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Monday, March 27,1995
Group Becomes ‘Student Voice in Computing 9
BYKARL SHULTZ
STAFF WRITER
Every day, more students sign on with
the Office of Information Technology fora
free Internet account. These accounts al
low access to more than just electronic
mail. GIGO, a campus organization, is
dedicated to helping Internet users frilly
explore their options.
GIGO exists with several goals in mind
one of the main ones being to educate its
members, other users and sometimes OIT.
“One of our main purposes is to educate
people on what’s available," said Michael
Williams, a junior from Horseshoe who is
GIGO’s vice president. “We educate our
selves, we educate OIT sometimes on what
we need. We try to educate in many ways. ”
Chieftains Bring Celtic
On Thursday and Friday in Memorial
Hall, a gruff assortment of Irish musicians
who go by the nom-de-plume of the Chief
tains assembled to bring a piece of the
Emerald Isle to Chapel Hill. Rumor has it
that the group,
who have been
playing to
gether for 32
years and have
released 32 al-
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The Chieftains
Memorial Hall
bums, are actually tom by internecine strife.
Supposedly, part of their contract stipu
lates that their hotel rooms on the road are
to be as far away from each other as pos
sible. If this is true, the Chieftains are still
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Jason Gloege, a junior from Charlotte,
agreed. “One big reason we started (GIGO)
is for those who don’t know what’s going
on (with the Internet). We’d like to help
them.”
Marcus Cox, a sophomore physics ma
jor from Charlotte, is co-president and a
charter member of GIGO. “I met all these
people, and I just got sucked in,” he said.
Cox said he would like to see the club
increase awareness of the Internet, among
other things.
GIGO has been an active group in its
relatively brief existence. Williams said
another equally important aspect of
GlGO’sgoalswasto serve the University’s
computer users.
“Another focus is on service opportuni
ties,” he said. “We’ve had forums on how
consummate professionals, able to fill the
monumental Memorial Hall with the
sounds of green hills and wooded dells.
Joshingand joking on stage, they displayed
remarkable camaraderie that made it hard
to believe that these men could ever have a
bad word to say about each other. With an
ease and proficiency that only comes after
years of training, the Chieftains launched
into over two hours of the finest music to be
heard this side of Galway Bay.
Not only did they perform a medley of
traditional Celtic tunes but they also show
cased a wide variety of other styles. From
cider-filled days in the apple orchards of
balmy Brittany to moonlit nights of fla
now,” she said.
“Since the University was investing all
this money in the renovation ofthesespaces,
we needed to make a commitment that
these facilities were going to be utilized, so
we installed the SIOO mandatory (meal
plan).”
Elfland said the requirement was no
longer necessary because of the increase in
voluntary meal plans purchased. Students
now voluntarily spend a total of $2.6 mil
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to make e-mail accounts more secure, and
we’ve had lectures by people from OIT."
GIGO’s service activities are not lim
ited to the realm of the University’s cam
pus. In spring 1994, members of the group
traveled to Chapel Hill High School to
educate its media staff on the potential of
the Internet as a learning and research tool.
“We are, by default, the student voice in
computing,” Williams said. “We’re the
only technology group that I know of, and
as such, we have a certain responsibility to
represent the student body.”
GIGO has also been lobbying OIT for
such improvements as a 24-hour computer
lab, graphics support for the World Wide
Web and terminals dedicated to e-mail.
There is also a lighter side to GIGO,
with club activities including video game
Sounds to Chapel Hill
menco in Galicia, the instruments of the
Chieftains led the audience on a tour of the
musical world. On their way, they stopped
by Nashville, care of a rollicking version of
“Cotton-Eyed Joe,” and Memphis, with a
medley of “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Tennes
see Stud” and “Arkansas Traveler.” They
finished off the first half of the show with
another galloping stack of songs, this time
from their new album, The Long Black Veil.
The highlight of the first act, however, was
an incredible flute solo performed by Matt
Molloy. With notes that seemed to float
fromheaven to hell and back, Molloy ripped
open the atmosphere of the hall and pulled
out something magical.
lion on on-campus dining. In contrast to
the current amount, less than $200,000
worth of true meal plans was purchased
per year when the plan was implemented,
she said.
“The key to (the SIOO requirement) is
that with it you have a predetermined busi
ness, but you can get that with a regular
plan,” Elfland said. “We’ve developed a
meal plan that fits the needs of the market
place, and people are buying them volun
festivals, replete with Atari games andearly
’Bos music, and various exam stress reliev
ers. “We’re a really active little group,”
Williams said.
Membership in GIGO is open to any
one interested in computers, or even to
those who are just curious. “We’re always
open to new membership,” Williams said.
“People don’t have to have a narrow inter
est in computing all they need is some
thing to bring, knowledge of some new
technology, or just curiosity.”
Emilie Bruchon, a sophomore French
major from Belmont, offered an invitation
for people to come check GIGO out.
“We’re really not that scary as a whole.”
GIGO meets at 8 p.m. every Monday in
221 Greenlaw Hall. For information via e
mail, write to gigo@email.unc.edu.
The second half featured music written
for a Texan ballet company, further evi
dence of the band’s versatility. To cap off
the show, a number of local musicians
were invited on stage to jam with the boys
from Ireland. Other musicians from the
audience were invited to come backstage
after the show for another jam session.
The Chieftains are one of the few bands
that can reach across barriers of age and
class, as evidencedby the very mixed crowd
in Memorial Hall. The only fault one might
find with the show is that there was not
enough room to leap up and dance a jig to
the music, which would have set the driest
heart and the clumsiest legs on fire.
tarily.”
Scott Myers, general manager of
Marriott Corp., the Carolina Dining Ser
vices contract holder, said he hoped lifting
the SIOO minimum would have a positive
effect on Marriott.
“We don’t think the SIOO mandatory
(meal plan) has done much for us finan
cially,” Myers said. “In fact, we think that
it has been hurting us because it has been
viewed as monopolizing student funds.”
For the Record
The caption on the photograph accompa
nying Friday's story 'Lecturer Meets Needs of
Asian students' misidentified the subject of
the picture. The man in the photograph is not
Eric Henry, as is suggested by the caption, but
Vu Han, a student in Henry's class.
The DTH regrets the error.
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Chapel Hill Movie Maker
Helps Pick Oscar Winners
BY RYAN THORNBURG
CITY EDITOR
When the Academy Awards are handed
out on live television tonight, Chapel Hill
will have its own representative at the
event in Los Angeles. Chapel Hill resident
and 1993 Oscar winner for best documen
tary Barabara Trent is a voting member of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences and is spending her day
schmoozing with the jet set in Hollywood.
Trent and her partner at the Chapel Hill
based Empowerment Project, David
Kasper, won the Academy Award for “The
Panama Deception, ” apiece they produced
about the United States’ role in the 1989
invasion of Panama.
Kasper said the group moved to Chapel
Hill from California two years ago after
spending eight years on the West Coast.
While one member of The Empower
ment Project will be a part of the gala in
Hollywood tonight, the rest of the group
will be gathering at Anotherthyme restau
rant in Durham to bring the glitz to the
Triangle.
“We’re taking this opportunity to pro
vide a little of what goes on in Hollywood
right here in the Triangle,” Kasper said.
What does go on in Hollywood? Kasper
said that while the event was exciting, the
movie stars ofHollyweird were just regular
folks.
“It can make you a little nervous,” he
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textbook prices, he said.
Student Stores carries books for all
courses, but Tar Heel Textbooks decided
which books it would sell, he said.
The main difference between the text
books at the two stores was that some
coursepacks were sold only at Student
Stores because of copyright restrictions.
Student Stores was able to obtain the copy
rights because it is a nonprofit organiza
tion, Jones said.
Sophomore Brian McMurtry, a bio
chemistry major from Chapel Hill, said the
closing would not affect him personally
because he usually bought his books at
Student Stores anyway.
Because Student Stores will not be rais
ing its prices as a result, he said he did not
think any problems would be created.
“Overall, I don’t think Tar Heel Text
books’ closing will affect students that
much,” McMurtry said. “I think it will
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said. “The formality of the whole thing
gives it a certain atmosphere, but I think
most of the artists are not snobs.”
The group will also be waiting to catch
a long glimpse of its native daughter. Lisa
Boothe, who is organizing the local event,
said there was a possibility ABC would do
an interview with Trent following its broad
cast of the awards ceremony.
Boothe said Trent had not even hinted
who the winners might be, although she
put her vote in to the academy about a
week ago.
“She hasn’t said a thing,” Boothe said.
“She goes pretty much by the rules on this.
If Barbara was going to break rules, she’s
not going to break the academy’s rules.
“Barbara says she’s going to pick her
battles and the academy isn’t going to be
one of them.”
The Oscar has given The Empower
ment Project a little more dout in the
production world, Boothe said.
“It’s an important part of The Empow
erment Project, but our focus is on local
communities,” she said. “(The statue) is in
our office, but it’s not like we bow down to
it every day.”
The Empowerment Project works with
local producers in trying to help disadvan
taged groups use movies to communicate
more effectively, Boothe said.
She said, “In order to democratize the
media, we need to make sure everyone has
access.”
affect off-campus and North Campus stu
dents. It’s easier to walk over to Tar Heel
Textbooks, I guess.”
However, junior Jessica Rios, a psy
chology major from Pineville, said she
thought it would cause problems if stu
dents had no alternative but to buy then
books at Student Stores. She said she usu
ally bought about half of her books at Tar
Heel T extbooks and half at Student Stores.
“It’ll be a lot more crowded and harder
to buy books, but they’ll definitely get
more business,” Rios said.
George Houston, associate professor of
classics, said he doubted the closing would
make a big difference in the amount of time
it took students to purchase their books.
“I’d be surprised if (Tar Heel Textbooks)
did so much business that it would have a
major impact on the lines at Student
Stores.”
Neither Tar Heel Textbooks Manager
Joe Turk nor employees of Arkansas Book
Services, the parent company of Tar Heel
Textbooks, couldbe reached for comment.
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