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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, February 21, 19913 Hardin to speak at education seminar I Chancellor Paul Hardin is scheduled as afeatured speaker at a seminar March 1 'and 2 examining higher education in Germany, England, Japan and the United States. ' As part of the University's Adven tures in Ideas series, the seminar will look at the ideas and ideals that have shaped higher education in each coun try. I The seminar will conclude with a panel discussion on "New Directions for Higher Education." Tuition for the seminar is $65, with an optional $10 box lunch March 2. Participants are eligible for one hour of teacher renewal credit. Advance registration is required. To register, call 962-1544. Student artists display award-winning work Works by the winners of the UNC art department's annual awards will be in the Hanes Art Center Gallery through Feb. 28. The exhibit is free and can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Ashley Zepeda, a senior from Char lotte, won the Jonathan E. Sharpe Scholarship. Betsy Towns, a senior from Charlotte, and Mark Robinson, a senior from Durham, won George Kachergis Me morial awards. Alyssa Wood, a junior from Midlothian, Va., won the Alexander Julian award for design. William Berry named first Belk professor William Berry has been named the first Belk professor in Business Ad ministration at the business school. -The professorship is a permanent endowment given to the school in 1983 by the Belk Foundation of Charlotte. It is in memory of the founder of the Belk's department store chain, William Henry Belk, and his brother, John Thomas Belk. The endowment supports the teach ing, research and service contributions of an outstanding professor. Berry is chairman of the business school's operations management and quantitative methods department. Carolina Summer ap plications available High school juniors interested in at tending the seventh annual Carolina Summer program at UNC can now pick up applications. Fifty students will be selected to participate in the'program, which will run from July 7 to July 27. The program is designed to give energetic and aca demically motivated students a glimpse of college life. Students attending the program will live in a residence hall for three weeks, take college-level courses and partici pate in sessions exploring University opportunities and resources Tuition for the program is $980, in cluding room and weekday meals. Tu ition does not include books. A limited number of scholarships are available. Spaces open for health care symposium Space is still available for people who want to attend a symposium on health care for head and spinal cord injuries. The symposium is sponsored by the School of Nursing Continuing Educa tion Program, UNC Hospitals and the New Medico Head Injury Systems. It will be held at Research Triangle Park Feb. 22 and 23. For more information or to register for the symposium, contact the nursing school's continuing education program at 941-5050. Students can study Monticello archaeology ;The acting director of archaeology at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Vir ginia home, is now accepting applica tions for the seventh annual Monticello University of Virginia Field School. ;The program offers two sessions,each worth four academic credits. The first session is from June 16 to July 12, and the second is from July 14 to Aug. 9. Students may apply for both sessions. Applications are due by April 1. ;Half of the tuition for the program is underwritten by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Inc., the private nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello. Students can ar range for room and board through the university. The program teaches the practical skills of excavation and recording, in cluding weekly seminars and weekend trips. Students wishing to participate must demonstrate the ability to work well with others under rigorous physi cal conditions. ;For an application, contact Barbara J. Heath at Monticello; P.O. Box 316; Charlottesville, Va. 22902. iBter-Frateriiiity resolution encourages By Matthew Mielke Staff Writer The Inter-Fraternity Council passed a resolution Tuesday night committing UNC fraternities to recycling and con serving any appropriate materials. The resolution encourages each fra ternity and sorority to designate a "Conservation Chair" by the fall se mester 1991. The chairman or chair woman would coordinate all recycling efforts. Whether this position is included on each group's executive council would Student groups to start By Warren Hynes Staff Writer Starting today, UNC students will be urged to express their war and envi ronmental concerns in ink. The UNC Student Environmental Action Coalition and the UNC Com mittee for Peace in the Middle East will kick off a two-week letter-writing campaign with a rally at 12:15 p.m. in the Pit. Both groups will present speakers, and group members will man tables where students can get help writing letters. The correspondence campaign has three goals: to urge U.S. Congress members to reject President Bush's proposed energy policy, to ask the $tS w:- Clean sweep Mickey Hosn, an employee of Hector's since 1 983, pitches in during cleanup efforts Wednesday. The restaurant was dam- Carrboro to By Kris Donahue Staff Writer The Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday night to have its staff and the Downtown De velopment Commission recommend how the town should implement im provements suggested by a downtown parking study. A committee report released to the board included ways to improve the quality, accessibility and convenience of parking in the downtown area, but did not include a plan for implementing the changes. According to the report, downtown parking problems included: fl students who park in public and private lots and then bike or take a bus to campus, D a severe lack of on-site parking for Town to hear wage information By Erik Rogers Staff Writer One of the most important issues and challenges that will affect local residents within the next five years is maintaining competitive wages, said Pat Crotts, Chapel Hill personnel di rector. Representatives of the personnel department will present information about competitive wages to the Chapel Hill Town Council during a work session Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building. "Maintaining competitive wages and benefits within the Research Tri angle area in tight economic times, to attract and retain good employees, will continue to be a challenge," Crotts wrote in a report to Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal Horton. In an interview, Crotts said wages in the Triangle area were among the highest in the state. "But this is partly a reflection for the cost of living," she said. An increase of 4 percent or 5 per cent in annual salaries is average and considered a positive trend, Crotts said. "Salaries rarely remain static," she said. "Employers may have a reduc be left to the discretion of each organi zation. The resolution will be submitted to the Pan-Hellenic Council for approval at their next meeting. Josh Busby, Chi Psi recycling coor dinator, said he and Susan Comfort, a member of Pi Beta Phi, were producing a guide titled "The Guide to Minimum Environmental Impact For Greek Houses." The guide will outline improved methods for recycling and ways to conserve in resources such as electric ity, he said. president to end the Persian Gulf War and to send support to U.S. troops in the Middle East. "I think it's a start," said SEAC co chairwoman Lisa Abbott. "I think it's a chance for people to feel like they have an impact." SEAC members will be handing out information about the president's energy policy, she said. SEAC has done most of its work on environmental issues although it sup ports all three objectives. The group hopes to send letters to the energy committees of both houses of Congress because both are reviewing Bush's National Energy Strategy. Abbott said SEAC strongly opposed the president's plan. "Essentially, it calls pursue parking remedies many businesses in the central business district and insufficient short-term park ing sites available in the area. A two-hour parking limit in the town's municipal lot has already been implemented in response to student use, officials said. In response to students parking in private lots, the report rec ommends that businesses use better signs and increase lot monitoring. The town should explore the possi bility of purchasing land for municipal parking and develop a plan to get the maximum use out of existing parking structures and future developments, a committee member said. Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird said the board should act on the committee's findings when the town staff presents a plan for implementing them. "It's up to this board," Kinnaird said. tion in force (number of workers) over a period of time. Salaries tend to in crease. We don't want to be ahead of the market, but we do want to remain with the market." The Triangle area is an attractive location in which to live. Many young adults choose to live here, Crotts said. "I don't know if we'll have the economic boom that we had a few years ago," she said. "But I think we're in a better position to weather eco nomic storms than a lot of other places." Chapel Hill Town Council member Roosevelt Wilkerson said the council needed to be cautious about Crotts memorandum. "I think we need to take a look at our wage structure, especially in light of the economy," Wilkerson said. "We need to hold our salaries in line, maybe not to an extreme as a wage freeze, but something very close to that. "We've got some serious times in front of us. Our projections have been off, and we have based our budget on these projections. In light of those projections being so far off, I think we need to tighten our belts." The resolution calls for the expansion of any present recycling efforts, in cluding trying to recycle newspapers, bottles, cans, plastics, cardboard and computer paper, he said. Comfort said response to the resolu tion had been very positive. "We want the UNC Greek system to be a model for other Greek houses," she said. The resolution also encourages fra ternities to create an interim post this semester to initiate the expansion of each group's recycling program. Busby said the new conservation letter drive for increasing everything on the supply side and doing nothing to halt the de mand," she said. The domestic pro duction of oil would increase, she said. "If the Senate hears that people around the country are appalled that we do nothing to curb our consumption, then I think they're going to be in a position where they have to act," she said. SEAC co-chairman Dav id B iggs said the time was right for expressing feel ings about energy. "I think that this time of all times is crucial for people to voice their concerns on the energy policy," he said. Abbott said SEAC agreed with the peace committee's position. "We are certainly with the peace group in their call for a cease-fire." DTHDebbie Stengel aged by smoke and water during the fire caused by an electrical short in the Continental Cafe Saturday afternoon. "I kndw that this board doesn't like to bite the bullet on anything, but I think it's time." The board should commit to doing more than just studying the parking problem, Kinnaird said. 'This is like the eighth (downtown parking) study, but I think it's time for this board to start doing something," Kinnaird said. "I think it's time to stop worrying about short-term investments and start worrying about long-term in vestments." In response to Kinnaird's comments, Alderman Tom Gurganus said the costs and funding for a parking project also would be important considerations. "I appreciate what you're saying, but I think this board is doing something," Gurganus said. "I'm committed to keeping taxes down. Sometimes we are biting the bullet by not doing things." BCC conducts open roundtable By Billy Stockard Staff Writer Numbers don't mean everything when it comes to the Black Cultural Center's February roundtable discus sions. Margo Crawford, BCC director, said Wednesday that, although the roundtable discussions haven't attracted many participants, the people who have attended them have learned a lot. "I don't see them as successful in terms of numbers," Crawford said."But I enjoy doing them. I learn a lot more than I give. You're really getting to the pulse of a lot of these issues." The roundtable discussions have taken place in February as part of Black History Month, Crawford said. They are held every weekday in the BCC from noon to 1 :30 p.m. Sessions held on Tuesdays are repeated at 4 p.m. to give more people an opportunity to attend, she said. Topics vary from session to session, and everyone is welcome to attend, she said. "Roundtable discussions give us an opportunity to focus on key issues that relate to black culture and the black experience," Crawford said. "They are useful as springboards for dialogue office will not be created until fall 1 99 1 to allow time for the book to be produced. Busby said he and Comfort got the idea for the resolution while attending a Student Environmental Action Coalition conference. Speakers at the conference suggested ways members could make a positive impact on the environment in their local communities, Busby said. "There were numerous suggestions," he said. "Then we thought it would be valu able for sororities and fraternities as a united group to make conservation Commissioners oppose N.C. Hwy. 54 widening By Cheryl A. Herndon Staff Writer Members of the Orange County Board of Commissioners spoke in opposition to the state's plans of widening N.C. Hwy. 54 at a meeting Tuesday night. The proposed widening would cover a 20-mile section from interstates 85 and 40 in Burlington to the N.C. 54 Bypass in Carrboro. The cost of the project is estimated at more than $48 million. The project is scheduled to begin in 1 99 1 , provided funding is available. In a feasibility study of the state Department of Transportation (DOT), prepared by the Division of Highways, officials say the improvement of N.C. 54 is necessary to provide adequate capacity for existing and future traffic volumes. The same report lists possible negative environmental impacts of the proposed widening, including the loss of forest land, relocation of 96 resi dences and eight businesses, increased noise levels and possible impacts on the Cane Creek and University Lake watersheds. Marvin Collins, the DOT planning director, said both the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the Orange County Planning Board adopted resolutions in opposition to the N.C. 54 project. Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis asked Collins why the DOT felt it Donation allows Ackland td operate through March By JoAnn Rodak Staff Writer An anonymous gift to the Ackland Art Museum will allow the museum to remain open until the end of March, if the museum receives the money. The museum has had financial diffi culty since reopening in December 1 990 after undergoing three years of reno vations, which cost $3 million. Charles Millard, Ackland director, said he was told last week by a group of people that fhey would make an anonymous $1,600 donation to the museum, but Ackland has not received the money yet. The museum has enough money now to operate on a reduced schedule until the end of February. Millard said he would ask the donors for the money at the end of the month. "That's enough to contract guards for one month on a limited basis." The museum is funded through en dowments from the National Endow ment for the Arts and private endow ments, in addition to the University funding. The gift may allow Ackland to remain open up to six weeks longer, he said. "The situation changes from minute to minute." Millard said he hoped the museum would begin receiving donations from other supporters. "We're hoping to solicit enough do about key issues that relate to the black experience." Michael Caldwell, a sophomore who attended Tuesday's discussion, said he thought the low turnout stemmed from a lack of interest in racial issues. "A lot of people aren't going to be interested in a program dealing with race relations," Caldwell said. "For whatever reason, there's not a lot of interest. It's sad because this is some thing that would be very beneficial." The last time the BCC held the dis cussions series was in the fall of 1989, Crawford said. A discussion was held each week and was led by Wilford Wilson, a retired Durham lawyer. More people attended those sessions, Crawford said. "We really did have more two years ago." The BCC did not have enough staff members to hold the series last year, Crawford said. Crawford led Tuesday's discussion on the psychological dimensions of racism. Material for the session came from the book Black Skin, White Masks, by Frantz Anon. Anon, a native of Martinique, wrote about interracial marriage from his own perspective as a black man who married a white woman. He separated blacks ' into three categories in his book, recycling practices. Susan and I hope to be an information clearing house for them, although we have got a lot to learn ourselves." The resolution also suggests that during spring rush members incorporate recycling into the responsibilities of pledges. Pairs of pledges could be as signed daily recycling duties by the recycling coordinator and the pledge trainers. Ted Townsend, IFC representative for Delta Upsilon, said his fraternity supported the resolution. "There is a lot of support within the chapter," he said. Alice Gordon necessary to widen N.C. 54. "I haven't met one person who's in favor of this widening of 54," he said. "Nobody seems to know who wants this, other than DOT ... Is there some secret here we don't know?" Commissioner Alice Gordon sug gested removing the issue all together. "I would request that they go as far as removing it from the Transporta tion Improvement Plan," she said. "We could save this money and put it into mass transit." nations until the situation in the state eases a bit," he said. "In the long run, we hope to have unrestricted endowment." Three guard positions have been fro zen for a year because of the state budget cuts. The museum needs five guards at all times to provide adequate security. One of the guard positions frozen because of the state hiring freeze was recently unfrozen, Millard said. The University also has fulfilled a promise to fill another guard position. With the two unfrozen positions, the museum now has four full-time guards and will be able to modify its schedule. But the museum needs nine and a half guards to operate on a full schedule, Millard said. Museum officials have not yet revised the museum's schedule. Five new galleries that have been closed during renovations are scheduled to open during the first week of March, Millard said. There will be two private viewings March 1 and 2, and a public opening March 3. Beginning the first week of March, the museum's hours may be reduced to 13 per week. The museum's hours of operation since Feb. 1 are Wednesday ' through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi ness and finances, said no other Uni versity establishments were threatened to close because of finances. "I haven't heard of any curtailments in terms of closings." discussions daily Crawford said. The first are the "core blacks," who do not become assimilated into white culture and are not successful. Second are the "peripheral blacks," who are part of the black and white worlds. Third are the "marginal blacks," who Anon defined as "the little brown white people." These are the blacks who wear the masks and wish to be white, Crawford said. "He said that in order to be successful outside of the black world, you've got to do something to confront racism," she said. "Racism only exists in an integrated setting." Next Tuesday's discussion, which also will be led by Crawford, will focus on multicultural education. Caldwell said the session based on Anon's book also focused on the use of racist language. It's easy for a white person to hurt a black person with only words, he said. Overcoming racism takes under standing, respect and an effort to get to know and appreciate other people's dif ferences, he said. The last roundtable discussion will be held March 1 and will be led by Tera Hunter, a history instructor. A reception will follow. I i u uj iiJMiiii.UJU.iluiiwwwmjj,ij.Mi,iWjtwMMju.iiiia 1
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