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Standing Room Only
Mark Lanegan and Donna of the Screaming Trees
perform at the sold-out Cabaret show Thursday
Fak force examines alternate
By DANIEL CONOVER
Staff Writer - ....
Less than a year after signing a
three-year lease for the old Chapel
Hill Municipal Building at the inter
section of Columbia and Rosemary
streets, the Inter-Faith Council
Homeless Shelter is again under
scrutiny from local business and
government leaders.
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Jim Wallace said Wednesday that he
expects a task force headed by Sally
Jessee, a local real estate agent, to
present "an alternate plan" for the
shelter to the town council in the next
few weeks.
The Task Force for Sheltering the
Homeless is an outgrowth of the
Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Jessee said the PPP passed a reso
lution to look into the location and
operation of the shelter while attend
ing a conference at Champaign
Urbana, 111., last month.
Jessee said the role of the task force
was to research the question of the
shelter location and to make recom
Attention
Haunted house
moved to Manly
By JENNIFER WING
Staff Writer
The eighth annual haunted
house usually held in Mangum
Residence Hall will instead be held
tonight and Saturday night in the
basement of Manly Residence
Hall.
The location was changed
because Mangum is undergoing
renovation.
The haunted house is sponsored
by Grimes and Manly Residence
Halls, and all profits will be
donated to the N.C. Burn Center,
said Michael Schmier, Grimes
president. Profits will be made
from the sales of tickets and
promotional T-shirts.
Grimes residents decided to
have the haunted house in Manly's
basement because it is more
suitable for the event than Grimes,
Schmier said.
Manly's basement has no inner
walls, so it was more difficult to
make the haunted house, he said.
Walls had to be built and an entire
electrical system had to be
Why should anybody be interested in some old
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mendations to the town council. She .
said she did not rule but the possi
bility that the shelter's current loca
tion might be the best site available.
At least some members of the Inter
Faith Council (IFC) fear that the task
force is biased toward business
interests.
Shelter manager Chris Moran said
Thursday that "the only people
questioning the location (of the
shelter) are the downtown
merchants."
Jessee denies that the task force is
biased. "This is not a merchant versus
IFC type thing," she said.
However, Jessee agreed that some
merchants were unhappy with the
shelter.
"The economics of the situation
does have an effect," she said.
One of the merchants' complaints
is the proposed addition of a com
munity soup kitchen to the shelter.
The soup kitchen is now located on
Merritt Mill Road.
When one task force member and
downtown merchant was asked why
installed.
The Residence Hall Association
contributed $500 to cover the costs
to construct the haunted house,
Schmier said. Last year's haunted
house made $2,500, but Schmier
said he fears this year's project
might not fare as well because of
the higher production costs.
Tickets for the haunted house
cost $2 in advance and $3 at the ,
door.
Pizza Hut plans to sell pizza and
drinks outside of the haunted
house, Griffin said. Grimes is
hoping that Pizza Hut will donate
a percentage of its profits to the
Burn Center, he said.
Wendy Tally, Manly co
president, said the residence hall
had not experienced any com-'
plaints about the noise from the
construction. "It had been
explained beforehand and every
thing is OK now," she said.
Manly is assisting Grimes in the
T-shirt and ticket sales in the Pit
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the merchants were concerned about
the soup kitchen, he said, "You call
anyone on Merritt Mill Road."
Town . council member Julie
Andresen said the shelter has met
with the same negative reaction in
every location the town has consi
dered for it.
"No one wants this problem in their
backyard," she said.
Moran said the shelter serves about
30 clients on an average night. In the
last six weeks, the average number
of clients has increased from 22 per
night to 31 per night, he said.
Moran said the increase repres
ented more referrals from police and
social agencies, as well as the fact that
more people "know where we are
now."
IFC communications director
Audrey Layden said the central
location makes the shelter more
accessible to homeless people and
gives "working poor" clients access
to public transportation. All buslines
intersect within a block of the center.
Layden said the buses are important
By AMY WAJDA
Staff Writer
Student government representa
tives said Tuesday that they are
working with administrators to
formulate a proposal for an all-night
study area, but they are waiting for
the results of a student demand survey
to submit the proposal for final
approval.
"We are aware of the request and
now we're trying to define the scope
of it," said acting provost Dennis
O'Connor.
Bill Hildebolt, executive assistant
for academic regulations, said the first
floor of Greenlaw Hall is one of the
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BCC deadline feasible, committee ay
By BETH RHEA
Staff Writer
The new facility for the Black
Cultural Center will probably be
completed by the Black Student
Movement's requested deadline,
Margo Crawford, BCC director, said
Thursday.
Members of the BCC Planning
Committee said they had made
progress toward making the BCC a
reality during a Wednesday meeting.
BSM President Kenneth Perry and
other BSM members have expressed
concern about the lack of a perman
ent site for the BCC and the time
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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By WILL SPEARS
Staff Writer
UNC Chancellor Paul Hardin
surprised members of the Chapel Hill
Coalition for the Freedom of Dissent
(CFD) Thursday by personally
addressing them at a rally on the steps
of South Building.
The CFD was holding the rally to
demand that Hardin "take a stand"
on campus activist Dale McKinley's
hearing before the Graduate Student
Court. CFD members had been told
that Hardin would not be present at
the rally because of a Board of
Trustees meeting.
But at about 12:30 p.m., Hardin
walked outside and addressed the
group.
The rally dissipated after Hardin
spoke. The CFD will present the
petitions and a list of demands to
Hardin at the Board of Trustees
meeting Friday at 1 1 a.m.
CFD members refused to disclose
the specifics of their demands.
During the rally, Hardin said he
must maintain his objectivity because
any honor court case may be
appealed to the chancellor, so he
could not comment on McKinley's
case. But he said he would try to
because few of Jthe clients have cars
arid must" use buses" to get to wtirkv
She said suggestions to move the
shelter out of town are unacceptable.
"To locate a shelter out in the
boondocks is not going to be much
help to them," Layden said.
Jessee said the task force is looking
at about 14 to 16 possible locations
for the shelter, including a cooper
ative farm, the old A&P supermarket
building and an Airport Road prop
erty. Also on the list are sites in
downtown Chapel Hill and Carr
boro, including another building on
Rosemary Street, she said.
"It's probably going to come down
to about three (sites)," Jessee said.
The shelter needs to be in a central
location, she said.
Zoning laws now allow for a shelter
only in the downtown areas of Chapel
Hill and Carrboro. Placing a shelter
outside these areas would require a
special-use permit which Moran
said the shelter would never get
because of community opposition.
Peggy Pollitzer, IFC shelter chair
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sites under consideration. Greenlaw,
across from the Undergraduate
Library, could be opened for the
study area at 2 a.m. when the library
closed, Hildebolt said. The study
place would close at 8 a.m. when
Greenlaw opens for classes.
Hildebolt also cited the building's
safety. The stairwells in Greenlaw can
be locked to deny access to the second
floor. "Greenlaw, except for the first
floor, is a fortress," he said.
Sandy Rierson, executive assistant
for academic affairs, noted that
Greenlaw is only one of the places
under consideration. She mentioned
the Student Union as another pos
it has taken for progress to be made.
On Oct. 5 the BSM passed a
resolution demanding that a site for
the BCC be chosen by Jan. 31, 1989,
and that construction on the center
begin by Jan. 31, 1990. .
The BSM's timetable was men
tioned at the meeting, but it was not
a major issue, Crawford said "It was
so crystal clear that we were moving
and at great speed," she said. "We
were not going to be bogged down
with the past and negative publicity,
and (we were going to) get to the heart
of the matter."
The committee established its own
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explain his "personal philosophies on
the underlying issues."
Hardin said he respects the CFD's
sincerity and he treasures freedom of
speech and dissent, but those who
dissent must respect the rights of
others.
"There is a difference between
dissent and interfering in the rights
of others," he said.
Hardin said he considers the
opinions of many different groups of
people when making decisions, but
he will not let pressure from any
group interfere with his decisions.
"We (administrators) listen and we
care about what everybody thinks,"
he said.
Hardin declined to comment on
whether the Board of Trustees was
involved in McKinley's hearing.
McKinley was brought before the
Graduate Student Court on charges
of obstructing official University
business, trespassing and disorderly
conduct. The charges stemmed from
a Feb. 23 incident at the University
Motor Inn and an April 15 protest
against the presence of a CIA
recruiter in Hanes Hall.
McKinley walked out on his hear
ing Oct. 20 when the court ruled that
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man, said ; an extremely limited;
number of locations meet shelter
requirements.
"There arent a lot of places that
can house 40 people and a kitchen,"
she said.
Pollitzer said the IFC conducted
two searches for alternate sites and
participated in the 1985 mayor's
search committee that selected the
current location. She said there are
no other existing buildings which
meet the IFC's qualifications.
Jessee said the task force is con
cerned that the location may not be
serving its clients in the most dignified
way. She said the location is noisy
and improperly air-conditioned,
catches fumes from the street and may
embarrass homeless people by put
ting them in the middle of town where
they are very visible.
Andresen said if she were homeless
and had nothing to do with her time
she "would prefer not to spend it on
the busiest corner in town."
But Moran said, "I think the only
way you can answer that question is
the
sible location.
Gillian Cell, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, cited two
reasons student safety and building
security for using the survey to
determine student demand for the
study area.
"Both of those needs will make it
an expensive proposal," Cell said.
"We want to make sure that it will
be used."
O'Connor said he assumed there
would be a demand for the all-night
study area, but the extent of the
demand is unknown. "We have no
idea of the dimensions," he said.
Hildebolt agreed that there is a
timetable at the meeting, and Craw
ford said it was likely that the BCC's
new building would be completed by
the original deadline set by the BSM.
Attending the meeting were Perry;
Crawford; Donald Boulton, vice
chancellor and dean of student
affairs; Robert Eubanks, chairman of
the Board of Trustees; and Kevin
Martin, student body president.
Perry said he was encouraged by
the outcome of the meeting.
"At this point, we're back on
schedule with the Black Cultural
Center," he said.
Perry said the four BCC commit
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he could not discuss CIA activities
as evidence in his defense.
McKinley is serving a 21-day
sentence in the Orange County Jail
for his participation in a CIA protest
at Hanes Hall Oct. 28, 1987.
UNC law student Joel Segal, CFD
member, asked Hardin if he would
consider meeting with students every
five or six weeks to discuss issues like
the CIA interviews on campus and
child care for students and employees.
Hardin said he already meets with
student leaders on a regular basis and
often goes to the dining halls, where
he talks with students.
"I don't want to appear to be
inaccessible," Hardin said.
CFD members said after the rally
that they were surprised that Hardin
spoke to them, but they disagreed on
the significance of his appearance.
" We've been asking him to meet
with us for over two months to discuss
issues concerning student activism,"
Segal said. "He said it wasn't his job
to deal with it. What does that tell
you about Paul Hardin?"
Student groups will continue to ask
Hardin to deal with these issues
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to ask homeless people.",
Moran said Jessee was the only
member of the task force who had
visited the shelter.
The old municipal building was
built in the 1930s and has housed
municipal offices, the police depart
ment, jail cells and a fire company.
It is leased to the IFC at no cost by
the town. Chapel Hill also pays the
utilities for the building.
The lease expires in 1990 but may
be extended to 1992.
Assistant Town Manager Ron
Secrist said the building was last
appraised in the early 1980s at
$400,000. Proposed renovations will
cost $550,000, he said.
Secrist said Chapel Hill will pro
vide about $200,000 in federal grant
money toward renovating the struc
ture. The money is available only for
projects to assist low-income people,
he said.
The balance of the renovation cost
($350,000) wiU.be raised by the IFC,
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demand for the area. "We think that
there is sufficient student interest," he
said.
Rierson said she discussed the idea
with Student Body President Kevin
Martin at the beginning of the school
year. "It's always been an idea," she
said.
Martin asked Chancellor Paul
Hardin to look into the idea, Rierson
said. "I think in principle he (Hardin)
supports the idea," she said. "I think
the administration likes the idea, but
we need a specific proposal to come
up with something feasible."
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tees have decided that the BCC is a
"priority issue."
Boulton said the meeting helped
give direction to the project. "It was
very helpful," he said. "We finally got
a chance for all of us to sit down
and talk about what we've done and
where we're going."
Martin said he was impressed by
the positive attitude that pervaded the
meeting.
There will be an open forum at 6
p.m. Wednesday in the BCC for all
students to offer their suggestions
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