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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 55 INSIDE | Parkingblues Spaces at historic low page 3|l he feel of campus How construction has affected the campus spirit pages BROADENING th< foundation Wr * ** ■ - 4 ■' wsl H -Ufa Jl : 1 pf Hi! *Um t t r*MW - * J sgsx JH DTH PHOTOS/WHITNEY SHEFTE Chancellor James Moeser's sweeping vision for the University has included a massive build-out of the campus's facilities and a renewed commitment to the arts and global education. Though Moeser says he knows that his legacy will forever be linked to campus construction, he hopes he will be remembered for more. BY BRIAN HUDSON, UNIVERSITY EDITOR For the entire University community, this year is a milestone. Detours and green fences the unmis takable emblems of construction —will increase their stronghold on North Campus. At the same time, classrooms, students apart ments and administrative buildings will be transported to South Campus in a massive con struction blitz unlike any in University history. Even South Building, the bedrock of UNC’s administration, is feeling the effects of construc tion. “There were a couple days where my desk was literally shaking vibrating because of the jackhammers,” Chancellor James Moeser said last week. The University, guided by the Master Plan for campus growth and powered by the Carolina First fundraising campaign, is exploding this year in a flurry of capital improvement projects. MEMORIAL HALL WAITS IN THE WINGS Go see a show The reopening of Memorial Hall will offer more opportunities for students. Students tickets are available for $lO for most of the Performing Arts Series performances. Students are allowed access to priority seating assignments. More than 700 artists in 40 shows are scheduled for the next year. The renovated hall seats 1,434 and has wider seats, more leg room, better sightlines and enhanced staging capabilities. SOURCE: WWW.UNC.EDU/PERFORMING ARTS DTH/FEILDING CAGE online j daihTarheel.com RANK AND PLACE UNC places fifth among public universities, PAGE 12 NO TAXATION Orange County to vote on special district tax, PAGE 18 INSURING COVERAGE UNC might look to require health insurance, PAGE 20 Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®l)p lailg (Jar UppI Hype builds as hall’s grand opening gala approaches BY JIM WALSH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR People have been whispering its name for years, waiting for the time when Carolina would estab lish itself as the destination for marquee performing arts shows. Now, Memorial Hall, the largest performing arts space on campus, is back. Located on Cameron Avenue and a stone’s throw from the Old Well, the renovated hall is up and running after three years of construction and modernization. Campus officials are heralding it as the symbol of a revitalized and campus I page 3 OUT OF PLACE Some 400 students assigned to Cobb Hall moved in to temporary homes in the stu dent family housing units on South Campus this weekend. | www.dailytarheel.cont | i jj By thetimethelastbrickis laid, the equivalent of the Wake Forest University campus will have been added to UNC. Few question that the end result of con struction will dominate the legacy that suc ceeds Moeser. When the chancellor arrived on campus in 2000, most of what is now dotting the cam pus skyline was still a blueprint. This year, as the strains on the campus growing arts community. “The idea that there is a central gathering place for this University is something that has been missing since the hall’s been closed, and I think the reopening is reclaiming that,” said Emil Kang, executive director for the arts, who oversees fund raising efforts and facilities operations for the campus arts community. , Officials say the hall, which seats more than 1,400, is slated to become a destination for the per forming arts, drawing acts such as crooner Tony Bennett and violin ist Itzhak Perlman for the opening campus I page 4 DROPPING IN The newest additions to UNC's ROTC program were given a rough introduction to student-soldier life at Camp Butner this weekend. reach a peak, the results of construction are coming into focus, as is the message that will eventually define Moeser’s tenure. The campus already is benefiting from projects that are being completed. The Ramshead Center provides South Campus with its first central quad area along with a massive recreation center and dining SEE VISION, PAGES 8,9 performances Sept. 9 and Sept. 10. Organizers hope to raise about $1 million in ticket sales this year. Chancellor James Moeser called the reopening a renaissance for cultural life on campus. “I think many students come here from small towns, and how many of them have ever had the opportunity ... to hear Itzhak Perlman play the violin?” he said. “My hope is that students will be there to take advantage of this.” SEE MEMORIAL HALL, PAGE 5 SIB Locals eye new projects closely Concerns focus on housing, fringe effects BY TED STRONG CITY EDITOR Few things have, or will, continue to have as big an impact on the Chapel Hill- Carrboro area as University development. “Growth and development has been the driving force in Chapel Hill. That’s going to continue to be the major issue around which all other issues revolve,” said Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy on Saturday. Indeed, from the chiller plant slowly rising above the Gimghoul neighbor hood to the Horace Williams Airport, the future site of Carolina North, the growth of the town’s biggest organization rarely advances without controversy. “When you think about the close prox imity and passionate interests of neigh bors on campus, there is likely to be a little bit of disagreement or friction,” said Bruce Runberg, associate vice chancellor for planning and construction. Runberg said last week that univer sity representatives were taken mostly unawares by the loud resistance they received from local residents regarding the chiller plant approved for construction above Gimghoul in 2003. Since then, he said, officials have been trying to talk to and respect the wishes of residents along the perimeter of the aca demic island as the University progresses with projects like student family housing on Mason Farm Road and Carolina North. Mason Farm Road resident Diana Steele, who has been outspoken about the impact the University family housing has had on her neighborhood, said University officials have become better at accommo dating neighborhood concerns over time. “When they first published the Master Plan, there was no recognition that there were human beings living in some of the areas where they intended to build,” she said. She said the University created a bet ter-than-anticipated integration between student housing and the Mason Farm neighborhood by leaving untouched some houses on the north side of the road —as was requested. Officials also gave residents a personal tour of the new buildings earlier this month. Now UNC, quickly running out of space on main campus, will look to expand mainly on the Carolina North satellite campus at the Horace Williams Tract. In a further effort to assuage local con cerns, University officials took a group of influential off-campus politicos on a tour of newly renovated campus facilities last week. The tour featured candidates and elected officials from area governments. The message from school to town was clear: We come in peace, mean you no harm and want no resistance. SEE CITY REACTION, PAGE 5 DTH/ALISON YIN Memorial Hall, closed since 2002, will reopen Sept. 9 with a perfor mance by Tony Bennett and an entire day of student performances on Sunday. The reopening is seen as the start of the Arts Common project. national | page 7 STILL ON THE TABLE Senate President Marc Basnight announced Friday that the proposed lottery bill, which failed the Senate, could be back on the floor Tuesday. 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