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10 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 APPLES launches its winter break program BY DANIELLE ADAMS STAFF WRITER The APPLES service-learning program received about 40 applica tions for its first Alternative Winter Break program this December. Designed for students to travel and perform service activities in the community, the program will choose 13 students to learn about American Indian issues with N.C. tribes. APPLES decided to launch the winter program to complement its fall and spring trips. “Our budget allowed for us to plan for another service-learning trip,” said Hillary Stoker, program devel opment coordinator for APPLES. “But we wanted to do it at a different time from the spring and fall.” Marion Boulicault, co-chair woman of the Alternative Winter Break program, said group leaders have not decided on a final loca tion, but they are in contact with community leaders to find one. In collaboration with the Native Health Initiative at UNC, the pro gram either will take the 13 students Morehead renovation on hold Construction backlog delayed project BY ANDREA MARCHIANO STAFF WRITER A lack of funding has caused the six-year delay of the renova tion of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, now scheduled to begin in January 2010. The Morehead renovation has been on UNC’s maintenance list since 2002. But a S4OO million backlog of campus maintenance has set the project back, said Bruce Runberg, associate vice chancellor for facili ties planning and construction. The backlog has also delayed renovations to Wilson Library, Davis Library and Carr Building. Although the state legislature and the Morehead-Cain Foundation contributed a combined $5.7 mil lion to craft design plans, Runberg said it will take another large appro priation from the state legislature to begin construction. “Hopefully in the next session they will appropriate about $55 million to construct the building,” Runberg said. “But we won’t know that until next August.” The renovation will update the building’s utilities and correct Permanent Makeup flB ~ Full Lips ~ Eye Liner ~ W ~ Eyebrows ~ T-y dgS/m ~ Stretch Mark Repair ~ ~ Vitiligo ~ and more... f Digital and Precise .d&x\. Physician Supervised Aria 919-YOURSPA (968-7772) www.arialaser.com Chatham Crossings on 15-501 between Southern Village and Fearrington Village Yack The yearbook of UNC I **• E WR/" Have you ever wondered about UNCs yearbook? - J Would you like to buy an archived copy of the Yackety Yack? 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She also said the timing of the trip is beneficial to students. “I don’t think students’ minds are completely focused during the fall and spring break programs because it takes place in the middle of a term,” she said. “But the winter program is perfect because it’s between the two semes ters, and it allows students to stay better involved in what they are doing on the trip without having to worry about school work and exams.” Leaders will hold interviews in the following weeks to select the participants. “In choosing the 13 students, we are looking for someone who has thought about the issues pertaining to the service program,” Boulicault said. “There isn’t a designated requirement in applying, we just want people who can show what they uneven floor elevations that inhib it the functionality and flow of the building. The building has never seen a significant renovation. “Building codes are very differ ent than they were when Morehead was built in 1949,” said Todd Boyette, director of Morehead Science Center. “The building will be brought up to current code.” The renovation also will add an atrium for group orientations, as well as exhibit space for the plan etarium. “Right now, we just don’t have the space, and the space we do have wasn’t designed to be used this way,” Boyette said. Administrators said they are hoping to keep the building’s char acter intact through the renova tion. Hartman-Cox Architects of Washington, D.C., was chosen to design the renovation because they specialize in historic buildings, said Peter Krawchyk, UNC facilities architectural supervisor. “Basically it’s an iconic, historic building, so we will keep the exte rior the same,” Krawchyk said. He said the proposed renovation would only obstruct 15 to 20 of the have learned through this experience and apply it in context to UNC.” Junior Sam Wurzelmann attend ed a service-learning program that worked with migrant farm workers. Upon returning to UNC, he created Alianza, a student organization con cerned with the social justice and issues regarding farm workers. Boulicault said Wurzelmann’s ability to bring what he learned back to UNC is the goal of APPLES. “Its exactly the kind of thing that we’re looking for,” Boulicault said. The Alternative Break program also has launched trips to New Orleans to help with Katrina relief and the Outer Banks to research environmental issues. “This will be a very good experience for everyone involved,” Boulicault said. “In participating in the pro gram, we want students to go places where they feel they would fit in best and have to most impact We feel the winter break program will do that” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. “Right now, we just don’t have the space, and the space we do have wasn’t designed to be used this way.” TODD BOYETTE, MOREHEAD SCIENCE CENTER DIRECTOR planetarium’s parking spaces and would not affect the sundial. If the state legislature provides money for the project, Krawchyk said he expects construction to begin in January 2010, with the building reopening in fall 2012. The planetarium also will be updating its technology by install ing a digital projection system in place of the 40-year-old projector currently in use. “The digital planetarium is cur rent, modern technology,” Boyette said. “Whatever you can render on a computer you can put on the screen.” The planetarium is developing a private campaign to fund the tech nology updates. Boyette said he anticipates that these updates, along with new hands-on exhibits, will increase visitors to the planetarium. “We are most excited that it will enhance the quality of experience that the visitors have,” Boyette said. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. DELIVERY MBIMIHB OPtN IATE & OPEN FOR LUNCH View our entire menu at: ’’ an> * lh "* 1 www.gumbyßplzza.coni ® * • am—3:3oam • Sun: 11 am—3am BELLY BUSTER 16” ALL MIXED UP LARGE 1-ITEM PIZZA ... 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Arnold said that the locations are favorable to Democrats, which he said directly reflects the Democratic majority on the Guilford County Board of Elections. “Despite what they like to claim as being nonpartisan, they are par tisan boards set up to maximize their parties,” he said. “It’s human nature.” However, in North Carolina, each county election board is cur rently composed of two Democrats and one Republican. One seat is automatically allocated to each party, and the third matches the governor’s affiliation. “That’s the way it’s set up the party that controls the governor’s mansion controls the Board of Elections,” Arnold said. “I’m just trying to inform the public that these supposed non partisan boards are instead work ing in very partisan ways.” Arnold cited one polling station UNC prepares to welcome families Weekend includes long activity list BY MARYANN BARONE STAFF WRITER The University’s annual Family Weekend begins today with activi ties intended to show families the University teeming with life. The agenda includes a barbecue in the Pit, the UNC-University of Connecticut football game and a 5K fun run, whose course will be kept secret until right before it starts. The weekend gives students the opportunity to show their families what life is like for them on a daily basis. “I think it’s a great idea because it gives parents a chance to experi ence what their kids get to experi ence,” said junior Sara Fender, who said her parents aren't participat ing in any of the events besides the football game. First-year biology major Matt O’Neill, from Kernersville, said he has no problem with his parents coming for Family Weekend. “My parents are going to want to come over and over, which means I will be participating,” he said. The goal of Family Weekend is for families to see the University in action, said Josh Hewitt, assistant director for the Office ofNew Student and Carolina Parent Programs. “We want them to see Carolina alive with all the students out on the campus of N.C. Agricultural & Technical State University as proof of bias on the board. Guilford County Board of Elections Deputy Director Charlie Collicutt rejected Arnold’s claims. He said the board unanimously approved the sites based on pop ulation density, not on partisan affiliations. “Certain parties lie in certain densities and I’m not going to say that was ignored, but everyone can vote in different sites,” he said. Orange County Board of Elections Director Tracy Reams said the main criteria in Orange County are funds, as well as facil ity and staff availability not par tisanship. Guilford County Board of Commissioners Chairman Kirk Perkins said that Arnold’s views do not reflect the other board mem bers’ stances. He said the Board of Elections tries to serve voters, locating the early polling stations near where people live, work and run errands. At a point this close to Election Day, there is nothing Arnold can do to change the locations of the there,” he said. “They can connect with their students on campus.” Hewitt said they expect a total of 2,000 students and family members to attend the weekend’s events. The weekend is sponsored by the Office ofNew Student and Carolina Parent Programs, which is within the Division of Student Affairs. The weekend’s events require the use of many places on campus, including the Student Union, the Friday Center, the Pit and Coker Arboretum. Planning for the weekend started in early January. After the past year’s Family Weekend, students were invited to take a survey and offer advice on how to improve it. These responses were taken into account when planning this year’s activities. Two new events have been added to the calendar an out-of-state student reception and a kickoff event. Hewitt said that it is important to recognize that a lot of families are coming from out of state to par ticipate in Family Weekend. “They are coming to Family Weekend, so why not bring them together?” he said. The kickoff is made up of three events: an open house in the Union, a presentation by sports announc er Woody Durham and a time for student organizations to present themselves to students. Hewitt said the Union is the The James A, Hutchins Lectures Bcaiift finAßUfis. UNC alumnus Robert Morgan ■discusses his book, Brave Enemies: A Novel of the American Revolution, and how historical | fiction is created Robert Morgan Kappa Alpha Professor of English, Cornell University Today at 4:00 p.m. Upendo Lounge Student & Academic Services Building At the Corner of Ridge Road & Manning Drive Free & Open to All Presented by The Center for the Study of the American South WITH SUPPORT FROM THE UNC General Alumni Association QJtfp Saily ®ar Mwl polling stations, Collicutt said. Any changes must be submitted to the N.C. Board of Elections 60 days prior to early elections. Even if there was time for Arnold to petition for a change in polling locations, he would need the Board of Elections to pass a resolution and receive approval from the N.C. Board of Elections and the N.C. Department of Justice. Arnold said he doesn’t expect that support because seven of the 11 members are Democrats, and Perkins said six votes would be needed. “I don’t think he has that sup port from the board. I can assure you he doesn’t have support from me,” Perkins said. Collicutt said support from the board would not be Arnold’s only obstacle. “We’re one of those counties that anything we do, whether it’s moving a pole across the street or changing early election sites, the Justice Department needs to know 60 days prior.” Contact the State £2 National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. A few family weekend events Friday: Family Weekend Kickoff, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Frank Porter Graham Student Union Student organization show case, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m„ Student Union auditorium Pericles at Playmakers Repertory, 8 p.m., Paul Green Theatre Saturday: Tar Heel BBQ, 1 p.m., the Pit Tar Heel Town, 4 p.m., Polk Place MASALA Cultural Night, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Great Hall Sunday: 5K Fun Run, 9 a.m„ Woollen Gym Brunch, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carolina Inn Legacy pinning ceremony, 11 a.m., McCorkle Place Source: Office of New Student and Carolina Parent Programs hub of activity for students and serves as a background for the students to show families what they have been up to since school started. “It’s a nice opportunity for stu dents to show family and friends what Carolina is all about,” he said. Contact the University Editor at zidesk@unc.edu.
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