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2 Monday, January 9,1995 Changes to Bus Schedules, Stops Begin Today BYRYAN THORNBURG CITY EDITOR Several changes to the Chapel Hill Tran sit bus lines will take effect today as the Triangle Transit Authority assumes opera tion of the Green Line and new bus stops begin service for all routes servicing Uni versity Mall and the Southbridge Neigh borhood of Chapel Hill. The Green Line has been operated by Chapel Hill Transit for 2 1/2 years under contract to the Triangle Transit Authority. Chapel Hill Transit, funded by the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and by the University, will turn over the operation of the line to the TTA today. Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Capowski said the transfer of route opera tion would not affect Chapel Hill finan cially. “Itwasrevenueneutral,” Capowski said. “We just charged them what it cost us to run the service. The TTA physically did V Foundation Donates SIOO,OOO to Lineberger BY JON GOLDBERG FEATURES EDITOR Bob Valvano, brother of late N.C. State tJniversity head basketball coach Jim Valvano, said that other than some “really horrendous golf,” the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic held in Cary this summer was a huge success. Frank McCann, executive director of the tournament, backed that up in a big way Dec. 21 by presenting $350,000 to the V Foundation set up by Jim Valvano be fore he died of cancer in April 1993. Representatives of the foundation pre sented SIOO,OOO each to the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center, the Duke Uni versity Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in New OWASA FROM PAGE 1 Billingsley said that ,OWASA had es tablished a committee to discuss the possi bility of altering the contract with Univer sity officials but said that the committee had not met yet because of the holiday season. Julie Andresen, chairwoman of the OW ASA Board ofDirectors, said the com mittee would work to clarify the points of the contract in order to negotiate with the University. “We have established a committee of the board that will study legal advice with our attorney and negotiations which have been ongoing between the University and OWASA which the board did not know about,” she said. better place The Woods. Structure. ■ Bath & Body. Foot Locker. W Camelot Music. Express. I f In all, more than 110 of the stores and services you want... H| to make these the best HT j 1 u iili s ai i All of Your Favorite Fashion, Gift and Specialty Stores Belk-Leggett • Dillard’s *JC Penney Chapel Hill Boulevard and 15-501 ♦ Just off Exit 270 on 1-40 *■“* Durham, North Carolina .. T ~.— 919-493-2451 ' not operate that bus. Now, the TTA has bought its own buses to use on the route.” The Greer Line will continue to follow the same schedule on its route between UNC Hospitals and Research Triangle Park. One of the new bus stops will affect riders going to University Mall, including those on the weekday F and G lines and the Saturday C, F, D/J and Blue lines. Passen gers will be dropped off and picked up at the shopping center’s new bus stop. The new stop is located along the sidewalk between the K&W Cafeteria and Belk’s department store. The bus stop is being relocated to allow for the construction of anew entrance to the mall, said David Alston, spokesman for Chapel Hill Transit. Alston said Chapel Hill Transit hoped to put up a bench and shelter for the new bus stop if it was approved by the Univer sity Mall management. The new location of the stop will not York. The V Foundation, whose mission is to fund cancer research and spread aware ness of the disease, had come under fire in recent months for allowing its license to expire and for being slow to spend any of the money it had collected on charities. These donations marked the group’s first major allocation of funds. Dr. Joseph Pagano, director of UNC’s cancer center, accepted the donation to UNC. He said the money would be used to ward the construction of the J ames Valvano Cancer Research Laboratory in anew build ing at the center. “I think it was terrific,” Pagano said. “It’s a good example of the kind of team work needed for cancer research to be Andresen added that she was not alto gether clear on all of the issues relating to the debate. Billingsley said UNC had been able to negotiate the exemptions because of its financial stake in the water and sewer ser vice in the county. “(The University) owns the water sys tem and half of the sewer system, and in negotiating the price, the people making the decisions entered into this contract,” Billingsley said. “UNC felt they were selling these utili ties at a depressed rate and thus they were entitled to these exemptions.” He said OWASA was debating altering the exemption policy because the system was outdated. “Time has passed, and University ad ministrators have changed and so have UNIVERSITY & CITY affect the arrival or departure times of the buses. The schedule of the D route service to the Southbridge neighborhood of Chapel Hill will change today to accommodate the route’s new layover point, which has changed from Westbury Drive to Culbreth Middle School. Trips scheduled to arrive at or depart from the neighborhood before noon will go to the middle school before servicing Southbridge. The departure times from the Southbridge stop of the D route schedule in the 1994-95 Chapel Hill Transit Guide should be used to determine when to catch the morning buses. Afternoon trips will run a reverse loop, serving Southbridge before the middle school. Afternoon buses will serve Southbridge at the published arrival times for the Southbridge stop of the D route. The new Eubanks Road Park and Ride lot for the North-South Express should open at 6:30 a.m. today as originally successful.” Dr. Gerold 43epler of Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center said the money allocated to the Duke center would be used to further research on lung cancer, which he said killed more people each year than any other cancer. Duke head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski was on hand to present the check to the Duke center. He said Jim Valvano would have been proud of the foundation’s efforts. “Instead of just talking the talk, we’re walking the walk.” The inaugural Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, held at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary in August, attracted more than 40 celebrities and 30,000 spectators, more than twice the expected number. board officers and town officials,” Billingsley said "Things that are understood at the time are not necessarily understood now. It may be time to revisit those decisions.” Although there has been mention of legal action in order to change the contract to make the University accountable for these availability fees, Billingsley said he did not feel that would be necessary. “That’s being conjectural,” he said. “The University is our biggest customer, using 30 percent of our services," he added. “We have a good relation with the Univer sity. “I don’t want to anticipate the legal action. “The OWASA board and the Univer sity administration are quite capable of reaching an adequate understanding.” | Chapel Hill ► Morning ► Afternoon .TSr Culbrelh High Sch. |?/ DTH/CHRIS ANDERSON planned, Alston said. He said construction delays were to have postponed the opening until February. The lot will accommodate 400 cars. Buses will leave every 20 minutes during morning and afternoon rush hours and every 30 minutes during the rest of the day. The charity golf tournament likely will be conducted at the same time next year, said Bob Lloyd, president of the V Founda tion. In other business Dec. 21, V Founda tion officials announced the organization would be moving its headquarters from New York to an unknown location in the Triangle. Lloyd said the generally positive envi ronment of the area and the fact that Valvano had reached the height of his coaching career here had prompted the move. One of the first responsibilities of Keith Inman, who was named the new director of the Jimmy V Foundation Dec. 21, will be to select the exact location for the head quarters. Jones said that while the University was willing to negotiate, it was not interested in rewriting the contract. “There is a contract. We are willing to talk about how we might better define the meaning of the contract,” he said. “We’re not looking to rewrite; we’re looking to remove any ambiguities that may exist.” CHANCELLOR FROM PAGE 1 in leadership.” He said the committee would expect the next chancellor to remain in the position for “the five to seven years you hear about classically." Harris also used the press conference to respond to several issues surrounding the committee’s dynamics. The committee is perhaps too large, he said. Other universi ties have typically used 10- to 12-person committees, compared with UNC’s 22. “Some people just can’t spend as much CHAPEL HILL • 149 E. EiUHLILI ST. Some People Will Stand In Line And Be Ignored, Because They Think It’s Part Of Being Kinky. But that’s no way to get quality copies. At Copytron, we pride ourselves on friendlier, more personal service. We figure you have better things to do than play along with someone else’s idea of a normal way to do business. 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Lockerbie said he thought that Carrboro had been selected because of Nike’s prior involvement with athletics at the Univer sity. Last fall, Nike signed a $4.7 million deal with the UNC athletic department. Lockerbie said that John Lotz, assistant athletic director at UNC, had worked closely with Nike to construct the new basketball court. “It was my understanding that Nike, which has a strong relationship with the athletic department (of the University), selected a place to provide a town-gown Campus Calendar MONDAY 7:30 p.m. Why are you back? Campus Connec tion will discuss this and more in room 205 of the Union. All are welcome. Come connect. TUESDAY 4 p.m. Study Abroad! You really can! Come and find out how. A general information session will be held in room 208-209 of the Union. Don’t miss the opportunity of a lifetime! 6 p.m. International Festival planning meeting will be held in the Frank Potter Graham conference room on the second floor of the Student Union. WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m. Phi Sigma Pi executive meeting will be held. The location should be posted in the Student Union. ITEMS OF INTEREST Alpha Phi Omega book exchange will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in Union 212 and will continue through Jan. 20. UNC men’s soccer club team B will be holding tryouts from Jan. 17 to Jan. 19. The Jan. 17 tryout will be mandatory. For more information, contact president Lynn Davis at 933-2685. time with it” as other members, he aid. Harris also responded to complaints that surfaced in December that the com mittee had not been following the N.C. Open Meetings Law. The law requires the committee to announce the time and loca tion of its meetings. Before early Decem ber, the committee held meetings without giving public notice. 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The Can Court project is the eighth in the nation sponsored under the PLAY pro gram. “The focus (of PLAY) is to encourage communities to increase their involvement in sports. Nike is the corporate leader in developing sports in areas where sports would be beneficial,” Lockerbie said He said he thought the court would be well used. “There were 50 to 60 kids at the dedica tion ceremony. I would expect two to three times that many to use the court,” he said. “I think the community will find the court comfortable to play on. It is no longer a hard concrete slab.” The pad for the new court, which took two and a half months to construct, is made of recycled Nike athletic shoes. Lockerbie said he thought the new bas ketball court would be a place where the community could come together as well as a place where UNC athletes could become involved by volunteering their time. Great Decisions (INTS 93) will not meet Tues day. The introductory meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 in 100 Hamilton. Start the year off right! Join POWER, People Organized for Women’s Empowerment and Rights. Bigplansareinthemaking.socomejoinus. POWER will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Union. Freshmen and sophomores may apply to be in the Honors Program. Applications are available from the Honors Office on the bookcase outside of 300 Steele Building. The deadline is Feb. 1. The Office of Leadership Development is look ing for students with significant leadership experi ence to serve as peer leadership consultants. Applica tions are available now in 01 Steele and at the Cam pus YandtheUnion desk. Applications are due Jan. 23. English conversation partner applications are available at the International Center for anyone in terested in meeting with anew international student, scholar or spouse for the spring semester. If you can meet one hour a week to befriend an international student, apply at the International Center, located on the main floor of the Student Union. controversy. He also addressed the cost of the search 547,683 through November which included a SIO,OOO bill at an unidentified Ritz-Carlton hotel. This cost does not in clude the $45,000 that is being paid to Kom/Ferry International, a New York headhunting firm. “We’ve spent less than other institutions” have in their searches, Harris said. “We may spend more.” Harris defended the Ritz-Carltori bill by saying that the hotel was a central location for the committee to do its work. Peter Roybal contributed to this story.
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