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UNC Minority Students
To Present Research
UNC’s Minority Undergraduate Re
search Assistants Program will hold its
annual academic conference Saturday to
display the summer research of minority
students.
The conference, entitled “Beyond the
Horizon: The Success and Survival of Mi
norities in the Academy,” will feature pre
sentations from minority rising seniors
across the country.
The students have taken part in UNC’s
ten-week Summer Pre-Graduate Research
Experience Program, which exposes stu
dents interested m pursuing graduate work
to the research methods and trends in
volved in their field.
The conference’s focus is the recruit
ment andretentionofminority undergradu
ate students to social science doctoral pro
grams. National figures have shown a de
cline in the number of minority students
pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees.
Admission to the conference is free and
open to the public, but lunch requires ad
vance registration. Members of the general
public interested in attending the confer
ence should contact conference coordina
tor Tomeiko Ashford at (919) 962-0249.
Murphy Re-Appointed as
Summer School Dean
The Board of Governors last week re
appointed Dean of Summer School James
Murphy to the position for a period not to
exceed five years.
The period ofMurphy’s re-appointment
would begin July 1,1997.
Murphy, a professor in the Department
of Economics, has served as dean since
1988. Before taking the position, he served
as Director of Summer Session and Chair
man oftheeconomics department. Murphy
has taught at UNC since 1964.
Morehead Planetarium
To Present Laser Shows
Morehead Planetarium will present a
series of laser shows with musical accom
paniment thru September 1.
The shows, created by Audio Visual
Imagineering Inc., one of the nation’s old
est laser entertainmentcompanies, include
“The Beatles,” “Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side
of the Moon,”’ “Nine Inch Nails,” “Laser
Metallica,” “Stone Temple Pilots,”
“Lollapalaser” and “Laser Flashback,”
featuring music by The Doors, Jimi
Hendrix and the Grateful Dead.
Tickets are $4.50 for children 12 and
underand $6.50 for the general public. The
performance will be held in the
planetarium’s outside Star Theater.
For more information on times and
dates, call (919) 549-6863 orTar Heel Talk
at (919) 549-6711, code 8041.
WCPE Dedicates Day of
Music to Town, Officials
WCPE radio is dedicating a 24-hour
stretch of classical music to Chapel Hill,
Mayor Rosemary Waldorf and the mem
bers of the Town Council.
The July 18 “thankyou” stems from the
community support over a Federal Com
munications Commission decision that
would have forced WCPE to cut the power
of its signal if it raised its antenna.
Last summer, the FCC told WCPE if
the station moved its broadcast antenna to
the top of its 1200 foot tower, it would have
to reduce the strength of its signal to Chapel
Hill by 35 percent.
Since the move to the top of the tower
was initiated by WCPE to improve recep
tion in the area, the station was frustrated
by the FCC ruling.
However, the Chapel Hill Town Coun
cil and town residents intervened by pass
ing a resolution backing WCPE and gain
ing FCC petition signatures.
“WCPE is very grateful that the people
of Chapel Hill and their representatives
have responded so strongly in our behalf to
help us solve their reception problems once
and for all, ” said WCPE General Manager
Deborah Proctor. “We are pleased and
proud to dedicate our classical music to
them on July 18.”
OWASA to Begin Water
Line Replacement
The Orange Water and Sewer Author
ity is replacing an old six-inch water line
along Markham and Tadley Drives.
About 35 homes will be affected over
the next three months as the asbestos and
cement lines underneath the streets are
replaced with eight-inch ductile iron pipe.
Traffic will be slowed by work on parts
of the roadway, but residents will be able to
drive back and forth from their homes.
Work will take place from 7:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m weekdays and is expected to end
in early September.
Annual State Beekeepers
Meeting to Be Held
The North Carolina State Beekeepers
Association summer meting will be held
July 18-20 at the Ramada Inn in Burlington,
N.C.
Among the speakers will be Dr. Hachiro
Shimanuki of the USDA Beltsville Bee
Research Laboratory, Troy Fore of the
American Beekeeping Federation and Vice
President of Burts Bees Roxanne Quinby.
For more information, call Dr. John
Ambrose at (919) 515-1660.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Largest Student Lobbying Group to Meet at UNC
BY JOHN SWEENEY
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The United States Student Association
will be holding its 49th annual conference
on campus next week, bringing 250 stu
dent leaders from across the country to
decide how best to advocate students’ con
cerns over the next year.
The organization had not held their
conference in the South in some time, a
fact which played into the organization’s
decision to come to UNC, USSA Presi
dent Jeannette Galanis said.
“Based on the work (Student Body Presi
Historic Building on West Franklin Street
Slated for Demolition Within Next Year
■ University Baptist Church
received a permit to demolish
the McDade house.
BYTOM CONRADT
STAFF WRITER
Time is running out for a 155-year-old
historic building on West Franklin Street.
The Historic District Commission met July
11 to review a certificate of appropriate
ness to demolish the building.
The McDade House, the last remaining
house on the west end ofFranklin Street, is
slated for demolition in one year. The
yellow building across from Ben & Jerry’s
Homemade Ice Cream is standing in die
way of the University Baptist Church’s
expansion plans.
“The church wants to add an extension
to its current building and the McTade
House is in the way, ” Preservation Society
member Mary Arthur Stoudmire said.
The church filed for a certificate of ap
propriateness. Obtaining the certificate is a
necessary procedure for University Baptist
to be granted permission to demolish the
McDade House because of the house’s
historical significance.
The Historic Commission, the govern
ment office that rules on all of Chapel
Hill’s historic buildings, granted the certifi
cate with a one-year delay.
“It was understood that during the year
the Historic District Commission, the Pre
servation Society and any other interested
groups would tty to save the house,” said
Beverly Kawalec, a representative for the
town of Chapel Hill.
Local Churches Work With Sheriff’s Department to Step Up Security
BYTOM CONRADT
STAFF WRITER
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice
Thurgood Marshall once said, “The most
segregated time in America is on Sunday
morning.”
Local leaders in the black community
have grown increasingly aware of this quo
tation due to the recent rash of church fires
in the South, especially as they move closer
to home.
There have been efforts to step up secu
rity in black churches in Orange County.
Recently the Orange County Sheriff’s De
partment began working more closely with
members of black churches to increase
University, Fraternities Improving Fraternity Court Safety
■ Three new lights in
Fraternity Court should
make the area safer.
BYSHENGLEE
STAFF WRITER
A management agreement between the
University and four fraternity houses has
led to the installation of three new lights in
the Fraternity Court parking area.
The high-pressure sodium lights were
installed July 8 in the lot, which is off
Columbia Street, at a cost of $2,585.
John Laetz, UNC electrical distribu
tion superintendent, said he thought the
lights provided sev
eral advantages for
passersby.
"Increased light
ing tends to deter
people with bad in
tentions from
(harming) other
people,’’Laetz said.
“It also involves
a sense of percep
tion because if
people feel safer
then there’s an air
of security,” Laetz
said.
Pi Beta Phi so
rority member
Ashley Rice, a
former Granville
Towers resident
Director of the Office
of Greek Affairs RON
BINDER said the
University sped up
renovations due to a
recent break-in and
suspicious fires in two
houses, including one
suspected arson.
who frequently traversed the Fraternity
Court parking lot, said she thought the
recent modification made the area more
secure.
“I definitely think it’s a good idea be
cause that parking lot was very unsafe for
those who were out late at night,” Rice
said.
“I remember when a (Sigma Alpha
Epsilon) fraternity member was hit over
UNIVERSITY & CITY
dent Aaron Nelson and Association of
Student Governments President John
Dervin) have done in the past yearwith the
housekeepers and other issues, and based
on the fkct that (the conference) hadn’t
been in the South in 20 years, it was over
whelmingly decided that we should come
here,” Galanis said.
Galanis said the USSA was the oldest
and largest student organization in the
country and the only organization that
served as a voice for students in Washing
ton, D.C. The USSA represents the inter
ests of more than three million students in
more than 150 schools nationwide.
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The McDade House on West Franklin Street might face demolition in one
year. Protestors of the demolition are attempting to raise funds to move
the 155-year-old house. Costs are estimated to be more than SBO,OOO.
University Baptist is also interested in
saving the building, Kawalec said.
The McDade house has been at the
center of a conflict between the Preserva
tion Society and University Baptist since
1994.
“We’ve tried for two years to move the
house over to Carrboro, behind the Afri
can Methodist Episcopal church,”
Stoudmire said. “But the main problem is
money. We have had seven offers to move
the house, and the least-expensive esti
mate was $80,000.”
Three different families have lived in
the house since its completion in the mid
safety on their property.
“I’m very pleased with the efforts law
enforcement has made to prevent any such
fires from occurring in our community,”
said Carrboro Alderman Hilliard Caldwell.
“They always have kept on top of things,
especially in the more rural areas of Or
ange County.”
Sheriffsdeputieshavewamedchuiches
in the outskirts of Orange County to be
aware of any suspicious activity and to
report it immediately.
“Although there haven’t been any
churches hit, it’s always better to take a
preventative approach,” Caldwell said.
Leaders in the black community said
they were appalled at the frequency of the
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Fraternity Court is undergoing many renovations, including new lights, concrete trash cans and a red-brick sidewalk.
the head with a brick in the dark lot,” Rice
said.
Ron Binder, director of the Office of
Greek Affairs, said he asked the University
to install the lights before their scheduled
date after two crimes occurred in the Fra
ternity Court area.
“We had agreed to do that as part of the
management agreement, but due to the
recent break-in and a suspicious fire in two
houses, we decided to speedup theproject,”
Binder said.
The five-year management contract,
which was signed last fall, stated that in
return for collected parking fees from fra
ternity members, the University would
Galanis said much of the conference
would be taken up by plenary sessions, in
which delegates from die group’s member
schools would discuss and vote on changes
to the USSA constitution. “It’s kind of like
a constitutional convention, ” Galanis said.
The delegates will also discuss tactics
the group should use to lobby for students.
Galanis said the USSA had been in
volved in lobbying for financial aid legisla
tion in the past, a trend that would con
tinue as the U.S. Congress again decides
this year how much to spend on federal
financial aid for higher education.
Galanis said Gene Sperling, President
19th century. It was one of the first and
only all-brick houses built in town. Cur
rently it is in use by several local businesses
and the Chapel Hill Welcome Center.
“Saving the building won’t necessarily
involve renovating it because it is in use
now,” Kawalec said.
The Historic Commission and the Pres
ervation Society are entertaining several
ideas to save the house. They welcome any
ideas or groups that would like to offer
their services.
Reverend Simpson from the University
Baptist Church refused to comment on the
filing of the certificate.
.. we should not only look at
those in white sheets, but those
in the black robes and blue
suits ... whose words have
created an environment
conducive to this kind of
behavior. ”
GERALD HORNE
Black Cultural Center director
fires across the country.
“It takes a sick person to bum a place of
“ldefinitely think it's a
good idea because that
parking lot was very unsafe
for those who were out
late at night."
ASHLEY RICE
Former Granville Towers resident
maintain the parking lot, Binder said.
Of the five Fraternity Court houses
Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Bill Clinton’s senior domestic economic
policy advisor, would speak at the conven
tion about financial aid legislation. Affir
mative action, which has come under fire,
would be another important topic, she said.
Galanis said she thought holding the
conference at UNC held a special mean
ing, since the first 10 USSA presidents
came from the University. “It’s really ex
citing for us to come back here,” she said.
Student Body President Aaron Nelson
said he was excited as well. “It’s just amaz
ing to have these people on this campus,”
Nelson said. “The excitement and energy
they bring to issues is really great to see. ”
New Vice Chancellor
Candidates Part of
Old Applicant Pool
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STAFF WRITER
Although it had been unclear who rec
ommended the three latest candidates for
the vice chancellor of student affairs post,
University administrators said this week
that the vice chancellor search committee
recommended the candidates in conjunc
tion with a search firm.
After more than two years of sorting
through applicants, the search committee
is supposed to meet with the candidates
when they are interviewed in Chapel Hill
this month.
Chief of Staff Elson Floyd, the member
of the chancellor’s office most closely asso
ciated with the search, said, “The search
committee and the search firm recom
mended these three candidates to be inter
viewed.”
The University hired the search firm,
Heidrick & Struggles, last summer when
Chancellor Michael Hooker took office.
The four candidates recommended by
the search committee in April were part of
a group of approximately seven candidates
thathad been considered, Floydsaid. Those
four candidates were not selected for a
variety ofreasons including salary disagree
ments and a disagreement over whether
the University could find employment for
one candidate’s spouse.
“There was a look at the original group
worship, particularly in the large numbers
that are occurring,” Caldwell said.
The local chapter of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Colored
People has already responded to the
burnings.
“We had a meeting in Charlotte last
week and it was one of the main topics of
discussion, ” said Fred Battle, a representa
tive of the NAACP. “Basically I feel that
the more publicity some of these burnings
have received, the more frequently they
occur.”
Battle said he considered the church not
only important as a place of worship but as
central to the civil rights cause.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked
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Phi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon Sigma Nu was the only house that
did not sign the agreement.
Sigma Nu did not sign the agreement
because they have their own parking lot,
Binder said.
The lighting project was one of three
major parking area improvements.
The University also improved the area
by resurfacing the lot and installing seven
concrete trash cans.
Binder said the next project would be a
sidewalk.
“Wearegoingtoconstractared-bricked
sidewalk around the parking perimeter so
it matches the rest of the UNC campus.”
Thursday, July 18,1996
UNC will have seven voting delegates
at the conference, all of whom were chosen
by Nelson for their leadership. UNC’s del
egates include Nelson; Reyna Walters,
assistant chief of staff; Ivy Farguheson, a
former executive branch senior advisor;
congress member Michael Holland, Dist.
6; Campus Y Co-Chairwoman Joanne
Wardell; Corye Barbour, a member of the
Chancellor's Task Force on Women; and
one as-yet-unnamed delegate from the
Black Student Movement.
Students interested in participating
should contact the executive branch. The
conference is free and open to the public.
of approximately seven candidates that the
search committee had considered in April,
and there was an opportunity to bring in
the other three because we were unsuccess
ful with the four in April,” Floyd said.
John Edgerly, a member of the search
committee, said the search firm went back
to the original pool of candidates and rec
ommended three of them.
“To my knowledge there was no new
list,” Edgerly said. “The names (of
interviewees) that I’ve been given are the
names the search firm gave.”
When asked why the search committee
had not formally come together to recom
mend the three new candidates Floyd said,
“We are trying to move responsibly as well
as expeditiously to fill the position. I have
been under huge pressure by student orga
nizations to identify an appropriate candi
date for the vice chancellor of student af
fairs.”
Floyd said he has tried to continue to
involve the search committee in identify
ing candidates.
Edith Wiggins has served as interim
vice chancellor for student affairs since
former Vice Chancellor Don Boulton’s
departure in 1994.
The search has taken an unusually long
period of time because the committee was
forced to start over in the middle of the
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very closely with black churches to spread
the word on the civil rights movement,” he
said. “The church is an institution closely
associated with the heritage of that cam
paign.” King was a reverend himself, and
used the strong black ties to the church to
help mobilize support.
Black leaden on campus also had strong
feelings about the church fires.
Gerald Home, director of the Black
Cultural Center, said, “In trying to deter
mine who is responsible for the burnings,
we should not only look at those in white
sheets, but those in the black robes and blue
suits in Washington, D.C. whose words
have created an environment conducive to
this kind of behavior.”
Chemical Spill
At UNC Plant
Posed No Threat
STAFF REPORT
A chemical spill at the University co
generation facility Sunday night appar
ently did not pose any serious threat to the
environment, University officials said.
The 600-gallon sulfiiric acid spill was
discovered during a routine plant inspec
tion and reported to University Police at
approximately 9:30 p.m. The University’s
Health and Safety Office, the Chapel Hill
Fire Department and Orange County’s
hazardous materials team responded.
Dr. Rich Miller, environmental man
ager in the University’s Health and Safety
Office, said the spill was caused by a tiny
hole in one of the plant’s pipes.
A Greensboro firm, Four Seasons In
dustrial Services, took over the cleanup
efforts, using soda ash to neutralize the soil
that came into contact with the chemicals.
Officials expected the company to com
plete the cleanup by Wednesday night.
The spill was apparently contained on
University property. Miller said workers
monitored the spill throughout Sunday
night and Monday morning to make sure
none of the chemicals entered surface wa
ter.
In fart, the amount of acid which leaked
form the pipe may have been a function of
the harmlessness of the spill, Miller said.
“No one noticed it because it was so
innocuous,” Miller said.
Miller said the acid was contained in a
concrete retaining area and absorbed by
nearby dirt and gravel. Rain on Monday
did not affect the cleanup efforts, he said.
Miller said another reason the spill did
not cause problems was the quick response
of the cogeneration facility workers.
“The nice thing about it is the moment
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