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Tuesday, December 6,1994
Holiday Shoppers Bring Smiles
To the Faces of Local Merchants
BYTIA WEBSTER
STAFF WRITER
Although there are a few of us who
tackle the task of Christmas shopping a
little each month until the end of the year,
most of us begin our shopping on what has
become the traditional start of the holiday
shopping season the day after Thanks
giving.
This time of the year, especially, brings
smiles to the faces of many business own
ers because consumers are more likely to
spend more money for that perfect gift. In
Chapel Hill last December, total sales
equaled $44,052,267, and Carrboro had
total sales of $8,229,084, said Olivier
DeVaud, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Cham
ber of Commerce Development Specialist.
Some stores depend heavily on the holi
day season for the bulk of their sales.
Veranda, a branch ofTweed and Tartan
in University Mall, opened the day after
Thanksgiving. Jocelyn Jones, part owner
of Tweed and Tartan, said Veranda was
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“mainly holiday geared.”
Jones decided to set up the kiosk be
cause there was no room for the items in
the store. The seasonal selection includes
holiday sweatshirts, figurines, ornaments,
picture frames and clocks, which have been
popular among students, Jones said.
Hickory Farms, a mail-order business
headquartered in Richmond, Va., has set
up a kiosk for the second year in University
Mall. Judy Crook, manager of the Hickory
Farms at University Mall, said the chain
had opened up 80 smaller outlets in the last
two weeks across Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina and Georgia.
“We only come once a year. We’re like
Santa Claus,” said Crook, who added that
the store specialized in meats, cheeses,
dried fruit, mints and jellies.
She said more people were giving food
for the holiday because it was much easier.
“Everyone eats.”
Crook also said people enjoyed having
Hickory Farms at University Mall because
they could actually see what they were
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buying. And, the boxes still come ready for
shipment.
The Toy Comer, also located in Univer
sity Mall, is a specialty toy store. Instead of
the popular Mighty Morphin Power Rang
ers, Barbie dolls and Nintendo games, the
store focuses more on educational toys.
Saleswoman Brenda Sturdivant said
sales definitely increased during the holi
days. She added that people were buying
bigger things during the holidays instead of
the small basic gifts. Sturdivant also said
the store took pride in itself because it was
not a fad store. The store offers nothing
advertised on television, she said.
Also, Sturdivant said, the store sells few
things run by batteries, preferring more
manual things that make kids use their
imagination.
“This way you actually do it,” she said.
Sturdivant said the most popular items
selling at The Toy Comer were wooden
train sets, Breyer horses and a brain-teas
ing game called Mind Trap. “It’s a little
more to them.”
Dieters Dread Holiday Feeding Frenzy
Wellness Center Coordinator
Suggests Setting Realistic
Goals to Help Fight the Fat
BYKURTTONDORF
STAFF WRITER
Why do students look forward to the
holidays?
“Definitely for the food.”
“So I can eat until I fall asleep.”
“Good food.”
Food, food and more food seems to be
one thing many students associate with the
holidays.
At no other time is the act of eating such
a priority for UNC students, or for people
in general. If this is the season to be jolly,
then it’s also the season to turn into jelly.
Binging during the holidays is common
for many, which is why it is difficult for
dieters to resist the annual temptations of
the Thanksgiving feast and Christmas
spread. Traditional holiday meals can con
sist of double-digit courses, and the foods
that often make up those courses are gener
ally fat- and cholesterol-laden, such as
pumpkin pie, stuffing and gravy.
All of this can be too much for any dieter
to handle, whether he or she is a casual or
a hard-core weight watcher. Surely, there
must be some way to gain satisfaction from
the holidays without gaining the pounds
that would result from indulging in its
garish buffets.
Students racked their brains for the best
eating tips during the holidays. “My phi
losophy is to eat whatever I think tastes
good, regardless of fat content,” said Jay
Sammons, a freshman from Rochester,
Mich. “That way, at least I’ll be happy.”
Although this pointer might apply to
those students who are either naturally
slim or have no qualms about their holiday
weight gain, it doesn’t offer a sure-fire plan
for the unusually anxious.
But Susan Chappell Holliman offered a
solution. Holliman, coordinator of the
Wellness Resource Center and a registered
dietician, said the key to survival during
the holiday season—which she considers
to be the most vulnerable time of year for
dieters was to set realistic goals.
“You must be realistic when dieting in
November and December,” she said. “You
shouldn’t focus on losing weight but rather
on maintaining the same weight that you
began with until January.”
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While people across all generations feel
the pressure to stay trim, no age group feels
it to the same extent as the college student
aged 18 to 21, Holliman said.
“I think that the internal pressure to
look thin and beautiful is greater with young
people because most of the marketing ads
are generally geared toward that genera
tion,” she said.
Holliman also said that because eating
was the center of much socializing, dieters
were going to be subject to some pressures.
As long as they have a careful plan and will
power, she said people could make it
through the coming barrage of parties and
social events unscathed.
“You must think defensively, and you
must think ahead,” Holliman said. “Plan
out your weeks in advance in terms of the
parties you’ll be attending and the eating
you think that you will be doing at each
one. That way you’ll be prepared, you’ll
have a strategy and you won’t be at food’s
mercy.”
And it’s not just food that the weight
conscious must wony about. Alcohol con
sumption can also pose problems. Holliman
said, “Not only is alcohol a calorie factor,
it also plays a big role in breaking down the
necessary will power of the dieter.”
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option would be a success in the future.
“This option will definitely help stu
dents who plan to come back in the spring
because it will give them more money on
their expense accounts.”
Mahalek said the amount of money
students received from selling their text
books depended on whetherthebookwould
be needed next semester.
“If professors have told us they will use
the textbooks next semester and we need
those books, then the amount students
receive will be 50 percent of the retail price,
regardless if they bought the books used,”
she said.
“If the book is not needed next semes
ter, the student will receive the wholesale
value of the book, which is usually 15
percent of the retail price.”
Joe Turk, manager of Tar Heel Text
books, said his store used a similar method
to determine the amount students received
by reselling books.
“We receive a list of courses and books
needed for those courses from the Univer
sity,” he said. “Any books we need we pay
half of what they cost. For books we do not
need, we consult a list from the National
Book Wholesaler and give the student the
wholesale price, which can be anywhere
from zero to 35 percent of the retail price. ”
Turk said Tar Heel Textbooks would
accept books, including those that had been
purchased at other stores, year-round.
Mahalek said Student Stores would have
special buyback hours during exam week.
“Exam week is the peak time for
buyback, so we extend our hours.”
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“He has a different agenda than what
people think he does,” he said. “I don’t see
the need bn his part to deal with policy
decisions; I think that the main policy
decisions should be up to the students.”
Jerry Moorehead, chapter adviser to
Phi Gamma Delta at the University of
Georgia, said Monday that Binder had
accomplished much in the eight years he
oversaw U.Ga.’s fraternity system.
“Initially, he was not well received by
the members of the IFC, ’’ Moorehead said.
“His goal was to educate and at the same
time enforce policies, and he was very
aggressive with violators.”
U.Ga. had many problems with alcohol
and hazing when Binder arrived,
Moorehead said.
“He took a very poor Greek system and
made it solid,” he said. “He established a
hotline so that people could anonymously
call in and report hazing. He also person
ally investigated instances of hazing in
order to make a safer environment for
pledges.”
Moorehead said that he had tried to
convince Binder to stay at U.Ga. but that
UNC’s offer had been too good to resist.
“It took a few difficult years, but Ron
became a very popular figure with the
IFC,” he said. “I asked him why he wanted
to do it all over again; I think he wanted the
chance and the challenge of starting over at
such a prominent university."
U.Ga. still has not found a replacement
to fill the position Binder vacated. “I think
that you’ve got a very good person,”
Moorehead said. “The entire IFC board
was very upset when they found out that
Ron was leaving.”
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