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£hr Bailg ®ar TIM 9/11 Committee Focuses On Benefits The committee is discussing an American Red Cross chapter, a benefit concert and a care package drive. Bv Brad Chiasson and Jeff Silver Staff Writers While UNC students try to establish a sense of normalcy after the Sept. 11 attacks, a Campus Y group is working to make sure they don’t forget the devas tation. The 9/11 Relief Committee, orga nized shortly after the attacks, meets weekly to formulate ideas to benefit the campus community and the world. The committee’s ultimate goal is to establish a chapter of the American Red Cross at the University. “It will provide Program Scores Funding; Remains Afloat The administration recently gave the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life $145,000. By Nathan Coletta Staff Writer UNC’s Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life found alternative sources of funding last week, allowing the program to continue despite having its funding cut from the state budget. The program, which helps elected officials and members of the media gain a better understanding of Southern polit ical issues and trends, received $145,000 from the UNC offices of the chancellor and provost. The money will fund the program for the next fiscal year, covering mostly Operation Smile Opens New Chapter at UNC By Meredith Nicholson Staff Writer Students at the School of Medicine have founded the first Operation Smile Medical Student Association in North Carolina. Operation Smile is a private, non profit volunteer medical services orga nization providing reconstructive surgery and related health care to chil dren and young adults in developing countries and in the United States, said Janelle Harrell, president of the campus chapter of Operation Smile. These services are offered free or at extremely reduced prices. Operation Smile also provides edu cation and training throughout the world to physicians and other health care professionals to achieve long-term self-sufficiency, Harrell said. The organization works both domes tically and in 20 countries abroad and works mainly with cleft palates and cleft FMMpf jr? with the purchase of two beverages r*‘ and one lunch at the regular price, receive a second lunch of equal or lesser value f I II FREE! *WMf (Dine-in only. One coupon per table. | Valid Monday - Friday. Expires 11/13/01) MEXICAN CAFE 159/v E. Franklin St. • Downtown Chapel Hill *919-967-5048 Great Student Airfares available with your ISIC or IYTC Jk London $351 San Jose, Costa Rica $424 Aner ca s Leader lr: Student Travel 308 W Rosemary St jjgp Downtown Chapel Hill 919 942-2334 1-BQO-2COUNCIL www counciltravel com I a more direct link to the students,” said Raj Panjabi, Campus Y co-president. Panjabi said Maneesha Agarwal, who is leading the 9/11 Relief Committee, cur rently is in discussion with the director of the Orange County chapter about how the goal can be accomplished. Agarwal said the committee also hopes to promote the Points for Pints contest. The contest is between univer sities to see which can collect the most blood. She said the committee hopes to organize a few blood drives in the upcoming months. Other goals of the committee include organizing a benefit concert and a care package drive for the victims of the attacks. Agarwal said the care package drive should be up and running by the end of November in order to capitalize on the holiday spirit. Agarwal said the committee will try salaries and operating expenses. N.C. legislators completely eliminat ed the program’s $225,000 budget but stipulated that the program could con tinue if it found alternative sources of funding. The cut was one of several made to the University in the biennial budget as legislators struggled for months to build a budget and the state’s economy con tinued to decline. UNC Associate Provost Steve Allred said the University always has support ed the program and wanted it to con tinue because the University is one of the leading forces of change in the South. “The program is essentially a form of public service to inform people about various Southern issues,” Allred said. Ferrell Guillory, the program’s direc tor, said he was grateful that the legisla lips, said Jennifer Solms, vice president of the campus chapter. Operation Smile currendy operates clinics in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, Solms said. “We hope to hook up with doctors there to shadow in these operations,” she said. Harrell said they hope to open an undergraduate chapter at UNC within the next couple of years to help local people with the deformities. Until then the group will focus on education and fund raising. The undergraduate chapter mainly would be involved in fund raising and patient transport to the Charlotte and Winston-Salem clinics. Undergraduate students can apply to be youth volunteers on Operation Smile missions, Solms said. Harrell said she decided to start a chapter at UNC because she wanted to help children with facial deformities, many of which can be fixed with simple, inexpensive surgeries. “A smile is something we take for grant ed,” she said. “But these children can’t eat or speak because of a simple deformity.” to target freshmen and give them the chance to make a positive contribution to society. She said this could help over come a drop in volunteerism the com mittee is expecting. “People are always willing to help, but the level of time commitment has gone down since Sept. 11,” she said. “People will think it’s a somber affair to help out.” Agarwal said she is confident the committee will overcome these issues in the long run. “I think it can be really suc cessful,” she said. The committee also organized, in conjunction with the Young Democrats, the sale of the “UNC for USA” T-shirts. Half of the proceeds will go to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group working to protect Muslim- Americans from hate crimes. The other half will benefit the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund ture, although it cut the program’s fund ing, stated specifically that the program could continue to operate with alterna tive funding. “If we were forced to shut down, it would have been very hard to start up again,” he said. Guillory said he thinks it is important to continue the program because of UNC’s long tradition of active partici pation in Southern political issues. “Carolina has served as a leading, intellectual institution in the South, and this program is designed to connect the University with opinion leaders and politicians in the South,” he said. Guillory added that the University’s contribution, along with a grant received three years ago from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, will allow the program to continue publishing South Now, a twice-a-year public policy journal. The program’s Web site, Operation Smile and the Surgery Interest Group will be hosting a yard sale and supply drive Wednesday to benefit Operation Smile. The sale will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. beside Berryhill Hall. Individuals or organizations pay $lO to reserve a table where they can sell their belongings. Supplies such as sam ple-size hygiene products, mirrors, combs and toys will be collected as well, CROOK'S CORNER Bar t Dining room open every night at 5:30 pm. Crook’s Comer 610 West Franklin Street Chapel Hill, North Carolina 919-929-7643 JLS(§O| | A concept store for Wr K mm me ' n & w P men - * CAUA Donald J. Pliner BCBG Camper Coach SHOES Charles David hebe j ~ . ~ ~ Kenneth Cole Via Spina Northgate Mall 18 Durham 416-3963 Nine West Diesel www.soKoshoes.com DKNY and more... News that will distribute college scholarships to children whose parents were affected in Washington, D.C., New York and Pennsylvania. The $lO T-shirts can be purchased at the Campus Y building or by contacting Agarwal. Also in the works is an event about bioterrorism that will educate students about the threat and allow them to voice their concerns. The committee plans to stage the conference in the next two weeks. The Campus Y also is distributing “Islam Means Peace” buttons to contin ue the efforts that began with the Islamic solidarity gathering Oct. 10. Both the gathering and the buttons were meant to better educate people about the Muslim religion. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. http://www.SouthNow.org, offers an online version of the journal, as well as N.C. Data Net, a publication that ana lyzes trends in N.C. government and politics. Guillory said he never considered shutting down the program, even after the General Assembly eliminated fund ing. Guillory said he kept working to make sure the program would be main tained. He added that in the end, he is happy the program is still up and running. “We’ve had to tighten our belt,” he said. “We can’t do everything we would like to because of the budget shortfall, but we are delighted to be able to con tinue.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. Solms said. Eventually, members of the campus chapter plan to open a clinic in the new Children’s Hospital, Solms said. She said doctors on the UNC Hospitals Cranio-Facial team have agreed to allow students involved in Operation Smile to shadow them during operations. The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Legislators Resist Sprinkler Laws U.S. senators have had no success with their bill to require that sprinklers be placed in all residence halls. By Chase Foster Staff Writer Five years after a fire at a UNC fra ternity house that claimed the lives of five students, neither the N.C. General Assembly nor the U.S. Congress has passed legislation requiring fire sprin klers on campuses. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and others have introduced legislation in Congress to install fire sprinklers in all campus residence halls. But their efforts have been unsuc cessful. The fire sprin kler legislation would provide SIOO million in matching federal funds to encourage universities to install sprinkler systems. “We believe that in this day and age ... there is a national interest to protect our students as much as possible. ” Michael Briggs Sen, John Edwards' Press Secretary residence halls. Opponents of the bill argue that fire regulations should be left to state gov ernments, and universities should retain autonomy from the federal government Some states have instituted mandato ry sprinkler requirements for all univer sities after a residence hall fire claimed the fives of students. New Jersey legislation now requires all universities to install sprinkler heads in key places after a Seton Hall University had a fire that killed three students and injured 58 others in 2000. Jeff Landry, Seton Hall associate director of housing and residential fife, said the university now has sprinkler heads installed in all bedrooms, bath rooms, closets and hallways on cam pus. “Parents and students feel better about the school and people certainly are more comfortable here,” Landry said. But New Jersey is one of the few states to have sprinkler requirements at all. Michael Briggs, press secretary for Edwards, said legislation has been re proposed by Edwards this session after it was defeated in 2000. Halloween Party 4E p Volunteer Opportunity Come volunteer at the 6AA Halloween Party today at the Union Cabaret , „• fJgS " v w Join us as we team up with the __ Campus Y and the Bio Buddy fjL| Program to do fun activities with local children. We need help with decorating, games, crafts, and making goody bags. Pizza and treats will be provided. Arrive by 4pm and feel free to come in costume! We need your help to make this event a success! Everything you want... 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But Landry said the national mood had changed and people are not as con cerned about fires in residence halls as they once were. “(Concern has) worn off now after the first six to 10 months; it’s not in the forefront of people’s minds anymore,” he said. Five years ago, the General Assembly provided SBOO,OOO for UNC-Chapel Hill to add sprinkler systems to residence halls and issued a mandate encouraging schools to phase in the systems. But Larry Hicks, associate director of residen tial education at UNC, said the mandate was not adequate and only provided 10 per cent of the funds required to add fire sprinkler sys tems to all UNC As state and national governments continue to debate proposed legislation, schools like UNC have begun plans of their own. Hicks said the university has a plan to install sprinkler systems in all UNC res idence halls by 2010. The renovations are projected to cost S2O million and will be funded primar ily by UNC housing fees. Sue Kitchen, UNC vice chancellor for student affairs, said the plan is based on the need of different residence halls. “We’ve tried to prioritize where the sprinklers are most needed and acted accordingly,” Kitchen said. The plan prioritizes residence halls based on factors such as wooden roofs or the structure of the building. Hicks said another important consid eration is renovating residence halls while still maintaining full enrollment “Our biggest issue is logistics - trying to stage this while people are living in halls,” he said. The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. 5
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