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Tuesday, September 17,1996
Area parks remain closed due
to Fran; residents wonder why
■ Carrboro officials said
they hope to have the parks
open by today.
BY JULIA WOOD
STAFF WRITER
Area residents who want to spend a
day at the park may be disappointed to
find many Chapel Hill and Canboro parks
still closed due to damage caused by
Hurricane Fran.
All parks in the Carrboro park system
were still closed Monday for public safety
reasons. “There are dangerous situations
due to wind damage and trees,” said
Richard Kinney, director of the Carrboro
Recreation and Parks Department.
Kinney said the department was hop
ing to have the parks reopened by Tues
day, but they had to wait for the town
attorneys to give them recommendations
Access to future conference center raises concerns
II The executive education
center is located on the
Meadowmont development.
BY LAURA GODWIN
CITY EDITOR
Nearly one year after the Chapel Hill
Town Council approved the master land
use permit for the 425-acre Meadowmont
development, University representatives
came before the council to answer ques
tions regarding a proposed conference
center on the site.
David Stevens of the Kenan-Flagler
Business School explained that the Paul
J. Rizzo Conference Center, which will
house an executive education center for
the business school, is an important part
in making the business school competi
tive.
“What we are establishing is a full-
Improvements scheduled for Lenoir
■ Lenoir will close in 1998
for renovations, which
include anew food court.
BY MINDY HODGES
STAFF WRITER
Major renovations to Lenoir Dining
Hall will increase seating and attempt to
provide students
with a better eating
experience, said
Carolyn Elfland,
associate vice
chancellor for aux
iliary services.
“We want to
create a better,
more attractive
place to eat in,”
Elfland said.
Plans are set to
begin renovating
Lenoir in May
1997.
Elfland said
Carolina Court, the
dining area cur-
Student Services
Committee Chairman
SCOn HAMMACK
said the renovations
would make service
better for students.
rently located in the basement of Lenoir,
would be transformed into office space
for auxiliary and food services.
The ground level will contain a food
court similar to the one currently upstairs
at Lenoir, but with different food venues
and an additional level, which will have
the same format as the present Carolina
Court, will be added, Elfland said.
She said the proposed renovations
would increase seating capacity, as well
as change the infrastructure, such as sew
age and ventilation improvements.
“One goal is to make it more environ
mentally friendly,” she said.
Scott Hammack, co-chairman of the
Tuesday
11:30 a.m.-l p.m. - The 45th quarterly
meeting of the UNC Retired Faculty Associa
tion will be held in the Willow Room of the
Friday Center.
The speaker will be Professor Gerald Home,
the director of the Sonja H. Stone Black Cul
tural Center, and the topic will be “The Role of
the BCC on Campus.” A salad buffet will be
provided ($10).
noon - There will be a lecture on "The
Development of Higher Education in the Eu
ropean Union between Europeanization and
Regionalization,” at the Center for Interna
tional Studies at 223 E. Franklin St.
3:15 p.m. - The University Counseling
Center in Nash Hall will hold a career clinic to
help students develop a plan of action for
choosing a major or career.
The UCC will also conduct a minority
student support group to discuss the experi
ences and concerns that arise from being a
member of a minority group at UNC at 3:30
p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
4p.m. - The Study Abroad Office will hold
an information session on programs in France
in Union 208. Please call the Study Abroad
as to the procedure to follow. “We’re
going to open certain sections of the park
and rope off others.”
Some Chapel Hill parks were also
closed Monday. Umstead Park was
closed so work could be done without
danger to visitors, and North Forest Hills
Parkwasclosedbecauseofthenumberof
trees down.
Mike Loveman, director ofthe Chapel
Hill Parks and Recreation Department,
said most of the play areas and tennis
courts were open, but it could be “some
weeks yet” before trails were open due to
trees blocking paths.
“We’re working just to make them
usable in the next couple of weeks," he
said.
Loveman said individual parks were
being examined on a case-by-case basis
and, although there were obviously no
gates to be closed, hazardous areas had
been roped off.
“Ball fields and general facilities are
Council member JOE
CAPOWSKI said he
did not think the
current center access
was sufficient
fledged conference
center,” Stevens
said.
The center will
house a two-story,
56 executive suite
residential build
ing. The confer
ence area will be a
single story with 15
breakout class
rooms where most
of the training and
lectures will take
place, Stevens said.
The parking lots
will accommodate up to 70 cars, with
additional parking adjacent to the center,
Stevens said. “Most of the people are
bused in and shuttled in,” he said.
The town staff questioned whether the
current driveway access to the confer
ence center was sufficient for the con
struction process.
student services committee, said the pri
mary purpose of the renovations was to
have a food service that met the demands
ofstudents. “It’ll make dining on campus
much more pleasurable,” he said.
Student Body Secretary Lacey
Hawthorne, who is involved in decision
making regarding Lenoir renovations,
said, “This will brighten up the place.
Students will no longer be eating in a
basement.”
There are also tentative plans to add
escalators to the dining hall to organize
traffic, Hawthorne said.
Another change will be the method of
cooking and serving the food. On the
food court level, food will be cooked in
smaller quantities directly in front of the
students, Elfland said.
“It will be fresh food and fresh ingredi
ents,” she said.
“We’re trying to bring everything to
the students, ’’ Hawthorne said. “Students
have been involved in the whole process
because students are the customers.”
Lenoir renovations are not expected
to be complete until the fall of 1998, and
the dining hall will not be available for an
entire school year, Elfland said.
One option for feeding students dur
ing renovations is to obtain portable food
stands and kitchens to set up on campus,
but all possibilities have not been re
searched yet, Elfland said.
“Most students are excited about the
renovations, but there is a good deal of
apprehension about what will happen
next year," Hammack said.
The renovation plans must still be
approved by the Board of Trustees, the
Board of Governors and Chancellor
Michael Hooker.
Chase Hall, the dining facility on South
Campus, will undergo minor renovations
to expand seating capacity and improve
service.
Campus Calendar
Office at 962-7001 for further details.
5 p.m. - The Student Ambassador Pro
gram will hold its general interest meeting in
Union 209.
Come serve as a liaison between your state
legislator and the University. North Carolina
residents only.
5 p.m. - There will be a Student Environ
mental Action Coalition meeting in the Caro
lina Union Auditorium. Help plan the anti-
Helms rally, educate voters and learn about
privatization and the housekeepers’ struggle.
6 p.m. - Green Games, an environmental
outreach group, will hold a general interest
meeting in the Union basement. Refreshments
will be provided.
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. - The World Traveler
Books & Maps win kick off its eighth semi
annual "Travel Talk” series at the bookshop,
located in the Galleria Center.
The popular series gives patrons a chance to
share theirpictures and travel experiences with
other customers. Refreshments win be served.
7 p.m. - TeU Aaron Nelson and the student
government what you want and what you
think about what they’re doing. Come to the
Student Body Government meeting in 209
Manning HaU.
UNIVERSITY & CITY
open," Loveman said. “I would just urge
folks to take special caution and look
overhead for hanging trees.”
Both Kinney and Loveman said the
National Guard, state Department of
Prisons, and Public Works Departments
from both towns had been called in to
help clean up debris.
“We’ve had the National Guard in
Community Park since this weekend,”
Kinney said.
Kinney also said the cleanup was very
expensive, although he had no assess
ment as of Monday.
Zach Hoskins, a graduate student in
the School of Journalism and Mass Com
munication at UNC, went to play tennis
Saturday at Wilson Park and said he was
annoyed to find it still closed e venthough
the park seemed safe.
“We didn’t think we were posing a
threat to our safety or that of others,” he
said. “I didn’t see any reason for the park
to still be closed. It seems ridiculous.”
Currently, the access to the property is
provided by a one-lane paved road. The
master land use plan calls for a four-lane,
median-divided road, referred to as
Meadowmont Lane, to be used as the
primary access to the completed devel
opment.
According toamemorandumbyTown
Manager Cal Horton, some town staff
members wondered what problems
would arise if the conference center was
completed before the road more spe
cifically, how it could handle heavy traf
fic.
“The primary point of access is pro
posed to be Meadowmont Lane,” said
J.P. Colpepper, member of the Chapel
Hill planning board. “The primary issue
is related to infrastructure and timing. It
is our hope that the conference center
will be able to coordinate with the larger
Meadowmont.”
Council member Joe Capowski said
he was not sure if the current access to the
Firm plans development of
new Franklin Street building
BY MEGHAN MURPHY
STAFF WRITER
Businesses hungry for a piece of lucra
tive Franklin Street real estate are in luck,
thanks to a project that intends to bring
two buildings with more retail and office
space to downtown Chapel Hill.
Starting in December, West Franklin
Preservation Limited Partners will begin
converting a parking lot next to BW-3 at
206 W. Franklin St. into space to lease to
stores and offices.
West Franklin Preservation Limited
Partners, composed of Chapel Hill resi
dents and UNC alumni, have struggled
through three different projects for seven
years to establish a commercial building
on Franklin Street. The two buildings,
which will open in June of next year, will
be a culmination of their efforts.
“It’s been one of my challenges in my
life to get this done,’’said Antoine Puesch,
head of the West Franklin Preservation
Limited Partners. The group has encoun
tered many roadblocks in the West
Franklin project, including the indict
ment of former member Guil Woddell
for embezzling from the project several
years ago.
Puesch said and he is confident that
the group’s project will be lucrative now
because ofthe demand for Franklin Street
space.
Puesch said the two buildings would
be a “contribution to the vitality of down
town Franklin.”
The group had originally wanted to
convert the parking lot into a site for a
five-story commercial building, but de
cided against the plan because of finan
cial problems, Puesch said.
7 p.m. - The People Organized for
Women’s Empowerment and Rigjhti will hold
its first meeting in the Campus Y basement.
Everyone welcome!
7 p.m. - University Career Services will
conduct the Job Hunt 101 orientation work
shop for seniors/graduate students in 210 Hanes
Hall.
UCS will the conduct the Job Hunt 102
rdsumd writing workshop at 8 p.m. in the same
room.
7 p.m. - Psi Chi, the Honor Society in
psychology, will hold its first general meeting
for all current members in 112 Davie Hall.
7 p.m. - The publicity committee of the
Carolina Union Activities Board will meet in
Union 200. Anyone who is interested is wel
come.
7:15 p.m. - The Carolina Association of
Translators and Interpreters will meet at the
EPA Environmental Research Center. For
more information call 851-1901.
8 p.m. - The UNC Young Democrats will
meet in Union 208 for a review of the Demo
cratic National Convention. Call Shannon at
914-7677 for mote information.
Bp.m. -The Caro Una Civil Liberties Union
invites you to its second organizational meet
Southeast Asian economy successful
■ Jeffrey Koo said
Southeast Asia still had
many difficulties ahead.
BY ANTIONEITE KERR
STAFF WRITER
The successes and difficulties facing
Southeast Asia’s economic and political
structures were addressed by Jeffrey Koo
on Monday night.
“Asian performance is more eye-catch
ing than in Latin American and
countries," he said. “It was under very
difficult conditions that we achieved an
economic miracle.”
Koo, chairman of Chinatrust Com
mercial Bank, was selected as this year’s
guest speaker for the Phillips Initiative
Address.
The annual address is part of a gift
received by the Kenan-Flagler Business
School. Alumni EarlN. Phillips donated
sloo,oooto promote a better understand
ing of economics in Southeast Asia.
Koo is also the national policy adviser
to the president of Taiwan and senior
development was sufficient. “I don’t see
how that lane can handle a 28-ton con
struction truck," he said.
Stevens said the University, while will
ing to work with the town staff, said then
ability to build the center should not be
affectedby the town’s concerns about the
access road.
“We are willing to work out this issue
cooperatively,” Stevens said. “We are
sensitive to the issue. We object to having
it tied to our (special use permit).”
In a separate concern raised by the
staff, Mayor Rosemary Waldorf said she
would like to see the Dußose mansion,
which still stands on the property, open
to the public, even after the conference
center opens.
“The Dußose mansion will become a
project site, ” she said. “I think it is impor
tant that file property be open to the
people of the state.”
The council will vote on the permit at
the Oct. 16 business meeting.
“ When you get up to the
second or third floor, you get a
nice view of Granville Towers
and the area around there. ”
ANTOME PUESCH
West Franklin Preservation Limited
Partners
While the group researched alterna
tive projects, they leased the parking
spaces to earn additional revenue.
The group decided to renovate and
lease the building adjacent to the parking
lot to telemarketing company FGI and
BW-3beforedecidinghowtobestusethe
lot to their advantage.
The Partners decided to erect two
buildings of leasable office and retail
space, especially since the lotwas in such
a desired Franklin Street location.
“When you get up to the second or
third floor, you get a nice view of Granville
Towers and the area around there,”
Puesch said.
In addition to providing office space,
Puesch said the project would provide
more jobs and tax revenue for the com
munity while attracting potential cus
tomers to surrounding businesses.
BW-3 Manager Todd Homing said
the eatery was “looking forward to the
extra lunch business” but not to the loss
of parking spaces in an already hard
pressed area for parking.
Permits and finances currently pose
obstacles to the construction ofthe build
ings, he said, but the construction should
be finished by June 1997.
ing to elect officers and discuss programs for
the upcoming year in Union 211. All are wel
come!
The Center for Teaching and Learning is
conducting a workshop on “Understanding
Different Student Learning Styles," on Sept.
18 from 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Please call 966-1289 to sign up. Enrollment
is limited. The CTL will also hold an informal
lunch discussion for female TAs on “Issues of
Special Concern to Women Who Teach," on
Sept. 19from 11:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. in the Toy
Lounge on the fourth floor of Dey Hall.
Join us for a memorial service for all stu
dents, faculty and staff who have died during
the past year. The service will be held Sept. 18
at4p.m. in Memorial Hall. All are welcome to
attend.
The Carolina Association of Black Jour
nalists will meet in the Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center on Sept 18. Information on
the trips to Atlanta and Washington, D.C.,
will be discussed.
The Daily Tar Heel Editor Jeanne Fugate
will talk about opportunities to work at the
campus paper.
Student Health Service is forming a diabe
tes support group. Call 966-6562 to enroll.
adviser to Taiwan’s prime ministers.
Koo and his unde founded The Koos
Group, asl6billionbusiness conglomer
ate with affiliates around the world. Koo
was also instrumental in introducing the
credit card system, private banking and
the leasing business to Taiwan.
Koo began his address by explaining
the hard work Asian countries have had
to do since World War 11.
“AfterthesecondWorldWar all coun
tries were sickened with debts, poverty
and low income,” Koo said in his ad
dress.
Despite these problems, the countries
of Southeast Asia have managed to pre
vail.
“It took Great Britain and the United
States 200 years to increase capital in
come 10times,andittookAsia40years,"
Koo said.
Koo also spoke about Japan’s lack of
concern for other manufacturers.
He said Japanese manufacturers were
greedy and not as willing to share techno
logical information with the rest of the
world.
“I’m not here to criticize Japan, but
that’s the basic difference,” Koo said.
$30,000 gift will fund
career services center
BY KATIE ABEL
STAFF WRITER
The School of Journalism and Mass
Communication received a $30,000 con
tribution, the third large gift announced
by the school in less than a month.
The donation, given by Sue
Millholland, will be used for a career
services center in Carroll Hall, the site of
the journalism school starting in 1998.
Millholland gave the donation to honor
her late parents, L.C. and Mildred
Gifford.
In the past month, the journalism
school has also received a $5.5 million
grant from the Park Foundation and a
SIO,OOO pant from the Reader’s Digest
Foundation.
Millholland’s family, which has owned
the Hickory Daily Record since 1929,
has been an important part of the journal
ism school for many years, said Tom
Bowers, assistant dean of the journalism
school. “Asa family, they have probably
done as much for this school as anyone
else in North Carolina,” he said.
The L.C. and Mildred Gifford Career
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Ryi i
DTH/MARGO HASSELMAN
Pastors and other marchers pledged to take the ideas about religion
and race discussed Monday back to their congregations.
MARCH
FROM PAGE 1
Barber suggested closed-door talks be
tween legislators and religious leaders to
initiate policies. “We’ll go in and get
things knocked out,” he said. “It’s not
about the media. This is a moral crisis. In
the past five years, nine churches in North
Carolina have burned. Hate rhetoric will
continue until morality is put on the
public agenda.”
One legislator said the issue was in the
hands of the churches. Rep. Howard
Hunter, D-Northampton, has worked
with the seminar for the last two years.
“There’s not a lot we can do in the
political realm until ministers get together
and work on the moral fabric of society. ”
ailff Saihj ®ar Hrrl
“Asian performance is more
eye-catching than in Latin
American and African coun
tries. It was under very
difficult conditions that we
achieved an economic
miracle. ”
JEFFREY ROO
Southeast Asian businessman
Kbo said he disagreed with the poli
cies of the democratic government in
Taiwan.
“The problem we are facing now is the
inefficiency of our government,” he said.
“We used to pass laws in three to four
days. Now it takes four years."
Koo said the government was less
efficient now because people were not
educated about the issues.
But Koo said he is not totally against
democracy.
“I think democracy is a must, but it is
expensive.”
Services Center will include an office for
the journalism school’s career services
director and several interview rooms.
Millholland said, “My folks were very
interested in the journalism school be
cause it was closely connected to the
North Carolina Press Association. We
have always thought a lot of the school. ”
L.C. Gifford first became involved
with the school in 1953, when he was
elected to the school's Foundation Board.
Gifford’s wife, Mildred, took his spot on
the board in 1969 following his death.
Millholland and her husband, Ken,
also served on the board.
The family has contributed to the
school in many other ways. The family
set up the L.C. Gifford Distinguished
Journalism Scholarships in 1967.
In 1969, the family created the Sara
Lee Gifford courtyard to honor and re
member Millholland’s sister, who was
killed in an automobile accident in 1967.
The courtyard lies between Howell Hall,
the currenthomeofthejoumalism school,
and Davie Hall. The University also es
tablished a scholarship in Gifford’s name
in 1986.
The events also included a public semi
nar and worship service before the march
at St. Paul’s Church.
Several members of the community
asked discussion leaders, the Rev. David
Forbes and Kilbum, how to handle racist
confrontations.
“One must come up with mechanisms
to deal with conflicts .I’ve learned to tune
out many things I hear,” Forbes said.
The worship service featured a ser
mon from the Rev. William Turner, pro
fessor of preaching at Duke University.
With a raised voice and fierce arm
gestures, he said people have to fight fire
with their own spiritual fire. He urged
people not to take reckless talk about
violence as gospel and to become spiri
tual fire marshals.