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UNC’s Broad Selected
for Syracuse Award
UNC-system President Molly
Corbett Broad has been selected to
receive the 1999 George Arents Pioneer
Medal, the highest alumni award given
by Syracuse University.
Broad received her bachelor’s degree
in economics at Syracuse University.
The George Arents Pioneer medal
will be presented to Broad during the
Arents Awards Dinner by Syracuse
Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw.
The dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m.
June 5 in Manley Field House as part of
Syracuse's Reunion Weekend ’99.
Dean Smith to Receive
Dick Enberg Award
Former UNC basketball coach Dean
Smith has been named the winner of
the Dick Enberg Award.
The award is given annually to a per
son whose actions and commitments
serve to further the meaning and reach
of the Academic All-America programs
and the student-athlete, and promotes
the values of education and academics.
Smith will be honored at the GTE
Academic All-America Hall of Fame’s
induction ceremonies June 10 at the
Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas.
Norton Named 1999’s
Volunteer of the Year
Joseph Norton, a long-time UNC
Hospitals volunteer was honored April
22 with the Elaine M. Hill Award for
Distinguished Volunteer Service.
The award is named for Elaine Hill,
who served as the director of volunteer
services from 1967 to 1990.
Each year, the award is presented at
a special luncheon during National
Volunteer Week.
Norton received the award in part for
his 7,500 hours of service at the UNC
Hospitals medical center.
Drug Found to Impede
Treatment of Cancer
Researchers at UNC found that the
compound known as cisplatin, usually
combined with the drug paclitaxel, or
Taxol, for treating women with ovarian
cancer, prevents the paclitaxel from
killing the cancer cells in some situa
tions.
Researchers suggest that second-line
therapy for patients with advanced
ovarian cancer might need to be
changed.
Results indicate paclitaxel alone
would work better to increase survival
among patients.
Kirtley to Speak During
Accounting Graduation
Olivia Kirtley will present the
keynote address at the May 27 gradua
tion ceremony for the Kenan-Flagler
Business School Master of Accounting
Program.
Kirtley is the first woman and first
person from industry and not from pub
lic accounting, to become chairwoman
of the board of directors at the
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
Kirtley is also the first woman to
head the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants.
The commencement will be held at
10 a.m. May 27 in the MauriceJ. Koury
Auditorium of McColl Building.
Orange County Needs
Immediate Volunteers
Volunteer Orange, the Volunteer
Center of Orange County has an imme
diate need for volunteers to work at
local non-profit and human service
organizations.
The openings include tour guides for
historic sites, supervisors for children’s
play areas and adult mentors for the
Governor’s One-on-One Program.
Interested individuals should call
Volunteer Orange at 929-9837 between
9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from Monday
through Thursday, or between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m. Friday.
Governor to Speak at
Olympic Symposium
Hunt will speak at a Duke University
and the 1999 Special Olympics World
Summer Games sponsored symposium
titled “Creating Healthy Communities
for People With Mental Retardation”
from May 24 to 26.
The symposium is designed to give
those volunteering at the Olympic
games insight into the lives of people
with mental retardation.
It will also hold educational sessions
which will detail current themes of peo
ple with mental retardation.
Women Set to Enter Old East in Fall 2000
Specific details for the
integration of Old East and
Old West has yet to be
discussed with residents.
By Ralph Belk
Staff Writer
The final obstacle to the integration
of Old East and Old West residence
halls has been cleared, and starting in
the fall of 2000 women will live in the
traditionally all-male dorms during the
school year.
Dean Bresciani, the associate vice
chancellor of student affairs, supported
the recommendation that the residence
halls be changed to coeducational at the
4 Women Injured
In 3-Car Accident
A UNC Hospitals employee
rear-ended a Dodge Stratus
on Manning Drive after
falling asleep at the wheel.
By Ashley Stephenson
Editor
A three-car pile up on Manning
Drive resulted in four people being
taken to UNC Hospitals for treatment
Tuesday morning, according to police
reports.
All three cars were traveling west on
Manning Drive, and the collision
occurred in front of Morrison Residence
Hall. University Police Maj. Walter
Dunn said the department received the
call at 10:48 a.m.
According to police reports, the first
car, an Oldsmobile, had stopped in the
travel lane waiting for a truck to back
out of a driveway. The second car, a
Dodge Stratus, stopped behind the first
car.
Six Advisers to Begin Training in July
The new advisers will begin
training with three days of
workshops and by assisting
students at C-TOPS.
By Dan Simmons
Staff Writer
Incoming students will deal with a
revamped advising system this summer
at C-TOPS, while returning students
might find anew PIN-distribution sys
tem in place.
The eight new full-time professional
advisers that the University hired are
being being trained for the new team
system to begin July 1. Seven of the
eight advisers will be working by then,
while the eighth will start August 1.
The training for the new advisers will
include three days of workshops and
activities in July and working with
incoming freshman and transfer stu-
Fans Enjoy Opening Night Revelry
Devoted Star Wars fans
dressed up and came early
to celebrate the long-awaited
prequel in style.
By Scott Wright
Copy Editor
Minutes before his return to the big
screen, Yoda stepped in the long line
of crazed Star Wars fans for popcorn
and a drink.
The venerable Jedi Master predict
ed, “I’m gonna be great! The Force is
with me!”
But Yoda’s fame and influence did
not buy him refreshments before his
film, as the movie was set to begin
and the popcorn line at the Movies at
Timberlyne was just too long.
Retreating to the theater, Yoda
strode down the right aisle to his seat,
lifting his arms in triumph as he was
cheered by the mob of fans who had
been seated for two-and-a-half hours
before the midnight start time.
“Star Wars: Episode I- The
Phantom Menace,” for which fans
had been awaiting 16 years, began.
One fan in the front stood, turned
to the audience and yelled, “You get
hyped! This is Star Wars!”
Advance tickets for the movie that
was projected to rival “Titanic” for
University & City
start of the fall 2000 semester.
He notified both the Department of
University Housing and the residents of
Old East and Old West residence halls
May 5 of his final decision.
The decision was the final step in a
process initiated by a joint proposal
from Emily Williamson, former student
body vice president, and David
Jemigan, former Residence Hall
Association president, to allow women
to live in the residence halls.
Bresciani said he made his decision
after receiving input from student lead
ers and forums with Old East and Old
West residents.
He also consulted academic studies
which compared the benefits of single
sex and coed environments.
Bresciani said he was convinced that
The third car, a UNC Hospitals
Chevrolet van, collided with the second
car, causing it to hit the first car which
was stopped. According to police
reports, UNC Hospitals employee
David Solomon had fallen asleep at the
wheel of the van when he hit the second
car.
Solomon said, “It’s kind of hard to
pay attention when you’re asleep.”
The crash broke the back windshield
and crumpled the back end of the car,
dislodging the bumper and crushing the
trunk.
All four passengers in the Dodge
Stratus were taken to UNC Hospitals.
They were released Tuesday after
receiving treatment.
None were admitted to the hospital
following the accident.
The driver and passenger in the first
car sustained no injuries, but the acci
dent damaged the bumper of the
Oldsmobile.
Crime Prevention Officer Lt. Angela
Carmon said although she dealt with an
accident last week involving someone
dents at C-TOPS.
“A lot of the new advisers plan to
learn by working with current advisers
at C-TOPS,” said Betsy Taylor, the
Student Services Manager for the
College of Arts & Sciences and a mem
ber of the Implementation Committee
for the Carolina Advising Initiative.
“They’ll observe to begin with and do
hands-on work when they feel comfort
able.”
The workshops in July will include
introducing the new advisers to various
campus services like counseling, career
services and the Learning Center, said
Barbara Stenross, an assistant dean in
the General College.
The new advisers will also do role
playing exercises to practice interacting
with students. While the new advisers
will have three full days of workshops,
Stenross said that their training would
not end there.
“The training will be ongoing,” she
said.
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Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace opened Wednesday.
People camped out for tickets in order to see the first showing.
the title of biggest blockbuster ever
went on sale at 4 p.m. last Friday. The
564 movie patrons, completely filling
two theatres early Wednesday morn
ing, had waited for hours in line the
week before to be the first to see the
new Star Wars adventure.
Prior to the film, moviegoers who
had seats saved for them inside the the
atre prowled around the lobby or stood
outside with friends or family.
he had the support
of the student
body and said
coeducational liv
ing environments
were more con
ducive to a stu
dent’s preparation
for life after col
lege.
Wayne Kuncl,
director of
University hous
ing, said the goal
of his department
was to complete
the changeover as
Director of Housing
Wayne Kuncl
said he hoped no
males would be
forced to move from
their rooms.
smoothly as possible.
He said he wanted to continue hon
oring both the housing contracts which
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An Emergency Medical Technician assists a woman who wishes to remain unidentified after a car crash on
Tuesday morning on Manning Drive. A University employee hit her car while asleep at the wheel.
who nodded off behind the wheel,
sleepy drivers were not responsible for
many accidents on University streets,
she said.
The Implementation Committee for
CAI also explored options that would
change the way PINs are distributed,
such as allowing students to keep the
same PINs all four years. Currently, stu
dents get PINs when meeting with their
advisers.
Bernadette Gray-Little, chairwoman
of the Implementation Committee, said
no decision had been made about PINs
for next year.
“The final form that (the PIN system)
will take has not been determined,”
Gray-Litde said.
When restructuring of the advising
system begins July 1, the General
College and College of Arts & Sciences
advising systems will merge to form the
new team system. Gray-Little said they
wanted the team system to be up and
running when fall semester began.
“The goal is that the teams will be
functioning by fall semester,” she said.
Advisers will be organized in teams
according to their disciplines such as
Obi-Wan Kenobi, dressed in his
light brown robe, waited in the lobby.
His real name is Andy Campbell, a 21-
year-old film major at UNC-
Greensboro.
Campbell said he dressed up like
Kenobi because he felt like he had to.
“You have to do whatever you have to
do to be a part of it,” he said.
See STAR WARS, Page 6
were currently valid, and the priority or
“squatters’ rights" of all the residents.
Bresciani said he and University
housing would work closely with resi
dents during the next school year to
resolve some of the other issues that will
arise.
Some of these issues which are still
being worked on include how the halls
will be split, the substance-free status of
Old West, visitation, and what will hap
pen if some males are displaced or
unhappy living in a coed dorm.
Both Kuncl and Bresciani said they
were hopeful that no one would be
forced to move because of the histori
cally low return rates of the residents of
these two residence halls.
However, the students who wish to
move will probably be given priority in
“I would say its a relatively random
occurrence,” Carmon said. “It’s not
something we get very often here.”
social sciences and fine arts. Under the
new system, students will be matched
with advisers according to their fields of
study. For example, a psychology major
would be paired with an adviser with a
social science background.
The seniors will not take part in the
new advising system, however.
Next fall there will be a transition
team that will handle the seniors, Taylor
said. They would focus on addressing
the needs of seniors, such as making
sure seniors are fulfilling all the require
ments necessary to graduate.
Taylor emphasized that while the
University was trying to better meet the
needs of students, the students needed to
view the new advisers as additional
resources.
“We’re hoping that students will take
advantage of the people who will be
there on a full-time basis.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu
Episode I
Falls Short
Of Hype
By Verna Kale
Arts & Features Editor
Star Wars has its own standards. There
is hardly a way to compare the Star Wars
movies to other films because George
Lucas’ vision changed the face of film
making.
That said, in comparison to Lucas’ for-
mer efforts in
parts TV through
VI, “Star Wars:
Episode I- The
Phantom
Menace” hardly
stacks up.
1 went into
the theater angry
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that critics had been giving the movie
lukewarm reviews. I accused the critics of
being arrogant jerks having a grand old
time picking on the big guy.
Now I see they were absolutely right.
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Thursday, May 20, 1999
a dorm of their choice, Bresciani said.
Student Body President Nic Heinke
said he thought the plan to allow women
residents in Old East and Old West was
a good idea.
When asked if this decision, along
with the decision to reopen Spencer as
coed instead of all-female, marked a
trend against single-sex dorms, Heinke
said he fully supported the integration of
all of the dorms.
“Old East and Old West being inte
grated has less to do with an anti-single
sex sentiment and more to do with both
the realization of their historical signifi
cance and respect for the right of all stu
dents to have a chance to live there.”
The University Editors can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Cara Brickman contributed
to this story.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Officials
Say Funds
Needed
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
School officials say more
money is needed to support
local homeless students.
By Mike Iskandar
Staff Writer
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
School Board has submitted a grant to
the Public Schools of North Carolina in
an effort to provide funding for home
less students in the area.
The grant, titled “Education for
Children and Youth” is a request for
$12,370.
Mary Roberts, coordinator of com
munity schools programs for Chapel
Hill-Carrboro City Schools, said the
purpose of the grant was to ensure that
families in the homeless shelters
received access to care and financial
assistance.
The funding would support homeless
elementary school students and their
families for their transportation, after
school programs and summer camps,
she said.
Sherron Leplin, coordinator of
exceptional education and student ser
vices for the school system, said much
of the grant focused on funding for
emergency transportation.
Leplin said many of the homeless
students did not have access to trans
portation. The funding would provide a
safe means of transportation with adult
supervision.
Roberts said the after-school pro
grams were offered at all seven elemen
tary school programs in the school sys
tem.
“The programs offer children an
opportunity to interact and grow with
other kids their age," she said.
When the school year finishes, the
school system will offer four summer
camps. Roberts said the camps provid
ed fun summer days, recreational activ
ities and regular field trips to places
such as the roller skating rink and the
Museum of Life and Science.
The required fee to join the pro
grams create a barrier for homeless stu
dents. The proposed funding would
help the students’ families overcome
these barriers and provide quality child
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