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SHfP Daily ®ar HM Thursday, September 30,1993 Students work for UNC B-day The nation’s first public university will kick offitseight-monthßicentennial Observance Oct. 12, and UNC students have been working hard planning events for the celebration. “It’s an extraordinarily wonderful time to be attendingthe University,’’saidDick Richardson, faculty chairman of the Bicentennial Obser vance . “I think it is going to be a wonderful eight months.” The opening ceremonies for the celebration will include two days of intellectual and cultural programming, culmmating with a convocation on University Day in Kenan Stadium. President Bill Clinton is tentatively sched uled to speak at the convocation. “We’re work ing on getting Clinton, and we hope he will come,” said Kevin Moran, chairman of the Student Bicentennial Observance Planning Committee. About 70 students have been working on planning events for the Bicentennial. The com mittee will need about 1,000 student volunteers to help out with events throughout the year, Moran said. While the theme of the observance is “First in the Nation,” the student planning committee has chosen to focus events around the idea of community. “We wanted to do more than just have projects for the sake of having projects,” Moran said. “And the idea of community involves every one.” Events planned by the student committee include a campuswide service project, building a Bicentennial park in Chapel Hill, a student performing art series, an essay contest and a -asS. y £UAE£H\ * 9{pt your ordinary sandzuich ptace (Sandwiches} (PastrieJ J Almond Chicken Tenderloin Salad Assorted Gourmet Cakes Spanakopita Turkey Swiss Lemon Bars Hummus Falafel Pocket Baklava Roasted Eggplant Gyro Burma Cilantro Bowtie Pasta Deli Poc ket Mamoul Tabbouleh Veggie Pocket Assorted Pound Cakes Greek Salad 105 n. Columbia st. many other Micwus Umptatwns 4201 Universi[yDnve (next to Copytron) r _ (Behind South Square Mall) ‘laKp-QiU &..Catering .°££„. J I I I | l I 1 time capsule. Many well-known figures are slated for the year-long lecture series. Li Lu, one of the leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demon stration in China; Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel; WilmaMankiller, chief of the Chero kee Nation; and Marion Wright Edelman, di rector of the Children’s Defense Fund, are some of the speakers scheduled to visit the campus. The celebration officially will end with a key note address by an international figure at Com mencement May 15. Moran, a senior from Windsor, Conn., said he hoped the class of 1994 would leave with a positive feeling about the University. “There’s just going to be so much happening - talk about remembering your senior year.” Moran said the celebration would be one of the biggest and most exciting events in UNC history. “it’s history in the making,” he said. “I hope it makes everyone remember and re-remember how great Carolina is.” FOR MORE ON THE BICENTEN NIAL CELEBRATION, PLEASE TURN TO PAGES OUT 'N ABOUT jftvie’s Autograph 9arty <goxers! Receive a free fabric marker with purchase of any pair or autograph party boxers! Avitfs Hallmark Shop 147 E. Franklin St 929-9584 ■■ ; f SH ImLt. Jf -3“ ~ 7
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