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Daily (Ear Herl HI Stories from the University and Chapel Hill Campus ministries hope to 'Give a Kid a Coat' Campus ministries at UNC have joined forces this holiday season to help keep children in the community warm. Student representatives from the Catholic, Presbyterian, Jewish, Method ist, Baptist, Episcopalian and Lutheran ministries hope to raise more than $ 1500 for the Give a Kid a Coat fund-raiser sponsored by the Salvation Army. The students have planned an end-of semester party at Gotham dance club for Dec. 4, which is open to the public. The doors will open at 10 p.m. and will close around 2 a.m. The entrance fee is $3 with a canned good, to be donated to Chapel Hill’s Inter-Faith Council Shelter, or $4 without. Golden Key holds annual induction ceremony The UNC chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society held its annual membership induction ceremony Sun day in the Great Hall. Academically su perior juniors and seniors throughout all fields of study were initiated into the society. Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, was the keynote speaker. Chapter activities were announced for the coming year, and scholarships were awarded to the outstanding junior and senior initiates. Timothy McDowell, from Rural Hall, was the junior recipient, and Scott Blackmon, from Tabor City, was the senior recipient. Selected for honorary membership in the society and recognized at the cer emony were Jane Brown, professor of journalism and chairwoman of the Fac ulty Council; Elson Floyd, executive vice chancellor; David Lanier, university reg istrar; and Rosemary Waldorf, mayor of Chapel Hill. Professor's invention spawns new company UNC chemistry Professor Joseph DeSimone’s invention has spawned a new company which plans to help indus tries clean and process fabrics, parts and equipment without using toxic solvents. Performance Solutions Inc. began oper ating this month license agree ment with die University. “Here is an excellent example of how university research can point us toward a safer, cleaner environment and economic growth for North Carolina,” Chancellor Michael Hooker said. “This invention is a local success story with global implica tions.” Wanted: Orange County United Way volunteers Volunteer Orange!, a service of the Triangle United Way, needs volunteers for the following projects: ■ The Salvation Army needs volun teers to help pack and distribute Thanks giving meal boxes, stock and sort toys and ring bells outside area businesses to collect money. ■ Volunteers are needed to rake leaves for senior citizens, make and deliver Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to the homebound, and visit homebound residents. ■ The Center for Peace Education needs volunteer office assistants. ■ A local theater company needs ush ers during performances of the Nutcracker ballet in November and December. ■ An agency for women convicted of nonviolent offenses needs volunteers to offer support and help the women re unite with their children. Volunteers will serve as mentors and provide child care, transportation and other services. For more information about these and other volunteer opportunities, call 929- 9837. Orange County opens new maintenance facility The Orange County Public Works Department’s new Vehicle Maintenance Facility celebrates its grand opening to day at 2 p.m. The new facility, located at 600 N.C. 86 in Hillsborough, will have a dedica tion ceremony and an open house today. Local dignitaries, including the Orange County Board of Commissioners, will attend. Chapel HilhCarrboro City Schools to reduce waste Reusing fat grease and switching to unbleached napkins are two ways Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are working to reduce waste and save money. The department of child nutrition for the schools has entered into an agree ment with a private vendor who will pick up fat and oil waste generated by deep-fat flyers. Carolina By-Products of Greens boro will pick up the waste from its stor age in steel drums and recycle it into consumer products. The company pays the district one cent for every pound they pick up. FROM STAFF REPORTS Town’s streets might require more lighting for safety ■ Off-campus streets are not as safe as on-campus areas, officials say. BY JIM MARTIN STAFF WRUER Although campus pathways are well lit, once students and faculty walk off campus and onto town streets, the light ing dims considerably. In response to residents’ complaints about safety and criminal activities, Stu dent Body President Aaron Nelson pro posed a plan to investigate inadequate lighting of town streets to Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf. About a month ago, a 41-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on McMasters Street and since then several citizens and UNC students have ques- WIRED DTH/MATT KOHUT Mac McLeord, owner of Cafe Online, and Kevin Van Sant discuss Cafe Online's new web page at the resturaunt. Patrons of Cafe Online are able to surf the Web and eat at the same time. DTH nabs national award as 1 of best college dailies STAFF REPORT College Media Advisors Inc. recog nized The Daily Tar Heel this weekend as one of the nation’s best college dailies, giving UNC’s independent student news paper a Pacemaker Award, college journalism’s top prize, for its work dur ing the 1995-96 school year. CMA, founded in 1954, is a national organization representing more than 700 newspapers coast to coast. The group annually awards Pacemakers to the top college newspapers, magazines and year books in the country. The award is given out at the organization’s annual fall con vention, held this year in Orlando, Fla. Nine DTH staffers and General Man ager Kevin Schwartz were on hand to accept the award at an awards ceremony Saturday. “We were the third paper announced, and as soon as they said ‘The Daily Tar,’ we all started screaming,” said current DTH Editor Jeanne Fugate, who repre sented the paper at the convention. The award was based on five issues from the 1995-96 school year under the direction of former editor Thanassis Cambanis. “It shows me even more what large footsteps I’m following in, and I only hope the 1996-97 paper can con Hooker tables enrollment cap debate ■ Hooker told the BOT he often was asked about the out-of-state student cap. BY JAMIE GRISWOLD UNIVERSITY EDfTOR Despite a previous comment, Chan cellor Michael Hooker told the Board of Trustees on Friday that he was not push ing to raise the cap on out-of-state stu dents. “I think it would be foolish to consider (raising the cap) for the next 10 years,” Hooker said. During a Nov. 18 speech to the Los Angeles Carolina Club, Hooker said one of his future goals for the University was to increase the number of out-of-state students from 18 percent to 25 percent. Hooker told BOT members that he was only giving his opinion when he made that statement. “I get that question every time I speak to alumni,” he said. Sunday night, Hooker said the issue still needed to be discussed. “When you put a limit on out-of-state UNIVERSITY & CITY Chapd Hill Mayo, ROSEMARY WALDORF is working with Student Body President Aaron Nelson to correct town lighting problems. tioned the safety of their own streets after dark. Alicia Kaplan, a junior from Greensboro who lives on McMasters Street, said she was uncomfortable walking down the town’s streets at night. “At night, I don’t ever walk down the streets,” Kaplan said. “I al ways drive because it’s safer.” Waldorf said that Nelson informed her of students’ concerns and that they planned to look into problematic areas sometime in early December. “The city manager, fire chief, Aaron tinue the pace other papers have set for us,” Fugate said. Atthe same ceremony, Robyn Tomlin Hackley, the DTH’s 1995-96 state and national desk editor, and cun-ent state and national Editor Erica Beshears re ceived an honorable mention in the As sociated Collegiate Press’ Story of the Year competition. Their Sept. 21,1995, piece, “Countdown to an Execution,” detailed the last few days in the life of Phillip Ingles, a convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection. “I was very honored, but I was also surprised,” Beshears said. “I had forgot ten that I was nominated for the award, and then they mispronounced my name, so I wasn’t sure that it was me.” But Beshears said the recognition that went to the staff’s collective work would stand out in her mind even more than the recognitionforherreportingwork. “(The Story of the Year award) pales in com parison to the Pacemaker,” she said. The Pacemaker competition was judged by members of the staff of The Orlando Sentinel, while staffers at The L. A. Times judged the Story of the Year competition. It was the third time in five years the DTH received the award, with other honors coming in 1991 and 1992. HOOKER said it would be foolish to consider raising the out-of-state student cap, at 18 percent now, for the next 10 years. students, then you need a rationale for deciding how many students to admit,” he said. “It might be zero per cent. It might be 10 percent. It might be 20 percent. ... But to accept some number you have to have a reason.” Hooker also told BOTmembers that UNC housekeep ers had agreed to a settlement Friday morning in their six-year-old lawsuit against the Univer sity. The announcement was met by a round of applause from the BOT and members of the audience. In other action, the BOT approved the design of renovations and an addition to Graham and Aycock residence halls. The project will involve the construc tion of a link between the two halls, which will maintain the current bed count in each building and provide a common “At night, I don’t ever walk down the streets. I always drive because it’s safer. ” ALICIA KAPLAN McMasters Street resident (Nelson) and I are scheduled to go on a nightlightingtour,” Waldorfsaid. “We’ll make a list of problematic areas and also get one from the police department.” Waldorf said she and Nelson were targeting many different areas, including Henderson, Rosemary and Hillsborough streets and the meeting of Cameron Av enue and McCauley Street. Waldorf said after the night tour, the next step would be to talk to residents about the possibility of putting up more street lamps. Forum: What is ‘real’ UNC education? ■ Professors and students discussed ways to improve the intellectual climate. BYBALKEESJARRAH STAFF WRUER Why is there so much talk about the intellectual climate at this university? Why with such frequency and intensity? And why now? Intellectual climate committee chair men and UNC students participated in a forum Friday to try to answer many such questions. The forum was part of an open disaission sponsored by The Daily Tar Heel. History Professor Leon Fink said the intellectual climate debate had risen be cause of a variety of factors. Fink said the recent public questioning of the Univer sity as well as the self-study conducted in the spring of 1995 revealed a problem in this area. Other faculty members argued that the problem was not just dissatisfaction but also a responsibility to do better. “This is a springboard opportunity to build on what we have, build on tradi tions and look towards the future,” said Donna LeFebvre, a political science lec turer. Forum participants agreed this was a area on each floor. The link will also allow space for an elevator to provide access to both buildings. Renovations will also include the modernization of toilets and showers, replacement of exterior windows, up grading of th£ heating system with the addition of central air conditioning, up grading of electrical and communica tions wiring and a general refurbishing. Bonds will be sold to finance the reno vations, which are expected to cost $4.6 million. The BOT also approved final plans and specifications for additions to Kenan Stadium. Renovations to the stadium will in clude constructing a guest box above the north side of the stadium which will look like the press box on the stadium’s south side —and the construction of a 78,000-square-foot football center in the stadium’s west end with seating above the center. The guest box and west end seating will increase the stadium’s capacity by 1,998 seats. The first phase of the project, the addi tion of new toilets and concession areas, has already been completed. “What this means is once we identify the problem areas, we will have to confer with neighbors about safety and the pos sibility of intrusive lights,” she said. Melissa Roche, a junior from CramertonwholivesonMcCauley Street, said while her apartment complex is well lit, the streets leading up to it are not. “I do notice that there are a lot of people walking at night, and it’s not ad equately lit,” Roche said. "I think (street lighting) is something which needs to be addressed.” Chapel Hill Police Spokeswoman Jane Cousins said if people felt unsafe because of lighting problems then the issue needed to be examined. “If people feel vulnerable walking down streets because they are not lit well enough then it definitely needs to be dealt with,” Cousins said. “We have looked into lighting problems, and we look at where crimes are being committed.” Line rupture renders 8 buildings waterless STAFF REPORT The Orange Water and Sewer Au thority restored water service to six resi dence halls Friday after an 8-inch water line ruptured earlier in the morning. Students living in Avery, Parker, Teague and Carmichael residence halls on Stadium Drive had to prepare for class without running water. Emily Wurth, a freshman who lives in Parker, said she was frustrated by the lack of water. “I woke up and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and there was no water, ” Wurth said. “It was gross to go to class.” Trinita McCormick, a resident assis tant on the third floor of Teague, said she was informed about the lack of water service by a first-floor RA. and informed her residents with a note on her door. Seth Leibowitz, the area director for Scott Residence College, which includes Avery, Parker and Teague, said he got a call about the line break at about 1:45 a.m. Friday morning. mW* ml History Professor LEON FINK said the intellectual climate debate arose because of public questioning of UNO's mission. watershed period for UNC. “This is a chance for us to decide what kind of envi ronment we want to live in,” micro biology Professor Marshall Edgell said. The fomm ad dressed numerous issues which forum participants said contributed to the lack of intellectual climate at UNC, ranging from the relationship between students and fac ulty, to the use of space on campus. “Nobody cares about learning any more,” said Jason Luck, a sophomore from Seagrove. Luck said he was not sure whether student apathy was a symptom or a cause of the problem. He said students were not coming out of UNC with a “real” educa tion. Most students are at the University to get a job rather than to leam, Luck said. Bryan Mitchell, a sophomore from Elizabeth City, said, “We live in a soci ety where it’s not what you leam or know, but what your GPA and grades are.” ■Hip" DTH'JOHN KEDA Alumni, students and parents got to experience a piece of culture Friday during the African Students Association's banquet. See story, page 5. Monday, November 25,1996 In the dark The following streets in Chapel Hill are being toured to see if they require more lighting to improve safety conditions. Henderson Street Rosemary Street Hillsborough Street Cameron Avenue McCauley Street DTH/PHILLIP MOIARO “I called the RA on duty,” Leibowitz said. “I got another call at 7 saying the water would be back on at 9. Then I called the entire RA staff.” Leibowitz said the water came on again at 9:45 a.m. The Hill Alumni Center, Fetzer Gym nasium and the northern side of Kenan Stadium were also without water. Someone from Carmichael reported the lack of water pressure to University Police, and the line break was reported to OWASA at 12:40 a.m. As the pipe un derneath the street gave way, the pave ment cracked, and water began spilling into the street and across the Kenan Sta dium sidewalk, causing minor damage. OWASA crews responded by shut ting off the service line and beginning street repairs. University Police blocked off Stadium Drive and directed traffic. By 9:30 a.m., workers had dug a 40- inch by 20-inch hole and replaced 26 feet of old asbestos-and-concrete pipe with iron ductile pipe. Mitchell said UNC fostered such a society by putting an emphasis on a student’s grade point average in the ad missions process. Edgell said a large part of the educa tional experience was a transfer of infor mation, and that it was not surprising that it was hard for students to get excited about that. “It is important that we gen erate an environment that students can participate in and engage themselves in, ” Edgell said. Participants said there was a lack of interest among students partly due to a lack of encouragement. They said there were few role models and little interac tion between UNC students and faculty. They suggested a need for mentoring programs, school and department days and other means by which to create a more active learning environment. “It is a matter of addressing specific areas,” said Evelyn Way, a junior from Fayetteville. Way said a complex set of factors contributed to the problem, and faculty representatives agreed it was unfortu nate that alcohol and the Greek system have dominated the debate surrounding the intellectual climate. They said the task force did not think alcohol and the Greek system were the leading causes. Edgell said, “We need to deepen the quality of the environment we operate in.” 3
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