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Thursday, June 25,1998
Students must take risks to receive complete UNC education
Summer is one of the most won
derful times in Chapel Hill. The
hot, sunny days and warm, humid
evenings seem to pass at a slower pace
man they do during die school year. But
don’t be fooled; a closer look shows a
beehive of activity, all focused on the
coming school year and preparing the
campus for the arrival of some 24,000
students in August.
Across campus, painters are busy
renewing classrooms, workmen are
pulling cable in residence halls to con
nect student computers with the campus
network, and faculty members those
who aren’t already engaged in teaching
summer school— are perusing their
notes, looking for new material and
planning their courses for the fall.
Every week, new groups of students
Students exercise right to play
through intramural, club sports
BY JACK HARDISON
STAFF WROER
From working out in the gym to play
ing a sport, UNC has the student inter
est, programs and facilities to help every
student find something to do.
The Campus Recreation Department
is the University’s umbrella group for
resources for athletic endeavors, both
team and individual and competitive
and recreational.
It is composed of four parts: the
Student Recreation Center, club sports,
the Intramural Recreation Department
and Carolina Adventures, which plans
outdoor adventure trips and has high
and low-challenge rope courses.
The Student Recreation Center is the
campus mecca for fitness, aerobics and
weight training. For lifters, the SRC pro
vides numerous Cybex weight
machines, Hammer Strength machines
and a variety of free weights and bench
es.
For cardiovascular fitness, the SRC
offers an abundance of stair climbers,
rowing machines, treadmills,
Nordictracks, elliptical trainers and both
upright and recumbent exercise bikes.
Lauren Mangili, SRC director, said
the SRC also provided “fitness orienta
tions’’ available by appointment or drop
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from across
the state,
nation and
beyond are
appearing on
campus for
orientation,
to learn what
it means to be
a Tar Heel
and to get a
leg up on the
knowledge
they’ll need
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to succeed when classes begin in the fall.
Their enthusiasm is contagious.
Like our new students, I can’t help
but get excited as the new school year
approaches.
It marks the time when the campus
in visit. During these free clinics, student
staff monitors give group and individual
instruction on how to use the equip
ment. Mangili also said the SRC pro
vided personal trainers for a fee. These
trainers have one-on-one contact with
students and design exercise programs
to meet their needs.
The SRC also offers awareness weeks,
aerobic classes, lifting competitions and
various other special events and pro
grams. “The SRC has something for
everyone,” Mangili said. “We have a lot
of different opportunities for students to
be fit and healthy.”
Besides the SRC, UNC also has an
extensive Intramural Recreation
Department, as nearly 16,000 students
participate each year. Intramural sports
are both individual and team, and they
vary from basketball which had 302
teams last year to badminton and
whiffleball.
Jim Eubanks, IM-Rec sports assistant
director, said students could sign up for
intramural teams up to two weeks before
the season starts. He said incoming
freshmen would receive a packet with
deadlines for signing up for IM-Rec
sports when they move into the resi
dence halls.
Besides sports, Eubanks said the IM-
Rec department hired many students as
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CAROLINA COMPASS
community reunites the old and new
students, faculty and staff come togeth
er for the real business of the University:
education. The beginning of the fall
term marks the start of the transforma
tion of all the energy and excitement
that has been bottled up over the sum
mer. What emerges is new learning and
new relationships between peers and
elders.
I envy each of you as students attend
ing this great university, and at times I
wish I could join you and repeat my
years on this wonderful campus. UNC
gives each of you the chance to partici
pate in one of the oldest, most respected
educational traditions in the United
States. You will find your years here
intensely rigorous, rewarding and fun.
As the new students among you pre
part-time officials.
As well as IM-Rec sports, UNC offers
44 sport dubs for students who are more
serious about a particular sport and will
ing to put in practice time. Roughly
2,000 students play dub sports.
Club sports can be instructional,
recreational or competitive. Some clubs
compete locally, statewide and even
regionally.
Steve Bradley, director of UNC’s dub
sports program, said past club sports
had the opportunity to travel to places
such as New Orleans, Arizona and the
Caribbean.
He said the most popular club sport
was the Outing Club, which takes trips
for backpacking, kayaking and rock
climbing. Examples of other sports that
have clubs are sailing, water skiing, base
ball, crew and table tennis.
Bradley said some sports were stu
dent organizations that determined their
own direction, while others were more
or less varsity sports with governing bod
ies. He said the self-governed club sports
provided valuable leadership, decision
making, communication and budget
making skills.
“We try to see it as not only a recre
ational sports program but a leadership
program,” Bradley said. “That is the
foundation of the club program.”
pare to join us, I urge you to remember
that your experience at UNC depends
largely on what you put into it Think of
your time here as a veritable smorgas
bord laid out with countless choices.
Some are familiar, others more exotic.
Bea risk taker; sample widely. Only
by doing so will you know the red
extent of your likes and dislikes,
strengths and weaknesses.
You and your classmates were accept
ed for admission to UNC from one of
the most competitive applicant pools in
the country. You are among the nation’s
best and brightest, and you are attending
a school that offers its students opportu
nities many institutions can only dream
of.
At UNC you will have classes with
some of the most outstanding teachers
Buses, P2P
■ Students should never
walk alone at night, campus
safety officials say.
BY JENNIFER KNESEL
STAFF WRrtER
Students, faculty members and staff
share a common gripe about the
University’s lack of parking spaces. In
response, the University and town of
Chapel Hill have worked to encourage
bicycling, riding the bus and carpooling.
And for freshmen, who are not
allowed park their cars on campus, these
modes of transportation are important.
Walking or riding a bicycle to class
remains the most common mode of
transportation for students.
Randy Young, marketing and public
relations specialist for the Department
of Public Safety, recommended that
bicycle riders register their bicycles with
the public safety department to prevent
vandalism or theft. Registration is free
and lasts five years.
Some students prefer to walk around
campus, but walking at night continues
to pose a threat to personal safety. “It is
about as safe as people want to make it,”
Young said. He advised students to walk
in groups and remain in well-lit corri
dors of the campus.
The University provides a safer form
of night travel with the P2P Xpress shut
tle, which operates from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.
in the world. You will work in labs next
to researchers who are pushing the enve
lope. But keep in mind that education
doesn’t always happen in those kinds of
formal settings. The best learning often
happens around the edges. Take advan
tage of the wonderful resources we have
on campus, such as the Ackland Art
Museum, the N.C. Botanical Garden,
and Morehead Planetarium. And make
a point of going to see the many great
performers, lecturers and artists who
visit the University each year. What you
learn inside and outside the classroom,
formally and informally, will teach you
much about life.
Consider, too, that your education at
UNC will be among friends, and many
of the relationships you build here
with other students, as well as with fac
offer safe transportation
every day except for University holidays.
Students must have UNC ONE Cards to
ride. Young said P2P would take stu
dents to all on-campus locations, as well
as to Granville Towers and parts of
downtown Chapel Hill. Routes are post
ed on signs around campus, with stops
served about four times an hour. P2P
also offers a 24-hour van service to trans
port handicapped students across cam
pus or to help students get to Student
Health Service.
Young also mentioned Chapel Hill
Transit as a way to get around town.
Unlimited-ride bus passes, an option for
commuters, cost about S2OO. “It’s ideal
for students who ride the bus more than
10 times a week," Young said.
Otherwise, Young said students should
buy a 20-ride coupon booklet from
Student Stores for trips around town.
Another way of getting around town
is the U-Bus, which runs from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. weekdays year-round. The bus
route takes students through major parts
of campus. The fare is free and does not
requires campus identification.
Students who want to visit neighbor
ing cities or friends at nearby universities
can take Triangle Transit Authority
buses. “A lot of students use TTA to get
back and forth from N.C. State
(University),” said Laurie Barrett, oper
ations manager for TTA.
Barrett said students could buy tickets
—the most expensive is $2 from
Central Carolina Bank at University
Square in Chapel Hill. TTA runs from
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ulty and staff will be with you for
years to come.
I can assure you that your years at
UNC will have an indelible impression
on your life. Never again are you likely
to be exposed to such a wealth of talent
and knowledge in one place. You will
leave here superbly prepared to face the
world and the challenges it brings. You
will walk away more mature and better
able to deal with the new freedom that
goes along with adulthood.
You’ll take with you a host of friends
and mentors. You’ll know the sense of
pride and accomplishment that accom
panies earning a degree from a top pub
lic research university and the doors
such a degree will open for you. And
you’ll know why Chapel Hill is such a
special place.
Chapel Hill to Durham, Raleigh and the
Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
“What (students) don’t take advantage
of is our airport shuttle, which is only
$1.50,” she said. “You can’t beat that.”
Young said students who needed a
ride to a location outside the Triangle
should post their destination on the
Student Union Rideboard to carpool
with another student. The board is locat
ed near the Union information desk.
A lack of parking spaces has long
been a problem for students and staff,
and few spaces are available for stu
dents. Because freshmen are not allowed
to have cars on campus, some choose to
leave their cars in park-and-ride lots in
Chapel Hill. Students can travel to and
from the lots by the transit system.
But Young said there could be fewer
spaces for students in park-and-ride lots
next year. He said the University might
provide its employees with free bus pass
es, making it easier for them to ride to
work. “(Parking in lots) may not be
available, especially with the increased
demand,” Young said.
Many students find driving not
taking the bus the best solution to
their transportation needs. Heather
Travers, senior from Owings, Md.,
solved her parking problem by buying a
permit her sophomore year.
“The bus service is pretty readily
available, but it’s sort of a pain to keep
up with the schedule and to walk to bus
stops,” she said. “I got the permit to
avoid the hassle of the bus.”
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