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TURKISH TUNES: Music from Turkey embraces cultures ...FEATURES, page 2 SCARY SURVEY: All the questions you've been afraid to answer....OMNIBUS ON CAMPUS "Brothers" and Alpha Kappa Alpha to hold black male-female relations work shop, 6 p.m., main lounge Hinton lames. t laihf Her Serving the students and the University community since 1893 1 991 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Volume 99, Issue 115 Thursday, November 14, 1991 Chapel Hill, North Carolina NewiSponsAiu 962424! BuiincHAdvenlsInt 962-1163 WEATHER TODAY: Sunny; high upper 60s FRIDAY: Sunny; high near 70 Iff H f primigfest foamed from Connor Kuncl says outdoor, all-campus events too great a liability for UNC By Sarah Suiter Staff Writer Springfest, an annual all-campus band party, will not be held this year in its traditional location on Connor Beach because of liability concerns. Wayne Kuncl, University housing director, made the decision not to grant Springfest organizers permission to hold the event in front of Connor Residence Hall. "It's been a tough call for me to make as an individual," he said. Springfest is an outdoor band party sponsored by Henderson Residence College. Kuncl said Wednesday that he thought all-campus, outdoorevents such as Springfest would become a thing of Council to have more input on UNC projects By Dana Pope Staff Writer The Chapel Hill Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to give itself more input about proposed Uni versity developments by allowingcoun cil members to take active roles in the review process. The N.C. Environmental Policy Act, which dictates the state's environmen tal review process, requires all state agencies to go through the review to see if there are environmental impacts on development. The resolution will allow the town council to give comments on the envi ronmental aspects in town and Univer sity development, town planning direc tor Roger Waldon said. Ben Tuchi, UNC vice chancellor for business and finance, said after the meeting that he couldn't say whether the resolution would affect University development but added that the town shouldn't be "precluded" from Univer sity plans. Gene Swecker, UNC associate vice chancellor for facilities management, said he wasn't bothered by the passage of the resolution. ' 'That's fine," he said. "I don't have a problem with it." Town council member Art Werner said the idea "might be helpful." He added that the University and the town manager's office had better com munication than the University and the town council. Werner requested that the town manager's office keep the council up dated on present andtipcoming Univer sity construction. "I would like for the manager to prepare a periodic memorandum to out line what is going on in University construction planning," he said. Swecker said that the University al- BCC director urges By Mic Cover Staff Writer Black students must realize theircul tural past to become true, spiritual Afri cans, the director of the Sonja Stone Black Cultural Center said at the Black Student Movement meeting Wednes day. "What does it mean to be black?" Margo Crawford asked BSM members. Black students must realize their African culture and spiritualism, she said. They should resist the type of re education taught during slavery years that stripped Africans of their culture, she said. This re-education caused blacks no longer to be Africans but "Negroes" or "well-trained slaves," she said. Crawford said this re-education, which was used a lot in the West Indies, Twenty the past because University officials no longer wanted to assume the risks in volved with them. Controlling crowds and access to outdoor events is difficult, he said. But advice from legal counselors, trends at other schools and court cases were what forced him to make the decision he did, Kuncl said. Alison Pryal, president of Winston residence hall, said He's Not Here, Cat's Cradle and athletic fields such as Carmichael and Ehringhaus were being considered as alternatives sites for Springfest. Jeff Howard, Springfest coordinator, said he understood UNC officials' deci sion. "I can see how the University would ready keeps its plans for develop ment open to the town, but added that it would work closely with the town. "We'll cer tainly be able to help the (town manager's) staff," he said. Tuchi said it Ben Tuchi was true that his staff communicated more directly with the town staff than with the council. "By design, the interaction of my staff with the town (staff) is more fre quent," he said. Tuchi added it was more difficult for the University tomaintain frequent com munication with the town council. Town Manager Cal Horton said he thought the idea would be "quite use ful." According to Horton 's report to the council, the Environmental Policy Act requires that an environmental assess ment be prepared for any project under taken by a state agency that will: use public monies or have a potential environmental ef fect on natural resources, public health and safety, natural beauty, or historical or cultural elements, a report from Horton stated. The town council would have 15 working days to comment to the State Clearing House on the accuracy of the assessment. Tuchi said he hoped the resolution would bring about more understanding between the University and the town council. "I think it's an excellent idea if it contributes to the town council having a complete understanding to what (the University) does," he said. was called "seasoning." Seasoning trained Africans to think of themselves as Negroes and not true Africans, she said. Seasoning also kept Africans from dancing orpracticing their religion, she said. "You could not do anything but bow down to what your slave masters wanted you to do. "We are all Negroes until we learn how to be Africans again. If you do not become African again, the world will not have true Africans to relate to .... The world has learned to work effec tively with Negroes well-trained slaves. 'The world will understand what Africa is as we become Africans," she said. More black students do not come out and support BSM efforts because "they're not black students. They're years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift. Bob be scared of liability cases that are pend ing," he said. "I really wish Springfest could happen, and I hope it still can." Christy Pons, co-president of the Residence Hall Association, said she thought the University made a wise decision but an unfortunate one. "I think it's very unfortunate, be cause it's our last big, on-campus party," she said. Delta Upsilon fraternity held their annual Beat State Party in Cat's Cradle this year because of liability concerns and limited attendance. Burnout, an other all-campus party, and post-football game parties at Little Fraternity Court also were canceled recently. Kuncl said although no accidents have occurred at past Springfests, hold 11111 - V lllf , - I, S U Top: Trish Ades (left), a senior from Char lotte, and Fraley Connell (right), a senior from Raleigh, play Twister in the Pit Wednesday afternoon for "Return toChild hood Day," part of Senior Week. Emcee Kevin Chignell, a senior from Cary, gave them instructions to put their right hands on yellow without using their left hands. Right: Carrie Thompson (left), a senior from Bermuda Run, covers John Scott Randall (right), a senior from Morganton, with leaves from a pile the senior class put in a corner of the Pit. Another activity sponsored by the senior class for "Return to Childhood Day" was a relay using ten nis balls in pantyhose on participants' heads to guide a beach ball across the Pit. Stu dents also watched videos of "School house Rock," listened to the Loreleis sing and played a game called Scott Sez. The senior class has also planned activities for the rest of Senior Week. Thursday night there will be a Sadie Hawkins Dance at Players. Activities Friday include a sleep over at midnight in the Tin Can and a reserved block for the Loreleis concert in Memorial Hall. Before the football game against South Carolina Saturday, the se nior class will sponsor a tailgate party with a barbecue lunch. DTH photos by Kalhy Michel awaltening to African roots "We are all Negroes until we learn how to be Afri cans again. Ifyoudonot become African again, the world will not have true Africans to relate to." Margo Crawford Negro students and they don't know what they don't know," she said. The BCC can help black students rediscover their heritage, she said. "The purpose of the BCC is to awaken you so you know what you once were." The U.S. educational system still is ing the event on campus was like wait ing for an accident to happen. UNC officials did not want to wait until something happened before chang ing University policy because if some one were seriously injured or had an accident after leaving Springfest, the potential for legal liability would be high, he said. Dottie Bemholz, Student Legal Ser vices director, said a social host liability case now was working its way through the N.C. Supreme Court. The case involves a group of young men who had an accident after consum ing alcohol at one of the men's house while his parents were gone, she said. The court will decide if the parents are liable for the accident. A hostile to Africans and has done noth ing to recognize and respect Africa, she said. The system also lacks a sense of spirituality, she said. Western education never mentions love, family or God, she said. "They just talk about machines and chemi cals." Western cultures need to study hu manity and spirituality better, she said. "If the West would use (spirituality), we probably wouldn't have all these teenage pregnancies. Europeans created a technological society. Africans cre ated a spiritual society. It's impossible to de-Africanize the Africans." It is the African culture that has per meated and changed the American cul ture, she said. Even personal names reflect the in fluence of African culture on America, she said. African names often have a i If they find that the parents were responsible for the accident, a social host liability law could be established in North Carolina, Bemholz said. 'This has everyone quite concerned," she said. Kuncl said although alcohol now is prohibited at Springfest, alcohol con sumption still is difficult to control at outdoor events. If organizers moved Springfest in doors it could be better controlled, he said. Whether students would find this alternative appropriate then becomes the issue, he said. Howard said most of the students who had heard about the decision were disappointed. "It's a tradition here," he said. "A lot of people were kind of upset about that." r; i kind of three-beat rhythm that is often seen in today's names. "Betty Mae is not country it's African," she said. Crawford also discussed the impor tance of dance in African culture. Dance, to Africans, is a way of communicating with their dead ancestors, she said. When the dance wakes the dancer's ancestors, the creativity will begin to flow, she said. Crawford said that according to Afri can culture, people had four distinct souls. The first soul reflects the person's relation to his or her parents. The sec ond is the person's relationship to God and the gift He has given him or her. The third soul is whatever the person wants to do in life and the desire to do it. The fourth is when God joins the person with the third soul and the creativity begins to flow, she said. Beach i - H ll li I I I Wayne Kuncl Employees sell lunches to fund raise By Ashley Fogle Assistant University Editor University students and employees who passed up Lenoir for a lunch-time fund-raiser in the Pit helped student groups raise $550 for UNC housekeep ers. The housekeepers, along with mem bers of Students for the Advancement of Race Relations and the Student Envi ronmental Action Coalition, sold lunches and baked goods from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Pit. SEAC and SARR members also handed out leaflets to people passing by explaining the demands some house keepers have made of University ad ministrators. UNC housekeepers want adminis trators to help them lobby the state for better wages. They also have asked for more educational and training opportu nities and establishment of a committee to address management practices. Matthew Stewart, a SARR member, said the housekeepers would receive all of the money raised from lunch sales. "It will go to cover legal costs and any other costs that come up like public ity or money for the next fund-raiser." Hot dogs, hamburgers, vegetarian chili and baked goods were prepared by the housekeepers and sold. The items cost between $0.75 and $1.50. Stewart said although SARR and SEAC sponsored the event, the house keepers were involved in every aspect of the fund-raiser. "We were all involved," he said. "(The housekeepers) made food and some of us helped sell it, but they were mostly responsible for it." The fund-raiser was a success, he said. "We were really pleased. I would say hundreds of students turned out." Charles Pettiford, a housekeeper in volved in the fund-raiser, agreed. "It was a great success. I couldn't believe how many people rushed out at once. "I believe a whole lot of students are really interested," he said. "It's going to take students to get what we want." Jessica Greene, a SEAC member who participated in the lunch, said the envi ronmental group wanted to become more involved in social issues. "SEAC is trying to broaden the defi nition of environment; that's why we are involved with the housekeepers," she said. "Obviously it's hard, with their schedules, to organize. By work ing with student groups, it helps them to have a greater voice." The fund-raiser was effective on many levels, Greene said. "It served two purposes it raised money and it raised awareness," she said. "There were quite a lot of people. Even Chancellor Hardin stopped by and got chips and cookies." Pettiford said the groups were plan ning another lunch next week and would hold one every two weeks after that. Chris Derby, Carolina Dining Ser vices director, said he had not noticed any decrease in lunch sales at Lenoir Hall as a result of the fund-raiser. "Naturally we like to keep competi tion with Lenoir to a minimum," he said. "Nobody approached us at all. If they had, we may have been able to participate." Dylan i
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