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4The Daily Tar HeelThursday, November 2, 1989 State and National Plan provides for various upgrades in state's transportation systems By KYLE YORK SPENCER Staff Writer. The N.C. Board of Transportation plans to adopt a $5 billion Transpor tation Improvement Program (TIP) to be announced at its Nov. 3 meeting in Raleigh. The plan to update the N.C. high way system provides a blueprint for seven years of highway constructions on the N.C. Intrastate Highway Sys tem and for various highway im provements in larger urban areas. Both the intrastate system and loops program are part of a $9.2 bil lion Highway Trust Fund Law which was adopted in July. The program will fund all secondary roads in North Carolina by the year 2006. It will also leave 96 percent of state residents within 10 miles of a major highway. The TIP involves funding for inter state, bridge, rural, urban and safety iiiillilliiii m s m 1 & m is i- js m m p . X K p p P tn, g ffi 1 ill- fil-i If " 'STL projects. The highway section of the TIP also includes schedules for indi vidual projects in aviation, bicycle, public transportation and rail programs. The aviation project allows the state to administer funds to the State Aid To Airports program, which funds airports in small communities. This year the state will almost match the federal funding for this program, said Paul Worley, public information officer for the Office of Transportation. The bicycle project provides for the state's 2 million bicyclists by making on-road improvements, widening shoulders, and constructing signs and special bicycle railings for bridges. The state will match federal funds for this program, Worley said. The public transportation program will fund transit across North Carolina. It provides for buses in cities and vans for rural areas. The state will match a m m m m m m m & Trr -1,5-. lru- ' " The Investment Banking Firm of MORGAN STANLEY cordially invites Carolina seniors of all majors to a presentation regarding Representatives of Morgan Stanley will present to discuss opportunities in Capital Markets Services Corporate Finance Merchant Banking Mergers & Acquisitions Mortgage Finance Real Estate The Financial Analyst Program Thursday, November 2, 1989 The Carolina Inn Ballroom C 6:30 p.m. Please contact the Office of Career Planning and Placement Services for additional information. federal funding for this project. The rail program aims to maintain the existing state railroads by pur chasing abandoned corridors from large railroad companies or helping short line railroads buy them. By maintaining these railroads the state fosters business and encour ages industry to build in certain areas where they have access to rail serv ice, said Worley. Maintaining or increasing rail service will be particularly impor tant when road construction begins, Worley said. The state hopes to en courage drivers to consider other types of transportation in order to prevent severe traffic jams in con struction areas, he said. In addition to the above transpor tation programs, the board will be asked to allot $21.8 million for high way construction contracts. H' III lli liOs'J irll fcje. rea 3& sat fcts m--. .-s sct iv P 2h s im te -i i- aa,o X a& s& -jj-a -5irr r-" u.1 nit'" ' J w w & m mmm. m m m SMr, JeH: iir It be Bush-Gorbachev - pol cames By CHUCK WILLIAMS Staff Writer President Bush announced Tuesday he will meet with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in December aboard U.S. and Soviet naval vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. The meeting will take place Dec. 2 and 3, probably off the coast of Italy, and will alternate between U.S. and Soviet ships. The meeting will precede a larger, full-scale summit scheduled for the late spring or early summer of 1990. The meeting will be the first be tween Bush and Gorbachev since Bush's election. They met last year in New York City when Bush was president-elect. The meeting appears to be an infor mal discussion of current superpower lifpfiil : m m m m & P w- m m m m m m m fe m 8 i -5 m $ W m 'M m as :-fet "c jjlJ: -it -. is-1 inu: -tr.t t m m m m m ffi fife; -. w i m "4 -TBJl e 1 t n-nn -b: c" s: STT .JC UUr It- IT IT- T" w 1 1 Meal reievancdi News Analysis relations, the Eastern Europe situation and the state of Gorbachev 's perestroika program for further democratization of the Soviet Union. U.S. officials hope to show cautious support for Gorbachev's initiatives for change. "We're trying to indicate an interest in Gorbachev's program," said Robert Rupen, professor of political science at UNC. "In this meeting we're trying to show we approve of a lot of things he's doing. We want to project a positive image." The meeting is also politically im portant to both leaders, despite its lesser magnitude in comparison to previous meetings with the Soviet Union. Gorbachev is battling internal criti cism as the Soviet econonmy continues to deteriorate, while Bush faces criti cism for being too cautious in foreign affairs. "I think anything Gorbachev can get immediately which will suggest his new policies will lead to better relations will work to his political advantage," said Joel Schwartz, UNC political science professor. "I think Bush rightfully has been criticized for being ineptly cau tious and not really seizing opportuni ties of change which are taking place." The North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation (NATO) has been looking to the U.S. for leadership, but it has been slow, Schwartz said. The meeting has great importance for Gorbachev, who may have to come down harder on his domestic political opponents in the near future, and wants to assure the U.S. he is standing by his program despite the possible appear ance of a setback. "We will be helping him in his domestic power situation," Rupen said. However, Gorbachev must also guard against appearing weak in asking for Western support. "Publicly, it would be very difficult for any Soviet leader to say they need the West to come to the rescue," Schwartz said. "Symbolically, Gor bachev wants the U.S. to treat (the Soviets) from a position of parity." President Bush's view toward the Mate increases Tunaine for teaching By ERIC LUSK Staff Writer In another move to upgrade the quality of education in North Carolina, the General Assembly voted to invest $4 million more in the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program. The Fellows Program, which began in 1987, is designed to lure 400 of the state's top high school students into choosing teaching as a profession by offering a four-year, $20,000 scholar ship. The scholarship requires the recipi ent to attend one of 13 participating public or private colleges and universi ties in North Carolina and agree to teach in the state for at least four years after graduation. "We presently have 1200 of the state's best and brightest enrolled in the program," said Margaret Webb, N.C. legislative information officer. "The money voted for this year will fund scholarships for a third and fourth year of classes." The legislature has already put $10 million into the Fellows Program be fore this year, she said. The 400 chosen in 1 989 had an aver age SAT score of 1109, a cumulative GPA of 3.67 and were in the top 10 percent of their respective high school graduating classes, Webb said. The Public School Forum admini sters the program statewide and coordi nates activities within the high schools and the 13 participating colleges and universities. The Forum also selects the local and regional committees that choose the yearly 400 Fellows. 'The committees are looking for students with good communication skills, high academic achievement, a DTH. The best news on campus!!! l Full Size CottonFoam FUTON with 3-position FRAME (Similar to Classic Modern Furnishings The CourtyardW. Franklin and Roberson 942-8811 10-9 Mon.-Sat. summit 1 Soviets appears to have moderated. He I originally had a skeptical approach to j dealing with Gorbachev and his initia- tives. : "His position has modified a lot," i Rupen said. "The change in view had ! started with Reagan." Bush has become more willing to ! accept the sincerity of perestroika, a ' did his predecessor. Reagan is oftel 3 remembered for his reference to the ' Soviet Union as an "evil empire", but ' he later signed a historic arms contrql 3 agreement with the Soviets. i, 3 "There has been a 360-degree turn around," Schwartz said. "I think (Bush's caution) is a difference of personality. '. Reagan had the capacity for grand v ! sion. George Bush's career has beeii ' bureaucratic appointments, which ! brings a cautious, conservative mental- 1 ity. He doesn't want to disappoint 3 anybody or get out ahead of anybody.'- ! One of the main reasons the presK dent has given for having the meeting is" to discuss the changing political tide in Eastern Europe, such as Poland elect ing a non-Communist governments Hungary planning to hold free elecP ; tions, and East Germans demonstrating, j' for more freedoms. Gorbachev has attained a great deaf J of popularity in Europe because of these changes. ' J "Eastern Europe is a very tricky situ-J ation," Rupen said. 'To what extent arey we encouraging Eastern Europe to ger its own way? A lot of Europeans fe&l we have been dragging our feet, so naturally they will approve of th meeting." Schwartz said: "When international public opinion polls are conducted to find who is the most important, chariS- matic political actor today, Gorbachev wins hands down. Unfortunately for him, he plays much better politically'' outside the Soviet Union than inside:"': Although some experts question the. value of these "mini-summit" mtei-J ings, others feel they are important and beneficial. ,:, "My vote is to have these meetings. often," Rupen said. "You don't have to have a big treaty or deal to meet. I don't . see anything wrong with these casual meetings." . ;. , . .. , fellowships potential for leadership and a commit-. ment to improving education as .a., whole," Pat Sumner, director of the. Teaching Fellows Program, said. The selection process resembles thq.; process used in choosing Morehead Scholars, she said. Students must sub-. mit a writing sample, go through inter view sessions and have recommenda- ; tions. The biggest problem the teaching ; profession faces today is the lack of ; emphasis placed on a good education, ; Sumner said. "Education today has changed a lot j from where it used to be. Most students today lack the understanding of the i importance of a good education. ThCy i are concerned more with themselves and making money fast." 's I This lack of caring is not the fault of i the students, she said. Somewhere be- j tween this generation and the last, thie I education system as a whole failed in promoting the true value of good school- ing, she said. ' I "I hope that through this program we 1 can get some really bright and excited I people into the classrooms who can t change all this," she said. ! Each college and university further I enriches the Fellows Program with a variety of activities and seminars. "We've got all sorts of socials, par- ties and fund-raisers planned to help ; the students involved in the program ; get to know each other better," Char- ; lotte Jones, director of teacher educa- J tion at N.C. State University, said. "We also sponsor a monthly forum designed to get students enthusiastic about get ting into the classroom." NCSU has about 200 students en rolled in the Fellows Program, she said -SPECIAL- $19900 COMPLETE! Illustration) 'V
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