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In Brief
Classics Poetry Reading
To Feature Greek Food
The Department of Classics will hold
a poetry reading at 5:30 p.m. Thursday
in the Forest Theatre. Students and fac
ulty members will read Greek and
Roman literature and poetry, and
Greek and Roman food will be served.
All students and interested parties are
welcome to attend.
Art Museum to Display
New Exhibition Sunday
The Ackland Art Museum will hold
a storytelling performance that coin
cides with the exhibition “Visions of
Faith” at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The performers will share religious
stories from five different religions:
Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism,
Judaism and Islam. The exhibition is
free and open to the public. For more
information, call 962-0837.
Black Cultural Center
To Host Spiritual Talk
The Sonja H Stone Black Cultural
Center will sponsor a panel discussion
called “Walking the Spiritual Walk in
African-America: An Ecumenical
Dialogue” from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturday in Union 213. The Rev.
Donald Donaldson and Father Thomas
W.S. Logan will discuss Christianity,
Sherlock Graham-Haynes will discuss
Baha’i and Dr. Fred. D. Muhammad
will discuss the Nation of Islam. For
more information, call 962-9001.
Basketball Shoot Off
Could End in $1 Million
Carolina Dining Services will hold a
basketball Shoot Off at 1 p.m. Friday in
front of Lenoir Dining Hall.
Cereal maker Kellogg’s will sponsor
the event, called “Tony Takes a Shot."
Six students will compete and win
prizes, but only one will receive the
SI,OOO meal plan. The winner will also
be entered into the national Kellogg’s
contest and niight get a chance at the
$1,000,000 shot at a Detroit Pistons
game
Women’s Center, Nike
To Sponsor Night Run
The Carolina Women’s Center and
Nike Corp. will host a Women’s Safe
Night Run today. Participants will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at Woollen Gym.
The run will begin at 8 p.m., rain or
shine. For more information, call Taylor
Laumann at 932-6748, or e-mail
Laumann at laumann@unc.edu.
Nutrition, Education
Could Aid Cancer Fight
The Cornucopia House Cancer
Support Center is holding a Nutritional
and Cancer Educational Series on
Tuesday. Nutridon is a popular alterna
tive means of fighting cancer.
Dr. Joseph Scradie will outline prac
tical guidelines for understanding how
nutrition can be used to help cancer
patierts. The interactive discussion will
focus on myths vs. facts and where to
find credible resources.
There is no charge for the session
that will be held at Advent Lutheran
Church on Erwin Road. For more infor
mation, call 967-8842.
Clothing Sale Benefit
Scheduled for May
The Ephesus Road Elementary
School is sponsoring an outdoor bag
sale at the Carrboro PTA Thrift Store
on Saturday, May 1.
The sale will be held from 8:30 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. Bags of clothing can be
purchased for $2. In the case of rain, the
sale will be canceled. Profits benefit the
PTAs of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools.
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Advisers OK System; Say Cooperation Needed
Bv Carrie Callaghan
Staff Writer
As next semester’s changes to the
advising system inch closer, many advis
ers say that while the new system might
better serve students, the changes will
not work without lots of effort from stu
dents and the new advisers.
The Carolina Advising Initiative,
which is in its final stages of approval,
includes a plan to hire eight full-time
advisers and restructure much of the sys
tem startingjuly 1.
Administrators are putting plans
together this week, which call for each of
BCC Debates Merits
Of 'DWB' Proposal
Bv Hollv Neal
Staff Writer
The police play an important role in
society, but Carol Ben-Davies says when
officers pulled over and harassed her
friends simply because they were black,
she began to question the scope of their
power.
“The police are supposed to protect
us from crime and violence,” she said.
“But who’s protecting us from the
police?”
Ben-Davies led a round-table discus
sion at the Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center on Wednesday to
debate whether police officers use race
as a factor when pulling over drivers.
The discussion was sparked by a bill
that would require police officers to col
lect statistical data on drivers they stop
over the next two years to determine the
Hard Hats Set Their Sights on Union
Officials say renovations
and anew addition will
allow the Union to meet the
different needs of students.
Bv Carrie Callaghan
Staff Writer
Within months, a fence will go up
and heavy machines will roll in, herald
ing the rise of anew building and the
complete internal make-over of an old
one- the Student Union.
During the next two years, the Union
will receive an addition between the
existing building and South Road, as
well as extensive renovations. This
comes partly as the result of a student
vote in February 1998 to increase stu
dent fees to fund the project.
Construction will occur in phases,
said Steve Schuster with Clearspaces,
the firm managing the design of the new
facility and the renovations. The firm
plans to start work on the addition in
July, he said. Renovations on the sec
ond floor and lower level of the existing
Union are planned to begin in fall 2000,
and the main level renovations - the
final step - should begin in spring 2001.
The first year of construction will
block the stairwell between the Union
and Student Stores, impeding normal
pedestrian traffic, said Andrew Holton,
Carolina Union Activities Board presi
dent. Holton said student groups would
not be closed down by the construction.
Organization offices normally located
in the Student Union would simply
transfer to the new building once it is
complete, he said.
Holton said the final package would
include a more cozy and attractive
Union package and more space avail
able for the different needs of students.
The architects considered the TV
show “Friends” when designing the
main level, Holton said. “They have in
mind the ‘Central Perk’ idea,” he said,
referring to the coffee shop on the show.
“There will be some sort of space for
performers, poetry readings.”
University & City
the professional advisers to head a team
structured around different disciplines.
The teams will include a departmental
adviser and multiple part time faculty
advisers.
The advising reform came after
numerous complaints about the current
advising system. If the plan meets final
approval, students will be required to
meet with a designated adviser once a
semester to receive their Personal
Identification Number for registration.
When the students leave General
College, they must meet with a different
adviser in their major.
With the new plan, students can have
validity of claims that blacks are stopped
because of their race. The data would
then be presented to the N.C. General
Assembly every two years.
Approved by both chambers of the
legislature April 15, the “driving while
black” bill now awaits the approval of
Gov. Jim Hunt.
Carol Ben-Davies, program coordi
nator at the BCC, led the small group
Around the Circle discussion.
When black drivers are stopped and
harassed by police, they can become
“hardened” to society, Ben-Davies said.
“Then that plays into the myth of the
angry black man, the myth of the mili
tant black man,” she said.
But Delvin Davis, a senior from
Plymouth, said black men were not the
only ones affected by unwarranted
See DWB, Page 10
The New State of the Union
Following two years of construction and renovations, the Student Union will boast an additional 40,000 square feet through a
new addition along South toad. The addition wil primarily house student organization offices and conference rooms.
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Next Stages of Student Union Development _
Phase 1 Expansion (August 16,1990-July 2006)
■ Aug. 16 Construction fences wiH go along the
corner of Raleigh and South roads, enclosing the parking tot
■ September 1999 —The stairwell connecting South Road to
the Pit will dose for construction.
SOURCE: CAROLINA UNION
He said this would be located where
the TV lounge and Union Station eatery
currently are. A bagel shop will also
open in that area, he said.
The renovations will also significant
ly update the Great Hall, Schuster said.
“It kind of has a dated, 1960s look.”
The Great Hall will receive new light
ing and sound systems, and the stage
will become handicapped accessible,
Schuster said. “It will be basically a
brand new space inside the old shell.”
The second floor of the existing
Union will also receive a complete
more choice about who advises them.
Access to advisers is expected to
increase by 30 to 40 percent.
General College adviser Jean Desaix
said she was pleased with the new sys
tem. “I think it’s just terrific that anew
model of advising will be enforced,” she
said. “I think students will be better
accommodated.”
She said because many advisers
would serve full-time, students would
have more access to advising at times
convenient to their schedules.
But Desaix said some problems might
arise. “I suspect there will be some
glitches, and I trust that the administra
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While Black bill that would require tne police to obtain data on all drivers they stop for the next two years.
Phase 2 Renovation (September 2000 - December 2000)
■ Improvements will be made to the second and lower levels of the
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■ Improvements will be made to the main level of the Student Union.
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make-over, Schuster said. “(The second
level) will be pretty much totally gutted
out and put back.” Meeting rooms and
lounges will fill the second level, he said.
Student usage will be very important
in the Union’s addition, as it will house
a large number of offices for student
groups, Holton said.
In particular, the southeast comer of
the building will serve as a multipurpose
room seating 100 to 120 people. Holton
said Student Congress would use the
room for its biweekly sessions, but other
student groups would have access to it.
tion will be ready to address those glitch
es,” she said. The large number of major
requirements the professional advisers
will have to learn might prove difficult,
Desaix said.
Some students’ questions regarding
specific degree requirements might be
better answered by faculty advisers, aid
Journalism Professor Michael Williams,
who is a a general college adviser. “I am
still concerned that faculty who maybe
know best the intricacies of their depart
ments are not going to be as involved (in
the advising process).”
Adviser Sherry Salyer, who is a lec
turer in the physical education depart
The building will be fully equipped
with cutting-edge technology to aid stu
dents, Holton said. This will include
workstations to plug in laptop comput
ers, scanners and computers with graph
ic-oriented capabilities, he said.
Outside the addition along South
Road, the 16 existing parking spots pre
viously located in Union Circle will no
longer be available, Holton said. The
addition includes plans for seven new
spaces by the building on Raleigh Road,
See RENOVATIONS, Page 10
Thursday, April 22, 1999
ment, said the new system would rely on
student initiative just as much as the old
one to be successful.
“Certainly, if students don’t come by
to utilize it, then (anew system) doesn’t
matter,” she said.
Students have long been dissatisfied
with the current advising system, said
Thomas Warburton, honors program
adviser. “The thing that’s not going to
change is that students are going to have
to be responsible (for seeing their advis
ers).”
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Card Abuse
Kindles
Legislation
Opponents of the bill aimed
to curb student access to
credit say it could violate a
federal credit statute.
By Mary Cameron
Staff Writer
Campus credit card vendors could
soon lose student business if a recent act
passes the state legislature.
A bill soon to appear before the N.C.
House will require students under age
21 to have immediate parental consent
before applying for a credit card
through campus credit card vendors.
For students who live far from home,
this act could essentially ban them from
applying for and receiving a credit card
on campus.
Rep. Charlotte Gardner, R-Rowan, a
sponsor of the bill, said most college stu
dents under age 21 were incapable of
managing their own finances, and the
debts they incur often fall onto parents.
“Once students get away from home,
it is easy to get drawn into applying for
and using credit cards,” Gardner said.
“But most young people do not have a
job that is sustaining enough to pay
their bills."
But others say the bill crosses legal
lines. “This bill is a two-edged sword,”
said Dorothy Bemholz, director of
UNC Student Legal Services.
“Under this law, students could build
their own credit, but what students
would be prohibited to do is build their
own credit history if their parents do not
give them permission to do so.”
Bemholz also expressed her concern
regarding the bill’s age inclusion
because it conflicted with the Equal
See CREDIT, Page 10
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