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Parking proposal for next year fine-tuned
■ The drafted proposal
suggests an inquiry into the
abuse of service permits.
BY BETH HATCHER
STAFF WRITER
UNC Transit and Parking Task Force
members spent their final meeting of the
semester Tuesday fine-tuning a proposal
they hope will change the face of UNC
parking.
The proposal, which will go before
the Board of Trustees in May, contains
a list of recommendations suggesting
improvements for campus parking and
transportation.
SEAC cleans campus,
holds information fair
BY LAUREN BEAL
STAFF WRITER
Armed with trashbags and determi
nation, members of the Student
Environmental Action Coalition and
the Outing Club cleaned the campus
Earth
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Week
Tuesday evening as
part of Earth Week.
The students
spent an hour col
lecting trash in the
Pit, classroom
buildings and open
areas around cam-
pus.
“We’re trying to do two things,” said
SEAC member Heather Tallent, a
senior from Charlotte.
“First, we want to show people how
much stuff they leave behind for house
keepers to clean up. And also we want
to show everyone how much trash peo
ple use.”
Outing Club Treasurer Sarah George
and Secretary Julie Twellman said they
filled two giant bags full of trash after
cleaning Hamilton 100 and Greenlaw
101.
“We found tons of old newspapers
and half-full drink bottles,” said George,
a sophomore from Raleigh. “People are
Clinic protects travelers from disease
■ Students traveling can
get vaccinated at Student
Health’s Travel Clinic.
BY MARISSA DOWNS
STAFF WRITER
Planes are not the only things stu
dents have to worry about catching
when they go abroad, especially since
diseases make traveling anything but
worry-free.
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DTH/LORME BRADLEY
A Student Health Service nurse gives a shot to a student traveling abroad
this summer. The Travel Clinic consults with future travelers about health.
The task force
members ques
tioned the propos
al’s clarity and
outcomes.
“This proposal
has already
accomplished a
lot; it’s started
people talking,”
Task Force
Director Willie
Scroggs said.
While task
force members
agreed it would be
unfair to further
raise parking
prices, much dis-
Former Graduate and
Professional Student
Federation President
KATHERINE KRAFT
said that service
permits on campus
were misused.
Pigs”
Depending on the weather, the col
lected trash might be exhibited on a tarp
in the Pit today, Tallent said.
“We did it a couple of years ago and
it was a great visual display,” Tallent
said.
In addition to the campus cleanup,
SEAC also held an information fair in
the Pit on Tuesday afternoon.
The fair focused on recycling and
other environmental issues, including
animal rights.
Members handed out green ribbons
and informative pamphlets to students
who came to see the displays.
SEAC member Headier Yandow, a
freshman from Hartsville, S.C., showed
a display of polluted well water that had
filtered through a nearby landfill.
“Basically, we’re just trying to show
things that are harmful to the environ
ment,” Yandow said.
Representatives from the campus and
the community were also on hand to
take part in the activities and share
information.
Julia Nichols, manager of the cam
pus Office of Waste Reduction and
Recycling, showed examples of station
ary and other products made entirely of
recycled paper.
But through Student Health Service’s
Travel Clinic, the University offers guid
ance to students who must consider the
health risks of travel months in advance.
Jenny Abernathy, a nurse at the clin
ics, said students can make appoint
ments with SHS to ensure they are vac
cinated for diseases they may encounter
abroad.
Prevention measures prescribed by
the clinic could range from a tetanus
shot to a vaccination for typhoid fever.
But the type of treatment depends
largely on geographic region, duration
Hurt not the earth, neither the sea , nor the trees.
Revelation 7:3
Wednesday, April 22,1998
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cussion at the meeting centered around
other parking problems.
Jonathan Howes, special assistant to
the chancellor, said the proposal did not
address a major concern of campus
parking, the abuse of service permits.
“Service vehicles are parking in spaces
paid for by employees," he said.
The committee agreed to recommend
a study of the service permit problem.
Carolyn Elfland, associate vice chan
cellor for auxiliary services, said the pro
posal did not address the problems of
off-campus students who were ineligible
to park on campus. “Students who live
in a 2-mile radius of campus have one
choice, a bus pass,” Elfland said.
The members added an element to
the proposal calling for a future reduc
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Members of SEAC and the Outing Club look at the mounds of trash and recyclables they collected during their
clean-up Tuesday.
Nichols said the University planned
to add more outdoor recycling centers,
like the group of containers in front of
of stay and intended activities in the for
eign nation. The diversity of services
available is important in light of the size
of the study abroad program at UNC.
“With over 100 programs ... we’ve
basically had students all over the
world,” said Karen Priebe, Study
Abroad Program adviser.
Abernathy said during their peak sea
sons in March, April and before Winter
Break, the clinic would vaccinate five to
10 students a day.
She encouraged students going
abroad to come for a consultation espe
cially if traveling to “risky,” or underde
veloped regions, including most of
Africa and Asia.
Abernathy said she might encourage
many of these students to obtain vacci
nations for Hepatitis A and typhoid
fever, among others. However, national
governments can only require that
tourists be vaccinated against yellow
fever.
“Even though that’s the only one
countries can officially require, we rec
ommend (students) to get the optimal
protection,” Abernathy said.
But taking the recommended precau
tions isn’t cheap. Abernathy said immu
nizations could cost more than SIOO.
Side effects of these vaccinations are
another deterrent for many tourists.
George Koski, a junior from
Newfoundland, Canada, suffered side
effects from taking Mefloquine, a pill
taken over a period of several weeks to
prevent the contraction of malaria.
Koski said he started taking the drug
two weeks before his trip to Ghana, but
five weeks later, he suffered a psychotic
episode as a result of the drug.
“I got really paranoid and started act
ing strangely,” Koski said. “The
Mefloquine had built up to the point
where it kind of threw me for a loop.”
Koski said tropical medicine experts
estimated that one out of 150 people on
“This proposal has
already accomplished
a lot; it’s
started
people talking ”
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Director, Transit and Parking Task Force
tion of bus pass prices for such students.
Katherine Kraft, former president of
the Graduate and Professional Student
Federation, said departments were not
required to keep records of the parking
spaces they allocated.
She said if the records were required
Hanes Pavilion.
“The outdoor centers have been so
successful,” she said.
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Mefloquine used only in regions
where malaria is resistant to weaker
drugs will have a bad reaction to it.
But Koski assured that the severity of
his case was rare and that travel abroad
was worth the risks.
“It’s important to realize the risks ...
you’re going to a whole new place and
a whole new environment,” he said.
“That’s what’s great about it.”
it would make the departments more
accountable and fair in allocation.
Janet Tysinger, Academic
Technology & Networks training center
manager, said she agreed the policy
would help make parking allocation
more fair. “(Allocation) leans more
heavily to faculty than staff,” she said.
Task force member Elizabeth Evans
said she disagreed with the aspect that
calls for the University to pay for any
parking spaces lost in construction.
Evans said she feared cost-cutting
University officials would bypass this
rule by taking away trees instead.
“I’d rather see the buildings eat park
ing space than green space,” Evans said.
Members decided the potential tree
loss should not change their proposal.
“We are definitely going to add five
more, hopefully by the beginning of the
summer.”
Spangler up
for position
at Harvard
■ A Harvard alumnus is
criticizing the former UNC
system president’s backing.
BY PAUL HOBSON
STAFF WRITER
A Harvard University alumnus is
challenging former UNC-system
President C.D. Spangler’s candidacy for
a position on Harvard’s Board of
Overseers, saying
Spangler has
unfair publicity.
Harvard
Business School
recently mailed
about 50,000 fliers
to alumni to pro
mote Spangler for
a position on the
board, said
Laurence
McKinney, an
alumnus of the
business school.
McKinney said
the other candi
dates for the
board, who all
Former UNC-system
President
C.D. SPANGL£R
saw no problem with
his candidacy for
Harvard's Board of
Overseers.
hail from different schools in Harvard,
did not have similar financial support.
The Board of Overseers is one of
Harvard’s two governing boards and is
roughly equivalent to UNO’s Board of
Trustees. It advises on academic and
research issues and gives formal consent
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Court rules
primaries
must be split
■ A three-judge panel
denied the state’s request
to hold primaries in May.
BY JESSICA WEITZEN
STAFF WRITER
A decision by a three-judge federal
panel will keep state voters from picking
their candidates for state congressional
offices until September, four months
later than originally scheduled.
The panel denied a motion Monday
to stay its decision on primary elections.
North Carolina had asked the court to
allow it to proceed with the May pri
maries in those districts not affected by
mandatory redis
tricting efforts.
The state’s
motion followed a
decision by the
U.S. District
Court that
declared the 12th
District unconsti
tutional because it
was based on race.
The district con
nects predomi
nantly black com
munities along
Interstate 85 from
Charlotte to
Greensboro.
Sen. Roy
Rep.
VERLA INSKO.
D-Orange, said she
wanted to end the
redistricting debate so
the legislature could
tackle other business.
Cooper, D-Nash, said he was frustrated
with the latest decision. “I think the
court is incorrect in its interpretation o
the law,” he said. “I hope the Supreme
Court appeal will display that.”
Representatives sent an appeal to the
Supreme Court, but any sort of decision
is years away. “It is unfortunate that we
are forced to change districts and mess
up elections when we have so many
important issues, such as education and
childcare, to focus on,” Cooper said.
Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, agreed
with Cooper. “We ought to be able to
get down to real business around here
soon,” Insko said.
The court’s decision forces the
Congressional primaries to be held on
Sept. 15, whereas all of the other pri
maries, including city, county and fed
eral races will be held May 5. Because
of the new primary election, there is a
new chance to file. Candidates can file
from July 6 to July 20.
The dual elections lead to a time
See DISTRICT, Page 7
INSIDE
Campaigning hits UNC
U.S. Senate
hopefuls delivered
aspects of their
campaign platforms to UNC students
on the steps of Wilson Library. Page 7
Open for service
County uses
new
building for
services.
Page 5
Caring, sharing
Senior of the Week Simon
Chao is a resident assistant
on the living and learning
floor of Carmichael
Residence Hall. Page 2
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