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Student Congress May
Propose Fee Increase
According to the Speaker of Student
Congress Roy Granato, fees may increase
by a $1 this year.
Granato said the increase would allow
Student Congress to fund more groups and
was especially needed following the U.S.
Supreme Court’s Rosenberger decision
which stated political and religious groups
could not be denied funding from student
fees.
“The Rosenberger decision opened the
gates for may more student groups to ask
for funding,” Granato said. “(The dollar
increase proposal) should pass through
Congress. I’d like to find someone with a
reasonable argument against it.
Before students would see an increase
in their fees, Granato said the proposal
would first have to pass through congress.
It would then be placed on the ballot as a
referendum measure during the campus
wide spring elections.
In order for the measure to pass, 2.5
percent of the student body must vote in
the election with the majority of those who
do vote approving the measure.
Granato said he felt confident the mea
sure would pass because the additional
money would go directly to support stu
dent groups.
“It benefits every student group on cam
pus.”
4 UNC Students Named
Predissertation Fellows
Four UNC graduate students have been
named 1995 International Predissertation
Fellows.
UNC tied with the University of Texas
at Austin for the most recipients. Thirty
seven fellows were named nationwide.
The UNC fellows named were Danick
Hamilton, economics; Kirk Bowman, po
litical science; Lesley Bartlett, anthropol
ogy; and Sumedha Gupta, psychology.
The Fellowships were awarded by the
Social Science Research Council and the
American Council of Learned Societies,
with Funding from the Ford Foundation.
The fellowships encourage promising
students in the social sciences to prepare
for research in the developing world by
deepening their knowledge of the cultural
context in which their work will be con
ducted.
Pulitzer Winner Donates
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Horace Carter, a 1943 graduate of
UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass
Communications and a Pulitzer prize win
ner, has given $ 100,000 toward the renova
tion of Carroll Hall, which will house the
school in 1998.
Carter’s newspaper, The Tabor City
Tribune won a Pulitzer for Meritorious
PublicService.Hedonatedsso,oootoname
the room thatwill house the N.C. Journal
ism, Advertising and Public Relations Hall
of Fame.
The room will bear Carter’s name and
will permanently house The Tabor City
Tribune’s Pulitzer.
Another $50,000 was donated to name
the scholarships and awards room, which
will carry the name of Carter’s paper.
Carter was editor of The Daily Tar Heel
and founded The Tabor City Tribune in
1946. In 1983, Carter was inducted into the
N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame.
Olympic Flame To Be
Carried In Chapel Hill
Runners will carry the Olympic torch
through Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill
June 23 en route to the 1996 Olympic
Games in Atlanta according to a schedule
released Sunday.
The Olympic flame will be lit by the sun #
in Olympia, Greece, and then flown to Los
Angeles where the journey will begin.
The flame will be carried across the
nation by foot, train, wheelchair and other
methods of transportation before reaching
Atlanta for opening ceremonies July 19.
The flame will arrive in North Carolina
at Wake Forest June 22, will then be car
ried through the triangle, Greensboro,
Charlotte and other locales.
Officials said that when it was an
nounced the flamewould go through North
Carolina, it only seemed logical for the
flame to go through the triangle due to
geography and roads.
3 Residents to Take Part
in National Conference
Town council members Mark Chilton
and Joyce Brown along with Green Party
activist Dan Coleman will be presenters in
panels and workshops at a national confer
ence in New Mexico of the Green Party.
The Green Party largely focuses on en
vironmental issues, but it also has a plat
form based on grass-roots democracy, so
cial justice, community-based economics
and non-violence.
The conference expects 250 people to
attend the conference.
Coleman stated in a press release that
the attendance by he and town officials
“speaks well of Green organizing in the
Chapel Hill community.”
TTie Orange County chapter of the
Greens was founded in 1985. The confer
ence will focus on skills Greens activists
needed to run for office, to build coalitions
and to organize neighborhoods. The three
day conference will take place July 27-30.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
University to Move into Franklin St. Property
■ First Citizens Bank must
vacate UNC-owned space by
Dec. 31, 1996.
BYBRONWEN CLARK
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
First Citizens Bank on Franklin Street
has until December 1996 to find anew
location, according to Wayne Jones, asso
ciate vice chancellor for business and fi
nance.
“We just negotiated anew lease on (the
building on Franklin Street),” he said. “I
think they are looking for another site."
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This sign from the original Hector's, a famous downtown eatery which burned down four years ago, will be placed in the restaurant when it reopens in the fall.
Hector's, located above Cafe Trio at 201 E. Franklin St., hopes to regain its place as a popular nighttime hangout.
Franklin Gets New Chib, Old Eatery
BY SUSAN SANFORD
STAFF WRITER
A Chapel Hill tradition and perhaps a
new town trend will converge at 201 E.
Franklin St. by the end of the summer.
Hector’s, a renowned local eatery that has
been closed the last four years, is set to
open July 31, and Club 9+9, a dance club
for those 18 and over, is targeted to open
August 18.
Elia Nicholas and Jim Paliouras are
workingwithfellowco-ownerPaulWiester
to have Hector’s back in tip-top shape by
the beginning of August. Before the estab
lishment was destroyed by fire, it was rated
as the “fastest fast food in the country” by
Professor
Helps
SetNEH
Agenda
BYDAIRA JARRELL
STAFF WRfTER
AUNCprofessorrecentlyretumedfrom
his hometown of Shuyler, Neb., where he
was involved in a conference that empha
sized the teaching ofliterature and philoso
phy to small towns across the West.
Darryl Gless attended the Chautauqua
festival, which used actors posing as fa
mous literary characters to increase knowl
edge of important historical and cultural
figures in American history.
Gless was there as a representative of
the National Endowment for the Humani
ties, which sponsored the event. Gless said
he felt that his involvement with
Chautauqua and the NEH has aided him
in his teaching.
“The NEH has expanded my aware
ness of the full range of educational institu
tions," Gless said. The NEH is a govern
ment-sponsored agency which fosters in
tellectual and cultural growth across the
nation.
Gless, who is one of 26 members of the
council, was appointed to the NEH coun
cil by President Clinton and was approved
by the Senate in July 1994. Each member
of the council serves six-year terms.
Gless said he was concerned about the
future of the NEH. The organization is
facing extreme cutbacks and possible elimi
nation in the U.S. Senate this September.
Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., has tar
geted the NEH in an attempt to reduce the
budget. Gorton is the chair of the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Inte
rior, as well as two other key subcommit
tees which allocate funds to the NEH.
Gorton has been critical of the NEH in
recent statements.
UNIVERSITY & CITY
The building, located at 134 E. Franklin
St., is state-owned property under Univer
sity control. Currently, the bank leases the
space from the University.
Jones said theUniversity’sever-increas
ing need for programming space precipi
tated the decision to occupy the Franklin
Street building. “Since we are leasing so
much space in Chapel Hill, we felt we
should plan on occupying that space.”
Jones said he did not know how the
University would use the building upon
the bank’s departure. “There are a lot of
demands for the space. It is a matter of
looking at priorities.”
Johnny Morris, incoming chairman of
a privately-owned restaurant publication.
Construction on Hector’s began in Janu
ary. Nicholas said he hoped that by the
time Club 9+9 opens in mid-August, the
three businesses would complement each
other.
“It’s going to be a non-alcoholic build
ing,” said Nicholas. “We’ll do most of our
business after the bars close.”
Club 9+9 will have a nonalcoholic bar
and Caffe Trio does not serve any alco
holic beverages.
“I mean, the majority of students here
are under 21 and this will be a great place
to socialize,” said Krisi Raymond, man
ager of Trio.
George and Valerie latridis, owners of
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UNC professor DARRYL GLESS has
returned from an NEH meeting.
Following the Chautauqua meeting,
Gless met last Thursday and Friday with
other council members in Washington,
D.C. The quarterly meeting diverted from
its usual discussions of policy and grant
approvals in order to discuss the issue of
whether or not the NEH will continue to
exist.
“I think it will survive, but the fact that
this crucial senator is quite negative makes
it impossible to be sure,” said Gless.
Gless said he thought there were many
senators who exhibited support for the
NEH, but that the program was being
badly misrepresented.
“Gorton has picked out a few things
that he contends to be insufficiently patri
otic and is using them to try and cut the
endowment,” Gless said. “But the reality
is that it will have no significant impact on
the budget.”
The NEH receives $lB7 million a year,
only about 0.001 percent of the total bud
get, according to Gless.
The NEH has already survived a similar
attack in the U.S. House. The House
approved the continuation of the program
by a 2-1 margin.
According to Gless, the NEH is in
volved in a number of projects that pre
serve the nation’s cultural heritage and
improve teaching at all levels by providing
needed funds and other resources. “It is an
extraordinarilyvaluablepublic investment
that must be preserved,” said Gless.
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Com
merce, said he had not heard anything
about First Citizens’ agreement with the
University, but said he would be sorry to
see the bank leave. “You always hate to
lose a long-time business in the downtown
area,” Morris said.
However, Morris said he did not view
UNC as a bully. “The University has all
the rights of any property owner on Franklin
Street."
Jones said he thought the University
was making every effort to make First
Citizens’ transition as easy as possible.
“We’re working with the bank rather than
terminating their lease. We’re working on
Club 9+9, started renovations on the club
Sunday and are excited about opening.
“Our site is in great shape. We’ll be
finished before August,” she said.
The club will open on Aug. 18 in order
to work out the kinks before the club’s
grand opening the weekend of Aug. 25,
when students come back, she said.
The late night hours will be a highlight,
of the club, said latridis. “George and I
have been out on Franklin Street after 2
a.m. and there are a lot of people out - it’s
such a bummer that everything’s closed.”
She also said that she does not foresee
any negative feedback from not serving
alcohol. “We don’t have a problem with
people having a beer and then coming to
UNC Employee To Seek Term on Board
Carrboro Board of Aldermen
BYWENDYGOODMAN
CITY EDITOR
David Collins, a UNC staff member,
became the fourth person to announce his
candidacy for the Carrboro Board of Al
dermen Wednesday afternoon at Carrboro
Town Hall.
Collins said although he believed the
current board had been doing a good job,
there were several things he wanted to
change in terms of the most important
issues within the town.
“My campaign will be based on the
reprioritization of issues regarding the needs
of and the services for the residents of
Carrboro,” he said. “ThekeytoCarrboro’s
future is to keeping everything in perspec
tive.’’
Issues Collins said he planned to focus
on in his campaign were as “simple as A-B-
C, meaning A Better Carrboro.” These
issues include security, affordable housing
and UNC-Carrboro relations.
Collins said security was particularly
important to him because of his job with
University Police. He said the issue in
town was brought to his attention particu
larly a few months ago when a sexual
assault victim came before the board plead
ing for more police in the community.
“Government is there to protect the
citizen,” he said. “I will be an unabashed
supporter of the police department. Basi
cally if a request is justified I’m gonna
make sure they have it.”
Another way Collins said he wanted to
protect residents was through affordable
housing. The creation of affordable hous
ing, not just building new housing devel
opments, would benefit students and long
time residents alike, he said.
“There are a lot of people on fixed
incomes not just students but retired
folks also,” Collins said. “We can’t forget
that is who made Carrboro and gave the
town it special flavor.”
Making the lifestyle affordable through
cheaperhousingandkeepingproperty taxes
anew lease to give sufficient time for relo
cation.”
Both Jones and Morris said the loss of
the bank would not hurt the town’s prop
erty tax revenue. “The University owns it
now, it is not coming off the tax rolls, it
won’t affect it one one bit,” Morris said.
Jones said he thought that if the bank
chose to relocate in Chapel Hill, the move
could actually enhance the town’s tax base.
“The tax base might improve. If the
bank chooses to build, there will be an
additional piece of real estate on the tax
rolls,” Jones said.
First Citizens referred questions to the
University.
our club, but our business is not alcohol -
it’s dancing.”
The dance club will play music until 2
a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and un
til 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Hector’s
will be open 7 days a week “until the
business stops,” said Wiester.
The club will also feature an extensive
sound and lighting setup, as well as interior
designs by local muralist Michael Brown.
Brown and his assistant, Harrison
Haynes painted the interior of Club 9+9 in
black and white to contrast with the red
exposed brick.
“It’svery pattern-oriented,’’Brown said.
“It’s everywhere fromMTV to DC Comics
to modem art to road signage.”
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David Collins collects security pamphlets which he distributes at CTOPS
presentations. Collins plans to address security in his campaign for alderman.
low would be beneficial to the overall town,
he said. Carrboro would also benefit from
the recruitment of business, he said.
“I support recruitment of any type of
business that is conducive to the better life
of Carrboro,” Collins said.
The types of businesses Collins said he
wished to bring to the town would be
environmentally sound and would not re
quire large amounts of building and devel
opments.
“We should continue sensible business
development that can enhance the local
atmosphere while expanding the local tax
base,” he said.
Thursday, July 27,1995
Incumbent
Seeks Seat
On Council
Chapel Hill Town Council
BYTANIA CALDERON
STAFF WRITER
In front of the town’s newest hook and
ladder fire truck, Chapel Hill Town Coun
cil member Pat Evans became the fourth
official candidate to announce for the coun
cil race Thursday.
The track was purchased when Chan
cellor Hooker, on behalf of the University,
pledged $300,000 to the town, after coun-
cil criticized the
University for hav
ing originally paid
only one-half of
what the town
spends providing
the University’s fire
services.
Evans listed the
track as one of the
council’s accom
plishments, and
thanked the Univer
sity in her an
nouncement.
focus on town-gown
relations.
“The University and UNC Hospitals
have agreed to contribute $300,000, yes,
s3oo,oootoward the cost of this new multi
purpose fire truck," she said. “With this
equipment we can protect lives and prop
erty in the tallest of buildings throughout
the community. We thank them.
“This agreement is symbolic of the many
new partnerships that I proposed and that
together we have built,” she said.
Evans said the new cooperation was
being observed in negotiations for the uses
of the Horace Williams and Mason Farm
tracts.
“Two years ago, we would not have
dreamed that we would be working so well
together,” she said.
During her speech, Evans pointed to
other town council accomplishments in
the areas of schools, public safety and hav
ing developed the town’s center. She urged
citizens to continue sharing ideas with her,
and said she hoped to “continue to build
on the achievements of the past, looking to
an even brighter future for Chapel Hill.”
However, Evans said the town needed
to improve its long range planning to pre
serve Chapel Hill’s “special” status and
control its growth.
Evans recommended a development
review process that included “citizens and
boards earlier in the application process,
not necessarily to speed up approval, but to
ensure better design and development.”
The 25 year resident of Chapel Hill said
the town needed to strive to become a more
sustainable community.
“This is no longer just an environmen
tal initiative,” she said.
“Sustainability is an important strategy
for helping cities and towns strengthen
their local economies, reduce operating
costs and protect and enhance the quality
of life for all citizens.”
Evans said she never had any intentions
of running for mayor because she thought
she could accomplish more on the council.
Because Collins is a UNC employee
and a great number of students reside in the
town, he said had a special interest in
improving relations between the Univer
sity and Carrboro.
“There have been great strides in im
proving town-gown relations in Carrboro
and relations will only get better, ” he said.
“I think Chancellor Michael Hooker is
going to be good for Chapel Hill and
Carrboro because he understands how the
University impacts the locality.”
Collins said his decision to make his
first ran for elected office was due to con
cern over unaddressed issues in the town.
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