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The Daily Tar HeelMonday, August 26 19913 L UNIVERSITY BRIEFS Student falls through window while sleeping A UNC junior, who was injured Thursday morning when he fell from a second-story window of the Kappa Sigma fraternity house while sleeping, was recovering Sunday at Student Health Services. : Kemp Marcus Leonard, a Kappa Sigma member, fell from his bedroom window about 6 a.m. Leonard and his roommate were sleeping in a loft that Was built next to one of the house's large windows. He fell onto the frater nity house's basketball court next to a Granville Towers parking lot. An SHS nurse said the health clinic had been asked not to release Leonard's condition. Former chancellor, law professor retires N. Ferebee Taylor, former UNCchan cellor and aprofessorof law, retired this month after 21 years of service. He is keeping an office at the law school and will teach a corporate law seminar during spring semester 1992. Before joining the School of Law faculty in 1980 to teach corporate law and finance, Taylor was chancellor for eight years. University libraries were a major priority during his administra tion. Substantial one-time resources were committed to the construction of Davis Library. Resources also were earmarked for an addition to the Health Sciences Library and a major renova tion of Wilson Library. Performing Arts Series season schedule set Broadway musicals, modern and American Indian dance and concerts by the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Music Society of New York's Lincoln Center are among the perfor mances planned for the Carolina Union" 1991-92 Performing Arts Series. Season tickets for the seven-show series are $93 for the general public, $87.50 for senior citizens and Union Privilege Card holders and$55 for UNC students. The season will open with "Side by Side by Sondheim" Oct. 1 8. Tickets are $15. Other shows include "Gypsy" Dec. 2, "Meet Me in St. Louis" Feb. 2, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Feb. 18, the Munich Chamber Orches tra Feb. 25, the American Indian Dance Theater March 18, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center March 29. Adventures in Ideas seminar series planned Cowboys, Southern religion, 20th century photography, Charles Dickens and the 50th anniversary of Pearl Har bor are some of the topics to be explored during the fall 1 99 1 Adventures in Ideas weekend seminar series at UNC. The series, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences' Program in the Human Values, in conjunction with the UNC General Alumni Association, ex amines cultural, moral and social topics from the perspective of the humanities. The seminars are open to the public. Tuition is $65, $70 or $75, and does not include lodging, meals or tickets to spe cial performances. The series opens Sept. 20-21 with "Cowboys and the American West."To register or for more information, call the Program in the Humanities and Human Values at 962-1544. Botanical Garden plans open house Sept. 2 An exhibit of liveN.C. native snakes, achildren'streasurehunt.a watermelon seed-spitting contest and performances by blues artist Buddy Boy Vaughn will highlight the N.C. Botanical Garden Labor Day Open House Sept. 2. . The annual event, which is free to the public, runs from 1 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the garden, located off the 15-501 Bypass. Events will include Plant Theater performances featuring live interactive performances with the audience depict ing the lives of plants. Agricultural agents from Chatham, Durham and Orange counties will be available throughout the day to answer questions about gardening in the Piedmont. The open house will feature numerous ex hibits, including fall wildflowers, wild flower seeds and information on and samples of herbal cosmetics. Fall environmental workshops slated UNC faculty and alumni and envi ronmental experts will lead three week end workshops in September and Octo ber on environmental issues. The workshops will include experts from the University's Institute for En vironmental Studies, the Environmen tal Management and Policy Program, the N.C. Botanical Garden and the Marine Sciences Program. All are open to the public. September programs will explore wildflowers and the global environment. October programs will examine the state's changing coastline. Tuition hike affects Scholarship office By Birch DeVault Staff Writer Student despair is just one of the problems facing the Office of Scholar ships and Student Aid after the recent tuition increase, Director Eleanor Morris said. "The office has no money left," she said. Morris said she had no idea how many students would be affected. Loans are the only remaining source of aid, she said, though many students are reluctant to take that path. "Most students who need aid now already have one or even two loans, which they must pay off after leaving school." Another woe brought on by the tu ition increase is the backlog of financial-aid applications which haven't been reviewed yet, Morris said. "Hopefully, we will be able to clear this up by next semester, though fund raising may take years," she said. This year the office will ask the stu dents whether they will be willing to take out a loan, Morris said. One of the drawbacks of taking out a loan is that the paperwork alone takes at Skating away !V.i.m.i,li.i.v-MJM' "" ' 4 Jim Mahoney, 1 4, a ninth grader at Chapel Hill High School, goes airborne as he does an 'ollie' on the steps next to Greenlaw Hall Friday afternoon. Resident assistants provide ByBethTatum Staff Writer He approaches the door and knocks, hearing feet scurrying and bottlesclink ing. The smell of alcohol is strong as a sophomore allows him into the room. Underage drinking is forbidden in the dorm, and he is the rule enforcer. He's the RA. Most floors in every dorm on campus have a resident assistant. But who are they, and what do they do? Craig Reigel, a senior economics major and RA from Warren, N.J., said he thought the RA role was threefold. "They serve an administrative func tion, checking people in and out," Reigel said. "Secondly, they are a resource, to guide students ... And along with that they solve conflicts to keep residents from infringing on others' rights so they don't get trampled on." Mary Crotty, the University's assis UNC graduate By Amber Nimocks Staff Writer Area merchants and one local entre preneur struck a match recently and produced a poster of Chapel Hi ll's n ight life to support various charities in town. "Night Lights," a limited edition poster designed by UNC graduate Walt Boyle, features pictures of 47 matchbooks from bars and restaurants in Chapel Hill and Carrboro and a ticket stub from the Carrboro ArtsCenter. "This is Chapel Hill," Boyle said. "There's no better way to get the signa ture of the town than to capture the personality of each night spot." Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, will sell the posters in the Pit this week for $9 each. Money raised from the APO sales will be donated to the Franklin Street Teen Center, the Boy Scouts of Orange County and Meals on Wheels, said John Edwards, APO Campus Chest chair man. Campus Chest is the fund-raising says it has no money " ... We are aware of the students' anxiety." Eleanor Morris scholarship office director least four weeks, too late for many stu dents who need money now, she said. In past years, the office would sim ply recommend a loan if the student did not qualify for an award or scholarship, Morris said. "The circumstances are different now, and we are aware of the students' anxiety," she said. The circumstances changed when the N.C. General Assembly passed a tu ition increase in July after tuition bills had been sent to UNC students, Morris said. The legislature raised tuition 20 per cent for in-state students and 25 percent for out-of-state students. University Cashier Sam Barnard said some parents and students did not un derstand what they were paying for DTHAndrewCline tant director for students and staff de velopment, said RAs work to keep the residence halls livable. That means be ing community builders, educators and policy enforcers, she said. But it's that last role for which RAs are most well-known. Robert Von Hagen, third-floor RA at Graham Residence Hall, agreed that the disciplinary role loomed the largest in people's minds when they heard the word "RA." "But we have lots of different roles," he said. Many times RAs are counselors, deal ing with roommateconflicts, and they're a resource, pointing people to organiza tions, Von Hagen said. "You're also a role model," he said. "You live in a fish bowl, and you have to abide by policy. And then you are a friend to residents ... or I 'd like to think so. But, said Felts Lewis, fifth-floor RA for Carmichael Residence Hall: "(Dis creates nightlife poster from arm of the organization. Meals on Wheels is a charitable or ganization that brings food to elderly, handicapped and underprivileged citi zens in the area. Johnny T-Shirt, Whims, the Print Shop and Hard Back Cafe also will sell the poster and donate one-third of the revenue to Meals on Wheels. Each of the bars and restaurants fea tured on the pester agreed to purchase a dry-mounted, framed copy of the poster at a cost of $ 1 00 in exchange for having their match book included in the design, Boyle said. The $ 1 00 paid for framing the poster and helped offset the initial creation of the posters, which Boyle financed alone. "There's no way I could've done it without the restaurants and the retail ers," Boyle said. "They're being very generous." Boyle said he was excited about working with APO when he found out the fraternity raises money for local causes. financial to cover increase when the second bill arrived. "We had a few pretty frantic calls coming in," Barnard said. Notices regarding the new legisla tion accompanied each bill, but many students seemed to disregard them, Barnard said. "We tried to make our students as aware as possible, using the means at our disposal." - The cashier's office has been receiv ing checks for the amount of the in crease, he said. "Only one or two people have actually asked for a refund, so we assume most students are finding a way to pay their bills." Morris said in-state students would find it only slightly easier to meet costs than their out-of-state counterparts. The General Assembly appropriated $3.9 million in financial aid for in-state students in the UNC system, she said. The money will be allotted to each school based on the number of students receiving federal grants and can only be used by in-state students, she said. Morris said two new factors compli cate the pursuit of aid. "Caroline and the state of the na tional economy are two things which make life a little more hectic," she said. Old West renovations may be postponed due to lack of funds By Matthew Eisley University Editor University administrators are con sidering postponing the renovation of Old West Residence Hall because they may not be able to raise enough money for the project. Administrators will open bids this week for the planned renovation and restoration of Old West and Old East Residence Halls, a projected $4.2 mil lion project scheduled to coincide with the University's Bicentennial Obser vance. If contractors' bids are much higher than expected, the University may first renovate Old East, the oldest public university building in the nation. Old West would be renovated at a later date. "We're looking at various possibili ties for financing the project," Wayne Kuncl, housing director, said Friday. "We can do a ... cost comparison of doing both (dormitories) simultaneously or one at a time," he said. "Probably by later (this) week we'll know it's going to work out." Administrators must decide soon, so the contractor will have enough time to complete the renovations by spring 1993, Kuncl said. The Department of University Hous ing has pledged $ 1 .2 million toward the project. The balance must come from the Bicentennial Campaign. Don Boulton, vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, said bicentennial campaign contributions had been lower than ex pected. "I don't have the $3 million in my pocket," Boulton said Friday. "My feel ing is that people will give. We have friendship, cipline) can be hard at times when people perceive you as a friend. It makes it hard for you to put your foot down. (You have to) look at the RA position as a job. You have to put aside your friendships and act as an RA." Dara Garner, third-floor RA at Morrison Residence Hall, said finding the balance between the two wasn't all that hard for her. "There's usually not a problem as long as you're clear with your friends that you are a disciplinarian." Von Hagen added: "If you're consis tent and fair, you're all right. The hard est part is finding a balance. "You have to enforce the policies, or else you won't get any respect. And sometimes you do a good job, and some times you don't. You make mistakes," he said. Policy enforcement can be a little tricky at times depending on where you live. Lewis said: "I had two residents in "I think it is incredibly apropos that the funds raised by "Night Lights' will be donated to Meals on Wheels," he said. "Meals on Wheels is not some ambiguous organization. It really, re ally contributes." Edwards said Meals on Wheels, the Teen Center and the local Boy Scouts are now the only recipients of APO funds. "We revamped our constitution last year in order to make more of a local impact," Edwards said. Boyle has been working on the poster since May. "Now I understand how to get a poster like this done," he said. "I may try it again in another college town." One of Boyle's two companies, Hair Brained Ideas, was established tocreate non-profit projects like "Night Lights." The poster is the fourth project of its kind in which Boyle has been involved since he graduated from the University in 1986. aid, angers students Students say second bill unexpected, saved class sections worth the burden By Birch DeVault Staff Writer As tuition rises at UNC, many stu dents have reacted with disbelief and anger. "There are a lot of outrageous costs on the University already, but because of the budget crisis, I think something had to be done," said Jennifer Dorrity, a sophomore from Asheville. Walt Bost, a sophomore from Winston-Salem, said lie was disturbed by the two bills and was unhappy about the way the increase was handled. "I was frustrated over the cutting of class sections," Bost added. "One class that I was really looking forward to was cut completely from the schedule. "The most appealing thing about this university is its diversity, and that too is slowly going to pieces," he said. 'They just keep raising (costs), and I don't know when it will stop." Bost said he hadn't been expecting another bill and was worried that this would become a common university "I don't have the $3 million in my pocket. My feel ing is that people will give . We have something special around the Old Well and those historic build ings, and we want them to be in good shape for the next 100 years." Don Boulton vice chancellor for student affairs something special around the Old Well and those historic buildings, and we want them to be in good shape for the next 100 years." Ben Tuchi, vice chancellor for busi ness and finance, said the project would depend on private donations. "There really aren't other options," Tuchi said Saturday. "The Bicentennial is the only salvation, if there is one, for Old East and Old West." Boulton said administrators were considering soliciting donations from past residents of Old East and Old West through an ad in the Alumni Review magazine. "I have a feeling that there are a lot of people who used to live in Old East who would be turned on if they knew we're going ahead with this project," he said. "I haven't had any lack of support on this ... but the gifts haven't come in yet." The renovations, which will restruc ture the interior of the dormitories to comply with state building codes, is projected to cost about three times as much per resident as recent renovations advice as well my suite who constantly made a lot of noise. I didn't want to single them out. I thought that was tough trying to find the line between enforcing the rules and not having it appear I was being too harsh as opposed to the other residents." Crotty said it occurred to her when she saw some RAs on Franklin Street that if a resident were to see them, they would always be RAs to that resident. "It's a real hard life for them to choose." But the job is not without its good points, Lewis said. "I liked it a lot the interaction with residents and other people who are dif ferent," he said. "It's an educational thing." Most agree that the RAs are person able and helpful. "I feel I could go to (my RA) if I need her for something," said DeLeslie Walden, a sophomore biology major from Concord. "I definitely see (her) as a friend. I don't think she has ever been a pain." matchbooks to , . hn If g o ' S " 1 " M Two members of APO fraternity display nightlife poster practice. Amy Sekits, also a Winston-Salem sophomore, said she had divided opin ions about the increase. "I think the tuition raise is good be cause it ensures that I will get the classes , I need for my major," Sekits said. Rebecca White, an Athens, Ga., jun ior, is having difficulties meeting costs at UNC. "I receive money from the UNC Perkins Loan, the Georgia Student Loan, work study and a scholarship, and I am still falling short of the new increase," she said. White said she hadn't received a state ment from the financial aid office, so she didn't know how much she owed. She will not receive all her aid for a ' week, she said. "They shouldn't have waited until the last minute to bill us for the in crease," White said. David LeanderCrowe, a Cary sopho more, said: "I don't see why everyone is complaining. Tuition here is durn cheaper than at private schools." of Olde Campus residence halls. ; Central corridors and elevators will j be installed, bathrooms and kitchens j will be rebuilt and access for handi- j capped people will be provided. Kuncl said the dormitories would i have a combined capacity of 138 resi- i dents, plus an apartment for a housing i department staff member. i Gene Swecker, associate vice chan-1 cellor for facilities management, said i workers were removing asbestos insu- lation from Old East and Old West in anticipation of the renovation project. The dormitories were last renovated in 1923. Old East, a national historic land mark, opened for the first UNC students in 1795. Its cornerstone was laid by WilliamDavie on Oct. 12, 1793. "Old East is a special project," Boulton said. "I suppose if you look at it strictly from the bottom line. Old East should be turned into a museum or torn down. But Old East is a monument, and it's very special. "We've got to make a decision soon," he said. "I personally would go for it."; as discipline But as with professors, a lot can de pend on who you get. Reigel said: "My freshman and sophomore years, I saw my RAs as friends. But my senior year RA was someone to avoid, hate and stay away from as much as possible. It was his approach, style and attitude. It didn't work." Crotty said when RAs are selected in the spring, they look for people who are interested in the well-being of others and are interested in helping and work ing with people. The interviewers try to look at the whole student and to provide an atmo sphere for living and learning, Crotty said. "The RAs are the front-line people," she said. "I remember my RA had a pretty strong impact on me," she said. "There is no question in my mind that they are important." help charities lis,.: ! i 4 a : aa 3 JWfc DTHGranl Halvenon i
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