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VOLUME 114, ISSUE 4 DTH/COURTNEY POTTER Susan Irons, special programs director, and Bland Simpson, director of creative writing, listen to Joan Didion speak in Greenlaw Hall. Renowned author takes up residence BY ANDREW CHAN STAFF WRITER Author Joan Didion arrived on campus Sunday as part of a University lecture series, mark ing one of her first collegiate appearances since the publica tion of her award-winning mem oir last year. Didion is scheduled to lecture at 7:30 p.m. today in Memorial Hall as part of the Morgan Writer-in-Residence program. The free public lecture is the first time she has spoken at the University. Creative writing professor Randall Kenan described Didion as “one of the most important writers since World War II.” there goes neighborhood lj| 1 DTH/ANNA DORN The backyard of Learideen Alford's Mitchell Lane house is overshadowed by the Rosemary Village condominiums, a four-story building that sits about 13 feet away from her home. CORRECTION Due to a source error, Friday’s front page story “Smith, 20, leader, beloved friend” misstates the location of Keith Shawn Smith’s funeral service. A memorial for Smith will be held at New Zion Baptist Church in Greensboro. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 (Ebr Imlu (Ear Heel Br*' Pi Hk jH] l-2s. il National Book Award-winner Joan Didion will be at UNC for a series of workshops and programs. Since the release of her memoir, “The Year of Magical Thihking,” Didion has resur faced as a phenomenon in the press.' In the past four months, she has wdn the National Book Award, and last week she was ranked at No. 4 on The New York SEE DIDION, PAGE 10 online ( clailytarheel.com GET UP, STAND UP GAO head asks students to wise up to deficit issues INSURING THE FUTURE TheN.C. insurance leader greets campus group EDITOR'S BLOG Minutes from the Opinion Page redesign lunch bunch | www.dailytarheel.com | Town, UNC attached at hip Historic unease in spite of links BY BRIANNA BISHOP CITY EDITOR “The University and its poten tial for growth,” says traffic engi neer W.F. Babcock of Raleigh, “are prime factors in formulating traffic and street plans for the Chapel Hill of the future.” Sound like a recent Chapel Hill Town Council meeting? Tty one from July 1955, accord ing to the front page archives of The Chapel Hill Weekly. Despite the changing tides TUESDAY SPOTLIGHT of the town and turnover among council and University officials, the issues the two face invariably have remained the same. Now as the University is look ing beyond its main-campus bor ders for growth, those conversa tions are becoming more impor tant than ever —and arguably more tense than they’ve been in recent memory. “You really have a piece of geography where there is concur rent government,” said Jonathan Howes, director of the University’s Master Plan and a former Chapel Hill mayor. “A lot of the conflict that arises, arises over that fun damental fact.” A mixed bag During the past 50 years, the town has seen constant turnover among its elected officials nine mayors and about 60 council SEE TOWN-GOWN, PAGE 10 BY MICHAEL TODD STAFF WRITER Learideen Alford’s house has a few rooms and just one view: of a brick wall and new wooden fence separating her 94-year-old home from the Rosemary Village condo miniums. “I can’t sneeze without them hearing me,” Alford said, look ing out from her kitchen window, which faces the four-story build ings. Alford’s 1,268 square-foot house at 209 Mitchell Lane sits about 13 feet from the northeastern comer of the condos —a little too close for comfort, she said. This 30-year Chapel Hill resi dent is one of several witnessing the downtown’s large-scale growth from inside their own homes. Alford’s newest neighbor, which builders started Nov. 9, 2004, is quickly nearing completion. Tom Tucker, the developer of Rosemary Village, said the build ings are 99 percent done. The buildings will include 38 luxury condos and commercial space. Chris Ehrenfeld, co-owner of Build Ex Inc., the company build ing the condos, said they had to squeeze the four buildings onto less than one acre in an already dense area. He said Thursday that the remaining five residential units out of 38 likely would sell this week, when owners finally move in. A day spa, dessert shop, real estate office and an accountant’s office are slated to fill the seven commercial spaces, he said. “It was obviously fairly tight,” he said of the development space, He added that Alford allowed the company to landscape her side of the fence. “She basically got a free land scaping from us.” SEE NEXT DOOR, PAGE 10 city I page 5 ANOTHER LOOK Two of the recent victims , of pedestrian accidents are found to have been under the influence of alcohol at the time of their deaths. Town, UNC Chapel Hill Mayors share history With Chapel Hill sharing a close proximity 1 to the state's flagship university, contention is inevitable. Regardless of their allegiances, < Son of a faculty member town leaders have had to bear the burden of balancing town-gown interests. ptenKooßcT ” ***** '76 emona ahmiTtlf antmr' Neight f rS T**** 'B6 113 year evaluation. A decade later, the UNC professor at the School of Law 2006 SOURCE: DTH ARCHIVES STAFF REPORTS Community mobilizes in wake of accident BY BRIAN HUDSON NEWS EDITOR In the wake of the death of one its own, the University community is solidifying plans to honor sophomore Keith Shawn Smith. Administrators are organizing for trans portation to take students to Smith’s memo rial service Wednesday in Greensboro. A sign-up sheet is posted near the mail- Ij&Bfa ' r ■ : * IL ■ jggr 1 DTH/SAMANTHA LEVY Jennifer Mitchell, an employee at Great Harvest Bread Cos. in Chapel Hill, decorates King Cakes with purple, gold and green sanding Monday in honor of Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras slimmed down BY ERIN GIBSON SENIOR WRITER Colorful beads and jazz music will per meate through American towns today to celebrate Fat Tuesday, the last day of the Mardi Gras carnival season. The majority of the celebration takes place in New Orleans, but Friday, Hillsborough looked a bit like the Crescent City. Residents donned their green, purple and gold as they paraded down Churton ’points | page 9 A FEW LAST WORDS In light of the enormous amount of feedback in relation to The Daily Tar Heel's cartoon depicting Muhammad, a few parting thoughts are discussed. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 boxes on the first floor of Stacy Residence Hall, the building from which Smith fell to his death, and students also can reserve a spot by going to the community office located between Aycock and Graham resi dence halls. The bus can seat up to 75 people, said Winston Crisp, assistant vice chancellor for SEE MEMORIAL, PAGE 10 Street and enjoyed the tastes and sounds of a New Orleans-style Mardi Gras, spon sored by the Hillsborough Arts Council. “We incorporated all the G-rated ele ments: music, food and vignettes,” said John Delconte, a former Louisiana resi dent and president of the council. This year’s celebrations will have a unique feel as Wednesday marks the six- SEE MARDI GRAS, PAGE 10 today in history FEB. 28,1988... A panel of Greek members discuss the segregation of the campus's Greek systems in a forum before about 200 people. DTH/FEIIDING CAGE weather Partly Cloudy . H 64, L 44 index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 8 sports 13 edit 14
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