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Stories from the University and Chapel Hill
Today last day to update
student shot requirement
Today is the last day for new students
as well as transfer students to meet their
immunization requirements.
If immunization requirements are
not met, the students name will be for
warded to the University Registrars
Office for disenrollment.
Students who have not met these
immunization requirements should
have received three written notices and
phone calls.
For more information about the
requirements, call 966-6620.
Student Health Services prefers that
students go to SHS if they have any
questions about their immunization
records.
Provost: Health affairs
position to remain vacant
Provost Richard Richardson said he
had decided not to fill the position of
vice provost for health affairs.
The position was left vacant when
Dr. H. Garland Hershey announced he
would return to the School of Dentistry.
Hershey made his announcement in
July.
This is similar to the decision
Richardson made during the summer
not to fill the position of vice provost for
academic affairs.
That decision was made to allow
deans to report directly to Richardson
on broad issues, instead of going
through the vice provost.
Richardson’s decision was praised
by Chancellor Michael Hooker as a
streamlining of operations.
The reorganization will save an esti
mated $250,000 annually.
The provost oversees all academic
operations of the University, including
its 13 colleges and schools, the
University Library, a variety of centers,
and several other cultural and educa
tional units.
UNC professor to deliver
talk on changing South
Chuck Stone, the Walter Spearman
Professor in the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication, will speak
about changes in the South on Sept. 26
in Mount Airy.
The speech, “Reflections on a
Changing South from a Transplanted
Northerner,” will be at 7 p.m. at The
Mount Airy Public Library, 145
Rockford St., Mount Airy.
The lecture is free and open to the
public.
For more information on Stone’s
speech, call Tom Bagnal at (910) 789-
1502.
Fiddle player to perform
free outdoor concert
Joe Thompson, acclaimed fiddle
player and one of the last “old-time"
stringband musicians in the South, will
perform with friends in a free outdoor
concert sponsored by the Northern
Orange County Black History
Committee.
The event is scheduled for Saturday,
Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Alexander
Dickson House in Hillsborough.
For more information, call 732-7741.
Annual Funßun to benefit
area health care agency
The Fourth Annual Triangle Hospice
5K Funßun benefitting Triangle
Hospice is scheduled for Saturday, Sept.
27, in downtown Hillsborough.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on
the lawn of the Hillsborough Chamber
of Commerce located on Margaret
Lane.
The Funßun is scheduled to begin
for both walkers and runners at 8:30
a.m.
Registration forms are available from
Hillsborough Savings Bank, WKIX
FM, and Triangle Hospice in Durham.
Triangle Hospice is a non-profit orga
nization that serves the needs of the ter
minally ill. All proceeds from the
Funßun will to to Triangle Hospice.
For more information, contact
Alyson Newman at 493-7091, ext. 240.
N.C. Writers' Network
to host poetry workshop
Jane Mead, award-winning poet and
poet-in-residence at Wake Forest
University, will lead a poetry workshop
sponsored by the N.C. Writers'
Network on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 1
to 5 p.m.
The event will be held at the
Network’s Resource Center and Library
on N.C. Highway 54.
The workshop will focus on improv
ing poetry writing skills and participants
are encouraged to bring at least one pre
vious work to discuss.
Registration is $35 for Network
members and S4O for nonmembers. For
more information, contact Frances
Dowell at 967-9540.
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Ten-year-old Vincent Abraham of Carrboro waits patiently to cross Merrit Mill Road on Wednesday afternoon.
Abraham said his mother makes him wear a helmet whenever he rides his bike.
Professor’s remarks
spark student protest
BY SARAH WELSH
STAFF WRITER
A professor’s recent remarks about
affirmative action drew student criticism
and protests from the Rev. Jesse Jackson
at the University of Texas —Austin.
Lino Graglia, a professor of constitu
tional law at UT-Austin, said black and
Hispanic students came from cultural
backgrounds that kept them from being
academically com
petitive with white
students.
His comments,
made during a
press conference
announcing
Students for
Equality and
Opportunity, a
student group
opposed to affir-
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mative action, created a backlash of crit
icism from students and faculty.
“This has been a pretty big deal on
campus,” said Sholnn Freeman, manag
ing editor of the Daily Texan, the UT-
Austin student newspaper. “About 5,000
students gathered on the south mall on
campus to protest.
“There has been a 75 percent jump in
the number of letters to the editor just
about his comments since he made
them,” he said.
A Texas court case resulting in the
Texas attorney general outlawing affir
mative action led to the creation of the
SFEO. Freeman said students’ concerns
were that the decision to end affirmative
action policies was made too quickly.
William Cunningham, chancellor of
the University of Texas system, released
a statement last Thursday rebutting
Graglia's comments.
“(The comments) not only demean
minority students (but) are also an
affront to the entire University commu
nity,” he said.
Graglia was not available for com-
Soap opera addicts find fantasy, escape in popular dramas
BY TRISHA L.DABB
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
It is a world where the superwealthy
die and come back to life, parents mis
takenly sleep with their children and
even the most saintly person can be pos
sessed by the devil.
The intriguing soap opera world has
kept fans coming back for more time
and time again.
There are magazines, award shows,
Internet chat rooms and talk shows all
centered around them. People tape
them, talk about them and cry over
them. The lure of soap operas is unde
niable and somewhat inexplicable.
“Once you watch it, you can’t stop,”
said sophomore Suzanne Quinn from
Pinehurst. “They get you hooked, and I
don’t know why."
Quinn started watching “The Young
and the Restless" and “Guiding Light”
last year, when her roommate, sopho
more Shannon Byrd, introduced her to
the shows.
“I started watching in sixth grade.
My momma watched ‘The Young and
the Restless’ so I did, too," said Byrd of
Clinton. “It’s dreamy and adventurous.
(The characters) are people our age
doing this stuff."
Quinn said it gave her an excuse not
to do work for at least an hour everyday.
“It’s good procrastination,” she said.
“There has been a 75 percent
jump in the number of
letters to the editor just
about his comments since
he made them. ”
SHOLNN FREEMAN
Managing Editor, The Daily Texan
ment.
Freeman said students, urged to take
action by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in a
visit to campus, protested the com
ments. Jackson suggested students
should boycott Graglia's classes.
But Chuck Stone, Walter Spearman
professor of journalism at UNC and a
friend of Jackson, said students could
find better ways of protesting.
“I don’t feel students should boycott
(him through) his classes but could per
haps in other ways, such as not register
ing for them,” he said.
Stone said the situation created a con
flict between Graglia’s right to freedom
of speech and his comments, which he
said were “deplorable” and “reinforced
the false stereotypes of any group.”
“This is a difficult area of a democ
racy, as the issue is what is constitution
ally permissible speech and where we
draw the line,” he said. But Stone said
he planned to send Graglia the book
“From Slavery to Freedom” by John
Hope Franklin, as “it may help him a lit
tle bit.”
Jay Jacobson, executive director of
the American Civil Liberties Union of
Texas and a UNC alumnus, said though
he distanced himself from Graglia’s
remarks, the ACLU supported Graglia’s
freedom to make them.
“His remarks were out of place and
he should have been more sensitive."
Jacobson said. “I don’t think he meant
to hurt people, but we’d support him
even if he did.”
“J think everyone who
watches them would agree
they're not very good, but you
can't help watching it."
RYAN HOLLANDER
Senior from Miami
“It’s an escape in a way. You can sit
there and not worry about anything.”
Contrary to popular stereotypes,
women are not the only people to par
ticipate in this daily ritual.
Senior Ryan Hollander from Miami
watches “The Young and the Restless”
everyday and has for almost 12 years.
“When I was young it was a way to
stay up late because my mom would
tape it while she was at work,”
Hollander said. “I think everyone who
watches them would agree they’re not
very good, but you can’t help watching
it.”
While the reasoning behind such
addictions is unclear, the attraction to
daytime dramas is widespread among
students.
On any given weekday at 4 p.m.,
Hollander and his friends can be found
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NEWS
Student fees slightly shifted for safety
BY SEAN ROWE
STAFF WRriER
Anew fee for the Victims Assistance
Fund and a pay increase for SAFE
Escort drivers got the green light from
the Student Fee Audit Committee at its
Wednesday meeting.
The SFAC approved a shift in the
Student Safety and Security by-laws,
raising its portion of the fee to 65 cents
per student.
The five-cent change, effective this
semester, will go to the Victims
Assistance Fund, which previously did
not receive money from student fees.
The fund will help provide medical
treatment and psychological services for
students who have been assaulted.
“They need money not only for the
actual program but to let students know
that it’s out there,” said Karen Schuller,
student safety and security chairwoman.
New fellowship honors Kuralt’s memory
■ Graduate journalism
students can apply for the
fellowship in spring 1998.
BY KENYA ELD RIDGE
STAFF WRITER
Anew fellowship for the School of
Journalism and Mass Communication
will honor the memory of the late UNC
alumnus Charles Kuralt.
“I’m very glad to see his name per
petuated in this way,” said William
Friday, president emeritus of the UNC
system and president of the William R.
Kenan Jr. Fund. “It would be very pleas
ing to him.”
Kuralt, who died July 4, attended
UNC from 1951-1955 and served as the
editor of The Daily Tar Heel.
He is most commonly remembered
for his friendly disposition through his
award-winning series of the segment
“On the Road,” which appeared on
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Mclver Residence Hall lounge Wednesday night.
■ The ordinance’s
violators will receive one
warning before being fined.
BY DARRELL JONES
STAFF WRITER
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
put safety at the head of its agenda
Tuesday night by amending the Town
Code to include a bicycle helmet ordi
nance for residents ages 16 and
under.
The Carrboro Transportation
Advisory Board had been reviewing the
proposed ordinance since March 25,
before the aldermen passed the require
ment Tuesday.
Alderman Hank Anderson said he
felt the law was designed to help chil
dren develop good safety habits at an
early age.
“This law is similar to the seat belt
law, and it can save lives,” he said.
According to town documents, Brian
Kastrugi, a representative of the Orange
County Safe Kids Coalition, said 88 per
cent of all bicycle injuries can be pre
vented by wearing helmets.
He said North Carolina ranked fifth
in the United States for the number of
Pay for SAFE Escort drivers will go
up to $6 per hour, funded by decreasing
fees from the miscellaneous costs fund
by five cents, Schuller said.
The committee transferred a 5-cent
fee per student from the harassment and
assault program of Safety and Security
to the Victims Assistance Fund.
The Chancellor’s Committee on
Student Fees, the Board of Trustees and
the Board of Governors plan to review
the recommendations from the SFAC.
Paying more to drivers will mean the
University can fire problem drivers and
add to the staff, giving students safer
night transportation, said Katherine
Kraft, president of the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation.
“SAFE Escort is getting back on their
feet and getting their act together,” Kraft
said.
The SFAC is also examining which
groups of students use different
“The CBS Evening News.”
“What you saw was the way he was
at all times,” Friday said. “He was just
a superior person in every dimension.”
A selection committee from the jour
nalism school and Voice of America
will consider applications for the fellow
ship in spring 1998.
The graduate student who wins the
fellowship will work with VOA in
Washington, D.C., as a fulltime paid
reporter or producer.
“Working in Washington on a fel
lowship that carries Charles Kuralt’s
name is pretty heavy stuff,” said Paul
Gardner, assistant dean for development
and alumni affairs at the journalism
school.
Gardner met Kuralt, who served as a
member of the journalism school’s
Board of Visitors, several times, he said.
Journalism school Dean Richard
Cole and Gardner both said they liked
the idea of honoring Kuralt’s memory
with the new fellowship.
“It is a wonderful filing to have his
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bicycle deaths.
Kenneth Withrow, the town’s trans
portation planner, said he thought chil
dren and parents could easily adjust to
the new ordinance because a lot of chil
dren already used helmets and Chapel
Hill already had the helmet require
ment.
“This amendment is just adding to
the Town Code as a safety enforce
ment,” he said.
Because this is anew safety regula
tion, Carrboro Police Chief Ben
Callahan said he planned to encourage
parental involvement in the new ordi
nance’s enforcement.
“We plan to use just verbal warnings
since the law affects those 16 and
under,” he said.
“We plan to run programs to build
incentive for wearing helmets, such as
allowing police officers to give ice cream
coupons to those children abiding the
law.”
Those who refuse to comply with the
requirement should be warned once and
their parents should be notified of the
violation.
A second warning could result in a
$25 fine.
The Safe Kids coalition stated it
would provide helmets for families who
could not afford them.
University services to see if charges are
fair.
For example, only undergraduates
are eligible to receive money from the
Student Body Scholarship, but the schol
arship is funded by fees from graduate
students.
“We need to look into the scholarship
being made available for graduates or
increasing the fee for undergraduates if
it is to be used exclusively by them,” said
SFAC chairman and Student Body
Treasurer Marc McCollum.
Kraft said no one had documented
evidence of who benefits from student
fees and that the committee should
study it before taking action.
As members of the SFAC investigate
the distribution of the more than 30 dif
ferent student fees, McCollum said it
was not unlikely that the committee
would recommend increasing student
fees.
“Working in Washington on a
fellowship that carries
Charles Kuralt's name is
pretty heavy stuff."
RAUL GARDNER
Journalism school assistant dean
name linked to our school," Gardner
said.
Kuralt began his professional career
as a radio writer for CBS News, and in
1959 he became the youngest corre
spondent ever at CBS News.
“He was the most important journal
ist in U.S. history,” Cole said.
The journalism school honors several
journalists from publications, but Cole
said the Kuralt fellowship was unique.
“We don’t have anything like this,”
Cole said. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for one of our graduates.”
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