2 Friday, September 24, 1999 Class Probes Gift Ideas Despite Low Turnout By Karev Wutkowski Staff Writer Senior Class officers held forums this week to give the class an opportunity to speak out on the selection of a senior gift, but only three students took them up on the offer. Class president Danya Ledford said she was disappointed by the lack of attendance. “I wish more people would have come, but I think a lot of people spoke to me personally instead of com ing to the meeting,” she said. Senior Class Vice President Will Alston said the meager attendance was due to bad timing. “With the hurricane last week we had to reschedule, but we sent out messages to everyone on the senior listserv. This is also exam week for a lot of people.” Tia Lendo, a senior political science major from Pennsylvania, came to Thursday’s forum to share her idea for the gift. She pro posed that the Senior Class create three fellowships for students who exemplify leader ship skills and dedication to pub lic service. “I received a fellowship, and it has been life-alter- “I wish more people would have come, but I think a lot of people spoke to me personally instead of coming to the meeting. ” Danya Ledford Senior Class President ing,” she said. Lendo said she disap proved of all of the ideas that the Senior Class officers and marshals created. One of the ideas is Academics with Recognition in which seniors would donate money within the University, either to an academic department or for endowments or scholarships. Campus Calendar Today 11 am. - Kenan Professor of History and President of the German Studies Association Dr. Gerhard Wienberg will discuss “Nazi Germany in Peace and War.” Sponsored by Shared Learning, the speech by Dr. Wienberg will be at the Church of Reconciliation, 110 N. Elliot Road. For more information, call Marvin Block at 929-7316. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE HOME TEAM Tailgating is as eas’ as 1,2,3. University Mall invites you to tailgate in the parking lot before the Florida State/Carolina game. While tailgating check out our merchants inside and see what they have to offer. (T) SHOP . .get UNC merchandise & lots of fall fashions... ff) PARK & RIDE .. . and enjoy the game! " Catch the shuttle to and from home games for only $1.50 each way. Do a little shopping, grab a bite to eat and hop on the Chapel Hill Transit Shuttle next to Texaco. Buses leave regularly beginning I x h hours before the game and return up to a 'h hour after the game. Asa gift from U-Mall pick up a mFREE Pom Pom! with purchase at these participating merchants: Ritzie’s Too, Chick-fil-A, Hudson Belk, Mio’s Pizza (while supplies last) ‘University www.universitymallnc.com jf ft Dillard’s, Hudson Belk & over 50 Specialty Shops • 15-501 & Estes Drive, Chapel Hill • 967-6934 But many marshals said the gift would not unify the class, which sparked Ledford to seek input from the rest of the seniors. “We would also have a marker as physical recognition of the gift. It would be something tangible,” Ledford said. “We’ve gotten a lot of positive feed back and some negative feedback from this idea.” The other ideas are the addi tion of a room in the newly renovated Student Union and the creation of a physical structure like a granite wall. Ledford said officers would continue taking suggestions from the Senior Class through September and October. Members of the Senior Class can offer gift suggestions by filling out a gift idea submission form, which is due today and available at the Union desk. The Senior Class officers also sent out forms online through the senior listserv, and applications are available at their Web page. “There is usual ly not a senior voice. No class has ever tried this hard to get feedback from the entire class,” she said. The final pro posals will be pre sented to the Senior Class in an online vote in November. Ledford said the ultimate goal regarding the Senior Gift is to unify the class. “We want to get the whole class excited and pumped up about it. We want the highest participation ever.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. - The UNC Chapter of the NAACP will be having “111 Vibes,” an evening of jazz and poet ry in the Union Cabaret. Tickets will be sold in advance in the pit for $4 or can be purchased for $4 at the door with a canned good. Monday 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - The Lab! Theatre will hold auditions for its second set of shows. Sign up for a time outside Room 105 of the Center for Dramatic Arts. For more information, look online at University & City Chapel Hill Set for New Fire Station By Erica Sandin Staff Writer Twenty-two Chapel Hill residents dis cussed whether the safety of a nearby fire station outweighed the late night sound of sirens at an informational meeting Thursday night Fire Chief Dan Jones and Deputy Chief Bob Bosworth met with con cerned residents at Christ Church in Southern Village to discuss the need, cost and design of the new fire station to be located on Bennett Road and the southeast comer of U.S. 15-501. The fire station is projected to be completed by early 2001. The date was chosen in order to correspond with the city of Chapel Hill’s annexation of Southern Village and possibly some Local Schools to Receive High Honor By Tricia Barrios Staff Writer Two Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be honored today in a cer emony celebrating their designation as Schools of Excellence. State Superintendent Mike Ward will make presentations at Estes Hills Elementary School and McDougle Middle School in ceremonies designed to celebrate their academic achieve ments. Ward will present feach school with a banner commemorating its achievement and address each student body. “It’s something the whole school should be proud of,” said Kay Williams, Director of Communication for the Department of Public Instruction. www.unc.edu/ student/orgs/lab. 3:30 - Vince Hill, adoctoral candi date in the School of Public Health’s Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, will present a talk Sept. 27 as part of the department’s In House Seminar Series. Called “Reduction of Enteric Microbes in Flushed Swine Waste Treated by a Biological Aerated Filter and UV Irradiation,” Hill’s seminar will be held in 2301 McGavran- Greenberg Hall. 4 p.m. - An Anthropology orienta- other surrounding areas. Jones helped decide on the location, using the Geographic Information System to determine an average response time. Based on the fire station’s average four minute travel time, Jones decided the 15-501 location would work best. “It was the best place to reach the most areas in the quickest time,” Jones said. However, some residents of Southern Village, particularly those on Arlen Park Drive whose homes overlook the con struction site, are worried about the physical appearance of the building and the noise from the sirens. “I live directly across from the inter section,” said Madeline Cains, who resides on Arlen Park Drive. “My hesi Schools of Excellence is a category within North Carolina’s ABCs of Public Education system. To attain this level of achievement, a school must have 90 percent of its stu dents at or above Achievement Level 111, a grading standard on the end-of grade test. In addition, the school must meet or exceed its expected growth-gain goal. Dale Minge, principal of McDougle Middle School, credited good teachers, good students and hard work for his school’s success. He said his school took a hard look to decide which children were having a hard time with the test and then tried to give them the attention needed to make them successful. He said he considered the School of tion will be held in 431 Greenlaw Hall for majors, intended majors and others interested in the subject. Learn about the department require ments, meet professors and the adviser. Arts and Science anthropology advisers will also be present to answer questions. Refreshments will be served. 8 p.m. - Circle K, a service organi zation, will hold a general meeting in 431 Greenlaw Hall. Tuesday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Makeup final for Dr. Benavie’s Spring Economics 10 class will be held in 268 Venable Hall. Are Farental Funds Nearly Extinct? Lei Sera-Tec help! (Qp j Participate in our life-saving & financially rewarding plasma donation program. IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION! Donors Earn up to $165 per Month! New donors earn S2O for first visit, W W $35 for the second visit within A II Yt 7 days. Active donors (absent 30 days) Jjg Tl earn $25 on return visit. /M ZidL Cali or stop by: "tSSKT Sera-Tecßioiogicals/jSh plasma save lives www.citysearch.com/RDU/SeraTec 109 1/2E Franklin St, Chapel Hill • 942-0251 • MWFIO-4, T&TH 10-6, SAT 10-2 AVl**'"' Please send me ESPN The Magazine at the special student rate of 26 Issues for sl3. (Wow. that's only 50 cents an Issue!) life DBI " Me I mm City State Zip Mall to: ESPN The Magazine Boone” I -0328 S9JBMC tation is the view and noise.” Despite objections to noise and the view, other Southern Park residents said they thought the new fire station would be a welcome addition to the neighbor hood. “I think it’s a necessary thing and it’s positioned beautifully to cover both the old and new areas of of Chapel Hill, “ said Phillips VanDusen, who lives on Parkside Circle. The cost of the fire station will be financed through a public bond, approved by voters and passed in 1996. Jim Baker, financial director at Chapel Hill Town Hall said the project was allocated $1.3 million. Three thou sand dollars will go to the purchase of a fire truck, and the remaining million is for the construction of the station. Excellence rating a somewhat difficult distinction to attain. “That’s a pretty high proficiency,” he said. Shannon Leonida, assistant principal at Estes Hills Elementary School, said her school’s achievement was due to its rigorous curriculum, hardworking teach ers and dedicated parents. “The hardest thing is maintaining it,” she said. Teachers and other certified person nel at both schools will receive $1,500 as an incentive bonus; teachers’ assistants will receive SSOO. Both school administrators agreed that the end-of-grade tests were only one measurement of academic success. “Each school’s own goals are impor tant too,” Minge said. He said there was a lot of pressure on teachers to get a good rating. Don’t forget to bring a dean’s excuse. 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - The Lab! Theatre will hold auditions for its second set of shows. Sign up for a time outside of Room 105 of die Center for Dramatic Arts. For more information, look online at www.unc.edu/student/orgs/lab. 6 p.m. - The Campus Y Finance Committee will be having its first inter est meeting in the Campus Y basement. For more information, contact Tiffany Foster at trfoster@email.unc.edu. Wednesday 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - The Ackland ©p ®aUg (Ear MM Architect Mike Hining said he designed the station to be both expand able and residential in style. In the preliminary plans, the station is a single story building that will house two fire trucks and employ 12 people. Jones said the new station would be more beneficial to the area in several ways. “It will definitely improve response time, lower insurance ratings in the area, and increase fire safety in Southern Village and in the already existing part of Chapel Hill,” Jones said. The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public meeting at Town Hall to further discuss the project on Oct. 11. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. “There’s the pressure of knowing that everyone in the state will know how every school did,” he said. The N.C. Board of Education put the ABCs system of testing in place at the direction of the General Assembly. The board’s ultimate goal of the pro gram is improving the level of student achievement, more specifically in basic core courses. This year, 50 out of 2,000 N.C. schools achieved the Schools of Excellence rating. Williams said she wasn’t satisfied with the number of schools honored this year. “It should be higher, and it will be.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Art Museum is presenting a faculty forum “Past and Present - East and West: Four Perspectives on the Art of Hung Liu.” Faculty from UNC and Duke University will consider such issues as female identity in Asia, assim ilation and conflict in East-West cultural relations, China’s engagement with its imperial past and art and politics in post Cold War China. Thursday 7 p.m. - Dr. Michael Petit, adjunct professor of English, will’ discuss the film “The Mask of Fu Manchu” in Toy Lounge on the fourth floor of Dey Hall. In his speech, “Queer Monsters/Asian Stereotypes: The Mask of Fu Manchu,” Petit will discuss what the film’s popularity conveys about Western sexual and racial visions of the Far East. Items of Interest ■ An exhibit, titled “Bits and Pieces,” in the Carolina Union Gallery features work by Shirley B. Little and will run until Oct. 11. ■ What would you as our next chan cellor? Have any suggestions, com ments or concerns that you want the Chancellor’s Search Committee to be aware of? Please e-mail the Student Advisory Committee to the Chancellor with your questions and concerns for the Chancellor’s Search Committee at sacc 1 @listserv.oit.unc.edu.

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