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2 Thursday, January 20, 2000 Student Union Board Approves Senior Gift By Harmony Johnson Staff Writer The Carolina Union Board of Directors unanimously approved plans for a Class of 2000 room in the renovat ed Student Union at a meeting Wednesday. Seniors voted in November for the room in the Union as their class gift, but the decision was not finalized until the board’s vote. The room will be included in the new additions to the Union on the main level, said Carolina Union Director Don Luse. Senior Class President Danya Ledford said the room would be bene ficial to all students. “We just want to give a no-strings attached room that everyone can enjoy,” she said. The 40’ by 30’ space will include comfortable furniture, end tables, lamps and art work, Luse said. “This building needs warmth.” The senior class will kick off its gift campaign next week, hoping to raise at least $35,000. The board also discussed a prelimi nary proposal that would put a copy center where the Fellows Lounge cur rently resides. Spitting Image Copy Center would provide black and white and color copy ing services, as well as CD-Rom writing, CD get A LEG UP ON THE COMPETITION WITH INTERNSHIPS! yu ATTEND THE CS&k UCS INTERNSHIP PAIR lurm Wednesday, January 26, 2000 • Great Hall • 11:00am-3:00pm /—lg CjJa i h BRING PLENTY OF RESUMES m r open to all students NEED HELP WITH YOUR RESUME? NEED ASSISTANCE DUE TO A DISABILITY ■yaT RESUME MARATHON: Bring a copy of your resume to 209 Call 962 6507 for more information Hanes Hall on Jan 24 from 10am-3pm to be critiqued by a UCS counselor! OR come by UCS, 211 Hanes, Mon-Fri between 10am-3pm Sponsored by University Career Services Division of Student Affairs ffSetond Annual MqP for a \ f Cure| Saturday February 12 UNC Downtown Commission In memory of those that we lost and in celebration of those that we save... The Downtown Commission and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center invite you to shop and dine downtown on Saturday, February 12th and “round-up for a cure." Each of the participating merchants will invite you to "round-up" your purchase to the next level (for example, if you spend 5i5.20, you may wan! to " round-up" your bill to 516.00 or maybe even S20.00!) All the monies raised will be donated to the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, located right here in our community. We in Chapel Hill are fortunate to have access to one of the finest cancer research and treatment centers in the world. The UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center would like to raise research dollars as well as community awareness of their programs and efforts by working with the Downtown Commission with this "round-up" campaign. You can make a difference in our community! Your contribution supports a local resource and makes a global impacl. Come downtown on Saturday, February 12, shop and dine at any of the participating merchants, and remember when paying the bill to "round-up for a cure"! If your downtown business would like to participate, call Robert Humphreys at 929-9 700 by January 2 1, 2000 "xj Chapel I fill News Daily Tar Heel Chapel Hill Herald Monday, January 24th COMING SOON! RESUME MARATHON 2000! Have your resume draft critiqued by a UCS Counselor All Students (Freshmen-Graduate Students) Welcome! Sponsored by UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES 209 Hanes Hall Division of Student Affairs 10:00 am-2:00 pm faxing, laminating, cutting and binding, said Union President Lauren Sacks. UNC Printing Services Copy Centers have agreed to provide all services. Prices will coincide with those of other copy centers, Luse said. “We would start with the copy center as soon as possible (after renovations) because it’s an income resource for us,” he said. “We would split any profits gen erated on a 50/50 basis.” Union directors also discussed ways to make Spitting Image student-friendly. “I hope that they would give much more thought to making this more stu dent oriented than the other ones are,” said Donna I .efebvre, political science professor and board member. Spitting Image would operate during the same hours as the Union and could include a Tar Heel Teller machine. The Union would participate in the hiring and training of employees for the center. Luse said they planned to employ some students, particularly for night operation. Other proposals include moving stu dent organizations’ copy work from Suite C to the new location as well as removing the copier that is currently upstairs in the Union. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. County to Consider New IFC Sites County commissioners say they have mixed opinions about the potential sites for a relocated IFC shelter. By Walter Her/ Staff Writer The Orange County Board of Commissioners plans to discuss a reso lution tonight that would eliminate one of five possible new locations for an area homeless shelter. Commissioner Moses Carey is expected to present a proposal that would drop a piece of county property on Homestead Road from the list of potential sites for anew Inter-Faith Council shelter and kitchen. The IFC shelter is now located at 100 W. Rosemary St., where several resi dents and merchants have expressed their displeasure over the shelter’s loca- 3 Seton Hall Students Killed in Blaze Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, NJ. - Fire broke out at a university residence hall early Wednesday as hundreds slept, News tion and proposals to expand. Plans began late last year to seek space for a new, larger shelter with a separate facil ity for women and children and an expanded kitchen and dining area. “We respectfully request that the Town Council support a more suitable location at anew site,” said Ken Spaulding, who represented a group of residents and business leaders at a town council meeting in July. Commissioner Margaret Brown said tonight’s resolution would speed up the search for a suitable piece of property for the new shelter. “It’s not a negative thing. We’re just trying to make a formal statement to encourage the IFC task force to look at other better sites.” Other possibilities include the build ing that houses the Chapel Hill Police Station off Airport Road once anew sta tion is approved, an office building on South Elliott Road, private land on Homestead Road or an expansion of the facility on Rosemary Street. killing three people, injuring 62 and sending terrified students crawling in pajamas through smoke into the freez ing cold. Six Seton Hall University students were critically burned. One of them suf fered third-degree burns over most of his body. Many of the 640 residents of Boland Hall went back to sleep when they first heard the alarm about 4:30 a.m., think ing it was another in a string of 18 false alarms set off in the six-floor building since September. But many soon heard screams for help and smelled the smoke. “1 opened the door just to check,” Yatin Patel said. “All the ceiling tiles were coming down. I saw a ceiling tile fall on someone.” “It was panic. Everybody was just, Go! Go! Go!’”said Nicole McFarlane, 19. She was treated for exposure because she left her room in only a short nightgown, a jacket and hiking boots. T he cause of the fire was under inves tigation. T he tragedy cast a pall of grief over the campus of the Roman Catholic school 15 miles southwest of New York City. Classes for the 10(000 students were canceled for the week. A memori al service was planned for later Wednesday. Sports events also were postponed through Thursday. “There’s not much you can say at this time,” said Newark Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, who came to offer support. “We’re glad we’re people of faith. The mystery of God’s work is always a great mystery.” Patel, who lives on the third floor down the hall from the lounge where Campus Calendar Today 5 p.m. - The Department of English presents acclaimed author and poet Andrew Octopus, who will be in 101 Greenlaw Hall to discuss his life and work. Octopus has been hailed by some critics as “the most unique voice in American letters.” Admission is free. For more information, call Andrew Penland at 914-2797. Carolina women’s Basketball Today at Carolina... Thursday. Jag, 20 UNC vs. Florida State 7:00 pm at Carmichael Auditorium Brown said one of the problems with the Homestead property was distance. “The Homestead property is really not on a public transportation system,” she said. “The shelter should be acces sible to the citizens who need to use it. “Out of all the proposed sites, this one was probably the poorest in terms of accessibility to people.” Commissioner Barry Jacobs said he was not in favor of dropping the Homestead Road county property from the list of possibilities just yet. “I am not sponsoring this resolution, though I am willing to listen,” he said. “I just think it’s premature. We have not received any requests or formal recom mendations from anybody.” IFC Executive Director Chris Moran said this would just be part of the elimi nation process. “I really have no feelings about the decision,” he said. “All the IFC Board of Directors is attempting to do is have inquiries to find out what pos sibilities exist for us.” the blaze broke out, said he put a wet towel under his door, kicked out his win dow screens and threw his mattresses on the ground in case he had (o jump At least two students did jump, wit nesses said. Tim Van Wie, 18, of Flanders, said a friend jumped from the third floor and suffered a broken wrist and sprained ankle. Others tied sheets together to climb down from the win dows, but firefighters arrived and res cued them by ladder. Keara Sauber, 18. saw one fellow stu dent shivering in a T-shirt and boxers, his skin completely Blackened by burns. “His skin was, like, smoking,” she said. Two of the three male students killed were found in the lounge and the other was found in a bedroom nearby. The victims, all 18, were identified by the Essex County medical examiner’s office as Frank S. Caltabilota, John N. Giunta and Aaron C. Karol. Their hometowns “ There’s not much you can say ... we’re glad, we’re people of faith. The mystery of God’s work is always a ... mystery.” Theodore McCarrick Newark Archbishop were not released. Two firefighters and. two police officers were among those hurt. 1 he injuries ranged from exposure and smoke inhalation to burns. The blaze was largely confined to the lounge. Students said they frequently saw people smoking in the lounge, even though it is prohibited in lounges and hallways. Essex County Prosecutor Donald C. Campolo said he did not have any infor mation about whether the fire was sus picious. He would not comment on 6 p.m. - The Panhellenic Council will hold a Sorority Recruitment Information Session in the Union Film Auditorium. All UNC women not affiliated with a sorority are invited to attend. For more information, call Rita Billingsly at 968-3785. 7 p.m. - The public is invited to an interest session regarding volunteer opportunities at the Orange County- Rape Crisis Center in 103 Bingham Hall. Advocates for Sexual Assault Slip iailii Sar Mppl Moran said the IF’C had not yet picked one possible location over anoth er. “VVe have not specifically indicated any of the proposed sites,” he said. “Eventually, the Board of Directors will make that decision.” Kevin Foy, Chapel Hill Town Council member, said Orange County was justified in removing the Homestead Road property from the list. “By my understanding, Orange County has designated uses for the property that precedes the IFC’s request” No matter what final decision is made, Foy said he was not concerned about public outcry against anew IFC facility. “I don’t think it will be a prob lem,” he said. “The IFC shelter and kitchen has been a part of of this town long enough that it is accepted by resi dents. The problem will be finding a suitable space for it.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. whether careless smoking may have caused the blaze. The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms was assisting in the investigation. “It will be a painstaking investiga tion," he said. “We are taking statements from individuals who may have wit nessed the fire or the moments leading up to it.” The 48-year-old building was equipped with smoke alarms and extin guishers but did not have a sprinkler sys tem because it was built before they were required, Campolo said. Fire hoses inside the building had been disconnected because the equip men! was obsolete, Seton Hall spokes woman Fisa Grider said. The smoke alarms and extin guishers had passed inspection recently and at least one extin guisher was used during the blaze, Campolo said. After the fire, soot-faced students lined up in the stu- dent center to comfort each other and call parents. Three roommates on the ground floor slept through the fire and were not hurt. They woke up more than two hours later. One of them, Erica McGlone, 18, peeked out her window and startled a firefighter outside. She said, “We said, like, ‘excuse me, sir, what’s going on?’And he said, ‘Get out.' They came in and dragged us out of there.” Prevention will present the program. For more information, call Tina at 914-5465. Monday 4 p.m. - An information session for students interested in helping to plan the International Festival will be held in Union 218. The festival will take place March 6. For more information, call Diana Levy at 962-5661. Tuesday 5 p.m. - The Student Environmental Action Coalition will hold its first semester general meeting. The public is invited to find out how to get involved in the student environ mental movement. For more information, call Tina at 914-5465. Items of Interest ■ Calling all zany, spirited, fun-lov ing Tar Heels! The 2000 Freshmen Camp counselor applications are now available in the Campus Y. Applications are due Friday, and all applicants must sign up for an interview by Friday. For more information, contact Justin Young at 914-6624. ■ Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Student Activities and Leadership nomination forms will be available Jan. 28 at the Student Union front desk, the Campus Y, 01 Steele Building and 104 Steele Building or at www.unc.edu/chancellorsawards. The deadline is Feb. 18. For more information, call 966-4045.
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