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The Daily Tar HeelMonday, April 22. 19853 tttls leaves Co'rancfil foir n"n s - interns tto wirntt veair By DAWN BRAZELL Staff Writer Walking down the second floor of Greenlaw, all the bare brown doors look the same. All that is, except for door 230. where cartoons, poems, messages, announcements and the gold initials D.B. cover the door. The D.B. stands for English Professor Doris Betts and the covered door symbolizes the busy life she leads as teacher, writer and former faculty chairwoman. But for Betts, it is now time for a break. George Kennedy, professor of classics, has succeeded Betts as faculty chairman and Betts will be leaving teaching as she goes on sabbatical leave for a year. When asked how she felt about the free time, Betts leaned back in her chair, kicked up her feet and gave a long sigh. "Whew. Ill be sort of relieved. It's been a good experience but I'm ready to do some writing. "What IVe found as faculty chairman while continuing to teach writing courses, which take up a lot of time, is that IVe had no real time to read or think about anything except something that was due tomorrow," she said. Betts said she wanted to work on two novels and a textbook during her free time, and catch up on some fun reading. '"You can't keep writing and teaching without feeding the soul," she said. Relief comes from her desire to write, though, and not from dissatifaction from either of her other jobs. Being faculty chairperson brought many rewards, she said. "1 have enjoyed it more than I anticipated." Betts said she became involved with the Faculty Council because she liked understanding how the system worked and getting involved. "I never just wanted to ride along in the boat. I always wanted to steer some." Steering through the University waters was a little different from what Betts expected, though. "I thought at last I would see behind the scenes and learn how hings are really done. And when I saw behind the scenes, what is behind this committee is another committee." Her advice to Kennedy, she said, would be to pick some issues to concentrate on that can be resolved. "Things I picked to fuss about are mostly things in which there are no easy solutions." Some of the issues Betts chose were the role of athletics on campus, parking and minority goals. Concerning athletics, Betts said that she was happy with the attention and questions that are now being focused on the issue. Betts has voiced strong views during the year on the primary role academics should play over athletics. Betts said she was not happy with progress in the hiring and retention of women faculty members at the University. "We're not making a lot of progress, and that's frustrating," she said, and added that she hoped more aggressive efforts would be made in this area. Concerning finding a resolution to the few parking spaces available for faculty, Betts laughed. "When I am an old lady, they'll roll my wheelchair to what used to be Kenan Stadium and they will dedicate the Doris Betts parking lot. Of course by then, IH be an ancient old crone and I probably won't even understand what is going on," she added. Despite the frustration of seeing few big problems resolved, Betts said she was now more optimistic than she was before. "I have a better sense of the University as a whole and how it fits into the state and a little broader view of the next 10 to 20 years." One thing that she said she would miss most next year when absent from Faculty Council meetings was the interaction with other faculty members. "It's very easy in a University this size to just be part of your own department vonr own ri,v:i: n -hr nid, nnd added that she had met some very interesting and bright people who helped her to see the forest as well as the trees! Overall, the Council has not had to face many controversial issues during the past year and this was disappointing, Betts said. "I was here during the '60s, and there is something really exciting about taking public stands and feeling you can alter something .... I feel like I've had an Eisenhower administration," she added, laughing. Excitement is kept high in her classes, though, and Betts said she really would miss teaching. ' Teaching creative writing courses and contemporary literature, Betts said she received the type of students usually from different majors who wanted to take the course because they were interested. "I think I have the best students in the University." Taking a break from the University will give Betts time to read, write and enjoy life on her farm. To get to her lllli: A I S3 ' mmmmmmmmm it mmm V' x i ' if' ' ' : ' v f V. .V- - 'Mir .f A ft J - - I ' " I I ' ' , v V m DTH Elizabeth Lamm Professor Doris Betts relaxes in her office and discusses plans to write two novels and a textbook. home she drives through a green tunnel of woods that hides from the other," she added. the highway and other homes. This is her secret hideaway Betts said she saw herself as a writer and would use her where Betts keeps her horses, 15 cats, 2 dogs, garden and sabbatical leave as an escape to replenish her spirit and catch library. up on her writing. ri A-ce a -i w u ; "I'm just getting older," Betts said, "and I have a sense S '.ffrf tWrldt and VZtrl - that if I don't get my books written soon, I won't get them me, the child that likes to go to grandma s farm . . . written at all. Nobody else is going to write my books. They'll "It's good to have two halves of a life. One is an escape write books, but not mine." Madiey urges Macks to loin campus activities By TOM CONLON Staff Writer UNC Rhodes Scholar Robyn Hadley shared her experiences of four years at tb"! University and urged people to believe in themselves Friday night. Hadley gave the keynote address at the Recognition Ceremony for Aca demic Performance and Meritorious Service which honored 86 UNC minor ity students. She spoke before about 450 people at the Hanes Art Center Auditorium. Recently selected for a Rhodes Scholarship entitling her to study at London's Oxford University for two years, Hadley is a Morehead Scholar and has played on the UNC women's varsity basketball team. She has also been an executive assistant in Student Government, a member of the North Carolina Fellows Program and a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Hadleyr-describedtheNeexpe-f rience for black students" as one Where they should paint their family portraits, covering the things they have done, the contacts they have made and remem bering the special unity of those involved in their lives. "I hope we can paint our family portraits . . . ," she said. "Putjyourself in the middle and ask yourself, 'What kinds of things did I do in high school? What things did I bring with me to college? What have 1 done at UNC "Our family is like a bind. It's the bind that links your true family. And it's the extended family we're talking about. "Some of our smarter people and people I know never went to college," she said. "My grandparents taught me a lot about life. They taught me that you have to go there to know there. In that process, you have to go to God and then find out about living for yourself." Hadley urged blacks to join activities at UNC and to follow through at graduation by joining the General Alumni Association. "Success is a journey, not a destination," she said. "Blacks and minority alumni are growing in number. We can make an impact on UNC by being active on campus and later through the General Alumni Association. "Look at the professors, white and black . .. janitors :and cooks. . .".'All have made an impact and are a part of this University's history," she said. "I think it's important wherever you are to give something back, whether it is to the University or service when you go back to your hometown." Hadley described family support, citing her first three weeks at UNC as a freshman. "I had only been at Carolina a few weeks and was intimidated by my peers and just the sheer size of the University," she said. "I called Mom at $500 prize in Union talent show Students will have a chance to compete for $500 in a talent show in the Great Hall of the Student Union 8 p.m. Tuesday. In its third year at UNC, the talent show Starbound is being sponsored by American, Express and the Carolina Union. About 12 acts will perform in the show. . First and second place prizes are $500 and $100, respectively, in travelers Checks. Third place winners will receive "Be My Guest" certificates redeemable at any restaurant honoring the Amer ican Express Card. Admission to the show is free. Students seeking further information about Starbound should contact Bill Wilson or go to the information desk in the Student Union. 3 8S J lo-T 37 v.. Avoid the Jottery blues. Apply now! All apartments on the bus line to UNC. Fantastic Social Program Call today for full information 967-2231 or 967-2234. In North Carolina call toll-free 1-800-672-1678 Nationwide, call toll-free 1-ftnn-334-1656 ,M, I, i mm i mim mm m m n ur i -a g m , jra, Sponsored by the Carolina Union Social Committee FREE in Great Hall April 23, 8 p.m. Beer and wine permitted with proof of age. 1st $500 Prizes 2nd-$100 3rd $ 50 TO ATS 1A MXERBREA! OFTUR Served with dressing, a Chapel Hill cranberry sauce ana Tradition Since 1942 choice of 3 vegetables NOW OPEN AXX DAY 11 am to 8 pm Downtown Chapel Hill 942-2171 2 a.m. and told her I just wanted to come home, forget about basketball, didn't want to be a Morehead Scholar, everything. She told me to get some sleep and in the morning write up a list of things I couldn't do and then call her back. And I felt much better after that and realized I could do a lot of things." Friends and enemies also play an important role in the family portrait, Hadley said. "Your enemies can make you do things you never thought you could do," she said. "When you take these people away, you become very vulnerable, and it's easy to fail," she said. "At the end of my freshman year, I had gotten com pletely packed, landed my Dallas internship and was just crossing the street from Morrison Dorm to Hinton James happy as a lark when a carload of four white men drove by and screamed 'nigger.'. . . There are times when you have to believe in yourself and realize you have it up there, and I needed that support after that incident. Following Hadley 's speech, 86 black students who have maintained a 3.0 academic average this year received certificates from Hayden Renwick, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Minority advisor certif icates and special awards were also presented, and Chancellor Christopher C. Fordham III provided closing remarks. Campus Y holds Ribbon Day The Campus Y will sponsor Rib bon Day Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to decorate a piece of muslin cloth by portraying what they would most hate to lose in the event of a nuclear war. The UNC ribbon will become part of a larger one made up of cloth pieces from every state in the nation. Thousands will gather to tie it around the Pentagon on August 4, the Sunday before the 40th anniver sary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Interested students should gather in the Pit Tuesday to decorate the ribbon. Cloth, markers, thread and other materials will be available, and the Campus Y urges students to bring items from home, such as photographs, artwork and pieces of clothing to make personal contribu tions to the ribbon. CGC from page 1 "Student funds are more designed to go to organizations on campus. This doesn't have that much to do with campus," he said. 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