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Area hopefuls debate
environmental issues
■ The forum allowed local
pro-environmental groups
to assess the candidates.
BY CHRIS ANDREW
STAFF WRITER
Local environmentalists and con
cerned citizens gathered to kick off elec
tion season at a Chapel Hill Town
Council forum Tuesday night to find out
how prospective
council mem
bers felt about
local environ
mental issues.
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Environmental
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Coalition, the Alliance for
Neighborhoods, the Orange County
Greens and the Orange/Chatham
County Sierra Club sponsored the
forum.
After a brief introduction from each
of the seven candidates, the candidates
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Banks offer
incentives
to students
■ Some banks consider the
needs of students when
developing new accounts.
BY DIMPLE JARIWALA
STAFF WRITER
Many banks, hoping to count college
students among their customers, have
made students the target of pamphlets
and phone calls advertising special stu
dent deals.
Most banks develop special accounts
with incentives directed to students to
obtain their business.
“Students are valuable assets,” said
David Kimball, senior vice president at
Central Carolina Bank and Trust.
“At the moment they may not have a
lot of money but they are consumers in
the community," she said. “In the future
they will have the resources that will
help the bank.”
Choosing an appropriate bank can be
difficult for some students and very con
fusing when students are bombarded by
numerous banks.
“Student names are usually received
through mailing lists which are pur
chased,” Kimball said.
responded to four general questions
posed by the sponsoring organizations.
Members of the Orange County
Greens asked each candidate, hypothet
ically, whether they would spend $2 mil
lion on backyard garbage pickup or as
compensation for people who live near
the Orange County Landfill.
Each candidate who responded sup
ported compensation for tie residents
suffering from the county waste.
“I would use it to compensate the res
idents who had to live with our waste for
the past 20 years,” council member
Edith Wiggins said.
She went on to say that residents
should be willing to compensate these
individuals if they are willing to raise
huge funds for sorority and fraternity
fire safety.
When asked what the two things can
didates would do to make Chapel Hill a
model of sustainable development in
North Carolina, council member
Richard Franck said the public could
lower required levels of parking to
reduce reliance on automobiles.
He said he strongly advocated work-
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Banks in Chapel Hill offer different variations of the same services to lure
students away from competitors. The following are some options:
■ College Banking Account - no fee
■ check card (debit) - no fee
■ S3OO check protection (if approved)
■ no cherge to use ATM at CCB machines
■ $1.25 ATM service fee at other bank locations
CCB
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■ free online banking, bank provides the software
■ no minimum balance
■ 1-800 phone number for balance updates and transactions
■ free banking by mail (prepaid postage envelopes)
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■ College Express Account - no fee
■ no minimum balance
■ no service charges
■ no charge to use ATM at First Union machines
■ free ‘Direct Banking'
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Banks spend a lot of time and money
trying to obtain student business, even
though they realize most students are on
a tight budget.
Tim Kelly, customer relations man
ager for First Union said banks under
stand the importance of student busi
ness.
“They are the future, and we are just
trying to give a little back,” he said.
Kimball agreed that investing in their
bank’s future clientele was time well
spent.
“We would not be spending so much
time trying to get students’ business if
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Susan Franklin-Fulton mediates the Chapel Hill Town Council forum Tuesday evening as prospective candidates
describe their views on issues concerning the environment.
ing to improve the mass transit system,
as well as pushing for better wages for
lower income residents.
Candidate Kevin Foy said the town
could adhere to its already established
growth values.
■ Student Checking Account - SI.OO
monthly fee
■ 2 or more teller-assisted
transactions - $6.00
we did not feel it was worth it,” he said.
First Union recently implemented a
new service for students called the
College Express Account, which offers
special services designed to meet the
needs of students.
“We have been lucky with the success
of the College Express Account we
have had an overwhelming response
from the students,” Kelly said.
“We have been restructuring the com
pany by linking accounts to Direct
Bank, and having more ATM machines
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“Sustainable development has to
encompass the delivery of basic services
and decent housing supply,” he said. “It
has a strong component of social jus
tice.”
Other general questions posed includ
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Brant Stead, an editor for J. Crew, photographs
sophomore Courtney Ransom (bottom). The catalog
held an open casting call Tuesday in the Carolina
Union Gallery for an upcoming photo shoot on
campus. Of the more than 1,000 students
photographed, only 10 will be called
back next week.
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Members of Campus Y
protest labor practices
BY CATHERINE MEDEOT
STAFF WRITER
Members of the Campus Y posted
signs declaring “Nike. Just Don’t Do It”
throughout campus to protest UNC’s
$7.1 million contract with the sports
apparel giant.
The students are protesting the con
tract because of reputedly harsh and
abusive conditions imposed by Nike on
its workers, said Kristin Campbell, co
chairwoman of the Campus Y’s Globe
Committee.
“We are upset with Nike’s labor prac
tices in Southeast Asia,” Campbell said.
The committee wants to draw stu
dents’ attention to the issue and inform
students of Nike’s working conditions.
“Initially, we’re just trying to educate
the campus,” Campbell said. “We think
the more the students know, they’re
going to want UNC to change the con
tract.”
A coalition of independent groups
will hold a speak-out on Nov. 7. The
speak-out will address the contract,
commercialism at UNC and Nike’s
labor conditions.
Marion Traub-Werner, one of the
organizers of the speak-out, said the
problem with the contract was that it
was exclusive. The contract allows Nike
to put its swoosh logo on all University
athletic teams’ apparel.
ed candidates’ stances on requiring a
mandate to preserve 40 percent of nat
ural habitat of developers, closing por
tions of Franklin Street on weekends,
and completing a ban on recyclables in
landfills.
“I think it is always good
when students express their
opinions. But 1 have not
heard any good arguments.”
MICHAEL HOOKER
Chancellor
“In protest, buy the Carolina apparel,
but don’t buy the apparel with swooshes
on them,” Traub-Werner said. “That’s
now what UNC’s about.”
Although the main goal of the speak
out is to educate students, organizers of
the event have two other requests.
The organizers would like to create a
committee to discuss the commercial
contracts UNC enters. The committee
would consist of students, faculty and
staff, Traub-Werner said.
The Campus Y also wants UNC to
use its status as a large public institution
to persuade Nike to change its policy.
“We hope UNC will use its influence
as a major consumer to encourage Nike
to improve working conditions,” said
Traub-Werner.
Chancellor Michael Hooker said
Tuesday he respected the students’ deci-
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SBP asked
to diversify
nominations
■ Student Congress voted
down appointees because
some were from cabinet.
BYEVANSAUDA
STAFF WRITER
A resolution finalizing Student Body
President Mo Nathan’s appointments to
several committees and boards failed
Monday night because of concerns that
his appointees did not represent a
diverse student body.
Student Congress members gave the
resolution, which includes appoint
ments to the Arts and Sciences
Advisory Board and the Student Legal
Services Board of Directors, a 15-11
vote, but it did not pass because one
appointment required a two-thirds vote.
Congress first tabled the resolution
finalizing Nathan’s appointments over
concerns that the appointees did not
represent the diversity of the University.
After debate, members untabled the
resolution and added a rider. The rider
required Nathan to meet with the
Student Affairs Committee to discuss
the merits of each appointee. That rider,
along with the resolution, foiled to pass.
The current appointees will continue
serving, as they have been for some
time, unless more diverse appointees
can be found.
The committee will present a revised
resolution without the need for a two
thirds vote for most of Nathan’s
appointees at congress’ next meeting.
Some congress members had voiced
concern that Nathan gave members of
his cabinet, including Student Body
Vice President Chris Yates, some of
these appointments.
But this was not a factor in the failure
of the resolution, said Angela Merritt, a
member of the committee.
“It (the failure of the resolution) is
more of a fair representation issue.”
Other congress members took the
same stance as Merritt.
“A few positions stood out as some
that could be more representative of the
student body,” said Shawn Frost, a
member of the committee.
The way this disagreement ended
was evidence of the ability of both
branches to cooperate, Merritt said.
Nathan said that he appointed mem
bers of his cabinet because of their reli
ability but that he had worked out his
differences with congress.
“It looked more controversial than it
was,” Nathan said. “They had legiti
mate concerns but they recognized that
I had solutions to their concerns.”
INSIDE
Up close and unplugged
Dr. Jane Stein kicked off the Bull's
Head Bookshop's "Faculty Unplugged'
series where faculty and students
interact in an informal setting. Page 2
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Living on the edge
Durham's city council members want
to raise the pay of private contractors'
employees that the city hires. Page 4
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Today's weather
Chance of rain;
mid 60s
Thursday Mostly cloudy
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Recognizing talents
The Daily Tar Heel welcomes applications
for the fall 1997 Joanna Howell Fund project.
The winning proposal will be published in
the DTH. To apply, submit a detailed, typed
proposal to the DTH by Oct. 3. Contact Editor
Erica Beshears at 962-0245 for further details.
Do you know someone who should be
considered 'senior of the week' for their
contributions to the University? Worthy
seniors will be highlighted in a feature story
each Wednesday. Contact Russell Mahan,
senior class vice president, with questions or
nominations at 962-9898.
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