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Scholarship to help gays combat prejudice By Mary Jo Turney SttffWrlter The UNC School of Law this fall will offer the state’s first scholarship dedi cated to preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians. David Jones, a Chapel Hill writer, established the law-school scholarship in memory of his partner of 17 years, Alan Berman, a UNC alumnus and Durham lawyer. “My primary goal is a permanent living memorial to my life partner Alan Green Games aim to improve UNC’s energy-use habits By Jennifer Talhelm Associate Editor Students will have the chance to root for more than Carolina basketball this fall. And even though the winning com petition won’t be made into a video titled ‘The Road to Victory,” organiz ers hope to get students excited about the events. A number of student organizations are sponsoring Green Games, monthly contests between residence halls to en courage students to recycle and con serve energy. Winners won’t go home with gold medals, but they will get the chance to win prizes for themselves and for their residence halls. “One month we may offer a... group prize,” said Josh Busby, out-going chair man of the Student Environmental Ac tion Committee and an organizer of the games. “It may be a huge pizza party or maybe a VCR.” To win the prizes, residence halls or, in some cases, residence areas, will compete to see who can achieve the best recycling or energy- conservation record. The recycling and conservation rates will be measured by the Physical Plant and SEAC volunteers and compared to past records of energy usage and rates of participation in recycling efforts. Winners will be those residence halls with the best improvement, Busby said. Contests will be held roughly every month beginning' in September, and about $250 in prizes will be available each month. “We’re trying to hold different envi ronmental contests with prizes from various businesses ... to raise aware ness and involvement in projects de signed to improve environmental aware ness,” said Student Body President Jim Copland, whose office also will spon sor the games. UNC’s Green Games events are based Two parents enter school board race By Bill Blocker Staff Writer Two Chapel Hill residents, who are parents of children enrolled in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system, have de cided to run for spots on the school board. LaVonda Burnette and Grainger Barrett are the only school board candi dates officially registered with the Or ange County Board of Elections for the Nov. 2 municipal election. Three board seats are open. Two of the incumbents, Doug Breeden and Ted Parrish, have announced that they will not run for re-election. School board Chairwoman Mary Bushnell has not yet decided whether to seek another term. Barrett, who is the father of three children in the school system and a member of the Estes Hill School Gover nance Committee, said he has been ac tive in school matters for several years. “I have an investment in the school system and will have for another 10 years,” he said. Barrett said the school board needs to develop a set of long-term goals to better serve students. Pepper’s PirY Pizza A Sunny Place j. 7 1 for Shady People ' 12- 120 12 I'ranklin SI. OownKmn Chapel Mill V\t to the Varsity T heater 967-7766 Berman,” Jones said. Jones, an AIDS activist, said the sec ond goal of the $26,000 endowment is to fight for civil rights, which Berman spent the last few years of his life focus ing on. The schoalrship will be granted ac cording to merit and financial need, regardless of sexual preference. Although the scholarship is based on need, it will give preference to gay or lesbian students. The scholarship, how ever, also will be available to hetero sexual students interested in fighting on a program put together by the Na tional Wildlife Federation called Cool it. The program began at Harvard Uni versity and spread to other schools such as Tufts University and Yale Univer sity. Besides the games, coordinators hope to increase enthusiasm by providing a speaker series. Busby said they hoped to kick off the events Sept. 1 with a speaker in Memorial Hall. ‘To do it right, we also need to have some high profile events,” Busby said. Leading the list of desired speakers are: Vice President A1 Gore, Environ mental Protection Agency Director Carol Browner, Secretary of the Inte rior Bruce Babbitt and Benjamin Chavis, director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Green Games organizers currently are trying to plan the events and line up funds to pay for prizes. The total cost for events and prizes might be as much as $30,000, Busby said. Until all the events are planned, the total cost can only be estimated, he said. So far, the Physical Plant has prom ised $3,000, and the Department of University Housing pledged s3,2ooand agreed to purchase T-shirts for resident assistants. Organizers are asking for donations from area businesses as well as corporations. Among the University groups spon soring Green Games are: the Residence Hall Association, SEAC, the Campus Y, the office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Student Congress. Green Games will be tied to Bicen tennial events although the Bicenten nial fund is not scheduled to help pay for any programs. Kevin Moran, chair man of the Student Bicentennial Obser vance Planning Committee, said the games worked nicely with the Bicen tennial theme of community. “The pan-campus series of events works on one of the important social issues and an important campus issue," Moran said. “My ideal is making a student a lifelong learner,” he said. “Specifically, our most press ing need is to ensure that Afri can-Americans share in the over all excellence of School Board our school system.” The school board needs to be better prepared to handle tough economic times, and try to improve the quality of its plans by completing fewer projects, he said. The board should develop a more effective relationship with the Orange County Commissioners, which is the district’s primary funding source, he said. Barrett added that he supported class room reform, which would be the incor poration of new and innovative pro grams in the schools. “I want to encour age that to blossom in the schools,” he said. See SCHOOL, page 6 CAMPUS AND CITY discrimination against gays. Jones said he thought the scholarship was a good memorial to a man who worked very hard to help people. At the end of his career, Berman fought insurance companies that tried to deny health benefits to people after they bEame sick. Berman died last year of AIDS at age 43. Law school administrators will work with the Gay and Lesbian Law School Association to choose the recipient for the 1993-94 school year. xsjw&c : . m r * < w ■* ■ m w —-—— ———— Two seek spots on Carrboro board By Bill Blocker Staff Writer Since the election filing period be gan Friday, two Carrboro residents have entered the race to secure one of three open seats on the Board of Aldermen. Currently, three seats on the Board of Aldermen held by Hilliard Caldwell, Jacqueline Gist and Tom Gurganus are open. Gist and resident Michael Nelson are the two candidates who have filed with the Orange County Board of Elections. Gist said she enjoyed helping her fellow citizens. “Carrboro has a wide variety of citizens, and it’s also a very little town. I have the opportunity to work with a lot of different types of people, and I really like doing that.” Gist said she hoped to have the op portunity to continue with the work she has been doing for the past four years. “I’ve worked for the past two years as a member of the Violent Crime and Drug Abuse Task Force,” she said. “I’ve also worked as the liaison between the Board of Aldermen and the Small Area £gU It’s A Two-Way Street ImM Bea plasma donor and earn up to SIOO a month. Help us '3SSS' so that we may help others! '►ft]) Call today 942-0251 SERA-TEC BIOLOGICALS 109 1 /2 E. Franklin Street Because the Alan Berman Scholar ship is based on need, the Bicentennial Challenge fund, which encourages en dowments to the University, will match the donation. Lisa Grafstein, co-chairwoman of GALLSA and a law student, said the organization was very excited about the new scholarship. “We are really happy about it,” Grafstein said. “This is affirming a whole field of gay and lesbian civil rights.” Grafstein also said she thought the ****** Alderman Planning Work Group.” She added that she had worked on a variety of human service issues. “I’ve been working hard toward bet ter fiscal man agement of the town and want to continue,” she said. Gist, who has lived in Carrboro for 17 years, said she received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University. “I’m a career counselor at the University, working specifically with students interested in nonprofit, the arts and social work,” she said. Michael Nelson, who ran for a seat on the board four years ago, said he thought he could bring diversity to the board. “I think our current board is a very good board, but I’d like to increase the diversity of its members,” Nelson said. “I think there should be a gay person on the board. I want to make sure we are part of the process.” The Daily Tar Heel/Thursday, July 8, 1993/ scholarship would be good for the law school. “This (scholarship) will encourage people to come to UNC,” she said. The Alan Berman Scholarship is the first offered in the state aimed at fight ing discrimination against gays and les bians. The recipient of the scholarship dur ing the 1993-94 school year will receive SI,OOO. The scholarship will increase based on the amount of interest earned from the $25,000 endowment. Celebrating the Fourth Tony Vogg, right, and "Officer Pat" lead the patriotic Fourth of July People's Parade in Carrboro. Participants,dressed in their best red, white and blue, marched Sunday afternoon from Carr Mi 11 Mai I to the CarrboroTown Hall, where several bands performed free of charge. Parade participants with the best costumes were awarded ribbons and prizes. Below, the Triangle Brit ish Brass Band entertains the crowd of about 20,000 who had turned out to see the fireworks display Sunday night at Kenan Stadium. DTH photos/Debbie Stengel Nelson, the vice chairman of the Or ange County Democratic Party, said his desire to make Carrboro a better place to live made him a good candidate. “I’ve been very active in politics, particularly active in issues in politics in Orange County,” he said. Nelson said that although he had not ironed out his platform, he had some basic concerns for Crrboro’s future. “The issues that I am particularly concerned about are traffic congestion, crime and environmental issues,” he said. “I have a particular interest in park-and-ride lots to keep the commuter traffic out of downtown.” Nelson is a travel agent for Main Street Travel in Carrboro and has lived in Carrboro for six years. Gurganus said Tuesday that he did not plan to seek re-election because he could not make the time commitment. Caldwell said he would hold a press conference Aug. 4at 10 a.m. at Carrboro Town Hall to announce his election plans. Candidates can file for the Nov. 2 election until noon Aug. 6. LIFE I 5 FU N your E TOO U 452 W ‘ FRAN KLIN ST> M-SAT. 10-6, SUN. 12-5 Paul Gardner, director of develop ment at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said the journal ism school hoped to offer a similar scholarship in the future. “One of our alums has in his will provisions for an endowment that will give preference to a homosexual or les bian student,” he said. Jones said the law school scholarship would have standard requirements. “Students will need a good academic performance and demonstrate financial need,” he said. Village plan gets go-ahead By Rochelle Klaskin Staff Writer Construction on Chapel Hill’s larg est-ever development will begin in 30 days after being approved by the Chapel Hill Town Council Tuesday night fol lowing months of public hearings and compromises. The Southern Village community will be built as a town within a town with a mixture of residential, retail and office space. The development will be located south of town off U.S. 15-501 near Culbreth Middle School. Council member Joe Capowski said he thought the council was taking a risk approving such a large development. “We’re taking a risk here, but it’s a marvelous experiment, and we’ll give it a try,” he said. The town council approved the first stage of residential development as well as the general use of the area. The residential area of the 312-acre site first will include town houses and single-family homes, according to D.R. Bryan, the Holly Springs-based devel oper of Southern Village. Apartments will be developed in later phases of the project. When community is completed, it will consist of 1,388 residential units. Bryan said the project will be devel oped over a period of 10 to 12 years. In that time, according to a report by Town Manager Cal Horton, more than 6,000 residents will populate the entire area. Stormwater management, the con struction of bike paths, parking man agement and building'recreation sites were issues the cmmsSFeonsidered toe fore deciding toappnawthe plan. Many compromises were made between Bryan and the council. Bryan said the development would be friendly to pedestrians and bicy clists. A bike path will be built on the facility and extend to Purefoy Road. Roads within the village will be narrow to slow cars to speeds less than 35 mph. Council member Julie Andresen said she thought Bryan had been very re sponsive to every concern the council had raised. “I think we were tough. We expected a lot, and we got it,” she said. The village center, which will com prise the storefront district, will simu late a Franklin Street-type atmosphere. The center will include 80,000 square feet of commercial and retail space and 145,000 square feet of office space. The storefront designs call for resi dential-looking buildings that line close to the streets with parking in the back. The residential area will be built around the retail village core. One citizen told the council Tuesday night that some residents feared that Southern Village would just become a Kroger Plaza or a Carrboro Plaza. But Bryan told the council that de sign guidelines and storefront provi sions would prevent the development from becoming a mall-like structure. Council member Joyce Brown said she was concerned there were no guar antees to ensure that retail merchants would occupy the village’s main streets instead of predominantly office space. But council member Art Werner said he thought retail owners would be at tracted to the project. “I think this is going to be a very attractive place for retail.” The village also will include reli gious buildings, park areas with play ing fields and recreation facilities and a private swim and tennis club. Council member Mark Chilton said, “This is going to be the best project that Chapel Hill has ever seen.” 3
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