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2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2005 Class to hash out gift plans Much work needed for welcome sign BY KIRSTEN BEATTIE STAFF WRITER After the announcement of the senior class’s decision to place a welcome sign on McCorkle Place as its class gift, attention now turns to planning. Senior Class President Bobby Whisnant said the welcome sign is definite, but nothing beyond that has been determined. “We haven’t actually decided what the sign is going to look like,” he said. “We w ant to do something that’s uniform with the University,” he said. “But we also want to do some thing new. This is our legacy.” Plans for a class gift require thor ough review, said Paul Kapp, campus historic preservation manager. “This is a process of review and comment, and then review again and comment,” Kapp said. Considerations in planning must include content, design, spe cific location and the effects on McCorkle Place. The review process will require participation among students, Kapp, the University adminis tration and UNC landscape and building architects. COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ The Carolina Phonathon will begin contacting students to join the Heelraisers Student Giving Society today. Each year hundreds of students make private contribu tions to anywhere in the University. Go to carolinafirst.unc.edu/heel raisers for more information. ■ Sign up to dance in the Bth Annual UNC Dance Marathon all this week at www.uncmarathon. org. No dance experience is neces sary just stand for 24 hours Feb. 24 and Feb. 25 in support of the N.C. Children’s Hospital. Sign-ups end at 5 p.m. Friday. ■ Sign up this week in the V-day folder in the information hub of the Student Union to audition for The Vagina Monologues. Auditions will be held from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 14 and Nov. 15 in Manning 209. Contactjboos@email.unc.edu with questions. ■ Relay for Life will be selling bill’s Omlm tfocVdk Bat! 41? Gyro Sandwich w/ Side 41? Latin Fever * $1 Select Domestics 41? Fallafel w/ Side 4t $2 Select Imports 4fc Half Price Hookah!! $2.50 4t $3.50 Margaritas H f i 4k African/Reggae DJ 4k Arabian Nights 4k Arabian Nights 4k DJ Nunda 4i? DJ Nunda ■ | r| jyj Available for lunch gatherings, special occasions, Christmas parties and birthdays. Call 919.357.6274 for appointments. 153 E. Franklin St. (near Players) • (919) 929-1290 The Class of 2002 presented its design for Do-Ho Suh’s Unsung Founders Memorial, also on McCorkle Place, to a campus arts advisory committee and to the chancellor’s buildings and grounds committee. Ultimately, new designs for McCorkle Place go before the Board of Trustees. “One of the things that we try to do is to try to do something that is both suitable for the gift and also appropriate and suitable for the campus,” Kapp said. Jarrod Jenkins, a senior who served on the service committee of marshals, said that while plans are preliminary only, the committee envisions something three-dimen sional as opposed to a traditional sign. He described something topo graphic, “something that says ‘you are here.’” While he said the committee hopes students ultimately will design the sign, ideally it will be something tall. “Not as tall as the Bell Tower,” he said, “but proportional.” Students have mixed opinions and visions of the welcome sign. T-shirts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Thursday and Monday in the Pit. The “Great Breasts are worth fighting for” shirts promote breast cancer awareness. ■ “Child Marriages,” a film exploring the social roots of the custom in the rural Indian village Kambalathu Naicker, will be shown from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Tate-Tumer-Kuralt Auditorium. ■ A panel of five experts moderated by former Sen. John Edwards will discuss “Katrina’s Lessons: Moving Forward in the Fight Against Poverty” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today in Carroll 111. ■ The Medieval Studies Curriculum will present “Living by the Sea: An Ethnography of Maritime Communities in Medieval England” by Maryanne Kowaleski, a visiting scholar from the National Humanities Center, at 5 p.m. today in Hamilton 569. Elizabeth Foster, a senior commu nications major, said she hopes the welcome sign will reflect the senior class spirit “I hope that it represents our cre ativeness and classiness,” she said. Carr Harkrader, a senior politi cal science major who preferred the advising endowment, said he ques tions the placement of the sign. Harkrader, who likes the “seam less transition from town to cam pus,” said he thinks a sign on McCorkle Place is unnecessary. “Of all the places where we need a sign, that’s probably not one of them,” he said. Connie Bryant, a senior psy chology and African-American studies major, said she thinks the sign is a good idea but is not very excited about it. “It doesn’t really matter to me,” she said. “I’m not going to be here to see it.” Whisnant said seniors should note that the sign will not be up anytime soon. “It’s important for seniors to realize this is not going to be some thing they see by May 14,” he said. “There’s a lot of avenues we need to go through even to break ground.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@ unc.edu. ■ Advocates of Human Rights will show the documentary “Well- Founded Fear,” a film about grant ing asylum to refugees, at 7 p.m. today in Hamilton 100. ■ Table Talk: Mental Illness on Campus will take place at 8 p.m. today in Murphey 116. Table Talk provides an atmosphere in which to discuss needs for the mentally ill and those who care about them at UNC. ■ Alpha Phi Omega, a coed service fraternity, is hosting a Bar Night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. today at Bub O’Malleys. There is no cover charge. Donations for the Carolina Earthquake Relief Coalition will be accepted at the door. There will be beer-pong tournaments, $4.25 pitchers and prizes. To make a calendar submission, visit http://www.dailytarheel.com for a list of submission policies and contacts. Events must be sent in by noon the preceding publication date. News Seniors disappointed with speaker Say choice needs to be big-name BY KATIE CLINE STAFF WRITER For many seniors, spring Commencement cannot come soon enough, but some students have expressed dissatisfaction with this year’s speaker. After months of brain storming and negotiations, the University announced Monday the Commencement speaker advisory committee’s selection Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America. “There are a lot of speakers that people could be more excited about,” said Laurel Wamsley, a senior history major. In past years, speakers such as comedian Bill Cosby and ESPN anchor Stuart Scott have offered departing words to students. Some seniors said they would rather have a more prominent fig ure like those in the past. “Their reputation comes with them,” said Jamilah Taylor, a senior psychology major, adding that she is not familiar with Kopp’s ideals. Senior Class President Bobby Whisnant said several other invita tions for Commencement speaker ■ A wallet and two credit cards were stolen Sunday from Fetzer Gym when a UNC employee put his wallet down to play basketball, according to University police reports. There are no suspects at the time, and the case is under further investigation, reports state. ■ Tyrone Lea was arrested Sunday on counts of larceny, shop lifting and trespassing, according to University police reports. Lea was charged with stealing a blue Nike jacket, worth approxi mately S6O, reports state. Lea was cleared by arrest and taken before the magistrate, accord ing to reports. He was released on written promise to appear in court Dec. 12. ■ Three men were arrested Tuesday morning on charges of attempting to steal a bicycle on West Cameron Avenue, according to Chapel Hill police reports. According to reports, Deaungelo The Changing Nature of I Religion in Contemporary jl Europe: From Obligation v-. ~ 1 |A)||| lip . fcjLkl >4 ’ M2 1 r' ■*'ip - fl November 10, 2005 Professor of Sociology 8-15 om Director of the Centre for European Studies University of Exeter, UK Murphey Hall Rm 116 The University How is religion in Europe changing today? ° atChaiS'Slir 3 W^at ' S ro * e "^ e *' ev ' n 9 without I belonging," "vicarious religion," and a shift from forms of religion that are inherited to those that are chosen? How is the growing presence of Islam affecting Sponsored by: Europe an christianity? what are the consequences of these changes with regard to the complex relationship CHRISTIANITY between public and private life? And how does the European case compare CULTURE to the American situation? 1 UNC ARTS A SCIENCES _ were sent out, but a deal could not be worked out. “Some of the people the chancel lor wanted before, he wasn’t able to confirm,” he said. “She was actu ally the first one we were able to get confirmed.” Kopp might not be a household name, but senior psychology major Kristen Elmore said she will wait to judge the speaker. “I can’t judge it until I hear them speak. She doesn’t have to be well known to be a good speaker.” Other students are skeptical because of the speaker’s ties to the Teach for America program. A pro gram that began in 1990, it trains college graduates as teachers and places them in schools that lack solid educational outcomes. Although Billy Smith, a senior American studies major, said that though he understands the pro gram’s good intentions where students commit to two years of teaching he said he sees a larger need for career teachers. “It takes the less-prepared teach ers and puts them in the toughest schools,” he said. With such a large amount of graduates joining Teach for America each year, many students see Kopp as an appropriate speaker. “It seems fitting for our class and for Carolina,” said Lauren Westafer POLICE LOG Holt of 100 Louis Armstrong-B, Steven Richard Bullock of 306 N. Estes Drive, and Elton Bernard Degraffenreidt, also known as Joron Hurmanton, of 101 Johnson St., were arrested at 1:37 a.m. at 506 W. Franklin St. Bullock and Degraffenreidt each were charged with two counts of lar ceny, and Holt was charged with one charge of larceny after the men tried to take a bicycle from a porch. The three were released on writ ten promises to appear in court and are scheduled to appear in District Criminal Court in Hillsborough on Dec. 12, according to reports. ■ Chapel Hill police reports state that two men were arrested Monday at 450 W. Franklin St. Tarance Young, who listed his address as the streets of Chapel Hill, was cited and released at 11:32 p.m. on charges of panhandling near an automated teller machine, according to reports. Reports state that Young asked www.chnstianityculture.unc.edu/ (SI)? Sattg Oar H??l a senior history major, adding that many of her friends are applying to the program. Chasity Wilson, president of the Residence Hall Association and a senior English major, said she has heard Kopp speak in the past to a small group. “I think that she is very inspira tional ... but I’m not sure how she’ll be with a large group,” Wilson said. Although she is looking forward to Kopp’s speech, Wilson said she would have liked to have had a choice in the decision. “I don’t feel like the senior class had any say.” Whisnant said that he supports the selection and that Kopp will be popular because of the large par ticipation in the Teach for America program. “She will be someone who will be able to appeal to seniors,” he said. For those seniors disappointed in the Commencement speaker, they can look forward to the announce ment of the Senior Day speaker. Last year comedian Mo Rocca entertained seniors days before Commencement. “We are looking for someone who can address seniors directly and that seniors would be interested in hear ing from,” Whisnant said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. a plainclothes officer for $8 after dark. At 11:42 p.m., 10 minutes later, Martin Samuel Hardesty, of 831 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.-5, was arrested on charges of public consumption of alcohol, according to reports. Reports state that Hardesty’s charge resulted from a plain clothes officer’s observation of him consuming a pint of Bud Ice while walking on the sidewalk. Hardesty was released on a writ ten promise to appear in court and is scheduled to appear in District Criminal Court in Hillsborough on Dec. 5. ulj? iaihj (Tor H??l P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill. NC 27515 Ryan C. Tuck, Editor, 962-4086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2005 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved
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