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ME Loca groups sponsor gay march, activities and speeches as tribute By KEVIN K1SK Several local organizations will sponsor a Cay Pride March and Activities Day on June 27 in Durham to commemorate the 12th anni versary of the Cay Rights Movement and the Little River incident The march is scheduled to begin at 11 am at the intersection of Main and Chapel Hill Streets and will continue down Chapel Hill Street to the courthouse. There, a short speech will be given and the Little River incident One man presumed to be homosexual died and four others were injured after being beaten by attackers in the Little River inci dent . . "We want people to think of what it means for straight people to harbor these violent feelings about gay people," rnarch planner David Ransom said. The march will continue along Main Street back to Five Points for several speeches, a celebration with singers, and an open mike for any participant wishing to speak. The march is not only a protest against anti-gay violence, it is also an anniversary celebration of the Cay Rights Movement, which began in 1969 with the riots at Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, N.Y. Th event titled "Our Day Out: A Cefe- r The Best Restaurant in Chapel Hill isn't in Chapel Hiil .. . bration of Lesbian and Cay Rights," is spon sored by the Triangle Area Lesbian Feminists, Carolina Cay Association, Triangle Area Cay Scientists, and other organizations. CCA President Lee Mullis said such events as the march could help alleviate stereotypi cal images of gays through community expo sure. "If someone notices a co-worker in the march, he may realize that being gay doesn't make a person any different," Mullis said. " The march will be followed by a picnic and other activities, such as folk dancing, music and games. These events are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the West Point of Eno Park. As a principal organizer of the activities, David Ransom said there had been some con flicts with Durham city officials in securing a permit for the march. Since the organizations involved with the march have been classified as a risk, in surance must be obtained before the permit for the march can be released. Ransom said he hoped he could persuade city officials to repeal that requirement just as they removed the stipulation to obtain the signatures of businesspeople along the march route. - t ,t . If' PT?.n "RAH OM V7e Feature: Fresh Seafood Dinners Giant Screen TV Gourmet Beef & Chicken Dishes Separate Lounge Variety of Sandwiches . ' Ample Parking Informal Relaxed Atmosphere Homemade Desserts MIXED BEVERAGES HOURS 4-1 MON.-SAT. Jones Ferry lid., Across from Old Well Apts., Carrboro, N.C. MIKE LEARY 929-8404 DEBBIE WEIR 41 - C 3 """' " " ' '-1 "" . i , , , , , n I,, . , i-i j iii ... ., Nll ",;MIMIII::II '""-i ... . -fc t . . A f ; Tar HteVFito Ptxito Ccmpus construction mixes new, trcdlllcnzl styles namic msmm ions By CHARLOTTE HOLMES "Either you shrivel up and die or you dc things to make this a dynamic institution!" That is what Cordon Rutherford, Univer sity director of planning, said about all the construction taking place on campus. Ru therford said many people harbored miscon ceptions that modern architecture was anth traditional. None of the campus buildings . are traditional but are a mixture of differing styles, he said. "People are always going to complain, no matter what" Rutherford said. "They want the campus to look the same as when they graduated" The growing size of the campus and costs create the need for larger, modem buildings that cannot look like the older buildings, he said. "Most of the older buildings are small 25,000-30,000 square feet," Rutherford said. "When they ask us to build a new library or art building to accommodate all the students, there is no way you can fit 200,000 square, feet into small buildings like the earlier ones." University planners try to include a degree of "traditional recall" in the newer facilities to include elements characteristic of earlier buildings, he said. The planning department has requested $125 million for construction projects for the next five years ih the form of a capital im provement request to the state legislature. Rutherford said he was doubtful they would receive any funding this year. . "The University five-year capital improve ments request will actually be much longer than five years because of funding realities. We will find out in October whether we will receive f inancing," he said. Buildings are usually the last thing the leg islature spent money on, he said. This summer, work will begin on a $600,000 addition to a dental school build ing. Top priority on the capital im-, provements request is the replacement of chemistry teaching labs a proposed $7.7 million project and construction of a $14 million Public Health and Environmental ' Sciences building, Rutherford said. Claude Swecker, physical plant director, said major renovations taking place this summer were in Lenoir Hall to provide more Pine Room seating, third floor South Building, landscaping around the new gym nasium and fire alarm systems in dor mitories. The older dormitories on north campus will be outfitted with modern fire alarms, fire extinguishers and smoke detectors, said Russell Perry, associate director of University housing operations. Even though the renovations are annoying to summer school students, Swecker said summer was the only time workers have ac cess to dormitories and classroom buildings. VJo have rental equipment! .' CAROLINA OUTDOOR NCNB gPQ3TS FRANKLIN ST ) Coal ' POfiTMOtl V Carolina Sporla a fine Chinees Restaurant t VJo FcGtujc Aa&cntic o Something now every day o carry out scrvlco Open Monday-Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 6The Tar HcclThunday. June 25, 1S31 1
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