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Thursday, July 9, 1987
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The glorious 4th
The Eno River Festival held on
July 4th included music, food
and crafts and some revelers
even got special treatment from
the Massage Team (right).
Other festival participants
found more Eno River-related
activities, like fishing.
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Town Council delays decision
By RON CRAWFORD
University Editor
and KASEY JONES
Staff Writer
University and Chapel Hill
officials met in the Morehead
Building last Wednesday to
announce the formation of a
Land-Use Advisory Committee to
examine UNC's controversial
land-use plan.
Members of the committee were
named and given their duties by
Chancellor Christopher Fordham
and Chapel Hill Mayor James
Wallace. The committee is com
posed of five University represen
tatives and five Chapel Hill
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"I think this is probably the
most important committee that
the town of Chapel Hill has been
involved in," said committee
member Arthur Werner. "What
the University does in this town
in large measure is going to
determine what the town is going
to be like over the coming years."
The plan, which calls for sweep
ing changes in and around UNC's
main campus over the next two
decades, was put on hold by
Fordham after students and res
idents voiced their objections at a
June 1 presentation meeting.
Fordham and Wallace
assembled the Advisory Commit
, tee to study the plan and suggest
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possible revisions.
Fordham's appointees for the
University are John Sanders,
director of UNC's Institute of
Government; William Blythe,
chief of the Division of Nephrol
ogy at the School of Medicine;
Eric Munson, executive director of
N.C. Memorial Hospital; Richard
Cole, dean of the School of
Journalism; and Barbara Day,
professor of education.
Wallace's appointees were
Town Council member Werner;
Harry Gooder, professor of micro
biology and immunology at the
School of . Medicine; Charles
Shaffer, former UNC director of
development; , retired . . Army ,
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Campus gears up
for Festival eveints
By RON CRAWFORD
University Editor
With the U.S. Olympic Festival
only days away, activity on cam
pus is increasing as the campus
prepares for an influx of athletes,
spectators and Olympic-sized
traffic.
. "(The Festival) is going to draw
national and international atten
tion to this area," said Winkie
LaForce, the director of partici
pant services for North Carolina
Amateur Sports. "More athletes
will be in Chapel Hill, and there
will be more entertainment for the
athletes" than at any other USOF
site. '
As a result, UNC has more work
to do to prepare housing, parking
and athletic facilities.
"Needless to say, we're con
cerned that the Festival runs
smoothly, because no matter what
happens, it will reflect on the
University," said Paul Hoolahan,
UNC's athletic fitness director.
"We're making an all-out effort to
make it as positive an event as
possible."
Hoolahan said maintenance
crews are putting the finishing
touches on the facilities all over
campus that will be used in the
Festival. This includes installing
new netting over spectator's seats
in Boshamer Stadium and paint
ing lines on the court for volleyball
and fencing in Carmichael Aud
itorium, as well as setting up a
mobile air-conditioning unit for
the auditorium.
At the Smith Center, crews are
painting international lines on the
basketball court, building plat
forms for a court-level press row
and placing state flags and banners
outside.
UNC's recreational facilities,
however, will be largely unaffected
on homeless shelter
General Arthur Hurow, a member
of the Chapel Hill Alliance of
Neighborhoods; and Jeanette
Eddy, former member of the
Chapel Hill community planning
task force.
UNC Trustee Robert Eubanks
and Council member R. D. Smith
were named as alternates.
The committee is scheduled to
release a report by January 4, but
Fordham revealed that the com
mittee may have some trouble
resolving the long-range transpor
tation problems because of con
troversial expansions in
surrounding neighborhoods.
Many residents of Chapel Hill
. have , complained . that proposed
by the Festival, said John Billing,
chairman of the physical educa
tion department. Only one of
Fetzer Gym's basketball courts
and a fencing room will be open
for Olympic teams. Classes will
continue as usual in the Woollen
Gym weight rooms and in Bow
man Gray Pool, Billing said, but
athletes may use these facilities in
their spare time.
Crews are also busy preparing
for the mass media blitz that will
accompany the festival. Platforms
for ESPN camera crews are being
installed in the Smith Center, the
Koury Natatorium and Carmi
chael Auditorium, said Hoolahan.
ESPN will provide 44 hours of
live television coverage of the
Festival, using more than 100 crew
members and nearly $10 million
worth of equipment.
Radio coverage will be plentiful
as well. A unit has been set up
on Carmichael Field to broadcast
Festival information on the fre
quency AM 1610, said Hoolahan.
To house the 1,430 athletes and
their support staff, the Olympic
Committee has rented space in
Carmichael, Teague and Cobb
Residence Halls, as well as in
Granville Towers. Athletes will be
provided with bedroom linen,
towels , and a welcome package
containing N.C. lapel pins,
stamped post cards and a frisbee,
among other things.
For entertainment, the Olympic
Committee has scheduled a picnic
with live music and a "beach
party" in the pit for athletes.
The UNC Student Stores and
Carolina Dining services are also
setting up for spectators and
athletes. John Gorsuch, adminis
trative assistant for Student
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