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Serving the students and the University community since 1 89 J
Volume 85, Issue No. yd (f
Wednesday, March 22, 1978, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Students registered here eligible to serve on municipal committees
By LESLIE CHILTON
Staff Writer
If you're a registered voter in Chapel Hill and are
interested in the workings of town government, you
are eligible to serve on all seven city boards and
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Students became eligible to serve on all municipal
commissions when the voting age was lowered to 18 in
1971. But Alderman Gerry Cohen said at present only
three boards, the board of transportation, the
historical district commission and the recreation
commission have student members.
Cohen explained, "There simply hasn't been that
much student interest. Most students who have been
nominated have served."
No formal quota exists to guarantee student
participation on the 10-member commissions.
"Students try to represent student concerns and
ideas on a board," Paul Arne, outgoing member of the
transportation board said. "Quite often student
opinion is sought."
Marcia Dean, also on the transportation board,
said she sees her job as a liaison between the University
and Chapel Hill.
' Lyn'ne Obrist, a member of the historical district
commission until last January, said she served because
"it was : an opportunity for me to get inside the
workings of town government."
To serve on a city board, a person must convey his
interest to the individual board or to an alderman. The
board screens resumes submitted by applicants and
submits two names for each opening to the Board of
Aldermen, which then appoints a member.
Cohen said the board looks for "people who are
interested in a particular activity who would come to
the meetings and voice their opinion and be willing to
do research."
When vacancies occur through resignation or term
expirations, Cohen said aldermen usually recruit
student applicants, advertise for applicants in the
DTH and local papers, and ask Student Government
for recommendations.
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Frequently, students who serve on commissions are,
like Paul Arne, associated with Student Government.
Outgoing Student Body President Bill Moss said that
when a student's term expires, he gets together with
members of the commission to discuss possible
applicants.
Often they will ask a student whom they would like
to see fill the position to apply. Arne said he was asked
by then Student Body President Billy Richardson to
serve.
Th? mnst recent student appointment, that ot
Marcia Dean to the transportation board, was
suggested by Moss and Arne. They sent numerous
letters of recommendation to the transportation board
and the Board of Aldermen when they considered
applicants.
"Students on the board usually perpetuate it
(student membership) with Student Government
support," Moss said.
Cohen said anyone can get involved easily. He
noted many members had worked in Student
Government or showed interest in an area before they
were appointed to a board. "Usually the board pays a
lot of attention to that." he said.
Five vacancies, including two traditionally student
positions, have recently opened on the board of
transportation. The board members advise the
aldermen and the Department of Transportation on
matters dealing with parking, transportation and the
bus system.
The seats opening are those of Arne and sophomore
Marcia Dean. The latter has resubmitted her name for
the next term. Two other students under consideration
for these seats are law student Bruce Tindall,
nominated by Alderman Bev Kawalec and sophomore
Rich Eisenstadt, endorsed by Paul Arne.
Cohen said the Board of Aldermen will consider
these and eight other names for the five seats. It will
probably choose the appointees at its first April
meeting. "I think we'll probably appoint Dean and
Tindall along with three others." Cohen said.
Other students on city commissions are freshman
Frances Seymour, on the recreation commission and
law student Myrick Howard and graduate student Joe
Hercnberg on the historical district commission.
Alderman Cohen said no other openings are
expected until several terms run out July I. He said the
openings would be on the planning board and zoning
board of adjustments, on which no students presently
serve.
For some students, serving on a city board or
commission can turn out to be more than a temporary
thing. The present chairman of the zoning board of
adjustments, Monica Kalo, was appointed to the
board while she was a UNC student.
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Tests reveal little spread
Plans made to stop radiation leak near Durham
By TERRI HUNT
Staff Writer
Duke officials are continuing plans
for a major construction project to
remedy radiation leaks discovered
recently in Duke Forest.
Duke radiation safety officials will
meet with Duke Forestry School
representatives this week to complete
plans for cleaning up the 100-foot-square
forest site where radioactive
wastes were buried, contaminating trees
with low level radiation. Tap roots from
trees both inside and outside of the
fenced-in dump site apparently
absorbed radioactive material
(Strontium 90) buried years ago before
the site was closed in 1969, according to
Duke and N.C. radiation safety
officials.
Radiation Safety Officer Conrad
Knight said recently it was about 80
inside the dump site, and those within a
20-foot radius outside the fence would
be cut down and the entire area
completely cleared of growth. Seven
contaminated trees (two outside the
fence, five inside) were discovered three
weeks ago and cut down.
To prevent contamination of more
trees, a concrete bunker four feet deep
and 18 inches thick will be built around
the fence, radiation officials said.
"Everything from our soil and water
tests pointed to no migration of
Strontium 90 through the soil beneath
the contaminated trees," Dayne Brown,
chief of the N.C. Radiation Safety
Agency said. "The problem apparently
is limited to taproots reaching down to
the buried waste." Strontium 90 has a
half-life of 28 to 30 years. A half-life is
the time it takes half of a sample of
radioactive material to decompose.
Brown said state regulations
burying radioactive wastes are
"inadequate and need to be updated and
rewritten."
To bury radiation wastes under the
present rules, licensees must meet three
conditions. There is a limit of 12 burials
per year, a maximum total quantity of
each substance is set by the state and
burial must be at a minimum depth of
four feet with each burial six feet apart.
The Duke Forest site met these
conditions.
The best type of regulation, according
to Brown, is that the burials be tightly
controlled and monitored by the state.
"They shouldn't be allowed to bury stuff
helter skelter, but only with our prior
approval. They should be able to
demonstrate that they have the ability to
control the site for a long time, that no
development will take place nearby."
The Duke Forest dump site is only
two miles from the Durham city limits,
but poses no danger to the city because
the radiation has not spread far.
Still, Brown feels the site is ideal for
its purpose. "It is an ideal location,
because it's on a hill and relatively
remote. The problem is the trees.
Initially, the area was cleared, when the
site was chosen about 20 years ago. But
over the years, the trees that were near
the area grew and their roots contracted
the radiation in the soil."
i Even though the radiation has caused
irrepairable damage to numerous trees,
Brown said there has not been any
heated pressure by ecologists or other
local factions. "1 don't think it's bad
enough to "say we must try and get the
radiation out of the area, but we must
find out exactly how much radiation
there is in the area, before we can come
up with a final solution to the problem."
Tests on the radiation level should be
completed in two weeks.
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UNC wants to make buildings accessible to all
The pause that refreshes
Staff photo by Andy James.
By KAREN BARBER
Staff Writer
For handicapped students, getting an
education can be especially difficult. A flight
of stairs or a reading assignment may present
an almost insurmountable obstacle to the
crippled or visually impaired student.
But UNC is working to remove some of
the obstacles which hamper handicapped
students during their enrollment at the
University.
Since 1972, the University has been
responding to the needs of students with
disabilities ranging from blindness to
wheelchair confinement, said Dean Harold
Free health counseling open to women
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By MARTHA WAGGONER
Staff Writer
Women seeking health counseling can
receive help at the Womerf. Health
Counseling Service in Chapel Hill and the
Women's Health Cooperative in Durham,
officials of the two services said.
WHCS and WHCD offer abortion and
adoption referrals, contraceptive
information, pregnancy testing and breast
self-examination information in addition to
counseling. All information regarding
clients is kept confidential and all services
are free except a $1 charge for pregnancy
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WHCS located at 1 12 N. Graham St., is
financed mainly by contributions of its
clients, but is also seeking funding from
community sources. WHCD funded
entirely through the YWCA and is located in
the YWCA offices at 312 E. Umstead St. in
Durham. . . ,
Women do not have to use their real
names when seeking counseling, WHCD
WHCS, most counseling is done on a first-
name basis, counselor Elaine Barney said.
If the woman is pregnant and concerned
about what to do about the child, counselors
at both services emphasize that the final
decision rests with the mother. "We support
the woman in whatever decision she makes,"
Barney said.
"We don't tell the woman, 'These are your
three choices keep the baby, have an
abortion, put the baby up for adoption," "
Barney said. "We ask the woman what she
thinks are her choices.
"We never try to convince them; we try to
let them know the options," Holderness said.
If the woman chooses abortion, WHCS
and WHCD give her a list of in- and out-of-state
abortion clinics.
The counselor tells the woman about the
abortion procedure and lets her know the
counselor is available for help after the
abortion.
Both services offer information on
adoption by referring clients to other
agencies. "We try to help the woman help
herself to make the best decision for now and
for the future," Barney said.
WHCD counselors offer information on
birth control methods ranging from the
rhythm method to vasectomies. The
counselors have meetings twice a month to
discuss among themselves counseling
problems and new birth control methods.
While men sometimes come to the clinic"
along with women, it is not the norm, Barney
said. Many times, the woman does not want
the man to know she is pregnant.
"The men respect the right of the woman
to make the decision, but they still must deal
with their own feelings," Barney said. She
said WHCS counsels the men to help them
understand their own emotions.
Increased demand for the counseling
services WHCS offers led the service to
increase the number of counselors from eight
to 18. The volunteers go through a six-week
training period. After the training sessions,
new counselors work as apprentices with an
experienced counselor.
G. Wallace, director of special programs.
Seventy-seven campus buildings are now
fully accessible to students confined to
wheelchairs and 30 campus buildings are
partially accessible, Wallace said. Other
'special services for the physically
handicapped include reserved parking
spaces in many campus parking lots,
adaptive physical education programs for
physically and visually impaired students
and a special readers program in which paid
and volunteer readers work with blind
students on an individual basis.
Wilson Library also features special
services for disabled students. The library
provides ' a special study area for blind
students equipeed with tape recorders and
cassettes, said Deborah Younker,
chairperson of the subcommittee for library
services for the handicapped.
Younker said that the committee is
studying future development and expansion
of the special study are and that several of the
carrels in the new library aaaiuon were
enlarged to accommodate students in
wheelchairs and blind students aided by
readers. Many library services, for the
handicapped are available by' phone,
Younker says, including reference and book
locator services. Handicapped students are
encouraged to call the circulation
department of Wilson Library to find out
what services the library can perform for
them over the phone, Younker said.
Approximately 45-50 visually and
physically disabled students attend UNC.
Wallace said, but an accurate count of the
number of handicapped students is
unavailable because many students withhold
information concerning their disabilities.
"We still have quite a bit of work that
needs to be done concerning the
development of handicapped facilities,"
Wallace said.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which
applies to any school, college, hospital or
nther institution receiving HEW funds.
requires that all new buildings be made
accessible to handicapped students and that
existing buildings be modified to meet tne
needs ( handicapped students. The
regulation also requires universities to make
their programs equally available to
handicapped students.
Wallace said UNC has 154 buildings
'which are inaccessible to handicapped
students. "Making buildings accessible to
handicapped students is an ongoing process
at UNC," said Wallace. "We're trying to
make as many buildings accessible as
possible. If we can't make the building
accessible, we'll modify the programs to fit
the needs of handicapped students. The
whole approach is to make the academic
facilities available to all students."
Al Peloquin, a staff planner in the UNC
Planning Office, said the University was
allocated $283,705 by the state in 1974 for
the removal of architectural barriers to
handicapped students and an additional
$35,500 from a 1976 statewide Dona issue.
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Be sure courses transfer, adviser warns
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By ELIZABETH MESSICK
Staff Writer
UNC students will attend summer school
for a variety of reasons this year: to catch up,
to get ahead and to regain eligibility to enroll
for the fall semester.
If you are one of the many who will be m a
summer school program somewhere other
than UNC this year, be aware that where you
enroll and what you take and receive credit
for are limited by the University.
Students having fewer than 64 hours
credit at UNC-CH can attend summer
school at any accredited junior or
community college or four-year institution.
But students with more than 64 hours credit
cannot attend a two-year school, said
Barbara Drum, a transfer counselor in the
office of undergraduate admissions.
Students also must take their last ten
courses (30 hours) in residence at UNC -CH.
she said.
Students who enroll in summer school
outside UNC and take a course for which the
University offers no equivalent will not
receive credit for the course, Drum says, but
only for hours attempted. They will aslo
receive pass-fail credit for the course in place
of a letter grade.
Because the description of a course at two
different schools may sound similar but refer
to differently structured courses, Drum said,
students in highly structured academic
programs should avoid taking a course in
their major field at another school.
Students planning to go to summer school
outside Chapel. Hill should contact their
advisers for help in selecting courses which
will fit into their programs of study, she said.
Students must take a copy of the bulletin
listing courses they plan to take to the
ergraduate admissions ollice. urum
and use it to fill out a summer school
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match the courses at the other school with
equivalent courses at UNC and check for
duplications with courses already taken.
Students then must have the approval
form signed by their dean or adviser and
return it to the admissions office.
Students cannot enroll in any school other
than UNC-CH if they are attempting to
restore their academic eligibility, said
Donald C. Jicha, associate dean of the
General College.
If a student thinks he may need to attend
summer school to raise his Q.P.A., "he must
take the bull by the horns and lay his plans
very carefully," Jicha said.
Students generally have a good idea of
their grades in ongoing classes, Jicha said,
and students who suspect they will need to
attend summer school should check with
their professors and advisers as soon as
possible.
Former student practices
woodcrafting art m Pit;
says school has mellowed
By AMY COLGAN
Staff Writer
Like an early American woodcrafter, the sun-burned
suspender-clad young man sits on a shaving horse and pulls a
hand saw across a split rail.
It's called "drawing knife," and it's an old-fashioned
woodcrafting process Roy Underhill is demonstrating in the
Pit from 10 - 4 today. He's been there since Monday.
He takes a gulp from his canteen, reaches for his
harmonica and carving tool and moves over to a foot
powered lathe. While playing the harmonica, he pumps the
lathe that turns the wood. He carves with a tool that looks
like it came straight from the 1800s. This multi-talented 27-year-old
is employed by the N.C. Division of Archives and
History to travel to historic sites and schools throughout the
country, explaining and teaching a nearly forgotten craft
"To make a rocking chair like this," he says to about 20
students, "1 use six kinds of wood and spend about 25 hours.
My craft is obsolete today because an electric lathe could do
the same thing very quickly."
He taught himself most of what he now teaches others. He
hopes to open a shop in Hillsborough this fall.
"I've done everything from forging hinges to restorations
to building tables and houses."
Before embarking on his present career, Underhill
graduated from UNC with a drama degree, lived in a
commune in New Mexico and attended Duke University s
School of Forestry.
"When 1 was here from '68 to '72, it was acid land. 1 here
were riots and the police were holding people in there." He
nninn-H to Lenoir Hall. "Now it has mellowed out.
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