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Thomas Wolfe portrait
donated to UNC library
A Bumsville attorney has donated a
format portrait of novelist Thomas
Wolfe to the University's North Caro
lina Collection.
The photographic portrait, taken in
1926 by photographer Doris Ulmann,
was donated by Todd Bailey.
Bailey, who earned his law degree at
UNC in 1938, purchased the photo
graph at an auction in Asheville and
decided to present it to the University,
"This is a dark, but very handsome
photograph of Wolfe showing an opti
mistic young man three years before the
publication of 'Look Homeward An
gel' in 1929," said H.G. Jones, curator
of the North Carolina Collection.
Bailey said he gave the photograph
to the University in appreciation forthe
help reference historian Alice Cotton
and others gave him while doing re
search for a master s degree in liberal
arts at UNC-Asheville.
Cartoonist plans to give
money for endowment
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jeff
MacNelly has pledged $25,000 to the
School of Journalism and Mass Com
munication to help establish the
James H. Shumaker Term Professor
ship. The donation will go towards the
school's $250,000 campaign to endow
the professorship honoring Shumaker,
a journalist and editor who has taught at
UNC for 18 years.
MacNelly's gift will count towards
the University's Bicentennial Cam
paign. The journalism school's own
Bicentennial goal is $3.8 million, and
all gifts to the professorship will count
towards the campaign.
Shumaker was editor of The Chapel
Hill Weekly when MacNelly was a UNC
student. He paid the cartoonist $15 for
two cartoons per week.
UNC ranked among
; most beautiful schools
A new publication ranked UNC
among the top 20 schools in a list of the
1 50 most artistically successful campuses
in the nation.
Author Thomas Gaines said in "The
Campus as a Work of Art" that the Old
' Well was located "at exactly the right
: spot for a visual symbol," commended
Old East as "a fine brick structure," and
called Kenan Stadium one of the best-
designed facilities in college sports.
Gaines used four criteria to judge
campus design: urban space, architec
tural quality, landscape and overall ap
peal. He visited hundreds of campuses
during a 30-year period to determine
which came closest to his artistic ideal.
' Other Atlantic Coast Conference
pampuses, including Duke University,
the University of Virginia and Wake
Forest University were listed in the book,
but none ranked above UNC.
Grant to fund program
for University diversity
A three-year, $136,180 grant will
help the College of Arts and Sciences
meet the challenges posed by increased
racial and ethnic diversity in the class
room. The grant is from the Jessie Ball
DuPont Religious, Charitable and Edu
cational Fund in Jacksonville, Fia.
It will support interdisciplinary fac
ulty workshops, new and revised under
graduate courses and efforts to cult i vate
expertise on the campus to deal with
multicultural classroom issues, said,
Darryl Gless, associate dean of general
education in the College of Arts and
Sciences.
The workshops will focus on interra
cial interactions in the classroom.
'Genesis' film returns
to UNC planetarium
The popular film "Genesis" returned
to the Morehead Planetarium Monday
and will appear through Feb. 17.
"Genesis" delves into processes that
form and shape the Earth. The film
explains the causes of earthquakes and
Volcanoes. Vivid photography will fea
ture lava pouring out of volcanoes.
; The theory of plate tectonics, which
geologists agree is the explanation for
these changes in the Earth's surface,
also is explored.
The film will be shown 7 p.m. Mon
day through Thursday and 2 p.m. on
weekends.
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Journalism school to receive $ 1
By John Broadfoot
Staff Writer
The School of Journalism and Mass
Communication has received a $ 1 mil
lion endowed chair to add a faculty
member who will focus on researching
the future of mass communication.
UNC was selected from among 34
other schools competing for the award,
which was donated by the Knight Foun
dation, said Richard Cole, journalism
school dean.
Cole said he was excited with UNC's
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the rearview mirror of a bicycle outside Dey Hall Wednesday afternoon. Students across
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Former NCNB to
By Chris Goodson
Staff Writer
Two signs hang in the window of the
building at 137 E. Franklin St. one
says "renovation in progress," and the
other bears the logo of the newly formed
NationsBank.
The East Franklin Street site, which
had housed the recently merged NCNB,
is being renovated, said Pamela Wil
liams, manager at the Chapel Hill branch
of NationsBank.
"We want a new, upscale look for
Chapel Hill," she said.
Williamssaid the renovations, which
will be completed by mid-February,
will add enclosed offices, separate ser
Council to
By Carol Davis
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill Town Council members
wilt spend Saturday making plans for
the town's future when they meet at
town hall for an all-day session.
'This is an annual retreat that looks at
the long-range goals for the council,
and I hope that we can accomplish just
that," Mayor Ken Broun said. "We can
examine those goals and see where
we ve been and where we re going.
Broun said the council also would
discuss the possibility of having more
than one planning retreat a year.
One of the other things we II be
looking at is ... whether we want to
have quarterly planning sessions that
would continue to do long-range plan
ning," Broun said. "I am very much in
favor of (more sessions), and I sense
that other members of the council are as
well."
Council member Joyce Brown agreed
that more frequent planning sessions
would be productive for the town.
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"It's just a splendid gift to the school. We are very
pleased about the grant."
Richard Cole, journalism school dean
selection.
"It 's just a splendid gift to the school,"
he said. "We are very pleased about the
grant."
Jim Spaniolo, vice president of the
Knight Foundation, said the University
deserved the award.
Street bank faces renovations
have 'new,- upscale
vice desks, marble floors and a ma
hogany counter to the interior of the
bank.
The renovations will drastically alter
the bank's appearance, she said.
"Everything that you see now is not
going to be here," she said.
The bank will not close during the
construction despite the extensive reno
vations, she said.
While the renovations eventually will
benefit customers and employees, the
noise and activ ity from the construction
has made banking conditions slightly
chaotic, Williams said.
"It's kind of hectic," she said.
Employees have tried to cope with
the conditions by dressing casually and
spend Saturday planning Chapel Hill's future
Mayor Ken Broun
Council members hadplanned to hold
the session at the University's Kenan
Center but decided to meet at town hall
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"Certainly the school itself is one of
the best in the country," Spaniolo said.
"The Knight Foundation has made
grants to the school in previous years."
The endowment will be part of the
$320 million goal of the Bicentennial
Campaign.
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campus and the surrounding community
for the first day of spring semester classes
look' in mid-February as NationsBank
trying to create a more relaxed atmo
sphere, Williams said. "Basically, we're
trying to make it easier for customers
and employees."
NCNB Corp. and C&SSovran Corp.
merged Jan. 1 to form NationsBank, the
third-largest banking company in the
country.
The renovations in Chapel Hill have
been under consideration for two or
three years and were not related to the
merger, Williams said.
Because of the merger, all branches
of former NCNB and C&SSovran
banks gradually will get new
NationsBank signs, Williams said.
The first NationsBank sign was put
up at corporate headquarters in Char
instead, a move saving the town the
$500 Kenan Center fee.
Joe Herzenberg, council member and
mayor pro tempore, said the retreat
would give the council and mayor the
more time to spend on topics that nor
mally wouldn't receive as much atten
tion. "It helps us set an agenda for the
items we don't get a chance to discuss
during the year," Herzenberg said. "(The
retreat) is one of the opportunities we
have to discuss long term goals.
"We have a new mayor and two new
council members and that makes (the
session) important," Herzenberg said.
Saturday's session will give newly
elected Broun andcouncil members Joe
Capowski and Mark Chilton an oppor
tunity to begin working in-depth on
town issues with the veteran members.
Council members will discuss a Stra
tegic Report, prepared by Chapel Hill
Town Manager Cal Horton, that fo
cuses on six major issues of interest to
the council.
The availability of public housing
neurophysiology
molecular endocrinology
cardiovascular and renal physiology
cellular physiology
molecular biology and biotechnology
The award also will contribute to the
journalism school's own Bicentennial
fund-raising campaign of $3.8 million.
. But Spaniolo said the gift was given
on the strength of the University's pro
posal and not as just a gift to the Bicen
tennial Campaign.
Cole said a committee would begin
conducting a search beginning in the
latter half of this summer.
The search committee will comprise
journalism faculty members and Uni
versity and newspaper industry repre
sentatives appointed by Cole, a press
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geared up their bikes, automobiles and feet
at the University.
lotte after the merger became official.
The Chapel Hill NationsBank will
get its new sign in February or March,
she said.
The newly formed NationsBank will
haveabout 1 ,900 banking offices in eight
southeastern seaboard states, Tennes
see and Texas.
The combined assets of the new com
pany will total approximately $ 1 1 8 bil
lion. Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun said
renovations to downtown businesses
are good for the whole downtown area.
"I'm always happy to see businesses
spruce themselves up," he said.
will be one of the items on the agenda
for Saturday's session.
The town now provides funding to
the Orange Community Housing Cor
poration, which was established almost
two years ago, Herzenberg said.
"It is a non-profit corporation de
signed to build or help build housing for
low or moderate income people," he
said.
"(The town) gives them a little money
and encouragement," Herzenberg said.
Open space is another important is
sue council members will discuss Sat
urday. Herzenberg described open space as
land left undeveloped for use as parks
and recreation sites, wildlife preserves
or forests.
These lands are purchased separately
from those lands used for public hous
ing. According to the Strategic Report,
the town has already purchased several
important areas of open space using
monies from bond referendums ap
proved in 1986 and 1989.
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"We might have the position filled
by January 1 993, although it could take
until July," Cole said.
The Knight Foundation makes na
tional grants in journalism, higher edu
cation and the field of arts and culture.
Cole said.
Established by John S. and James L.
Knight in 1 950, the foundat ion is among
the nation's largest private foundations.
The school also is raising funds for a
$250,000 professorship honoring James
Shumaker.
CBS show
to feature
local chase
By Drew CJJne
Staff Writer
The CBS television series "Rescue
9 11 "will feature a Chapel Hill woman's
pursuit of a man who tried to pull over
her automobile by impersonating a po
lice officer.
A "Rescue 911" production crew
filmed the episode in Chapel Hill the
week before Christmas. The episode
will include interviews with Lynne
Feiss, who pursued the impersonator,
and a re-enactment of the incident that
occurred in Chapel Hill.
Aaron Kass, segment producer for
the show, said the Chapel Hill incident
was chosen because it taught a lesson.
"We generally like to select stories in
which a lesson can be learned," Kass
said. 'This episode says to be aware and
protect yourself."
On Sept. 4, a man in a red Mustang
tried to pull over Feiss by waving a
stolen police badge at her while she
drove toward downtown Chapel Hill on
Airport Road.
"I truly thought he was an off-duty
police officer," Feiss said.
Since she saw no markings on the car
and the man was not in uniform, she
dialed "9 1 1 " on her car phone and asked
the emergency dispatcher if she should
pull over.
When the man saw her using the
phone he sped away, she said. "I went
after him to get his license number."
Feiss said she followed the man to a
University parking deck while relaying
her location to the dispatcher by phone.
Police officers met Feiss at the parking
deck and arrested the man, who tried to
escape on foot.
The "Rescue 911" film crew inter
viewed Feiss, but models re-enacted the
chase scenes.
"Rescue 911" hired off-duty Chapel
Hill police officers to direct traffic dur
ing some of the filming.
Chapel Hill police spokeswoman
Jane Cousins said: "They were very
professional."
The emergency dispatchers who re
ceived Feiss' call will appear in the
television re-enactment.
Nick Waters, director of emergency
management at Orange County Emer
gency Management Services, said the
episode would feature actual scenes
from the dispatcher's office.
Kass said he did not know when the
episode would air.
Ways to deal with traffic problems is
also a subject slated for the planning
session.
The town has taken steps to improve
traffic conditions by purchasing a new
computerized traffic signal system at an
estimated cost of $ 1 million, Herzenberg
said.
But the new system has yet to be
installed because more testing is re
quired. Broun said alternative forms of trans
portation, loss of town character and
landfill depletion also will be discussed
Saturday.
The Public Private Partnership(PPP)
also will be a topic for discussion at the
meeting.
This group consists of town repre
sentatives and business. University and
civic leaders who organized to focus on
Chapel Hill's economic issues.
The PPP has been criticized in the
past for taking out-of-town trips that
have been labeled too expensive and
exclusionary, Herzenberg said.
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