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<llie Oailii Sor Uprl Bus drives N.C. schools to succeed in science BY LINDA SHEN STAFF WRITER North Carolina schools have a date with Destiny. At 26,000 pounds, 40 feet and costing about $430,000, the Destiny bus is anything but an ordinary night out on the town. The bus, a state-of-the-art outfit ted Blueßird chassis, lets students do on wheels what most high school science teachers only dream about. The technology on board includes a gel electrophoresis apparatus that can separate pro tein, thermocyclers and spec trophotometers for high-tech bio molecular lab experiments, not to mention bidirectional satellite Internet and IBM Think Pads. Masterminding the bus and its vision is Walter “Skip” Bollenbacher, a UNC professor of biology-. Inspired but unsatisfied by Bostons City Lab program, which also uses a bus for science educa tion, he brooded over a poster of an enormous bus for more than a year before the answer came to him. In April 2000, built on a five year, $1.6 million grant from Glaxo Wellcome, the Destiny was launched. “The Best Thing in Science Education to Hit the Road" was emblazoned on the side, and Bollenbacher still plans for it THE Daily Crossword By Stanley B. 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To that end, teachers in the Destiny program have been given variable grants for equipment, and some receive a kit for dry labs in their own classrooms. “Success comes from building sustained relationships,” Bollenbacher said. He said the program isn’t meant to patch a struggling science cur riculum but acts as a catalyst to introduce new science education technology. Destiny seeks to make each school self-sufficient and works aggressively to bring advanced capabilities into class rooms. “The goal is to make myself superfluous.” Bollenbocher said. 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Roberts said the bus serves about 400 of her students.“ The bus has become a powerful visual metaphor for what science educa tion should be," Bollenbacher said. But the road to success wasn’t entirely smooth. At first, the Destiny program was met -with apprehen sion from public schools. Grants to teachers were restricted severely, and the bus was viewed as disrup tive to curriculum goals. The tides have turned. Booked as far as two years in advance, the Destiny bus has become a popular commodity in science education. The Destiny program seeks to address science literacy and reverse (C)2oo3Tnbune Media Services. Inc All nghts rese'ved 39 Baden-Powell's org 44 Ore products 45 Boundaries 46 Narrow ridges 47 "Raging Bull" Oscar winner 49 Gold measure 50 Lamb paper 51 Ray 53 Fiddler or hermit 54 Israeli dance 55 Drink in one gulp 56 Sprite 57 Farrow of "The Purple Rose of Cairo". COURTESY OF BETTY BROWN Students work in the wet lab facilities provided by the Walter Bollenbacher's Destiny bus, a project by the UNC professor. the national decline in students’ pursuing careers and educations in science. Its ultimate goal is to increase awareness of the role of science in future economic pros perity' and quality of life. Between pioneering anew ecosystem model of learning and promoting the “ecotransforma tion" of learning environments, Bollenbacher has big plans. “I want a fleet of buses," he said, grinning. “I want a language bus.” Though he is optimistic, Bollenbacher and his vision still face problems. Lack of recognition of the extent of the science education crisis and the difficulty in changing the way people view education still loom. Yet Bollenbacher was gleeful as he declared, “Destiny is with child." With funding from NASA, another science bus, Discovery, is due next May. 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The moratorium was enacted in response to concerns of residents near campus who said the prolifer ation of homes built for a student market eroded neighborhood char acter and prevented families from settling into the area. “Economics are driving the con struction of a different kind of duplex than we’ve seen in Chapel Hill,” said Roger Waldon, the town’s planning director. “It will damage the common fabric if the trend continues unabated.” Some developers’ practice of fit ting as many students into a duplex as possible, Waldon said, has led to a glut of curbside parking, increased noise and neighborhood deterioration, among other things. Northside neighborhood resi dents have opposed staunchly duplex construction and are lob bying for the area to become the town’s first conservation district. Conservation status would enable the residents to place restrictive covenants on the size and scope of developments in their area. “Responsibility lies on the devel opers to care about where people are moving and what happens to the communities,” said Delores Bailey, chairwoman of Northside’s metaeke! Discount Mufflers and Brakes 407 E. Main Street • Carrborc J 919-933-6888 Ask How To Rscstvs A FREE Mstnrts* T-ShH j ®t#i conservation committee. But developers argue that the restrictions unduly limit the avail ability of housing to nontransient portions of the local population. Scott Kovens, president of Capkov Ventures, said the restrictions have inhibited the full construction of his Franklin Grove development. Franklin Grove, located next to the intersection of Elliot Road and East Franklin Street, is an upscale development of family townhomes. “We could have put all 48 of our units into five buildings,” Kovens said. “But we decided it was best to break it up some more. These buildings are not what people mean when they say duplex.” The town defines duplexes as two dwelling units on one lot that are joined by a common wall, regard less of size, appearance or use. Linda Convissor, University coordinator of local relations, acknowledged that some duplexes serve a slanted purpose but said other regulations could ensure the student market doesn’t compromise neighborhood integrity'. “It’s bizarre to say they’re not good innately ... it's the management of them.” Virginia Knapp, director of external affairs at the chamber, said she understands residents’ con cerns but thinks that the restric tions actually undermine the avail ability of affordable housing that duplex opponents seek to protect. “People want to move here for the (public) schools but feel that houses are too expensive. 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