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2 Thursday, August 24,1995 Students Elevate Quality of Rooms With Lofts BY MICHELLE CRAMPTON STAFF WRITER In the often cramped, impersonal world of dormitory living, it’s no surprise that the comfort and privacy of a room’s occupants can be compromised. For many students at UNC, lofts provide that much needed sense of personal space. “It’s kind of divided the room into sepa rate little areas like a little apartment, ” Juhi Nath, a sophomore from Cary, said of the L-shaped loft she shares with her room mate in Spencer Residence Hall. “Under her loft is like her room and I’ve got mine. “Last year, we had everything up against the wall so all we had was a big open space in the middle of the floor,” Nath said. “Now we’re taking advantage of the three dimensional space we weren’t using be fore. We’re shopping now for a little sofa or a futon so we can entertain more people comfortably.” Ken Page, a sophomore from Greens boro, said he thinks one reason that the majority of upperclassmen have lofts is because it’s the new craze.“ Everyone’s got one,” he said. “You just have to have it.” Mike Zeinstra, area director of Olde Campus Lower Quad, agreed. “Typically, I think it’s sophomores and juniors that have them here,” Zeinstra said. “Freshmen see someone else who has them and then they see signs for sale at the end of the year. They figure they have to get one and then off they go.” Josh Lynch, a sophomore from Cincin nati, Ohio, who has a single loft in Teague Residence Hall, agreed that freshmen see lofts belonging to upperclassmen and want one for themselves. “They see from other people how much room they get,” Lynch said. “It just seems a lot better than just having a stupid bed. ” Zeinstra said he has seen variety in lofts’ designs. “The majority of the students (in At Ram Book & Supply 90% of our books are USED! ■fete*,,.. Guaranteed Lowest Prices!... Helpfal Service! FREE Parking! Is j.„. SAVE sss l 306 W. Franklin Street * Free Parkingl (Mil 1 SUPP [ 969-8398 Bam-10pm First Week of Class SBTerlcSn! 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The top of mattresses on the loft must be UNIVERSITY at least 36 inches from the ceiling. The lofts may not restrict access or exitways or cover or block potential fire exits. Lofts may not interfere with heating, electrical, air conditioning or other fixed units in the room and must be self-support ing structures built at least one foot from radiators. Lofts can not be enclosed in any way and only a protective guardrail may rise above the main deck surface of the loft. University Housing Director Wayne Kuncl said that lofts cannot be installed in Carmichael, Mangum, Old East, Old West, Alderman, Kenan, Parker and Ruffin resi dence halls, which already feature loft style furniture. Loft installation is permit ted in all other residence halls. Page said that above all other things he likes about his loft, the best part of sleeping in an elevated bed was the adventure. “It really livens the place up,” he said. “But when you’re sleeping elevated in the air several feet higher than normal, you’re wondering if you’re going to fall or if the thing is going to break. That’s what is most exciting.” There’s a NEW Dance Club in Chapel Hill and We’re Staying Dp LATE... ttROPOP RA'/L FEttiTYLE. TM* LRE>AII Tuesday-Thursday lopm-2am Iriday-Satuiday 10pm-sam 18+ with ID V n7|iw^^ ~jk-. I I "TBfe ■■ BB| 9| V MB'■'" RJ A Non-Alcoholic Dance Club CORNER OF FRANKLIN & HENDERSON, DOWNSTAIRS SBP Cabinet Takes Time For Leadership Workshop BYMARVA HINTON STAFF WRITER Student Body President Calvin Cunningham, the student body officers and members of the executive branch at tended their annual two-day retreat this week to set goals and make plans for the coming year. “We did very general goal-setting and also team-building by doing group prob lem solving,” Cunningham said. The goals set during the retreat have not been finalized due to the fact that the full executive board was not present. “It’s my sincere desire that we have as much participation in goal setting as pos sible,” Cunningham said. “We are prob ably a couple of days away from releasing an action plan for academic advising and curriculum assessment.” He also expressed a desire to make the executive branch more politically active in local government and public debate about the University’s future. “During the next year I want to deter mine how the specific activity we’re in volved in relates on a local, state and global level,” he said. The director of North Carolina Fellows and Leadership Development, Cindy Wolf Johnson, did a presentation for the officers on leadership styles and diversity issues. “We did an assessment of personal lead ership styles and how they can most effec tively work together,” Johnson said. Carol Binzer, the assistant director of Leadership Development, and John Curtis, the assistant director of the Student Union, did a presentation on effective goal-setting. Student Body Vice President Amy Swan organized the annual event. Sljp Daily Sar Hppl Student Body Vroe President AMY SWAN organized the annual executive branch planning session. “We were chal lenged to think about our own lead ership styles and what we were try ing to get out of stu dent government and what we wanted to leave be hind,” Swan said. The retreat al lowed the officers to find solutions to problems that might arise during the year. “Wehadtocome up with a plan on how decisions would be made and formu late strategies on dealing with problems,” Swan said. The retreat also gave the officers an opportunity to become better acquainted with each other. “We did a challenge course that forced us to work together and leant to trust one another. I really enjoyed meeting our cabi net membersshe said. Cunningham said the retreat’s activities would help his administration to be more effective. “If we know and understand each other’s leadership skills we can work effectively over the next year,” Cunningham said. Swan said officers can use skills they learned at the retreat in running student government’s executive branch. “It’s important that people know how to communicate their ideas within the or ganization and convey the idea that everyone’s opinion is important regardless of their position,” she said.
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