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Stricter town noise ordinance, nuisance clause anger fraternities!
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they were unhappy with the new Chapel
Hill noise regulations and charged that
they were not properly represented dur
ing the decision to reduce the permitted
noise level.
The Chapel Hill Town Council voted
in May to lower the permitted noise
level to 70 decibels from 75 decibels.
"Seventy decibels is pretty low," said
Jack McLemb, manager of the Delta
Upsilon fraternity house at 407 E. Rose
mary St. "It seems like it's getting harder
and harder to do what we've always
Future social studies school under consideration
By Peter Wallsten
City Editor
Social studies education isn't re
spected enough in North Carolina, ac
cording to a group of educators, stu
dents and residents who met this week,
: John Rimberg, sociology professor
at Pembroke State University, brought
the group together to discuss the idea of
opening a N.C. School of Social Studies
to increase awareness.
Al Baldwin, a history teacher at
Chapel Hill High School, said: "Having
a public high school that concentrates in
humanities, foreign languages and so
cial studies is a great idea. There's a
great consensus for not necessarily go
ing for those kids with the highest scores
but to get a diversity.
' Rimberg will hold meetings across
the state to gather support for the con
cept. About 1 5 people met in the Chapel
Hill Public Library Monday to discuss
the school, which would be modeled
after the N.C. School of Science and
Math in Durham.
; If built, the school would be the first
of its kind in the country. The public
residential high school would attract
juniors and seniors with exceptional
ability in the humanities.
: Rimberg's proposal calls for either
one centrally located school or a group
of schools located on the UNC system's
smaller campuses, such as Pembroke
State and Appalachian State Univer
sity. The school network would be af
filiated with the UNC system and funded
primarily by the state.
It would include conversational
classes in as many as 15 foreign lan
guages, in addition to studies in interna
tional relations, politics and current
events, Rimberg said.
Students and teachers would be close
knit at each location, he said, adding
that ne noped me network would con
sist of five schools with SO students on
each of the campuses.
' "There won't be a lot of electives,
Rimberg said. "If you've chosen this
kcIiooI, you ve chosen your electives.
At some schools, they would be elec
tives, but at this school, they would be
part of the core curriculum.
Although the school would be fairly
specialized, the teachers could teach a
broad range of subjects, Rimberg said.
I 'The teachers and the students will
get to know each other well," he said.
"The teachers won't be specialists;
they ' 11 be general ists. The students aren 't
going to be narrowly trained, either.
: Rimberg said he hoped to admit some
foreign students to the school, includ
ing exchange students from countries
such as Japan, Saudi Arabia and Swit
zerland. ; "The inducement is we will accept
students from those countries, but at
three times the going rate," he said.
"They (the countries) will pay a lot for
the opportunity to have students attend
the N.C. School of Social Studies."
Planning is still in the early stages,
Rimberg said. "The baby is still devel
oping in the womb," he said. "If we're
pregnant, we're only a few days preg
nant." Rimberg said he and a small group of
people were working together to start
the school. They are in the process of
opening a central office in
Hillsborough's historic Burwell School,
Which is presently used as a small mu
seum. "I knew (Hillsborough residents)
.were interested in specialized schools
because they put forth an offer to locate
!the School of the Arts there in 1967,"
Rimberg said. "It's consistent with so
cial studies because it is historical."
', Rimberg said he chose Hillsborough
.because it also was near Interstates 85
and 40 and easily accessible from Ra
leigh and Chapel Hill. Although a school
'would not be located in Hillsborough,
the director of the network of schools
would keep his or her office there.
! Funding from the state and from UNC
General Administration is crucial,
Rimberg said. Supporters of the school
will try to gain the support of UNC
system President CD. Spangler and
several private foundations in North
Carolina.
' "I'm not trying to recruit the support
of the chancellors," he said. "But I am
looking to recruit the support of Presi
dent Spangler and the General Admin
istration. We will need to get the sup
port of the Board of Governors."
Rimberg said he hoped to begin lob
bying the General Assembly in about
five years. He acknowledged that fund
ing could be a problem but said that
' people still should prepare forthe school.
"Idon'tthinkChristopherColumbus
( planned his trip the day before he left,"
Rimberg said.
Some members of the discussion
group said they were not sure if a social
includes a nuisance clause dealing
mainly with sudden, loud noises during
the night, said Joe Herzenberg, chair
man of the noise ordinance committee
and a member of the town council.
Although a former president of the
Inter-Fraternity Council and a former
president of Chi Psi fraternity were on
the noise ordinance committee, some
fraternity members said they still felt
they hadn't had a chance to express
their viewpoints.
"I understand that we live in a resi
dential area with families living right
next door, so our noise really affects
studies school could work.
Anthropologist Peter Stone said:
"I've put my life into social sciences,
and I've been very disappointed with
what's been contributed. I look at the
American family, and it looks like a
battle zone. Race relations, another battle
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cials said the nuisance regulations would
make their jobs easier, although lower
ing the noise level may not help.
"The nuisance clause is helpful be
cause it gives the police department
definite guidelines as to what is and
what is not acceptable," said police
spokeswoman Jane Cousins. "(But) I
don't think that lowering the decibel
level will make a difference either way."
Herzenberg said he hoped the new
decibel level would please everybody.
"It would be my hope that the lower
zone. Does anybody even want the so
cial sciences?"
Stone said he was concerned with
specialized high schools and the effect
they could have on education.
"I'm particularly disappointed with
over-specialization in the social sci
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But some fraternity representatives
said the ordinance may cause people to
unfairly single them out.
"Seventy (decibels) is kind of low,
and I'm sure they'll target fraternities if
they are enforcing any kind of noise
ordinance," Sigma Chi fraternity mem
ber Scott Castleman said.
Herzenberg said the regulations did
not target fraternities. "It wasn't frater
nities that prompted the changes," he
said. "It was people having amplified
music in their backyards in residential
ences, particularly with feminism and
black studies," he said.
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