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Noise ordninigiinice
Council tables students'
By RON CRAWFORD
University Editor
and SHERRIE THOMAS
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill Town Council
voted unanimously on April 29 to
reject student-proposed amend
ments to the town's noise ordi
nance, and also voted to create a
committee to study Chapel Hill's
noise problem.
The changes, proposed to the
council by Student Body President
Brian Bailey, would have made the
noise ordinance less restrictive.
The present ordinance, which was
approved unanimously by the
Council in February, limits out
door parties to noise levels of 70
decibels and sets the cutoff time
for Friday and Saturday night
parties at midnight.
Bailey proposed changes that
would have raised the maximum
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noise level to 80 decibels and
changed the cutoff time to 1:00
a.m.
The proposed amendment
passed by a 5-4 vote at the April
13 meeting of the Town Council
but required a second vote to make
it official because of the narrow
margin of approval. The second
vote was scheduled for the April
29 meeting.
Before the meeting, however,
Bailey and Vice Chancellor
Donald Boulton approached
council members and asked them
to table the proposed amendment
or remove it from consideration,
said council member Bill Thorpe.
"We knew (the proposal) was
going to get rejected," Bailey said.
"It had been a loud week (off
campus)." Instead of voting on the amend
ment, the council voted to table
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it, so the original ordinance
remains in effect. The council then
voted to form a committee com
prised of students, faculty
members, and residents of Chapel
Hill to discuss possible revisions
of the ordinance.
Council member Julie
Andresen, who voted against the
amendment originally, said the
problem had not been studied
enough and the committee should
heip solve the problem.-
"The staff hadn't had time to
review (the proposal)," she said.
"Also, the changes didn't seem to
be a good idea."
The committee is expected to
reach a compromise between
students who enjoy late-night
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The Office of Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Registration began issuing
student parking permits for the
first summer session Monday on
a first-come, first-serve basis.
As of Tuesday afternoon, per
mits for A-lot on North Campus
had been sold out, traffic office
supervisor Dana Work said. No
other lots had been sold out, Work
said.
Student permits for the summer
range in price from $39 to $10,
Work said. A, I and S5 parking
lot permits are $39. Permits for
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parties and Chapel Hill residents
who are concerned with rising
nighttime noise levels.
"I think the committee will work'
well if it investigates noise in the
community itself instead of just
talking about decibels," said
council member R.D. Smith. "I
suggest people come out and listen
to the noise at night from my front
porch or from the University."
"It's important to come up with
something that's fair to both
parties," said Andresen.
The council did not place a time
limit on the committee, which is
still being formed, but Smith said
the council hopes to have the
committee's recommendations
before the fall semester begins.
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The traffic office will sell per
mits for the second summer ses
sion on June 29. Parking permit
prices will increase for the second
session because the University's
new fiscal year begins then, Work
said.
Some lots may be reserved for
the Olympic Festival in late July,
Work said.
All parking regulations are
enforced during both summer
sessions, except during registra
tion, on weekends, and after 5 p.m.
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Schools hold
ceremonies
for graduates
By I2SCHAEL JACKSON
Staff Writer
Several University academic
departments and schools held
special ceremonies honoring
graduates Sunday afternoon
following the annual com
mencement in Kenan Stadium.
Speakers during the School
of Journalism's ceremony held
in Hill Hall included Scott
Fowler, the top student in the
news editorial sequence, and
Kelly Trawartha, the top stu
dent in the advertising sequence.
uWe think it is important to
have a ceremony like this
because it is much more per
sonal to hand out diplomas and
to recognize students individu
ally," said Professor Thomas
Bowers, associate dean of the
School of Journalism.
"We have (held a special
ceremony) for the Masters of
Business Administration for
probably 15 years," said Profes
sor John Evans of the School
of Business Administration.
Each graduating MBA class has
the choice of having and plan
ning a special ceremony, which
the classes have always elected
to do, he said.
"The principle reason we have
the ceremony is so students can
receive their diplomas with a
certain amount of pomp and
ceremony," Evans said. "You
just can not do that in Kenan
Stadium with so many people
participating." The business
school ceremony was held in
Great Hall of the Carolina
Union.
The ceremony is also good
for the families,'' said Ken May,
director of admissions for the
School of Dentistry. The
Honors Convocation ceremony
was the school's 34th and was
held in Memorial HalL
"We feel that it is important
that the students be recognized
for the work that they have done
and for the extra year they have
gone to school," said May. The
commencement ceremony in
Kenan Stadium is fine, he said,
but the students do not actually
receive their degrees there.
Other departments and
schools, including the depart
ments of computer science,
mathematics, chemistry and
classics, and the schools of law,
library science, nursing, public
health, pharmacy and medicine
held receptions and special
ceremonies after the commence
ment exercises.
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