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4 Monday, February 5,1996 Storm Forces Hunt To Declare State of Disaster BYJAYMURRIE STAFF WRITER The bitter cold and ice are stretching North Carolina’s emergency services to their limit, as well as delaying travel and prompting Gov. Jim Hunt to declare all 100 counties in the state a disaster area. Hunt also asked President Clinton Sat urday afternoon to declare a state of emer gency forthe state. “This is one of the most widespread natural disasters to strike the state in many years, and I am very con cerned about the safety of our citizens,” Hunt told the Associated Press Saturday. Raleigh Highway Patrol Shift Supervi sor Greg Whitehouse said his office had handled 800-900 accidents in the 13 coun ties around Raleigh since Friday. High way patrol troopers across the state dealt with more than 1,300 accidents in a 12- hour period ending noon Saturday. "Ourphoneshavebeenjammedby those inquiring about road conditions," Whitehouse said. “It has prevented us from dealing with actual accidents.” The highway patrol encourages people with inquiries about road conditions to call the road condition hotline at 549-5100. This will allow the highway patrol to deal with accidents more efficiently. “I talked with a woman a while ago who was report ing an accident and said our phone had rung 30-35 times before being answered, and that’s unacceptable,” he said. AsofSunday, 10 deaths had been attrib uted to the weather in North Carolina, seven of which were traffic related. Whitehouse said primary roads were par tially cleared in the area around Raleigh, but secondary roads would continue to have considerable snow and ice coverage. A representative of Duke Power said the company was still dealing with wide spread power outages throughout the state, which are expected to continue late into the week in some areas. Duke Power rec ommends their customers take precautions to deal with the cold. Duke Power representative Jeremy Forum Participants Debate Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action Programs BY MARVA HINTON STAFF WRITER The University’s affirmative action of ficer, a political science professor and a group of about 20 students discussed the direction of affirmative action and the mis conceptions about affirmative action pro grams Thursday at a forum sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. The forum featured a discussion be tween Robert Cannon, the University’s affirmative action officer, and William jteech, a political science professor at the Students Search for Happiness in ‘Light’ Although Lab! Theatre’s “Those Days of Light,” focuses specifically on a UNC sophomore’s pursuit of inteipersonal hap piness during the Fall 1995 semester, it manages to be both timely and universally relevant. References to Venable Hall and Caroline jokes aside, playwright Brent Simon, a junior from Greensboro, successfully raises issues as familiar to any college-age stu dent as they are LILY THAYER Theater Review Those Days of Light” to anyone who has been to college. These are ail the conversations ever had about love and friendship and The Police’s “Ev ery Breath You Take.” Much of the credit for the production’s appeal also lies with the actors, who handle wonderfully the breathlessly paced banter of a two and a half hour performance. As central character Peter Oleander, sophomore Seth V. Shelden of Hewlett, N. Y., at once possesses comic neuroticism (“But I’m not Jewish! ”) and touching grav ity . Peter’s speech is a running monologue of engaging self-deprecation and witty in sight, punctuated by frantic, sometimes CONGRESS MINUTES A summary of actions taken at the last Student Congress meeting. January 30,1996 ■ BFI-77-082 An act to subsequently appropriate $645 to the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. Passed SNOW FROM PAGE 1 accident calls with this winter storm, said Police Information Specialist Jason Gray. Gray said he was aware of only a few accidents. Gray said he thought the major ity of the residents learned how dangerous driving in snow could be from the last storm. “They’veleamedthatyoucan’tjust go out and drive like you normally do,” he said. Main roads were passable, for the most part, due to early planning on the part of the town. Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf said Friday afternoon road crews began working 24 hours. “They’re doing their best to salt and sand and scrape,” Waldorf said. Snow Information ■ University is open on a regular schedule. ■ Chapel Hitl-Carrboro City Schools are closed. I Chapel Hill Transit will operate on a reduced schedule. Call 968- 2769 for schedule information. ■ Raleigh-Durham International Airport is operating on a normal schedule. Some delays are due to dosings in other cities. ■ Orange County Courts are closed today. DTH/ANNERHEY Drier said about 1,000 residences did not have power in Chapel Hill. Durham has 2,600 residences without power and Burlington has 50 power outages. Areas of the state surrounding Charlotte, Hickory and Winston-Salem have the most power outages. Power outages and travel difficul ties have also packed the triangle areas hotels. Many hotels in Chapel Hill and Durham have more than doubled their bookings because of the storm. Beth Morgan, spokeswoman for the Omni Europa in Chapel Hill, said the storm had definitely been good for business. “We were supposed to have a pretty slow weekend,” Morgan said. “Most of the people who showed up said they had power outages. Some customers have stayed extra nights because they can’t travel due to the storm.” Travelers at Raleigh-Durham Interna tional Airport and Charlotte-Douglas In ternational Airport are experiencing nu merous delays and cancellations. Runway conditions at RDU were said to be good Sunday afternoon, but delays were still being caused by flight connections. University. Keech, who presented a conservative position on affirmative action, said he sup ported the breakdown of discrimination but not quotas. “Jobs and positions should be allocated first on merit, and in close cases race can be considered,” Keech said. “It (affirmative action) becomes a burden for all the benefi ciaries because people may suspect that someone is there because of their race.” Cannon said there was a widespread perception at the University that black stu dents were admitted because oftheir-race. distracting, gestures. Yet he lapses into painful introspection at times. His nick name is “Seeker” as he is always searching for the perfect woman, the perfect relation ship. Shelden’s performance is marked by a rich emotional complexity, fed by the often lyrical quality of Simon’s dialogue. Kevin Hanna, a freshman from Malvern, Pa., gives an equally complex performance as Peter’s suitemate Morris Newman. Ter rifically intelligent and socially nonconfident, Morris ponders his role in an environment where he is expected to have a roaring social life but unsure about the way to achieve it. For his role model he has Peter, almost as confused and uncomfortable as Morris. Yet he also has Peter’s roommate, “Mr. One-and-Out” Todd Richardson (enthusi astic sophomore A. Jesse Tampio of Potomac, Md.), who goes out with a woman once and never rails her again. Morris also has the guidance of his own roommate Nash Brown, a mix of frat boy sexist machismo and fierce intellect. As Nash, senior Dan Cox of Winnetka, HI., is convincingly intolerable. A posi tively loathsome character, all breast jokes and “did you get any sex” queries, Cox plays Nash to the hilt while carefully bring by consent. ■ BFI-77-111 An act to subsequently appropriate $12,402 to Student Television for a capital expenditure. Passed by voice vote. ■ BFI-77-116 An act to subsequently appropriate $1,105 to UNC Shakespeare Circle. Adopted by consent. ■ BFI-77-117 An act to subsequently appropriate $4,300 to Students For America. Passed by voice vote. ■ BFI-77-118 An act to subsequently appropriate $3,000 to Intervarsity Chris tian Fellowship. Tabled. ■ BFI-77-119 A bill to amend the 1995- 1996 budget to appropriate $2,375 to the executive branch for a speaker. Passed by voice vote. ■ RS A-77-098 A resolution to call for a referendum to constitutionally fund the INCENSE FROM PAGE 3 Booth said. Relaxed atmosphere is also one of the reasons freshman Leila Madani bums in cense, but it’s not the only one. In fact, her incense has a bit of aura all its own. “I got the incense from Woodstock, N. Y., because I live only ten minutes away in Kingston,” she explained. Madani boasts a large collection of in cense, her favorite scents being tea rose and green forest. “We bum it for a variety of reasons,” she said. “We live next door to the bath room, so we get that funky smell some times. Also, our fridge wasn’t defrosted over break, so every time someone opens UNIVERSITY & CITY yjj| M §!* - M: -pfE DIHfIttNIttITBES The statues outside Hamilton Hall get the full impact of this weekend's ice storm. This second storm of the season brought record low temperatures. Many people think blacks benefit more from affirmative action programs than they actually do, Cannon said. “There is a perception that black stu dents on this campus do not have the academic qualifications to be here,” Can non said. “There are no quotas here, only goals. What it misses is that there are a lot of students here based on what they did in high school and on standardized tests.” Jay Clayton, a freshman political sci ence major from Durham, said when he was admitted to the University, some stu dent! at his high-.SBhoal questioned hss ing out his character’s essential brilliance through the course of the play. By the conclusion it seems possible he might actu ally be more than a caricature ofhumanity. Nash finds his match in Peter’s ex-girl friend Marisa Hutchinson, played with esoteric humor by sophomore Jordana Davis ofDix Hills, N.Y. Their interactions transcend the casual banter; they are in sightful, frustrating battles of very strong wills. Davis seems unable to decide whether her character is repulsed or amused by Nash’s sputtering stereotype of misogyny. This is a response to a curious situation: How does one deal with someone so si multaneously frightening and ludicrous? Marisa introduces acrisis to Peter’s self confidence in the person of her lab partner Ashley Parker, played by freshman Deborah Roseman of McLean, Va., who piques his interest one evening during a chance encounter. It is not too difficult to understand why Peter would be drawn to her sweet candor. Although the dialogue in “Those Days of Light” may at times be almost too eso teric and free-ranging, it ultimately con veys a compelling message about the ac tive pursuit of happiness —of our own “days of light.” Yackety Yack. Failed 8-11-1. ■ RRJ-77-115 A resolution to amend the 1995-1996 Elections Board. Adopted by consent. ■ RSA-77-107 An act to initiate a stu dent referendum on food service improve ments. Passed 13-0-5. ■ BFI-77-097An aetto amend the 1995- 96 budget to include $1,877.84 to the Stu dent Congress. Passed by consent. ■ RSA-77-106 A resolution to revise the guidelines and requirements of SCR -77-031, a resolution to create the Student Government Commission for the Affirma tive Prevention of AIDS. Passed by con sent. ■ RIC-77-114 A resolution to establish the spring 1996 general election polishes. Passed by consent. it, we have to light up the incense. “Mainly though, my roommate and I use incense to relax,” she said. “We turn on some music, put on the chili pepper lights and just chill.” A sophomore from Charlotte, who asked to remain anonymous, had a use for in cense that is not altogether uncommon to students living in dorms. “It kills the scent of pot before it gets out under the crack in the door,” she said. Whether it is lit to cover up the the stench of clothes in dire need of a wash, the detestable smell of an often used bath room, the scent of a substance you just don’t want your RA to catch or to provide a relaxing atmosphere, incense is a definite must-have for many students across cam pus. merit. “They asked me what sport do I play,” Clayton said. Cannon said white women have ben efited more from affirmative action pro grams than blacks have. “Affirmative actions’ mission has been subverted to white women, ” Cannon said. “I think one of the difficulties in this soci ety has been all the attention given to blacks talking about affirmative action.” Keech said white women have been „ However,,he said blacks have experienced more discriimna An assortmentof posters decorates the bulletin board in the student government offices in Suite C. Fifth graderein”* Mississippi designed these posters for the Elections Board's campaign to bring voters to the polls on Feb. 13. Children Lend Hand During Election Season BY JIM NICKS STAFF WRITER Even though Mississippi fifth-graders can not attend UNC or vote in campus elections, they are playing a big part in campus elections this year. To combat last year’s low voter turnout Elections Board Chairwoman Annie Shuart has found a unique way to motivate students to vote. Shuart has enlisted the help of Melinda Manning, a former UNC elections board chairwoman and Manning’s fifth-grade social studies class to increase voter par ticipation at UNC. Manning’s fifth-grade class, which spent two weeks in December learning about voting and citizenship, cre ated posters and slogans urging students to participate in the elections . MONDAY 10 a.m. DOUGLAS ASHLEY: Master class at Meredith College in Carswell. 10:30 a.m. SENIOR CORPS FESTIVAL Come to leam more about places to volunteer in the Chapel Hill area in the Pit until 2 p.m. 2 p.m. DISSERTATION SUPPORT GROUP: Handle the problems that block progress with spe cific strategies in University Counseling Center in Nash Hall. Call 962-2175, registration is required. 3:15 p.m, CAREER CLINIC: Develop an Ac tion Plan for choosing a major or career in University Counseling Center in Nash Hall. 3:30p.m. UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES will sponsor an introduction to internships workshop in 306 Hanes. Open to all interested freshmen, sopho mores and juniors. 4 p.m. UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES will sponsor acareerpanelon careers in nonprofits in Franklin Street Businesses Facing Difficult Season ■ Shop owners say winter storms are not the only factor in decreasing business. BY LUTHER CALDWELL STAFF WRITER For the most part, Franklin Street busi nesses don’t blame early January ice storms for lagging sales. Instead, they point to a less-than-healthy business climate they said exists throughout the year. Byron Freeman, the owner of Carolina Coffee Shop, said his store was doing com parable business to what it was doing last year at this time. Although his restaurant is doing well, the high number of restaurants on Franklin Street might not be healthy for commerce in the long run. “It’s getting to be one big food court,” he said. The manager of The Hub, Ltd., Lisa Shiels, said she noticed a change in the sort of stores that inhabit the downtown area. “The type of store is different,” Shiels said. “(The area) is getting away from specialty stores and more toward convenient, in and-out type stores.” The climate of Franklin Street has also changed, Shiels said. “It used to be more bustling and active,” she said. People are now more interested in quick convenience, something made difficult by the lack of downtown parking. The owner of Asia Cafe, Chi Banh, said there are too many of the same type of restaurants on the same street. The high competition hurts her business, she said. “There are too many coffee shops,” Banh said. Town officials said that the current state of business in the downtown area was proceeding as usual despite the slower busi ness. tion. “ The kind of discrimination women face does not approach that that blacks have experienced,” Keech said. Affirmative action often benefits people who do not need it, Keech said. “When you have an affirmative action program, be it by race or gender, you may well be choosing people who are advantaged rela tive to their group,” he said. Cannon said there will always be ad vantages in favor of some people.’T don’t think I will live to see meritocracy ,” he said: “There will always be privilege. The children’s posters include a George Washington poster and posters stating that elections will be held on Feb. 13. Shuart said she had decided to use the poster with the George Washington theme with a slo gan that the elections board created. It all began last year when Erin Lewis, 1995 elections board chairwoman, needed help coming up with slogans urging stu dents to vote. Lewis called Manning, who had been the previous election’s board chair the year before to get some help, Manning said. Manning’s class was learning about voting and citizenship, she said. Manning said she thought it would help the students leam if they were given a real-life situation to deal with. Shuart decided to continue this tradi tion and expand upon it by also using the Campus Calendar 209 Hanes. 4:30p.m. UNIVERSITYCAREER SERVICES will sponsor a resume writing for internships work shop in 306 Hanes. Open to all interested freshmen, sophomores and juniors. 6 p.m. UPPER/LOWER QUAD orientation counselor interest session in Manly Lounge. 6:30 p.m. WACHOVIA presentation sponsored by University Career Services in Hill Ballroom of die Carolina Inn. Open to students on interview sched ule. 7 p.m. UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES will sponsor Job Hunt 101: Basic information on how to use the UCS office for seniors and graduate students in 210 Hanes. 7:30 p.m. PHI SIGMA PI will hold a meeting in Carroll 106. Come leam about our co-ed social, service and academic fraternity. 8 p.m. UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES (Efjr Daily (Ear Hppl Joel Harper, president of the Chapel Hill-Canboro Chamber of Commerce, said, “In comparison to years past, it ap pears this past year will be flatter than usual.” The state ofbusiness on Franklin Street, however, may be following the natural progression of any economy, Harper said. “I don’t know if anything should be done,”hesaid. “The free market has made (the situation) such, and the free market always wins.” If there were not a high demand for pizza and coffee, those companies would go out ofbusiness, Harper said. “IsFranklin Street changing? Yes. Are the changes bad? No,” he said. Shiels and Banh stated that they noticed decreases in the amount of business that their respective establishments had done over the past six months. Shiels said her store experienced als to 20 percent loss of business during the Christmas season. Both women also attributed a loss of some busi ness to the ice storms. The economy on the whole was down, Shiels said. “People are afraid to spend money,” she said. One downtown business is not suffering from the competition along Franklin Street. Robert Poitras, the owner and manager of Carolina Brewery, said the winter storms hurt business but that his restaurant was starting to come around. “West Franklin Street is a healthy busi ness climate for restaurants,” Poitras said. Robert Humphries, executive director ofthe Downtown Commission, saidpeople had been relatively happy with business for the past six months. “I feel that it’s a healthy time for down town,” Humphries said. Humphries said business has been very favorable in comparison to past seasons and that new businesses have been pleased with their initial response. Among blacks there is privilege.” Keech said the inequality existed be cause of many problems in society. “Affir mative action is a kind of a Band-Aid,” he said. “The big problem is the enormous disparity between opportunity that trans lates to achievement in schools and jobs.” There are many people who think it is time to discontinue affirmative action pro grams, Cannon said.’Tt’s not just Republi cans,” he said. “It’s not just whites. It’s not just conservatives. There are people who believe that there has been enough time for blacks to catch up.” children’s posters. Shuart said this helped the elections board and the children by “giving the children an opportunity toleam about citizenship.” Manning graduated from UNC in 1994 and is now in the Teach for America pro gram. She teaches in the Mississippi delta region, one of the poorest areas in the United States. Manning said that this project “showed a real life application” for her students. Shuart said she was happy to give Man ning a way to still help out UNC. Elections board member Gerry Andrady said he thought this was an excellent idea and that the “poster ideas were original.” Manning said she hoped to continue it in the future.’Tt’s an excellent opportunity for some of the poorest children in the nation.” will sponsor Job Hunt 102: Resume (for seniors/ graduate students). This covers the basics for con structing a professional resumi in 210 Hanes. PAUPER PLAYERS general interest meeting in 103 Bingham Hall. Anyone interested in theatrical productions is welcome! 9 p.m. CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? Nationally renowned speaker Lou Giglio will be speaking in Carmichael Ballroom. Bring an open mind and a friend. Sponsored by FCA ITEMS OF INTEREST STUDENT NC ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATOR’S next meeting is Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in Room 10 Peabody Hall. Topic: Making full use of your resources. All members and nonmembers are invited. Call 933-2896 for more info CANDIDATE’S FORUM The UNC Chapterof NAACP and Campus Y will hold an election forum on Feb. 6in Union 211. All students are invited!
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