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Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Board Sticks to Road Decision
By James Miller
and Lauren Ritter
Staff Writers
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen on
Tuesday night rejected residents’
requests to continue considering plans
to link two residential roads.
The board stuck to its original 6-1
March decision and endorsed the con
nection of Autumn Drive in Barington
Hills neighborhood to Autumn Drive in
Wexford. It also denied a moratorium
on construction and a referendum on
the Autumn Drive connector.
Since the March vote, residents have
expressed concern that connecting the
two roads would increase traffic and
threaten the environment and pedestri
an safety, particularly the safety of chil
dren walking to and from nearby
McDougle Elementary School.
Katherine Cole of Barington Hills said
that she felt residents were being patron
ized by the board. “No one has had a dia
logue with us outside of a public hearing,”
she said. “It’s a very frustrating forum.”
Mayor Mike Nelson said he had
looked into the issue before deciding but
still believed that the policy benefited the
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community.
“I do support
our policy and sin
cerely respect
folks in the com
munity with the
opposite opinion,”
he said. “This kind
of issue can some
times tear a com
munity apart.”
Ed i e
Hofenburg, who
lives on Autumn
Drive, said other
neighborhoods
have contacted
Alderman
Jacquelyn Gist
is the lone board
member to support
residents' opinions
about the connector.
her about the connection.
“Other neighborhoods don’t want us
to be connected because they know how
awful it is, and they don’t want it to hap
pen to anyone else.”
Paul Brewer-Jensen, who lives on
Oak Avenue, showed his concern with a
sign that read “4 of the 6 Who Voted to
Connect Autumn Drive Live on Streets
That Are Not Optimally Connected -
NIMBY Hypocrites.”
NIMBY stands for “not in my back
yard.”
University & City
Aldermanjacquelyn Gist still opposed
the connection, and her opinion was met
with applause by the residents.
“I would ask the board to think again
and consider the unintended conse
quences of this action - to reopen true
dialogue and to work to compromise and
to tailor the connector road policy to new
neighborhoods instead of tailoring old
neighborhoods to the policy,” she said.
Residents’ concerns stemmed in part
from a letter to the editor in Sunday’s
Chapel Hill News. The letter, written by
the six supporting aldermen, was intend
ed to answer questions raised by the res
idents after the March decision. Some
residents felt that it did not.
“The essay that the aldermen pub
lished, which they say answers the very
straightforward questions we posed,
does not answer those questions," said
Michael Koch, a resident of Barington
Hills Road.
But residents said they have not given
up. “I think we need to sit down and put
our heads together,” Koch said.
“We will respond.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
Group Promotes Mass Transit to Middle-Schoolers
By Jenny McLendon
Staff Writer
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SLS Offers UNC Students
Free Legal Representation
By Loren Clemens
Staff Writer
UNC students might think there is
nowhere to turn when they get in trou
ble with the law. But free advice and
information is just around the comer at
UNC’s Student Legal Services.
Dorothy Bemholz, director of SLS
and one of its three attorneys, said SLS’s
function is to advise, educate and defend
students. Its services are covered by the
student activities fees, and clients usual
ly do not have to pay any additional
charges except for court fees.
Bemholz has been with SLS since its
inception in 1976. “I was fresh out of law
school when 1 was hired, and they haven’t
been able to get rid of me,” she said.
Bernholz said the majority of issues
SLS addresses are tenant/landlord con
flicts, driving offenses and expunging
criminal records.
SLS also helps student groups incor
porate and become nonprofit organiza-
outs of using public transportation.
After realizing the lack of knowledge
about transit options among young peo
ple, THINK Transit organizers Brad
Rathgeber and Emily Nance designed a
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tions. One of
UNC’s oldest
honor societies,
the Order of the
Grail-Valkyries,
has been using
Bemholz’s ser
vices this year to
become a tax
exempt corpora
tion. “Her exper
tise and her great
network of
lawyers in the
community have
been invaluable,”
said Patrick
Student Legal
Services Director
Dorothy Bemholz
says SLS has served
more than
70,000 students.
Methvin, president of the group.
Many students discovered the
resources of SLS when they were
involved in the recent legal battles with
EZ Storage and Tar Heel Parking.
EZ Storage frustrated many students
by overcharging them for services, and
Tar Heel Parking was accused of various
curriculum that they have since test-dri
ven in middle schools throughout the
Triangle region.
The classroom presentations include
teaching children to read transportation
maps as well as examining the pros and
cons of various forms of transportation.
“The response from students was
unbelievable,” said Nance, a junior from
Albemarle. “It was amazing to see their
excitement. By the end, they had a good
grasp on how to read bus maps and how
to travel.”
Rachel Willis, associate professor of
American studies, also will bring her
experience on the Chapel Hill
Transportation Board to her role as the
organization’s sponsor.
Rathgeber said participants in
THINK Transit will serve as civic edu
cators in classrooms around the county.
They will also reward middle school stu
dents with free Triangle Transit
Authority tickets as an incentive to learn
ing the benefits of using mass transit.
Rathgeber said the organization will
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shoddy business practices.
“(SLS was) very efficient,” said sopho
more Ashlee Smith after SLS helped her
deal with the storage facility that claimed
to be endorsed by UNC. “They got back
to us right away, letting us know that the
University did not give (EZ Storage) per-,
mission (to use UNC’s name.)”
Other problems SLS has addressed
over the years include Spring Break
travel scams, uncontested divorces and'
noise violations.
Some situations require outside assis
tance, such as cases involving more than.’
SIO,OOO. But Bemholz said a student’
should always visit SLS offices before
consulting with another law firm.
SLS has helped more than 70,000 stu-'
dents with conflicts and questions over
the years. “It’s wonderful to work with
intelligent clients,” Bemholz said. “We’ll
have a party when we reach 100,000.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
rent out several train cars and take con
test winners on a railway journey to
Charlotte. “Our goal is to educate kids
about public transportation early, before
they become hooked on cars,”
Rathgeber said. “A lot of kids don’t real
ize that they have the ability to be inde
pendent and to go places like the mall or
the movies without relying on their par
ents for transportation.”
THINK Transit members also plan
to travel to New York, Boston and
Washington, D.C., during Spring Break
for a hands-on study of mass transit sys
tems in major cities.
Ultimately, the organizers said they
would like to see this program adopted
in other areas. “There are lots of prob
lems with public transportation in the
South,” Rathgeber said. “We’d like to
develop a program that others can.
adopt and that will eventually get peo
ple all over North Carolina involved.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Campus Calendar
Today
5:30 p.m. - The Black Student
Movement will hold its general body
meeting in Upendo Lounge. Hip Hop
Nation will be present to facilitate a dis
cussion on Hip Hop Evolution.
6 p.m. - Come learn about the histo
ry of Tai Chi and its benefits to your
own health and well-being.
Jun Wang will lead the program in
Coker Arboretum. In case of rain, the
program will be held in the lobby of
Mclver Residence Hall.
7 p.m. - A Teach for America
interest session will be held in 305
Hanes Hall for all those interested.
Thursday
5:30 p.m. - The UNC chapter of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People will
have its general body meeting in Union
213.
Come out and join the world’s largest
civil rights organization.
6 p.m. -The Transfer Student
Network will hold a general interest
meeting in the Johnston Center in'
Graham Memorial. All transfers past
and present are invited to attend.
7 p.m. -InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship, north chapter, invites all
students interested in learning more
about Jesus to come to large group in
Union 224.
7 p.m. - The new and improved
UNC Club Golf team is holding an
interest and organizational meeting in
302 Woollen Gym.
For more information, e-mail
gdo233@aol.com.
7:30 p.m. - Learn about classes
being offered in the spring with lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender content
as well as how to express yourself
through an Improv Workshop at
Queer Network for Change in 208
Dey Hall.
Friday
7 p.m. - The Black Music Series
will feature the music of John Coltrane
in Toy Lounge in Dey Hall.
Join WNCU’s Larry Thomas for a
lecture and discussion.
8:15 p.m. - The Lab! Theatre pre
sents: TRUST, a play by Steven Dietz
and directed by Marcy Minton.
TRUST will play in Elizabeth Price
Kenan Theatre by Cobb Residence
Hall. ’’
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Wednesday, September 27,2000
Volume 108, Issue 82
P.O. Box 3257. Chapel Hill, NC 27515
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