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8The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, February 15, (Hhp Sailg 96 1 h vear of editorial freedom Karen Bell, News Editor MATT BlVENS, Associate Editor KlMBERLY EDENS, University Editor JON K. RUST, Managing Editor Will Lingo, oty Editor Kelly Rhodes, Arts Editor CATHY McHUGH, Omnibus Editor SHELLEY ERBLAND, Design Editor Bial-A-Knight in Knights in shining armor don't need to be named Arthur or Lancelot any more. Some truly chivalrous people are on this campus even now. They are the SAFE Escort service volunteers. Everyone likes to feel safe and secure unfortunately, women (and some times men) do not feel secure walking across the UNC campus alone at night. In light of past attacks on campus and the very recent rapes at Duke Univer sity, SAFE escorts are really needed. The SAFE system is also conve nient. With a single phone call, students on campus can quickly be met by a volunteer who will accompany them to their destinations dorms, cars or wherever. The number is not hard to remember: 962-SAFE. The operation is running fairly smoothly this year. Al Calarco, associate director of the Department of University Housing, said new SAFE director Bill Craver, a sophomore, brings much energy and dedication to the office. Craver wants to make the service the best it can be. But Craver has said the program needs more publicity, and he has suggested changing the name of the service to RAPE. The acronym RAPE (Rape and Assault Prevention Escort) was the name when the service was first established in 1980. It was changed, however, because of the obvious devitalization It's a rare thing for citizens to approach government officials and ask for a tax hike. However, that's exactly what members of the Downtown Commission, a branch of the Public Private Partnership dedicated to improving the downtown economy, has done. The Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen are considering the commission's prop osal, which would levy a new tax on businesses by establishing a special service district in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Revenue from the tax, which the commission estimated at about $65,000 yearly, would be used to operate a free trolley to run between both areas and other downtown revitalization programs. Commission leaders have said downtown merchants support the plan; they projected the cost for the average downtown business at between $10 and $15 a month. How ever, some Chapel Hill Town Council members have expressed concern that small businesses oppose the plan, and others said the tax could cost some businesses much more than the com mission's figures show. The commission, which includes representatives of the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and merchants from both towns, w'ants to use the extra revenue The Daily Tar Heel Editorial Writers: Louis Bissctte, Sandy Dimsdale, Mary Jo Dunnington and David Stamcs. Assistant Editors: Jenny Cloninger and Justin McGuire, university; Felisa Ncuringer, managing; Myma Miller, features; Cara Bonnett, arts; Andrew Podolsky, Jay Reed and Jamie Rosenberg, sports; David Minton, photography. News: Crandall Anderson, Kari Barlow, John Bakht, Crystal Bernstein, James Benton, Tammy Blackard, Charles Brittain, James Burroughs, Sarah Cagle, Brenda Campbell, James Coblin, Daniel Conover, LD. Curie, Blake Dickinson, Karen Dunn, Jeff Eckard, Karen Entriken, Deirdre Fallon, Erik Dale Flippo, Laura Francis, Lynn Goswick, Susan Holdsclaw, Jessica Lanning, Tracy Lawson, Rheta Logan, Dana Clinton Lumsdcn, Helle Nielsen, Glenn O'Neal, Valerie Parham, Tom Parks, Elizabeth Sherrod, Nicolle Skalski, Thorn Solomon, Will Spears, Larry Stone, Laura Taylor, Kathrync Tovo, Amy Wajda, Sandy Wall, Leslie , Wilson, Jennifer Wing and Nancy Wykle. Staci Cox, senior writer. Sports: Mike Berardino, senior writer. Neil Amato, Mark Anderson, John Bland, Robert D'Arruda, Scott Gold, Doug Hoogervorst, Bethany Litton, Brendan Matthews, Jamie Rosenberg, Natalie Sekicky, Chris Spencer, Dave Surowiecki, Lisa Swicegood and Eric Wagnon. Features: David Abemathy, Cheryl Allen, Craig Allen, Adam Bertolett, Jackie Douglas, Pam Emerson, Diana Florence, Jacki Greenberg, Hart Miles, Lynn Phillips, Cheryl Pond, Leigh Pressley, Ellen Thornton and Anna Turnage. Arts: Randy Basinger, Clark Benbow, Roderick Cameron, Ashley Campbell, Andrew Lawler, Julie Olson, Joshua Pate and Jessica Yates. Photography: Steven Exum, David Foster and Dave Surowiecki. Copy Editors: James Benton, Michelle Casale, Yvette Cook, Julia Coon, Erik Dale Flippo, Joy Golden, Bert Hackney, Susan Holdsclaw, Anne Isenhower, Gary Johnson, Janet McGirt, Angelia Poteat and Steve Wilson. Editorial Assistants: Mark Chilton, Jill Doss and Anne Isenhower. Amy Dickinson, letter typist. Design Assistants: Nicole Luter and Susan Wallace. Cartoonists: Jeff Christian, Adam Cohen, Pete Corson, Bryan Donnell, Trey Entwistle, David Estoye, Greg Humphreys and Mike Sutton. Business and Advertising: Kevin Schwartz, director; Patricia Glance, advertising director; Joan Worth, , classified manager; Chris sy Mennitt, advertising manager; Sabrina Goodson, business manager; Dawn Dunning, Beth Harding, Sarah Hoskins, Amy McGuirt, Maureen Mclntyre, Denise Neely, Tina Perry, Pam Strickland, Amanda Tilley and Joye Wiley, display advertising representatives; Leisa Hawley, creative director; Dan Raasch, marketing director; Stephanie Chesson, Alecia Cole, Genevieve Halkett, Camille Philyaw, Tammy Sheldon and Angela Spivey, classified advertising representatives; Jeff Carlson, office manager and Allison Ashworth, secretary. Subscriptions: Ken Murphy, manager. Distribution: David Econopouly, manager; Newton Carpenter, assistant. Production: Bill Leslie and Stacy Wynn, managers; Anita Bcntley, Stephanie Locklear and Leslie Sapp, assistants. ....... 1989 afar Hn Jean Lutes, Editor KAARINTlSUE, News Editor LAURA PEARLMAN, Associate Editor' KRISTEN GARDNER, University Editor WILLIAM TAGGART, State and National Editor Dave Glenn, spom Editor LEIGH ANN McDONALD, Features Editor BRIAN FOLEY, Photography Editor Kelly Thompson, Design Editor shining armor negative connotations. Craver has said participation has not been as great as before the acronym was changed to SAFE (Students Averting Frightening Encounters). Why Craver thinks changing the name yet again would relieve confu sion is confusing in itself. And what would make the word RAPE any less offensive to potential callers now? RAPE escort makes it sound like the caller wants to be accompanied to a rape! If the problem lies in publicity and awareness, then publicize. Plaster the phone number not only next to the doors of the libraries, but on courtesy phones all over campus in the Union, in classroom buildings, resi dence halls, cafeterias, everywhere. Put it on the front of next year's student directory. Etch it into the memory of every freshman and junior transfer during orientation. But don't change the name; that would mean changing the phone number and the posters already up on campus and contributing to the confusion surrounding a very worth while program. The key to making our community safer is prevention. Prevention can be accomplished by making everyone aware of the services available and encouraging them to use them not by changing what those services are called. Sandy Dimsdale at a price to spark more interest in downtown areas. If the group succeeds, all businesses could end up gaining much more than they lose from paying the extra taxes. But if officials aren't careful, the extra tax could spell trouble for small businesses already struggling to cope with spiraling rent and declining patronage. Forcing businesses to pay even more money for the privilege of operating downtown could push them away from the downtown area, pro ducing the exact opposite of the commission's goal. And Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes brought up another important point at the council meeting this week. He asked if the tax proposal would require an arrangement between Chapel Hill and Carrboro govern ments. Although Joe Hakan, commis sion president, said he hadn't planned for such an arrangement, it's obvious that the tax won't be effective unless both Chapel Hill and Carrboro choose to impose it. Making merchants in only one area pay the extra tax would hardly be equitable. This plan deserves serious consid eration, but officials should make sure the tax will be fair to everyone. And the revenues should be used to benefit all merchants equally, from the well established, profitable ones to the new kids on the block. Jean Lutes Wednesday's cene: An old fraternity house foyer during an all-campus party. The floors and walls reek of the tantal izing combination of beer and urine, and the glass in the windows is broken and jagged, screaming for some unsuspecting drunk freshman rushee to stumble and administer himself a sloppy prefrontal lobotomy. Two players, James and Sarah, stand apart from the crowd, under an "Exit" sign sloppily erected to appease the wrath of the Fire Marshal. James wears khaki pants and the sweater from a highly prestigious and expensive preparatory high school. Sarah wears a colorful pullover and a little too much eyeliner. James: What's up? My name's James. Sarah: (smiles) I'm Sarah. I think you're in my psych class. J: You are. IVe sat behind you for about three weeks now. S: Are you serious? I'm so sorry IVe never said hello to you. Where are you from? J: Outside Philadelphia. How about you? S: Wilkesboro. It's near Boone. You know where that is? J: In North Carolina. S: Yes, I'm an in-stater. And I'm not even in a sorority. Can you handle it? J: 111 do my best. Perhaps I should hire a translator. S: You're pretty sarcastic, aren't you? Is that a prerequisite for you fratboys? J: It's a prerequisite for life around here, dear .... In order to have any kind of romantic success, youVe got to have a caustic and bitter attitude about these frat functions, yet attend every last one of them religiously. S: Well at least you're being honest. J: IH be completely honest. I'm trying to seduce you right now. S: Excuse me? J: Basically, the whole point of our conversation is based on the unspoken agreement that we may end up being physical with each other pretty soon. Why do you think all these people are here? S: I'm . . . I'm not real sure. (James pulls out a large posterboard graph and sets it on the frat composite easel.) S: What the hell is that? J: It's a pie graph. It shows what all these people are doing here (takes out long wooden pointer). Forty percent are interested in a meaningless mutual groping session, 35 percent hope to find their eventual spouse on the stairwell, and 10 s Endorsements foir RHA Liz Jackson To the editor It takes a special talent to work for the Residence Hall Association. Some call it craz iness, but I would like to call it the three E's: energy, enthu siasm and experience. The three E's are hard to come by, but this year's RHA candidate Liz Jackson has them. Liz has the energy to make sure RHA represents your concerns. She wants to make " sure your voice is heard on the Traffic and Parking Advisory Committee and on the Building and Grounds Committee. She wants to involve the Black Student Movement with the RHA Governing Board to make sure minority concerns are not only heard but con fronted. Liz also has the energy to speak with your voice in housing department policy and budget decisions. Liz also has the enthusiasm to provide better services to you, the resident. She is push ing for more computers in the dorms so we can do our papers in the comfort of our homes. Liz wants to draw South Cam pus Outreach into RHA so that the concerns of residents on South Campus are dealt with more effectively. Also, she is concerned with safety, and intends to support the SAFE Escort program so that you are not afraid to set foot outside your home. Liz has the enthu siasm to work for the instal lation of cable in dorm lounges within the year. Lastly, and most definitely, Liz has the experience needed to be RHA president. During her sophomore year, she was the lOth-floor president of Morrison; her hard work, energy and enthusiasm earned her the Robert White Linker Award for the most outstand ing sophomore in dorm govern ment campuswide. She broad ened her experience this year by serving as the Morrison governor and as a member of the RHA Governing Board, which directly informed and trained her in all aspects of RHA. With Liz Jackson and her three E's energy, enthusiasm and experience you can expect representation, service and dedication. Vote Liz Jack son for RHA president on February 21! STEPHANIE HARDY .' Juniof Political science advertising guide to graphic seduction Why AreWeHek? Gropiug Other Spouse Friends Drowm percent either want to drown their sorrows or bond with their same-gender friends. S: Where on earth did you get that stupid graph? J: It didn't take a lot of research. Actually, most of this stuff is fairly self-evident. S: So? J: So I figure you have a 75 percent chance of ending up with me tonight, in varying degrees of meaningfulness. S: I cant believe you're telling me this stuff. Believe me, IVe got plenty of better things to do than grope or husband-shop, especially in this condemned urine hut. J: You actually haven't got anything a whole lot better to do. S: What do you mean? ' (James pulls out another posterboard.) What Else Could You Do? J: Here are the major choices. You could go to Time Out and cake your arteries with saturated fats, you could go back to the dorm and play Pictionary with the gals ... You could hop on your bed and read 70 pages of your Quantitative Chemical Analysis textbook, then slip under the covers and sleep, alone and silent or else you could "other." S: What do you mean, "other"? J: You know, alone it's only natural. S: (suddenly horrified) Oh my god! Ill have rt O o t V' mm -3)4 - V' TTt on &dS V 1 til M l Election Formula - David Smith To the editor: David Smith. Experience. Leadership." Hard work. David Smith. Experienced in RHA. David has been a floor senator and is today an area governor in RHA. With this working knowledge of RHA, he has developed a better system of representation for residents that he will implement as your RHA president. David Smith. Proven leadership. David has continually proven his leadership in such important issues as parking by working with student government in organizing parking forums. You see, David Smith starts with a vision, and then he takes well-thought, active steps to ensure that the student needs are effectively met. David Smith. Working hard to make your residence hall the best that it can be because it is your home. David sees our campus as a community in which all members should have equal opportunity and access to facilities. As your RHA pres identy he will fight long and hard to ensure cable in dorms, student parking, safety and security, improved food servi ces and physical campus improvements. This is your home don't waste your vote. Vote David Smith. JONATHAN MARTIN Freshman Chemistryeconomics Td the editor: I am voting for Liz Jackson to lead the Residence Hall Association. While working with her for the past two years in the Morrison Legislative Council, I have witnessed her dedication and seen her gain the experience needed to represent dorm residents. Liz has lived in Morrison for three years. For two of those years she has devoted much of her free time to the residents of that dorm, first as president of her floor, then as governor of our area. In these positions, she has shown outstanding commitment to the residents of Morrison. As floor president, she planned and executed floor social and cultural events. She always worked with the best interests of her residents in mind. As area governor, Liz has led Morrison to its most successful year in terms of resident support and program ming attendance. Her long hours leading the Legislative Council and representing Mor rison on the governing board prove her desire to improve life on the UNC campus. The platform that Liz has laid out exemplifies her ambi tion to enhance our residence halls and their environment. To this end, she promises to work for cable television installation in all dorms within her tenure in office. RHA under her leadership will work with SAFE Escort to make our campus safe for dorm residents. She is concerned that the rights of residents not be comprom ised and proposes that an RHA representative sit on the Traffic and Parking Advisory Com mittee and the Building and Grounds Committee. Most importantly, she promises to represent all residents to the housing department and ensure that students not get crushed in the bureaucratic wheels. For the past three years, I have seen Liz set practical goals and reach them. In all of her work she has kept one goal in mind: to make residence hall life the best that it can be. I feel confident that as president of the Residence Hall Associ ation, she will continue to work toward this goal, and she will see it accomplished. Remember, on February 21 vote for Liz Jackson for RHA president. To the editor: Looking over the platforms of this year's candidates for RHA president, one is struck with the similarity of certain points. Both candidates are interested in expanding the Residence Hall Association's representation on the Traffic and Parking Advisory Com mittee, improving communica tion with the housing depart ment without sacrificing RHA's autonomy, improving safety on campus and attempt ing to make more conveniences available to resident students. The crucial differences between the candidates, however, are ideas and initiative. In both of these areas, David Smith has shown that he is the most capable candidate. . i For each of these problems, David has a carefully consi JEFF PERKINSON Senior RTVMP you know I have never "othered" in mv life! '7 J: Nonetheless, I'm much better company than Billy at Time Out or your chemistry homework. S: I'm not so sure. In fact, this may be the worst conversation IVe ever had -. . .. J: You want me to be upright and honest, so here I am. I even have visual aids. -S: And you still expect me to go home with you tonight? '.' -.:-: J: Well, statistically, by now you should be fairly attracted to me. S: I suppose you have a graph for .this too. . (James pulls out another posterboard.) Arousal Chart y v s J: Now what we have here is known as "Closing Time Syndrome;" the later it gets, the lower the requirements for a partner become. : . S: Oh, cute drawings.. And I suppose I'm "downright horny?" J: No, it's only 12:30. S: So I'm merely warm. J: Well, these descriptions are pretty non scientificSp what do you think? S: Let me tell you, James youVe gbt a real nose for research, and I appreciate you being so up front and honest with me but I have to say I find you the most insensitive, egocentric, boneheaded cheese dog fratboy I have ever had the misfortune to be trapped into talking to. J: (pauses) I see. Well, I'm going upstairs now. Are you coming with me? (extends his hand to hers) S: (sighs in defeat) Promise me youll bum those damn graphs? ( They intertwine fingers and slowly disappear into the crowd. Exeunt.) Ian Williams is a music and psychology major from Los Angeles who occasionally takes these trips to Happy Fantasy land. .; candidates dered workable solution. He has developed a proposal for a new government-structure, with executive assistant posi tions for parking, safety and security, food services and minority affairs. Each of these appointees could actively represent student needs' both within student government and on the advisory committees which make recommendations to the chancellor. Especially attractive is David's plan for jan executive assistant for Campus Outreach, which would coot? dinate attempts from North, Mid and South campuses -r as well as Granville Towers to obtain physical improvements in and around the dorms. In order to improve relations with the housing deparment, David has already begun to take steps to increase the fre quency and quality of com munication through discus sions with Dr. Kuncl, director of University housing. RHA will never be able to prevent decisions which are insensitive to the wishes of residents until it gains the respect of the housing department, and Dav id's request that the RHA president be allowed to attend central staff meetings is a step in the right direction. By work ing with the central staff on a weekly basis, RHA could obtain two advantages: a better understanding of the depart ment's plans and needs, and an institutionalized channel for student input into housing decisions. The striking thing about. David's ideas is that they do more than identify problems. They also suggest solutions 'ry solutions which are ambitious, yet attainable. ' ; Perhaps even more impor tant than the detailed and' realistic plans David has deve loped, however, is the attitude and initiative with which he approaches them. As a senator and later governor of Hinton James, and as a member of the RHA Governing Board, David has never hesitated to attack problems he felt that dorm government needed to address. He has shown that he is willing to go to the source of the problems rather than attempt ing to react after they have already arisen. These arc the characteristics that make David Smith the best candidate for RHA president. BARRY COBB Senior Political science i
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