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oltu Sally ®ar Itel M News/I £> 107th year of editorial freedom Serving the students and the University community since 1893 First-Year Initiative Prepares for Fall Class Ehringhaus Residence Hall will host the First-Year Initiative Program in several newly renovated suites. By Wm Foushee Staff Writer The plans have been made and the schedules have been set for Ehringhaus Residence Hall to undergo an interior face lift as part of the new First-Year Initiative starting this fall. UNC’s First-Year Initiative is a three part living/leaming program designed to ease the transition of first-year stu- The Wall, Restored, Remembered Conservators are restoring a section of the Berlin Wall to go on exhibit in a Raleigh museum this fall. By Verna Kale Arts & Features Editor For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall stood as a practical and symbolic testament to a divided Germany. When the wall crime down Nov. 9, 1989, it marked the end of the Cold War era. Now, 10 years after the historic event, it is easy to forget the sense of foreboding that the Cold War brought. Perry Hurt, conservator at the N.C. Museum of Art, said he was working to keep the history' of the wall alive. Hurt headed a three-week project to restore a chunk of the Berlin Wall so it could be exhibited this fall at Explorts, anew museum coming to Raleigh. See WALL, Page 4 Heinke Begins Work on Platform Goals By Brad Kline Staff Writer Students returning to UNC for the fall semester might see the work of Student Body President Nic Heinke in a number of campus changes. Some things that might greet students in the fall include improved Point-2- Point stops, free fares on all of the buses in Chapel Hill, improvements to Hinton James Residence Hall, and 30 more computers in Davis Library. Heinke said the summer was a great time to lay the foundation for platform goals for die upcoming school year. “Most of those goals probably won’t be completed until spring semester next year,” Heinke said. Students to Benefit From C-TOPS Changes Students attending C-TOPS this summer will be able to register for their fall semester classes online. By Brooke Roseman Staff Writer UNC’s campus will be bombarded with over 400 new students every' two days through July 14. The students are participating in C TOPS, Carolina Testing and Orientation Program Sessions, a two-and-a-half day freshman orientation. According to the Orientation Commission, the group responsible for WEEKLY SUMMER ISSUE dents to college life. The program con sists of community housing, seminars and a summer reading program due to start in the fall, Karen Hauschild, area director of Ehringhaus, said. Coordinators for community housing said the program would group an initial test batch of 300 freshmen participating in a college transition program with enhanced advising and civic and cultur al activities. Ehringhaus is remodeling two suites to house offices for three graduate stu dent mentors for the program. The men tors will be responsible for leading dis cussions and easing the transition of freshmen in the program, Hauschild said. ago ip ' n ** •“ "&***■ n si •k y JBBB Mi JEmM m HP ■L • ijl|k lß|| Eg, mBT 488.' ' *£>*. V :Jk ik ”tKI jMMMi m 4 *****-•• ■ PHOTO COURTESY NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART Perry Hurt, a painting conservator with the N.C. Museum of Art, removes dirt from a section of the Berlin Wall that will be displayed this fall at Explor/s, anew museum coming to Raleigh. “But we’ve got ten a great start on most of them.” He said issues which would affect students next year are being discussed. Such issues include improving the P2P stops by providing bright overhead lights and emergency call boxes near each stop and a proposed fee Student Body President Nic Heinke said he wanted to hold a community service day this fall. increase which would make all Chapel Hill Transit Authority buses free of organizing C-TOPS activities, UNC will hold nine sessions to allow students to get a more personalized introduction to the University. Each session includes programs involving the entire group, groups of around 60 students, small groups of 20 to 25 students and an individual acade mic advising session. The C-TOPS schedule has been adjusted this summer so it will not inter fere with the Special Olympics World Games being held on campus starting June 24. Shirley Hunter, the director of orien tation, said the session that would have ended on June 25 was dropped. In two instances, groups of students will be leaving and entering on the same day to ■ Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork? Stanislaw Lee Thursday, June 10,1999 Volume 107, Issue 46 MBMP —TM| I f|F/ *** 1 Susan Kitchen, vice chancellor for student affairs, said mentors would play a large role in the intellec tual climate. “RAs (resident assistants) and graduate students are all part of the greater amount of contact between students and fac ulty,” Kitchen said. “We are trying Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Susan Kitchen said mentors were a link between students and faculty. to create the most productive and edu- charge to students. A door-to-door survey was also con ducted at Hinton James to gather what improvements resident students think the hall needs, as well as the area sur rounding it. Besides improving on existing ser vices and programs, Heinke said he was also working on some new projects, including a community service and cam pus clean-up day to be held sometime next semester involving the entire University community. One item that student government has been working on for the past few weeks involves making up for the decrease in computers available to stu dents during the upcoming Undergraduate Library renovations. accommodate for the loss, Hunter said. The dates of C-TOPS are not the only changes made this year. Orientation leader Tina Rojas said the registration process is also different. Students used to go to Steele Building to register for their fall semester schedules, but now they register online in the Undergraduate Library, Rojas said. She also said the advising booklet had been changed to make it easier to understand. Rojas said the students asked a lot of the same questions. Students wanted to know which professors and how many hours to take, she said. Even with the changes, however, See C-TOPS, Page 4 cational climate ... that we can.” Hauschild said the new suites would house the mentors’ living quarters, offices, a common room, offices for pro grams such as the Writing Center that will be offered on a day-to-day basis and an office for faculty members. Participants in the program would live on the third, fourth and fifth floors, while the current Living Well Program participants would be housed on the sec ond floor. Kitchens on the third, fourth and fifth floors of Ehringhaus are being remod eled to maximize space and create a study area for students in the program, Hauschild said. She said the program would develop Student Body Secretary Lerissa Rentas said a measure has just been passed to add computers in Davis Library to accommodate student needs. “There will be 30 additional comput er terminals added to Davis when the Undergrad closes down,” Rentas said. Heinke said he has been spending a lot of time fighting the proposed tuition increase that would affect the next four years for both graduate and undergrad uate students. Lee Conner, Graduate and Professional Student Federation presi dent, said fighting the tuition increase proposal was taking up the bulk of his time over the summer. “The House of Representatives offi cially released the proposal on W r w x SUB 4 3mST'- Me’ ' A mSSu mm ~ ' DTH/CARA BRICKMAN SEAC member Jeff Davis encourages C-TOPS participants Matt Underwood, Whitney Parris and Erin Bing (left to right) to join. relationships through group discussions. “Students will be broke up into 15 groups of 20 students, and ... will meet several times throughout the semester to discuss concerns. They will eat together and participate in a service project once per semester,” Hauschild said. There will be weekly dialogue ses sions for the first eight weeks leading up to a community service project, she said. Groups will be responsible for com pleting a service project each semester, and Hauschild said program coordina tors were arranging projects with orga nizations such as Habitat for Humanity. Hauschild said groups would have a See RESIDENCE, Page 4 Memorial Day, and ever since then we’ve mainly been focused on it,” Conner said. Heinke said battling both the state and University budget plans was taking a lot of energy. “I’ve been driving to Raleigh twice a week and pretty much been spending the whole day trying to make sure we get the money that the University needs,” Heinke said. Heinke said he has had a great time in office so far. “Chapel Hill is such a great place to be over the summer,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed it.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. News/Features/Arts/Sports 962-0245 Business/Advertising 962-1163 Chapel Hill, North Carolina © 1999 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Pedestrian Flow Faces Obstacles Town sidewalk crews will be working late nights for the next two months in order to repair Franklin Street walks. By Bart Wojdynski Staff Writer Pedestrians on Chapel Hill’s most traveled street will be disrupted by side walk construction for the next two months. The 100 block of East Franklin Street is receiving extensive sidewalk renova tions this summer, on the north side of the street, which houses businesses like Avie’s Hallmark and The Varsity Theater. The sidewalk is being replaced, trees replanted and curbs extended at crosswalks to increase pedestrian safety. Curtis Brooks, landscape architect and urban forester for the Town of Chapel Hill, said the repairs had been necessary for awhile. “The sidewalk on that part of the street is in seriously poor condition. I don’t know anyone who would argue that; there are many serious tripping hazards.” Brooks said the project also called for the removal of six streetside trees. “There are ten trees existing in the area. We’ll remove six of them and plant nine to replace the six, because some are in poor condition.” The crews will also build planters around the new trees, and extend the curb at the NCNB Plaza and Henderson Street crosswalks. The cost of the project is estimated at $64,000, which Brooks said covered only materials. The labor is being done by the town’s sidewalk crew. Construction on the project started last week and has a projected end date of Aug. 13. The work is being done in three phases and will include a break in construction during the Special Olympics. The demolition of the old sidewalk will be done at night to minimize incon venience. Construction that does not require heavy machinery will take place during the day. Avie Gund, owner and manager of Avie’s Hallmark, said any short incon venience for customers would be out weighed by the projects benefits. “(The hassle) makes no difference. I am so delighted that they’re giving us a new sidewalk,” Gund said, describing See FRANKLIN, Page 4 INSIDE UNC Libraries Online UNC libraries are working on a link to the Web site of the Library of Congress. The Web site will address the experiences of Black Christians in the South and is a result of a sizeable grant awarded to the UNC libraries by the Library of Congress. See Page 5. Agreement Reached Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and NATO negotiators reached a peace agreement which would allow ethnic Albanians to return to Kosovo. It also forces Serbian troops from the area and allows UN peacekeeping troops to occupy Kosovo. See Page 4. Shag Baby, Yeah! Mike Myers plays three characters instead of two and a talented Heather Graham takes the lead female role. If you throw in a few star appearances and a few Star Wars jokes. “Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me” is even funnier than the original. See Page 5.
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