The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, September 24, 19853
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By TODD GOSSETT
Staff Writer
Southern employment should be
strong in the fourth quarter, despite
August employment figures showing
a slight decline from July, according
to the N.C. Employment Security
Commission.
The quarterly adjusted unemploy
ment rate was 5.9 percent cpmpared
with July's 5.4 percent. The state's
unemployment rate continued to
hover below the national unemploy
ment rate of 7 percent.
The rise of one half percent is
insignificant, said Joe Richardson,
marketing information director of
the N.C. Employment Security
Commission.
According to Richardson, the
quarterly adjusted rate discounts
such factors as agriculture employ
ment, Christmas season employment
and other employment factors var
ying greatly from year to year.
"This keeps the figures more in line
on a monthly basis," Richardson
added.
Caldwell County had the highest
summer unemployment rate in
North Carolina at 17.8 percent.
Currituck County had the lowest
rate, under 4 percent, Richardson
said.
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By LAURA VAN SANT
Staff Writer
The Business Assistance Program,
which provides free assistance from
MBA students to local businesses, eyes
expansion after 16 years of existence.
In the past, the B.A.P. has worked
primarily with service companies,
ranging from South Square Mall to the
North Carolina Zoo to many local
restaurants, Gutt said. He added that
he hoped the 100-student program will
expand to help non-service industries
as well.
According to co-chairman Eric Gutt,
a second-year MBA student, the pro
gram gives students a chance to do
consulting work for area businesses.
"The program gives MBA students
some real-world experience, and the
businesses get the services of people who
have been out working for a few years,"
Gutt said, adding that the average age
of program students was 26.
Gutt said there are two steps in the
B.A.P. The first is a brainstorming
session, ; in which someone : with a -business
problem meets with students
who come up with possible solutions.
A business is then assigned three or
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The employment outlook for the
fourth quarter of 1985 is expected
to decline from the third quarter
level, 1985 and the fourth quarter
level, 1984, according to the Quar
terly Employment Outlook Survey
of Manpower, Inc. Manpower is a
national demographics company.
Regionally, the South shows the
greatest outlook, the Northeast
reflects the national average, and the
Midwest and West show declining
unemployment trends.
Peppy CNeil, a spokesman for
Manpower, said, "The South always
does the best; we have businesses
moving south to take advantage of
the good weather and the better tax
rates."
According to the Manpower sur
vey, 25 percent of the businesses
surveyed plan to hire more
employees during the fourth quarter.
Ten percent plan to reduce their
employment.
Construction, durable and non
durable goods, mining and transpor
tation are among the industries
planning to reduce their employ
ment. Those industries planning to
increase their work force for the
fourth quarter include finance,
insurance and real estate, education
and public administration.
four students who spend six weeks
studying the problem in depth before
proposing how to solve it.
Bill Scarborough with UNC Student
Stores was one of the B.A.P. 's clients
last year.
"Our clothing sales were declining
and we wanted some hypothesis on
why," Scarborough said.
After Scarborough contacted the
B.A.P., some students, including Gutt,
researched the problem, found specific
areas where sales were down, visited
other clothing stores and came up with
some ways to improve sales.
Scarborough said he hopes to use
some of the students' suggestions this
year.
In another B.A.P project, a local
travel agencywanted a study done to
see how feasible a new plan would be.
Steve Durham, co-chairman of the
B.A.P. and one of the students who
worked with the travel agency, said the
group did an overview of the plan to
see- how. competitive.it would be in, the
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"They decided not to go through with
the plan," he said, "partly from our
recommendation."
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Posters. A radio. Definitely a radio.
And posters. Maybe a plant . . . and
posters.
People may think dorm rooms are
plastered with posters and have one
dying plant on the windowsill, but
actually each room reflects the inter
action of the roommates' personalities.
"Plants are the key," explained Roger
Schlegel, a resident of Stacy dormitory.
"Lofts and plants."
Elma, Schlegel's two-year-old plant,
sits on his desk. Her long leafy fronds
drape over a hook in the wall. On the
windowsill sit other plants, including
Simon, a cutting from Elma, that
Schlegel is trying to root.
Plants may be the key, but it's the
loft that defines the . room space.
Schlegel and his roommate, Dave
Edson, set up the loft to open more
space, giving them separate living and
sleeping areas.
"No two people get along all the
time," Schlegel said, "so a loft allows
each person their space."
Upstairs are the beds, downstairs are
the living room, study and kitchen. In
the kitchen-corner are the fridge,
microwave, shelves of food and the
ever-present hot-pot, a dorm room
staple.
Schlegel has posters of Washington,
D.C., and a life-size poster of Frank
Sinatra. Under one part of the loft is
a space to hang their bikes. The
television and stereo sit on the dressers.
Although a stereo isn't necessary,
Schlegel said he thought a room needed
at least a decent tape player.
Eve O'Neal, who lives in Mclver
dormitory, agreed music was necessary.
"You must have a radio," she said.
While O'Neal and her roommate,
Anna Dunstan, have the high ceilings
necessary for a loft, they decided to keep
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Staff Writer
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Those words have caused a national panic. Children with
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deadly disease.
Recently, however, the fear that swept the country is being
channeled into more productive veins. The public is
demanding a cure and many universities and companies are
responding with concrete results.
Duke University Medical Center and Burroughs-Wellcome
Corporation are in the vanguard of AIDS research. In the
past few months, working with the National Cancer Institute,
they have developed a very promising treatment drug
Compound S.
This drug, scientifically titled BWA509U, has shown
promising results. The drug showed no signs of toxicity in
the treatment of a man at Duke. . ; , : -
However, officials at Duke and Burroughs-Wellcome are
quick to caution that research is still in the initial stages.
Compound S has not yet been proven to be safe or effective.
According to a news release from Duke, the researchers
are encouraged because new treatments are being discovered
so soon after the discovery of the disease.
Burroughs-Wellcome is pleased with the cooperation they
have received from the FDA. The agency is cutting red tape
for companies researching AIDS cures, according to Kathy
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their beds on the ground.
"Everybody comes in and asks us why
we don't have a loft or haven't bunked
the beds," Anna said, "but you need
a place to sit, and if you bunk the beds
you don't have enough seats."
Anna and Eve mix their living,
sleeping and studying areas. Their beds
double as couches, and they have a huge
round wicker chair in the middle of the
room. Frilly curtains, a plant and
flowers grace the window. Their bent-
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wood hat rack adds a unique touch.
Both agreed a sink was necessary.
They have U2 and James Dean on
their walls, along with poster-pictures
of themselves skiing. Anna said she
thought pictures from home were
important, too.
One can tell these rooms have
collected their substance rather than
been decorated. As Eve said, "You need
things you've picked up." Such "things"
include the Miller-Life "tiffany" lamp
Bartlett, a spokeswoman for Burroughs-Wellcome.
"We have received excellent cooperation," Bartlett said.
It normally takes up to three years for a drug to receive
approval for human testing. In the case of Compound S,
it only required six months.
Burroughs was chosen as the research site because of its
outstanding reputation in anti-viral treatment. The company
said there are not financial considerations in their present
research.
Bartlett stressed that Compound S is far too new to develop
any marketing strategy. At present it is only a possibility
and large scale treatment is not imminent.
If the drug proves to be successful and is administered
to a large population, the company will not make a profit.
Despite the tremendous media attention, AIDS strikes
relatively few victims. Because of this, Burroughs-Wellcome
cannot recover its investments, Bartlett said.
Compound S is an;"Orphaii drug," according to Dr. Gene
Gagnon at the UNC? School "of "Pharmacy? An orphan drug
is one that is a treatment for only a small number of people.
The U.S. Congress recently passed the Orphan Drug Bill
which gives tax credits to pharmaceutical companies which
develop drugs for rare diseases.
Gagnon said tax credits plus the great amount of positive
publicity will make it worth a company's money to continue
AIDS research.
"This is not a race against other pharmaceutical companies,
but a race against nature," Bartlett said. -
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