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8 MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2004 Food drive dates mixed up Duke pre-emptively urged to action BY SHARI FELD STAFF WRITER Duke University students recent ly received an e-mail from a Duke student government official urging them to donate canned food so that this year, the Blue Devils could beat the Tar Heels in the annual canned food drive competition. The e-mail sent by Ajay Kori, director of student services for Duke’s student government typically would not cause alarm, except that the drive does not offi cially begin until late February. Kori blamed the mistake on a miscommunication between the two universities. Duke’s current drive has now become part of the Blue Devil Food Drive, and the annual compe tition with UNC to benefit the Food Bank of North Carolina will begin at the appropriated time. Kori said he is disappointed that the competition has not yet begun, but the mix-up allows for greater opportunities to help those in need. “It’s a little disheartening that there’s no competition,” Kori said. “But the fact that it’s in February will give us the opportunity to col I Lower rates for fall 2005! ' - r ——■ a jp H - Vi / ;. :.aar . , 1 / s ■ mm. / § § ■jH | vlf'" / I Th ere are many reasons 1 f we’ve been the leader for jj 40 years. Here’s one more. Less than you think... I ® / / More than you expect! jm Apply PrckYW rillo mjj Online \jlullVlllC 1 800.332 3113 • 919 370 4500 info@granvilletowers.com • www.granvilletowers.com lect even more.” He added that so far, Duke stu dents have exceeded the student government’s expectations for the event. At a meeting Friday for the Beat Hunger, Beat Duke canned food drive, Campus Y officials began planning for the event, which will last from Feb. 28 to March 6, the week before the highly anticipated UNC-Duke basketball game, said Elizabeth Sonntag, co-president of the Campus Y. Last year, the school that col lected the most cans won the com petition. This year, like two years ago, the total weight of the cans will deter mine the winner. Derwin Dubose, Campus Y co-president, said weight is an easier determinant. Additionally, the Food Bank of North Carolina always weighs received donations, so it’s more convenient to use weight. Last year, UNC collected 10,366 cans and $2,250. Because every dollar collected could buy three cans, UNC’s total came to 17,116 cans. Duke collected 318 cans and $4,705.55, giving the school a total News of 14,435 cans. Sonntag said she hopes to get more campus organizations involved with the food drive this year. “I think this is a project a lot of groups will be interested in work ing on,” Sonntag said. Dubose said he hopes that more groups will challenge their Duke counterparts. The medical schools from each university, he said, already have challenged each other. As part of UNC’s victory last year, Duke University President Nan Keohane and Student Body President Matthew Slovik had to sport UNC gear for one day. Sonntag said that a similar arrangement will be in store for this year but that the details have yet to be determined. Both Sonntag and Dubose said they are excited about this year’s challenge. “I’m so enthusiastic about this project because it shows the dedi cation our students have for the needs of the people of our state and our community,” Sonntag said. “I’m just really inspired by the effort that our students are willing to put into this project.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. iH 1 w y t\\i fi igK§ t, jf#*, J | m§Mr wfflK&Amk Junior Yemi Ojutiku (right) plays against sophomore Colby Wright (center) and junior Labat Yancey in a “Golden Eye Rogue Agent” XBox tournament Sunday night in Morrison Residence Hall. The Board mulls school options BY JENNIFER FAIR STAFF WRITER Parents in the Orange County school district soon might get the opportunity to choose where their children go to school. With the issue of student reas signment looming, the Orange County Board of Education is tak ing a look at “schools of choice,” such as charter, private, home and magnet schools including year round schools. After looking at different schools of choice across the state, the board considered the implications of open ing such facilities in the county at a special retreat Saturday morning. “The most important reason for having these schools is to pro vide choices,” said board member Elizabeth Brown. But the board recognized that making the decision to open schools of choice will require some thought about how changing one school can have unintended conse quences on other schools. “You can’t make a decision with Alcohol panel calls for crackdown BY SAM SHEPARD STAFF WRITER The Chapel Hill Town Council will respond tonight to the original and new recommendations made by the Committee for Alcohol- and Drug-Free Teenagers to target underage substance abuse. 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This event is one of many videogame promotions that occur periodically on campus throughout the school year. out looking at the big picture,” said vice chairwoman Brenda Stephens. In April 2003, Cameron Park Elementary School proposed becoming a math and science mag net school. The school made a pre sentation to the board Jan. 5. Superintendent Shirley Carraway said the board liked the proposal but asked the school to put it on hold until after the board could discuss schools of choice in general. Hillsborough Elementary is the only year-round elementary school in the Orange County district. Board member A1 Hartkopf said that if the district were to open a year-round middle school, as has been discussed, it would need another feeder school. Hartkopf said that for every two middle school students, there should be three in elementary schools. Board members said they will need to consult school administra tors and parents before making any systemwide changes, .o a1 i “It shouldn’t be something where the board sits in a vacuum and says, in Orange County. “We’re looking at becoming a central repository for parental, school or town concerns,” said com mittee creator Dale Pratt-Wilson. Since the creation of the com mittee, Pratt-Wilson and other members of the community have addressed the various ways the town can approach this issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey of Chapel Hill High School and East Chapel Hill High School in the 2003-04 academic year. (Eijp Saily (Ear lirrl DTH/BRADY NASH ‘We’re going to do this,’” said board chairwoman Libbie Hough. The board considered transpor tation, maintaining school popula tions, resources and “brain drains” as challenges to schools of choice. Board member Dennis Whiffing said the parents who have the means to research which school will be best for their children are not the ones who would necessarily benefit the most from schools of choice. “I’m concerned that too many people who would benefit from opt in/opt out would opt out,” he said. He added that people might opt out of a year-round program to keep the traditional summer or because they have never enrolled at a year-round school before. The board will further address the implications of schools of choice at a future meeting, Hough said. “This was a preliminary discus sion,” she said. “We need to con tirlud discussing this.” i>93‘!9rtT3 vs! • ■ io : Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. The survey showed that 52 per cent of Chapel Hill students con sumed alcohol within one month of taking the survey, 8 percentage points higher than the national average. “We want the issue front and center,” Pratt-Wilson said. She added that she thinks it is necessary to “change the commu nity norms” in dealing with this issue. Based on information the com mittee has gathered through three publicly held forums this fall, the committee recommends the hir ing of additional Alcohol Law Enforcement agents and the elim ination of the off-campus lunch program. “The more the merrier.... There will never be enough,” Tony Mills, assistant supervisor for Raleigh’s ALE office, said when asked if hir ing additional ALE agents would help quell the issue of underage drinking. But Mills also said he believes that education is an important method of dealing with this prob lem. “We’d rather deal with minors in an educational setting than in (a law) enforcement environment,” he said. Chapel Hill police Chief Gregg Jarvies has worked with the Com mittee to help create other recom mendations that the council will review Monday. Jarvies has developed several protocols for Chapel Hill police to help combat the problem. The protocols include increasing the number and frequency of com pliance checks at businesses that sell liquor, conducting full criminal investigations of all teenage parties to identify how the alcohol for the party was acquired, and working closely with bar and club owners to examine admission policies when alcohol is being served. Jarvies also suggested that all parents or guardians of teens who participate in parties where there is alcohol be notified arid that a record-keeping system be used to track teens who repeatedly attend or host these parties be improved. “We want to look to the town as a partner to the committee,” Pratt- Wilson said. “We need their help.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
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