v I us ' Ik 6The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, October 11, 1988 Ooiro't waDk aflome By SHERRI BELFIELD Staff Writer Students who have to walk alone on campus at night can have someone to walk with them by calling Students Avoiding Frightening Encounters (SAFE). SAFE, a student volunteer service operating from the Campus Y, will begin operation Oct. 16. The service is available between 7 p.m. and 12 midnight Sunday through Thursday. Any student wanting to use the service can call 962-SAFE. Julia Greer, SAFE director, said Tuesday that almost enough students had volunteered to work from the Campus Y location. There are two shifts each night with three volunteer escorts per shift, she said. The number of volunteers should be enough to supply all of the students who request escorts, Greer said. "We are in a supply and demand situation right now," she said. "The more response we get, the more Art magazine to combine By DAVID ABERNATHY Staff Writer "1rom doodling to da Vinci, I Picasso to poetry, art comes M in many different forms. And if you enjoy writing, visiting art exhibits, drawing or listening to poe try, then a new student publication is for you. "AlParte," which is Italian for "to the art," is a new art literary maga zine that plans to focus on the diverse art forms found in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. "We want to be open to what eve ryone wants to do," said Tonya Turner, a senior art history major who is co-heading the project. "There seems to be a lot of special ized things in this area, but we wanted some sort of open forum for mm mm f - a m w m. w II I U l M i W MM W 12 Price Dinner Entree Purchase one dinner entree & receive one of equal or lesser value at 12 price! Dinner served: 4-1 0 pm M-Tu, Th-Sat :I 8-1 Opm Wed. 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Students, especially females, need to be aware of the dangers of walking people to get exposure." David Chickey, a senior art his tory major who is heading the pro ject with Turner, said the magazine will be an outlet for people inter ested in art in general. "We are not opposed to what others are doing; we just want to open up to other people," he said. The art literary magazine is not the only way Chickey and Turner plan to increase art exposure in the area. The magazine will act as a home base to various activities and exhibits that will be held throughout the community. Chickey and Turner held a poetry reading at the Columbia Street Bak ery last week. Readings of both poe try and prose are scheduled at the bakery twice a month. aSUn Formerly Jordans 157 R Rosemary St (Si S(G .J5 8.5" x 11" Laser Cut (for 2 or more) Printer Paper I jr.- V t-i.- 6 i i SS? g each j. A. NsSn In lots of 25 PV V "v. 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Turner drafted a new constitution criticism with literature In addition to readings, Columbia Street Bakery will also hold art exhibits. Space for exhibits is also available at the Campus Y, and Chickey and Turner are also exa mining other options for art exhib its. "We are working to get gallery space," Chickey said. The magazine will be broken up into four departments: poetry, prose, art and criticism. The addi tion of criticism will make "AH'arte" an unusual magazine. "We are going to incorporate art criticism to differentiate it from other literary magazines," said Tweed Cline, a senior art history major in charge of the criticism. "We will critique drawings from Ackland Art Museum, local artists and possible other current trends." Quality (kwaletee) n. 1. the degree of ex cellence of a thing 2. superiority 3. higher in order; status; etc. 4. above average 5. Kinko's Open 24 hours. Visit our new retail store! Micro Center Holly Park Shopping Center 3028 Old Wake Forest Road 3.5" DSDD Disks $15.95 Each (for 2 or more) 17.9B Each 62-SAFE and gave the service its new name, she said. SAFE volunteers will wear marked jackets identifying them as escorts. The escort will also give the person calling the service his name so that the person will feel safe and be sure of the volunteer's identity, Greer said. The service still needs volunteers, she said. "We're interested in having students who care about the safety and well-being of their fellow stu dents," Greer said. Stephen Moulton, a new SAFE volunteer, said he became involved because he thinks there is a need for the service on campus. "I feel it is a real problem in that it is unsafe to walk alone on campus at night," he said. Moulton said being a SAFE volun teer will only take a few hours of his time a month. He added that he does not expect to receive any rewards for being a volunteer. "I just enjoy doing service," he said. "AH'arte" will be a free monthly magazine. The first issue will be out by the end of October. "We want to get a lot of student involvement, really a lot of involve ment in general," Turner said. The magazine is open to contributions from anyone in the community. "We are encouraging people to turn in more radical things than they otherwise thought they could get published,1 Cline said. The magazine and its related activities are funded completely by donations. Although the magazine has office space in the Campus Y, it is not affiliated with any organization. Donations and submissions for the magazine are accepted at the Campus Y. The next meeting will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, and the dead line for entries is October 15. UrWvarsitv Squar Chap Hill 967-893S QMMIBUS! Joe 'Bob sans efiedt if out 11 Pedestrian fatalities low in Chapel Hill, state statistics show By CHERYL ALLEN Staff Writer Crossing Franklin Street often seems like a suicide attempt, but statistics show that Chapel Hill has fewer pedestrian fatalities than many other cities in North Carolina. Pedestrian accidents are gener ally an urban problem more than a rural one, according to Charles Zegeer, staff associate at the UNC Highway Research Center. In 1987 Charlotte led the state in pedestrian fatalities with 13, Winston-Salem followed with eight, Durham had seven, and Fayetteville and Raleigh each had three, he said. Zegeer said that for every fatal ity there are many more injuries to pedestrians. The 1987 North Carolina Traffic Accidents Facts (NCTAF), published by the Div ision of Motor Vehicles of the N.C. Department of Transporta tion, and the 1988 Tarheel Tip sheet said that for the 230 pedes trians killed in North Carolina in 1987, another 1,369 were seriously injured. Reflecting the national trend of the very young and the very old being the most frequent victims of pedestrian accidents, 10 per cent of North Carolina's pedes trian deaths were children under age 10 and 16 percent were adults over 65, the NCTAF reported. "We have very few pedestrian deaths, said Chapel Hill police planner Jane Cousins. The last occurred in 1985, and since 1979 there have been five pedestrian fatalities in Chapel Hill. Three of those five victims were over 55 Goldman, Saclis fie Go. Invites all interested students of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to an information session regarding the Financial Analyst Program Monday, October 17, 1988 7:00 p.m. In the Old Well Room of The Carolina Inn x Refreshments Will Be Served (Informal Dress) years of age. Pedestrian fatalities occur more frequently at night, accord ing to Quentin Anderson, public, relations director at the American Automobile Association (AAA) , in Charlotte. ; Walking on the left, facing traffic, and wearing reflective clor thing or carrying a flashlight are . important when walking along a road at night, Zegeer said, because pedestrians can see motorists much more easily than motorists can see pedestrians. Ten percent of the national pedestrian fatalities occur when people lie in the road, Zegeer said. These are usually nighttime, alcohol-related accidents. Measures are being taken to increase public knowledge among pedestrians and motorists about pedestrian safety. AAA sponsors a Pedestrian Protection Program that gives awards to those cities with few or no pedestrian deaths and also offers education pro grams about pedestrian safety, Anderson said. One such award was presented to Edenton, N.C; the town has not had a pedes trian fatality in 14 years. The Walk Alert Program, aided in development by Zegeer, advocates the improvement of traffic and pedestrian signals and public education about pedes trian safety. Cousins advised that one should be a "defensive pedes trian as well as a defensive driver. She urged pedestrians "to be aware of things as you step out into the street. ( NeettSUQES Fast? f CALL: Phot)uicl): processing every hour slides from prints coToriWostms J Goldman Sachs

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