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Remodeled Lenoir
to make fall debut
BY JONATHAN COX
EDITOR
As students return to campus for the
fall semester, they will be greeted by the
return of a UNC institution Lenoir
Dining Hall.
Officials plan to have the remodeled
Lenoir, closed since May 1997, opera
tional by the first day of classes.
But that’s not to say additional work
won’t be needed.
“There is a lot of work students will
see going on for the first three to four
weeks after school starts,” said Rut
Tufts, director of Auxiliary Services.
The work includes details such as
putting facings on cabinets and walls, he
said.
“That’s a strat
egy we’ve under
taken to keep
from using inter
im food service
for three to four
weeks.”
Tufts said dur
ing a tour of
Lenoir on July 28
that be was glad
to have the option
“T/ie philosophy
in this building is
to do as much cooking
in front of the customer
as possible. ”
HIT TUFTS
Director of Auxiliary Services
of moving into the building because
there was a period it seemed impossible.
“We came to a time two weeks ago
where we had to fish or cut bait,” he
said. Contractors and dining service
administrators sat down and decided
Lenoir would be ready by the fall semes
ter, he said.
Emily Williamson, student body vice
president, said the contractor would
receive a $50,000 bonus if the work was
Housing officials face
old shortage problem
as new year begins
8 The Department of University Housing
expects to place about 150 freshmen and
80 transfer students in temporary housing.
BY ADAIR WHISNANT
STAFF WRITER
JULY 23 Because of the large number of incoming
freshmen and returning students living in residence halls,
some students will be forced to live in temporary housing this
fall.But renovations to Graham and Aycock residence halls,
though behind schedule, will not affect the number of students
who spend their first weeks at UNC in makeshift rooms.
Rebecca Casey, assistant director of conference services
and marketing for the Department of University Housing,
said officials were expecting approximately 150 freshmen and
about 80 transfer students to be assigned to temporary hous-
ing. She said these studeatsjiid not meet
the May 1 housing deadline so they
were not guaranteed rooms.
Nearly 200 students began the fall
.1997 semester in temporary housing,
living in spacer carved out of residence
hall lounges and basements with several
other roommates. “There most certain
ly will be some temporary housing in
the fall,” Casey said. “But it should be
much better than last year because we
are very well prepared for temporary
housing this year.”
Casey said one of the reasons hous
ing officials were not sure of the number
of students who would live in tempo
rary housing was because room assign
ment letters were sent home later this
year than in the past. “Housing assign
ments were sent out in mid-July instead of mid-May like last
year,” Casey said. “However, the students that will be in tem
porary housing in the fall will know before they get here."
She said students last year had no way of knowing whether
or not they would be in temporary housing.
Renovations to Graham and Aycock were originally sched
uled to be completed Tuesday, said Wayne Kuncl, director of
University housing. Aside from completing the renovations,
contractors must conduct inspections and move in furnishings,
he said. The buildings will be complete within weeks after the
date all campus residence halls open, he said. Students slat
ed to move into Graham or Aycock residence halls have been
assigned alternate spaces in Spencer Residence Hall or anoth
er building, Kuncl said. Officials have informed these students
of their alternate assignments.
completed on time.
Tufts said there had been delays in
the renovation process because workers
sometimes encountered unexpected
obstacles behind walls. They also had to
remove half an acre of asbestos, which
was more than they had planned.
Even with all of the headaches and
delays, Tufts said he hoped students
would enjoy the renewed atmosphere of
the aged dining hall. “We tried to do
something to bring the building more
into student life,” he said. “We’ve low
ered the front of the building to the level
of the Pit and moved the steps inside.”
Wooden bleachers were installed
inside the front doors to allow students
to meet friends, replacing the outdoor
concrete steps that
characterized the
old design.
Just to the right
of the main
entrance will be a
cafe with outdoor
picnic tables and
canvas coverings to
further incorporate
the dining hail into
the Pit, Tufts said.
The area will not be
completed until September.
Once inside, students will find a
street-like atmosphere on the main level
with a kind of thoroughfare taking them
by sandwich and pizza shops, Tufts said.
“The focus of this level will be Lite
Bites,” said Lacey Hawthorne, senior
adviser to the student body president
and student contributor to the Lenoir
See LENOIR, Page 5A
Police chief finalists outline goals, visions in forums
BY JONATHAN COX
EDITOR
The UNC community heard from five can
didates during the month of July who were
vying to become the new University Police
Chief.
The search committee charged with finding
former Chief Don Gold’s replacement held a
series of public forums to allow students to
meet and question the candidates.
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Director of University
Housing
WAYNE KUNCL
said work on Graham
and Aycock residence
halls would not be
done by the fall.
DTH/CARA BRICKMAN
President Bill Clinton stands beside Barbara Allen, chairwoman of the state Democratic Party, as he salutes a group of supporters in
Raleigh on July 30. Clinton visited North Carolina to endorse John Edwards, the state's Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Looking at Lenoir
Officials plan to have the remodeled Lenoir Dining Hall operational by the first day of classes. The new Lenoir will feature
an all-yoiKan-eat area on the second floor and a retail area on the main floor, previously called Carolina Court. The
architect lowered the main floor of the dining hall to Pit level to incorporate it more effectively into student life. It is
designed in sections to allow certain areas to be open late at night.
The concept behind the new facility is to prepare
students
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SOURCE: CAROLINA DINING SERVICES
Special to the DTH/ANDRES FERNANDES
The future is purchased by the present.
Samuel Johnson
Monday, August 17,1998
Volume 106, Issue 56
Sue EstrofF, search committee chair
woman, said earlier this month that three
names had been forwarded to Chancellor
Michael Hooker, who makes the final deci
sion on the post.
She would not release those names.
Because of vacation plans and other sched
uling conflicts, Hooker will not return to
Chapel Hill until August 17 and a decision is
not expected until late August or early
September.
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
Below are profiles of the five original final
ists.
Michael Hoke
Hoke, police chief at Meredith College in
Raleigh, said the key to understanding the
needs of the University community was to lis
ten to its primary residents the students.
“You should try to find a chief that will tap
into the 24,000 students you have here,” he
said. “If he does that, he will succeed; if not,
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Wake Forest
alum named
to dean post
■ Ohio University’s Melissa
Exam will become UNC’s
new dean of students.
BY SCOTT HICKS
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
JULY 16 - Melissa Exum, associate
vice president of student affairs at Ohio
University, has been named the
University’s new dean of students,
Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs, announced Tuesday.
Kitchen offered
Exum the posi
tion, which she
has accepted,
Kitchen said.
Exum will start
work at UNC in
late September.
In making her
decision, Kitchen
emphasized
Exum’s experi
ence and her dedi
cated work with
students.
“It was her
senior administra
tive experience
and the work she
had done in really
j
New Dean of Students
MEUSSA EXUM.
who currently works
in student affairs at
Ohio University, will
assume her position
in September.
improving the student climate, particu
larly in multicultural affairs,” Kitchen
said.
See DEAN, Page 5A
he will fail.”
Hoke said that mentality carried over into
correcting internal problems within the
department as well.
“I’m familiar with the problems going on
in the police department,” he said. “I know
you have various divisions of the University
who have their own idea of the way they think
things should go. I’m talking to people today
See CHIEFS, Page 5A
INSIDE
Eat like Mike
Basketball superstar and former UNC
standout Michael Jordan could open a
restaurant on West Franklin Street, if
the developer can meet Chapel
Hill's guidelines. Page 6A
Puppy love
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Several stores in
Chapel Hill and
Carrboro, such as
the Intimate
Bookshop, have
an open-door
policy toward
dogs. Page 10A
21 and out
After 21 seasons, Mike Roberts leaves
his post as baseball coach. Former
UNC player and N.C. Wesleyan coach
Mike Fox will replace him. Page 11A
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