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4The Daily Tar Heel Monday, March 20, 1989 (broyfD) or u u By JESSICA LANNING Assistant City Editor The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Down town Commission is attempting to determine the needs and wants of businesses and the residential com munity in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The commission recently issued a survey to Chapel Hill-Carrboro residents and business people to receive some input on how they feel the downtown area could be improved. Debbie Dibbert, co-director of the commission, said they have received 482 responses, and the results will be released Tuesday. The survey was in the Chapel Hill Newspaper from Feb. 24 to Feb. 26 and was placed in 30,000 Village Advocates on Feb. 19. The commis sion's survey was also available at several campus locations, Dibbert said. The information obtained from the survey will be used to determine which development ideas would succeed, which stores are being shopped at, what type of stores are being demanded, and basic likes and dislikes of visiting downtown, Dib bert said. The commmission will then actively recruit businesses not being represented downtown and deal with the other problems facing downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro, she said. The commission was organized by the Public-Private Partnership and is composed of 23 people representing the business. University and residen- Marshal, committee By JAMES COBLIN Staff Writer Applications for students inter ested in being senior marshals, project coordinators and committee members for the Senior Class of 1 990, are available at the Student Union desk, according to class officials. Applications should be filled out and returned to the Union by March 27. Applicants may then sign up for interviews, said Bobby Ferris, senior class president-elect. All rising seniors are eligible for the different positions. The senior Seoioir officers seek By SIMONE PAM Staff Writer The Senior Class of 1989 is search ing for an author for a senior class poem, one of the many senior tra ditions class officers have been working on restoring to the Univer sity this year. "We would like to bring back old traditions," said Steve Tepper, senior i fu Vtitf:J'ifcJ' (ft)if iV) ( ciiJ- ft tjttilf life sSitft'jiyi .,W-f.iyf;, ' finny V.ji: uuyJi- IT? lrounTQ linnuni. i "" ' "" 1 ll""L "' IIUII.IIJW mm ItiU r r y xr Hef i SAVE $2.00 OFF Color Processing!! j Bring In this coupon between March 20-24 and I I save $2.00. Limit two rolls per coupon j flash"photo lab University Square 933-8313 F1 ommoues oownuowim tial areas of the community. The purpose of the commission is to get more people to come down town, and it is concerned with all the interests of the people in Chapel Hill, Dibbert said. Other projects the commission is working on include alleviating park ing problems, the trolley, downtown promotions and an inventory of the square footage of commercial space and rent levels, Dibbert said. The commission is funded this year by several contributions. A special tax district is proposed to raise money for future funding, Dibbert said. Business people in the area said they supported the commission and said the survey was another step in reaching its goal. "1 think the Downtown Commis sion is a step in the right direction," Wallace Kuralt, owner of the Inti mate Book Shop, said. "I think anything that will help out downtown is good." Danny Fox, president of the Downtown Chapel Hill Association, said he supported the commission,, which the association has been working closely with since it was formed. "1 think they are well on their way to accomplishing things that have been needed for a long time," Fox said. The commission and the associa tion have members represented on both boards, and Fox said this bolstered the role of the association. "The commission has more polit ical impact, a higher profile," he said. marshal position is both honorary and service oriented, and most marshals serve as project coordina tors. Committee members are not definite positions, Ferris said. "We will decide who goes where after we determine what we have to work with and who has experience in what areas," he said. Between 32 and 40 applicants will be accepted as marshals, Ferris said. Senior Class President Steve Tepper outlined qualities interviewers would look for. "People with enthu class president. "The senior poem seemed to be an interesting thing to bring back." The purpose of the poem is to leave a lasting, literary impression of the class, Tepper said. In addition, the poem should inspire unity within the class and memories of the seniors' four years at UNC. Class officers have received a very positive reaction from seniors, said Lu Ann Hyatt, co-chairwoman of the Class Commencement Committee. "We hope that by bringing back the tradition now, it will carry on successfully for further years." The Senior Class would like to bring back other Carolina traditions. "We are starting our bicentennial and want to bring back some of the long standing traditions of the University," Hyatt said. Other revived senior traditions include the Fall Germans Dance and ;!;" -sM't cf H. KAPLAN Fake Kaplan Or Take Your Chances ypmnB! eiM&i fi STANLEY V PHOTO Y LAB h "That helps us (the association)." The association was formed about 10 years ago to increase merchant trade downtown and make it a better place to shop and visit, Fox said. It was formed because merchants felt the Chamber of Commerce could not address all the problems of merchants. Perry Dowd, owner's assistant at Spanky's Restaurant, said the com mission served a purpose that the association has not always been able to serve. "Someone is always available as a contact for merchants. They (the commission) are addressing the day-to-day needs of the town. "The association did that as best as possible, but there was no perman ent secretary. There was never a permanent location," Perry said. But many businesses said they had mixed feelings toward the Downtown Commission. "It is encouraging that , a lot of people are involved in the revitaliza tion effort of downtown," Alicia Hardin, manager of Johnny T-Shirt, said. "We hope what brings business to downtown will rub off on us." Many of the issues the commission deals with, however, are not issues Johnny T-Shirt employees are con cerned with, Hardin said. "A lot of people have different opinions of what the Downtown Commission should be and what can and can't be solved by them," she said. Grant Kornberg, one of the owners of the Hardback Cafe & Bookstore, is one of those people. applications available foir Class of 1 990 siasm and ideas of ways to make a difference. Not only people who can work to achieve something, but the mind to create something." Ferris said one important aspect of the marshal position would be to act as ushers for this year's May commencement. "We want people who are energetic and excited about the University and want to give something back to it," Ferris said. Tepper said a minimum of three hours of work per week was required of marshals. Most spend about eight author to renew class poem Senior Day. Members of the class said they were in favor of a class poem. Sarah Alam, a senior from Eliza beth City, said: "It will bring back some tradition. Hopefully, it will motivate traditional feelings toward the class and bring some sentiment for the future." Joe McCall, co-chairman of the Class Commencement Committee, said the poem should instill the ideals and spirit of the class. "It will promote Virus far, Gardner said. The virus was first discovered in the Undergraduate Library Macintosh labs but hit the MSC Davis Library lab software hardest, Langfahl said. "Ninety percent of my software was contam inated. (But) we are 100 percent virus free now." The virus has only affected soft ware files, not files created by computer users, Gardner said. 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Kornberg said he doesn't dislike the commission, he just wants answers to some of the questions the existence of the commission poses, such as funding and in whose interest they are really acting. "They're acting in their best inter est, not necessarily my best interest," he said. "I have no problem if they are doing it for themselves if they say that's what they are doing." The commission does not always seem to be interested in all the needs of the community, especially stu dents, Kornberg said. The Hard back's clientele is mostly from the University. "This town wouldn't be here if it wasn't for students," he said. "I know some cf these people (on the commission) and they're great folks," he said. "But that doesn't give them the right to decide for us." Kornberg said he questioned who gave them the authority to make these decisions for downtown. "What gave them the idea Chapel Hill needed to be revitalized?" he said. "It's a wonderful little town a wonderful little village." The Downtown Commission may not be the answer to the complex problems of downtown and many questions need to be answered, Kornberg said. "I'm very much against it," he said. "I am not on their side." hours a week, not only in the office but also in outside time, he said. The senior class has a set number of marshals, but the organization of committees and projects will change as Ferris and Greg Zeeman, senior class vice president-elect, set their goals, Tepper said. The new senior class is going to have many new projects and will expand many of the existing projects, Ferris said. "People who want to make a difference should seriously consider unity. It is also a way for individuals to get involved." Tepper said any senior could submit a poem for consideration. "We don't want to limit it to just poets. We will be judging its overall impact, and not just its literary skills. It won't be judged like an English teacher would judge it." The poem should include some thing with which the class can identify, Tepper said, and it should contain feelings about being a senior. themselves and some of the system files. So far it hasn't destroyed any documents created by users." Lab assistants at labs with Macin tosh computers are checking students' diskettes for the virus with a software program that determines what files, if any, are infected, Gardner said. Students with infected diskettes are told to go to the Microcomputer User Service Office to have the contam inated files deleted, he said. "The only Campos :Y planus h o in r f u n d - r a 5 e ir By JAMES COBLIN Staff Writer The Campus Y Hunger Action Committee will sponsor its second annual Hunger Clean-Up fund raiser to support local and national efforts to fight hunger, said Dalya Massachi, co chairwoman of the Campus Y Hunger Action Committee. The Hunger Clean-Up project, sponsored by the National Stu dent Campaign Against Hunger, involves 109 campuses across the nation, including Wake Forest University, UNC-Greensboro and Appalachian State University, she said. The national program is in its fifth year of existence, and UNC will participate for its second year this spring, she said. The fund-raiser will take place April 15 with teams of about 10 members gathering to do com munity service work in the Chapel Hill area, Massachi said. Collect ing canned food, collecting old clothes, painting pre-school class rooms and helping to clean up low-income housing were among last year's projects, Massachi said. The goal for this year is to have 150 people work on the project, with each person being sponsored for at least $30, Massachi said. Last year 75 people worked to raise $2,000, she said. applying," Tepper said. Kenna Cloninger, a senior marshal who is co-chairwoman of senior week, said as a marshal she gained a great deal of experience pulling things off with little money and trying to please as many people as possible. Senior class marshal Lana Lewin said, "I learned how to meet people I didn't know and to work with them as a team." Merry Penegar said: "I now under stand the administration better; they have been very receptive to our projects. Most of the things we do Hyatt said the poems should say something unique about the class, but not be too abstract. No definite length or particular form is required. Tepper said, "In the past, the ppems have been as short as one stanza or as long as 12 stanzas." The Commencement Committee is considering senior marshals, editors of Cellar Door literary magazine and professors from the English depart ment as potential judges. The class poem will be published way to vaccinate the diskette is to delete the bad stuff off it." Students probably could erase the files themselves, Gardner said. "But just to be safe we like to take a look at it to make sure it's done correctly." The MSC will check for the virus for the next two or three weeks, Futrelle said. Software in residence halls will also be checked for the virus, he said. Deleting application files should iTV-w-w-K in r-Hr- WERE FIGHTING FOR n American Heart (lf) Association y Commemorate this once-in-a-lifetime event! Grads!! Send our free brochure to your parents! Personalized Pharmacy Graduation gifts with Class! Unique designs in rich hardwood. Bookends, collector items and more!! km 3 SP $tz$ cotuptctB patT of prescription eyeglasses! Includes all frames, sinsie-vision and bifocal lenses, UV400 protective coat ings, all tints, polished edses. of far ends 32409? ': tftSs tiffin The money is divided equally between the local and national efforts, Massachi said. Half of the money will go to the National Student Campaign Against Hunger, which is in its second year of supporting a project to dig wells for fresh water in Ethiopia. The wells average between $500 and $1,500 to dig, Massachi said. The other half of the money will go to the Inter-Faith Council of Chapel Hill, which sponsors relief work for people without food by providing food pantries and long term support for needy families. Money will also go to Orange County Social Services, Massachi said. The participants in the project acquire sponsors for the amount of time which they will work. The project takes place on April 15 from 1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m., and after the community work the volun teers will all meet back at the Campus Y for a picnic, she said. The project does not have any volunteers yet, Massachi said. "We are encouraging friends to get together in teams to work on the fund-raiser." The project is coordinated by the Campus Y Hunger Action Committee, but all campus organ izations are encouraged to send teams. are not controversial. They help the University." Tepper said the senior class com mittees covered a wide range of things including the class gift, alumni relations, career facilitation, philan thropy, homecoming and commence ment. Senior marshal Cathy Ollice said students could be involved in other things and still serve in a senior class position. Students shouldn't worry about not having time, but they should not do it halfway, she said. tradition in the Senior Almanac and the Commencement Day program. The class will also give a plaque to the poem's author. In 1920, Thomas Wolfe was the author of the senior class poem. It is a position that receives quite a bit of recognition, Tepper said. Seniors interested in submitting a poem should complete the applica tion and return it to the Student Union Desk or Senior Class Office in Suite B by March 20 at 5 p.m. from page 1 not cause problems for users if they made back-up copies of the programs when they bought them, Gardner said. None of the sources could say where the virus originated. Several said it may have come from electronic bulletin boards and national compu ter networks, where users copy shareware or freeware that may be infected. Shareware is software users pay for after trying it. Freeware is software users may copy without cost. Send for a free brochure! Arcadia Woodworks Co. 6918 Oak view Ln. Charlotte, NC 28226 (704) 364-2878 Wood croft Shopping Center Hope Valley Rd., (atHyws.54&751) Mon.-Fri. 10 am-8 pm, Saturday 1 0 am-2 pen 942-0074 493-0335
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