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Thursday. December 2, 1982The Daily Tar Heel5 omaeni 'sooe. n own By KIM MORRISON Staff Writer When Barbara Jo White, received a homemade postcard from, a '.friend at home, she had no idea that two years later it would be an inspiration for her to start a business. White, a junior botany- , journalism major from Cary, N.C., is currently making plans to print and market the postcards, which are a satirical look at Carolina. White said she got the idea late one night when she started thinking about her friend's postcard. It was drawn on an in dex card and was a picture of a person standing on a deserted island with a shark fin in the water. The caption read, "Hav ing a great time, wish you were here." The cards, which are geared toward college students, will show various scenes around Carolina and have a satirical vacation phrase written on them. She said, "The lines are making college look like a vacation, but it's no vacation." Man Harwell, a freshman from Anaheim, Calif., is taking the photographs, which will help cut costs, but White said that the venture is more for fun, rather than money! "I just love the idea, I think there's a need for it," she added. White said she hopes to have her cards ready for sale next semester and may do a corioc rf iv-ctoirHc that will Vv cnlfi at Duke or State. But, she said, she wants to wait and see how well they sell at Carolina. White said she wants them to be "a post card that everyone can relate to. College is not just a glossy picture of the Bell Tower," she said. Starting a business at Carolina may sound like an awesome task for students, but some have still managed to begin one on a small scale. Pat Beard, a senior RTVMP major, also started a business that took little initial capital. Beard operates Lou's Tunes, which provides disc jockey services for parties around Chapel Hill. Beard began this service while he was a student at Appalachian State University, to help supplement his summer income. He plays at parties about once a week and averages $500 a semester, before ex penses. He said he may continue the work part-time after graduation. For students like White and Beard, who have businesses based on their own talents, getting started doesn't involve a lot of outside technicalities. White said getting her ideas copyrighted was the most difficult thing about starting her business. Aside from that, she said, get ting started, simply required paying $25 for a merchant's license, a wholesale license, and copyright fees. Beard agreed that starting a business has not been too difficult. "It's an ex perimental thing for me,", he said. He also said that there have not been a lot of outside operating costs, because he does not need a permit and most of his adver tising has been by word of mouth. "It's no big deal," he said, "I just play music for some money." For students who want to open actual businesses, getting started can involve a little more work and a lot more risk. Steve Cook, a second-year student work ing on his Masters in Business Ad niinistratioh said, the most difficult thing is finding the capital needed to open a business. "Most students take advantage of the fact that they can do something well and provide a service," he said. He also said it was difficult for a student to get financial backing from a bank, because they were considered too high a risk. "Often students are forced to get the money on their own," he said, "that's why it's such an accomplishment when a student gets something going." Several faculty members of the UNC School of Business Administration said they see both pros and cons to a student opening his own business while still in col lege. John Walker, assistant dean in the business school, said that he felt that opening a business was a very important and worthwhile thing to do. "The ex perience that a student can get by opening a business is about as close as he can come at his age to being a president or chief executive of a large business. I think it's a great idea," he said. "I can see some advantages and some disadvantages to a student opening his own business" Gary Armstrong, an associate professor at UNC, said. He said thatlihe- experience a student would gain would be helpful, but that he should not let it interfere with his studying. Jane Kirkland, an adviser in UNC's business school, said she felt that opening a business was a good experience if a stu dent had enough time for his studies. "I knew a student that got so involved with his business that he had to drop put of school. I think it's a good idea if it still leaves time for their studying; if not, it's like putting the cart before the horse," r Each of thaaa atfvartfaad Hams to raqutrad to bo raaoYry avaUabta for sala J bolow tha advartJsad prtc In aach AAP Star, aicapt at aeactflcalry notad s w bus ao. PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SAT, DEC. 4 AT A&P IN CHAPEL HILL & CARRBORO ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE NOT AVAILALBE TO OTHER RETAIL DEALERS OR WHOLESALERS 750 Airport Rd Chapel Hill 1722 Chapel Hill-Durham Blvd. Chapel Hill 607 W. Main St. Carrboro llu'lH.Ui"H' )H. 5 ' ' Jj y i j ... : . W . ' I ' i J ll il : II It I U 3 s. . -.'la II ji it Jt... . i J I ii,V" . 11 y . - F. -J I I BetannoaDae.4,arta A 4 a J I ator 1 MaaiaaaaaaHMaHHHMWMMMMMM Business makes joke postcards ... students show financial gusto she said. Although students with their own businesses are still few in number at Carolina, jCook said he has noticed a growing interest among students in his classes to someday have their own business. Cook has started an organiza tion called the Enterprise Group where students meet and discuss their ideas about possible businesses. The meetings are open to any undergraduate who would like to talk to other business students without fear of having his idea stolen. Between nom and Dae. 4, w rt raoawn a national manutactur' ara cants-off coupon up to 50 for doubia It valua. Ottar good on national manufacturers' cants-off coupons only. (Food rvUllw coupons not accepted.) Customer must purchcee cou pon product tn specified sire. Expired coupons will not be honored. One coupon par cus tomer per Hem. No coupons ac cepted for frea merchandise. Offer does not apply to A&P or other store coupons whether manufacturer Is mentioned or not When the value of the cou pon exceeds 50 or the reUH of the Item, this offer la limited to the retail price. - i UIIB aakh.af aaaa aafcaa faaM CI& cfw Manufacturers' "Conts-Off" Coupons from yourmaM, newspapers and magazines . . . then bring them to your AP Food Store! $srtes era Crest tertA A&P's CVmrLE S'illS CClPCumSl ' MFCS MFC MP AOOCO TOTAL COUPON coupon -cErTOF -cewtsopf" otp COUPON A 25 25 SO COUPON B 18 18 36 COUPON C SO 50 $1.00 COUPON PI 75 I 25 I $1.0() A&P QUALITY HEAVY WESTERN GRAIN FED BEEF Cut Free! rail:! WAUm a 3 : r) 0 Program tries to improve racial relations 20-26 lb. avg. lb. By KYLE MARSHALL Staff Writer An area of concern among black students at UNC is how they are accepted in classes taught by white instruct ors, according to students of the Black-White Dialogue this semester. "The whole point of the dialogue is to make people teaching courses sensitive to the problems blacks have at UNC," said mathematics professor William H. Graves, one of the group's coordinators. Almost 30 students were participating in the dialogue this semester, Graves said. The group, which consists mainly of black students, holds discussion sessions with, instructors from several UNC academic departments to offer suggestions, complaints and criticisms. Graves said the group was- currently working with the faculty and staff of the Department of Romance Languages, and would hold further sessions with a dif ferent department soon. "Blacks have the expectation that UNC is perhaps a lit tle different from other predominantly white institutions because itV liberal Md rtbre tolerant ofrace," he said. "But blacks do run into race problems here. Greater ad- justments must be made by black students than by whites." One suggestion offered by students in the dialogue was for professors to make their black students feel welcome during office hours, Graves said. "The group also tells faculty that it's all right to talk about race, as long as it's done with sensitivity," he said. "We're not saying instructors should favor black students," Graves said. "We're saying blacks should be given an equal chance." Joyce Clayton, assistant dean of the General College, coordinates the dialogue along with Graves. She said pro fessors often give specific examples of classroom situa tions involving blacks and race relations. "Students respond with the way they think the situation should have been handled," she said. "And it's not purely negative. There is an emphasis on the positive ways in structors handle their classes, as well as on the negative." Clayton said it was difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of the dialogue. "But we do know of instances where students have seen improvements in classroom situations." , . OTietudem4pmticipating in theBiack-WhitrDialogue,-Cassahdra Thomas, a senior from Fayetteville, said pro- fessors' handling of race relations had a significant impact on minority students. . . . "Most professors have not had to deal with minorities and race relations all their lives," she said. "One thing we point out to them is that the obvious thing about blacks is their color. "I see some progress, but you always run into people who deny that there's any sort of problem with'race rela tions," Thomas said. "The progress comes when faculty who attend the dialogue jsessions go back to their depart ments and relate what we discuss with them to the other instructors in the department." The Black-White Dialogue was begun four years ago in the College of Arts and Sciences by Dean Samuel R. Williamson, Graves said. Since then, the dialogue has ex panded outside the College of Arts and Sciences and has become more campus-wide, he said. "One improvement is that the University administra tion is becoming more involved," Graves said. "Chancellor (Christopher C.) Fordham (III) and Vice Chancellor (Harold G.) Wallace have each attended one or two sessions, so the administration is taking an interest ThwTiaTwearT I U.S.D.A. INSPECTED FRESH 8 lbs. or more A&P QUALITY FRESHLY Willi &jo!i . H 3 lbs. or more GOLDEN YELLOW RIPE READY TO EAT SfiESMESSS 7 (o)(o$ Executive bran ch undergoes facelift i it By USA PULLEN 1 Staff Writer Student Government's executive branch is undergoing a minor facelift with recent appointments and resigna tions. Student Body President Mike Van denbergh's executive assistant's Donald Beeson and Jon Reckford have resigned their posts, as has Food Services and Health Affairs Committee Chairperson Kevin Monroe. Beeson plans to graduate later this month, while both Reckford, a junior English and political science major from Chapel Hill, and Monroe, a junior political science major from Spring Lake, are expected to run for student body president next spring. Filling the vacancies in the executive assistant posts are Terry Bowman, a sophomore English and political science major from Winston-Salem, and Charlotte Fischer, a senior business ma jor from Slidell, La. Both Bowman and Fischer are former committee chairpersons in the Variden bergh cabinet. Bowman oversaw the T Parking and Transportation Committee while Fischer headed the Scholarships, Financial Aid and Student Stories Com mittee. "Both of them have been very effec tive in their roles as cabinet chairs," Vandenbergh said of the appointments. "In addition, I was looking for people in the executive branch to promote to maintain continuity." Replacing Bowman as head of the Parking and Transportation Committee is Wayne Boyette, a junior history and political science major from Wilson. Boyette is a former Parking and Trans portation Committee member. . The Financial Aid, Scholarship and Student Stores- Committee has been divided into three parts, with a chairper son for each. Sophomore Jeff Parsons will oversee financial . aid issues, freshman Susy" Adler will be in charge of scholarships, sppfiomore Carol Mulholland will be in charge of tex book orders. in Former duties of Reckford and Beeson have been assumed by Bowman and Fischer, witnisome. changes. Bowman will oversee tficademic Ad vising and Parking and transportation committees, as wejuAs serve in Reckford's former positibff as liaison to the Campus Goveniing Council. v 4- - v J Mike Vandenbergh Fischer will supervise the Scholar ship, Financial Aid and Student Stores Committee, Food Service and Health Affairs Committee and Housing Com mittee and will oversee plans for Chapel Thrill. The Educational Policy and Academic Procedures committees have shifted to Executive Assistant Tony Lathrop, and the State and National Committee and the Chancellors Com mittees have been shifted to Executive Assistant Melanie Wilson. Executive Assistant Leslie Takahashi, in charge of publicity and student services, has been named chief of staff. Thief gets wrong medical school exam By MARK STINNEFORD Staff Writer At the time, it may have seemed the perfect heist, but an exam thief at the UNC School of Medicine apparently made off with the wrong test. Portions of a National Board of Medical Examiners (Part II) Examination are believed to have been stolen from a locked filing cabinet in a medical school office in late September. But the material was from a "retired" edition of the test one no longer used by NBME said Frank Stritter, director of the office of educational research and development for health professions at UNC. The University serves as a regional testing center for the NBME exam, which is used by North Caroina and most other states to certify doctors to practice medicine, Stritter said. Because the exam was given at about the same time as the theft, the culprit may have thought he was getting an advance copy of the test, he said. 5 "Most people don't know that there's a difference between a retired test and one that's still in use. But we don't even see a copy of the exam until the day it's actually given. "Whoever took it probably thought they were getting something a lot more current than it was," Stritter said. The University, like many other schools, purchases retired edi tions of the test from NBME to use as comprehensive examina tions for medical students, Stritter said. However, the material that was stolen was believed to be from an exam given to third year students last spring and was only on hand for reference pur poses for the faculty. University police have been investigating the theft since it was reported on Oct. 1, said.Sgt. Robert Porreca, of the University police. There was no evidence the exam was gained through forcible entry, Stritter said. "We haven't got a clue how it happened," he said. "But the exam was in an ordinary locking filing cabinet that's not that hard to get into. You might be able to use a paper clip or credit card to do it." ; The medical school has since upgraded its security procedures for storing testing materials, Stritter said. Because NBME previously approved the medical school's security precautions, it is unlikely to take severe punitive measures against UNC for the theft, Stritter said. While the thief may have been "helped in a general way" by stealing part of an old exam, no specific questions from the retired edition will appear on a future NBME exam, Stritter said. GIVE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. J I New magazine lets students meet through ads By JIM YARDLEY Staff Writer Are you looking to meet an easygoing, good-natured person who is interested in hiking and music and who likes to eat baked apple dumplings? If so, then College Students Magazine may have the perfect match. College Students Magazine is a new monthly publication designed to allow students from various colleges to meet each other through personal ads, ac cording to its founders. Nelson Adams, the founder of the publication, said he saw the magazine as a great chance for students "to meet peo ple from their area as well as people from ' different areas." Adams, who graduated from San Diego State University this year with an MBA, got the idea for College Students Magazine when he saw the success of a similar personal ads magazine named IN TRO. INTRO, which is based on the West Coast, has helped more than 170,000 peo ple meet each other in the last two years, Adams said. "INTRO magazine had been a success and it was marketed toward an older age group," he said. "I felt it could be suc cessfully marketed to college students." Working out of his home in Cary, Adams is a onei-rhjtn corporation. So far, responses have :Jbeei limited, but Adams still remains verxoptimistic. , "I have put $2,000 into advertising and " I expect to break even after the first month and then to begin showing a pro fit," Adams said. The first issue is. coming out in December, and Adams is offering a special introductory offer of $5 for an ad of 120 words or less. The magazine itself costs $3 and it will only be sent to students who have placed ads in the magazine. UNC is not the only university toward . which Adams is marketing his magazine. Other major universities that the magazine will reach include the Univer sities of Florida, Texas and Virginia as well as Duke University and North Carolina State University. After the . magazine gets off the ground, Adams said he hoped to expand it into more than just a personal advertis ing magazine. "Eventually, I want to include articles that are interesting to college students," he said. "I would like to include pieces on sports, careers, movies and albums along with many other things. It will be something that people will enjoy reading." Anyone interested should write College Students Magazine, P.O. Box 6000, Chapel Hill for more information. 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