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2 Monday, January 26,1998 Several new businesses open downtown ■ The first restaurant in Chapel Hill to serve Cuban cuisine opened Jan. 19. BY SEJALVORA STAFF WRITER There has been a recent flurry of activity on Franklin Street as several new businesses have landed on the pop ular downtown strip. In the past two weeks, Smoothieville, Havana and Euro Day Spa have opened their doors to customers. Smoothieville opened Jan. 21 at 125 E. Franklin St., beside Pepper’s Pizza. Robert Millican, co-manager and owner along with his brother, Jim, said he was pleased with business thus far. “Business has been very promising to this point,” he said. Millican also said New black fraternity to ‘build tradition’ at UNC BY BIANCA D’SOUZA STAFF WRITER A student who is starting the University’s fifth historically black fra ternity said he hoped to establish a tra dition that will last long after its founders have graduated. Originally founded in 1963, lota Phi Theta Inc. is the most recent addition to the National Panhellenic Council, hav ing joined a little more than three years ago. Sophomore Trey Manson initiated plans for an lota Phi Theta chapter at UNC. Manson said he wanted to con tribute to a University tradition. 1 Tfie Most Intensive Course For Hie 1 Columbia Review . 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Sustaita also said the main reason he chose Havana’s location was because he planned to have patio seating in the spring. Robert Humphreys, executive direc tor of the Chapel Hill Downtown Commission, said the new indepen dently owned businesses were great for Chapel Hill. “There isn’t necessarily the need for another (black fraternity),” he said. “I feel that, for me, it’s just my way of mak ing my mark on campus. I want to estab lish a lasting tradition something I will always be able to come back to and say ‘I had something to do with that.’ ” “Building a tradition, not resting upon one,” is the motto of the fraternity. “Unlike other fraternities where their traditions have already been established, I will be very much a part of establishing that very tradition.” Manson said. He said lota Phi Theta, like other black organizations at UNC, was designed to support and uplift the black community. UNIVERSITY & CITY “We are fortunate, particularly in the downtown community, that there are at least a dozen people waiting in line to take over.” MHnMHKn Chairman. Downtown Commission “I have eaten (at Havana’s) three times already," Humphreys said, adding that another new business, Euro Day Spa, had also opened on Franklin Street about a week ago. The spa is located at 132 E. Franklin St. above Subway. And when customers finish with their facials, they can head to 888 Sushi, a new sushi bar Humphreys said will open in the place where Papagayo’s used to be Manson said membership in lota Phi Theta was not restricted to any particu lar type of person. “(Potential members) are cool people from across the board,” he said. “You can’t label them.” The only problems Manson said he foresaw were getting people interested in lota Phi Theta. At present, lota Phi Theta is the only one of the nine NPC fraternities and sororities that does not have a UNC chapter. Marcie Leemor, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., said she felt that “as long as there is the interest, (lota Phi Theta) has every right to be char tered at this campus.” HAMMOND FROM PAGE 1 Hammond took a personal leave last semester while the University looked into the allegations. But he resumed teaching classes weeks ago, although he does not continue to run the depart ment’s ACTER program. The students also said the University had given them the runaround through out its nine-month investigation. CLINTON FROM PAGE 1 client gets total immunity, Ginsburg said. Lewinsky has denied having a sexu al relationship with Clinton in an affi davit in the Paula Jones sexual harass ment suit. Clinton loyalists attacked Starr for having former White House staffer Linda Tripp wired so that she could secretly record a conversation with Lewinsky that discussed details of the affair. 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Franklin St, are preparing to shut down within the next month, said Johnny Morris, owner of the building. “It was a corporate decision,” he said. “The space was no longer needed.” Morris also said there were other businesses looking into this space. “There is interest, but no negotiations have been made.” But Humphreys said such shifts in business were not unusual. “In any business environment, new businesses will open and not make it” he said. “We are fortunate, particularly in the downtown community, that there are at least a dozen people waiting in line to take over.” Dawnielle Gladden, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, said she was glad all members of the NPC would be represented at the University. Jimmy Moore, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. said that Manson has the blessings of other black fraternities. “Initially, (Manson) might have trouble competing with the histor ical four, but I don’t foresee any prob lems more power to him.” Moore said the historical four con sisted of black fraternities Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega Psi Phi Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma Inc., which had already been established at UNC. The six students reported their com plaints against Hammond to UNC’s sexual harassment officer early last year, but the University did not pursue a for mal investigation until October because the students did not release their names. Although Sexual Harassment Officer Judith Scott could not talk specifically about Hammond’s case, she said the University could have made her divulge the students’ names if officials wanted to conduct a formal investigation Tuesday by longtime Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan and others involved in the case. Ginsburg did not elaborate during his television appearance, but a source familiar with the matter has said Lewinsky is willing to admit to prose cutors that she had sex with the presi dent Lewinsky’s lawyer said it would be unwise for the White House or Clintoris personal lawyers to attack the former White House intern as unstable. Ginsberg noted that Lewinsky was aided over a long period of time by peo ple who surround Clinton. “How could they have helped her get jobs, including with responsible compa nies, large companies, if she was so unstable?” Ginsburg said. Top student concerns Student Body Vice President Chris Yates and the Student Advisory Committee to the Chancetor recently submitted their top 100 concerns to Chancellor Michael Hooker. Betow are a selected few: WfinandfM ■ Reconsider the place of athletic fees in student fees, in that so many students are unable to go to games, and hence, are not getting their money's worth. Übnries ■ Hil Hall Music Library has the largest collection on the East Coast, but the conditions are horrible {cramped, dark, mildewy) especially for manuscripts. There is also limited space. Academic Affairs and Advising ■ Decrease the student/adviser ratio to something like 10:1 or 15:1. ■ When scheduling future exam periods: a) reading days should not be on a weekend after which there are additional class days, and b) a possible schedule would be ending classes on Wednesday, having Thursday and Friday as reading days, and holding exams from Saturday to Saturday. Food ■ Tito addition of a coffee bar in Davis Library is unrealistic. It's a library. ■ Taco Bell has the worst customer service and is very poorly run. The line is unbelievably slow and it consistently runs out of food before closing. Trensportatiof) and Parking ■ People at the Department of Transportation are very rude. Athletics ■ The disorganization and lack of student seating at basketball and football games is problematic. Personal Safety ■ Condoms should be readily available in several locations (vending machines?). SUGGESTIONS FROM PAGE 1 tuition and fees deal with athletic fees, textbook prices and services and the availability of academic scholarships. Most ideas are points Hooker would not have the chance to see without meet ing with students, said Jeremy Cohen, a committee member. Hooker, who could not be reached for comment, in an earlier conversation asked Yates and Student Body President Mo Nathan early last semester. Yates said Hooker wanted to use a practical approach to address student concerns. Committee members’ friends made most of the suggestions, but there was also a suggestion board in front of Yates’ office. Some of students’ less serious ideas appeared on this anonymous board, such as adding a public announcement system to campus, “so music can play in between classes,” adding electronic scor REACTION FROM PAGE 1 American history Professor Alison Isenberg said the situation was severe, but she emphasized the ambiguity involved and the lack of solid informa tion authorities actually held. “We don’t know what happened, but Clinton is in a tough position nonethe less," she said. “The atmosphere is full of assump tions.” Isenberg also highlighted the essence of the allegations. Extramarital involve ments, though morally questionable, are not grounds for impeachment while committing a felony is, she said. “The key issue isn’t whether or not he had an affair (with Lewinsky), it is whether or not he committed purgery.” In previous scandals, Clinton has managed to sidestep land mines by choosing his statements wisely, Rabinowitz said. Sfjp Satiy &ar Seri ing at the bowling alley and “don’t listen to frivolous student concerns.” “The chancellor came to us for a wide range of views and problems,” said LeShawndra Price, a committee mem ber. Price, also a teaching assistant, polled her students about their concerns and included the reasonable replies in her contribution to the list. She emphasized that the whole list is made of direct quotations from stu dents. According to its bylaws, the commit tee was chosen by a selection committee to reflect the diversity of campus, so all students were fairly represented. When asked why the meeting is closed, Yates said, “It best meets the needs of the committee to allow the chancellor and students to be able to speak as freely as they want.” But he said he regretted that it kept students out of a meeting between their representatives and the University administration. “I think Clinton is a person who, at times, can use his words very carefully,” he said. “It is clear that he has been extreme ly careful in using his words in the situ ation with Lewinsky.” Rabinowitz reasoned that the out come of the current scandal relies on the strength of Clinton’s appearance to the American people and the credibility of the evidence against him. “No one knows what his relationship with Lewinsky was,” he said. “A lot of what will happen now depends on Clinton’s character and how the evidence unfolds.” Holly Rosa, a freshman from Boston, said her main concern was ultimately what the scandal would do to the pub lic’s faith in the presidency and the United States as a whole. “I am disappointed because I think Clinton is doing a great job,” she said. “This is a huge blow to the morale of the country.” I Good on any tanning package of 10 I or more visits with this coupon. 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