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2 Friday, November 17,1995 Rosemary Street’s Newest Coffee Shop to Put Customers On-Line BY GIBSON PATE STAFF WRITER Tired of the same old coffee shops? On- Line Cafe, which is set to open the week after Thanksgiving, is offering a trendy twist to the traditional coffee shop: com puters for customers to access the Internet while they enjoy a hot cup of java. Located at the Nationsßank Plaza on Rosemary Street above the Ram Triple Theater, On-Line Cafe is the first cafe of its kind to open in Chapel Hill. But “cybercafes” are gaining popularity in large cities across the country. Mac McLeod, the owner of the cafe, said he was very excited about hi s new business because it was so different from traditional coffee houses in the area. United Way Completes Successful Fund-Raising Drive ■The Orange County group anticipates meeting its goal by the end of the year. BYMARY-KATHRYN CRAFT STAFF WRITER At a reception held Thursday, the United Way of Greater Orange County honored volunteers and celebrated its future merger with the Durham and Wake county chap ters. Anita Daniels, executive director of the Black Artist Says He Cannot Be Part of American Mainstream ■ Kerry James Marshall also spoke about growing up in the Los Angeles projects. BY VIRGINIA KNAPP STAFF WRITER As an African-American artist in the United States today, Kerry James Marshall intimately knows about his subject matter: white mainstream America’s rejection of ‘black’ equality. “My work examines the ambivalence and desire black people have about joining the American mainstream,” Marshall said. .'The.ambivalence .comes from the posi tion of joining the American mainstream and still facing discriminatory practices that say to black people, ‘ You will never be b BUY 1, \ GET 1, : 50% OFF November 16 - 22 Buy any item at regular price, Get 2nd item at / 'j equal or lesser value- \ \ f J 50% off! Sole items included. \W Mix and match shoes, fm} | clothing & equipment. fW Some exclusions apply. See store for details, k i DSGj= SPORTS Northgate Mall, Durham • Oak Creek Village, Durham •University Mall, Chapel Hill North Hills Mall, Raleigh *Golden East Crossing, Rocky Mount • Parkwood Mall, Wilson "I first got the idea because I loved the espresso-to-go stands, and noticed the popu larity of others around the country,” he said. McLeod said another unique twist Cafe-On Line offered was the ability to relax with a cup of coffee while talking to anyone in the world. The cafe will open with five IBM com patible computers that all contain pentium chips and use Windows ’95, McLeod said. “We have state-of-the-art equipment and can access anything. “Eventually, I want to have even more computers available,” he said. McLeod said the charge to go on-line would be between $5 and $lO an hour. Another plus to On-Line Cafe are the sandwiches, pastries and homemade des serts that will be served along with the local United Way, said the merger would be beneficial. “To have added staff and community services working will be a ben efit to all the communities,” she said. Abbe Roosevelt, financial administra tor, said the merger would take place in January. She said that incorporating all three chapters of the Triangle area would enable the United Way to raise even more money for the community. “I think (the merger) is a bold step to ensure a strong future for our area,” said Tom McKeon, chairman of the Board of Directors. The reception marked the end of the “As far back as kindergarten / knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn’t know it as that. I just wanted to make pictures. ” KERRY JAMES MARSHALL African-American Artist truly American.’” Marshall gave a presentation Thursday evening on his life and works as the fifth artist in the Hanes Visiting Artists Lecture Series. ■ ■ “History plays a big role in the work I do,” Marshall said. “I’m still basically in terested in social, cultural and historical UNIVERSITY & CITY specialty coffee selection, McLeod said. The cafe will be catered by local services when it opens until the existing kitchen is expanded, he said. McLeod said he planned to keep the business open late, offering another much needed option to late night food in Chapel Hill. “I think this will be good place to come late at night since the healthy sand wiches offer a different and less greasy alternative to Time Out,” McLeod said. One side of the Cafe will contain the computers and have a quieter atmosphere, while the other side will have tables, music and an open, more festive atmosphere. If On-Line Cafe proves to be a success for McLeod, he said he would like to open more, including a one at Elon College in Burlington. 1995 fund-raising campaign, said Louise Anderson, director of campaign and com munications. The campaign lasted from September until November, she said. This year’s goal was $1.2 million, and the group anticipates meeting it by the end of the year, Anderson said. The money will be distributed to vari ous community agencies such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Red Cross, YMCA and the Daycare Services Association, Anderson said. McKeon highlighted some current suc cesses of the United Way. For example, the United Way provided SIO,OOO to the ideas and issues.” Marshall recalled his life for the packed room and told how it influenced him as an artist. “As far back as kindergarten I knew I wanted to be an artist, although at the time I didn’t know it as that. I just wanted to make pictures,” Marshall said. “All the signposts on the road of my life seemed to point, ‘Artist-This Way,’” Marshall said. “I feel more fortunate than most people because everything seemed to fall into place for me.” Marshall said his experience at Otis Art Institute influenced his wide range of me dia in later works. “In art school I tried to develop a broad enough range of skills so that I could ex press myself when I got around to saying something with my work,” Marshall said. “I don’t feel it’s the medium you use; it’s ‘Noises OfiT a Funny, Quirky Success There is a general misconception that theater, when performed properly, must be somewhat of a culturally painful learning experience for an audience. “Noises Off,” Company Carolina’sfirstshowofthe 1995- 96 season, goes a long way to disprove that notion, mixing several comic styles in a fast-paced, three-act farce. Sexual innu endo, physical slapstick and BRENT SIMON Theater Review 'Noises Off large quantities of sardines come together in one of the most complex and enthralling portraits of backstage theater antics ever written. Michael Frayn’s play revolves around the cast and crew of the fictional play “Nothing On.” It portrays the company in the various stages of production, thus cre ating the “play-withm-a-play” that pro vides “Noises Off’ with its comic thrust. Act One takes place as the cast prepares for opening night. The final rehearsal is some what of a wash. Director Lloyd Dallas local Red Cross to assist flood victims last fall. This was a good way to get many people involved, he said. Many volunteers turned out for the event, and it helped to spread the word about the United Way, he said. Ted Vaden, campaign co-chairman, said the golf tournament raised more than $5,000, and it introduced the United Way to a lot of people. Daniels praised the work of all the vol unteers. “This is truly a celebration of all of you (volunteers) and all of our agencies, everyone who has made a contribution to our campaign,” she said. what you do with it.” Marshall's latest works deal with hous ing projects in Chicago with the word ‘gar den’ in them, including an autobiographi cal painting of the Knickerson Garden projects in Los Angeles where he grew up. “Everything we think about projects is anything but,” Marshall said. “They are really about the failed promises of what this housing was supposed to deliver.” Marshall currently teaches at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois in Chicago. DOROSIN FROM PAGE 1 volunteering at his office. “This office sort of became my real law school,” Dorosin said. “He became my mentor and my friend, and when I was getting ready to graduate, he said, ‘why don’t you continue to work with me?”’ McSurley said Dorosin was an effective civil rights attorney because he cared about the problems of others. “He’savery centered person,’’McSurley said. “His roots are deeply planted in the common people, and because of that his own fears and ego are not a problem. What he wants to do is take care of business and serve." Dorosin said he and McSurley sought to affect the community as a whole, not just their clients, in the cases they took to trial. “We try and take cases that can have an impact on other people in the community, where they can be used to organize people in a cause, like the struggle against rac ism,” Dorosin said. Their emphasis was not on practicing law in order to rake in as much money as possible, but instead to benefit those who hired them, he said. “We have to keep the office running and pay our bills, so we have our clients pay when they can and pay what they can,” he said. The grievance filed by the Black Public Workers Association against the town of Campus Calendar FRIDAY 12:30 p.m. CARMEN HOOKER will address the Public Policy analysis seminar on the topic “Health Care and State Legislatures” in 102 New East. sp.m. JOURNEYINTO ASIA sponsoredby the Asian Students Association will be holding their third annual “Journey Into Asia” on in Great Hall. Admission is 55 for students, $7 for general public. 6:15 SHABBAT at N.C. Hillel. 7 p.m. CAROLINA NORML invites you to celebrate Medical Marijuana Day in the Pit, fol lowed by its second annual benefit concert from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. in 106 Carroll Hall. Admission is $5. (Kevin King) has to deal with missed lines, flubbed entrances and motivational que ries from his stars. The next two acts depict the same scenes of the fictional play “Nothing On,” but further into its tour. The set is an impres sive, two-story interior view of a country home living room. It offers nine entrances and rotates fully to reveal the backstage antics of the company in Act Two. While the audience essentially witnesses the same material (the first act ofthe fictional “Noth ing On”) three times, there are enough twists and comic devices to sustain the humor of the situations the characters en counter. The most difficult thing about a show like “Noises Off” is the timing. There are no long, angst-ridden, tear-inducing solilo quies that require an actor to cany the play by himself. The success of “Noises Off” is therefore a credit to the entire cast, which does an admirable job creating and main taining its own quirky and functionary characters amid a madcap blend ofbehind Journey Into Asia to Offer Sampling of Eastern Cultures BY EMILY GORMAN STAFF WRITER Normally, you would have to travel all over Asia to taste different foods and be exposed to traditional dances from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. But before you plan a trip of this magni tude, you should check out the Asian jour ney being offered on campus. Journey Into Asia, an event sponsored by the Asian Students Association, is a celebration of the diversity of Asian cul ture. The third annual Journey Into Asia will be held today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Great Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and faculty members and $7 for the general public. They can be purchased in the Pit or at the door. “The purpose is to educate other people in the community and the campus about the Asian cultures that exist, because people don’t know that much about other cultures besides China and Japan,” said Grace Lee, a coordinator of the event. The festivities include a meal of tradi tional Asian foods from many parts of the continent. This gives people the chance to sample Asian foods different from what they normally come in contact with at places such as Chinese restaurants. Chapel Hill was a good example of the legal and societal aspects of a movement working together, Dorosin said. Even as the case is now being reviewed by the Equal. Employment Opportunity Commission, BPWA leaders continue to meet with town leaders, seeking solutions out of court. The BPWA case has been brought against the town because they feel the town has established patterns and policies that have a discriminatory impact on African Americans inthepublic works department. “It’s not just a question of specific treat ments because of race," Dorosin said. “Really what the case is about... are these policies that seem neutral on their face,” he added. “They don’t say that blacks get paid less than whites, but they have that effect.” Members of the BPWA felt Dorosin had given a great deal to them through his involvement in the case, said Steve En gland, traffic assistant II at the Chapel Hill Public Works Department. “He’s a very big asset to our case, not only in how he helped us compile the information for the case, but he’s served as a real big help as far as keeping morale up with the guys, telling us to keep up the fight,” England said. England also said Dorosin’s involve ment in the case had heightened the BPWA’s awareness of what they could accomplish in the legal system. Keith Edwards, whose grievance against the University was tried and settled by OVERCOMERS OF UNC will host the One Nation Foundation conference on racial reconcilia tion in Hamilton 100. NEW GENERATION CAMFUSMINISTRIES will hold its Friday fellowship m Union 205-6. 11 p.m. STAR WARS TRILOGY will be shown tonight in Hamilton 100. Doors open at 10p.m. Food served, prize awarded. Bring a pillow. ITEMS OF IINTTEREST HAVE RIM will celebrate the 18th anniveisary of Anwar Sadat's first visit to Jerusalem Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Saladelia Cafe. Come join the discussion about the Egypt-Israel Peace Study. I GHfiiIIPIOIISHIPS II | North Carolina Vanderbilt f Ifv t ' & Saturday, Nov. 18 a§7:oopm fl j| Fetzer Fis• s w !p ■ss Adultlf $2 Sty&ttts w/ IDs fl aHtr iaily 3ar Hrrl the-scenes extramarital seduction and fi nagling. Director Michael A. Oakley creates an even manic pace (if there is such a thing) which allows the tension to build naturally between the characters as their show progresses. The final product is a hilari ously engaging portrait of the emotional and physical breakdown of an entire the ater company. It’s a phrase that’s a bit overused these days, but “Noises Off” actually does offer a nice ensemble cast in lieu of a single star. It’s difficult to point to a single perfor mance as more valuable than any other, as each actor essentially plays two parts, one in “Noises Off” and one within the context of the show on tour. David Azzarello is memorable as the nervous Roger Tramplemain in “Nothing On,” while Eric Bryant and Tangena Church offer contrasting comic figures as the passive and insecure Philip Brent and sympathetic, motherly Flavia Brent, re spectively. The meal will be followed by entertain ment in the form of dancing, music, a fashion show and a skit. The entertain ment will be provided by professional dance groups from North Carolina and members of ASA. “I think that it just brings a lot more ideas into peoples’ heads about Asian cul ture,” said Lee, a junior from Chapel Hill. “Most people tend to generalize, and I think that that is the main purpose of the event. It’s also for entertainment—it’s just a good way to spend the night.” “ASA’s theme for all activities this year is unifying our diversity, ” said Jeff Huang, the president of ASA and a senior from Hickory. “When we say that, we are not just talking about unifying the Asian- American community, we also mean uni fying people of all races, colors and be liefs.” Huang said Journey Into Asia helped to accomplish this theme “because it brings togetherpeople ofall different backgrounds in that room just to appreciate something as simple and wonderful as culture and food.” Huang said the event also served to offer a different aspect of Asian American life to combat the stereotypical way it is usually portrayed. McSurley, said Dorosin was an asset dur ing the last stages of the case because he provided a spark to keep their fight going. ” 1, u He brought a ball of energy, ” Edwards said. “(McSurley) and I were tired and were just going through the process, but when Marc came along, he gave us the energy we needed to perk up. He really gave us the lift." Edwards said he appreciated Dorosin’s ability to handle the legal aspects of a case, while still relating to his clients on a very human level. Civil cases were becoming more diffi cult to bring to trial, especially in the 4th U.S. CircuitCourtofAppeals, within which jurisdiction North Carolina lies, Dorosin said. This circuit had the most conservative judges in the nation, and they were raising the standard of proof for what plaintiffs must show just to get a trial, he said. However, Dorosin said, because cases were difficult to try and win, simply bring ing them up for review was often enough to accomplish goals. “When you’re talking about lawsuits as a way to organize people, you don’t have to win the lawsuit to organize them,” he said. “Sometimes an unjust decision gets more people involved.” Dorosin cited the UNC Housekeepers’ case as an example. Despite the fact they kept losing in the courts, because they organized, the house keepers got a $3,500 pay raise while the case was going on. For the Record In Monday’s story 'Portrait Honors Pio neering Leader of Public Health School' Ruth Warick Hay should have been identified as the first director of the Curriculum of Public Health Nursing. Hay helped establish the first public health nursing program within the School of Public Health, the only accred ited program of its kind in the country. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error.
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