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4The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, March 22, 1989
State plan's breakwater constructs op
By SANDY WALL
Staff Writer
Recent storms have forced state
officials to proceed with plans to
build a $15 million to $20 million
breakwater to protect the Herbert C.
Bonner Bridge to Hatteras Island
from continuing erosion.
The land that supports the south
ern abutment of the bridge has been
eroding steadily and is in danger of
completely washing away because of
recent storms. The breakwater will
shield the land from the tide.
The bridge, which spans Oregon
Inlet and carries N.C. Highway 12,
is the only link between Hatteras
Island and the mainland.
"It's been eroding for 10 years,"
said Don Follmer, director of public
affairs for the N.C. Department of
Natural Resources. A breakwater
would be a way to save the bridge
and stabilize the south-progressing
inlet.
The proposed breakwater (or
Chapel Hill may get Soviet sister city
By NICOLLE SKALSKI
Staff Writer
A committee appointed by Mayor
Jonathan Howes has chosen Tartu,
a small college town in the Soviet
Union, as a possible sister city to
Chapel Hill.
About five or six years ago, the
committee was formed by local
citizens who were interested in getting
involved on the local level to improve
East-West relations, said committee
member Dirk Spruyt.
The committee consists of about
12 active members who meet once a
month to work on the project, Spruyt
said.
The program is being sponsored by
Sister Cities International, which is
based in Washington, D.C. The
mayor's committee is working
through this organization to find a
sister city, he said.
"The program will allow people
here to understand the cultural
diversity in the Soviet Union," said
Jaan Valsiner, a psychology professor
at UNC-CH who taught at Tartu
University until he left the Soviet
Union in 1980. "It will be very
beneficial to both sides."
Spruyt said it was difficult to find
a city similar to Chapel Hill because
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groin) would be a rock structure
extending 500 to 1,000 feet into the
ocean and would stop the erosion
along the southern end of the bridge,
said George Wells, highway admin
istrator of the N.C. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
"At risk is N.C. Highway 12 where
it ties onto the bridge," he said. "The
groin will allow the natural buildup
of sand and beach which will restore
(the land)."
The groin proposal was one recom
mendation from a task force of
engineers and marine experts
appointed by the DOT in 1988 to
study possible solutions for the
erosion problem at the bridge, Wells
said.
The task force reported in August
1988 that the groin would be the most
viable solution to the problem and
predicted the area could wait 10 years
before construction would be heeded,
he said.
But recent storms and normal
most European universities are
located in large metropolitan areas.
Tartu is the closest match to
Chapel Hill because it is a small
university town, Spruyt said.
"Tartu is a cosmopolitan town with
a broad-minded point of view," he
said. "This was why we were more
attracted to it."
The town also has a strong interest
in basketball and a strong historic and
cultural background much like
Chapel Hill, Spruyt said.
Valsiner said Tartu is a town of
about 100,000 people, of whom over
one-half are linked to one of the two
universities in Tartu, Tartu University
and an agricultural college.
David Griffiths, a member of the
OWASA to
By TOM PARKS
Staff Writer
Orange County Water and Sewer
Authority (OWASA) will soon begin
installing a new water main along
Estes Drive, OWASA's chief engineer
said.
Chief Engineer Wayne Munden
said construction is scheduled to
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erosion have made the project an
immediate necessity, Wells said.
"The recent two storms did exten
sive erosion," he said. "An emergency
exists right now."
N.C. Gov. Jim Martin met Mon
day with U.S. Interior Secretary
Manuel Lujon to emphasize the
importance and urgency of addres
sing the Bonner Bridge problem,
Wells said.
The Department of the Interior
must approve construction of the
groin because the land the bridge rests
on is part of the federally-owned Pea
Island Wildlife Refuge, he said.
A decision from the secretary could
come within the next two days, said
Tom Wilson, a spokesman for the
Department of the Interior in
Washington.
If approved, the groin would be
a joint project of the state and federal
governments, Wells said, adding that
the state will seek the assistance and
advice of the U.S. Army Corps of
mayor's committee, said Chapel Hill
and Tartu are model university
towns.
"Tartu is one of the oldest and best
universities in the Soviet Union,"
Griffiths said.
Although Tartu is only a possible
candidate and the committee is still
in its negotiating and decision making
stages, the committee would like to
see Chapel Hill linked with Tartu,
Spruyt said.
The program is now working at
two levels, he said. "On one level the
committee is working to get better
information on who we are and what
we represent."
On another level, Sister Cities
International is contacting their
counterparts in Moscow to find out
install Estes
begin this week as soon as weather
permits and work on the 16-inch main
should be completed by late July.
The construction will take place on
Estes Drive between Airport Road
and Franklin Street, Munden said.
Two-way traffic will continue
during "peak traffic hours" while the
main is being laid, he said. Peak hours
are from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
During the day, the eastbound lane
of traffic will be diverted through the
Estes Hills subdivision, Munden said.
The current main is being replaced
because of its age and problems with
the main over the past few years, he
said.
"WeVe had numerous line leaks on
Estes Drive," Munden said.
OWASA will try to complete the
project as soon as possible because
the N.C. Department of Transporta
tion has scheduled Estes Drive for
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Engineers.
Money from the N.C. highway
fund would enable the state to pay
for the construction of the project as
well as reimburse the Corps of
Engineers for any assistance they may
give, he said.
The groin can work and any funds
for it would be money well spent,
Follmer said.
"They (similar breakwater pro
jects) can be effective," he said. "Of
course when you're dealing with the
tide and the weather, you never know.
It's still cheaper than a new bridge."
Projects similar to the proposed
Hatteras project have been successful
in North Carolina before, said Tom
Jarrett, a former member of the DOT
task force and currently chief of
coastal engineering for the Wilming
ton Branch of the Army Corps of
Engineers.
"It would be very sirhiliar to a
structure at Fort Macon State Park,"
he said.
if Tartu would be interested in Chapel
Hill, he said.
Carrboro is also interested in
joining Chapel Hill to match with
Tartu, Spruyt said.
One of the criteria set by Sister
Cities International is" a certain city
size, and the addition of Carrboro will
help meet this criterion, he said.
The mayor, the town council and
the committee will be involved in
making a final decision, Spruyt said.
The committee would like as wide
a group as possible to be involved
in making a final choice, he.said.
"We would like it so people from
all walks of life in Chapel Hill can
find counterparts there (in Tartu),"
Spruyt said.
water main
resurfacing in August, he said.
OWASA is also working on its
preliminary budget for the next fiscal
year.
On March 6, the Chapel Hill Town
Council recommended that OWASA
make presentations this spring to the
council and other local government
bodies to increase awareness of
OWASA's budget.
The budget will be presented for
discussion at an April 12 meeting of
OWASA's Board of Directors. The
board is scheduled to vote on the
budget during a meeting on April 27.
According to a memo from Town
Manager David Taylor, the recom
mendation was made in response to
a request from Everett Billingsley, the
executive director of OWASA. In a
letter dated Feb. 13, Billingsley
requested comments from the council
about OWASA's budget process.
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On-cam pus center provided
for off-campus N.D. students
GRAND FORKS, N.D.
University of North Dakota stu
dents who live off campus now
have an exclusive on-campus
Student Life Center which was
opened to give them interaction
with other off-campus residents:
"WeVe been concerned for a
long time that commuter students
really aren't experiencing what
college life is all about," said Gail
Baker, adviser to Students Living
Off-Campus, a group which
helped organize the center.
The center opened in a vacant
room of the student union. It is
currently furnished with tables and
chairs, and plans for the addition
of a peer counseling center, a quiet
lounge and a small kitchenette are
in the making.
Alcohol ban on campuses
HARTFORD, Conn. A
Connecticut legislator has intro
duced a bill to Connecticut's
House which would ban alcoholic .
beverages from state colleges.
Rep. Edith Prague said her bill
prohibiting the sale, distribution
and consumption of alcohol on
Connecticut's public campuses is
warranted by a rise in alcohol
abuse among students.
"Alcohol abuse by the youth
today is a major problem that
cannot be ignored," she told
Collegiate Press Service.
Prague said there is too much
emphasis on drinking in college
today.
Computer talks to the blind
ATHENS, Ga. A computer
accessory that talks has made
academic life easier for visually
impaired students at the Univer
sity of Georgia.
Congress
Beasley said.
The expense accounts operate like
checking accounts, and the organi
zation cannot spend money where
none has been allocated. It places a
spending limit on each account.
With the present budget process,
which is based on a fiscal year,
organizations assume they have the
entire amount the congress told them
they can spend, but their balances are
not based on any real cash holdings,
Beasley said.
Congress may tell an organization
it can spend $1,000 in a year but only
give it $500, with the other $500
coming from the organization's own
efforts, Beasley said. The organiza
tion then spends $100 and thinks it
has $900 left when it only has $400,
he said.
In the past, only the Student
Activities Fund Office (SAFO) has
known exactly how much money
each organization has.
The new system will not alter
operations for any constitutionally
funded organization nor for any
groups with 100 percent student
government funding, such as the
Judicial Branch and Student Legal
Services.
The new system would also prevent
the congress from having too strong
an impact on organizations V pur
poses, Beasley said.
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The system, which translates
software into speech through a
voice synthesizer, is designed to
help visually-impaired students
. with papers and other coursework.
Besides speaking to its user, the
computer is also capable of mak
ing a Braille print-out of material
needed for further study.
The University of Georgia has
six legally blind students and
about 20 who are visually
impaired, handicap services coun
selor Diane Shimkets told Geor
gia's campus newspaper.
The system was funded by
money from the university's CoU
lege of Arts and Sciences and
Student Affairs.
Texas law targets pay-for-play
AUSTIN, Texas The Texas
state Senate has passed legislation
which will prosecute recruiters and.
student athletes who participate in
illegal pay-for-play transactions
Anyone found making gratui-'
tous offers to student athletes in
exchange for their athletic partic-'
ipation could be charged with a
third-degree felony. Any student
athlete who accepts the gifts could
face Class A misdemeanor
charges.
A third-degree felony convic-'
tion carries a two- to 10-year jail '
term and or a maximum fine of
$5,000. Class A misdemeanors
carry a one-year maximum jail
sentence and or a fine not to
exceed $2,000.
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"The current budget process oper
ates well, but there is a tendency for
congress to influence and control the
programs of organizations through
student government funding, and this
can adversely affect the organization's
campus character and ability to
stimulate interest among members,"
he said.
The Student Congress Finance
Committee will only make hypothet-1
ical deductions to arrive at a Student
Government appropriation amount.
Actual expense cutting will not be
done unless the budget category
violates a Jav or the organization
consents to the committee's decision.
During -the final budget hearing,
the congress and the organization will
determine the accounts to which cash
will be allocated.
Student Congress Rules and Judi
ciary Chairman Gene Davis (Dist. 16)
said the proposal would benefit all
students. :
The proposal will come before the
Rules and Judiciary Committee
Monday. If the committee passes the
proposal, it will be sent to the full
congress March 29. Because the
amendments within the proposal call
for a bylaws change, however, the
proposal cannot come to a vote until
the 71st congress convenes on April
5, and it would, not take effect until
spring 1990.
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