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Cam Hill (center) was one of three candidates to win the Coalition of
Neighbors near Campus endorsement for Chapel Hill Town Council.
CNC
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they can buy my property.”
Greene, a research attorney and
member of the town’s Planning
Board, has lobbied for extending
the review period for changes to
the University’s Development Plan.
Regulations now give the town a
90-day window for examining and
voting on changes.
“It is better if the neighborhoods
can think collectively to think
through issues that come up to
help find constructive solutions,”
Greene said. “The character of the
neighborhoods is vital to the iden
tity and attractiveness of UNC.”
Hill said he has been affected
personally by UNC development.
He said his neighborhood on
Cameron Avenue will be “com-
GIFT
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broken trees.
“We have to make sure that (the
memorial) is compatible with
characteristics of the area,”
Building and Grounds Committee
Chairman Dave Godschalk said.
After the review, Godschalk
approved and authorized the sub
mitted locations.
“We went back and forth on
(possible locations) several times,"
Godschalk said.
Because of a communication
barrier between the artist and the
University’, the final location choic
es were not approved until Sept.
26.
The location of the memorial
originally was supposed to be
announced last December.
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pletely paved over" within a year.
“(The University) makes a show
of listening to the neighborhoods
and then do what they want,” Hill
said. “We’re far too trusting.... It’s
not been working well for us.”
Although CNC is focused on pre
serving Chapel Hill, it is not entire
ly opposed to expansion. Members
and the endorsed candidates insist
that they only want more thought
put into UNC’s development before
plans are finalized.
“We need a Town Council that is
willing to vote with the interest of
citizens in Chapel Hill,” Strom said.
“When neighborhoods get togeth
er ... it sends a message to the leg
islature in Raleigh that we are very
concerned with our town.”
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“We have to make
sure that (the
memorial) is
compatible with ...
the area ”
DAVE GODSCHALK,
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE
“Bureaucracy has held us up,”
Singer said. “We weren’t aware
that so many committees had to
look into it.”
Despite such setbacks, Singer
estimated that the monument will
be completed during the spring
semester.
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scored about 200 registrations;
Carolina Mock Trial, the Black
Student Movement and cONcEpt
(of colors), with 100 registrations
each; and Mujeres Aprendiendo
Nuevas Oportunidades, with 80
registrations.
The involvement of student
organizations in the drive was
encouraged by a grant from the
Tennessee-based Bentwood
Foundation, which offered 75 cents
to groups for each voter registered
in Orange County.
But Adams said there were
many challenges to the campaign
because registration forms often
were hard to come by. The N.C.
State Board of Elections ran out of
forms due to a printing problem.
Student government leaders had to
drive around the state and round
up more forms after they ran out.
Another challenge was the fact
that students are not usually excit
ed about local elections, Tepper
said.
“Since this is a nonpresidential
year, people are not as tuned into
what is going on,” he said.
But Adams stressed that the
issues the Chapel Hill Town
Council deals with affect students
on a daily basis.
For example, off-campus stu
dents could see an increase in
housing costs if the council votes to
HERITAGE
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because many of the students they
mentor are immigrants plagued
with difficulties due to language
and cultural barriers, Cox said.
“What we try to do is make that
transition a little bit smoother.”
One of the largest events of the
month took place Friday when
Marco Antonio Torres, a former
sweatshop worker and leading
labor organizer, spoke about labor
conditions in Hamilton Hall.
The event was sponsored by
CHispA, along with the UNC
Institute of Latin American
Studies, Students United for a
Responsible Global Environment
and Carolina Interfaith Task Force
on Central America.
In another event celebrating
Hispanic Heritage Month,
CHispA’s dance group, Que Rico,
performed salsa and merengue
dances for the students living in
Spanish House theme housing in
Carmichael Residence Hall and for
students in local schools.
eliminate the construction of
duplexes. The council also might
look to decrease the already mini
mal student parking in the town,
Adams said.
Student government leaders
stressed that their efforts are far
from over despite the fact that
voter registration deadlines have
passed.
They plan to submit a question
naire to Town Council candidates
asking three questions on issues
relevant to the student body. The
answers will be distributed to stu
dents in a pamphlet explaining
candidates’ responses, Nunn said.
There also will be a candidate
forum Oct. 27 that has been
planned by student government
and the Campus Y.
Early voting will take place in
Morehead Planetarium from Oct.
20 to Nov. 1.
There will also be various events
at the planetarium to encourage
students to vote there, Tepper said,
including a mini-concert.
The effort already has started
turning heads among council can
didates because they know the stu
dent population now will comprise
a large portion of voters, Adams
said.
“This is about getting the coun
cil compassionate to the student
voice.”
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In addition, the Office of
Minority Affairs sponsored
Hispanic Recruitment Weekend
on Friday and Saturday. The event
provided Hispanic high school
seniors from around the state a
firsthand look at life at UNC.
Fernando Soto, Hispanic and
Latino programs coordinator for
the office, said the purpose of the
event is to increase the number of
Hispanic students at UNC.
He said students were paired
with members of CHispA and
other students and were given the
opportunity’ to attend a UNC
women’s soccer game, eat in Chase
Hall and visit Franklin Street.
Soto said the event was a suc
cess, with 25 students attending
and seven spending the night. He
said students who attended didn't
seem bothered by the small num
ber of Hispanics at UNC.
“They were saying stuff like, ‘I
can’t picture going anywhere
else.’”
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appropriated to NCCU to help fix
the problem but that it probably
will not be able to pay the entire
amount. In September, the board
allocated SIO.B million to NCCU to
begin correcting the problem.
In a presentation to the board’s
Budget and Finance Committee on
Friday morning, James Ammons,
NCCU’s chancellor, said $8.7 mil
lion already has been spent on the
mold problem.
The entire SIO.B million will be
gone by December, he said. “Time
is of the essence because we are in
the process of recruiting students
for the fall 0f2004,” Ammons said.
“We must get started immediately.”
The damages forced the univer
sity to relocate about 900 students
to hotels near the campus, which
has driven up the total mold costs
and also affects recruiting efforts,
Ammons said. Despite the incon
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dents, he said, few of the residence
halls have been affected. “All but
two (campus) buildings are class
rooms,” Ammons said.
The damage assessment point
ed to leaks in pipes and improper
ly sealed doors and windows as the
primary culprits of the mold pro
liferation. NCCU will have to
change its primary steam pipe sys
tem to prevent mold problems in
the future, Ammons said.
The academic buildings affected
range in age from 18 to 74 years.
Ammons said any work done will
have to bring pipes and other inte
rior materials up to code, adding to
the cost of fixing the problem.
Both Ammons and Broad said
the primary goal is to fix the prob
lems in the NCCU residence halls
and get students out of hotels.
“My hope is that NCCU can
have residential facilities when it
opens in the fall,” Broad said.
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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