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Pit Day to Feature Student
Government Organizations
The Intracampus Communications
Committee of student government will
sponsor Pit Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday in the Pit. Student govern
ment-sponsored organizations will distrib
ute information about their groups.
Wednesday Forum Will
Cover Chechnya Rebellion
The Joint Duke/UNC-CH Center for
Slavic, Eurasian and East European Stud
ies will present a free public forum titled
“The Crisis in Chechnya” at 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the Assembly Room of
Wilson Library.
The forum will feature talks by five
UNC faculty members. A question-and
answer session will follow the talks.
Documentary Will Feature
University Math Fellow
Freda Porter-Locklear, a postdoctoral
fellow in the math department, will be
featured in a PBS documentary, “Break
through: People of Color in American Sci
ence,” scheduled to air next fall.
The goal of “Breakthrough” is to high
light people of color who are doing work in
math and computer science and to inspire
minorities to enter fields of science.
UNC Surgeon Receives
Honorary Fellowship
Dr. George F. Sheldon, a distinguished
professor of surgery and chairman of sur
gery at the UNC School of Medicine, has
been chosen to receive an honorary fellow
ship by the Royal College of Surgeons in
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sheldon was chosen for his contribu
tions to the fields of trauma and surgical
nutrition. Sheldon is also the president of
the American Surgical Association, and he
has served as surgery chairman at UNC
since 1984.
Muscular Dystrophy
Ambassador Named
The Muscular Dystrophy Association
recently announced Ryan Draper as the
N.C. Goodwill Ambassador for the Mus
cular Dystrophy Association. As the state’s
goodwill ambassador, Draper will make
public appearances to encourage volun
teers in die association’s year-round edu
cational and fund-raising campaigns.
Ryan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Draper and was diagnosed with Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy at the age of2. MDA
is working to defeat neuromuscular dis
ease through worldwideresearch, compre
hensive program and community services,
and far-reaching professional and public
health education.
Author to Read From, Sign
Books at Local Bookstore
Tim McLaurin, author of “Cured by
Fire,” will read from his book at 11 a.m.
Saturday,Feb. 18,atMcIntyre’sFine Books
and Bookends in Fearrington Village on
U.S. 15-501. McLaurin’s latest novel fo
cuses on the issues of race, poverty, reli
gion and human aid in the deep South.
“Cured by Fire” deals with the lives of two
men, focusing on a series of perfectly cap
tured moments.
McLaurin will be available for ques
tions and book signing following the read
ing. The event will be free and open to the
general public. For more information and
a complete schedule, call 542-3030.
New Technology Improves
Brain Tumor Treatment
UNC Hospitals is the first in the state to
acquire anew computer and software pro
gram designed to improve the treatment of
patients with brain tumors.
Dr. Bradford B. Walters, associate pro
fessor of surgery at the School ofMedicine,
said the new system would help patients be
treated more quickly. The new software
will be used for stereotactic radiosurgery, a
nonsurgical, noninvasive method of treat
ing brain tumors and other lesions.
New Seminars Offered
From Adventures in Ideas
The Spring 1995 Adventures in Ideas
series will offer eight new seminars as well
as repeats of a couple of popular highly
requested programs.
Faculty members from UNC and from
Duke and N.C. State universities will lead
most sessions, which are presented by the
Program in Humanities and Human Val
ues of the College of Arts and Sciences in
conjunction with the General Alumni As
sociation.
Space remains in eight of 10 seminars,
and costs range from $65 to $75.
Local Agency Wins Award
For Gun Buyback Ads
FGI Integrated Marketing, 206 W.
Franklin St., has won four awards from the
Printing Industry of the Carolinas for its
advertising work. In the small, nonprocess
category, a poster FGI designed for the
nonprofit Chapel Hill gun buy-back pro
gram, “Buy Back the Hill,” took Best of
Category.
The formal presentation of the awards
will take place at the annual PICA banquet
in Greensboro this month.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Bolin Creek Trail Extension Planned
BY GRETCHEN HOFFMAN
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Chapel Hill residents will be able to run
and bike longer distances on woodland
trails by late January 1998 if plans ap
proved by the Town Council on Monday
night proceed as scheduled. The council
furthered steps on Phase II of the Bolin
Creek Greenway, which includes the con
struction of a bicycle and pedestrian path.
The Chapel Hill Town Council unani
mously approved a special use permit for
the extension of the trail, which would run
along Bolin Creek from Elizabeth Street to
the Estes Drive Community Center. The
first phase of the path, which runs between
Airport Road and Elizabeth Street, was
formally opened to the public June 7.
However, residents of the Village Green
Condominiums, near which a part of the
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Craig Samuels of Franklin Street Pizza and Pasta makes hot pizza pockets for cold customers Monday night. Samuels opened the restaurant in July 1993.
Play Teaches Spanish Through Performance
BYEVALINDEMANN
STAFF WRITER
Learning a foreign language can be dif
ficult, but some people will soon have an
inside track on an effective and fun way to
go through the language learning process.
Lisa Weckerle, a graduate student in
communication studies, said the best way
to learn a foreign language is to perform it.
Ifwhat she believes holds true, the proof
will come in late February when she stages
her production of “Los Cazadores
Invisibles,” or “The Invisible Hunters,” as
a bilingual play in Spanish and English.
“The play will be directed in English,
but the actors will never see a copy of the
script in English," Weckerle said. “The
point of this learning method is to teach the
vocabulary performatively.”
The technique that Weckerle refers to is
Power Through Reading
Discusses Dußois’ Work
BY JAY STONE
STAFF WRITER
Television hasn’t stopped everyone from
reading outside of class.
Power Through Reading, a reading pro
gram sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity Inc., held its first meeting of the
semester at 7 p.m. Monday in the Sonja H.
Stone Black Cultural Center.
Last night’s group of 15 students met to
discuss various books that will be read
throughout the semester.
Ellis Carson, a member of Alpha Phi
Alpha, led the group discussion. He said
the purpose of the meetings was to famil
iarize people with important African
Americans in history.
“The point is to encourage reading out
side of class among minorities, mainly
African Americans. We read three novels
each semester and meet every other Mon
day to discuss them.”
Power Through Reading began meet
ing during fall semester.
“The discussions originated from a so
cial studies club in the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Inc.,’’ Carson said.
“This semester, it is based on the AFAM
65 course, ‘Contemporary Topics in Black
America.’”
Monday’s discussion centered on
W.E.B. Dußois and his autobiography,
“Dusk of Dawn.”
The book deals with Dußois and his
views on racism as he grew up, Carson
said.
Group members discussed various view
points Dußois brought up in his book and
UNIVERSITY & CITY
trail runs, said at an Oct. 18 public hearing
that they were concerned the pathway
would compromise the security and pri
vacy of the area. The council postponed
action about the request for the special use
permit Nov. 4 and asked for more informa
tion regarding the landscaping and fencing
of the path near the condominiums. The
council found that there was no evidence
that the security of the area would be af
fected, according to a memorandum from
Town Manager Cal Horton.
The revised plan includes landscaping
around the development to help screen the
area from the greenway. The revisions met
the concerns of the residents, Mayor Ken
Broun said at Monday’s council meeting.
The plan was passed unanimously.
The council also unanimously autho
rized the development of construction
documents, the application for all neces
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one that is commonly used in performance
studies. Weckerle, a teacher of performance
literature, said that by using all of the
faculties of the body when performing a
foreign language, file 11 cast members
would gain a greater sense of what it was
like to speak Spanish in a real-life situation.
“Throughout the directing process, the
words will be performed rather than trans
lated,” she said. “This motivates the stu
dent to take active participation in speak
ing the language."
Weckerle also said this technique
worked for all ages as well as all levels of
language ability. “During the auditions, I
had people try out who were fluent Span
ish speakers, non-Spanish speakers and
those in the middle range of Spanish-speak
ing ability,” she said.
Tasha Heeler, a junior non-Spanish
speaker, was one of the lucky ones cast for
“The point is to encourage
reading outside of class among
minorities, mainly African
Americans. ”
ELLIS CARSON
Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc.
reflected on how Dußois segregated him
self from whites throughout his childhood
and during his college years at Harvard
University.
They raised questions of whether
Dußois’ segregation of himself was a self
inflicted punishment or a necessity.
Other books that will be read and dis
cussed by Power Through Reading this
semester are the “Autobiography of
Malcolm X” by Alex Haley and “With
Head and Heart” by Howard Thurman.
All of these books are autobiographies
and deal with the trials of the African
American in a white society.
Carson said he chose file books that
would be discussed with the help of other
members of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Latarsha Chambers, who regularly at
tends the Power Through Reading group,
said the meetings were enjoyable and
helped provide an outlet for discussion.
“Sometimes we work with a scholar
who leads the discussion,” Chambers said.
“Other times, the meetings are more infor
mal. I really enjoy it.”
Power Through Reading meets at 7
p.m. every other Monday in the BCC.
sary permits, the search for construction
bids and the purchase of easements across
the private properties affected by the trail.
“We would require certain easements
involvingsmallpiecesofproperty,’’Horton
said. Although much of the trail would be
built on town-owned property, some tem
porary and permanent easements on pri
vate property would be needed to complete
the path.
The town plans to pay $2,521 for ease
ments on four properties along the trail.
The council is still in negotiations concern
ing a fifth area, owned by the Village Green
Homeowners’ Association.
The council offered the association
$7,188 for 2.14 acres of permanent
greenway and drainage easements, based
on the appraised prices of nearby ease
ments, but the offer was refused. The coun
cil planned to “use the procedures avail-
a part. She had found out about the audi
tions through a friend and wasn’t quite
sure what to expect. “When I got there, I
was asked to read a script in Spanish,”
Heeler said. “I had never read Spanish
before in my life.
“It was such a crazy experience, and I
was really excited by Lisa’s method of
constant movement interchanged with
Spanish words. This is a good way to start
into a language, since I have no feeling for
Spanish at all. This method allows us to
test out the language without fear.”
Weckerle, who is completing this project
for her master’s thesis, will require the
performers to keep a journal of their
progress throughout the five-week rehearsal
period. She will also interview the students
at the beginning, middle and end of the
production process in order to keep up
with their performance development. The
Aldermen Support Proposal for Open Space
But Local Builders Claim the
Board’s Mandate Would Add
To Existing Housing Problems
BY MEGAN HANLEY
STAFF WRITER
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen is
proposing a plan that would require devel
opers to leave at least half their tracts as
open space, but builders claim the board’s
mandate would add to the area’s existing
lack of affordable housing.
The aldermen will hold a public hearing
at 7:30 p.m. today at Carrboro Town Hall
to allow the public a chance to respond to
the proposed land preservation require
ment.
“The proposal was made in an effort to
preserve land in Carrboro, to protect natu
ral resources and to preserve the flavor of
the town,” said Carrboro Alderman
Jacquelyn Gist.
“It’s aimed at saving the feeling of hav
ing room around you as you go about your
daily life as well as preserving wildlife
habitats and other natural areas, ” Gist said.
“It’s for the feeling of being able to move,
not driving and seeing miles and miles of
cookie-cutter houses.”
The plan is meeting opposition from
some developers who say the requirement
is too extreme. Some developers say that
affordable housing is needed in Carrboro
and that this proposal will only worsen the
matter.
“On the one hand they want open space,
and on the other hand they keep saying,
’affordable housing, affordable housing,”’
said Jim Paliouras ofPaliouras Enterprises,
a local development firm. “There are some
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able under the law” to acquire the ease
ments, which would involve the filing of a
condemnation suit, Horton said. He said
the final compensation for the property
would be determined by a judge.
Funds for the purchase of the easements
thesis will then consist of an analysis of the
interviews and the journal entries.
“I really enjoy keeping a journal,” said
Jennifer Simmons, a sophomore nursing
student. “It helps me to understand what
I’m getting out of this production, and it
helps me with my progress.”
Simmons had decided to audition be
cause of her desire to perform and her love
of the language. “Asa nursing student, I
am required to take a limited number of
language courses. Unfortunately, I have
finished my Spanish requirements. Now
with this play I can have fun, perform and
continue to practice my Spanish.”
The play being performed is an old
Nicaraguan legend about the Miskita Indi
ans of Nicaragua.
Showings of the play will be held at 8
p.m. from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25 in 111
Murphey. Admission is free.
areas where you
have to have four
dwellings to the acre
because not every
one can afford to
buy a large lot. We
keep pushing more
and more land re
strictions, and the
end result is that we
don’t have any af
fordable housing.”
Alderman Mike
Nelson said he
thought the afford
able housing issue
wasa“redherring.”
“The developers
Carrboro Alderman
JACQUELYN GIST
said restricting
development would
protect natural
resources.
aren’t providing affordable housing now,”
Nelson said. “If they’re concerned about
affordable housing, they ought to do some
thing about it now rather than building all
of the multimillion dollar homes that are
popping up in Carrboro now.”
“The board’s proposal should ultimately
reduce costs to developers,” Nelson said.
With the same number of houses being
built but on smaller pieces of land, there
would be fewer sidewalks and water lines
and less laying of roads and land clearing
that builders would have to finance. “They
ought to be saving money, and I hope that
these savings will be passed on to the
homebuyers,” he said.
Several members of the board agreed
that the issue needed to be addressed im
mediately, although the proposal itself
might have some flaws.
“I see it as fairly urgent that we address
this very quickly," Gist said. “Now, there
is constant development activity going on,
and unless we act quickly to preserve our
natural space and environment, they’re
Tuesday, January 24,1995
Chapel Hill
would come from the 1989 Parks and Open
Space bonds. The council expects a grant
from the state totalling $240,000, accord
ing to the memorandum from Horton. The
estimate for the construction of the second
phase of the plan is $565,000.
Edwards
Case Is
Appealed
Petition for Judicial Review
Of SPC’s Decision Goes to
Orange Superior Court
BY ADAM GUSMAN
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The University filed an appeal in the
Keith Edwards case Friday in Orange
County Superior Court.
Edwards, a University Police officer,
originally sued UNC for discrimination in
1987.
Friday’s appeal petitions the court for
judicial review of the decision made Dec.
22 by the State Personnel Commission in
favor of Edwards.
If the petition for judicial review is
granted by the court, Tom Ziko, associate
attorney general for the education section,
said Monday that he would enter a sepa
rate request for a specific court date that
would be convenient for both parties.
The appeal came just before the end of
the 30-day period during which the Uni
versity had the right to appeal the SPC’s
decision.
Ziko said the U ni versity wouldnotknow
which judge would hear the case until a
specific date had been set for the hearing.
The SPC’s Dec. 22 decision upheld
Orange Superior Court Judge Gordon
Battle’s July ruling that Keith Edwards be
given a retroactive promotion to sergeant,
payment adjusted to reflect the promotion
and legal fees.
The University originally appealed the
judge’s ruling in favor of Edwards but then
withdrew its appeal several days before the
SPC was to rule on the case.
Edwards’ attorney, A1 McSurely, said
Jan. 9 that he had written four letters to the
SPC asking for a ruling but that there had
been no reply.
McSurely filed a petition Dec. 16 asking
the Superior Court to force some action
from the SPC. Shortly after the seven mem
bers of the SPC had been served notice of
the petition, they issued a ruling in Edwards’
favor.
The parties have also disagreed over
how much back pay the University owes
Edwards. The University claims her pro
motion would not have carried with it a
pay raise.
Edwards’ case began in 1987 when she
claimed that the University had discrimi
nated against her as a black woman when
they passed her over for a promotion to
sergeant.
gone. And once they’regone.they’regone.”
Chapel Hill does not have a specific
regulation regarding the amount of land
required to remain as open space, but there
are regulations concerning the preserva
tion of land by leaving some parts of prop
erty undeveloped, said Robin Lackey,
Carrboro Town Planning Board chairman.
“I think the (proposed Carrboro) open
space proposal is necessary and impor
tant,” Lackey said. “I think it has some
things that I would do differently, but I
think it’s an issue that needs to be ad
dressed as what you need to preserve rather
than how much.”
Much of the debate is centered on
whether or not the percentage of land to be
reserved for open space is a viable and
practical amount.
“Fifty percentis the optimum number,”
Gist said. “I’m not sure if that’s what we’ll
end up looking at, but if you look at areas
with 26 percent it seems very tight. By the
timeyoulookatstreambuffers, steep slopes
and other things used as open space, it
amounts to nothing.”
The public hearing will allow the board
to receive information from citizens and
developers and then to accept advice from
an advisory board. “Itshouldbetwoweeks
to a month before a decision is made,” Gist
said.
“I think that the public and private in
dustry must really understand this thing
before we go to approve it,” Alderman
Hank Anderson said. “We need to educate
the community about this.”
Anderson said that a decision was far
off and that it was necessary to take time
and deal with this issue slowly.
“I like the goal preservation —but
the numeral percentage may not be the
way to go."
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