iS-.'c. Shoft'tor $2 andwatch,'" ; SAP piofe squeeze unc vs uva Low 35 Hicih 49 m m n fi s n sphXocoo,lows main hospojahzed -page2 - - on congress -Pages " mmtSp Copyright 1987 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 94, Issue 122 No elbow By MITRA LOTFI Staff Writer According to Chapel Hill's December demographic report, by the year 2025 all the developable land to which Chapel Hill extends water and sewer services will be developed. That area is bordered by 1-40 to the north and N.C. 54 and Morgan Creek to the south. Also by 2025, Chapel Hill's pop ; ulation w ill have more than doubled the 1985 figure of 38.454 people, the report predicts. The fastest growth is expected between now and 2000. And by 2000, the only available land will be pieces that aren't easily suited for development, such as steep hills, so it will take extra time and money for projects to occur, said Arthur Jackson, a member of the MlM to take chair From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON - Sen. Jesse Helms, a bulwark of the right wing of North Carolina politics, Tuesday ousted moderate Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana as ranking Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Helms' 24-17 victory in secret balloting by members of the Senate Republican Caucus was widely interpreted by Republican senators as a vote to ensure the preservation of the Senate's seniority system rather than as an ideological decision. Moments after the vote, the Senate approved a resolution seating the ranking members of Senate committees, a step that ratified the action oi the GOP caucus. Helms, 65, referring to what he says is a bias against him by the members of the news media, emerged fromm the conference room in the Capitol and told a crowd of reporters: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, folks, but you lost." The GOP members of the Foreign Relations Committee had voted 7 0 on Jan. 6 to retain Lugar, 54, as the panel's senior Republican voice. Lugar had served as chairman of the committee for the last two years while the Senate was under Repub lican control. Helms was elected to the Senate in 1972 and Lugar was elected in 1976. Both were named to the Foreign Relations Committee on the same day. Computers go on fritz You are not reading the issue of The Daily Tar Heel that the staff originally planned to publish. About 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the DTH's computer sys tem crashed and burned. It was another three and half hours before the staff could resume working on the terminals. As a result, , this issue was necessarily shrunk from eight pages to six. That's why this issue reads more like an ad circular than the DTH the same number of ads are squeezed into two fewer pages. But hey, what do you expect for free? Gunter announces candidacy for SBP By JEAN LUTES Assistant University Editor Mark Gunter, a junior political science and economics major from Fuquay-Varina, has announced his candidacy for student body president. Gunter said this is the year for change at UNC, with projects like the new parking deck and the proposed drop-add system for 1988, and he wants to be the leader that initiates cooperation among stu dents, student government and the administration. "I've lived 40 minutes away from Chapel Hill all my life," Gunter said. "I think I'm in touch with what room to Growth and Development Monday: Housing picture Tuesday: A changing image D Wednesday: Planned growth Thursday: Side effects Friday. Goodbye, village town's planning staff. Chapel Hill's density is now 3.6 persons per acre, just behind Raleigh as the densest community in the Triangle area. So, where are the expected 1,000 Door jammin9 ill ..i : ,3:., ii-h " i s . - - vW I-.' f i i s N:; v" s - v a J v! 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Gunter said assigning a group of upperclassmen to work with General College advisers and putting pres sure on the Carolina Athletic Asso ciation to adopt a consistent ticket distribution policy would be central concerns for him as student body president. "Students could help the advisers with their tremendous workload," he Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Wednesday, January 21, 1987 ffMtmure for Southern pairtt off Heaven new people each year going to go? And what condition will this area, which already faces traffic problems and a shortage of affordable hous ing, be in by the year 2025? These questions are uppermost in the minds of officials who are trying to bridle the town's galloping growth rate. Managing the influx "The local governments in the area are going to have to find ways of coping with the growth," said Jon athan Howes, a Town Councilman and director of UNC's Center for Urban and Regional Studies. With 75 percent of the economy based on services and government, Chapel Hill's revenues are constant, and this stability also promotes system in the which is in the said. "The upperclassmen have taken the classes before, the advisers haven't." And the ticket distribution policy has been changed too many times, Gunter said. "If they say it's going to be a totally random system, it should be totally random," he said. "I called the ticket office and they told me they gave the best 5,000 seats out early in the morning." . Gunter also wants to set up a student committee to serve as a liaison between the town and student government. "After the Franklin Street problem earlier this year (the See GUNTER page 2 The computer is a moron. Peter Drucker Chapel Hill, North Carolina growth. And since most of the jobs to be created in the next decades will be in knowledge and service fields, the economy is not likely to change. Vulnerable economies based on industry and manufacturing do not provide a sound foundation for development, according to the report. By the end of this year, the town hopes to decide how fast Chapel Hill should grow in the future and what methods to use to achieve that growth rate, Jackson said. Most commonly, a town will reduce its zoning densities to hold back the number of people coming in. "We need to re-assess the impact of current development and see how DTH Charlotte Cannon main door of Wilson Library, last stages of renovation. ::;Ki;i:i-. Mm. r : K J Mark Gunter li MS' 3t that fits into the history of Chapel Hill and its patterns of growth," Jackson said. "Chapel Hill is not growing as fast as it did in the 60s, but the impact seems to be more severe now." Inadequate roadways and the drought of 1986 both have magnified the problems related to rapid development. "We're already straining our resources at this point," Jackson said. "We need to have some guidelines; even if the current boom should stop tomorrow, the long-range planning needs to be done as soon as possibles Some of the town's public services have already been enlarged. "We're breaking ground for a new reservoir at Cain Creek this month, dkamfli villagers oWect to plani By TOM CAMP Staff Writer and JO FLEISCHER Assistant University Editor Residents of Odum Village, a married-student housing complex on campus, called for the development of "permanent opposition" Tuesday to a Rams' Club proposal that could route post-game traffic from the Smith Center through their neighborhood. The proposal, done by a private consulting, firm hired by The Edu cational Foundation (more com monly known as the Rams' Club), was part of an August report aimed at easing fans' exits from the Smith Center after games. Odum residents oppose the plan because they want to preserve a safe and peaceful environment for their children, residents said at the Odum Village Board of Alderman meeting Tuesday night. "1 am concerned for the neighbor hood children if all the traffic comes through here," said Elizabeth Zapata of 306 Mason Farm Road, one of about 20 Odum residents at the meeting. "I don't have a child yet, but 1 live right next to the playground. Brady chooses to run a second time for SBP By JEAN LUTES Assistant University Editor David Brady, a junior political science major from Rocky Mount, has announced his candidacy for student body president. If elected, Brady said he wants to improve student life and make UNC fun for students to attend. "We need to have a president who's going to worry about students' concerns, no matter how big or small," he said. Getting students better seats in the Smith Center and organizing all campus parties and pep rallies would be priorities for Brady. "It's supposed to be the Student Activites Center," Brady said. "It's not the Student Activities Center in row X. I was in the nosebleed section for the State game." Brady said Student Government can work within constraints on prac tical ideas. "You can't demand things from the Educational Foundation," he said. "But we can sit down and talk to them." Most students never come in con tact with Student Government, Brady said. Activities like all-campus parties can bring Student Govern ment into every student's life, he said. "We need to get out and listen to people," he said. "I'm a very good people listener and a very good organizer. That's all you need for leadership." The theme of Brady's campaign is "Students," he said. "We need to get out and ask people what's on their minds, and have people willing to go out to dorms every week and ask questions." Brady, who ran for student body president last year and was defeated by then-sophomore Bryan Hassel in News Sports Arts 962-0245 BusinessAdvertising 962-1163 we've expanded the sewer treatment plant and we've added staff to our recreation program," said David Godschalk, Town Councilman and UNC professor of city and regional planning. Unfortunately, inflation of land prices and property taxes has accom panied Chapel Hill's growth. "It is difficult for people with even medium incomes to find affordable housing in Chapel Hill," Jackson said. The town's objective is to keep the feeling of a small community as it continues to grow. "Chapel Hill's approach has been to define an area and say, 'this is as far as well go,' " Howes said. See CHAPEL HILL page 2 "Also, 1 don't think saving 30 minutes out of a parking lot is worth a few privileged individuals bene fiting (from paving new streets through Odum Village)," she said. The Board of Aldermen called for "immediate action" against the Rams' Club proposal to build "spe cial event -bac-door driveways" from one of the three main Smith Center lots (the F Lot, the Green Lot and the FR Lot). In the meeting, residents divided into two "action" committees one to write a position letter to University administrators, members of Univer sity professional schools and Rams' Club members, and another that will circulate a petition around the 306 Odum Village apartments. The Educational Foundation's report, "Traffic Ingress-Egress, Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center," suggested two possible exit routes that would require that traffic be moved out of the F Lot to Branson Street, a two-way road. Incoming traffic will probably be blocked off, residents say, which would leave them unable to get to their houses for an hour after See ALDERMEN page 2 1 -. David Brady Elections 1987 a run-off election, said being away from Student Government for a year has taught him that just putting up signs in residence halls about pro grams doesnt make a difference. "When you're in Suite C (the Student Government office), you're inside and you think that's the most important," Brady said. "But it's not." Promoting a more lenient alcohol policy in residence halls, lowering the cost of copying in the campus libraries and ensuring that students wil be able to use the new South Campus parking deck are goals for Brady. "The average guy at Carolina rarely sees benefit from Student See BRADY page 2 I H i V ;ky: - 9 i

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