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Proposal could
institute laptop
requirement
■ Student Body President Mo Nathan said
his main concern was how much students
would have to pay for the computers.
BY LAUREN BEAL
STAFF WRITER
Students might pay the price as UNC whizzes into the 21st
century.
UNC officials are considering a proposal that would
require all students to have laptop computers in the near
future.
“We’re still talking to a lot of people at this point l’m
hoping we can make an announcement in the next few
weeks,” said Marian Moore, chief information officer at
Academic Technology & Networks.
An interim report presented to the Board of Trustees in
November stated a computer requirement would provide uni
versal access for the campus and benefit students.
Student Body President Mo Nathan said he supported the
initiative but had funding concerns. “There’s no denying its
importance for the intellectual exchange at Carolina,” Nathan
said. “Yet, I am very concerned for what accommodations are
made for lower-income students.”
Emily Williamson, chairwoman of the Student Services
Committee, said she heard ideas about possible computer
rentals, financial aid and additional student and tuition fees.
John Oberlin, ATN executive director said, “I would be
very surprised if UNC added to its tuition.”
Moore said officials were still considering different funding
options. “My mission is to make sure we don’t deny anyone
admission to this University.”
Nathan said financial aid was essential for success.
Oberlin said the University had been looking at computer
requirements for years and that Chancellor Michael Hooker
recently called for the creation of a plan to implement more
computer technology.
Oberlin said he could not predict when this proposal would
take effect.
“At this point, it’s still very much an interim plan.”
Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia are
two schools where the computer requirement is school policy.
“A lot of other schools have been moving toward this,”
Williamson said.
“(Nathan and I) want to look into it. We’re planning a
meeting with ATN. ”
Moore said careful thought is being given to the total issue
of computer requirements. “We don’t want a population of
have and have-nots.”
Students call Nike’s vice presidency for labor hire public relations move
■ Maria S. Eitel was
appointed Thursday to help
Nike Corps, social works.
BY BETH HATCHER
STAFF WRITER
Whether campus groups support or
oppose Nike Corp.’s labor practices,
some agree the company’s latest move is
just for show.
Nike appointed Maria S. Eitel to a
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Local police say they use
‘selective enforcement’
to nab reckless drivers.
BY HUGH PRESSLEY
STAFF WRITER
Speeding motorists beware.
With the increasing efforts by Chapel Hill
police to put the brakes on unsafe driving, many
speedsters on busy roads might find themselves taking
an even faster ride to court.
Chapel Hill traffic unit officers say their weapon of
choice is “selective enforcement.”
Local police refused to provide a definition of the
term “speed traps,” which some people consider to be
areas on certain roads where officers target drivers who
violate the speed limit or other traffic laws.
Once in place, these strategic points can turn an
unsuspecting motorist into the most vulnerable of prey.
“We can go sit at a median any time during the day,”
said Jack Terry, a Chapel Hill traffic unit police officer.
Terry said officers nabbed many drivers on Airport
Road and Franklin Street and received many complaints
about reckless driving on those roads.
Other roads where Chapel Hill police use selective
enforcement include Weaver Dairy Road and N.C. 54,
Terry said.
The number of motorists charged with speeding and
other traffic violations such as driving while impaired or
having an expired inspection sticker—shows the success of
speed traps.
In 1997, during the busy months of July, August and
September, Chapel Hill police issued about 1,800 traffic
citations, Chapel Hill police spokeswoman Jane Cousins
said.
The Daily Tar Heel took a sample of 200 tickets
processed in court during August 1997 and found that 36
percent of those tickets were given on either Airport Road
or Franklin Street.
David Quigley, a Chapel Hill traffic unit police officer,
said officers mainly tried to target motorists on those roads
who brought attention to themselves by driving recklessly.
“If you’re going one mile (per hour) over the speed limit,
technically that’s a speed violation,” he said.
“If I were to stop everyone who went five miles (per
See SPEED TRAPS, Page 7
new vice presidency, created to deal with
corporate and social responsibility
Thursday.
Vada Manager of Nike said the com
pany expected Eitel to use her experi
ence as former European corporate
affairs manager for Microsoft Corp. to
boost Nike’s worldwide social programs
and image.
“She will help guide labor practices,”
Manager said in an interview Thursday.
“We will work together to ensure
those activities are fully carried out.”
UNC students got involved in the
Four medical students learned
taking care of patients involves
more than math and science;
sometimes it takes a little art.
BY MARY-KATHRYN CRAFT
FEATURES EDITOR
Sometimes it takes more than the power
of medicine to help a person deal with
illness.
Simply putting pen to paper and artisti
cally expressing oneself can shed a whole
new light on sickness. At least that is what
second year UNC
medical school stu
dents Seth Collings
Hawkins and Joe
Scattoloni recom
mend.
Since October 1996, Hawkins and
Scattoloni have worked to create a literary
and art publication dealing with health, ill
ness and health care.
When “iris: the UNC journal of medi
cine, literature & visual art” was printed this
fall, they knew they had brought their vision
to life.
To celebrate the printing of this first-of
its-kind journal at UNC and to honor con
tributors, iris organizers held a reception
Thursday afternoon at Berry hill Hall.
Courage —fear that has said its prayers.
Dorothy Bernard
Friday, January 16,1998
Volume 105, Issue 134
No
debate after the signing of a $7.1 million
exclusive contract between Nike and the
University this summer.
Marion Traub-Wemer, president of
the Nike Awareness Campaign at UNC,
said she questioned whether Nike was
truly dedicated to changing its social
programs and labor practices.
“This is how they’re responding to
the criticism just with public rela
tions,” Traub-Wemer said.
Manager said Eitel will help build
upon the social programs Nike already
has in place, such as Participate in the
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According to officials, the
Airport Road project will
be completed in 2000.
BY HUGH PRESSLEY
STAFF WRITER
When it comes to Airport Road, some officiaLs say
wider is better.
That’s why construction is under way on a $9
million project by the N.C. Department of Transportation
to widen the road from two to four lanes.
During the early 19905, the DOT discussed the idea of
the project because of an increase in the amount of traffic,
said Blake Norwood, transportation planning engineer.
“It was a capacity issue,” he said.
Lives of All Youth, and will initiate new
ones to make the company more
accountable.
Students involved in the debate at
UNC said they wondered how deeply
Nike was committed to change.
Nicole Stephens, public relations
director for the Carolina Athletic
Association, said she thought many
groups on campus had been too hard on
Nike but that the creation of the vice
presidency would cause little change.
“If there’s anything to be done,
Nike’s certainly got the funds to do it,
Made up of poetry, prose and artwork,
iris has 60 pages of insights from local physi
cians, patients and allied health students.
“So much of what we’re learning as med
ical school students reduces being sick to
numbers,” Hawkins, co-founder and co-edi
tor of iris explained, “(iris) shows there are
more sides to being sick.
“It shows patients have a voice, and peo
ple take different identities. Some professors
wrote as patients.”
When Hawkins and Scattoloni started
tossing around the idea for the journal with
fellow medical students and friends Deepu
Gowda and Winny Hung two years ago,
they just wanted some way to publish fiction
and prose penned by medical students.
While Gowda and
Hung saw iris
through publication,
they have not enjoyed
its complete success
because they are con-
ducting research in other countries this year.
With the planning and determination of
four busy medical students and co-editors,
iris turned into a medium that created a
sense of community among health care
workers, students and patients.
“We wanted all health affairs schools
involved," said Scattoloni, co-founder and
co-editor. “It’s sad medical students don’t
talk to nursing students and others. Reading
and discussing (iris) allows us to see experi
ences of others, and that helps in the real
“Chapel Hill continues to grow to the north, and
(Airport Road) failed to meet the demand of traffic.”
Construction for the project, which began in March 1996
and should be completed by early 2000, will expand Airport
Road from Homestead Road to Interstate 40, Project
Engineer Dewayne Sykes said.
For motorists, the construction could mean longer excur
sions, more stress and added headaches for the next two
years.
“You can’t miss the mess,” said Chapel Hill traffic unit
police officer Jack Terry.
The hoards of bulldozers and debris from cut trees might
cause congestion and could cause an increases in accidents,
Terry said.
In addition, Chapel Hill North, anew shopping center
scheduled to open in August located near the intersection of
1-40 and Airport Road , might also back up traffic in the
construction zone.
See CONSTRUCTION, Page 7
“If there’s anything to be
done, Nike’s certainly got the
funds to do it, but this is
probably more of a public
relations thing. ”
NICOLE STEPHENS
Carolina Athletic Association officer
but this is probably more of a public
relations thing,” Stephens said.
world with things not experienced in
school.”
Hawkins said the founders wanted iris to
bring the medical community together and
express experiences to the larger University
community.
“We wanted a literary journal that would
stand on its own to those not from Chapel
Hill,” Hawkins said. “The pieces themselves
stand alone.”
Hawkins, Scattoloni, Gowda and Hung
diligently worked to create the final product.
Starting with submission interest and
funding, they saw iris through graphic
design, choosing a title and finally publica
tion.
Scattoloni shared a story about choosing
the title.
“We went through 10 or 12 names, and
that was after we had narrowed it down,” he
said with a laugh. “We didn’t want to be too
scientific or go against our purposes and be
too literary.”
Hawkins added, “iris seemed to be total
ly accessible. We didn’t want the title to seem
to high falutin.’ ”
A word of several meanings, iris best con
veyed principles behind the journal’s mis
sion, Hawkins said.
“The iris is two opposing sheets of mus
cle in the eye that controls how we see the
world, and it is the color in the eye how
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Richard Sheubrooks, who helped
found Support the Swoosh last semester,
said student protest hastened Nike’s
decision to create the new position but
that the company would have done so
anyway.
“I think Nike is constantly striving to
improve itself, and this is just another
example,” Sheubrooks said.
Traub-Wemer said she hoped Nike’s
actions would alleviate her doubts.
“I hope I’m wrong,” she said.
“I hope Nike is seeing anew vantage
point.”
INSIDE
Working overtime
UVa. and UNC
went three extra
periods before the
Cavs captured a
105-100 victory
Thursday. Page 5
Technical difficulties
South Campus residents who
expected cable service when they
returned from Winter Break will not
get it until at least March. Page 2
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