The Student Newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Volume XVI, Number 25 Charlotte, North Carolina Thursday, October 30, 1980 Campus Included In Parkway By Frank Cox Carolina Journal Staff Writer The Mecklenburg County Parks Department is planning a series of parks and paths along creeks throughout the county, including Mallard Creek, which borders UNCC. In the future, this system of parks and paved paths will be linked together providing citizens with around 100 miles of'bike and walking paths, hopefully to be used as an alternate transportation route. This project, called the Charlotte Greenway system, will eventually reach from Matthews in the southern part of the county to Cornelius in the north. Most of the funding now available for the project is coming from $4 million approved in a 1978 bond vote. The planners, however, hope to use this money for the parks and hope to get land donated for the connecting hike paths. Park officials noted that, since the land needed is along the banks of creeks and virtually all of it is part of the normal flood plain of the creeks, most of it could not be developed for residential or commercial uses any way. Having the bike paths and the park around Mallard Creek will be an add ed plus for the UNCC communtiy. This should also help the hazardous situation for students who try to ride their bikes to school along the busy Highway 49. The section along Mallard Creek is in the first phase of the plan. Phase one calls for acquisition of the land by 1983, either through donation or pur chase. Construction of the paths and parks will begin as soon as possible after the land is acquired. All of this depends, however, on the funds available and the willingness of cit izens to donate the needed land along the creeks. Phase II, III Cafeteria By Kevin Lyons Carolina Journal Staff Writer A plan to build a new cafeteria on campus was announced recently and Leo Ells, Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs, said if the bids taken on Oc tober 21 turn out to be viable, the cafeteria could be ready as soon as November 1981. The cafeteria, which will be built in the vicinity of the Phase II and III photo by Bob Henderson Mallard Creek, one of many creeks included in the new Charlotte Greenway Project scheduled to begin in 1983. Ready November 81 apartments, will be used by students living in those apartments as well as those students who will be living in Phases IV-A and IV-B when they are completed. The cafeteria will also serve as an alternative place to eat for both students and faculty. Ells said that there probably will be certain “specialty kitchens,” that may in clude “either a pancake house type at mosphere, or a pizza house at mosphere.” The proposed cafeteria, which wil be designed to accomodate between 800-1,090 students (the residence hall cafeteria is designed for 2,000), cur rently has a budget of $1,490,000. Aide Won’t Discuss Student Aid By Chip Wilson Carolina Journal Staff Writer President Carter’s top lieutenant refuses to speculate on the future of federal student financial aid if Ronald Reagan is elected. However, he is quick to remind young voters that it is a high priority of the incumbant. White House Chief of Staff Jack Watson told a group of college jour nalists that he was not sure of the position of Reagan on student aid, but that it could possibly decrease given other statements of the Republican challenger on government benefits. “Aid to education has been a high priority of the President. He has been responsible for a $72 million increase in the current student aid programs,” Watson said. “He has created high water marks for educational funding. ” In the interview, the Carolina Jour nal joined other college newspapers from Florida, Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana in asking questions about Carter’s performance in office. One interviewer asked, if the Presi dent would handle the influx of Cuban refugees in a different manner, could he have done it over? Watson responded: “When the President announced that he would let the refugees in, it did not mean he encouraged the resulting floatila. What the news media did not em phasize was his statement that American laws were to be enforced. (Continued On Page 3)

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