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2 Tuesday, August 25, 1998 BCC Celebrates Anniversary This Week Staff Report Students and workers celebrated their successes Monday in the 10-year-long struggle to build a freestanding center highlighting the campus’ black culture. The Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center’s workers gave out cake and ice cream in the Pit to kick off its annual BCC Awareness Week, which will run through Friday. Ange-Marie Hancock, BCC program coordinator and publicist said the center would not just be celebrated this week, but throughout year. “We are commemorating the fact we’ve been doing these program for 10 years,” Hancock said. “We also want to spotlight the need General Assembly Wants Fewer Sessions Legislators complained the number of sessions made it difficult to handle their jobs and pursue other interests. By Emily Cramer Staff Writer N.C. General Assembly members are anticipating the arrival of a bill that will reduce the amount of time they spend in Raleigh every year. Republicans and Democrats alike feel the absence of session limits has forced them to remain in the Capitol Building full time, creating problems for those Campus Calendar Tuesday noon - The Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center will present a screen ing of “Don’t Believe the Hype,” a film about the history of the BCC. It will be shown in the BCC, which is located on the main floor of the Student Union. 4 p.m. - The BCC, the Institute of African American Research, the Association of Minority Business Students and the Alliance of Black Graduate and Professional Students will joindy sponsor a Welcome Back Graduate Reception. It will be held in the BCC. 6 p.m. - The Yackety-Yak, the “The Caribbean Oasis in Chapel Hill” 9334133 East Franklin Street in the Nationsßank Building • Chapel Hill Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30-2 • Dinner Mon-Th 5-9:30. Fri-Sat 5-10 % —. —iP Learn More About A Career in Investment Banking The Kenan-Flagler Business School invites students of all majors to apply to participate in the third annual li fHfC Investment \ Banking Day kfigj Saturday, Sept. 12 Jb r from 10am-3:3opm The program will allow students to spend the day with investment bankers from around the country and learn about career options in this field. Applications are available in the BSBA Program Office (3122 McColl) or University Career Services (211 Hanes Hall) and must be returned to the BSBA • ? Program Office by September 1,1998. Questions? Call Donna Bauman at 962-3170, Kpnan Flagler Business School ONE GREAT BONUS . *— tv'C tSJJCAFE 15 Daily Lunch Specials ' Under $5 - served until 4pm "jffljjffll. Vegetarian & Low-fat Entries Lunch Club v - I Buy 8 Lunches & get the 9th lunch FREE! MARGARITA MADNESS! % M Every Tue. & Thur. - $2 Margaritas on the Rocks ™ JL H” $lO pitchers j 15914 E. Franklin St. • Downtown Chapel Hill • 967-5048 In the basement of the building that houses Players & Suttons Drug Store ■’""im /O LUNCH or' “ ■/A DINNER* Valid Mon-Thun ONLY • * *With this coupon and purchase of another lunch or dinner of equal or greater value. * Dine in only. Limit one coupon per table. Not to be combined with any other Special or Discount. Not valid on Fajitas or Dinners for Two. *um ■■■■■■ ■ ■ a a a| EXPIRES 9/17/98 k ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■■■* for our new build ing. We are mak ing great progress. We want to make this the year of the BCC,” she said. Hancock said the quest to raise $7.5 million for a freestanding black cultural center was becoming more tangible. “Hopefully, our 10th year in the Student Union office will be our last,” Hancock said. BCC Director Gerald Horne said BCC Awareness Week would show the commitment level of the center. She said BCC Awareness Week who have outside interests or jobs. Senator Howard Lee, D-Dist. 16, said he favored the bill because it would limit legislative sessions to 135 days in odd numbered years and 60 days in even numbered years. “I strongly support it,” he said. “We are taking too much time and it’s becoming a burden to people who have businesses outside of the legislature.” Senator Virginia Foxx, R-Dist. 12, said shorter legislative sessions were necessary. She proposed strategies to shorten the amount of time spent in Raleigh including a flat-rate salary per year instead of payment by the day. “I don’t think we should be getting (paid) per diem because that encourages University’s yearbook, will hold an interest meeting for staff positions, in Union 106. 6:30 p.m. - Carolina H.O.P.E. will have its first meeting in Union 212. The club promotes abstinence until marriage, and this meeting will include discussion and games. 7 p.m. - The Carolina Athletic Association Homecoming Committee will hold an interest meet ing in 104 Howell Hall. If you can not make it to the meeting, but would still like to help, call 932- 6904. 7 p.m. - The Carolina Otaku Uprising: The Japanese Animation Club will hold its first meeting of the year in 113 Dey Hall. would also focus on the students who made the BCC possible. “We are commemorating different students who tried to even get us a place at all, and those who have been working for the freestanding center.” On Thursday, BCC Awareness Week programs will feature former UNC foot ball players Tim Smith and John Bradley, who played during the early 19905, she said. “They will be here to encourage peo ple to stay involved in the BCC,” Hancock said. Gerald Home, director of the BCC, said in a press release that student and University interest in the BCC ran high. “Many of our neighbors on campus and in the community have expressed a people to stay in town,” she said. “When you are getting paid a flat rate, I think people will spend less time.” Foxx also explained a need for term limits for those in leadership positions, such as the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tern. She said they would better remember life in the proletariat, making them more sympathetic to the lifestyles of senators and representatives. “I’d like to see us have term limits for leadership so that power won’t be con centrated in small groups,” she said. Senator William Martin, D-Dist. 31, said he did not believe shorter sessions were the way to go. He said they would actually cause extra work to be dealt with in special meetings. Lawsuit Challenges Diversity of Charter Schools By Matt Leclercq Staff Writer The outcome of a Durham lawsuit aimed at ridding the state’s charter schools of racial quotas Could change the way Orange County’s charter schools recruit students. The N.C. Foundation for Individual Rights filed a preliminary injunction for Durham’s Healthy Start Academy on Aug. 14. The suit aims to disable a state law requiring charter schools to “reasonably HLfNAM ft CHINESE RESTAURANT 790 AIRPORT ROAD, CHAPEL HILL • Weekly Specials • Weekend -Hong Kong Style Dim Sum • UAJC .Account • Student Economy Meal Combo • Take-Out • Banquet Room Facility • Catering Service • Fnee Campus Delivery I DINNER LUNCH __ Sun-Th 4:30-9:30 Monday-Sunday Open All Day 7 Days A Week FH & Sat 4:30-10:30 11. -00-2:30 Call %7-6 t 33 for Reservations & Take Out BE BS EP and Unhershy Accounts Accepted sauna • free weights • aerobics locker room ♦ spinning strength equipment ellipticals * bikes Aerobics & Fitness For Women One Gym. 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All seeking to leam more about the center are encouraged to drop by its suite in the Student Union from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. He explained the rapid growth of North Carolina created more issues to address in Congressional sessions. “North Carolina is the 10th largest state in terms of population and the two party system is becoming more com plex,” he said. “When you have a lot of substantive issues, it tends to bog things down some.” Martin also said accelerating consid eration of congressional issues could cause problems because the time for sig nificant thought would be shortened. “There is a danger of rushing through legislation without deliberating enough.” The State & National Editors can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. reflect the racial diversity” of surround ing schools within one year of beginning classes. Black students make up 99.9 percent of Healthy Start Academy enrollment, while Durham’s population is only 45 percent black, principal Thomas Williams said. Under current law, the school could have its charter revoked if it did not meet the quota. Leaders of the three charter schools in Orange County all said they had not recruited students based on race. C-TOPS Stresses Academic Focus C-TOPS emphasized academics and prospective majors more this summer than in past years. By Laura Stoehr Assistant University Editor While students at this year’s C-TOPS program participated in activities of C TOPS past like the safe sex game, they also participated in new programs that focused more on academic life. In response to suggestions from University administrators, the Freshmen Focus Council and last year’s freshman class, this year’s C-TOPS was revamped to provide students with more academ ic information, said Butch Garris, an ori entation leader coordinator. “I thought the presentations did help us in preparation for Caroline and stuff,” said Kathryn Johnson, a freshman from Wilson. “They made us feel at home with the campus, too.” Meg Carstens, a freshman from Huntsville, Ala. agreed. “Pm from out of state and I had a lot of questions that needed to be answered.” Last spring, the Freshmen Focus Council surveyed freshmen opinions about C-TOPS and found students were only partially satisfied with the program. This summer, a presentation was cre ated to give students more information about their prospective major. Kim Watkins, an orientation leader coordi- School in the Community, a Carrboro charter school, is closest to compiling with the quota requirement. It has nearly an even mix of minorities and whites, administrator Debra McHenry said. However, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools had a minority population of only 30 percent last year, spokeswoman Kim Hoke said. But McHenry said she considered diversity to be more than just a racial mix. “Diversity is a lot of things - learning styles, personalities, family back grounds,” she said. “We are a school of choice - all I can do is be sure I’m reaching out to all in the community. I have no way of mak ing people come.” Village Charter School in Chapel Hill had a minority enrollment of nearly 40 percent last year, said principal Nancy Adams, adding that she was not worried about meeting racial quotas. “We only promote the programs of our schools, and people choose us based on our programs,” she said. “We feel we need to just treat chil dren as children.” Orange County Charter School Principal Mike Wilhoit said state leaders and charter school principals should be open to racial diversity. Williams said despite the students’ A* <l§£ • i : - ft * 1 tanning showers • free parking 933-7778 DUKE TEST PREP GRE, GMAT & LSAT Weeknight or Weekend Classes Priced Fall Schedule 6RE: $360.. .Tues (9/8) or Sat (9/12) GMAT: $360.. .Sat (9/12) or Mon (9/14) LSAT: $295.. .Thurs or Sat (9/5) Call 684-3379 OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION sljf Sailg ®ar Hwl nator, said each orientation leader researched a group of majors to present. Students were given the opportunity to ask questions to leaders about what classes to take for their majors and also received general information about how to weather the college transition. On the third day of C-TOPS, stu dents alternated registering for classes with setting up their e-mail accounts. Additional events were held to replace the free time of years past. A ses sion called “It’s Time to Play” featured a basketball tournament and other games at Woollen Gymnasium. Garris said his main criticism of this year’s C-TOPS was its redundancy. He said information from the General College was presented to students three times in two days and ice-breaker activ ities consumed the first day. Student Body Vice President Emily Williamson said student government would conduct a survey of freshmen in a few weeks. Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Susan Kitchen and Garris said more work needed to be done with the transfer student orienta tion session. “I think a focus group of transfer stu dents could help us improve (the pro gram),” she said. “But as for the C-TOPS part, it’s more a matter of fine tuning things. We’re going to make it better every year.” The University Editors can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. dramatic gains in test scores at Healthy Start Academy, the school has had dif ficulty recruiting white students. “We recruit white kids all over the city,” he said. “But they will not come to this (pre dominantly black) part of town. There’s no way you are going to get white kids to bus eight miles here.” But Bill Wilson, manager of govern ment relations with the North Carolina Association of Educators, said Healthy Start Academy had failed in its efforts to recruit white students. Plans to diversify the school over sev eral years should be discussed, he said. “I’ve not heard any proposals by any of the (charter) schools to do that.” The state board of education announced in July that it would not revoke charters because of the quota this year, said Bill Phillips, press secretary for Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker. Wicker, a state board member, was named as one of the defendants in the law suit. “The state board wants to watch what happens this year,” Phillips said. Also, a General Assembly bill could change the quota to a required “good faith” effort by charter schools to diver sify. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. I Found A New Way to Get In Shape... 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