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Council Postpones Action
To Make Cablevision Pay
The jury is still out on whether
Cablevision of Chapel Hill will have to pay
refunds to local cable subscribers.
The Chapel Hill Town Council decided
at its meeting last week to postpone an
action forcing the company to refund each
cable subscriber until Federal Communi
cations Commission cable rate regulations
could be researched and interpreted.
Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal Horton
said the FCC’s new rules were so compli
cated that the council decided to put a 60-
day suspension on the ruling.
The town is employing a technical con
sultant in Minnesota to “interpret” the
FCC regulations and determine if
Cablevision overcharged customers by us
ing an inaccurate inflationtableintheFCC
manual, Horton said Tuesday.
Horton said the charging error could be
as much as 6 cents per month per customer
since new federal cable regulations were
passed six months ago. That could mean
Cablevision would owe each subscriber up
to 36 cents in refunds, he said.
If a mistake occurred, it was not
Cablevision’s fault, Horton said, adding
that the FCC had provided inaccurate in
flation tables in its manual. “We reviewed
the cable company’s records and found
they were acting in good faith,” he said.
An interpretation of the regulations will
be available within 60 days, Horton said.
The town council then will decide what
action to take, although any decision could
be contested in court. Horton said, “The
whole thing is a mess that is very compli
cated, and it is not surprising to me that the
cable company made a mistake.”
Music Concert to Kick Off
N.C. Folklore Celebration
The Curriculum in Folklore will spon
sor “A Celebration of North Carolina’s
Folk Traditions” beginning today.
The program will commence with a
secular music concert at 2 p.m. today in
Person Hall. Scheduled to perform are Joe
Thompson, Odell Thompson and John
Holeman. The performance will be pre
sented by Glenn Hinson, assistant profes
sor of anthropology.
At 2 p.m. March 30 in Person Hall,
Charles Zug, professor ofEnglish and chair
man ofthe folklore department, will present
a tale-telling session featuring Orville Hicks,
Bobby McMillon and Frank Proffitt. The
program will attempt to demonstrate the
vast cultural heritage of North Carolina,
Zug said. “We’re trying to reach students
and make them aware of the rich tradi
tional heritage ofNorth Carolina by listen
ing and talking to some of the artists."
“A Celebration ofNorth Carolina’s Folk
Traditions” will run through April 20, and
events are free.
UNC to Host Symposium
On Business, Environment
The Business and Environmental Stu
dent Alliance will host “Bridging the Gap:
The Converging Arenas of Business and
Environment” from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday at the Kenan Center.
The symposium will serve as a means of
demonstrating the idea of cooperation be
tween the environmental and business sec
tors, said Sally Beth Stone, the co-chair
woman of BESA. “We’re hoping to show
case the fact that there is collaboration
between institutions that have tradition
ally been in opposition," she said.
The keynote address will be given by
Bryan Thomlison, director of public affairs
and environmental management for
Church & Dwight Cos. Inc., the manufac
turer of Arm & Hammer brand products.
After the keynote address, participants
will attend oneoftwopanel discussions on
environmental business opportunities and
integrating environmental concerns.
A closing panel discussion will focus on
the University’s role in an environmen
tally sound economy and will be followed
by a complimentary lunch.
The symposium is free. To register, con
tact Deborah Williams at 962-3398.
Orientation Staff Wins
Two First-Place Awards
The 1994 orientation leaders won two
first-place awards and one third place at
the Southern Regional Orientation Work
shop at Florida State University.
They won first place for overall achieve
ment and for the song competition. Their
performance in the skit competition earned
them a third-place ranking.
The songs and skits serve as part of
orienting freshmen to various aspects of
UNC and to the first-year experience.
The group’s central theme was that par
ticipation in orientation was critical to
making a successful transition to college,
said Shirley Hunter, orientation director.
“Interacting with that many universi
ties really gave us the chance to augment
our already successful program, ’’said Lina
Patel, one of the 18 orientation leaders.
This year’s SROW is the largest gather
ing of orientation professionals and para
professionals in the United States and
Canada.
More than 60 schools participated in
the workshop to enhance orientation pro
grams, Hunter said.
“The entire University can be proud of
the quality of presentations made by these
student leaders and the positive impres
sion they made on other workshop partici
pants.”
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Business School Ranks High in Minority Numbers
BY DAWN BRYANT
STAFF WRITER
UNC’s Kenan-Flagler School of Busi
ness earned high marks from national pub
lications for the high percentage of black
and Hispanic enrollment in its graduate
program.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Educa
tion ranked the business school among the
“Best Business Schools for Blacks” in its
survey of 35 leading graduate business
school programs.
Kenan-Flagler is tied with other schools
in the country for its percentage of minor
ity enrollment. Black students comprise 7
percent of the enrollment in the school’s
master’s of business administration pro
gram, according to the results of the sur
Algonquin
Publishes
Unknowns
Local Publisher Has Faith
In Budding Novelists’ Works
BYJAYTAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
Getting a first novel published is no easy
task with most of the large, New York
publishing houses refusing to read unsolic
ited manuscripts.
But there’s a publisher right here in the
Southern Part of Heaven that relishes dis
covering new writers.
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill was
founded in 1982 by then-UNC English
Professor Louis Rubin with the simple
intention of “publishing good books” and
a desire to help new authors get started.
“Louis taught a lot ofwriting students at
UNC, Hollins College and Johns Hopkins
(University) who he tried to help get pub
lished, and he kept finding that, unless you
have an agent or contacts in New York in
the publishing business, it was nearly im
possible to get published,” said Shannon
Ravenel, Algonquin’s editor-in-chief.
“He wanted to start a publishing house
where writers would be less intimidated.”
The whole idea was to start a house that
wasnotapartoftheNewYork publishing
universe, said Algonquin Senior Editor
Robert Rubin, Louis Rubin’s son. “One of
the reasons for starting the house here in
the South was to be an outlet for writers
who don’t hobnob with people at cocktail
parties in the Northeast.”
The company’s willingness to take risks
and to support young authors can be best
displayed in the story of Jill McCorkle. In
1984, McCorkle, a former student of Louis
Rubin’s, was a 25-year-old secretary at
UNC Hospitals who had written a novel.
“The first book we had of Jill’s was
“The Cheer Leader,” a coming-of-age
novel, which is very common for a first
novel,” Ravenel said. “We were publish
ing only five books a season, and we had at
that point a rule of only one new fiction
writer on each list. So Jill was waiting to be
published.
“While she was waiting, she wrote a
second novel, which was not a coming-of
age novel. It was a more mature novel and
represented a great stride for a young
writer.”
But McCorkle’s second novel posed a
problem for Ravenel and Rubin. They
couldn’t publish her second novel, “July
7th,” and then follow it with the coming
of-age novel. Then Ravenel had an idea.
“What about publishing them both at
the same time? It will explain graphically
what we’ re about—launching young writ-
UNC Music Professors Moonlight in Local Bands
BYKARI COHEN
STAFF WRITER
Perhaps you have wandered through Hill Hall, the
headquarters of UNC’s music department, and heard the
sometimes discordant sounds of students wailing away
on saxophones and trombones. Then you turned the
comer and heard the glorious strains of a trumpet behind
closed doors.
Chances are you have wandered near the office of
James Ketch, professor of music and director of the UNC
Jazz Band. Ketch is an accomplished trumpet player and
just one of the many music department faculty members
who play in local and national bands.
Ketch serves as a musical director for the North Caro
lina Jazz Repertory Orchestra and also serves on the
New Psychology Study Looks for Ways to Control Binge Eating
BYMEUNDA MORRISON
STAFF WRITER
There are more pressures in attending
college than making good grades, landing
an internship and finding a job to be the
next Donald Trump. Pressures exist to fit
in, to be a part of the crowd and to be thin.
The images that govern standards of
beauty vary from the hourglass figure, to
the waif look, to the healthy, toned look.
But the general ideal has created an
obsession with being thin that has resulted
in a host of women, and some men, turning
to drastic measures to trim down.
Many people are familiar with the eat
ing disorders of anorexia nervosa and
bulimia. But one development in eating
disorders has not been studied extensively
because it often is not thought of as a
UNIVERSITY & CITY
vey, released in the journal’s winter 1994
issue.
The February 1994 “Career Guide” is
sue of Hispanic Business magazine ranked
Kenan-Flagler as one of the top five MBA
programs for its 4.2 percent Hispanic stu
dent enrollment.
The results found the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor had the highest
percentage, of -Hispanic enrollment, fol
lowed by the University of Texas at Aus
tin, Anderson Business School at the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles,
Stanford University and Kenan-Flagler
Business School.
Provost Richard McCormick said the
business school’s undertaking to diversify
the student body was essential to academic
success. “The University is very proud and
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Rob Odom and Marie Elizabeth Price
(above), both employees of
Algonquin Books in Carrboro, pose
with recently published books. The
company, which brought out its first
list of new offerings in fall 1983,
prides itself on discovering new
writers and not just publishing
manuscripts but helping launch
writing careers. Another of
Algonquin's 12 employees, Ann
Crowther (right), who attended UNC
for both undergraduate and graduate
schools, proudly displays one of the
company's newer books. Crowther
has been with Algonquin Books
since its foundation.
ers,” she said. “And it will show the confi
dence we have in this writer. Nobody had
ever done it before that we knew.
“It got Jill a lot of attention. We were
able to do something very daring and very
splashing. We were able to show what we
are all about. It worked out very well for us
and for Jill.”
Algonquin is using another risky mar
keting strategy for “The Cage,” the first
faculty ofthe Crown Chamber Brass. But Ketch’s talents
are not limited to jazz, and he frequently sits in with the
N.C. Symphony.
“My time is equally spent between classical and jazz,”
Ketch said. “Playing jazz takes a lot more out of you, and
I’ll never schedule a classical performance right after
doing a jazz show.”
Ketch also has received a great deal of national, and
even some international, exposure. “Every year, there is
a meeting ofthe International Trumpet Guild, and I have
played at nine of those annual conferences,” he said.
In addition, Ketch played in England for several years
with the British Brass Band, and he was named outstand
ing trumpet soloist at a competition in Ohio.
As if all of his band commitments and course teaching
were not enough, Ketch also teaches private lessons and
disorder. It is called binge eating, which
occurs when a person eats large amounts
of food during small intervals of time, said
Linda Craighead, a professor in the UNC
psychology department.
The clinical definition of anorexia is
“the radical restriction of caloric intake
that results in a profound weight loss,”
according to “Harrison’s Principles of In
ternal Medicine.”
An anorexic person constantly diets and
exercises to lose weight without a loss in
appetite, according to the guide. The per
son sometimes uses diuretics and laxatives
to accomplish weight loss. An anorexic
person also might eat in binges and then
exercise to prevent weight gain. People are
diagnosed as anorexics when they weigh
from 10 percent to 15 percent less than
their weight requirement.
pleased with the excellent record the busi
ness school has had with its strong and
successful efforts to recruit minorities.”
Chris Canfield, director of communica
tions at the Kenan-Flagler Business School,
said the school used special recruiting ef
forts to attract qualified minority candi
dates. “We have a target goal for having a
class that is diverse, including blacks, His
panics, women and those with various job
backgrounds,” he said.
Minority enrollment fluctuates from
year to year, depending on the number of
minority applications received, he said.
Kenan-Flagler is one of 11 members of
the Consortium for Graduate Study in
Management that allows minorities to ap
ply for admission to any of the 11 Consor
tium schools through its St. Louis head
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novel by Audrey Schulman, set to be re
leased this spring.
“We feel so strongly about this woman’s
story-telling ability that we’re giving a
money-back guarantee,” Ravenel said.
“We think this has not been done before. It
certainly has not been done on a first novel. ”
One of Algonquin Books’ goals is to do
more for aspiring writers than to put their
works in print.
must find time to practice on his own.
“There is never a dull moment. I’m usually doing some
thing with my profession from 8 in the morning until 9 at
night, whether it’s preparing for class, practicing, teaching
or whatever," Ketch said.
Yet another of Ketch’s band affiliations is with the
Gregg Gelb Swing Band, in which Keith Jackson, a trom
bonist and lecturer in the music department, joins him.
Jackson describes himself as “... a classical player who
plays some jazz. Probably by the time I’m 35 it will be about
even, but right now my jazz chops are much further be
hind.”
Along with playing in the Gregg Gelb Swing Band,
Jackson is also a member of the N.C. Jazz Repertory
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Bulimia, defined as “ox hunger,” is a
series of episodic eating binges in which a
person goes on a massive eating binge
followed by self-induced vomiting. A
bulimic person also might induce diarrhea
through laxatives to lose weight.
Unlike bulimics, binge eaters do not
purge themselves to lose weight. Often the
person feels at a loss for control. Binge
eaters can be from normal weight to heavily
overweight, but an overweight person is
not necessarily a binge eater.
This type of eating pattern is the focus of
anew study being conducted by Craighead.
Craighead says she is studying binge eat
ing because different treatments exist for
people who are overweight without deep
psychological problems and for those who
binge.
Many weight-loss programs do not
quarters, instead of through the individual
school. Applicants rank their preferences,
and the consortium sends the candidate’s
application to the various schools for them
to determine whether to accept that candi
date. The consortium can also award fel
lowships to qualified applicants.
Harry Portwood, chief operating officer
of the consortium, said the consortium
gave member schoolsn excellent oppor
tunity to find qualified minorities.
“It has an excellent impact, providing
opportunities for qualified minorities and
helping the schools in recruiting that kind
of talent,” he said.
Five of the top 10 business schools
ranked by Hispanic Business are members
ofthe Consortium.
The article states, “Among the top B
“When you try to launch an author,
you’re trying to get them taken seriously as
a writer and establish them as a literary
personality,” Robert Rubin said, citing
McCorkle as an example. “(McCorkle) is a
creative writing teacher at Harvard. She
writes book reviews for the New York
Times. She’s a force. She’s a presence.”
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evaluate why a person eats a certain way.
Their goal is to get the weight off, and
sometimes it results in yo-yo dieting, she
says.
But Craighead’s study is different from
weight-loss programs in that a person might
lose some weight because the need to binge
is lessened, but for the most part, the weight
level remains the same. The person might
be in a better position to lose weight, she
said.
“The goal of the study is to focus on how
people start and stop eating with emphasis
on what makes people stop eating when
they are full,” Craighead said. “What we
want to do is to give (binge eaters) an
awareness of cues for them to stop eating
after consuming an amount of food.”
Craighead says the study is important
because there is a need to focus on under-
Wednesday, March 23,1994
schools, three win hands down when it
comes to pulling in Hispanics. The Univer
sity ofMichigan, North Carolina’s Kenan-
Flagler School, and the University ofTexas
at Austin are well-known on the business
school circuit for attracting Hispanics in
large numbers.”
UNC’s business school also is success
ful in attracting minority faculty and is one
of the top four business schools in the
country for its percentage ofblack faculty,
according to the Joumalofßlacks in Higher
Education. Three percent of the acuity is
black, compared with a national average of
less than 2 percent. Canfield said Kenan-
Flagler had minority advisers and special
organizations such as the Alliance of Mi
nority Business Students to assist minori
ties after they entered the school.
Leaders
Inducted
To Honor
Society
BYLESUE DUNAWAY
STAFF WRITER
The Golden Key Honor Society gave
400 new members invitations to commu
nity service when it inducted them into its
group at a reception Sunday.
“The Golden Key is more then just an
honor society that gives its members a
certificate ... we encourage them to be
come community leaders and participate
in Golden Key programs,” said Sharon
Grimes, faculty adviser for the society.
Aside from the student inductees, the
society annually accepts honorary mem
bers who have displayed extraordinary
leadership skills in both the Chapel Hill
and University
communities, Presi
dent Tonya Beam
said.
The six honorary
members included
business school
Dean Paul Fulton,
Dean of Students
Frederic Schroeder,
UNC-system Presi
dent C.D. Spangler,
Chapel Hill Mayor
Ken Broun, N.C.
Rep. Anne Barnes,
D-Orange, and
UNC-system President
C.D. SPANGLER was
inducted into Golden i
Key Honor Society. ‘ J
Cynthia Wolf Johnson, directoroftheN.C.
Fellows Program.
“I feel it (is) an honor and a privilege to
be included in the society, ” Spangler said.
“Asa member of the society, I will do my
best to assist and encourage leadership and
participation in the community.”
The Chapel Hill chapter of the honor
society was founded in spring 1993 by
eight charter officials, Beam said.
There are about 250 chapters nation
wide, and four were founded recently in
Australia. “We are a national honor soci
ety in the process of going international,”
Grimes said.
Although student induction into the
society is based on academic performance
and is restricted to the top 15 percent of
each class, the organization’s primary fo
cus is on community service, Beam said.
"These various programs give thehonor
society members an opportunity to be
come involved in the community” and the
community benefits as well, Grimes said.
The Chapel Hill chapter has recently
become involved with the Best of America,
a national Golden Key program. The pro
gram involves pairing up honor society
members with University athletes to go
into the elementary and middle schools to
teach children about drugs and substance
abuse.
In another effort to reach out to the
Chapel Hill community, Beam said the
honor society would be sponsoring an es
say contest for middle school students on
“How to Improve the Chapel Hill Com
munity." The honor society has continued
working with the elderly at the Carol Woods
Retirement Home and promoting student/
faculty interaction by sponsoring dinners
during which faculty and students can dis
cuss their concerns, Beam said.
Anyone interested in becoming a mem
ber of the Golden Key Honor Society may
attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in 569
Hamilton Hall.
standing why people overeat before they
reach a sense of satisfaction.
This often is a hard task in college,
where there are social pressures to be a part
of the crowd and to participate in group
activities, she said.
“People with eating disorders often hide
from social events because they don’t want
others to know they have a problem, ” said
Heather Allen, a graduate student involved
in administering the study.
The duo has devised a method to help
binge eaters learn how to cope with crowd
pressure without giving up the fun and
excitement of night life.
First, they recommend making a list of
high-risk situations that might be hard to
handle. Avoid the ones that can be avoided;
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