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Black Ink
Thursday, April 3, 1986
Beauty is more than brick deep
by Rhonda Hubbard
Special to the Ink
The fan-shaped windows of the
82-year-old, white brick structure
gaze down on students rushing to
class.
The antiquated structures of
Howell hides the newly-installed state-
of-the-art equipment.
Change. The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Journalism
School changes as often and as quickly
as a six-year-old child grows. As one
walks around Howell Hall, the changes
become too numerous to count.
“The majority of changes have
occurred since Dean (Richard) Cole
arrived in 1979,” said Billie
Nagelschmidt, business manager of
the School.
“One of the first changes that
took place was the re-seating and
carpeting of the auditorium. Several
faculty offices were also redecorated,”
she said.
Change one. Change two took the
ache out of student’s fingers by replac
ing the manual typewriters in rooms
106 and 107 with electric typewriters.
by Richard White
Staff Writer
,
Many people associate twins
with oneness, identical clothing,
similar interests, and even mutual
friends, but Stacey and Tracey Davis
dispel many of these misconceptions.
Although they are both outstanding
wrestlers, seniors, science majors, and
finished second in ACC competition,
they personify individuality.
Stacey, the older by eight
minutes, is a physics major. He says
that most people describe him as
being “laid-back, and easy to get along
with.” Tracey describes himeslf as
“crazy and one who like to hang loose
without being flamboyant.”
Wrestling coach Bill Lam said,
“Stacey is easy going and smiles a
little more while Tracey is a bit more
intense.”
Teammate Gregory Zwilling, a
junior chemistry major from Raleigh,
NC who attends Chemistry 170 with
Tracey said, “He is real thoughtful and
gives full attention to practice and to
matches.” “Otherwise, he is carefree.”
On the other hand, he said that
“Stacey really likes people.”
Another teammate, Glen
Pa/^inko, a math major from East
Changes three through seven
appeared as the conversion of
classrooms into faculty offices.
“Room 207, which used to be a
classroom, was made into four dif
ferent rooms,” said Thomas Bowers,
professor and associate dean.
“Jim Shumaker’s (associate pro
fessor) office was made and there
were also three interview rooms — we
needed those because so many people
come here to hire students —we
needed the facilities to accommodate
them.”
Other offices were made by parti
tioning the ends of halls.
That is how Philip Meyer, Kenan
professor, attained his office, and the
School attained change number eight.
There were five other faculty
members to gain offices through this
method.
In November 1981, the School
received a grant from the Reynolds
Foundation. This was used to modern
ize the editing lab.
Associate Professor Raleigh
Mann said, “Several changes had to be
made when the VDTs (video display
terminals) were installed.”
“A new electrical system had to
be installed, but because the building
was so old, the wires had to be put in
posts (that ran from the floor to the
ceiling).”
Change nine. About 18 months
ago, students were given the facilities
to produce photographs that only
creativity and $30,000 could provide.
Associate Professor Richard
Beckman, “A color facility was put in
and out black-and-white capacity was
increased from four to eight people
working at one time.” This was change
number 10.
Another project, funded by Hoyt
McPherson, was the McPherson
Reading Room which was unveiled in
January 1985.
“It was really an (ordeal) when
they put the reading room in,” said
Dorothy Choate, reading room super
visor, as she shook her head,
remembering the chaos of construc
tion.
“Books were on the floor in the
(first floor’s) hall and they were all out
of order. That meant that no one could
check out books, and everything I did
had to be done out of Flora
(Shepherd’s) office.
“Luckily, most of the construc
tion was done during the months
students were home for Christmas.”
Change 11.
Also on the first floor, the Knight
Advertising Center (Change 12) was
built in room 107. It was completed in
fall 1984 and put to use in spring 1985.
The Center, provided by the
Knight Foundation, gave students 23
personal computers and word pro
cessors and high-tech equipment such
as a projection screen with video,
audio and slide show capability —a
creative outlet for advertising
students.
John Sweeney, an assistant pro
fessor of journalism in the advertising
sequence, said, “You can use this
equipment to do all kinds of things.
“If I’m showing a commercial and
want to stop it in a particular spot, all
I have to do is turn a certain knob,
whereas, before I would have to re
wind the tape and hope that I could
stop in the right place.”
Changes 18,19 and 20. What will
happen if the School continues to
grow at its present rate? “Well,’
Bowers said, “the best alternative
would be to build a new building for
the Journalism School, there has been
some talk of adding to the end of the
building (closest to the Morehead
building),” he said, “but another
building is the only feasible idea.”
Twin Powers —
Tracey and Stacey Daiis
Tracey Davis and Stacey Davis
photo by Tlmml Foust
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Brunswick, NJ, said that both Stacey
and Tracey were “leaders.”
Having different personalities
has been somewhat of an asset to
Stacey and Tracey because it provides
people with a means to distinguish
them. Tracey recalled an incident in
which a teacher, not realizing he had a
twin brother, accused Stacey of being
in the wrong place at the wrong time
when in fact, he wasn’t. He said the
spent the remainder of the day
apologizing.
On the subject of mistaken identi
ty, Tracey said, “If it doesn’t happen
twice a day, something must be
wrong.” This is despite the fact that
Stacey is slightly larger in build. They
said they had not deliberately
switched identities.
Coach Lam said, “The media
occasionally confused the two.” He
added jokingly, “It would have been
possible to interchange the two in
competition.”
Both begain their wrestling
careers in the seventh grade as
managers to learn more about the
sport. Stacey admitted, “We used to
get beaten up by guys on the team.”
“Wrestling was a means to protect
ourselves.” Both decided not to pursue
football because wrestling was a
challenging sport they liked.
They entered competition in the
eighth grade and went on to letter in
the sport as well as compete in state
competition. Stacey won the state
championship his high school senior
year at T. Wingate Andrews High
School.
Recruited by most in-state
schools including North Carolina
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