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2 Monday, January 22,1996 Hooker Urges Women to Break Male Domination ■ Carmen Hooker said women must work harder for success than men. BY SHARIF DURHAMS STAFF WRITER Women need to work harder than then male counterparts to succeed in the work place, Carmen Hooker said in a speech to the Womentoring group Friday. A former Massachusetts state legisla tor, Hooker discussed her success in a male-dominated field and talked about changes in the health care industiy. To gain the re spect of other legis lators, Hooker said she had to tackle controversial issues that male legislators avoided. Asa mem ber of the Ways and Means committee, she defended bud get cuts when oth ers on the commit tee were unwilling to do so. “If you sit back ml m Cochairwoman CARMEN HOOKER called for universal health care to control costs. and wait for that golden opportunity to land in your lap, it’s just not going to happen,” Hooker said. “I proved that I knew what I was talking about. I wasn’t afraid of the advocacy groups and was qualified for a leadership position.” Hooker said it was difficult to balance her public life as a legislator with finding time for her family. She said one of her favorite books while she was dealing with these issues was “Juggling for the Com plete Klutz.” “You will come against those times when you feel like a real klutz and juggling 1,000 balls in the air,” Hooker said. Since she was first elected to legislature in 1984, Hooker said she learned that pro viding constituent services was the secret to getting re-elected. “An elected official is basically a social Tan 1 Month for $45 | etv __ 4 Mt djH jfjjte. New ROT Bulbs!i ! JKfkOT 942-7177 | 1 J J&cde M nin 9 • Massages - Mails j I " r, 3 miles from campus, 15-501 S. & | rain or shine Smith Level Road at Star Point 3 hours. 3 days 3 free bagels. Want to get 3 free bagels fast? Just zip into Bruegger s before 10:00 a. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday (January 23,24 & 25), and tell us “Happy Birthday!” We’ll hand over 3 fresh, hot bagels. No kidding! Why? Because 1) it’s our birthday, 2) we like you a lot, and 3) good things come in 3 s. BRUEGGER’S BAGEL BAKERY* The Best Thing Round RALEIGH: 2302 Hillsborough Street • North Hills Mall • Pleasant Valley Promenade • Sutton Square, Falls of the Neuse Rd. • Mission Valley Shopping Center •Stonehenge Shopping Center, Creedmoor Rd. Coming Soon - RALEIGH: Harvest Plaza, Six Forks Rd.& Strickland Rds. CARY: 122 S.W. Maynard Rd. • Preston Business Center, 4210 Cary Pkwy. Coming Soon - RTP: H wy. 54 at S. Alston Ave. DURHAM: 626 Ninth Street • Commons at University Place (1831 MLK Parkway at University Drive) CHAPEL HILL 104 W. Franklin Street • Eastgate Shopping Center Open Seven Days a Week “If you sit back and wait for that golden opportunity to land in your lap, it s not going to happen. ” CARMEN HOOKER Cochairwoman of the General Assembly’s Health Care Commission service people person,” Hooker said. “If you don’t do the most important part of the job, you’re not fulfilling your charge as an elected official.” Since many Womentoring members are consideringhealthcareprofessions, Hooker also talked about changes in the health care industry. The former chairwoman of the health committee for the Massachusetts legisla ture said she advocated universal health care coverage for practical rather than moral reasons. “Youcan’thavetruecostcontain ment until you get everybody under the umbrella,” she said. Uninsured patients end up receiving treatment in the emergency room and those costs are passed on to insurance carriers, Hooker said. “You’re subsidizing those businesses that aren’t (providing insur ance),” she said. Hooker said long-term care and chronic disease are the defining issues not yet tack led by health care reform. She said the current inpatient system was not designed to deal with patients on a long-term basis. “It is the defining issue because how we figure that out will define who we are as a people and who we are as a nation.” When asked about government funding for academic health care centers like UNC Hospitals, Hooker said universities have problems in containing costs because they have the dual role of organizing the teach ing of students and providing care for the sickest patients. “Managed care (programs) don’t care that you’re an academic health care center,” she said. “If you have higher costs, they’re not going to send their pa tients there.” UNIVERSITY & CITY Duo Makes New Furniture Using Old Money BY GRAHAM BRINK STAFF WRITER Everyone dreams of getting their hands on a little extra cash: a couple hundred for rent, an extra grand for tuition, maybe even winning a big hit on the lottery. But when it comes to money, Heath Scofield’s dreams are unrivaled. Scofield, an independent industrial de signer from Raleigh, has his heart set on $7.4 billion. And he wants the Federal Reserve to delivery it. Scofield and partner Scott Harvey de veloped a process to recycle old, discontin ued currency 57.4 billion in the United States alone into a viable pseudo-wood product. All they need now are the raw materials. Each of the parts of the Federal Reserve system is a separate entity, Scofield ex plained, so several bureaucratic levels must be sorted through. “We’renegotiatingwith the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Trea sury,” Scofield said. “They’re extremely supportive of the plan but certain rules and regulations must be abided by.” The impetus behind the plan evolved from several basic observations, Scofield said. Landfills have limited space, discarded currency occupies some of the limited space FACULTY COUNCIL FROM PAGE 1 why women leave at greater rates than men. A second resolution asks for a Uni versity-wide assessment of the procedures for promotion. “(We want to examine) not just the written guidelines, but how the guidelines are actually implemented in each indi vidual unit,” McNeil said. In other activity, the council unani mously passed two resolutions designed to increase faculty and student interaction. Pam Conover, chairwoman ofthecouncil’s committee on intellectual climate, said she thought the council had a responsibility to address the issue immediately. “(A good intellectual climate) is a sense of energy that emanates from the faculty and student body engaged in intellectual activity,” Conover said. The first resolution called on the Educa tional Policy Committee to act as a con- practice PAINLESS DENTISTRY. It’s a unique break- through that only the Air Force Offers. Enjoy the tremen dous benefit of a group dental ' " pl'dCYiCevWth no office overhead. 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It has stringent design specifications that inevitably produce a consistent product.” One of the the problems with filling landfills with shredded currency, Scofield said, is the money is so well manufactured that it won’t break down. “It could take hundreds of years for the notes to disinte grate (in a landfill),” he said. “That’s the great part of this process, we’re not only recycling the money, we’re making a vi able and useful product out of it.” The finished products, Moneywood and Counterfeit, are fractionally heavier than balsa wood, virtually indestructible, resis tant to all types of acid and dimensionally stable, according to Scofield. “This prod uct is better than wood. It won’t warp or twist with moisture or heat because of the currency and the way it’s bound.” Moneywood mimics wood or stone in appearance and is workable like wood ex cept it should not be nailed as it has no grain. “Nails just bounce off it,” Scofield said. “Screws work a lot better.” Scofield and Harvey, self-proclaimed mad scientists, refined their process through nection between students and faculty members.“ This resolution is only one part of the effort of creating and maintaining an exciting intellectual climate at this Univer sity,” Conover said. “The key is student faculty relationships. Student-faculty in teraction lies at the core of intellectual climate. The second resolution asked the chan cellor to create a task force to explore “mechanisms for facilitating student-fac ulty interaction both inside and outside the classroom, and for improving collabora tive faculty-student involvement in the community.” “Asa public university we have a civic responsibility to educate students as citi zens," Conover said. The resolutions stemmed from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools self-study, issued in 1995, which criticized the University’s intellectual cli mate and stated that “too many students are indifferent to a ‘life of the mind.’” Pool Tables • Darts Dancing* TVs, etc...! 11.75 60 02. Pitcher H. 50 House Shots No Cover for Members! S2 Kamikozis No Cover for Members! 11.75 B.A.R.C. 32 oz. Beer No Cover for Members! All You Can Drink Draft Beer £* House Drinks! 115 Cover Guys...Jlo Cover Ladies 51.75 20 oz. Beer 51.50 House Shots dozens of tests. The chemicals used are nontoxic and rendered inert after the pro cess is complete, said Harvey. The waste product is “environmentally benign.” Scofield was reluctant to divulge any processing secrets, and would only say, “The process is surprisingly inexpensive.” He did disclose that the process requires adhesives and tons of pressure. And now the pressure is on Scofield and Harvey to see the plan through to fruition. To make more than three-inch pieces, the designers must raise $250,000 to open the first processing plant. “We thought that a production com pany would license the process, but that hasn’thappened,” Scofield said. “Wenever intended to self-finance the project, but we’ve already spent $50,000 outofpocket.” They are raising the rest of the seed money by selling novelty items made from shredded currency at the Buck stops Here, a store in Durham’s Northgate Mall. Scofield is also negotiating a deal with a long distance phone company that wants to use $5 bags of shredded cash in a promo tion. “We don’t think raising the funds will bemuch trouble,” Scofieldsaid. “Theprod uct basically sells itself, so to speak.” Scofield said he believed the first plant CONGRESS MINUTES A summary of actions taken at the last Student Congress meeting. SL-77-047 A bill to amend the Student Code, Title VI, which was vetoed by Stu dent Body President Calvin Cunningham, failed to gain the votes necessary for an override. The override failed by a vote of 12-7-4. RSA-77-099 A resolution to commemo rate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations passed by voice vote. RSA-77-109 A resolution to approve appointments by the student body presi dent was passed by consent. The bill appointed Charles Harris, Jacqueline Samek and April Lindell Jones to the positions of assistant student body treasurers. RS A-77-106 A resolution to expand and comply with SCR-77-031 (Committee on AIDS Prevention) was withdrawn. BRJ-77-08? A bill to amend the Student Code, Title 111, Part I, Act I: Student Su preme Court, passed by consent. RSA-77-110 A resolution to approve an appointment by the student body president passed. The bill appointed Scott Hunter Boze to the position of student body co-secretaiy. BFI-77-0954 An act to subsequently appropriate $590 to the Women’s Issues Network passed. Campus Calendar MONDAY 5 p.m. N.C. FELLOWS LEADERSHIP DE VELOPMENT PROGRAM applications are due in 01 Steele Building. 5:30 p.m. PHI DELTA CHI, a professional co ed pharmacy fraternity, will be having a Sub Patty in Beard Hall Lounge for all pharmacy and pre-phar macy majors. Come check us out! Call 968-9709 for rides or information. 6 p.m. ALPHA CHI SIGMA, the co-ed profes sional chemistry fraternity, is having informal rush. The Kenan Lobby information social is today. Meet at Venable Bridge at 7:30 p.m. to go to Franklin Street for supper Tuesday. Attend any two of four events to be invited to Formal Rush on Wednesday. ITEMS OF INTEREST AnyoneinterestedinbeingCAMPUSY co-Presi dent or co-treasurer can pick up an application in the Y. Elections will be held Feb. 6. THE YACKETY YACK, UNC’s yearbook, is now accepting applications for editor. Applications can be picked up in Suite 106 of the Union and are due Feb. 9. For more information, call 962-3912. GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCI ETY will hold its officer elections Thursday in Union 224. Are you interested? See you there. ROBERT FRANK: The Americans, photogra phy and books of Robert Frank will be presented Feb. 2 through March 30 (Monday through Friday 10 a.m. tosp.m., Saturday lla.m.to4p.m.)at 1317 W. Pettigrew St. in Durham. Call 660-3663 for more information. I Hie Most Intensive Course For The I ■V CAT Columbia Review- INTENSIVE MCAT PREPARATION [~srv<nfl MW UNC prem<xHc*l community"! 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The Federal Reserve refused to elabo rate on the status of the negotiations, but Simon Baker, a spokesman for the Re serve, said, “The idea is sound, but we must explore all the legal avenues.” To promote the use of Moneywood, Scofield said he envisioned apprenticeship workshopsateachoftheplants. “We’lluse some of the profits to train craftsmen in the use of the product,” he said. “We’re recy cling and creating jobs.” With the price of Moneywood estimated at $8 per foot retail and $4 per foot wholesale, Scofield said his target market is interior designers, crafts men and architects. “It’s a beautiful, high quality product to work with,” he said. “Ideal for long-lasting projects.” Scofield was not worried about the ad vent of a moneyless society disrupting his plans and said his first priority is to recycle the currency. “I don’t think the so-called moneyless society will be a reality anytime soon. In the meantime, with the average life span of a dollar bill at 11 months, we have an opportunity to do the environment some good. Think of it as your tax dollars at work.” BFI-77-098 An act to subsequently ap propriate $0 to the Carolina Union Activi ties Board to present Maya Angelou was withdrawn. BFI-77-100 An act to amend the 1995- 1996 budget to include $3500 for the Asian Student Association’s Atlantic Coast Asian-American Student Union Annual Conference passed. BFI-77-101 An act to amend the 1995- 1996 budget to include S3OOO for the ex ecutive branch passed. BFI-77-096 An act to subsequently ap propriate $0 to the Carolina Union Activi ties Board to present Nadine Staussen as a speaker was withdrawn. BFI-77-105 A bill to amend Title IV of the Student Code to include the Student Mediation Center Board of Directors passed. BRJ-77-104 A bill to amend Title IV of the Student Code to include the Student Advisoiy Committee to the Chancellor passed. BRJ-77-103 A bill to amend Title VI of the Student Code passed. RSA-77-108 An act to initiate a referen dum to create a Student Fee Audit Com mittee passed. RSA-77-107 An act to initiate a student referendum on food service improvements was tabled to committee. BFI-77-102 An act to subsequently ap propriate SBOO for the Student Environ mental Action Coalition’s Spring Training Conference passed. BFI-77-097 An act to subsequently ap propriate $0 to the Carolina Union Activi ties Board to present a jazz festival was withdrawn. BRJ-77-093 The Darling-Gasperini bill to amend Title 11, Part 6 of the Student Code passed by consent. BRJ-77-092 The Darling-Gasperini bill to amend Title V of the Student Code passed by consent. HEKIMA will hold its first meeting of the new year Monday Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center. The book "Makes Me Wanna Holler” will be available Monday at 3 p.m. in the BCC. ACTER and the Carolina Union Activities Board Performing Arts Committee present “Macßeth,” performed by actois from the London stage in Hill Hall. The performances are Feb. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now available at the Carolina Union Ticket office. For more information call 962-1449. PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY needs volunteer ushers for the second half of its 1995- 96 season, continuing with “The Seagull,” Jan. 31 to Feb. 25. Ushers are invited to attend the play at no charge. MEREDITH COLLEGE’S DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION will offer two pilot ground school courses: “Private Pilot Ground School” and “Instrumental Pilot Ground School .” For regis tration or more information contact Meredith Col lege at 829-8353. STREB/RINGSIDE IN POPACTION will be held Friday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium at Duke University. Tickets are $lB for the general public. Group rates are available. Call the Page box office at 584-4444 RUSSIAN LANGUAGE STUDENTS and oth ers interested in participating in a Russian language conversation group are invited to meet every Mon day at 7p.m at Halina's restaurant at 306 W. Franklin St.