4The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, September 19, 1989
City and Campes
tudemrlt Government to seek liaison for Carrboro oosft
By KATHERINE SNOW
'Staff Writer
The UNC Student Government plans
to create a student liaison position on
the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in an
.effort to promote communication be
tween the students and the town.
, Student Body President Brien Lewis
.and Chapel Hill Student Liaison Bill
Hildebolt will make a formal presenta
tion at the board meeting on Sept. 25 to
" show how the proposed system will be
7. set up. The board has passed a resolu
tion establishing a student liaison, but
the position has not been filled.
The liaison position will be open to
any full-time University student who
lives in Carrboro. Hildebolt said the
liaison should be attending Carrboro
meetings regularly by the end of Octo
ber. "I hope this will trigger more student
involvement in Carrboro, and get some
students active on the traffic and plan
ning boards again," he said.
Lewis said the Carrboro liaison idea
was initiated by Hildebolt. Over the
past two years students have voiced
their opinions on various Chapel Hill
issues through Hildebolt. "We're plan
ning to build on past success."
In the early 1980's, students held
positions on some of the governing
boards in Carrboro such as the Traffic
Board and Planning Board, but involve
ment faded several years ago, Hilde
bolt said. Establishing the liaison posi
tion will restore the communication
ties between students and the town.
"The liaison position on the Chapel
Hill Town Council was a way to ex
pand relations with Chapel Hill," Hil
debolt said. "So it seemed logical to do
the same in Carrboro since so many
students live there."
Carrboro Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird
told Hildebolt she was very excited
about the liaison position and wanted
students to show support for town is
sues that interested them, he said.
Alderman Judith Wegner, a dean of
the UNC law school, said it would be a
great asset to the board to have a perma
nent student liaison to maintain a line of
communication between students and
town government.
"We will benefit by having more
direct comments to the students and
from them," Wegner said. "Now we
will have someone to touch base with
when asking questions that concern
students and the University."
Ann Weeks, the senior land-use
planner in Carrboro, said a large por
tion of UNC students live in Carrboro.
The 1980 census reported that 36 per
cent of Carrboro residents are college
students, and Weeks said she estimated
that about 4,000 students now Jive in
the town.
'Topics such as downtown circula
tion, parking, bus service and afford
able housing have an effect on many
students," Wegner said. 1
Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes
said the town council has benefited
from having a permanent liaison with
UNC, as will Carrboro. '.
iafoitat foir Humanity chapters team up for projects
By CAMERON TEW
'Staff Writer
In an effort to alleviate the housing
problem in Chapel Hill, the Orange
"County chapter of Habitat for Human
1 ity is working with the University chap
ter to build houses for low-income
families.
When people drive around Chapel
"Hill, they see many people who are
'living in substandard housing, said
Jamie Brigman, co-chairman for the
University's Habitat for Humanity.
Brigman said his organization and
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
Inc. try to help provide quality shelter
for all people.
It is an easy job for the campus
group to be involved because so many
students and the administration are
interested in the housing problem in the
area, Brigman said. 'There are so many
people who need their houses repaired,
it is unbelieveable."
Nancy Lee, the liaison between the
Orange County group and the Univer
sity group, agreed that interest in the
area has increased over the past few
years.
"Our group has several hundred
. volunteers and the number continues to
grow," Lee said. "This can only help
our organization."
Both organizations meet on Satur
days to build and repair homes in the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.
Habitat decides which families re
ceive houses through an application
and interview process with Orange
County's Habitat selection committee.
The people receiving the houses are
not getting charity, said Robert Tuck,
the Orange County volunteer coordi
nator. Each family must put in 100
hours on other families' houses and
then they receive a lot for their home.
Then the family must work 600 hours
on their own home.
"We believe that building the houses
is a partnership for these folks," Tuck
said.
The University group uses this same
basis in working with the families. "We
stress to members when they join that
they are not working for these people
but with them," Brigman said. "Habitat
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The University Habitat plans to give
ten percent of its money to build houses
in Latin America, and the group is
planning a building trip to the country
they select, Brigman said. Last year the
group worked on three renovations and
helped landscape a low-income hous
ing development.
The Orange County group has moved
two houses from downtown Chapel
Hill to Carrboro and is beginning work
on building its 10th new house, Lee
said. "Our overall goal is to eliminate
poverty housing, and we are making
progress."
Eleven churches have work groups
made up of volunteers who go out once
every two months to help work, Tuck
said.
The University's group has mem
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Congressman to talk
about Indian issyes
By LYNETTE BLAIR
Staff Writer
The Carolina Indian Circle, in cele-.
bration of Indian Heritage Week, will
host Rep. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(D-Col.) as guest speaker today at 8
p.m. in Hamilton 100.
Cedric Woods, president of Caro
lina Indian Circle, said the organiza
tion, along with the Botanical Gardens,
asked Campbell to speak because of his
representation of Indians in Congress
and his past commitment to Indian is
sues. "He's the only American Indian in
Congress," Woods said. "He's the one
that was leading the negotiations be
tween the Smithsonian and various
Native American tribes concerning the
return of Native American remains back
to their traditional burial grounds."
Woods also said the disturbance of
Indian graves is a concern of Native
Americans across the country. "There's
a black market. There are pots and
burial items that go for several thou
sand dollars."
Carol Knight, Campbell's press
secretary, said, that in his speech
Campbell will address the issue of
Indian burial remains as well as his bill
to establish a museum of the American
Indian on the National Mall.
He is also sponsoring a bill that will
strengthen penalties against making
non-genuine Indian arts and crafts.
Campbell, a 56-year-old Northern
Cheyenne Indian, represents the third
district of Colorado, the eighth largest
district in the country. Only one per
cent of the population in that district is
Indian.
Building issues at top
of aldermen's agenda
By CHARLES BRITTAIN
City Editor
A funding request from the Inter
Faith Council for the renovations to the
old municipal building in Chapel Hill
and a status report on the future of the
Carrboro Post Office are two items that
will be presented at Tuesday's board of
aldermen meeting.
James Souder, president of the Inter
Faith Council for Social Services, sent
a letter to Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird in
July requesting a $5,000 grant to help
complete renovations to the homeless
shelter. The shelter is located in the old
municipal building in Chapel Hill.
The $5,000 grant would be to cover
the $90,000 cost of asbestos removal
from the municipal building this month,
Souder said. The IFC had to pay $70,000
for asbestos removal during the first
week of September before the renova
tions could begin.
The final cost of the renovations to
the municipal building is $847,000 as
determined after the renovation plans
were redesigned to reduce cost, he said.
The IFC has raised $369,000 for the
renovation project and Orange County,
Chapel Hill and Carrboro have allo
cated $345,000 in federal grants to assist
with the improvements to the shelter,
Souder said. This comes to a total of
$714,000 for renovations which when
added to the $90,000 cost of asbestos
removal increases the IFC's funding
gap.
The board will also discuss a report
by the town staff on the U.S. Postal
Service and efforts to purchase land in
Westwood Cemetery for a future post
office.
James Harris, Carrboro's special
projects coordinator, is expected to
make a presentation to the board saying
the postal service will appraise a two
acre tract of land in Westwood Ceme
tery on Fidelity Street in October.
The town has been trying to obtain a
new post office since 1983 because of
complaints that the post office on South
Greensboro St. is too small to handle
the increasing population in Carrboro.
When the Greensboro St. post office
was built in 1 968, Carrboro had a popu
lation of about 4,500 residents but By
1983 the number of people had nearly
doubled to 8,200. The town population
is now estimated to be approximately
12,000, according to a report released
by Harris.
The lack of parking at the town post
office and increased traffic congestion
in downtown Carrboro are other rea
sons the town has attempted to find a
new location, he said.
BSM plans year's goals
By JOEY HILL
Staff Writer
The Black Student Movement's
(BSM) goals this year are to provide
outstanding programs, to raise funds
and to increase campuswide involve
ment on the part of all students, not just
blacks, said Chanda Douglas, BSM
treasurer.
"Part of our constitution is that we
don't discriminate on the basis of color,"
Douglas said. "The organization is open
to any student who wants to express the
need that the community should know
about black events, culture, and litera
ture." The most important BSM event this
fall will be the annual ball, which is
scheduled for Dec. 1, Douglas said.
The most important event in the spring
will be Discovery, which will occur in
February.
The BSM is recruiting new mem
bers, Douglas said. Recruiters will be
in the Pit four times in the next two
weeks, and students may also join at the
BSM office.
The BSM has about 350 members,
195 of whom joined in September.
At the end of the spring semester last
year, the membership totaled about 550
members, and a total membership of
about 500 is expected annually, Douglas
said.
Dues for BSM are $3 per semester,
and members receive discounts to some
functions, she said.
The annual BSM pageant is slated
for Nov. 15. ;
The BSM will participate in Human
Rights Week, which will be Nov. 12
17. The organization will probably
sponsor a speaker, Douglas said.
"We want to work more with the
Black Cultural Center (BCC) and with
the Office of Student Counseling,"
Douglas said. "Mostly what we've done
is to get students involved with the
BCC. If no one uses it, we go in it and
sit.
"We can use it to co-sponsor a proj
ect, and we act as a liaison between
students and the BCC, especially as far
as freshmen are concerned." Many
freshmen aren't aware that the BCC
exists, Douglas said.
The BSM also plans to work with
the Minority Adviser Program in the
Office of Student Counseling, she said.
The BSM Gospel Choir finished au
ditions for singers last week, said Re
gina Harvey, the choir president. The
fall choir concert will be Nov. 12. The
choir has about 60 members and is
looking for musicians, Harvey said.
Ebony Readers, a group which reads
literary works by black writers, gained
much attention last year, Douglas said.
Other BSM groups are the Opeyo
Dancers and the Black Ink newspaper,
Douglas said.
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