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Friday, March 1,1996
Womens’
Successes
Celebrated
■ A campus women’s group
will sponsor an achievement
award for University women.
BYNOELLE TAYLOR
STAFF WRITER
Throughout March, as part ofWomen’s
History Month, people on the UNC cam
pus and across the nation will celebrate the
struggles and achievements of women.
Marian Traub-Wemer, a freshman from
Toronto and co-chairwoman of the
Women’s Issues Network, said Women’s
History Month activities on campus would
include a women's achievement award,
sponsored by WIN and a social event for
women leaders, hosted by student govern
ment.
“We want to recognize the contribu
tions of women to this campus, because
there are a lot of women on this campus
who work really hard. This is an attempt to
bring them out from behind the scenes and
say ‘good job,”’ she said.
The award will recognize an under
graduate woman who has made outstand
ing contributions to the University. Appli
cations should be available after Spring
Break, Traub-Wemer said.
“Women’s History Month, like Black
History Month, is a small opportunity to
bring these groups that have been erased
from history back to the forefront. One
day, hopefiilly, we won’t need these
months, because these issues should be a
part of everything we talk about,” she
added.
This year’s presidential election gave
Women’s History Month an even more
powerful political relevance, Traub-Wemer
said. “I think any issue we raise will be
related to the upcoming election, ” she said.
“Another key is bringing to the forefront
women leaders of the past and recognizing
them.”
Amy Swan, student body vice presi
dent, also emphasized that Women’s His
tory Month should be important to the
University.
“It’s an opportunity to throw the spot
light onto women’s issues here. We have
Rape Awareness Week in the fall, but that
just focuses on one issue among many,”
she said.
At the end of March, the Chancellor’s
Task Force on Women would issue a re
port about women on campus, Swan said.
“We will be talking about a lot of issues
that will be a part of Women’s History
Month, soit will be a very timely report.
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Visiting Director Presents Film, Discusses Language Barriers
BY KATHLEEN BLILEY
STAFF WRITER
Imagine you are a 10-year-old kid. You
have just moved to the United States, and
it is your first day of school. You know no
one, and you neither speak nor understand
English.
Most people would probably see the
experience as something they would like to
forget, but Korean-American filmmaker
Jay Koh chose to set in stone the memory
of his first day of school in the United
States with his film “My Brown Eyes.”
Koh, a 26-year-old Vancouver Film
School graduate, shared his film with stu
dents Wednesday night at a discussion
given by the Asian Students’ Association.
ASA president Jeff Huang said the group
Area Businesses Prepare for
Slow Week as Students Leave
■ Restaurant managers say
their businesses suffer when
students pack their bags.
BY GIBSON PATE
STAFF WRITER
As University students leave Chapel
Hill and head off to sunny beaches, snow
filled slopes orrelaxinglocations for Spring
Break, one thing is certain: their patronage
and presence will be missed by Franklin
Street businesses, bars and restaurants.
The pizza establishments, which pro
vide many students with a staple of their
college diet, see a significant drop in busi
ness when 20,000 undergraduates leave
town, said Doug Romer, a University
graduate and owner of Gumby’s Pizza.
“When school is out of session, we lose
probably half ofour business, ” Romer said.
The reducedbusiness does result in fewer
hours for workers because many employ
ees are students who ask for time off so that
they can leave town for the break anyway,
Romer said.
“We cut our staff in half, and try not to
spend a lot of money on advertising when
business is down,” he said.
Although the popular coffee shops on
Franklin Street do not subsist on student
patronage alone, Judges Coffee Roastery
is expecting a 35 percent decline in busi
ness, owner Ed Donegan said. Business
will be slowest during evening hours, which
will result in the restaurant closing earlier
than usual.
Miami Subs and Subway, two of the
few late night eating options around Chapel
Hill, will both reduce hours next week, as
they anticipate slow business.
Subway will close atßp.m! or9p.m.,'as
UNIVERSITY & CITY
was eager to host Koh, because he repre
sented a non-stereotypical Asian role
model.
“Filmmakers like Koh open up the
audience’s eyes to the diversity within the
Asian-American community,” Huang said.
“My Brown Eyes,” a 20-minute piece,
told of a Korean boy’s struggle to cope with
the loneliness and isolation of not only
being the new kid in school, but of being
new to the country, Koh said.
Koh came to California with his family
in 1979. The language barrier made find
ing work difficult, and his parents worked
long hours to make ends meet, he said.
Koh’s experiences, as shown in the film,
were no cakewalk, either. He was the first
non-English-speaking child in his school
and spent most of his first day in the
“We cut our staff in half, and
try not to spend a lot of money
on advertising when business
is down. ”
DOUG ROMER
Owner of Gumby's Pizza
opposed to the normal closing times of
midnight on weekdays and 2:30 a.m. on
weekends.
Likewise, Miami Subs General Man
ager Eric Helsel said they too will be clos
ing early, depending on how much busi
ness is generated during the early part of
the week.
“We lose quite a bit of business, and
will hopefully extend our “2 for 2” special
to attract more of the public, ” Helsel said.
The absence of students will most likely
result in an increase in local patronage,
said Sharon Powell, the manager of Hams.
“More locals come out during breaks,
because they know we won’t be as crowded
or noisy,” Powell said. She said the ACC
Tournament will add to business, how
ever.
With Franklin Street turning into a vir
tual ghost town next week, restaurants will
not be the only businesses seeing a decline
in sales. John Woodard, pharmacist and
owner of Sutton’s Drug Store, said he is
ready for business to drop.
“When you've been here as long as we
have (since 1923), you know how it is
having a business on Franklin Street,”
Woodward said. “By now we know how
to plan for it, and even though we drop off,
there is still enough traffic uptown that the
situation isn’t drastic.”
principal’s office after getting in a fight
with a group of boys.
“It is a lot for a youngster to come to a
different country, where people are speak
ing another language, ” Koh said. “It was a
very moving experience in my life, and
that is why I wanted to make this film.”
The film represented not just the Ko
rean experience but the immigration expe
rience as a whole, he added.
“I think, as human beings, there arealot
of experiences we share,” he said. “I’m
interested in finding commonalties, be
cause we are so enamored with our differ
ences.”
For Sijing Xu, a sophomore from Cary,
the film hit close to home.“l liked the film
a lot, ” Xu said. “I came here (from China)
three and a half years ago, and my expert
Police Lend Hand to Special Olympics
BY WENDY GOODMAN
CITY EDITOR
Across the state, law enforcement offi
cials are not only working hard to keep
their communities crime free, but they are
also striving to benefit the N.C. Special
Olympics.
Law enforcement agencies statewide are
selling T-shirts and baseball caps, with all
proceeds going to the N.C. Law Enforce
ment Torch Run for Special Olympics.
The Chapel Hill Police Department is one
agency that has volunteered its time and
energy to raise funds for the event.
“We’re more involved this year than in
the past,” said Chapel Hill Police Investi
gator and Torch Run coordinator for the
department William Frick.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run be
gan in 1981 in Wichita, Kan. North Caro
lina held its first Torch Run in 1987, said
Chris Delisio, the development director of
the N.C. Special Olympics.
“The Torch Run began as a form of
support for a good cause and as a way to
raise public awareness about the Special
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she said. She said she thought he was
joking and laughed at him. He kept repeat
ing it, and she became horrified that she
did not remember, she said.
The alleged victim said Choi took her
home, and they made plans to speak later
that day. After speaking with her room
mate and another friend, the alleged victim
said she went to Student Health Services
for collection of evidence and for medical
attention concerning unprotected sex. She
also made a statement to a University po
lice officer, she said.
The woman also testified about her rela
tionship with Choi before the alleged rape.
She said she met Choi in fall 1994, when
they had a class together, and they had
eventually developed a friendship.
The alleged victim testified that she and
Choi had several mutual friends because
she was a former resident of the Spanish
House, and Choi was a resident of the
Spanish House during fall 1994.
She said the two had hugged and French
kissed in October 1994, when they went
skinny-dipping in Bowman Gray pool, a
Spanish House tradition. But the woman
SPANGLER
FROM PAGE 1
said. “If I had it to do over again, I would
be more like Spangler and less like Hooker.”
Spangler, who took office on March 1,
1986, also presides over a multi-million
dollar business empire. Hooker said he
thought it was Spangler’s good business
sense combined with a serious concern for
the state that made him a good UNC
system president.
“He clearly is a man of two dominant
characteristics,” Hooker said. “The first is
that he cares passionately about the state of
North Carolina and its people, and the
other is that he has a vety good sense of
management and how to run an organiza
tion.”
Spangler said that he did not know
whether his business skill had helped him
as UNC president but that both jobs re
quired some of the same finesse.
“I think it’s more of a practical sense,”
Spangler said.
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ence was about the same. I was so lonely,
and no one helped.”
Although “My Brown Eyes” is Koh’s
first directing effort, he has worked as a
film technician for television shows and
films such as “The X-Files” and “Little
Women” and “Rumble in the Bronx.”
Koh used his savings from working to
finance “My Brown Eyes,” which cost
$15,000 to produce and four days to shoot.
He said he used the film as a way to test
his directing ability before committing him
selfto filmmaking. “I wanted to try it out to
see if I could really do it,” Koh said.
Experiment or not, the film has gotten
international attention and has won awards
at film festivals in San Francisco, Hawaii
and New York.
Koh’s career has taken off as well. He
Olympics,” Delisio said.
Various fundraisers conducted interna
tionally precede the Torch Run that leads
to the opening ceremonies. Police officers
ran with the torch and also help with the
games the following two days.
“Beginning May 14 officers assist ath
letes in lighting the cauldron for opening
ceremonies,” Delisio said. “There are 11
legs to the torch mn all converge in
Raleigh on May 31 for the start of the
games.”
North Carolina raised s4l2,ooolast year
for the Torch Run, which ranked the state
fourth internationally and third in the na
tion in fund-raising achievements, Delisio
said. Ifthe state reaches its goal of $500,000
this year, North Carolina could achieve
the status of second place internationally,
said Raleigh Police Lieutenant Mike Teem,
the N.C. Torch Run director. Currently
the state is one-fifth of the way to its goal.
“Ifwe can get to $500,000, we can finish
as the second-highest state behind Texas,”
Teem said. “I think this would help in
crease awareness leading up to the 1999
Special Olympic Summer World Games,
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Dennis Choi listens to testimony with his lawyer Thursday afternoon
at the Orange County Courthouse.
said she made it clear that she was not
romantically interested in Choi a week
later.
“I let him know I didn’t want to date
him, ” she said. “I just wanted to be friends. ”
Spangler said his job description was
very simple.
“About the only thing the president of a
university does is do the things that the
faculty doesn’t want to do,” he said.
Spangler said he thought the low 2 per
cent pay raise given to UNC faculty this
year and the S4OO tuition increase for stu
dents at several UNC campuses were the
low points in his career.
“There have been some things I wish
had gone better,” he said. “(The tuition
increase) was a low point for me.
“We lost the bcttle, but maybe we won
the war,” Spangler said.
He said he thought the legislature would
be very hesitant to approve any further
tuition increases.
Administrators from around the state
said they were pleased with Spangler’s
work. Patricia Sullivan, chancellorofUNC-
Greensboro, said she appreciated
Spangler’s efforts to lobby the state legisla
ture for support of the UNC system.
“I think he has been an articulate and
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spent last summer directing and producing
Korean commercials for Madonna and
Coca-Cola and has plans to direct a fea
ture-length film called “Ice Cream Story.”
In the future, he plans to give up films
and teach high school and start a family.
“I found out that the film industry is a
tough business,” Kohsaid. “Alotoftimes
it is not rewarding. I feel like being in
volved in education is vety important.
Koh got a head start on his education
career this week by holding film work
shops at Triangle area high schools. Stu
dents watched “My Brown Eyes” several
times in a row and then analyzed the tech
niques Koh used in its production.
“I never pass up an opportunity to wotk
with high school kids or university stu
dents,” Koh said.
which will be in Raleigh.”
The 1999 World Games will be the
world’s largest sporting event that year
with 8,000 athletes from 140 countries in
the Triangle area, Teem said.
All of the money raised by each depart
ment supported the Special Olympics,
Olympians and their families, Frick said.
Last year, the Chapel Hill Police De
partment raised $2,006 for the fund-raising
campaign. This year, more police officers
with greater motivation were working in
support of the Special Olympics, Frick
said. The goal this year is to raise the
$5,000 that a department must raise to get
its name on the back of the T-shirt that will
be sold next year.
Members of the Chapel Hill Police De
partment will be selling T-shirts and hats
on March 9 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at
University Mall. Gary Herman
Bennhausen, a Special Olympic athlete
who participates in basketball and softball,
will also be with the police officers.
“This is who we’re doing it for, (athletes
like Gary),” Frick said. “They deserve the
recognition.”
The woman said she continued to be
casual friends with Choi, and during the
course of the fall she let him know on three
different occasions that there was nothing
between them beyond friendship.
forceful advocate for the UNC system,”
she said.
Alvin Schexnider, who took the post of
chancellor at Winston-Salem State Uni
versity in January, said he had been very
impressed with Spangler’s leadership over
the past few months.
“Considering the challenges to higher
education funding at this time, I think he’s
definitely the right person to be president
of the system,” Schexnider said. “I think
he’s done an upstanding job.”
Members of the Board of Governors
have already discussed who will be on the
search committee for the next president
after Spangler retires, which he is expected
to do when he turns 65 next year.
Spangler said his most important goal
over the next year was to secure a reason
able salary increase for faculty and staff
within the UNC system.
“I’m looking forward to going to the
General Assembly and convincing them
that our faculty and staff need adequate
compensation for the next year.”
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