in- officials said Tuesday. See page 2. said, but the election board decision was Student reaction was mixed. Although dividual integrity. We can't challenge "better than expected." some said they would take advantage of them," she said. Weather R.E.M. concert dazzles Page crowd Let'S gO MetS: The magic is back. Even loser Cub fans will enjoy today, as By RICK HEYMAN temperatures will be in the high 80s, with breezes up to 10 mph. Perfect Shea R.E.M.'s first of two dates in Page weather continues, as it will be cool Auditorium proved to be a vibrant, un tonight and through Thursday. conventional set. Their two-hour perfor mance, although purposefully sloppy at times, clearly demonstrated why they are considered one of the best new bands in Inside America. Perhaps a more apt title would be "the New magazine: Carillon, The best little club band in America," for Chronicle's new Wednesday magazine, R.E.M.'s show was hardly for mass market examines three different aspects of the consumption. The band's lighting was not possible execution of Velma Barfield and what coliseum-goers are used to nor was the her bid for clemency. set a prefabricated piece of polished pop. Expensive education: Colum nist D.J. Peterson takes a look at the Review mounting costs of getting a college education. R.E.M. showed that it is able, however, to effectively transfer elements from their in 'Nerve-racking': Duke's freshman timate club beginnings to auditorium sized quarterback Steve Slayden discusses his crowds without sacrificing the sense of fun "nerve-racking" debut against South that characterizes their performances. PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE Carolina last Saturday night. Michael Stipe, lead vocalist for R.E.M., sings before a packed Page Auditorium Tues What concert-goers were treated to Tues day night. The band will perform again tonight. day night was a band that thrives on energy and on a healthy musical tension between Keith Richard lead/rhythm guitar style and The band then launched into a rousing, the four members that at times stretches the Byrds/Beatles ringing guitar influence. frenetic rendition of "Gardening at Night" Staff meetings a song to its limits, if only to test their abili Counter to Buck's guitar were the perfect- followed by equally energetic performances There will be a meeting for all Chroni ty to intuitively pop it back into place. fitting harmonies of Stipe and Mills, with of "9-9" and an unreleased song. With these cle beat reporters this evening at 6 p.m. R.E.M. opened up with a revved-up ver Mills' high arching voice fusing with Stipe's three tunes R.E.M. allowed themselves in our third floor Flowers building office. sion of "Radio Free Europe" Mike Mills' ag lead. quite a hit of room to create musical entropy All reporters interested in writing for gressive bassline and Bill Berry's sturdy Other songs from "Murmur" and their and then reign themselves in. the state and national department drumming anchored the tune for Peter latest album, "Reckoning," including "Sit With the new single, "Pretty Rsrsuasion," should attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m. The Buck's swirling, jangling guitar-lead and ting Still," "Pilgrimage" and "So. Central they returned to a tighter sound, only to be department covers political campaigns, Michael Stipe's impassioned vocals. Rain" were stellar. The show's highlight followed by the wonderfully frenzied "Lit news analysis, local politics and will Next came "Harborcoat" with Buck tak came with the five songs following Stipe's tle America," which closed out the set. work on a student poll. ing the helm. Buck's unique guitar style is announcement that they were recording a a combination between the Chuck Berry/, live album. See R.E.M. on page 3 World & Security lapses found in Beruit But the team, which was headed by Richard Murphy, the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, WASHINGTON - A State Department team sent to found no evidence of negligence or widespread breakdown National Beirut to investigate the bombing of the U.S. Embassy last in security procedures and does not intend to fix respon week identified some lapses in security but concluded in sibility for the vulnerability of the embassy on any in Page 2 September 26, 19S4 general that adequate steps were under way to defend the dividual or office, the officials said. building before the bombing, department officials said Instead, one member of the team said, the investigators Tuesday. attributed vulnerabilities to routine construction pro THE CHRONICLE Several members of the team, which was sent to Beirut blems, including delays in the manufacture, shipment and by Secretary of State George Shultz to examine the ade installation of protective devices, and the difficulty of stop Associate sports editors Jim Arges quacy of embassy security, returned to the United States ping the kind of attack that took place last week.