4 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2003 Poetry to replace ads in mural BY JENNY HUANG ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR Local residents passing through downtown Carrboro soon can play a larger-than-life game of word scramble. Through a recently approved project by the Carrboro Arts Committee, portions of a down town mural will be replaced by poetry' within the next two weeks. The existing mural, located at 103 E. Main St., portrays a patch work banner combining images of flowers, moons and stars with the names of local restaurants, retail ers and online businesses. Town officials ruled last spring that the 32 squares displaying local business names represent “off premises signs," a violation of the land-use ordinance prohibiting the SUPPORT FROM PAGE 1 The UNC system still appears to be one of the top priorities of the legislators who allocate money to it. Wilson said he doesn’t see any indication that the system is mov ing away from state funding, but he said budget cuts cannot contin ue. “We cannot sustain the level of cuts being imposed upon the (sys tem), because it is like not getting the appropriations in the first place,” he said. James Oblinger, N.C. State University provost, said his uni versity has seen budget cuts from the state during 12 of the past 13 years. But Oblinger said N.C. State is accustomed to looking for outside funding. He said the university always has pursued alternative funding from sources such as grants and contracts from businesses. “We have a complete source of funding of which the state is one portion,” he said. But cuts still had a negative impact on N.C. State’s classrooms. Oblinger said the university has increased the size of its classes and reduced the number of its teaching assistants. These kinds of changes are widespread, forcing schools to look for other sources of funding. “I think, as most of the schools within the system, we must expand our resources," Johnson said. The classroom is not the only Isa it) your future? Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Luce, Goldwatei; Mitchell, Mellon, Wall, Carnegie Endowment, etc., etc. Informational Meeting for 2003-2004 Scholarships: Tuesday September 2,4 pm Banquet Hall, John Motley Morehead Building Presented by the Office of Distinguished Scholarships, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence www. distinguishedscholar ship s. unc. edu incorporation of logos or adver tisements in public art. The redesign plan calls for replacing the squares with a 32- word poem that would allocate a word for each square. Committee members say the new design will be interactive for viewers. “Each block will have a word from the poem, and it’ll be like a puzzle to figure it out,” said mem ber Jackie Helvey-Hayes. Helvey-Hayes said the redesign will be a unique way to cover up the sign violations and preserve the original design. “There’s a lot of logos, but around the logos there are designs that can be salvaged.” The arts committee has com missioned Patrick Herron, the aspect of university life inhibited by cuts. Officials are worried that the cost of attending a UNC system school might become too much to bear. Bill Friday, UNC-system presi dent emeritus, said tuition prob lems could change UNC-CH’s rela tionship with the public. But, he said, precautionary steps have been taken at the University to ensure that sufficient need based financial aid can be provid ed for enough students. About 40 percent of the revenue that comes from tuition increases goes to student aid, Friday said. This is an essential step for UNC-CH in order for it be able to maintain the school’s role as a serv ice to the people. “It is a terribly important thing to do because North Carolina has always been home to a diversity of the North Carolina population," he said. Although the point at which the system goes from being state-fund ed to state-supported is not fixed, its place in the state will come into question as schools are forced to cut back on salary benefits, increase class sizes and decrease the number of courses offered, Wilson said. “If you are not doing those things, and you continue not to do those things, are you being sup ported?” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. From Page One town’s poet laureate, to compose the poem. Committee member Catherine DeVine, who suggested using poetry as a replacement, said this project is more appealing than the alternative options of painting over the entire mural, sandblast ing the wall or transforming the 32 squares into 32 separate proj ects. “My main objective was to keep it one project,” she said. “Keep it intact and keep the (original) design.” Herron said he is exploring potential themes but is struggling to compose a creative poem that will fit the puzzle structure. “You write poems for occasions,” he said. “(But) this is a site-specif ic piece.” FACULTY FROM PAGE 1 we can to get our salaries in the ballpark," he said. “What you’re able to trade on is Carolina’s rep utation. But if I’m competing with the University of Virginia or the University of Michigan, then a fac ulty member’s decision will hinge on other things.” In the Department of English, despite the fact that the depart ment has hired five people during the last three years, some class sec tions were dropped because there are not enough instructors. But the department found room for all incoming students in English 11 and English 12, two core classes. “I hope, keeping both of my fin gers crossed, we will be able to do that next semester,” said James Thompson, the department’s chairman. “If they come and ask for more money, we will not.” The English department is not an anomaly in the College of Arts and Sciences, in which the average age of a professor is 51. The college also is battling to continue hiring. Darryl Gless, senior associate dean of the college, said that it has lost a number of professors to retire ment in recent years and that it now is hurting for new faculty. Gless said the college success fully has been supplementing state money with private donations from the Carolina First fund-rais ing campaign in order to offer new faculty members good salaries. UNC retained a number of fac- Kimberli Matin, former owner of Zodi Gallery, conceived the orig inal mural design last year as a community-building project. Local residents and businesses were invited to purchase wall space and paint whatever design they wished according to the theme “What does community mean to me?” Most of the painting was com pleted in conjunction with the Carrboro Music Festival last September. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has set the mural com pletion deadline as Sept. 28 —one year to the day the mural first was created. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. ulty members by using those pri vate funds to pay for things such as research and travel. Gless said the college has managed to keep 50 percent of all faculty who receive outside offers. “We’d like to do better," he said. At the English department, where as many as 10 faculty mem bers face retirement in the next few years, Thompson has had to decide whether to use the department’s attractive endowed professorships to bring in new faculty or keep the talented faculty he already has, who often get offers from private univer sities for as much as 25 percent more than their UNC salaries. “We have kept three faculty out of four who got outside offers in the last three years,” he said. “As economic conditions here worsen and as salaries worsen... the prob lem will worsen.” Thompson added that current conditions are taking their toll on job satisfaction as well. “All of these budget problems are severely affecting morale,” he said. “People want to feel they have a future here; they'd like to see a pay raise.” Gless said the College of Arts and Sciences is recognizing facul ty work with calls from the dean and teaching awards, as well as offering chances to teach First Year Seminars and honors classes. “What faculty value in addition to good salaries and benefits, which we can’t provide without the state, is knowing they are valued.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Introducing Granville Towers’ Brand-New Dining Room! Open House for all UNC Students Thursday , September 4, 4:30-B:3opm Buy 1 meal, get 1 free with student ID! 370-4599 Diversity Career Services _ / the Wendy f. and Dem £ Miner, Jr. A fA ' —/ Career Center / DhrUon of Student Again YOU 962-6507 Hanes Hall 219 ucs@uac.edu ~ http://careen.unc.edu Minority Career Night - m September 18th, 6-9 pm Great Hall, Student Union Carolina Career Fair September 18th, 10 am-3:30 pm Dean Smith Center Attend these exciting events to , vS? /earn about Jobs, internships, net working, contacts, and careers! Professional Dress for Seniors and Grad Students. ou*ln** Casual Dress Acceptable for Underclass Students. Search employers attending a-tr trttpy/carore.tinc.edu/c fiiitt.html CLASSES FROM PAGE 1 much as double the original amount. Some classes in the Departments of African and Afro-American Studies, Chemistry, International Studies and French were overen rolled by more than 15 students this semester, according to the Office of the University Registrar. KILLER DILLER FROM PAGE 1 unabashedly irreverent as “Killer Differ” might not have a central theme or a moral. “But one ... might be, without being too preachy, to make little people big and big people little,” he said. Music plays an essential role in telling the story, and performing throughout is a five-piece band led by songwriter Billy McCormick, with many of the songs written by Edgerton himself. The repertoire includes stan- REVIEW FROM PAGE 1 (John McGrew), energetic and eager to reform with the aid of Christian guidance. He’s part of a blues-rock group, The Noble Defenders of the Word, which vio lates Ballard University policy by using school equipment to play music other than gospel. At the same time, Wesley meets and becomes enamored with an overweight girl named Phoebe (Sarah Kocz) and finds himself wrestling with wanton sexual impulses. Discrepancies between the char acters’ desires and the school’s strict moral code color the show’s con flicts with a healthy dose of humor. For example, consider the scene in which Wesley attempts to justi fy his raging libido with the aid of Scripture, noting King David’s adultery and possession of a con cubine. “Maybe,” Wesley says, “Christian rules were made in Bible times before rubbers.” Meanwhile, Phoebe, enrolled in the School of Nutrition —a department that’s little more than a glorified dieting program— struggles with her weight. Resulting are scenes such as a movie theater date between her and Wesley. Speaking their thoughts aloud to the audience, Wesley raves about his urge to pounce on Phoebe, while Phoebe raves about her urge to pounce on her popcorn. The creative liberties given to the QJljp Daily (Ear Hrrl Peter Kaufman, professor of Peter Kaufman, professor of religion, said more attention needs to be paid to recruiting qualified TAs and faculty to offset the increases in enrollment. “We’re bleeding," he said. “We’re losing a lot of our instructional personnel because we can’t offer competitive salaries.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. dards such as “This Little Light of Mine” as well as originals “Jesus Was a Banker” and “Big Girls Can’t Be Choosers.” Ferguson said that the connec tion between music and spoken word text is inherent in Edgerton’s novel since it contains bits of songs and lyrics the characters were writ ing. “It’s going to be difficult for peo ple to stay in their seats during the show,” he added, with no effort to mask his confidence. Contact the AHE Editor at artsdesk@unc.ediL expressions of characters’ thoughts and motives are characteristic of the play. Aside from monologues in his own voice, Wesley’s intentions and dreams are shouted in unison by other actors, their wild voices driving home the fervid pace of Wesley’s racing thoughts. The musical numbers are even more reliant upon the actors’ vocal performances, as each of them put a different cast member’s distinct voice in the limelight. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics and song titles, including “Big Girls Can’t Be Choosers” and “Jesus Dropped the Charges,” were aptly suited to the play's tone at some points lighthearted humor, while irreverent social satire at others. Whatever the issue at hand, “Killer Differ” takes it with a grain of salt. It adopts a certain bounce in its stride, uplifted not only by the performance of the actors and musicians but also by the philoso phy that nothing is too good for a little ridicule. Contact the ACSE Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu. STARSYSTEM ★ POOR ★★ FAIR ★★★ GOOD ★★★★ EXCELLENT ***** CLASSIC

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