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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, ‘2OOB
Fraternity helps lead
Greeks’ green efforts
Phi Gamma Delta praised for actions
BY CHIARA AUSTIN
STAFF WRITER
For Phi Gamma Delta fraternity,
ringing in the new year and anew
semester meant adapting to an
environmentally sound lifestyle.
The fraternity's energy-saving
efforts make it the first fraternity
or sorority on UNC’s campus to go
completely green.
"We are not trying to change
the world by going green, we just
want to be responsible citizens in
Chapel Hill and try to encourage
others to do this, too," said junior
Penn Clarke, Phi Gamma Delta's
president.
The fraternity installed new
shower heads that alter water
pressure so less energy is wasted,
and the amount of water used
while showering is cut by 70 per
cent.
The fraternity also switched to
compact fluorescent light bulbs
instead of regular incandescent
bulbs to cut down on energy use.
Members also placed blankets
around water heaters to reduce
energy loss by about 35 percent,
Clarke said.
“If everybody joined in and
did this, so much energy could be
saved." he said.
Becoming less wasteful in gen
eral, Clarke said, is also a big part
of the fraternity's environmental
consciousness.
Members regularly take leftover
food from meals to a homeless
shelter to cut down on waste.
“These are not necessarily huge
steps or great, incredible things,
but they are things we can try to
do to make ourselves less waste
ful." said junior Will Duckett, a
member of Phi Gamma Delta's
green committee.
The green committee meets
weekly to discuss new ways to
raise money and implement envi
ronmental change
This week the fraternity will
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begin anew recycling program
to ensure that any disposed recy
clables will be taken to a recy
cling center. Clarke also said
members are working to get rid
of all Styrofoam cups and replace
them with recyclable cups at the
house.
“I know people have tried
this in the past," said Matthew
Putterman, president of Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity.
"They're leading by example.
(It) is really cool that someone
is finally stepping up and doing
it."
Most of the changes Phi Gamma
Delta made can be done with lit
tle money, Clarke said. But in the
future and with more funds, mem
bers said they hope to purchase
energy-efficient appliances, such
as washers, dryers and refrigera
tors to take the next step in energy
conservation.
The idea to turn the frater
nity into a more environmentally
friendly organization came about
after a few members realized how
much money could be saved in
reducing energy loss.
TAX
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N.C. Association of Realtors, said
her organization thinks such a tax
would be a bad idea.
“We do not support it," Woodson
said. "We think that it is more fair
to have a broad tax increase."
Nelson said opposition to either
proposal, but especially the land
transfer tax increase, is to be
expected.
"We’ll have to decide to side with
either the realtor lobbyists or the
school children." Nelson said.
But Woodson said the 16 N.C.
counties that voted against a land
transfer tax in November sent a
strong and clear message to the
state.
“They're leading
by example. (It)
is really cool that
someone is finally
stepping up."
MATTHEW PUTTERMAN, aipha
EPSILON PHI FRATERNITY PRESIDENT
After getting support from
the national organization, UNC’s
chapter elected a few members to
its green committee.
"It seems like whenever you hear
about fraternities in the news, you
hear about hazing or negative
aspects," Clarke said. “We wanted
to change that."
In exploring changes, one of the
difficulties the green committee
has encountered. Duckett said, has
been trying to get people to change
their behaviors.
“It’s not easy, but everyone sees
we are trying to do something dif
ferent," he said.
“Everyone's on board it's just
going to be a gradual process it
doesn’t happen overnight."
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UNC junior Naveed Hassan
said he is unsure about either tax.
Hassan. a political science major,
has lived in Orange County for
seven years and said he supports
taxes for a worthwhile cause.
“I guess the tax on homes
makes more sense to me," Hassan
said. "It targets a demographic of
people who can sell a house and
can probably afford a tax like
that, while a blanket tax affects
everybody."
The public hearing will be
held during the County Board of
Commissioners meeting at 7:30
p.m. today at the F. Gordon Battle
Courtroom in Hillsborough.
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Naurs
Barbecue cookies take
on national taste buds
Jarman bakes a
winning recipe
BY ANDREW DUNN
FEATURES EDITOR
Molly Jarman sure makes a
kooky cookie.
But her far-from-traditional
barbecue spice cookies were tasty
enough to win over her colleagues
and win her a shot at a SI,OOO
prize.
Jarman, a project manager
for the Carolina Mammography-
Registry at the UNC Department
of Radiology, should find out in the
next few days if her cookies have
won a national competition for
KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce
creations.
“They’re great," said Tara Taylor,
who works with Jarman and was
one of her first guinea pigs. “They
taste like a spice cookie. There's a
hint of barbecue flavor, but it's not
overpowering."
The quest for the perfect barbe
cue cookie began about a month
before the October N.C. State
Fair.
Baking has always been a hobby,
Jarman said, and she spends almost
every Sunday whipping up cookies
and cakes that she brings into work
the next day.
"She's a 'from-scratch' kind of
woman." Taylor said while munch
ing on a Jarman cupcake.
Jarman, who earned an under
graduate degree at UNC in 2004
and a master’s degree in pub
lic health in 2006, said she has
entered some of her goodies into
state fair competitions in the past
but had never won.
Entering the barbecue compe
tition this year was just a fluke of
scheduling. After looking at the
state fair’s competition listings,
she chose the barbecue sauce
contest because she was free that
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study, which examined NPI scores
from 27 campuses nationwide.
But Donnellan said they chose to
use California students because the
state is often seen as the center of
the self-esteem movement, which
he said emerged in the 1980s.
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UNC employee
Molly Jarman
won a contest
for using KC
Masterpiece
Barbecue Sauce
to make cookies.
afternoon.
And the idea of putting the sauce
in cookies was a whim after seeing
a bottle of KC sauce while baking,
she said.
Her first hatch turned out pretty
well, she said.
But she wanted to bring them
into work first for a true test of
their merit.
“I think people thought it was
odd," said Taylor, who was one of
the first to dare try them. "I ate
quite a few."
After perfecting the recipe with
a few more batches, she was ready
for the state competition.
Jarman thought the barbe
cue cookies' unorthodoxy could
propel her to victory in the KC
Masterpiece Memorable Meals
Contest.
The competition stipulates that
every item contain some of the
sauce.
“Nobody else did a dessert," she
said of her fellow state fair contes
tants. Jarman won the S2OO first
prize.
She used the money to buy a
new toaster oven.
Second and third places went to
traditional dishes.
Pam’s First-Time Ribs, made by-
Raleigh native Pam Garcia, took
the SIOO second prize.
The SSO third place prize went
to Cary native Denise Walker and
her KC Masterpiece BBQ Chicken
Pizza.
The first-place finish also earned
Jarman a spot in the national com
petition, which is due to release
results any day.
esteem enhancement, claiming it
increases narcissism, he added.
But Donnellan expressed con
cern about the “bashing" of the
self-esteem movement because his
studies suggest that low self-esteem
is related to adjustment problems.
He said the issue is an emotion
ally charged topic for youth.
"Many don’t seem to like the label
‘Generation Me,’ and that is prob
cThr QaUii (Ear Hrri
Barbecue Spice
Cookies recipe
Ingredients:
► 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter
► 1/2 cup KC Masterpiece
Original BBQ Sauce
► 3 cups sugar, divided
► 2 eggs
► 4 cups all-purpose flour
>- 4 teaspoons baking soda
>-1 teaspoon ground ginger
► 1 teaspoon ground doves
► 1 teaspoon ground dnnamon
Steps:
► MELT butter in a large bowl in
the microwave. (Cook on high for
one minute, then cook for 30 sec
onds at a time just until melted.)
Cool slightly.
► ADD barbecue sauce, two cups
sugar and eggs to melted butter
and beat well with an electric
mixer.
► SIFT together flour, baking soda
and spices. Add flour mixture to
butter mixture and beat just until
flour is incorporated.
► REFRIGERATE dough for sev
eral hours, until firm. Shape into
small balls (3/4 inch in diameter)
and roll in sugar. (Or shape dough
into a log, then slice one-inch
thick and dip slices in sugar.)
► BAKE at 350 degrees for eight
to 10 minutes, until firm.
SOURCE: www.natatefair.org
Jarman's next project? She isn’t
sure.
But she is eyeing this year’s
Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
competition.
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ably understandable given that it
seems fairly pejorative," he said.
Manning said she has a few
friends she might describe as vain,
but she said that’s not necessarily
a bad thing. “It’s good to recognize
your good qualities and use them
to your advantage."
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Editor at stntdesk@ unc.edu.