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UNC to Update Its Enrollment Plan
Provost Richard Richardson
will discuss plans to help
the University deal with
future student body growth
Bv Michael Abel
Staff Writer
Officials will bat around ideas this
morning on ways UNC plans to handle
the future enrollment crunch.
Provost Richard Richardson will
update members of the Board of
Trustee’s Academic Affairs and
Personnel Committee about how must
money it will cost for UNC to swallow
Group Tries
To Protect
Lab Animals
Last Chance for Animals
came to UNC to promote a
SIOO,OOO incentive to end
animal cruelty in labs.
Bv Kimberly Grabiner
Staff Writer
Last Chance for Animals, a Los
Angeles-based animal rights organiza
tion, targeted UNC in an attempt to end
animal cruelty in lab testing.
LCA’s Research Crime Reward
offers SIOO,OOO for inside information
about animal cruelty, embezzlement of
funds and fraudulent reporting in
research facilities, said Eric Mindel,
LCA’s executive director.
The organization handed out fliers
outside of UNC research facilities last
week in order to inform every lab
employee of the campaign.
“We know our fliers are getting
inside,” Mindel said. “It is having a very
chilling effect.”
Dr. Tracy Heenan, director of the
Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee at UNC, said the fliers
sparked such strong discussion that
employees were distracted from their
work.
She said her operation coincided
with the same principles guiding the
LCA campaign. “We go about our reg
ular business which is to insure humane
care of animals.”
LCA leaders stood behind their
choice to come to UNC, saying it was
necessary to inform as many lab
employees as possible about the seri
ousness of animal cruelty.
The LCA’s program will give the
SIOO,OOO reward as an incentive to
employees who act as whistle blowers.
“Anyone engaging in fearful activity
may hear the word and may be willing
to turn (the lawbreakers) in,” Mindel
said.
LCA has been informed of three inci
dences of suspected illegal activities
since the program began in June,
Mindel said. He refused to elaborate on
the incidents.
Mindel said the Research Crime
Reward would not become an issue
with the general public until it resulted
in criminal prosecution.
The LCA plans to travel to more
than 1,000 U.S. Department of
Agriculture research facilities, Mindel
said, refusing to disclose the dates of the
planned visits as a way of keeping lab
oratory employees on their toes.
But Heenan said she was concerned
about the fliers’ effect on the public, not
employees.“(l am) concerned about the
general perception of what a flier like
that might give people who don’t
understand efforts of biomedical
research and other advances in medical
technology and therapeutic research
and the direct input medical research
has had in those advances,” she said.
Heidi Prescott, Funds for Animals’
national director, said she supported the
Research Crime Reward program. “Too
much abuse goes on behind closed
doors.”
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell
another 5,000 students. Earlier this
month, a University task force estimated
that costs of managing 5,000 more stu
dents at UNC would total about $l6O
million.
The Task Force on Student
Enrollment has been researching since
the beginning of the summer how best
to deal with the anticipated growth.
In January, the Board of Governors
anticipated a greater number of college
bound students due to increases since
1990 in the percentage of N.C. high
school students who enroll in the UNC
system.
Richardson said he planned to give a
preliminary report on the number of
additional students task force members
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RHA Flier Branded
Offensive by CHispA
Bv Ashley Stephenson
University Editor
A campus group is calling a
Residence Hall Association flier for Safe
Sex Awareness Month culturally offen
sive and distasteful.
Some members of the Carolina
Hispanic Students Association said they
opposed a flier informing students
about the sexually transmitted disease
gonorrhea which read, “Gonorrhea is
not the newest addition to the Taco Bell
menu.” The flier includes a caricature of
a Mexican person below the title.
“I would hope that as college stu
dents (RHA members) would have real
ized the implications this would have,”
said Chris Agosto, CHispA president.
“They made a bad pun off my culture.”
CJ. Perry, a resident assistant in
Everett Residence Hall and community
service co-chair for CHispA, said when
she received the flier in her mailbox last
Monday, she contacted Agosto.
“I was upset because it was kind of an
insult to Hispanic culture,” Perry said.
“It was more than likely an honest mis
take, but I am outraged that this type of
mistake could be made.”
The gonorrhea flier is one of four
fliers being used to promote RHA’s Safe
Sex Awareness Month campaign.
“Chlamydia is not a flower,”
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think the
University can
handle, which he
estimated to be
about 5,000 stu
dents.
Chancellor
Michael Hooker
said in response to
the task force’s
findings that he
wanted to ensure
that the increase in
enrollment would
not cause housing
problems for on
campus students.
Provost
Richard
Richardson
will report on how
many more students
UNC can handle.
This issue could also be discussed this
Gonorrhea is NOT the newest
addition to the Taco Bell Menu...
It is, however:
‘caused by bacteria and is very contagious, but it can be cured.
Preventative and early treatment is crucial because it can cause
serious, permanent problems.
* In women. Gonorrhea can spread into the womb and rallopia
tubes, causing an infection know as pelvic inflammatory diseas
which leads to sterility
• in men, ft can move from the penis up to the prostate gland,
bladder or testicles—causing testicles to become swollen and
tender making urination difficult, and leaving them sterile.
Residence Hall Association
Safe Sex Awareness Month
Look for us in the PIT on 9/28.
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CHispA members said they found
this flier on gonorrhea offensive.
“Syphilis is not an alcoholic beverage”
and “Herpes is not a Greek philoso
pher” are the other slogans used on the
fliers.
Agosto said she spoke with RHA
president David Jemigan to discuss the
problems with the gonorrhea flier.
Jemigan said he immediately called
See CHISPA, Page 11
morning, as the task force currently has
no plans to build any additional high
rise residence halls, Richardson said.
Brad Matthews, a student member of
the task force, said no decision had been
made on what information will be pre
sented to Hooker in November when
plans for enrollment management are
finalized.
Student Body Vice President Emily
Williamson said the task force issued
questionnaires two months ago to each
school’s dean to gauge how many stu
dents they thought UNC could add
without affecting quality of education.
Most deans estimated that 3,000 stu
dents would be the limit for UNC if
schools received the necessary funding
Students, Faculty
Mull Master Plan
Architectural consultant
Adam Gross says the master
plan needs to foster a
greater sense of community.
Bv Lauren Beal
Staff Writer
A consultant hired to develop land
on campus told students and faculty at
forums Wednesday that he wanted to
reconnect North and South campus
while preserving the essence of UNC.
About 50 faculty members turned out
to hear Adam Gross, a consultant from
the Ayers Saint Gross architectural plan
ning firm in Baltimore, Md., present a
step-by-step process for revising the
campus master plan.
Revision of die master plan, a blue
print developing central campus land
use, started in March to take place over
a span of 18
months. “Right
now we’re ending
the observational
phase,” Gross said.
“We’re still walk
ing and talking to
people around
campus, and we
really need this
input.”
“We’ve been struggling to try
to figure out alternatives to
students just going and hanging
out in bars on Franklin Street. ”
Pete Andrews
Faculty Council Chairman
Maintaining the
essence of Chapel Hill is the primary
goal of the planning, Gross said.
“We’re looking at the history of
UNC, the academic purpose and incor
porating it into the master plan.”
Gross stressed the need to reconnect
the different elements of North and
South Campus. While North Campus
buildings create their own quadrangles
and open spaces, South Campus build
ings sprawl across wide areas, he said.
“South Campus buildings sit in space
rather than forming space,” he said.
Bryan Kennedy, the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation presi
dent, said students were concerned with
the beauty of campus.
“We want to keep the trees and what
makes it beautiful,” Kennedy said.
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Representatives were on hand from more than 100 businesses to
explain jobs, review resumes and assist potential job
candidates with questions about the working world.
to accommodate the growth,
Williamson said.
Richardson said the task force want
ed to make sure enrollment increases
didn’t affect UNC’s education level.
“We want to make sure the quality of
education remains high and that we con
tinue to have a comparable number of
graduate and undergraduate students,”
Richardson said.
The task force started looking to
other schools last month as models for
managing expansion, Richardson said.
Last year, N.C. State University
planned for an 18 percent growth by
2010 and projected an increase in the
See ENROLLMENT, Page 11
“It’s not just a matter of building
more, it’s a matter of maintaining what
we have.”
Gross asked faculty members to pri
oritize aspects of campus, such as new
facilities, student growth, parking, walk
ing ability and open space.
The word parking was met with
groans from his audience. UNC has
been facing a steady parking crunch due
to lack of space.
While faculty acknowledged the
importance of each issue, Faculty
Council Chairman Pete Andrews said
student life should be included in the
list.
“We’ve been struggling to try to fig
ure out alternatives to students just
going and hanging out in bars on
Franklin Street,” Andrews said.
The issue of student life also surfaced
at the student forum held in the Student
Union, where students focused on resi
dence halls.
“One, we need
more of them,”
he said. “And two,
we need them to
fulfill the purpose
of a residence hall,
not just a dormito
ry-
“ Too many stu
dents see them as
just a place to go
and sleep.”
The Ayers Saint Gross consulting
project will span over the next year,
Gross said. The consultants will present
their observations to the Board of
Trustees today and then begin prelimi
nary plans. Final project plans are
expected by October 1999.
Both faculty members and students
expressed a desire to have future input
as the consultant work continues. Scott
Deßue, student government chief-of
staff, helped organize the student forum.
“I know that I personally will be
pushing for student involvement,” he
said. “This is a long project, and it’s
important to have constant input.”
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Fake Gun
Prompts
Evacuation
By Paul Hobson
Assistant University Editor
University Police evacuated
Carmichael Residence Hall on
Wednesday night after receiving a
report of a student carrying a gun in the
building.
Police Lt. Herbie Stubbs confirmed
the report, but said police discovered
the gun was fake. “It looked real, very
real,” he said. “He would have gotten
killed if he’d come out with it”
Officers set off a fire alarm when they
arrived on the scene to evacuate the
building. Four police cars and a fire
truck surrounded the building while
several students stood outside.
However, police did not bar students
from the building.
Carmichael resident Dana Wheeles
said she saw the student walking out
side. “He came walking through the
lounge, and it looked like he had a gun,
and I figured it had to be fake because it
was right out in plain view.”
Drug Bust
Comforts
Residents
An investigation sparked by
residents led police to issue
arrest warrants for 27
suspects Tuesday afternoon.
By Nora Daube
Staff Writer
Local whose neighborhoods were the
center of a three-month drug investiga
tion said Wednesday they were pleased
with police efforts after the Tuesday
arrests of 14 suspects for felony drug
charges.
“I’m glad the police finally took the
initiative to crack down on the drugs in
Chapel Hill,” said Josh Schwartz, a
senior from Winston-Salem who lives
on Pritchard Avenue where police have
observed drug dealing.
Undercover officers bought crack
cocaine from suspects in the West
Rosemary and East Main streets area.
Police began serving warrants Tuesday
afternoon on 27 suspects, 24 of whom
were charged with felony possession of
crack cocaine with intent to sell and
deliver.
A condition to the suspects’ release
bonds, which was added by police at
residents’ request, forbids the suspects
from returning to 42 streets in the area.
Lillie P. Atwater of Carrboro was also
very relieved that steps were taken
toward solving the community’s drug
problems. “I think it’s great,” she said.
While some residents were hesitant
to discuss the situation and others said
they felt the arrests would not accom
plish much, many residents said they
hoped these arrests would be effective
in deterring drug activity on the streets.
Atwater said community awareness
would help conquer the drug problem.
“When the neighborhood starts com
plaining, the people that are dealing the
drugs know that the neighbors aren’t
going to tolerate it,” she said.
Nate Davis, director of the Hargraves
Center located in the Northside neigh
borhood, said the police had done a
good job of responding to people’s con
cerns.
The Hargraves Center has been a
part of the community effort to keep the
police informed.
“If we see drug use or dmg sales, we
will notify the police,” he said.
Davis said he also hoped the com
munity continued to stay involved.
“It’s still going to take an effort by the
community to let the police know if
they see drugs on their streets,” he said.
See COMMUNITY, Page 11
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