The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, August 27, 19863
Residents resist rezomim
By MICHELLE EFIRD
Staff Writer
In a unanimous vote Monday
night. Chapel Hill Town Council
decided to continue working
toward a rational rezoning of
many residential neighborhoods
before hearing appeals from those
residents.
The rezoning is being done
because of a new land-use plan
adopted in May to help Chapel
Hill deal with its rapid population
growth.
The board must decide between
protecting Chapel Hill's tradition
ally large, one-residence lots and
allowing more dense housing than
in the past.
Homeowners in the Lake Forest
subdivision said they feared
increased construction in their
neighborhood when their old
zoning ordinance runs out in
December of 1987.
Most of the lots are on 26,000
to 30,000 square feet, according to
Hospital choppers fly to patients' rescue
By SHEILA SIMMONS
Staff Writer
Carolina Air Care, North Carol
ina Memorial Hospital's helicopter
rescue service, has been working very
well since its June 17 debut, Robert
Harrison, aeromedical coordinator
for NCMH, said yesterday.
The helicopter, which actually
went into operation in July, has
shuttled 64 victims between NCMH
and three or four dozen hospitals
within a 150-mile radius of Chapel
Class of '87 takes center stage
By JEAN LUTES
Staff Writer
All you unappreciated, burnt-out
seniors, get psyched. Your class
officers want to let everyone know
how great the members of the Class
of 1987 really are.
Increasing senior class identity
and giving seniors more recognition
will be the focus of this year's senior
class officers, according to David
Venable, senior class president.
Plans to reach those goals include:
"Senior 7 Information Day" to
recruit volunteers for the 13 senior
class committees; a senior week with
special activities for seniors; a career
fair; and several tentative social
events, Venable said.
"We've got several things
planned," he said. "We're trying to
give seniors the recognition they
deserve."
As part of Senior 7 Information
Day, senior class committee chair
men will be in the Pit Wednesday,
Sept. 3, to inform seniors of upcom
ing events and to recruit committee
members, Venable said.
"Well be giving out balloons and
getting seniors fired up about their
last year at Carolina," he said.
Also, copies of the senior class
newsletter, Connection '87, and
Pit to get bigger cube to cover
By TOM CAMP
Staff Writer
The blank space between the Pit
and the Student Union will soon be
filled with a new, improved "cube."
The old cube, which collapsed last
spring, will be replaced with a larger
model in about two weeks, according
to Ed Boehm, the cube's designer.
"We designed it so that each angle
between the panels was 120 degrees,"
Boehm said. "I think that will ensure
maximum area for advertising and
viewing."
The new cube will have 10 panels
for advertising, three of which will
be used exclusively by the Carolina
Union Activities Board. The remain
ing seven screens will be lent out on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Some students interviewed in the
Pit Tuesday said they missed the
cube.
"I was really offended by the
removal of the cube," said Sam Best,
a freshman physics major from
Florida. "When I first came here, I
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the homeowners association. As
planned, the zoning in that neigh
borhood would change in
December to R-l, the least dense
type of residential zoning, but
which requires only 17,000 square
feet per dwelling.
Residents fear that their lots,
many of which are more than
30,000 square feet, could be sub
divided under the new zoning laws.
They have proposed that 25,000
square feet instead of 17,000 be the
minimum for lots in that area.
But at the meeting, board
members decided not to grant a
public hearing yet on that
proposal.
The correct way to go about
rezoning is not to respond to every
request as it comes up, council
member David Godschalk said.
Council members agreed that
they needed to help these
homeowners, but since many
neighborhoods will be rezoned, it
might not be wise to hold individ
Hill, he said. It is expected to
transport 500 patients during its first
year.
"We are very pleased at the
progress, and have had more flights
than we anticipated," Harrison said.
The helicopter, a $1.5 million
Messerschmidt Bolkow Blohm, is
the fifth in the state and the fourth
addition to the N.C. Aero-Medical
Affiliation, a group of volunteers
who coordinate safety issues con
cerning emergency transport sys
senior identification stickers will be
distributed, and senior class T-shirts
will be sold.
"Seniors can put their senior
stickers on the back of their ID's to
get discounts at certain places and
to get into senior nights at bars," said
Jackie Jarvis, senior class secretary.
"We're trying to get a lot of
excitement for the senior class and
let people know what's happening,"
she said.
The senior class recognition com
mittee, new this year, will help
publicize the accomplishments of
seniors, Venable said.
"In the first newsletter, we
included a form students could send
in about outstanding seniors who
have done exceptional work for the
University or the community," he
said.
Other committees to be repres
ented in the Pit on the senior
information day include the class trip
committee, the commencement com
mittee and the social committee,
Venable said.
Margaret Barrett, social commit
tee chairman, said the possibilities
of senior study breaks, priority
seating for a night at Playmakers
Theatre, and a senior dinner concert
in the Great Hall with local enter
saw the cube as representing the
diversity of the University. Now
there's definitely a missing link."
Scott Bilbro, a sophomore chem
istry major, felt the cube's absence
was an injustice to students. "It's
destroying the spirit of free commun
ication," he said. "And they ought
to clean up this mess. It's just nasty."
Other students said they liked the
spattered paint marking the spot
where the cube used to stand.
"Well, you could say that this stuff
looks like a Jackson Polluck paint
ing," said Joan Weiss, a sophomore
from Lawrence, Kan. "Just put a
frame around it, and I think it would
be quite pretty."
Adam Hill, a junior from Mor
ganton, also expressed his approval.
"1 like it. It goes well with the modern
,art next to the Davis Library. The
only problem I see is if this kind of
thing continues, it could spread like
acne and leave blemishes on the face
of our University."
Other students felt the problem
DIOtOGICAtS
ual hearings for each one.
A joint public hearing of all
neighborhoods to be rezoned
might be better, members said.
Mayor James C. Wallace said
he thought holding a public hear
ing would be a good idea because
people could "provide valuable
insights and aid with subsequent
discussion on zoning."
But council member Julie
Andresen, while supporting the
public hearing idea, said there
needed to be definite action taken
now.
The matter of coming up with
a rational rezoning plan was
referred to the town manager for
further work and could be pres
ented again to the board in about
a month.
According to council member
Jonathan Howes, planning for the
rezoning could begin in as few as
60 days.
The last land-use plan was
adopted in 1977.
tems, Harrison said.
Asheville Memorial Mission Hos
pital plans to receive a helicopter in
September, making it the the fifth
addition to the affiliation, Harrison
said.
Duke's "Life Flight" will be the
only unaffiliated emergency trans
port helicopter in the state, he said.
It is hard to estimate how many
lives the chopper has saved by its
speedy transport, he said.
"Particularly in the neonatal area.
tainment have been discussed.
"We'll definitely be having a
couple of traditional senior nights at
He's Not Here," Barrett said.
"We're considering the possibility
of a senior class formal, since it's
never been done before, but that's
only in the investigative process," she
said.
Venable said a senior week for
Sept. 22-26 is being planned, but no
specific activities have been set up
yet. "We're planning senior nights at
various establishments downtown,"
he said. Another senior week will be
planned for spring.
A career fair in October, co
sponsored by the Career Planning
and Placement Center in Hanes Hall,
will include about 80 representatives
from companies and corporations,
Venable said. All students will be
able to ask questions and get infor
mation about career opportunities,
he said.
"It's not a resume drop or inter
view set-up, but a lot of information
about the companies will be distrib
uted," he said.
Jarvis said she was excited about
the year and confident that the
officers could meet the challenge
ahead. "We really have a great group
of people here," she said, "and we
know what we have to do."
old paint spot
was more serious and that the paint
should be cleaned up.
"It's pretty bad," said Mark Shea,
a first-year graduate from Raleigh.
"Why do people do things like this?
People might start painting on the
buildings."
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By MITRA LOTFI
Staff Writer
"When the DJ slipped and said
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we knew it was time for a change,"
said Jeff Pierce, manager of Rascal's
at 159 12 Franklin Street.
So change it will. As of Sept. 1,
not only will the name of this bar
switch back to Purdy's, but many
policy changes will occur as well.
Certainly the most interesting will
be the selling of memberships to
anyone over 18, not just people of
legal drinking age.
The legal age to consume alcohol
rises to 21 as of Sept. 1.
"Underage people will need some
place to go, to dance, to socialize,"
said Pierce.
"We're going to try this out and
see what happens."
Pierce said he is aware it could
get very difficult keeping underage
members from drinking, especially
on crowded nights with discount
drink specials.
it is vitally important to get victims
to the operating table as soon as
possible," he said. "There are some
victims who may not have survived
without the speed of the helicopter."
In three situations, the emergency
team had to respond to calls from
rescue squads at accident scenes,
Harrison said.
For the 12 years before NCMH
received the aircraft, it relied on the
Military Assistance Safety Trans
port program to get emergency
victims to the hospital. Ground
transportation was also used.
The hospital pays a fixed fee of
$42,000 a month for the aircraft, plus
$500 for each hour the aircraft is in
operation, Harrison said.
Expenses for the flights are par
tially paid by the hospital's general
operating funds, and patients are
billed for the remainder, he said.
"We receive no state appropria
tions or donations," he said.
The 24-hour emergency transport
system is staffed by three pilots, a
14-member team of nurses and
paramedics for adult care, and a 14
member neonatal and pediatric care
team, Harrison said.
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