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Friday, November 21,1997
Internet policy reviewed
by Board of Education
■ With parent permission,
students may surf the Web
unsupervised in school.
BY ANGELA LEA
Thanks to a resolution passed
Thursday night by the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Board of Education, local stu
dents will soon have an opportunity to
surf the ’net at school.
Board member Nick Didow said he
felt confident that the board had reached
a consensus on the issue of student
Internet access.
“I think we all know we want it,” he
; said.
The unani
mously passed res
olution, guaran
tees Internet
access for all ele
mentary, middle
and high school
- students in Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City
Schools.
Lisa Bartle,
; director of
; Instructional
■> Technology and
Media Services,
said the policy dif-
I fered from other
; counties’ Internet
Board of Education
member
NICHOLAS DIDOW
said the entire board
supported the
passage of the new
Internet policy.
• access proposals in that it did not require
; parental permission for students to use
l the Internet provided they are ade
' quately supervised.
Middle school and high school stu
dents can even browse the World Wide
Web unsupervised if they obtain
parental permission, Bartle said.
“We ultimately felt requiring parental
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permission for all students would be too
restrictive,” she said.
But she said certain measures would
be in place to ensure students’ safety
when using the Internet.
Students will not be allowed to put
their work on the Web without parental
permission, and those who do post
items on the Web will not be allowed to
include their full names.
“They’ll use their first names and last
initials or something,” Bartle said. “You
don’t want predators to be able to find
out a child’s first and last name.”
Qassrooms would be hard-wired for
the Internet, so the system would not
require modems and would be consid
erably faster, she said.
Bartle also said there would be regu
lations for staff members’ use of the
Internet to keep them from using it inap
propriately.
A resolution outlining procedures for
implementing a policy regarding the
Exceptional Students Program was also
passed in Thursday’s meeting.
The approved procedures pertain to
Section 504, a statewide act to protect
disabled students’ access to programs
receiving federal funding.
Board member Mark Royster said he
thought the item would have a positive
impact and would remain within budget
restrictions.
“(This resolution) is something with
some meat in it that we can go ahead
and implement, keeping in mind the
strength of the funding,” he said.
Royster said he believed services for
learning disabled students were vital to
educational and social progress.
“There are some brilliant people
who, without overcoming their disabili
ties, would not have been able to add to
society as they have,” he said.
Hems of Interest
If you helped out with Carolina Contact
last year and you are interested in helping out
again with the program this year, call Sylvia
Perry at Undergraduate Admissions at 966-
3992.
Campos Recreation and Intramural
Recreation Department will sponsor the
Annual Turkey Trot Race on Sunday at 1
p.m. on Carmichael Fields.
The 2.5-mile cross country race is for all
students, faculty, staff and their families.
Registration will open on Nov. 17 through
the day of the race.
Sign up in 203 Woolen Gym, and call 962-
1153 if you would like to get more informa
tion.
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Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary Waldorf cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of the Carolina House on Thursday. The
new nursing home is located near the intersection of N.C. 54 and U.S. 15-501.
Carolina House offers seniors choice
■ The Chapel Hill assisted
living center held its grand
opening Thursday.
BY JEFFREY WONG
STAFF WRITER
Anew alternative to nursing homes
is now available in Chapel Hill
Southern Assisted Living Inc., a
Chapel Hill-based company, celebrated
its grand opening of Carolina House of
Chapel Hill on Thursday. Carolina
House is located at 100 Lanark Road,
next to Glenn Lenox Apartments.
President and co-founder Chris
Hollister said the House provides each
resident with their own apartment and
the fr eedom that was usually lost in
nursing homes.
“Assisted living is all about dignity,
choice and maximizing independence,”
Hollister said. “The purpose of the
Carolina House is to provide a residen
tial alternative to long-term care.”
Sarah Cheney, executive director of
the House, said seniors residing at the
House would benefit from a nice and
comfortable atmosphere. They would
remain independent and would also get
the assurance of experienced care, she
said.
“The concept is unique and is meant
for the elderly who want to live in a
more comfortable and relaxing environ
ment,” Cheney said.
Steve Morton, vice president of oper
ations, said the House would provide an
alternative to living alone or living at
nursing homes.
“The Carolina House serves as a
bridge between individual living and the
nursing home,” Morton said. “We are
more care-oriented and basically assist
the seniors with the basic needs of life
such as bathing, grooming and eating.”
Margaret Corbett, a Carolina House
resident and mother of UNC-system
President Molly Broad, said she was
pleased with the operations of the
House. “They take very good care of
you and see that you don’t get hurt,”
Corbett said. “If you are on medication,
they see that you get it, and you are free
to do what you want.”
Shirley Gatewood, another resident
of the House, said she liked the friend
ly and safe environment surrounding the
House. “They make sure that you’re not
alone and the place is beautiful and
safe,” Gatewood said.
Chapel Hill Mayor Rosemary
Waldorf, who was on hand for the rib
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“This is a beautiful place, and it’s
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be a place for everybody,” Waldorf said.
“The Carolina House would help enrich
our community.”
Joel Harper, president of the Chapel
Hill Chamber of Commerce, said the
House would increase the variety of
housing for everyone.
“We need housing in our community
for everyone, and Carolina House fulfills
that need,” Harper said.
Hollister said Southern Assisted
Living Inc. hoped to add more than a
dozen other houses around North
Carolina.
“We are currently constructing seven
other facilities around North Carolina,
in places such as Smithfield and
Pinehurst, and most will be open by
next year.”
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BCC begins
student drive
to raise funds
■ The BCC is trying to
include students in raising
funds for the building.
BY MELANIE FLOYD
STAFF WRITER
Today officially kicks off the Sonja
H. Stone Black Cultural Center student
fund-raising campaign to give students
a chance to add to the ongoing fund
raiser to construct the new center.
Various speakers, including football
coach Mack Brown, his wife, Sally
Brown, who directs BCC community
fund raising, and Student Body
President Mo Nathan, will speak in the
Pit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Student groups, community mem
bers and businesses have already con
tributed $3.5 million to help pay for the
$7.5 million freestanding building.
BCC fund-raising leaders are now
turning to students to include them in
development of the new building.
“It’s one of die ways students have
input into the campus,” said Shana
Fulton, co-coordinator of the BCC
Ambassadors.“ Student contribution is
important because we can say, ‘We built
this.’ It’ll be our building.”
Marjorie Crowell, director of devel
opment and a scheduled speaker, said,
“It will have everything that an acade
mic building and student activity area
should have. The new center will con
tinue to provide a wonderful forum for
racial relations.”
Students who would like to share
their thoughts about the BCC will also
have a chance to speak.
Students who contribute at least $lO
will receive a free T-shirt. A student
group that gives S3OO can have its name
engraved on an honor roll plaque,
which will hang inside the new center.
The BCC has already raised $4,000
in student donations. Fulton said the
goal was to raise $20,000 from students
by the end of May.
Sally Brown said the new center
would be a good opportunity for stu
dents to learn about other cultures and
take advantage of diversity on campus.
“It reaches out to our students; it
reaches out to our community, and it
helps students to reach out to the com
munity,” she said.
Fulton said the goal of the speak out
was to educate students about the BCC,
not just to accept money for the project.
“The most important thing in all of
this is that people learn about the BCC,”
Fulton said.
Donors can pay by credit card, check
or cash and can pay over any amount of
time.