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Tuesday, April 3, 2001
English Events Target Nonmajors
TheAEM/AGES Conference
on Literature and Writing
wants to attract non-English
majors and foster discussion.
By Allison Rost
Staff Writer
If you’re a chemistry major who
secretly scribbles poetry and prose on
your lab manual, hide in shame no
more.
Starting tonight and running through
Thursday, the AEM/AGES Conference
on Literature and Writing could provide
liberation for those with literary aspira
tions.
The conference, organized by the
Association of English Majors and the
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Association of Graduate English
Students, revolves around the theme of
“New Directions.”
Robin Brown, a graduate student in
English, is one of the organizers.
Although the conference is in its fourth
year, Brown said it has always been low
key in the past.
This year, organizers want to change
that.
“We want to go beyond talking about
literature in a critical way,” she said.
“We’re hoping for interest outside of the
department.”
Events kick off tonight at 5 p.m. in
Greenlaw Hall, when several different
panels and paper sessions will take
place.
Such papers include “Quantum
Mechanics and the Drama of Pinter” by
Jim Speckart, which discusses chaos the-
ory and concepts of physics, and
“Knowing Lolita: The Sexual
Misbehavior of Eve in Eden” by Eric
Goldman, which addresses understand
ing sexuality through Nabokov’s ado
lescent nymph.
Paper sessions will be capped each
night by receptions in Donovan
Lounge, where Brown hopes informal
conversation between professors and
students will facilitate some lasting inter
action.
“We hope to foster a better environ
ment for discussion for undergraduates,
graduates and faculty,” she said.
Tonight’s reception will feature newer
faculty members discussing works of lit
erature that have inspired diem. English
Professor Erin Carlston, who specializes
in Modernist studies, is looking forward
to participating in the discussion.
“I’ve done lots and lots of panels,”
she said, “but I’ve never participated as
a faculty member in a panel organized
by students.”
Wednesday night’s reception will fea
ture appearances by prolific Southern
authors Lee Smith and Hal Crowther,
and faculty members along with gradu
ate students will discuss the role of tech
nology in the English classroom on
Thursday.
For those itching to try their hand at
more creative literary endeavors, plenty
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ence.
At Thursday’s children’s literature
panel, junior journalism major Becky
Tench will read the children’s book she
wrote, which is now receiving attention
from major publishers.
Tench took “Writing Children’s
Fiction” two years ago with English pro
fessor Ruth Moose, and wrote “A Place
for the Little Green Pea” as a course
assignment. Moose convinced her to
send it to Penguin/Putnam in New York,
and while Tench thought it would be an
exercise in futility, the publisher called
and said they were interested in pursu
ing it.
Tench is currently revising the book,
but will read it and show off her illus
trations at the conference.
While she is a creative writing minor,
Tench never thought she would find
such success with her writing. She
encourages others to try it out.
“Most people are scared of creative
writing,” she said, “but if you just gave it
a shot, you’d be amazed.”
The AEM/AGES Conference runs
through Thursday in Greenlaw Hall.
The conference schedule can be found
in its entirety at sites.unc.edu/aemages/.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
UNC Requests Funds
To Light Bell Tower
By Jenny Fowler
Staff Writer
Discussion is brewing over making
several illuminating additions to one of
Chapel Hill’s most famous landmarks.
The University requested $135,000
from the Board of Governors in
February for a project that would light
the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower,
along with possibly adding some aes
thetic beauty to the existing shrubbery.
But even before the request was
granted, Chancellor James Moeser and
some other University administrators
postponed the project in response to
financial qualms that resulted from N.C.
State University’s decision to light their
Memorial Tower red last fall.
Initially, N.C. State Chancellor
Marye Anne Fox expected the seem
ingly painless project to incur fairly min
imal costs.
But the final bill for N.C. State’s lit
tower was far more than Fox anticipated
-$112,000.
Moeser and University administra
tors hope proper planning and private
funding will prevent a similar financial
fiasco with UNC’s Bell Tower project.
“We’ve continued to refine the pro
ject’s plan,” said Nancy Davis, associate
vice chancellor for university relations.
“Hopefully, we can continue shaving off
some of the costs, and get all of the
money from private funds.”
Discussion to follow in N.C. State’s
footsteps and light the 69-year-old tower
began shortly after Moeser took the post
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Ted Hoskins, an architect working on
the project, said the plan is coming along
nicely. “We just need a proposal from a
consultant so we can start getting some
concrete plans together,” Hoskins said.
Hoskins said a consultant has been
working with the grounds and facilities
department to design the new lighting for
the tower. He said lights will be placed
directly behind the clock faces and in the
section of the tower holding the bells.
Although N.C. State will light its
tower for such occasions as athletic vic
tory celebrations and academic achieve
ments, UNC’s tower would constantly
be lit at night.
But Hoskins said the cost for the
UNC tower’s new lights has not yet
been determined. “After the consultant
gets a concrete plan together, we should
be able to prepare a budget of exactly
how much (the project) will cost.”
The funding for UNC’s project would
have come from funds used for research
projects. Yet Davis said she would like
the project to be from private funds.
“We originally proposed that the pro
ject be funded with overhead receipts,”
Davis said. “But after public discussion,
we decided it was appropriate to seek
private funding.”
As of now, UNC’s famous landmark
won’t shine at night anytime soon, Davis
said. “We won’t begin actually work on
the tower until all of the funds are raised.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.