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2 Monday, November 3,1995 WUNC Nears $350,000 Fund-Raising Goal ■ Despite complaints about program changes, the radio station has raised $336,000. . BY JENNIFER BURLESON STAFF WRITER Although WUNC Radio has been criti cised for recent programming changes, the station raised $336,000 in a week-long fund raising drive that ended Wednesday. Beginning Oct. 26, the station’s goal was to raise $350,000. WUNC Develop ment Director Regina Yeager said 4,000 people called during the actual event and Former NOW Leader Launches Rape Awareness Week ■ The annual event includes discussion forums and a Take Back the Night March. BYARUNIMAPANDE STAFF WRITER While the national attention given to domestic violence in the wake of the O. J. Simpson trial and to sexual harassment following the 1991 Senate testimony of Anita Hill has in- ;i|,lJl||ll UIIJJ' CTeased awareness jWjjJlh/lliHjjK of these problems, ■ society still tends to neglectthese issues, said Dana Jones, student government’s ■ women’s issues co- To increase awareness of these issues, UNC will hold its annual Rape Awareness Week today through Thurs day. The week, sponsored by student gov ernment, the Women’s Issues Forum and People Organized for Women’s Empow erment and Rights, will feature a variety of events including luncheon forums, panel discussions and presentations. “(The goal of the week is) to go beyond SAURIES FROM PAGE 1 not discuss. “Basically, the concerns that we have with the proposal are small loopholes that people can get out of what they say they are going to do,” Johnson said after the meet ing. “We have to trust that a person is going to follow the policy.” Elect Rebecca Coyne Rebecca S. Coyne Candidate for School Board 1-800-796-3102 gjk. fiL Re: November 7,1995 School Board Elections Dear Neighbors: |j .< j I am publishing this letter so that I might speak to a the issues arising in the upcoming election. I Icel ! 9 ’lf strongly enough about ft j election that 1 am paying for this publication m myself. The coming years in Carrboro and Chapel Hill will require each of us to face issues which will effect our quality of life and the economic health of our community. We have an ever expanding number of students to educate while at the same time, we have recently spent record amounts on new facilities. There is today (and indeed has been for may years) an urgent need for fiscal responsibility in our schools. Unfortunately, we are now faced with almost crisis level conditions. We have overcrowded classes. We have violence in those classrooms. We have a widening gap between the test results of different ethnicities. We have a tremendous need for new energy, new ideas and creativity on the part of our School Board and School Administration. The response to these issues by every other candidate to the School Board is to raise bonds, increase taxes and spend more money. While this tax and spend “solution” may sound politically correct, I feel strongly that it short changes our children and our community. We can utilize existing assets of this School District to greater advantage. We can curb violence through a firm and consistent response. We can raise educational standards by setting goals and enforcing them. We can use energy and diligence instead of expensive consultants. We must have a School Board which hears community needs and responds. I am the only candidate to establish an 800 number to enable contact and response. I will continue this at my own expense, and respond to each call within 24 hours. We need a School Board which leads in fiscal responsibility and encourages community participation. Let me begin this process by offering to donate, to the schools, all proceeds from my service on the School Board if elected. Let me continue this process by serving on the School Board. I appreciate your careful consideration of this letter and these issues. Should you have any concern or question, please feel free to call me. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Coyne Paidfor by Rebecca Coyne pledged $333,000. Listeners have contin ued to call the station since the drive has ended, bringing the station closer to its final goal. General Manager Bill Davis said he was pleased with the amount of money raised, even though the station did not reachitsgoal. “This is the second best fund raiser we’ve done.” he said. “For us to have this level of success is really a testa ment to the generosity of our listeners.” Organizers said a fund raiser earlier this year may account forthe $14,000 shortfall. The station may have not reached its goal this fall because people who normally make donations may have made them in the spring, he said. In the spring WUNCraised rape awareness to incorporate aware ness about issues that go on around cam pus all the time, and to point out subjects that are often overlooked, such as sexual harassment,” Jones said. The week kicks off today with a speech by Eleanor Smeal, former president of the National Organization for Women and co-founder of the Feminist Majority. “Smeal, an alumna of Duke, was very interested in speaking to the campus, so we thought we would incorporate her into the event,” Jones said. Wednesday’s Take Back the Night March, which begins in the Pit, will be the highlight of the week’s events. The march symbolizes women’s empowerment and unity in dealing with issues such as dis crimination and harassment, Jones said. While the entire event is a joint effort between various student groups, organiz ers have relied heavily on UNC faculty and services at the University such as Student Health Service, Jones said. “Faculty, such as the women’s studies department, have been really helpful in getting contacts and support for Rape Awareness Week,” Jones said. “Through this event, we hope to incorporate the entire community, as well as the campus, in increasing awareness.” Throughout the week, forums will fo cus on issues that affect both women on campus and in society. James Peacock, professor of anthropol ogy and former chairman of the UNC Faculty Council, said the proposal allowed for a grievance procedure, but said it ap plied to policy grievances rather than indi vidual decision grievances. Peacock said the decision not to empha size individual grievances in regard to the proposed merit-based salary determina tions was based on concerns about the UNIVERSITY $250,000 although its goal was SIBO,OOO. Davis said this was the first time the station had held a fund raiser in the spring. Yeager said technical problems at the station may have prevented some people fromcalling. “We’rehavingproblemswith our antenna so people in may areas aren’t getting our signal.” In order to raise money, the station had special guests, including Chancellor Michael Hooker, appeal for pledges on the air. The station managed to raise the money in spite of complaints about changes in the station’s programming. A program called “Talk of the Nation” now kicks off a five-hour block of talk Rape Awareness Week Nov. 3- 9 Eleanor Smeal 8 p.m. today Hanes Art Center - President of NOW, Eleanor Smeal will help kick off the week. Reception will follow. Lunchtime Forums Monday Noon Union 213 - Rape Counseling and Prevention Tuesday 12:30 Union 224 - Domestic Violence Wednesday Noon Union 213 - Afridan-American Women and Rape Thursday 12:30 Union - Reflection on Take Back the Night March Date Rape and Psychological Effects Monday 7 p.m. 07 Gardner Hall - Judith Scott University Sexual Harassment Officer, will lead a forum on sexual harassment Wednesday 6:30 p.m. The Pit - Take Back the Night March. Motivational speakers and a march for the empowerment of women. Take part in this important event to show support and help fight against violence. Reception following. Healing Ceremony Thursday 5 pjn. Forest Theatre A service for survivors of sexual assualt and all who want to come to support. “With all the media coverage that seems to be surrounding domestic violence and battered women, I think this event is very timely,” Jones said. A forum on alcohol and date rape will present information that is espedally relevant to the campus com munity, Jones said. A second forum will emphasize the problem of sexual harass ment. The week will conclude with a healing faculty reviewing faculty decisions in their own community. Steve Leonard, associate professor of political science, said he did not under stand why the proposed principles were so intent on preserving the administrative pre rogative. “We need a mechanism that al lows faculty council self-government to have some teeth in administrators’ deci sions,” he said. programming beginning each afternoon at 3 p.m. Before the change, the station played classical and jazz in the late afternoon. The amount of jazz music played has been cut, and clips of classical pieces are played instead of complete pieces. Chuck Stone, professor of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, said he disliked the programming changes. “I’m looking for music when I’m driving,” he said. “I can get the talk from the news paper.” However Stone’s colleague Michael Williams, assistant professor of journal ism, said he liked die additional news. “I’m glad they've got the extending cover age because I can catch more of it now.” ceremony for survivors of sexual harass ment and their supporters. “It will basi cally be a calming ceremony for people to come together and share their own experi ences, as well as reflect on our goal, ” Jones said. With all the events planned throughout the week, Jones said she hoped many people would come out and show their support in increasing awareness. Pamela Conover, professor of political science, who authored the proposed prin ciples, said the proposal required adminis trators to explain their actions. Leonard said the proposal was merely a recommendation to die administration, and it still had no obligation to respect the proposed principles. He suggested holding administrators accountable by tying their salaries with performance. “If we are held to merit, why can’t they be held to merit?” he said. The proposal willgo before the Faculty Council at a meeting Friday. Take KAPLAN and get a higher score... Kaplan you focus your build your confidence, so you ...or your money back*! Applying to Medical School? Then you can’t afford to miss these FREE EVENTS! 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Donald Stedman, the current dean, is resigning his post effective July 1 after serving as the school’s dean since 1990. “I will be 65 next year, and I think the schoolisdoingwell,” Stedmansaid. “There are some other things I want to do.” Stedman will be working withU.S. Sec retary of Education Richard Riley during the fall of 1996, and he plans to work in Australia and New Zealand researching their children’s services programs. Stedman said he planned to return to UNC to teach and do research sometime in 1997. Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Lawrence Gilbert has formed the 14-member search committee which in cludes faculty, local educators and two students, one graduate and one undergradu ate. Joseph Farrell, a professor in the Insti tute of Government, will chair the com mittee. The committee has yet to meet. Symposium Commemorates Birth of President, Alumnus BY JOE MILLER STAFF WRITER UNC celebrates today the 200th anni versary of the birth of a UN C alumnus and former president of the United States. A symposium honoring James K. Polk will begin at 8 a.m. in the Wilson Library Assembly Room. The event is free and open to the public. Robert Anthony, curator of the North Carolina Collection, said he hoped the symposium would increase awareness of Polk’s role in American history and of his time at UNC. “I think a lot of people are unaware that he’s a UNC graduate, and he’s not one of the better known presidents although his torians consider him one of the more effec tive,” Anthony said. Anthony is just one of the symposium participants scheduled to attend. Others include Wayne Cutler, editor of “The Cor respondence of James Knox Polk;” James Sasser, history professor at Central Pied mont Community College; and Harry Watson, UNC history professor. The event has been publicized state wide throughout the year. Organizers of the event asked UNC to host the symp.g sium because of the connection Polk had with the University. Wife Daily ®ar Hppl William Ware, aprofessorinthe School of Education and a member of the search committee, said he was excited to be on the committee. “It’s going to be an exciting committee, and we will be doing an impor tant job especially now that the University is going through a hard time with the legislature,” he said. Gilbert said the chancellor was anxious for the committee to begin its search. He said the committee was waiting for permis sion from the Equal Employment Oppor tunity Commission to advertise for the position. “We’relookingforsomeone who is an expert in the field of education, some one who has experience in researching and teaching and hopefully, someone with ad ministrativeexperiencealso,’’hesaid. “We want someone with national prominence.” After the list of candidates has been narrowed down, they will be invited to visit UNC. The candidates will be inter viewed by the search committee and the administration. The chancellor will make the final decision. If the committee is un able to find a dean by July 1, Stedman has agreed to keep workinguntil January 1997. The symposium will include a number of special events and attractions. A tour of North Campus, where Polk lived and studied, is planned for today. It will be led by John Sanders, campus histo rian and director emeritus of the Institute of Government. An exhibit on Polk also will open today in the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library. A portrait of Polk, painted during his time in office, will be displayed along with artifacts found under a Chapel Hill hotel where Polk once stayed. The festivities will continue on Satur day in Pineville, where Polk was bom in 1795. It will include period music, crafts and renditions of speeches given by Polk. A Christmas celebration is also planned for Dec. 10 at Polk’s memorial site. Polk graduated from the University in 1818 before becoming the nation’s 12th president in 1845. Campus Calendar FRIDAY 2 p.m. STUDY ABROAD OFFICE will hold special info session on University of Bristol in En gland, in 12 Caldwell Hall. Martin Crouch, director of International Programmes at Bristol, will be on hand to answer questions. MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM in memory of Dr. Berthe Marti, a longtime classics faculty member who died during the summer, will be held in Dey Hall’s Toy Lounge. 3:30 DANIEL J. SHEERIN of the University of Notre Dame will discuss “Sisters in the Literary Agnon: Monastic Women in Mortuary Rolls,” fol lowed by Calvin Bower, who will talk about “Colli sions of Meter, Meaning and Music in 12th-Century Liturgical Office,” also in Dey Hall’s Toy Lounge. For more info call 962-7191. 4p.m. PEER LEADERSHIP CONSULTANTS will host “Trading Places: Role-Played Problem Solv ing in a Simulated University” at the Student Presby terian Center, 110 Henderson St. 6 p.m. WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY VOLUNTEERS and Friends of the Library Book Sale takes place at the old Builder’s Square location on Six Forks Road. Offering nonfiction and fiction books at progres sively lower prices throughout the sale. Until 9 p.m Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m Sunday. 6:15p.m. INTERFAITH SABBATH. Interested mexpenen cmgaJewish Sabbath service?N.C.Hillel (210 W. Cameron Ave) Open to all! Optional dinner following for $5. 8 p.m. RAPE AWARENESS WEEK will kick off in Hanes Art Center Auditorium with Eleanor Smeal, former president of NOW & co-founder of Feminist Majority, speaking about rape awareness and the future of feminism. SATURDAY 8:30 a.m. PTA THRIFT SHOP BAG DAY SALE until noon at Canboro Thrift Shop on Jones Ferry Road. 8 p.m. CAROLINA TAR HEEL VOICES’ eighth annua! fall concert will be held in Carroll Hall. Tickets on sale in the Pit&atthedoorSs.962-THVI. NEED EXTRA MONEY? EARN $17,585 RARTTIME! Sure, you could use the extra money-who couldn’t? The Army Reserve can help you earn more than $17,585 during a standard enlist ment, part time, plus some great benefits, with oppor tunities to qualify for even more money to continue your education. You’ll also be getting valuable hands-on skill training that will last you a lifetime. Good extra money. Lots of opportunities. A place to make new friends. Give the Army Reserve your serious consideration. Think about it. 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