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Tuesday, January 30,1996
Multi-Million DoDar Renovations Planned for Undergrad
■ Improvements include
relocating OIT services and
adding group study rooms.
BY SUSAN HAZELDEAN
STAFF WRITER
The Robert B. House Undergraduate
Library plans to update its services in a
multi-million dollar renovation project,
which could begin as early as this fall. The
renovations would cost between $4 to $5
million.
Changes would include relocating some
Future Mosque Draws
Neighborhood Concern
BYAMYCAPPIELLO
STAFF WRITER
A Muslim mosque, which will be built
on Hamilton Road in Chapel Hill’s Glen
Lennox neighborhood, has encountered
protests from a community resident. The
dispute centers around the neighborhood
zoning codes, said Mohammad Banawan,
UNC Muslim Association president.
While Banawan would not release the
name of the protesting resident, he did
comment on the resident’s concerns.
“Some of the residents want to keep the
neighborhood strictly residential,” said
Banawan. “Ten to 20 percent of our lot
falls into the restricted zone.”
Banawan said, according to the build
ing plans, most of that percentage would
be a buffer area, which would remain un
developed. The rest, however, would be
driveway.
“(The resident) said we can’t put the
driveway in the restricted zone because it’s
not a driveway for a residence,” he said.
Senior Haffan Ahmad said he believed
another concern of the Glen Lennox resi
dent was whether the mosque would fit in
with the surrounding houses.
“The guy doesn’t want the mosque in
his neighborhood because he feels it would
ruin the architectural beauty of the neigh
Elections
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Hold the Chalk
Reacting to the Elections Board deci
sion to allow candidates to chalk sidewalks
and other surfaces to further their cam
paigns, the four candidates forstudentbody
president banned together and pledged not
to use chalk.
“In the interest of the campus environ
ment and the aesthetics of the campus, we
won’t do it,” said Lee Conner, an student
body president candidate.
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services provided by the Office of Informa
tion Technology and housing them within
the Undergrad facility, adding facilities for
group study and reorganizing the reserve
reading desk.
“We hope to integrate Information
Technology with traditional library func
tions,” said Larry Alford, senior associate
University librarian.
The shell of the building would not be
affected. “It won’t involve anything exter
nal, except maybe some new doors,” said
David Taylor, head undergraduate librar
ian.
Instead, the library’s book collection
will be cut in half and some seating re
borhood,” Ahmad said. “Iknowhedoesn’t
think it fits in, but I think he should try to
be a little more sensitive to the needs of the
Muslim Community in Chapel Hill.”
The mosque, Banawan said, will be
2,200 square feet and has an anticipated
budget of $200,000. Currently, SBO,OOO to
$90,000 has been raised.
“The money has come from other
mosques in general,” Banawan said. “Es
tablished mosques from around the coun
try have donated the funds to us.”
There are about 30 to 50 Muslim wor
shippers in the Chapel Hill area, Banawan
said. “For students who need to use the
mosque every day to pray, especially those
who live on campus, it’s a real hassle to
have to go to Durham,” Ahmad said.
Ahmad said he believed the mosque
would be used by at least 50 people.
Plans which have been in the works for
11 years have already been approved by
the Chapel Hill Planning Board, Banawan
said. “It should be built in one and a half
to two years, but it depends,” Banawan
said. “We may have to shift gears and
scrap the whole thing, or we may take
them (the resident) to court. We’ll have to
wait and see.”
The UNC Muslim Association is being
represented by Attorney Mark Gunter.
Gunter could not be reached for comment.
Sean Behr, Lee Conner, Michael Farmer
and Aaron Nelson all confirmed their agree
ment Monday. “Everyone’s in right now, ”
Behr said.
“If all four of us came together and
decided not to use chalk, we all equal each
other out,” Fanner said. “We don’t want
to scar and mar the campus.”
Candidates to Make Fiest
Appearance Tonight
The four candidates for student body
president will address the Greek Women’s
Issues Group tonight at 7:30 in the Cobb
Residence Hall Training Room.
Sean Behr, Lee Conner, Michael Farmer
and Aaron Nelson will each have five
minutes to speak about anything they find
pertinent to Greek women’s issues, said
Mary Catherine Bauer, one of the founders
of the group.
“At our last meeting, the women ex
UNIVERSITY & CITY
moved so OlT’s User Services can move
into the building. Three classrooms
equipped for computer training would also
be added, Taylor said. Books dislodged by
the renovations will be distributed to other
campus libraries, he said.
Student expectations regarding the ser
vices libraries should provide are chang
ing, OIT officials said.
“People used to go to the library simply
to check out books. Now they go to get
information,” said Linwood Futrelle, di
rector of services at On. “This will really
expand our ability to make that informa
tion available. "The renovations will fur
ther enable the Undergrad to keep up with
Debate Over Tract Development Continues
■ The land was willed to
UNC 55 years ago to benefit
the philosophy department.
BY MARVA HINTON
STAFF WRITER
After a year and a half of negotiations,
the University and the philosophy depart
ment continue to wrangle over how best to
develop the Horace Williams tract. The
tract was willed to the University to gener
ate funds and provide fellowships for phi
losophy students.
Horace Williams, a former professor in
the philosophy department who died al
most 55 years ago, willed the 700-acre tract
of land and several rental properties to the
University. Williams stipulated in his will
that income generated from the property
be given to UNC to support fellowships in
the philosophy department.
Chancellor Michael Hooker said the
University wanted to fulfill Williams’
wishes, but did not want to make a hasty
decision regarding development. “Some
of the land was sold to provide fellow
ships,” he said. “The question is how do
we fulfill our obligation to the philosophy
department and the town of Chapel Hill.”
Both the University administration and
the philosophy department said they
wanted to carry out Williams’ will, but
they have disagreed over how best to
achieve that.
pressed a concern about Greek women,
the stigma attached to them on campus
and that people don’t know what we’re
doing as Greek women, ” Bauer said. “We
thought that the student body president
could find a way to work to solve this. Also
it’s important for anyone interested in
Greek women to be interested in their
campus leaders.”
Anyone is invited to attend.
Platforms Due Friday
Any candidate for student body presi
dent, Senior Class president and vice presi
dent, Carolina Athletic Association presi
dent, Residence Hall Association presi
dent, and Graduate and Professional Fed
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Daily Tar Heel Editorial Page Editor
Jeanne Fugate by Friday at 5 p.m.
The DTH is located in Union Suite 104
behind the film auditorium.
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is more profound than most people think.
“We will have in our midst one of the
foremost English poets of this century, ” he
said.
There are three themes to Heaney’s
writings, said Joe Pellegrino, a doctoral
candidate in English who is writing his
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student demands, he said.
“This is a continuation of what began
last fall with 24-hour access. We are really
trying to make our services as relevant to
student needs as possible,” said Diane
Strauss, associate University librarian for
public services.
The 24-hour service proved very suc
cessful. “There was a great response to that
initiative. It’s been really heavily used and
is well worth the running cost,” Alford
said.
The newly-added food lounge equipped
with several vending machines was a fur
ther extension of this service, library staff
said.
“We’re at a point in our negotiations
where what I thought had been pretty un
derstood is unclear, ” said Gerald Postema,
chair of the philosophy department. “It’s
not the department’s wishes or wants con
trolling here, the will is.”
The University and the philosophy de
partment are trying to determine what how
the land on the tract should be developed
to benefit both the University and the phi
losophy department.
“We’ve still got land that’s not generat
ing income,” Hooker said. “We have to
come up with a mechanism for financing
their interests to satisfy their interests.”
This weekend Hooker announced to
the Chapel Hill Town Council that the
University would not build on the tract
until 90 days after the adoption of a land
use plan by the University’s Board ofTrust
ees. The BOT is expected to address the
issue when they meet in the spring.
Postema said he thought Hooker’s agree
ment with the Town Council was fair, but
he said he thought the administration
needed to make a decision about the tract
soon. “ I don’t think there will be any devel
opment for some time," he said. “How
ever, the University’s main campus is ap
proaching carrying capacity, and that prop
erty suddenly becomes very attractive."
The rental properties have been sold
and the University-owned Horace Will
iams Airport now sits on land located two
miles north of the main campus.
Currently, the airport is the only devel
opment on the tract and the University has
FSU
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have a fair comparison.
“Some campuses are larger than others,
and the crime index does not show you the
whole picture,” Nipper said.
Nipper said the crime index rate, which
is calculated by dividing 1,000 by the popu
lation of the school and multiplying the
result by the crime index, is a more accu
rate depiction of the crime on university
campuses. FSU’s crime index rate is 33.8,
11th highest out of the 16 university sys
tem.
When the category is narrowed to vio
lent crime only, the numbers look worse
for FSU. With a violent crime rate of 2.2,
FSU stands 13th out of 16 schools. Violent
crimes include rape, murder, aggravated
assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle
theft and robbery. UNC-CH ranks eighth,
with a violent crime rate of .9.
dissertation on Heaney’s works.“ There is
more to life than what you can see, pay
attention to your roots and remember those
who have gone before you—these are the
basic themes of his poetry.”
Heaney was bom in 1939 in Mossbawn,
a town located in the Londonderry district
of Northern Ireland. He lived for years in
Belfast before moving to the Republic of
Ireland in 1972. He settled in Dublin.
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“We realized people can’t study all night
without anything to eat or drink and de
cided to set up a place where people could
get a snack,” Taylor said.
The University community has been
consulted as to what form the changes
should take, Alford said. “We’ve held a
series of focus groups with students, fac
ulty and staff to see what’s desirable,” he
said.
Theprojectisnowinthe planning stages,
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not finalized any plans to further develop
the land.
Postema said there was some confusion
between the University and the philoso
phy department, but the philosophy de
partment wanted to see Williams' wishes
carried out.
Postema said the philosophy depart
ment wanted to see the land developed so
more fellowships could be provided. “We
have no interest in standing in the way of
the University developing the land at a fair
price,” he said. “The idea was to meet the
fund-raising interest of the donor through
capitalizing in an endowment fund.”
“We continue to talk, and talks are
productive,” Postema said. “We have no
specific dollar amount now. (The talks)
seem to be moving along satisfactorily. I
would hope that we could settle it this
spring.”
Lauren Burgess, associate vice chancel
lor for public relations, said FSU is very
safe considering its surroundings, and went
on to say she feels much safer at FSU than
at many of the UNC schools. “We have a
very safe campus compared to where we
are in the city,” she said. “When it comes
to violent crime, that is not the FSU we
know. I’d rather take my chances on our
campus than On Chapel Hill '
Hodges also said the crimes that inflate
FSU’s crime rate are minor incidents such
as assaults between students. “Most crimes
are assaults, and most assaults are inci
dents between groups of students. These
fights can be taken out of context, ” he said.
Statistics compiled by the State Bureau
of Investigation in Raleigh are not going to
convince Hodges his school is unsafe, he
said. “I’m here every day, as opposed to the
SBI,” Hodges said. “I feel safe.”
McLeod was not available to comment
Monday.
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gain film is another possibility.
The Union is usually playing an inter
esting feature, and Ram Triple has recently
transformed itself into a $1.50 theater.
Though the movies aren’t fresh from the
box office, they still offer the going-to-the
movies feeling you just can’t get from a
rented movie and buckets of microwave
popcorn.
If the candy at the movies is a little more
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY
3:15 p.m. CAREER CLINIC: Develop an Ac
tion Plan for choosing a major or a career. University
Counseling Center in Nash Hall.
3:30 p.m. SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING: Information session about study abroad
programs in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America
in Union 226.
LESBIAN EMPOWERMENT GROUP: An
affirmative environment to discuss relevant issues.
University Counseling Center in 210 Nash Hall.
4 p.m. TRIANGLE NUCLEAR THEORY
COLLOQUIUM by Stanley J. Brodsdy. Setting the
scale of QCD: Commensurate Scale Relations, in
206 Cox Hall (NCSU). Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. on
the 2nd floor of Dabney Hall.
6p.m. GARTNER GROUP: apresentation spon
sored by University Career Services will be held in
210 Hanes Hall. Open only to students on interview
schedule.
INTERNATIONAL DINNER & PICTURE
EXHIBITION in the Great Hall. Come taste the
world! For only $5 you can try many ethnic dishes in
a diverse buffet Tickets on sale today in the Pit and
at the door.
UPPER/LOWER QUAD orientation counselor
interest session in Manly Residence Hall Lounge.
IF THE SHOE FITS ... be at the orientation
counselor interest session in Chase 11.
7 p.m. STEPHENS INC.: a presentation spon-
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■ The Student Advantage
Card offers discounts from
local and national vendors.
BY MARISA FERGUSON
STAFF WRITER
Students checking their mailboxes are
coming across a small card designed to
save them big bucks. The Student Advan
tage Card, which was mailed out last week,
enables students to receive discounts at
over 250 local stores as well as several
national chains.
A collaboration between Student Stores,
the executive branch of student govern
ment and the Student Advantage Com
pany of Boston brought the card to UNC.
The card offers discounts at businesses
such as Caffe Trio, Amtrak and the Wicked
Burrito. Discounted long distance plans
are also offered.
Student Body Co-Secretary Mo Nathan
said responses to the card had been favor
able.
“We’ve gotten a lot of positive calls
about the card from students,” Nathan
said. “Response from merchants has also
been good.”
The Student Advantage Company will
send representatives to UNC in February
to poll students who have used the card.
“They’ll find out what works as well as
what doesn’t, and see which businesses
need to be added to the card,” Nathan said.
A few hundred students would not re
ceive the card through the mail because of
an incomplete mailing list, Nathan said.
Students who do not get the card within a
week should go by the Student Govern
ment Office in Suite C ofthe Student Union
to pick up their cards.
“There were a few logistical
speedbumps," Nathan said. “There was
also a problem with (mailing) labels that
caused a week delay.”
Several students planned to cash in on
the discounts the card offered. “I’d prob
ably use the food discounts the most,” said
Anita Carmac, a sophomore from
Asheboro.
Freshman Amy Goodman of Apex said
she would use the travel discounts most.
“I think I would use the bus discounts,
but probably not the train or airline offers, ”
Goodman said. "
Nathan said he was notyet sure whether
the card would be offered to students again
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“This is a trial period with the card,”
Nathan said. “We’ll look at how it goes
this year and then decide whether we’re
interested in doing it again next year.”
All feedback on the card was welcome,
Nathan said. Students with comments or
questions should call the Student Govern
ment office at 962-5201.
Other universities charge up to S2O for
the card, but a collaboration between the
Student Advantage Company, UNC Stu
dent Stores, and Student Government en
abled UNC students to get the card for free.
than your budget can handle, you can buy
it at Rite-Aid, which is conviently located
on Franklin Street near two movie the
atres. They offer a large selection at low
prices, so you’ll have money left over for a
drink or two when you make it to the show.
The important lesson is to be creative. If
you put a little thought and effort into the
activities, it is possible to have fun and
memorable cheap dates.
“Cheap dates are more fun because you
have to be inventive, ” Auckland said. “It’s
hard to do, but it’s not impossible.”
sored by University Career Serviceswillbeheldatthe
Carolina Inn. Open to all interested students.
THE UNC YOUNG DEMOCRATS will meet
in Union 208. We will be discussing the government
shutdown. All are welcome.
POWER (People Organized for Women’s Em
powerment and Rights) will have a meeting in the
basement of the Campus Y. Come make Valentines!
CHISPA will be meeting in Union 226 for a
Cultural Dinner Night. Bring your favorite Latino
dish to participate!
PHI DELTA CHI, a professional coed pharmacy
fraternity, will be holding its second night of Formal
Rush. Pharmacy and pre-pharmacy majors are in
vited. 968-9709 for rides or info.
JUNIOR TRANSFER ORIENTATION coun
selor interest session in the Green Room in Craige
Residence Hall.
7:30 p.m. WALT DISNEY WORLD, a presen
tation sponsored by University Career Services, will
be held in 209 Hanes Hall. Open to all interested
students.
8 p.m GUEST VOICE RECITAL: Carla
Connors, soprano; Timothy Hoekman, piano. Works
by Purcell, Schubert, Debussy and Hoekman. Free,
in Hill Hall Auditorium.
CELLAR DOOR literary magazine is looking
for new staff members to select material for this
semester’s issue. Meeting in Union’s South Gallery
meeting room.
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