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Stories from the University and Chapel Hill
Experts to Examine
GOP Campaign in South
Political experts from UNC and the
media will discuss “AfterNew Hampshire:
The Republicans Turn South,” Feb. 21 at
3:30 p.m. in Gerrard Hall.
The panel discussion of the Republican
presidential campaign comes a day after
the New Hampshire primary. Participants
will include UNC professors of political
science Thad Beyle and Michael Lienesch,
and Ferrrel Guillory, Southern correspon
dent for The News & Observer of Raleigh.
The program is sponsored by the Center
for the Study of the American South and
the Southern Studies Faculty Working
Group of the Institute for Research in So
cial Sciences.
Award-Winning Filmmaker
Billops to Speak Today
Camille Billops, award-winning writer
and director of films, will discuss her expe
riences as a black filmmaker today at 11
a.m. in the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center.
At 4 p.m., Billops’ most recent film,
“The KICK Boutique Ain’t Just Another
Redneck Bar, ” will be screened in the Hanes
Art Center auditorium.
The talk and the screening are free and
open to the public.
Classical Guitar Concert
Comes to Ackland
The Ackland Art Museum will present
a free classical guitar concert Feb. 25 at 3
p.m.
Musicians from the N.C. School of the
Arts will perform works from the 19th and
20th centuries.
For more information, call 966-5736.
Construction to Close
Lanes of Manning Drive
Construction work on anew School of
Dentistry addition will close two lanes of
traffic in a short stretch of Manning Drive
beginning Feb. 19.
The work had been scheduled in mid-
January but was delayed due to poor
weather.
The closing will reduce traffic flow to
one lane in each direction through Feb. 22.
The area affected is between South Co
lumbia Street and West Drive directly
across from Brauer Hall and the new Fac
ulty Laboratory Office Building..
Civil Rights Attorney to u
Speak at Law School
Deval Patrick, assistant U.S. attorney
general for civil rights, will discuss affirma
tive action in America Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. in
the law school’s classroom 2.
The free, public talk is presented by the
school’s Office of Student Affairs, the Black
Law Students Association and the Dean’s
Advisory Committee.
A reception will follow in the school’s
upstairs lobby.
Patrick, who earned undergraduate and
law degrees from Harvard University, for
merly was a law clerk for Judge Stephen
Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals,
9th Circuit, and assistant counsel for the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Mayor to Speak at Church
Dedication on Sunday
Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf
will speak at the dedication of the new
meetinghousefortheChurchofJesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints on Sunday, Feb. 18.
The meetinghouse, located at 1050 Air
port Rd., will be used for worship, instruc
tion and activities by Chapel Hill and
Durham church members.
The congregation includes more than
100 students from UNC and Duke Univer
sity. The building contains a chapel, class
rooms and a Family Histoiy Center that
canbe used by the general public for genea
logical research free of charge.
Speech to Encourage
Minority Leadership
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools and
the Lincoln Historical Planning Group will
host a presentation on African-American
heritage to promote leadership for young
minorities in the community.
North Carolina State University’s As
sistant Coordinator of African-American
Student Affairs, Hugh Suffren, will speak
Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Center
Gymnasium. The community is invited to
attend.
Orange County Red Cross
Sponsors Swimming Event
The Orange County chapter of the Red
Cross will hold its first ever Swim-A-Cross
from March 1 to March 30.
Participants in the event will set a goal
of a certain number of pool lengths to swim
and will seek sponsors to pledge donations
for each length.
The pool lengths can be swum at any
time during the Swim-A-Cross at one of
four participating pools.
The funds from the event will go toward
local Red Cross services such as swim
ming, lifeguarding, First Aid and CPR
classes.
Orange County is hoping to make this
an annual event.
For more information call Rosemary
Harrell at 918-2193.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
It’s Official: Board Certifies Election Results
BY LILLIE CRATON
STAFF WRITER
Two Student Congress candidates who
were disqualified for not meeting the fi
nancial statement deadline might appeal
the Elections Board’s decision.
According to the Student Code, candi
dates must submit a financial form that
accounts for all expenditures andresources
used to promote their campaign. It states
candidates must submit these forms by 5
p.m. the day after the election, or they will
Graduate School Issues
Draft of TA Guidelines
BYDEANNAWITTMER
STAFF WRITER
In response to a recommendation from
the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, University efforts are underway
to establish regulations concerning the se
lection and training of graduate teaching
assistants.
i A draft of guidelines published by the
Graduate School is circulating among
University administrators for feedback, said
Paul Hecki, administrative assistant to the
dean of the Graduate School.
The guidelines should be finalized by
March and will be implemented beginning
in the fall, Hecki said.
“We are establishing a screening pro
cess for TAs using standardized testing
and interviews,” Hecki said. Guidelines
for training teaching assistants to teach are
also part of the draft.
SACS is a quality control for higher
learning institutions and requires univetsi
ties to conduct and publish self-studies at
regular intervals. Without accreditation,
the University would lose aU federal funds,
including money for student loans and
federal grants for professors.
A University self-study, conducted from
1993 to 1995, found that teaching assistant
standards were different for each Univer
sity department. After a visit to the Univer
sity in May 1995, SACS recommended
that the University monitor the work of
teaching assistants more centraUy .
Professor James White, who chaired
the self-study’s Task Force on Faculty,
said although there were no University
wide regulations concerning TAs, almost
every department had its own specific pro
Students Build Pizzas, Play Gaines on Internet Site
■ Internet University site
provides entertainment and
information free of charge.
BY KEVIN DEGON
STAFF WRITER
How would you like to order a pizza
topped with pepperoni, chocolate chips,
teddy bears and Twinkies? How about an
exciting game of “Zit Hunt" or “Piercing
Mildred”? These are only a couple of the
unorthodox activities to be found at Internet
University, an institution of higher “web
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Eric and Amanda Bishop, students from Chatsworth, Ga., take advantage of the warm weather to have a picnic
dinner on Polk Place on Thursday. Temperatures in the 60s led some professors to hold class outside.
Web Pages Let Basketball Fanatics Get Goser Look at Athletes
BY GINGER MASSEY
STAFF WRITER
If you’ve never logged on to the World
Wide Web, now might be the time to start,
especiaUy as basketball season heats up.
Seth Fleishman, a sophomore business
major from Eden, has created World Wide
Webpages forthreevarsity basketbaU play
ers. His creations have made UNC the
only school to have web pages for athletes,
Fleishman said.
“People need to realize that there is
more to the athletes than just basketbaU,”
he said. “There is a lot you can learn from
them if you give them the chance.”
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dent Supreme
Court.
Terrance McGill, who was third in the
voting in the three-seat District 15 race,
was disqualified for not turning in a late
financial statement, Elections Board Chair
woman Annie Shuart said.
McGiU said he turned the form in
cedures for preparing and evaluating TAs.
“We found no evidence that it was lead
ing to a diminished quality of education,”
White said. In fact, the self-study stated
that complete uniformity would be a poor
idea, he said. Because of the diversity of
University departments, strict regulations
would be difficult to establish and regulate.
The newly drafted regulations do not
caH for drastic changes in TA operations,
said Joseph Templeton, associate dean of
the CoUege of Arts and Sciences. The regu
lations explain the roles of graduate stu
dent teachers and clarify what TAs should
accomplish, Templeton said.
Scott Lowry, a TA in the English de
partment, said he thought it was important
that the University set standards to help
TAs teach as well as possible. He said the
English department required TAs to do a
week of training before they were aUowed
to teach. Most departments train with the
University Center for Teaching and Learn
ing on campus.
Virginia Lee, director of TA programs
at the Center, said there was a tremendous
amount of variance in how much depart
ments train.
“There should be a minimal acceptable
standard of guidelines,” she said. Lee said
it was necessary for the standards to be
flexible so departments could adjust to fit
them.
The Center for Teaching and Learning
has been helping to draft the TA guide
lines. The guidelines, currently in the hands
of University administrators, wiH next go
to all University departments, including
TAs, for review and feedback. The Gradu
ate and Professional Student Federation
wiH also be asked for its input, Lee said.
ucation.”
While it awards no diplomas or de
grees, Internet University offers college
students entertainment and information
through its site on the World Wide Web
(URL- http://www.intemetuniv.com).
Less than a month old, Internet Univer
sity, which is not affiliated with any actual
university, got an average of about 12,000
“hits,” or document requests, last week,
said spokeswoman Kara Wilson.
The site is based in Dallas, Texas, and
consists of 12 departments including arts
and entertainment, sports, career and
money. The home page also contains an
“electronic pizza kitchen,” “Recipes That
Dining Out
Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison and
Shammond Williams aU have their own
websites, making it possible for anyone to
log on and get an in-depth look at the
players via the Internet.
The primary motive behind creating the
web pages was to give people a better idea
of what the athletes were reaUy like, he
said. Fleishman, president of the Star Wars
Club, began his World Wide Web pro
gramming with a Star Wars web page.
Since the page had already been created at
other universities, Fleishman said he
wanted to create something original.
“I wanted to create something no one
else had,” he said.
Wednesday afternoon, but that it was mis
placed in die student government office.
He said the Board eventually found his
form, but not until Thursday morning.
McGiU said he was not angry about the
way the financial form process was handled,
but he said he wanted to see the decision
reversed. “I don’t blame anybody. I just
want to get into office,” he said.
Daniel Siceloff, who ran for the seat in
District 19, was disqualified for not turn
ing in a financial form, Shuart said.
Siceloff said he had every intention of
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Four-year-old Siobhan McGowen is a lucky girl: she gets to sit in the Pit and
play with her doll Thursday afternoon while students rush off to class.
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with Ingredients from 7-11,” and “Give Us
a Grade,” which lets visitors evaluate the
site. The company/homepage makes
money by selling access on the page to
different businesses.
Internet University founder and presi
dent Doug Levy wrote in an e-mail inter
view, “Ijust graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania in May. Asa busy stu
dent, I realized the need for an easy-to-use
Internet resource that had all of the infor
mation I wanted.”
Levy wrote that students could use
Internet University, which is free of charge,
to find jobs, get music news and sports
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was a friend,
Fleishman said he
decided to combine
his computer skills
and connections
with the team.
The creation of
web pages for var
sity athletes has re
sulted in attention
for Fleishman, in
cluding a job offer
from the Knoxville
based Enterscape
company. Fleish-
Men's basketball
forward VINCE
CARTER has a
website designed by
Seth Fleishman.
turning in a form, but that he became
confused about the deadline because of the
late taHy of the votes. The tally was given
Wednesday. Siceloff said he had not de
cided whether he would appeal.
If the appeals are denied, Harper Gordek
wiH take the District 15 seat and Jay
Sammons will take the District 19 seat.
Shuart said she thought the Board made
the financial form requirements clear to
candidates. The 5 p.m. Feb. 14 deadline
was printed at the top of the financial form.
Shuart said she thought the lateness of
Pit Stop
scores, and get help writing papers. He also
wrote that Internet University could help
sort through the 20 million pages ofWeb
material by finding the best information
quickly.
As useful as such information can be,
not everything on Internet University is
serious. Games like “Zit Hunt,” which is
similar to the “Minesweeper” game on
Microsoft Windows, and “Piercing
Matilda,” in which the player puts rings,
studs and scars on the body of a cartoon
character, provide respite from the rigors
of academia.
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Business School Expanding
Both On and Off Campus
BY KELLI GASKILL
STAFF WRITER
While construction on the new Kenan-
Flagler Business School wiH not be com
pleted until July 1997, the school already
has plans for further expansion off cam
pus.
The Business School is working on plans
for anew executive school to be built on
the Meadowmont development site in east
ern Chapel HiU, off N.C. 54.
The University is building the executive
school, which wiH be named the Paul J.
Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont,
to provide for the education of executives
and managers associated with corpora
tions, Chief Financial Officer for the Busi
ness School David Stevens said. The school
wiH offer training programs designed for
managers of specific corporations and semi
nars focused on topics such as finance and
management, he said.
“The (Dußose) estate was given to the
University,” Stevens said. “The Univer
sity had to determine how to develop the
site. ” He said the decision to use the prop
erty for an executive center was a response
man said he had accepted the position on
a part-time basis.
The athletes’ web sites were created so a
user can easily go from page to page with a
simple chck of the mouse. By clicking on
certain highlighted words,users can browse
through the web site or visit other pages
relatingto UNC basketbaU, Fleishman said.
Each web site contains pictures of the
featured players in action, exclusive inter
views, statistics and the 1996 UNC men’s
basketbaU schedule. Information on how
to receive player autographs is provided.
A close-up picture of Shammond WiH
iams and hi quote “When I have him
guessing what I’m going to do, I’m most
Friday, February 16,1996
the taHy might have confused some candi
dates. “We granted an extension overaU,
because we figured there would be people
waiting for the returns to come in.”
Charles Garris, a write-in candidate who
won the most votes in District 3, was dis
qualified. Garris is a graduate student cur
rently studying abroad, so he is not regis
tered^with the UNC registrar's office, Shuart
said. Only registered students are eligible
for election. Garris was the only candidate
for the seat. It wiH remain vacant, along
with seats in Districts 2,5 and 9.
Aldermen
Forgo Fight
With County
M The county commisioners
objected to Carrboro halting
development in Calvander.
BYAMYCAPPEELLO
STAFF WRITER
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen opted
not to move ahead with a proposed mora
torium for the SmaH Area Planning Area
on Tuesday night. The decision stemmed
from the moratorium objection by the Or
ange County Commissioners on Monday
night, the aldermen said.
In a letter to
Carrboro Mayor
Mike Nelson, com
missioners’ chair
man Moses Carey
Jr. said the commis
sioners voted to ob
ject to the morato
rium because it
would not be con
sistent with the Joint
Planning Area
Land Use Plan.
“The Land Use
Plan sets forth a
range of densities
for transition areas,
and, provided pro-
Alderman
JACQUELYN GIST
said the moratorium on
development would
have caused problems
for the town.
posed projects are carried out in accor
dance with the plan, limitations on the
ability oflandowners and/or developers to
secure permits was not contemplated,”
Carey wrote.
The aldermen said without the support
of the commissioners a moratorium would
newer
want rt to,” said Alderman Jacquelyn Gist.
“It wiH be counterproductive. The advi
sory boards are not in favor of it, the com
missioners are not in favor of it, the people
are not in favor of it. If we implement the
moratorium, we’H have a big fight on our
hands.”
Alderman Diana McDuffee said while
she stiU supported the reasons forthe mora
torium, she would be unable to vote in
favor of one.
“Because of the communication from
the Orange County Commissioners, I won’t
be supporting the moratorium, although I
would have before,” McDuffee said. “The
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to the needs of the Business School.
Meadowmont was the third site the-
Business School considered for the execu-1
tive school, Stevens said. “The types of;
things the site had to offer were conducive;
to executive education,” he said.
The executive school wifl consist of
three buildings. The Dußose estate budd
ing wiH contain food preparation and din
ing facilities, a lounge area and guest room
suites. The second budding wdl have class
rooms and administrative rooms, whde
the third wdl be a residential haH with 5 0 to
60 guest rooms. Stevens said he expected
the school to open sometime between July
1998 and December 1998
Stevens said the Meadowmont site of
fered a unique marketing advantage to
promote the Business School and contained
enough land to develop the needed pro
grams. He said he hoped the site would set
UNC apart from other business schools.
The Board of Trustees approved the
executive complex at its January meeting.
An endowment committee and the Town
of Chapel HiU must now consider the pro-
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lethal,” decorate the home page of his web
site. There is also a picture of WiHiams at
the Smith Center with “his No. 1 fan,”
Nathan Fleishman, Seth Fleishman’s 12-
year-old cousin.
The next basketbaU player to be fea
tured on the World Wide Web wiH be
Ademola Okulaja, Fleishman said. Jeff
Mclnnis had also shown an interest in
having his own web page created,
Fleishman said. “I hope it (the web page)
gives the athletes more publicity and the
fans a little more fun,” Fleishman said.
Fleishman said he was not planning on
creating web pages for any sport other than
basketbaU at the moment.
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