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Phil Daugherty helps lead stretches at the club Track and Field practice Monday afternoon. Club Track and Field
has provided non-varsity athletes the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level for the past four years.
Women at UNC
continue work
toward equality
■ One hundred years after being admitted
to the University, female students now
comprise sixty percent of the population.
BY JESSICA GALAZKA
STAFF WRITER
One hundred years after the first woman cracked a book
at the University, women can be found everywhere on cam
pus, from student government to athletics.
Yet, female faculty members are still scrounging for sup
port.
“I think things finally have reached a critical mass,” said
Marsha Collins, professor of romance languages.
“A lot of the blood, sweat and tears that went into the early
women’s movement are bearing fruit.”
Women now comprise 60 percent of
the University’s student population.
Last year, women held such positions
as: co-presidents of the Black Student
Movement, Daily Tar Heel Editor,
Honor Court Chair, student body vice president, treasurer,
secretary and three of five executive branch committee chairs.
Only once, however, has a woman been elected student
body president.
Yes, women have come into their own at the University,
Collins said.
“I’ve noticed that a lot of women are president or vice pres
ident of organizations,” Ronda Chavis, a sophomore from
Henderson, said.
Collins said, “I’ve heard from a lot of female student lead
ers that women are reluctant to develop leadership qualities
because it would detract from their femininity.”
Some students say women stand on equal ground at the
University.
Anne Marie Teague, a freshman from Lumberton, said, “I
don’t run into any problems with equality on campus.”
The University’s athletic program is facing the problem of
complying with Title IX, an educational amendment that pri
oritizes equal opportunities for men and women in athletics.
“We have made a concerted effort to comply with Title
IX,” said Beth Miller, senior associate athletic director.
“We’re proud of the broad program that we have for
women here.”
Despite efforts to give women equal opportunities, some
See WOMEN ON CAMPUS, Page 2
Learning the ABC's of hepatitis
The three main forms of hepatitis have some similar as well as some
different aspects. The following are a few facts about hepatitis A, B and C.
- is transmitted through unsanitary conditions, oral-fecal contact,
eating contaminated food (e.g. oysters, strawberries}
- can lead to liver problems and/or death
- there is a vaccine for hepatitis A
- is transmitted through blood (e.g. sharing needles, body piercing, tattoos)
- is easily transmitted sexually
- is a chronic disease
- there is a vaccine for hepatitis B
- is transmitted through blood
- is rarely transmitted through sexual intercourse
- is a chronic disease
• no vaccine is currently available for hepatitis C
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GOING THE DISTANCE
The Inter-Faith Council Community House is helping people ...
Get back on their feet
BY STEVE MRAZ
STAFF WRITER
John and Debra Chambers spent their last
dollar on a ride from Durham to Chapel Hill.
Now they’re hoping the warm weather
holds out until they get off the waiting list at
the 50-bed Inter-Faith Council’s Community
House.
“We came here to get away from
Durham,” Debra said. “We heard from other
people that Chapel Hill is pretty good. I have
liver problems and chronic asthma. We heard
that the hospital here won’t turn you down if
you are in bad condition."
While the Chambers had not been admit
ted into the shelter, they had stored theft
belongings in one of the facility’s lockers.
“We’re just waiting
to find out if we get
in,” John said.
Since its opening 12
years ago, the IFC shel
ter at the intersection of
Rosemary and
Columbia streets has
been home to thou-
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sands of Chapel Hill’s homeless.
Even while the Chambers are not able to
sleep at the shelter because of space con
straints, they can still benefit from the facility.
“None of the services here are strictly for
the people who sleep here,” said Donna
Bryant, operations manager at the shelter.
“Anyone can eat here.”
In addition to meals served three times a
day, the shelter also provides showers, clothes
and personal items such as soap, deodorant
and razors to the needy.
The annual operating budget for the shel
ter is $387,609, which is provided by a com
bination of individual donations and state
and federal grants, said Leila Dillion, finance
director for Inter-Faith Council.
The Town of Chapel Hill provides the
building and the utilities fee free of charge to
IFC. “We take donations of everything,”
Bryant said. “We take clothes, blankets, food.
Every time we seem to be getting low on sup
plies, we get a donation.”
Once people are admitted to the shelter,
Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.
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Tuesday, September 9,1997
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they can stay for 14 days. In that time resi
dents of the shelter must search for employ
ment, Bryant said. Extensions can be granted
under certain circumstances. Single mothers
who have children usually receive extensions.
One man’s stay was cut short. Jesse Joyner,
age 44, of Morrisville had a bed at the shelter
and missed the 8 p.m. curfew. Ke said he was
told he could not come back until Oct. 14, and
now he is sleeping in odd places around town.
“It’s hard with the little money you make,”
UNC Hospitals to offer free hepatitis C tests
BY KAREN LEANZA
STAFF WRITER
UNC Hospitals is striking out against a deadly disease with
a free hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening.
The screening will be held at the Ambulatory Care Center
in Chapel Hill on Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dr. Robert Brown, medical director of the Liver Transplant
Program, said the clinic would include “the simple drawing of
blood and providing information.”
This free screening is one aspect of a multi-disciplinary pro
gram to study HCV, Brown said. The program is targeting
patients with HCV or with both the HIV virus and HCV.
Hepatitis is a silent killer, Brown said, adding that it often
comes with no noticeable symptoms, but infects the liver and
can eventually lead to liver failure and death unless treated.
“It doesn’t produce symptoms until it has progressed far,"
he said, adding that treatment with interferon may help
patients rid theft bodies of the virus and reduce liver damage.
Hepatitis is not transmitted through casual contact.
Law school ends policy
barring JAG recruiting
■ Threats of discontinued
student aid forced the law
school to reverse its policy.
BYTONYMECIA
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR
After years of barring military
recruiters from using law school facili
ties, the School of Law announced
“with great sorrow” Monday that it was
reversing its policy and would allow the
armed services to use its interview
rooms.
In a two-page letter to law students,
Dean Judith Wegner said recent changes
in federal law required that the law
school alter its policy.
“They’ve now indicated they would
be cutting off student aid, which is
something they hadn’t done before,”
Wegner said Monday afternoon.
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Jesse Joyner, age 44, of Morrisville, temporarily stayed at the 50-bed Inter-Faith
Council's Community House. It has been home to many of Chapel Hill's homeless.
“Hepatitis B and C are very contagious through blood,” he
said. “You need blood-to-blood contact.”
Risk factors include unprotected sexual encounters and
multiple body piercings or tattoos, Brown said.
Brown said to ask about sanitary practices when getting tat
toos or piercing body parts. He said single-use equipment was
the safest and that the next safest procedure was to soak equip
ment in alcohol.
The screening is not for everyone. “Unless you have a rea
sonable risk, don’t come (to be tested),” Brown said.
Jane Lee, a sophomore from Cary, said she thought it was
a good idea to go to the screening. “If it’s free, why not? It’s
better to know ... but I’m no doctor.”
Kristal Maddox, a freshman from Shelby, said it was impor
tant to get the word out to students. “It is a good assumption
to target young people since college and high school students
start doing things that put them at risk,” she said.
The program is a joint effort between the divisions of
Digestive and Infectious Diseases in the School of Medicine
and the Liver Transplant Program.
Previously,
Wegner had said
the law school’s
non-discrimination
policy required
that military
recruiters inter
view students else
where on campus.
This was because
the armed forces’
policies do not
allow openly
homosexual men
and women to
serve in the mili
tary.
In February, a
group of law stu-
UNC Law School
Dean
JUDITH WEGNER
announced her sorrow
at the policy changes
to students via a
letter.
dents approached state legislators and
asked them to draft a bill to force the law
school to open its doors to recruiters
from the Judge Advocate General
Corps.
he said. “You can’t pay rent with that.”
After the first 14 days, patrons are not usu
ally allowed to sleep at the shelter for 30 days,
Bryant said. Then they can return for anoth
er 14-day stay, but after that, they can not stay
for 60 days. “If people find employment in
theft two-week stay, we ask them to open a
bank account and expect them to save 85 per
cent of what they make," she said.
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Rep. Don Davis, R-Haraett, intro
duced such a bill in March. After sever
al committee debates in Raleigh at
which law students, lawmakers and
Wegner debated the proposed bill the
N.C. House passed it in April by a 94-19
vote.
The N.C. Senate did not consider the
bill in the General Assembly’s recent
session, but the bill remains alive for the
session that begins next May.
Reached by phone Monday, Davis
said he was unaware of Wegner’s deci
sion to allow the JAG Corps full access.
“I certainly appreciate her giving it
some additional consideration, and
apparently she’s had a change of heart,”
he said.
Davis said he would need to find out
more about the change before with
drawing his bill.
“I don’t want to put a law on the
See JAG, Page 2
Lounges still
accommodate
52 students
■ There is no permanent
placement date set for the
fifty-two male students.
BY GINNY HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
Fifty-two male students remain in
temporary housing this week with no
permanent placement date in sight.
Billy Stanton, a freshman from
Fairfax, Va., has been living in a
Connor Residence Hall lounge since
school started. He said he was dealing
with the prolonged situation well.
“I started out not liking it but I’ve
gotten used to it,” Stanton said. “We got
lucky with location and aft condition
ing, plus we all pretty much get along
here.”
Stanton, along with freshmen Will
Morris of Watertown, Conn., and
Bradley Chappell from Angier, started
out living with 10 people in their lounge.
Presently, only five remain, three having
moved out this past weekend.
The fact that all the students in tem
porary housing are male is only a coin
cidence, said Wayne Kuncl, director of
the Department of University Housing.
All women were placed by Aug. 22.
“One year it will be one way and
other years it has been different," Kuncl
said. “It’s all a matter of who cancels
contracts.”
University housing has decided not
to try rearranging suite arrangements in
South Campus residence halls to
accommodate the male students.
“It would be too disruptive to the stu
dents already settled in,” Kuncl said.
According to Kuncl, the 52 students
remaining in temporary housing fall
into four categories. The majority failed
to turn in theft housing contracts prior
See HOUSING, Page 2
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Getting priorities in order
Student and
faculty leaders
met Monday to
name their main
priorities from the
report on the
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intellectual climate. Page 3
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