The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, September 12, 19903
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Bikers rack brains looking for parking space
Prison count falls
below Supercap level
RALEIGH The population of
North Carolina's prisons dipped Tues
day, causing the Supercap provisions of
the Emergency Prison Population Sta
bilization Act to expire after one day.
The emergency expired when the
number of inmates dropped below
1 8,7 1 5. This was the 12th time this year
the Supercap has been triggered.
Under the provisions of the Supercap,
the Parole Commission is required to
include most parole-eligible felons in
the pool to be considered for early re
lease. The prison cap emergency, triggered
July 26, remains in effect.
The Parole Commission has until
Oct. 23 to reduce the state prison
population to no more than 18,153 in
mates under that provision.
N.C. Attorney general
to visit Soviet Union
RALEIGH Attorney General Lacy
Thomburg will represent the National
Association of Attorneys General in an
exchange with the Soviet Union to be
held in Moscow next week.
- Thornburg said with the improving
political and economic relationship be
tween the United States and the Soviet
Union, the Moscow Conference on Law
- and B ilateral Economic Relations comes
at a perfect time.
"The Soviets are becoming more
interested in using laws and legal in
stitutions to achieve democratic free
. dom, individual rights and free markets,"
he said.
UNC cancer center
receives donation
The Lineberger Foundation Inc. of
Belmont has donated $1 million to the
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center at UNC.
Half of the gift, announced Tuesday,
will be used for the center's endowment.
The rest will go toward a $15 million
fund-raising drive to add three floors to
'the Lineberger Building. ; '
Americans fleeing
Gulf arrive Thursday
; RALEIGH North Carolina will
receive its first planeload of Americans
fleeing the Persian Gulf crisis on
Thursday, when more than 300 people
will use the state's repatriation center to
-re-enter the United States.
Renee Hoffman of the N.C. Depart
ment of Crime Control and Public Safety
said 3 15 to 330 people are expected to
arrive on a Boeing 747 at Raleigh
Durham International Airport. Special
facilities have been set up in Terminal
B, which had been closed more than a
year ago as new terminals were opened,
she said.
"North Carolina was one of the sites
that was chosen because our Emergency
Management Division has a real good
reputation for dealing with emergen
cies," Hoffman said. Other displaced
Americans have returned to Dulles In
ternational Airport outside Washing
ton, D.C., and to Charleston, S.C.
State officials will provide immi
gration and customs services and vir
tually any other service the incoming
Americans need, including medical care,
transportation, communications assis
tance, food, loans and child care.
"We expect a whole lot of children,"
Hoffman said. North Carolina had its
repatriation program in place long be
fore Iraq invaded Kuwait, she said.
"Our Division of Emergency Man
agement is very proactive," Hoffman
said. "They don't sit on their hands
waiting for something to happen."
However, recent disasters including
tornadoes in 1988 and 1989 and Hurri
cane Hugo last year helped emergency
officials hone their skills, she said.
"We've had enough practice dealing
with emergencies to know how to handle
them," Hoffman said.
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By SUSIE KATZ
Staff Writer
If that daily bicycle trek to campus
has turned into a nightmare welcome
to the UNC bike rack zone.
Parking a bicycle on campus has
become an adventure for many students
who are unable to find a legitimate
place to safely lock their bikes.
Trees are popular places to lock up
bikes. Penny Bakatsias, a senior from
Charlotte, said she locks her bike to
trees or just locks the tire to the frame
and leans it against a building when she
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By NANCY WYKLE
University Editor
Student Congress Speaker Matt Heyd
and Student Body President Bill
Hildebolt are working to make congress
and the executive branch more acces
sible to students.
The two student leaders are trying to
prevent conflicts that occurred last year
within student government from hap
pening again.
Former Student Body President Brien
Lewis and former Student Congress
Speaker Gene Davis had problems re
solving conflicts over appointments and
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Pavilion on Franklin development
continues without project partner
BySHARYNTILL
Staff Writer
The Pavilion on Franklin, a retail
complex featuring Ann Taylor, Ralph
Lauren Polo, Banana Republic and
Laura Ashley stores, continues on
schedule despite the withdrawal of
partner Davidson and Jones Corp.
West Franklin Preservation Partners
remains the only partner in the Pavilion
on Franklin project. A spokesman from
Davidson and Jones said the firm pulled
out because of "business reasons." The
company could not be reached for fur
ther comment.
Jack Behrman, a West Franklin Pres
ervation Partner, said the project would
continue without Davidson and Jones.
However, he said, a new partner is
needed to complete the project.
"We're looking for financing, which
is what Davidson and Jones guaran-
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can't find a spot at a bike rack and is
going to be late for class.
"I just wish there were more bike
racks," she said. "It's a lot safer for it to
be locked to a bike rack or to a pole than
it is putting it against the side of a
building."
Stephanie Long, a senior from
Hickory, said it would be easier to find
places to park if other bikers would be
more considerate when locking up their
bikes to leave space for others.
"(The bike racks) are just too sloppy,"
she said. "You can't get (your bike) in
Heyd strive for coiiimiiiiiGatioii, unity
breakdowns in communication, ac
cording to a 1 989 Daily Tar Heel article.
Heyd said there were many people
who returned to government and con
gress despite the problems last year.
"Even with turbulence last year, you
see more people returning," he said.
"The elections last year indicated stu
dents wanted to be treated fairly by the
legislative and executive branches."
Hildebolt said he and Heyd commu
nicate well and work well together. "I
think the biggest difference between
Matt and I, and Gene and Brien is we're
really open with each other," he said.
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teed," Behrman said. "We are in contact
with potential partners."
When asked who might replace
Davidson and Jones, Behrman said, "No
way would I embarrass any cf them by
mentioning them now."
The last piece of commercial prop
erty for sale on Franklin Street will
house the Pavilion. Pledger said the
.Cat's Cradle, which temporarily occu
pies that space now, will be moved
early next year.
"We'll be working with Frank Heath
(owner of the Cat 's Cradle) for a perma
nent place," Pledger said. "It's hard to
find 4,000 square feet in Chapel Hill."
The corner of West Franklin, Rose
mary and Church streets will support
the five-story, 70,000-square-foot re
tail and commercial center. Joseph
Hakan designed the $1 1 million development.
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Gretchan Diffendal, Residence Hall
Association president, said there may
be a way for students to get more bike
racks, especially near the residence halls.
"That's why the RHA has enhance
ment funds," Diffendal said. "It's pos
sible that an area government could
request that (to purchase bike racks)."
It would have to be looked into be
cause enhancement rules dictate exactly
what those funds may and may not be
used to purchase, she said.
John Gardner, transportation planner
Congress member Jiirgen Buchenau
(Dist. 3) served on congress last year
and said relationships have improved.
"Last year we had a lot of last-minute
maneuvering and backroom politicking,
and that's not happening this year."
Mark Shelburne (Dist. 8), Congress
Rules and Judiciary Committee chair
man, worked in the executive branch of
government under Lewis. He said he
was told by student government mem
bers to choose between the branches
because they didn't think Lewis and
Davis could get along.
Buchenau said Heyd has improved
Sheriffs department gains fan
to aid domestic violence victims
By PETER WALLSTEN
Staff Writer
Victims of domestic violence now
have someone they can talk with in
county government, thanks to a two
year $40,000 federal Victims of Crime
Act grant.
"I'll be there as an advocate to kind
of give them advice," said Jan Stone,
who began working in the Orange
County sheriffs department last Tues
day. "I'll be contacting the (victims)
and telling them that I'm here to help."
Stone, originally from Maine, worked
for 10 years in Craven County after
opening a shelter there for victims of
domestic violence. She said the situa
tion here was like the one in the eastern
part of the state.
"It's real similar here," she said. "We
have the outlying, rural counties with
many women who don't have phones or
ways to communicate with us."
Stone's job will include working di
rectly with victims of domestic vio
lence to help them prepare for court
cases. In addition to working with the
clerk of court during the cases, Stone
said she was planning to patrol with
county deputies to learn more about the
community.
Stone will also work in conjunction
with the Orange-Chatham Coalition for
Battered Women, which was active with
the sheriffs department in getting the
grant.
"We are very excited about it and
Chapel Hill flag ready for colorful debut
By CHRISTINE THOMAS
Staff Writer
When the newly renovated and ex-
panded Chapel Hill town office build
ing opens later this year, Chapel Hill
officials hope they will have a flag to
present to the town.
Nancy Preston, Chapel Hill Town
Council member and head of the Flag
Design Committee, said she hoped to
see the flag flying over the town office
building in December. Preston has been
in charge of the town building com
mittee, which directed the building of
the town hall expansion. Preston said
that the expansion was complete but
that renovations on the older building
were still under way.
In December 1989, town council
member Joe Herzenberg, Mayor
Jonathan Howes and Preston sponsored
a petition to the town council for an
official town flag design. Preston said
she initially presented the idea for a
town flag to the council with the idea of
having the flag project completed
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and Parking, said, "There are some .
places on campus where there aren't
enough racks. We've documented that."
The freeze on money available to the
University makes it difficult to do
anything about that, he said.
"The issue is money. We don't have
funds identified for bicycle racks,"
Gardner said.
Gardner said U-shaped racks are the
best type to install because they are
secure and coated with vinyl to prevent
scratching the finish off of bicycles.
congress' image, but appearances re
ceive too much emphasis. Internal work
needs to be done, and members need to
focus more on their jobs, he said.
Heyd's method of managing con
gress has its disadvantages, Buchenau
said. "I feel there's a certain lack of
(new congress members) don't know
rules and they don't know the (Student)
Code."
Heyd said he is making many struc
tural changes in congress. "We are try
ing to make congress more relevant to
what's going on," Heyd said.
In the past, congress members have
strongly believe it will improve service
to battered women in Orange County,"
said Dana Lindquist, director of devel
opment and community relations for
the 13-year-old coalition.
Lindquist also said Stone should
prove to be a great asset to the commu
nity. "We're also very excited about the
person selected for the position," she
said. "She has a tremendous amount of
experience and expertise, and is well
respected for what she does."
Stone will try to make matters sim
pler for domestic violence victims when
they decide to take legal action,
Lindquist said.
- "The idea is that it's coordination of
all the points of the system that battered
women are involved with," Lindquist
said. "A lot of victims were saying,
'Gosh, if there were just one person that
had an overall view of what was going
on before I reach the D.A.'"
County officials decided nearly three
years ago such a position was necessary
in the community when coalition work
ers asked women staying at the
coalition's shelter what types of ser
vices would be helpful, Lindquist said.
In 1989 the coalition tracked about
850 cases of assault on females,
Lindquist said, adding that the 24-hour
crisis hotline received 918 calls during
the last fiscal year.
But the statistics are misleading be
cause the coalition is simply incapable
sometime in December.
According to the petition, the flag
would "serve as a symbol of citizens'
pride in this special community."
In addition to having a flag at the
town hall, Preston said there was a
possibility flags would be made avail
able for citizens to purchase. The flag
might be flown over other town build
ings as well. The council will wait until
after the design is approved to make
final plans on the actual number of flags
purchased and where those flags will be
sent.
The process for choosing a flag de
sign began with Howes' appointment
of a Flag Design Committee.The seven
person committee consists of two
council members, Mayor's Assistant
Lisa Price, two members of the Com
munity Appearance Commission and
two citizens at large.
The Flag Design Committee began
the design process by first meeting to
discuss "Chapel Hill and the quality
about Chapel Hill as an entity of its
faculty do," Hershey said. "We are
committed to maintaining their pres
ence at this university, if possible."
Harry Gooder, professor of micro
biology and chairman of the faculty,
said there will be a tremendous demand
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Each rack would hold three bikes and
would cost about $60 apiece, not in
cluding installation.
Transportation and Parking also has
looked at buying bicycle lockers.
People using the lockers probably
would be charged about $35 to $40 a
year per bike to defray the cost of the
lockers, which is about $500 for a locker
with compartments for two bikes, he
said.
Gardner said the lockers could be a
possibility if students or faculty mem
bers showed an interest in renting them.
lost touch with the student body to some
extent, he said. This year's congress is
more service-oriented, Heyd said. "A
lot of them (congress members) feci
strongly about going out and doing
things for the student body."
Members of congress are evaluating
the budget process and are trying to
develop a system that treats everyone
fairly, Heyd said.
Hildebolt recommended congress
listen to students more, Heyd said. Con
gress is trying to do that through public
hearings, he said. "Congress's role is to
bring together student opinion."
of counting all the cases, Lindquist said.
Also, "countless" women never call for
help because they are either scared or
their abusers are not allowing them to
do so, she said.
"We're just looking at the tip of the
iceberg with those figures," she said.
County officials are excited abont
clamping down on domestic violence,
Stone said.
"The sheriff's department seems re -ally
supportive," Stone said. "The of
ficers all seem supportive and want to
help victims. The (district attorney's)
office also seems very supportive."
The killing of Dawn Jolly last year
focused attention on the issues sur
rounding domestic violence in Orange
County. But Stone said the number of
incidents here was not drastically dif
ferent from anywhere else.
"Pretty much the problems and inci
dents perpopulation number is going to
be about the same," she said. .
Many times battered women need an
advocate from whom they can get ad
vice because the abusers try to keep
their victims from getting help, she said.
"If they're living at home with the
abuser, they're going to be, as I say,
killed with kindness, because there are
periods of reconciliation after the inci
dents when the victim may decide not to
call for help," Stone said. "Or, (the
abuser) is going to threaten her and keep
her from calling. Really that woman is
in danger staying there with the man."
character." Preston said the committee
wanted a flag design that typified the
ideas they discussed.
After interviewing artists who sub
mitted design ideas, Preston said the
selection of designs was narrowed to
nine. These nine designs were displayed
at the town hall, the public library, UNC
Student Stores, Rite Aid Discount
Center on Franklin Street and Univer
sity Mall.
Through an informal vote at these
display stations, residents and Univer
sity students chose the design submit
ted by artist Spring Davis. His design is
divided into three horizontal sections.
The upper section is a light blue sky, the
middle section consists of a silhouette
of town buildings against a chevron of
white and the lower portion is green,
"which typifies the environmental con
cerns of Chapel Hill," Preston said.
The flag design will be presented to
the public during the Sept. 24 town
council meeting.
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