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iailg ear lini Local initiative promotes alternative transit usage BY ANTONIO VELARDE STAFF WRITER Cumbersome bus guides, obscure bicycle laws, countless transit Web pages University students certainly have transpor tation options, but sorting through them is another thing. Partnering with other area transit authorities and UNC-sys tem schools, the Triangle Transit Authority initiated a year-long campaign last month designed to get college students interested in alternative transportation. Titled “Redefine the Way You Travel,” the campaign uses a Web site, RedefineTYavel.org, and vari ous advertisements to show how students can bike, carpool or ride public transportation to reach common destinations. “I think it’s sort of a quantum leap,” said Carrboro Planning Board Chairman James Carnahan. Carnahan said that the initiative should complement Car Free Day, an area initiative to promote alter native transportation in the area, scheduled for Thursday. 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Visit www.redefinetravel.org for more information. fives from Shaw and N.C. Central universities, the TTA is using print and radio advertisements to direct students at all four institutions to the project’s Web site. For students trying to reach common destinations like The Streets at Southpoint in Durham or Southern Village, the site features information about bus routes and transit services that can be used. The site also lists N.C. bicycle laws and bicycle safety tips for those who would rather fit a little more exercise into their daily routines. And for anyone interested in starting a carpool, the site also has a section on how to start and main tain one. The TTA started the campaign, which began planning in May and launched Aug. 17, to expand its ser vices to those who do not normally use the transit system, said intern and University senior Jennifer News Mallory. Mallory, who helped design the campaign for the TTA over the sum mer with another student from N.C. State, said the campaign will eventu ally include other advertising ideas. One such idea, Mallory said, would be a “Ticket for a Ticket” program that would place Web site advertisement on parking tickets. “It’s called guerilla marketing,” she said. Other ideas would include work ing with student apartment com plexes to create a carpool, Mallory added. For now, campaign planners are setting up information kiosks and are scheduling bus tours at each of the institutions, with the University’s bus tour scheduled for Oct. 1. Patrick McDonough, TTA tran sit service planner, said the pro gram would likely benefit more than just students. “We’ve got a little bit of every body riding,” he said. Those interested in taking the bus tour can e-mail Mallory at jmallory@ridetta.org. Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu. Program creates safe haven BY KATHERINE EVANS STAFF WRITER Students affected by sexual assault and relationship violence soon will be able to confide in fac ulty and staff equipped to handle difficult issues. Women’s centers at Duke University and UNC are sharing resources to launch the Helping Advocate Violence Ending Now program. The program, also spon sored by the UNC Dean of Students office, will train faculty and staff to help these students. Funded by the Robertson Scholars Collaboration Fund, the initiative will tap into faculty and staff interactions with students. 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But the sessions, and the resulting “safe places,” also should help serve affected students more effectively, she said. “Students feel more comfortable talking to faculty and staff that they already know,” Manning said. Last year, 30 cases of sexual assault were reported on campus, Manning said, and reports of rela tionship violence and stalking are filed on a weekly basis. “They’re all too common,” she said. Next semester, students can par ticipate in HAVEN by taking a class on gender violence offered through C-START —a program that allows undergraduates to create and teach their own courses. “We’ll examine violence from a cultural perspective,” said UNC junior Lindsay Johnson, who will be teaching the course. UNC organizers said they plan to train students in the spring. The goal of any initiative, Leonard said, is to make violence awareness a part of everyday life. “By having this network of staff and faculty and students who are knowledgeable about the complex issues, it may allow for different conversations in different and unex pected places on campus,” she said. “It’s about changing campus cli mate.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. 11
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