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22 SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003 FVPC hits fund-raising goal BY KATHRYN GRIM CITY EDITOR In July, the Family Violence Prevention Center raised about $17,000 to meet a fund-raising challenge offered by a North Carolina family foundation. The Stewards Fund promised to match the center's earnings dollar for dollar if the FVPC could earn $15,000 by July 1 through donors who had not contributed since its opening two years ago. The center exceeded its fund-raising goal by about $2,000. Although several large dona tions were made, individual dona tions were the center's largest source of funding. The center will continue its fund raising efforts, as its state Crime Commission-issued start-up grant will run dry at the end of the year. The center celebrated its two year anniversary this summer. July 1 was a day of mixed emotions, marking both the end of the cen ter’s second year and the first anniversary of the Gates murders. The center had been working If you live in a house in the town of Carrboro, Chapel Hill or Hillsborough, you receive free weekly curbside recycling service. If you live outside town limits you may receive bi-weekly collection service. Call our office to find out! If you do not have a recycling bin pick one up at our administrative office! Got Boxes? Recycle corrugated cardboard EturJ boxes 24-hour drop off sites. Questions? Call Orange County Solid Waste Management (919) 968-2788 or email recycling@co.orange.nc.us Week of ski n3 (FcrrrErrgoirz erf nweitfts w 1 W WdCOWe "Everything I Need to Know I'll Learn at Carolina" 2 FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND SUNDAY, AUGUST 24TH Q WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH South Campus Beach Bash Convocation Limo Scavenger Hunt: The Ultimate Road Race “Never eat more than you can lift." - Miss Piggy What: Carolina's formal welcome for all new first-year and transfer "Do NOT be afraid to ask for directions. " What: After a long day of moving in, join 500 of your neighbors students. Make sure you dress to impress to be inducted What: Cruise movie-star style as you get your bearings in the for fun music, free food and tots of \ into Carolina by Chancellor Moeser and Student Body Chapel Hill/Durham area, while racing four other teams to socializing. Co-sponsored by Alpha Pi z' \ President Matt Tepper, to name a few! accomplish various tasks. Omega sorority and Theta Nu Xi / \ Where: Dean E. Smith Center Where: Depart S-9 parking lot (Next to the Dean E. Smith Center) multicultural sorority. üBF 1 When: 7:00 pm When: 8:30 pm Where: Lawn in front of Ehringhaus Kgr When: 7:30 pm-ii:3o pm Fall Fest Transfer Student Coffee Shop Hop Rain site: Frank Porter Graham (F.P.G.) What: An enormous block party with tons of free food, games and “I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in Student Union Multi-purpose Room entertainment including live music, dancing, and a chance time." -Steven Wright to check out some of UNC-Chapel Hill's 400 plus recognized What: Hop to Franklin Street to enjoy free samples from local □ student organizations. coffee shops and get to know fellow transfers. Co-sponsored SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD Where: South Road by Caribou, Starbucks and Strong's Coffee. Off-Campus First-Year Student Meeting When: 9:00 pm-2:00 am Where: Meet at the Old Well What: An opportunity for first-year students living off-campus to When: 8:00 pm-10:00 pm collect their WOW and Summer Reading information packet HU , . , . .. „ , , K 2 MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH and a chance to meet other off-campus freshmen. „ _ .. where: f.p.g. Student Union Auditorium Carolina Summer Reading Program (CSRP) Whose Heel is it Anyway? When: 6:30 pm-7:30 pm What: Discuss Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America "If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." by Barbara Ehrenreich with members of the Carolina faculty, . jimmy Buffet administration, staff, and your fellow new students. what: Enjoy laughs courtesy of campus' most Transfer Student Meeting Where: Check your CSRP folder or Community or Granville Towers heel-arious improv comedy groups. What: An opportunity for transfer students to collect their WOW office for locations Where: F.P.G. Student Union Auditorium and Summer Reading information packet and meet other When: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm When: 10:00 pm-12:00 am transfer students. Where: Hamilton Hall 100 „ ... ~, _ , , r| When: 6:30 pm-7:30 pm Battle °f the Tarheel Stars [JtHURSDAY, AUGUST 28TH "The need to compete with other athletes...is the dnvmg force of all “ Volunteer Opportunities: How Can I Get Involved? athletes. - Rex Van Rossum "Do unto others as you would have done to you." Transfer Student Barbeque What: Watch campus' most talented athletes, members of the W hat: Find out how you can be of "service" at Carolina at this “We hope that, when insects take over the world, they will Student Government Association (SGA), and Orientation informative session lead by the Campus Y. remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics." Leaders battle it out in this Carolina-style game show. Co- Where: F.P.G. Student Union Room 226 - Bill Vaughan sponsored by Carolina's NAACP chapter. when . 12;00 pm _ l;3o pm What: Enjoy North Carolina barbeque while meeting other transfer Where: Hamilton Hall 100 students. Co-sponsored by the Campus Y and Carolina's When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm naacp chapter. Casino Might: Dancing & Dealing on the Hill Where: Olde Campus Upper Quad (OCUQ) TUESDAY, AUGUST 26TH " Keep your fiends close and your cards closer!" When: 7:30 pm-9:30 pm Campus Recreation's Taste of Fitness What: Whether you're a canl shark or just a card minnow, this Ra,n site: F.P.G. Student Union 2518 A&B J thM event has something for everyone including snacks, music and sing and dance and play and work everyday some." Robert Fulghum RHA^ 65 0 s P onsore yi am a i raternity and I / Stars Under the Stars: Finding Forrester What: If you're afraid of the "Freshman 15" and Where: Fetzer Gym A “Integrity is what we say, what we do, and what we say looking for ways to relieve stress while When- 8-00 om-11-OO Dm ¥ we do." - Don Gale in college, find out what Campus What: Munch on popcorn and lounge on the lawn while you enjoy Recreation & the Student Recreation I the cinematic delights of Finding Forrester. Co-sponsored by Center (SRC) have to offer. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and Residence Hall Association Where: Student Recreation Center (SRC) Polk Place Performance Picnic (RHA). When. All Day “The only thing better than singing, is more singing.” - Ella Fitzgerald Where: Lawn outside of Hinton James Residence Hall (Manning What: Join us on Polk Place for a picnic while enjoying Drive side) Carnival performances from UNC-Chapel Hill's most popular vocal When. 9.30 pm 11.30 pm ... . lit "Play is the beginning of knowledge." - George Dorsey and performance groups. Rain site: F.P.G. Student Union Auditorium What: Relive your childhood as you bounce, run, jump and frolic , nn . nn n n m r j u r, j When: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm on Polk Place. Co-sponsored by Order of the Bell Tower. „ . .. u y ... . ... Where: Polk Place (The lawn between South Building and Wilson a,n 51 e ’ aneS en er Library) When: 5:30 pm-7:30 pm with the Gates family before Alan Douglas Gates fatally shot his daughter, Valerie Gates, 24; her friend, Cordae Lee, 21; and Lee's 2- year-old son, Kendall Dianis. Gates was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Family members of the victims recently planted a garden in front of the center. “These are three women who would not have nor mally been in the same space together, connected through this tragedy who, in their own ways, have found ways of dealing with it,” FVPC Executive Director Amy Holloway said. “They are the reminders of why we do this.” “It's not always happy here,” Holloway said. “But every morning I see the progression of the garden, and it makes me smile. I don't think any of us take it for granted." The center has served more than 600 clients in the past year, including almost 100 Hispanic res idents. The center now has five trained court advocates and sever al community educators. “There's not necessarily been Welcome Back more domestic violence,” she said. “People are just becoming aware of it and what their options are.” Kathryn Hubbell, who has vol unteered at the FVPC since last March, said the center also has increased emotional support for volunteers. “You have to keep one foot in the door and one foot out,” she said. “And a lot of times, keep ing that one foot out is hard.” One of the center’s goals for the coming year is to call a town meet ing to kick off Family Violence Awareness Month in October. The center hopes to stimulate dialogue among county commissioners, city council members, police officers, human services representatives and health services representatives, Holloway said. “We want the community to define its stance on domestic vio lence and to think about how that translates itself into actual practice." To reach the center's 24-hour hotline, call 929-7122. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. 7:10, 9.30, SAT-SUN 2:30, 4:40 Jin 'AN URBAN HORROR STORY RENDERED WITHINTEIEIGENCE THAT GROWS wore CQMEfIJJMG as it buildsi' ir TM TWO THUMBS UP! BramMMlMiANOSHAflp nwHiiic IjjjRSEBB IMHOWNY fesEpgjj 9:00, SAT-SUN < 00 WINGED MIGRATION RIVERS & TIDES SPELLBOUND 7:15, SAT-SUN 2:15 9:10. SAT-SUN 4:10 WHALE RIDER 7:00. 9:30. SAT-SUN 2:00. 4.30 MARCI X 7:10. 9:20. SAT-SUN 2:10. 4 30 CLASS OF 2003 SAYS GOODBYE DTH/XATE BLACKMAN Graduating seniors, including 2002 Homecoming King Berry French (center), sing* 1 the UNC fight song during Commencement exercises in Kenan Stadium on ; Sunday, May 18. Education activist and comedian Bill Cosby was among several speakers who addressed the nearly 3,000 new graduates on a rainy morning. f , __ IFC reorganizes shelters BY CHRISTA WAGNER STAFF WRITER Since the week of July 26, only men have been admitted to stay at the Inter-Faith Council’s Community House shelter. Between 45 and 60 women and children who needed emergency housing joined families living in long-term transitional housing at Project Home Start, located on Homestead Road. The Inter-Faith Council, a social service agency that has provided services to Orange County since 1963, underwent a substantial reorganization due to a cut of near ly 75 percent in Project HomeStart’s budget. IFC will continue to facilitate all of the services available through each of its many branches, although those services will be administered with an appreciably smaller staff. Project Home Start relied on a $366,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to operate. In March, IFC learned about the department's plans to discontinue the grant, forcing the council’s staff to consolidate what remained of the previous year's grant before the end of the fiscal year in June. Although the budget cut brought about unexpected hurdles for IFC, it also gave the agency an opportunity to reconsider and potentially enhance its services to the community. Since 1990, Community House, located on Rosemary Street, has provided emergency shelter, med ical care and daily meals for men, women and children. However, the Home Start facili ty can support a much larger group of people than Community House and has additional floor space for clients to use during inclement weather. Community House's central location allows people who rely on its services to get there easily. Project Home Start is more difficult to reach, but Chapel Hill's bus lines include two routes along Homestead Road. Mandy DeVries, a social worker at IFC, said she believes that women will be just as likely to go to Project Home Start as they would Community House since riding the bus now is free. In fact, women might be more inclined to use all the services IFC offers, she said. "We'll be able to bring in new clientele that may have avoided (services) in mixed company," DeVries said. sljp Sotfij 3*or Uppl ' The change promised enhanced services for IFC's female clientele, said Rosetta Wash, director of Community House. Wash laid she is optimistic about the reorganization. 'We can provide higher quality of care ... and can focus more on individual needs," she said. Focusing on individual needs will be made possible by relocating Community House's two full-time social workers to Project Home Start. They will replace the former seven-member staff of Home Start and will take all their cases at the new location, Wash said. Two additional new positions, Home Start Coordinator and Social Worker, have been created. IFC also plans to concentrate on volunteer recruitment in the com ing year, Wash said. Wash said collaboration with other agencies, including the YMCA and the Family Violence Prevention Center, will ease IFC's administrative burdens. Interested volunteers are encouraged to contact IFC volun teer coordinator Mae McLendon at 929-6380, extension 31. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
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