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zxi finblted USiVMWlt St By HOWARD TROXLER SUfTWrHer Foes of the B. Everett Jordan Lake project in Chatham County are :ontinuing their federal court battle to halt the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project even though construction tvorkers are clearing trees from ' the 14,000-acre site. The dam itself is completed. The current dispute is over whether the gates df the dam should be closed to create a lake extending into parts of : Orange, Wake and Durham counties." , Officials' of the Conservation Council of North Carolina' and the" to'wns of Chapel Hill and Durham filed the lawsuit in 1977, to halt the $100 . million lake project, saying the filled basin would contain stagnant algae-laden water If construction goes according to plan officials will close the gates next spring to capture waters from the Haw and New Hope rivers. The seven-year-old lawsuit has progressed through a series of legal battles to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. Circuit judges are to hear the case on appeal from the U.S. Middle District Court in Greensboro,- which signed a go-ahead to construction in 1977. Counties and cities downstream would benefit from flood control and water management projects, proponents of the lake say. "There have been over 150 floods in the Cape Fear Valley since they started keeping records 90 years ago," said Fayetteville attorney Rudolph Singleton. pencliiJi counsel for the downstream municipalities. "We've needed flood control for years. There are half a million people downstream from the dam that need some reliable form of protection from flooding," Singleton said. ; "That lake is going to be green," Chapfl Hill Mayor vJim Wallace said. "When the Environmental Protection Agency comes down from Washington and slaps a water-quality violation on North Carolina and says cjean it up 1 "don't want it to be said that nobody tried to do .anything beforehand." . - Singleton noted an irony in the lawsuit, saying Chapel Hill' officials are against the lake . project even though town officials have purchased as much as 2 million gallons of water per day from Durham during water shortages. "It's a real paradox," Singleton said. "The Jordan Lake would be a source of water. Yet Dr. Wallace is doing everything he can to stop the project." A noted conservationist who. holds a doctorate in environmental science, Wallace cites as his evidence the environmental impact statement prepared by Corps of Engineers scientists. That "report says the lake would become a stagnant body of water, breeding algae and pollutants. Only expensive treatment would make the water useful, the mayor said. But other Tar Heel lakes with simlar problems are successfully managed, a Corps of Engineers spokesperson said. Thursday, August 30, 1978 The Daily Tar Heel 3 S O TA. offers activities 1 I: lis for older students r A pifll wmmf x-sss-y-:-:-:-:- - s III w Til II 1 1 Xf X; ' S V ? X vf . . f o This area would be flooded to create Jordan Lake By BEN ESTES Staff Writer Fraternities, sororities and dorm life are all right for the incoming student just out of high school, but many students of age 25 and older find it difficult to adjust to life at UNC, says Sally Newbold, spokesperson for Students Older Than Average. TMost of us feel outside .that group," Newbold said. . . SOT A" undergraduates usually are more than 25, years old, and. graduate students of the group usually are more, than 35 years of age, Newbold said.- . She said SOTA was formed last October to get students together who feel they are older than average. By the end of the year, nearly. 1,500 students were involved in SOTA. "We had a lot of difficulty getting things going," Newbold said. But SOTA now has a student affairs adviser, Roz Hartmann, and held back-to-school orientation for interested students. Newhold said nearly 100 people attended SOTA's first meeting of the year August 21. The group is planning a potluck supper at Faculty Farm Sept. 22, a bowling trip in October; a bridge group and a group to attend Carolina football games together. Newbold said. SOTA also holds a happy hour at Spanky's at 3:30 every Friday afternoon. - Older persons are going back to college in ever-increasing numbers for business and personal reasons, Newbold said. Such persons have special problems and needs and Newbold said she hopes SOTA can help. "The main thing for us right now is going before the Student Government for money," -Newbold said. She said the group is now preparing its budget to go before the CGC. " . . . Newbold said that many "other university campuses have sponsored day care centers, workshops and other programs for their older students, and that she hopes UNC eventually will hire personnel to confront and solve the problems of older students. Newbojd said that the SOTA name is being used nationally in other universities. She said that although the groups are not now affiliated with one another that time is coming. Newbold said that SOTA is the first group of its kind at UNC, and that it hopes to grow in both membership and activities in the future. Students interested in joining SOTA may call Newbold at 942-5506. IT TT UJi H 11 aTI oiisms CFnncJii eae sing nuv. inrie ffreslkmeii still in triples By DEBBIE MOOSE Staff Writer The campus housing crunch is beginning to ease slightly, but it may be seven to eight more weeks before all freshmen tripled in rooms meant for two or living in study rooms are moved to permanent housing. A total of 29 freshman women and 18 men have been moved out of triples and study rooms since last week. At that time, 79 freshman women were tripled and the Department of University Housing was expecting as many as 40 students to arrive for whom no housing arrangements have been made at all. Any of those students who did show up would be housed in .study rooms and lounges, said Peggy Gibbs, director for housing contracts. "..'- Only male students currently are housed in study rooms, Gibbs said, and they all will be relocated next week. All tripled women in James have been moved, along with some in Ehringhaus and Morrison. "It's going to be a long, hard pull on North Campus," Gibbs said. "We had freshmen walk in the day dorms opened and we had to put them somewhere. This year we are trying to relocate peppk m theame area-not move them from North to South campus," Gibbs said v : " ' The housing office received the list of no-shows and academically ineligible students from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions Monday. "There is a tentative number of 39 no-shows," Gibbs said. "Some of these might be there (on campus) but haven't picked up their keys or something. Some are academically ineligible, but that will have to be checked," she said. 9 9 1L As of Tuesday, men who want to move out of dorms will have to sell their housing contracts. Women will be allowed to cancel their contracts, forfeiting the $50 deposit, as long as spaces are needed for crowded freshman women. Gibbs said there has been no discussion recently of ending guaranteed spaces for freshmen to ease the yearly fall housing crunch. "We are bound by the (N.C.) legislature to house freshmen, and we have no control over that. 1 think freshmen need the support system residence halls offer to help with their adjustment to college life. 1 just wish we had more space," Gibbs said. Although dorms are crowded now, Gibbs said there always are a number of vacancies in the spring semester. She said 84 percent of students who applied for University housing got back into the dorms last year, and 90 per cent the year before. After the dorm lottery last spring, 600 students were on the waiting list for campus housing. Thirty still are on the waiting list. "The more vacancies we have, the higher rent will be," Gibbs said. "We try to keep occupancy as high as possible without crowding." In 1976, the first year a freshman class was made up of more women than men, the University. converted Jfcuffin from a men's., dorm to a women's dormrAycoek,wasieirgnatd forwomen the following year when female enrollment again increased. This year, some suites in James were, changed from male to female when 57 percent of incoming freshmen were female. "We'll have to wait and see. If no more than 55 percent (of freshmen) are women, we won't have to convert any more dorms. If it rises to 60 percent, we may have to convert some more spaces," Gibbs said. Xffe' K3d oil yon call Red Cross rib counting 9 Sink or swim survival test to graduate By RICHARD BARRON Staff ...iter For some freshmen in these early weeks, the required swim test can be as frightening as drop-add lines or that first Chem 1 1 test. Along with two semesters of physical education, all UNC undergraduates must pass a swimming test as part of the physical education requirement needed to graduate. "At first I was kind of scared," said one freshman in the Bowman Gray pool. "I didn't know what to expect; but I figured if everyone has to pass it, then it can't be too hard." The five-minute test consists of swimming 50 yards (two lengths of the pool) using any stroke. For the rest of the five minutes, one must swim, float or tread water. "Basically it's a survival test," said Marybell Avery, aquatics director. Rather than measure a person's ability to swim, Avery said the test measure one's ability to survive in the water. Although students can take the test as often as they wish until they pass, most pass on their fif st try. Avery estimated that of the 600 students who took the test the first day it was given this semester, .only about 10 failed. Avery said students , who fail are . encouraged to take beginner's swimming (PHYA 27). The test will be given in swimming classes and at other times throughout the school year. While it seems unlikely that after four years of school the swim test would prevent seniors from graduating, students who haven't passed the test are not forgotten. A grade of incomplete for the second semester physical education class is given to students who haven't passed the test. Students cannot graduate until this incomplete is made up. Still, there are ways around the requirement. If after two semesters of swimming class one still cannot pass the test, the athletic department will consider waiving the requirement, Avery said. Also, junior transfers with two courses in physical education are considered to have met the full physical education requirement, as spokesperson for the Arts and Sciences department said. But one sophomore had an idea of her own for passing the test. After taking the test, she said she was surprised that no identification was needed. "They didn't ask for any ID or anything," she said. "1 could have gotten my roommate to take the test for me." THIS WEEK'S MUSIC THURS. v Bluegrass Experience Mike Reid Torii Parks . (tickets on sale in advance) PCB Players Present Pinter's "The Collection" Monday Night Baseball on 10ft Video Screen John Hammond . (tickets on sale in aHuanrpi . FRI. & ; SAT. SUN. MON. TUES. & WED. 4C5 VV. Rosemary St. llMMl III 11 T.ONIGHT-ARROGANCE Students Only $1.00 With I. D. ARROGANCE-FRI. &" 'sAT'TITE SFPT 1 A 2 i 28 E. Franklin Si For more information coll 929-8276 CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR WITH YOUR FAVORITE WINES AND BEER! Party Beverage Store is the most complete party store in the area! Party Beverage Store has prices you can afford and is open 11:00 am to 1:00 am! . Party Beverage Store is close to campus 301 W. Franklin St., beside Roy Rogers 967-4535 Movf Open: i THE STITCH IN TIME ALTERATIONS, CUSTOM TAILORING and DESIGNING! 2S 133ft E .u 929-4826 Tues. - Frl 826- Je: 10-12, 1-6 Sat. 9-2 Seamstresses and Tailors needed full or part time. Call 929-4826 TONIGHT AT 9:00 ELLIOT'S NEST PRESENTS nTlTTTTTn 11 miVJifeJ free beverages from 8:00-9:00 112 S. GRAHAM STREET Pizza and other good things. DEEP-DISH SICILIAN PIZZA HAND-TOSSED ROUND PIZZA PASTA ITALIANO SUBMARINE, MEATBALL, STROMBOLLI AND OTHER SANDWICHES FRESH GARDEN AND CHEF SALADS SOFT DRINKS Delivery hours: Sunday Thursday 5 pm - 10:30 pm Friday - Thursday 5 pm. - midnight Sorry we can not deliver outside Chapel Hill Jo khs i For delivery call 942-8512 1703 Legion Rd. Chapel Hill across from Eastgate Sunday to Thursday 11 a.m.-ll p.m. Fridays & Saturday-11 a.m.-l a.m. irn?T tvi?w v Qirn vtpf. risiTR nniTPTOR y offf.r! fKOFF Any Large Deep Dish Sicilian or Hand-Tossed Round Pizza. Coupon Expires Sept. 3, 1978 Coupon cannot be used with any other coupon - . -l $8.90 Bf (Doesn't Cost Hn Arm Anil A Leg To Shop At Milton's European Fit Cotton Blend Dress Shirts Reg $20 Imported Woven Cotton Flannel Shirts Reg. $20 Washable acrylic Crew Neck Sveaters Reg. $20 Gingham Check Shirts Reg. $15 $8.90 Poly-blendflannels Vested Suits Wool Blazers Reg $150 Reg. $110 $6.90 54.91 This Is Only A Sample Of The Terrific Buys Awaiting You At Milton's uUl GL07HIHB GUPEI0AE3Q 163 E. Franklin St Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10-6:30 Phone Downtown Chapel Hill Sun. 1-4 063-4408 Also 616 S. Tryon St., Charlotte 1 I "Ti
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