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2 Monday, November 20,1995 After 135 Years, Campus Y Continues Service BY STEPHANIE DUNLAP STAFF WRITER “After a while you need something more meaningful. You can only party so much. That’s why I got involved,” Reyna Walters said. Walters was referring to what drew her to the Campus Y, which attracts more than 800 UNC student volunteers per year. Walters is a freshman from Greensboro and a first-year representative for the Cam pus Y. The Campus Y is an umbrella organiza tion for 25 committees, which are split into three classifications: support committees, such as Footfalls, the fund-raising commit tee and Freshman Camp; social issues com mittees, including Dinner Discussions and People Organized for Women’s Empow erment and Rights; and volunteer commit tees such as the Big Buddy program, Habi tat for Humanity, Housekeepers Organi zation, Hunger and Homelessness Out reach Project and tutoring. “The Campus Y as a whole is a great sounding board,” said Jessica Bailey, a sophomore from Greensboro and co-chair woman of POWER. “It provides the sup port base for us.” “It’s good because it’s gotten a lot of committees off and running,” said Karen Caskie, a junior from Greensboro and co chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity. “A lot of these committees may not have had the appropriate outlet if it wasn’t for the Campus Y.” The Campus Y began as the student YMCA in the spring of 1860, when UNC was male only, Director Zenobia Hatcher- Wilson said. “Young men wanted to pro vide outreach to community and a means of fellowship with each other,” she said. Their community service began with tutor ing and Sunday school lessons. A YWCA began at UNC in 1938 and merged with the YMCA in 1963, forming what is now known as the Campus Y. In 1978, the affiliation with the YMCA was dropped; the organization’s name was of ficially changed to the Campus Y in 1981. Hatcher-Wilson said the Campus Y was the largest and oldest student organization Phi Gamma Delta Issues Apology to Community BY SHARIF DURHAMS STAFF WRITER Members of Phi Gamma Delta frater nity are beginning to try to make amends for an obscene letter sent to pledges during rush. "We know that we made a mistake, and we’re trying to correct it,” Phi Gamma Delta President Burch Perry said. Perry said the fraternity had apologized to the sororities mentioned in the lewd rush memo, which became public at the Nov. 8 Take Back the Night March. The fraternity issued a letter of apology to the University community Thursday night. The University has ordered the frater nity to donate several hours of service to the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Perry said the members of Phi Gamma Delta were trying to coordinate a commu nity service project with the center. “We’ve got a few things planned,” Perry said. “There are going to be a lot of changes in the future.” Student Body Vice President and former co-chairwoman of the Women’s Issues Network Amy Swan said apologizing to the University community was only one step in the reform process for Phi Gamma Delta and the entire Greek system. “All of the apologies in the world can not erase the fact that they did this,” Swan said. “Phi Gam, more than any other frater nity at this point, realizes what was wrong with that letter (the original memo). They heard every single bit of criticism thrown their way, and I hope they absorbed some of it and realize theirbehaviors need chang ing.” Swan said the University needed to re form the Greek system to re-create a posi tive perception of Phi Gamma Delta and fraternities as a whole. ■JBRSK > \/^iilii%|jpcf hi fl'VVi.* Famous Super Buffet 7 Days A Week! Menu Ordering & Take-Out Available lunch: Everyday 11-2:30 ------w UnnsG Everyday 4:30-10 j coupon or j IIHC Students Welcome! \ stu<i ™ t ID ' large Groups Welcome! ! . get ! | ml I For Reservations & j , , j Take-Out Ca 11... L order! J 968-3488 143 W. Franklin St. • University Square €4%j&f! tjm -,jm I I ... J&SM HjjlPfSiF JsH l .-I ... DTH FILE PHOTO The Campus Y, an umbrella organization for 25 committees, has provided an outlet for more than 800 student volunteers per year. The Campus Y is the largest and oldest student organization at UNC. at UNC, and as such it had played a major role in the development of many Univer sity programs and services, such as the Intramural Sports Program, UNC Student Stores and the University directory. Hatcher-Wilson called the Campus Y a “lightening rod for social change.” She pointed to some of the Campus Y’s past political involvements, from civil rights demonstrations in 1960s to the first publi cation, during the 19705, of Black Ink, the official newspaper of the Black Student Movement. The Campus Y organized a boycott of classes to protest the Vietnam War in the 1970 sand also organized the takeover of South Building to fight for a free-standing black cultural center in 1993. The committees within the Campus Y have interesting histories themselves. The oldest committee is Freshman Camp, which started in 1946. This led to the establishment of the Orientation de “All of the apologies in the ivorld cannot erase the fact that they did this." AMY SWAN ■ Sttidqjit President “We need to reform rush, a big time crackdown on hazing ... Other universi ties have changed their systems dramati cally, and it’s time we do the same,” she said. Danielle Brownwell, who organized a protest at the Phi Gamma Delta house Tuesday, said the fraternity had a long way to go to repair its reputation. “If they are sincere, that will show in their actions,” Brownwell said. Brownwell said she thought the frater nity should have received harsher punish ment from the University. Service projects are not enough to repair the damage the fraternity has done, she said. “I think that (Director of Greek Affairs) Ron Binder, who pushes this rape aware ness, should have come down harsher on them,” she said. “Hopefully, the University will use them as an example so that other fraternities don’t feel they can do this to women,” she said. “If they shut down fraternities for drinking when they’re not supposed to be drinking, they should do the same (in this case).” Joey Carosella, rush chairman for the Interfratemity Council, said the newly elected officers of IFC would meet today to discuss possible reforms to prevent a simi lar incident from occurring. George Worrell, who signed the Phi Gamma Delta rush memo, is the treasurer of the IFC. UNIVERSITY partment and was C-TOPS’ predecessor. The Big Buddy program began in 1971 with 15 pairings of community children and UNC students. Now the program re ceives more than 300 applications per year from students interested in being Big Bud dies. The maximum must be held at 180 pairs in order to maintain the quality of the program, Hatcher-Wilson said. “The Campus Y is a dynamic organiza tion,” Hatcher-Wilson said. “It has a his tory, but we don’t live on tradition only, because we expect that current students are making their mark on history as well. We don’t know what that next spark is going to be.” She said the Campus Y has a strong urge to meet the needs of the surrounding community, nation and world. “We have to keep that connection the heartbeat, the pulse of the community,” Hatcher- Wilson said. “We’re preparing students Program Offers Opportunity to Study Environment Abroad ■ Alon Tal spoke about an environmental program offered in Israel. BY JENNIFER BRYAN STAFF WRITER Anew study abroad program offers UNC students a chance to spend a semes ter or a year at therArava Institute of ‘Environmental Studies in Iskel, a private research and teaching center that will open in 1996. Alon Tal, a 1980 UNC alumnus, spoke at N.C. Hillel on Friday about the link between the environment and the Middle LEE FROM PAGE 1 this district. It’s ridiculous to have to spend that much money for a job that only pays $13,000 a year, but I feel like I have to do it.” This time around, Lee said he planned to touch base with a wider cross-section of his potential constituency. “I’m going to get out there and have a lot of neighbor hood meetings and meet people one-on one.” He also said he planned to spend time on UNC’s campus, meeting with student groups and conducting forums in an at tempt to attract the student vote. Lee came to Chapel Hill in 1964 as a graduate student in the School of Social Work. After receiving a job at Duke, Lee and his wife Lillian, a teacher at Chapel Hill High School, decided to buy a house in Colony Woods. Lee said the builder would not sell it to them because they were black. “I like to tell people the story of how in 1966 I had problems buying a house in Chapel Hill, and in 1969 I was mayor,” Lee said. After he fought and won the battle over the housing issue, Lee said his name had become a household word, but he did not expect to win Chapel Hill’s mayoral post. Lee was the first black mayor of a predomi nantly white community in the South. “In 1969 when I was elected mayor, I was absolutely shocked. I had run with no ideathatl’dwin. In 19941 made a mistake. I was confident I would win. I was sitting on top of the world, and then I fell,” Lee said. Lee said the loss came as a severe shock, and it took several months before he could begin to deal with his feelings on the mat ter. who can be leaders in the world.” The success of a few UNC alumni can attest to that goal. Chancellor Michael Hooker was a tutor with the Campus Y during his days as a student at UNC. Donald Baer, a speech writer for President Clinton, was also active with the Campus Y, Hatcher-Wilson said. “I think the campus would be the loser if the Y didn’t exist, ” Hatcher-Wilson said. “Students wouldn’t have a controlled out let for their social-justice impulses.” “We do need anew building, though,” Hatcher-Wilson said, citing the fact that the two upper floors of the building have been condemned since 1949, leaving only the first floor and the basement available for work. The current building was built in 1906 at a cost of $20,000, she said, adding that a long-range goal of the Campus Y is to construct anew building but retain the site of the present one. Eastern peace process and about the Arava Institute. Tal, founder of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, has a doctorate in environmental science from Harvard Uni versity and a law degree from Hebrew University in Israel. Tal said the defining characteristic of the AIES program was a 20-hour-a-week internship in a specific area of environ mental protection or conservation that in terested the student. While involved in the program, students from westefti universi* ties will live on a kibbutz with students from the Middle East regions. A kibbutz is a communal farm in the desert where residents share chores, food and other resources. AIES is situated on “It was a terrible feeling, but after the legislature went into session, the feelings began to heal,” he said. Since last November, Lee has kept him self busy. In addition to his work as the owner of several concession stands at Ra leigh-Durham International Airport, he said he had finished writing a prayer book for public officials and was finishing up work on two other books, a devotional book for young people and his memoirs. Lee said he had become frustrated with the GOP-dominated Senate during the General Assembly’s long session, when they proposed cuts to the UNC system’s budget and voted to allow UNC and N.C. State University to raise tuition by up to S4OO, a proposal the Boards ofTrustees at both schools approved. “In the Senate this year, the University was saved from what could have been a disaster,” Lee said. “UNC has a strong legislative voice in the House with Joe Hackney and Anne Bames, but when you are in the minority, you can’t really be a strong advocate.” “I think it is imperative that our two top notch major universities be able to hold their own against private schools like Duke,” Lee said. “It would be shameful if the Senate’s lack of funding stripped the ability to adequately fund our library sys tem.” Lee will officially kick off his campaign on Nov. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Fearrington Village Bam fund raiser, which is open to the public. As Lee is working to raise the necessary funds to run a hard campaign, another area Democrat is considering running for the same seat. Carrboro mayor Eleanor Kinnaird said Sunday that she was consid ering a run for Senate. She said: “I will not make a decision for quite a while yet. I want to wrap things up as mayor.” . UNIVERSITY SQUARE WEST FRANKLIN STREET at the Square CHAPEL HILL (919) 942-2044 Campus Task Force Seeks Input on Women’s Issues ■ Survey results will be used in making recommendations to the chancellor. BYARUNIMAPANDE STAFF WRITER MembersoftheChancellor’sTaskForce on Women are using the campus’s infor mation superhighway to gauge opinions on the issues that face women on campus. How to Access the Women's Issues Survey Since Nov. 7, the group has been gath ering opinions and information via the electronic Women’s Issues Survey. The survey ends Wednesday. The unique elec tronic survey, which can be accessed through a site on Web Address: http://www.unc. edu/staff/survey The survey is also available on UNC Web Home Page. UNC’s Homepage on the World Wide Web or at http:/www.unc.edu/staff/sur vey using Netscape, will be the first UNC campus survey of its kind ever to be con ducted through the Internet. The task force’s goal is to get input from all members of the campus community to develop recommendations to improve the opportunities and resources available to women on campus. “Not only do you have an opportunity to answer questions, but you can make comments and illustrate your views on what issues concern you,” said Barbara DeLon, the task force’s co-chairwoman. The Women’s Issues Survey subcom mittee is one of three subcommittees aim ing to achieve this goal. The others involve evaluating existing programs on this cam pus and taking an inventory of what pro grams other universities are doing. Organizers plan to present the recom mendations based on the ongoing study to the chancellor sometime next year. Kibbutz Ketura in Israel, near the Jorda nian and Egyptian borders. Participants will receive full credit for the studies from Tel Aviv University. The program coordinator at UNC is Doug Brown, director of UNC’s Environmental Studies Institute. “The peace process holds a lot of dangers for the environment in the Middle East,” Tal said. “We’re not against development, But,on the other hand, we are being short-sighted to create dams, canals, power stations and superhighways without looking at the long-term effect!!!” 1 Tal said the goal needed to be one of unification in the formation of an environ mental coalition of many different nations. Acting unilaterally in a multinational situ ation is ineffective, he said. PETITION FROM PAGE 1 The Nicholsons lost their son when Michael Hayes went on a self-described mission from God and killed four people. Hayes, like Williamson, was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Both Williamson and Hayes are currently hos pitalized in Dorothea Dix Hospital in Ra leigh. Nicholson said he was not sure how many people had stopped by the Franklin Street location. NCSII FROM PAGE 1 However, Student Senator Scott Brown said student government did nothing to let the students know about themeeting. In another action, the BOT voted down a 24-hour visitation proposal. Only one BOT member, Peaches Simpkins voted for the proposal. Scott, chairman of the Student Senate’s Student Life Committee, said the proposal called for a trial in three residence halls. The Student and Campus Affairs Com- Campus Calendar MONDAY 1 p.m. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY will sponsor a seminar on “Condensed Matter" in 277 Phillips Hall. 6 p.m. CAA will sponsor the SLAM DUNK CONTEST PRELIMINARIES in Carmichael Au ditorium. Bring your own ball and your Student ID. Final contest will be at the Richmond game. 6:30 p.m. ORDER OF THE BELL TOWER general body meeting will be held in Union 211. 7 p.m. RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP will meet at Halina’s Restaurant on 306 W. Franklin St. 7:30 p.m. STUDENTS FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM will meet in the basement of the Chapel of the Cross, located near Morehead Plan ROMANO’S PIZZA KITCHEN Fast, Free Delivery • 929-5005 Parmesan Dishes (Parmesan dishes are spaghetti noodles, mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce with your choice of a main topping.) DON’T FORGET! Every time you enjoy a meal from Romano's, we will make a donation*to the Ronald McDonald House and the American Red Cross. ®|jp Satly ®ar Uppl The survey consists of 20 multiple choice questions, which are aimed at three differ ent audiences: students, faculty and staff. It addresses issues such as campus secu rity, child care, work environment and basic services available to women. The survey also allows for community input. So far, over 700 people have responded to the survey, but members of the Task Force encourage more people to take the time to express their own opinions or con cerns. “I am totally optimistic that this is an important issue to the community, and people are going to take the time to re spond and give us feedback,” DeLon said. Rachel Willis, chairwoman of the sur vey subcommittee, said there were many advantages to carrying out the survey through computers. She said the cost of conducting it electronically was much less than that of a paper survey. The electronic survey also reduced the amount of time needed to access different opinions. Most importantly, a greater portion of the community could have access to the survey and the ability to express their opin ions on women’s needs on campus. “The survey really makes for more equi table access on commenting on policies and issues concerning women,” she said. DeLon said use of the computer could make the survey more successful because it would attract a more diverse pool of re sponses than use of the traditional medi ums. “So many different sections of the popu lation are able to participate, there is a greater chance of a higher response as compared to sending out a hundred paper surveys,” she said. Gail Corrado, a research assistant who helped with the electronic design of the survey, said the survey showed the useful ness of the campus internet connection for purposes other than e-mail. “Certain sections of the population at the University are touching computers for reasons other than e-mail,” she said. “No individual country’s environmen tal group can control projects that are mul tinational,” he said. The AIES program is the first of its kind to bring together young people from the West and the Middle East to share ideas and to study the problems of the environ ment together. “The environment is everyone’s prob lem,” Tal said. “The American environ mental scene has repercussions Chat rever United States. There are Israeli environ mental issues that have global impacts.” Environmentalists have become increas ingly concerned with environmental is sues since the beginning of the develop ment resulting from the peace process. Many people found this weekend's pe tition drive a way to channel their anger from the verdict, Nicholson said. “The term ‘not guilty’ is what is so offensive to so many people when there is no doubt that (the defendant) committed the crime.” Walker said she would like to take her family’s efforts to surrounding counties and maybe follow the issue to the General Assembly. “If you don’t try there is no hope for change,” she said. Nicholson said he would be there to help. “Somebody’s got to do it.” mittee of the BOT was impressed with the students’ proposal but the BOT was afraid the community would be outraged at the idea of visitation, Scott said. “They don’t want to be viewed as advo cating students spending the night to gether,” Scott said. O’Quinn said he voted against the pro posal because it wasn’t the right time for 24-hour visitation. “I have a lot of con cerns,” he said. “First, we need to look at improving safety in our residence halls and privacy issues like getting locks on bath room doors.” etarium. UNC BALLROOM DANCE CLUB will meet in Women's Gym “A" at the rear of Woollen Gym. Lessons on intermediate merengue will start at 7:30 p.m., and the beginning nightclub 2-step will begin at 8:15 p.m. 8:30 p.m. FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES will meet in Carmichael Ballroom. ITEMS OF INTEREST PAUPER PLAYERS will have interviews for Broadway melodies today and Tuesday. For more information , check the Pauper Player folder at the Union Desk. CRIMSON & BROWN ASSOCIATES will sponsor a Minority Career Forum on Feb. 2,1996, in Washington, D C. If interested , applications are available in 207 Hanes Hal). Lunch & Dlnnorf 1. Grilled Chicken Parmesan $7.25 2. Breaded Chicken Parmesan $6.50 3. Broccoli Parmesan $6.50 4. Sliced Tomato Parmesan $6.50 5. Mushroom Parmesan $6.50 6. Black Olive Parmesan $6.50 7. Mixed Vegetable Parmesan $6.50 8. Pepperoni Parmesan $6.50 9. Beef Parmesan $6.50 10. Meatball Parmesan $6.50 11. Honey Baked Ham Parmesan $6.50 12. Veal Cutlet Parmesan $7.25 13. Cheddar Parmesan $6.50
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