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10A Thursday, April 6, 2000 Golfing Through The Air As the weather gets warmer, students can be found playing disc golf in a variety of campus locations. By Alicia Peters Staff Writer When students swarm out of their classrooms on warm and cheerful days, some take refreshing strolls through the grassy quadrangles framed by old brick buildings and stone walls. But for others, that calm walk is interrupted by bicyclists veering down brick paths and students playing with Frisbees. “I avoid (tying to get hit by a Frisbee,” said Domeeta Davis, a sophomore from Nashville. Although some students must duck to stay clear of flying objects, others enjoy the beautiful days playing Frisbee with their friends. Disc golf, a sport played by many students on the campus, combines golf and Frisbee. “(It is) like golf on a college bud get,” said Scott Benson, a junior from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The object of disc golf is to hit tar gets with a frisbee in the smallest num ber of throws. To start, a player throws a Frisbee from the tee and finishes by hitting the designated target or giving up. Students play the sport around cam- Gonzalez Boy's Father To Enter United States Associated Press WASHINGTON - Elian Gonzalez’s father will fly to the United States on Thursday to seek custody of his son, the 6-year-oid Cuban boy who has been the subject of an international tiig-ot-wurtoT the past four months, his lawyer said. “It is time for this reunion to go for ward,” said attorney Gregory Craig, who met earlier Wednesday in Havana with Juan Michael Gonzalez, the father, and Cuban officials. Craig said Gonzalez “is prepared to stay here until he has achieved that objective.” Gonzalez had said he would not trav el to the United States until he received assurances that custody of Elian would be transferred from the boy’s great uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, who has cared for him since he was survived a boat sinking last Thanksgiving in which his You'll Always Have Something To Wear A coijectlQn of bas/c b , ack dre sses No wardrobe is complete without one § How will you wear yours? 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The Frisbee golf course at the Outdoor Educational Center is a recent addition to the center and is provided by Carolina Adventures. “The course has been up and going for at least a year or so,” said Susan Porucznik, the program coordinator for Carolina Adventures. Megan Pape, a senior from Rocky Mount, said she enjoyed playing at the Outdoor Education Center. “The golf course is fun and people should definitely check it out,” she said. mother died. The Immigration and Naturalization Service issued a statement Monday that said, “Once Mr. Gonzalez arrives in the United States, the INS will begin trans ferring care from Lazaro Gonzalez to .Craig said Wednesday night, “We take this statement from the INS to mean and be an assurance that when Juan Miguel comes to the United States tomorrow, the process for transferring to him, the care and custody of his son Elian will immediately begin.” Elian’s Miami relatives are fighting for permanent custody, opposing any move to return the boy to Cuba. They have appealed a ruling that says he should be returned to his father, and Cuban-American protesters have threat ened to form a human chain around the Miami home where Elian is staying. Baskets set up around the course to catch Frisbees provide players with more difficult targets. But not all students choose to play on the Outdoor Educational Center’s course. “I think it is more fun to make up a course on campus,” said Julius Lucks, a junior from Duck. Students can be found armed with frisbees on any available grassy space, but Polk Place and McCorkle Place seem to be the most popular. Their goal is to hit targets ranging from light poles to classroom building doors to the Old Well instead of bas kets and approved targets. And fair weather conditions bring out a couple people, Frisbees and the notion that a player can hit anything or RHA From Page 3A “The RHA often goes unnoticed, and we can never please everyone,” she said. “I feel this award acknowledges our hard work and a large-scale accomplishment” Coleman echoed the sentiment that this award proved their success over the SEARCH From Page 3A work hard.” Both Hoke and Gibbs agreed that being principal of a large high school was a very demanding job. “There are tremendously high expec tations for principals from external sources,” Hoke said. “Parents want some one who will stress high achievement and stay on top of issues. It’s a difficult job and significant stress contributes to the turnover rate of administrators.” Gibbs said it was not unusual for principals to decide that they needed more time for their personal lives. “Principals are on call 24 hours a day when you consider the daily athletic events, PTA meetings and other admin istrative activities,” she said. “Their day begins early in the morning and often ends after attending sporting events that might not be at the school." Because Armstrong will not return, the school is searching for a principal for “EXPOSURE 2000” Saturday, April B,4pm-12am at Pantana Bob’s f ea Sankofa, Hobex, The Nomads & Acoustic Syndicate Tickets $lO in the Pit -18 and over admitted sponsored by Delta Sigma Phi & Sigma Sigma Sigma REDUCE & RECYCLE to save the landfill. News anyone that stands still. “I like to play on sunny days when there is no wind,” said Will Morris, a junior from Watertown, Conn. “I play ’cause it’s fun.” Another avid player participated in disc golf to relax. “I play as a relief from school,” said Matt Twombly, a graduate student from Chapel Hill. So while students reach for their Frisbees, others will continue to dodge flying objects. Pape said, “As long as the targets are a reasonable distance and people watch out for each other, students can play on campus.” The Features Editor can be reached at features@unc.edu. past year. “A repeat win is hard,” he said. “Judges are often speculative; they’re looking for new ideas.” Coleman said he was proud of the group’s accomplishments. “I hope to look back and see a continuous improvement in residence hall life on this campus.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. the next school year. Until then, Pedersen has appointed veteran physics teacher A.K. Smith to act as interim principal until June 30. School board member Roger Waldon said he thought Smith was well-qualified to act as the temporary principal. “A.K. Smith is somebody who is held in high regard by students and faculty members,” he said. “I have a lot of confidence in his abil ity to manage during the transition peri od.” Smith said that although he was flat tered to be chosen as the interim prin cipal, he would not continue past the end of his term. “I was quite honored (to be chosen),” he said. “At first I was quite over whelmed. But I’ve never had an over whelming desire to be in school admin istration. The school has done so much for me that I’m happy I can do some thing to give back to it and the students.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. Arthur Miller To Grace Lab! Stage By Robin Clemow Arts & Entertainment Editor The world revolves around the life and thoughts of sophomore Matt Mercer - while he is on stage, that is. Mercer will play the lead character of Quinton in Lab! Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s “After the Fall” when the curtain goes up Friday. In the autobiographical drama, Quinton represents Miller himself as the character moves through relationships and suffers personal and social tragedies in the early 19605. Ultimately, the play is about hope within struggle, first-time director and senior Michelle Reis said. She said the play was a series of memories. Time moves in a dreamlike progression that isn’t always chronolog ical, and the focus lands on the charac ters, especially Quinton. “Everybody’s focus is on how they fit in Quinton’s memory,” Reis said. “The actors have really had to work on how they function in their own life as well as on his life.” With such a complex persona at the center, Reis said the job of creating each character around Quinton wasn’t easy. A stark black setting and lighting casts shadows on the past and spodights time as it passes. The mood helps Reis and her cast concentrate on the people that play roles in Quinton’s memories rather than the time or place in which ADVISING From Page 3A Another reason for low nomination numbers is that many students might be unaware of the awards, Parikh said. Freshman Mary Glenn Smith said she didn’t see any effort to publicize the awards. “But I might consider nominat ing my adviser,” she said. “I’ve heard other people’s advisers are never there. At least mine is available.” Parikh said a four-person committee will be looking for advisers who interact ILLINOIS From Page 3A Lee Conner, former president of the UNC Graduate and Professional Student Federation, said TAs had not raised the issue recendy. “It was brought up to the (GPSF) sen ate (a couple of years ago), and they voted against making an attempt to unionize,” Conner said. “The basic problem with all of it is that North Carolina is a right-to-work state, so unions don’t do very much.” For example, Conner said, if a union was created, state law would not require TAs to be members of the union to get a job, decreasing the union’s influence. “If folks wanted to pursue it here, there honesdy wouldn’t be a lot of ben efits at the end of the rainbow,” he said. “Being a right-to-work state really handcuffs unions. It’s totally a legal question of what you can do as a union.” Ferguson said UIUC graduate employees wanted to establish a union because they had litde recourse for com plaints about the number of hours worked, the benefits received or the amount of the stipend. UIUC graduate assistants receive tuition waivers and a stipend. All stu Mon “ Fri 932-9010 11 am-10pm 161 1 /r E. Franklin St. the way thru the Rathskellar Alley) Foster's RESTAURANT Sunday, April 9th Special Guest Pete Riley & The John Dupree Band Doors Open at 2pm - > Tickets available at SchoolKids & sul AfIRIJtH The Record Exchange sl2 in advance sls day of show parking lot party Located at Cameron Village • 501 Daniels St., Raleigh • 832-9815 alic Daily (Ear they passed. Finding himself the center of a revolving plot, Mercer said his chal lenge was moving between thoughtful monologue and intense dialogue to con vey Quinton’s inner and outer struggles. “It’s a lot of lines, but it isn’t just the volume,” he said. “They’re all very meaningful, and I have to attach a thought to everything I say.” All the separate moments and emo tions come together in the final scene between Quinton, his memories and his last wife Maggie, believed to represent Miller’s late wife Marilyn Monroe. ' “It’s really a culmination of their rela tionship and what everything in the play has been leading up to,” Reis said. It took weeks of rehearsal for Reis to put together the scene’s script with all its flashes into the past. “We actually drew this diagram last week,” she said. “It sometimes seems kind of random in the script, but when you really work on how all the parts come together and get really specific with the details of Quinton’s life... it begins to relate to your own life and you realize how everything you do influences the future and who you will become.” “After the Fall” opens at 8:15 p:m. Friday and runs through Tuesday at Old Haymakers Theater. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. well with students and who go beyond their regular duties. , ti Carolyn Cannon, the associate dqan of academic advising in the General College, said she hoped the award win ners would provide an example for other advisers to follow. “Hopefully, this is a way of motivating advisers to dri h good job.” Students can nominate an advise* online at www.unc.edu/depts/advfs ing/nomination.html. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.e<ki. dents pay about SSOO per semester in fees, plus additional charges for Yhr school’s health services. But Murphy said establishing a urikiti would not really help UIUC graduate employees lobby the administration because faculty would deal with the con cerns. He added that TAs at UIUC already had ways to address grievances on an individual basis, and that a task force had recently strengthened those procedures and increased benefits. “The individual departments have various kinds of graduate student coun cils,” he said. “Those meet with the departments pretty regularly. “If any student feels that he or she is being exploited, they can appeal to die graduate college." He added that a union would impost work load and benefit standards acrofe departments, which might not necessar ily be appropriate. “You wind up with uniform policies across the board, regardless of what goes on in different Murphy said. “When those issues come up, yoti have the faculty talking about differ ences within the units.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edd. Presented by Ultimate Entertainment
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