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4The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, March 15, 1988
Cottozeim protest proposed development otf Dyke Forest
By LAURA DiGIANO
Assistant City Editor
Administrators at Duke University
are considering opening up several
thousand acres of Duke Forest for
development, but many people are
speaking out against the proposal.
Duke Forest, which is broken into
five main tracts, separates Chapel Hill
from Hillsborough to the north and
from Durham to the east. An esti
mated 250,000 people visit Duke
Forest every year to bike, ride horses,
bicycle, and participate in forestry
research projects.
The Duke University administra
tion commissioned a non-profit
group called The Urban Land Insti
tute (ULI) to study possible uses for
the 8,300 acres of land. The group
recommended that 6,000 acres be
developed for residential and com
mercial use. The ULI report included
suggestions for condominiums, shop
ping centers and some light industry.
A decision by the administration
concerning the ULI-report is expected
this spring and several local groups
are lobbying against the proposed
development.
Randy Schenk, a representative of
the Sierra Club who serves on the
steering committee for the Save Duke
Forest group, said Duke administra
tors were naive to believe that
commissioning the ULI study would
not create community backlash.
"We had over 300 people at one
public hearing and not one of 40
speakers advocated developing the
land," Schenk said. "Only one offi
cial, Hillsborough mayor Fred Cates,
has lent any support for the ULI
proposal.
"Duke University has some definite
obligations to the community and
they are in the balance right now
against the financial forces emanating
from the administration," he said.
"They are considering what $200
million could bring to Duke in terms
of big name faculty members, finan
cial aid packages and other legitimate
needs vs. the resource Duke Forest
represents to the community and to
forestry research projects."
Given the public outcry and unwil
lingness of the academic community
to lose an important research tool,
the ULI proposal has a slim chance
of getting through, Schenk said.
William Nealy, one of the leaders
of the Save Duke Forest organiza
tion, disagreed. He said the develop
ment will probably take place.
"I think the decision has already
been made in the minds of many of
the Duke administrators," Nealy said.
"Our biggest fear right now is that
the university will just release the land
and we will have rampant, uncon
trolled growth."
Nealy said his group hopes to save
3,000 acres of the forest. "What will
probably happen is that the land will
be developed in smaller pieces
nickel- and dime-sized tracts near
1-40," he said. "We just want to keep
at least some of the forest intact."
The financial benefits of develop
ing Duke Forest are important, but
seeing the area grow and prosper is
the real motivation for many admin
istrators, Nealy said.
"I think many of these people just
want to have some buildings named
after them and make a nice retirement
community for the alumni," he said.
Public response to Save Duke
Forest has been impressive, Nealy
said. According to a group fact sheet,
more than 80 citizens came to the
initial organizational meeting to work
on increasing public awareness and
organizing a letter-writing campaign
to Duke University trustees to speak
out against development.
Group members have asked local
government officials to make state
ments supporting the preservation of
the forest, Nealy said. "Unfortu
nately, in Durham County if a big
developer wants to do something, it
will usually get done," he said. "But
Orange County and the county
commissioners have taken a strong
stand against development."
Orange County is considering
using zoning and buying adjacent
land to buffer the forest, Nealy said.
Jane Norton, another member of
Save Duke Forest, went to the Chapel
Hill Town Council in January to ask
them to support the preservation of
the forest.
The council responded by adopting
a resolution that asks the Duke
University administration to keep the
forest as "part of the university's
heritage, as a distinctive feature of the
Research Triangle and our state and
as a scientific and environmental
benefit of future generations."
Norton said the town was con
cerned that the current proposal for
development was not consistent with
Chapel Hill's plan to use the forest
as a natural buffer zone between
Durham, Hillsborough and Chapel
Hill.
"Condominiums obviously do not
fit in," she said.
"I think another big concern was
the loss of recreational or green space
that so many residents use," Norton
said. "The forest is also an important
research site for those in Duke's
forestry school."
Bev Kawalec, assistant to Chapel
Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes, said the
mayor and council members are very
concerned about the development.
"The key issue is the rural buffer,"
she said. "We need to preserve the
forest as an essential part of our
transition zones. Mayor Howes very
much wants to see Duke Forest
remain as is."
Kawalec said Howes will make a
proposal about the future of the forest
to the Community Concerns Com
mittee, which was created by I the
Duke administration to gather input
from neighboring communities.
The committee is part of a larger
Land Resource Committee, com
posed of Duke University trustees
and faculty members, which will
make recommendations to the
administration in late spring.
Nealy said citizens interested in the
future of Duke Forest should write
to the Duke University trustees or
contact their local government
officials.
"If Duke decides to keep the land,
the university will be taking a lead
ership role in trying to keep this land
livable," Nealy said. "If not, Duke will
be sending a real big flag nationwide
to develop and encourage areas such
as the Triangle to be overbuilt."
Miooirotty studeotts visit UNC
to compete for scholarships
By JACKIE DOUGLAS
Staff Writer
Eighteen minority students from
high schools across North Carolina
spent three days this week visiting the
UNC campus as part of the 1988
Pogue Awards Program, Herb Davis,
associate director for undergraduate
admissions, said Monday.
During their visit, which began on
Sunday, the students interviewed
with members of the Pogue selection
committee, which consists of nine
UNC faculty members, Davis said.
The committee narrowed the field
to 18 finalists after receiving more
than 200 applications from N.C. high
school students, he said.
Eight students will be selected to
receive the scholarship, worth $4,300
annually. Students are chosen on the
basis of academics, contributions to
their community, leadership potential
and how they present themselves,
Davis said.
Robert Reives, a finalist from Lee
Senior High School in Sanford, said
he thought the program was well
organized. "The entire program was really
nice," he said. "The committee treated
all students as adults. It's definitely
the best program of interviews IVe
been through."
Veronica Williams, a finalist from
Bertie High School, said she thought
her experience as a Pogue finalist was
rewarding.
"I have enjoyed meeting the other
finalists and I'm glad I had the chance
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certainly affected my decision to
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At a dinner held for the Pogue
finalists Monday night, Chancellor
Christopher Fordham praised UNC's
faculty and told the finalists they
should choose to attend the
University.
"There is no better faculty than the
UNC faculty in the eastern part of
the United States," Fordham said.
"UNC has an outstanding library and
an excellent curriculum and the
faculty is concerned that a student
have a general education first."
Harold Wallace, vice chancellor of
University affairs, told the finalists
that they should press forward in their
ambitions.
"You can be a part of that suc
cessful black population of students
that have made their mark at UNC,"
Wallace said.
Gillian Cell, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, told the finalists
they should explore their options and
postpone their decision on a major
area of study.
Slay ton Evans, chairman of the
Pogue selection committee, said he
hoped the visit had a positive effect
on the finalists.
"I hope your experience has
encouraged you to want to attend
Carolina," Evans said.
Grady ate student federation
sponsors week of activities
By KATIE BECK
Staff Writer
The Graduate and Professional
Student Federation (GPSF) is
sponsoring a week of discussions,
speakers, and a free concert during
the group's first Graduate and
Professional Student Federation
Week March 14-18.
Audrey Vanden Heuvel, GPSF
president, said the main purpose
of GPSF Week is to allow grad
uate and professional students to
mix.
"Graduate students are really
unique in that they're all working
in their own special areas and they
don't have classes together,"
Vanden Heuvel said. "This gives
grad students a chance to meet
other grad students!"
GPSF Week should also
increase campus recognition of the
7,000 or so graduate and profes
sional students on campus.
"We really need recognition of
the graduate student body,"
Vanden Heuvel said. "We do a lot
of the research on campus, and
we do most of the TA (Teaching
Assistant) work for under
graduates." The UNC Graduate English
Club will sponsor an interdiscipli
nary talk Wednesday by Richard
Ohmann, professor of English at
Wesleyan University. In his discus
sion, "Graduate Students, Profes
sionals, and Intellectuals,"
Ohmann will discuss the connec
tions between graduate school and
the real world. A panel of pro
fessors and graduate and profes
sional students will continue the
discussion on Thursday.
Also featured during GPSF
Week is a free concert Tuesday
night by Joe and Odell Thompson,
a fiddle and banjo duo from
Mebane. The concert is sponsored
by GPSF and the UNC Curric
ulum in Folklore.
The calendar of events also
includes a brown-bag lunch and
a wine and cheese party for
graduate and professional stu
dents on Thursday, and a St.
Patrick's Day Aftermath Bash on
Friday.
The GPSF is a separate body
of students funded by Student
Congress, Vanden Heuvel said.
GPSF's ruling body is composed
of 70 senators representing differ
ent academic departments on
campus, she said.
GPSF deals with graduate
student concerns like housing, day
care on campus and funding for
the phone-in registration system,
Vanden Heuvel said.
GPSF week is sponsored jointly
by several graduate organizations
including the Graduate and Pro
fessional Student Federation, The
Curriculum in American Studies
and The Graduate English Club.
Vanden Heuvel said that the
graduate departments and groups
have been instrumental in arrang
ing the events funded by GPSF.
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Republicans and political scientists of the celebrated primary.
"It appears to have helped the
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But Super Tuesday achieved its
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of people, and it also brought many
Democrats out to vote, said Margaret
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Democratic Party.
Both agreed that the primary is
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Originally designed to put the
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contrary to the Democrats' response,
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"Having 20 states on the same day
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The candidates must also be rea
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"It puts a tremendous burden on
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