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2 Thursday, November 14,1996 ;J ft , a •<* •- v -*•'* ' *_ . f^., '■■ u—Nu S3L. ■ —42 -'■ *rn DTH/JENNIFER GUTHRIE Sophomore Christine Coley, all bundled up for Chapel Hill’s impending winter weather, studies for Music 46 under a tree earlier this week. Carrboro decides to raise landfill tipping fees by $2 ■ The increase will cover revenue lost when UNC decided to dump elsewhere. BY RACHEL SWAIN STAFF WRITER An increase in landfill tipping fees unanimously won approval from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tues day night. Landfill users will start paying $2 per ton more for both solid mixed waste and con struction/demoli- tion waste. The in crease will take ef fect Defc.T. The need for an increase in fees stems from UNC’s decision to trans port its coal ash elsewhere, causing a revenue loss for the Orange County landfill. Alderman DIANA MCDUFFEE said that the increase was a 'twoedged sword," but that it was also necessary. The Landfill Owner’s Group decided that a combination of fee increases, pro gram reductions and use of the backup funds was the best option to cover the revenue loss, said Gayle Wilson, a staff member for the LOG, the landfill’s gov erning board comprised of county and town officials. “The managers of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Orange County proposed several alternatives to the LOG,” he said. Wilson said the managers had pro posed cuts in recycling programs or an increase in fees. After the LOG made minor changes to the managers’ proposal, it recom mended the proposal to the governing boards. “The governing boards then in dividually approved the resolution,” Wilson said. A major impact on businesses and residents because of the increase isn’t anticipated. “Normally residents don’t see the ef- The Most Intensive Course For Hie Columbia Review. 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We have a responsibility to do our share.” The exact dollar effect on the town is unknown. “We won’t know how it will affect our budget until budget time,” Caldwell said. “But I don’t foresee much of a trickle effect.” Wilson-agreed there might be some ripple effect but said the impact probably would hbt bt huge. “I ‘wouldn’t Call a $2 increase major,” he said. “The impact on the local government’s budget depends on how much waste they take to the landfill.” Alderman Jacquelyn Gist called the fee increase a trade-off between the envi ronment and finances. “It demonstrates the central problem in landfill management because environ mentally it’s a good thing, but fiscally it’s a bad thing,” Gist said. “It’s short-term fiscal concerns vying with environmen tal concerns. It’s never an easy puzzle." Some board members spoke of the irony of the situation. “It’s a two-edged sword because the landfill is getting full and we’re not saying we want more gar bage to get more money. But the coal ash helps balance the budget,” McDuffee said. Alderman Alex Zaffron said he was not pleased with the lack of alternatives presented to the board. “I’m not satisfied that other options weren’t presented, but we still had to have a decision,” he said. “I’m never satisfied when we don’t have any realistic alternatives presented to us. We could have more of a choice if more were presented.” But McDuffee was quick to point out that they did not hold anyone at fault. “We’re not putting the blame on the increase on the University.” 1-800-300-PREP Students seek panel’s insight on diversity BY ANNE HARDEN STAFF WRITER RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK— About 50 well-dressed college students came to soak up insight on gender, race and sexual orientation issues from a panel of diversity experts. Linking N.C. college students with their peers on campuses across the coun try, Durham-based ISM(N.) generated a discussion on cultural diversity through the Multimedia Campus Diversity Sum mit. Held at UNC-TV in the Research Triangle Park, the summit was broadcast across various media nationwide. Students called in, e-mailed, sentvideo letters and asked questions in person, probing the four-member panel on issues from student apathy to the need for of gay and lesbian studies curricula. UNC Professor Michael Dyson, Uni Muslims, Christians discuss religious differences BYSHENGLEE STAFF WRITER Christians and Muslims shared their religious beliefs to better comprehend the differences between their faiths at a Muslim-Christian Dialogue on Wednes day evening. Panel representatives from Campus Crusade for Christ, Intervarsity Chris tian Fellowship and the Muslim Stu dents Association collaborated efforts to clarify and elaborate on differences be tween Christianity and Islam. Mohammad Banawan, president of the MSA, said religion, whether in the form of Christianity or Islam, should be respected. “It is privileged that we have gathered HOG FARMER FROM PAGE 1 worth of hogs sold this year went to large corporations with political clout. Stephenson’s farm is independent and midsized, one of about 30 in the state with 3,000 or more sows. But while he remains independent, he said he didn’t think coiporations posed much of a prob lem. Many of them lead the industry in making environmentally friendly im provements to their farms, he said. “We have actually benefited from the coiporate guys being here as much as we XANADU FROM PAGE 1 these opportunities gave children broader perspectives and a sense that they were important. “A child need to have a variety of HARDIN FROM PAGE 1 interim president because of his experi ence with large research universities. “The University of Alabama at Bir mingham has a highly regarded medical center as well as a large, research-univer- Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be informa tion on child abuse prevention and a presenta tion of related volunteer opportunities in the Pit. 12:30 p.m. The “Blacks in Diaspora” lecture series continues with professors Lana Henderson and Francesina Jackson at the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center. 3:30 p.m. University Career Services will conduct“ Job Hunt 101: Orientation Work shop” for seniors and graduate students in 209 Hanes Hall. UCS will also conduct “Job Hunt 102: Rdsumd Writing Workshop” for seniors and graduate students at 4:30 p.m. in 209 Hanes Hall. 4 p.m. The Duke Physics and As tronomy Dept, will present a seminar titled “An Overview of Free Electron Laser Tech nology” with David H. Dowell of the Boeing Physical Sciences Research Center, in room 5 of the Physics Building at Duke University. 4 p.m. There will be an informational meeting on the Burch Fellows Program in the Toy Lounge of Dey Hall. 5:30 p.m. The UNC Star Wars Club GRAND OPo#lG|g^ CATALOG CLOTHES YOU LOVE, I PRICES YOU CAN AFFORD! / \ LJdl FIELD JACKETS bmWwft MEN’S AND WOMEN'S WITH ACQ AC MB£k\ .- BUTTON-OUT WOOL LINING University Mall • (Next To Kerr Drug) 968-9969 NEWS “/feel like sometimes people talk about diversity, and it's a one-time thing. 1 hope the people here from UNC can take this energy and build on what happened here. ” REYNA WALTERS UNC student versity of Califomia-Berkeley Professor Ronald Takaki, American University graduate student Mindy Michels andUC- Berkeley undergraduate Jose Palafox made up the panel. “I really wish they had things like this more often,” said UNC student and sum mit participant Reyna Walters. “I feel here tonight in an effort to search for truth in whatever form it may be,” he said. Hassan Ahmad, a member of MSA, said Islam was a religion with more than 1.2 billion members. “Islam is a very global religion,” he said. Ahmad said one of the main differ ences between Islam and Christianity was that Muslims believed God created the world in six days and not seven, as Christians believe. Muslims believe be cause God is the supreme being, he did not need to rest on the seventh day; the need to rest is a human characteristic, Ahmad said. David Pope, amemberofCCC, elabo rated on another difference between have been disadvantaged,” Stephenson said. He is trying to model his own busi ness on the success of coiporate farms. In one bam, boars lounge in air-condi tioned comfort. Across the farm, six power-ventilated rooms hold 320 piglets each. When they reach 50 pounds, they will move to larger bams that can hold 640 hogs at a time. Waste is flushed from those bams into a lagoon 10 feet deep with purplish-brown wastewater. “The pig business has moved out of the mud lots and into the computer age, ” he said. “We’re not dumb. Everybody’s who is in the business long-term has everything,” she said. “I feel it helps these kids a great deal because they know that somebody cares." The program concluded with the chil dren drawing pictures of the kinds of people and things they wanted, or didn’t want, in their Xanadus. sity environment. UAB often measures itself against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke Uni versity,” she said. “Mr. Hardin has a long association with both universities, and certainly that was very enticing to the board of trustees here.” Hardin will replace current UAB presi will be having a cookout behind Teague. Re member to bring your $3 dues, and if you have any questions, refer to our web site at http:// www.unc.edu/~swclub. 5:30 p.m. The Lutheran Campus Min istry will be having its weekly Holy Commun ion this evening in the campus center. All are invited. 6:30,9 p.m. The Carolina Union Ac tivities Board Film Committee will present Laurence Fishbume and Kenneth Branagh in “Othello” in the Union film auditorium. Ad mission is $2. 6:3op.m. —The Dinner Discussions Com mittee of the Campus Y invites you to attend “Equal Rights to Education" with Dr. Gerald Unks in the Campus Y basement. Please sign up in the Campus Y if you can attend. 7 p.m. The UNC Young Republicans will be meeting in 209 Manning Hall. All students are welcome to attend. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Office of N.C. Fellows and Leadership Development will present “Networking: A Leadership Advan tage” featuring Sharon Jones, associate direc tor of University Career Services, in the Toy Lounge of Dey Hall. | Now open in Chapel Hill through the holiday season I like sometimes people talk about diver sity, and it’s a one-time thing. I hope the people here from UNC can take this energy and build on what happened here.” The discussion focused on bringing awareness of the nation’s multicultural makeup into the definition of American culture. “There is a popular, but mis taken, notion that American means white,” Dyson said. Panelists and students suggested that education and college campuses, in par ticular, provided the best venues through which to attain this increased awareness. “I think that most effective means of getting rid of ignorance is education,” UNC student and participant Neil Bagchi said. In a phone call to the studio, Cindy Gallagher of Washington State Univer sity said students involved in the summit 7 think we can completely understand concepts like why I’m this tall and why I grow, but we 'll never understand questions like why I’m here and what I’m here for. ” DAVID POPE Member of Campus Crusade for Christ Christianity and Islam. Christians be lieve in the concept that God is the father, the son and the Holy Ghost, he said. “The son is the radiance of God’s glory,” Pope said. become proactive.” Being proactive means training his employees to watch for potential prob lems, building clay liners into lagoons to protect the surrounding groundwater and using computers to track the history of every sow and every litter bom. Stephenson has never had one of his lagoons overflow, but he said a nearby farmer dumps waste frequently. He would like to see farmers who flout the rules caught, fined and put out ofbusiness. But too often, these scofilaws are allowed to get away with pollution, he said. “Just because someone made a law “It would be against the law to drink beer and have guns and cigarettes and speed and cocaine,” said sixth-grader Tawana Eubanks. QassmateLaToyaCuiriesaid, “There would be no ABC stores and no guns.” Sixth-grader Tiffany Leak said she dent Dr. Claude Bennett. Bennett, who served as president of the university for three years, will return to the UAB De partment of Medicine in January. Hardin stated that the move to Bir mingham wouldbe a “sentimentalhome coming” for him and his wife, Barbara. “Following my graduation from law Campus Calendar Items of Interest There will be mandatory orientation ses sions for Spring 1997 Study Abroad partici pants on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 3p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. jo 4 p.m. Please call the office to let them know which session you will attend if you haven’t already at 962-7001. Conversation Partners Applications are available at the International Center. If you would like to befriend anew international student by volunteering to converse for one hour a week, one-to-one, at a mutually conve nient time and place, apply at the International Center, on the main floor of the Union. Call 962-5661 for more information. Yackety Yack yearbook portraits are being taken this week. Seniors call 1-800-836-0558 to schedule an appointment. Underclassmen, drop by Union 213 anytime on Thursday or Friday. It’s free. N.C. Hillel will be conducting its annual parent phone campaign. Call Rabbi Ed at 942- 4057 if you are interested in helping. The Carolina Indian Circle will present the Third Annual Native American Perform- alljf Satlg far on her campus felt their curriculum needed alteration to be relevant in today’s multicultural society. “We’re not just asking (faculty) to change the books they assign, but we’re asking them to change the way they teach their classes,” she said. All of the panelists talked about the integral role students play in effecting change in their environment. They called on students to involve their classmates in the struggle for di verse college campuses. “Someone said to me once that the opposite of love is not hate, but apathy,” Palafox said. Dyson admitted overcoming this dis interest might be a challenge, but he encouraged students to continue their fight. “If you can’t stand the heat, turn off the fan and keep on cooking.” When the discussion was opened to questions from audience members, one asked how the panelists viewed Charles Darwin’s theory of human evolution, which states humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor and were not created by a superior being. Pope said science could not possibly answer all questions about life. “I think we can completely under stand concepts like why I’m this tall and why I grow, but we’ll never understand questions like why I’m here and whatl’m here for,” he said. Ahmad answered in accordance with Pope. “Things can’t just evolve,” he said. “( believe there is a driving force behind it, and that is God.” isn’t going to make him care,” he said., Stephenson, who is in his mid-30s; said he did care and he would continue to adapt to changes in the environment arid the community. This youthful outlook is an advantage the hog industry enjoys over other agri cultural industries in North Carolina, said Walter Cherry,president ofthe state’s Pork Producers’ Association. "You can go to pig meetings in this state and 90 to 95 percent will be Whitley’s age,” Cheny said. “Ifallofourproducers were 50,55,60 years old and just hanging on, we would be concerned.” would have swimming pools and trees in, her Xanadu. “There would be np vio lence,” she said. Elementary schooler Tiffany Eubanks said, “I wouldn’t have any guns, nasty movies or knives that people kill each other with.” school and our marriage in 1954, we moved to Birmingham, where I prac ticed law for several years,” he stated. “Thus, this was our first home as a young couple and we look forward to renewing many old friendships in Birmingham.” Hardin could not be reached for com ment Wednesday. mg Arts Festival at 7 p.m. on Nov. 22 in Memorial Hall. Tickets are on sale now in the Carolina Union Box Office. $3 for students and $5 for the general public. For more infor mation call Sabrina at 914-1919. The Duke Art Museum is having an exhibit titled “‘Chaika’: Preserving the Images oflde ology" from Oct. 24 through Dec. 29 as part Of a growing collection of contemporary Russian, art. The museum is also sponsoring an “After Hours” with the artist at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs day in the North Gallery. Admission for the general public is $3. The N.C. Crafts Gallery will be sponsor ing a show titled “Triangle Weavers” from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, featuring works by Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh residents. The Crafts Gallery is located at 212 W. Main St. in Carrboro. The N.C. Arts Gallery will be showing rustic furniture by Wayne Hall from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30. The Arts Gallery is located at 407 W. Weaver St. in Carrboro. The Fall 1996 Duke Jazz Series will havea" show on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. featuring David Schumacher, baritone saxophone, and the" Duke Jazz Ensemble. The performance will be in Baldwin Auditorium on Duke’s East Cam pus, and general admission is $lO. Fa//F fights TO EUROPE London $209 Paris $249 Madrid $249 Frankfurt $249 Munich $249 Rome $289 Milan $279 Prague $329 Fares are each way from Raleigh/Durham based on a roundtrip purchase. Fares do not include federal taxes or PFCs totalling between $3 and S6O, depending on destination or departure charges paid directly to foreign governments. Cau ton a FREE Student Travels magazine! 137 E. Franklin St. Suite 106 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (914) 942-2334 http://www.ciee.otq/tnvcl.htni Eurailpasses issued on-the-spot!
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