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Thursday, February 8,1996
Multiple Snow Days Leave Parents
Wondering What to Do With Kids
■ Students of Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools have
missed 10 days this semester.
BY HILARY SPARROW
STAFF WRITER
Seth Pomerantz, 12, passed his tenth
day off from school since winter break
playing soccer in the Pit on Wednesday.
As recent winter storms have forced
extended closings of the Chapel Hill-
Canboro City Schools, many parents have
had to find alternative daytime care for
their children.
Pomerantz's father, Marty Pomerantz,
is the Intramural/Recreational Sports Di
rector. On snow days, Pomerantz, a stu
dent at Culbreth Middle School, typically
has chosen between going to work with his
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father or finding a friend to play with.
Not all parents can consider taking then
child to work as an option, thus increasing
the burden of finding child care on snow
days.
Some children must stay at home by
themselves or stay with neighbors. Some
parents have to leave work, while others
are able to find some form of day care.
“Some people are fortunate enough to
have grandmothers to take care of the chil
dren,” said Tashey Pulliam, Director of
Ashlee’s Day Care in Chapel Hill. “Most
(parents) have been off or take turns being
off; the dad works one day, the mom works
another.”
While Ashlee’sDayCare typically closes
when the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City
Schools close, some area day cares have
managed to stay open despite recent win
ter storms.
Nancy Taylor, director of the Chapel
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only been closed for a half day.
“When my parents come in the morn
ing they say, ‘thank you, thank you, thank
you for being open,'” Taylor said.
Carrboro United Methodist Church also
strives to keep its day care center open as
much as possible.
“We close if the roads are very icy and
the staffcan’tgethere,” said Director Ethel
Lindley. “We do try to stay open with a
skeletal staff.”
But while finding care seems to present
a problem for parents, most day care center
directors said their enrollment typically
dropped while public schools are closed.
Taylor said the Chapel Hill Day Care
Center only had 22 of 60 enrolled students
attend Monday.
Lindley said three-fourths of the
Carrboro United Methodist Church day
care’s enrolled students attended this week.
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BYLOURUTIGLIANO
STAFF WRITER
UNC students looking for a slightly
more demanding summer job than pump
ing gas or working the fry machine at
McDonald’s might find all the challenge
they could want running their own busi
ness for the Colorworks Company.
The usual summer job offers little be
yond the daily routine of punching in,
getting hassled by the boss, lunch, getting
hassled some more and clocking out.
Colorworks provides an alternative for
students to work with their company rather
than for it, after being placed in charge of a
large business. More importantly to some,
it also provides the opportunity to earn as
much as $6,000.
The business in this case is house-paint
ing. Colorworks sets up summer employ
ees as individual managers responsible for
the marketing, sales and successful comple
tion of painting jobs throughout the sum
mer. The company has recruited 20 UNC
students over the past few weeks and is still
Campus Calendar
THURSDAY
8 a.m. UNDERGRADUATES can pick up FSU
basketball tickets at Dean E. Smith Center until 5
p.m. Bring your student ID.
10 a.m. ACC TICKET SIGN-UP in the Pit (or
Union ifbad weather) until 2 p.m. Winning lists will
be announced at Georgia Tech game on Saturday.
12:30 p.m. BROWN BAG FORUM ON
TEACHING with Elizabeth Mann (associate dean
for Admissions, School of Medicine). Physics and
Medical School: Admissions, Training and the
MCAT in 258 Phillips Hall.
6:30 p.m. CUAB FILM COMMITTEE Critic’s
Choice Movie: “Dead Presidents” starring Larenz
Tate in the Student Union Auditorium, also showing
at 9 p.m. Admission $2.
7 p.m. EXTERN PROGRAM, which allows
students to spend Spring Break with UNC Alumni
and to leam about careets, information meeting in
Union 226.
8:30 p.m. COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK
planning meeting in the Alexander Residence Hall
first-floor lounge.
For the Record
In Wednesday’s story, "Joint Forum Yields
No SBP Endorsement" student body presi
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been quoted as saying: "I’m not embarrassed
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“It takes a leader,” said David Helfrich,
the vice president of the North Carolina
Division of Colorworks and a former
Colorworks manager. “It was the toughest
thing I ever did in college. You can’t get
this level of responsibility anywhere else.”
No prior painting experience is neces
sary. So even if all the experience students
have had is to stir the paint and watch dad
do the work, they’re eligible. “We’re look
ing for business managers, not painters,”
Helfrich said.
Eventually, students can leam the se
crets behind the painting business —and
businesses in general through training
and assistance from previous managers.
Formal training sessions take place dur
ing February and April. Informal advice
from students who have gone through the
experience adds to the education.
“The best thing is that I just didn’t get a
job for the summer, I got a business,'” said
Colin Sullivan, a senior business manage
ment major. “It wasn’t like anyone rise’s
little summer job or internship. It really
differentiates you.”
Sullivan, like the other students who
signed up with Colorworks, said he was
lured by the challenge. He said he was
relieved by the fact that there was no out
of-pocket investment required to get started,
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lie image. “The way to improve (state
funding) is to improve our image state
wide,” Behr said.
Behr said his program, which would
send students to communicate with N.C.
state legislators, would aid in this process.
Nelson said his proposed “ambassador”
program would serve the same purpose.
Farmer said he wanted to develop a
“state department” within the executive
brach to communicate with leaders on all
levels of government about issues that con
cern students, such as federal financial aid
and tuition and fee increases.
Conner said he wanted to continue to
fight fee increases and would seek student
referendums on all fee increases.
All the candidates for Senior Class presi
dent and vice president agreed that an
important part of their platforms was the
development of improved senior-alumni,
senior-faculty and senior-graduate student
relationships. The candidates said they be
lieved improving those ties would increase
the range of opportunities for students fol
lowing their graduation.
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dates was community service. All five pairs
outlined community-oriented programs
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because Colorworks provided all the re
sources the students would need.
This can bringadded pressure to thejob,
however, since the managers must work
hard enough to ensure the company gets a
return on its investment. Therefore, man
agers usually work 40 to 50 houn a week to
keep things running smoothly.
Some admitted the hours were a strain,
but said the work was rewarding. “It pre
pares you for the real world,” said Russell
Bryant, a senior from Warsaw. “I grew up
a lot, and learned a lot about myself.”
Andrew Smith, a student at UNC-
Greensboro, agreed the Colorworks man
aging jobs had rewards.
“If a person is really willing to work
hard during the summer, then this is an
unbeatable position,” he said. “You are
running the business yourself, where in
other internships you file things or read
memos. The only disadvantage is that it is
very challenging.”
But Helfrich said the benefits out
weighed any disadvantages.
“You get a little headache and a lot of
rewards,” said Helfrich.
Colorworks also makes an impressive
addition to a student’s resume. As Bryant
said, “The first question interviewers ask is
‘What is this Colorworks?’ They’re just
amazed.”
they would try to implement if elected.
Robbins and Bruce said they would put
on a “Senior Week” and donate the pro
ceeds to local charities.
Thrasher and his running mate Jen
Marcum said they wanted to continue the
Senior Corps program and possibly work
with Habitat for Humanity. Biyan Pruitt
and Josh Eaton said they hoped to imple
ment a highway cleanup program.
McNemeyandMistrysaidtheyplanned
a program that would give students the
opportunity to participate in a wide variety
of community serviceprograms, much like
the Senior Outreach project planned by
McNairy and Harty.
CAA presidential candidates SethNore
and lan Walsh said they wanted to im
prove CAA’s publicity and accessibility.
Walsh discussed plans to re-examine
the process by which Homecoming Queens
were selected with the help of student
groups. Nore said he planned to set up an
advisory board composed of both faculty
and students to improve CAA’s communi
cation with the campus.
RHA president candidates Latoya
Porterfield and Matthew Leggett also
agreed on several issues, including the idea
of continuing the resident assistant liaison
program and improving the traditionally
RHA-sponsored spring concert, Springfest.