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Friday, August 22, 1997
Law school expands
to catch competition
■ The new building will
provide room for students
already in the law school.
BY SHARIF DURHAMS
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
Although UNC’s School of Law
must suffer through the growing pains of
renovation this year, administrators
hope the new annex will give the school
new life.
The school celebrated the “topping
off” of the steel superstructure for a
major addition with an ice cream party
Thursday.
The ceremony came a year before the
school hopes to open its new wing and
makes renovations to its old offices.
“We fervently hope that the addition
itself will be completed by the end of
this academic year,” Judith Wegner,
dean of the law school, wrote an open
letter to law school students.
The school will renovate the older
part of its building next fall.
The law school has attracted stu
dents, especially North Carolinians, for
years for offering national prominence
at a low cost.
But the quality of the building, like
the school’s rankings, has slipped in
recent years.
Kimberly Reed, the law school’s
director of career services and place
ment, said the annex would put the
school’s facilities back on par with its
competition.
“When people compare the facilities
right now, our facilities just can’t com
pare to Virginia and Wake Forest and
Items of Interest
The Big Buddy Program will hold interest
meetings Wednesday at 2 p.m. and Thursday
at noon in Union 205 and Union 206.
Conversation partner 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 or call 962-5661.
Sophomores may apply to be in the
Honors Program Applications are available
from the Honors Office on the bookcase out
side of 300 Steele Building.
The deadline for applications is Sept. 15 at
4 p.m.
The Ackland Art Museum will present an
experiential art workshop for adults Monday
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“When people compare the
facilities right now, our
facilities can*t compare to ...
the schools we are competing
with.”
KIMBERLV REED
Law School Director of Career Services
Washington & Lee, the schools we’re
competing with,” Reed said.
The new wing will have offices for
administrators and faculty, and give stu
dents needed space for lounges and
commons rooms.
“The new building will give us room
for the students we already have,” Reed
said.
“It will allow us to spread out.”
The school will also have anew
entrance with a rotunda, giving it a
more “professional and modern”
appearance, Reed said.
She said some of the old administra
tive offices will turn into interview
rooms for recruiters.
“That, I think, is going to make a big
difference just to the impression of the
alumni and professionals when they
visit the law school,” Reed said.
Katherine Kraft, president of the
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation, said life will become much
easier for law school students when con
struction ends.
“It will give (students) an opportuni
ty again to focus strictly on their stud
ies," she said.
“It will take a lot of the stress off stu
dents, and I’m sure faculty as well.”
Campus calendar
from 9 a m. to 1:30 p.m.
The workshop, titled “Honoring Ourselves
and Our Circles,” will feature guided medi
tation, discussion, artmaking, and creative
writing.
Psychiatrist Don Falk and Ackland
Curator of Education Ray Williams will
lead a session on the museum’s current exhi
bition, "Circles of Divinity: Cross-Cultural
Connections.”
Registration cost is S4O, and sign-up by
calling 962-3343;
The Muslim Student Association invites
new and returning students to our Welcome
Back party Saturday at Odum Village
Recreation Center at 6 p.m.
Dinner will be served. Students without
cars should meet at the Student Union
Parking Circle at 5:45 p.m. Call 929-0267 for
Solving Ma Bell's ill communication
N.C. Utilities Commission announced its plans to establish three new area codes in North Carolina. The now codes will go into effect next
year. Regions affected by the three new area codes should receive information concerning the numbers in four to six weeks. The need for
extra phone lines stems from an increase in cellular phones, pagers, fax machines and modems, which require additional numbers.
iOURCE: N C. tmUTIES COMMISSION DTH/JAKE ZABNEGAR
Area codes might not solve problems
BY WHITNEY MOORE
STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
Three new area codes might not be
enough if North Carolina’s economy
continues to grow, state officials said
Thursday.
They pointed to the recent wide
spread trend of several phone lines per
person as a key contributor to the rapid
ly dwindling supply of numbers.
On Wednesday, the state Utilities
Commission announced that North
Carolina will be divided into six area
codes starting next year. “There’s been
an unexpected increase in the number of
phone lines people use,” said Utilities
Commission Chairwoman Jo Ann
Sanford. “People have lines at home and
at work, plus fax machines at both and a
cellular phone in the car.
“Even the swipe cards at ATM
more information
For the record
In the caption of the photo that ran
Aug. 21 with the story "Workers claim
UNC downsizing," the UNC graduate
should have been identified as Jennifer
Stoloff.
Also the caption of the photo that ran
Aug. 21 with the story "CHHS begins
school year with new attitude," should
have stated that Carlotta Armstrong is
interim principal of Chapel Hill High
School.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the errors.
NEWS
machines and at the grocery store have
to run off a telephone line,” she said.
She said North Carolina’s supply of
numbers under three area codes present
ly used could run out in 1998 at about
the same time. “It’s a phenomenon
nationwide,” she said. “We have to have
new area codes.”
North Carolina’s three new area
codes should be announced within four
to six weeks. They’ll go into effect some
time in January and slowly phase out
the old numbers by May or June in areas
affected. Bridget Szczech, a Utilities
Commission employee, acknowledged
changing area codes for part of the state
wasn’t a popular plan.
“I want to add that the proposal isn’t
perfect,” she said. “It’s just the most
imperfect of other plans.”
The “other plans” included one to
overlay new area codes over areas in
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FROM PAGE 1
The different welfare reform bills of
the House and Senate resulted in the
current stalemate in budget negotia
tions.
“They’re differing over the number of
counties that will be allowed to make
plans to have independent welfare pro
grams,” Lee said.
The Senate wanted only nine pilot
counties to have their own programs,
while the House proposed the idea for
all 100 counties, he said.
“The Senate’s backing the governor’s
work first program, while the House
wanted to allow counties to experi
ment,” said Rep. William Ives, R-
Transylvania.
North Carolina that already have a dif
ferent one. Problems with that plan
arose because it would require everyone
in the state to dial a 10-digit number
when calling anywhere.
Charles Hughes, a utilities commis
sioner, voted against phasing in the new
codes in favor of the overlay plan
because he thought the overlay plan was
a more permanent solution.
“Either you solve the problem or put
a stopgap measure in. This is a stopgap
measure,” he told The Associated Press.
“We’re going to end up with 10-digit
dialing anyway.”
But Sanford said she hoped the over
lay plan might not be necessary. “It may
come to that,” she said. “But we wanted
to maintain seven-digit dialing for as
long as possible.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Easterling said the budget extended
the legislative session several times
before, although never so far into
August as this year.
“It doesn’t bother me if we cannot
finish in a certain time and have to
extend the time,” she said.
“We hope to go home by July 30
every year but it’s important to discuss
everything thoroughly.”
Easterling said she expected to see a
final budget finished Saturday and
passed early next week.
“There is a possibilty with all the
other problems settled, that this will be
the last continuation and we can get out
by the 29th,” she said.
“It takes a long time for democracy,
and it’s a slow process but still the best
one.”
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BCC plans
programs,
fund-raisers
■ Volunteers hope to raise
funds for and awareness
about the BCC’s mission.
BY MONIKA ELLIS
STAFF WRITER
With new volunteers and a re-enger
ized fund-raising campaign, workers at
the Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural
Center have proclaimed this year as the
“Year of the BCC.”
“The mission is to increase campus
awareness, to continue presenting intel
lectually stimulating programs and to
accelerate fundraising,” BCC Director
Gerald Home said.
The BCC currently has $3.3 million
of the $7.5 million needed to begin con
struction on a free-standing center.
The BCC has hired two prominent
fund-raisers: Sally Brown, president of
Marin Properties, and alumnus Brad
Daugherty, a former UNC basketball
player.
Horne said he was excited about
working with the new volunteers, call
ing them “blue-chip individuals.”
Marjorie Crowell, director of the
UNC Development Office, said Brown
has targeted the local community and
former UNC football players as poten
tial donors.
Daugherty said his fund-raising ideas
include having public service announce
ments and holding golf tournaments.
Ange-Marie Hancock, BCC program
coordinator and publicist, said, “We
would like to have a BCC started by the
year 2000.”
Hancock said she believed that mis
conceptions about the BCC’s purpose
have slowed fund-raising efforts.
“You definitely don’t have to be black
to get involved with the BCC,” she said.
Horne said, “Few people feel that
only French people are allowed to par
take of the French department, but too
many feel that only those of African
descent can partake of the BCC.”
BCC Awareness Week, which will
officially kick off the “Year of the
BCC,” starts Monday. Programs will
include an artifacts and books show, a
presentation of the film “When We
Were Kings” and a black graduate-stu
dent reception.
Horne said the BCC will present a
wide array of intellectually stimulating
programs throughout the year.
COORDINATORS
FROM PAGE 1
"Our biggest obstacle this year was
when our assistant director quit,” said
senior Queen from Welcome. “We had
a lot more work, but we got through by
staying organized and always checking
up on each other.”
Okerblom said they worked well
with all members of C-TOPS. “Being
an OLC is a unique experience in which
you have 18 strong people, and there
you are trying to lead them,” she said.
Though the months of work were
often hectic, Queen attributed C-TOPS’
success to her strong working and per
sonal bonds with the coordinators.
“The three of us are very good
friends, and we work well together. We
are all dependable and never had to take
up each other’s slack,” Queen said.
“And even after working together, we
can still hang out and have fun.”
Daphne Marshall, a freshman from
Clemmons, said she could tell much
hard work went into C-TOPS.
“The leaders were really prepared,"
she said. “They presented the informa
tion they needed to and were very help
ful. They made the program as fun as
possible.”
Now that the summer programs are
completed, the women are working on
evaluation reports that will assist the
next group of coordinators.
“They will tell us about their experi
ence, how it can be done better and
what they liked,” said Orientation
Office Assistant Delores Stephens.
As their work comes to an end, the
coordinators agreed that Fall Fest was a
perfect close to their experience. The
group helped to plan the drug- and alco
hol-free party.
“We had a vision and bringing that to
reality was great,” Britt said.
Okerblom added that it was more
successful than any of the coordinators
had imagined.
“It was such a big event, and every
one helped,” Okerblom said. "Just
standing there on stage and watching
everyone having such a great time and
being safe, it was a wonderful moment.”
It was a moment Britt said she would
never forget. “I wanted to thank God
and the director for the opportunity to
give back to the University,” Britt said.
In addition to the immediate benefits
of being an OLC, Queen said she
knows the experience will continue to
influence her life.
“When a parent comes up to you
when it’s over, and you’re tired and frus
trated and they thank you, and then
when (freshmen) recognize us," Queen
said. "Then you know you’ve made a
difference and accomplished your goals.
If I could stay I definitely would.”