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Thursday, October 4, 2001
DEVELOPMENT
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existing 13.6 million square feet already
on campus.
The main area of contention became
the Mason Farm Road area, which lies on
the southern border of campus. Residents
expressed concern about the location of a
proposed road that would connect South
Campus and Fordham Boulevard.
But University officials made it clear
that plans for the road were not part of
the Development Plan. “We have not
made any specific plans for the main
access road,” Runberg said. “We don’t
have a project for it We don't have fund
ing for it It’s not in the plan - period.”
University officials, however, didn’t
want to rule out prospects for a road to be
built later as part of UNC’s Master Plan.
“The access road is an important part of
the Master Plan,” Runberg said. “If, at
some point, the University wants to come
forward and gain town approval, they
can do so under the ordinance.”
The first step will involve hiring a
planner-designer for new family student
housing on South Campus, Runberg
said. The University hopes to hire some
one in the next several months and
begin construction within 1 1/2 years.
With the approval of the Development
Plan, the University will not need the
council’s approval for projects included in
the plan. Instead UNC will need to sub
mit a site development plan to the town
manager for his signature.
Town residents expressed concern
that this process will prevent their voic
es from being heard. “Blanket approval
of the Development Plan will effective
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ly remove residents’ input,” said Roy
Fauber, of 311 E. Patterson Place.
But to encourage continued resident
input, the council unanimously approved
a resolution that requests UNC to conduct
design workshops with town residents.
During the meeting, council mem
bers hinted that if they didn’t approve
the Development Plan, state legislators
might get involved. “There’s sentiments
in both the House and the Senate in
Raleigh that the town of Chapel Hill has
been too hard on the University,” said
council member Bill Strom. “And
there’s sentiments that the Board of
Trustees will take this to Raleigh if we
don’t approve (the Development Plan).”
State legislators expressed relief that
the plan was approved and they would
n’t have to deal with the contentious
issue during an already-overdue legisla
tive session. “Legislators are really eager
to get their work done,” said Rep. Verla
Insko, D-Orange. “They wouldn’t deal
with an issue like this very carefully.
That might not come out in Chapel
Hill’s best interest.”
“The legislators have been watching
that issue, and we’re relieved that it was
approved. 1 think it’s good news.”
Town residents left upset that the
council was not in a position to watch out
for their needs. “I’m disappointed, but
I’m not surprised," said Floyd Fried, a 31-
year resident of Chapel Hill. “I don’t
think they really looked after the well
being of the citizens of the community.
“But I don’t think they realistically
had a choice because of the issue of tak
ing this to the state legislature.”
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CHANCELLOR
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unclear what spurred the legislation, it is
clear that Moeser supported it
Although Moeser later asked for the bill
to be removed, the action did not fare well
with Chapel Hill residents, some of whom
raised questions about the University’s
willingness to work with the town.
“It was an arrogant and insensitive
move to involve the state legislature,” said
Diana Steele, a resident of Mason Farm
Road, one of the neighborhoods that will
feel the effects of campus expansion. “It
cast doubt on the University’s sincerity in
pursuing good relations with the town.”
BOARD
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they decided not to pursue the lawsuit
because they thought the case would be
difficult to defend.
Sen. Frank Ballance, D-Bertie, rec
ommended that quotas be eliminated
completely because the BOG did not
challenge the lawsuit.
“Our lawyers said we could not
defend the lawsuit,” Ballance said. “So
instead of spending money to fight a case
we couldn’t defend, I thought it made
sense to propose this recommendation.”
The legislation will go before the
Senate Subcommittee on Education
today. If it passes, it will go on to the full
Senate and then to the Fiouse.
Ballance says he expects it to be
approved by both houses, making the
lawsuit moot.
But Ruffin said he does not think the
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But University officials defended
Moeser, saying the chancellor has tried
to balance town concerns with the
University’s need to expand.
“It has been tough in the sense that
the Master Plan did propose expansion
to South Campus in a town like this that
values its neighborhoods,” Howes said.
“But it’s been one where the chancellor
has been steadfast in looking at the
needs for the University’s long term."
But this is not the first time Moeser has
experienced a tease relationship with res
idents that centered on campus expansion.
In 1996, when Moeser arrived in
Lincoln, UN-L began work on the
Antelope Valley Project, a 20-year traf
fic and floodwater plan to reshape the
change will have a dramatic effect on
the BOG’s makeup.
Thirty-four people serve on the
BOG. Thirty-two are appointed and
serve staggered four-year terms. Each
legislative chamber appoints 16 of the
32 members every two years. A gover
nor emeritus and a student member also
serve but do not have a vote.
Ruffin said the BOG will continue to
adequately represent members of the
UNC-system community.
Ruffin added that he thinks the board’s
goals will not change, even if its members
do. “The goals for public education in
North Carolina will not change, some
approaches will be different,” he said.
“When the 34 members sit around
that table of the Board of Governors, all
of them want to do what’s best for pub
lic education in North Carolina.”
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Society Student Association will be
having its third meeting. The guest
speaker will be Kathleen Parker, an
Organization Development Consultant.
The meeting will be located in Union
224.
6 p.m. - Getting ready for a job or
internship interview? Join the Carolina
Association of Black Journalists for
an interviewing skills and business eti
quette workshop in 33 Carroll Hall.
Terri Houston of the Office for
Minority Affairs will speak at the work
UN-L campus and downtown Lincoln.
To complete the project, the city need
ed to buy homes, displacing families
close to campus. Although the process
was not completed before Moeser left
Nebraska, residents said their concerns
were not always taken seriously.
“About the time Chancellor Moeser
came -and whether or not he is the cause
of this, I don’t know - (UN-L) became
much more aggressive and heavy-handed
in their approach to the neighborhoods,"
said Barb Morely, who lives on the eastern
boarder of UN-L’s campus.
“(Chapel Hill residents) are not alone in
the fact that Chancellor Moeser was very
condescending to the people who lived in
the neighborhoods. He wouldn’t talk to us.
TICKET LINE
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they are a huge in-state rivalry,” he said.
The ECU ticket distribution is the
second and final time that students will
be required to get tickets before a home
football game. The first was the Florida
State game two weeks ago.
The students in line - dressed in flan
nel pajamas and holding books for the
morning classes they skipped - waited
impatiently. And when the line started
to move, it crawled a few steps at a time.
At 10:30 a.m., about 300 people were
still waiting, and there were more than
200 students in line until 5 p.m.
Head football coach John Bunting
came out to rally the troops at 10 a.m.,
telling them the team would need this
support on Saturday. Bunting also sent
pizza to the people in line at lunchtime.
“A number of people asked me where
shop.
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on change.
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keep up with technological change.
Change requires a total transformation
of man’s psyche, andj. Krishnamurti
challenges us to find out what this means
in our daily life. This will be held in 203
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He thought the best thing would be to
bulldoze our neighborhood.”
But Moeser said his role at UNC
could not be compared to the situation
in Lincoln. “The University is not the
dominant institution in Lincoln as UNC
is (in Chapel Hill),” he said.
Faculty Council Chairwoman Sue
Estroff also warned against comparing the
situations in Chapel Hill and Lincoln,
stressing instead that Moeser has had only
a year to adjust to Chapel Hill. “It takes a
while for people to get to trust and know
each other,” she said. “It’s only been a
year. And it’s been a challenging year.”
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the doughnuts were, so I one-upped
(men’s basketball coach Matt) Doherty
and got some pizza,” Bunting said, refer
ring to an incident last year in which
Doherty provided snacks for students
waiting in line for basketball tickets.
Baley said waiting in line all morning
was worth it.“lt is going to be a big
game, and we are going to win.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
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