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north Carolina school of science and mathematics
1219 broad street, durham nc 27705 december 2000
Changes on Ninth Street College plans
Will (jarneau
Big changes are ahead for
Ninth Street. You may have
noticed that some of the shops
closest to Science and Math
are either closed or very barely
open. Biscuit King, which is
located at the comer of Ninth
Street and Green Street, is a
prime example of what devel
opers of the area call
“underutilization.” Science and
Math students also wonder
what goes on at that Biscuit
King since it is never open yet
the parking lot is seemingly al
ways full. In recent weeks; how
ever, Durham development
officials and the Dickson Fam
ily LTD, the owners of the space
between 803 and 821 Ninth St.,
have been going over plans to
create a mall in that space.
The developer’s plans
are to make a two-story buidling
with retail space on the bottom.
Glenn Dickson, a member of the
family that owns the space, said
that the area would not be
turned into a strip mall. Accord
ing to Dickson it would have a
red brick motif with lamps in an
effort to make it more cosmo
politan.
The Dicksons’ hold
ings on Ninth Street originated
with their business, DataFlow,
which has offices located mid
way between Biscuit King and
Elmo’s Diner. Twenty years later
they own everything north of
Elmo’s. The buildings that are
now vacant used to hold many
different restaurants (including
a Kentucky Fried Chicken) and
an ABC store. Right now the
only active tenents in the area
are Biscuit King, Pangea Sports,
and Photo Works.
According to a recent
meeting between the Durham
Board of Adjustment and the
developer there are three pro
posed stages to the eventual
demolition and reconstruction
on Ninth Street. The first build
ing is scheduled to open in May
2001 in the area currently oc
cupied by the offices of the
DataFlow company. The next
stage will include demolishing
all the buildings on the eastern
side of the street between
Markham Street and Green
Street. This area will be reno
vated and the owners of the
property hope shops and res
taurants will move in. The
Dicksons are currently looking
for occupants for the space.
Finally, the third phase is to
build a new building in the place
of Photo Works on the comer
of Ninth Street and Markham
Avenue across from Elmo’s
Diner.
So during your next ex
cursion to get a buifito or jour
ney to Breugger’s you can free
your mind of any lingering sus
picion about the King of Bis
cuits, he’s only experiencing a
downturn in sales due to re
gional underutilization. You
cannot; however.trust Slim, he
will lie to you.
Shaina Schmeltzle
As the year
progresses. Seniors are scram
bling to meet college application
deadlines. Juniors have a year
before they will go through the
application process, but Seniors
know that the time will come
much sooner than Juniors think.
Here’s some advice for those
Juniors.
“Spend a night with
the students,” says Senior Evan
Bumess. He points out that he
eliminated colleges where the
students he talked to did not
seem enthusiastic about the
college. Websites, mailings,
and statistics can only say so
much. In order to get a real feel
for the place which may be your
home for the next 4 years, col
lege visits are vital. You may
work on building up a
correspondene with someone at
the school.
“Get your recommen
dations to your teachers the day
classes start,” says Senior An
drea Kaelin. She recommends
asking teachers at the end of
your Junior year if they would
be willing to write recommenda
tions for you, which is a wise
safeguard; teachers get
swamped with requests for rec
ommendations.
Do not pick only the
teacher with the best writing
abilities, but rather look for the
teachers who know you the best
as a person, inside and outside
the classroom. It may be a good
idea to think about a teacher
who will teach you both your
Senior and Junior years, some
one who will be able to talk
about your progress and
growth. Work hard and partici
pate actively in all classes, try
ing to keep up a good
relationship with all your teach
ers, because you may find your
self falling back on a second or
third choice.
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To: All Students”
Stephanie Poole
Everyone knows what
it’s like. You only have a short
break between classes to check
your e-mails, find out which
clubs meet tonight, and send a
short message to your mom.
When you open your in-box,
there they are— bold, unopened
letters from people you don’t
even know. Here’s where people
differ. Some students open the
e-mails and read the contents to
take note of the message. Many
others see the “_A11 Students”
in the heading and immediately
drop it into the recycle bin.
“These are stupid and
petty things!” says Candis
Watts, as she opens her ac
count to find several new mass
student messages. “If
whatever’s lost isn’t worth a lot
or going to have to come out of
your security deposit, don’t e-
mailme! Don’t waste my time.”
However, as usual at
S&M, not everyone agrees. “I
think mass student e-mails are a
good idea because of the close
ness of our community.. .we’re
together 24-7 and
mass e-mailing is a
way to communi
cate to everyone,”
writes Lindsey
, Roofe, who posted
her lost clothes to
students.
Many of the
students who
have used the
mass system have
had good results,
though, whether it
was about lost
stuff, just passing
on general info, or
finding people
with similar inter
ests. This shows
some people do
read mass e-mails
and even respond.
“I think it is
helpful because it
would be hard to just ask people
questions like that, says Chris
Hardwick. Hardwick recently
sent a mass e-mail trying to find
people interested in speed-solv
ing Rubik’s cubes and was sur
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Useless emails tend to pile up in students' accounts
prised to have such a good re
sponse back. What about those
pointless e-mails, though?
“They’re funny, like the
college essay ones, and they
didn’t take too
long to read,”
junior Sarah
Lovejoy says.
However,
Hugh
Heldenbrand,
who found
over 20 people
interested in a
literary analy
sis club, dis
agrees.
“If they
want to tell the
whole school
they’re imma
ture, that’s their
i prerogative,”
g Heldenbrand
^ says.
“Al
though the abil
ity to use the
mass e-mail is being abused, I
don’t think it is as bad as last
year,” says senior Raymond
Harvell.
Other seniors can remem
ber the privilege being taken
away last fall due to students
using the system to send out
personal opinions, chain letters,
and even religious views.
Though restrictions have been
set recently by SGA, there are
loop-holes many students have
found to send the mass mes
sages. SGA President Kenny
Gibbs received many complaints
from the “bunny” e-mails, while
other students actually sent
mass messages to complain
about the mass e-mails.
Of course, there’s always
another question; are the all-stu
dent e-mails really that big of a
deal?
“ [Students] act like mass
e-mail is comparable to mass
murder. Trust me, there are a lot
of other issues that are more
harmful,” says Darryl Austin,
who informed everyone about
a place to get haircuts.
Just a note: the author of
this article really wanted to
send a mass e-mail asking what
students thought about mass e-
mails, but thought better of it.
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