ciir Daily aar Hrrl ’• . M |ai: i• S BRIEFS Stories from the University and Chapel Hill Professor to speak on The Olympic Experience' Jan Boxill, professor and associate chairwoman in the Department of Phi losophy, will share her experiences as a public address announcer for the Sum mer Olympics at 4:30 p.m. today in the Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Cen ter. Boxill, who announced both men’s and women’s basketball at the Olympics, has been the public address announcer for UNC women’s basketball for the past 11 seasons. She will talk about the Olym pic teams and her experiences announc ing the U.S. women’s gold medal win. The talk is free and open to the public. UNC Greeks raise record $79,000 for charities UNC fraternities and sororities raised a record-setting $79,000 for charities this spring, according to a report from the Office of Greek Affairs. The spring semester fund raising marked a SIO,OOO increase over the fall 1995 total. Beneficiaries of the fraterni ties’ and sororities’ efforts included Habi tat for Humanity, which benefited from three partnerships with the Greek com munity; the Inter-Faith Council for So cial Services’ homeless shelter; the Or ange County Rape Crisis Center; and AIDS research. At the same time, UNC’s Greek orga nizations performed 16,591 hours of hands-on community service last spring. This total is up from 12,675 in fall 1995, the report noted. Activities included tu toring junior and senior high school stu dents, collecting roadside litter and build ing homes for Habitat for Humanity. Club begins preperations for annual Big Sweep The Haw River group of the Sierra Club will sponsor the annual Big Sweep on Saturday, Sept. 21 beginning at 9 a.m. The event will give participants a chance to help the local environment by cleaning up area lakes and streams. The group will hold a preparation meeting for the event on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The preparation meeting will feature speeches from Alan Horton and Chris Carter. For more information on regis tration and location of the events, call (910)578-3106. Dinner meeting to feature award*winning designer The Sept. 9 dinner meeting of The Triangle Chapter of the American Mar keting Association will feature a presen tation by award-winning package de signer Frank Golley of CokerGolley Lim ited/Atlanta. Golley is a principal of CokerGolley Limited in Atlanta. CokerGolley has a national client base, including Coca-Cola, Miller Brewing, Flowers Industries, Georgia-Pacific, Delta, Motorola and Hanes. For these and other clients, CokerGolley provides expertise in pack aging, point-of-sale and corporate iden tity. Golley began his design career with Kenner Toys in 1979 and subsequently served with Coca-Cola USA, where he was manager of design development and marketing technology. The dinner meeting will be held Mon day, Sept. 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Radisson Governor’s Inn, Research Triangle Park. For reservations ana more information, call (919) 755-6275. Members $22; guests S2B. Students with valid ID S2O. Master Card and Visa accepted. Pathways Center to host parents' support group The Pathways Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy will hold a drop-in group entitled “The Parents’ Support Group’’ Monday, Sept. 16 from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the center, located at 123 Kingston Drive. The group will be facilitated by li censed family therapist John Mader and Brenda Gunnels, a psychotherapist. The group is held monthly and is open to all parents and caretakers of children. There is no charge. For more information, call the center at 968-0231. FROM STAFF REPORTS The Apple Campus Software Pack* H WBM Only $199 when you buy a Mac* ($1,400 value) EflM UNC Student Stores B —— ffc? f Only currently enrolled students, faculty and staff Power Macintosh* 7600 Power Macintosh* 7200 Power Macintosh’ 5400 ======= P urc^ase f rom RAM Shop of the Student Stores. PowerPC'6o4/120 MHz/ 16MB RAM PowerPC"6ol/120 MHz/16MB RAM PowerPC'6oWl2o MHz/ 16MB RAM - , 1.2G8/4XCD-ROM/15"display i:2ch/4xci)rom/is"display i.6GmxcD~ROM/is"di<pby Free one—year Apple warranty. Offer expires October 11. 1996. No payment of interest or pmapal mil he required for 90 days Merest accnmg during Iks 90 day penal udl he aided to the prindpttl and will hear interest, which kill he included in the repayment schedule. For example, the month of May 19% had an interest rale of 1215% with an Annual I’menlage Kale (APR) 0f1393% A monthly paiment of (56.62 for the Power Mac' 7600/120 system is an estimate hosed m a total loan amount of (3.29767. which mdutles a sample purchase pnee of (3,075 and a 6% loan origination fee. Interest is tunable hosed on the Prime Rate as reported on the sth business day of the month mTtieM Street Journal, plus a spread of 39% Monthly payment and APR shouv assumes deferment ofprmapal and does not include staW nr local sales tax The Apple Computer loan has an 6year loan term with no /nepaimml perutHy and is suhject to cmlil approval Monthly payments may vary depending on actual computer system prices, total loan amounts, slate and local sales taxes and a change m the monthly tunable interest rale © 19% Apple Computer, tnc AU rights resened. Apple the Apple logo yppleidre lawrWnter Mac Macintosh Perlorma PowerHooh, Power Macintosh and StyleWnter are regislerid trademarks of Apple Com/iuter, Inc. Iburr Mac is a trademark ofApple Cominder, Inc. PoustrPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. Kinnaird vows support for finance reform ■ Eleanor Kinnaird said private money should not be used in campaigns. BY JEFF YOUNG STAFF WRITER Democrat Eleanor Kinnaird, a candi date for the state Senate, reaffirmed her support for campaign finance reform Tuesday during a rainy press conference outside the Chapel Hill Post Office on Franklin Street. DTH/KRISTIN ROHAN Seniors enrolled in Business 199 meet on the South Building steps. The business students are planning group projects to be delivered in the upcoming weeks. Campus crime on decline, study says BYARUNIMAPANDE STAFF WRITER Despite a sharp drop in the reported number of several major crimes, aggravated assaults on campus continue to rise, accord ing to the recently released security report for 1995. Eighty-nine aggravated assaults were reported last year, up from 41 in 1994 and 33 in 1993, the report states. At the same time, the University experienced decreases in reported forcible sex offenses, robberies and burglaries. University Police Chief Donald Gold said it was hard to pinpoint exactly what caused the decline in those three crimes. “Statistics do nottell the story alone,” Goldsaid. “The main factor has been the involvement of the police department with the community.” Some other factors include new C-TOPS presentations and the police department’s greater involvement in residence halls, ,n-: iilli oi u,.. Mike Magarelli, left, and Charrise Wilburn are just two of the workers at Kinko's Copies who burn the midnight oil. Stores and restaurants that are open 24 hours have gained increasing success. UNIVERSITY & CITY Candidate for N.C Senate ELEANOR KINNAIRD is former mayor of Carrboro. Kinnaird, a former mayor of Carrboro now campaigning in the 16th District, said she was supporting the campaign fi nance reform ini tiatives of Sen. Wib Gulley, D- Durham, that strike at the heart of privatized cam paign funding. “The influence MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS University Police Crime Statistics Offww 1993 1994 1895 Murder 0 0 0 Sex Offense, Forcible 18 21 5 Sex Offense, Non-forcible 0 0 0 Robbery 3 13 6 Aggravated Assault 33 41 89 Burglary/B&E 117 60 37 Motor Vehicle Theft 11 28 11 SOURCE: UNC-CHAPELHHi. 1996 SECURITY REPORT DTH/MARX WEISS MAN he said. Gold also said students themselves were taking the initiative in being more cautious. “Personal responsibility has been a big factor in the de crease,” he said. “Knowing where the better-lighted places to walk are and being aware of one's environment has also played a role.” In addition to student initiatives, the department has been increasing bike patrols and aiming for greater visibility on See SECURITY, Page 6 of big money in our elections is greater than ever before, and the influence of the ordinary voter is at an all-time low," she said. Gulley’s initiative, called the North Carolina Clean Election Act, is aimed at leveling the playing field for those seek ing state office by lessening outside influ ence from big business and special inter est groups. Simply put, the idea is to remove private money from state cam paigns. The act provides public money to be used to finance the campaigns of those who qualify. A designated number of $5 Local late-night establishments satisfy prowling night owls’ needs, cravings BY JOHN MCALLISTER STAFF WRITER We’ve all been there. It’s 3 a.m. and after a full night of partying (or studying if you’re talking to Mom and Dad) a serious case of the munchies sets in. In and around Chapel Hill are quite a few places where students can go to grab a quick bite to eat or to type that research paper in the wee hours of the morning. In recent years the popularity of late-night and 24-hour stores and restaurants has increased dramatically. Nowadays, anything from Harris Teeter to Wal- Mart opens its doors at all hours. And they do a good deal of business. One such late-night spot is the Waffle House located on Interstate 85. “Students can be found in here at all times at night," said Susan Gooch, the third-shift manager. “We do most of our business between 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. And we get all kinds church groups, stu contributions would be required to re ceive the public money. Those candi dates who qualify and accept public fund ing would not be allowed to accept any private funding. The state will provide money on a graduated scale based on the level of the office being contested. For example, a gubernatorial candidate would be eli gible for more money than a candidate for state representative. A candidate receiving public funds would be eligible for matching funds if See KINNAIRD, Page 5 Program gives UNC students chance to share knowledge BYTODD DARLING STAFF WRITER Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are offering a chance for University students to broaden their experience in Chapel Hill through volunteer service. Throughout the month of September, the Volunteers and Partners for Educa tion will be registering UNC students for work in the schools. “UNC students comprise over half of our volunteers,” said coordinator Pam Bailey. The program has two main branches, Bailey said. The first branch consists of nine programs that train volunteers for more specffic tasks such as hands-on sci Wednesday, September 4,1996 Businesses endure high rent rates ■ If location is everything, Franklin Street business owners are willing to pay. BY KATE HARRISON STAFF WRIiER The days of mom and pop owned family stores have long disappeared from Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street. These days, national chains like Bath & Body Works, Taco Bell and The Gap adorn the famous way. As big names move into Franklin Street business space, rent rates climb. How ever, small businesses are continuing to find that while rent is high, the benefits of the exposure of Chapel Hill’s main drag far outweigh the expense. John Williams, a clerk at Monster Records, said their rent was not cheap, but the foot traffic they got made up for the price. “Obviously, we all wish rent was cheaper,” he said. “But being a music store, our main customers are college aged students, and here we have hun dreds of college students walking by our front door every day. A mall couldn’t give us that." Dorrit Geshuri, co-manager of Inter nationalist Books, said their rent was SBOO a month for 775 square feet, which she said she considered a pretty good price for the west end of Franklin Street. The store moved into its 405 W. Franklin St. location Jan. 2 from a previ ous spot on Rosemary Street, which cost S3OO a month. “Our store was much larger and cheaper when it was on Rosemary Street, ” Geshuri said, “but there was no foot traffic. So far, I think our better location has made up for the difference in rent.” Amy O’Donnell, assistant manager at The Original Ornament, said although she was concerned that rent rates could See RENT, Page 6 ence programs and grading essays. The other branch consists of requests for vol unteers from teachers throughout the school system. Most of the student volunteers are from areas other than education and sim ply volunteer for the experience, not to fulfill a class requirement, Bailey said. “We get students from all disciplines,” she said. “For the education majors, this program might help them to decide what branch of education they want to go into. Since the program began in 1992, it has almost doubled its number of partici pants each year, Bailey said. Students volunteer at almost every school in the See SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, Page 6 dents with books before exams and occasionally just some college kids up to no good.” Most of the employees said they generally liked the customers who wandered in, and the customers said they felt comfortable because of the friendly scene. Bill Bulbrook, a late-night cook at Hector’s on the comer of Franklin and Henderson streets, said he basically felt the same way about the customers. But Bulbrook said he had seen some wild things happen after midnight. “We’ve seen it all,” Bulbrook said. “One guy jumped out of the (second story) window and an other guy spent a whole night sweet-talking a nap kin holder and later passed out in his nacho fries. There was even someone who ripped the sink out of the bathroom wall." Although there have been a few problems, Bulbrook said he didn’t mind working the late shift. “We get paid more for working late and it’s OK as See MIDNIGHT, Page 5 3

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