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Site lath} ®ar INSIDE TUESDAY APRIL 1,1997 M-~ - 7•“-- 'v *** * EJL Jl Steele Lot '— ■ DTH/ASHLEY BROOME The right to park on campus might cost as much as 50 percent more if University officials OK a proposal that could increase the use of mass transit. B-GLAD exhibition cancelled ■ CUAB representatives said the subject matter might offend viewers. BY JIM MARTIN STAFF WRITER B-GLAD members released a state ment Monday decrying the Carolina Union Activities Board’s decision last week to reject an exhibit on gay culture. “Define Queer,” an interactive art exhibit sponsored by Bisexuals, Gay men, Lesbians and Adlies for Diversity, would have run in the Carolina Union Gallery from March 17 to April 7. “CUAB’s fear of offending the public effectively silenced a potentially impor tant and innovative community dia logue about issues of homosexuality,” according to the March 31 statement. These issues included gay marriages, hate crimes and AIDS. In a March 20 letter, CUAB stated that, “The board was unwilling to hurt certain members of our community by exposing them to the hate speech that the board believed would occur.” See B-GLAD, Page 7 New course registration to affect UNC freshmen BY KELLY O’BRIEN STAFF WRITER While most of the student population spends hours repeatedly dialing Caroline to register for fall classes, incoming freshmen won’t have to pick up a telephone. This summer, incoming freshmen will be able to register at orientation for the first time. On the last day of C TOPS, students will meet with advisers, who will directly connect them to the online computer system. -r ■-j *• .jISiP r iSP' ' DTH FILE PHOTO Incoming freshmen will have the opportunity to register for courses during C-TOPS with the help of their advisers. Spring in site Find tax filing tips, wedding guides and interactive pollen games online. Page 4 ♦ 4lr '’•4> PHOTO COURTESY OF B-GLAD B-GLAD members said they wanted their interactive art exhibit, which was banned by CUAB, to show both positive and negative aspects of homosexuality, including topics like AIDS (above) and hate speech. "We feel it would be a better service to the students,” said Donna Redmon, associate University registrar. Orientation Leader Coordinator Shannon Okerblom agreed. “It will ease anxiety students might have had (in reg istering),” she said. But officials and student representa tives said they worried that students who attend early C-TOPS sessions would have the most class options. Out-of-state students, for instance, See ADVISER, Page 2 We go home safe in the knowledge that we’ve deafened a few. Grateful Dead Safety first Health groups teach disease prevention during National STD Month. Page 5 ♦ Kraft to propose parking-fee hike BY BRIAN MURPHY STAFF WRITER One student leader has revved up a campaign to encourage the use of mass transit, while other University leaders remain neutral. Graduate and Professional Student Federation President Katherine Kraft is working on a proposal to increase park ing permit fees by as much as 50 percent. “That’s not even an adequate increase that’s how desperately needed these increases are,” Kraft said. “Parking fees across the board should be higher." The money would be used to con struct new parking decks and reduce the cost of mass transit, Kraft said. Graveyard shift groove BY KISHMA PATNAIK STAFF WRITER At 4:02 a.m. on a Sunday morning it looks as if the University is fast asleep. But at exactly 4:02 a.m., the request line at WXYC rings and DJ Stanley Richards answers a desperate call for some Glenn Campbell. Working the graveyard shift at WXYC is a job every new DJ must do. But with a staff of more than 100 people the opportunity to & ho u r ® have your own program at this student run station is treated like a privilege, regardless of the hour. “(Graveyard) is actually a great shift because it allows you to do some weird things and play things you couldn’t on prime time,” said DJ Jose Echenique. Echenique, who works from mid night to 3 a.m., said he didn’t mind giv ing up his Saturday nights to do the show. “You probably get about six to nine requests in a shift,” said Echenique, a junior from Spain. “But during my shift people are going out. The people that call are home studying, the ones that really enjoy listening to the radio.” Riding a wave of momentum Women’s lacrosse goes for its seventh in a row tonight. Page 11 v ./Mpll “Raising fees gives us an addi tional base for improving mass transit,” Kraft said. An increase would encourage more people to use mass transit, a situation that also Graduate and Professional Student Federation President KATHERINE KRAFT is proposing to raise parking permit prices by 50 percent. financially benefits the system. “There is no incentive to use mass transit,” she said. “The popula- Richards, who follows Echenique on Saturday nights, said he enjoyed his shift despite the hour. But Richards said it was only after he got over the initial nervousness that he began to like being on the air. “Before, I was really nervous because I thought I was talking to a bunch of people,” Richards said. “The first time I did this there was a fire drill at Morrison (Residence Hall) and so I got a lot of calls and had a lot of lis teners.” But as for his usual 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. listenership, Richards said the numbers were smaller and he had learned not to be intimidated. “I realized it is fun to mess around on the mike and I get to come in and listen to all this great music,” Richards said. Regardless of shift, seniority or per sonal taste, the DJs seem to share a love of music. And for a real music lover, the station looks like a paradise of sorts. Each room contains an exhaustive collection of music. The CDs and records line the walls in rows that reach the ceiling. Chances are, when a request is made the station will have it. Rated as one of the best college radio stations in the country by the Gavin Report in 1995, WXYC oper ates on the basis of a tested philosophy. "In an ideal radio station there Today's Weather Sunny; low 60s Wednesday: Sunny: mid 60s tion most affected will be staff, faculty, and administration those who drive single-occupant vehicles to campus and don’t, or won’t, consider mass transit.” The proposal also stresses the need to accommodate nightly transportation for staff members working in the evening. While other University leaders com mended Kraft’s attempts to address transportation problems, they did not support the plan. “I’m glad she is discussing the prob lem,” said Mo Nathan, student body president-elect. “But students already pay a great deal in parking and trans portation fees.” Nathan said students pay these fees through property taxes, parking fees and Police still searching for bomb materials BY STEVE MRAZ STAFF WRITER Two Hillsborough teenagers accused of breaking into Piedmont Minerals Mining Cos. and stealing bomb-making materials in March made their first appearance before a judge Monday. Adam Harding Ray, 17, and Cameron Wayne Johnson, 17, both of Hillsborough will appear in court April 16 for a probable cause hearing on the charges of breaking and entering and larceny of stolen goods. Ray was also charged with breaking and entering, and larceny and posses sion of stolen property for his alleged implication in a December robbery of the same company. Police recovered two 50-pound bags of an ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mix ture similar to the material used in the Oklahoma City bombing —and more than three cases of blasting caps. Although the majority of stolen bomb-making materials have been recovered, over 100 blasting caps still remain unaccounted for, said Ross Frederick, Hillsborough Police Department detective. Blasting caps, which are used to det onate dynamite, could be ignited by fric tion. “(Blasting caps) could blow fingers off, hands off, blind you or maybe kill you,” Frederick said. Angela Carmon, University crime pill wrflWf Mm * v ‘ c \ . : BB' - JWr_fin ilf wßSiSvft. DTH JON GARDNER Stanley Richards, a DJ for WXYC, spins a variety of music during his late-night 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. spot. would be no commercials, a variety of different points of view, and a mix of both the familiar and unfamiliar,” said Bill Burton, chairman of the board of directors of the corporation that owns WXYC. Burton, who has been at the station since he was a student at the University in the ’7os, said the station tried to avoid making the same mistakes other commercial and college stations had made. "We try to avoid the great flaw of commercial radio in that it is boring and repetitive," Burton said. “But at the same time a station shouldn’t be so obscure and purposely difficult as to scare people away." Although DJs are asked to play songs from a few selected albums each week, the majority of their show’s pro 104 years of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 News/Features/Arts/Sports: 962-0245 Business/Advemsing. 962-1163 Volume 105, Issue 21 Chapel Hill, North Carolina © 1997 DTH Publishing Corp. AH rights reserved. fines. “I’m not sure we are maximizing those dollars,” he said. “I’m not in favor of any short term penalties or increases before we set a long term plan.” Randy Young, public relations direc tor of the Public Works Department, said any suggestions were helpful. “We appreciate all input into improv ing the parking and transportation situ ation on campus,” Young said. “This is a wonderful example of how the cam pus community can provide innovative ideas on improving the situation.” University Police Chief Don Gold said the problems would not be solved easily. See KRAFT, Page 2 prevention officer, said UNC police have not been able to connect an attempted detonation of blasting caps in a portable toilet at a UNC soccer field last week with the explosives allegedly stolen by Ray and Johnson. Frederick said police were following all leads to recover the remaining blast ing caps and to find out if anyone else was involved in the thefts. “I think what is out there should not cause a panic but should be of concern,” he said. Capt. Gregg Jarvies of the Chapel Hill Police Department said the theft of bomb-making materials has never hap pened before these incidents. “Any time this type of material is on the loose, it causes concern,” Jarvies said. “With the crowds expected this past weekend (the missing blasting caps) were of serious concern. All we can do now is to edu cate the public to be cautious.” Frederick said he was hopeful that the remaining blasting caps would be retrieved. “A large number of caps passed through many hands,” he said. “I don’t know if we would ever recover all of the caps.” Although University Police did not have any information of the blasting caps being on campus, Carmon said if students saw anything suspicious they should call 911 immediately. “Students and residents should be aware of what is in their environment and what is going on.” gramming is left to their own discre tion. “When I have my show it is pretty neat because I can just go looking through everything,” Richards said “I actually come in here a lot and just lis ten to stuff. You are required to listen to stuff you don’t know anything about.” The freedom the DJs have to decide the content of their programs and expand their owm personal taste makes working at the station an opportunity worth the lost sleep. “For most of the people that work here it is one of the loves of their lives,” Burton said. As for the DJs that work graveyard, Burton said the rules were pretty sim ple. "You just have to be reliable and awake.”
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