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Lc"b:c;n' UNCJa .'.'Hail Miry' 4. a moral. STfS Higw11.; the Commoini-page3. ootrage?-page4; Noi-5?m. Copyright 1987 The Daily Tar Heel Volume 95, Issue 24 ,- - . xT , tN . r :&. .S -.- UjHffik-- 5..1 ;ltifcS5?St?l 4 si -O - itei u(($tn : -v a Raysing a tan Brad Baker, a junior political science major from Concord, tries to soak up some rays with Todd Freeland, a junior economics major Composers' league plans By ROB SHERMAN Staff Writer The Southeastern Composers' League will hold its 1987 Forum this weekend on the UNC campus and will host three concerts of contem porary, recently-composed chamber music. Regional composers will come to hear the music of their peers, perform their own music or have it performed by others and discover how their music affects the audience. iffnininiff Ordinance outlaws several town business signs By ROBERT KEEFE Staff Writer The sign advertising Bill Barker's Auto Sales has to come down, even though it stands in front of his own car lot. So do about 230 others in Chapel Hill, according to the town's sign ordinance. The regulations state that ". . . all signs, including the supports, f rames and embellishments thereto, shall not be located within any public right-of-way, nor shall any sign be attached, affixed or painted on any utility pole, light standard, telephone or telegraph pole, any tree, rock or other natural object." Since the ordinance went into effect in early 1985, Darrell Wall, a building and sign inspector with the town of Chapel Hill, has been notifying many area businesses that their signs do not fit the new guidelines. "I've gotten a lot of negative reactions, but I think that most Student arrested, charged with assamlt By RON CRAWFORD Staff Writer University police have charged UNC football player Eric Starr ol 208 Morrison Residence Hall with assault with a deadly weapon and assault attempting to inflict serious injury. According to University police reports, Starr, a 2 1 -year-old sophomore who is a backup receiver and tailback, was arrested Feb. 24 in connection with an incident that occurred at 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 23. I believe said Roger Hannay, UNC music professor and forum coordinator. The interaction among the com poser, the performer and the audience is a key function of the forum, Hannay said. He compared the event to a festival of contempo rary plays. Just as the playwright can choose to direct the play, perform in it or merely observe the work of others, so can the composer. Local performers will contribute their musical skills to perform much of people do agree with (the ordi nance)," Wall said. But Bill Barker isn't one of those people. "I don't think (my sign) is offen sive, and I think if you poll 1.000 other people they won't think it's offensive either," Barker said. Barker said he was notified about six months ago that his sign did not comply with the regulations. Though his sign is not visibly attached to any pole or post, its appearance and height make it illegal inside the city's boundary, which starts about 500 feet from Barker's property line at 601 W. Franklin St. "They've given me three years to take it down," he said. "I said I would comply with that when I have to, and I will. But I don't feel like I've been given a fair shake." Barker has been in Chapel Hill for about two years, but other area businesses with non-conforming signs have been around longer.. Fowler's Food Store, The Top of the According to a report made Feb. 23 by William Blackwell Jr., a student at North Carolina State University, Blackwell had to throw himself onto the hood of Starr's car to avoid being run over when Starr stopped the car in front of Blackwell. The front fender of Starr's car had brushed Blackwell's legs. Starr had been driving down Stadium Drive in Chapel Hill. The warrants said that after Starr stopped his car, he got out and put his arms around Blackwell's that there is time for meditation in cathedrals mi 11 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 Friday, March 27, 1987 from Charlotte. The Chi Phi fraternity brothers sunbathed Thursday on the roof of their fraternity house. of the new music, Hannay said. Most of the faculty of the music depart ment will participate, as well as some students. Some composers will bring guest artists, he said, and others will perform their own pieces. "Composers sometimes have the luxury of participating in rehearsal and performing their own music." said Hannay. "On the other hand, some composers like to hear how others interpret their music. Some times it is enlightening, and some Hill, Sutton's Drug Store, Sadlack's Heroes and Deli and Hardee's are just some of the businesses on Franklin Street that have been warned about non-complying signs. "When we put our sign up (in August, 1977) it met all the town's ordinances and regulations," said Don McLennon, owner of Sadlack's Heroes and Deli on Franklin Street. "We spent over $500 to get it made and put it up. Now they sent me a letter saying I have to take it down. "I can understand that there are some really tacky signs around town," McLennon said, "but 1 don't feel like ours is one of them." McLennon said that he has taken his hand-routed, 12-square-foot sign down several times to clean it up over the past 10 years. . "As of right now I don't really know what I'm going to do about it," McLennon said. According to Wall, a business has exactly three years to bring its sign into accordance after being notified. chest, throwing him to the ground. Starr then drove away. Starr was released on a $500 unsecured bond for the two misdemeanor charges. His trial is set for April 16. Blackwell refused to comment on the incident Thursday, and Starr could not be reached for comment. John Swofford, UNC's athletic director, said Thursday that the University has no "blanket pol icy" about athletic eligibility lor students who are charged with Chapel Hill, North Carolina DTH Charlotte Cannon chamber music concerts times it is very surprising." Hannay said the forum is not only an artistic event, but an academic one as well. "It's comparable to the scientific reading of papers," he said. "Its a sharing of creative ideas through music. Artists do their research in their imagination." The music will be created by various combinations of chamber music instruments, voices and elec tronic synthesizers. Hannay said that some of the synthesizer music will If the business does not bring its sign into accordance, it can be fined $25 a day for each day the sign is still up. If a business does not pay its fine within 10 days, the town can take civil action. Though no fines have been imposed yet, Wall said it won't be long before some businesses will be fined. According to the Chapel Hill Planning Department, the main reason the ordinance was enacted was to make existing signs more uniform and to limit them to being informational rather that just an advertisement. "And part of the process has to include going back to those signs erected in the past that are now blatantly out of place with the Chapel Hill ordinance," said Arthur Jackson, a long-range planner for the town. Other regulations restrict outdoor advertisers from giving directions on signs, and limit the placement of the signs to the property of the business. crimes. "We purposely do not have a standard policy," SwofforoV said. "That's looked at on a case-by-case basis. Every case is so different that having one policy would not be realistic. In the case of Eric Starr, he's not competing now." University officials consider each case in terms of the legal channels that apply to the case, the circumstances surrounding it and the severity of the offense, Swofford said. rr r 4 4 4 M "TPS foff funecHnini By MARK FOLK Staff Writer Since the Black Student Move ment missed the March 20 deadline for Student Congress budget requests, the group will have to request funds left over from the normal budget process next semester. And because funding for the BSM will come from the congress' general reserve, both the BSM and smaller organizations which rely on funding from the reserve may receive less money from Student Government. Of the $180,000 the congress distributes to student groups, it usually saves about $25,000 for groups not included in its spring budget process, Student Body Pres ident Brian Bailey said Thursday. Although he said this year's congress will probably save some money in the reserve for the BSM, he said he didn't think it would be enough. "What I see happening is most of the money saved for general reserve be pre-recorded and played in unison with acoustic instruments. In one piece, "Cancion del Dia Moche" by Gilbert Tryhall of the University of West Virginia, the composer will create the electronic sounds live. Hannay said this work could be described as "high quality popular music." The synthesizer has been an integral part of contemporary music for the last 20 years, Hannay said, and has only caught on in popular r Free-standing signs like Fowler's of our own. fe:-;-;., :-:::?::-::-.::;-::;:. . .v.y.v.:.-.'.v.v.vS.-.N; f; s I f V I: hk . W SEttW.a - :::. i-.'-x-; fel j-v. vw: iiniMiMiiitijaiiiiiiiif- ''"anjUUUQi- I -ll lr It ' I HP a I 14? xMt i I I pkK f rK;H?vr- . ,j f j -""! 7 News Sports Arts 962-0245 Business Advertising 962-1163 to wely going to the BSM," Bailey said. "This is really going to hurt the smaller organizations that rely on that money." The BSM received $14,440 through the 1986 spring budget process, which is more than half of the amount the congress usually leaves in reserve. Last year the congress left $27,000 in reserve, Student Body Treasurer Jody Beas ley said Thursday. Beasley was the Finance Committee chairman last year. At a meeting Wednesday, the congress defeated 19-4 a proposal submitted by Bailey that would have extended the deadline for the BSM's budget request. Bailey said he thought the con gress should have made an exception and extended the deadline for the BSM. Now either the BSM or the organizations that rely on reserve money will receive less money, he said. See BSM page 2 music in the last 10 years. Because of its relentlessness, the pre-recorded sounds add an element of challenge to the player. "The tape keeps going, and the musician has to respond to the tape," Hannay said. The musical trends of the '60s that assaulted the audience with harsh sounds have ended, he said. "The new emphasis is on communication with the audience." See CONCERTS page 6 DTH Charlotte Cannon must be taken down within 3 years Billy Joel :